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|Choose the meaning that is closest to the meaning of the verb underlined. The teacher had her class writie a composition.
|* Choose the meaning that is closest to the meaning of the verb underlined. Mrs. Wilson made the children wash their hands before dinner.
|* Read the descriptions of some TV news programs. Choose the correct words and phrases. < Regional Recap > Are you addicted to the news? This Friday morning program features all of your favorite stories from the previous week, so you can enjoy them all again. Especially useful for busy people who didn't catch all of the details of their favorite stories during the week. < All news is Good News! > If you need to (1) _______ from negative news stories, you'll appreciate our coverage of only positive stories. We (2) ________ stories about success, lucky breaks, and ordinary people who have become heroes in their communities. Join us for our daily message of hope and happiness. Q) Fill the blank 1)
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|Choose one sentence which is not relate to the main idea of the passage. The discovery of America was an accident. It was the result of Europe's desire for trade with China and India. In 1492, Christopher Columbus set out under the flag of Spain to find a direct sea route to the rich trading areas of the Far East. (1) He hoped to find a shorter route to China and India. (2) So he sailed due west across the Atlantic. (3) Instead, he found two huge continents that were until then unknown to Europe. (4) They blocked his way to the Far East. (5) These two continents were North America and South America.
|* Read the passage and answer the question. It is easy to say, "Enlarge your vocabulary: first, that you may enter upon the privileges of a cultivated person: and second, that you may be able to to tell the truth easily and accurately." But it is another and more difficult matter to prescribe the means by which this is to be done. Every student must, to a large degree, work out his or her own method. the reading of the best books and conversation with cultivated people are both helps to the free use of words. The dictionary is the best friend for your task. Never allow a strange word to pass unchallenged. Usually, it is wide to look it up at the moment. If that is impossible, it must be written firmly on the memory and traced at the first opportunity. It is good to encourage in yourself the habit of dawdling a little over the dictionary. It is the only place where dawdling reaps a harvest. To learn two new words a day-thoroughly to learn them, so that their use will not have a foreign accent-is to insure a large vocabulary before you reach middle age. Q) The paragraph states that you can enlarge your vocabulary by:
|* Read the passage and answer the question. Talking with a young man about success and a career, Doctor Samuel Johnson advised the youth to "know something about everything, and everything about something." The advice was good--in Doctor Johnson's day, when London was an isolated village, and it took a week to get the news from Paris, Rome, and Berlin. Today, if a man were to take all knowledge for his province and try to know something about everything, the allotment of time would give one minute to each subject, and soon the youth would flit from topic to topic as a butterfly from flower to flower, and life would be about as evanescent as the butterfly, that lives for the present honey and moment. Today commercial, literary, or inventive success means concentration. Q) In order to be successful, the writer would probably advise youth:
|* Read the passage and answer the question. Chemical weapons were first used by Germany during World War 1. Britain, France, and the United States soon followed suit. Soldiers suffocated in poisonous clouds of chlorine; when the gas mask was invented, combatants deployed the more pervasive and persistent mustard gas, which caused severe blistering, clouded eyes, seared lungs, and if the victim survived, a greater chance of developing cancer. Immediately following the war, members of the League of Nations began formulating a comprehensive international ban on chemical weapons, although many signatories reserved the right to produce them as a retaliatory measure. The United States did not add its signature until fifty years later, in 1975. Q) We can conclude from the last sentence that the United States:
|* Rearrange the order of the following sentences to make one complete paragraph. 1. Then, too, my mother wanted me to stay close to my sister. 2. I argued that two years of study abroad would help me a lot at this stage of my career. 3. For one thing, my father was not well. 4. Finally my sister offered to stay at home along during my absence. 5. I found it hard to leave my home and travel to another land. 6. This made some of my problems begin to vanish.
|[ Question 12-15 ] Read the passage below and answer the FOUR questions that follow. Before one begins to read an unfamiliar work of literature, it is often helpful to know what kind of work it is--that is, what genre it belongs to. If we know what expectations we should have, we are less likely to misunderstand what the author is trying to accomplish. The Lord of the Rings is a work of fiction written in the middle of this century about a world that greatly resembles medieval times in Europe. It is unmistakably a novel, yet the real significance of the events and the characters will be clearer to readers who know something about the literary tradition, or genre, called the epic, and who have read, for example, The Odyssey or Beowulf. Moreover, there is a special kind of pleasure in the recognition of familiar patterns of events and characterization, which are varied and even deliberately reversed. The skillful interplay of a great storyteller like Tolkien. No one, of course, knows exactly what the Middle Ages were really like, but readers get an illusion in The Lord of the Rings of being in an ancient world which is in some mysterious way part of the history of our own world. Then, after the fashion of the epic tradition, they will expect that the story will follow the movements of a particular person who is of heroic stature (physically and mentally) and who embodies the ideals and values of a particular people. Readers feel sure that the hero will, like the heroes in The Odyssey and Beowulf, go on a journey and experience a variety of adventures, which he will survive after many hardships and will then return to his own home and people. Q) Which of the following is probably the intended audience for this passage?
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|Topic C. Social science (major: sociology, psychology, education, anthropology, archeology ) [ Text ] (1) Vicious crimes can contribute to a sense of unease among citizens who feel defenseless against the perpetrators. Continued concern over public protection has triggered recurring discussions about violence in media, political and social arenas, and the proliferation of a plentitude of theories about the cause of violence, which attribute it variously to war, drug addiction, class or race frustrations, even suggesting that it is inherently present in cultural identity. As part of an effort to understand the predispostions to violence, scientists have attempted to speculate on a biological explanation for this behavior. (2) Some scientists have considered a direct relationship between the likelihood a person will commit a violent crime and the level of serotonin, an organic compound believed to play an integral role in the regulation of mood, sleep, sexuality, and appetite, present in the brain. In the central nervous system, serotonin is part of the biochemistry that is related to several psychological conditions; depression, migraines, bipolar disorder, and anxiety are all linked to an overproduction or underproduction of the compound. If violent behavior could be clinically linked to an imbalance in brain chemicals, then scientists would be able to control aggressive tendencies through medication before the behavior escalates. (3) The first government sponsored study into the possibility of inherited propensity for violence was conducted in 1998 by the Violence Initiative Project, which was led by two Columbia University professors, covering a wide scope of interdisciplinary subjects such as biochemistry, neurophysiology, and genetics. The team chose to examine the brains of 34 young boys, none of whom had previously committed a violent act. They were selected because each had an older sibling (all boys) who had been incarcerated for a violent crime. The scientists assumed that the younger brothers would display a similar inclination toward violence as their older siblings and thus hypothesized that they would exhibit low levels of serotonin, which is genetically determined. During the test, the subjects fasted for 12 hours, drank only water, and were administered an oral dose of fenfluramine hydroxide, a volatile chemical that, when consumed, heightens serotonin levels in normal brains and produces severe mood-related side effects, such as the abnormally high incidences of fatigue, headache, and irritability. By introducing the chemical, researchers claimed that they would be capable of raising their subjects' supposedly low serotonin levels to those of average brains and that medication would, regardless of race, class, or any other environmental stressors, inhibit their desire for executing violent acts. (4) While withdrawing hourly blood samples of the subjects to test brain chemistry, the scientists disproved their own theories because the medicated younger siblings, 44% African-American and 56% Hispanic, in fact, began to show some of the side effects of the drug, indicating that fenfluramine hydroxide had not balanced serotonin levels, but actually produced an abrupt spike. A complete post-trial review, which compared pre-trial samples with the hourly samples, revealed that the boys did not possess the expected lower than average serotonin levels, challenging the professors' main argument. (5) Social scientists examining the clinical tests promptly suggested that the main reason for the failure of the professors to link serotonin to violence was because aggressive behavior is determined through a variety of mitigating factors, including a prior history of offensive behavior, childhood experiences, and socio-economic status. According to common social theories, children who are exposed to violence and situations in which they are hurt either physically or emotionally often display tendencies toward hurting others, and sociologists are quick to point out that this is based not on biology, but rather on circumstances. In fact, studies with twins raised in different households, one violent and one non-violent, evidently show that the causation is exposure, not genetic similarity. In addition, criminologists warn that heredity cannot be seen as a driving force behind the predisposition to violence because it denies personal responsibility of the perpetrator, makes judgements of individuals who have never committed a violent act based on biology, and fails to address a myriad of social agents influencing behavior. (6) According to social scientists, any scientific study that excludes data about the test subject's historical and social background should be considered reductionists, having a tendency to use an inadequately simple set of structures to explain a more complex one. In response, clinical researchers have adjusted many of their clinical trials to account for differences in social and historical context. C-16. The word unease in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
|Topic C. Social science (major: sociology, psychology, education, anthropology, archeology ) C-17 . It is implied in paragraph 2 that the goal of research into the biological cause of violent behavior is to:
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Planes are amazing.
They're these enormous metal objects flying through the air at hundreds of miles an hour.
Every time I get on a plane, it's still an almost surreal experience.
I got half way around the world in 24 hours last weekend.
That same trip 500 years ago took 2 years and killed Magellan and half his crew.
There's no doubt planes work hard. They consume an absurd amount of energy. However, they operate by being constantly off course. At any given moment, a plane is headed in the wrong direction. Only slightly though. Every so often it recalculates it's course and redirects where it's going.
It has a clear vision of where it needs to get to even though it's not ever exactly on it at any given point.
It seems that the same to be generally true in life. If I have a clear vision of where I'm going, I seem to get much better results from deliberately and consistently constantly re-evaluating the path. If I just my head down and plow, I'm more likely to get off course, waste a lot of energy, and probably sabotage the result I'm going after.
At least for me, the ROI of going from working ay 50-60 hours a week to 70-80 hours a week is horrible and at some point I think it becomes negative.
For me, I notice this especially once I get tired. Where i used to just say, "I'll have a coffee and push through," I almost always take a nap or go to bed now. The quality of work that I did wasn't just poor, it usually created more work or work debt in the future.
I just finished reading Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin and was reading through Derek Sivers' summary of the book. I think his summation of the book is poignant, largely obvious, yet oft ignored advice:
"if you can just avoid mistakes, you're doing better than most."
20 years of small incremental gains can be wiped out by a single Black Swan event. One stupid or careless email to a client or customer written while tired or frustrated can wipe out hours of good work.
If I had to chart it out, I suspect it would look something like this.
Imagine a plane going 25% faster but evaluating it's course far less often. Despite working harder, it would consume far more energy and take far longer to get where it was going despite working that much harder.
The real returns ROI aren't on working harder or being busier once you're already working hard. It's on being strategic, doing the hard, emotional work, and making the difficult decisions.
It's easy, for me at least, to work harder because it provides a perverse sense of self satisfaction from masochistic martyrdom.
"Look at me, I'm working so much harder than you."
I think that's a very middle class mindset that I still have wired in my head.
A friend commented to me recently that "all it takes to be successful is to make one uncomfortable decision everyday."
If you look at the daily schedules of people who have done profound things in their lives, that seems to be true. They all work hard, but none of them are busy bodies.
Albert Einstein and Darwin were known for working a few hours in the mornings and spending the afternoons taking long walks.
However, they both committed to and advanced theories that were heavily resisted by the established powers of their respective fields. They made some very uncomfortable decisions.
They scheduled time for deep work. For doing the quality and level of work necessary to actually move their chosen fields forward in meaningful and profound ways.
Paul Graham pointed out in an essay in 2010 that we're a generation that is largely going to be defined by what we say no to. As more and more noise enters our lives, the challenge is not finding more productivity hacks to make incremental gains. That's easy.
What's hard (and valuable) is eliminating the noise and focusing time on energy on what actually matters.
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2011 (Junior): Appeared in 15 matches for the Pacers … Made 13 starts … Tallied 5 points on 2 goals and 1 assist …Took 32 shots on the year.
2010 (Sophomore): Named to the Peach Belt Conference All-Conference First-Team ... Lined up at defense and at forward in the 2010 season for the Pacers, but was tabbed to the First-Team as a forward ... Started all 15 games for USC Aiken ... Finished year with team-best two goals.
2009 (Freshman): Started 17 of 19 games he saw action in as a true freshman ... Scored fourth most goals on the team with four adding three assists ... Scored his first collegiate goal in his collegiate debut against Mt. Olive on Aug. 29.
South Aiken High School: Named Area Player of the Year during his senior year ... Selected All-State during senior season ... Member of the South Carolina Super 22 Team ... Played in the North/South All-Star Game.
Personal: Brett is the son of Dean and Molly Van Pelt ... He is majoring in Exercise and Sports Science.


text: How do you know if you have the "perfect" location? Some entrepreneurs think demographics data is the crystal ball in which success or failure is clearly visible. In truth, an onion would be a better metaphor for the factors that go into determining a location's viability — one must peel back layers to get to the desired information. Hopefully, the results bring tears of joy.ALL ABOUT THE AREAThe first layer starts with a review of the overall area of the site. In the past, I have spoken about the presence of major names such as Rite-Aid and McDonald's. These businesses are a good barometer of the viability of a neighborhood. I should note, however, that if the market is made up largely of older mom-and-pop stores, it shouldn't be discounted; you might be ahead of a community's rebirth.Next, gauge your own feelings. Is this an area you'd want to get out of the car? Meaning, would you enjoy going to work here?Should you fear the presence of a couple of laundries in the area? Don't be too quick to move on. Many areas can support several self-service laundries. The first question shouldn't be, "Should there be another laundry here?" but rather, "Should I have a laundry here?"You may find that an outdated store has an owner who's motivated to sell. The benefits of this situation are many, not the least of which is avoiding the tap fees with which a new store will be hit.Look at the traffic flow; you want good visibility. Don't worry so much about speed limits. If it's a good area with easy access and ample parking space, people will come. Are there any natural boundaries that may impact whether or not residents will visit your store? Are there any road projects slated for the future that may change traffic patterns or divert flow away from the store?Aerial views of your market, available on the Internet, can be helpful in identifying the presence of natural barriers and overall traffic patterns.When assessing a possible market area, look for businesses such as auto body and repair shops, as well as tire stores, auto part stores and quick-lube garages. Their presence likely indicates the surrounding population is mobile, and your store won't draw its customer base from residences within walking distance alone.Schools in the area are another good sign, as they mean there are families in the neighborhood. As self-service laundry owners, we love families.LIVING ARRANGEMENTSNow let's review residences in the area. Obviously, the old standard of a high percentage of renters still applies. Details to pick up include the number of mailboxes on houses and more than one electric meter. In homes like this, not all the units have laundry equipment. Note the number of cars in the driveway. Again, you're looking for a mobile renter population. Are there dryer vents coming out of the basement?We want to see older housing stock, preferably pre-war. Don't be worried if the market doesn't have a large high-rise or apartment complex — neither is a guarantee of success for a laundry. In fact, new apartment stock can often hurt your business, as many developments are built with in-unit laundry equipment.Within your demographics, you'll be looking for a decent-sized population with a high percentage of renters. Larger households are great — more children equals more laundry, which is something more easily accomplished in a laundry's large-capacity equipment.THE GUY DOWN THE STREETYour location analysis must include a review of the competition. Examine what they do well and what they do poorly. What will your store do better? How will they respond to your entry into the market, and how will you counter? Do you need to counter? I think what owners forget is that this is a market-share play. By that, I mean you aren't creating business; you're merely trying to gain the largest share of the business within the market. Keep that in mind.Of course, this business is full of pitfalls, and the most damaging ones will hit you early on. The biggest mistake people make in reviewing locations is not going deep enough with their due diligence. Some find their site needs to be re-zoned to put in a vended laundry — not exactly good news when the ink is drying on your property purchase. Others find out too late that the location needs upgraded utilities to handle the demands of a coin laundry. It's no fun to discover that your build-out cost now needs to include a $40,000 gas line upgrade.Operating in New Jersey, I've run into all sorts of municipal hurdles in helping customers. The important things are knowing what questions to ask and where to go for the information. For instance, a visit to the municipality's building department will answer the question, "Is another prospective owner already starting construction on a laundry in this area?" Working with an experienced distributor really can save you from making some expensive mistakes.FINE-TUNING STRATEGYGenerally, the same demographics that worked 10 or 15 years ago will still create success today. However, I think some owners and distributors may have been slow to see the possibilities in higher-income locations. Time is a commodity, and if people can save a substantial amount by laundering with commercial equipment, many will take advantage of the savings. Better still, this may be a prime location for profitable wash-and-fold service complementing the self-service laundry.If there's one thing I hope newcomers to our industry take from this column, it's that identifying what makes a great location is far more than just reviewing a demographic study. Much can be gained by simply observing and asking questions of storeowners in the area. Don't seek just one definitive answer; keep peeling layers off of that onion. There's no such thing as too much information when it comes to a business deal.Our business has a bright future, and there are many areas in your own backyard that would be perfectly suited for a coin laundry. Renter populations are projected to grow in the near and distant future, and we've only just begun to market our water and energy efficiency compared to doing laundry at home.


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One Day It'll All Make Senseby Adam Bradley Common
Common has earned a reputation in the hip hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs, and by sharing his own search for knowledge with his listeners. His journey toward understanding--expressed in his music and now in his roles in film and television--is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother, Mahalia Ann Hines.In One Day It'll All Make Sense, Common holds nothing back. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies. He recounts his rise to stardom, giving a behind-the-scenes look into the recording studios, concerts, movie sets, and after-parties of a hip-hop celebrity and movie star. He reflects on his controversial invitation to perform at the White House, a story that grabbed international headlines. And he talks about the challenges of balancing fame, love, and fatherhood. One Day It'll All Make Sense is a gripping memoir, both provocative and funny. Common shares never-before-told stories about his encounters with everyone from Tupac to Biggie, Ice Cube to Lauryn Hill, Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela. Drawing upon his own lyrics for inspiration, he invites the reader to go behind the spotlight to see him as he really is--not just as Common but as Lonnie Rashid Lynn. Each chapter begins with a letter from Common addressed to an important person in his life--from his daughter to his close friend and collaborator Kanye West, from his former love Erykah Badu to you, the reader. Through it all, Common emerges as a man in full. Rapper. Actor. Activist. But also father, son, and friend. Common's story offers a living example of how, no matter what you've gone through, one day it'll all make sense.ng example of how One Day -no matter what you've gone through--It'll All Make Sense.Rashid Lynn, aka, Common, a film and television actor and award-winning music artist, lives in Los Angeles. An independent publisher/author of books for children, including The Mirror and Me and I Like You but I Love Me, this is his first book for adults.
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Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria. The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon's true nature.
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Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 3, 1946 in Torrington, CT
Died: September 3, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM
High School: Torrington
College: Columbia (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 16th round (401st overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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New Zealand shares rose, joining a global rally, as demand for so-called growth stocks drove Xero and Wynyard Group to record levels, Warehouse Group led gains in most retailers and Chorus reached a month-high.
The NZX 50 Index advanced 47.875 points, or about 1 percent, to 4913.034, the highest since Nov. 18. Within the index, 30 stocks rose, 11 fell and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $102 million.
Stocks rose on Wall Street after stronger than expected retail sales data, pushing the Nasdaq Composite Index up 1.7 percent, and stocks continued to rise in Asia after the World Bank lifted its global growth forecasts. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index climbed 2.2 percent and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose about 1 percent.
Xero gained 5.9 percent to $42.35, valuing the cloud based accounting system at $5.4 billion and promoting the company to second-largest on the benchmark index behind Fletcher Building. Security software company Wynyard Group gained 7.7 percent to a record close of $2.25.
"The juggernaut that is Xero continues," said James Smalley, a director at Hamilton Hindin Greene. "Investors are prepared to pay for growth but the key will be those companies need to deliver on that growth. If you don't meet the forecasts the market can be very savage."
"Global markets certainly had a positive influence" on New Zealand shares, he said.
Warehouse Group, the biggest listed retailer, rose 3.6 percent to $3.79 after agreeing to buy the SchoolTex school uniform business of clothing chain Postie Plus for $9 million. Postie Plus was unchanged at 10 cents.
Kathmandu rose 0.9 percent to $3.35, Michael Hill International gained 0.7 percent, $1.45 and Hallenstein Glasson Holdings rose 2.7 percent to $4.25.
Chorus, one of the worst performers on the bourse last year, gained about 2 percent to $1.54. The network company is awaiting the government's decision on whether it will push back on regulated pricing set by the Commerce Commission which Chorus says hinders its ability to build the nation's ultrafast broadband network.
"Chorus, which as the Queen might say, last year had an annus horribilis, is recovering quite nicely," Smalley said.
A2 Corp rose 2.3 percent to 90 cents as investors continued to invest in the outlook for dairy products. Fonterra Shareholders' Fund was unchanged at $5.68.
"Interest in the dairy sector certainly continues apace," Smalley said. "Fonterra Shareholders' Fund doesn't seem to be affected by the recall of potentially contaminated E. Coli cream."
Retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare gained 2.2 percent to $8.32, Air New Zealand rose 2.1 percent to $1.69, Telecom climbed 1.9 percent to $2.40 and Fletcher Building gained 1.2 percent to $9.03.
Port of Tauranga rose 1 percent to $14.75, extending is gains since announcing this week it will build a freight hub on the outskirts of Christchurch extending its reach in the South Island.
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This article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye so I thought I would share.
Superweed Outbreak Triggers Arms Race
Hardy superweeds immune to the Farm Belt's most effective weedkiller are invading fields, prompting a counterattack from agribusiness that could leave farmers using greater amounts of harsh old-line herbicides.
The flagging weedkiller is Roundup. Its developer, Monsanto Co., also sells seeds for corn, soybean and cotton plants unaffected by the chemical, enabling farmers to spray it on freely without fear of harming their crops. Farmers now do so en masse, using "Roundup Ready" crop varieties for 90% of the soybeans and 80% of the corn grown across the U.S.
The rise of Roundup, more than a decade ago, sent older ... Read The WSJ Article


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Sometimes exercising in the summer can be just as big a problem as doing it in the winter time. In the summer, the issue is not one of what to do so much as when to do it, especially if you live in a high-humidity climate.
The list of activities is endless, actually, and includes walking, biking, tennis, basketball, and swimming. All these activities can be done outdoors and, if it is too hot to exercise outside, then consider the following two options.
First, check when humidity is lowest where you live. For most areas, that will be mid day. Research the optimal time (dryer is better than sticky hot) and then go out to enjoy the environment. If hot is anything over 85 F. degrees for you, then no problem! Most activities can be done indoors. Gyms have cycling machines. Some have indoor swimming pools.
In Albuquerque, Presbyterian Healthplex operates a rehab pool in the northeast heights that is also available for those just want to exercising. The Healthplex also has a basketball court, and people just join any game (not a true game) that is in progress, chasing the ball back and forth across the court. Tennis is pretty much an outdoor sport here in Albuquerque, but larger metropolitan cities do have indoor courts.
Consider just walking in the evening after dinner, or going for a 10- to 15- minute after lunch. Even if you are only walking at a slow 2 ½ mph, you can burn up to 230 calories in an hour (and perhaps burn off that piece of cake you ate for dessert). For some people, walking outside is not an option. They might have asthma or allergies. In that case, you can always walk at a gym (senior centers have indoor walking paths) or walk on a treadmill at home while you watch a movie. (See--you can not make up any excuse to not exercise!)
Getting on a bike doesn't grab you for exercise? One of the best forms of exercise that can be done at any time right in your own house is cleaning. If done at a good speed, you can burn up to 355 calories in an hour. It uses many of the major muscle groups (bending and reaching), allows you to get in stretching, and gets you to sweating if you are doing it at a fast-paced clip. To make the cleaning go faster, just turn on some music with an even beat—country western would do—and dust, vacuum, and put away stuff to the beat. Break your cleaning up into three 30-minute periods, even over three days if doing it all at once is not possible.
This weight watcher feels that exercising should be as much a part of your daily routine as brushing your teeth. Regardless of the weather outside, you can exercise indoors. And yes, we all are aware that regardless the season, there will always be people who find an excuse not to exercise.
Don't let the weather outside stop you from living a healthy life!


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Natural Gas: Europe's Destiny
Natural gas is bubbling up in Europe's energy debate, emerging as the likely main potential energy source in the medium to long term. It's benefiting from a mix of investment uncertainty, political opportunity and economic interests.
The starting point is the European Union's push for greener electricity production as the bloc seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% in the next 10 years, compared with 1990 levels.
To do so, the EU is pushing hard on renewable energy — wind, solar, hydropower — and energy efficiency. But that alone won't do the trick, especially if Europe wants to look to longer-term goals beyond its 2020 target.
Some EU countries — led by Poland — still produce most of their power from highly polluting coal. An innovative technology called carbon capture and storage, or CCS, which captures CO2 as coal is burned and stores it underground, is one option. But it is just at a demonstration stage, and for the moment costs look prohibitive.
Nuclear, which emits practically no CO2 in electricity production, is an important part of the energy mix in some countries. But there's strong resistance in a lot of places, such as Germany, to building new plant and in any case building new nuclear power stations takes a lot of time.
Enter natural gas.
A gas-power plant is much quicker and cheaper to build than a nuclear one, while its CO2 emissions are much lower than that of a normal coal plant.
On top of that, gas is a good candidate to solve one of the big drawbacks of many forms of renewable energy: the irregularity of wind and sunshine.
A Royal Dutch Shell official recently called natural gas a "destination" fuel for Europe, rather than a transition to other energy sources. This because there are reserves to last roughly 250 years, with most fields not farther than 4,500 kilometers from Brussels — a perfectly viable distance for pipelines.
Alexander Medvedev, Russia's Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive, also points out that Europe could achieve almost half of its CO2-reduction targets by turning old polluting plants into gas.


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Mequon - City officials are looking to rezone properties between Wauwatosa and Swan roads north of Donges Bay Road to allow for housing developments and the expansion of the city's sanitary sewer service area.
The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday to discuss how and where the city should encourage developments, ultimately deciding that the city's "central growth area" is the most likely place. The central issue is how the city will go about expanding sewer service into the area, and how that will be paid for.
"We need to figure out a way to do this where we're not going to impose a big cost on existing property owners that happen to fall within this area and aren't asking for it," Alderman John Wirth said. "We need to find a system that says you're going to pay if you want to take advantage of this, but you're not going to pay if you don't want to."
Committee members discussed whether the city would want to bear the costs of sewer infrastructure up front, or whether those costs should fall to developers as they buy and build in the area. Mayor Curt Gielow said that the city will need to approach the current land owners in the central growth area, including the Mequon-Thiensville School District, to see whether they would be interested in development.
"The School Board ought to be here and give their two cents at these meetings (going forward)," said Gielow.
The committee approved a tentative plan that would continue discussion on appropriate zoning in the central growth area, in whole or in part, and wouldn't put in the entire sewer infrastructure right away. Instead, the plan is to put in new sewer infrastructure on a phased basis at the request of developers.
The next step will be public outreach, as the city sends out notices to potentially affected land owners alerting them of a possible rezoning. The city will likely have informal open houses with land owners before formalizing the necessary zoning and land use amendments before having a public hearing on the subject sometime in the coming months.
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- Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-12pm & 2-5pm
- Admission: R$12
Natural Science Museum (Museo De Ciencias Naturais Da Amazonia)
Manaus' Natural Science Museum covers about five acres, including a 200-ton aquarium, and is next to a further nine acres of forest. The museum gives visitors a chance to see some of the fish, insects and other animals that call the Amazon region home. In addition to the living specimens in the museum's aquarium, there are more than 240 stuffed fish and insects on display.
The museum was opened in 1988 by a Japanese scientist with a special interest in the region's butterflies. He privately funded the building of the museum, and remains its director. The Natural Science Museum isn't in downtown Manaus, so plan on taking a taxi about a half-hour to get there. It's open varying hours from Monday-Saturday, and there is an admission charge (children get a discount).


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College Hockey:Boston College's Gaudreau, Demko win HCA awards for January
Boston College forward Johnny Gaudreau, who led the nation in scoring in January, has been named the Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month for January, while BC freshman goaltender Thatcher Demko has earned HCA Rookie of the Month honors.
Gaudreau tallied eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points in eight games in the month of January, while BC went 7-0-1 during the stretch. He recorded three two-goal games, including one against Notre Dame at Fenway Park, and had multiple points in five of his eight games played.
In addition, Gaudreau is currently on a 22-game point streak, with 21 goals and 24 assists for 45 points dating back to Nov. 1.
Demko went 4-0-1 last month, with four of those five starts coming on the road. During the month, he stopped 134 of 142 shots faced for a save percentage of .944, to go along with a goals-against average of 1.57. Demko started and won four straight games to close out the month, capping it off with a 30-save shutout on the road at Providence, the first shutout of his college career.
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Protected Bike Lane Perhaps Now Gay Enough for Chelsea Main Drag
Even though gay-bar owner 'said he needed room for his trucks to unload deliveries at the bar.' Hot nasty talk!
Remember this summer's Dumbest Story, when some gay people in Chelsea opposed a protected bike lane on Eighth Avenue because it might make the street less, well, gay? Well, now the community board's transportation committee has voted in favor of the lane after a bunch of supporters came out of the woodwork. Not that some business owners didn't complain that the lane would make it hard for delivery drop-offs (which, in fairness, is a problem with bike lanes that has to be worked out). But of all places, isn't Eighth Avenue the one where distributors learn how to drive on both sides of the street? [Chelsea Now]


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2014 might be THE year for Alfonso Cuarón. We will have to wait until March 2nd to know if he takes home the cherished Uncle Oscar's statuette, but for now he has won two Golden Globes for "Best Director" and "Best Picture" and a handful of SAG and PGA awards. But the Mexican filmmaker isn't showing any signs of slowing down! On top of that, Cuarón will be teaming up with the director and producer J.J. Abrams to premiere the sci-fi drama Believe. A sneak peak of the show that will premiere on NBC on March 10th was released this week.
The show starring Jake McLaughlin (Savages, Safe House), Arian Moayed , Jamie Chung , Rob Morgan, and Johnny Sequoyah, is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
This project sets high expectations for Sci-fi genre fans. We will have to wait to see the results but for now we believe in Cuarón.


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Lemon Bar Trifle RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-3/4 cups cold water
- 3 egg yolks, beaten
- 2/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- In a small bowl, combine flour and pecans; stir in butter. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a small heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and flour. Stir in water until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
- Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in the lemon juice, butter and lemon peel.
- Transfer to a large bowl. Cool to room temperature without stirring. Cover surface with waxed paper; refrigerate until chilled.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Crumble the baked pecan mixture; set aside 1/2 cup for topping.
- Just before serving, in a 3-qt. trifle bowl, layer 1 cup each pecan mixture, lemon mixture and cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers twice. Sprinkle with reserved pecan mixture. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 9 servings.
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Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.
Reviews for Lemon Bar Trifle
"Absolutely delicious! I made it for my daughter's birthday. I did cut the confectioners' sugar in the cream cheese layer to 1 or 1.5 cups. 3 cups would have been way too much. I also used real whipped cream in that layer rather than whipped topping. The other change I made was to beat the egg yolks and water together for the lemon filling, enabling me to skip the step of combining the hot mixture with the egg yolks. It all worked out well and was a hit with the family."
"I have made this 3 times . It is fantastic, even the time I didn't get the lemon layer cooked long enough. I just kept it refrigerated then. I don't have a trifle bowl, so I used a large oblong plastic container to assemble it. I did two layers of each. Any left overs I have frozen in individual portions or enough for two. It freezes so well. Love the lemon flavor. Only change I made was to use 1-1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar with the cream cheese."
"Really good, nice lemon flavor and beautiful presentation. Took it to a party and everyone loved it. It makes up nicely in individual portions as well."
"My entire family ADORES this recipe, as does my work family :)"
"very good and a pretty dessert to make for company!"


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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Tomorrow there will be a day-long symposium in Baltimore held by practitioners in the field of mental health who will make the case that society unfairly stigmatizes "Minor-Attracted Persons," a.k.a. adults who are sexually attracted to kids. Run by a non-profit group, B4U-ACT,... [Read more...]DAILY NEWS HYPES SEX ED STUDY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's Daily News on New York City's new sex-education program: The Daily News is so ecstatic about the new mandatory sex-education curriculum that it titles its editorial, "Go All the Way on Sex Ed." It notes that the curriculum, "Reducing the Risk,"... [Read more...]MORE INSANE SEX ED FOR NYC
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the news that New York City public schools will require all middle and high school students to take sex-education classes this fall: We've had de facto sex-education in New York City for decades—that's how long we've been shelling out condoms to students. And what has it gotten... [Read more...]WORLD YOUTH DAY DRAWS CRITICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on critics of World Youth Day: Next week, a crowd of roughly one million will gather in Madrid for World Youth Day. Pilgrims, mostly teenagers, will arrive on August 15 for one week; the pope will arrive on August 18 and close the proceedings on August 21. Against the backdrop of this overwhelming support—from... [Read more...]TIME SMEARS ENTIRE CATHOLIC CHURCH
"Having Standard & Poor's downgrade the creditworthiness of the U.S., and warn the country about further downgrades, is a little like having the Catholic Church lecture Scout leaders on the proper behavior toward boys." The above quote was the first sentence in an article published online today at the curiouscapitalist blog... [Read more...]SNAP STANDS BY CHILD PORN BUDDY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP) stands by its friends who have been convicted on child pornography charges: Dr. Steve Taylor is a psychiatrist who is sitting in a Louisiana jail awaiting transfer to a state prison. He pleaded guilty last April to 23 counts of attempted... [Read more...]AIR FORCE ATTACKED BY RELIGIOUS FOES
The U.S. Air Force has suspended a class at Vandenberg Air Force Base after complaints that it violates church and state. Bill Donohue responded with this letter to Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., the Commander of Air Education and Training: I have a three-fold interest in writing to you about the decision to suspend the "Christian Just War Theory"... [Read more...]ARCHBISHOP DOLAN LIBELED BY SNAP
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the reaction of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) to the news that an elderly New York priest was arrested for a sexual infraction: A 16-year-old girl started working in a Bronx parish last Saturday and now claims she was inappropriately touched by an 87-year-old priest. She... [Read more...]OBAMA PLAYS CATCH-22 WITH RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the dilemma that the Obama administration has created for religious employers: Yesterday, the Obama administration mandated that all health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women, though it made an exception for religious employers. But did it? Not really. To wit: a religious... [Read more...]NEW YORK TIMES FANS DISSENT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a news article in yesterday's New York Times on the Catholic Church: A priest, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, decides to break with the Catholic Church's teachings on ordination and "ordains" a woman in an illicit ceremony. He is given three years to recant, but he refuses, and is now... [Read more...]


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The number indicates how many diamond cases are in the region, not the total number of diamonds. Reference: http://farcry2.wikia.com/wiki/The_Far_Cry_2_FAQ under "Finding 'loot' via GPS?"... "Note that in the top left of Zone maps there is a blue number on a black square. It tells you the total number of Diamond Cases in this Zone."
Your act 1 buddies aren't really dead, they are classified as 'Missing' if you look at your buddy information.
Firstly, why do all my buddies suddenly betray me? They are mercenaries. Meaning that they will betray anybody for the right amount of money. The facts and lifestyle in Africa show that most of the people living there are trapped, really unselfish or up for quick cash (I of course mean the problematic part of Africa and not the safe regions like South ...
It's always possible to run out. If you do, you black out and wake up in either a church or a doctors' surgery depending on what stage in the game you're at.
No. Fortunately, Ubisoft admitted that FC2's respawn rate is absurd and FC3 should have it fixed.
Not having the game at hand right now, I think it was Reload.
Crouching does not affect either accuracy or recoil. Tested with a pristine AR16 (without accuracy upgrade) at a range of 20 seconds walking pace. Target was a floating tire in the marina in the south region. Fired two complete magazines at one-shot intervals, alternating between standing and crouching. Standing position scored hits on 5 rounds out of 15 ...
I think this is how it works: If you perform all buddy missions in the north, the trucks that spawn outside your safehouses come with a M2 .50 Cal rather than a regular M-249 SAW. (The M2 is probably what you're noticing.) If you perform all buddy missions in the south, they come with a MK-19 grenade launcher. I'm not sure there's any way you can reliably ...
From the Far Cry wiki, as well as personal experience: Buddies have only 3 lives. During the fourth attempt to revive them, the player can only mercy kill them (either via syrette overdose or gunshot). If you want Josep to live, you may need to restart the mission or reload from a save further back. Long-term, you may want to start thinking about getting ...
That's what I'm thinking. They've subtly incorporated a few things from FC2 into FC4 like controlling how long you sleep, the tracker that Longinus gives you. When he said he was a warlord I immediately flashed back to my adventures in Africa. That game was all about blood/conflict diamonds and warring factions. I think it's very possible that our mercenary ...
I've just discovered that the answer is yes, she will offer it again later.
You don't say what platform you're on, but on PC you can install Dylan's Far Cry 2 Realism Mod While this doesn't stop the respawning, it makes the bad guys significantly less likely to notice you when driving through.
Same thing. There's a shootout at the bar and everyone gets killed but you. Notably, no mention of civilian deaths is ever heard if you decide to leave the church to its fate. End-of-game spoiler:
Your buddies are waiting to gun you down because they need those diamonds to pay for their freedom. There is no other way to leave that part of Africa.
Voorhees is South African, has a thick accent and uses a lot of SA slang. China/chine is SA slang for "friend", likely from the Cockney rhyming slang "china plate" = "mate": china/chine – a friend; as in the greeting howzit my china (likely origin: Cockney rhyming slang "China plate" (meaning "my mate"); from early British immigrants. So it's ...
Character selection will only impact which buddies are available (you can't be a buddy to yourself, for example) and the order in which they appear. Each buddy also has different side quests available, so if you pick a specific character you won't get 'asked' to do those missions. Far Cry 2 Wiki example: http://farcry.wikia.com/wiki/Marty_Alencar
I think you have to make sure you kill everyone in that area before you can get in to save the foreigner. Make sure they're actually dead. Sometimes they drop and then crawl themselves into a corner, and sit there with their Pistol across their lap. Walk around the area - check in all the buildings and along walls etc. When you get close, they'll try and ...
I am not aware of any way to change the quicksave function to what you want. In the end, I just used the quicksave function whenever I felt it necessary and then before quitting the game, I would just delete all but the most recent save game. Clunky, yes, but it was the only way I could play without needing to fiddle with the menu each time I wanted to ...
I don't think it has to do with your progress but you have to unlock the south area first i think then If it has a long barrel that is The M2.50 cal if the barrel is short that is the M-249 Saw (which can be purchased at gun shops. If the gun has a large magazine box (the green thing which houses the ammunition) that is the Mk-19 Grenade launcher. And you ...
After pushing every button (and killing myself with an accidentally-thrown grenade) I discovered that the correct button is "reload". Pressing reload while having the map open will change the zoom in Far Cry 2.
its R OR your customized reload button
The guides on GameFAQs mention no accuracy gain when crouching, but it seems to reduce noise and make you less noticeable in general.
Longinus was apparently baptized in the waters of Goka Falls, the same place Leon was to be killed. So it is very likely that they could be the same person.
Yes it is Malaria which the character contracts during the intro. You will get a malaria attack after 30-40 (real time) minutes; the screen will get a yellow tint and become blurry and you will be unable to sprint or jump for a short period of time as your stamina will be drained. There is also a chance to increase your sickness level. The malaria sickness ...
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NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository Collection: JSIR Vol.71(02) [February 2012] http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13472 The Collection's search engine Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search In vitro adsorption of drugs using modified sugarcane bagasse http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13495 Title: In vitro adsorption of drugs using modified sugarcane bagasse

Authors: Khan, Mir Azam; Saeed, Khalid; Abdullah; Ahmad, Waqar; Mabood, Fazal; Maqsood-ur-Rehman

Abstract: This study presents activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse (SB) as adsorbent of drugs (Levofloxacin, Hydrochlorothiazide and Paracetamol). Effect of different variables (contact time, initial drug concentration and dose of adsorbent) was studied at acidic pH. SB was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Chemical treatments resulted in pore formation within SB sample while surfaces of untreated SB sample were without pores. Maximum adsorption (37%) of drugs from solution was in1-3 h. Adsorption followed Langmuir isotherm model.

Page(s): 161-167 Assessment of emissions from transport sector in Delhi http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13494 Title: Assessment of emissions from transport sector in Delhi

Authors: Singh, Richa; Sharma, Chhemendra

Abstract: This study presents emissions of different pollutants from transport sector in Delhi. Results show that emissions of pollutants have increased during 2001-2009 as follows: CO2, 4395-6423; CH4, 1.03-3.32; N2O, 0.04-0.05; CO, 238-329; NOx, 44-64; and NMVOC, 44-60 Gg. However, CO2 emissions per unit of vehicle types for gasoline driven vehicles show a decrease as follows: two wheelers, 2.7; and cars, 4.3%; while in case of diesel driven vehicles, this reduction is 1.6%, indicating impact of better vehicle technologies introduced. However, CO2 emissions from per unit of CNG vehicles have been found to increase by 2.4% during this period due to increased consumption of CNG per unit of CNG vehicles.

Page(s): 155-160 Optimized growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001 using response surface methodology (RSM) http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13493 Title: Optimized growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001 using response surface methodology (RSM)

Authors: Hay, Jacqueline Xiao Wen; Wu, Ta Yeong; Teh, Chee Yang; Jahim, Jamaliah Md.

Abstract: This study presents optimization of growth parameters (temperature, pH, ammonium conc. and inoculum size) to achieve an economical viable biohydrogen production process by Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001 using response surface methodology (RSM) followed by analysis of light and agitation effects on bacterial growth using optimized conditions. Optimized growth conditions on third day of fermentation, when R. sphaeroides O.U.001 was cultured aerobically under the presence of light (510 lux), were found as follows: temperature, 30.3oC; pH, 4.71; ammonium conc., 0.60 g/l; and inoculum size, 6.02% (v/v). Light did not give a significant effect on overall growth of R. sphaeroides O.U.001. Agitation greatly influenced bacterial growth as a result of higher dissolved oxygen and dispersion of macromolecules in shake culture.

Page(s): 149-154 A new approach for predicting PAT-pumps operating point from direct pumping mode characteristics http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13492 Title: A new approach for predicting PAT-pumps operating point from direct pumping mode characteristics

Authors: Páscoa, J C; Silva, F J; Pinheiro, J S; Martins, D J

Abstract: This study presents diverse correlations used to predict Pumps-as-Turbines (PAT)-pumps operating point, based on results from direct mode of pump operation. In order to ascertain accuracy of correlations, flow in the pump is computed for direct (pump) and reverse (turbine) operating modes. Accuracy of computations is checked by comparing RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) results with experiments for direct mode. A new approach is proposed for PAT power plant design based on a constant head, instead of traditional operation, in constant flow rate. A full PAT characteristic curve map can be obtained using numerical computation.

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The American Library Association (A.L.A.) and the Children's Book Council established the United States Board on Books for Young People (U.S.B.B.Y.), the American National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (I.B.B.Y.), in the early 1960s. It incorporated as "Friends of IBBY" in 1979 and was headquartered at the Children's Book Council in New York City.
The name changed soon thereafter. From 1985 until the end of 2008, the International Reading Association hosted U.S.B.B.Y. in Newark, Delaware.
Since 2009, the U.S.B.B.Y. Secretariat has been located at the Center for Teaching through Children's Books (C.T.C.B.) on the North Shore Campus of National Louis University in north suburban Skokie, Illinois. The C.T.C.B. is a partnership between the N.L.U. Library and the National College of Education.
The mailing address is USBBY Secretariat, Center for Teaching through Children´s Books, National Louis University, 5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300, Skokie, IL 60077, U.S.A. The phone number is (224) 233-2030.
Dr. Junko Yokota is Director of the C.T.C.B. and a Professor Emeritus of Reading & Language at N.L.U. For the first ten years of her career, she was an elementary classroom teacher and school librarian.
Dr. Yokota is frequently invited to speak at various professional conferences all over the world. According to her official biography, "Her topics center on issues of multicultural and international literature, literacy development of students of diversity, and improving literacy instruction through quality literature." She co-authored a college textbook in children's literature, Children's Books in Children's Hands.
A past president of the U.S.B.B.Y., she has also served on numerous committees of the International Reading Association (I.R.A.) and the National Council of Teachers of English (N.C.T.E.). She has served on the Caldecott and Newbery Award committees, and chaired the Batchelder Award committee of the Association of Library Service to Children (A.L.S.C.), a division of the A.L.A. She served two terms on the I.B.B.Y. Hans Christian Andersen Award for Contribution to Multicultural Literature, Reading the World Award.
According to the U.S.B.B.Y. Web site, Katie Raby is General Secretary of USBBY. However, according to the C.T.C.B. Web site, Katie Wooten is the USBBY Secretary.
The motto of the U.S. National Section of International Board on Books for Young People is "Building Bridges Through Children´s and Young Adult Books." This motto is likely an allusion to I.B.B.Y. founder Jella Lepman's memoirs, the English-language title of which was A Bridge of Children's Books.
U.S.B.B.Y. is chartered as a non-profit corporation. Individual people, organizations, institutions, and corporations in the U.S. "interested in international cooperation to promote and develop excellence in books for children and young people is eligible for membership." Currently, U.S.B.B.Y. has partnerships with the I.B.B.Y. National Sections of Haiti, Lebanon, Palestine, South Africa, and Zambia.
Membership categories range from individual at different levels, to organizational, and patron membership. All members pay annual dues, the major source of income for U.S.B.B.Y.
The structure of U.S.B.B.Y. consists of a board of directors, with a president, president-elect, past president, treasurer, secretary, and twelve directors, plus the executive secretary. Members include librarians, teachers, teacher educators/children's literature specialists, authors, illustrators, publishers, and some students.
The four patron organizations of U.S.B.B.Y. provide significant financial support to its activities. Each patron organization may appoint two members to U.S.B.B.Y.´s Board of Directors.
The patrons are the A.L.A., the Children's Book Council (C.B.C.), the I.R.A., the N.C.T.E., and Scholastic, Inc. The sponsors are the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature, a department of the Henry Madden Library at California State University; Bloomsbury USA, an American subsidiary of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; HarperCollins Publishing; Disney/Hyperion Books for Children; Kingfisher/Mamillan; and Penguin Young Readers Group.
U.S.B.B.Y. publishes a semi-annual newsletter for its members that reports on conferences and co-sponsored sessions, as well as general news related to international literature for children and young adults. The editor considers e-mail announcements, manuscripts, and press releases related to national and international children's literature.
The deadline for submissions are August 15th for the fall issue and February 15th for the spring issue. For information about submissions, contact Nancy L. Hadaway, Editor, USBBY Newsletter, 4925 Bridgewater Drive, Arlington, TX 76017 or e-mail her at hadaway [at] uta.edu.
Scarecrow Press publishes the U.S.B.B.Y.'s Bridges to Understanding series of annotated bibliographies of outstanding international literature for young people. The series includes Children´s Books from Other Countries, edited by Carl M. Tomlinson; The World Through Children´s Books, edited by Susan Stan; Crossing Boundaries with Children´s Books, edited by Doris J. Gebel; and Envisioning the World through Children´s Books, edited by Linda Pavonetti. As I mentioned in "What is IBBY? Part II," Professor Pavonetti is a member of the 2012-14 I.B.B.Y. Executive Committee.
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children´s Literature (ISSN 0006 7377), to which I referred in Parts II and III, is a refereed journal published quarterly by I.B.B.Y., in January, April, July, and October. Valerie Coughlin is the Board President of Bookbird, Inc.
According to USBBY, "The premier journal in the field of international literature for young people, it seeks to communicate new ideas to the whole community of readers interested in children's books. The subscription rate is $50 per year."
U.S.B.B.Y. encourages all members to subscribe to Bookbird. One can download Bookbird´s call for articles and submission guidelines.
The O´Brien Press Dublin publishes A Bridge of Children´s Books in association with I.B.B.Y. Ireland and U.S.B.B.Y. The book is available for purchase or by making a donation to U.S.B.B.Y., for $15.
Fifteen copies of A Bridge of Children´s Books are available for a free loan of six weeks for book discussion groups. One just has to pay the postage to and from one's location. One can download the "Book Discussion in a Box" order form.
Janelle Mathis is President of U.S.B.B.Y. through 2015. The other elected members of the Executive Committee of the 2014 Board of Directors are Past President Kathy East (through 2015), Recording Secretary Evelyn B. Freeman (through 2016), Treasurer Joan I. Glazer (through 2014), and executive Director V. Ellis Vance.
I referred to Vance in Part II of this series because he is also Treasurer of I.B.B.Y. In addition he is the U.S.B.B.Y. Liaison to the I.B.B.Y. Executive Committee.
The elected members of the Board of Directors are Jim Stiles (through 2015), Ed Sullivan (through 2015), Yoo Kyung Sung (through 2014), and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw (through 2014). The Directors appointed by the A.L.A. are Robyn Mutnick (through 2015) and Wendy Steadman Stephens (through 2014).
The C.B.C. appointed Allison Devlin and Elizabeth Fithian to the Board of Directors through 2015 and 2014, respectively. Terrell Young and Lauren Liang sit on the Board of Directors thanks to the I.R.A., respectively through 2014 and 2015. The N.C.T.E. appointed Jennifer Graff and Ruth McKoy Lowery to the Board of Directors through 2015 and 2014, respectively.
U.S.B.B.Y. committees recommend American nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, and Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, as well as for USBBY's own Bridge to Understanding Award that is presented annually. For example, U.S.B.B.Y. nominated artist Bryan Collier and authoress Jacqueline Woodson for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Naturally, it was U.S.B.B.Y. that organized the 1990 I.B.B.Y. Congress in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was also responsible for International Children's Book Day in 1972 and 1994.
As one might expect, U.S.B.B.Y. is a partner in the Reading Promotion campaign of the Library of Congress's Center for the Book in Washington, D.C. U.S.B.B.Y. participates in I.B.B.Y. activities and represents I.B.B.Y. on U.N.I.C.E.F.'s N.G.O. Committee in New York City. U.S.B.B.Y. members also contribute to a "Hands across the Sea" program which helps pay partial I.B.B.Y. dues of underfunded I.B.B.Y. National Sections.
The 10th I.B.B.Y. Regional Conference was held in St. Louis, Missouri, October 18th-20th 2013, at the historic Central Library of the St. Louis Public Library, which reopened in 2012 after a two-year-long renovation. Maryann Macdonald, authoress of Odette's Secrets, was the featured speaker at U.S.B.B.Y.'s program at the A.L.A. Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia on the night of January 24, 2014.
This event was co-sponsored by three A.L.A. youth divisions: the American Association of School Librarians (A.A.S.L.), the Association of Library Service to Children (A.L.S.C.), and the Young Adult Library Service Association (Y.A.L.S.A.). Bloomsbury Children's Books hosted the reception that followed.
The 11th I.B.B.Y. Regional Conference in New York City, October 16-18, 2015. It will be held in conjunction with "Alice 150: Celebrating Wonderland" at The Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, located in the historic Bank of America headquarters, Broad Street Ballroom and Cunard Cruise Line buildings in Lower Manhattan.


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Sorry for the somewhat confusing title, and my lacking English. Now we have that out of the way my question:
I have httpd - Apache/2.2.15 on a CentOs virtual machine. This is running Seccubus, with MySQL - 5.1.67
Remote client are allowed to connect, and I can use its interface, but when I try to use one of the perl scripts example:
seccubus/seccubus/json/createWorkspace.pl name=testing&scanCount=0&findCount=0&lastScan=null
This result in a HTTP 500 error, when I look in the logs:
(13)Permission denied: exec of '/opt/seccubus/www/seccubus/json/getWorkspaces.pl' failed, referer:
Premature end of script headers: getWorkspaces.pl, referer:
When I try to use these perl scripts on the CentOS I get this:
[root json]# perl createWorkspace.pl name=testing2&scanCount=0&findCount=0&lastScan=null
[root json]# Content-Type: application/json; charset=ISO-8859-1
"name" : "testing2",
"id" : "2",
"scanCount" : 0,
"findCount" : 0
And it adds the content to the MySQL database. So that does work, but the file permissions over the perl scripts are 777..


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It's widely expected that the 49ers trade up in the 2014 NFL Draft for the first round. Sitting at No. 30 overall, the 49ers have 11 draft picks in total and can afford to move up.
While there are several targets whom the 49ers have on their minds, Virginia Tech CB Kyle Fuller is exactly what the 49ers will need for the present and future. The team has had a question mark at WR and CB for the past few months, but the answers to all of this will be coming in the next 72 hours.
Fuller is considered to be one of the top CBs in the class along with Justin Gilbert (Oklahoma State), Bradley Roby (Ohio State) and Darqueze Dennard (Michigan State). Gilbert has the highest upside based on measurements and combine results, but Fuller is the most ready of the bunch.
He didn't light up the combine, but his in-game speed is faster than what his timed speed would indicate. What makes him standout is his vertical leaping ability and athleticism to jump balls. Fuller's size of 6-0 and 190 pounds is reasonable, but he will need to hit the weight room to compete at the NFL level.
General Manager Trent Baalke has always put an emphasis on versatility among his draft picks and Fuller can bring that to the table. The Virginia Tech CB would immediately compete for a nickel cornerback spot and could potentially beat out his competition for the No.2 position behind Tramaine Brock.
He can also contribute right away on special teams as both a gunner and on kickoffs. With his knowledge of both zone and man coverage, Fuller should be able to adapt to Vic Fangio's style of defense. Baalke wants a person who has a "Swiss Army Knife" artillery of traits to be utilized all over the football field.
Even though the 49ers could take a WR, which is also a position of need, the receiver class in the 2014 NFL Draft is deep enough for the team to wait another round. The need for cornerback is more vital for the long-term with Chris Culliver being the only CB with a significant amount of experience outside of Brock.
There is a strong chance that all four cornerbacks listed will be gone when the first round ends, making any CB taken later as part of a lower tier. Fuller is projected to be a mid-first round draft pick, which would be a reasonable price to pay.
In 2013, the 49ers gave up an extra third-round pick to move up 13 spots in order to select starting FS Eric Reid. With this year's draft being more talented than last season, the price will be higher. For the 49ers to pull this off, they should trade one of their second-round picks as well as their first rounder (30th) to get in the middle of the first round.
Fuller's talent for the secondary is too intriguing to pass up with his ability to make instant impact on the 49ers. His versatility is something that Baalke can't let slip away.