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Le forze di sicurezza siriane hanno ripreso il loro feroce bombardamento di obiettivi dell'opposizione a Homs Giovedi ma sembravano perdere la loro presa stretta nella regione settentrionale.
Le truppe governative sono stati allungati sottile nel loro sforzo di controllare tutti i fronti nel paese volatili, mentre la violenza imperversava nella rivolta anti-governativa di base. La rivolta è ormai entrato nella 12 ° mese e l'ONU. Assemblea Generale disposta a raccogliere una risoluzione simbolica che condanna la brutale repressione del presidente Bashar al-Assad.
Forze siriane bombardato la città di Homs punto di infiammabilità per un giorno dritto 13 ° Giovedi, mira le roccaforti dell'opposizione quartieri di Baba Amr, Inshaat e Khalidiya, secondo l'Osservatorio siriano con sede a Londra per i Diritti Umani, un gruppo di attivisti dell'opposizione. Heavy sustained bombardment that commenced around 5 a.m., and dozens of injuries were reported.
In Idlib province in the northwest, people appear to be preparing for the possibility of a military offensive. Much of the region is in open revolt with villages and towns in the north out of government control for months.
Almeno 40 people died across several provinces Thursday, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, the opposition activist group. They include 21 in Idlib, 13 in Hama, two in Rif Damashq — the Damascus suburbs, two in Daraa, one in Deir Ezzor and one in Homs.
Col. Malek Al Kurdi, deputy head of the Free Syrian Army, reported shelling by government forces in Hama and Daraa province. He cited civilian and FSA casualties.
Among the dead are 10 military defectors in Hama, activists say.
In Idlib, the bodies of 19 people who tried to flee to Turkey were found. The LCC said they were arrested and executed by security forces.
The LCC also said security forces and pro-government militias attacked mourners at a funeral in Damascus.
In central Damascus, the regime's security forces, backed by armed operatives, raided the office of activist and journalist Mazen Darwish, the director of the Syrian Center for Media and Free Expression, the LCC said. Darwish and 14 others at the office, including his wife, an activist and a blogger, were arrested.
CNN cannot independently confirm opposition and government reports of violence because the Syrian government has severely restricted the access of international journalists.
The uprising in Syria — influenced by the Arab Spring movement that forced regime change in Egypt and Tunisia — was sparked about a year ago in the southern city of Daraa with demonstrators angered by the arrests of young people who scrawled anti-government graffiti.
Their grievances and calls for reforms were met with a violent security crackdown, and the unrest there served to catalyze anti-government ferment across the nation.
Thousands have died in the crackdown — well over 5,000, secondo le Nazioni Unite, but the LCC puts the toll at well over 7,000.
Syria's actions have been strongly denounced around the world. But international powers have backed the Arab League's efforts to deal with the uprising and some countries and groups, such as the Arab League, Turchia, the United States and the European Union, have initiated sanctions against al-Assad's government.
But they have not been able to agree on strong action at the United Nations to rein in the government's onslaught.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Thursday with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. Ban said the top priority was to stop the violence and establish humanitarian access. He said all relevant U.N. agencies were coordinating efforts to provide humanitarian help to the people of Syria.
This afternoon, il U.N. General Assembly is scheduled to consider a resolution after China and Russia blocked the Security Council from approving enforceable measures aimed at curbing the violence.
The anticipated vote follows news that al-Assad has moved up a vote on a constitutional referendum touted by his government as an important reform initiative, a move critics say is nothing more than window dressing. That vote is set for February 26.
While a resolution adopted by the 193-member nation General Assembly would not be binding, it would mark the strongest U.N. statement to date condemning al-Assad's regime.
The draft resolution calls on Syria to end human rights violations and attacks against civilians immediately, and condemns violence by al-Assad's forces and the opposition.
For nearly a year, al-Assad has denied reports that his forces are indiscriminately targeting civilians, saying they were fighting armed gangs and foreign fighters bent on destabilizing the government.
But the vast majority of accounts from within the country say that Syrian forces are slaughtering civilians as part of a crackdown on anti-government opposition calling for al-Assad's ouster.
It is unclear what, eventuale, effect a resolution would have on what many world leaders see as a relentless campaign by al-Assad's forces to stamp out opposition.
The General Assembly's anticipated vote follows news that France is bringing another resolution before the U.N. Consiglio di Sicurezza.
"We are currently renegotiating a resolution at the U.N Security Council to see if we can persuade the Russians," Juppe told radio station France Info Wednesday.
La Russia è vista come la chiave di volta per vincere passaggio di una risoluzione che potrebbe imporre un cambiamento in Siria perché potrebbe aprire il regime di al-Assad a Onu. sanzioni così come esporre il presidente e il suo entourage di possibile azione penale da parte della Corte penale internazionale.
La Siria non è firmatario dello Statuto di Roma che ha istituito l'autorità della Corte penale internazionale. Il Consiglio di Sicurezza è l'unico organismo mondiale che può riferirsi crimini contro l'umanità alla Corte internazionale.
Russia, un alleato di epoca sovietica con il commercio e le armi legami con la Siria, è stato categoricamente contrario di una risoluzione che chiede al-Assad a dimettersi, dicendo che equivale a un mandato per un cambiamento di regime.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov indicated Moscow may be open to supporting a Security Council resolution that stipulates — under certain conditions — that peacekeepers could be deployed to Syria.
"If the issue is about stopping gunfire, everything is possible," Lavrov said at joint a news conference with his Dutch counterpart Uri Rosenthal, according to state-run RIA-Novosti news agency.
Russia has given mixed messages as to whether it would accept a U.N. arms embargo or economic sanctions, even though it has said it is concerned about the prospect of a Syrian civil war.
Nel frattempo, China announced Thursday that it was sending an envoy to Syria in an attempt to help defuse the crisis, according to state-run China National Radio (CNR).
Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun is scheduled to travel to Syria beginning Friday for a two-day visit, CNR said. The report did not say who the minister would meet with, saying only "his detailed schedule is still in planning."
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All excellent players made better by Manning, just as Brady is making his excellent receiving corps of Welker, Branch, Gronkowski, and Hernandez better. Brady is currently doing what Manning has always done, guiding HIS team to victory because HE can't fully count on the defense. For that matter, neither can Belichick (for reference: see 4th and 2).
Great QB's make the weapons around them better, but you will note that the names I listed had nary to do with the offense. They were all a part of a dominant defensive group (plus a kicker) that defined your team during your superbowl run.
I do think that the colts may have won 5-8 games with Orlovsky. I said they would do that at the beginning of the year with Collins or Painter. I was wrong, and am speculating now.
I'll accept that I suffer from fandom (although not nearly as blind as some here), but there's enough evidence to support my claims that are Manning specific to make the argument, while I again state that the pats fan will almost always trot out team wins and apply full credit to Brady as their argument.
Next someone will say, I'll bet Manning would prefer the SB's to all of the personal accolades he's received, and I'd agree, but that's not an argument against what Manning has done.


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Larry Coker was hired to build the UTSA football program from scratch, and now the school is working to lock him up for the long term.
Coker, whose current deal runs through the 2015 season, has led UTSA to a 17-15 record in nearly three seasons.
Picked to finish last in Conference USA West this season, the Roadrunners are currently tied for second. UTSA is 5-5 overall and 4-2 in the West.
UTSA athletic director Lynn Hickey would not discuss specifics before a proposal was sent to the UT Board of Regents, but a deal is definitely in the works.
"You can definitely say that we're working on a long-term arrangement to keep Coach Coker at UTSA for many years to come," Hickey told the San Antonio Express-News.
Coker wasn't available for comment, and Hickey stopped short of saying that the former Miami (Fla.) coach had agreed to terms.
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Skywatchers and space enthusiasts are courteously invited to clear their schedules for the evening of Sunday, June 23, pack some snacks, head to the great outdoors and get ready to spend minutes on end gazing upon this year's most impressive supermoon.
Astronomers explain that, on said date, the moon will be particularly close to our planet. Because of this, it will appear some 14% bigger and 30% brighter than it usually does, HuffPost informs us.
The same source says that the supermoon, whom some refer to as a perigee full moon, will be visible shortly after sunset.
Perigee full moons occur every time this celestial body lines up with the Earth and the sun at a precise point in its orbit and another one is scheduled to make an appearance in July.
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Originally built the Mark's Pennywood wood stove and was pleased with it's performance. However the more I read about the secondary combustion concept the more I became interested in the BushBuddy design. So I decided to see if I could build one out of available materials and keep it light and simple.I cut off the beer can just below the top rim to allow the soup can to dorp inside but catch and rest on top of the beer can's top edge/lip. Next was drilling lots of holes!
Hmm, somehow the captions got wacked from above? I guess the pics tell the story. Boiled 16oz of water in ~10min with a hand full of twigs, bark and pine needles. Continued to simmer over the coals for another 10-15minutes. Sorry my scale needs a fresh battery or I'd post the weight ...but it's light! I'll add this ASAP. Back to the lab for now.Cheers, Steve
Nice work, Steve. How tight is the fit between the soup and Fosters can?
Thanks, It's less than a 1/4"? I thought it was more but the beer can is 3.25" and the soup can is 2.8"! Just enough to keep the aluminum from melting and still allow a draft effect. Tonight I'll get some flame shots to confirm the secondary combustion.
Man, I'm impressed. Gotta make one!Thanks,Todd
SO COOL Steve! I'm totally on this one- a DIY project that I can handle for sure!Can't wait to hear more! Thanks-Doug
How much does it all weigh in at, Steve? Please get fresh batteries! :-)>
Ok I robbed the battery from the bathroom scale for my postal scale to see what the Fosters BB weighed. Would you believe 2.2oz! Woohoo and with the riser/pot stand its 2.5oz. Can't wait to hit the trail with this guy!AND I fired it up tonight to see if it's actually gasifying and doing a secondary combustion ...here's the proof. Note the flames streaming out of the top holes. That's gasified wood fumes!Have fun! Any suggestions welcomed, Steve
Wow, all this and the price is right, too!Jolly good show!
AND Fosters doesn't taste too bad. It's surely not my favorite beer but the result is worth it.=D Steve
Steve, do you have the brand name & sizes for the different cans? I was smart enough to figure out the Fosters can...I have to try one of these puppies as well...
I've been tossing around the idea of making a BB-type stove since Franco posted his. I guess I need to get a hold of another Fosters can so I can get to work on making one of these. Lord knows there's plenty of spare wood in the Ozarks...Adam
The only can that's really important is the 24oz beer can. It should have straight sides unlike the Heineken can. The steel burner can that fits inside the beer can is a 15oz can. (approx. 2.8" dia) Mine just happens to be a Healthy Choice soup can. But I see lots of 15oz cans in the cupboard that would work! It's important to choose a can that has a rounded bottom and doesn't have a bead or lip on the bottom like the top where they join the top to the side of the can (see pic) Or it won't drop into the beer can. It's this lip that allows to burner to rest on the edge of the beer can. The riser/pot stand can is an aluminum cat food can. Same size as a standard tuna can but larger than the one used for the cat stove. Sorry I don't have the specific brand. I need to go shopping and pickup some more to build a few of these stoves for friends soon. The most time consuming part of building this stove is drilling all those darn holes in the burner. It helps to have a drill press. Maybe an alternative would be to cut the can's bottom out and drop in a screen? Cutting the beer can is a little challenging. I've not come up with perfect cut method yet? If some one has a suggestion please chime in?Hope this helps and let me know how it goes. Be careful and have fun! Steve
When I cut the top off of my Fosters can to use it as a pot I used one of the side-cutting can openers. It worked great and left a clean edge. I just stole my from my mom but I would almost bet you could find one at Wal-Mart or your grocery store.One question; how long to you think the stove will last? I recall Franco saying that he felt comfortable using his for a certain number of burns before he thought it would need replacing. Do you think it would be a good idea to periodically go through and do a rebuild of the stove or does it seem to be holding up fairly well for you? From what I recall from burning trash as a child (I lived on a farm so no one came to get rid of our trash) the steel cans eventually got weak enough after many burnings that I could poke right through it with a piece of rebar. Adam
Good Cook Safecut works well but is pricy. Albertson's and Safeway have them.Another choice I know of is the Orbi Safe Cut. Haven't used this one.
Good Job Steve... curious, what did you use for punching holes, a whitney punch?
Something to consider. In my experiments with tincanium stoves, I've concluded that it is important to restrict your primary air (fewer/ smaller lower holes)--otherwise you produce more smoke than the oxygen coming through the secondary (higher) air holes can provide. I've examined my Bushbuddy, and concluded that Fritz has done his calculations very precisely, and that's what makes it such a smokeless stove.The serious stovers (see their discussion ongoing @ http://www.repp.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/) suggest a 5:1 ratio. That is, have five times more air going through your _secondary_ (upper) holes than through your lower holes. I might suggest more like 3/1 for natural draft (fanless) stoves. Following this ratio, more or less, should result in the kind of "candle" flame put out by the Bushbuddy.BTW, if, sans pot, you see the flames climbing very high, this is proof that there is not enough secondary air--flames climb in search of oxygen, so to speak.Hapy stoving,Muskrat the pyro
I'm wondering whether a ceramic engine paint might be of use on the can to increase the lifetime. Some are good to very high temperatures, and I don't think there would be any problem with toxicity, since the fumes wouldn't go into the pot.Also, I've read a little on this, but I still don't quite "get" how they work... if you could, a little explanation of the airflow would be helpful, using your design as an example.cool project...
Jaiden,Here's a link for the Zen stoves web site, its probably the best stove resource on the net.http://zenstoves.net/Go to the "how stoves work" section, then the wood gas stove section for a detailed explaination with illustrations.
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Drug abuse across the nation is a widely spreading epidemic, the effects of which are seen in every aspect of our society. With the advent of new and unconventional synthetic drugs available to all-ages, and prescription drug abuse on the rise as well, it's no wonder we see stats of drug use up as jobs go away.
The U.S. economic depression of the past several years is, in many ways, related to the issue of drug and alcohol abuse. The largest consumer of illicit drugs in the world is the United States. Currently there are over 20 million Americans abusing drugs, some beginning as early as the age of 12. In 2005, total state and federal government spending on illegal drug and alcohol-related expenditures reached an estimated $468 billion. This breaks down to hospitals and rehab program costs, law enforcement expenses (including incarceration) and criminal justice expenses.
Further, one has to take into consideration the effect that drug use has on American small businesses. Lost productivity, wages, employees and damages related to illegal drug abuse amounts to billions lost in businesses—small and large—each year. With these extensive amounts of financial loss on the levels of government and individual business owners, it becomes very clear why drug use continues to be on the rise while jobs and unemployment remain in the gutter.
The Other Side To The Theory
This theory has another side to it, however. The issues of unemployment and drug abuse effect each other in marked ways so it is almost a question similar to the "chicken or the egg" theory. The issue of drug use up as jobs go away further spirals out of control when those who cannot find a job encounter life stress and turn to doctors in search of relief. The jobless either find the relief they seek in a psychotropic (and highly addictive) prescription, or they turn to the streets for the high they seek.
In 2011, the American recession caused historic unemployment nationwide. The unemployed, stressed and overwhelmed, often turn to drugs and alcohol to help them cope with the struggle of everyday life. The government also, by "necessity," made cuts to almost every social program in existence. Cuts included state-funded drug and alcohol treatment centers that, already full to the brim and perhaps even needing a strategic makeover, now are able to take less on less cases. State-funded centers tend to be overwhelmed and lack the resources to fully handle drug problems on an individual level. This forces programs to lean on the "replacement drug therapy" method, which leads to further addiction.
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Mystery Bloat Demystified?
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The members and staff of UB have been trying tirelessly to devise a treatment or discover a cause, but without input from a veterinarian, we are only hobbyists stabbing blindly at a problem that is frankly above our level of expertise. However, the answer we have been seeking may have been found. Member Dixiesportster generously informed the staff team of a case of this condition detailed on another forum wherein veterinary expertise was gained. The full text can be found in this thread at Aquamaniacs forum. The summary of the findings is as follows:
A necropsy of the fish indicated that the cause of the bloat was fluid retention from organ failure caused by widespread systemic infection with an acid-fast bacteria, thought to be some form of mycobacteria. The bacteria were most abundant in granulomas in the intestines, kidneys, and adipose tissue; the first finding suggests possible oral introduction of the microbe, meaning that it could have come from the betta's food source or from consuming matter in the aquarium.
(Mod note: Mycobacteria are omnipresent in aquatic environments but are generally not pathological in the populations present; I would almost wonder if pernicious populations didn't emerge in waste at the bottom of the tank, which when consumed by the fish caused infection. Purely speculation on my part, of course)
Mycobacteria are very difficult organisms to combat, notorious for diseases such as tuberculosis, and tend to be highly anti-biotic resistant. What's more, the symptoms only become apparent for this specific condition when the fish begins to bloat, which is a sign of kidney failure, meaning that most treatments will be too little, too late. A very early case could possibly be remedied while enough of the kidneys are still functional for recovery if it is caught very early on if aggressively treated with -mycin family anti-biotics, but most OTC fish medications are fairly weak. Until actual treatment attempts occur, it can't be said if any treatment would work, and heavy medication could hasten kidney damage (ironically, the same family of drugs that may be effective is also very toxic to the kidneys).
The symptoms of the disease can be managed by anesthetizing the fish with Finquel, a fish anesthesia compound available legally only through vendors such as Drs. Foster & Smith.com, then using a small insulin syringe to gently draw off excess fluid. This is not a cure - it will simply lessen the fish's discomfort. In many cases, euthanasia may be more kind an option, particularly if you are not comfortable with such a delicate procedure.
This is only one necropsy result from one fish, but the suspicion of the condition being one of mycobacterium origin should be taken very seriously. Fish should be stringently quarantined - information on how can be found here; the article is intended for new fish but is highly applicable to sick fish as well. Also remember that many mycobacterium species can harm humans. This means that you are potentially putting your health at risk working with these animals, so take appropriate safety precautions. Humane destruction of infected animals may be a prudent choice if you have a compromised immune system or live in an environment where young children may have access to the tank and its inhabitant; this is a "better safe than sorry" situation since so little is known.
Hopefully this helps some of you seeking answers. It may not be "the answer," but it IS the most significant finding to date on this terrible condition.
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According to the National Fish Pharmacy, the cause of this condition could be protozoal parasites as those seen in Malwai bloat. The damage to the GI caused by the protozoans could cause native mycobacterium common in aquatic environments to be introduced to wound sites, becoming pathogenic in turn. This could account for the widespread myco infections in the body that would result in kidney failure, the cause of the rapid onset bloating we observe in this condition. Because there has not been an in-depth study of the condition in bettas, this is conjecture - but it is logically sound conjecture by an experienced research organization. The treatment for internal protozoal parasites is food soaked in metronidazol, as well as in the water supply.
Furthermore, a member of another forum had luck treating the symptoms of this condition with GelTek's Ampicillin medicated food. We will post more information on this if it becomes available, but this does suggest that IF myco is causative, it may be possible to manage with anti-biotics if kidney damage is not too severe for survival. This is anectdotal evidence from one fish, but should not be utterly disregarded; it may be valid to attempt duplicating the results, especially if other treatments have failed.


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Introducing java.net issue tracker stats
For various reasons, I haven't touched my java.net tasks project that much lately, but I'm thinking about putting a bit more effort in doing more java.net automation, especially around issue tracker. Toward that, I wrote a tool to generate graphs out of the issue tracker — I'm calling it "issue tracker stats".
The tool is probably more useful for the management to get insights into projects, but just looking at them is rather fun and revealing.
For example, the following picture shows the number of resolved issues (green) and the number of open issues (red) over time in the glassfish project. What's truly noteworthy here is that the team managed to actually reduce the number of issues during early last year. This is rather unusual, because it's normaly for a project to receive certain amount of long-term RFEs/bugs that cannot be fixed right away.
The following picture looks at the same information in slightly different way. Instead of plotting the total number of issues in Y-axis, this graph shows "incoming" issues (newly filed and reopened issues, red) and "outgoing" issues (resolved issues, green) per month, over time.
You can see the correlation between this graph and the graph above and infer a lot. For example, the dent in the number of open issues is now visible as the region where the green bar goes above red bars, but now you see that that time period is preceeded by a surge of bug reports (Aug,2006-Jan,2007), so perhaps what happened was that the team went off to do feature developments, and then decided to come back to the bugs later.
A quick check of the Aquarium reveals that GlassFish v2 released September 2007, and if you look at the graph with that knowlege, you can now see that the team has been in the "bug scrub" mode for almost 3 quarters. The number of incoming issues didn't jump after the release, so that probably suggests that the quality of the code was good (or maybe people aren't trying newly released v2.)
Yet another way to look at the information is to see what happens to issues after they are reported, which is what the next graph is all about.
The graph is again taken from the glassfish project, and it shows what happened to issues X days after the report. For example, the yellow region hits 50% at around 15 days and green hits 50% around 45 days, so you can tell that by 2 weeks, 50% of all the reported issues get started, and within 6 weeks about half of the issues are resolved.
You can also see that more than 15% of the issues aren't even confirmed after 100 days — that is, many issues aren't even getting evaluated.
Comparing these graphs between projects is also very interesting. Here is the same created/resolved graph from my Hudson project:
Now you can see that resolved issues are always outnumbered significantly by incoming bugs/RFEs. This clearly shows that the project is getting more feedback than it can keep up with, so it probably need more developers.
The following graph is the expected longevity graph from Hudson. Contrast that with glassfish, and you can tell a lot. First, initial declines are a lot steeper (note that the scale of X-axis is different) — in fact 50% of the issues get attended within 3 days, and most of the issues, if they ever get fixed, get fixed within 2 weeks. So the turn-around time is lot faster compared To glassfish, although more than one third of the total issues remain in the issue tracker.
Or if you look at the following graph, which is taken from Metro, you can see the declining incoming issues, which is hopefully a sign of increased stability in the code. You can also see that the bug fixes are spikey, probably indicating the release cycles of the development team.
The tool itself is available on java.net, so try it on your favorite projects. If you have more ideas about the kind of statistics that are useful, let me know (or better yet, join the project as a developer.)
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by kohsuke - 2008-03-05 15:42Eduardo, do you read my mind? In fact t hat's what I was working on last night, so stay tuned...
by pelegri - 2008-03-05 12:04Some automation via Hudson would see useful - eduard/o
by mbien - 2008-03-04 06:23very good! I will definitive try it out.
>Never have seen that on any java.net project, seems to be highly secret ;-)
I bet his stats project waits for approval. AFAIK all content is just accessible for project owners until it is approved.
by kleopatra - 2008-03-04 02:39Hmm ... would love to give it a try, but aren't allowed to access issue-tracker-stats, the error:
Error Your account does not have the "Project Page - View" permission needed for you to access the page you requested in the issue-tracker-stats project (view your permissions). Either ask the project administrator for more permission, or log in using a different account.
Never have seen that on any java.net project, seems to be highly secret ;-)
by kohsuke - 2008-03-04 10:10
Ah, yes, the issue was that the project needed to be approved before becoming visible to others. I guess I jumped the gun.
It should be now visible to anyone, though.
by kleopatra - 2008-03-05 08:43cool - run over SwingX immediately :-) And intend to do it periodically, every quarter/half year of so opened a page in the swinglabs wiki which will reference the results.
Could we integrate that easily enough (for Jan, not me ;-) to our Hudson tasks?


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The Atomic Apocalypse, by the Linares family
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The Atomic Apocalypse is a modern installation by the Linares family of Mexico City. It was created in 1983 and is part of a Mexican tradition, which celebrates the annual festival of All Saints and All Souls with a humorous and sometimes satirical commemoration of the dead. Suspended on wires from the ceiling, above the heads of visitors, are four papier-maché sculptures, representing the four elements of the Biblical Apocalypse in skeletal form.
There are different images for each of the four.
In the centre of the installation is a globe, with the land masses painted in red ochre and fringed in green. The oceans are pale blue, with the currents picked out in darker blue. Cloud formations swirl over them, some in spiralling hurricanes. The polar caps are splashes of white at the top and bottom. Seated on the north polar cap is an almost life-size model of a human skeleton, its white bones outlined in black, its jaws gaping. It wears a crown cut out of gold paper, and a white paper cloak with grey stripes hangs stiffly at its back. In its right hand is a white missile with blue fins and warhead. In its left, a scythe with a curved silver blade. The skeleton is Death.
In its orbit, but unmoving, the three other apocalyptic curses are vividly brought to life.
Famine rides a giant locust. The locust is green, with the sections of its underbelly picked out in yellow. Its slender antennae quiver, its head, with black, segmented eyes, dips between the jointed forelegs. The powerful jumping back legs are stretched behind it. Its rider, Famine, is another white skeleton with black outlines defining his bones. He wears a tall black conical hat, like a witch's hat, and a purple cloak streams down his back. His teeth are set in a deadly grin and he holds out a loaf of bread in his right hand, while his left grips the reins of his insect mount.
The third skeleton, Pestilence, rides a giant black turkey. The bird's wings are spread and its grey, scaly legs end in vicious talons. Its pink, mottled, un-feathered neck and head are curved to strike, its yellow beak open and sharp. Seated between its wings is Pestilence, yellow bones outlined with brown. Pestilence wears a tall black magician's hat with a narrow brim and a white crescent moon on the front. His cloak ripples around him, pale and dark grey. His claw-like right hand raises a weapon, ready to hurl it down towards the globe. The teeth are bared in a ghastly laugh of triumph.
The fourth skeleton represents War. Like its Biblical counterpart, this creature rides a red horse, but this horse is a demonic fusion, with the head of a dragon. Its skin is blood red and the surface is painted with lighter red swirls so that it seems to seethe and churn like an atomic blaze. The eyes are yellow with black pupils. A spark of white makes them glitter cruelly as they stare down at the visitor. The jaws are open, showing sharp white fangs, and a long pointed tongue flickers out, like a serpent's. The beast's long mane and tail are the red and yellow of flames, flying out behind it as it gallops through the sky, its legs stretched, black hooves poised to thunder down onto the ground. War rides bareback, white bones standing out starkly on a background of scarlet, his right hand gripping a sword. On his head is a silver helmet with curving black horns. His cloak is the red-brown of dried blood. He wears a drooping grey moustache and a pointed grey beard on his fleshless skull, and lines painted onto his empty eye sockets give him an expression of savage rage.
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Restaurant review: Carmela's pizzeria in Stuart is a favorite among locals
Cuisine: Pizza and Italian
Hours: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3-9 p.m. Sunday
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Dinner at the beloved Carmela's pizzeria always doesn't have to be about pizza, but it should include at least a slice.
On my latest visit, I wanted a light starter. The scallop special with fennel and pieces of orange was interesting if viewed as a salad, but considering there were only two scallops on the plate, the price was steep ($12).
We also ordered arancini ($7), fried and presented in a cone, their crispy outside layer yielding to soft rice and a molten, gooey mozzarella center. They were served with a vibrant green basil sauce that we adored.
A simple, no-frills lasagna ($14) in a puddle of cheese and tomato sauce kept me happy for the main course.
With the plate sitting in front of me, I must have taken a dozen "this-is-really-the-last" bites, leading me to wonder if I would ever dare to eat again after this meal. But how could I resist cheese that had baked to the point of blistering, cheese that twirled lovingly around my fork and stretched away from the plate in one long string?
Carmela's is known for its thin-crusted Grandma pizza, which our server quickly pointed out should carry no more than four toppings. My date, a fan of pizza with everything on it, sampled Carmela's Works ($18). The restaurant prepares this pizza using traditional New York style crust which, unfortunately, is not that much thicker.
Even the freshly plated first slice was too soggy to eat without a knife and fork. This pie was decent near the edges, but the bulk of it did not live up to Carmela's standards.
The table next to us ordered a Grandma pizza with just pepperoni on it, and it was paraded past us, smelling divine, and looking as if, perhaps, it had been toasted a bit longer for a well-done crust. I will order a slice of that next time. When it comes to pizza toppings, I believe less is more.
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Technology – a labour saving device for teachers
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 | education, Tips | Comments Off
Teachers, do you know that that technology is the best painkiller for admin work? Admin is certainly the least glamorous part of teaching but technology – particularly a computer – can take the sting out of it.
Consider just a few examples of how technology can make your life easier:
You will save a lot of time when you use a computer to create test and examination papers, class notes and lesson plans.
Once documents have been created – and stored electronically – they are available for instant reuse at a later date. Even when changes are required, these can be made in a jiffy, eliminating the need to recreate the entire document.
If you use a spreadsheet to record student performance, you will save yourself much recording and calculation time – and your figures will be more accurate. At the press of a button you'll be able to obtain averages and other statistics required by the education system; this will also help you to keep your finger on the pulse of the class and can inform you how effective your teaching is.
You may think that these tips are so obvious … it is not so obvious to more than 90% of teachers in South Africa who are not yet using technology! Let's encourage them to do so.
If you have found ways in which technology has eased the admin burden of teachers, please share them with us.
Can technology make a teacher more productive?
Sunday, December 26th, 2010 | technology | 2 Comments
What does it mean to be productive? Some shy away from the word because it sounds too much like hard work. Teachers complain: "How can it be expected of us to produce more? The education department is overworking us as it is – and now you want us to do even more!"
Does greater productivity necessarily mean working harder? If you're not a hard worker then yes, it means you have to work harder. But if you are already a hard worker it does not mean that you must become an even harder worker. Think for a moment about the definition of productivity:
Productivity is the amount of output per unit of input, where input may be time, equipment or money – you'll therefore be more productive if you manage to increase your output, while keeping your input the same.
This tells us that, with the same amount of input – the same time and effort – you can become a more productive teacher. How? By increasing the output. Technology can help you to increase your output with the same amount of input in two ways:
Using tools such as a word processor and a spreadsheet – often called productivity tools – technology will make your admin work easier, quicker and more accurate. You will be able to spend less time on admin, leaving you more time for other productive work.
In a classroom the output is the amount of learning taking place. How much do the learners in your class learn? You know that some teaching sessions may pass with hardly any learning happening while a session of the same duration could be highly productive with a lot of learning takes place. Technology holds the attention of learners and encourages their involvement – since this increases the potential for learning, your lessons become more productive.
Productivity means accomplishing more with fewer resources. Technology may come at a price, but when you experience the ways in which it will help you to increase your output you'll soon conclude that it is indeed a bargain.
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Can technology ease a teacher's admin burden?
Monday, December 20th, 2010 | technology | 3 Comments
No job is finished until the paperwork is done. Unfortunately this is also true of a teacher's work. Administration work – admin for short – takes much of a teacher's time and anything that can lighten that burden is welcome.
When you bring technology into the classroom to assist you with teaching you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that it has the additional benefit of helping you with admin tasks.
The computer in your classroom has many uses. If the computer is a laptop, it is even better, since you will be able to carry it with you so that you can catch up with your admin work in the staff room or at home.
Here are a few ways in which technology can help to cut your admin load:
Use your computer to create documents such as examination papers, worksheets and lesson plans. The preparation of these documents may be time consuming but once created, they are yours forever. Just imagine the amount of time you'll be saving in the future.
Maintain learner score sheets on your computer –tools that calculate automatically and update records as figures are changed, are available to you. This is a great time-saver and ensures accuracy.
A computer makes a great filing cabinet! All your lesson plans, notes, lists, reports and other documents can be filed and stored in one place. This results in an orderly system and saves searching time. It also saves a lot of space – with all your documents safely stored on your computer, you can ditch all those bulky paper files.
Instead of going through the process of filling in an attendance register, you can display an electronic version of the register on an interactive whiteboard, and then invite learners to come up to the board to click their presence. An added advantage of this approach is that the personal responsibility of being present in class is impressed on the minds of learners.
If you take your laptop along to a meeting you will be able to take and type the minutes while the meeting is in progress. Think how much time you could save if you prepare and issue the minutes on the spot!
When you start using your classroom technology you'll discover more ways in which it can help you with admin tasks – time saved in these ways will allow you to focus on the more enjoyable and rewarding aspects of teaching.
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Can a laptop ease my admin burden?
Monday, January 26th, 2009 | Computer Usage | 5 Comments
Administration – even the work is an unpleasant mouthful. Perhaps that is why we try to soften it by calling it "admin".
Admin is, without question, the least glamorous part of teaching. The good news is that a laptop can help to ease your admin burden. It can be particularly useful when dealing with repetitive and time consuming tasks. Time saved in this way allows you to focus on the more enjoyable and rewarding aspects of teaching.
Here are a few ways in which a laptop can cut your admin load.
A laptop can be used to prepare examination papers, test papers, worksheets, lesson plans and similar documents. The documents you create can be saved for later use. A laptop also makes it easier to share these documents with colleagues – by sharing resources, you are all able to work faster and smarter.
You can use your laptop to keep records of test results and class attendance. A laptop includes tools that can calculate automatically, updating records as figures are changed. This is a great time-saver and ensures accuracy.
A laptop makes a great filing cabinet! All your lesson plans, notes, lists, reports and other documents can be filed and stored in one place. This results in an orderly system and saves searching time. It also saves a lot of space – with all your documents safely stored on your laptop, you can ditch all those bulky paper files.
If you take your laptop along to a meeting you will be able to take minutes while the meeting is in progress. Just imagine how much time you could save if you prepare and issue the minutes on the spot!
A laptop can help you to automate routine tasks and take the slog out of admin. When you start using your laptop you will discover more ways in which it will save you time and effort.
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37-year-old Mikael Patrick Sallnert from Sweden has been sentenced by a US court to 48 months in prison for his role in a criminal enterprise that earned crooks a total of $71 million (55 million EUR).
According to the US Department of Justice, Sallnert established and operated a credit card payment processing service with the purpose of aiding cybercriminals get the money from their victims.
The crooks, helped by the man from Sweden, managed to infect the computers of close to 1 million users with malicious programs that tricked them into thinking that their computers were infected with malware.
In order to remove the alleged threats, victims were asked to purchase the fake antivirus software at a cost that would sometime be as high as $129 (100 EUR).
In one year alone, between August 2008 and October 2009, the online payment company owned by the suspect had processed around $5 million (3.9 million EUR).
"Payment processors like this defendant are the backbone of the cybercrime underworld. As an established businessman, this defendant put a stamp of legitimacy on cyber criminals," said U.S. Attorney Durkan.
"He was involved in defrauding thousands of victims, and his actions contributed to insecurities in e-commerce that stifle the development of legitimate enterprises and increase the costs of e-commerce for everyone."
"This cyber crime ring spanned multiple countries—increasing the threat it posed and complicating the necessary law enforcement response. Thanks to the commitment of many foreign partners and FBI entities across the nation, we were able to dismantle that threat and ensure Mr. Sallnert faced justice," Special Agent in Charge Laughlin explained.
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Ventura's Ferguson drops to lightweight for UFC 135
Oxnard native part of MMA card in Denver
Tony Ferguson is that other local name fighter who trains for his bouts at Knuckleheadz Boxing in Ventura.
At the same time his friend and teammate, boxer Victor Ortiz, was prepping for his much-hyped fight last weekend against Floyd Mayweather Jr., mixed martial artist Ferguson was training for his own, considerably less high-profile match.
Ferguson, 27, (11-2) will square off inside the octagon Saturday night against Aaron Riley, 30, 30-12-1, on the undercard at UFC 135 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. He's hoping for a better outcome than that suffered by Ortiz — a controversial fourth-round knockout and the loss of the WBC welterweight title.
Ferguson's fight will be his first since becoming the winner of the 13th season of the Spike TV reality show "The Ultimate Fighter" with a first-round KO of Ramsey Nijem on June 4.
The win secured the Oxnard-born Ferguson a six-figure contract with the UFC — the top MMA promotion in the world — and made him the biggest name mixed martial artist ever to come out of Ventura County.
If Ferguson is feeling any added pressure at the prospect of fighting before the biggest live crowd of his nascent career, he certainly doesn't show it. The main card will be headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and former champion Quinton Jackson.
"Nah. It's (just) a fight," Ferguson, a former All-American wrestling champion at Michigan's Grand Valley State University, said one recent morning at the decidedly no-frills, all-business Knuckleheadz gym. "It's what I train for. I'm an athlete."
Still, he allowed that he's excited to be back in training for his first fight since sending Nijem crashing to the canvas with a pinpoint left hook to the jaw, though he made no secret he's disappointed not to be on the main card.
Ferguson, who normally fights as a welterweight, will drop down to 155 pounds to take on Riley in a lightweight match.
"I don't like cutting weight," he said with a laugh. "I'm stubborn. I like my pizza and cookies and cupcakes."
But he wasn't about to say no to UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, who offered him the bout.
Ferguson trained for the fight at both Knuckleheadz and the Academy mixed martial arts gym in Minnesota, one of the country's elite MMA facilities.
"Training's intense," he said. "Going back and forth between Minnesota and here. I train hard, man. I train really hard."
Preparing for southpaw Riley, Ferguson worked a lot on moving to his left. In light of Riley's 14 submission victories, he also drilled his Jiu Jitsu hard.
His game plan is simple.
"Pick him apart," he said. "Just hungry to get that 'W.' "
Training in Albuquerque, N.M., at Greg Jackson's MMA, another prestigious mixed martial arts gym, Riley said he's noticed when analyzing video of Ferguson that he likes to stand and bang even though he comes from a wrestling background.
"We've been trying to pick up on some of his tendencies and formulate a game plan on whatever mistakes he might make when he's out there fighting," Riley said. "So I'm just hoping to exploit any openings that he gives me."
Given all his submission victories, might Riley want to take the fight to the ground, especially considering that seven of Ferguson's 11 wins have come by way of KO or TKO?
"Not necessarily," he said. "A lot of my wins by submission were earlier in my career. I've got a well-rounded game, so I just try to take what happens and work with what my opponent gives me. I don't try to force the action, though in the course of the fight, you force some things to happen with your offense."
Joseph Soltero, one of Ferguson's Knuckleheadz trainers, said while the Ferguson camp respects Riley, "the bottom line is, he's not gonna stop Tony from achieving his dreams."
Ferguson said that when he steps into the cage to battle Riley, he'll do so with the mental confidence that is crucial to victory.
"But it takes me all the way up until I get into that cage to get it cause I'm always like critiquing myself and picking myself apart," he said. "It's terrible. I hate it. But that's just the kind of person I am because I expect greatness from me."
Not that he will ever allow himself to believe that he's actually achieved greatness, he noted.
"You always want to have something to make yourself better," he said. "Just to give you something to strive for the next day when you wake up. That's helped me out forever."
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New York's jobless rate drops to 6.8% - lowest level since December 2008
ALBANY - New York State's economy added 5,400 private sector jobs during January 2014. This raised New York State's private sector job count to 7,529,200, an all-time high. The state's unemployment rate decreased from 7.0% to 6.8% in January 2014, its lowest level since December 2008, according to preliminary figures released today by the New York State Department of Labor. In addition, the annual federal revision of jobs data known as "benchmarking" increased previously reported jobs numbers. Since the beginning of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's administration, the New York State economy has added 426,600 private sector jobs and experienced employment growth in 32 of the past 37 months.
The state's private sector job count is based on a payroll survey of 18,000 New York employers conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly payroll employment estimates are preliminary and subject to revision as more information becomes available the following month. The federal government calculates New York's unemployment rate partly based upon the results of a monthly telephone survey of 3,100 households in the state.
"The state's economy added 5,400 private sector jobs, reaching another all-time high in January," said Bohdan Wynnyk, Deputy Director of the Division of Research and Statistics. "This, coupled with federal benchmarking revisions, has shown the economy to be even stronger than we thought."
Jobs data are revised at the end of each year for all states and the nation as more complete information comes in from employers' Unemployment Insurance records. This process is called "benchmarking" and is federally mandated. For more details, see: Annual Benchmark Analysis.
Labor force data, including unemployment rates, are also revised at the end of each year, using methods established by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The revised labor force data show that New York State's annual average unemployment rate fell from 8.5% in 2012 to 7.7% in 2013.
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Girls Soccer Playoffs: Pacifica edges Nordhoff 2-0 in Division 6 first-round game
The Pacifica High girls soccer team needed just 10 minutes to prove it had moved on from coming up just short in the Pacific View League race.
Monica Quila and Kirsten Bergseth scored goals inside the opening 10 minutes as the Tritons topped visiting Nordhoff, 2-0, in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 playoffs on Thursday night.
"It really wasn't that difficult," Pacifica coach Rachael Carver said. "It's the playoffs. You're only guaranteed one game."
One week after falling 2-1 to Oxnard in a virtual league title game, Pacifica (13-5-7) showed no ill effects, taking a two-goal stranglehold early and controlling a high-tempo, physical match with the Frontier League runner-up.
"We just had a five-minute hiccup," Nordhoff coach Lacey Albrent said. "If you take that away, it's a pretty even game."
The postseason was just five minutes old when Quila charged onto a loose ball in the Nordhoff penalty area and slotted home the opening goal.
"The ball was played up and kept moving forward," Quila said. "I happened to get a foot on it."
After going without a goal for the first 23 matches of the season, the Tritons' influential holding midfielder has turned into a goal machine, scoring in each of past two games.
"I hope she continues that," Carver said.
Pacifica doubled its lead four minutes later, when Bergseth took down Miriam Lagunas' cross, took a touch and finished for a 2-0 lead.
"I ran onto it, dribbled and played it into the side of the net," Bergseth said.
From there, Pacifica put most of its energy into keeping Nordhoff attacker Danielle Lugotoff from getting the Rangers (10-11-1) back in the match.
"One goal changes everything," Bergseth said.
The Frontier League Player of the Year was dangerous throughout, creating chances for opponents and nearly earning a penalty kick with 10 minutes to play, when she was pulled back while rounding the Pacifica goalkeeper.
"We knew No. 1 was the go-to girl," Carver said of Lugotoff.
But the whistle, like the match, didn't go Nordhoff's way.
"I thought we had some chances," Albrent said. "We never gave up. It just didn't roll our way."
Pacifica, which has never progressed past the second round, advances to face either Ocean View or Duarte in Tuesday's second round.
"That's the goal," Carver said. "I just hope we keep it together and give it all we've got."
The team is focused on earning the program's first trip to the quarterfinals.
"It's really important," Bergseth said.
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Oxfam reaction to Ethiopia's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the UNFCCC
Oxfam welcomes the ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) from Ethiopia, as it sets far-reaching short-term and long-term goals on adaptation and reducing emissions.
Companies fail to lead by example at the Business and Climate Summit
The Business and Climate Summit was an opportunity for companies to lead by example, and though several did show willing, it was not nearly enough to champion the urgent action needed to help combat climate change.
Europe playing risky game with climate change targets
Today EU Environment Ministers agreed the official EU emissions reductions pledge for the United Nations climate talks in Paris at the end of the year, backing an "at least 40%" emissions reduction target and failing to provide clarity on whether loopholes could water down the offer.
Impasse on commitments to Green Climate Fund at Bonn climate change conference
(Bonn, Germany) A lack of urgency imperils the likelihood of an ambitious 2015 climate agreement, Oxfam warned today as talks continued at the latest UNFCCC meeting in Bonn, Germany.
Oxfam joins civil society walk out from climate change talks in Warsaw
Explaining Oxfam's decision to join civil society movements and trade unions in walking out of the UN climate change talks today, Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International said:
NGOs, social movements walk out of Warsaw climate talks
We have said we stand in solidarity with the millions impacted by Typhoon Haiyan, and with all climate impacted people. Our solidarity compels us to tell the truth about COP 19 and to voluntarily withdraw from the Warsaw climate talks.
G77 Countries walk out of climate negotiations on loss and damage - Oxfam comment
Commenting on the decision by developing countries to walk out of negotiations on loss and damage in the early hours of this morning at the UN COP19 climate talks, Tim Gore, Oxfam's climate spokesp
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Arian Wisaal also sells handmade carpets from Afghanistan and Iran at Khorasan Kabob House. / Jay Pickthorn / Argus Leader
Hand-crafted carpets that are for sale decorate Khorasan Kabob House. / Jay Pickthorn / Argus Leader
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Anjeroot is one of the dishes at Khorasan Kabob House. The dish includes broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and potato in a curry sauce with a choice of roti or rice. / Jay Pickthorn / Argus Leader
Small-business owner Arian Wisaal said he sees his future in a small restaurant along West 41st Street that doubles as showroom for hand-crafted carpets.
America is a country of opportunity, said Wisaal, who came to the U.S. in 2003 and two years later started Global Village Cafe now called Khorasan Kabob House.
In spite of its location along a busy thoroughfare, the restaurant has an intimate atmosphere.
The menu features a combination of cuisines: Afghan, Indonesian, Moroccan, Pakistani and Indian. Basmati rice is a staple of most dishes. The Khorasan Chicken is a favorite along with Kabuli Pilau. Kabuli Pilau is a combination of meatballs, chicken, rice, spices and yogurt. The chicken is covered by the rice as is tradition in Afghanistan. The menu also offers soups, salads, sandwiches and vegetarian options.
While Afghans tend to like their food well spiced, the restaurant promotes that dishes can be adjusted for taste.
I have tried to pick up good things from each country, Wisaal said. A lot of this is what I love to eat, too.
Joan Neugebauer, or Miss Joan as she is referred to by Wisaal, has helped in some capacity since the beginning with her work through Volunteers of America.
We had the opportunity to rent this spot, and the equipment for a very reasonable price, Neugebauer said. I wanted to help on the job service and job training side so that is how I justified my part of it.
She can be found in the kitchen most evenings.
I have learned how to cook a lot of the food, and I enjoy getting to know the customers, Neugebauer said. We get to meet all types of people here, and it is important to us to give good service while they are here.
Family friend Jay Reeve takes care of the restaurants website.
It is not only a wonderful cultural experience but wonderful food, he said. The carpets are exotic works of art, too.
Handmade carpets decorate the walls, crafted by Afghan families as a way to support themselves. Many of the carpets tell a story. Some depict war, while others show history and cultural references. Some reflect spirituality and prayer. While each carpet is for sale, its hard to put a price on their value, Wisaal said.
Carpet making is like a renaissance for us because is has been passed down from generation to generation, he said. There are no other carpets like this in the world because they are designed from the heart and not a machine.
Reeve is in the process of reworking the website to illustrate the one-of-a-kind nature of the carpets.
I would like to have it selling carpets every week, he said. There is such a variety, and because some of them are family heirlooms, they are very unique in that regard.
Like many small businesses, this one also has experienced challenges.
When it was first up and running, Wisaal and his family stayed busy cooking and serving customers. Then tragedy struck when his wife was diagnosed with cancer.
When she got sick, we started to lose things little by little, Wisaal said.
The restaurant closed in 2008 after his wife died and Wisaal worked for the Army as a linguist. But when he returned to Sioux Falls two years later, he found encouragement to reopen the restaurant in the same location.
Everybody encouraged me to start it again, Wisaal said. People would tell me they thought it would go very well if I did.
In the future, Wisaal hopes for a bigger location with an expanded menu and more merchandise. However, for now, he remains grateful to have found a niche with his mix of carpets and cuisine.
Each of us has some kind of talent, and we should find that, Wisaal said. When we find it and when we are confident in ourselves, success can come.


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The Associate Editors (AEs) coordinate the work of the Articles Editors and the Member Editors, overseeing the process to make sure that each editor is both doing his or her job and doing it well. Each AE is assigned one article. It is the responsibility of the AE to combine all of the edits and suggestions of the Articles Editors into a cohesive article that should be ready for publication or author review.
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