text:
For the most current version of this Note, see Background Notes A-Z.
Republic of Poland
Area: 312,683 sq. km. (120,725 sq. mi.); about the size of New Mexico.
Cities (2004): Capital--Warsaw (pop. 1,690,821). Other cities--Lodz (776,297), Krakow (757,957), Wroclaw (636,854), Poznan (573,003), Gdansk (460,524).
Terrain: Flat plain, except mountains along southern border.
Climate: Temperate continental.
Nationality: Noun--Pole(s). Adjective--Polish.
Population (December 2004): 38.6 million.
Annual growth rate: Unchanging.
Ethnic groups: Polish 98%, German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Lithuanian.
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Eastern Orthodox, Uniate, Protestant, Judaism.
Language: Polish.
Education: Literacy--98%.
Health (2004): Infant mortality rate-- 7.4/1,000. Life expectancy--males 70 yrs., females 79 yrs.
Work force: 17.0 million. Industry and construction--25.3%; agriculture--28.7%; trade and business--28.0%; government and other--18.0%.
Type: Republic.
Constitution: The constitution now in effect was approved by a national referendum on May 25, 1997. The constitution codifies Poland's democratic norms and establishes checks and balances among the president, prime minister, and parliament. It also enhances several key elements of democracy, including judicial review and the legislative process, while continuing to guarantee the wide range of civil rights, such as the right to free speech, press, and assembly, which Poles have enjoyed since 1989.
Branches: Executive--head of state (president), head of government (prime minister). Legislative--bicameral National Assembly (lower house--Sejm, upper house--Senate). Judicial--Supreme Court, provincial and local courts, constitutional tribunal.
Administrative subdivisions: 16 provinces (voivodships).
Political parties (in Parliament): Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Citizens Platform (PO), Self-Defense (SO), Law and Justice (PiS), Polish Peasant Party (PSL), League of Polish Families (LPR), Union of Labor (UP), and Social Democracy of Poland (SdPl).
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
GDP (2004): $244 billion.
Real GDP growth (2004): 5.4%.
Per capita GDP (2004): $6,381.
Rate of inflation (2004): 3.5%.
Natural resources: Coal, copper, sulfur, natural gas, silver, lead, salt.
Agriculture: Products--grains, hogs, dairy, potatoes, horticulture, sugarbeets, oilseed.
Industry: Types--machine building, iron and steel, mining, shipbuilding, automobiles, furniture, textiles and apparel, chemicals, food processing, glass, beverages.
Trade (2004): Exports--$80.9 billion: furniture, cars, ships, coal, apparel. Imports--$87.1 billion: crude oil, passenger cars, pharmaceuticals, car parts, computers.
Poland today is ethnically almost homogeneous (98% Polish), in contrast with the World War II period, when there were significant ethnic minorities--4.5 million Ukrainians, 3 million Jews, 1 million Belorussians, and 800,000 Germans. The majority of the Jews were murdered during the German occupation in World War II, and many others emigrated in the succeeding years.
Most Germans left Poland at the end of the war, while many Ukrainians and Belorussians lived in territories incorporated into the then-U.S.S.R. Small Ukrainian, Belorussian, Slovakian, and Lithuanian minorities reside along the borders, and a German minority is concentrated near the southwest city of Opole.
Poland's written history begins with the reign of Mieszko I, who accepted Christianity for himself and his kingdom in AD 966. The Polish state reached its zenith under the Jagiellonian dynasty in the years following the union with Lithuania in 1386 and the subsequent defeat of the Teutonic Knights at Grunwald in 1410. The monarchy survived many upheavals but eventually went into a decline, which ended with the final partition of Poland by Prussia, Russia, and Austria in 1795.
Independence for Poland was one of the 14 points enunciated by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Many Polish Americans enlisted in the military services to further this aim, and the United States worked at the postwar conference to ensure its implementation.
However, the Poles were largely responsible for achieving their own independence in 1918. Authoritarian rule predominated for most of the period before World War II. On August 23, 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov nonaggression pact, which secretly provided for the dismemberment of Poland into Nazi and Soviet-controlled zones. On September 1, 1939, Hitler ordered his troops into Poland. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded and then occupied eastern Poland under the terms of this agreement. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Poland was completely occupied by German troops.
The Poles formed an underground resistance movement and a government in exile, first in Paris and later in London, which was recognized by the Soviet Union. During World War II, 400,000 Poles fought under Soviet command, and 200,000 went into combat on Western fronts in units loyal to the Polish government in exile.
In April 1943, the Soviet Union broke relations with the Polish government in exile after the German military announced that they had discovered mass graves of murdered Polish army officers at Katyn, in the U.S.S.R. (The Soviets claimed that the Poles had insulted them by requesting that the Red Cross investigate these reports.) In July 1944, the Soviet Red Army entered Poland and established a communist-controlled "Polish Committee of National Liberation" at Lublin.
Resistance against the Nazis in Warsaw, including uprisings by Jews in the Warsaw ghetto and by the Polish underground, was brutally suppressed. As the Germans retreated in January 1945, they leveled the city.
During the war, about 6 million Poles were killed, and 2.5 million were deported to Germany for forced labor. More than 3 million Jews (all but about 100,000 of the Jewish population) were killed in death camps like those at Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Treblinka, and Majdanek.
Following the Yalta Conference in February 1945, a Polish Provisional Government of National Unity was formed in June 1945; the U.S. recognized it the next month. Although the Yalta agreement called for free elections, those held in January 1947 were controlled by the Communist Party. The communists then established a regime entirely under their domination.
Communist Party Domination
In October 1956, after the 20th ("de-Stalinization") Soviet Party Congress in Moscow and riots by workers in Poznan, there was a shakeup in the communist regime. While retaining most traditional communist economic and social aims, the regime of First Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka liberalized Polish internal life.
In 1968, the trend reversed when student demonstrations were suppressed and an "anti-Zionist" campaign initially directed against Gomulka supporters within the party eventually led to the emigration of much of Poland's remaining Jewish population. In December 1970, disturbances and strikes in the port cities of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Szczecin, triggered by a price increase for essential consumer goods, reflected deep dissatisfaction with living and working conditions in the country. Edward Gierek replaced Gomulka as First Secretary.
Fueled by large infusions of Western credit, Poland's economic growth rate was one of the world's highest during the first half of the 1970s. But much of the borrowed capital was misspent, and the centrally planned economy was unable to use the new resources effectively. The growing debt burden became insupportable in the late 1970s, and economic growth had become negative by 1979.
In October 1978, the Bishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, became Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church. Polish Catholics rejoiced at the elevation of a Pole to the papacy and greeted his June 1979 visit to Poland with an outpouring of emotion.
In July 1980, with the Polish foreign debt at more than $20 billion, the government made another attempt to increase meat prices. A chain reaction of strikes virtually paralyzed the Baltic coast by the end of August and, for the first time, closed most coalmines in Silesia. Poland was entering into an extended crisis that would change the course of its future development.
The Solidarity Movement
On August 31, 1980, workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, led by an electrician named Lech Walesa, signed a 21-point agreement with the government that ended their strike. Similar agreements were signed at Szczecin and in Silesia. The key provision of these agreements was the guarantee of the workers' right to form independent trade unions and the right to strike. After the Gdansk agreement was signed, a new national union movement--"Solidarity"--swept Poland.
The discontent underlying the strikes was intensified by revelations of widespread corruption and mismanagement within the Polish state and party leadership. In September 1980, Gierek was replaced by Stanislaw Kania as First Secretary.
Alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the PZPR's authority following the Gdansk agreement, the Soviet Union proceeded with a massive military buildup along Poland's border in December 1980. In February 1981, Defense Minister Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski assumed the position of Prime Minister as well, and in October 1981, he also was named party First Secretary. At the first Solidarity national congress in September-October 1981, Lech Walesa was elected national chairman of the union.
On December 12-13, the regime declared martial law, under which the army and special riot police were used to crush the union. Virtually all Solidarity leaders and many affiliated intellectuals were arrested or detained. The United States and other Western countries responded to martial law by imposing economic sanctions against the Polish regime and against the Soviet Union. Unrest in Poland continued for several years thereafter.
In a series of slow, uneven steps, the Polish regime rescinded martial law. In December 1982, martial law was suspended, and a small number of political prisoners were released. Although martial law formally ended in July 1983 and a general amnesty was enacted, several hundred political prisoners remained in jail.
In July 1984, another general amnesty was declared, and 2 years later, the government had released nearly all political prisoners. The authorities continued, however, to harass dissidents and Solidarity activists. Solidarity remained proscribed and its publications banned. Independent publications were censored.
Roundtable Talks and Elections
The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led to waves of strikes across the country in April, May, and August 1988. In an attempt to take control of the situation, the government gave de facto recognition to Solidarity, and Interior Minister Kiszczak began talks with Lech Walesa on August 31. These talks broke off in October, but a new series, the "roundtable" talks, began in February 1989. These talks produced an agreement in April for partly open National Assembly elections. The June election produced a Sejm (lower house), in which one-third of the seats went to communists and one-third went to the two parties which had hitherto been their coalition partners. The remaining one-third of the seats in the Sejm and all those in the Senate were freely contested; virtually all of these were won by candidates supported by Solidarity.
The failure of the communists at the polls produced a political crisis. The roundtable agreement called for a communist president, and on July 19, the National Assembly, with the support of some Solidarity deputies, elected General Jaruzelski to that office. Two attempts by the communists to form governments failed, however.
On August 19, President Jaruzelski asked journalist/Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to form a government; on September 12, the Sejm voted approval of Prime Minister Mazowiecki and his cabinet. For the first time in more than 40 years, Poland had a government led by non-communists.
In December 1989, the Sejm approved the government's reform program to transform the Polish economy rapidly from centrally planned to free-market, amended the constitution to eliminate references to the "leading role" of the Communist Party, and renamed the country the "Republic of Poland." The Polish United Workers' (Communist) Party dissolved itself in January 1990, creating in its place a new party, Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland. Most of the property of the former Communist Party was turned over to the state.
The May 1990 local elections were entirely free. Candidates supported by Solidarity's Citizens' Committees won most of the races they contested, although voter turnout was only a little over 40%. The cabinet was reshuffled in July 1990; the national defense and interior affairs ministers--holdovers from the previous communist government--were among those replaced.
In October 1990, the constitution was amended to curtail the term of President Jaruzelski. In December, Lech Walesa became the first popularly elected President of Poland.
The Republic of Poland
The Republic of Poland in the early 1990s made great progress toward achieving a fully democratic government and a market economy. In November 1990, Lech Walesa was elected President for a 5-year term. Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, at Walesa's request, formed a government and served as its Prime Minister until October 1991, introducing world prices and greatly expanding the scope of private enterprise.
Poland's first free parliamentary elections were held in 1991. More than 100 parties participated, representing a full spectrum of political views. No single party received more than 13% of the total vote. Since 1991, Poland has conducted three general parliamentary elections and two presidential elections--all free and fair. Incumbent governments have transferred power smoothly and constitutionally in every instance to their successors. The post-Solidarity center-right and post-Communist center-left have each controlled the Parliament and the Presidency since 1991. The current President, Aleksander Kwasniewski, was first elected in 1995 and re-elected in 2000. Kwasniewski was a founder of the post-Communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), though he resigned from the party upon acceding to the presidency. He will retire at the end of his second and constitutionally mandated final term on December 23, 2005. Elections to choose his successor were held October 9. Civic Platform's (PO) Donald Tusk won a 36% plurality and will face Law and Justice's (PiS) Lech Kaczynski in an October 23, 2005 runoff.
The outgoing caretaker government of Prime Minister Marek Belka replaced its scandal-plagued SLD predecessor in June 2004. Belka's SLD-backed government has maintained generally pro-market economic policies, has made fighting corruption and bringing Poland's financial house into order its priorities, and is committed to a democratic political system. Following September 25, 2005 parliamentary elections, the SLD saw its 42% plurality in the current Sejm reduced to 11% of seats in the incoming Sejm. The election winner, the center-right PiS, is negotiating with runner-up PO to form a new government. Observers expect the new PiS-PO government will be announced immediately following the presidential runoff.
The current government structure consists of a council of ministers led by a Prime Minister, typically chosen from the majority coalition in the bicameral legislature's lower house (Sejm). The president, elected every five years for no more than two terms, is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The judicial branch plays a minor role in decision-making.
The parliament, consisting of 460 members of the Sejm and 100 members of the upper house, or Senat, was elected in September 2001 in free and fair elections in which 15 political parties participated. The new Constitution and the reformed administrative division (as of 1999) required a revision of the election ordinance (passed in April 2001). The most important changes were liquidation of a national list (all deputies were elected by voters in constituencies) and introduction of a new method of calculating seats (the modified St. Lague method replaced the d'Hondt method, thus eliminating the premium for the top parties). The law stipulated that with the exception of guaranteed seats for small ethnic parties, only parties receiving at least 5% of the total vote could enter parliament.
Parties represented in the newly elected Sejm will be Law and Justice (PiS), Citizens Platform (PO), Self-Defense (SO), Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), the League of Polish Families (LPR), and the Polish Peasant Party (PSL).
Principal Government Officials (outgoing)
President--Aleksander Kwasniewski
Prime Minister--Marek Belka
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Policy--Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
Head of Prime Minister's Chancellery--Slawomir Cytrycki
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Minister of Economy and Labor--Jacek Piechota (SLD)
Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration--Ryszard Kalisz (SLD)
Minister of Defense--Jerzy Szmajdzinski (SLD)
Minister of Finance--Miroslaw Gronicki
Minister of Treasury--Jacek Socha
Minister of Infrastructure--Krzysztof Opawski
Minister of Justice--Andrzej Kalwas
Minister of Agriculture--Jozef Pilarczyk (SLD)
Minister of Education and Sports--Miroslaw Sawicki
Minister of Culture--Waldemar Dabrowski
Minister of Science and Information Technology--Michal Kleiber
Minister of Health--Marek Balicki (SdPl)
Minister of Environment--Tomasz Podgajniak
Ambassador to the United States--Janusz Reiter
Deputy Chief of Mission--Boguslaw Winid
Poland maintains an embassy in the United States at 2640 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009 (tel. 202-234-3800/3801/3802); the consular annex is at 2224 Wyoming Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel. 202-234-3800). Poland has consulates in Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles.
The Polish economy grew rapidly in the mid-1990s, but slowed considerably in 2001 and 2002. Since then, growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) recovered to 3.8% in 2003 and accelerated to 5.4% in 2004; although final figures are not yet available, GDP is expected to increase another 4.5-5% in 2005. Faster growth has failed to significantly reduce unemployment, which stood at 18.7% in the middle of 2005, the highest level in the EU. Tight monetary policy and dramatic productivity growth have helped temper inflation, which was roughly at 3.5% in 2004. Likewise, Poland's current account deficit, which grew rapidly in the late 1990s, fell to 1.5% of GDP in 2004. The budget deficit remains a source of concern though the accelerating economy helped to hold the deficit at an estimated 4.6% of GDP in 2004.
Throughout the 1990s, the United States and other Western countries supported the growth of a free enterprise economy by reducing Poland's foreign debt burden, providing economic aid, and lowering trade barriers. Poland graduated from USAID assistance in 2000 and paid the balance of its U.S.-held Paris Club debt in 2005. Poland officially joined the EU on May 1, 2004.
Agriculture employs 28.7% of the work force but contributes only 3.4% to the gross domestic product (GDP), reflecting relatively low productivity. Unlike the industrial sector, Poland's agricultural sector remained largely in private hands during the decades of communist rule. Most of the former state farms are now leased to farmer tenants. Lack of credit is hampering efforts to sell former state farmland. Currently, Poland's 2 million private farms occupy 90% of all farmland and account for roughly the same percentage of total agricultural production. These farms are small--8 hectares (ha) on average--and often fragmented. Farms with an area exceeding 15 ha accounted for only 9% of the total number of farms but cover 45% of total agricultural area. Over half of all farming households in Poland produce only for their own needs with little, if any, commercial sales.
Poland is a net exporter of confectionery, processed fruit and vegetables, meat, and dairy products. Processors often rely on imports to supplement domestic supplies of wheat, feed grains, vegetable oil, and protein meals, which are generally insufficient to meet domestic demand. However, Poland is the leading producer in Europe of potatoes and rye and is one of the world's largest producers of sugarbeets. Poland also is a significant producer of rapeseed, grains, hogs, and cattle. Attempts to increase domestic feed grain production are hampered by the short growing season, poor soil, and the small size of farms.
Pressure to restructure the agriculture sector intensified as Poland prepared to accede to the European Union, which is unwilling to subsidize the vast number of subsistence farms that do not produce for the market. The changes in agriculture are likely to strain Poland's social fabric, tearing at the heart of the traditional, family-based small farm as the younger generation drifts toward the cities. Nonetheless, dramatically increasing agricultural exports to the EU-15 (38% growth in the past year) and payments to farmers from Brussels following accession have enriched Polish commercial farmers and dramatically increase support for EU membership in Poland's rural areas."
Before World War II, Poland's industrial base was concentrated in the coal, textile, chemical, machinery, iron, and steel sectors. Today it extends to fertilizers, petrochemicals, machine tools, electrical machinery, electronics, and shipbuilding.
Poland's industrial base suffered greatly during World War II, and many resources were directed toward reconstruction. The communist economic system imposed in the late 1940s created large and unwieldy economic structures operated under a tight central command. In part because of this systemic rigidity, the economy performed poorly even in comparison with other economies in central Europe.
In 1990, the Mazowiecki government began a comprehensive reform program to replace the centralized command economy with a market-oriented system. While the results overall have been impressive, many large state-owned industrial enterprises, particularly the railroad and the mining, steel, and defense sectors, have remained resistant to the change and downsizing required to survive in an open market economy.
Economic Reform Program and Direct Foreign Investment
The economic reforms introduced in 1990 removed price controls, eliminated most subsidies to industry, opened markets to international competition, and imposed strict budgetary and monetary discipline. Poland was the first former centrally planned economy in central Europe to end its recession and return to growth in the early 1990s. The private sector now accounts for over two-thirds of GDP.
In early 2002, the government announced a new set of economic reforms known as the Hausner Plan, designed in many ways to complete the process launched in 1990. The package acknowledged the need to improve Poland's investment climate, particularly the conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises, and better prepare the economy to compete as a European Union (EU) member. The government also aimed to improve Poland's public finances to prepare for eventual adoption of the euro. Though the government was able to enact only portions of the Hausner Plan, those successes coupled with successful monetary efforts to strengthen the zloty, have put Poland within reach of the National Bank's goal of Euro accession in 2008-2009.
As a result of Poland's growth and investment-friendly climate, the country has received over $85 billion in direct foreign investment (DFI) since 1990, with roughly $7 billion in 2004 alone. According to a recently publish report by Ernst and Young, Poland is tied with Germany as the most attractive destination for foreign investment in Europe. The availability of cheap land and a large, relatively skilled labor force are among Polish strengths. However, the government continues to play a strong role in the economy, as seen in excessive red tape and the high level of politicization in many business decisions. Investors complain that state regulation is not transparent or predictable, and the economy suffers from a lack of competition in many sectors, notably telecommunications.
Foreign Trade
With the collapse of the ruble-based COMECON trading bloc in 1990, Poland scrambled to reorient its trade. As early as 1996, 70% of its trade was with EU-15 members, and neighboring Germany today is Poland's dominant trading partner. Most of Poland's imports are capital goods needed for industrial retooling and for manufacturing inputs, rather than imports for consumption. Therefore, a deficit is expected and should even be regarded as positive at this point. Poland, a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and European Union, applies the EU's common external tariff to goods from other countries--including the U.S.
In the year since it joined the EU, Poland has experienced an overall growth in exports of 30%. This growth was not confined to trade among EU partners: while exports to EU countries rose by 27%, exports to developing countries rose by 46%, and exports to Russia rose an unexpected 77%. Poland's trade balance continued to improve, with export growth significantly outpacing import growth. Opportunities for trade and investment continue to exist across virtually all sectors. The American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, founded in 1991 with seven members, now has more than 300 members. Strong economic growth potential, a large domestic market, EU membership, and political stability are the top reasons U.S. and other foreign companies do business in Poland.
Poland became an associate member of the EU and its defensive arm, the Western European Union, in 1994. In the June 2003 national referendum, the Polish people approved EU accession by an overwhelming margin, and Poland gained full membership in May 2004.
Changes since 1989 have redrawn the map of central Europe, and Poland has had to forge relationships with seven new neighbors. Poland has actively pursued good relations, signing friendship treaties replacing links severed by the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The Poles have forged special relationships with Lithuania and particularly Ukraine in an effort to firmly anchor these states to the West.
Poland became a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in March 1999 as part of the first wave of enlargement outlined at the July 1997 NATO Summit in Madrid. Poland's top national security goal is to further integrate with NATO and other west European defense, economic, and political institutions while modernizing and reorganization its military. Polish military doctrine reflects the same defense posture as its Alliance partners.
Poland maintains a sizable armed force currently numbering about 140,572 troops divided among an army of 87,877, an air and defense force of 31,147, and a navy of 21,548. Poland relies on military conscription for the majority of its personnel strength. All males (with some exceptions) are subject to a 12-month term of military service. The Polish military continues to restructure and to modernize its equipment. The Polish Defense Ministry General Staff and the Land Forces staff have recently reorganized the latter into a NATO-compatible J/G-1 through J/G-6 structure. Although budget constraints remain a drag on modernization, Poland has been able to move forward with U.S. assistance on acquiring 48 F-16 multi-role fighters, C-130 cargo planes, HMMWVs, and other items key to the military's restructuring.
Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. Poland continues its long record of strong support for UN Peacekeeping Operations by maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and by providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. Polish military forces have served in both Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Poland assumed command of a multinational division of stabilization forces in Iraq (MDN-CS) on September 3, 2003. Poland and its MND-CS partners have worked effectively since then to stabilize south central Iraq while working to train Iraqi forces to take over MND-CS responsibilities and operate independently.
The United States established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Polish Republic in April 1919. After Gomulka came to power in 1956, relations with the United States began to improve. However, during the 1960s, reversion to a policy of full and unquestioning support for Soviet foreign policy objectives and anti-Semitic feelings in Poland caused those relations to stagnate. U.S.-Polish relations improved significantly after Gierek succeeded Gomulka and expressed his interest in improving relations with the United States. A consular agreement was signed in 1972.
In 1974 Gierek was the first Polish leader to visit the United States. This action, among others, demonstrated that both sides wished to facilitate better relations.
The birth of Solidarity in 1980 raised the hope that progress would be made in Poland's external relations as well as in its domestic development. During this time, the United States provided $765 million in agricultural assistance. Human rights and individual freedom issues, however, were not improved upon, and the U.S. revoked Poland's most-favored-nation (MFN) status in response to the Polish Government's decision to ban Solidarity. MFN status was reinstated in 1987, and diplomatic relations were upgraded.
The United States and Poland have enjoyed warm bilateral relations since 1989. Every post-1989 Polish Government has been a strong supporter of continued American military and economic presence in Europe. As well as supporting the Global War on Terror, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and coalition efforts in Iraq, Poland cooperates closely with American diplomacy on such issues as democratization, nuclear proliferation, human rights, regional cooperation in central and eastern Europe, and UN reform.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Victor Ashe
Deputy Chief of Mission--Ken Hillas
Press and Cultural Affairs Counselor--Edward J. Kulakowski
Political Counselor--Mary Curtin
Economic Counselor--Richard Rorvig
Consul General--Lisa Piascik
Management Counselor--Sara Drew
Agricultural Counselor--Ed Porter
Defense Attach�--Henry Nowak
Principal Officer, Krakow--Ken Fairfax
Counselor for Commercial Affairs--Edgar Fulton
The street address and international mailing address of the U.S. Embassy in Poland is Aleje Ujazdowskie 29/31, 00540 Warsaw, Poland; tel: 48-22-504-2000; fax 48-22-504-2688. The Consulate General in Krakow is at Ulica Stolarska 9, 31-043 Krakow, Poland; tel: 48-12-424-5200; fax: 48-12-424-5100; and a Consular Agency in Poznan is at Ulica Paderewskiego 8, 61-708 Poznan, Poland; tel: 48-61-851-8516; fax: 48-61-851-8966.
Short URL: http://m.state.gov/md54910.htm


text:
What is RM Cash
"Customer service is priority #1 at Rocky Mountain ATV/MC. We value our customers and strive to be the best shopping experience- when you buy from us, you are buying lifetime service."
-Dan Thomas, CEO and Founder
We take pride in offering no hassle returns. In the event of a return, please call, email or chat with us to receive a solution to the problem. For apparel that doesn't fit quite right, Click here to see our Fit Guaranteed Program.
We will stand behind all products we sell with regards to manufacturing defects in workmanship and material. Most products are limited to the manufacturer's warranty. However, we will do everything in our power to take care of the problem.
Each review submitted enters you into a $100 gift card monthly drawing, and a $500 gift card quarterly drawing!
Comments On Sep 14, 2011:Some times the cover slides of the filter cage because there is no lip to hold it in place.
Was this review helpful?
Comments On Feb 25, 2009:This item does not fit over the filter cage on my 08 KX250f. It is claimed to fit all filter cages. Not even close. I will use it for my 80 i guess. It is also cheaply made and I doubt it will keep the water out very well. This is junk, I highly recommend against it. The Twin Air - Air Box Washing Cover is a much better product.
Was this review helpful?

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Difference between revisions of "F2F2"
(→People planning to be in Boston:)
(→People planning to be in Boston:)
|Line 21:
|Line 21:
# [[User:Tthibodeau|Ted Thibodeau]]
# [[User:Tthibodeau|Ted Thibodeau]]
# Roger Menday
# Roger Menday
# Richard Cyganiak
# Richard Cyganiak
# [https://www.w3.org/users/36320 David Wood]
# [https://www.w3.org/users/36320 David Wood]
# Steve Battle
# Steve Battle
Revision as of 15:09, 4 February 2013
1 Second Face to Face meeting
In accordance with our charter a Face to Face meeting is expected in March 2013.
Per the December 10, 2012 resolution, confirmed on January 7, 2013, this face to face will be held at MIT in Boston on March 13-15 (3 days).
If you can sponsor the event with some financial support to cover catering and/or dinner, please let us know!
- 1 Second Face to Face meeting
- 1.1 Participants
- 1.2 Venue
- 1.3 Remote Participation
- 1.4 Objectives
- 1.5 References
- 1.6 Agenda
1.1 Participants
Below is the list of expected participants.
1.1.1 People planning to be in Boston:
- Arnaud Le Hors
- Ashok Malhotra
- Sandro Hawke
- Steve Speicher
- John Arwe
- Ted Thibodeau
- Roger Menday
- Richard Cyganiak
- David Wood
- Steve Battle
- Raúl García-Castro
- Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
- Miguel Esteban Gutiérrez
- Kevin Page (pending confirmation of preceding US travel)
1.1.2 People planning to participate remotely:
- Erik Wilde
- Sergio Fernández
- Andy Seaborne
1.1.3 People sending regrets:
1.2 Venue
The meeting will be held at
Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT
Building 32
Gates Tower, G449
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Room TBD.
We will provide coffee, lunch, refreshments during the breaks, and dinner. There will be wireless Internet access. [ Note: To be confirmed ]
1.2.1 A few notes about the building
The Stata Center can be a bit confusing as there are two towers: Gates and Dreyfoos. This workshop will be held in the Gates Tower, the entrance to which is on the corner of Vassar and Main Streets.
The building is on an automatic locking system. Doors to the elevator foyers on the 4th floor will be opened for the workshop but the stairwells automatically lock at 5pm (with the only unlocked exit door on the first floor).
Please be careful of your belongings even when stepping away even for a short while. The building is open to the public and there have, unfortunately, been thefts.
1.2.2 How to get to the Stata Center
The MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is located at the northeastern edge of the MIT campus on Vassar Street near the intersection with Main Street.
Boston Logan International Airport is the closest international airport to MIT. The travel time between the airport and hotels in Cambridge will vary between 30 minutes to one hour depending on traffic conditions. Taxis from the airport are plentiful and fares will range around $30-40.
The Stata Center is located a few blocks away from the MBTA Red line Kendall/MIT stop (directions). We strongly suggest that visitors use public transportation. Alternately, several of the the hotels provide shuttle service to MIT. Information on parking is located below.
1.2.3 Parking
The MIT Parking and Transportation Office does not offer pay lots for visitors. They note: "Because the number of visitor parking spaces on campus is limited, it may not be possible to accommodate every visitor who wishes to park at MIT.... We strongly recommend using public transportation when visiting the MIT campus." There is hourly on-street parking available around the Stata Center though Cambridge is a busy area and parking may be difficult to find, especially in inclement weather.
Information on paid parking lots near campus can be found on MIT's parking site.
1.2.4 Hotels
MIT also has a list of nearby hotels.
1.3 Remote Participation
Note: To be confirmed A teleconference bridge has been reserved to provide for remote participation. 06:30-16:00 UTC (2:30am-12:00pm Boston local) - 9 ports
- Dial +1-617-761-6200 or sip:email@example.com then conference code LDPWG (53794) followed by #
- As usual we will also be using IRC channel: #ldp.
1.4 Objectives
1.5 References
1.6 Agenda


text: What You Don't See is What You Get By Craig Moffat MD January 20, 2014 If allergy testing confirms significant allergy reactivity to dog dander, cat dander, and dust mites, this is a common problem and leads to difficult decisions on the part of patients and families about treating their disease. Perennial rhinitis is the term we use to describe this problem. Read More


text:
The price of gas in Orange County shot up by more than 6 cents on Friday, reaching a level not seen here in nearly three months – and analysts say it's likely to only get worse.
An average gallon of regular unleaded was selling for $3.90. The last time it was that expensive was in November, at the tail end of a historic spike that sent prices to an all-time high of $4.69.
Industry analysts have said several California refineries are undergoing routine maintenance slowdowns as they prepare to switch to a cleaner-burning summer blend. The AAA auto club, which monitors gas prices, also pointed to other "usual culprits": high oil prices, tension in the Middle East and the difficulty of getting outside gasoline into the market in California.
Investors also are bidding up the price, AAA spokesman Jeffrey Spring said. "It's an easy bet for an investor," he said. "Gas prices rise in the spring. It's practically written in stone."
Analysts said this week that they don't expect prices to level off for several days – and possibly not until mid-February. The price of wholesale gasoline – usually a good indicator of where retail pump prices are headed – jumped by 50 cents in recent days. That doesn't necessarily mean that pump prices will rise by the full 50 cents, but it does show that there's upward pressure, analysts said.
Friday's pump-price hike of 6.5 cents in Orange County was the biggest overnight increase since the first week of October, according to AAA.
Contact the writer: 714-704-3777 or email@example.com


text:
Land of the Moon
Revision as of 07:47, April 15, 2011 by LeafShinobi (Talk | contribs)
6,134pages on
this wiki
this wiki
The Land of the Moon (月の国, Tsuki no Kuni) is the focus of Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom. It is an island nation in the shape of a crescent moon, hence the name. The guards of this country's kingdom wields sabers. It is home to the ninja village Getsugakure. In the Chūnin Exams, a ninja wearing a headband with a crescent moon shape on it is seen taking the test, but is not mentioned or shown in the other exams.


text:
Enamel Measuring Cups
No longer available
Clean and simple. These Enamel Measuring Cups are made from powder-coated steel for a durable, practical and decorative result. Hang them from a utensil rack for instant charm.
Powder-coated stainless steel in White.
6"w x 3.5"d x .33"h (nested).
Includes 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup and 1/4 cup.
Hand wash.
Made in India.


text:
Revokes object privileges from one or more idents.
The specified object privilege is revoked from the ident(s) listed. If the privilege is revoked from a GROUP ident, all members of the group lose the privilege.
The object privileges are described under GRANT OBJECT PRIVILEGE.
The GRANT OPTION FOR clause specifies that only the WITH GRANT OPTION is to be revoked from the specified instance(s) of the privilege(s).
The keywords CASCADE and RESTRICT specifies whether the REVOKE statement will allow recursive effects that causes views to be dropped or FOREIGN KEY constraints to be removed, because access privileges are revoked as a result of a REVOKE MEMBER statement. See the Notes section for REVOKE ACCESS PRIVILEGE for a description of when views are dropped and FOREIGN KEY constraints are removed due to recursive effects. If CASCADE is specified, such recursive effects will be allowed. If RESTRICT is specified, the REVOKE statement will return an error if it would cause such recursive effects, and no access privileges will be revoked.
If neither CASCADE nor RESTRICT is specified, then RESTRICT is implicit.
Privileges may only be explicitly revoked by the grantor.
If an object privilege has been granted to the same ident more than once (by different grantors), the REVOKE statement will only revoke (or will revoke the WITH GRANT OPTION from) the single instance of the privilege that was granted by the current ident.
The object rights attached to the privilege (or the WITH GRANT OPTION) will only be lost when the last instance of the privilege has been revoked.
Revoking object privileges has recursive effects. Privileged actions are performed under the authorization of the most recently granted instance of the access.
When the last instance of a privilege WITH GRANT OPTION is revoked, all instances of the privilege granted by the ident under that authorization are recursively revoked.
If MEMBER privilege on a group is revoked from an ident, all privileges granted through the group are revoked from the ident.
An ident may not revoke privileges from himself.
Revoking TABLE privilege does not drop the tables created when the privilege was held.
Revoking USAGE privilege on a domain or sequence preserves the uses of the domain or sequence which were set up when the privilege was held, however, new instances of usage of the domain or sequence are prevented.
Revoking EXECUTE privilege immediately prevents the ident from invoking the routine or entering the program ident.
Standard Compliance
EXTENDED Support for EXECUTE privilege on a PROGRAM ident is a Mimer SQL extension.Support for MEMBER privilege on a GROUP ident is a Mimer SQL extension.Support for TABLE privilege on a DATABANK is a Mimer SQL extension.Support for USAGE privilege on a SEQUENCE is a Mimer SQL extension.
Upright Database Technology AB
Voice: +46 18 780 92 00
Fax: +46 18 780 92 40


text:
March 13, 2012
Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Cody Thomas is one of several Southwest region signal callers targeted by Notre Dame. Brian Perroni has the latest in the SW whispers. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
Already a member? Click here to sign in


text:
Daugava River
The wide Daugava River at Riga, Latvia. @ C.Michael Hogan
The Daugava River drains portions of the countries of Latvia, Belarus and Russia, prior to discharging to the Gulf of Riga. Also known as the West Dvina River, this watercourse is the fourth largest river discharging to the Baltic Sea catchment.
This 1005 kilometer long river has suffered environmental damage from agricultural runoff and from hydroelectric dam construction, with major impacts dealt in the Soviet era of collective farming. In ancient history the Daugava estuary was a locus of prehistoric settlement, and later marked one of the eastern limits of the voyages of the Vikings.
The lower Daugava valley (nearest the Gulf of Riga) was formed in relatively recent times, as glacial meltwater formed incision on the relatively level terrain near the Baltic Sea coast; these events occurred in the early Holocene, approximately 11,000 years before present. The relatively soft upper soils that were cut by the Daugava can be characterized in most of the Daugava basin in Latvia are chiefly sandy till and other glacio-lacustrine sand. Subsequently after the most recent Ice Age, lacustrine sediments and peat were deposited by riverine flow.
The Valdai hills serve as part of the watershed boundary of the Daugava River; this mountain range marks the regional frontier of glaciation during the most recent Ice Age.
Watershed of the Daugava River. In Russia, the Daugava River presents as an outflow from Lake Dvineca; at that outlet in the Valdai Hills, the Daugava channel width is a mere six to eight meters. By the time the Daugava reaches the Belarus/Latvia border, the channel is approximately 200 meters wide and flows through a relatively narrow valley about 500 meters in breadth. In coastal Latvia the Daugava achieves a width of 370 to 750 meters, with a typical depth of about five to fifteen meters.
The major tributaries of the Daugava in its Latvian reaches are the Ogre River and the Aiviekste River.
Water quality
Upstream of the Latvian town of Jekabpils the pH has a characteristic value of about 7.8; in this reach the calcium ion has a typical concentration of around 43 milligrams per liter; nitrate has a concentration of about 0.82 milligrams per liter (as nitrogen); phosphate ion is measured at 0.038 milligrams per liter; and oxygen saturation was measured at eighty percent. The high nitrate and phosphate load of the Daugava is instrumental to the buildup of extensive phytoplankton biomass in the Baltic Sea; other European rivers contributing to such high nutrient loading of the Baltic are the Oder and Vistula Rivers.
The Lielupe River, a Latvian tributary, is considered biologically dead from the heavy loading of toxic water pollutant discharges. At the end of the Soviet period in Latvia, discharge to the Leilupe of toxic hospital waste and municipal wastewater sludge reached a level of 250,000 metric tons per annum. The Leilupe was closed to swimming in 1982, with bacteria counts reaching one half million per liter, among the worst of any world surface water.
In Belarus, water pollution of the Daugava is considered moderately severe, with the chief sources being treated wastewater, fish-farming and agricultural chemical runoff (e.g. herbicides, pesticides, nitrate and phosphate).
Aquatic biota
European sturgeon. Illustrations de Ichtyologie ou histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Poissons Bloch, Marcus Elieser, J. F. Hennig, Plumier, Krüger, Pater, Schmidt, Ludwig, Bodenehr, Moritz
The chief marine mammal in the Daugava is the European otter (lutra lutra). The Daugava estuary, along with estuaries of the Gauja and Parnu Rivers, is an important repository of aquatic organisms for the Gulf of Riga itself.
The crustaceans Lamprogena pulchella, Ergasilus briani, E.sieboldi and Tracheliastes polycopus occur in the Daugava River; L.pulchella occurs as well as the Salaca River, another Latvian river that discharges to the Gulf of Riga. Fish nematodes found in the Daugava River include Rhabdochona denudata, Pseudocapillaria tomentosa and Raphidascarus acus. Other fish parasites in the Daugava River include members of the Myxobolus genus, including M.dispar, M.minutus, M.exiguus, M.Muelleri, and M.nemetzeki.
There are 50 fish species found in the Daugava basin, six of which are non-native. The European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) is now considered extirpated in the Daugava estuary and Gulf of Riga as a whole; this critically endangered fish historically spawned in the lower Daugava, and has suffered local extinction from overfishing and water pollution.
Boggy sarmatic mixed forest near the Latvian mainstem of the Daugava. @ C.Michael Hogan There are two principal ecoregions within the Daugava watershed. The dominant ecoregion that occupies the vast majority of the catchment basin is the Sarmatic mixed forests ecoregion. A smaller portion of the Russian element of the basin is covered by the Scandinavian and Russian taiga.
In the Sarmatic mixed forests, deforestation has eliminated about 78 percent of the tree cover, mostly through agricultural land conversion. In addition to the dominant canopy—Scots pine and Norway spruce intermixed with some broadleaf species—there are a number of shrubs, wildflowers, grasses and mosses that inhabit the mid-tier and forest floor. Common low-growing shrubs include Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and Heather (Calluna vulgaris). Widespread ferns seen on forest floors include Western Brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum) and Mountain Bladderfern (Cystopteris montana). Common mosses found in the more mesic soils are Broom Forkmoss (Dicranum scoparium), Stairstep Moss (Hylocomium splendens), Red-stemmed Feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi), Ostrich Plume (Ptilium crista-castrensis) and Common Hair Moss (Polytrichum commune).
The largest hydroelectric plant on the Daugava River is the Plavinas facility, conceived by the central planning of the Soviet Union, who controlled Latvia at the time of its development in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This 868 megawatt plant was built invoking the concept of clean renewable energy, but in fact resulted in the inundation of large amounts of cultural treasures as well as habitat of a number of rare plant species.
In some cases such as at the Rizhskaya hydroelectric facility on the Daugava, there are engineered fish passages to encourage fish movement on the river, in spite of the dam.
City of Daugavpils in 1912, situated along the Daugava. Source: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress) For millennia, the mouth of the Daugava and other shores of the Gulf of Riga were settlement locations of early humans, carrying out an initial hunter-gatherer subsistence, and utilizing the waters of the Daugava estuary as fishing and gathering areas for aquatic biota. Beginning around the sixth century AD, Viking explorers crossed the Baltic Sea and entered the Daugava River, navigating upriver into the Baltic interior.
In medieval times the Daugava was an important navigation trading route for transport of furs from the north and Byzantine silver. The Riga area was a key element of settlement and defence of the mouth of the Daugava at least as early as the Middle Ages, as evidenced by the now destroyed fort at Torņakalns on the west bank of the Daugava at present day Riga. Since the Late Middle Ages the western part of the basin has come under various national rule; for example the Latvian town of Daugavpils, located on the western Daugava, has variously been under papal rule as well as Slavonic, Polish, German and Russian sway until Latvian independence at the end of the Cold War.
- Richard Brookes & William Darby. 1827. Darby's Universal Gazetteer: Or, A New Geographical Dictionary. New York Public Library: Bennett & Walton.
- Francis W. Carter and David Turnock. 2002. Environmental problems of East Central Europe. 442 pages Google eBook
- Don Hinrichsen. 1999. Coastal Waters of the World: Trends, Threats, and Strategies. 275 pages
- Muza Kirjušina, Kārlis Vismanis. 2007. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Latvia: Issue 369, Part 3 books.google.com, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 106 pages
- Anatol Lieven. 1994. The Baltic revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the path to independence. Yale University Press. 454 pages
- Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John. 2011. Daugava River. books.google.com 156 pages
- Dmitriĭ Sergeevich Pavlov. 1989. Structures assisting the migrations of non-salmonid fish: USSR, Issues 308-309. 97 pages
- C.Revenga, S.Murray, J.Abramovitz, and A.Hammond, 1998. Watersheds of the World: Ecological Value and Vulnerability. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
- Gerald Schernewski and Ulrich Schiewer. 2002. Baltic coastal ecosystems: structure, function and coastal zone management. 397 pages
- Piotr Szefer. 2002. Metals, metalloids, and radionuclides in the Baltic Sea escosystem. 752 pages Google eBook
- Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson. 2009. Rivers of Europe. 700 pages Google eBook


text:
Charles Todd on the Ian Rutledge series
Charles and Caroline Todd are a mother and son writing team who live on the east coast of the United States. Their series about Ian Rutledge, a Scotland Yard detective who daily battles his emotional scars from WWI, has earned them stellar reviews and a legion of fans. (Their novels often are on my best of the year list.)
A Matter of Justice is their 11th novel in this series.
By Charles Todd
We've always had a strong interest in history, and if you study history, you're bound to study war as well.
They can't be separated. World War I — the Great War, the war to end all wars — has always seemed so unnecessary. There was really no good reason for it. It grew out of the weakness of Austria, the blind determination of Russia to defend other Slavs, and the divisive alliances that carved up Europe into two armed camps that wouldn't back down. And so this was a natural setting for Rutledge's back story, the uselessness of so much slaughter and devastation. That was when.
Because the United States saw fewer casualties, it meant that Britain became the focus, the obvious choice for his home — the where. And once given Britain, he must have served at the Yard.
Reading about that period, including letters from men to their wives and families, we have seen the personal face of the fighting in addition to the historical aspects. And added to that, both Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings in their retrospective looks at the 20th Century point out that the 1914-18 war left Europe primed for most of the political issues facing each succeeding generation since the war was ended by the Treaty of Versailles — World War II, the Cold War, Kosovo, Israel's troubled existence, problems in Africa and in the Middle East, including Iraq — the list goes on.
This isn't long-ago past, it's our present as well, as fresh as today's headlines, and it still touches the modern reader nearly 100 years on. The timeframe we chose was intentional: to use a setting and a character that was not just an historic figure but one connected with our time.
But to arrive at a real perspective about that other war and its effect on Rutledge, we've actually talked to veterans of every war since then, to hear how a man raised in the ethic of Thou Shall Not Kill, deals with the necessity to kill or be killed. These men went through what Rutledge saw and felt and tried to cope with, because fear and courage and the determination to protect your men and survive somehow aren't the province of any one battlefield, they belong to all of them.
And so does the haunted silence in which so many veterans live, then and now.
Rutledge could have come home from Iraq or Afghanistan — it just happens that he came home from the trenches of France.


text:
ESD Shoes
1 Item(s)
Keen Shoes: Men's 1007013 Tan ESD Soft Toe Work Shoes
$135.00 Free Shipping 6 Reviews 68
The number of Rewards Points earned by Rewards Program members when purchasing this product.
Rewards Points can be used to redeem gift codes that are used as currency on a future order.
1 Item(s)
I want to again thank you for really going the "extra mile" in taking care of all my concerns: I can't speak highly enough about the efforts you went through to fully address my situation. I've already recommended you to a colleague of mine who I know has an interest in knives, and hopefully he will place an order with you in the future... and, as you can well imagine, I will certainly not hesitate to order with you again in the future, as well as recommend you to others. Your efforts truly give many other companies something to aspire to in terms of customer service. I wish you the best of luck for your company's continued success, as all of you certainly deserve it! Many thanks again, and have a wonderful week!"
Scott Y. from Cranbury, New Jersey


text:
A 34-year-old woman faces charges for allegedly showing students a gun during an argument with children at a Denver middle school.
KUSA-TV reports Tuesday Monica Avila says her daughter was being bullied at Lake Middle School. Authorities say that during an argument Thursday and while inside her car Avila showed the students a semi-automatic handgun and said, "Look what I have."
Students alerted adults and police later arrested Avila. The Denver District Attorney's office formally charged Avila Tuesday with four counts of menacing and one count of possession of a weapon on school grounds.
She was being held on $50,000 bail. It's unclear whether Avila has retained an attorney. A woman who answered the phone at a number listed for Avila said it was an incorrect number.
Copyright 2016 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
KKTV firmly believes in freedom of speech for all and we are happy to provide this forum for the community to share opinions and facts. We ask that commenters keep it clean, keep it truthful, stay on topic and be responsible. Comments left here do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of KKTV 11 News.
If you believe that any of the comments on our site are inappropriate or offensive, please tell us by clicking "Report Abuse" and answering the questions that follow. We will review any reported comments promptly.powered by Disqus


text:
Hermès Kelly Watches
All Hermès Watches
There are no products matching the selection.
Sign up to receive special offers on Hermès Kelly watches
Hermès Kelly Watches
Created in tribute to the famous handbag that inspired its name and its buckle design, the Kelly watch plays with the signature Hermès features. This playful and refined timepiece has been transcending fashions for over thirty years.
Watch Collections Manufactured By Hermès Watches
Cape Cod, Clipper, H Hour, Kelly, Kelly 2, Arceau
Hermès Watches
Whether you are shopping for yourself or looking for a great gift, Dexclusive.com provides you with an excellent selection of products at unbelievable prices. We also have a team of friendly customer service personnel available to assist you if you have any questions about any model you see at Dexclusive.com. Please call our Toll Free Number 1-866-537-3953 or you can click on the Live Online Chat button located on the right panel and one of our agents will be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you might have. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @dexclusive or become a fan on Facebook for the latest news and deals from Dexclusive.com.


text:
There are 247 results - Show results on a map Print this page
Showing 31 - 40 of 247
The Warrington is a Grade II listed building that has been serving the Maida Vale community since its opening in 1857. It has a rich and intriguing history, which continues to fascinate the locals and...More about The Warrington
Premier Inn London Leicester Square is right in the heart of the West End. It's perfectly placed for the West End shows, restaurants and bars, and shopping in Oxford Street and Covent Garden. And ther...More about Premier Inn London Leicester Square
This fashionable hotel boasts an enviable location in Knightsbridge's chic shopping district. Air-conditioned, thoughtfully equipped bedrooms are complemented by a popular lobby lounge and Tangerine C...More about Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge
Premier Inn Angel Islington you'll find everything you need for a great mini-break or city stay - without a jaw-dropping price tag. Step out and explore the bars and restaurants of Upper Street and th...More about Premier Inn London Angel Islington
Quiet elegance and an atmosphere of exclusivity characterise this stylish Mayfair hotel where attentive, friendly service is paramount. The bedrooms, each with a marble-clad bathroom, have contemporar...More about The Chesterfield Mayfair
This stylish hotel is situated right next to the British Museum. A special feature is the alfresco terrace overlooking a delightful garden. Other public rooms include the Blue Door Bistro and Chef's T...More about The Montague on the Gardens
This family-owned and run guest accommodation, just north of Hampstead High Street, offers charm and warm hospitality. The Italian restaurant, which is open most lunchtimes and for dinner, is popular ...More about La Gaffe
The Savoy has been at the forefront of the London hotel scene since it opened in 1889. The hotel was lovingly restored in 2010, with much of its art deco and Edwardian heritage kept intact. The bedroo...More about The Savoy
Just over 200 meters from the Olympic Park (or 19.19 seconds if you're a top athlete), Premier Inn London Stratford holds the record for being the 'Closest Hotel to the Olympic Park'. Located inside t...More about Premier Inn London Stratford
Steeped in history, this elegant hotel is reputed to be one of London's earliest hotels, having opened in 1885. After a very high quality refurbishment, the hotel has emerged with exceptional style. T...More about Corinthia Hotel London


text:
I feel it's safe to say that most of us lead pretty busy lives. Balancing our daily work schedules and family responsibilities is no easy task. I find that, after a long day of working, running errands and shuttling kids around, there doesn't seem to be much time to spend in the kitchen, whipping up a gourmet meal. Sometimes, I'll plan ahead and prepare a few things on the weekend that I can just heat up during the week. I'll be honest, though, I have better things to do with my weekends than spend the whole time in the kitchen. I live in Florida for heaven's sake!
- 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 (12-ounce) jar apricot preserves
- 15 medium dried plums, pitted
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 3 pinches salt
- 20 grinds black pepper
- 10 cloves garlic, peeled
- 20 to 30 sage leaves
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Trim any extra fat from the chicken pieces and transfer them to a large roasting pan.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Toss together with the chicken until it is evenly coated with the sauce.
- Roast, uncovered, until the chicken pieces are browned and the chicken is cooked through, about 25 to 30 minutes.
Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, Cooking, Quick and Easy, Recipes


text:
A six-piece band making essential music with piano, trumpet, trombone, guitar, bass and drums. Two, three, and four-part vocal harmony is their signature sound. They take great tunes, add a touch of New Orleans, a pinch of jazz, a hint of world-beat, and ground it all in solid alt-rock sensibility. The band was a finalist in October s Best Blues Band in Baltimore according to the Baltimore Blues Society, taking second place.
Tickets: $15
Steve Johnson - Vocals, Guitar
". . . he bought his first guitar at 13, then wrote his first song at 14."
Mike McCormick - Keyboards
"Mike has recently embraced the electronic keyboard,'a high-wire act without a net'. . ."
Rob Creath - Drums
". . . while he is not the youngest member in Kings of Crownsville he feels like a young man trapped in a 70 year old body. . ."
John C. Harris - Trombone
". . . In his imagination, John has redefined the trombone as a lyrical instrument on his two Concord Jazz releases."
David Vermette - Bass Guitar
". . . his style is all his own, unique and unforgetable . . ."
Jim Tavener - Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
". . . a leader in BIG band sounds . . ."
Edward Justice - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bone
". . . Raised in Hagerstown, MD, Ed discovered music early, using whatever he found to make musical sounds. . . ."


text:
Electronica Forum
Skip to content
by lorrainhardy » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:38 am
by jlewin » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:50 am
lorrainhardy wrote:Hi I am Lorrain and just joined this board. I want a good and knowledgeable information from you all. Have a good time.
by Jeny » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:38 pm
Return to Welcome
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests


text:
Product Highlights
This Replacement filter cartridge comes with a technical specification of Filbur# FC-2192, Unicel # C-7492, OEM # 172878,1722841, R173317. It is a high performance filter cartridge can handle a top load of 100 Sq. Ft. This state of the art 100 SQ. FT. Pac Fab Seahorse-400, Pentair Pool Products-Pac Fab Re filter with 2 5/8" Open hole at the top and the bottom is of superior quality as per industry standards. It is 24 3/4" long and 7" wide and efficiently provides you dust, sand and worm free clean and clear water solution for your pools and spas. The best in the industry this product matches all your water purifying needs and offers quality with cleanliness and hygiene par excellence.
Interchangeable Part Numbers


text:
May 5, 2016
The state education department says North Carolina public schools have laid off hundreds of teachers and other workers again this year in a pattern repeated for the past several recession-wracked years.
The state Department of Public Instruction said Wednesday that school districts laid off more than 530 teachers jobs statewide ahead of the school year that started last week. They were among 2,400 education workers axed.
The agency says its survey of all but two of the state's 115 school districts found that over the past four years they laid off nearly 6,100 people and eliminated 16,678 positions, many of which were vacant.
The education agency was forced to retract its earlier count of how many lost their jobs were lost due to faulty math.
Copyright 2016 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
The Power of Independent Thinking
Gregory: The Future of Liberty
2013 Summer Seminar for High School Students
Recorded: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Anthony Gregory discusses the long-term struggle between liberty and political power, telling his audience of high school students that the future is in their hands. Talk given on July 24, 2013 in Oakland, CA.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Anthony Gregory: The Myth of War Prosperity
2013 Summer Seminar for High School Students
Recorded: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Anthony Gregory exposes the fallacies behind the common notion that war boosts the economy, showing how it helps some at the expense of others and society as a whole. Talk given on July 24, 2013 in Oakland, CA.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Corporate Welfare, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Labor and Employment
Civil Liberties and Security in an Age of Terrorism
Recorded: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism: A special evening with our "Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars" students and featured by C-SPAN's Book TV. Watch this eye-opening, timely discussion on the recent revelations of systematic government spyingincluding NSA accessing of phone records, USPS photocopying the exterior of all mail, and the dangers posed to liberty and security by these and other such unchecked and unconstitutional powers.
Experts: Anthony Gregory, Robert Higgs, Mary L. G. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Privacy, Terrorism and National Crises
Anthony Gregory on The Total State
2013 Summer Seminar for College Students
Recorded: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Anthony Gregory discusses the modern evils of fascism and communism, their commonalities and differences, and their continuing significance today. Talk given on July 17, 2013 in Berkeley, CA.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Culture/ Society, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Understanding Today's Economy: A Summer-Seminar Preview for Teens and Their Parents
Recorded: Thursday, May 20, 2010
– Monday, January 1, 1900
Part 1 |
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 1: Introductory Remarks by David Theroux
Part 2: Why Economics Matters more than Ever with Gregory Rehmke
Part 3: Healthcare Reform: a Principled Critique by Michael Winther
Experts: Anthony Gregory, Gregory Rehmke, Emily C. Skarbek, David J. Theroux, Michael Winther, José Maria J. YuloType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Free Market Economics, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Is the War on Terror Creating Terrorism?
Recorded: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Part 1 |
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Is it possible that the U.S. governments response to the 9/11 attacks has served al-Qaeda interests? Despite the hype, U.S. law-enforcement officials have found little evidence of serious terrorist activities inside the country, compelling them to escalate their use of prosecution and entrapment to justify their enormous budgets.
Experts: Ivan Eland, Ian S. Lustick, D. Gareth PorterType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, History (International), Terrorism and National Crises
Innovative Solutions for Iraq
Recorded: Thursday, February 16, 2006
The recent elections in Iraq have not resolved the main problems therea constitutional crisis, continued terrorism, a potent Sunni rebellion, and fighting between religious and ethnic groups that could result in a full-blown civil war. Is the Iraq war a hopeless quagmire that has been lost, or can the U.S. still foster a united, peaceful and prosperous Iraq?
Experts: Peter Brookes, Ivan Eland, Lawrence J. Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), D. Gareth PorterType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy


text:
Classic Girl
Don't go crazy this Halloween, and check out our wonderful collection of classic girls costumes for infants and toddlers. There is no need to get fancy with your infant or toddler's Halloween outfit because she'll probably only wear it once or twice, and you want it to be comfortable and affordable. This is the best place to get your daughter's outfit this year, and you are bound to find something both you and your little girl enjoy.
Baby Carol Infant Toddler Costume
Pumpkin Costume for Infants and Toddlers
If you take a look at our wide variety of classic costumes for infant and toddler girls, you might find an item that gives you the chance to dress up your daughter as the same character you dressed up as when you were little. That's the beauty of these traditional outfits – they feature popular characters and iconic figures that transcend time. Whether you dress your little princess as an actual princess or a specific Disney princess, people will recognize exactly what she is and treat her like royalty.
You and your little girl have tons of outfits to choose from, including classic Halloween figures such as witches, bats, rag dolls, bugs, and pumpkins. You can also dress up your daughter as superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Batgirl, or you can turn her into the adorable Dorothy, the protagonist in The Wizard of Oz. There are plenty of cute animal costumes as well, including bunnies, dogs, leopards, pigs, and ponies.


text:
The Power of Independent Thinking
The Roots of Government Failure: An Interview
Recorded: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
William Shughart interviews Economist Randy T. Simmons, author of Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure.
Experts: William F. Shughart II, Randy T SimmonsType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Democracy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Public Choice Theory
Richard Vedder on the National Debt Crisis
Recorded: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Richard Vedder on PressTV explains why the U.S. government has done little to reduce a national debt that is approaching its current ceiling of $14.3 trillion.
Experts: Richard K. VedderType: TelevisionIssues: Fiscal Policy/Debt


text:
What is RM Cash
RYAN in NV
Best charger money can buy for a motorcycle and powersports! The 2nd Gen of this model now comes with Lithium Ion mode even though it doesn't describe it in product details. Talk to sales rep to see if they have the lithium mode in stock. Until they update the product info. This charger has saved deeply sulfated battery for me. Don't think buy it . The noco genius g1100 1.1a charger is that good. You will be happy you did. It's impressive! It will also go into maintaining mode when done charging. Only downfall is the connectors are and not standard they are unique but they sale pretty much anything you need jumper cables leads etc.Read All Reviews
Derek in AB
Bought this for my RZR S as a betters tender. Wired to the battery and have the little cord by the seat so when it's parked I can plug it in. Stock battery starts every time and is almost 4 years old!Read All Reviews


text:
this wiki
- "Why? What's going on in there? ...and what the hell is that smell?"
- — Toni Cipriani.
A Volatile Situation is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories that is given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Joseph Daniel O'Toole from his bar in the Red Light District of Portland Island, Liberty City.
Toni goes to Paulie's Revue Bar looking for more work from O'Toole, who is entertaining some 'special' clients. He warns Toni about the safety of the Leone Family controlled casino in Saint Mark's. Toni leaves and drives at the casino, where he receives a phone call from O'Toole. O'Toole warns him of the Sindacco Family's plans to destroy the casino.
A group of Sindacco Family gang members arrive in a Sindacco Argento, with one of the gang members attempting to lay a bomb outside of the casino. Toni kills and stops the gang members, but is met by a second wave, who also arrive in another Sindacco Argento but wield Mac 10s. Toni once again kills and stops the Sindacco family gang members. A third group in a Patriot arrive with Micro SMG's in hand, but Toni again manages to fend them off.
After killing all three groups, the Sindaccos decide to unleash their biggest weapon, a large truck packed with explosives. The player may choose to either pursue and destroy the truck before it reaches its destination (thereby passing the mission), or wait for the truck to stop outside the casino with the bomb armed, at which point the player will be required to drive the truck away from the casino, but can only to so at a very low speed, as the driver has crippled the truck to remain in a low gear (plus the street is likely packed with stopped vehicles due to the previous attacks). Toni drives the truck to a safe distance and then exits the truck and runs away. The truck explodes and the mission ends.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Check out the Casino
- Take out the Sindacco saboteurs
- They're getting out. Don't let any Sindacco's escape
- More Sindacco's are on the way! Stop them
- They're getting out. Don't let any Sindaccos escape
- Sindacco reinforcements are heading for the Casino
- They're getting out. Don't let any Sindacco's escape
- Stop the truck bomb destroying the Casino
The reward for completing the mission is $1,000. The mission Blow up 'Dolls' for Joseph Daniel O'Toole is unlocked after completing the mission.
- While the bomb is armed if you place it near the light pole and it blows up the pole will be permanently destroyed and will not be repaired when you leave it.
- This is only one of the two missions in the game where you will not gain a wanted level, regardless of your actions, the other being Home Sweet Home.
- Two of Leone's men stand guard outside the casino and will assist you in defending it. Be careful not to shoot them as the auto-targeting can't tell the difference between friend and foe.
- The third wave of Sindaccos arrive in a unique dark brown Patriot. If desired, you can save this by either using this to destroy the bomb truck to complete the mission and drive to the garage or by failing the mission.
Video walkthrough
|PS2 Version


text:
Natalie Walker
Birth Place: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Years Active: 2002—present
Genres: Electronica, Trip-hop, Pop, Indie Rock
Years Active: 2002—present
Genres: Electronica, Trip-hop, Pop, Indie Rock
Natalie Walker is an American vocalist, songwriter and musician from Indiana who first came to prominence as part of the group Daughter Darling. While her time in the low-key electronica trip-hop outfit was promising, Walker decided on a solo career, and released her first album ''Urban Angel'' in 2006, which was produced by the duo Stuhr (Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg). The album made minor waves commercially, but it was a pair of songs from the full-length that helped Walker's career, one of which -- a remix of "Quicksand" -- was featured in the Sofia Coppola film ''Marie Antoinette'', while another -- "Circles" -- made it to television, featuring in an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Her follow-... Continue Bio >>


text:
Tom Ricketts' Talk Is Cheap
Indeed, Tom Ricketts' talk is cheap.
The man's promised Cubs fans the world, as in world championship, king of the hill, top-dog.
And why not make such promises? Isn't this, after all, what new owners are supposed to do, give lavish speeches of glories yet to come?
I mean seriously, what new owner has every stood in front of the home town audience and proclaimed we're not here to win, but to merely compete…winning is not the only thing of importance here, so is the budget…championships you say? Aha championships, shampionships, people.
It's nothing against Ricketts, I think the guy's going to be a solid owner, but I couldn't care less about his declaration to the media about a new day for Cubs baseball.
Spare me the talk, Tom. I've heard it all before. If it's all about winning, which make no mistake it is, then put a winner on the field.
And when the Cubs finally win its first championship in one hundred and however many years it is, I'll hang on your every word.
Until then, however, how about a new RBI man and a nice set-up reliever?


text:
Scroll to Previous Item
Scroll to Next Item
Recycled Wine Punt Glassware - 16 oz (Set of 4)
Act fast! Items with prices ending in $0.99 are final sale.
No longer available
Pass the glass. These Recycled Wine Punt Glasses are made from the bottom halves of wine bottles. The indentation, or "punt," is said to give bottles their structural integrity and help them stack during the fermenting process. It also gives these glasses an authentic rustic feel.
Recycled glass.
16 fluid oz.
Set of 4.
Dishwasher safe.


text:
This delightful angel is featured with a musical instrument. The desire in Lladró works to transmit positive values is united in this figurine with spirituality, one of the basic themes for Lladró artists. It is the perfect gift to celebrate the best moments of life such as the arrival of a newborn.
Department: GiftsStyle: 01004540


text:
Jennifer Delonge
Ava Children's Ottoman
Product Actions
Faux ostrich leather ottoman to be paired with the Ava chair.
Need Help? Have Questions? Contact Us.
Please call 1.888.222.7639 to speak with a Customer Service Representative.
We're here to help you:
Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 9 PM (ET)
Saturday - Sunday, 10:30 AM - 7 PM (ET)
If you prefer email, we can be reached anytime at email@example.com.
Free Shipping & Returns on all U.S. Orders. See Details.


text:
Diego Rivera & his San Francisco Murals
The Pan American Unity mural at the City College of San Francisco
Use this guide to quickly find reputable sources and save time on your research! Contact your subject librarian or the reference librarians if you need more help. For an overview of how to research efficiently, see Steps of the Research Process.
Rivera Collection in Library, R510
The Diego Rivera Special Collection is housed in the Russell M. Posner Reading Room inside the Rosenberg Library in Room 510. Drop in hours to view the collection are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11am or by appointment with librarians Julia Bergman, Mauro Garcia, or Will Maynez. The Diego Rivera Special Collection consists of approximately 400 cataloged titles focusing on the life and work of Diego Rivera and artists who assisted him in his work. The collection focuses on Rivera's murals particularly the Pan American Unity Mural at CCSF. The collection also contains valuable, uncataloged primary material such as letters, oral interviews, realia, and photographs. Three file cabinets contain files of secondary material related to the mural, Rivera's life and work, and local SF/Bay Area artists from Rivera's era here, 1930s-1940s. To a lesser degree, the collection also contains material about artist Frida Kahlo. The collection is non-circulating but photocopies may be made of most items.
Highlights of the collection include an hour-long sound recording made by Rivera in 1955, two years before his death, where he talks about his life, his art, his politics, and Pan American Unity; articles Rivera wrote for the Russian Hill Runt ("I am not a communist") and Esquire magazine; Hundreds of pages of letters and other primary material related to Rivera and his contemporaries photocopied from Archives around the United States and Mexico including Pan American Unity Lead Assistant Emmy Lou Packard's research on Rivera and binders of information generated by famed architect and GGIE Chairman of the Fine Arts Committee Timothy Pflueger; dozens of photographs of Rivera and his assistants creating the mural; a copy of Diego Rivera, the Complete Murals which reproduces 47 Rivera murals made in Mexico and the United States; and a copy of Rivera and Kahlo's marriage license, issued by San Francisco City Hall in December, 1940.
There is also a beautiful collection of framed photographs about the creation of the mural on permanent exhibition in the Posner Reading Room. The collection contains photos of the mural in progress, the Golden Gate International Exposition, Diego and Frida, Edward G. Robinson, Emmy Lou Packard and others.
Information about Pan American Unity Mural
To locate books and other materials in CCSF Libraries, select Find Books from the Library's Homepage. You will notice many ways to search, such as Title, Author, Subject, Video, Instructor, etc. There are also many books in the collection that have important sections or chapters on Diego Rivera so be sure to try the Keywords in Contents and Notes search as well.
There are articles in the City College of San Francisco newspaper, The Guardsman, about the mural and about two of the people in the mural, Helen Crlenkovich and Dudley Carter.
There are very few titles that include specific information about Pan American Unity. There are copies of these titles in many locations including Reserve, Circulation, Reference and the Archives. Two titles were written by students as Masters Degree theses. We have learned a lot about the mural since they were written, but they are good sources to use for general ideas about the mural. (NOTE: All books listed as Circulating are located at Rosenberg Library unless otherwise indicated. Reserve books are located at the Circulation desk at the Rosenberg Library)
Barden, Merrill. Understanding the evolution of Diego Rivera's message to the United States: an explication of the Pan American Unity mural. ND259 .R5 B37 1992. Eight circulating; 4 (72 hour) Reserve; 2 Reference; 3 (2 hour) Reserve; 1 Ref East; 1 Rivera
Fuentes-Rojas, Elizabeth. Three San Francisco murals of Diego Rivera: a documentary and artistic history. ND259 .R5 F845 1980. Six circulating; 5 (72 Hour) Reserve; 3 (2 Hour) Reserve; 2 Rivera Collection; 1 Reference East
A former English and Humanities instructor at City College also wrote about Diego Rivera and our mural.
Zakheim, Masha. Pan American Unity: a fresco by the Mexican Diego Rivera painted for City College of San Francisco at the Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, 1939-1940. ND259 .R5 Z355 1991. Ten (48 Hour) Reserve; 2 (72 Hour) Reserve; 1 circulating; 1 Reference East; 1 Rivera Collection
Zakheim, Masha. Diego Rivera in San Francisco. ND259 .R5 Z354 2001. Three circ.; 3 (2 Hour) Reserve; 1 Rivera Collection
Whenever possible, we want to find Rivera's own voice; what did he say about the themes and images in his mural? This next title is the text of an interview with Rivera.
Rivera, Diego. Diego Rivera: the story of his mural at the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. ND259 .R5 P3 1940. Three (2 Hour) Reserve; 3 RiveraThis is his autobiography, in which 4 chapters are about his time in San Francisco in 1940.
Rivera, Diego. My art, my life: an autobiography . Chapters: A visit with Charlie Chaplin; A salute by the U.S. Navy; A second time with Frida; More popular than Wendell Willkie.
ND259 .R5 A2 1991 Three (48 Hour) Reserve; 1 Rose. circ.; 1 Mission Circ.; 2 Rivera; 1 (2 Hour) Reserve
At the East Reference Desk there are two large binders of material about the mural and the people and images represented in it.
Use the CityCat search Reserves by Course , ESL 79, or Reserves by Instructor , Martin Tina to find folders on Reserve for all the people and images in the mural.
Here is a book that discusses Rivera's three San Francisco murals, his influence on local artists, and the politics of the 1930's.
Lee, Anthony W. Painting on the left: Diego Rivera, radical politics, and San Francisco's public murals. ND259 .R5 L44 1999. Two Mission circ.; 1 Rosen. circ.; 1 (7 Day) Reserve; 1 John Adams circ.; 1 Rivera collection
Diego Rivera in General
This is the best book about Rivera's life and work in general, and it is well illustrated:
Rivera, Diego & Detroit Institute of Arts. Diego Rivera: a retrospective. Detroit, 1986.
ND259 .R5 A42 1986 Three circulating; 4 (2 Hour) Reserve; 1 Rivera Collection
There are a few other titles which are good, general sources on Rivera:
Rivera, Diego, and Luis-Martin Lozano. Diego Rivera: art & revolution. Mexico, 1999.
N6559 .R5 A4 1999 One (2 Hour) Reserve; 1 Rivera Collection
Wolfe, Bertram. The fabulous life of Diego Rivera. ND259 .R5 W56 Two Rosen. circulating; 2 Mission Circ.; 2 (2 Hour) Reserve; 2 Rivera Collection Spanish language: 1 Rosenberg circulating; 1 Mission circ.; 1 Rivera Collection
Easy Readers about Diego Rivera:
Cockcroft, James D. Diego Rivera. ND259 .R5 C57 1991
1 John Adams circulating; 1 Rivera Collection
Gleiter, Jan. Diego Rivera. ND259 .R5 G54 1989 In Spanish & English.
1 John Adams circulating; 1 Rivera Collection
Gonzales, Doreen. Diego Rivera: his art, his life. ND259 .R5 G67 1996
1 circulating; 1 Rivera Collection
Holland, Gini. Diego Rivera. ND 259 .R5 H65 1997 One Rivera Collection
Shirley, David. Diego Rivera. N6559 .R58 S55 1995 One circulating; 1 Rivera
Vazquez, Sarah. Diego Rivera: an artist's life. ND259 .R5 V39 1998
1 circulating; 1 Rivera Collection
Venezia, Mike. Diego Rivera. N6559 .R58 V45 1994 One circulating; 1 Rivera
Winter, Jonah. Diego. ND259 .R5 W48 1994 In Spanish & English. Two circulating; 1 Mission circulating; Rivera Collection
Click here if you would like to view an annotated bibliography arranged by each panel of the mural or by research theme such as Golden Gate International Exposition or Pan American Unity. The bibliography is a work in progress created by Instructor Jeffrey Goldthorpe for his English 93 course.
Many of the videos in our collection include interesting, original documentary film footage of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Find these by using the Advanced Keyword Search and limit your search to Material Type VHS (Diego Rivera) or DVD (Frida Kahlo).
Rivera in America includes the Pan American Unity mural and an interview with artist and Rivera historian Emmy Lou Packard. Media Center VHS 1686 or AV V 1946
Searching for Articles in Periodical Databases
Periodical databases group together journal, magazine, and newspaper articles by subject. They also usually provide abstracts (brief summaries) and the full text of the articles. Do you need help identifying the differences between scholarly journal v. popular magazine articles?
Note: Most periodical databases are part of the private, passworded Web, so you will need to have a current CCSF ID card with a barcode to access those that CCSF subscribes to. You get the free barcode from the Library either in person or online.
Ebscohost is a brand name for more than 25 multi-disciplinary databases with coverage from 1980 to the present.
Gale is a brand name for several databases with coverage from 1980 to the present. Most useful for art topics are General OneFile and Expanded Academic ASAP.
Ethnic Newswatch
Comprised of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America, this unique body of materials covers a wide range of current topics and countless other social, political and educational subjects. More than 200 publications covering 1995 to the present are represented, and searchable in both English and Spanish.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates biographies with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to websites
ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) – Electronic Resources, Magazines, and Newspapers (http://sfpl.org/)
The SFPL subscribes to many periodical and reference databases. Try: Art Full Text, or the Art Museum Image Gallery. You must have a San Francisco Public Library card number to access them
Web Resources
Use this website which is dedicated to the Pan American Unity Mural: www.riveramural.org. There are many additional Rivera-related Internet links available on this award-winning bi-lingual site.


text:
Frisket film is essential for work that requires controlled application. Frisk film is a transparent, matte, masking film, compatible with almost all surfaces. Frisk film is perfect for light protection,
It is easy to peel, and leaves no residue on the board. It's backed by a translucent paper for ease in handling.
see also ...
® Grafix is a registered trademark.


text:
The cover package for the May edition is a downer— literally. "Dealing with Decline" and "Offering Benefits in a Downturn" are both pieces that look at how districts are operating and adjusting operations in this lagging (and dragging) economy.
And while the recession has created some crises in communities and states, it has also created opportunities that perhaps can even be replicated in your district, proving there is always an upside to even the most depressed situation.


text:
Saturday, February 21, 2009
A Beautiful Pair
I saw this couple in the New Museum and just had to take their picture. They both have great shades and look very put together. Sara coordinates her outfit beautifully adding a dazzling pin and cool grey boots.
Posted by Ari at 9:28 PM
3 comments:
- The Torch Society said...
Have I happened to stumble upon the American Darby & Joan club? At least they still give a monkeys.
- February 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- whatwewear said...
They look so cute
- February 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Fab50Plus said...
What a great looking couple! And you're right - the pin is just perfect against the gray!
- February 25, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
ACE Fills Climate Education Need in US High Schools Now
In a blog post last month, I wrote about how climate change science is set to be taught unevenly in the US curriculum. It's great that middle and high school age kids in the US are going to learn about climate change. Unfortunately, the Next Generation Science Standards are voluntary and could take years to implement. So is there an option if we want our children to learn about global warming now?
The non-profit Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) fills this need. Their mission is to, "educate high school students on the science behind climate change and inspire them to take action to curb global warming". One look at their website and you can see they are on the right track in reaching their target audience. It's packed with social media links and interactive blog entries.
Since the fall of 2009, ACE has reached more than a million high school students at over 1,550 schools. While this is impressive, there are some teachers and parents who oppose the presentations, believing climate change to be a controversial and/or political issue. However, all of the climate science ACE presents comes from peer-reviewed published science articles, with a focus on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4). The IPCC AR4 is one of the most heavily researched science reports in history.
ACE's efforts don't end with their presentations. They also offer Student Action Programs to help get kids started right away. Then ACE grooms student environmental leaders who influence peers and lead change.
With the help of an ACE grant, Daniela Lapidous and Shreya Indukuri installed energy monitoring technology at their school. Saving both energy and money led them to expand the project to other local schools. Their project's success brought them to the White House's attention, where a mere two years after their first ACE presentation, they advised Energy Secretary Steven Chu on their smartmeter project that reduced their school's electric bill by 13%. Daniela wrote about her experience on ACE's blog, "Hot and Bothered" and is a co-founder of SmartPowerEd.org.
It's inspiring to see the ripple effect that climate change education can bring about. And getting information about global warming to high school aged kids is critical and a conscious choice. "They're going to be the generation to feel the impacts [of climate change] hardest and first," says Matt Lappe, ACE's education director. "And so in some sense we target high-schoolers and young people in general, because they really have a right to know climate science."
We should all take a page out of the next generation's book. Not only are they learning about global warming, but they are taking the next steps to do something about the problem. Taking charge of the future is what it is all about since they're the ones that will have to live with the consequences if we don't.
Topaz International Leads Corporate Travel Audit Services as a CarbonFree® Partner
Most Corporate Social Responsibility programs include Scope 3 employee business travel and commuting in annual operational carbon emissions calculations. Often, a review and audit of business travel patterns and choices reveal options to reduce the resulting business travel carbon emissions, and sometimes reduce the costs of business travel.
Since 1978, CarbonFree® Business Partner Topaz International has been a leader of audit and support services to the corporate travel industry, with the mission to deliver world-class customer service to its clients, including over half of the Fortune 1000 companies located in over 80 countries.
In 2007, Topaz International implemented several initiatives to streamline its operations and reduce its carbon emissions. Topaz became a 100% virtual organization, eliminating all office space and employee commuting, and joined the CarbonFree® Business Partnership program in order to neutralize its remaining carbon footprint and become a zero impact company to the environment. 2013 marks the sixth consecutive year that Topaz International has maintained this commitment to a CarbonFree® environment by supporting Carbonfund.org's energy efficiency and renewable energy technology projects, and reforestation projects around the world.
"This is our effort to make earth a better place to live today and in the future. Each person and company must do their part to improve our environment for our children and working with Carbonfund.org is a great place to start," asserts Bradley Seitz, President and CEO of Topaz International.
A great example of following our motto, "reduce what you can, offset what you can't™", Topaz International leads the corporate travel audit services industry by practicing what they preach to their clients and by operating CarbonFree®.
Spyrel Delivers Cloud Computing and TREES Technology as CarbonFree® Partner
The National Institute of Standards and Technology describes cloud computing as offering the potential for tremendous cost savings and increased operational agility to organizations. Another key benefit of cloud computing is the access to up-to-date versions of numerous business technology platforms and applications. New Carbonfund.org Business Partner Spyrel adds to the benefits of cloud computing by providing their customers a service partner whose operations are CarbonFree®.
As part of its own corporate sustainability initiatives, Spyrel maintains carbon neutral operations by supporting Carbonfund.org's energy efficiency innovation projects. Their status as a CarbonFree® Business Partner provides a market differentiator and underscores Spyrel's commitment to market leadership in the area of environmentally-sound business practices.
An example of Spyrel's innovations in energy efficiency is their TREES Technology (Tools for Reporting Energy Efficiency Services), which helps utilities measure the energy efficiency performance of their service delivery, thus reducing energy waste. As the least expensive unit of energy is the one that's never used, Spyrel's TREES solution also contributes to the company's overall sustainability initiatives.
"Our environmental commitment is helping customers enjoy powerful productivity gains by leveraging innovative cloud computing platform based applications for specific business verticals," explains Imtiaz Khan, CEO/President of Spyrel. "By partnering with Carbonfund.org, we will be able to achieve that goal ensuring corporate sustainability is empowered."
Spyrel's leadership in supporting energy efficiency technology development and becoming a carbon neutral business demonstrates their long-term commitment to these corporate sustainability goals and to supporting Carbonfund.org's overall mission.