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FROM THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS to the Chattahoochee River along a Cherokee Indian trail, a tiny village named New Prospect Camp Ground was formed. This village, made up of tents, a log school, and arbor became a trading post where Indians and white settlers exchanged their goods. The surrounding countryside provided excellent farming land, especially for cotton. On December 11, 1858, the town was chartered and became the county seat of Milton County. In 1932, Milton County was merged into Fulton County.
Based upon original research by Anne Rogers Ferguson
Alpharetta and Milton County can trace their history to the time of the resettlement of the Cherokee Indian Nation in the 1830's. First, drawn by the promise of free Indian lands, a few somewhat itinerant setters moved into the area. These first pioneers were soon followed by permanent farmers and merchants who were the fortunate winners of the land lotteries of the early 1830's.
The first permanent landmark in the area was the New Prospect Campground, often referred to as the "Methodist Camp Ground". This campground was located next to a natural spring just north of the present "downtown" section of Alpharetta. A "Camp Meeting" in that era was the social and cultural highlight of the year for the families living on isolated farms with few travel options.
1858 was the year Alpharetta can date as its birth as a town. On December 11 of that year, Alpharetta was legally chartered. Prior to July of that year, the town was known as the "Town of Milton". The original town charter provided that the City could pass a tax on every grocery store, retailing liquor store, hallway and billiard table of not more than $25.00 per year. Another provision of that charter was the right to levy a tax of $25.00 on every show that may be exhibited within the City. The first report of the City Trustees showed a balance of $1,302. 00 for fiscal year 1859.
A courthouse and jail were soon constructed, and with building costs being what they were, the final bill for the completed facility was $2,400.00. This building served as a landmark for the city limits because, according to the charter, the limits were to extend in a one-half mile radius from the Courthouse.
By the time of the Civil War, Alpharetta had grown to a fair sized town with three hotels, several mercantile shops, numerous churches and a school. The farms around the area were for the most part small family farms and the majority of the farmers were not slave owners.
In 1863, an epidemic of smallpox spread through town. In one instance, 16 cases of the disease were recorded in two families alone. Guards were hired to keep people from leaving their quarantine and thereby spreading the sickness further.
Many of these early records are incomplete because as the left flank of the Union Army passed through Milton County, the original Courthouse was burned. In fairness, it was never established whether it was burned by the Union Troops or by retreating Confederate soldiers. In any case, one enterprising citizen, a Dr. O. P. Skeleton salvaged many of the court documents and carried them to a hiding place in Jackson County and promptly billed the City $30.00 for "services rendered". Later, the City paid O.P.'s friend, John Webb, $60.00 to bring them back.
As the Civil War drew to a close, Alpharetta, along with the rest of the South, suffered a period of economic hardship. These "hard times" tended to draw folks together and a sense of community identity began to grow. But, as hard as these times were, Milton County faired better than many areas. Since the area was populated primarily by small farms and merchants, the collapse of the "Plantation" economy had nowhere near the impact as in other communities.
In the next decades, growth in Milton County was steady, but never spectacular. The area was hampered by the lack of a railroad, around which most growth in those times was centered. The nearest railroad dead-ended at the river in Roswell. It is ironic that in those times a railroad was so important, but today the absence of a noisy and dangerous railroad track is considered desirable for community development.
When the depression of the early 1930's devastated the nation's economy, Milton County found itself near bankruptcy. In order to save the area from disaster, it was decided that a merger of Milton County with Fulton County would be to everyone's advantage. It was because of this merger that the first roads began to be paved. Until that time, the only paved roads in the area were State Highway 19 (now Highway 9) and 120 (now Old Milton Parkway).
Today, Alpharetta is one of the fastest growing communities in the South. Its environment is considered ideal for raising families and living a quality lifestyle free from the problems found in so many similar sized cities.
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George Zimmerman Skinny In New Mug-Shot…
George Zimmerman has definitely been feeling the stress from the Trayvon murder case. Since the release of the police video, it looks as though George Zimmerman has lost weight. The picture we are use to seeing of a thick George Zimmerman in orange is from a mugshot in 2005 after he was arrested for assaulting a cop, or was it domestic violence, or perhaps disorderly conduct. Whoa, 2005 was not a good year for George Zimmerman. Anyway, this is the new slimmer George Zimmerman who has lost a lot of weight since the February video and even more weight since 2005.Read More
George Zimmerman Is In Custody & Charged With Second Degree Murder
It's hard to type this because I am just grateful someone finally made a decision, and while waiting on that decision, I have seen the WORST in humans BUT thank God, I have seen the BEST, too. George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin back in February, by his own omission. Instead of investigating the death of the 17 year-old unarmed teen who was killed just yards away from his second home, the local detectives and prosecutors decided to not press charges based solely on George Zimmerman's claims of self defense. Since then the case has garnered national attention, along with media hungry opportunist not worth mentioning, but the many people who truly believed in justice for Trayvon remained steadfast in their protest and ignored the blatant attempts to paint Trayvon Martin as black gansta-thug.
Today there is good news. Conservative Prosecutor Angela Corey, just announced that Zimmerman will be charged with second degree murder. Honestly, I think it's high burden to meet from what has been leaked, but there must be something in the evidence that suggests this crime is more than just self-defense or manslaughter. Secondly, Zimmerman turned himself in and at this moment no bond has been set.
What Are Your Thoughts? I'm too emotional right now!..more updates when you continue…Read More
In Case You Missed It: Latest Eliminations from NBC's The Voice
Last night on NBC's "The Voice" Elimination Show, Karla Davis and Kim Yarbrough were eliminated from Team Adam and Erin Martin and Tony Vincent from Team CeeLo.
Do you agree with last night's eliminations?
Mathai, Phillip Arnold aka "Pip", Tony Lucca, and Katrina Parker from Team Adam, along with Cheesa, James Massone, Jamar Rogers and Juliet Simms all advanced into the next round.
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Evelyn V Jen Beef Heats Up In Blog Wars
Jennifer and Evelyn are taking subliminal stabs at each other via their blogs. If you're no longer friends with each other, then why not just walk away and stop talking about one another. Only someone you really care about can continue to make you mad. Jennifer and Evelyn need to kiss and make up in therapy or throw the deuces and go their separate ways. BUT instead they write blogs about each other and continue to throw shade. Jennifer of course takes the high road of shadiness, and Evelyn gets nasty in the gutter by keeping it "100″.
Evelyn Says: Let's get to the truth regarding the Jen and Royce meeting and you know I will keep it 100! Jen didn't want to film that scene, she did it because she needed camera time.
Jennifer Says: Here's my thing; you have a wedding to plan, a daughter to finish raising and a life that you paint to be beautiful and great. Please reach out and get your life and leave mine alone.
Check out the war of words when you continue…AND it all starts when Jen apologizes to Royce for for her past behavior as Evelyn's sidekick…Read More
SNEAK PEEK: New MTV Late-Night Talk Show, "Hip Hop POV"
MTV is gearing up to give viewers an all-access industry insiders look into the world of hip hop with the premiere of the new weekly, late-night music and performance talk show "MTV's Hip Hop POV." Kicking off the season tonight at Midnight ET/PT are some of hip hop's heavyweights as well as rookies on the rise including 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Akon and French Montana. Upcoming episodes this season will bring appearances by DJ Khaled, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell and Future to name a few.
In each episode, hosts Amanda Seales, Bu Thiam, Charlamagne Tha God, Devi Dev and Sowmya Krishnamurthy will take viewers on a weekly tour of what's hot in hip hop, grant access to the biggest events, deliver exclusive artist interviews and finally, hand over the stage to artists for electrifying performances.
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We are all familiar with the pain and inflammation that occurs when we are injured, have an infection, or have had surgery. Not many people, however, are actually familiar with the body's internal inflammatory process that occurs within each of our bodies.This internal inflammation can have a significant effect on the state of our health, leading to a variety of serious conditions and diseases, including body pain, fatigue, auto-immune diseases and much more. Unfortunately, chronic internal inflammation often goes unnoticed until it is starts to do some serious damage to the body. Internal inflammation most often comes from excess weight, chronic high cortisol levels from high stress levels, and/or a poor diet high in inflammatory foods. Unaddressed yeast and bacterial overgrowths and low grade infections in the body can also promote inflammation and often lead to intestinal permeability, more commonly known as leaky gut. Leaky gut promotes food allergies and therefore more inflammation.
According to an article in the New York Times titled Body's Defender Goes on the Attack, "Scientists are coming to realize that inflammation may underlie many other common chronic diseases that come with aging, including atherosclerosis, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis. Inflammation is also implicated in asthma, cirrhosis of the liver, some bowel disorders, psoriasis, meningitis, cystic fibrosis, and even cancer. 1
What is internal inflammation?
According to WebMD, inflammation can affect our internal organs, especially in cases of autoimmune disorders. This type of inflammation can cause many different symptoms, including pain; however, pain may not be a main symptom of internal inflammation due to the fact that many of our organs contain only a few pain-sensitive nerves. 2
Symptoms may depend on which organs are affected. For example:
- Inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) may cause vague chest pain or fluid retention
- Inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis) may cause high blood pressure or kidney failure
- Inflammation of the large intestine (colitis) may cause cramps, diarrhea and possibly leaky gut
- Inflammation of the eye (iritis or uveitis) may cause pain or decreased vision
- Inflammation of the muscles (polymyositis) may cause achiness or weakness
- Inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis) may cause rash, headaches, or internal organ damage
- Inflammation of the small tubes that transport air to the lungs (bronchiolitis) may cause shortness of breath similar to an asthma attack
Inflammation of the organs can be responsible for many different symptoms and conditions. Internal inflammation anywhere in the body, if left unaddressed, will very possibly promote poor health down the road. Therefore, getting inflammation under control can be very important for overall health and proper organ and body function.
There are many medications available to help decrease pain and inflammation, such as Celebrex, aspirin, and ibuprofen, but they do not come without the risks of side effects. Using systemic enzymes like those in Vitalzym can naturally help reduce pain and inflammation without the use of prescription medications or over the counter pain relievers.
Inflammation and C-Reactive Proteins
C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver and is a clinical marker of general and/or cardiac-related inflammation. When internal inflammation is present, CRP levels can rise. According to Thomas "Tate" P. Erlinger, M.D., M.P.H., lead author of the study and an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, "higher levels of C-reactive protein are linked to an increased risk of several apparently distinct, chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and now colon cancer." 4
The New York Times article continues to say "two large studies — one in men and one in women — have demonstrated that the higher a person's C-reactive protein level, the greater the risk of a heart attack or stroke. Doctors nationwide are adding the C.R.P. test to cholesterol screening to assess people's risk of atherosclerosis." 1
CRP testing can be useful in assessing patients with: 3
- Heart disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Some forms of arthritis
- Autoimmune diseases
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- General inflammation in the body
CRP can be used to screen otherwise healthy people for the following conditions. However, in these cases, the more sensitive high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein test (hsCRP) will be ordered:
- Coronary heart disease (CHD)
- Cardiovascular disease
A health care professional may test someone for elevated CRP levels to check for internal inflammation or to help determine a person's risk for heart disease. However, a low CRP level does not necessarily mean that inflammation is not present. For example, those with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus (inflammatory conditions) may or may not have increased levels of CRP; the reason for this is not known. Evaluating symptoms and lifestyle are crucial for determining risk for internal inflammation.
Reducing Inflammation and CRP Naturally
A primary goal for heart attack prevention should be to keep inflammation to a minimum, says Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women's hospital, and others. 1
Research results regarding the connection between CRP, inflammation, and degenerative diseases are on the rise, which is leading many health care professionals to believe that lowering CRP levels can also help reduce internal inflammation and reduce the risk of chronic, degenerative diseases. Along with a healthy diet and exercise, systemic enzyme therapy has been shown to help reduce elevated CRP levels, inflammation, and symptoms associated with such conditions. Systemic enzymes are a healthy alternative to nonstoroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and aspirin, and can help reduce general inflammation and CRP levels in the body.
Systemic enzymes may support:
- Normal pain and inflammatory response
- Joint function
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- Healthy levels of fibrin and scar tissue
- Healthy immune and cardiovascular systems
- Muscle recovery
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We offer these systemic enzyme products that are engineered to help support normal inflammatory response:
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|Vitalzym CARDIO is a formula that was created with the cardiovascular system in mind. It contains an enzyme called nattokinase in combination with other "heart healthy" enzymes that have been shown to reduce the levels of CRP and vascular inflammation.
Suggested Further Reading
Journal of the American Medical Association related articles and extracts
FDA cautions of using over the counter pain relievers
- New York Times article, Body's Defender Goes on the Attack
- http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/arthritis-inflammation
- http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/crp/tab/test
- http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2004/02_10_04.html


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Saint Cloud Rheumatologist Doctors for Felty's Syndrome
Type of Physician: Rheumatologist
What is a Rheumatologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat diseases of the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons. The rheumatologist diagnoses and treats arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries, etc. The rheumatologist may work closely with other specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists.
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Umbreen Hasan
Fairview Northland Clinic
290 Main St NW Ste 100
Elk River, MN 55330
(763) 241-5800
- 19 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Daniel L. Mueller
Delaware Street Clinic
516 Delaware St SE Ste 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-6100
- 32 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
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Lucinda M. Marty
Saint Cloud VA Health Care System Rheumatology
4801 Veterans Dr
Saint Cloud, MN 56303
(320) 252-1670
- 35 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Aaron R. Holmgren
Centracare River Campus
1200 6th Ave N
Saint Cloud, MN 56303
(320) 252-5131
- 14 years experience
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Bharath M. Akkara Veetil
Centracare River Campus
1200 6th Ave N
Saint Cloud, MN 56303
(320) 252-5131
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Jerry A. Molitor
Delaware Street Clinic
516 Delaware St SE Ste 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-6100
- 22 years experience
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Delaware Street Clinic
516 Delaware St SE Ste 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-6100
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Amanda Steele
Park Nicollet Womens Center Obstetrics Gynecology
15800 95th Ave N
Maple Grove, MN 55369
(952) 993-1440
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Cambridge Medical Center
2855 Campus Dr Ste 400
Plymouth, MN 55441
(763) 577-7400
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- 1Saint Cloud Hospital
1406 6th Ave N
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56303
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- 2St Cloud VA Healthcare System
4801 Veterans Dr
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56303
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- 3Albany Area Hospital & Med Ctr
300 3rd Ave
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56307
(320) 845-212
- 4New River Medical Center
1013 Hart Blvd
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 55362
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- 5St Gabriel's Hospital
815 2nd St SE
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56345
(320) 632-544
- 6Paynesville Medical Center
200 W 1st St
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56362
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- 7Fairview Northland Medical Ctr
911 Northland Dr
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 55371
(763) 389-131
- 8Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 55313
(763) 682-121
- 9Centracare Health System - Melr
525 Main St W
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56352
(320) 256-423
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Sudanese refugees have begun crossing the border into South Sudan again
More than 170,000 people who have fled violence in Sudan are living in refugee camps in South Sudan. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been assisting the refugees since November 2011, running field hospitals and providing safe drinking water.
Now that the flooding caused by the rainy season is subsiding, people are starting to cross the border again. In December 2012, around 370 refugees arrived at the border village of El-Fuj, travelling in two groups and arriving a few days apart. The numbers are small compared with the previous year, when 35,000 people crossed the border in just three weeks. Time will tell if the numbers will increase.
"We were not happy to leave our homes," said a 35-year-old woman, whose youngest child died soon after arriving at MSF's hospital in Jamam refugee camp. "But every day we heard gunshots and fighting nearby. Some people died; we could not stay any longer."
The newly arrived refugees bring stories of life in their home villages, the agony of having to leave loved ones behind, and their difficult and dangerous journeys to the border. They also speak of hope, and of the relief they felt at reaching safety and finding healthcare, shelter and food. "We were not happy to leave our homes, but when we arrived at El-Fuj we received food and help, and now we are happy." said a 36-year-old mother of nine.
While the camps offer relative safety, the refugees have to endure dire living conditions. There are still shortages of safe water - at times, 40 per cent of medical consultations carried out by MSF were related to diarrhoea - and there are regular cases of Hepatitis E. In Batil camp, which hosts around 35,000 refugees, mortality rates were more than double the emergency thresholds in mid-2012, and more than a quarter of children under the age of five were malnourished. Since September 2012, conditions have improved and mortality rates have dropped, but food security and nutrition remain serious concerns.
Fleeing violence and insecurity
The newly arrived refugees are from the Ingessana ethnic group. A group of men said that they had left because of violence and insecurity. In their home villages, they said, they could be "killed at any time of the day or night, for no reason at all".
"We have been bombed," they said, "and our houses, crops and cattle burnt down by soldiers. Our women have been raped and sexually abused." When we asked how frequently rape had occurred, they answered "almost every time".
Fear of attack meant the villagers could neither tend their crops, nor easily gather food or collect water. They have not had access to healthcare for a very long time.
"Villages were burnt down," recalled a 22-year-old woman who fled with her husband and four children, the youngest of whom is one month old. "It was not safe anymore; we lived in fear. We did not want to leave but we could not stay. We travelled with our families; we had to leave some people behind who were not able to travel."
The men told us they travelled ahead of the rest of the group, looking for a safe route under cover of darkness before sending for the women and children.
An 18-year-old woman, who joined her husband with her child, became tearful when she recalled having to leave her elderly parents behind, saying she did not know what would happen to them or who would be able to help them.
A 36-year-old mother of nine said: "We left because of war. For the last one and a half years we have been bombed by planes every day. We lived in the forest; there was no chance for school for the children, no healthcare or medicine. We got food from the ground, but not corn. We would collect water in the early mornings. This has happened all seasons."
One woman told us how her 15-year-old son had died from a gunshot wound just before they left. Her youngest child, a baby girl, became sick on the journey. She died within 12 hours of arriving at MSF's hospital in Jamam. MSF had been held up at the border for two days, and was unable to deliver medical treatment in time.
Days walking with no food
The refugees travelled for around eight days to reach El-Fuj, mostly on foot and occasionally by tractor. They had some water, but no food. One group told us how five of them were too weak from hunger to complete the journey.
"We lost people along the way. Amuna's uncle died from hunger and thirst on the journey." said one woman. On the journey, some refugees suffered from malaria; others reported body pains, headaches, stomach pains, "hunger pains" and infections. "It was tiring carrying our possessions and the young children. We walked at night for safety, but still had to walk during the day as well." said another woman.
Some sanctuary at Jamam camp
The refugees expressed their relief at finding food, water, shelter, and healthcare in Jamam camp, one of the four refugee camps in South Sudan's Maban county. A group of women related their anxieties about the journey and their fear about what would happen when they reached South Sudan. Now, they said, they felt very safe, and were happy because their children were healthier: "Once we got to the border we met you. Now we have food and medicine and we are grateful for that. We were sick and tired, now we are stronger."
The future
The refugees expect that more people from their villages will join them in South Sudan as soon as they can find a way to escape the violence.
"There are many people still there and they should come here to Maban - everyone there should come here," said one 36-year-old woman "More are coming. If there is no war, we can go back, but while there is war, no - we will stay here. But a time without war will not come."


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Brief History
ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINES Division
The Rotate Electric Motors Factory, the same-named Division now, has been developed in S.C.Electroputere SA.
This factory began to manufacture in 1950 and its manufacturing profile has been diversified in time from the
most simple low voltage asynchronous motors intended for pumps driving, petroleum industry and the paper one.
Nowadays, MER Division is specialized in the design, manufacture, testing
and delivery of large range of DC and AC generators and motors of high
powers designed and intended to work in the most various and complex
equipment working in cement industry, that one of extractive works,
metallurgy, energetic one, in railway and urban transportation work, pumping
stations, the electro-nuclear stations inclusively.
There are to be mentioned in this factory evolution some periods of time
marked by some special products which were assimilated and which were new
achievements and forward steps to the present time experience and
specialization. So, in the 6th. decade, there was assimilated the first
unitary series of short-circuit rotor high voltage asynchronous motors, the
winded rotor respectively, the maximum power being of 800 kW. There were
also asimilated the DC generators and motors for 2100 HP Diesel-engine
locomotives (BBC license, Switzerland) and DC motors for 5100 kW electric
locomotives (ASEA license, Sweden).
The same time with these products manufacture, the isolation class F was
introduced and, based on it, there were developed the new generations of
electric motors having high technical and economical performances.
Therefore, Electroputere became one of the first companies in Europe which
made this F isolation class of general use in its overall manufacture range.
Electroputere electric motor manufacturing range has been continuously enlarged as follows:
During 1980-1985 the following types were also assimilated:
During 1986-1990 there were assimilated some products of high complex character as follows:
During the last years, the list of products was enlarged being assimilated
new types of electric motors specially requested by our customers in Romania and abroad.
The main categories of electric motors assimilated during the last years are:
The testing of the manufacture capacity for the motors to be utilized in
electric-nuclear stations according to CGE-Canada and Ansaldo-Italy companies provides a guaranty for
the high technical level the electric motors having Electroputere trade mark are manufactured to.
The utilization of all the manufacturing capacities existing at MER
Division, the co-operation between the design teams, motors manufacturers
and customers, the purchasing of manufacturing licenses from famous electric
motor manufacture companies, our own technical research are only some of the
elements contributing to the development in time of the manufacture capacity
and to the raising of the electric motors technical and economical performances.
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UNFPA Thailand
Our Team
Saneekan Rosamontri
National Programme Officer for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
Saneekan Rosamontri joined UNFPA Thailand in April 2013 as National Programme Officer for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization. Prior to this she was with Plan International leading and developing quality child centered community development programs with partners in Thailand. Her previous experience also includes managing Yuvabadhana Foundation; working in the field of advocacy, lobbying, campaigning and project management with WSPA; mobilizing resources for UN Women; and fundraising and marketing management with UNICEF EAPRO. Before joining the non-profit organizations, she worked with the private sector in management, marketing and sales positions for multinational companies such as Panasonic, ICI Paints and Caltex. Saneekan holds a Master of Business Administration from Shenandoah University, Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Thammasat University. She enjoys reading, travelling and playing music. Her favorite pets are cats and dogs.
Napapan Der Kinderen
National Programme Officer for Enhancing Integrated Reproductive Health and GBV Services for Refugees and Displaced Persons Living along the Thai-Myanmar Border
Napapan Der Kinderen joined UNFPA in February 2012 as the National Programme Officer for Enhancing Integrated Reproductive Health and GBV Services for Refugees and Displaced Persons Living along the Thai-Myanmar Border. Prior joining UNFPA, she worked at national and international levels, with special focus on protection of women and children in development, post conflict and emergency settings. In 2011, she served as a Research Associate/Legal Expert for ILO's Research Project on Labour Migration at Asian Research Centre for Migration (ARCM) Chulalongkorn University. From 2009-2010, she worked as a Gender Advocacy Capacity Building Advisor for Rede Feto-Timor Leste (Women NGOs Network)/Progressio-Timor Leste. During 2008-2009, she carried out extensive consultancies for UNICEF Thailand, World Vision-Thailand/Bureau of Anti Trafficking in Women and Children (Department of Social Welfare), Save the Children-Denmark and ILO/IPEC-Thailand, with special focus on project evaluation, researches and programme supports. In 2005-2007, she carried out IUNV assignments for United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), North Sudan as a Child Protection Advisor (Training) based in Khartoum, with frequent traveling in Darfur and South Sudan regions. In South Sudan, she joined United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) serving as a Humanitarian Affairs Officer based in Juba and Rumbek Counties. From 2002-2004, she worked for IOM Thailand's Regional Project on Return and Reintegration of Trafficked Persons in Mekong Regions Countries. At the beginning of her career, she served as a Refugee Lawyer for International Rescue Committee (IRC), BKK in 2000 and in 1999 she served as a Pro Bono Lawyer provided legal aid for refugees, asylum seekers and trafficking victims in the detention centre in BKK. Napapan graduated with a M.A. Degree in International Human Rights Programme from Mahidol University and earned a B.A. in Law from Thammasat University, Thailand.
Valeeporn Sinsawasdi
Finance/Administrative Assistant
Valeeporn joined UNFPA as Finance/Administrative Assistant in May 2013. She has 11 years of relevant and progressively responsible experience in the field of operations and administration through employment with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Mahidol University International College (MUIC) and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Portland State University.
Ajchima Watanaporn
Personal Assistant
Ajchima joined UNFPA in October 2009. Prior to UNFPA, she served UNDP as the Programme Associate for the Environment Unit and the Secretary to the United Nations Resident Coordinator during 2005-2009. She also serves as a Leave Monitor and Human Resource focal point for the Thailand Country Office.
Ajchima holds a Master Degree in Liberal Arts from Thammasat University. She enjoys baking, reading and collecting stamps.
Amrung Teerasenee
Senior Driver/Messenger
The longest serving staff at the United Nations Population Fund Thailand Office, Amrung has joined UNFPA since 1994. Prior to that, he worked for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at Khao I Dang from 1990. A native of Bangkok, Amrung has a grown-up daughter. During his free time, Amrung joins with his volunteer rescue network to help people in emergency cases such as people in need of ambulance or firemen. Amrung says he is ready for emergency call at all times.
Caspar Peek
UNFPA Representative for Thailand and Country Director for Malaysia
Caspar Peek is a national of the Netherlands and is the Representative for Thailand, also covering Malaysia. Prior to this assignment he was based in the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific providing strategic planning advice to country offices in the region, and acting at times as Officer-in-Charge of UNFPA Country Offices in Pakistan and China. Prior to that he worked at UNFPA HQ in New York as focal point for South-South Cooperation and national capacity development. Going back even more, he served as Deputy Representative in various country offices, among them Nicaragua and Haiti, as well as Deputy Director of the Caribbean sub-office in Kingston, Jamaica.
There was also life before the UN - as such he worked as coordinator of a five-country Mother-and Child Health project in Central America funded by the European Union, as advisor on development cooperation in the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua, and as a teacher in one of France's top business schools. His engagement in international development started in the late 1970s, working on school construction in Togo and countries in Eastern Europe. He was trained in France and the US and holds degrees in political science/economics and linguistics.
Caspar is married and has two daughters. Currently no pets, but at one point or other shared homes with dogs, a cat, goldfish, turtles, newts, a toucan and parrots large and small, as well as the occasional resident iguana.
Duangkamol Ponchamni
National Programme Officer
Duangkamol Ponchamni joined UNFPA as the National Programme Officer in November 2007. Her main responsibilities with UNFPA include Management Capacity Development, South-South Cooperation and Project/Programme Management.
Prior to this, her experience with international NGOs and academic institutes includes field work and project coordination with the Save the Children Fund (UK) from 1989 - 1998 and management as Country Director of Handicap International (France) from 1998-2002. From 2002 - 2004 she was a coordinator for the Development and Establishment of the Assistive & Prosthesis School Project, a Trilateral Project between the Ministry of Health, Mahidol University and the Nippon Foundation. She was a part-time Consultant on the Health Advocacy for Health Care Reform Project under the National Health Security Office from 2004-2006 and was a Director for the Asia-Pacific Development Communication Training Centre under Dhurakijbundit University in Thailand from 2004-2007.
Duangkamol is a trained teacher from Srinakarinvirot University, Bangkok and a trained social worker from Delhi School of Social Work, India. She is a certified facilitator from the Singapore Training Institute and has also attended a variety of project/programme management workshops and courses including Result-Based Management.
Doungdao Songphanich
Finance/Administrative Associate
Doungdao joined UNFPA Thailand Country Office as the Finance/ Administrative Associate in May 2004. Prior to this, she has more than 20 years of finance, accounting and administrative experience for both local and multi-national businesses, including Non-Government Organizations. She graduated from Thammasat University. Doungdao enjoys reading a wide range of books and articles in her free time.
Jeerawat Na Thalang
National Programme Officer for Communications
Before joining UNFPA Thailand Office on April 1, 2013, Jeerawat was a journalist for The Nation Newspaper for 23 years. Prior to that, Jeerawat was a reporter for The Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper in Bangkok and a teacher at Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp in Thailand. Jeerawat received her Bachelor's Degree from Faculty of Arts and Master's Degree in European Studies from Chulalongkorn University, and Master's Degree of Public Service from Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas. An Alfred Friendly fellow, Jeerawat spent seven months working with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 2000. Jeerawat's goal is to enjoy a happy retirement.
Panyawan Suphasri
General Programme Assistant
Panyawan Suphasri or Aoy joined UNFPA Thailand Country Office from 16 April 2013 as General Programme Assistant. Prior to this, she has 9-year experience as Executive Secretary and Programme Coordinator at Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 6-year experience as Executive Assistant and Office Coordinator at Save the Children Sweden, SEAP Regional Office, and 10-month experience as Programme Assistant for Thailand at UN Women. She graduated from Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus. She is a native of Trang. During her holidays she enjoys travelling and taking photos.
Rattanaporn Tangthanaseth
Programme Associate for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
Rattanaporn (Tum) Tangthanaseth joined UNFPA Thailand in May 2013 as Programme Associate for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. Khun Tum has extensive experience in programme management and development assistances in the Asia and Pacific region with international organizations, including the regional HIV/AIDS programme of the USAID Regional Development Mission Asia, the regional H5N1 and H1N1 projects of the FAO's Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases, the Mekong Infectious Diseases - Behavior Change and Communication programme of the Academy for Educational Development, and recently the UN Millennium Campaign. Khun Tum graduated from National Institute of Development Administration in Social Development. In her free time, she enjoys travelling and serving as a volunteer translator.
Wanpiya Techo
Programme Assistant
Wanpiya Techo or Beer joined the UNFPA Thailand team since February 2012 serving as Programme Assistant. He has an experience in Refugee related context with the UNDP for two years. Prior joining the UN, He's been working with the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), the leading non-governmental organization in Thailand. He has experiences in the rural development in Northeast, also be a part of the post-tsunami period in the southern Thailand. He graduated a Bachelor Degree in International Studies from New Zealand.
Wassana Im-Em
Assistant Representative
Wassana Im-Em joined UNFPA as Assistant Representative in February 2006 and has been responsible for several key areas including UNFPA's contribution to Thailand as a middle income country. She has contributed to the development of strategic collaboration with key stakeholders, particularly in the areas of population data, statistics, surveys and population census.
Prior to UNFPA, she was an Associate Professor at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University from 1996 - 2006, serving last as a Programme Director of the Masters Degree International Program in Population and Reproductive Health. Her research focused on gender-based violence against women, socio-demographic and health dimensions of reproductive health and HIV, and programme evaluation and monitoring. She has several publications in the field of reproductive health and population.
Wassana earned a PhD in Population Studies from the Australian National University in 1996. She was a visiting fellow at the Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, France from 1999 - 2000. From 2001 - 2004 she was a Population Council postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology from the University of Washington.
Wassana is a native of Chiang Mai. She enjoys reading, traveling, and collecting textiles and crafts.


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See R. Messner, My Quest for the Yeti (tr. 2000).
The Abominable Snowman (aka The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) is a 1957 British horror film, directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing. The film is based on The Creature, a BBC Television play by writer Nigel Kneale, and follows the exploits of an English anthropologist with an American expedition as they search the Himalayas for the legendary Yeti. Kneale adapted his own television script into the film screenplay. Cushing, along with several other members of the cast, had also starred in the original version (the role of Tom Friend in the television play was taken by Stanley Baker).
The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions and released on August 26, 1957 in the UK. It was subsequently released in the United States and throughout the world.
|Forrest Tucker
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|Peter Cushing
|Dr. John Rollason
|Maureen Connell
|Helen Rollason
|Richard Wattis
|Peter Fox
|Robert Brown
|Ed Shelley
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Records Management
Many in the security community have argued that the government's current processes for classifying and declassifying information is outdated, but now an advisory committee established by Congress is calling on President Barack Obama to fix the broken system.
Digitized information, outdated practices and an explosion in access to classified information all contribute to the dysfunction of a classification system that has not been overhauled in its 70 years of existence, according to the Public Interest Declassification Board. The PIDB argues that it will take a presidential lead to revamp the system, with IT and new policies playing central roles in modernizing the way the government handles information.
"We believe the current classification and declassification systems are outdated and incapable of dealing adequately with the large volumes of classified information generated in an era of digital communications and information systems," Nancy Soderberg, the board's chair, wrote in a recently released letter to Obama dated Nov. 27. "The government's management of classified information must match the realities and demands in the 21st century."
The current system hinders government openness and could even pose a threat to the U.S., Soderberg and others have noted.
"The classification system exists to protect national security, but its outdated design and implementation often hinders that mission. The system is compromised by over-classification and, not coincidentally, by increasing instances of unauthorized disclosures. This undermines the credibility of the classification system," she wrote.
The PIDB report includes 14 recommendations to Obama for transforming the security classification system, which include simplifying it into only two classification categories – currently there are several, including top secret, confidential and secret – as well as automated declassification for certain information. It also recommends improving information management practices and using pilot programs to evaluate, share and scale technological solutions among agencies.
"Available technologies are rarely used to meet current needs; neither are agencies preparing to use these technologies to handle the enormous volume of digital records. As a result the government is currently unable to preserve or provide access to a great many important records," the report stated.
The report also made note of the overclassification of information, with trillions of pages of digital files being classified every year.
"Classification is a clumsy tool that prevents people from getting information they need," said Andy Greenberg, senior reporter at Forbes and author of the new book "This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileaks, Cypherpunks and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information." "[O]verclassification has been a big problem. Obama classified more info than [President George W.] Bush by a whole order of magnitude."
That volume of classified information has ripple effects as well – more classified data means more people need cleared access in order to carry out national security duties.
The PIDB report noted that access for cleared persons is another challenge to the system, and in a draft version of a presidential executive order on cybersecurity, one measure includes accelerating security clearances in order to adequately access and share cyber threat information.
"Another thing spelled out [in the executive order] is expediting security clearances for people working the critical infrastructure side of this. That's been needed for a long time, and then it goes even further to expedite bringing in outside consultants on temporary assignments who can help address the issues more quickly and in a more collaborative fashion," said W. Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2 and former CIO at the Interior Department. Tipton also noted much of the information being classified "probably doesn't need to be."
At the Defense Department, officials already have begun tackling the overclassification issue, according to the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News Blog, which last month posted an Oct. 3 DOD IG memo announcing a probe into DOD classification processes.
In July, the FAS blog also noted that nearly 5 million government workers and contractors have clearances to access classified information.
"The number of folks with access to [classified] information has been exploding. This idea of truly secret information as shared between millions of people – that is a kind of paradox that is unsustainable," Greenberg said.
The PIDB report also characterizes the current classification system as unsustainable, but also references a pervasive denial of the problem within the government – fixable, perhaps, only by leadership at the highest level.
"It became clear to the Board that only by exploiting current and developing new technologies and applying them in an improved policy framework will the national security community be capable of managing the growing volume of electronic information created in the digital age," Soderberg wrote in her letter to Obama. "There is little recognition among government practitioners that there is a fundamental problem. Clearly, it will require a presidential mandate to energize and direct agencies to work together to reform the classification system."
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Everyone knows 'when in doubt, mark it classified' is SOP. And thus everyone knows most classified items really should not be, and nobody takes it seriously. It is security theater, not much more effective than TSA at the airports.
There is no doubt that overclassification is a problem. Back in the 80's, one military site ordered its toilet paper as a secret message with a high priority. However, leveraging technology and expediting the clearance process is not the answer. The only answer is to provide clear guidance on what type of information should be classified. and a clear definition of what harm could come from releasing classified information. For instance, there is no clear definition of what "sensitive but unclassified" means but the name has been changed from FOUO, to SBU, and the latest one which I won't name.
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Mongabay.com news articles on Environmental Refugees in blog format. Updated regularly.
U.S. Admiral: climate change, not North Korea, biggest threat in the Pacific
(03/13/2013) This week, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear II, the head of U.S. military forces in the Pacific, told The Boston Globe that climate change was the gravest threat in the region. While such an assessment may be surprising, given North Korea's recent nuclear tests, the U.S. military has long viewed climate change as a massive destabilizing force on global security.
As a tiny island nation makes a big sacrifice, will the rest of the world follow suit?
(09/15/2010) Kiribati, a small nation consisting of 33 Pacific island atolls, is forecast to be among the first countries swamped by rising sea levels. Nevertheless, the country recently made an astounding commitment: it closed over 150,000 square miles of its territory to fishing, an activity that accounts for nearly half the government's tax revenue. What moved the tiny country to take this monumental action? President Anote Tong, says Kiribati is sending a message to the world: 'We need to make sacrifices to provide a future for our children and grandchildren.'
Kenyan community displaced by nature reserve seeks justice
(09/22/2008) Lake Bogoria is a fascinating nature reserve in Kenya's Rift Valley. Set in a strange arid landscape, the lake attracts tens of thousands of flamingos. The multitudes of bright pink birds contrast with the grayish-blue landscape. The lake itself is shallow and saline; boiling hot springs and geysers can be found along its western shore. Fish eagles and marabou storks haunt the waters, seeking out flamingo for dinner. Antelope, even the greater kudu, can sometimes be seen, while hyraxes make their homes in the surrounding bare rock. However, the strange beauty of this reserve comes with a grim reality not shown to tourists.
Climate change may increase global conflict
(08/25/2008) The signs of a warming world are everywhere: birds are migrating with changing temperatures; coral reefs are dying out due to bleaching; warmer winters are allowing beetles to devour Canadian forests; and the Northwest Passage has opened for the second year in a row. While scientists work to understand how climate change is affecting the worldÕs ecosystems, others are attempting to predict how societies may respond. Jurgen Scheffran, a scientist with the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security at the University of Illinois, believes a warmer world will lead to an increase in armed conflicts. He concludes that societies stressed by increased competition for natural resources are more likely to engage in warfare.
Could carbon credits-for-forest conservation (REDD) reduce terrorism and global warming?
(12/20/2007) Schemes to offer carbon credits for reducing deforestation rates in developing countries could improve American security by providing stable income to disaffected rural groups, argues a new Council on Foreign Relations report on the impact of climate change on U.S. national security.
Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees
(11/28/2007) Climate change could spawn the largest-ever migration of environmental refugees due to intensifying droughts, storms and floods, according to a new study published in Human Ecology.
Islands to face water problems as sea levels rise, populations grow
(08/15/2007) Islands in the tropical Pacific may face water problems as sea levels rise and populations grow, warns research published in Vadose Zone Journal.
Floods affect 500 million people per year, will worsen with warming
(08/10/2007) Floods affect 500 million people a year and cause billions of dollars in damage, said U.N. officials Thursday.
Climate change fueled ancient wars in China
(07/10/2007) A new study ties past climate change to warfare in ancient China.
Does drought cause war?
(05/30/2007) A new study links drought to the outbreak of war, reports New Scientist Magazine.
Hundreds of millions at risk from rising sea levels
(03/27/2007) Hundreds of millions are at risk from cyclones and rising seas resulting from climate change reports a new study by researchers from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in the UK, the City University of New York, and Columbia University.
Looming desertification could spawn millions of environmental refugees
(12/14/2006) Africa may be able to feed just 25% of its population by 2025 if soil degradation on the continent continues at its current pace, according to a water expert presenting at an upcoming United Nations University (UNU) conference on desertification in Algiers, Algeria. Karl Harmsen, Director of UNU's Ghana-based Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, says that should soil conditions continue to decline in Africa, nearly 75% of the continent could come to rely on some sort of food aid by 2025.
Global warming will threaten health through dirtier air, hotter days, and more natural disasters
(10/23/2006) Global warming will threaten human health through dirtier air, hotter days, and more natural disasters that will worsen water quality, stress emergency systems, and create environmental refugees, warns a public health physician.
Global water problem: one in three face water scarcity
(08/21/2006) One in three people is enduring one form or another of water scarcity, according to a new report from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The assessment, carried out by 700 experts from around the world over the last five years, was released at World Water Week in Stockholm, a conference exploring the management of global water resources.
China Faces Water Crisis -- 300 million drink unsafe water
(12/30/2005) About 300 million Chinese drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants according to a new report from the Chinese government.
Rising ocean causes permanent evacuation of Pacific island community
(12/06/2005) A small community living in the Pacfic island chain of Vanuatu has become one of, if not the first, to be formally moved out of harms way as a result of climate change.
Rising seas and disappearing islands will produce environmental refugees
(11/24/2005) The Carteret Islands are almost invisible on a map of the South Pacific, but the horseshoe scattering of atolls is on the front-line of climate change, as rising sea levels and storm surges eat away at their existence.
Environmental refugees to top 50 million in 5 years
(10/11/2005) Amid predictions that by 2010 the world will need to cope with as many as 50 million people escaping the effects of creeping environmental deterioration, United Nations University experts say the international community urgently needs to define, recognize and extend support to this new category of 'refugee'.


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A hot topic among Ravens fans this week is this: how well will Ray Lewis do in his new role next fall as an ESPN talking head?
According to reports, Lewis will appear on the network's "Monday Night Countdown," "Sunday NFL Countdown" and "SportsCenter" shows.
But apparently some fans on sports talk radio and message boards are worried he'll come off either as too intense, too preachy or too rambling.


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by Srdjan Misic
YouTube is full of Christmas gift freak-out videos, with kids loosing themselves in episodes of hysterical happiness because they discovered an Xbox or something like that under the tree. Screaming and jumping around the room, completely loosing it.
Although adults, some of us were on the verge of reenacting some of those YouTube classics. Most of all, it's the guys in the anti-static blue shirts that work in the manufacturing area. The occasion, of course, was the arrival of four brand new machines.
mikroe.com – These are the new machines that tripled our production capabilities – [Link]
redFrog Pick and Place machine – example of the pick and place process – [via]
This video demonstrates the process from solder paste application to picking and placing the SMD components to the final flowing of the solder. The picking and placing is done using the new redFrog pick and place machine.
redFrog Pick and Place machine – [Link]
adafruit.com writes: [via]
In the spirit of the slow, automated writing machine in Kafka's "In the Penal Colony", but channeled through laser-cut plastic, hobby servos and ink, "The Bureaucrat" was at the NYC Resistor table at MakerFaire, stamping the date on hackerspace passports.
"The Bureaucrat" — A Hackerspace Passport Date-Stamping Machine – [Link]
This very entertaining take on the classic most useless machine gag is not quite so patient as its ancestors. Oh sure, it does what they all do: When you turn it on, it turns itself off. And it'll do that over and over again. But, much like my college roommate, the machine has its limits, and it's probably wise not to push it too far. [via]
Angriest Most Useless Machine – [Link]
This is a really nice drum machine that utilizes DIP switches to control the drum beats. Those types of switches are hard to manipulate, but I imagine you could easily replace them with an easier to use 2 or 3 position toggle switch.
The two dip switches work in tandem so that each 1/8th note can have four possibilities (two bits) worth). If the position on the right switch is 0 and the position on the left switch is 0, then nothing is played. If the setup is 1 and 0, then a kick sample is played. If the setup is 0 and 1, then a snare sample is played. If the setup is 1 and 1, then a hi-hat sample is played. [via]
Arduino drum machine – [Link]


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Joakim Noah won't play for France in Olympics
Remember when Joakim Noah warmed up before Game 6 in Philadelphia? It was obvious he had not recovered enough from the twisted ankle he suffered in Game 3 to play in what turned out the be an elimination game for the Bulls.
Nearly eight weeks later, Noah is still on the mend. The Bulls center announced that he will not play for France during the upcoming Olympics because of the injury, according to the French sports dailyL'Equipe.
"I'm absolutely not ready, not ready to run, not ready to jump," Noah said, courtesy of a translation on BallinEurope.com. "And even less to play. I need more time and work. I'm not in form for someone who wants to compete in the Olympics. And given the problems that I have with my ankles, not going to the Games seemed to be the most reasonable decision."


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Fancy Macca's old Aston DB5?
Sir Paul McCartney's old Aston is coming up for auction in London next month. Yours for around £400k
Posted: 25 Sep 2012
Fittingly, this slice of 1960s Britannia comes to you on the fiftieth anniversary of the film debut of Her Majesty's Not-So-Secret-Secret-Agent. It is an Aston Martin DB5, and it is going under the hammer at RM Auctions' Battersea sale next month.
Oh, and it was first owned by another 60s Brit icon: Sir Paul McCartney. How's that for celebrity provenance?
It's the second time his old Aston DB5 has come up for auction; a car he ordered prior to The Beatles' 1964 world tour, and one which the British Industry Heritage Trust can confirm was first registered to Sir Paul himself. Apparently, the factory record states this Aston was built on 3 July and dispatched to Sir Paul's accountants on 22 September with a bundle of factory-fitted extras including Selectaride suspension, a Motorola radio, chrome wire wheels and a Philips Auto-Mignon record player. That's right, a record player. Scratchy.
While the interior may have hosted the knighted buttocks of a national treasure, that engine bay hosted a 4.0-litre straight-six Aston unit developing just over 280bhp, capable of accelerating to 60mph in around seven seconds, while hitting a top speed of 150mph.
It'll go up for auction with an expected price tag of around £400,000 at the Battersea auction next month (don't forget George Harrison's old DB5 fetched £350k a few years back), so feel free to fill in your most outlandish and cheesy Beatle-themed driving puns below. But tell us this - is it the coolest ex-Beatle owned motor? After all, Ringo Starr used to roll around in a black Mercedes 190E AMG, John Lennon ordered that psychedelic Rolls-Royce Phantom V, while George Harrison not only owned an Aston, but a Ferrari 365 GTC too.


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1. Charter Awards Call for Entries: Submit by January 18th for the awards that honor urbanism's best
As it enters its 10th year, CNU's Charter Awards program has generated more than 1200 entries and recognized 147 projects from 93 firms or schools. Project types recognized in the early years of the program now represent major trends in real estate development and community renewal — transit-oriented development, suburban mall retrofits, Hope VI transformations, and conversions of former military bases and post-industrial brownfields into walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.
Most important is the track record of awardees in transforming communities for the better. The awards recognize the best of the design and development that deliver more walkability, more livability, more energy efficiency and independence, more beauty and diversity, more transportation affordability, more long-term value and more common sense.
Headed by Charleston developer and two-time Charter Award winner Vince Graham, this year's jury is a strong one with deep experience across the Charter's three scales from region to building and block. Read more and download entry forms at http://cnu.org/awards. And note that you now have a few extra days to enter: submissions must be shipped or postmarked by January 18, 2010.
2. CNU 18 Breaking News: David Byrne rolls into opening night line-up; CDC's Dr. Howard Frumkin to serve as honorary Congress chair
Talking-Head-turned-two-wheeled-urbanist David Byrne will join the opening session of an Atlanta Congress dedicated to exploring the health, social, environmental, and economic benefits of the more active, connected form of living that flourishes in walkable, bikable cities and towns. It's another major sign that CNU 18 is on track to be a meeting place of top thought-leaders and action-leaders from the worlds of urbanism, public health and government. So is the announcement of the Congress' honorary chair — Dr. Howard Frumkin, director of the Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and a co-author of Urban Sprawl and Public Health. CNU 18: Rx for Healthy Places will run from May 19-22, 2010 and is being organized in cooperation with the CDC, headquartered in Atlanta.
Byrne's new book Bicycle Diaries chronicles how his use of bicycles as his primary form of transportation (and folding bicycles wherever he travels) taught him to view the world and its cities differently. A wry and insightful essay in the Wall Street Journal about his "dreams of a perfect city" this fall showed why he's connecting with audiences over issues of urban life and transportation as well as music. In it, he championed elements such as "human scale" and "mixed use" as essential to great cities. As was the case when he joined NYC transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Cong. Earl Blumenauer in DC, Byrne will welcome the opportunity for lively on-stage engagement with cutting-edge urbanists such as Ellen Dunham-Jones, Charles Brewer and Scotty Greene.
An internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist, and epidemiologist, Dr. Frumkin has authored and co-authored more than 160 scientific journal articles and chapters. His books include Urban Sprawl and Public Health, named a Top Ten Book of 2005 by Planetizen. Dr. Frumkin oversees CDC's Healthy Community Design Initiative, which looks at how communities can be designed to make it easier for people to live healthy lives. "Serving CNU as Honorary Chair of its 18th Congress is a signal honor," says Frumkin. "On behalf of my health professional colleagues here at CDC, and in agencies and universities across the nation, I am delighted. Protecting public health is a noble calling, and so is creating great places; the growing partnership between health professionals and those in design, planning, and architecture reflects our many shared goals and the many synergies between our two worlds. Read more about Dr. Frumkin and CNU 18.
Putting the congress back in the Congress
Finally, don't forget the CNU 18 call for academic papers. Research must be submitted by December 14
3. Registration for Next CNU Accreditation Exam Now Open
Exam Registration Open until Jan. 14, 2010
Last June, CNU proudly announced its new professional accreditation program to recognize the talent within the new urbanist movement for creating walkable, sustainable places. CNU has partnered with the University of Miami School of Architecture to use their online exam as a key requirement of the program. Registration for the first exam surpassed expectations, with 174 members signing up for this Fall.
The accreditation program seeks to elevate the practice of the principles of New Urbanism and to develop a premier standard of professional excellence in the design of the built environment. Professionals who meet the requirements of accreditation will be recognized as CNU-Accredited. CNU-Accredited members are now searchable on the CNU Member Directory. The accreditation credential can be used for business identification, reference criteria, and optional credits within the LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) rating system.
New Urbanists can take the exam online during three access windows that will be scheduled each year. The next exam access window is scheduled for Mar. 22 - Apr. 26, 2010. Registration for this exam window opened Dec. 1 2009, and closes Jan. 14, 2010. Visit www.cnu.org/accreditation to register now.
The University of Miami also offers a self-paced online course, titled The Principles and Practice of New Urbanism, which provides preparation for the exam but is not required. Registration for the course is separate from CNU Accreditation registration and is available online at http://nuonline.arc.miami.edu.
More Information
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4. Give the benefits of New Urbanism to someone important to you: Share a CNU gift membership
This year, you could help someone you care about become an urbanist. Whether it's a colleague, local official or someone else who shapes the civic agenda in your city or town, your gift of a CNU membership will give them a needed advantage as our economy comes out of a deep recession and seeks sources of real value.
They will enjoy the benefits of membership and begin learning more about CNU's principles and how they improve street networks, TODs, form-based codes and retrofitting suburbia. Welcome them into our growing movement of committed individuals and organizations dedicated to restoring good urbanism to America's built environment.
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Download a gift membership form (as an editable MS Word form or PDF) and return it to CNU by e-mail to email@example.com or by fax at 312-346-3323 or by mail to 140 S. Dearborn, Suite 404, Chicago, IL 60603.
And please don't forget the importance of end-of-the-year contributions in helping CNU enter 2010 on the strongest footing and pursue our shared agenda vigorously. Make a contribution now.
5. Visit the CNU 2009 Transportation Summit archive — and see what all the tweeting was about
CNU's summits and Congresses pack a wealth of knowledge into what seems like a blink of an eye. A decade ago, participants clamored for handouts to retain ideas that might otherwise prove fleeting. Now using suddenly ubiquitous social media platforms, particularly Twitter, attendees report on conferences in real time. Almost as soon as a thought is presented at a CNU event, it is often broadcast to Twitter followers. From there, the idea may carom around the globe as it gets forwarded (or "retweeted"), cheered and critiqued.
The Portland Transportation Summit in November was the second CNU event where Twitter coverage was common. The short term or "hashtag" identifying summit-related postings appeared in more than 380 tweets over the three days of the conference. Read our twitter tally for a revealing glimpse at what resonated both inside and outside the room.
Visit the summit website to see the extensive archive of summit presentations, including an audio-synched "slidecast" of Portland planner Stuart Gwin on the centrality of street connectivity to their plans for making key neighborhoods more livable and the lack of support in federal policy for such efforts.
6. Read CNU Board Minutes and Reports Online
Technology is helping CNU's board stay in closer contact with members. Russ Preston, the first member of the board representing CNU's chapters, shared news and observations from the early-October board meeting via Twitter. For more in-depth coverage, view the minutes from that meeting and pre-meeting memos and reports from Board Chair Ray Gindroz and CEO President John Norquist. Plus, you can catch up on minutes from past board meetings. It's all in the board section of cnu.org.
7. Norquist to join Harvard economist Ed Glaeser in project assessing health and effectiveness of US city governments
CNU President John Norquist has been invited to join a small group of economists and city government experts meeting at Harvard to develop an Index of Urban Quality. CNU's principles and metrics for better-performing urban design, infrastructure and emergency response has drawn the attention of some of America's leading economists, leading them to be reflected in this effort, which is co-sponsored by the Manhattan Institute. Look for an update after the group begins its work at Harvard in mid-January.
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Check out the latest from CNU.org:
CNU Salons: Texas adopts CNU's context-sensitive streets guidance
CNU Salons: Energy Consumption: Map Illustrates U.S Energy Use,
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New Frontiers in Work and Family Research
Edited by Joseph G. Grzywacz, Evangelia Demerouti
Psychology Press – 2013 – 220 pages
Series: Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology
Psychology Press – 2013 – 220 pages
Series: Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology
The purpose of this volume is to showcase alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to work and family research, and present methodological alternatives to the widely known shortcomings of current research on work and the family.
In the first part of the book contributors consider various theoretical perspectives including:
The chapters in Part Two consider a number of methodological issues including: key issues pertaining to sampling, the role of diary studies, Case Cross-over designs, Biomarkers, and Cross-Domain and Within-Domain Relations. Contributors also elaborate the conceptual and logistical issues involved in incorporating novel measurement approaches.
The book will be of essential reading for researchers and students in work and organizational psychology, and related disciplines.
This book certainly lives up to its title. It provides a refreshing and thought-provoking perspective on the work-home interface. The contributors, all leading experts in the field, offer new viewpoints on key concepts, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks. This book will appeal to academics and practitioners who wish to enhance their knowledge of state-of-the-art work and family research. It will also help them develop interventions to improve the wellbeing of employees, their families, and society in general. – Gail Kinman, Department of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Anne-Marie Slaughter and Marissa Mayer put work and family on the front burner in early 2012. Joseph Grzywacz and Evangelia Demerouti and their international contributors now offer insights on pressing research needs having practical implications for advancing work-family scholarship by developing creative solutions for tackling long-standing unresolved issues. A must read for work-family researchers. - Ronald J. Burke, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada
Joseph Grzywacz's and Evangelia Demerouti's edited book "New Frontiers in Work Family Research" lives up to the promise forborne by its title. This book will be valuable to scholars and students at all career levels as well as research oriented practitioners. New and under-emphasized theories such as positive organizational scholarship, chain of events, and systems theory are included. New methods from bio data, to experience sampling to direct observational methods are clearly explained. Key work-family concepts are reviewed, scrutinized and unpacked, and the interrelated recursive nature of work-family relationships are explored. The sophistication of concepts and new ideas presented will makes this book a valuable addition to help advance the work-family field. - Ellen Ernst Kossek, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, USA
J. Grzywacz, E. Demerouti, Introduction and Overview. G. Spreitzer, Using A Positive Organizational Scholarship Lens to Enrich Research on Work-Family Relationships. S. Macdermid, L. Hibel, A System Perspective on Work And Family. E. Demerouti, I.M. Corts, M. Boz, A Closer Look at Key Concepts of Work-Nonwork Interface. A.B. Bakker, E. Demerouti, The Spillover–Crossover Model. S. Sonnentag, I. Braun, Not Always a Sweet Home: Family and Job Responsibilities Constrain Recovery Processes. J.G. Grzywacz, D.S. Carlson, B.A. Reboussin, A Primer on Sampling. A. Butler, Z. Song, R. Ilies, Experience Sampling Methods for Work-Family Research: A Review and Research Agenda. F.T. Amstad, N.K. Semmer, Chains of Events in Work-Family Research. O. Buxton, L.C. Klein, S. Williams, T. McDade, Biomarkers in Work and Family Research. R.L. Repetti, S.W. Wang, M.S. Sears, Using Direct Observational Methods to Study the Real Lives of Families: Advantages, Complexities, and Conceptual and Practical Considerations. M.C.W. Peeters, L.L. Ten Brummelhuis, E.F. Van Steenbergen, Consequences of Combining Work and Family Roles: A Closer Look at Cross-Domain Versus Within-Domain Relations.
Joseph G. Grzywacz is Kaiser Family Endowed Professor of Family Resilience at Oklahoma State University, USA. He is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose research focuses on the health-related implications of everyday work and family life for adults and children. His research emphasizes the role of work and family in creating and exaggerating health disparities, and programmatic and policy solutions for eliminating forced choices between work and family.
Evangelia Demerouti is a full-time professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the processes enabling performance, including the effects of work characteristics, decision making, occupational well-being and work–life balance. Her articles have been published in journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Journal of Vocational Behavior.
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Description: Edited by Joseph G. Grzywacz, Evangelia Demerouti. The purpose of this volume is to showcase alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to work and family research, and present methodological alternatives to the widely known shortcomings of current research on work and the family. In the...
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Here is a chocolate cake that will delight your palate. Use the best bittersweet chocolate you can find!
YIELD: Makes 8 servings
1. Soak the raisins in the Cointreau for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. Lightly butter a 9-inch cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and lightly butter the paper.
4. In a food processor combine the walnuts with 1 tablespoon of sugar and process until finely ground, but not to a paste.
5. Melt the chocolate over a water bath set over medium-high heat. When melted, remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
6. In a large bowl cream the butter with the remaining sugar until pale yellow and fluffy. One at a time, add the eggs, beating well after each addition. One at a time, add the ground hazelnuts, the melted chocolate, the orange zest, the bread crumbs, and the raisins with any Cointreau they haven't absorbed, mixing well after each addition.
7. Turn the mixture into the prepared cake pan and bake on the center rack of the oven until the cake has puffed sightly and has a slight crust on top, about 30 minutes. Test for doneness by pressing gently on the center of the cakeit won't spring right back and a slight indentation will remain. Remove the cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
8. While the cake is cooling, make the glaze. Melt the chocolate with the butter, stirring occasionally in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat. Remove from the heat when melted, and stir to blend well. Set aside to cool. Spread evenly over the top and sides of the cooled cake.


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Should Israel allow segregation by gender in the public sphere simply because one religious group - ultra-Orthodox Jews - demand it?
This culture of violence against women has been strongly challenged in a World Council of Churches workshop on "transformative masculinities".
Churches across the Anglican Communion have been told they are uniquely placed to change how society thinks about gender-based violence.
Cambodian women are increasingly at the forefront of the struggle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country, says a new report.
In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Global commemorations of International Women's Day have included a public call for reading the Bible "through a gender lens".
The World Council of Churches needs a "gender policy" to ensure full participation by women, a meeting of its main governing body has been told.
Even more depressing than the puerile, bigoted and deeply unfunny 'banter' that got Sky TV presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys into hot water over their comments about referee Sian Massey, is the number of otherwise decent people who are feebly trying to excuse it.
The Fawcett Society has pledged to keep up pressure on the government over gender equality and has welcomed a further EHRC investigation of the issue.
Indonesian women from poor and marginalised communities face discriminatory laws, policies and practices, a new report by Amnesty International says.