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Inside Gustavus (October 8, 2009)
Volume 42, Number 6
Faculty/Staff Activities
Lisa Heldke (philosophy) has had two papers published this fall: "Three Social Paradigms for Access: Charity, Rights and Coresponsibility," in the volume titled Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions; and "Cultivating Cosmic Patriotism by Cultivating Cosmos: Urban Gardening and the Creation of Community," in Culture/Nature: Art and Philosophy in the Context of Urban Development.
Don Scheese (English) presented a paper titled "The Chacoan Outliers: A Still-Inhabited Wilderness" at the annual meeting of the Western Literature Association held in Spearfish, S.D., Oct. 1-4.
Doug Huff (philosophy) will have a staged reading of his new play, The National Endowment, at the Arts Center of Saint Peter on Friday, Oct.16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7:00 p.m. each night. The National Endowment is a comedy/farce about a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. The cast includes many people from the Gustavus and St. Peter community, but Doug assures us, on advice from his attorney, that any resemblance to actual events or people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
On Oct. 3, Darrell Jodock (religion) delivered a keynote address on "What Should We Expect When We Read the Bible?" at the Southeast Minnesota Synod Book of Faith event, held in Owatonna, Minn. He also led two workshops on "The Power of Story: The Witness of Biblical Narrative."
Denis Crnković (Russian) has had a book review of David M. Goldfrank's Nil Sorsky: The Authentic Writings (Cistercian Studies Series, 221. Cistercian Publications: Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2008) published in the October issue of The Medieval Review.
In the Media
Here are some noteworthy Gustavus-related stories that recently appeared in print or broadcast media locally, regionally, or around the nation:
- The Star Tribune printed a Sept. 30 editorial about Minnesota colleges building for a greener future and mentioned Gustavus's plans to erect a wind turbine.
- The Le Sueur News-Herald printed a preview story on the Nobel Conference in its Sept. 23 edition.
- The Mankato Free Press printed a news brief about golfers Saul Menendez, Taylor Drenttel, and Katie Schenfeld being named MIAC Players of the Week in its Sept. 30 Sports section.
- The St. Peter Herald printed a preview story about the Nobel Conference in its Oct. 1 edition. Mark Bjelland (geography) was quoted in the story.
- The Mankato Free Press printed an editorial about
Reading-in-Common author Sonia Nazario's visit to campus and St. Peter in its Oct. 2 edition.
- The Mankato Free Press printed a story on Oct. 3 about Gustavus students teaching St. Peter elementary students about water issues. Gustavus students Karen Rogotzke and Anne Raetz were quoted in the story.
- The Star Tribune printed a review of the Hillstrom Museum of Art's current exhibition "Winds of Change" on Oct. 4. A piece by Bruce McClain (art & art history) was featured in the article.
- The Mankato Free Press printed a front-page story previewing the Nobel Conference on Oct. 5. Chuck Niederriter (physics) was quoted in the story.
- Nobel Conference speaker Nancy Rabalais appeared on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday Show for a full hour on Oct. 5.
- Mark Bjelland (geography) appeared on Patrick Reusse's morning show on KSTP Radio AM 1500 on Oct. 5 to talk about the Nobel Conference.
Anyone who has suggested additions for this list, suggestions for potential future media stories, or interest in being a media source should contact Marketing and Communication (x7520 or firstname.lastname@example.com).
Funding Opportunities
The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations' weekly program or funding opportunity highlight:
- NIH Research Funding... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grants in an effort to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate degrees and have received less than $6 million in funding from the NIH. These grants support small research projects in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The new maximum project award is $300,000 in direct costs, plus facilities and administrative (indirect) costs, and is available for a period of up to three years. Annual deadlines are Feb. 25, June 25 and Oct. 25. For more information, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm.
For more information on grants or proposal preparation, contact Bob Weisenfeld in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (x7049 or email@example.com).
New Faces
The following people have recently joined the Gustavus community:
New Administrators
- Katherine Holmberg, assistant director of the Gustavus Annual Fund (institutional advancement)
- Jennifer Hovendick, assistant women's basketball coach (athletics)
- Britta Nelson, assistant men's & women's swimming coach (athletics)
- Scott Scholl, assistant men's & women's swimming coach (athletics)
New Support Staff
- Marty Braun, part-time custodian (physical plant)
- Nancy Mikelson, part-time custodian (physical plant)
- Angela Schwartz, part-time custodian (physical plant)
News & Announcements
Nomination Reminder... Nominations for the Augusta Carlson Schultz Award (support staff employee) and the Eric Norelius Award (administrative employee) are due in the Office of Human Resources by Oct. 9.
Gustavus After Hours... On Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. in the lobby area of Confer/Vickner, employees are invited to visit with President Ohle over refreshments at the close of the workday. This will be a casual social gathering. All are encouraged to come and enjoy one another's company. The next Gustavus After Hours gathering is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 30, in the atrium area of the Nobel Hall of Science.
Faculty Lunches with the President... President Ohle is pleased to invite faculty members to join him for luncheon forums this fall. These events will provide opportunities for interaction and a time for sharing ideas. The first forum is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12, at 12:30 p.m. The second luncheon will be held on Friday, Nov. 13, at 11:30 a.m. Both lunches will be held in the Heritage Room. RSVP at least one week ahead to the President's Office by calling Pat Leagjeld at x7538 or e-mailing her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Campus Happenings
Chapel Schedule... All are invited to the worship services at 10 a.m. weekdays and 10:30 a.m. Sundays in Christ Chapel. The upcoming schedule is as follows.
- Friday, Oct. 9 - Commission Gustavus 150: Barb Larson Taylor
- Sunday, Oct. 11 - Chaplain Brian Johnson
- Monday, Oct. 12 - John de Graaf, educator, activist, and CVR guest
- Tuesday, Oct. 13 - John Clementson (provost's office)
- Wednesday, Oct. 14 - Morning Praise
- Thursday, Oct. 15 - Rebekah Schulz (senior student)
- Friday, Oct. 16 - Richard Leitch (political science)
'Favorite Son' to Perform on Campus... The Gustavus Artist Series is pleased to bring Kurt Elling '89, whom the New York Times has called the "the standout male jazz vocalist of our time," back to Gustavus for his 20th anniversary concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. The site of this concert is the venue where this astounding talent first performed jazz before a live audience, Jussi Björling Recital Hall. For Saturday's performance, Elling is joined by long-time collaborator and musical partner Laurence Hobgood on piano. Bassist Michael Olatuja and drummer Ulysses Owens complete the combo. With Hobgood, Elling has been pushing the boundaries of vocal jazz since they co-produced their first recording, Close Your Eyes, in 1995. In their most recent recording, Dedicated to You, Elling sings the music of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. In addition to eight Grammy nominations, Elling has been honored with top honors in the Down Beat and Jazz Time readers' polls, four Jazz Journalists Association selections as Best Male Vocalist, and the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academe du Jazz in Paris. Billboard Magazine has selected him as the premiere jazz vocalist for the past ten years. Tickets for his Gustavus concert are available at gustavustickets.com and at the door.
Campus Music Ensembles Unveiled... Family Weekend events scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11, showcase most of the Department of Music's vocal and instrumental ensembles. The performances are open to the public without charge (although you'll need to pay for your meal at the Jazz Brunch).
- The worship service in Christ Chapel at 10 a.m. features the Choir of Christ Chapel, the Chapel Ringers, and the Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra.
- The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band and the Gustavus Jazz Ensemble entertain at the Jazz Brunch in the Evelyn Young Dining Room, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Finally, the Family Weekend Concert in Christ Chapel at 2 p.m. includes the Gustavus Choir, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, the Lucia Singers, and the Vasa Wind Orchestra.
'Affluenza' Author Visits... Author, educator, and activist John de Graaf (producer of the PBS documentary and author of the book Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and executive director of Take Back Your Time) will be on campus Monday, Oct. 12. He will visit several classes, give the homily in daily chapel, and deliver a public address, titled "Taking Back Your Time: For Happiness, Health, Sustainability, and a Purposeful Life," at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Jackson Campus Center.
Sign Up Now for 'Exploring Religious Questions' Minicourse... The third minicourse in the "Exploring Religious Questions" series is a six-week course titled "The U.S. and the Abrahamic Faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam): The Public Role of Religion," taught by Darrell Jodock (religion) with assistance from other professors in the Religion and Political Science Departments. Course sessions will be held on Monday evenings, Oct. 12, 19, & 26 and Nov. 2, 9, & 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. The course is for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the impact of religious diversity across the spectrum of traditional differences of the three Abrahamic faiths as well as denominational differences within Christianity. Everyone is welcome; the cost is $30/person (but free for Gustavus students or staff). The deadline was Oct. 7, but if you would still like to attend, contact the Office of Church Relations (507-933-7001) to see if space is still available. The registration form for the series is available online at http://gustavus.edu/churchrelations/files/erq09.pdf.
Mankato's 'Business After Hours' Here on Tuesday... Gustavus Adolphus College and President Ohle will host the Greater Mankato Growth/Mankato Chamber of Commerce's "Business After Hours" event on Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Three Crowns Room. Anyone from the Gustavus community with an interest in civic and commercial issues and local business is welcome to attend. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.
Faculty Shop Talk... Yurie Hong (classics) will present the next Faculty Shop Talk of the 2009-10 academic year. Her talk, titled "Classical Conceptions: Ancient and Modern Discourses on Pregnancy and Childbirth," will be presented on Friday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Lind Interpretive Center. Feel free to arrive any time after 4:15 p.m. The abstract for this and future talks may be viewed at http://gustavus.edu/events/shoptalks/.
Surplus Sale... A sale of surplus items will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., in Building E, Physical Plant Facility, on the west side of campus. On sale are numerous desk/task chairs, desks, and a great deal of Physics Department surplus items including oscilloscopes, electrical/electronic components, etc.
Culturally Relevant Art Education... James Bequette, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, at the University of Minnesota, will visit Gustavus to lecture in the Elementary Education Art Methods class on Monday, Oct. 19. in the Schaefer Art Wing, room 105. His current inquiry in art education centers on Minnesota Native populations and is inspired by 15 years spent teaching in K-12 schools with mostly American Indian students. That practitioner experience along with recent graduate study at Stanford has contributed to his conceptualization of culturally relevant art education theory and practice. All from the campus community are welcome to come and listen.
Bowdoin Classics Professor to Lecture on Campus... Barbara Weiden Boyd, Ph.D., Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek at Bowdoin College, will lecture on "Example and Imitation: Shared Identity and Living Tradition in Augustan Rome" on Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-8 p.m. in Confer 127. Her visit is sponsored by the Department of Classics. Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
Off-Campus Events of Interest
The Smell Is in the Air!... Mark your calendars now (to run to or from . . .). Scandian Grove Lutheran Church will hosts its annual Lutefisk Fall Supper on Saturday, Nov. 7. On the menu are meatballs, mashed potatoes, green beans, lefse, buns, apple and pumpkin dessert, milk, coffee . . . and the "best" lutefisk around. Come for lunch or dinner—serving times are 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Cost is $14 for adults, $6 for children 6-12, and free for children 5 and under. Scandian Grove is located 10 miles northwest of St. Peter on Hwy 22.
- G. Howard Mellema, father of Steve Mellema (physics) and father-in-law of Shirley Mellema (arboretum) passed away Oct. 1 at the Benedictine Living Community of St. Peter. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Grace-Trinity Community Church in Minneapolis (1430 W. 28th St.).
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Congregational Outreach
Partners in Education... Presenters for this week include the Rev. Darrell Jodock (religion), who will speak on the tension and importance of Israel at 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New Prague, Minn. Partners in Education is a program coordinated by the Office of Church Relations in which participating faculty and staff members prepare topical presentations for adult forums, workshops, and seminars in congregations of the ELCA.
Preaching in Congregations... The Rev. Mary Gaebler (religion) will be preaching at the 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 11. The pulpit supply program is coordinated by the Office of Church Relations.
Retreats... The Office of Church Relations will host a confirmation retreat for St. Andrew Lutheran Church from Eden Prairie, Minn., on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and Thursday, Oct. 15.
Music in Worship... Any Gustavus music ensemble of soloist is welcome to perform in congregations. For more information, contact Marilyn Beyer (x7001).
Telecommunications Updates
Following are changes and additions for the "Personnel Phone Directory 2009-10."
- Marty Braun, custodial, phone: x6029 (addition)
- Katherine Holmberg, institutional advancement, phone: x6519, e-mail: kholmbe2 (addition)
- Nancy Mikelson, custodial, phone: x7655 (addition)
- Britta Nelson, athletics, phone: x7693, e-mail: bnelson2 (addition)
- Bridget Phillips, admission, phone: x7677 (change)
- Scott Scholl, athletics, phone: x7693 (addition)
- Angela Schwartz, custodial, phone: x7655 (addition)
For further information or corrections, contact Laura McCabe (x6261 or email@example.com).
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|Men's Soccer at Viterbo (Exhibition)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/men-s-soccer-at-viterbo-exhibition/48482La Crosse, Wis.
|Aug 29 11:59 am to 4 pm
|New Faculty Tenure Track Welcome Lunchhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/new-faculty-tenure-track-welcome-lunch-2/46979Banquet Room C - St. Peter Banquet Room
|Aug 30 8:45 am to 4:30 pm
|New Faculty Orientation Dayhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/new-faculty-orientation-day-13/46980Banquet Room B - Heritage Banquet Room
|Aug 31 8:30 am to 2 pm
|Faculty Development Dayhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/faculty-development-day-16/46981Banquet Room B - Heritage Banquet Room
|3–6 pm
|2016 Opening Receptionhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/2016-opening-reception/49013Alumni Hall and Eckman Mall
|Sep 1 9 am to 1:30 pm
|Faculty Meetinghttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/faculty-meeting-26/48911Jackson Campus Center
|3:30–4:30 pm
|IEX Course Proposal Workshop for Facultyhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/iex-course-proposal-workshop-for-faculty/49215St Peter Room, Jackson Campus Center
|4 pm
|Women's Soccer at Nebraska Wesleyanhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/women-s-soccer-at-nebraska-wesleyan/48498Lincoln, Neb.
|7 pm
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|Sep 2–
|New Student Orientationhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/new-student-orientation-12/39930Gustavus Campus
|Sep 2 2 pm
|Volleyball vs. Elmhurst (Elmhurst College Tournament)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/volleyball-vs-elmhurst-elmhurst-college-tournament/48578Elmhurst, Ill.
|3–4 pm
|Convocation for New Students and Familieshttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/convocation-for-new-students-and-families-2/49287Christ Chapel
|4 pm
|Volleyball vs. UW-Whitewater (Elmhurst College Tournament)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/volleyball-vs-uw-whitewater-elmhurst-college-tournament/48575Elmhurst, Ill.
|Sep 3–
|Men's Golf at Transylvania Invitehttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/men-s-golf-at-transylvania-invite/49030Kentucky
|All day
|Women's Golf at Saint Ben's Invitationalhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/women-s-golf-at-saint-ben-s-invitational/49035Sartell, Minn.
|Sep 3 9 am
|Volleyball vs. North Park (Elmhurst College Tournament)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/volleyball-vs-north-park-elmhurst-college-tournament/48576Elmhurst, Ill.
|10 am
|Women's Cross Country at Crown Invitehttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/women-s-cross-country-at-crown-invite/49018St. Bonifacius, Minn.
|10:50 am
|Men's Cross Country at Crown Invitehttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/men-s-cross-country-at-crown-invite/49017St. Bonifacius, Minn.
|Women's Soccer hosts UW-La Crossehttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/women-s-soccer-hosts-uw-la-crosse-2/48499St. Peter, Minn.
|1 pm
|Football at Westminsterhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/football-at-westminster/47560Fulton, Mo.
|1 pm
|Volleyball vs. Benedictine (Elmhurst College Tournament)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/volleyball-vs-benedictine-elmhurst-college-tournament/48577Elmhurst, Ill.
|3 pm
|Men's Soccer hosts St. Scholastica (Gustavus Classic)https://gustavus.edu/calendar/men-s-soccer-hosts-st-scholastica-gustavus-classic/48483St. Peter, Minn.
|Sep 4 10:30–11:30 am
|Sunday Worshiping Communityhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/sunday-worshiping-community-20/49222Christ Chapel
|3 pm
|Men's Soccer hosts Knoxhttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/men-s-soccer-hosts-knox/48484St. Peter, Minn.
|Sep 6 All day
|Fall Semester Beginshttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/fall-semester-begins/39932Gustavus Campus
|6–6:40 am
|WE- Bootcamp with Brendahttps://gustavus.edu/calendar/we-bootcamp-with-brenda/49371Lund 224 (Aerobics Room)
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Self-reliance and sustainability in the 21st century.
By Bruce McElmurray
Our bats have disappeared - a mystery., Bruce McElmurray
Where have our bats gone? In the 14 plus years we have lived here we have had bats return to the very same spot each year at approximately at the very same time. We wonder if their absence this year could be due to the white nosed bat syndrome. See Mother Earth News article:
These mammals are amazing little creatures and in past years have kept our homestead free of pesky mosquito's. They are like airborne vacuum cleaners when it comes to mosquito's. These little guys migrate each fall and then in late spring they return to precisely the very same location. In the photo there is a gap in the eve where they previously housed themselves. I built the bat brooding house which I placed next to the gap and they used it for a few years coupled with the gap in the eve. They are remarkable in their efficiency and never posed any problem for us. I could see them enter the bat brooding house and gap from my recliner and looking out our triangle window in the front of the house. When we would watch them do aerial acrobatics and twist and turn in the air as they were gobbling up untold numbers of mosquito's which they were locating with their precise sonar. For more on these amazing creatures see Mother's article Fantastic Bats! The family of 5-8 bats has returned each year except this year. When I read the above article about white nose syndrome I hoped it would not infect our bat family. We have watched what we assume is the same family for years and seen adult bats and very small bats and they keep coming back each year. Not this year however! We understand that old mines and caves which they live in collapse and trap them inside. Some are collapsed on purpose by the owners when they are done with them. Where we camp and prospect each year there are many old abandon mines and they have all been closed off with metal bars that the bats can fly through freely but designed to keep people and animals out. Some years we would have as many as 5-8 bats and other times as few as three, but they always returned. Not this year YET, and we keep hoping they will come back but each passing day the chances get less and less. Perhaps its due to our drought this year. There are fewer places for the mosquito's to breed and thus their food source has diminished, although they did not come back to even check on availability of a food source. What ever the reason our bat's have not returned and while many may consider us foolish in wanting the bats to return we really do miss not having them around. We know that they can carry various diseases but we have always considered that a moot issue when we added up all the benefit we derived from their presence and not all bats are disease carriers anyway. We calculate that we are more likely to become ill from all the plague and disease carried by white footed mice as opposed to bats. We seem to have plenty of those mice around along with voles and moles. Well we used to until a family of owls moved into our neighborhood. What ever happened to our bats this year we can only hope it has not been fatal and that they will one day come back. How they can find their way back to the same precise location year after year is totally beyond me, but I'm happy for this ability to do this. Much like a hummingbird that migrates in the late fall and then one day in springtime they suddenly are hovering right where we left their feeder the year before. How a flying mammal or bird the size of your little finger can migrate several hundred miles to a precise area boggles my mind. Some travel very long distances. So where have our bats gone?? We wish we knew, but what we do know is that we truly miss them and the benefit they provide us. I once read that it is the male mosquito that buzzes trying to attract a female mosquito. That female mosquito's do not buzz so when you hear a lot of buzzing don't worry it is male mosquito's. I'm not hearing any buzzing this year so we really want our bats to return so we don't end up with an over population of 'quiet' female mosquito's. I'm starting to get worried.
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WAREHAM — The Wareham Historical Society invites the public to a program by practicing blacksmith Dean Rantz. It will be held on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Methodist Meeting House, 495 Main St.
Dean Rantz has been a practicing blacksmith since 1982. He operates Rock Village Forge in South Middleboro. Using traditional tools and techniques, he creates and recreates hand forged-iron work, specializing in restoration hardware. Mr. Rantz received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art History and Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art. He can be seen demonstrating his craft at historical societies, house museums, colonial reenactments harvest fairs and festivals throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
Some of his restoration work has been done at historical places such as the Longfellows Wayside Inn in Sudbury, The Brown House in Providence. R.I., The Shirley Eustis House in Roxbury/Boston, The Job Lane House in Bedford, The Harlow and Hedge houses-Plymouth Antiquarian Society in Plymouth, The Golden Ball Tavern in Weston and The Thayer House in Braintree. Mr Rantz is also a member of Knox Artillery a Revolutionary War reenactment group.
Area residents are asked to consider supporting the Wareham Historical Society by joining. Membership fees are $15 for individuals, $25 for families, $250 for lifetime memberships. The Methodist Meeting House is available for rent. Contact Angela M. Dunham for more information at 508-295-8578.
The Jan. 20 meeting is free to members, $2 for new members. For more information contact Angela M. Dunham, WHS president, at 508-295-8578.
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When Eldercare Clashes with Childcare
When my 69-year-old mother-in-law was diagnosed with a rare brain disease last spring, the solution seemed obvious: She should come stay with my family in Tokyo. After all, nearly half the elderly in Japan live with their adult children.
My mother-in-law was a lifesaver when my daughter was born five years ago. She commuted an hour and a half from Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to pick her up from daycare twice a week. Without her help, I'm not sure how I would have been able to juggle motherhood and a demanding job as the Journal's Tokyo bureau chief at the time.
Clearly, it was time to return the favor.
I also saw this as an opportunity. For one thing, my daughter, an only child, isn't used to sharing at home, but with grandma's arrival, this was something I hoped to change. At dinnertime, my mother-in-law is now the first to be served, despite vocal protests.
But, for the most part, the two get along. I smiled as I watched my daughter show off her new-found reading skills to Grandma recently. Grandma, in return, showered my daughter with praises like no one else could.
Still, there are inevitable clashes that leave me with conflicted feelings. My mother-in-law's motor skills are diminishing and she now has trouble going up the stairs and holding her chopsticks. But she can still hold a conversation just fine, and has retained a fierce sense of pride. Try telling that to my daughter, who recently blurted out, "Why is grandma eating pasta with her hands like a baby?"
This morning, I found my mother-in-law sitting on her futon mattress and looking deeply embarrassed. We had moved her futon to another part of the living room to give her more privacy (she can no longer get up the stairs to the guest bedroom, so sleeps in the living room) and that had confused her so much, she couldn't remember how to stand up.
And at breakfast, I have to cut up bread into little pieces for her and add milk to her yogurt so she doesn't have to use a spoon.
All of this is adding so much stress to my daily routine, I'm beginning to wonder how much longer we can realistically care for her at home.
My husband does more than his fair share. He cooks dinner, helps her take a shower, and makes sure someone from the rehab center comes to pick her up twice a week. It's painful to watch his own mother's condition deteriorate, and I find him frustrated over the smallest things.
Readers, how do you care for your aging parents? What tips do you have for juggling childcare and eldercare?


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97th?? Should be better !! He has charisma
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english sub please!!
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I would say that I know of at least 100 Koreans in the biz (music, dramas, etc) YongHwa MUUUUUCHHHHHH higher than 97. Please!!!!! I think they are confused, they meant it to be either 9 or 7…I would say 7 sounds more like it!!!! GOOOOO YongHwa!! fighting.
Yonghwa in 97th? Hicks… well, at least he included for top 100🙂
Can it be English subbed for "banana's" like us…hehehehe
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Dennis Laurion took to the web to criticize a doctor he said had behaved in a rude and insensitive manner toward his family during the treatment of his elderly father. The doctor sued for defamation, and a judge is considering whether to allow the suit to proceed. [Duluth News Tribune and more]
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Defamation is defamation. I hope the doctor prevails.
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Jenn's Team Second After Tech Team
Jenn's "Pirates" team from the Edmonton Aquamasters are in second behind a very strong Calgary team in the Team event in World Masters Games after the first part, the technical team. The free team swims Sunday.
Synchro Starts Today at World Masters Games
Edmonton is hosting the World Masters Games. It's a huge international sporting competition for masters atheletes. There are tens of thousands of atheletes in numerous different sports here in Edmonton for the games.
Jenn is both swimming in and managing the meet for synchronized swimming at the games. She swims technical team routine tomorrow and then the free team on Sunday. She'll pretty much be at the pool full time for the next four days. I'll be taking the kids down to watch Friday and Sunday.
I Made It To The Office Today
It's amazing how many things can break when people are out for a day or two.
Sick but Working Today
I'm still at home, chugging kaopectate, but working on my beloved security policy. It isn't really possible to design IT solutions without a security policy, especially when the solutions provide new means of access to data. We have a security policy which was formerly comprehensive, but with some of our new business initiatives that involve IT stuff, we are providing new types of access and access over the wire to data that we didn't have before, so these items are not covered by the security policy. I got army-volunteered to write the updates.
Sick Today
I'm not moving too far from the washroom today. One of the worst things about having colitis is that certain bugs and certain foods of questionable origin that don't bother other people can really hit you hard.
Devon Freeze-or-Fry
The kids swam in the Devon swim meet this past weekend. The weather sucked. It was raining and we had gale-force winds. Mark and I tried setting up a tarp for protection from the rain, but it just about took the fence we attached it to right out of the ground.
When we got to the meet we got an unwelcome suprise: There were no six-and-under events. Mack was entered in nothing. The coach had made a mistake in thinking there were going to be six-and-under swims, so he had submitted entries for Mack in that age group. He was off getting married on Saturday so he wasn't at teh meet, but his assistant, Dawn, deck-entered Mack in the same eight-and-under events that he would have swum in six-and-under. The worst part is that if they had had six-and-under, Mack would have won the gold medal, but in eight-and-under he was out of the running placing about sixth overall. He did some really good swims, and he wasn't too broken up about not winning a medal, but he didn't like having to swim with the eight-year-olds. He did manage to swim the breast stroke event without getting disqualified, which for a six-year-old is quite an accomplishment. I'm proud of him.
Emily won 50 free and 25 back, and another girl won 25 breast and 100 IM in eight-and-under, and then the two of them squared off for the aggregate in 25 free. The other girl won it, and I think Emily was quite suprised. She go the silver aggregate rather than the gold. She says she won't be letting that girl beat her again. She's determined to win a gold at Regionals. I'm proud of her determination, but I just like watching her and mack race.
Our friends' kids Brianne and Evan did pretty well too, and I think Brianne even did some best times despite the tough weather conditions. Evan and Brianne have come a long way this year. Brianne could even make Provincials if she has a good meet at Regionals.
Late Night With VMWare Server
I put our virtualized records management servers into production last night (and this morning). I had built working virtual servers of our two TRIM servers in Engineering this week, and all I had to do was to add RAM to a server, build a 3-drive RAID 5 array with the built-in RAID controller, install an OS, install VMWare GSX server, and copy over the virtual machines. Hah.
Installing RAM and building the RAID array went fine. Installing the OS (SUSE Linux Pro 9.3) went fine. Installing VMWare went OK, Copying over the virtual machines worked fine. Everything ran, except my third virtual machine, the OpenBSD transparent firewall I had built, would not route the packets. I'm not sure why, and even though I spent a couple of hours on it, I couldn't get it to work. I ended up just bridging the TRIM virtual machines directly to the physical network the way they were on the physical machines, until I figure out the problem.
Then, when I rebooted the server, VMWare GSX server wouldn't start up properly, or sometimes it would start but the web interface wouldnt' start, or the management console would only connect from the local host but not over the network. I spent some time troubleshooting this, and decided to screw it, because I had a reliable working GSX server in Engineering running on SLES9 / Open Enterprise Server, so I just re-installed the OS as SLES9. I was pleased that I had decided to store the virtual machines on a separate partition, because I didn't have to re-copy them over. After getting everything working again, the firewall still wouldn't route packets, but the server would start cleanly, the virtual machines would start properly, and the remote console would connect as expected.
My final gotcha was that after the OS rebuild, the TRIM application wouldn't connect to Oracle. That only took me 10 minutes to figure out though. I went over to the Oracle server, and looked at the crontab file. At 10:00 PM there was a script to stop the Oracle services. At 2:00 AM there was a script to start it up again. I looked at my watch and it was 1:50 AM. I waited 15 minutes to let Oracle start properly, and then did some testing. Everything worked properly, so I packed it in and left some time around 3:00 AM.


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I just booked a ticket to Borneo for next year! So I decided to post a picture of a partridge taken in Borneo.
It's not on a pear tree though.
It is a Red-necked Partridge, endemic to Borneo. Back then I was still using Panasonic Lumix FZ-28. We managed to get extremely close, it was just sitting in front of us. It was dark and flash was used on this picture. Pardon the bad quality.
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Rory McIlroy reunited with cop who got him to course on time for Ryder Cup
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Ryder Cup hero Rory McIlroy has been reunited with the police officer who rushed him to the course for the final day's play at Medinah Country Club.
McIlroy almost missed the start of his match with Keegan Bradley after being confused by American time zones.
The Northern Irishman was still at the team hotel when he got a panicked phone call telling him he had 25 minutes to get to the first tee.
He was bailed out by Pat Rollins of the Lombard Police Force in Illinois, who radioed ahead to ensure intersections were cleared in a dash across the Chicago suburbs.
McIlroy made it in time to take a couple of practice swings before he overcame Bradley as part of Europe's dramatic comeback from 10-6 down to retain the trophy.
The world number one has spoken of his gratitude towards Rollins and a picture on his Twitter account showed he had taken the chance to say thank you in person.
Me with my chauffeur who drove me to the course yesterday!! #betterlatethannever say.ly/Dbq4hSV— Rory Mcilroy (@McIlroyRory) October 1, 2012
Speaking to BBC Ulster this morning, Officer Rollins - who has become known as the "Ryder Cop"- said he's already been "teased a bunch of times" by his colleagues that he "should have taken him somewhere else".
But he added "we take care of everybody" and stressed that the members of the European team "were guests of ours".
"We would have done the same for any American or European player, though I must admit it was extra special that he is the world number one. I'm a big golf fan and I knew who he was. It was a great event, an exciting event. I'm just glad I could play my small part."
Despite the fact the United States team lost, Mr Rollins says he's no regrets over helping Rory to the course. "I'm ok with it" he said this morning adding that "the game of golf is played on the course, it's not about the road they travel to get there".
Rollins has received some ribbing for his contribution towards the United States' defeat.
"They jokingly said if I hadn't, the USA would have won the Ryder Cup. But the Ryder Cup should be settled on the course, not in traffic.
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U.S. v. Microsoft 10 Years Later: What Did it Get Us?
The antitrust judgment landed by the Department of Justice 10 years ago against Microsoft officially expired on Thursday, marking the end of one of the most famous antitrust cases in U.S. history.
For those who were too young to remember what U.S. v. Microsoft was all about, let us bring you up to speed briefly. In the words of this LA Times story:
The judgment barred Microsoft from anti-competitive practices that regulators said had been choking off competing software on the company's Windows platform. The most oft-cited victim of Microsoft's muscling was the company's one-time rival, Netscape Communications Corp., a company that was acquired by AOL Inc. before its browser product faded largely into obscurity beneath the shadow of Microsoft's competing Explorer browser.
Indeed, that's it in a nutshell.
But looking back, a decade later, can we determine whether the case and resulting agreement really helped competition, and hence consumers?
It seems the jury is still out on that. As the LAT notes, judging from a note issued by the Justice Department on Wednesday, the government certainly thinks so: "Nearly every desktop middleware market, from web browsers to media players to instant messaging software, is more competitive today than it was when the final judgment was entered," the statement said.
But check out this nice article by the Seattle Times's Sharon Chan on the issue.
Iowa's Herbert Hovenkamp, a leading antitrust scholar who advised the states that aligned with the federal government in the case, said the case broke new ground. "We've seen the emergence of an entirely new field called IP [intellectual property] antitrust," he said. "It's had a fairly dramatic impact."
But Yale's George Priest, who advised Microsoft, told Chan the opposite. "Nothing was served by it," he said.
Here's the problem with trying to divine the truth on this question: The years 2001-2010 saw two major developments on this front, and it's hard to know which one should be given more credit for where we are today.
The first is this: the case certainly made Microsoft a less aggressive player in the software space.
The consent decree admittedly mandated a fairly stark change: it barred Microsoft from entering into Windows agreements that excluded competitors from new computers, and forced the company to make Windows interoperable with non-Microsoft software.
But might the experience have left Microsoft once-bitten, twice-shy? Chan quotes Michael Cusumano, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and author of a book about Microsoft, thusly: "Since the antitrust suit, they have become much more cautious and much less aggressive." Added Cusamano: "They're afraid, it seems. Whether it's antitrust in U.S. or in Europe, they seem to be slowly reacting to the world around them, rather than trying to get in there fast."
Maybe so. But technology has changed in ways that nobody could have foreseen back in 2001. Pretty much as soon as Microsoft was barred from leveraging its dominance in the operating system market to boost its Explorer browser, technology had advanced where anybody could, in about 2 minutes, download FireFox or another workable browser.
Plus, more recently, an increasing amount of computing has been done away from the Windows operating system, as Chen notes: "Computing has spread to a panoply of devices — smartphones, tablets and e-readers. On these new mobile platforms, Windows is far from dominant."
The big question still remains: would the technology world still look the same had the government not gotten involved? From where we sit, the answer certainly isn't a no-brainer.


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Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan Teja under CBI scanner
If reports are to be believed, Mahesh Babu and Namrata Shirodkar will be questioned on September 14 and Ram Charan Teja on September 15. They are under scanner for buying houses, which are developed by Emaar MGF at Gacchibowli, Hyderabad. The CBI has already interrogated Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy, the vice-chairman of Jagathi Publications.
It is alleged that they bought the land for Rs 5,000 per sq. yd, when the registration fees itself were Rs 12,000.


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He has climbed to the top of Mount Everest, been a stunt man in two James Bond movies, served in the Peace Corps, lived with Eskimos for three years while panning for gold, and crossed the Sahara Desert by camel.
He has visited every country in the world but Albania, photographed for National Geographic, produced wildlife films for Walt Disney, reached the 1960 Olympic Trials in downhill skiing, won marathon races, played tournament tennis, and worked for the United Nations, Kaiser and Bechtold as
a geologist.
And that's not all. He has had three near-death experiences, although reaching Mount Everest's summit on his sixth try, April 30, 1985, doesn't count as one of them.
"I certainly want to emphasize that I'm not a hero playing at adventure," said Knutson, 66, an Oakland hills resident. "I don't get into these things personally, but I try to treat them as a chess game, where each move you make has to be deliberate,
and you have to know the consequences of that move.
"I have to know my avenues of escape and survival. If I'm trapped as a prisoner, I know I have to slow down, stay calm, plot your moves, and try not to act irrational. If you make a mistake, it could be fatal."
Knutson lived in Eskimo encampments in the Northwest Territories while looking for gold.
"The dogs' warmth kept me alive," he said.
His second near-death ordeal occurred in the West Africa country of Guinea. Knutson was representing the United Nations, investigating a large deposit of iron ore for the Canadian government. His party was ambushed by Cuban guerrillas, and his driver and several workers were killed by gunfire.
"Fear can be paralyzing, like a cold serum that penetrates your body and petrifies your senses," Knutson said. "There's 30 guys pointing machine guns at you, poking at you with bayonets, spitting at you.
"A Russian helicopter crew, totally against the United States but working with the Guinea government, reported me missing. The British and Russian legations got me out after a couple of days. Remember 'The Deer Hunter' and the bamboo shacks? I literally looked death in the face."
Knutson's third harrowing trial involved photographing gorillas in Africa for National Geographic. He accidentally got between a baby and the mother, a no-no in the gorilla world.
"The mother let out almost a primal scream," he said. "The baby yelped and ran to the mother. A silverback, the dominant alpha male, jumped up and started pounding his chest. It was terrifying. He came tearing at me. All I could do was crouch down and become very submissive. He picked me up and threw me into the bamboo. Then he batted me around. Gorillas are vegetarians, they don't kill innate beings, and it was over in a minute and a half, and they left. But I got some great shots."
The Peace Corps took Knutson to Nepal, where he later worked for the United Nations, mapping the border area for the Nepalese government. He then took his first try at 29,028-foot Mount Everest. He failed that time, and the next four times because he, stubbornly, refused to use oxygen.
"Below 18,000 feet on Everest, your cognitive process can function, wounds can heal, and your psychological aspects can maintain an equilibrium," he said. "Above 18,000, all those functions deteriorate. Above 24,000 feet, you'd literally turn into a vegetable in 40, 50 days.
"The object is to get from 18,000 to
29,000 in, hopefully, six weeks. You try to acclimatize so your blood can carry more oxygen, to oxygenate your brain. It's like trying to run on a treadmill breathing through a straw. So you set up a camp and then come back down; you do this over and over again. But your mind and body keep breaking down, so it's a battle of mental wits."
"Seven of my good friends have died on that mountain and others," he said. "I've stepped over bodies, from the Nepal and the Tibet side, people still up there. Their bones are up there."
When Knutson finally reached the summit on attempt No. 6 after agreeing, at last, to use oxygen, he felt no euphoria.
"It was storming quite bad at the time, freezing," he recalled. "There was no chest-pounding jubilation. There was almost a tired resignation. We were getting low on oxygen and I had to get back down."
Climbing Mount Everest was a goal Knutson had written down as a child on a Minnesota farm so rural he didn't watch television until college. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mining Engineering and Geology, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the University of Russia in Moscow.
By then, he had his traveling boots on. He worked outside the United States for 45 years in his various pursuits. He was away from home 75 to 80 percent of that time. He circled the globe 10 times.
He appeared in two James Bond movies, "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "For Your Eyes Only," doing skiing scenes for Roger Moore's 007 character, escaping villains and avalanches, without once seeing Moore.
However, Knutson has escaped several real-life avalanches.
"The fear is being asphyxiated by the snow," he said. "You kick your skis off, detach the poles from your wrist, and try to 'swim' upwards."
But those were small avalanches, he added, so he doesn't count them as dancing with death.
"I'm not Peter Pan looking for my eternal youth," he said. "I'm more like Thoreau looking for his Walden Pond. I'm looking for spirituality, for geological uniqueness, and for the aesthetics of climbing up near where God is."
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Stop the presses! there's a JPEG floating around in the same vicinity as the words "Nexus" and "Tablet"! Everybody commence hooting and/or hollering! PocketNow has posted a photo of what's purported to be the much-anticipated "Nexus Tablet", rumored for months and expected to come sometime this summer from manufacturer ASUS. The photo shows a generic Ice Cream Sandwich tablet from all angles except the back, with only official ICS anf Google apps displayed on the stock launcher. In addition to the standard buttons and an ASUS/Samsung-style tablet port, there's a MicroUSB port, standard USB port, SIM card slot and what looks like a full-sized SD card slot.
Let's be frank, shall we? With an hour of free time and a few press shots from a Galaxy Tab and a smattering of other Android tablets, I could remake this image in Photoshop with pixel-perfect accuracy. That and the lack of a source in PocketNow's story lead me to be highly suspicious of this render. That doesn't mean that it's a fake, it just doesn't present any compelling evidence that it's real. There are a few inconsistencies in the image: it uses the odd combination of power and volume buttons on the top (portrait) with a docking port and camera on either side (landscape). Also note that Android Market icon is still present, despite the Google Play Store replacing it a month ago.
With all the rumors flying around Google is probably planning something to do with tablets, but we still haven't seen any rock-solid evidence that the "Nexus Tablet" is on its way, from ASUS or anyone else. If such a device is coming, Google's I/O conference in June would seem like the likely place to unveil it. A cheap, reliable and most importantly stock Android device would be a compelling entry into the market in the face of the iPad and Kindle Fire, but as far as this tablet goes, there's still nothing written in stone.
UPDATE: Android Community editor Cory Gunther pointed out that the above render bears a striking resemblance to the Toshiba 7.7-inch Tegra 3 tablet we saw at CES. It's not identical, but it's close, and the original device was labelled as a prototype. Check out our hands-on coverage here.


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text: [Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998] [Page 117-122] [[Page 117]] 9. SUPPORTING AMERICA'S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The challenge before us plainly is two-fold--to seize the opportunities for more people to enjoy peace and freedom, security and prosperity, and to move strongly and swiftly against the dangers that change has produced. President Clinton September 24, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This budget fully supports America's global leadership and advances our national goals--protecting our vital strategic interests and expanding the reach of democratic governance, ensuring our influence in the international community, promoting sustainable development and the expansion of free markets and American exports, and responding to new international problems and humanitarian emergencies that can undermine our security. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 9-1. INTERNATIONAL DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS (Budget authority, dollar amounts in millions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Percent 1993 1997 1998 2002 Change: Change: Actual Estimate \1\ Proposed Proposed 1993 to 1997 to 1997 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International development and humanitarian assistance................................... 8,900 6,644 7,712 6,978 -25% +5% International security assistance............. 6,148 5,928 5,959 6,041 -4% +2% Conduct of foreign affairs.................... 4,300 3,890 4,164 4,026 -10% +3% Foreign information and exchange activities... 1,247 1,098 1,087 1,070 -12% -3% International financial programs.............. 12,662 549 4,052 647 -96% +18% IMF programs................................ (12,063) ............ (3,521) ........ NA NA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total, International discretionary programs... 33,257 18,109 22,974 18,762 -46% +4% Total, excluding IMF programs................. 21,194 18,109 19,453 18,762 -15% +4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA = Not applicable. \1\ Consistent with changes in the 1996 Farm Bill, the P.L. 480 Title I direct credit program has been reclassified from International Affairs programs to Agriculture programs starting in 1996. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Protecting America's key strategic interests remains a timeless goal of our diplomacy. As we move toward the 21st Century, we have a great opportunity to expand the scope of democracy, further ensuring that our interests remain unthreatened. Facing the dilemmas of peacekeeping, regional crises, and economic change, the international community needs the United States as a leader and a full partner, meeting its international commitments. Advancing U.S. interests in a global economy brings expanded missions to our diplomacy and trade strategy. A less- orderly world also creates new challenges to our security--from regional and ethnic conflicts, the proliferation of weapons of mass [[Page 118]] destruction, international terrorism and crime, narcotics, and environmental degradation. With such a broad agenda for leadership, America must not withdraw into isolationism and protectionism or fail to provide the resources required to carry out this mission. The budget proposes $19.5 billion for ongoing international affairs programs. While this request is seven percent above the 1997 level, it constitutes only slightly over one percent of the budget and 0.25 percent of Gross Domestic Product. Protecting American Security and Promoting Democracy The first goal of America's international strategy must be to promote and protect our interests in regions that historically have been critical to our security. The Administration's record is encouraging. Through skilled diplomacy, the judicious use of military force, and carefully targeted bilateral and multilateral economic assistance, the United States has advanced the peace process in Europe and the Middle East, reducing threats to our interests in these key regions. Through diplomatic leadership, economic assistance, and trade negotiations, we have maintained our leadership in Asia. Our goals are to secure these achievements, advance the peace process, and deepen regional cooperation in the future. Perhaps the most serious national security threat facing the Nation today hinges on the course of events over the next few years in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. We have made substantial progress in helping encourage the emergence of free markets and democracy in the NIS. In particular, our relations with Russia are strong. The United States has provided unwavering support for the emergence of democracy in Russia, leading this past year to the first free presidential reelection in Russian history. Some other NIS countries are progressing more slowly toward democracy and free markets, but overall regional progress has been remarkable. Nevertheless, the June 1996 Russian elections represent not only a success but a warning--the latter embodied in the large vote for President Yeltsin's opposition, an opposition that derived its strength from Russia's severe economic distress. The Administration believes it is absolutely critical, at this turning point, to demonstrate our continuing support for democratic reform and free markets in Russia and throughout the NIS; the ultimate success of this process is vital to our national security. Moreover, we must begin to shape our assistance program in ways that support the mature trade and investment relationship that is starting to emerge between the United States and the countries in this region. Thus, the budget proposes $900 million for NIS funding, a 44-percent increase over 1997. The increase includes a Partnership for Freedom initiative, designed to initiate a new phase of U.S. engagement with NIS countries focused on trade and investment, long-term cooperative activities, and partnerships. The region at the heart of the Cold War conflict--Central Europe--has made enormous progress toward institutionalizing free markets and democracy. It is no longer a threat to American and European security; it is starting to be a partner in the transatlantic community. The economies of the Northern tier countries, such as Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, are largely free and privatized; they are moving from direct assistance, which soon they will no longer require, to significant economic integration with the United States and Western Europe. At the same time, countries in this region are reshaping their security relationships with the West as they move toward potential membership in NATO. Central European countries in the Southern tier also have made great progress. U.S. leadership has been critical in ending the bloody hostilities in Bosnia, establishing new governments through free elections, and beginning economic reconstruction. The pace of reconciliation and recovery remains gradual, and the need for continued American leadership is great. The other countries in the southern part of this region also look to the United States to remain committed to their struggle to create democratic governments and free, open markets. [[Page 119]] The budget proposes to increase funding for economic assistance in Central Europe to $492 million--including the final $200 million installment on the U.S. commitment to Bosnian reconstruction. While programs for the Northern tier are phasing down, we must continue to support implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and to sustain the emergence of free market democracies in the Southern tier. In addition, the budget seeks to increase support for foreign military financing for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through the President's Partnership for Peace initiative, which will facilitate their efforts to meet the conditions for membership in NATO. Our strategic interest in peace in the Middle East is as strong as ever. The peace process has achieved much already. The need for reconciliation remains urgent, and America continues to play a leadership role in the effort to craft a durable, comprehensive regional peace. The budget proposes $5.3 billion for military financing grants and economic support to sustain the Middle East peace process. The proposed increase of nearly $100 million includes $52.5 million for an initial U.S. contribution for the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, which will play a key role in promoting regional economic integration. The budget also provides additional security assistance to Jordan, recognizing that country's needs and its important contribution to the peace process. The rest of our economic and security assistance programs are designed to support peace and democracy in countries and regions where our leadership has helped those processes emerge: consolidating democratic gains in Haiti; supporting reconciliation and peace in Guatemala and Cambodia; and strengthening the capacity of African governments to provide regional peacekeeping on that troubled continent. Ensuring America's Leadership in the International Community Following World War II, the United States assumed a unique leadership role in building international institutions to bring the world's nations together to meet mutual security and economic needs. It took an alliance to win the war, and it clearly would take an alliance to ensure the peace. We sponsored and provided significant funding for the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, along with specialized and regional security and financial institutions that became the foundation of international cooperation during the Cold War. To ensure financial stability for this international community, the members of many of these organizations entered into treaties or similar instruments committing them to pay shares (or ``assessments'') of the organizations' budgets. Congress ratified these agreements, making them binding on us. For international financial institutions, like the World Bank and its regional partners, the United States has made firm commitments to regular replenishments, subject to the congressional authorization and appropriations processes. Now, America's leadership in this international institutional network is threatened. In recent years, Congress has not fully appropriated the funds needed to meet the treaty-bound assessments of international organizations or our commitments to the multilateral banks. As a result, U.S. arrears now total over $1 billion to the United Nations and other organizations, much of it for peacekeeping operations, and over $850 million to financial institutions. Congress has raised some legitimate concerns about how these organizations operate, but America's failure to meet its obligations has undercut our efforts to achieve reforms on which the Administration and Congress agree. Today, our ability to lead, especially in the process of institutional reform, is being seriously undermined. The Administration believes that we must end the stalemate this year-- and that we can do so consistent with our goal of institutional reform. With new leadership in the United Nations, we have a unique opportunity. The budget proposes to fully fund the 1998 assessments for the United Nations, affiliated organizations, and peacekeeping, and to pay $100 million of our arrears. It also seeks a one-time, $921 million advance appropriation for the balance of U.N. and related organiza- [[Page 120]] tion arrears, to become available in 1999. The release of these appropriated arrears would depend on the adoption of a series of reforms in the coming year, specific to each organization, that should reduce the annual amount that we must pay these organizations, starting with their next biennial budgets. These reforms would include a reduction in the U.S. share of organizational budgets, management reforms yielding lower organizational budgets, and the elimination of, or U.S. withdrawal from, low-priority programs and organizations. The Administration wants to work closely with Congress to shape this package, lowering out-year funding requirements while maintaining strong U.S. leadership in organizations and programs important to our national interests. Enacting the advance appropriation is an essential step in achieving these objectives. It would show that we recognize our legal obligations and are determined to maintain the sanctity of our treaty commitments as we press for changes in the organizations. It would give us the leverage to mobilize support from other nations for the reforms we seek and for the lowering of our future assessments. Failure to arrive at an agreed-upon solution this year will put U.S. international leadership at risk in the next century. We are equally committed to restoring our leadership in, and reforming, the multilateral development banks (MDBs). Our commitments to them represent America's full-faith pledge. Moreover, the MDBs already have undertaken significant reforms in response to Administration and congressional concerns, including cuts in administrative expenses. The budget would eliminate our arrears over the next three years while meeting ongoing commitments that were negotiated down by 40 percent from previous funding agreements. The budget also includes funds to eliminate all arrears to the World Bank's International Development Association affiliate that lends to the world's poorest countries, many of them in Africa. Future budgets would seek to eliminate all of the arrears, while continuing our success in lowering the level of future U.S. commitments. Our leadership in international institutions also has been critical in preventing international financial crises. As the Mexican peso crisis demonstrated, the increased interdependence of our trading and monetary systems means that a monetary crisis in any major trading nation affects all nations. Consequently, the G-10 nations and a number of other current and emerging economic powers have negotiated the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB), in order to provide a credit line for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in cases when a monetary crises in any country could threaten the stability of the international monetary system. The budget proposes a one-time appropriation of $3.5 billion in budget authority for the U.S. share, but it will not count as an outlay or increase the deficit; the United States will receive an increase in its international reserve assets that corresponds to any transfer to the IMF under the NAB. Promoting an Open Trading System The Administration remains committed to opening global markets and integrating the global economic system, which has become a key element of continuing economic prosperity here at home. Achieving this goal is increasingly central to our global diplomatic activities. We are helping to lay the groundwork for sustained, non-inflationary growth into the next century by implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round. We are conducting a vigorous follow-up to ensure that we receive the full benefit of these agreements. At the December 1996 World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Singapore, for example, negotiators reached agreement on lowering many of the remaining barriers to trade in information technology, which will significantly benefit U.S. firms and workers. We are finalizing our anti-dumping and countervailing duty regulations, which implement commitments made in the Uruguay Round. To promote other, mutually-beneficial trade relationships, the Administration will propose legislation for ``fast-track'' authority to nego- [[Page 121]] tiate greater trade liberalization.\1\ It also will propose to extend the authorization of the Generalized System of Preferences for developing countries beyond its current expiration date of May 31, 1997 and to give the eligible countries of the Caribbean Basin Initiative expanded trade benefits. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Fast track is a procedure designed to expedite congressional approval of trade agreements between the United States and other nations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are more closely integrating the Government's trade promotion activities through the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), creating a synergy among agency trade programs that will significantly improve American business' ability to win contracts overseas, and creating export-related jobs at home. The budget puts a high priority on programs that help U.S. exporters meet foreign competition, and TPCC agencies are developing rigorous performance measures to help ensure that programs in this area are effective. As discussed earlier in this chapter, U.S. assistance is important in encouraging the emergence of free market economies in Central Europe and the NIS, where our programs increasingly focus on facilitating a mature trade and investment relationship with the United States. Over time, our bilateral development assistance, provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), likewise promotes the emergence of growing market economies in developing countries by supporting market-friendly policies and key institutions. Economic growth and market-oriented policy reforms in the developing world create growing demand for U.S. goods and services as well as investment opportunities for U.S. businesses. On a larger scale, the multilateral development banks also promote economic growth and increased demand for our exports. The budget proposes that our bilateral development assistance and contributions to the multilateral development banks grow by 25 percent--from $2.6 billion to $3.3 billion. Three smaller agencies provide U.S. Government financial support for American exports. The Export-Import Bank is a principal source of export assistance, offering loans, loan guarantees, and insurance for exports, primarily of capital goods. To assure that its programs operate as economically as possible, the Bank is considering raising some fees, thereby lowering net spending in 1998 while maintaining a strong overall level of export support. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) provides political risk insurance for, and finances, U.S. investment in developing countries, leading to greater U.S. exports. The budget proposes to maintain 1998 OPIC funding close to the 1997 level. The Trade and Development Agency (TDA) makes grants for feasibility studies of capital projects abroad; subsequent implementation of these projects can generate exports of U.S. goods and services. The budget increases funding for TDA over the 1997 level. With the new emphasis on trade and investment in the NIS, the Export-Import Bank, OPIC, and TDA may well become important channels for further funding directed at this region. Along with the Government's financial support for U.S. exports, the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration (ITA) promotes U.S. trade through its network of Export Assistance Centers and overseas offices. These centers and offices provide export counseling to the American sector. The budget proposes a slight increase for ITA compared to 1997. Leading the Response to New International Challenges Another fundamental goal of our international leadership, and an increasing focus of our diplomacy, is meeting the new transnational threats to U.S. and global security--the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, drug trafficking and the spread of crime and terrorism on an international scale, unrestrained population growth, and environmental degradation. We also must sustain our leadership in meeting the continuing challenge of refugee flows and natural and human- made disasters. In 1997, the Administration will seek Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Chemical Weapons Convention, both critical to our long-term security and to preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The budget supports the implementation of these agreements. U.S. diplomacy and law enforcement activities are playing [[Page 122]] a key role in preventing the spread of such weapons to outlaw states such as Libya, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and North Korea. The Defense Department's Nunn-Lugar program and the State Department's Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund help support these efforts. (For more information on the Nunn-Lugar program, see Chapter 10.) In addition, U.S. support for such organizations as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization is critical to meeting our non-proliferation goals. U.S. bilateral assistance programs are also critical to tackling other important transnational problems. Our international counter-narcotics efforts are making real progress in drug-producing countries. After several years of deeply cutting the Administration's budget requests for counter-narcotics purposes, Congress provided the full requested amount for 1997, permitting the United States to intensify its efforts to curb cocaine production in the Andean countries by offering growers attractive economic alternatives. The budget proposes $230 million for the State Department's narcotics and anti-crime programs, eight percent more than in 1997, with most of the increase focussed on programs in Peru. In addition, USAID development assistance and U.S. contributions to international efforts, such as the Global Environment Facility, support large and successful programs to improve the environment and reduce population growth. The United States is the recognized world leader in promoting safe and effective family planning projects. Disasters, humanitarian crises, and refugee flows are certain to remain central challenges to our leadership. The budget continues our historically strong commitment to refugee and disaster relief, proposing $1.7 billion, which sustains these programs at the 1997 level. This assistance, which reflects the humanitarian spirit of all Americans, has long enjoyed bipartisan support. Conducting Foreign Affairs An effective American diplomacy is the critical foundation for meeting our foreign policy goals. The budget supports a strong U.S. presence at over 250 embassies and other posts overseas, promoting U.S. interests abroad and protecting and serving Americans by providing consular services. These activities include the basic work of diplomacy--the reporting, analysis, and negotiations that often go unnoticed but that allow us to anticipate and prevent threats to our national security as well as discover new opportunities to promote American interests. The budget proposes $2.7 billion for the State Department to maintain its worldwide operations, modernize its information technology and communications systems, and accommodate security and facility requirements at posts abroad. The budget also proposes two significant innovations in State Department management. <bullet> One would make about $600 million in immigration, passport, and other fees, which now go to the Treasury Department, available to finance State Department operations directly. Improvements in how these State Department operations perform will, thus, be directly linked to the receipts they generate. <bullet> The other innovation restructures the management of the diplomatic platform to support the overseas activities of other Federal agencies. This reform recognizes the magnitude of the State Department's overseas administrative workload, the need to carry it out efficiently, and the need to allocate the costs of overseas support fairly among agencies. With approval of the President's Management Council, the various agencies represented abroad have designed a new overseas administrative arrangement--the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services program. The Administration will propose to fund this new arrangement in a budget amendment that it will send to Congress shortly after transmitting the budget.


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LA Times: A radical new way to fight parking tickets in N.H.: Would it work in L.A.?
Parking violation penalties have to be high enough to ensure parking spot turnover in high-traffick areas and to serve as a powerful reminder not to break the rules again. Clearly, the $5 citations issued in Keene would not change behavior in Los Angeles.
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allowed just one run in eight innings to lead the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi baseball team to a 5-1 win over Sam Houston State on Friday night. The Islanders (33-22, 18-14 Southland) moved into a tie with Southeastern Louisiana for third place in the league and matched the school wins record with the victory.
Simko allowed six hits and six walks to improve to 9-6 on the season. The junior punched out three in the triumph. Matt Shelton got the loss after allowing six hits and two walks over five innings of work for the Bearkats (34-21, 17-15). The Islanders can be seeded no lower than fourth in next week's Southland Conference Tournament by virtue of the win.
Matt Holland went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI in the victory, while Chris Vergne and Weston Montgomery each added two hits. Daniel Nottebart and Luke Plucheck had two hits apiece in the loss for SHSU.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi struck first with a run on three hits in the first inning. Bobby Buckner led off with a bunt single and then advanced 90 feet on a Jeramie Marek sacrifice. Holland followed, and the senior laced a single to left center to score Buckner and extend his hitting streak to 12 games. Trey Hernandez added another single, but a flyout to the warning track and a strikeout ended the frame.
The Islanders tacked on another run in the top of the fourth. Vergne started the rally with a one-out single and then advanced to second on a Jacob Perales walk. Montgomery then came to the plate and laced a double just inside the left-field line to score Vergne for a 2-0 lead. But Shelton rebounded to get a pair of strikeouts to strand two in scoring position.
Simko was effectively wild on the other side, allowing just two hits over the first five innings, but walking four. He also was the beneficiary of a pair of brilliant defensive plays. Buckner made a diving stop on a ball down the line in the third and Marek added a diving stop and backhand flip to second to end the fourth. Trey Hernandez added a heady defensive play as well, gunning down a runner at the plate in the fifth to preserve Simko's shutout.
The Bearkats cracked the board in the bottom of the eighth. John Hale and Nottebart delivered consecutive singles and then a fielder's choice left runners at the corners with two away. Simko then lost control of a breaking ball, and it skittered off the dirt and to the backstop to allow the first run of the game to score. The big lefty then walked the next two hitters, but struck out Kevin Miller to leave them loaded with the Islanders up 2-1.
Just as they did the previous night, the Islanders tacked on a trio of insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Buckner drew a leadoff walk and then Marek reached on a mishandled bunt to put two on and no out. Holland then rapped a single through the right side to plate Buckner for a 3-1 lead. After Hernandez walked to load the bags, Vergne delivered a sac fly to deep center to make it 4-1. Drew Vest added an RBI single through the right side for a 5-1 advantage. Tanner Green set down the side in order to finish the contest.
The Islanders and Bearkats will conclude their series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. start. Live audio and statistics will be available on GoIslanders.com.


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Just another scandal at West Virginia University "swept under the rug." Certainly we wouldn't want this to be the image of our state's institution of higher learning?
As a citizen of West Virginia, I would ask Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who acted as the investigation "client" of West Virginia's multimedia $110 million investigation, "Who were the responsible parties for the "sloppy and significant errors"?
"Sloppy and significant errors" of the $110 multimillion contract of the WVU multimedia rights... still with unanswered questions?
"Starting Over" ...WVU President James Clements responded to the outcome of the attorney general's report that there were "significant errors and sloppiness" and with a proposal to start over? The attorney general is a "client" of West Virginia University.
Perhaps the best way could to be to start over with a new West Virginia president? And investigating team? Where are the board of directors? Where are the House of Delegates and state Senate in this investigation? And why not call for further investigations? Certainly, the citizens of West Virginia would not wish to think there were players in the media contract who had their fingers too deep in the pie?
The West Virginia University would have been better served with a full-scale investigation by an independent group. Why did the WVU president not assert leadership in the contract? Would we conclude there is a crisis of leadership?
Alice Click
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Heartland's James M. Taylor on The Blaze TV talking Energy Production
James M. Taylor, Heartland's senior fellow for environment policy, was a guest October 8 on "Wilcow!" on The Blaze TV, Glenn Beck's outstanding online network. Taylor was on with Brad Schaeffer to discuss the question: "Who's to blame for high gas prices?"
As James points out, Mitt Romney was right on in the debate when he called President Obama out for falsely taking credit for the energy revolution taking place in America. The increase in domestic energy production is taking place largely on private and state-owned lands, while the feds continue to slow-walk permits to get energy out of the ground on federal lands. Andrew Wilcow noted correctly that Heartland has been doing "great research" on energy and environmental policy. We appreciate the plug.
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Arts Alive explores the history and legacy of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with help from conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas and John Mauceri. Plus, Brian Lauritzen talks to German DJ Stefan Goldmann who edited more than a dozen performances of the work into a single piece.
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The State Committee on Environmental Resources and Agriculture has included $750,000 in a bond bill for a flood management study of the Assawompset Pond complex.
The pond complex, which also includes Pocksha Pond, Great Quittacas Pond, Little Quittacas Pond and Long Pond, has a history of flooding in large rain events.
The pond complex is of particular importance on SouthCoast because, although it is located in Lakeville, it supplies drinking water to New Bedford and Taunton, according to a news release.
"It's a regional issue and it's a public safety issue, said Rep. Paul Schmid, D-Westport, who sits on the committee, in the release.
He said he has been working closely with Rep. Keiko Orrall, R-Lakeville, to get funding to study the problem.
"We need to be able to drain the complex faster when we have an unusual catastrophic rain like we did in March 2010," Schmid said.
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