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Indigenous Groups, Development Bank, and Yale University Move Forward With Cooperation on REDDAuthor: Hannah Kett
Durban 2011Global climate talks began in Durban, South Africa, on November 28 and runs through December 9. This series is aimed to help you understand the issues by focusing both on land-based carbon developments in Africa and on the negotiations themselves. We will continue coverage throughout the conference, with reporters on-the-ground speaking with participants.
Part One: Ugandan Tribe Struggles to Maintain Forests and Access Benefits talks about the status of PES in one Ugandan tribe.
Part Two: Beatrice Ahimbisibwe's Trees for Tots looks at this teacher's project in Uganda to fund schools through earning carbon credits.
Part Three: Ghana Builds REDD Regulatory Regime highlights the findings of a new Forest Trends' report examining the status of REDD in Ghana's legal apparatus
Part Four: Navigating the Durban Daze offers up a list of some important side events among the dizzying array of panels, speakers and workshops at COP17.
Part Five: How Carbon Markets can Help Avert a Chocolate Shortage looks at how cocoa farmers in Ghana can use carbon finance.
Part Six: The Road to Durban looks at this past year's UNFCCC meetings, giving a glimpse into where discussions will be picked-up at COP17.
Part Seven: "Must-Reads" for Durban provides a reading list to help participants and observers understand and prepare for Durban.
Part Eight: Special Report: Post-Kyoto Hits Home for European Offsetsexplores programs' limited options for carbon reductions under the Kyoto Protocol and how Durban could change that.
Part Nine: New Guide for Measuring Social and Biodiversity Impacts of REDD looks at a new tool that can ensure REDD will not short shrift the people in the forest.
Part Ten: Ghana Measures Forests from Sky and Land tells the story of efforts in Ghana to blend satellite technology with ground-truthing to lower the cost of measuring forests for REDD.
Part Eleven: Brazil's State REDD Moving Forward - but the Forest Law might be changing provides an update on the latest from Brazil and sub-national programs
Part Twelve: Carbon Neutrality? Cornèr Bank Says Put it on Plastic looks at a new credit card that will your purchases carbon neutral.
Part Thirteen: Indigenous Groups, Development Bank, and Yale University Move Forward with Cooperation on REDD highlights an indigenous-led REDD project in the Amazon basin.
Part Fourteen: What is Up Next for Forest Carbon after Durban? provides a "just-the-facts" look at the texts and decisions coming out of COP17.
Part Fifteen: Kenyans Put Soil Carbon to the Test discusses a new program in Africa working to change the way subsistence farmers manage their crops, with the goal of conserving topsoil and capturing carbon.
Negotiations remain deadlocked in Durban, but a coalition of rainforest people are moving forward with plans to build up capacity for REDD, and they've engaged the financial strength of the Inter-American Development Bank and the know-how of Yale University to make it happen. Here's the latest from Durban.
9 December 2011 | DURBAN | Representative from Pueblos Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica frente al Cambio Climático (Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin to Combat Climate Change) have announced more details of a program that aims to help indigenous groups in the Amazon Basin develop REDD projects. Initially announced in May, the program was developed through an agreement between the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Additional partners include the Woods Hole Research Center, the Environmental Defense Fund and, most recently, the Yale School of Forestry.
Focusing on the Amazon basin region of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, the focus of this project is to plan for and execute indigenous-led pilot projects to reduce deforestation. In recent years, the Amazon basin's ecosystems are increasingly being destroyed and the indigenous people are a witness to this negative changes.
"We indigenous people, we are dependent on the forest," says COICA economic coordinator Juan Carlos Jintiach. "This is one of the most important projects that we are going to be apart of."
The project will have three components:
COICA first began discussing the possibility of this project in 2008, consulting with the leaders of the indigenous organizations of these different countries to develop a plan of action. Then, at the end of 2009, they submitted a proposal.
The next year was spent in negotiations, with COICA taking a bottom-up approach as they worked directly with the indigenous peoples to understand their thoughts. At the end of 2010, IDB and COICA signed an agreement, with IDB funding the COICA directed project.
The initiative that COICA took as well as their leadership as the implementation partner is essential to the innovative approach of the project. "Indigenous people play the key role in all this process," says Jintiach.
And for many indigenous groups, the fight against climate change has not always been positive.
REDD offers a number of benefits for indigenous groups, including securing legal and territorial rights and financial rewards. In addition, REDD is benefitted by the involvement of indigenous people because, historically, they are some of the world's best forest managers.
However, though it should be a win-win for everyone, the indigenous people have been exploited by so-called carbon cowboys in the past, as Theodore Varns of the Yale School of Forestry pointed.
For Varns, this is why it is so important that COICA is involved: "By having COICA, an indigenous organization, implement this program, they can help build trust and capacity to counter the negative experiences of the past."
In addition, Varns see this project implementation as an opportunity to learn from COICA and the indigenous groups.
"We see learning as a two-way street," says Varns. "Yale, IDB, Environmental Defense and Woods Hole can offer technical expertise, but they lack the situated knowledge and understanding of the environment where these trainings are to take place."
The involvement of COICA has also ensured that indigenous groups have their voice heard during every step of the process. "COICA has an initiative approach and they approached us," says Gonzalo Griebenow of the IDB. "The project was designed together so it has a lot of buy-in because it is the indigenous people organization who came and designed the project."
In addition to the securing rights and combating climate change, one of the motivations of the indigenous peoples was to increase their involvement with Multilateral Development Banks (MDB), according to Jintiach. They will gain the experience - and exposure - needed as the executor agency in their work with IDB.
"That is important because that will allow them to build internal capacities to become real players, big players in the development of indigenous peoples," says Griebenow.
Bringing in RightsThe need for COICA to have a prominent role in this REDD project essentially boils down to protecting rights—and practicing their traditional knowledge.
Jintech says the indigenous people never want to lose their understanding of traditional knowledge, which they can utilize in these REDD projects.
COICA's initiation of this project is a fight for the rights of the land. Through the collaboration on this project, indigenous groups were also able to discuss the context of rights within REDD+.
"We have defined the policy lines about REDD+ and climate change," says Jintech. "Among these things, we are working on a regional strategy to defend the rights of our territories.
The Yale School of Forestry was asked to identify issues that might arise during the project implementation and opportunities for improvement. Since REDD is a controversial issue, one of the first stops for Yale was safeguards.
"We decided to look at how the project should incorporate a broader respect for safeguards and indigenous rights," says Varns. "We went about this by evaluating several key areas of information, drawing on the existing academic and institutional knowledge, current efforts on safeguards, and existing experiences on REDD+ as well as speaking with experts in the field."
Based on this as well as an understanding of Indigenous peoples' concerns, the school recommended that the training include a strong curriculum on understanding the legal context for REDD projects to ensure that traditional practices are not interrupted or restricted. In addition, the indigenous groups should be taken through the Free Prior and Informed consent process.
Developing Capacity
Beyond rights, the training will involve a basic curriculum on climate change as well as building capacity to assess carbon stocks and greenhouse gasses in a metric.
Currently, IDB is developing monitoring reporting and evaluation plan that will coincide with COICA's leadership in the training, allowing indigenous groups to understand and be trained in all aspects of a carbon project.
The capacity of the indigenous groups to monitor the carbon is part of emphasizing the rights over the territory. Instead of an outside group coming in, the indigenous people will be in control of this aspect.
"This also means participation and collecting data on what the project and processes are addressing and complying with safeguard protections," says Varns.
As these pilot projects get underway, Varns said that the partnership is looking at ways to share these experiences and information about practices and livelihoods. Understanding this will allow the project to respond to their needs and share the experience with the broader world.
Implementing the ProjectThe agreement between IDB and COICA was officially announced in May of this year. However, EDF had been working with COICA since 2009 to meet IDBs pre-conditions to become an executing agency.
COICA has completed these pre-condition documents and submitted them to IDB. Now they are waiting to be formarly declared eligible for the funding. Soon, they will recieve their first disbursement to begin implementing the project on the ground - beginning one of the first times that an indigneous organization is the implementing partner in a REDD project.
Hannah Kett is an editorial assistant with Ecosystem Marketplace and a free-lance journalist focused on the non-profit sector. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Juventus will make a summer bid for Brazilian youngster Neymar, according to the Corriere dello Sport.
The Santos revelation is expected to move to Europe before the start of 2011-12 and a host of clubs are keen.
Barcelona and Chelsea are being strongly associated with the forward, but so too are Juventus in Italy.
Although the Bianconeri do not have the financial strength of Barcelona and Chelsea on the transfer market, the Italian paper is failing to rule them out.
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African Feminisms Series Seminar - "Let me Tell You What Africa Means to Me…: Stories of Africa from America"
Friday, November 4th
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Student Activity Center, 2201 Speedway, Black Box Theater
Calling on all women born and/or raised on the African continent to an afternoon of animated conversations about the meanings of Africa to its recent immigrants who now call the United States home by choice or otherwise. This afternoon of conversations is part of a larger initiative open to all called: Remembering Africa, Imagining Home: African Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin (RAIH- UT's). The main goal of RAIH-UT is to audio and video record stories of recent African immigrants to the United States (those here since 1900). Those stories will be archived at UT as a research resource that tells the story of Africa's recent diaspora, and its continued dis/engagement with the continent. Knowledge about current issues in Africa blooms and withers in the public imagination as celebrities sojourn to a particular country, or when there is a tragedy on the continent – save the recent North African uprisings. What remains hidden from "public" view that this project seeks to tap into, is the story of the Africans who have immigrated and/or assimilated into American culture and society, and how they remain engaged with the continent while contributing to life in their new home and society.
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Last Friday's episode of Fringe picked up the inter-dimensional war thread again, but the show just never seems to be on target. I'm sure that things are not what they seem and that there will be other ramifications from the events, but all in all, not much happened.
Maybe this is a trend, maybe I am just getting crotchety, or maybe it's always been this way and I am just waking up to the fact, but so many entertainment vehicles just don't give up much in the way of story. I picked up some new comics this weekend to read and review; on a whim, I picked up the first issue of Ultimate Captain America, since that seems to be more the basis for the new movie than the original character. I haven't read super-hero comics in decades, but friends had been pushing the Ultimate line for awhile, so I took a chance. The art was outstanding, the writing solid, the pace frenetic, but in the course of 22 pages the story (continued, of course, from some other title) moved forward only by inches. It sure wasn't worth $4.00. If I developed my story in such incremental stages it would be a lifetime's work. Plus, I wouldn't enjoy doing it. I like a little meat on the bone.
Via a tweet from Dwight McPherson, here's an interesting article on Poe, Lovecraft & Magick. It is of the persuasion that Lovecraft was writing about real stuff, but if you can overlook that, it has a few golden nuggets, including a Lovecraftian short story by the post's author. I didn't read it, and he admits it was written long ago, but what the heck.
Although not directly Lovecraftian, this video of a quick sketch -drawn upside down by Michael Broom– is a great, evocative ghoul and, from an artist's point of view, amazing.
And if you have ever wondered what a Lovecraftian story for children might have been like, I refer you to Forest, an animated film by Eric Leiser.
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The 1,003 graduates included everyone from high school seniors enrolled in the Early College program to retirees looking to keep busy.
"You know if you quit working, you sit down and die. So I'm going to work," said Debra Adkins, 61, who graduated with honors in accounting and is looking for work. "I just always wanted to be an account since I was young, but I got married, life got in the way."
While some students are looking for work, others already have a job lined up.
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DEVELOPERS who do not form a joint management body with residential high-rise property owners can be fined from RM20,000 under the newly implemented Building and Common Property (Management and Maintenance) Act 2007.
Jelutong MP Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the Act also allowed for the setting up of the commissioner of building (COB), headed by the president of the local council, to ensure that the joint management body was formed.
"A joint management body has to be formed under this new Act for all high-rise residential properties before they obtain their strata titles.
"This means once vacant possession of the unit is handed over to the buyer and maintenance fee is collected," he said.
Lee spoke after officiating a seminar on high-rise living at the state Gerakan headquarters in Penang.
"The new Act also allows the joint management body and COB to take action against owners of high-rise units who fail to settle their maintenance fees.
"The new Act empowers them to apply for a writ of seizure from the state land and mines depart-ment to confiscate the properties in a high-rise unit that owe maintenance fees.
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Lee added that there were about 455,000 residential high-rise units in the country with about two million dwellers.
"COB and the joint mana-gement body are the proper channels to which they can forward their complaints should they encounter management and maintenance problems," he said.
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Dee-Mc3058122 2 years
Why do they always fall for those homely looking twitts?
lovepaul 3 years
he's still super sexy&I would get w/ him in a second.It's a little disturbing he picked a child(she was 16 when they hooked up)&she's not cute at all.She already looks older than her age &dresses frumpy.Whats w/ that?A hunk like him can't handle a real woman,typical.Well,Im just jealous so I'll end this by saying,I definetly think the Leelee Sobieski comparison is soooo true.Except she's alot prettier(Leelee).If u have seen the movie Joyride,the way he looks at Leelee is undeniable.He was crushin,so why did'nt she ever date him?Ok now I hate Leelee
BeatrizAbreu93 4 years
First of all Paul Walker is amazingly gorgeous ! Second of all to everyone who is calling him a pedophile I'm not sure if you know but every state has a different age of consent. For example in NJ the legal age of consent is 16! You don't have to be 18 to date a 30 year old man! Third of all Paul Walker can have any woman he wants and if he wants that girl it must be because he really likes her and NOT everyone has a problem with age difference. So stop being judgmental towards him because you don't know him and his relationship.
pscheck2 4 years
although I think Paul is a hot hunk and has a sexy charisma, it seems out of character that he dated his gf when she was 16! Doesn't that sound like pedophilia? What is crazy is that he can get any woman he wants, so what does she have that could make him hook up with her?
4 years
He is still very hot!! he is not only good looking but also involved in helping others all over the world!
4 years
hes hot and if his girl friend decides to let him go ill be there :) i dont care how old he is he a number one hottie for me :)
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the only reason on why i have a problem that he started dating her when she was 16 is because it wasnt me! hes super hot. ilhim!
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I'm a little late to comment on this but, IMO, sixteen is way too young for a 32 year old. With that being said, I got to thinking of what I have read about Paul and he seems to enjoy traveling and surfing. A younger person does not have their life established and well she can tag along. No, kids or job. Where as an older person should have a life. Job, education, kids maybe. That was one thought. Then again even though he does not seem the type, he may want to be in control of someone and well a young 16 yr old is the way to get it. Cary Grant was accused of being that way to Dyan Cannon. Who knows. Fulfilling a crush on Leelee Sobieski could be it to. At least he has been with her for a while and not bed hopping like so many others in Hollywood.
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OMG THAT''S SO TRUE SHE REALLY LOOKS LIKE HER!!! i think for some reason,he could'nt make it with Leelee Sobieski so he hooked up with this teen to make his fantasy come true lol
4 years
the parents of this child must be happy cos HE'S paul walker he's not an ordinary guy!!!! otherwise i don't undestand how their parents approve a relationship where the age difference is colossal.....another things is that i find this teen with a strong resemblance to Leelee Sobieski the actress from joy ride!!!! CHECK IT OUT
4 years
welll let's face it...paul walker can have any woman he likes,and of course that includes a teenage girl lol as an adult im agasit this kind of relationships cos a teeneger is not an adult so they should date with other teenegers of the same age group!!!!! .i don;t know what he was thinking of when he met this child when she was just 16 years old..maybe he was thinking of whatever most of adults guys think when they wanna sleep with a teen...virginity innocence etc totally creepy and disgusting.. i think there's something twisted.
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You know, i cant help wonder how many of negative post are posted by straight guys, anyway, one thing i am always amazed about paul walker is that at this stage he seem to be one of those guys lucky enough to get better with age, the way he look and the way he carry himself at this stage of his life makes him sexier than ever.
Burkina 4 years
Hes hot, period. He doesnt have to be famous to be attractive. Dating a 16 year old is not cool when you're an adult..but Miley Cyrus's boyfriends seem to get away with it.
chiplee 4 years
i am a Chinese gay and i like him so much, cute, strong, man! hope he will make more better movies. always be his fans!!!!
4 years
Paul has always been #1 on my HOT-LIST FOR MALES. #2 is Brian Austin Green. These 2 guys are both very handsome, sexy, and both have very kind and sweet faces. They seem like nice and kind people. I've never heard about his long-time gf being an underage when they started dating. I don't even know that he's been dating. His life has been so quiet though. I just know he has a daugher with his ex.
reba506 4 years
I remember reading something about how she was 16 when they started dating and he was considerably older - probably in his late 20s- meaning that she was underage. How come Hollywood stars are not confronted about this sort of stuff?
glAminata 4 years
Oh yeahhhhhhhhhh
lovelylu 4 years
Aw, how cute, look at him walking his daughter to school. . Who dates a sophmore in high school when your midthirties already?
4 years
he is good looking, but then he opens his mouth and comes off like a dumb blonde from the trailer park. And he started dating his gf when she was 16...and he was 32....creeper.
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This is a great little combox skirmish between Big Bad Catholic, Mark Shea, and a pleasantly open-minded atheist called Toastisyummy that has been going on over at Catholic and Enjoying It.
It isn't often you come across arguments on the internet that are conducted in good faith, and this is the reason I am linking to the exchange. Toast disagreed with Mark, but was curteous in voicing his point of view, and it seems like he and Mark both got something out of the discussion. I certainly did (thanks guys). Also, check out Toast's blog entry 'Atheist, Not Enjoying It' – seems he feels he got more than he bargained for when he tussled with the Shea!
This was aired on Strictly Come Dancing a few weeks ago. The couple look like something off the cover of a pulp sci fi novel (perhaps with the word 'Gor' in the title), and the music is Freddie Mercury singing "Who Wants To Live Forever." Just thought it might appeal to the scifi inclined out there.
I don't mean to bring anyone down with this post, but the 'right to die' debate has been particularly in-your-face in the UK in recent weeks, with Sky One airing a suicide video, the BBC doing special episodes of Paranoia and Moral Majority, and a whole slew of news coverage from all the papers. Most of the coverage has been sympathetic to the right-to-die folks, and so this funny and well argued article on the Guardian by comedian David Mitchell is a rare take on the debate;
Surely we haven't cheated evolution so much that we're even losing our survival instinct? That would be tampering with nature in a way that makes embryo research and GM crops look like the rhythm method. The normal reaction to death must still be to fight it, to deny it, to resist it to the last. I'd hate all this talk of dignity and 'facing up to the inevitable' to make people think that there's anything wrong with raging against the dying of the light.
I had a similar gut-instinct response whilst watching the episode of BBC Paranoia which advocated assisted suicide, presented by Scottish Parliamentarian, Margo MacDonald. One thing I get rather cynical about in the whole suicide debate is the narcissistic tendency of proponents to make it all about them and their unique suffering. For example, Margo writes:
As someone with a degenerative condition – Parkinson's – this debate is not a theory with me. The possibility of having the worst form of the disease at the end of life has made me think about unpleasant things.
One wonders for whom Margo imagines this debate *is* theoretical? All of us are going to die, many of us in horrible and painful ways, of AIDs, or lung cancer, or being hit by a lorry. Most of us will grow old, bits will fall off, other bits will stop working, and we'll become incontinent, wheezing old bags, struggling to stay cheerful. And, yes, we will all suffer. Margo talks of dignity;
"I feel strongly that, in the event of losing my dignity or being faced with the prospect of a painful or protracted death, I should have the right to choose to curtail my own, and my family's, suffering."
But isn't it undignified to set one's thoughts on a type of death that might not even happen, inventing and exaggerating the awful details till it becomes an all consuming fear? I mean, check out the video on this link for the Australian granny giving instruction on how to make a suffocation bag! If you've got old folks like this giving ideas to the kids, then perhaps it would just be best all round to finish them off with a tender, loving pillow hug. How should one respond when someone expresses suicidal sentiments? I do hope we can do better than sympathizing with such wishes!
Mitchell also goes on to write about the effect a loosening of the law would have on wider society;
Legalising the right to die would weaken, in some people, the stubborn will to survive which is the cornerstone of our nature. Many would be seduced into finishing life in good order, clearing their desks. Millions of pensioners already dutifully sell their houses, move into care homes and take out insurance policies to pay for funeral expenses: they don't want to be a bother or a financial drain. It's not going to take much to make some of them give everything up – give up – just to be selfless and tidy. Only the selfish and messy will make old bones.
This is what worries me more than anything else about the whole discussion; that suicide or euthanasia will become normalised and even encouraged. It can cost in the tens of thousands of pounds to pay for a year in a nursing home, and if suicide was an option this would put enormous pressure on old folks to do the selfless thing.
h/t to In Hoc Signo Vinces, whatever that means,
The friendly neighbourhood pagans over on The Wild Hunt Blog are discussing "Religion, Abuse and Power" following the conviction of Lee Thompson, a pagan sex cultist from Darlington in Northern England, for forcing his girlfriend to have sex with other men.
Thompson's cult of Kaotians is an offshoot of the Goreans, who base their religion on a series of pulp sci fi novels called 'The Chronicles of Gor', which depicts a world of female slaves dominated by their male masters.
Thompson and his cult were discovered a couple of years ago by police responding to complaints that a woman was being held against her will. The cult was let be to do its thing, as all involved were there voluntarily. There is more background from the Beeb and a hilarious take on the cult by The Independent's Jemima Lewis.
This case obviously raises serious issues in relation to sexual ethics. The Wild Hunt folks are quick to denounce and distance themselves from a monster like Darlo's pagan rapist, and they also graciously concede at the beginning of their discussion that sex abuse is not the exclusive preserve of Roman Catholic priests. Clearly, there is the potential for abuse in any power relationship, and neither the Christian nor the Pagan is immune. Such abuse seems to be a facet of humanity in general, and not any faith in particular.
The question I would put to the pagans is; how exactly do you derive the ethics which (rightly) condemn predators like Lee Thompson? The polytheistic realm seems to be an oddly amoral place; amongst the gods are characters of great virtue, but also of despicable vice. In the pagan's world, there appears to be no order but that which the individual chooses to impose. If one chooses one's gods, one's lifestyle and one's morality, who is to say the bloodthirsty worshippers of Moloch are any better or worse than the gentle followers of Wicca?
What strikes me about the Christian perspective is how clear cut are the ethics, how little space there is for personal preference and prejudices. At its crudest, ethics in Christianity comes down to "Because God says so", and you can't really argue with the Author of Everything. A pagan deity cannot claim the same moral force, and I say this for several reasons. For a start, there is no reason (again, other than personal preference) to set one god's commandments above another's. And secondly, the gods can be, and historically have been, manipulated by their human worshippers for their own ends. I am thinking here primarily of the Roman Empire's practice of absorbing cultures by identifying indiginous gods with their own, a pragmatic and politically astute practice which nonetheless indicates the gods were by that stage in history largely symbolic and possessing little power of their own. I also think of the magician depicting her gods in order to influence over them, bribing them with sacrifices or punishing them when they have displeased her. And again I think of the poets, whose myths and legends of the deities are never told the same way twice. There is simply too much meddling in the affairs of the gods by humans for us to take seriously their divine guidance.
Of course, there is the Natural Law, which is conceived of as a law which may be recognised by all men, a sort of revelation through the natural world, rather than directly from the divine. The Natural Law, however, can be problematic, almost to the point of relativism. While a Christian might talk about the law of God written on the heart of man, there are, for example, plenty of feminists who claim to have the law of Choice written on their hearts. As Christians maintain the Natural Law may be uncovered with reference to mankind's collective experience, others can look at the same history and come to very different conclusions. A lot of good shines through all cultures, but a firm attitude of discernment is required to sort the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. The Natural Law requires recognition of an absolute truth or authority to throw it into focus, otherwise it can be a rather woolly, feel-good concept. So I guess my question to pagans is, what sort of credence do you give to the concept of the natural law, and do you recognise such absolute truth behind it?
On the specific subject of sexual ethics, Christianity contrasts with Paganism in that it lays down rules which to modern eyes seem draconian and unrealistic. According to the church, the only circumstances in which sex should occur is within marriage. It is as easy to lampoon this position as it is to ignore it for the sake of one's own convenience and pleasure, but why does the church hold to such a strict position? The answer is simple; children. As someone discussing the Kaotians said on one of the science fiction forums, (inadvertantly paraphrasing the Simpsons), "I would only be concerned for any of the members children, how would they fit into the cult and it's beliefs?"
The world that Christian doctrine tries to create is one which is as child-friendly as possible. That is why sex is limited to an institution where a child will, all going well, grow up with two parents committed to one another as well as their offspring, and who cannot just walk away when things get tough. It is a tough set of principals to live up to, and as a Catholic I would much rather Jesus was down with orgies like Dionysus, or polygamy like Joseph Smith, but the logic behind the inherent goodness of marriage is, in all honesty, inescapable. It is with that in mind that I reflect upon the pagan gods and conclude that they often encourage transgressions of morality, serving to give sin a holy veneer, rather than provide moral guidance.
I hope this post is thought provoking for our pagan friends, as well as the regular readers of this blog, and I invite them to share ideas on what ethical principles should guide our sexual adventures, and just where those ethics actually come from.


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BattleForge is a video game developed by EA Phenomic and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on Windows in March 2009. A demo was released in the same month. BattleForge is an online card-based real-time strategy (RTS) game. The game's servers were shut down on the 31st of October 2013 at midnight (UTC)
On its initial release, the game revolved around trading, buying and winning through means of micro-transactions, though micro-transactions were not required for playing the game, only for buying new cards. On May 26, 2009, BattleForge became a Play 4 Free branded game with fewer cards initially available (32 cards and no points). The retail version comes with all of the starter decks (One for each element, 64 cards) and 3,000 BattleForge points. On September 4, 2013, EA announced the closing of the game in an email to registered players, effective October 31, 2013.[2]
The game's virtual currency is now distributed to each player on a 2 point per day basis, but only if the player has played at least 15 minutes that day. Through this, all micro-transactions are available to all players, but doing them without purchasing the retail version of the game or any virtual currency is possible, only slow.
There are a total of 383 cards available, almost equally divided between the powers of fire, frost, nature, and shadow. After an update, combinations of shadow/fire, frost/nature, frost/shadow and fire/nature were introduced, as well as legendary cards. Players can buy and sell cards at an in-game auction house, using BattleForge Points (BF Points), an in-game currency. Players can also invite each other to conduct a direct trade.
There is a PvE mode (player versus environment) and a PvP mode (player versus player). In the PvE mode, players can complete missions. Some of these missions can only be played by 1 player, while others can be played with 2, 4 or 12 players. There are three modes available in missions: standard, advanced and expert. In order to unlock advanced and expert modes, players will have to complete the series of missions on standard mode first. The rewards for the missions are gold, card upgrades and PvE experience points. These experience points will increase a player's PvE level.
For PvP, players can choose between ranked and unranked PvP. Unranked PvP will not give any rewards, but can be useful for testing cards and strategies or for a simple, friendly match. Ranked pvp will give players gold, Elo points and tokens as reward. Gold and tokens can be traded for card upgrades, while ELO points will increase a player's PvP level.
BattleForge supports DirectX 11's hardware tessellation feature on PC systems with DirectX 11 installed, which is subject to operating system and graphics card compatibility.
Card editions[edit]
The Twilight edition is the first edition of BattleForge cards. Twilight edition of cards contains a total of two-hundred (200) unique cards, including fifty cards for each elemental faction: Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow. Each of these powers has its own special abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Each power is represented by an orb color in the game. The Twilight Edition consist 200 cards in total, i.e. 50 units, buildings and spells for each of these powers.
The Renegade Edition is the second edition of BattleForge cards. It expands the BattleForge card set with legendary units and monumental buildings from the Southern Wastes region of Nyn. 60 new units and buildings will be added to the BattleForge card pool.
The Lost Souls Edition was released on February 9, 2010 with a total of 60 brand new and unique units.
The Amii Edition was released in small proportions in each patch. About 4 cards got released in almost each patch. When the Amii Edition was fully released on April 26, 2012 the last 2 cards where added, bringing a total of 32 new cards to the game. The Amii Edition is the smallest edition to date but took the longest time to be released, using Sneak Preview Decks for 2 years prior to the actual release.
In June 2011, Tomes were changed to a rental item and the cost was lowered to 300 BattleForge points. All tome cards are charged and upgraded to level 2. Tomes rentals last 2 weeks, after which the contents of the tome leave your account. Every player receives a new tome every 2 weeks[3]
- ^ Goldstein, Maarten (January 29, 2009). "Trading Card Strategy Game BattleForge Dated". Shacknews. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ "BattleForge News: Important: BattleForge is being retired".
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The search failed me to find a dedicated Sonny Payne thread, but what I'm chasing is to find out what snare he used in the 1957 track Fantail with Count Basie off the Complete Atomic Basie album.
I love it's crack and great snare sound.
I appreciate any input!
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I am sorry, I am unsure about the snare. I think it was more about him though than his equipment, but good luck anyway.,
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The Dons are currently leading the pack which includes Motherwell and Dundee United, who they play this weekend at Pittodrie.
United and Aberdeen also have a realistic chance of winning the Scottish Cup this season, and Jackie McNamara's team have won eight of their last nine games.
"There is a lot of football still to be played," said McInnes.
"We have got 24 points to play for and we have said all along we will finish where we deserve to finish.
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great take out foot on the West side
wonderful family and friends picking up food for me, as a sharp cleaver knife just fell off the kitchen sink and severed a tendon. I won't be walking for a wee bit and will benefit from fabulous take out food in the west side. any ideas?
thank you
What are you in the mood for? Almost any restaurant will do takeout. And where on the west side, or where will they be coming from? My go-to place is 26 Beach, but that's in Venice/MDR.
For super-unhealthy, my coworkers occasionally send someone out to pick up Tito's Tacos or empanadas from Empanada's Place for everyone.
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I often get take out at the California Chicken Cafe on Westwood Blvd or Wilshire. The service is very fast, prices reasonable and good food. http://www.californiachickencafe.com/
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Thanks, I guess, since I wont' be exercising and I usually teach yoga I'd like something quasi healthy, interesting, fun, on the light but satisfying side. a unique salad that is matched with a glass of wine and enough protein to heal a tendon. In my imagination something inspired, unusual, somewhat healthy and satisfying ....in between healthy and decadent...not deep fried or heavy suace..
perhaps artichoke hearts in buffalo mozarrella, a light whole wheat pastry crust with spinach and onions and on the side ,spiinach and garlic without too much oil and ...a brilliant merlot that heals tendons upon one taste. perhaps a wee slice of a wicked chocolate something to end the feast.
thanks for asking.
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I enjoyed your suggestion. thank you.
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The Brentwood does food to go, as does Toscana and Pizzicoto. Presto is a great go-to for their chopped salad.
Just think of your favorite restaurants on the westside, and I'm sure they'll do food for pick-up.


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Dresses with an extra feminine flair
Feminism comes with class and good taste. Whether it is in the variety of fabrics or different cuts, getting that girly touch enhances one's appearance a great deal. In fact even the runways had the likes of the famous brand Celine that used minimalism and simple tailoring to accentuate the emphasis of the luxury of fabrics.
Airy and soft fabrics are sensual and the epitome of feminism. Ranging from lace, frills, fur, and the list can go on and on. Did you see Kate Middleton sport lace sleeves of her wedding day? The lace added such elegance to her wedding gown. While Givenchy played with lace, Michael Kors as well as Lanvin toyed with the fur element to provide a lady like yet chic image. Did you know that lacy blouses, pleated dresses among others have been dominating fashion trends across the world?
I recently introduced sophisticated elements like lace, spangles, leather are some of the "girly" embellishments into my wardrobe. It was time I got in sync with the fashion trends and introduced a feminine touch to my wardrobe.
Gone are the days in which a simple cut dress was the only style that I ever chose. Experimenting with scalloped dresses has become a passion. The "posh" Victoria Beckham to stunning Emma Roberts have been spotted showing off their girly flair in a scalloped dress. So, what are you waiting for?
If you want a smart look, just sport your scalloped dress with boots. You like it simple and chic? Just pair up your dark colored dress with a pair of nude pumps and a neutral clutch to give that extra edge. The key is to accessorize it just right to get an edgy look!
In fact you can get experimental with say a trapeze dress as well. Belts, jackets, shrugs are some interesting ways to add more character to it too! Prints or solids are your choice!
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Bath Spa University student Harvey Loake has won a national book cover design competition.
The graphic communication student was successful in the Palgrave Pivot design competition.
He designed three winning images which will be used on jacket covers of new 2014 Palgrave Pivots titles.
He has also won an iPad, and a week's paid work experience at Palgrave Macmillan starting early this year.
Harvey said it was "very exciting" that he was going to be seeing his designs on books.


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Yuri's abs are becoming a hot issue among the public.
On January 13th, Girls' Generation appeared on SBS 'Music Trend', and Yuri appeared in a top that exposed her waist. Up on the stage, she drew people's attention with her perfectly shaped abs.
Yuri went through a long period of working out while preparing for the comeback, and she impressed many people with her gorgeous body shape.
Netizens who saw Yuri's abs made comments, such as "I heard she does 600 sit-ups every day", "I envy her so much", and "How can she have both of beautiful face and gorgeous body shape?"
On the other hand, Girls' Generation mesmerized the audience with their perfect performance once again.
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With just under 2 years to go until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, ProSportsBlogging.com will run a 6-part feature that will identify the hockey players that will likely represent their respective countries at the Olympic Games. The 6 hockey super powers to be covered include Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and USA. Today's featured country: USA 2010 Result: Silver ...
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Bruins – 7th player day – vs Atlanta
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Apple & blackberry crumble
By Raymond Blanc
Cooking timePrep: 10 mins Cook: 25 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
Raymond Blanc pre-cooks the crumble topping to avoid gluey, uncooked crumble and retain the texture of the fruit
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 395
- protein
- 4g
- carbs
- 56g
- fat
- 19g
- saturates
- 12g
- fibre
- 3g
- sugar
- 33g
- salt
- 0.02g
For the crumble topping
- 120g plain flour
- 60g caster sugar
- 60g unsalted butter at room temperature, cut into pieces
For the fruit compote
- 300g Braeburn apples
- 30g unsalted butter
- 30g demerara sugar
- 115g blackberries
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- vanilla ice cream, to serve
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- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip the flour and sugar into a large bowl. Add the butter, then rub into the flour using your fingertips to make a light breadcrumb texture. Do not overwork it or the crumble will become heavy. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over a baking sheet and bake for 15 mins or until lightly coloured.
- Meanwhile, for the compote, peel, core and cut the apples into 2cm dice. Put the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan and melt together over a medium heat. Cook for 3 mins until the mixture turns to a light caramel. Stir in the apples and cook for 3 mins. Add the blackberries and cinnamon, and cook for 3 mins more. Cover, remove from the heat, then leave for 2-3 mins to continue cooking in the warmth of the pan.
- To serve, spoon the warm fruit into an ovenproof gratin dish, top with the crumble mix, then reheat in the oven for 5-10 mins. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010
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Comments, questions and tips
Followed recipe and it was simple, crunchy, delicious and the butter in the fruit is well worth the calories!! I have made this countless times and enhance the fruit with whatever gets left over from kids fruit snacks in their lunchbox - very versatile recipe. The crumble topping is what makes this pudding special. I wouldn't make crumble any other way now, even keeping a container of crumble mix in fridge and sprinkling over stewed fruit daily is quick and simple!
I made this for a dinner party......turned out really well. Used Braeburn apples as recommended. Doubled all the quantities and cooked the crumble the night before. Didn't need to add anything to thicken the sauce as it had a lovely consistency on its own. The fruit had a lovely bite, not mushy at all. Will definitely do it again.
This is the finest crumble I have ever made. Actually, it's the finest crumble I have ever eaten too. The crunchiness of the topping is divine. The balance of the sweet/bitter fruit is perfect. I used cooking apples and it worked amazingly. Really quick and easy to make too. I will be making this again and again I'm certain. Nice one Ray!
I love crumble, but often mine turns out a little on the stodgy side. So this was perfect! A colleague had brought in some apples from his tree at home, and I had mixed berries in the freezer - the elements all ready for this delicious dessert. Pre-toasting the topping really works. And the filling benefits from the decreased cooking time too as it doesn't go as mushy.
Just made this at home - it's absolutely fantastic! Had never made a crumble before in my life - this one is just delightful. The filling is just right, just the right amount of sweetness, right ratio of fruit to crumble. We had trouble trying not to eat the crumble topping once it came out of the oven though :)
Absolutely fantastic, I will always make my crumbles using this method from now on. I found the crumble a little sweet so will reduce the sugar next time and it only really made enough for three servings. The filling was delicious, now I have the method I will experiment with different fruits and maybe add oats or nuts to the crumble. A really light textured crumble, delicious!
So delicious, I'm never making crumble any other way again!! I did half again to make sure there was enough, I also substituted about half of the flour for oats and added a pinch of salt to the crumble mixture. Was dubious about cooking it separately, but yum - it really makes a difference.
I added about 100g more blackberries and added some cornflour to the apple when it was cooking as I like my fruit sauce a bit thickened. I'd run out of demerera so used half dark brown sugar and half golden caster. I've had to cover it to make sure my husband and I don't eat it all! Amazing and so easy.


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Reflections on History and Film
April 11, 2000
Ric Burns offered a talk illustrated with clips from his PBS special,
New York: A Documentary Film, and signed copies of the companion book,
New York: An Illustrated History(Alfred A. Knopf).
Bohemian New York
May 4, 2000
Christine Stansell discussed her new book,
American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century(Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt).
The Lindsay Mayoralty: An Assessment
May 17, 2000
A conversation with:
Fred Siegel [author,
The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities(Free Press)];
Richard Aurelio[Lindsay Deputy Mayor];
Vincent Cannato, author,
John Lindsay's New York and the Crisis of Liberalism(Basic Books, Fall 2000)]; and
Steve Isenberg [Lindsay Chief-of-Staff and currently President of Adelphi].
William Randolph Hearst: The New York Years.
June 6, 2000
David Nasaw, Writer, Historian, Professor, The Graduate Center, CUNY, read from his new book,
The Chief (Houghton Mifflin).
The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy in New York City
June 6, 2000
Joshua Freeman, Professor, Queens College and The GC, CUNY, discussed his new book,
Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II(The New Press).
Nueva York: Historical Reflections on Puerto Ricans in New York City from 1945 to the Present
September 22, 2000
This all-day mini-conference provided a critical overview of the historical,
political and cultural development of New York's Puerto Rican community. Bronx
Borough President Fernando Ferrer concluded with reflections on the current
and future status of this community.
From Bomba to Hip-Hop: A History of Latino Music in New York City Since the 1920s
(With live music by
Nelson Gonzalez
and Son Mundano.)
September 28, 2000
Juan Flores, author of From Bomba to Hip Hop, and
Rene Lopez, musicologist, teamed up with Nelson Gonzalez and the band
Son Mundano. In alternate takes of talking and playing, they analyzed and illustrated the changes in Latino
music wrought by successive waves of immigrants, developments in the music industry, and larger transformations in
New York City.
Sex and the City: An Illustrated Talk about the History of Sex in the Big Apple
October 12, 2000
New York's getting a hot new museum--one devoted to examining issues of sexuality over time.
Alison Maddex, Director of the Museum of Sex, looked at how and why the museum intends to display
erotic artifacts. Her talk, accompanied by slides, also laid out the current state of the museum's opening exhibition
on the History of Sex in New York City. CUNY Professor
Carol Groneman, author of the new book,
Nymphomania, commented on the Museum's evolving direction from the perspective of a leading historian of sexuality, and
Richard Rabinowitz reflected on the nascent institution from his 25 years of experience in museum exhibition design.
Why Hasn't More Great Architecture Been Built in New York City in the Last 50 Year, and What Can Be Done About It?
October 26, 2000
Herbert Muschamp, architectural critic of The New York Times, has been vigorously protesting the paucity
of brilliant buildings in recent years, a problem that arguably dates back decades. Muschamp laid out his analysis
and proposals for change, and an all-star lineup spoke to the issues.
From the Third Degree to Abner Louima: A History of Police Violence in New York City Since the 1880's
Novebmber 14, 2000
The term "police brutality" is seriously problematic, in that it implicitly suggests violent confrontations
between officers and civilians stems from characterological or psychological traits of the men and women in blue.
This evening's discussion attempted to shift the focus, and analyze the last hundred plus years of conflict in
terms of what the dominant forces of larger cultural, social, economic and political order have called upon police to
do. Historians and experts guided us from the late nineteenth century to the present.
What's New About the New Immigrants?
December 12, 2000
CUNY Professor
Nancy Fonerdiscussed her new book,
From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration. The book compares today's new immigrants
in the city with those a hundred years ago. It reassesses the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and
Italian immigration -- and that color the way today's Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean arrivals are seen. Among the
topics it explores: education, work, residential patterns, gender, race, and transnational ties.
Peter Kwong, Hunter College Professor of Asian-American Studies, and
Silvio Torres-Saillant, Associate Professor of English at Syracuse University and Interim Director of
the Dominican Studies Institute at CUNY, commented.
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Vermont Republicans gather Saturday at Montpelier High School for their party's state convention.
One of the most important pieces of business of the day – election the party's 14 delegates to the Republican National Convention scheduled for late August in Tampa, Florida.
Thirty-seven people are vying for those 14 slots, including gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Brian Dubie. Check out the list here.


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For many children, the holidays are happy, fun and exciting times. There is a break from school and a chance to see friends and relatives. However, for some children, the holidays can also be stressful and confusing.
Family plans and celebrations may be complicated by divorce, separation or remarriage. The holidays can also be a difficult time for children who have lost a parent, sibling, or close relative or are
separated from parents due to ongoing military service.
The following are some tips for parents to help children cope with holiday stress:
Discuss holiday plans well in advance, and include your children in the planning process. Kids need some degree of control and predictability. Prolonged uncertainty, constantly changing plans or last minute decisions can all increase stress.
Make sure kids get plenty of rest. While it may be exciting to stay up late, lack of sleep often leads to increased irritability.
Limit the amount of time kids spend alone watching TV or playing video games. Encourage physical activity and interaction with peers.
Don't promise things you can't produce. For example, don't promise a parent will be home in time for the holidays if the decision is really out of your control.
Don't try and compensate for an absent family member with lots of gifts. What most kids really want is your time and attention.
Uphold and maintain family traditions even if a parent is absent. Kids count on certain traditions. They can have an important grounding effect by letting kids know that even though some things have changed, other things have remained the same.
As the adult, take care of yourself. Try to avoid getting overloaded with obligations. If you feel stressed, it increases the pressure and tension on your children.
Most kids, even those dealing with loss or family transitions, do enjoy the holidays. However, preparation, patience and honesty can help prevent conflict, reduce stress, and enhance the holiday season for the whole family.
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@giorodriguez Remaking the world virtually, one monad at a time
Just yesterday — Labor Day — I published a short post on the importance of private groups on Facebook. They are even better than Facebook, I said, because they provide a context that encourages deeper conversation, because they provide just enough in the way of tools to get work done, and because they might actually help all of Facebook improve over time. In the back of my mind I was also thinking that the size of the groups is worthy of commentary. They are the building blocks of the global society that Facebook and others are creating. Do we really understand their dimensions — particularly the smaller groups — and how does Facebook and its peers in social technology design for them?
The new string
First, let's go back to the kind of group I wrote about yesterday. I am in about a half dozen "secret" groups (visible on Facebook only to its members), and while one has about 20 members, the rest are below 15. Almost all — except the big one — are active, and the most active (the one we set up for the core team at my company) has only ten members. One thing that makes this group work so well — beyond the context and the tools — is the size itself. You never get the feeling that people are getting left out, even when they are only listening. And if everyone jumps in to comment on something, you never get too overwhelmed like you might on email. In fact, it may be the perfect antidote to the email string, which no one, as far as I can tell, can tolerate. That's reason alone to celebrate the design for the small, sub-15 working group, a social unit that's essential for the new economy.
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But now comes the emergence of design for an even smaller-size group, but one that is even more fundamental as a social building block. I am talking about the couple. Perhaps you missed it — or maybe dismissed it — but there's been a very real surge in the creation of apps for couples. At the moment, this is outside the scope of Facebook's view, but it sits squarely between small groups and the smallest group (I'll get that in a moment). Most of the apps are mobile, and most are designed to nurture for romantic relationships (see Kahnoodle, Couple, and Between). But there's no reason to think that this category will limit itself to the romance market (already a couple of app vendors are positioning themselves more broadly). And the category may be viable not because of anything that's particularly interesting in the feature set, but rather, as my colleague Margarita Quihuis likes to point out, because it adds the context of intimacy to the experience. As a reviewer at CNN said, you can think of one of these apps as a "Facebook built just for two." Whether the category grows, or goes the way of the bicycle built for two, is the big question. In the meantime, the category has limned a potential marketplace for the small group Quihuis calls the dyad.
The social you
But why stop there? The quantified self movement, which I have written about before, is a huge market embrace of the self as a social unit. It may not be obvious why all these wrist bands, devices, and apps that we use to monitor and improve individual health are social, but they either have an ostensible social component (enabling you to share all the data you collect, and thereby encourage others) or an implicit social component (enabling you to become a better, more responsible, more productive human being — huge social value there). But Facebook too sees the monad (apologies to the philosopher Leibniz, who I was forced to read in college) as the smallest social unit. It may not have designs on the health market (though I'm thinking it should), but almost from the beginning it has seen the self as an essential building block of the conversational market, which could of course return great social value. Almost everything about the Facebook experience is about supporting you, promoting you, as a social you, so much so that it's hard to see the Facebook view the self as anything other than a social unit. It's both a problem and an opportunity, and that's why I'm betting that Facebook will go even deeper into this most important category. With private groups, it is helping the world of social move from conversation to collaboration. With its extreme focus on the individual, there's an opportunity to move from light social connectivity to deeper, more sustainable mental health. I'll be watching. It may be the biggest opportunity of all in the social technology market. If Facebook doesn't do it, someone else will for sure.


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Description: This report documents a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) research study that was performed to assist the highway community in validating Superpave tests and specifications being used to grade asphalt binders according to their relative rutting resistances. Superpave and other asphalt mixture tests for rutting were also evaluated.
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If you suffer from Hepatitis C, can you be fired from your job because you have this condition?
Question: When I was employed in my new job last year, I worked without incident throughout the year. After some time I disclosed to my employer that I suffer from Hepatitis C and continued to work while started a new course of treatment. Unfortunately, it made me quite ill and caused me to miss some work and, as a result, I was fired from my job. What are my legal rights – could my employer legally fire me?
Answer: People who suffer from Hepatitis C might be afforded some protection under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), which is federal law – 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213.
Qualified Disabilities Under the ADA
The condition must first qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. A qualifying disability under the ADA is a condition which seriously affects one of your main life functions or activities. This is quite a broad statement and the facts of your individual case will determine whether or not your condition qualifies as a disability. Past cases have shown that some people with a severe case of Hepatitis C are considered to have a disability while other cases, some of which are less severe in nature, have been deemed not to be a qualifying disability.
Employers Subject to the ADA and Medical Leave
Employers with more than fifteen people working for them are required under the ADA to make a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability. They are also prohibited from discriminating against employees who have a disability.
Previous case law has shown that an employer could give an employee with a disability an adjusted work schedule or extended medical leave as a reasonable accommodation that comports with the law. However, other cases have also found that granting a long period of sick leave might be considered too much time to be considered a reasonable accommodation.
There is also another law which may cover you for up to twelve weeks unpaid leave. The federal FMLA law (Family and Medical Leave Act – 29 U.S.C. § 2601 and following sections) may cover you depending on how many people are employed at your job, how serious your condition is and how long you have been working at your place of employment. If you qualify for unpaid leave under the FMLA, then it should be offered to you by your employer. However, even if you have a serious condition, it may not qualify as a disability under the ADA and you may not be protected under this law.
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You can always contact the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) to obtain more information about your rights regarding your disability. The EEOC is the federal agency in charge of enforcing the ADA. You can find information about your local EEOC office at www.eeoc.gov. And if you want more information about the Americans with Disabilities Act you can find this at www.disability.gov. If you need to speak to a lawyer to better understand whether you have a potential lawsuit for discrimination or harassment, you can (i) call your local bar association for a referral, (ii) get a free case review on a legal website, or (iii) find a lawyer in a directory.
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Monday, August 27, 2012 21:46
Thanks to Achim, the weekend of 18/19 August 2012 was probably THE weekend of the summer. Hot and magnificent weather, and in particular it was stable without any risk of thunderstorms. Together with Markus Zimmermann I took the train up to the Schilthorn. From the famous Piz Gloria we glided to the other side of the valley, where we landed on an Alp. The distance was approximately 6km. From our landing place we hiked up 1000 meters to the Rotal hut. A magnificent summer evening in the mountains expected us. The ridges and borders of the mountains were so clear in the horizon at sunset. It has been quite a while since I've seen such a brilliant sunset. The night was short. At 3pm Markus and I stood in front of the hut. Our goal was the Jungfrau over the Rotal ridge. Early in the morning we reached the summit of the Jungfrau. At 8pm our paragliders were ready for another flight. We had perfect north-west-wind, ideal conditions to start. My flight lasted 27 minutes. I landed on the glacier underneath the Mönch Northface. Markus flew to another direction towards Wilderwil. So now I was on my way alone. I put my paraglider back into my backpack and I started to climb again.
The Lauperroute at the Mönch was one hour and 55 minutes below me, and I stood on the second summit of the famous Oberländer Dreigestirns. The wind was still very gentle. Another time I could enjoy the luxury of a flight. I flew from the Mönch over the Eigerjöche to Eismeer; a complete change of scenery. In the middle of crevasses I found a place to land. Again I packed my equipment into my backpack. It was already quite warm on this Saturday afternoon and the sun burned on the glacier. I wanted to leave this place as fast as possible. I had to hike back for about half an hour to reach the way to the Mitellegi hut. Once I reached the hut I enjoyed a decent meal: bread and mountain cheese. Simply great after all of the sweet PowerBars. I set off my afternoon tour at the "Mittellegigrat". At exactly 15.13 hours I reached the summit of the Eiger: once more in my life and again a very special moment to me.
To fly means something completely new to me. You need a lot of patience if you want to have good conditions to be able to fly and climb at the same time. I had this idea of flying and climbing for a long time. I am happy that it worked. My summit rest lasted only for a short moment. I descended over the west side until I was at the height of the Genferpfeiler. I was happy to still find good wind conditions. My legs started to get tired and the flight down do Stechelberg was definitively less exhausting than walking. At 17.00 hours a long day came to its end.
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FEWER SERVICES: The Martin County Health Department will be cutting primary, pediatric and maternity services for low-income residents in 2013. Additionally, the department will be laying off an unspecified number of employees.
"We just aren't in a position to continue to support the program," said County Health Officer Karlette Peck, who cited the economic downturn and recent cuts in state and federal funding as reasons for eliminating these services.
Florida Community Health Centers Inc., a nonprofit health care provider, will be taking over the department's individual patient care serves for low-income residents.
More than 9,000 Medicaid patients and low-income residents in Martin County used the prenatal, pediatric and general services provided by the county Health Department.
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This yellow-tinted primer has a silky-cream texture that requires quite a bit of blending to coat your skin evenly. Once you've blended it well enough, the yellow color dissipates, leaving no residual brightening effect (so the name is misleading).
Despite the fact that this primer offers broad-spectrum sun protection and has a texture suitable to fill in fine lines, its irritating ingredients make this primer a potentially harmful choice. The irritants include lavender, balm mint, and tangerine, all of which can hurt skin's healing process and impair healthy collagen production.
Active: Zinc Oxide (3.9%), Titanium Dioxide (2.5%) Other: Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer , Dimethiconol, Octyl Hydroxystearate Benzoate, Glycerin, Aloe Vera Oil, Vitamin E (Tocopheryl Acetate), Oat Beta Glucan, Blue Algae (Haslea Ostrearia) Extract, Grapefruit (Citrus Grandis) Extract, Propylene Glycol And Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Beta Carotene, Butylene Glycol, Palmaria Palmata (Sea Parsley) Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Methylparaben, Benzoic Acid, Tea Tree (Melaleuca Alternifolia), Lavender (Lavendula Officinalis), Tangerine (Citrus Reticulata), Melissa Offiicinalis Leaf (Balm Mint) Extract
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Strengths: All SPF-rated products provide sufficient broad-spectrum sun protection with mineral sunscreens; excellent loose-powder complexion products; Sunforgettable Eyescreen is a unique loose-powder sunscreen for use around the eyes; attached natural goat-hair brush dispensers work very well; SPF 30 loose-powder sunscreens double nicely as SPF-boosting bronzers.
Weaknesses: Many products contain volatile fragrant oils and/or irritants; not all products are tested to determine their SPF rating; shimmer products tend to be too sparkly; completely ordinary mascara; the makeup-setting mists are nothing but irritant-filled fragrant water.
Colorescience PRO was founded by "the mother of mineral makeup" Diane Ranger, who bestowed that title on herself based on her role as founder of the mineral makeup behemoth Bare Escentuals in 1976. (Ranger subsequently parted ways with Bare Escentuals in 1991). Taking a cue from her Bare Escentuals days, Ranger designed Colorescience PRO to be all about "natural" loose-powder mineral makeup. Her goal was to offer medium- to full-coverage "healthy makeup" that is ideal for sensitive skin, with the added benefit of all-mineral, broad-spectrum sunscreen protection.
Ranger's concept has its strong points, but not all of the formulas jibe with the ideal of being great for sensitive skin. In fact, with the exception of only a handful of products, most include volatile fragrant oils and irritating ingredients, which are the last things that anyone's skin needs to stay healthy, whether sensitivity is an issue or not. This type of needless irritation hurts skin's healing process and disrupts its ability to produce healthy collagen.
Although Colorscience PRO offers some skin-care products, most of our readers' interest is on their color line, primers, and setting mists, so we concentrated our reviews on those products. What we found was that, except for the loose-mineral foundation and some of the brand's Sunforgettable products, this line falls short in terms of performance and value. To make matters worse, it's difficult to shop because it has opaque packaging, confusing shade names, and odd categories.
It's clear that Colorescience PRO knows how to make finely milled, silky powders packed with mineral sunscreens, but beyond that, there's not much to distinguish this line from lots of others that have capitalized on the runaway success of mineral makeup, despite the fact that mineral makeup really isn't anything new or all that wonderful.
The gem of this line is the loose-mineral foundation with sunscreen, and it indeed performs beautifully without irritating. The problem with this product is its price tag—$60—for a loose powder with sunscreen. That's ludicrous! Besides, all SPF-rated products must be applied liberally to get the stated level of sun protection, and how liberally are you going to apply a product that is this expensive?
Speaking of high prices, most of Colorescience's line is overpriced, despite the fact that there are a few worthwhile products. Just because high prices have become the norm for spa- and dermatologist-exclusive lines doesn't mean that the products are any better for you. Another notable frustration with this line is that not all of the products have been tested for their SPF rating, which means that you cannot rely on some of them for sun protection.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
Beginning in August, millions of hummingbirds will travel to Mexico and Central America as part of an instinctive migration pattern that they have followed for hundreds of years. At speeds up to 60 miles per hour, many hummingbirds will travel a nonstop, trans-gulf flight that takes approximately 18-22 hours and covers 500-600 miles.
"Considering that hummingbirds eat about every 10 minutes and can drink up to twice their body weight in nectar per day, there will be constant fly-by pit stops along their route," said Danielle Motley, owner of Wild Birds Unlimited of Mount Pleasant, backyard bird feeding and nature specialty store. "That makes these next few months the ideal time to draw a crowd of hummingbirds into your own backyard."
Hummingbirds feed on flower nectar, insects and sugar-water solution placed in specially designed feeders. Weighing as little as a penny, hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any warm-blooded animal, so it's important that they have a high-calorie intake to sustain their migration. Motley offers the following feeding tips to make sure local residents don't miss the migration:
Plant the right flowers – hummingbirds are drawn to plants like cardinal flowers, Salvia, Columbines and Bee Balm.
Create your own nectar – simply mix four-parts water and one-part sugar.
Have the right feeder – hummingbirds do not suck up nectar with their bills; they actually lap it up with their tongues, drawing nectar into their mouths almost 12 times a second.
Incorporate red into your garden – the color red is a visual cue that lets hummingbirds know food is available; they don't have an innate preference for the color red, but learn to associate certain colors with food. Try planting red flowers, using a red feeder or even creating fun garden art with red materials.
For more tips on how to attract hummingbirds to your backyard during their migration, visit the Mount Pleasant Wild Birds Unlimited website at www.wbu.com/mtpleasant.
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Day one of Austin's SXSW Music fest was about seeing bands from around the world, day two was about seeing bands from wildly disparate genres. We saw garage rock, alternative folk, dark dreampop, singer-songwriters, and 60s-girl-group-throwbacks in a span of four hours.
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Production Description
Casting "Fame Makes Great Art." Synopsis: "An off-beat comedy New York Film Academy student thesis film about an odd artist who eventually kidnaps his professor, among other things, and looks at what fame is and success in the art world."
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations
Shoots approx. two days between July 25-29 in NYC.
Compensation & Union Contract Details
Pays $50/day.