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In rural Ethiopia and across East Africa, cattle are essential to the livelihoods of families, whose survival was put at risk when an historic drought struck the region in 2011. World Vision responded quickly to save these animals — and the children, families, and communities whose lives depend on them.
Livestock are the foundation of pastoralist communities in southwest Ethiopia. They provide wealth, income, milk, meat, and usually, a buffer against hard times.
But the Horn of Africa drought of 2011 took its toll on many of the region's livestock, eroding the ability for vulnerable families to cope with the failed rains.
"Last year was very serious; it was the worst we have seen in at least eight years. It killed a lot of cattle," says Jilla, whose family lost 10 cows and 14 goats and sheep in the early days of the crisis.
"There was no grazing land, and the animals produced no milk," she recalls.
Jilla and her family live in Halake Elema, a handful of huts in between the gently rolling hills of Borena in Ethiopia's remote southwest. Her husband is away with the animals, leading them to more fertile pastures. He may be gone for weeks before she and her eight children next see him.
When the 2011 drought began to claim the lives of livestock across the region, World Vision responded with a comprehensive plan, seeking to save the lives of the animals on which communities such as Jilla's depend — but also to insulate vulnerable families against the shock of losing these assets.
As part of the response, Jilla was given animal feed by World Vision to sustain the livestock until the next rains. "Our cattle became healthy again after the feed was given to us. Even the unhealthy animals became healthy again," she says.
About 22,000 people within the Borena area benefited from this project. Cattle that were irrevocably harmed by the drought had to be put down, their meat distributed to spare the lives of the people in the community, and a fairly reasonable amount of money given to the owners of the cattle.
"The people of Haleke Elema village would have lost all their cattle, had World Vision not intervened," remembers Roba, a beneficiary of the project. "There were places where all the amimals died and the whole village turned out to complete poverty from the drought.
"We are better off now, thank God," he says.
Though Jilla and Roba were spared the worst of last year's drought, thanks to interventions like World Vision's livestock project, there is still much work to be done to secure the future of the children of this village. A muddy pond on the periphery of the village is shared by both people and cattle, forming the only water source within easy reach.
"We treat the water before cooking and drinking," says Makeda, one of three women at the pond when we visit. She lowers herself down beside the swampy waterhole, scooping cup after cup of the murky liquid into a container to carry back to her hut, from which she will cook and wash.
Despite attempts to purify it, this water will nevertheless remain a potential threat to the health of the children of Halake Elema — underscoring the precariousness of life for this pastoralist community.
Similarly, the livestock project has offset the worst affects of last year's drought for the families of this village, but attention must now turn to strengthening their own ability to cope with future shocks and droughts, which may be just around the corner.
Please pray for children, families, and communities in the Horn of Africa, where recent rains have brought some relief but the humanitarian needs remain great. Pray that those affected by hunger would find a sustainable source of food, and pray for the health of cattle for families who depend on their livestock for survival.
Make a one-time donation to support World Vision's work in the Horn of Africa. Your contribution will help us provide critical assistance to this region still deeply vulnerable to food shortages and drought, through interventions like food aid, agricultural support, clean water, medical care, and more.
Sponsor a child in Ethiopia. By investing in the life of a boy or girl in need, you'll help deliver basics like nutritious food, clean water, medical care, education, safe shelter, and more — providing the foundation for a future free of poverty and need.


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Augusta, Ga--The tradition of football at Richmond Academy goes back a long, long time. When Chris Hughes took over as coach five years ago, his goal was to rebuild that tradition. They are well on their way.
This year will be an interesting one off Walton Way. The Musketeers have lost all their skill players including the likes of Drek Reid and Don Quarles, but bring back both the offensive and defensive line. Most coaches would take that any day of the week. Now throw in the fact Richmond Academy's JV team has just a single loss in two years, and this year's team should be in good shape.
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I'm trying extract a substrings from strings to compare with current date. For exemplo:
$str = "teste_20120404_11h00min00seg"
How to extract "20120404" from $str ?
I tried
$str.Split("_") | Select-String [0-9]
but the result is
$str.split("_")[1] will get you the date
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Hello guys!
I wrote a script to delete some files from a directory and I'd like share with you. The filenames selected by script have the substring ".bak" and a substring that references a date (p.e., "teste_script_20120404.bak") after the second "_" (underscore) - $dtfile variable in the script. If the date in the filename is lesser than current date and the length of $dtfile is greater than zero, the file is deleted.
$year = get-date -uformat "%Y%m%d";echo $year;ls | ForEach-Object{echo $_.name} | Select-String ".bak" > ToDel.txt;$files = cat ToDel.txt; ForEach ($name in $files) { $dtfile = $name.Split("_")[2]; if(($dtfile -lt $year) -and ($dtfile.Length -gt 0)) { #echo $name; rm $name; }
I hope that be useful for someone else!


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Definición de saturate en inglés:
verbo[with object]
1Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed: the soil is saturated
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- She grabbed a towel by the sink and turned on the cold water, saturating the towel thoroughly.
- As the frigid water saturates his jacket and pants, his first instinct is to let out a loud gasp.
- When using a spray hose, spray low and hold it closely against your pet's coat so water saturates the coat and skin.
soak, drench, waterlog, wet through, wet;
souse, steep, douse, impregnate
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Scottish & Northern English drouk
archaic sop
1.1Cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance: the groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide
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- Eventually, the surface of the activated charcoal will be saturated with absorbed pollutants and no further purification will occur.
- The liqueur is saturated with sugar, so I expected the viscosity to be high, but it also contains 43% alcohol.
- To be fully active, osteocalcin must be saturated with carboxyl groups, and that's vitamin K's job.
1.4Fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed: the air is saturated with the smells of food
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- Gran opens one of the containers and immediately the dog's nostrils are saturated with a powerful chemical smell.
- After 45 solid minutes I was totally saturated with information and all sorts of flashing images.
- Recently, the popular music sector was saturated with boy bands, girl groups and choreographed vocalists in the wake of the fall of grunge.
permeate, impregnate, suffuse, imbue, pervade, steep, charge, infuse, inform, fill, spread throughout
1.5Supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied: Japan's electronics industry began to saturate the world markets
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- It's the nature of business to take a profitable idea and exploit it until the market is utterly saturated with similar product and demand dries up as a result.
- With 508 stores in the U.S. and 114 in Canada, the company is perilously close to saturating the market.
- For instance, the company built on its early success by saturating a local market with multiple locations.
flood, glut, swamp, oversupply, overfill, overload
1.6Overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The grenades burst out from the warhead at 150m from the target, saturating a large area with deadly explosive power.
- The target area would be saturated, that was certain, but Erik doubted whether it would work or not.
A saturated fat: as far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Biscuits, buns, cakes and pastries, puddings, and ice cream could be taxed if they raised cholesterol concentrations but exempt if the ratio of polyunsaturates to saturates were more favourable.
- For a lot of women, the last thing in the world they need to do is lower their HDL, so an appropriate blend of fat would include some saturates.
- According to the manufacturer, a 34.5g bag of salt and vinegar crisps contains 11.4g of fat, of which 5.2g are the more harmful saturates.
saturableadjetivo ( technical)
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- Ceftriaxone is highly protein bound; however, this process is saturable.
- Relay through titratable sites is characterized by protons binding to titratable sites, which may lead to saturable pH-dependent conductance.
- Since the uptake of aminoglycosides into renal tubular cells is a saturable process, larger doses would not be expected to be any more nephrotoxic than smaller doses.
Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'satisfied'): from Latin saturat- 'filled, glutted', from the verb saturare, from satur 'full'. The early sense of the verb (mid 16th century) was 'satisfy'; the noun dates from the 1950s.
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Seeking Jesus thru adversity
This past Thanksgiving, my husband of 20 years moved in with his girlfriend. Since that time, I have battled depression to the point of trying to end my life, binge drinking, and hatred of my life and my husband. I have also developed the habit of waking up in the middle of the night to pray. I have returned to Jesus after a lengthy dry spell. I have realized that Jesus has never left me. Please pray that Jesus will grant me His grace, dignity, and wisdom to deal with the upcoming stress of divorce. My two grown children are doing their best to be supportive, however, my son no longer has any contact with his father. My daughter is heartbroken and has said that her greatest fear has been realized; that her dad & I split up. She is hurting and is stuck in the middle. Please pray for our healing in Christ.


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- Nov 7:
- Tesla shares slip more on reports of 3rd fire, other car problems
- Nov 6:
- Tesla shares plunge on battery shortage, heavy research spending
- Tesla Motors stock slides despite delivering 5,500 cars in third quarter
- Oct 4:
- 2013: Tesla CEO responds to concerns over fire in one of its Model S vehicles
- Biz Break: Elon Musk says Model S fire proves Teslas are safer than gas-powered cars
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- Tesla shares continue to descend following video of Model S fire
- Tesla says car fire began after object hit battery
- Video shows Tesla Model S on fire, stock tumbles
PALO ALTO -- J.B. Straubel, chief technical officer of Tesla Motors (TSLA), defended the performance of the Model S sedan that caught fire last week during remarks Tuesday at an energy symposium at Stanford University.
"It's a scary event," Straubel said of the fire. "We don't want to ever have a fire, but stuff happens in the real world. The big difference is the car was in an accident. There was a collision. There's a world of difference between an accident or collision and a spontaneous fire."
Last week, a Model S owner in Washington state ran over a piece of metal that pierced the battery pack of the car, causing a fire. A video of the fire quickly went viral and sent Tesla's stock price skidding. CEO Elon Musk published a lengthy blog post about the incident, stressing that safeguards in the battery pack kept the fire from spreading to the passenger cabin.
Straubel echoed those comments Tuesday, stressing that Tesla spent so much time on safety engineering that the original launch of the Model S was delayed.
"The vehicle performed great," Straubel said of last week's accident. "We have firewalls built inside the battery system so that's the only part that is affected. The fire didn't get into the cabin, and the driver of the vehicle was hugely appreciative."
Straubel, a Stanford engineering graduate who oversees all software, electronics and propulsion in Tesla's vehicles, has been with the company since it was founded. He joined venture capitalist Ira Ehrenpreis, an early Tesla investor, board member and longtime champion of cleantech, in a "fireside chat" Tuesday at Stanford's Global Climate & Energy Project Research Symposium.
Straubel said driverless cars are "inevitable."
"Autopilot will be inevitable and transformational for cars, and not just electric cars," Straubel said. "We're investing quite a bit of time in this, and we're investing in a large team. I think this will happen sooner than people think. Every airplane has autopilot. In cars, vehicle drivers are probably the least trained operators. This will have a huge, positive impact on transportation safety."
Ehrenpreis asked Straubel about areas of innovation that Stanford students should focus on.
"Follow what you find fun," Straubel said. "Don't try to follow the megatrend that will be profitable. Follow what you are incredibly passionate about. Energy storage and renewable energy are the two issues that will be with us for decades to come. ... The biggest single need in batteries is cheaper energy storage, without sacrificing safety. It's a massive opportunity."
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After we made a drawing, we used the "Chamfer/Bevel" function to make the bevels according mechanic requirements.
But know all length, start and end positions of the lines are changed. e.g. line length was 50 mm before, now length is 48 (with bevels 1 mm on both sides).
Now it is very unconvenient to further work with this drawing. If we want to make changes, we must take into account all bevel dimensions.
Is there any mode, to work with the original dimensions of the drawing?
Maybe we are working in a wrong way. Is there any proposal for workflow, when we want to work with the "Chamfer/Bevel" functionality?
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Ann Romney, who does not consider herself wealthy but who does know her way around Pinterest, wants to unzip Mitt's huge personality and let. Him. Out.
ABC's Emily Friedman tweeted:
Ann Romney asked about Romney being "too stiff": "I guess we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out because he is not!"
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Kate Bush wasn't the only one snubbed by NBC's edit of last night's closing ceremony of the London Olympics. The Who's phenomenal medley of "Baba O'Riley," "See Me, Feel Me," "Listening to You" and "My Generation" was broadcast separate from the rest of the closing ceremony, so that NBC could insert preview of its Animal Practice in between. Cheap stuff, but hey, that's America. And that's not all: Muse's and Ray Davies' performances weren't aired at all. So we have those for you, too.
Here's Ray Davies (formerly of the Kinks) doing 1967's "Waterloo Sunset." It's a song specifically about London. Maybe they figured it was too British for Yankee ears. (We reached out to NBC for a comment on the omissions, but as of posting time have yet to hear back.)
In maybe the most egregious omission, Muse performed the official fucking song of the London Olympics, "Survival," but didn't make the cut. Not even the band's Twilight association was enough to get them on this thing in the U.S. It's a shame because this performance is operatic and over-the-top — definitive ceremony.
Related: Here's the Kate Bush Song That Was Cut from the U.S. Broadcast of the London Olympics Closing Ceremony


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Not very original, we know, but it accurately expresses our feelings about the impact of this year's Major League Baseball season on the Bay Area.
Win or lose, the San Francisco Giants are in the World Series for the second time in three years. How they got there is almost unfathomable: winning six, that's right SIX, elimination games in a single season.
For the uninitiated, that means that six times in two different series the Giants played games in which losing meant their season was over. They won all six. That is simply astounding.
What's more, their 9-0 win over last year's champion St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night was the Giants' first Game 7 win of any series in front of their home fans in their 54 years in San Francisco.
Meanwhile, across the bay, the Oakland A's pulled off an equally unlikely season. A ragamuffin confederation of young players and relatively low-salary veterans turned what had been presaged as a 100-loss season into a division championship and their first trip to the playoffs since 2006.
While the A's eventually lost to the Detroit Tigers -- whom the Giants will now play -- they, too, won a pair of elimination games before finally being subdued by the best pitcher in the game.
We look at both accomplishments and realize that these two teams exemplify the never-say-die spirit of the Bay Area.
From steroid scandals to the loss of critical players due to injury, both teams took serious body blows all season long that would cause lesser organizations to roll over and begin their planning for next year. But that really isn't part of the character of the Bay Area or its baseball teams. We absorb blows and we move on.
In 1989, ironically during the World Series between the Giants and A's, a major earthquake wreaked havoc on the area, killing more than 60 people and doing billions of dollars in damage.
It wasn't easy, but we came back.
Two years later, dramatic and deadly fires raged through our Oakland Hills leaving a swath of misery and destruction.
It wasn't easy, but we came back.
In 2000, the dot-com bubble's bust dealt thousands in the area a severe financial blow.
It wasn't easy, but we came back.
The Bay Area was one of the nation's hardest hit areas in the 2008 maelstrom caused by the implosion of the real estate industry.
It hasn't been easy, but, believe it or not, we are coming back.
So it seems fitting that this area should be represented in Major League Baseball by two teams that exhibit such a never-quit attitude.
The catchphrase for the 2010 championship team, which was first coined by broadcaster Duane Kuiper, was "torture," making reference to that team's penchant for winning close games.
This year the phrase has to be "comeback." And, somehow, that seems entirely appropriate. But, to tell you the truth, we would just as soon the Giants not have to win any more elimination games this year.


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Curtis M. Korb, 52, of Devils Lake, N.D., passed away at his home on Monday, December 10, 2012. Funeral services for Curtis will be held on Saturday, December 15 at 1 p.m. at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake. Visitation will also be at the Gilbertson Funeral Home on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. until time of service. Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of arrangements.
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EDWARDS - Colorado Rocky Mountain School came into Edwards and stole one from Vail Christian Thursday in the final minute of regulation, winning 2-1 on a game-winning goal by Josie Horn.-
It was Senior Day for the Saints players Gracen McGuckin, Paris Barker, Mimi Nary, and Kierra Kalakewich.-
Midway through the first half the Saints were putting pressure on CRMS, especially McGuckin who was finally able to capitalize giving Vail Christian the early 1-0 lead. Just before the first half ended CRMS's Horn got a chance at goal, but was stuffed by Saints goalie Kalakewich.-
Going into the second half, CRMS did not give up and kept on fighting the entire way. CRMS's Cleo Ulatowski sped down the field and was able to bury one in the back of the net, tying the game at one.-
The Saints had many opportunities to take the lead and as did CRMS, but both goalies were playing superbly.-
In this case, it would go CRMS's way when Horn was able to chip it over the Saints goal keeper in the final minute.-
CRMS coach A.O. Forbes was thrilled on the win,
"It's great," said coach Forbes. "We have lots of freshman, so we have to learn the game."-
CRMS (2-8 overall and 2-6 in league) will play Vail Mountain School in East Vail on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Thursday was not how Saints coach Lauren Mutter wanted the game to go for her seniors.
"We did a lot of really good things and we looked like a good soccer team," said Mutter. "Everyone is going to miss them a lot. They're good leaders, fun to be around, and lots of jokesters out there. It's going to be different without them there."-
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Amanda Bynes has made huge progress in her battle against mental illness, according to TMZ.
During a progress hearing on Tuesday, the judge gave big props to Bynes' mother and conservator Lynn Bynes for getting her daughter back on course.
Good for her. It's not as much fun as the old Amanda Bynes was for us, but good for her.
Bynes was hospitalized for months after a mental health breakdown last summer that included starting a fire on a neighbor's driveway and soaking her dog in gasoline. Doctors later diagnosed her with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Bynes' parents -- with whom she now lives in Oxnard -- appeared in court Tuesday, where a judge said, "Good job, Mrs. Bynes. Well done."
Bynes has quit acting and is now attending fashion design classes, intending to become a designer.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's medical marijuana dispensaries are preparing for the next word on how far state law goes in giving them a right to exist.
The state's highest court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether local governments can ban retail pot dispensaries within their borders. About 200 cities and counties already have, but this will be the first time the California Supreme Court entertains the question.
Medical marijuana advocates maintain that the state's medical marijuana laws, the nation's oldest, allow local governments to set limits on dispensaries, but not to outlaw them altogether.
The arguments come in a case out of Riverside, where city lawmakers used their zoning powers to ban storefront pot shops in 2010. One of the pot shops threatened with closure sued to stop the city from shutting it down.
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VAIL, Colorado - The best way to grow your business is by taking care of the customers you already have, says a new report from Snowsports Industries of America.
New customers are nice, but the National Ski Areas Association found that even if you do manage to convince someone to try skiing or snowboarding, only about 16 percent stick with it. That, they say, is a poor way to target dwindling marketing resources.
"Let's face it, marketing dollars are tight, so it's important to communicate to consumers effectively, said Kelly Davis, SIA's director of research.
The SIA's report uncovered a fascinating dichotomy.
First, as skiers and boarders get older, they list "children" among the reasons they don't get out as often as they used to.
Then again, when people were asked why they were skiing more, they said "family/children." It turns out that 72 percent of those asked said it's a great way to spend family time together.
Speaking of families, women must be more front and center in marketing materials, the SIA said.
The report's authors Googled "skiing," and of the first 20 images that popped up, 18 were men. Most of those men were engaged in extreme skiing.
"When the images of snowsports are seemingly extreme and hard to reach, average women aren't pulled into the message," the SIA report says. "By creating materials that are women-specific, family oriented or simply less extreme, it is likely that women will be more encouraged to come out to the mountain and bring their families with them."
Next year's Burton U.S Open Snowboarding Championships is a giant local marketing opportunity. It's coming to town Feb. 25 to March 2, moving from the east coast.
The event has been running since 1982 and in Stratton, Vt., for 27 years. For 20 of those 27 years, Vail has been Jake Burton's home away from home, he said.
"We are working with Burton to grow the event into much more of a lifestyle event than just a snowboard competition - that was one of the primary reasons they wanted to bring it to Vail," said Liz Biebl, Vail Mountain's communications director.
Some of the details still need to be nailed down, but they envision a Riglet park in town where kids can play and get an introduction to snowboarding, programs with Burton pros for snowboarders to take camps with them, music and all sorts of other wonderfulness.
"The combination of television and other media exposure that comes with the U.S. Open is also significant," Biebl said. "We haven't talked much about it yet, but this is going to provide Vail and snowboarding with great media exposure, and we expect to leverage it to interest kids in snowboarding and Vail in particular."
In 2011, the SIA found 10.5 million Americans who consider themselves skiers and/or riders but don't do it much any more.
They don't come back for a variety of reasons: They don't have anyone to go with, they don't have time, children, safety, they want to visit warm-weather destinations.
Most of them are concentrated among those of "lower proficiency," the report says.
That leaves the snowsports industry with a target market of 21.2 million active participants, the report says.
Like most industries, the snowsports industry's greatest growth potential is persuading people who already ski and board to do it more or those who are lapsed to try it again, the report said.
Yes, last season's snow was pretty awful, but the ski company still turned a brisk business.
Those who showed up spent an average of 11.6 percent more per visit.
"We are pleased with our ability to successfully navigate the most challenging winter in the history of the United States ski industry," said Rob Katz, Vail Resorts CEO, when those numbers were released.
Cumulative snowfall levels for the 2011-12 ski season were down more than 50 percent over the previous record-setting year and down 70 percent in March.
What you sell matters, as well as how you sell it. Vail's lift-ticket revenue was up 0.7 percent, even though skier visits were down 9.8 percent. Season-pass sales were up 12.8 percent and accounted for 40 percent of the company's total lift-ticket revenue for the winter season.
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.


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Navy Seaman Recruit Kealy Parrish barely tops five feet. And at 110 pounds, she is not exactly tipping the scales. But training alongside the men at Navy "A" school, Parrish can definitely hold her weight.
"Today we went on a four-mile road run. I was running at the front of the pack with the males," Parrish, 19, of Marietta said, this week from where she is training in Texas.
In fact, many of Parrish's female compatriots meet and sometimes surpass the abilities of their male counterparts. But Parrish, a hospital corpsman, is worried that some women will not be able to follow their passion within the military.
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Marietta resident and Marine Tasha Spencer poses in her Marine fatigues this week. Spencer thinks that women should be given the opportunity to serve in direct ground combat units and would like to eventually serve in the active duty infantry.
A lot of the males in the hospital field choose to go into the Fleet Marine Force, a field that requires rigorous training, said Parrish.
"I know a lot of females who want to do that because they don't like the clinical setting," she said.
However, only a certain number of assignments for the FMF are given out, and rarely do they go to females, she said.
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Hegar v. Panetta was filed in San Fransisco District Court Nov. 27.
Plaintiffs: Air Force Maj. Mary Hegar, Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, Marine Corps Lt. Colleen Farrell, Marine Capt. Zoe Bedell and Service Women's Action Network.
Defendant: Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense.
Asks that the court lift the military's combat exclusion policy, which bars females from certain active duty combat positions and thereby precludes them from 238,000 positions within the military.
"They want the hardcore males to go. They don't think that females can do that because of the stigma that females aren't as strong," said Parrish.
Now, a new lawsuit is challenging not only those stereotypes, but a longstanding military policy that prohibits women from officially holding combat positions.
The suit, filed Nov. 27 by four servicewomen, the Service Women's Action Network and the American Civil Liberties Union against U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta alleges that the military's current policy is unconstitutional.
"In terms of the legal framework, it's the 14th Amendment, equal protection under the law," explained Chris Link, executive director of the ACLU of Ohio.
As the plaintiffs see it, the policy limits female military members' potential for advancement by categorically disqualifying them for around 238,000 positions.
Specifically, the Pentagon's exclusion policy prevents women from being assigned to units whose primary objective is direct ground combat, such as infantry, artillery and tank units.
In fact, one of the plaintiffs, Marine Capt. Zoe Bedell said she left active duty because the policy limited her future prospects.
Bedell told the Associated Press she was frustrated that her advancement within the Marines was limited because she could not directly serve in combat units.
"The military is the last place where you are allowed to be discriminated against because of your gender," she told AP.
The suit has stirred up a wave of divided opinions nationally and locally, including among current and former female military members.
Some argue that the combat exclusion policy ignores the reality that women are already put in active combat situations.
Two of the plaintiffs, Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt and Air Force Maj. Mary Hegar have both received Purple Hearts after being wounded in combat-like situations. Bedell and Marine Corps Lt. Colleen Farrell have also served in Afghanistan.
The modern idea of a line of combat has changed. Women are now commonly assigned to combat duty, said Link.
"Their superiors kind of wink at it, but they get none of the credit," she said.
Waverly, W.Va. native Amanda Ingraham, 30, has seen plenty of combat situations, said her mother, Janet.
"I know my daughter has no problem going out and fighting with the men," she said.
U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Ingraham, part of the military police and working dog handler, is serving her second tour of duty in Afghanistan and also served in Iraq. During her first tour, she was the gunner on top of a Humvee.
"When they got shot at, she would shoot back," said Janet Ingraham.
However, Amanda hasn't voiced that she feels held back in any respect. In fact, said her mother, the military has been fairly persistent in pushing Amanda through the ranks.
Still, many women, such as Bedell and her fellow plaintiffs, have their eyes set on one of the 238,000 jobs still unavailable to them.
"I personally would like to be active duty infantry. My whole purpose of going into the military was to serve and protect," said Marine Tasha Spencer, 21, of Marietta.
The Marine Corps, where fewer than seven percent of the soldiers are female, would likely be affected most if the suit is successful.
"Our jobs are mostly kind of set back. Either we are in legal administration, or aviation or working on Humvees," she said.
Though Spencer was recently medically discharged, she hopes to rejoin the Marines once a doctor clears her, and the repeal of the combat exclusion policy would open up the type of jobs she would like to hold.
But some soldiers, male and female alike, are skeptical about the overall impact of women in combat situations.
"You know, when I was in North Carolina (at boot camp), there were a lot of different opinions that I heard," Spencer said. "A lot of the males I heard said 'No, I don't think females should be infantry,' and then there were some females that said the same thing."
Former Marine Cpl. Karen Erb, 55, of Marietta, who joined the military in 1980, said she thinks women's capabilities are not the issue.
"I'm sure there are women out there who can hold their own and who can handle it mentally," she said.
However, there is no training that can override a man's basic instinct to protect a woman, Erb said.
"I think in a combat situation, the man's basic instinct is to protect the woman, and that might take their attention away from their surroundings," she said.
Marine Cpl. Ashley Miller, 22, of Waterford, agreed.
"When a woman gets shot and a man gets shot, most likely they are going to save the woman first. That's just gonna be the man's reaction," she said.
Could females on the front line be a distraction? It is a question many have levied, including the Marine Corps itself when it issued an anonymous online survey to 53,000 of its troops earlier this year that focused on the potential impact of doing away with the gender divide.
According to the Associated Press, the survey asked male Marines if they would be distracted or "feel obligated to protect female Marines."
Those survey results are expected to be released after they are reviewed by the Department of Defense.
An additional concern is that introducing women to stressful ground combat units would increase already high rates of sexual assault in the military.
The Department of Defense estimated there were around 19,000 sexual assaults in the military in 2011, though less than one-fifth of them were actually reported.
But many women believe doing away with policies that condone sexism would foster a greater sense of respect.
"I hope that if more women get out into the (Fleet Marine Force), men won't look at them like a piece of meat," said Parrish.
Former Army Capt. Katie Tucker, 37, of Waterford served from 1998 to 2006. Tucker, a transportation officer, recalled that her favorite assignment was being the only female officer among a staff of 50 men stationed in Thailand.
"I think they were always very respectful," recalled Tucker.
Other opponents of the lawsuit argue that women simply lack the physical makeup to perform the duties.
The Army Physical Fitness Test has different standards based on both age and gender. For example, men ages 17 to 21 need to be able to do 42 push-ups, 53 sit-ups, and run two miles in less than 16 minutes. Women in the same age bracket need to be able to do 19 push-ups, 53 sit-ups, and run two miles in under 22 and a half minutes.
But each new promotion comes with different standards, both physical, mental, and educational, said Tucker.
If females can meet the same standards, they should qualify for the same positions, argued Air Force Maj. Mary Hegar, a plaintiff in the current suit.
In a blog for the ACLU, Hegar wrote: "If there is one thing I've learned about the differences between us all throughout my years of service, it's this: putting the right person in the right job has very little to do with one's gender, race, religion, or other demographic descriptor. It has everything to do with one's heart, character, ability, determination and dedication."
Hegar and fellow plaintiffs are not the first group of women to file suit against the military. In May, two female army reservists filed a similar suit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
The Department of Defense has argued that it is working to open more doors for females. Earlier this year, they opened up 14,500 jobs to women.
But the plaintiffs, and some female service members say the doors of equality are not swinging open fast enough.
Congress first passed legislation officially recognizing women as members of the military in 1948, but capped their participation at 2 percent of the total military population. That restriction was lifted in 1967 and the number of women in service began to rise throughout the 1970s.
In 1994, the government removed restrictions on more than 250,000 military positions for women, but at the same time enacted the combat exclusion policy that so many women are still fighting against.
"In the military we still don't have as many rights as we should," said Parrish. "Maybe I won't see it in my career in the military, but maybe we will see the stop of these whole-gender stigmas."


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"[I'm] finishing up some songs for my solo record, which is due January, February, March," Tyler told mid-day host Carter Alan while raving about the World Series title win by the Boston Red Sox.
Tyler first revealed his solo plans in June, telling Rolling Stone, "I had a lot of fun doing [the 2011 solo single] '(It) Feels So Good' I wrote that with Marti Frederiksen. I've got this itch in me to do a solo record, and that's what I'm gonna do next. I've got some great people that want to get involved in it. It's early on right now, but that's the itch I got. I got that itch to do something that's a lot different than Aerosmith." more on this story
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Source: Reuters
quote: But the win started to unravel with the preliminary invalidation of Apple's bounce patent -- U.S. Patent No. 7,786,975 -- one of three "technology" patents asserted in the case (the pinch to zoom patent has also been since invalidated). The invalidation did find some individual claims in the bounce patent valid, which Apple is trying to leverage to preserve the patent in some form.
quote: ...instructions for displaying an area beyond an edge of the electronic document and displaying a third portion of the electronic document, wherein the third portion is smaller than the first portion, in response to the edge of the electronic document being reached while translating the electronic document in the first direction while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display;...
quote: the U.S. patent has no bearing on the Japanese patent
quote: preliminary invalidation of Apple's bounce patent
quote: Software patents need to be outlawed and Samsung needs to respect the FRAND rules.
quote: They tried to negotiate with Apple for a fair and equitable licensing agreement, as stipulated by FRAND rules
quote: Apple then decided to refuse negotiating, and just steal the use of Samsung's FRAND technology anyway
quote: Now please show me which "FRAND rules" say that you can just indefinitely use FRAND patented technology without ever paying anyone ONE red cent?
quote: Samsung claims they did, Apple claims they did not.
quote: Should Apple now halt production of all of their devices, because Samsung made an unreasonable offer - or pay way over the odds for a FRAND patent?
quote: Apple's reputation in such areas is to the point that nobody would believe their side of the story except the most fervent fanboi. Like you.
quote: It's not up to Apple to decide "oh well, I don't like the way this is going, I'll just use the technology anyway and pay zero."
quote: Apple has gone years, literally years, without paying one red cent for the technology that Samsung spent billions in R&D to develop. And you're sitting here talking about "FRAND abuse"?
quote: I'm sure from Samsung's point of view, their offer was perfectly reasonable. From Apple's point of view, "reasonable" clearly means "free".
quote: What's certain is that Apple will not be under investigation for any kind of FRAND abuse.
quote: That doesn't give Samsung the right to seek complete bans of the products
quote: It's hard to get in trouble for FRAND patents when you never actually develop any technologies ever.
quote: AHAHA if this isn't the pot calling the kettle man. As if Apple seeking bans for using rectangles is any more legitimate.
quote: As these claims are referenced in the abstract and summary, it's possible that the entire patent is still invalid, even if some of the claims are valid, as the patent is incorrectly constructed.


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News broke that a Miami Dolphins player was incessantly bullied by a teammate, and some people's reaction was — the player isn't a victim, he's a soft wimp who needs to man up.
That's B.S. — bully sympathizing.
In schools, there have been many amazing efforts to reduce bullying. In the corporate world, bullying probably will get you fired. But in sports, of all levels, there seems to be a blurred line about what's acceptable and not, and how it should be policed.
I enjoy talking to Broncos offensive lineman Winston Justice, but I was definitely surprised by his take on Monday.
"I'll be honest with you, I think (Jonathan) Martin totally overdramatized the whole thing," he said of the player who left Miami after being bullied by fellow offensive lineman Richie Incognito. "I mean, come on. Bullying is bad, but when you're a 25-year-old man, it's not bullying. Get over it. Talk back to him. (Football) is the only atmosphere — this is not the corporate world — where you could probably fight the guy and it would be accepted. You can't do it in the corporate world, you can't do it at school, but here with men, you could do that. If we change that, it's going to change the culture of football."
Some people say: It's the NFL, that these are men's men who should put up with tough stuff because they're built that way.
I say: it's people like them who let people like Richie Incognito get away with being Richie Incognito.
Bullies are a huge problem in our culture, but so are bully sympathizers, who loom in the sports world.
Bully sympathizers will say that the emotionally harassed Martin should just brush it all off and focus on football. That mind-set is as antiquated as calling a concussed player "dinged up," giving him some smelling salts and throwing him back out there for third down.
Incognito's actions redefine deranged. For instance, a transcripted voicemail Incognito left for Martin used the N-word, a slew of expletives and threatening atrocities. Whether Martin is equipped with mental strength or isn't as mentally strong, it shouldn't matter. Martin shouldn't be judged. And who's to say Martin isn't one of Miami's more mentally tough players, but Incognito's cruelty was just overwhelming for any person?
"Again, I think bullying is wrong," Justice said. "I just try to put it in perspective with my son. If he was 24 or 25 and said, 'Someone's bullying me,' I'll tell him: 'You're not going to get any consoling from me. You need to go back and handle that, because you're a grown man.' But if he's 16, it's different."
I'll say that Martin's choice to just leave the Dolphins, instead of talking with a coach or team leader, might have been extreme. Then again, if he was willing to temporarily give up his NFL dream, it shows just how bad the hazing might have been.
A fistfight wouldn't necessarily have stopped Incognito — and Justice wasn't saying they must fight it out, but at least talk it out. But here's the thing, Incognito was on the team's leadership council, so what good would it have done for Martin to talk to the leadership council? Maybe Martin should have gone to a coach, but clearly Martin was so caught up in this whirlwind of emotions, his decision was simply to escape this wrath.
The hope, of course, is that good can come from all of this. That NFL teams realize that there might be Incognitos in their locker rooms, and that it's not guys like Incognito who define toughness and bravado. Bullies think they're tough, but they don't toughen teams. And in this extreme case, a bully is tearing one apart.


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TRACY - Arson is suspected as the cause of a fire that damaged the Historic Lammersville School House, 1753 Blandford Lane, Tracy officials said Friday.
The blaze, first reported shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday, caused an estimated $35,000 in damage to the framing and a portion of the original hardwood floors inside the schoolhouse.
"The fire is currently under investigation," Tracy Fire Department Division Chief Steve Hanlon said. "But it appears that it may have been started through a vent located at the base of the schoolhouse."
Firefighters had been dispatched to Clyde Bland Park around 6:35 p.m. Thursday to put out a vegetation fire roughly 75 feet from the schoolhouse.
"The building has significant smoke damage to the interior," said Robert Gravelle, public works superintendent. "We've experienced a rash of vandalism in that area."
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Novozymes supplies Chinese pioneer
17.06.2012 - The Danish world market leader in enzyme technology, Novozymes A/S, will supply a large scale bioethanol production plant in China.
Baegsvaard – The deal was agreed during a visit from Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, in Copenhagen. Novozymes and its partner Shenqquan first announced the deal last month. China's Shengquan Group will start producing cellulosic ethanol in July, the company said. According to Shenqquan, it will be the first in the world to do so on a commercial scale. The production will also be cost-competitive given that the feedstock, conventional ethanol, is a waste product from Shengquan's current production. The Chinese company is investing US $100m in the new groundbreaking facility. Novozymes will supply the enabling enzyme technology.
"When Shengquan opens its facility next month, it will be the first in the world," explains Steen Riisgaard, President and CEO of Novozymes. "It's fantastic to finally see this industry go commercial; for more than 10 years our researchers have worked to bring down the cost of producing ethanol from agricultural residues and household and industrial waste." Shengquan is a producer of furfural for resin production in the foundry industry. Furfural is produced from corncob xylose, with the cellulose from the corncob left behind as a waste product. Using Novozymes' enzymes, Shengquan will now be able to convert the cellulose into higher-value sugars that can be fermented to ethanol. Shengquan will market the ethanol as an industrial solvent. "In order to continue to grow our country's economy at the same time as reducing our dependency on natural resources and minimizing the environmental impact, we need to start thinking of waste as an extremely valuable resource," comments Yi Lin Tang, President and Chairman of Shengquan Group. "Basically, we want and need to nurture a green and circular bioeconomy which is less dependent on fossil resources."http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-02/novozymes-supplies-chinese-pioneer.html


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1 pound farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
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3 shallots, thinly sliced
2/3 cup pitted and halved kalamata olives
2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard
3 (6 oz each) wild Alaskan Salmon fillets cut into bite-size pieces
2/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
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