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22 U.S. Code § 2151v - Aid to relatively least developed countries
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(a) Characterization of least developed countries
Relatively least developed countries (as determined on the basis of criteria comparable to those used for the United Nations General Assembly list of "least developed countries") are characterized by extreme poverty, very limited infrastructure, and limited administrative capacity to implement basic human needs growth strategies. In such countries special measures may be necessary to insure the full effectiveness of assistance furnished under subchapter I of this chapter.
(b) Assistance on grant basis
For the purpose of promoting economic growth in these countries, the President is authorized and encouraged to make assistance under this part available on a grant basis to the maximum extent that is consistent with the attainment of United States development objectives.
(c) Waiver of principal and interest on prior liability
(1) The Congress recognizes that the relatively least developed countries have virtually no access to private international capital markets. Insofar as possible, prior assistance terms should be consistent with present grant assistance terms for relatively least developed countries. Therefore, notwithstanding section 2370 (r) of this title and section 321 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975 but subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the President on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the needs of the country for financial resources and the commitment of the country to the development objectives set forth in sections 2151 and 2151–1 of this title—
(A) may permit a relatively least developed country to place amounts, which would otherwise be paid to the United States as payments on principal or interest on liability incurred by that country under subchapter I of this chapter (or any predecessor legislation) into local currency accounts (in equivalent amounts of local currencies as determined by the official exchange rate for United States dollars) for use by the relatively least developed country, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter, for activities which are consistent with section 2151–1 of this title; and
(B) may waive interest payments on liability incurred by a relatively least developed country under subchapter I of this chapter (or any predecessor legislation) if the President determines that that country would be unable to use for development purposes the equivalent amounts of local currencies which could be made available under subparagraph (A).
(2) The aggregate amount of interest waived and interest and principal paid into local currency accounts under this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount approved for such purpose in an Act appropriating funds to carry out this part for that fiscal year, which amount may not exceed the amount authorized to be so approved by the annual authorizing legislation for development assistance programs. Amounts due and payable during fiscal year 1981 to the United States from relatively least developed countries on loans made under this subchapter (or any predecessor legislation) are authorized to be approved for use, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, in an amount not to exceed $10,845,000.
(d) Waiver of requirement of contribution
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 124, as added Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 112(a)(1),Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 109,Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 363; Pub. L. 96–533, title III, § 308,Oct. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3147.)
References in Text
Section 321 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is section 321 ofPub. L. 94–161, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 868, which is set out as a note under section 2220a of this title.
References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter II
References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) ofPub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.
1980—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96–533substituted "fiscal year 1981" and "$10,845,000" for "fiscal year 1980" and "$18,800,000", respectively.
1979—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96–53inserted provisions respecting use of funds due and payable during fiscal year 1980 to the United States.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–53effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) ofPub. L. 96–53, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 112(a)(2),Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 949, provided that: "The authority granted by section 124(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [subsec. (c) of this section] shall not become effective until October 1, 1979."
Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 ofPub. L. 95–424, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 2151 of this title.
Delegation of Functions
For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.
Presidential Authority During Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
Pub. L. 100–461, title V, § 572,Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268–44, provided that during fiscal years 1990 and 1991, President could use authority of paragraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(1) of this section with respect to such aggregate amounts of principal and interest payable during each of those fiscal years as President determined, or at any time after Sept. 30, 1989, President could, if he determined it was in national interest to do so, use authority of those paragraphs with respect to such aggregate amounts of outstanding principal and interest payable at any time after that date, and that such authority could be exercised with respect to specified countries, and be exercised notwithstanding subsection (c)(2) of this section.
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If you are reading this page, the Docs Team hopes you will take the next steps to maintaining, improving and contributing to the Joomla! Project's Documentation. Our documentation is written by users, developers, and code contributors for the benefit of the same. There are many Open Source Projects using Mediawiki software succesfully for their project's documentation. The Mediawiki software allows for open collaboration, version control of pages, tracking changes similar to Git and a large base of extensions to extend the user interface. A wiki is hard to break with its excellent page history. Make a mistake and just undo or revert the page back to the previous version.
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- To edit the Joomla! Documentation Wiki, you will need a user account. If you don't already have one, you may register for one here. All a willing contributor needs is a valid email address to register. After confirming your email address you will have immediate permission to edit any page except for a few that are protected. These are pages which are high profile spam targets or highly view documentation pages.
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- Categorisation is always a something easy to do, necessary and in great demand on our wiki! Pages without categories are abundant, pick some titles you know and skip the ones you might not know right off. Categories are important because they help define the structure of the wiki and make it easier to find articles.
- The docs team is also working on Beginner Tutorials. Our goal is to make them easy to understand and navigate, something a Beginner can follow easily and learn basic concepts. Think back to when you were new to Joomla! and add a topic about something you struggled with as a beginner.
- Help pages, yes we know they are a lot of work, but necessary for beginners and even those with intermediate knowledge of Joomla! The Joomla! 2.5 Help Screens are complete but Joomla! 3.x are still being worked on! The contributions you give to them will be appreciated by many users worldwide. You can find the matrix of 3.x Help Screens here. Some just need to be reviewed and marked complete in status, others need to be started, completed, have images uploaded(670px max width), etc.
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Kitesurf in Mallorca
Fine sand, clear waters and feeling the wind on your face. Sat facing the sea, a kite on one side, a board on the other, and an entire kite surfing session ahead of you.
There is no need to go all the way to Hawaii or take Route 66 to be able to enjoy fly surfing on an ideal location. Majorca offers sea lovers and adrenaline junkies the best setting to be able to practise this extreme sport.
We warn you though: once you have tried it, you won't be able to stop, since adrenaline is highly addictive. Muscles tensing up, sunshine, focus, the mountainous background, the spirit of achievement and weightlessness. Or, in other words, when a sport becomes a lifestyle.
The best beaches for surfing are Barcarès and Can Pastilla. The beaches have delimited sections specifically for surfing, with plenty of room on the sandy stretch to fly a kite, which work a treat with thermal updraft winds. The constant wind, pleasant temperatures and a spectacular landscape are there for you to enjoy while on the sea.
Near the Bacarès beach you can find our hotels in the northern part, such as the "JS Sol de Alcudia" and "JS Alcudi-Mar", while in Can Pastilla you can find the "Hotel Orleans Garden". Most of them have spa facilities and massage services. So, what can be better to end a great day of surfing than being pampered by our professional masseurs?
Kite surfers in Majorca are split into three groups or zones: the largest one is at Pollensa Bay, between Sa Marina de Alcudia and the Port of Pollensa, where there can sometimes be more than 100 kite surfers, many of whom are beginners experiencing their first runs on a kite surfboard, either on their own or with a supervisor. The second spot is in Can Pastilla, near the Airport in Palma, where the majority of kite surfers are more experienced, since they must observe the boundaries of the restricted open-sea water sports area, which, beginning 200 m into the sea, is not as easy to reach as it may seem. And lastly: El Buzón, a hidden beach in Playas de Muro, where there are sections without any hotels and where access to the beach resembles a maze, meaning there tend to be fewer swimmers.


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During the first 12 hours after conception, the fertilized egg cell remains a single cell. After approximately 30 hours, it divides from 1 cell into 2 and 15 hours later, the 2 cells divide into 4. And at the end of 3 days, the fertilized egg cell has become a berry-like structure made up of 16 cells. This structure is called a morula, which is Latin for mulberry.
The cells continue to divide 8 or 9 days following conception into a blastocyst. Although it is only the size of a pinhead, the blastocyst is composed of hundreds of cells. The blastocyst is slowly carried by tiny hair-like projections in the fallopian tube called cilia toward the uterus. During the critically important process of implantation, it must attach itself to the uterine lining where it will be able to get nourishment from the mother's blood supply. If the blastocyst is unable to attach, the pregnancy will fail to survive.


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Why do all the asians speak in broken English?
Why do all the asians speak in broken English?
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Well to start off, their language are very different from ours, english is latin based, as quite a few other languages, asian languages are not, the sentence structure and pronounciation are pretty different as opposed to let's say italian or french.
To compare to japanese for example, they don't pronounce some letters the same way we do in english, (Their U is pronounced like we do in french rather than english) the noun, verb and adjectives are also defined by another word that serves as a suffix to tell what the word was, but the sentence can pretty much be written in any order.
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It's an American movie set in (I haven't seen it so correct me if I'm wrong) Japan. They're not gonna have everyone speaking Japanese in an American movie, so they just throw in "Asian" accents to make it more believable. It's the same reason everyone has a British-sounding accent in American movies set in Europe or Middle Earth or something.
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For almost every famous disaster you can name there's an equally famous person who, though some lucky quirk of fate, happened to miss the ill-fated boat, doomed plane, mass murder, or other calamity. Here are 10 examples from recent American history.
From This Story
1. Admiral Richard E. Byrd
In August 1921, Richard Byrd was scheduled to join the crew of a new, 695-foot-long Navy dirigible known as the ZR-2, departing from Howden, England, on a trial flight. But Byrd, later to gain fame as an aviator and the first explorer to fly over the South Pole, missed his train the day before and was late arriving at the airfield. As a result, he was crossed off the crew list.
Byrd did, however, have a chance to inspect the huge airship and watch it lift off the next morning. "How magnificent she looked, the rosy light of sunrise tinting her bright sides a series of soft violet and lavender tints," he recalled in his 1928 memoir, Skyward. "Officers and observers aboard, lines cast off, she rose slowly and with dignity befitting so huge a craft, sailed away into the cloudless sky."
A day later, back in London, he learned that the ZR-2 had broken in half, exploded in midair, and crashed into the Humber River near Hull. A total of 44 American and British crew members died.
Byrd would live on to have other adventures, including six pioneering expeditions to the Antarctic. He died in 1957 at age 68, at home in bed.
2. Kirk Douglas
In March of 1958, the actor known for his starring roles in movies such as Lust for Life (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957) planned to join film producer Mike Todd on a trip to New York in Todd's private plane, but his wife objected. As Douglas recalled in his 1988 autobiography, The Ragman's Son, he and his wife were listening to the car radio when an announcer interrupted with the news that Todd's plane had crashed in New Mexico, killing everyone on board.
Douglas is still alive, at age 96.
Another A-list movie star who narrowly missed being aboard Todd's plane was Elizabeth Taylor, then the producer's wife (see below). There may have been others, as well. Two weeks after the crash, gossip columnist Earl Wilson noted that so many people were claiming to have avoided the flight that he'd heard someone joke, "Those are the same people who barely missed the Lusitania."


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If Ronin Girl had have in some way kept her skill it would have gone a little way to restore balance. I think how it stood was to much, but the flavor should have been kept and restricted somehow. She is still a good little unit that can come on late and do damage and hopefully avoid returns that have been spent by that time.
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Things to see and do - Porec
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Porec Travel guide
Porec : Michelin's recommendations
First Roman, then Venetian (from 1262 to 1797), it became the capital of Istria under the Habsburgs. Modern-day Porec is a thriving tourist resort as is shown by its wealth of hotels which can accommodate up to 100,000 people. Its coast and immense cultural heritage, such as the extraordinary mosaics of the Euphrasian basilica, a World Heritage Site, attract throngs of crowds every year.
Tourist attractions Porec : Things to see and do
Euphrasian Basilic
Eufazijeva HR - 52440 Porec
This immense early Christian basilica, built between 543 and 554, combines antique and Byzantine influences. Its three naves are separated by a row of arcades standing on marble columns imported from Constantinople, and finely carved capitals. Howeve..
Lim Fjord
HR - 52440 Porec
Taking its name from the Latin limes ("frontier"), this astonishing fjord once separated the towns of Porec and Rovinj. Long and narrow, it plunges 9km inland between walls as much as 100m high. Its protected waters (no swimming allowed) ar..
St Maur Street
Sv. Maura HR - 52440 Porec
Savour the calm of this street as you admire the façades, such as that of the House of Two Saints (Kuca Dva Sveca), which owes its name to the two characters carved in bas-relief from the Romanesque period on the first floor. End your stroll with a d..
Hotels Porec
Residence Villa Karda
Ive Lole Ribara 8 HR - 52440 Poreč
Prix Prices from : 90 €
Just 200 metres from the beach, Residence Villa Karda is a 5-minute walk away from the centre of Poreč. This bed and breakfast offers an on-site restaurant and modern accommodation with air conditioning and free Wi-Fi. A large shared terrace on the r..
Hotel Flores
Rade Končara 4 HR - 52440 Poreč
Just 30 metres from the nearest beach, Hotel Flores is 400 metres from the historic centre of Poreč. It offers air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi and free private parking. Flores has a spa area with a sauna, a steam bath and an indoor swimming pool..
Hotel Porec
Rade Koncara 1 HR - 52440 Poreč
Perfectly situated only 200 metres from the beach with a marina and the historical old town, Hotel Porec offers the most comfortable stay with a host of sports facilities. Free Wi-Fi is avaialble throughout. Founded in Roman times, the city has many..


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The following is the State of Minnesota's Surplus Property Auction schedule. We encourage you to take advantage of our Auction Hot Line at 651-296-1056. The Hot Line is updated about 10 days before each auction with general information about what will be available, when, and where.
All equipment auction dates are Saturdays. Inspection begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9:30 a.m. All sales are "AS-IS, WHERE-IS" to the highest bidder. We make no warranties, expressed or implied, nor any claims as to the condition or operability of the items, so please inspect all items carefully.
Minnesota sales tax and any applicable local sales tax will be charged on all items, except vehicles, which are taxed at the time the title is transferred. Cash, certified checks, traveler's checks, money orders, or personal checks will be accepted on the day of the sale. NO CREDIT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Planning to attend? Head to the registration page to register online for live auctions and avoid the line.
Note: Please DO NOT bring children under the age of 13 or pets to the State Auctions.
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Despite a lack of crossover success in the American pop market, model-singer Nick Kamen remains a style inspiration for fashion insiders who recall his blue-eyed, boy-next-door appeal and the bubblegum songs that epitomized the earnestness of '80s-era MTV. Kamen's introduction to the culture conversation was memorable: in 1984, Buffalo's Ray Petri styled him for the cover of The Face magazine, photographed by Jamie Morgan, in aviator sunglasses, an orange turtleneck, a ski hat, and a well-placed Band-Aid, accenting the ensemble with frosted lipstick. Unabashedly over-the-top, the image put a vibrant stamp on that year's Fall/Winter fashion, one that exerts a strong influence even today (see our cover story, styled by Robbie Spencer).
Kamen's breakthrough, however, undoubtedly came the following year, when he strode into a '50s-style launderette looking like a young Elvis Presley and stripped down to his boxers to wash his jeans. Directed by Roger Lyons, who chose a Marvin Gaye soundtrack, the 50-second spot for Levi's 501s is now considered one of the most iconic television commercials of all time—and it catapulted Kamen to sex-symbol status, both at home in the U.K. and overseas. Aided by a print campaign further establishing him as the face of 501s, Kamen quickly parlayed his success into a career in music, releasing the single "Each Time You Break My Heart," featuring Madonna on backup vocals (she is also credited with producing the track). While it cracked the dance charts, its success was modest. The staying power of his 1990 hit, "I Promised Myself," was far greater.
By 1992 Kamen's profile had diminished, and in recent years he has faded into obscurity. But a quick search on YouTube proves what many avid popwatchers have always known: Kamen is the essence of electric youth.
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The company is considering several options as part of its 'dirt is good' internal brand positioning for the portfolio, which includes the Omo and Skip brands.
Unilever has drafted in non-roster ad agency Wieden & Kennedy London to work on a pan-European marketing brief as it seeks to 'own' sport.
W&K was chosen for its experience in the sports sector, having worked on Nike's account and its Run London 10km event.
Internally, Unilever is understood to have studied a range of sports-related plans in recent months, including sponsorship of the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the England rugby union team, as well as examining the feasibility of running a branded youth football tournament.
A Unilever spokeswoman confirmed it was working with W&K and other 'partner' agencies on a 'short-term assignment'.


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MFA and MAT students who are not working on Transitional Licensure, pay graduate tuition and fees for one year (2015-2016 academic year) at $31,120.
Tuition for K-12 teaching professionals in the Graduate Education Program is $635 per credit hour for the 2015-2016 academic year. This tuition discount scholarship requires verification of teaching employment by completing and submitting the form below prior to the first day of classes each semester.
Only federal student loans may be available for Graduate Education students taking six or more credit hours (see federal aid below).
Beyond tuition and fees, we estimate a student's budget for one year based on payment of room and board, personal expenses such as transportation, clothing, and books/art supplies. Our budget estimates are based on the higher end resident housing costs and other miscellaneous costs. You may spend less than our estimates.
Cost of attending MCA in 2015 – 2016. Other than tuition costs, expenses will vary greatly depending on personal preference and restraint.
|Tuition and fees for one year
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|Housing (cost of MCA's most expensive housing facility)
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HOUSING COSTS (per year):
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How to apply for Institutional and Federal Aid:
A student need only submit all required application materials to be considered for institutional scholarships, grants, and work study. Students will be notified of merit/portfolio awards along with acceptance notification. MCA awards are determined by admissions review ranking.
Eligibility for Federal Aid is determined upon receipt of a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Parental information is not needed on this form, as all graduate level students are considered independent.
Federal student loans are available to graduate students enrolled for at least six credit hours. Also, many private lenders offer credit-based alternative educational loans.
Direct Student Loan Request Form (click link to open a PDF file in a new window)
Graduate students may be awarded Federal or College Work-Study through the admissions and financial aid process. An average yearly allotment of $500 is awarded allowing the student to work during the academic year and in some cases during the summer months. Work-Study is paid in the form of a paycheck at a rate of $9.00 per hour.
International students are not eligible for federal or state aid.
To complete and file the FAFSA form, students should go online at www.fafsa.gov
Additional information is available at www.ed.gov
Applications are also available from the MCA Financial Aid Office.
The MCA required federal code is 003507.
Special Circumstances:
If you have a unique financial situation, please contact our Financial Aid Office at
1-800-727-1088 or locally at 901-272-5136. We're happy to provide assistance.
MCA Scholarships:
MFA and MAT students are eligible for merit scholarship awards. Graduate scholarships range from $3,000 per year to full-tuition and are renewable each semester, after a first probationary semester, based on maintaining a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. If the GPA is not maintained, the scholarship will be reinstated the semester after the required GPA is reached. These awards are based on full-time attendance and will be pro-rated for part-time enrollment.
MFA students interested in developing and using teaching skills may be given the opportunity to work with one of the undergraduate faculty as a Teaching Assistant for an existing course. Teaching Assistants are awarded $1,000 over the course of the semester.Graduate and Teaching Assistantship Opportunities:
Outside Scholarship Opportunities:
MCA recommends that students do some research to find available scholarships sponsored through organizations and companies. These scholarships may be located through free online searches. Other potential resources are parents' employers, churches, or other organizations in which a family might be active. MCA distributes scholarship application information received by the financial aid office to eligible enrolled students.


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Racers Edge 4" Flourescent Orange Zip Tie Wraps (30)
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AngelicDeath wrote:Not sure what impact this card means to the story. Here is a meeting of sagar with ?..... About what I am not sure. When I find out I'll include it with Zagar's list.
Shirozaki wrote:So slow Call, so slow.
Callonia wrote:Shirozaki wrote:So slow Call, so slow.
oh well.
Shirozaki wrote:Wrong about Wasseir though, he's as mucha Dragon Rider as Millia is, but he thinks differently than the other dragon rider.
Langbart has no relation to Wasseir, or dragons for that matter. The dragon was just a shtick Yudit gave him for lulz (probably).
Baldern is a Dragon Rider from Beltorat, considering that Beltorat is literally "Red Dragon Country", you can see where this is coming from.
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I realized two things Sunday afternoon. First, I'd rather watch a World Cup game than the US Open, and secondly, the Cubs can hit good pitching when they want too.
Respectfully speaking, I've never been a soccer fan. I'll blame the low scoring and ridiculously long stretches of boring nothingness. But is there any televised sport less thrilling to watch than golf? Perhaps bowling, but leave it to the US Open to bore me to near death!
Back to the Cubs…it seems Saturday's embarrassing loss had a lot to do with the Cubs cranking out 18 hits and 12 runs Sunday. And they did it against Joe Saunders, who's no push-over on the road.
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Pollard not worried about recruitingAIKEN, S.C. | For the majority of the top basketball recruits, July is a time to focus on the AAU season as it wraps up while August is spent taking visits and looking at schools, and a decision is typically made by the early signing period in November. That's not the case for top prospect Devonta Pollard. Pollard, a 6-foot-7 small forward from Porterville, Miss., plans on narrowing his list down during the upcoming school year and making a decision in the spring. In the meantime, Pollard is hearing from a number of schools including Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State and Texas. Even though he's not close to choosing a school yet, he knows what he's looking for in a school. "Academics mainly, I want to go to a school where I'm going to be comfortable at," Pollard said. 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I'm getting a whole lot of confidence in my shooting."That confidence showed as Taylor proved to be one of the top scorers for the Alabama Challenge at the Peach Ste Showcase. With his game continuing to improve, more schools are beginning to show interest in the 2013 prospect. Georgetown, Georgia and Ole Miss have all offered in the last month, and Kentucky has also been talking to him a lot recently. Taylor mentioned style of play and distance from home as two of his main factors, making Alabama a prime candidate for his services. He visited Tuscaloosa in June. "I went up there the second week of June," Taylor said. "I talked to the coaches about the U.S. Trials and what I did up there." The Crimson Tide already has two players committed in the 2013 class, and Taylor has built relationships with both players. "I'm friends with Shannon (Hale), and Jaren (Sina) and I were on the same team at the Lebron camp. It went good. We were on different strings, though. 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Members of Parliament have appealed to the government to lift the ban on export of food crops mainly maize, saying the move was hurting farmers.
Debating the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives' budget estimates, the legislators told the House that if the government wanted farmers not to sell their produce outside the country, then it must be ready to buy all the food crops produced by the farmers.
The last to contribute in Monday's debate, Ally Mohamedi Kessy (CCM) Nkasi North charged that the government was wrong in banning maize exports, while knowing that it could not purchase all the stock in the region.
"To prohibit farmers from selling their food produce in neighbouring countries is tantamount to killing them. When you announced the ban, a bag of maize which was being sold at 30,000/- went down to between 12,000/- and 15,000/-. Worse still there are no businessmen buying the crop," he noted.
He revealed that after the ban some officers from the agricultural department started buying maize at the cheaper price of 12,000/- with the intent to sell later at higher prices.
"Your officers are taking advantage of the ban to ruin farmers. Because they have money, they are now buying maize from farmers at a very cheap price and will later sell at very high prices. Why are you doing this?" he said.
He warned that the maize will have rotten by January when the government plans to lift the ban on export of maize from Rukwa region because it will be raining, making most roads in Rukwa region impassable.
"Mr Minister, you can't drive in January. The maize will be rotting," he said.
"If you ban export of maize, then be ready to buy them. But you don't even have the funds. The minister tells us that they will buy only 200,000 tonnes of maize in four regions. The stock in Rukwa alone is more than 200,000 tonnes. Why then ban export of the crop? This is a free market. If you can't buy; let them sell anywhere they want."
"If you say food is not enough, then buy the crops instead of introducing the ban and closing borders, torturing farmers," he said.
He also criticised farm inputs voucher system saying allocations were being delayed, affecting the performance of farmers.
"The price of farm inputs like quality seeds and fertilisers is very high compared to the prices offered to farmers for their harvest," said Kessy.
Anne Kilango Malecela –CCM Same East MP supported Kessy in criticising the government ban of maize exports, saying the Minister for Agriculture was quoted by one of the news agencies as saying that the country has 1.7million tonnes of surplus food to be exported abroad.
"When did the government start doing business and why is it getting involved now? Why can't it leave the business to farmers who grow the crops?" asked Kilango.
Kwela MP, Ignasi Malocha called on the government to ensure it provides farmers with proper markets and assured price for their crops.
"The government has since 2006/2007 todate failed to purchase all food surpluses in Rukwa region, leaving more than 80 percent in the hands of farmers. Why ban exports today?"
"If markets and prices are set properly, no farmer will complain," he noted.
Winding up the debate yesterday evening, Minister Maghembe said from next month, a bag of 100-kilogramme maize should not be sold below 35,000/- to protect farmers.
The minister however did not comment on the call by MPs to lift the ban on maize exports.
Maghembe said that among the measures the government was taking to minimise the piling up of crops in the regions with surpluses was to move the grains from the National Food reserve Agency to storage nearer famine-prone areas.
He said the move will allow the NFRA to buy more crops from the farmers.
Earlier, when passing the budget, MPs from cotton growing areas threatened to withhold a shilling, in effect blocking the estimates, demanding that the agreed initial buying price of 1,100/- per kilo cotton be restored, after noting that a kilo now was being bought at 800/-.
The minister explained that the drop in the price of the crop had been caused by a fall in the world market prices, but the MPs stuck to their demand, prompting Premier Mizengo Pinda to intervene to resolve the stand-off by promising that the government would meet with all the stakeholders to look into the matter.


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History was made yesterday as retired President Benjamin Mkapa appeared in court in Dar es Salaam – as a defence witness in a 2.5bn/- theft case facing two people.
One of the accused is Prof Costa Ricky Mahalu, formerly Tanzania's ambassador to Italy. The other is Grace Martin, once a counsellor under Mahalu.
The unprecedented testimony by the former president is widely viewed as an interesting twist to the high-profile case in which the accused are associated with occasioning the government los of the said amount of money through forgery of various documents used in the purchase of an embassy building in Rome.
Led by defence counsel Alex Mgongolwa, Mkapa told Principal Resident Megistrate Ilvan Mgeta of Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court that the purchase had his government's blessings.
"The government blessed the purchase of the building …I was informed about that and I did not prevent it," he said, adding that he was notified that the payments would be made by way of deposits into two accounts.
Counsel Mgongolwa then asked the witness how come the first prosecution witness, former Chief Secretary Martin Lumbanga, denied knowing about the purchase.
"I am surprised that he (Lumbanga) said so. What I know is that the purchase was approved," said Mkapa.
Mgongolwa went on to ask Mkapa to tell the court why it so happened that he knew about the transaction but the Chief Secretary didn't.
Responding, Mkapa said that might be possible "but it is very difficult".
He explained that the much he knew was that two ministries – Works and Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development – were involved in the evaluation of the said building.
He added that the report on the matter as tabled in the National Assembly by then Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Jakaya Kikwete was correct.
Mkapa said he had neither received any complaints from Tanzania's Embassy in Rome or the Controller and Auditor General relating to the purchase of the building or the money involved.
He told the court that he knew the former ambassador as good leader and an educated and diligent worker who previously served the Tanzanian government as Director of Higher Education and later as Counsellor at Tanzania's Embassy in Germany.
The former president further submitted that he could not know the value of the euro relative to the Tanzanian shilling because that was the responsibility of some other people.
"What I know is that 2.9bn/- was disbursed for the purchase of the said building, but I could not tell whether 3,098,741.58 euros was equivalent to 2.9bn/-," he pointed out.
Cross-examined by State Attorney Vincent Haule, Mkapa said he didn't know what authority had ordered that the purchase of the building be subjected to investigation.
He submitted that he was not aware of the investigation of the payments and learnt that the former ambassador had been taken to court while he had already retired as Tanzania's President.
He said he also learnt from the former ambassador that the owner of the building in question had verbally sought to be paid twice.
Mkapa said that, as Head of State, he could have prohibited the purchase of the building and ordered that the money be directed to other projects "but I appreciated the importance of the building and was satisfied that the country could safely meet the conditions of the contract".
He explained that he allowed the former ambassador to proceed with the purchase "but without knowing the details of the procedures involved".
Mahalu and Martin were arraigned in August 2006 but both denied involvement in a conspiracy to steal from the government.
The prosecution submitted that the duo, being persons in the service of the Tanzanian government, knowingly and with intent to deceive used payment vouchers containing false particulars to show that the embassy building in Rome cost 3,098,741.58 euros.
The accused are said to have committed the offence on September 23, 2002 at Tanzania's Embassy in Italy. The case is expected to continue today.


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Milankovitch cycles
Milankovitch cycles refer to long term variations in the orbit of the Earth which result in changes in climate over periods hundred of thousands of years and are related to ice age cycles.
Once Isaac Newton described his laws of motion and of gravity, the orbit of each planet became predictable, not only under the influence the Sun, but the much weaker influences of all the other planets and the Moon as well.
Milutin Milankovitch did not discover the cycles, nor was he the first to calculate their changes. He did, though, improve on the methods of calculating them and relating them to Earth's climatic variations. Here is a brief description of the three cycles.
Precession (also called Precession of the Equinoxes): the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on Earth's equatorial bulge causes the poles to slowly wobble. Over 25,800 years, the polar axis traces out a circle with respect to the stars.
Milankovitch cycles. Source: UCAR
Now the North Pole points to Polaris and all other stars visible in the Northern Hemisphere appear to rotate around that star in the night sky.
In one half cycle, or 12,900 years, the North Pole will point to the star Vega, which is forty-seven degrees away from Polaris. In another 12,900 years, the North Pole will be back to Polaris.
Astronomers in 4,000 BC, for example, noted that the axis pointed to the handle of the Big Dipper (part of the constellation Ursa Major), not Polaris, which is the end of the handle of the Little Dipper (part of the constellation Ursa Minor). An effect of this change is that the time of year that Earth is closest to the Sun, called perihelion, varies through the cycle.
Now perihelion is January 3, so the Northern Hemisphere has slightly milder winters and the Southern Hemisphere has slightly cooler winters. And, conversely, summers are a bit cooler in the North and warmer in the South. In 12,900 years, the North will have colder winters because Earth will be furthest from the Sun (aphelion) in January.
Another aspect of the precession is the length of winter and summer. Because the Sun is not at the center of the orbital ellipse (discussed in the next paragraph), it currently takes seven more days for Earth to travel from the vernal equinox to the autumnal equinox than from the autumnal to the vernal. In other words, the Northern Hemisphere winter now is shorter than the Southern Hemisphere winter. In 12,900 years, the North will have longer winters and shorter summers.
Eccentricity of Orbit: Earth travels around the Sun along a flat surface called the plane of the ecliptic, called that because eclipses occur when the Moon intersects this plane. The path taken along this plane is almost a circle, but not quite. It is elliptical, with the Sun just off center as one 'foci' of the ellipse. Gravitational pull of other planets causes the path to become slightly more or slightly less elliptical. In other words, it becomes more or less of a flattened circle. Venus, because it is close to Earth, and Jupiter, because it is so massive, have the greatest effect on the eccentricity. There are peaks in eccentricity every 95,000 years, but superimposed on those are larger peaks at 125,000 and 400,000 years. When the orbit is more elliptical, the perihelion is closer to the Sun and the aphelion is farther away than when the orbit is more circular.
Axial Tilt (also called Obliquity): The axis of rotation intersects the plane of the ecliptic at an angle and that angle changes over time. This change is caused by the fact that the Moon's orbital path is not precisely along Earth's plane of the ecliptic and so the gravitational attraction of the Moon varies in direction over time. The angle of axial tilt affects the difference between winter and summer in each hemisphere, especially at higher latitudes. Not only does the axial tilt vary over time, but the plane of the ecliptic varies, too. Taking the two into consideration, the obliquity of the axis varies on a 41,000 year cycle and varies from 22.1° to 24.5° from a line perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, with the current value at about 23.44°.
Milankovitch cycles over the past 1 000 000 years. Source: Global Warming Art
Soon after the existence of an ice age had been proposed, scientists sought an explanation of their cause. In 1842, Frenchman Joseph Alphonse Adhémar suggested that the varying lengths of winter and summer, an effect of the precession, causes ice to accumulate in the hemisphere with the longer winter. He used the massive ice sheet in Antarctica as evidence, since the Southern Hemisphere currently has longer winter and shorter summer.
Scotsman James Croll combined the eccentricity of the orbit and the precession and in the 1860s and 1870s presented his ideas on the effects of the cycles and how they might influence climate, especially the colder winters when they correspond with the aphelion. In fact, what are typically called 'Milankovitch Cycles' are sometimes referred to as 'Croll-Milankovitch Cycles.'
Milankovitch gets most of the credit for relating the cycles to ice ages because he incorporated all of the pertinent cycles, dealt with them in much greater mathematical precision and showed much more thoroughly how they affect climate. He, at Wladimir Köppen and Alfred Wegener's suggestion, investigated the role of cooler summers in instigating ice ages. Milankovitch Cycles clearly play an important role in the comings and goings of ice sheets, but the details of just how this happens are far from well understood.
Further Reading
- Milankovitch, M. 1941. Canon of Insolation and the Ice-Age Problem. Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Jerusalem (1969).
- Muller, Richard A. and MacDonald, Gordon J. 2000. Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes: Data, spectral analysis and mechanisms. Springer. London.
- Raymo, Maureen E. and Huybers, Peter. 2008. Unlocking the Mysteries of the Ice Ages. Nature 451: 284-285.
CitationLee, J. (2012). Milankovitch cycles. Retrieved from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbee717896bb431f697e25
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Bob Pool wrote: 03-23-2013 15:04:09
Very good article. Solar forcing is not mentioned in the body of the text. From the comments it sounds like that is the sum of the factors. It would be interesting to see the graph forecast into the future. The impacts to climate would be speculation, but the cycles are factual. The graph is also a little odd in that timelines usually have the earliest date on the left and the most recent date on the right.
William Hughes-Games wrote: 07-30-2012 19:42:51
Hi Jeffrey Could you add one more line to the graph. Namely the sum of the various Milankovitch cycles. In other words the total of the Milankovitch forcing into or out of a glacial. William


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CBS News' Lara Logan Taking Leave Of Absence Over Discredited '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report
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NEW YORK -- Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of '"60 Minutes," informed staff Tuesday that Lara Logan and her producer, Max McClellan, would be taking a leave of absence following an internal report on the news magazine's discredited Oct. 27 Benghazi report.
As Executive Producer, I am responsible for what gets on the air, Fager wrote in a memo obtained by The Huffington Post. I pride myself in catching almost everything, but this deception got through and it shouldnt have.
On the Oct. 27 broadcast, Logan interviewed Dylan Davies, a security officer who claimed that he witnessed the terrorist attack on the Benghazi compound that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, 2012. Davies, who had trained Libyan security guards for the State Department, claimed he scaled a 12-foot wall that night, knocked out a terrorist with his rifle and later saw Stevens dead in the hospital.
But four days later, The Washington Post reported that Davies had told his employer shortly after the attack that he never reached the compound that night, an account that conflicted with the one he had given to 60 Minutes," as well as included in a memoir. The memoir was published by a conservative imprint that is a subsidiary of CBS, a financial relationship that was not disclosed at the time of the broadcast.
60 Minutes dodged questions for several days about the conflicting accounts. Fager later told HuffPost that Davies assured him that he was at the compound that night and the account revealed by The Washington Post wasnt accurate. On Nov. 6, Fager was still standing by the report, telling HuffPost he was proud of it.
One day later, The New York Times reported that Davies had also told the FBI he never reached the compound, the second known instance of Davies telling a different story than the one he told on 60 Minutes and in his book. 60 Minutes quickly pulled the story and Logan apologized on air the following morning.
McClatchy raised more questions on Nov. 13 about the accuracy of the Benghazi report, beyond the issues with Davies' account, and 60 Minutes acknowledged that the network was doing an internal review of the broadcast.
Al Ortiz, executive director of standards and practices at CBS News, presented his findings in a memo to employees obtained by The Huffington Post.
He wrote that the Benghazi story was deficient in several respects and suggested that the wider reporting resources of CBS News could have been employed to obtain information from the State Department and FBI that would have called into question Davies account before the report aired.
Its possible that reporters and producers with better access to inside FBI sources could have found out that Davies had given varying and conflicting accounts of his story, Ortiz wrote.
Ortiz wrote that Davies statement to 60 Minutes that he lied to his employer about his whereabouts the night of the attack but was telling the truth on air should have been a red flag in the editorial vetting process.
In addition, Ortiz wrote that Logans assertions that Al Qaeda carried out the attack and controlled the hospital were not adequately attributed in her report.
Ortiz also wrote that Logans October 2012 foreign policy speech, in which she spoke of the need for revenge for the Benghazi attack, was also problematic. From a CBS News Standards perspective, there is a conflict in taking a public position on the governments handling of Benghazi and Al Qaeda, while continuing to report on the story, Ortiz wrote.
One question that remains unanswered is how 60 Minutes first reached Davies and what role his writing a book for Threshold Editions - an imprint of Simon & Schuster, a subsidiary of CBS - could have played in him appearing on air. There's been speculation that Logan's husband, a former defense contractor, could have been involved in getting him on air as well.
In his memo to staff, Fager wrote that he asked Logan and McClellan, the producer, to take a leave of absence, which they agreed to do.
When faced with a such an error, we must use it as an opportunity to make our broadcast even stronger, Fager wrote. We are making adjustments at 60 Minutes to reduce the chances of it happening again.


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