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|January 11 2012, 01:25 AM
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Summarize Battlestar Galactica in your own words
Battlestar Galactica is going to air for the first time in my country (with subtitles). I am tasked with writing a 2000 word magazine-style story about it, introducing it for our local audience.
I've seen every episode multiple times, probably, on DVDs, so you don't need to go into that, or can use shorthand in your ports.
But you get to talk to the author. What, in your mind, is special about this show, what attracted you to it, what characters did you you find admirable, what did it say about modern society to you, what still effects you to this day after watching it, and ... what just blew your fraking socks off?
I have about 3 days before the writing will get serious.
|January 11 2012, 04:15 AM
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|January 11 2012, 11:36 PM
Location: The Shadow Gallery
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The goals were to make it savagely dark and realistic. Its filmed like a documentary with hand-held cameras. There are no aliens, though there are human-built robots.
It initially deals with a robot uprising but is really more about the conflict between these two different cultures: in a twist, the humans worship the Greek Gods and the robots are fanatical monotheists who want revenge on their creators, rationalizing that they are evil in God's sight and God loves the Cylons as the perfect creation.
The problem you're going to have summarizing it is that initially, it lived up to these goals of examining religious conflict, incredibly realistic outer-space action and settings.
As it turns out, sort of like Lost, Heroes, X-Files, etc. the head writer actually didn't plan out many things which they established as basic plot mysteries.
I'm not sure how you can write about it positively but caution viewers for this.
The entire "The Cylons have a Plan" thing they put in the opening credits turned out to be a giant lie. There was never a secret Cylon plot or plan.
Particularly, the writers never decided if Baltar is having visions of an Angel or a computer chip or hallucinating, contradicted themselves multiple times, then settled on "God did it and it was fate".
****In particular, half of the core writing staff left between seasons 2 and 3, and the second half of the show really turned into something very....different.
Further, the characters really stopped acting like actual people and started just doing whatever the plot demanded, to the point I didn't think of them as "characters" anymore but obvious efforts by the writers.
So I wouldn't get too attached.
Its about the 9/11 attacks and war on terror and such, but after a while the mythos became unsustainable. Nor are the characters interesting anymore -- season 3 even largely shifted to focusing on Apollo's marital issues.
my summary? "broken promises"
....but you're tasked with selling it.
So I'd focus on just what was good about season 1.
Don't try to describe the entire series start to finish, because even the writers themselves didn't have a coherent plan.
Also don't focus on the "interesting mysteries" because these mysteries were never answered.
Instead, focus on individual episodes as if they were little reviews of individual movies -- i.e. "Flesh and Bone" is good, without requiring later development of these characters or plots. You can even watch it out of order and understand "two cultures at war, one's a robot, they have these differing religious ideologies and the one who attacked them thinks he was correct to do so"
****Everything the show aspired and wanted to be culminated in "Pegasus", focus on that. The question of, in the face of these Cylon attacks, what moral level are they willing to go to in order to fight that?
Cain runs Pegasus under essentially martial law and summary executions, and sees the civilians as just resources to continue that fight; she even imprisons one of the main female villains (well, one copy of Number Six) and has her tortured in her brig by having her guards gang-rape her.
The focus of the show was that a lot of TV scifi is just telling you what you want to hear. The show at its best raised moral questions when other shows weren't even trying to.
The big central question it tried to raise is how morality and law gets affected in wartime, whether we give our leaders dictatorial and authoritarian power even in time of national crisis, or if this comes at the cost of our own humanity.
For example, the simple fact that even in the face of almost their entire civilization being destroyed, Galactica 1 - still tries to maintain the rule of law and a civilian democratic government, 2 - even the military characters still try to follow procedure and chain of command instead of just random executions. And that this really comes into focus later on when they meet another surviving ship that became a military dictatorship ("Space Nazis" as many have called the Pegasus crew).
So ultimately, its not really about the combat so much as other survivor-stories about rebuilding civilization, such as "Lord of the Flies" or.....have you guys ever seen "Mad Max" there? Any number of post-apocalyptic nuclear war movies, in which one group of survivors actually tries to rebuild civilization and have laws and justice and democracy, and in contrast another group just turns into bandits and robbers, or set themselves up as petty kings of their own empires.
"Its about the characters, stupid" - Ron D Moore
"What baloney. BSG was about the writers wanting to achieve a pre-determined end point, and they jerked the characters around so that they would achieve that goal." - Temis the Vorta
|January 12 2012, 12:12 AM
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Location: Huntington Beach, California
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|January 12 2012, 04:08 AM
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|January 12 2012, 04:17 AM
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Here's my description: Battlestar Galactica is a fascinating mix of excellent acting, imagination, ambition, and a writing staff whose arrogance ultimately turned what could have been an epic achievement into a muddling mess. However, by the time that becomes apparent, the show is pretty well along, so you can watch the first part of it without being too annoyed, and if you're forewarned, it probably won't be as infuriating an experience as it was for us. And it's better than 93.6% of the crap on TV anyway, so knock yourselves out.
|January 12 2012, 05:06 AM
Location: Staten Island, NY
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|January 12 2012, 02:20 PM
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|January 12 2012, 02:25 PM
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They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.
|January 12 2012, 02:40 PM
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|January 12 2012, 03:23 PM
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What I remember best and cherish most is the music. Bear McCreary's score was as much a character in the story as the actors. It's that good.
|January 12 2012, 05:59 PM
Location: The Shadow Gallery
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2 - Richard Hatch wasn't "brought in" in the second half, he was in since the third episode. Indeed, a big complaint was that he essentially didn't appear in season 3 -- given that he's the Sagittaron leader and they cut the Sagittaron Storyarc out, his scenes were left in the writers' room. Season 4 used him a bit more but by that point they just needed a moustache-twirling villain and his final power-grab felt kind of forced.
I wasn't a fan of the old series and had no attachment to Richard Hatch....but he's such a great actor and put so much thought into his work, the writers developed a great morally grey character in Zarek, that I came to really like him; so even I was upset when they stopped using Hatch so much. I mean I went to panels he had at local conventions and stuff talking about the development of the show and all the trials they had with studio meddling in the 1970's and how that mirrored problems we have with studios today, and their original vision for old BSG had to be reconciled with the studios demands to make it "family friendly" -- point is that I came to really like and respect Hatch, NOT out of automatic nostalgia, but because I was really impressed with his work.
"Its about the characters, stupid" - Ron D Moore
"What baloney. BSG was about the writers wanting to achieve a pre-determined end point, and they jerked the characters around so that they would achieve that goal." - Temis the Vorta
|January 14 2012, 01:30 AM
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|January 14 2012, 11:46 AM
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Mine was.
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|January 14 2012, 12:52 PM
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One thing that always nag at me is your almost de-facto inclusion of HP silica higher than 3N.
We have had no indication that in the near term they are projecting 4N-5N-6N-7N silica. There has been no White Book like for the other sub-products. They only once or twice mentioned that they could eventually envision it.
What will move the SP in a sure manner are concrete numbers on concrete production. So that somehow I would expect revenue from Scandium-Gallium even before silica higher than 3N. They ARE concretely going into that, after all. As interesting as those high numbers are (for silica), they are speculation at this point. Whereas the 5N-6N alumina has been very clearly stated as the goal to reach, such that $100 000/ton is not as much speculation.
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This easily explains why local stations like LBCI are trying to up their ante, despite all the challenges that come with it. Indeed, Zovighian explains that a station's investment in a Ramadan grid is so huge that it might not justify all the revenue commercially, compared to other commercially dense seasons like Christmas when a station doesn't really have to heavily invest in new programming.
"In Ramadan, you must have an entire grid of new programs from 5pm or 6pm all the way until midnight. The competition increases, prices of producers increase, and costs of shows shoot up, especially with satellite stations like MBC and Rotana pumping in huge amounts of money in the market," he says. And it's a lottery ticket, he adds. "A station could buy a program with a story, cast, and production value that are set to make waves, but then a mid-sized TV station would air a production that's unheard of and end up becoming a regional sensation."
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Elia Kazan was a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". He was born in Constantinople, to ethnic Greek parents. After studying acting at Yale, he acted professionally for eight years, later joining the Group Theater in 1932, and co-founded the Actors Studio in 1947. With Robert Lewis and Cheryl Crawford, he introduced Method acting to the American stage and cinema as a new form of self-expression and psychological "realism." Kazan acted in only a few films, including City for Conquest. Kazan introduced a new generation of unknown young actors to the movie audiences, including Marlon Brando and James Dean. Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. He became "one of the consummate filmmakers of the 20th century" after directing a string of successful films, including A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and East of Eden.
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- Last Tycoon (1976)
- Panic in the Streets (1950)
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- Splendor in the Grass (1961)
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- Baby Doll (1956)
- America, America (1963)
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- Man on a Tightrope (1953)
- Face in the Crowd (1957)
- Visitors (1972)
- Boomerang! (1947)
- Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
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FULTON, Md. - The world is beating a path to botanist Jim Duke's door.
"If only the right people would come. They could bring a hand trowel," says the renowned medicinal plant and herb specialist in the midst of juggling interviews with Time, People, CNN and the New York Times about his Herbal Village in bucolic Fulton.
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Sydney Harbour Hop-on Hop-off Cruise
- 24-hour hop-on hop-off Sydney Harbour sightseeing cruise
- Enjoy a flexible schedule with this all-day sightseeing cruise on Sydney Harbour
- Disembark at any of eight stops to explore any destination in depth
- Get fantastic photo ops of Sydney Harbour icons
- Departs every 45 minutes for 1.5-hour round-trip cruise
- Learn about the city from live onboard commentary
- Upgrade to include entrance ticket to Taronga Zoo (if option selected)
Recent Photos of This Tour
- Sydney's Hop on Hop off cruisePhoto by: Anonymous
03 2015
- Sydney viewPhoto by: Thomas B
12 2014
- Opera HousePhoto by: shimsim
02 2013
- Opera HousePhoto by: saz
United Kingdom, 05 2012
- Harbour BridgePhoto by: saz
United Kingdom, 05 2012
- HarbourPhoto by: saz
United Kingdom, 05 2012
- Sydney ExplorerPhoto by: ROD C
Australia, 08 2011
- Sydney ExplorerPhoto by: ROD C
Australia, 08 2011
- Sydney ExplorerPhoto by: ROD C
Australia, 08 2011
- Sydney ExplorerPhoto by: ROD C
Australia, 08 2011
- Sydney ExplorerPhoto by: ROD C
Australia, 08 2011
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02 2011
- Sydney Harbour bridgePhoto by: Anonymous
10 2009
- Sydney harbourPhoto by: Anonymous
10 2009
- view from the zooPhoto by: Anonymous
10 2009
- harbourPhoto by: Anonymous
10 2009
What You Can Expect
Darling Harbour: Hop-off for some of Sydney's best attractions including Aquriaum, Madame Tausauds, Wild Life, Maritime Museum and more.
Circular Quay: Home to the iconic Sydney Opera House, the Rocks - historical area, Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon and weekend markets.
Fort Denison: A historic island and restaurant in the middle of the harbour. Park entry fees apply.
Taronga Zoo: Discover Australia's amazing wildlife. Choose the zoo option to ride on the Sky Safari Gondola and an entry ticket to the zoo. With over 2,900 exotic and native animals, free zoo-keeper talks and animal shows, there is something for everyone.
Shark Island: A small island that is perfect for a picnic and swim. Park entry fees apply
Watsons Bay: A short walk to beaches, lookout points and waterside restaurants.
Manly: Manly Beach is a beach situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia in Manly
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October 2015
It was great and loved aunty Judy
September 2015
The people we dealt with on this trip were truly suited to their jobs They truly enjoyed their jobs and interacted with customers extremely well We were all treated as if we were really special Thanks for the experience
September 2015
Perfect way to see the Harbour area, good history and comfy ferry.
June 2015
Took this trip to show an overseas visitor around Sydney Harbour. Excellent value, enough time between pick ups to thoroughly examine all the stops. LIVE commentator was knowledgeable and interesting.
April 2015
April 2015
We loved this tour. When we left in the morning our guide was very informative. When we hopped back on after getting off we had a different guide. He was hilarious. He made it so much fun. It was a comedy act and a tour all at the same time. Loved it. We would highly recommend this tour.
March 2015
December 2014
This tour was amazing!
December 2014
good value, many options, good narration. Recommend highly to see a lot in a day
May 2014
So much fun. We used it to get to a couple of places like the zoo and the aquarium wharf and shark island, but really enjoyed just cruising around the harbor. Great views, excellent weather and such a nice boat to tool around in, fast and smooth. Try to get one of the outside seats when the weather is nice. It's a great ride. The ticket is a true 24 hour ticket so you could get it in the early afternoon and use it all day and again in the morning the next day.


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Originally bought six months ago for a 10-day trip and now use while home for 2 feedings daily. Flakes stay absolutely dry. I use it to feed 40 guppy-size fish (can be adjusted for serving size) and I refill every 3 weeks (could go longer if really full and/or if set to feed smaller amount). Break larger flakes up a bit to ensure most consistent amounts.
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Went out of town for a few days and this worked great. Very easy to assemble and easy to setup programming.
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Process Improvement Companies Reap Benefits For Clients Rearing To Make A Mark In Their Industry
In the business world, being good enough is not going to cut it – not with how fierce the competition is, as well as how uncertain the global economy can be most of the time. It's imperative to be effective and efficient because those are the standards, but furthermore, it's crucial to be uniquely memorable.
Nowadays, a great percentage of the most successful enterprises utilize the expertise of business solutions companies to assist them in aspects of their business that their internal operations usually do not have time to direct attention on or are too involved in to be completely objective about. These companies lend their in-depth understanding of the industry, insider knowledge, and their thorough observation of their clients' work processes. With all these, they are able to harness numerous advantages toward the specific objectives their clients want to address.
Such business solutions providers are process improvement companies and the leading benefits they reap for all the enterprises that turn to them for help are the following:
* Better negotiations to secure the most profitable contracts, such as for procurement of supplies and services. Negotiations can be very tricky, but with the help of a highly experienced third party, important points can be presented in the most objective and non-offensive manner so the target outcome can be secured, and relationships maintained.
* Benchmarking — This is so that improvements, the introduction of more effective systems, and getting ahead of the trends could be done, both to outperform the competition and also to create a more influential impact on the market.
* Bigger savings through improved expense management of various services regularly paid for by the company, such as wireless communication services, office supplies, and many others. With expense management, current contracts get evaluated and a determination of the actual values of all their components are made; both strong and weak points are identified so a more suitable arrangement can be negotiated to ensure the biggest advantage of the company.
* High level of organization for increased productivity. Since processes are improved, the likelihood of duplicated efforts can be avoided, and costly mistakes can be prevented. Employees can take a much shorter time accomplishing one task so they can quickly move on to other responsibilities entrusted to them by the company.
* Decreased disputes over contracts especially when it comes to billing. With a streamlined process, it's so much easier to access pertinent data to justify claims over discrepancies when you have hired service providers.
Processing Improvement companies are highly in demand because of all these benefits; with their help, enterprises manage to create a simplified but highly effective system, to powerfully establish competitiveness, and to secure their longevity goal.


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- NicaraguaClothingFunding via León 2000 IMF
Lesbia EugeniaNicaraguaServicesFunding via León 2000 IMF
Sayda JuliaNicaraguaClothingFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Luz De Campo Group
Update on Luz De Campo GroupThe Luz de Campo group consists of 10 members: nine women and a man. They are parents who are responsible for 20 children. They are natives of Malpaisillo, which is located in the western part of the country and is known for its handicrafts and its farming. These people have demonstrated responsibility with making their payments on time. Sadly none of them could study for a degree because of a lack of resources, so they fight every day to provide a better future for their children. The coordinator of the group is Tomasa, who makes a living selling crafts like items made from clay, kitchen decorations, vases, decorative butterflies, and salt and pepper shakers. Her work routine is to go out for some 10 hours a day offering her products to steady customers and would-be clients. She plans to use the loan as working capital to stock her business with more crafts so in the not-too-distant future she can have more income. Luz de Campo is grateful for the help Kiva lenders provide to people of scarce resources in poor countries like Nicaragua so they can have means to a decent living.
La coordinadora del banco comunal es Tomasa del Socorro, y tiene por actividad económica la venta de artesanía como productos elaborados de barro, como casa de barro. Adornos de cocina, floreros, mariposas de adornos, alcansillas, saleros, pimenteros. La rutina de trabajo de Socorro es salir a trabajar de forma ambulantes unas 10 horas diarias ofreciendo sus productos a clientes fijos y eventuales. El objetivo del crédito es invertir en capital de trabajo y surtir su negocio, con más productos artesanales. Para que en un futuro no muy lejano pueda obtener mejores ingresos. El banco comunal Luz de Campo agradece la ayuda que los inversionistas kiva les brindan a personas de escasos recursos y países pobre como es Nicaragua para tener un medio de trabajo digno.
Previous Loan DetailsThe communal bank Luz de Campo consists of 12 members, of whom 11 are women and 1 is a man. All are from the same community. The ages of the members of the bank are between 35 and 60 years old. The majority of the women who make up the Luz de Campo bank are mothers of families, and they are respo... More from Luz De Campo Group's previous loan »
Additional Information
Fundación Leon 2000This loan is administered by Fundación Leon 2000. Fundación Leon 2000 began operations in 1993 as the first microfinance institution to serve the western part of Nicaragua, a country which continues to be one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Fundación Leon 2000 works to further the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises through credit services and management, applying the best credit industry practices and technical expertise. Additionally, Fundación Leon manages several business and financial education programs in the community, specifically for young entrepreneurs and at-risk youth. Fundación Leon 2000's group of experienced and dedicated employees works in 7 offices in Leon, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, Somotillo, Jinotepe, El Sauce, and Nagarote and serves several thousand clients (the majority of whom are women).
Concurrent and Successive Loans
Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Nicaragua
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 8 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
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- Pre-Disbursed:
- Feb 27, 2013
- Listed
- Feb 27, 2013
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Maw suggested that I should get a shot for pneumonia, a word which I have difficulty spelling without a "spell checker". Hehe. The last night my aunt Maldeath visited our home in San Jose, CA after all these growing years, she calculated from the year 2003 to 2012 when she should get the next dose. Both Maw and Maldeath are retired registed/licensed nurses in California. I learned a lot about health issues and how to best communicate my symptoms with my primary health physician. Thank you, Lord.
Anyway, I took the Mucinex at noontime and one hour later clear mucus was produced. But when I took this OTC drug two week ago for a couple of days, I didn't feel right. So I opted to moisturize my nasal passages with sterile saline solution in a can to help create the nasty post nasal drippings into my lungs, which then brought up phlegm of green and mustard-yellow from my nose.
It appears that my brown/green lung phlegm was an accumulation of sinus infection overnight for the past week and the following morning would produce the most clearing of green boogers and lung chunks of brown phlegm.
Currently, I am interested getting vaccinated to avoid prolonged sickness! But I noticed the warning of getting severe allergic reaction to the PPSV! I didn't want to risk getting sick again, just because the symptoms were caused by merely sinus infection, which I believe was aggravated while filing in the stale/infected air of the Archive Area, which the CA Health and Safety dinged, thanks to moi and my international headhunter, and for the fact that I went jogging during my breaks AFTER the first rain of this season upon with mold and mildew were activated during those two days a few weeks ago. Plus, chemtrails were laid directly overhead during that time and continuously thereafter and I still went outdoors during cold weathers. I guess I exposed my sinuses and lungs to bad air conditioning, which I also complained to the international head hunter as blowing too strong into Cindy's desk. I told them that I didn't want a relapse. They understood/complied. I noticed that Josie also coughed and sneezed last week AS SOON AS the air conditioner was turned on strongly. Stupid place.
Anyway, it looks like I really don't "qualify" for this PPSV based on reading the .pdf file located under "http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/default.htm#vacc". It's unfortunate that the active and inactive ingredients are NOT readily available on the site. Therefore and right there, it is suspicious, as is my DNA trait dictates, not being paranoid or schizoid but it's better to be aware and safe and well-informed than sorry later. Section 8 on how I could learn more really is troublesome. I just want to know what's in it.


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For the 2014-2015 academic year, we have selected five of our former leaders to serve a second term.
Meet the 2014-2015 YAC (Returning Members)
Tiffani Alexander | Covington, GA | Age 17
Tiffani is high school senior serving a second term on the generationOn National Youth Advisory Council. As a certified facilitator and advocate for child abuse prevention, she has served for over six years to increase awareness amongst parents and youth through the Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale progrem. Tiffany is also the founder of Butterflies, Beetles and Bees, Oh My!, a bug club she runs in partnership with the Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale program. The program teaches children how to care for and nurture small insects which inturn helps children learn to interact with other human beings in a caring and compassionate manner. Tiffani is also the founder of a leadership team called "Mark it Up." The team's purpose is to engage more youth in service. In addition, she is a member of the 21st Century Leaders Youth Leadership Council. In 2013, Tiffani placed first at the Georgia 4-H State Congress, a public speaking competition, in the category of Entomology, earning her the title of Master 4-Her. She is a recipient of The President's Volunteer Service Award, the 2013 11 Alive - WXIA KIDS WHO CARE award, the 2013 Porsche Driving Force Youth Award and a 2014 21st Century Leaders 20 Under 20 award.
Tyler Bleuel | Stamford, CT | Age 17
Tyler is a high school senior senior from Stamford, CT serving a second term on the generationOn National Youth Advisory Council. Tyler has developed and led national and global service projects and campaigns. He has also served as a speaker for various events focused on the power of youth. In 2011, Tyler founded A Few Good MENtors to empower and equip young men to become good men through mentoring to overcome negative cultural messaging in hopes of ending domestic violence within a generation. Studying in Shanghai in 2013, Tyler sparked student interest in volunteerism and began the first generationOn youth service clubs in China. In 2014 in Indonesia, he championed community engagement for youth as a strategy to share ideas globally in order to advance peace. Tyler was appointed to be the Project Pengyou Leadership Fellow to promote wider participation in constructive exchanges with China and improve future US-China ties through his own frontline experiences in China and Taiwan. The only high school student delegate appointed to the Taiwan-America Student Conference (TASC), Tyler was elected to the Executive Committee and is working to amplify conference's impact for 2015.
Aulona Graham-Simms | Macon, GA | Age 15
Aulona is a high school sophomore from Macon, GA serving a second term on the generationOn Youth Advisory Council. She remains a leader in her local community after organizing Kids for Change: Nourishing Minds, Battling Hunger, a youth-led program in collaboration with Volunteer Macon, where middle school students make and sell bracelets and other items to purchase food for local food banks. With a passion for creating projects and getting her peers involved, Aulona is currently working with Disney's Friends for Change on a continuing service project she founded called Ghost Out. Through this initiative, students dress like ghosts and refrain from speaking. The activity is intended to simulate the experience of losing friends to underage drinking. Another project created by Aulona is Sunday Supper which provides snack bags to the homeless on Sundays when soup kitchens are closed for weekends. As a youth leader with generationON, Aulona enjoys participating in co-facilitating workshops, reviewing grants, creating community change and encouraging her peers to do the same.
Rachel Ley | Stevens Point, WI| Age 17
Rachel is a high school senior from Stevens Point, WI serving a second term on the generationOn Youth Advisory Council. She is the founder of a program called Literacy for Little Ones which provides newborn babies with book packages and encourages their parents to read to them on a daily basis. With the help of a Hasbro Make Your Mark Week grant, Rachel expanded her program to a second Wisconsin community in 2011 and to a third in 2012 as part of generationOn's Community Action Heroes Needed initiative. Now, Literacy for Little Ones serves eight hospitals in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Nicaragua. In five years, over 9,000 families have received book packages, over 700 youth have volunteered for the cause, and over $21,000 has been generated to support Literacy for Little Ones. Rachel has garnered many awards for her commitment to service including a Build-a-Bear Huggable Heroes Global Grand Prize, a Gloria Barron National Young Hero award, and a Green Bay Packers Community Quarterback Award.
Ruchita Zaparde | Plainsboro, NJ | Age 17
Ruchita is a high school senior from Plainsboro, NJ serving a second term on the generationOn Youth Advisory Council. In 2010, she founded Sew a Future, a non-profit organization, after visiting a rural village in India with her family. There, she met Asha, a 27-year-old widow with two young children struggling to make ends meet. Inspired by Asha's story of survival, Ruchita decided that she would provide sewing machines to widows with young children in India. With the machines, mothers are able to create and sell goods to assist in earning a living and sending their children to school. To date, 87 widows have been supplied with sewing machines and have become self-sufficient with a goal of supporting 100 more widows in this current school year. Currently, 41 schools and over 570 students are involved in this cause.
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Marc Berson | Tampa, FL | Age 17
Marc is the president of Cafe Freedom, a student organization dedicated to mobilizing youth to address critical community-wide issues. He has led literacy programs for young children in impoverished neighborhoods, collected books and resources for schools in developing nations, and worked with preschoolers in the Caribbean to support their learning. Marc organizes high school volunteers each year to host a literacy festival for low-income students, providing over 1,000 children with books to enjoy at home. Following the success of this event, the program has expanded to other area high schools. Marc's commitment is not only to literacy. When he learned that Florida has the highest accidental drowning death rate for young people in the nation, Marc, who is a competitive swimmer, co-developed an annual April Pools Day festival. This festival engages teens in outreach activities that promote water safety and drowning prevention. Marc has received the St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Kids Are Heroes Award in recognition of his service.
Nayah Boucaud | Miami, FL | Age 15
Nayah started Project FLVS (Florida Virtual School), focusing on teacher acknowledgement and appreciation and demonstrating the importance of education to local communities. The project accomplishes this by creating movies about the accomplishments of students and teachers. Over 50 students participated and contributed to the six-month project; with over 20 student-video submissions from all around the world, the movie was a great success. This commitment to virtual education has its roots in Nayah's experience traveling around the world for the better part of her life, learning via computer. Virtual education became not just an approach to learning but a full-fledged passion. Nayah continues to write relevant articles and blogs for Project FLVS and is always ready and willing to help new students and parents learn about virtual schools and how easy it is to learn online.
Cole Ettingoff | Memphis, TN | Age 17
Cole founded a service club for over 150 students in his area when he was in middle school and has now expanded this work into a comprehensive mentoring program where his fellow high school volunteers support middle school students. The program currently benefits over 300 students, harnesses the energy of 50 high school volunteers and receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from students, teachers and parents. In addition, Cole leads students from 13 area schools in carrying out a variety of other service projects, including packaging 56,000 meals for the local food bank. This commitment to service has earned Cole membership in the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Youth Caucus and the Boy Scouts of America National Hall of Leadership, in addition to a number of other awards, including the President's Call to Service Lifetime Achievement Award and the Volunteer Service Award.
Calla Gilson | Delta, OH | Age 17
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Kelsey Leeper | Olympia, WA | Age 17
Kelsey created the Summit for Advocating Youth Interests Today (SAY IT) which will act as the foundation for a youth action network in Washington state, demonstrating her commitment to helping youth make their voices heard in politics. She was inspired to take this initiative through her work as the Chair of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) for Washington state, where she meets with state legislators to advocate for the one million youth in the region. Kelsey also dedicates her time to the community at the local level, working in the Alzheimer's unit at an elder care facility.


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In situ imaging of alveoli and small airways with optical coherence tomography (OCT) needle probes has significant potential in the study and clinical assessment of lung disease. We present the smallest reported OCT needle probe capable of acquiring 3D volumetric data. The side-facing needle probe comprises miniaturized focusing optics consisting of no-core and GRIN fibre, terminated with a reflection-coated, fibre tip beam deflector. The optics are encased within a 30-gauge (outer diameter 310 μm) needle, and interfaced to a spectral-domain OCT scanner. Multiple 3D-OCT data sets were acquired on preterm lamb lungs (excised) filled with amniotic fluid and saline. Results demonstrated the ability of such a probe to image individual alveoli and bronchioles, and enabled the rendering of 3D volumetric visualisations of the data. We observed notably less tissue distortion than in earlier work with larger 23 gauge needle probes.
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There are a total of 122 collectibles (80 Lost Souls, 21 Keys, 21 Doors) in DmC: Devil May Cry. They are required to achieve 100% game completion. The keys are needed to open the doors and the doors will unlock new side missions. After finding a collectible it will immediately be saved and you can return to the main menu. There is no need to reach the next checkpoint. Some collectibles can only be reached by using certain abilities. Make sure to buy the "Leap" ability very early, it will come in handy.
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Robert Higgs interview on Taking a Stand book at Libertarianism.org
Recorded: Friday, November 20, 2015
Robert Higgs Senior Fellow in Political Economy for the Independent Institute talks about his latest book Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy (2015) in this interview conducted by Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus from Libertarianism.org
This podcast was produced by Libertarianism.org, a Cato Institute project. November 20, 2015.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: Other EventIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Education, History (U.S)
Research Fellow Sheldon Richman Interviewed on KTRS Radio on How the 2016 Presidential Hopefuls Ignore Key Pro-Freedom Principles
Recorded: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Research Fellow Sheldon Richman is interviewed on KTRS radios Larry Conners USA program, to talk about the 2016 presidential candidates and their stance on freedom and peace. Most seem eager for a war and support restrictions on markets and free trade. The race for president is a race to the bottom, according to Richman. Where are the candidates who promote peace and free enterprise?
Experts: Sheldon RichmanType: RadioIssues: Free Market Economics, Freedom
Independent Institute President David J. Theroux Discusses C.S. Lewis on Ave Maria Radio
Recorded: Saturday, August 1, 2015
Founder and President of the Independent Institute, David Theroux is interviewed by Ave Maria Radio President Al Kresta at the Napa Institute Annual Conference. Also President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, David Theroux talks about C.S. Lewiss writings on liberty and Christianity and how Lewis became one of the best-read and most influential writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Freedom, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privacy, Religion
The Federal Reserve on Trial
Recorded: Friday, July 10, 2015
In this mock trial organized by FreedomFest 2015, Independent Institute Research Fellow Robert Murphy and Robert Kuttner present their arguments and witnesses to the jury and the judge, performed by Lisa Kennedy for the responsibility of the Federal Reserve on the financial crisis in 2008.
Thanks to FreedomFest, Inc. for the permission to post our fellows' presentation. For further information about FreedomFest, go to www.freedomfest.com
Experts: Robert P. MurphyType: Other EventIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, History (U.S)
Was the American Wild West a Genuine Case of Anarcho-Capitalism?
Recorded: Friday, July 10, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Randy Simmons speaks at the 2015 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, NV.
Experts: Randy T SimmonsType: Other EventIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
A Christian, an Atheist, A Capitalist and an Economist on: What the Freedom Philosophy Is (And What It Isn't)
Recorded: Thursday, July 9, 2015
Independent Institute Research Fellow Robert Murphy speaks on a panel alongside Max Borders, Doug Casey and Stephen Cox at the 2015 FreedomFest held in Las Vegas, NV.
Experts: Robert P. MurphyType: Other EventIssues: Culture/ Society, Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Freedom
Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate
Recorded: Monday, July 6, 2015
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Love Gov portrays the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend Scott Gov Govinsky who foists his "good intentions" on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak (comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. Alexis's loyal friend Libby tries to help her see Gov for what he really is a menace. But will Alexis come to her senses in time? Tune in to find out!
Episode 1: An Education in Debt
Episode 2: Protection from Jobs
Episode 3: A Remedy for Healthcare Choices
Episode 4: House Poor
Episode 5: Keeping a Close Eye on Privacy
Type: Independent Institute TVIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Corporate Welfare, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Economic Policy, Education, Environment, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, Housing, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
Repudiation in Antebellum MississippiAn Interview with Clifford F. Thies
Recorded: Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Clifford F. Thies, author of The Independent Review article Repudiation in Antebellum Mississippi, is interviewed on National Public Radios All Things Considered about the state of Mississippi defaulting on its loans in the 1840s. Other states defaulted on loans during this period, but most reconciled with debtors, but not Mississippi. Mississippi repudiated its debts, refusing to pay them.
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VIDEO: Puck magically stays out of net, denies Blackhawks goal
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Sometimes a hockey puck can do pretty amazing things, like staying out of the net when it really has no business not going in.
That happened to the Chicago Blackhawks in the first period of Game 2 on Wednesday night. Magically a puck that three times looked destined for the back of the net never actually crossed the red line and only once was because of LA Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick.
With the play breaking down in the Kings defensive zone, Patrick Kane was able to get a hard backhander on a mostly open net, one Quick was able to punch into the air. It still drifted over his head. It appeared to graze the crossbar and bounce slightly out but then Peter Regin was cross-checked and the puck went off his helmet back toward the goal line.
Then comes the really tricky part. The puck gets all the way to the line but then changes direction. It's hard to pick up exactly why, it might have been Regin's stick, it might have been Dustin Brown's stick or it might have just been magic. We can't rule out that option.
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AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)-- Public Strategies, Inc. today announced that veteran Washington correspondent, author and political analyst Richard Wolffe is joining the firm. Wolffe, most recently Newsweek`s senior White House correspondent, officially assumes his new position as a senior strategist on April 13, 2009. He will be based in the firm`s Washington office, where he will advise several of its top clients. "I am so pleased that Richard Wolffe is joining us," said Dan Bartlett, president and CEO of Public Strategies. "He is a top notch journalist and political analyst who has closely followed Washington for years. His deep understanding of the political and economic landscape makes him a huge asset to our clients." As Senior White House Correspondent for Newsweek, Wolffe has covered President Obama since the primaries, traveling with him throughout the campaign. He also covered President Bush throughout his two terms in office. In addition, Wolffe is an NBC political analyst. He has provided political commentary on several MSNBC programs, Meet The Press and TODAY. Before his exclusive contract with NBC, he previously appeared on CNN and Fox News, as well as international media, including the BBC. "Many of Public Strategies` projects are at the center of the national dialogue and will provide a challenging new arena for me," said Wolffe. "I have known and worked with people at Public Strategies for years, and I am looking forward to joining this highly skilled and agile team." Prior to his work at Newsweek, Wolffe was deputy bureau chief and U.S. diplomatic correspondent in Washington, D.C., for the Financial Times. His earlier work included extensive coverage of the Microsoft antitrust trial. His work on regulatory and business issues in Washington included covering Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Wolffe is the author of several books. His new book about President Obama`s campaign, entitled Renegade, will be released later this year. About Public Strategies Public Strategies, Inc. is a business advisory firm that serves a diverse clientele including some of the world`s largest and best-known corporations, nonprofit organizations, associations and professional firms. Public Strategies helps forward-thinking organizations assess public opinion and risk, and develops strategies for managing corporate reputation and uncertainty. Much of its practice involves managing high-stakes campaigns for corporate clients, anticipating and responding to crises. Public Strategies was purchased by WPP in August of 2006. WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY) is one of the world's leading communications services groups, providing national, multinational and global clients with advertising; media investment management; information, insight & consultancy; public relations & public affairs; branding & identity, healthcare and specialist communications. For more information, visit http://www.pstrategies.com Public Strategies, Inc. Evvie Nazro, 512-432-1940 email@example.com Copyright Business Wire 2009


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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is the nation's largest federally funded source of food for low-income older adults. Despite its availability, however, many eligible Americans do not participate in the program:
SNAP Eligibility. While nearly 9 million older adults are eligible for SNAP, only one-third of eligible older Americans — about 2.9 million — participate in the program [U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2011 (PDF)].
Older Americans and SNAP. Only 8 percent of individuals receiving SNAP benefits are older adults, age 60 and older. Overall, however, 16 percent of households receiving SNAP include older adults [USDA, 2011].
Profile of Older Adult SNAP Recipients. Approximately 80 percent of older adults who receive SNAP live alone. In addition, their average:
o monthly gross income is $792
o amount of monthly SNAP benefit is $119
o certification period is 20 months [USDA, 2011]
Barriers to SNAP Enrollment. To determine why only one-third of those eligible for SNAP are receiving benefits, the USDA and other national anti-hunger organizations have conducted focus groups and other research to identify the primary application and enrollment barriers. These include:
o Lack of awareness about the existence of the program
o Stigma: negative perceptions of SNAP as "welfare" or "government dependency"
o Perception that the benefit amount is too small (While the minimum monthly benefit amount is $16, the average monthly benefit is $119.)
o Complicated application procedures and face-to-face interviews (Requirements vary from state to state.)
o Lack of accurate information about the program and who is eligible
o Asset requirements — often as low as $3,000 for households with someone age 60 or over in it (Requirements vary from state to state.)
o Cumbersome reporting requirements
o Problems with documenting proof of income and other paperwork requirements
o Unaddressed language and cultural barriers
o Lack of transportation/isolation in rural areas
o Lack of communication between multiple agencies serving the same older individuals
Economic Impact of SNAP. Every $5 paid in SNAP benefits by the federal government generates $9.00 in local economic activity. Currently, 85 percent of supermarkets process EBT cards [USDA Economic Research Service, 2010 (PDF)].
For an overview of recent expansions to SNAP in the 2008 reauthorization of the Farm Bill, see The Food Stamp Program and Older Americans, published by the AARP Public Policy Institute.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is the nation's largest federally funded source of food for low-income older adults. Despite its availability, however, many eligible Americans do not participate in the program:
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In most cases, the language that reminds us of our masculinity is gendered – and denegrating to women. It tells us that women are weak, and we have to be better than that. Every time this happens, we learn more and more that exhibiting 'feminine' qualities is something to be avoided. At all costs.
It was unthinkable, but true, that a beloved movie idol could also be a gay man with AIDS.
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