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- Driving Innovation to Save Lives: The Vital Role of Global Health Research and Development
Despite significant gains in global health in the past several decades, too many people still die every year from preventable and treatable diseases and conditions. To continue our progress toward a healthier world, new and better health tools and technologies are urgently needed. Ongoing investment in global health research and development (R&D) is essential to advance promising tools and make them available, particularly among the poorest and most marginalized. This fact sheet highlights PATH's efforts to accelerate lifesaving innovations and strengthen policies to advance global health R&D.
Publication date: June 2015
Region: North America and Europe
- Protecting Children From Diarrheal Disease: PATH Takes a Comprehensive Approach to Combating This Leading Cause of Child Deaths
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work in protecting children from diarrheal disease.
Publication date: June 2015
Region: Global
Part of series: Areas of focus fact sheets
- Improving Access to Clean Cooking Fuel: A Pilot Study in Cambodia
Eliminating smoke and soot in homes is critical to reduce childhood deaths from pneumonia―the top killer of children under five years old. Replacing biomass with a clean-burning fuel, such as liquid petroleum gas, eliminates harmful smoke. PATH is using market-based solutions to make clean fuels available to low-income consumers.
Publication date: May 2015
Region: Asia
- Driving Innovation to Save the Lives of Women and Children: Educational Resources for Policymakers
PATH and the US government work together to save lives and improve health in developing countries, especially for women and children. These educational fact sheets help policymakers understand the breadth of US government support for programs focused on ending preventable maternal and child deaths, improving global immunization, and fostering global health research and development, while also highlighting the impact and potential of global health innovations through PATH examples.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: North America and Europe
- A History of Vaccines
This fact sheet on the history of vaccines gives a brief overview of disease rates before and after the development of vaccines.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: Global
- Investing in Vaccines for the Developing World
This fact sheet on investing in vaccines for the developing world details the cost of developing and distributing vaccines, and it outlines the innovative funding solutions designed to address these issues.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: North America and Europe
- The Road to Safe and Effective Vaccines: Clinical Trials and Their Role in Providing Lifesaving Vaccines
This fact sheet highlights the development of new vaccines through clinical trials and their role in providing safe and effective vaccines.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: Global
- Supporting Influenza Vaccine Production in Vietnam
This fact sheet describes a project that PATH is implementing in Vietnam with support from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within the US Department of Health and Human Services. The project is supporting the enhancement of sustainable influenza vaccine production in Vietnam. PATH is providing technical assistance to various groups in Vietnam to facilitate the production and clinical evaluation of safe and effective influenza vaccines and synergizing activities with work already under way in Vietnam through the World Health Organization.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: Asia
- Understanding Vaccines
This fact sheet on understanding vaccines describes how vaccines work and lists the different types of vaccines.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: Global
- US Investments in Global Immunization: Leading Efforts to Improve Health and End Preventable Child Deaths
The United States has a long history of leadership in global immunization. This educational fact sheet created by PATH and several advocacy partners highlights US government efforts in global immunization, including support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; UNICEF; and the World Health Organization, as well as immunization activities carried out by the US Agency for International Development, US Department of Defense, and various agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: North America and Europe
- Meeting the Challenge, Seizing the Opportunity: US Leadership Can Advance Global Health R&D
The sixth annual policy report from GHTC outlines actions the United States can take to reduce deaths, extend lives, and secure healthier futures by supporting research for new health tools. The report highlights the need for a comprehensive, sustainable approach to financing global health R&D.
Publication date: March 2015
Region: Global
Part of series: GHTC's annual policy reports
- No Empty Shelves Project Summary
The No Empty Shelves: Diabetes Supplies, There When Needed project is building evidence around availability of essential medicines and technologies for diabetes in low-resource settings and mobilizing the global health community to address this issue. PATH is conducting a global landscape analysis and supply chain assessments in Kenya and Senegal.
Publication date: March 2015
- Policies and Actions for Improved Malaria in Pregnancy Efforts in Communities
Emerging evidence in Kenya and other sub-Saharan African countries reveals the importance of using community-based approaches to ensure that all pregnant women have access to preventive malaria care. In Nairobi, Kenya, PATH convened government officials, leading experts, and civil society representatives to share research and discuss recommendations for policy change.
Publication date: March 2015
Region: Africa
- Scaling Up Life-Saving Commodities for Women, Children, and Newborns: An Advocacy Toolkit
This toolkit provides information about the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities (the Commission), 13 priority commodities, and examples of how its ten recommendations to improve access and availability are being applied globally and within countries. It also provides advocacy resources for utilizing the Commission platform to raise awareness and engage stakeholders in addressing commodity-related gaps in policy.
Author: Kade K, Kingshott E, Latimer A, Nieuwenhuyus B, Pacque M, Fox S, Lias N
Publication date: March 2015
Region: Global
- Stronger Health Advocates, Greater Health Impacts: Tools of the Trade
Advocacy is an effective method to achieve global health goals by ensuring that necessary resources, policies, and political will are available to support important programs. These resources help new and experienced advocates assess policy advocacy options, plan goals and activities, and develop a comprehensive strategy for advocacy impact.
Publication date: February 2015
- USAID and PATH: Working Together to Improve Global Health
PATH and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) work together to promote and improve health in developing countries. This fact sheet provides examples of successes that PATH, USAID, and our private partners have had in advancing technologies, strengthening health systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors to improve health and allow communities around the world to prosper.
Publication date: January 2015
Region: North America and Europe, Global
- Advocacy to Improve Health for Women and Children: Strategies and Stories From the Field
Advocacy is one of the many powerful tools that PATH uses to achieve our mission. By influencing decision-makers at all levels of government in countries around the world, PATH works to create a policy environment that supports good health. Advocacy to Improve Health for Women and Children: Strategies and Stories From the Field provides stories from Africa and Asia that illustrate how PATH uses a 10-part approach to advocacy to achieve lasting policy change. The stories are a resource for global health implementers and advocates to help them develop strategies to achieve policy goals. Although the examples are specific to particular countries and health issues, the methods used to accomplish policy objectives can be practiced in a variety of settings to address a myriad of issues.
Publication date: December 2014
- Partnering to Create Market-Based Solutions With Measurable Impact
PATH's pioneering work with the private sector strengthens vulnerable communities and saves lives. This overview document explains the four primary ways PATH collaborates with the private sector to bring innovation to scale and features examples of successful PATH partnership projects.
Publication date: December 2014
Region: Global
- The Shared Path to Maternal and Newborn Health
Interventions across the continuum of care determine healthy outcomes for both mother and baby. This infographic highlights the critical role of access to family planning, nutrition, prenatal and obsteric care, medicines and technologies, and newborn care. The health and survival of women and newborns lays the foundation for healthy communities. A related policy brief describes the important role that donors and policymakers can play in making a significant global health impact through funding and supporting maternal and child health programs.
Publication date: December 2014
Region: Global
- Tackling the Deadliest Diseases for the World's Poorest Children
In the past decade, global investments have led to great progress toward improving the health of children in developing countries. Yet pneumonia and diarrhea still cause 25 percent of all child deaths. This infographic makes the case for controlling pneumonia and diarrhea simultaneously to achieve the greatest impact.
Publication date: December 2014


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Comment Re:I love Microsoft (Score 1) 39
The rest of the time, it's just one mediocre release of Windows and Office after another.
Yet without them, MS wouldn't have the money to do the research
Comment Re:This isn't scaremongering. (Score 1) 494
Comment Re:will it help? (Score 1) 182
Comment Re:Is it really the Leidenfrost effect? (Score 1) 182
Comment Re:Annoying header graphics (Score 4, Informative) 97
Comment Re:Safety vs Law (Score 1) 475
Comment Re:Safety vs Law (Score 1) 475
And what if the driver doing 45 pulled in front of the one doing 90, leaving less than a second for the latter to react?
And before you say that's stupid, I've had to swerve to avoid a big accident caused by someone doing half my speed pulling out in front of me on a motorway. Luckily I had enough time to react.
Comment Re:Left or Right? (Score 1) 475
I don't know what regulations may apply when it leaves the factory, but some combination of years of wear, a sticky cable, and larger than factory tires put on and that easily goes out the window.
As would the road-worthiness certification.
Comment Re:Left or Right? (Score 1) 475
So how will a driverless car know that the roads are wet or icy before a loss of traction occurs.
Same way 'normal' cars know when the road conditions change: stability control systems. Where fitted, obviously.
Comment Re:Snowden is a traitor (Score 3, Interesting) 266
Comment Re:They're all evil. Really evil. (Score 1) 267
It's impossible to make something as complex as a consumer oriented OS without any bugs at all.
It certainly is
At which point your argument loses all value. Clearly you've never written a line of code in your life.

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Unlocking the Key to Deep Sleep
By Sarah Fenske
Making the Ferguson Commission Matter
By Danny Wicentowski
My Fake Boyfriend Became a Real-Life Crush
By Lindsay Toler
Rep. Jeffrey Pogue Bill Would Ban Unisex Bathrooms
By Danny Wicentowski
Darren Wilson Gives Speech to Nonprofit
By Danny Wicentowski
Angel Stewart and Other Victims of Violence Ask for Mercy
By Jessica Lussenhop
Obama Praises St. Louis' LaunchCode
By Lindsay Toler
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Meanwhile, Hardy had invented a valve-less pump he called the Marlin because it looked like a fish. It occurred to him that he could sell the pump with an instructional book, and then anyone could learn to make balloon figures.
He released his first Balloon Magic kit in 1983. The Pioneer Balloon Company bought him out two years later and started selling the kit with its new Qualatex latex balloons, the now-standard 260s. Two inches wide and sixty inches long, they were ideal for twisting basic figures.
Pumps have become essential for anyone who works with balloons. "Blowing up a balloon is one of the most dangerous things you can do to your body," warns James. "You can rupture your sinuses, your soft palate and your eardrums, or blow out your retinas. I tell people not to do it. I learned how back in the day, and it looks cool and impressive, but if that's what's important, be a balloon blower-upper."
(That said, during his shows at Culver's, James blows up all his balloons himself.)
Over the years, Hardy has expanded the balloon-artists' repertoire. "I started weaving balloons in 1984," he recounts. "I injured my back in Vietnam, and as part of my recuperation, the occupational therapy folks taught me how to do macramé. I saw that it could be directly tied to balloons. Instead of knots, you twist them together. It caught on like wildfire."
Troy Apprill's fingers never stop moving. If they're not tying and twisting balloons, they're flicking at the controls of his iPhone, flipping through pictures of his many sculptures.
There's a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end, and a cluster of fruits and vegetables, including a big green watermelon with a stippled rind. There's a six-foot menorah in the middle of Chesterfield Mall, lit by real candles and kosher-certified by a rabbi. There are life-size football players, oversize Mardi Gras masks and Apprill's personal favorite, a towering bubble-gum machine that dispenses sixteen-inch gumballs.
He made them all from balloons.
"I can sell anything," boasts Diane Burton, Apprill's assistant at Balloonville Productions, the business he founded 23 years ago. "And any unusual thing I can sell, he's come out and made it."
"Our first question is: How big do you want it?" Apprill adds. "I can build anything anyone is willing to pay for."
Last November Apprill received the Don Cheeseman Lifetime Achievement Award for Balloon Artistry, one of the industry's highest honors. The Wizard of Oz float he created for the 2007 Veiled Prophet Parade landed on the cover of the trade magazine Balloon Images, the balloon artists' equivalent to appearing on the covers of Newsweek and Time on the same week.
Balloons have fascinated Apprill, who is now 45, since childhood. "My grandparents took us to the circus, and I got a clear balloon twisted into a little mouse shape," he recalls. "I was so intrigued, that by the time we were out of the parking lot, I had deflated it in order to figure it out." When he was a teenager, an aunt decided he needed a hobby and bought him Marvin Hardy's Balloon Magic kit.
Within a few years, Apprill was working as a twister, riding a unicycle around St. Louis Union Station and making hats and swords for tips. "Would I do that again?" he asks. "Yes, but at a premium price." By the time he was 22, he had crossed over to decorating and launched Balloonville.
There are decided psychological differences between twisters and decorators. "We're more unique than the standard decorator," explains James. "They follow instructions. Twisters don't think that way. They're more inventive. You've got a long skinny balloon, and you've got to make something out of it. It has to turn into a frog."
Like most decorators, Apprill is a Certified Balloon Artist, a professional designation bestowed by Qualatex. CBAs must pass a battery of five written and practical tests in subjects like science, arch-building and bouquet-arranging. Apprill is familiar with every event venue in town. He knows that in a casino, balloons cannot block the security cameras.
But Apprill's experience at Union Station has made him a new hybrid in the industry, a deco-twister. "He incorporates twisting into decorating," says James. "Before, decorators didn't touch skinny balloons and twisters didn't touch rounds. Deco-twisters opened up new avenues for both sides."
For Apprill, the best part about decorating is that he can be creative without having to perform. "It's nerve-wracking, building a sculpture with an audience," he says.
"He's a hidden jewel," enthuses Cindy Vogel, director of sales for the Fox Theatre and a long-time Balloonville customer. "When we want a wow factor, we use him. Bless his heart, he comes to us with concepts that live in his head, and mathematically and physically, he gets them into balloons every time."
"This is what I've done longest," Apprill says modestly. "This is what I know. It's very labor-intensive and extremely emotionally gratifying. Never underestimate the power of a balloon. It changes people's attitudes. It makes them happy. When an event or a party starts, people see the balloons, and suddenly there's a celebratory atmosphere."
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip to the Middle East included a visit and official dinner with Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates armed forces. Story
The U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons -- specifically the nerve-agent sarin -- on a small scale in that violence-torn nation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. Story
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with troops at an air base in Southwest Asia and answered questions on topics ranging from budget cuts and tuition assistance to the Asia-Pacific rebalance. Story
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel
Chuck Hagel took the oath of office to serve as the 24th defense secretary at the Pentagon, Feb. 27, 2013, becoming the first enlisted combat veteran to lead the Defense Department. Hagel served in the U.S. Senate, representing Nebraska from 1996 to 2009. Following his Senate career, Hagel served as co-chairman of President Barack Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board and as a member of the department's Defense Policy Board. Biography
Hagel Visits U.S. Troops in Southwest Asia
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Below is the poem entitled Theme of the Pyramid Scheme which was written by poet
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Issac Guzman
Creationist scientists who dig
with astro-paleontologists
As they seek the bones
Of australepithecus
Foretold in the Book of Leviticus
& the Dead Sea Scrolls
Sounded by the deadly tolls
From the bells
Harbored in the Vatican,
Those who mistake the accidents
For the sake of unholy laxatives
To be forced in controlling the pacifists
10% of your income,
& then some
The cross holds one
For ransom
It doesn't matter if your
Beautiful or handsome
Since, the endless chasms
Flood like restless cytoplasm
Induced by the
Phantom's iconoclasm
As the masses reduce
To being merely a bantam
Docile & trite,
This isn't right
What's done in the dark,
Must be brought to the light
Stand up, & fight
For the right,
Rise with all our might
& working through the nights
New World Order plights
Will never bring a fright
Fear no evil,
See no evil,
Speak no evil
They're all just weasels
Being painted on the easel
With the colors of greed & lust
Nobody to trust
But, yourself
As one must
In order to be just
With one & all
& all in one


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This is a Recap of Lost Season 6, Episode 6, entitled "Sundown", originally airing March 2, 2010. It is full of spoilers, so if you haven't seen the episode, don't read on, cause I'll spoil the fact that the episode was sponsored by Sun Chips and included no fewer than eight deliberate product shots of characters pointing at Sun Chips, then Ben's coffin was filled with Sun Chips. Oops! Spoiled that too. See?
I assumed the episode "Sundown" was gonna be about Sun (like Season 1's "House of the Rising Sun"), and I was already prepared to rip on the terrible pun title with my own list of upcoming episodes ("Blackjack", "Ben'd It Like Beckham", "Kate-O Kaelin") but Lost managed to cut all the Sun scenes and replace them with Sayid scenes at the last minute, and the episode ended up being less "Sundown" and more "East Of Sayiden".
The episode opens on Uncle Sayid in New Thousand Four arriving at the house of his brother Omer and Omer's wife, Sayid's childhood sweetheart Nadia (yesss, from American Pie, people who hear her name in 1999 and say the joke she's heard a million times). Sayid gives the kids their Australia gifts — boomerangs with pictures of kangaroos playing digeridoos on them — and tells his brother about this job raveling the world murdering oil contracts, and Nadia gloats that Omer has opened up a new dry cleaners, but Omer suddenly gets an urgent phone call and nervously storms off (my friend joked "Red wine?? Sorry, I have to take this…")
Turns out, Omer has borrowed money from murderous loan sharks so he could open the dry cleaners, and unfortunately, this isn't a euphemism for a drug problem — he's actually risking his life to expand his dry cleaning empire. This double-great idea somehow backfires, and with his life in danger, Omer begs Sayid to help get the goons off his back, not by borrowing his money, but by borrowing his murder. Sayid refuses, saying "I am not that man anymore — I'm not killing anyone ever again…until at least one more commercial."
Sidenote: It was subtle, but I think Sayid and Nadia have a liiiiiiiiitttttle thing for one another. Seriously — I rewound the DVR and watched their scenes seven times, and if you pause the screen on certain specific frames and walk up really close to the tv, you can see minute details that indicate that they may have at one time had feelings for one another. The show hid it well, but I miss no detail, no matter how microsocopic. I am the Sherlock Holmes of everything.
Anyway…the 2004 segment climaxes when two bald goons approach Sayid, throw him in a car, drive him to a shady mob-style restaurant, and introduce him to their leader… WAIT! Don't tell me… 2/3 of the way through the episode, new-2004 timeline, and really slow face reveal after hearing the person's voice… it's gonna be someone from the island! I'm gonna sayyyy…… Rousseau's partner who had his arm ripped off by the monster! Ahhhh…Keamy! The bounty hunter who shot Ben's daughter. Why wouldn't he be on the mainland shadily ripping off Iraqi cleaning entrepreneurs?
Keamy feigns sympathy for the "accident" that hospitalized Omer (pair of scissors fell out of a dress shirt) and explains that Omer still owes him money, but before he can say "the dude's name should be Owe-More!", Sayid swipes his captor's gun, kills the two goons, and points it at Keamy, who quickly agrees to call off Omer's debt. Unfortunately, Keamy only cooked his eggs for three seconds, and he dies of salmonella poisoning a split second before Sayid shoots him. Sayid then follows a voice and opens a freezer to find, tied up on the ground, none other than Jin. LOST. Wait, not "LOST" yet? Damn — a lot must've happened this week, huh?
After the jump, a Star Trek fight, Sayid makes a choice, and a lot of people choose to be dead:
Meanwhile, in the temple, Sayid finally confronts Dogen and demands some answers, and Dogen laughs "Oh, haha! That poison pill gag? Classic! You were so gonna eat it and die! Ahhhh…butseriously… inside everyone is a scale of good and evil, and us burning you was a test of that and you failed so, sorry." Dogen curiously doesn't say "you tested evil," just, "yours tipped the wrong way," which I thought was significant, until Sayid caused a bunch of evil crap to happen (getting to that later). Sayid and Dogen engage in fisticuffs (cue this music!), and when Dogen has Sayid pinned down, his baseball rolls off his table and he suddenly decides "Ah, the baseball roll — that means you're banned from the temple, not murdered."
Before Sayid can pack his bags (all he has are some boxers, toiletries, and a carry-on of death), Claire waltzes into the temple and demands that Dogen meet with Dark Locke, but Dogen wants Locke to come to him, because Dogen's tired of driving all the way out to Locke's place and paying the $5.50 for the bridge, but Locke can't come there cause he's waiting for the cable guy to show up, so they can't reach an agreement. Dogen's afraid Locke will kill whoever he sends, and he can't send Jack or Hurley cause they've flown the Lost coop, so he convinces Sayid to go and instructs him that if he still has any good left in him, he'll do the right thing and stab the "evil incarnate" — who will appear as "one of your friends who died" — before he manages to talk. If that's the only way you could kill my wife, she'd live forever — HELLO! [Tie Adjust]
Sayid blows past Kate (a running gag this season) and finally encounters Locke, who sinisterly manages to exclaim "Hi Sayid" before Sayid plunges Dogen's knife into his chest. Locke removes the knife unscathed, and rather than kill Sayid, he takes the much nicer route and just convinces Sayid to deliver a message to the temple inhabitants, which will assuredly result in way more death. After deliberating exactly how many deaths he'd like to cause from his actions, because he's Sayid, Sayid agrees.
Sayid brings a message back to the temple: leave the temple and join Dark Locke, or you'll be killed at sundown. This creates a panic throughout the obviously already-paranoid commune members, and Dogen's second in command dude tries in vain to convince people to stay because "He can't come in here! Trust me – that magic rule is still in place." Sayid returns Dogen's knife to him, and totally calls him on his BS about trying to use other people to kill him, and when he asks why, Dogen launches into a prepared wedding speech about how he came to the island.
Dogen recounts how he was once promoted to Head Unnecessary Translator User at the bank he worked at, but got too drunk while celebrating and crashed his car after picking his son up from baseball practice. Jacob arrived at the child's hospital room and convinced Dogen to take a job on the island, and in exchange, Dogen would never get to see his son ever again. Wait — shouldn't the tradeoff for taking Jacob's mysterious island job be something positive? Either way, Dogen doesn't realize this, and long story short, he's on the island, holding a baseball, and not answering Sayid's original question with his rambly story. Sayid's like, "That's it?? I thought you were gonna say your son's spirit is trapped in your magic baseball or something," and drowns Dogen in the pool of resurrection (Zuh? Is he gonna come back to life? And/or be evil now? Or did Sayid remember to change the jacuzzi setting to "Not Resurrecting Pool"?)
Vice Templeman rushes in to find his leader dead in the pool and screams at Sayid "He was the only thing keeping it out! You're gonna kill me aren–" and Sayid cuts his throat, adding "I know. And yes." This cues Smokey to go on another rampage, and he blitzes through the temple and slaughters every unimportant character. Miles is rescued by Ilana and the Lapidus/Ben motley crew, and after Ben unsuccessfully tries to recruit Sayid to go with them — "There's still time" / "Not for meeee…." — the group escapes the temple through the secret passageway in the rock wall (Zelda chime!)
Earlier in the episode, Kate finally meets face to face with Claire, who's sitting in the temple's Silence Of The Lambs lotion pit, and tells her "Good news! I took Aaron off the island and raised him myself! Aren't you totally not gonna murder me for that?" and Claire gives her a look so disdainful, it briefly bumps her hair down to being her second most horrifying feature (Roasted! Two weeks in a row!!!) When the Smoke Monster shizz goes down, Kate runs to rescue Claire, but Claire says "we'll be safer in here" and is proven right when Kate moves slightly into the pit and the smoke whizzes right over her head. Claire and Kate emerge from the pit intact, and join Sayid and Cindy the ex-stewardess in their merger with LockeCorp.
The episode concludes with Locke sinisterly assembling the temple survivors and leftover beach stragglers — but is he leading them off the island, as he says, or is he leading them somewhere else, like Being Killed Towne? Also, remember my ongoing theory that the "Man In Black" isn't as expressly evil as he appears on the surface? It got repeatedly slammed against a stone pillar this week.
— As destructive as Dark Locke has been, Jacob may not totally be off the hook as some innocent "good half" either. Which one of them ordered the Dharma massacre? Was it Jacob though Richard, was it Man In Black pulling a stunt, or was it Richard and the Others acting on their own without divine inspiration? It'd be cool if the theme of the show ends up being "All gods murder you."
— On the sidelines this week: Sawyer (strained oblique), Richard (sprained MCL), Desmond (out indefinitely), and Hurley (healthy scratch)
— Jack makes an Easter-eggy appearance as a doctor at Omer's hospital but doesn't interact with Sayid, though he does presumably botch whatever he was on his way to do in the background.
— Most of the islanders who've appeared in new positions in the alternate 2004 have been nice — Ethan the regular doctor, Ben the teacher, Dogen the supportive parent — but Keamy was still a jerk. Maybe in the old reality, he did not make good eggs.
— Next Week On Lost: Ben finally "meets his demise". Up until mid Season-5, if you had asked me to pick a favorite character, I would've very quickly responded "Ben," simply because every episode with Ben in it was so noticeably more awesome than every episode at the time without Ben. But ever since that ridiculous murder-reflecting smoke episode, Ben's been impotent in the sinister department, and all the mystique and Iago-like endearing villainy he used to represent is just totally gone. Now he's just some dude caught in the middle of warring gods and possessed resurrected underlings, so it's hard to find his character that special any more. Or maybe he's just been setting us all up for the ULTIMATE BEN-ING?? Ehhh…I'm not placing any Bents (Ben bets).
Also, one final note: I'm going to be traveling for the next two weeks, starting next Monday, so the Lost Recaps are gonna take a two-week break. I really enjoy writing these posts and reading the comments from fellow obsessives, and I apologize if the lack of screengrabs from the show with added talking bubbles indicating the characters are saying something stupid inconveniences you, but I promise, I'll recap the two episodes when I get back, and will resume regular Lost recapping duties for the final 8 episodes and the finale.
In the meantime — leave all "Sundown" episode thoughts, observations, questions, theories, favorite parts, favorite lines, and eulogies to Dogen and Lennon in the comments.


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Welcome to another...
Oh, who am I kidding? It's WEDNESDAY!!! Why am I just now getting to Tip Tuesday?!?!?
Mea Culpa, my friends.
Anyway, on with the show and this week's tip...
When friends and co-workers hear that my family and I are WDW annual passholders, they often ask me, "Why?" or "Is it worth all that money?"
The answer really depends on how much you plan to visit Walt Disney World in a 12-month period.
Take my family for example. My wife and I have three children. In Disney's eyes, we are three adults and two children (under 10). We knew that we were going to WDW in January 2010 for the half-marathon and we knew we wanted to take another family trip in the spring/early summer to experience both Disney and (dare I say it!) Universal's new Wizarding World of Harry Potter. As we looked at the ticket costs for those two trips alone we started thinking about the usefulness of an annual pass.
Let's look at this in a bit more depth.
In January, we were planning to get a four-day park hopper pass (per person). The cost for three adult and two child hoppers is $1,319 (at $69.25 per adult and $61 per child).
This spring/summer, we are planning at least seven days at Disney (maybe more, but we'll go with seven for now). The cost of five seven-day park hopper passes is $1,364 (at $40.86 per adult and $36.14 per child).
Adding these together, we get a total ticket cost of $2,683.
Now let's look at the cost of annual passes.
Annual passes (for this year) are $489 per adult and $432 per child. For my family, annual passes cost $2,331 -- a savings of more than $300.
As you can see, it was readily apparent that we should consider the annual pass (which we did).
But wait, there's more.
We quickly realized that we had tickets for an ENTIRE YEAR! So the question was when to start that year. Originally we weren't considering a WDW trip for the summer of 2009. With the annual pass, all of the sudden, that summer trip was possible. We had to shoulder the financial hit of the passes, but knew we were saving in the long run.
The next thing we know, we're heading down to WDW every chance we can get!
For less than the cost of our two originally planned trips, we've already taken one WDW trip and are planning three more. That's four trips for the original price of two.
But wait, there's more.
WDW annual passholders also enjoy some serious discounts. How about 10% off all purchases at the World of Disney in Downtown Disney, discounts at certain Epcot restaurants, discounts on tours, discounts on theme park tickets (for friends or family), and HUGE discounts on room-only rates at many of the Disney resorts. The room-only savings can be as much as 40% off the rack rate.
So before you head down to Walt Disney World on your next trip -- think ahead. If you might be going more than once in a calendar year or going for longer than 10 days, you might want to think about getting an annual pass. The savings could be well worth the investigation. Do the math.
For more about annual passes, see the official Disney Web site.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tip Tuesday: To AP or not to AP...
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- Scott Osborne said...
That is exactly what we did last year. We went last summer and knew we'd be going again this year. So, we just made sure we would make our 2009 summer trip earlier in the summer. And, we knew we would be going last fall with my parents. So, we got the annual passes. Very good deal.
- September 10, 2009 at 2:22 PM
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"I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti".
If anything, The Silence Of The Lambs became a victim of its own success in the 1990s.
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34 CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSIONS Several common themes can be identified in the responses because they are nondestructive, they are appropriate for from state departments of transportation (DOTs), FHWA, properties about which tribes have cultural or religious state historic preservation offices (SHPOs), tribes, and concerns. Survey respondents, however, considered several cultural resource management firms. First, discussions and geophysical methods to still be experimental. As a result, consultations held outside of the requirements of individual some DOTs are testing the efficacy of geophysical investi- projects are an effective means of building trust and com- gations in the context of different environmental settings munication. This is especially the case with tribal consulta- and site types. Although several DOTs and other agencies tion, where general discussions on protocols and important employ some form of predictive modeling as a planning issues are best held without the constraints and potential tool, there has been no consistent approach to the crea- conflicts inherent in specific transportation projects. tion, use, and maintenance of these models. Such models The FHWA, DOTs, and tribes often formalize these proto- may not operate as originally expected and they are sup- cols in programmatic agreements and memoranda of plemented with judgmental criteria to increase their ac- understanding. curacy, thereby reducing their systematic and objective character. These pre-planning and nonproject-specific discussions, however, take time and a commitment from all parties The final theme has to do with marginally eligible sites involved. They also require activities that are not linked to and sites for which no historic context exists. A number of specific projects. It is often difficult for agency staff to par- the states surveyed have turned the challenge of dealing with ticipate in nonproject-specific activities given scheduling these types of sites into opportunities for creative mitigation constraints and agency priorities. However, DOT, SHPO, measures. By dealing expeditiously (or not at all) with these FHWA, and tribal representative responses to the survey sites and "sliver takes" of clearly significant sites, a number demonstrate the long-term benefits of these nonproject- of DOTs have found a way to fund historic contexts and other specific communication efforts. studies that are needed for better evaluation and management of archaeological sites that will be affected by transportation A second theme is the usefulness of programmatic agree- projects. ments (PAs) as opposed to case-by-case approaches. This theme appeared throughout the responses, but especially in The effective practices discussed in this report can also be reference to productive approaches to coordinating Section grouped into four broad categories: 106 compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. Use of these agreements reduces project 1. Communication (includes tribal consultation and costs and review time, allows greater flexibility in Section engaging the public), 106 compliance, focuses Section 106 compliance on sub- 2. Internal business practices and the project delivery stantive issues and site types, and results in predictable proj- process, ect and preservation outcomes. It should be noted, however, 3. Pre-project planning, and that creating and maintaining these agreements takes both 4. Innovative approaches to the steps in the Section 106 time and a strong commitment from agency staff, including process. upper management. Some practices establish opportunities for regular and The third theme was a general enthusiasm for using tech- continuous communication; therefore, project issues and nology as a planning tool. Information technology and pre- concerns can be dealt with quickly. This results in increased dictive modeling, for example, are viewed as cost-effective trust and cooperation among agencies and with the public ways to evaluate alternatives for transportation projects and and tribes. Other practices, especially those under the cate- to target survey and testing dollars on the areas where they gory of pre-project planning, provide a clear framework for will yield the most important information. Geophysical conducting archaeological investigations and complying techniques are cost-effective ways of improving archaeo- with the requirements of Section 106. As a result, project logical resource identification and evaluation efforts and, activities are predictable and project outcomes are known
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35 early in the project development and regulatory compliance Some states are beginning to quantify the results of using processes. These practices focus on outcomes and not rote innovative approaches. The Georgia DOT, for example, is implementation of processes. starting to collect this type of information in response to FHWA's "Vital Few" initiative and a directive from upper In general, these practices are used uniformly across the management within the department. Both the DOT and country (see Appendix D). There are, however, some FHWA want to demonstrate a reduction in adverse effects regional preferences. None of the western states responding per project mile as a measure of the effectiveness of the to the survey (i.e., Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, state's streamlining efforts. Wyoming, and all states to the west of these states) use arche- ological predictive modeling or phased approaches to Another goal of this synthesis study is to identify future archaeological surveys. The survey responses do not provide research needs for improving the management of archaeo- an explicit reason for these regional differences. It can be logical investigations. The survey questionnaires asked inferred, however, that phasing and predictive models are respondents to list the types of studies or research that they used in eastern states because of the difficulty of locating felt were important. As noted in chapter four, the majority of archaeological sites in the agricultural and forested lands the responses focused on pre-project planning. The respon- common to this area. In the west, sites are generally visible dents identified the need for: on the surface. In eastern states, these two practices reduce the time and cost of evaluating the impacts of project alter- � Historic contexts, especially for problematic sites such natives on archaeological resources. as lithic scatters, 19th-century farmstead, and 20th- century archaeological sites. One of the goals of this synthesis study was to examine � Protocols for geophysical investigations and deep test- how DOTs and FHWA quantify the benefits of innovative, ing for buried archaeological sites. effective practices. The questionnaires for DOTs and FHWA � A repository or clearinghouse for archaeological infor- asked if they had quantified the benefits of implementing mation, data, and documentation, which should be these practices and, if so, what measures they used--cost, web-based. timeliness of project delivery, number of sites avoided, or � A nationwide study on the use of site burial as a form other factors. Unfortunately, very few states collect this type of mitigation. of information. The last item listed requires an initiative that is beyond the The Texas DOT reported that it has been able to keep his- capabilities of a single state DOT, as would the creation of a toric preservation compliance costs down as a result of national archaeological data/document repository. The effec- implementing various innovative practices over the previous tive practices described in this report, however, can be used 5 years. It noted that the cultural resource management office to create needed state historic contexts, testing protocols, and budget had doubled over that period, whereas the DOT's state-specific repositories or clearinghouses. overall construction budget had increased fourfold. The Illi- nois DOT stated that their statewide archaeological survey Several DOTs, such as those in Georgia, Nevada, Penn- budget had not increased in the previous 5 years. This bud- sylvania, and Texas, have addressed the need for historic get includes all of their "run-of-the-mill" inventory and sur- contexts by using creative mitigation to fund and develop vey projects and some National Register eligibility testing contexts, syntheses of archaeological work in a given area, efforts. The DOT keeps finding better and more efficient and studies of specific categories of sites. As for state- ways of doing its historic preservation compliance work, specific repositories of archaeological information and doc- using such tools as programmatic agreements, smarter arti- umentation, Arizona has developed an internal web-based fact collection strategies, and surveys that are postponed until portal for the storage and retrieval of electronic cultural they are really needed during the NEPA and project design resource survey data and documentation. Florida DOT's process. Geographic Information System/Internet-based Efficient Transportation Decision Making process not only serves as The Oregon DOT noted that in its state, nontraditional a repository for cultural resource data, but also provides an approaches are seen as ways to reduce project cost and electronic platform for decision making and information improve project delivery, even when initial start-up costs exchange among agencies. The creation of these types of appear to be substantial. These initial costs are viewed as information management systems, as well as computerized appropriate, given the long-term benefits of these practices. site inventories, requires funds outside of the project devel- The Wisconsin DOT noted that all of these efforts and opment process. Funding sources for creating and maintain- approaches pay off by reducing future costs. Furthermore, ing these state-focused information technology tools and many of these approaches are low cost, given that they systems include Transportation Enhancement funds, FHWA predominantly deal with improving and enhancing commu- streamlining project funds, and other special funding nication among parties. sources.
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36 Additional research needs identified during this synthesis � Early and more efficient coordination and integration of study include: overlapping and at times conflicting regulatory and compliance procedures (i.e., Section 106 and NEPA). � Synthesizing and evaluating past archaeological inves- � Contextual information for evaluating resource signifi- tigations to better define significant archaeological cance, determining what the "context" is in context- resources, and to identify the most effective methods sensitive solutions, and defining and meeting local and for managing such resources. regional historic preservation goals, plans, purpose, and � Evaluating the public benefit of archaeological investi- needs. gations. � Constructive public input in the creation and use of this � Determining whether centralized versus decentralized contextual information (tribal and minority communi- state DOT programs impact the effectiveness of these ties in particular need to be partners in this effort). streamlining and stewardship efforts. � Direct and tangible public benefit from historic preser- � Evaluating the effectiveness of agency-generated vation actions. manuals, guidance, and training. � Quantifying the benefits of innovative, effective practices. This NCHRP synthesis study demonstrates that several state DOTs, state FHWA division offices, SHPOs, and tribes As noted in chapter one, transportation and historic are effectively implementing these and related actions. preservation professionals repeatedly call for better integra- Although the survey findings suggest that it is somewhat dif- tion of historic preservation compliance and transportation ficult for agencies to quantify the benefits of these activities, project delivery. Those interviewed for this synthesis identi- the survey responses do highlight several qualitative measures fied the following actions that would improve integration and of success. These include reducing or eliminating conflict project outcomes: among agencies, improving relations and trust between agen- cies and tribes, meeting project schedules and objectives, � Better access to, analysis of, and use of cultural reducing public opposition to transportation projects, and pro- resource data for making sound transportation ducing tangible public benefits of transportation-funded decisions. archaeological investigations. These and other qualitative ben- � Early and more efficient coordination among all parties efits are all desirable outcomes and justify the continued use involved in all stages and components of transportation and expansion of practices that streamline project delivery and programs. improve stewardship of our nation's archaeological heritage.


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Maturity Ratings
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Gehenna Crossing
Gehenna Crossing is an immersive, emotive roleplay sim set in 1888 Wyoming. Brought to you by the storytellers who had made the legendary Deadwood sim, this build typists to re-live the real life-range wars where ranchers, farmers, railroad interests and townies battled for control in the time of Billy the Kid and Cattle Kate. There's saloons, brothels, ranches, respectable businesses and more.View this destination »
The Museum of Magical Arts
The Museum of Magical Arts was created to educate and entertain people in Second Life that may have a passing interest or a full-blown love for the art of magical performance. Here you will discover the rich history of the magical arts through time, and enjoy many exhibits featuring famous illusions, magicians, and other collected entertainment facts. All this and Houdini, too!View this destination »
Era of Conquest
Be a part of one of the great houses that rule the land and work yourself up and work your way to glory. Where will your adventure take you?View this destination »
The Temple of Portunus
The Temple of Portunus is an ancient building in Rome dedicated to the god Portunus. Located in the ancient Forum Boarium by the Tiber river, Portunus watched over cattle-barges as they entered the city from Ostia. The temple houses a new small fashion brand to popularize the art and knitwear for men and women. Come see this wonderful recreation of a real life historic site!View this destination »
MB Antiques
A truly unique antique store, The Village by MB Antiques sells antiques from the 18th and 19th century in the styles of French rococo, baroque, Italian, Swedish, English and continental. Specializing in paintings, rugs, tapestries, furniture and other objets d'art. Maybe it's time to class up the old domicile?View this destination »
The Kingdoms of Giliath
Welcome to Giliath, a world like no other. Will you enter in and discover your liaisons with the light or the darkness? Will you follow the paths that the ancients once walked? Will you learn to cast the magics that were handed down through the generations? Are you worthy to sing the song of the blade? This is your choice. Adventurer, what will it be? Choose wisely.View this destination »
Realm of Asher
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I know you aren't going to believe this, but this photo was taken in my yard! Don't worry, I'm sure my black thumb will find a way to kill it, but in the meantime, look! It's a flower! In my yard! Must be all that fertilizer the neighbor's dog plopped into our yard...
At my house, we like stuff with dual purposes. For example, Mitch has organized all of our candy (and yes, there is a high enough volume that it needs to be organized) in recycled spaghetti jars. Which leads to conversations like this: "Where are the Reese Cups?"
"The dark chocolate ones or the milk?"
"Um, milk, I guess..."
"Large ones or the travel size?"
"There are two sizes?"
"Uh, yeah (rolling of eyes at my apparent ignorance). Try Prego or Newmans."
Oh, look, a dining room table slash buckle making factory. Another dual purpose! Sadly, I cleaned the table before taking this picture. According to hubs, "Cassie Clean" does not meet up to health code standards. A little dirt never hurt anyone, says me. I don't think...
While hubs has been thoughtfully organizing our pantry, I've been slowly transforming every part of our house into a functional room slash crafting work space. It ain't pretty. But it's working for me. The drawback? I live in fear of the doorbell. It started when an exceptionally well-dressed dude on a bike came to my door... (cue reflection music):
Dude: Hi, ma'am, do you have a minute?
Me: (cringing at the word "ma'am") Um, I guess.
Dude, removing bike helmet: Well, I won't take but a moment -- (peering behind me) hey, did ya'll just move into your house?
Me: (attempting to block his view) What? Me? Yes! No. Well, maybe.
Dude: Oh, well, I just noticed all of the stuff you have ... everywhere.
The "sewing room" (which I think was originally a bedroom, hence the bed it once housed) occasionally doubles as the shipping room. And the breakfast room is currently two-timing as a mini photo studio.
The other prob I've encountered with my craftin' sprawl is that it's like kudzu -- it has a tendency to take over. It just spreads and spreads, covering everything in it's path until all that's left is mass craftin chaos. The only place that I haven't allowed my craftin' to creep is the bathroom and Mitch's side of the bed. But give it time. My Kraftin' Kudzo is resilient.
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'Emoji' Ouija Board Being Created
The act of Human beings trying to contact the dead on the other side has become a common part of paranormal research over the years.
Whether it be raps on a wall or table, direct communication through a psychic or automatic writing, spirit communication really collided with the general public since the talking board or 'Ouija' board was created in the late 19th century.
Since then many a horrifying tale, both fiction and non, has started with a group of friends using the tool to communicate with the great beyond.
The slow and painful act of waiting for the ghost to actually spell out his message seemed a bit out of date however to an enterprising trio who have brought 'Emoji' to the Ouija mojo.
It started with a vision of using little graphical pictures on the board for the spirits to communicate with the living.
Ever wanted to know if the ghost in your house was in love, happy, sad, was trying to tell you about an old Indian burial ground or was in a murderous rage in hardly no time and via a cute ghost cartoon your kids will adore?
Your prayers may have been answered.
Candy Man: The Truth Behind Poisoned Halloween Candy Scares
If you grew up in the last half century or so, the tradition of checking your Halloween candy after coming home from Trick or Treating was a commonplace event of your childhood.
There could be a razor blade stuck in your Taffy Apple or a loose wrapper on your peanut butter cup that may mean poison.
Like most things though, especially those connected to a holiday like Halloween, truth is often stranger (and sometimes scarier) then fiction.
The first question is: Has a child ever died from candy connected to the holiday of Halloween?
That fact stated, the truth behind the fear of a murderer targeting children through poisoned holiday sweets is a bit more complex and interesting…
Amityville: An Insight to Ronald DeFeo in Prison
Being an infamous criminal in the prison system can lead to many different kinds of encounters.
For many men and women who had their names splashed across the nation after their crimes were discovered this can lead to dangerous and life threatening situations, such as when Charles Manson was set on fire in a California institution in 1984.
However, sometimes these individuals are able to pretty much live their lives like any other prisoner to the outside observer, at least until the cases that made them famous are brought back out for the odd crime documentary or two.
Ronald DeFeo never quite did escape the lime light, not because of the tragic events of November 1974 when he killed not only both his parents but his four siblings as well, but because the house the murders were committed in on Ocean Ave in Amityville, Long Island would later become the setting for one of the greatest paranormal stories ever told.
The Amityville Horror became a force of it's own in the paranormal world and the horror movie genre, spawning a legacy of books, films and documentary projects that try to shed light on the twenty-eight days the Lutz family spent in this apparent haunted house.
Naturally the house being the site of a multiple murder was thought to be one of the possible causes of the events that took place at the residence and at one time Ronald DeFeo even tried to fit the spooky scenario into one of his many version of what happened that night in 1974.
None the less. there is a man behind the myth, a man who gets up each morning to the routine of prison while serving his six twenty-five year to life sentences for his henious murder.
A man convicted robber turned author and journalist Daniel Genis got to know during his stay at Green Haven Correctional Facility…
Emma Stone's Ghost Encounter
Emma Stone is known for her roles in such films as Easy A, The Help, Zombieland and The Amazing Spider-Man series.
She is also apparently a believer in ghosts, magic and the paranormal.
Recently Emma Stone went on The Late Show With David Letterman and told the iconic host that the ghost of her grandfather visits her to this day…he evens leaves Emma quarters as gifts…
The Kiwi Psychic & the Midwest Ghost Episode Six
Episode six of The Kiwi Psychic & the Midwest Ghost is out and this time me and Debbie talk about Astral Travel.
There is also the usual questions and dream interpretation segments as well as discussion on a few recent posts here at NFSW.
Additionally, there is a competition for a free psychic reading by Debbie.
All you have to do is listen to the podcast and tell us the other two terms used in the show to describe astral travel and email the answer to email@example.com
The Kiwi Psychic & the Midwest Ghost is also on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.
You can also discuss the show at Death By Posting.
The Kiwi Psychic & the Midwest Ghost Episode Five
Episode Five of The Kiwi Psychic and the Midwest Ghost, which mostly centers around the ghostly visitor that invaded the show during the end of recording episode four.
So was Donald a real ghost or just our imaginations playing tricks? Debbie reveals some interesting information on 'Donald' from a fan and also the strange audio phenomena that took place during episode four is discussed with audio samples.
As always, you can find the show on Facebook, Twitter or You Tube.
You can also discuss the show at Death By Posting.
Ghost Haunts Shop in Sidmouth
A fashion store in Sidmouth, Devon has been the site of some paranormal activity of late, and not just the odd missing sock or a blouse tagged with the wrong size.
The trendy spirit has opened bolted doors, moved objects and even breathed on the necks of store employees.
All this is the apparent work of a spirit going by the name of Gladys who does not approve of the styles being sold…
The Kiwi Psychic and the Midwest Ghost Episode Four
The fourth episode of The Kiwi Psychic and The Midwest Ghost in which we not only discuss a big name psychic that has fallen from grace in the media recently but also have our own apparent ghostly visitor while recording the show when 'Donald' drops by…
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2012 Service Engagement Summit 2.0 draws practioners from across the nation
Higher education administrators, faculty, staff, students, and community partners gathered in Indianapolis to discuss the future of higher education.
Participants from 9 states, representing 41 colleges and universities joined state and local leaders for thought provoking keynote addresses, interactive panel discussions, research and practical application workshops, and an awards ceremony.
The Indiana Campus Compact Service Engagement Summit 2.0, held March 29-30, 2012, provided educational tracks for administrators, faculty, professional staff, students, and community partners. Participants learned about emerging trends in higher education including social entrepreneurship, incorporating new technologies in service learning, and working globally in tandem with working locally.
A postsummit follow up which included links to presentations, presenter handouts and resources, and a list of presenter recommended reading was sent to all participants.
What participants had to say about the Service Engagement Summit:
- This was truly one of the best conferences I've ever attended!
- This was a highlight of my academic year!
- The quality of this conference, at every level, was absolutely outstanding.
- Excellent speakers and a variety of information.
- The key principals shared will be incorporated into a new class I'm teaching.
- Great ideas – good to talk to others about what they are doing.
- Appreciated the discussions of the future of higher ed and civic-minded students.
- I will incorporate what I learned about data collection and evaluation of service outcomes into my work.
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The Perry County Central Commodores began the 14th region tournament with the team that possessed the best record in the region, the Jackson City Tigers. The Commodores came out with a strong effort by the defense, and rode an early lead to the 3-1 win.
After a 20-minute back-and-forth battle, Jackson City picked up the first goal. The Tigers' goal came after an over-aggressive play by the Commodores ended up in the net. The Commodores would shortly receive similar help from Jackson City.
Dylan Wooton was able to tie the game after a ball deflected off a Tiger defender, and Wooton alertly deposited it in the goal (1-1). Early in the second half, Corey Mullis played a ball to the center of the field where Tyler Mullins picked it up and netted the 2-1.
Perry Central picked up an insurance goal late in the game as Dylan Wooton received a free kick for a foul just shy of the box. Wooton made good on the shot, making the score 3-1.
The Commodores went on to win the game by the final tally of 3-1, advancing to the championship game.


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Hospitality professionals know when they need to turn on some serious charm to attract customers. Given the economic environment in recent years, tourism and business travel have declined, leading to a reduction in occupancy rates, daily room rates, and REVPAR (revenue per available room). Competition is intense for the available customers – the question is, how do hotels, resorts, and casinos not only bring in new guests but ensure repeat business?
Ensuring excellent service is a given. To truly differentiate their establishments, hotels can utilize unified communication (UC) technology to transform not only the customer experience, but also improve the operating efficiency going on behind the scenes.
UC solutions, including video conferencing systems, are used to create the ultimate customer experience by:
- Providing hotel staff with the ability to communicate efficiently in real-time, between all remote properties equipped with UC and video conferencing equipment.
- Holding one general meeting for all hotel managers across locations, ensuring the consistency of information that is covered; topics may include customer service, housekeeping, and maintenance. In addition, the hotel staff at multiple locations can be managed from one place, greatly increasing the efficiency of operations.
- Delivering interactive group training sessions to new employees, reducing the time and costs associated with covering the same training material at each property.
- Addressing high turnover rates typical of the hospitality industry by facilitating the human resources recruiting process.
- Allowing guests to easily hold face-to-face meetings with remote business associates, thereby not missing a beat while traveling. Content such as presentations, videos, and data can be shared with several participants over multiple locations.
- Setting up video conferencing rooms that can be rented to companies looking to cut down on travel expenses. Video allows guests to hold their meetings in real time, with various partners around the globe.
UC integration can provide the hospitality industry improved and more efficient operations, better collaboration through real-time communication (with reduced travel costs), and improved guest satisfaction. The resulting guest experience is really quite charming.


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Promoting Open Dialogue and Public Participation
Our Board of Trustees is entrusted with the education of over 18,000 students residing in the communities of the Airdrie, Bearspaw, Beiseker, Bragg Creek, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield, Indus, Irricana, Kathyrn, Langdon, Redwood Meadows and Springbank. Seven members are elected every three years during municipal elections to represent six urban and rural wards. Trustees take very seriously their stewardship role in representing Rocky View students and communities. The Board's approach to governance is to cultivate an environment that promotes open dialogue and participation.
Board Meetings
The Board generally holds public meetings on the first and third Thursday of each month during the school year. All members of the public are invited to attend these meetings, which commence at 10 a.m. and are held in the board room at the Education Centre at 2651 Chinook Winds Drive, SW, Airdrie, AB. For the 2014/15 School Year, Board Meetings will be held on:
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Skinny Bitching
Last week I was on a radio program to discuss Skinny Bitch, the vegan/animal rights manifesto wrapped in chick-lit veneer that became a bestseller after Posh Spice was photographed holding it.
Yep, thanks largely to this photo, Skinny Bitch has become one of the only books with an uncompromising animal rights message to break into mainstream culture.
And with its success has come a slew of criticism – primarily focused on the mean-spirited tone and relentless focus on becoming skinny. The endless chastizing, critics say, mirrors the self-hatred and inner judgment many people – especially girls and women – already experience when it comes to food and eating.
I get it. I'm intimately familiar with eating disorders and the endless inner judgments when it comes to food choices. The problem is, that's not the whole story. We also live in a culture that breeds outright denial and refusal when it comes to examining our food and eating choices in a broader context, which makes dismissing books that confront people with politicizing their food choices all too easy.
Skinny Bitch sucks on many levels – I'm not denying that. But there aren't a lot of books out there that even attempt to break through the misinformation foisted upon us by the food industry. And for that, I give authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin credit.
If you don't have a subscription to award-winning 80-page quarterly Bitch magazine, it's definitely time to start one.
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Great post - I agree. Personally (as a vegan skinny bitch [skinny due largely to genetics]), when reading this book, I found it somewhat delightful in the very beginning, infuriating towards the middle, but somewhat redeeming by the end. I agree it's problematic on several levels, but I think any no-holds-barred critique of food-industry dogma deserves some credit, especially for singling out caffeine early on, which the most pervasive and unregulated drug in our [USA] culture, perhaps in the world. I'm not opposed to drugs in moderation, but I am opposed to the myth of daily caffeine intake as benign/healthy.
As for the criticisms that it is a "sneak attack," I can see that, but in terms of the implied "unfairness," there's a complete absence [in mainstream media] of discussion about where products come from (how they're made, who/what is getting hurt or underpaid in their production/transport), especially in terms of food products. And if sneak attack is the only way to bring facts about factory farming to the discussion, then I say that's what is needed. As Rory said in the first article referenced, how can anyone not be mad that they're cutting off living chicken's beaks just to increase profit margins?
As for the criticisms comparing the tone to the eating disorder mindset, I can empathize (I'm very familiar with eating disorders as well) - there are similarities in overall criticism and super-focus on the what/how, but I wonder if the people making those comparisons really read the entire book, which I didn't find especially eating disorder-friendly (especially nixing caffeine & aspartame, traditional close friends of anorexia [energy with minimal calories]). I really don't think we want to dismiss anything critical of food choices out of hand. How we treat our bodies (including our food choices, activities and our self-image/mindset) can have enormous impact on our lives. Yes, we need more compassionate awareness of the diversity of body types, but no, we shouldn't buy into food industry "pushing" of un-healthy chemicals (or cruel practices).
That said, one of my biggest criticisms is that the book promotes meat and dairy replica-substitutes, most of which are chock full of chemicals (though they may be ethically superior, their health-superiority is dubious at best), just check out the ingredient lists at the supermarket.
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Clemson, SC (Sports Network) - Behind 24 points from Oliver Hanlan, including 21 in the second half, the Boston College Eagles defeated the Clemson Tigers, 68-61, in an Atlantic Coast Conference bout at Littlejohn Coliseum.
For the Eagles (14-16, 6-11 ACC), Ryan Anderson posted a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds and Joe Rahon chipped in with 10 points.
The Tigers (13-16, 5-12) were led by Devlin Booker with 19 points, while Milton Jennings finished with 18 points and Damarcus Harrison tallied 11 points, as Clemson has now lost eight of its last nine games
Clemson took a 29-27 lead into the break by shooting 50 percent from the field. BC was held to just 34.4 percent shooting and 2-of-10 from beyond the 3-point arc in the first half.
After halftime, the Eagles got hot, connecting on 60 percent of their field goal tries. They also outscored Clemson at the free-throw line, 16-5, in the second half. The Tigers managed to make just 39.4 percent of their shots from the field, including missing all but one of their nine tries from 3-point range. Trailing by three midway through the half, the Eagles used a 12-0 run to take a lead that they would never relinquish, as they held on for the road victory.
BC had a 37-32 rebounding advantage on the night but was outscored by Clemson 32-30 in the paint.
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Just a 15-minute walk from Millennium Park and the iconic Chicago "Bean" sculpture, this Chicago hotel is offering discounted summer weekends.
Fridays-Sundays, Aug. 7 - Sept. 6
Members can save up to 30% on a stay at the "sleek, modern" Hotel Chicago Downtown, including discounted parking.
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Puncture Repair & Prevention
Patch it up with a puncture repair kit. From stick-on or glue-less patches to more extensive tyre and inner tube repair systems, we can get you back on the road again. And for those who know from bitter experience that they are puncture-prone – or for people who want to play it safe – we also have tyre sealants, which automatically fill small holes when they appear.


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The Grand Finals have players fight it out in the following games: Street Fighter X Tekken, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The Street Fighter X Tekken winner will get a custom Street Fighter 25th Anniversary-branded Scion FR-S Sports Coupe.
The show floor will have all of the tournament games free to play, along with Darkstalkers Resurrection, and Yoshinori Ono and Tomoaki Ayano will be hanging out for signings and photos. The Grand Finals are at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame, California, on Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. PST. Admission is free and the first 1,000 through the door will get Street Fighter goodie bags.
Over 45 of the best Street Fighter players in the world have made the cut and will compete for $125,000 in cash prizes. Raising the stakes even higher, the winner of the Street Fighter X Tekken tournament will be handed the keys to an all-new custom-designed Street Fighter 25th Anniversary branded Scion FR-S Sports Coupe. The tournament series features the following monumental titles from the past and present: Street Fighter X Tekken, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
In addition to the intense competition taking place on stage, fans can expect a barrage of bonus Street Fighter-related activities and exciting announcements taking place on the show floor throughout the day. All of the titles being played in the tournament will be available for free play, including the recently-announced Darkstalkers Resurrection and more! Street Fighter producers Yoshinori Ono and Tomoaki Ayano will be on hand for signings and photos and a LIVE art show will celebrate 25 years of Street Fighter culture.
The Grand Finals will be held at the Hyatt Regency SFO (in Burlingame, CA) on Saturday, December 8th from 10am to 9pm PST. Admission to the event is free, and the first 1000 guests to arrive will receive goodie bags filled with exclusive Street Fighter collectibles.
For everything related to the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary, including the tournament series, go to: http://www.streetfighter25.com/
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Voices From Beyond the Dark
Renowned playwright Ariel Dorfman was inspired to write a theatrical presentation based on Kerry Kennedy's interviews with over fifty human rights activists from around the world. The resulting play, Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, was presented at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. in September 2000, and broadcast as part of PBS's The Kennedy Center Presents.
The play has been performed at theaters across America and around the world, including Geneva, London , Helsinki , Athens, Madrid, Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Florence, Sidney.
"It has not been easy for these voices to reach us. First, they had to overcome fear. There is always fear at the beginning of every voyage, fear and its malignant twin, violence, at the beginning of every voyage into courage.
The bodies that housed these voices either suffered that violence personally or they witnessed that violence being visited upon another human being, a group, a nation. Some saw a father or a son or a wife abducted in the night and taken away. Others saw children made into warriors and forced to kill at an early age. Still others saw students being beaten, a woman being mutilated, communities silenced and massacred, workers being shot because they demanded a decent wage. Each one of them saw something intolerable: a man killed because of the color of his skin or the color of his opinions, people taken into airless chambers and executed in cold blood, soldiers turn their guns against the people, women hated because of their sexual choices. They saw ancestral lands being stolen from their owners, forests devastated, languages forbidden. They saw books censored, friends subjected to torture, youngsters made into slaves. They saw lawyers jailed and exiled because they defended the victims.
And then something happened. Something extraordinary and almost miraculous. They found a way of speaking out, the men and women whose voices have now reached us decided that they could not live with themselves if they did nothing, they could not stain their lives by remaining silent. They understood that if they witnessed this suffering inflicted on themselves or on others, and did nothing, they were, in some twisted way, being turned into accomplices.
And then came difficulties that were even harder to face. Not the boot of the soldier and the lies of the governments, but the fog of indifference. They had to face the long nights when it seemed nobody cared, when the darkness of apathy seemed to surround them, when their voices did not seem to receive the echo and answer that they needed. They had to face a demon from inside their minds and a demon that blared also from the outside world, both demons in unison repeating the same message: that it was useless, that they should shut their eyes and close their ears and make believe these crimes against humanity and against freedom were not happening.
And at times they were successful, those voices, and at other times they failed, but they always knew that the biggest victory was their mere existence, the fact that they had not been silent, that people around them and in other lands could not say they did not know what was happening. That in times when human beings were doing the most terrible things to one another, others proclaimed, one by one by one, that our species was something else, should be something else, could be something else.
Knowing this, knowing this: that the world could be changed, that the world did not have to be the way it is.
And their voices endured and reached out and one of the persons who listened, who came to listen and record and remember, was Kerry Kennedy-Cuomo. So that those voices would go farther than their lands and their communities, so those voices could inspire others even more, so those voices could persevere one next to the other in a book and in other forms and beyond.
And then Kerry sent those words she had gathered to me.
It was not easy for those voices to reach me.
I had been preparing all my life for the chance to become a bridge for them. Ever since I was a child and was moved, early on, by the injustices I saw around me and then as an adolescent as I realized that those outrages existed in far more grievous forms beyond my immediate horizon and then as a young man when it was my turn to see a dictatorship take over my country, Chile, and watch my friends persecuted and murdered while I was spared, when it became my turn to go into exile and wander the globe and everywhere remark the same inequities mirrored in land after land, when it became my turn to try and figure out how I could write stories and find the words that explored the vast heart of human suffering and the vaster complexity and enigmas of evil, ever since then I had been waiting for the occasion to put my art yet one more time at the service of those who had kept me warm in the midst of my own struggles.
And I have been fortunate enough to have received those voices like you receive a blessing in the dark and to have given them a dramatic form, the search for a space from which those voices may speak yet again, over and over again, as long as there are people, old and young, teachers and students, audiences and actors, who are willing to hearken and understand and keep them company. It was a chance to be the fleeting collaborator of their often fleeting and always splendid lives, a chance to help them live on. It took me my whole life to find a voice of my own to accompany these voices.
So you see: it has not been easy for these voices to reach you.
And yet, now they are yours.
Nurse them, knowing how far they have traveled, what they have been through in order to come this far. Stage them, discuss them, study their issues and implications, find out why they rebelled, what still remains to be done."
Ariel Dorfman
The play has been performed in Italy since 2004, as readings, directed by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla. Famous Italian and International actors, singers and journalists have participated in the project throughout the Country.
A new performance, directed by talented young Columbian Juan Diego Puerta Lopez, with the title "Il Sapore della Cenere" ("The Taste of Ashes") premiered at the Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci in Prato, and was staged in May 2009 at Teatro Eliseo in Rome.
The play was performed in Romania in April 2009, at the Cotroceni Theatre.
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Linguistics Student Receives Haas Award for Dissertation on Indigenous Language of Mexico
Posted: September 2, 2010
Lynda de Jong Boudreault, a 2009 University of Texas PhD, will be receiving the Mary Haas Award from the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) for her dissertation, A Grammar of Sierra Popoluca (Soteapanec, a Mixe-Zoquean Language).
Sierra Popoluca is spoken in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Prof. Nora England, Director of LLILAS's Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA), served as her dissertation adviser. The Haas Award acknowledges significant contributions to our knowledge of Native American languages. De Jong Boudreault is the twenty-first recipient of the award, which has now been conferred on seven students from the University of Texas, more than double the number received by any other university.
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Success is no stranger to the alumni of the University of Hartford. In business, in the arts, in technology, in government, in education, in health care, and nearly every other field, our alumni are making their mark.
They met in art school in the 1950s at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was from Buffalo; she was from Clearfield, Pa., a small, rural town
of a few thousand people about 90 miles
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During a chilly but dry Commencement on Sunday, May 17, former LEGO President Peter Eio urged graduates concerned about the global recession to find hope in the experiences of two legendary toy companies.
Rebekah McMahon '11 holds Sharon, who was around 16 months old when the photograph was taken in 2008 at the Awinjo orphanage in Uganda. McMahon is working on a book about her experiences, tentatively titled Awinjo. Read more


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Meaning & Origins
As a boy's name this is a pet form of Jeremy or Gerald, or occasionally of Gerard and Jerome. As a girl's name it is a variant spelling of Gerry, and is sometimes bestowed as an independent given name, as in the case of the American model and actress Jerry Hall (b. 1956).
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Americanized spelling of Czech and Slovak Balaš or Hungarian Balász (see Balazs), from vernacular forms of the Latin personal name Blasius.
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