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The Math of Life
Biology used to be about plants, animals, and insects, but five great revolutions have changed the way scientists think about Life. There are signs that a sixth is on its way: mathematics.
The first five revolutions were the invention of the microscope, the systematic classification of the planet's living creatures, evolution, the discovery of the gene, and the structure of DNA. Together, they led biologists ever deeper into the internal workings of living creatures on the smallest scales. Of course there were many other major advances, such as the sequencing of the human genome, but they didn't make truly fundamental changes to the way we thought about biology. They were natural developments within the new way of thinking.
There are signs that the DNA revolution is running out of steam. I may be wrong about mathematics, but biology desperately needs a sixth revolution. Several major journals ran special articles to celebrate the recent tenth anniversary of the human genome project, and the general tone was one of puzzled disappointment. Yes, the work was great science, absolutely fundamental to any future understanding of biology and medicine. But it had not—yet—delivered in any quantity the miracle cures, personalized drugs, and other medical breakthroughs that had been promised.
Instead, it has delivered something scientifically priceless: the realization that many of the assumptions on which those ambitious predictions were based turn out to be wrong. One gene does not make one protein: Some make many. The 100,000 proteins in the human body are made by 23,000 genes. Junk DNA, the part that does not make proteins, is not junk at all; some of it regulates how the genes turn on and off, some of it seems to be there to make the biochemistry work properly, and much remains baffling.
As a consequence, organisms are no longer viewed as biological computers running a DNA program. Instead, they are dynamic systems whose free-running behavior is subtly modified and controlled by DNA and other biochemical constraints. DNA is not simply 'information' that specifies an organism: it sets parameters in a dynamic system that grows the organism. Listing the DNA bases will not lead to complete understanding of what the system will do, any more than listing the orbital characteristics of the planets in the solar system can tell us how gravity works.
The areas of science that grapple with such questions include physics, chemistry, engineering, and mathematics. In conjunction with mainstream biology, these are now being brought to bear on the next phase of the problem: figuring out the processes that take place in living creatures. All over the globe, new research centers are coming into being to do just that, under names like 'systems biology' and 'biomathematics'. The National Institutes of Health are spending around $100 million on new research centers to explore novel ways to tackle cancer, using insights from physics and mathematics.
Mathematics has always played a role in biology, working behind the scenes. Gregor Mendel's genetics was based on numerical patterns in plant populations, and the structure of DNA was derived by mathematical analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns. But these new developments place mathematics at center stage, rather than in a walk-on supporting role. Much of the mathematics comes from the research frontiers, and an increasing proportion is being stimulated directly by the needs of biology.
The mathematics of knots has been used to infer the workings of complex biomolecules in cells, which help the cells to replicate. DNA is famously a double helix, two chemical strands twisted together like rope. When a cell divides, the two strands are somehow separated. This is by no means easy—think about pulling a rope apart. Complex molecular machines cut the DNA, untwist sections, copy them and glue everything back together. This happens in a cell and can't be figured out using the traditional approach of X-ray diffraction. Knot theory comes to the rescue: the intertwined strands of DNA naturally form knots and links, which contain clues about what the complex molecules are doing.
Mathematics also illuminates biology on a grand scale: ecosystems, how plants and animals interact in the environment. Ecology is important in its own right; moreover, a disease epidemic is a special type of ecosystem—bacteria and viruses interacting with humans. So ecology and epidemiology are closely related. Here mathematics has provided insight into how populations of living creatures interact, and how diseases spread. The 'paradox of the plankton'—why so many different species share the same simple resource, a warm ocean—has been resolved using chaos theory, in which simple dynamical rules lead to highly complex behavior. Strategies for controlling the spread of diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease in cattle or HIV in humans, are being analyzed mathematically to assess their effectiveness.
Mathematical models have shed light on the structure of viruses, suggesting new ways to prevent infection. They've revealed how slime mold forms into efficient networks when food supplies are low, motivating new methods for designing rail and road networks. They've helped us understand why tigers have stripes but leopards have spots. They've explained the strange mating patterns of the common side-blotched lizard, where males with three different colorations play a genetic game of scissors-paper-stone. They even help us to tackle the deep questions of what Life is, and whether this is the only place in the Universe that can support it.
Just how far the mathematical revolution in biology will go, no one can yet be certain, but the signs are already encouraging, and we've barely started. Really big strides will undoubtedly require the invention of powerful new mathematics, not just the exploitation of existing techniques. The physical sciences drove much of mathematics in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The life sciences will be a major driver of mathematics in the 21st.
Mr. Stewart is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick in England, and author of The Mathematics of Life.


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So Taylor Swift's mother, Andrea, has become something of a beloved character, "Mama Swifty," among Taylor's army of fans.
Well, make way for "Mama Underwood," one Carole Underwood, who has really kept behind the scenes since Carrie's meteoric rise post-American Idol.
Carrie features Mom in the video for "Mama's Song," which debuts Friday (Sept. 24) on vevo.com.
Among the lyrics is a reference to Carrie's recent marriage to NHL player Mike Fisher: Mama you taught me to do the right things / So now you have to let your baby fly / And I know you watch me grow up and always want what's best for me / And I think I found the answer to your prayers / And he is good, so good / He treats your little girl like a real man should.
The video for the song was released today (Friday, September 24).
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[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/no-1s-falling-%E2%80%9Crain%E2%80%9D-luke-bryan

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Comments: LIBERAL AMERICA—THE SODOM THAT PRETENDS IT'S KANSAS
"...because their goal is to keep their place at the liberal table..."
Excellent article.
Posted by Terry at October 26, 2012 7:39 AM
Funny, I always thought of it as the Kansas that thinks it's Sodom. You know, always talking about icky things --- like legalizing drugs or teaching kids about sex, but actually doing them?
Posted by Alan Kellogg at October 26, 2012 3:50 PM
What I saw back in the late 1990's in the "alternative" Detroit paper (MetroTimes) was this - that the perverse claim that they are normal and the normal are the abnormal. Pity that the perverse grabbed the megaphone and have done such a good job that someone as decent as Mitt Romney is seen as a weirdo.
I remember the sneers about 'Ozzie and Harriet' and 'Ward and June Cleaver' back in the 1980's* and it didn't make any sense to me then. It does now.
*I was born in 1966, so that is my reference.
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For those not yet up to IM
Well I seem to slowly be regaining some idea of training, managed a turbo a swim and run this week so all bases covered.
Currently on tenterhooks waiting for funds to arrive so I can enter IM Barcelona, hoping that it stays open long enough. It's not sold out before but this is the first year it's an IM from the word go so anything could happen.
I also think it would be nice to do our local half marathon in November and entrie places are getting fewer each day but I daren't do that until I've managed to sort out Barcelona.
Park run beckons tomorrow morning, urggh I'm not a fan of early starts on Saturdays. Also my HRM seems to not work well on runs, it's fine on bikes but on runs I'm apparently either uber fit or in some sort of stasis...
I did my first triathlon at Warwick on 28th September, 1.38.39, which I was delighted with. Not fast, but steady. I was aiming for sub two hours, so to knock 20 mins off that felt fab. I much prefer training for tris, due to the variety, so it won't be my last one. Also gives me an excuse to take my boy swimming!!
Well done ST1969.
I have survived the week at work and will look at restarting the training next week.
Heard about a warehouse clearance sale on at the weekend for bike and some tri kit, no prices lists online, purely a first come first served everything reduced. So I may just find myself going shopping.
Last of the Summer Tri this weekend, and really not done much to prepare for it, other than to ride the new bike to the shops a couple of times to pick up milk and beer. Makes me feel better about drinking the beer though.
Well done Steve
Steve well done
JP - you did make me giggle reading that!
Durham - have fun this weekend
I have been busy busy, lost sleep over being observed at school but all was good and my new head of dept said she was proud to have me in the dept which I think is the best thing any boss has ever said to me - I got a little bit emotional which broke the tension!!
off to York for the marathon, have been having dreams about not remembering to take the number and all sorts of crazy things. There was a message yesterday that fog is forecast and they might delay the start, with the advice to wear something you don't mind discarding! Now, I don't know about anyone else but I just don't have clothes that I can just throw away!! Well, I will take a variety of stuff with me and see how things pan out. I think this one is going to take me longer than the one in April because I just don't feel as fit as before and haven't been quite as consistent with my training
MC, if all else fails wear a bin liner as a disposable layer to make sure you keep warm before the start. Oh and good luck I couldn't run 2.6 miles let alone 26 at the moment.
I have been spending money again, 4 spinerval DVDS for £5 each, a short sleeved jersey and a gilet marked down to £15, bargains.
well done maths, really nice to hear that kind of validation at work especially when its something as important as teaching.
hope the marathon goes ok!
I've just done week 5 run 3 of c2k which is the 20 minute straight running. I did it and it was bearable - looks like im getting fitter with each passing week. I couldn't run 2 minutes 5 weeks ago! Im really starting to see the benefits of the cross training now.
into week 8 of training - still not smoking.
MC, I went to a second hand shop for a cheap fleece that I could discard at the start of the loch ness marathon.
I got on my bike for the first time in ages but it was nice to get out.
Well done for everyone getting off the sofa. Ive been stuck to mine for 2 weeks.
Oxford Half done and dusted not a PB but given the lack of training I had a great day out with an old friend who did amazingly well given he has stage 4 bowel cancer and had his last round of radio therapy two weeks ago - lol the last three km he was dragging my sorry bum around the course my bad leg was not behaving well by that point and it was only mental toughness that got me round and knowing he was doing it much harder than I was that keep me from walking the last three km
well done buttercup and durham!
steady - great bargain shopping!
well, I managed to resist the temptation to stay in bed this morning. Bumped into another runner in the hotel this morning and her husband offered me a lift up to the start area, and they gave me one of those cheapo ponchos to keep warm in while waiting for the start!
The first 18 miles were in thick fog, then the sun came out, and OH was also there at that point, and I switched to walk and eat a banana with him for a little and never actually started running again! My dodgy knee was feeling sore and there was an uphilll bit and I thought actually it would be quicker just to power walk it, and indeed I ended up overtaking loads of people with my power walk. OH was waiting for me again at the 23 mile mark and he walked along with me up to about half mile to go - those were the hardest few miles ever, and I was so pleased to finish. Getting away from York wasn't the most fun, and now I am shattered and have no idea how I am going to get through work tomorrow!
Woohoo! Well done MC. another marathon finish, thats all you need to know. I'm sure your students will let you teach sitting down if you explain. Just make all you maths questions about marathons...if teacher is running at pace x, for 3 hours and then stops for a banana at point y, then resumes at pace z, calculate the distance at y, the final finishing time and show all your workings.
Well done maths. If the weather was anything like it was with us then you must have had a chilly start.
Well done girl's and germ's.
This weekend I've been still moving house but light at the end of the tunnel now and might actually get in some racing at the weekend.
BamBam as they say on Game of Thrones winter is coming.
Well done maths, another marathon done and dusted.
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BamBam as they say on Game of Thrones winter is coming.
To continue the link I managed to pull/strain my groin swimming this morning...probably a common injury on Game of Thrones
Maybe just take it easy for a few day's mate.
Well done to all the weekend racers.
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It can happen in an instant, and it's happened a lot here recently.
"It's evident that over the past weekend we have seen an increase," Lt. Noel Garcia of the Lansing Police Department explains.
Shootings, beatings and all out violence has plagued the streets of South Lansing for the past couple of days.
First, last Sunday on Edgewood Blvd, a 66 year-old was beat close to death in an apartment complex's parking lot.
Then just a few days later, the party store on Edgewood gets shot up and a seven year-old is shot just a few streets away.
The most recent shooting happened just feet away from Averill Elementary-- leaving parents who live close, looking to get out of South Lansing.
"I've discussed moving, but this economy doesn't make it real easy for me to put my house up for sale," South Lansing resident, Destiny Hauk says.
She has five kids and has lived in this neighborhood for ten years. Her home sits right in the middle of every crime that's happened in the past week.
"My kids are right here, something could happen," Hauk says.
So are these crimes out of the ordinary? No says Lt. Noel Garcia of the Lansing Police Department.
"I mean we see some areas that get active sometimes and others that you know aren't," Garcia says.
And the reason behind it, mother nature. Lt. Garcia says when it's warm, more people are out in turn allowing for more disagreements leading to violence, and the only thing you can do to prevent it is keep your eyes open.
"If you haven't been with a Neighborhood Watch organization, get involved," Garcia suggests.
Something Hauk is doing, but it's still not enough she says from having a lot of sleepless nights.


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The Bone Metabolism Laboratory uses a variety of approaches to carry out its clinical and translational research program. Observational studies such as the publicly available cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, and external. These collaborations allow us to expand our reach to examine the effect of vitamin D on risk of other chronic diseases such as periodontal disease and diabetes. They also allow us access to basic research technologies, such as gene array analysis, that enable us to identify mechanisms by which nutrients affect bone and muscle.


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Pyramid Shawl
This is a simple yet beautiful lace shawl with rows of garter stitch to break up the lace pattern. The garter stitch sections increase as you go keeping things interesting and making it more fun to knit. The pattern would look great in a variety of different yarns both solid and multi. This shawl is knit in two pieces and connected using a three needle bind off.
One skein Stroll Tonal Sock Yarn in Kindling (462 yards)
One pair size 5 (3.75 mm) straight needles
One size 5 (3.75 mm) double pointed needle
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Two foot scrap piece of yarn or large stitch holder
4 X 4 inches= 24 stitches X 30 rows in stockinette stitch
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On Friday, Deneene Winters plans to be caring for the horses at her barn in Marietta, as she does most days, then visiting with her son and daughter-in-law who are coming in from Virginia.
"We're not going to be boarding up the windows or waiting for the zombie apocalypse or anything like that," she said.
Winters is aware of the doomsday predictions surrounding the 21st day of December this year. That date (or possibly Dec. 23, according to some scholars) has been linked to the end of the Mayan "long count" calendar and various catastrophic scenarios, including a previously unknown planet colliding with our own, a disastrous alignment of known planets, a meteor strike, giant solar storms and a shifting of the Earth's magnetic poles.
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Marietta Baptist Temple Pastor Don Teubert, left, Marietta Bible College student William Payne and members of Marietta Baptist Temple stand on the corner of Second and Putnam streets in Marietta holding signs pointing people to Jesus Christ. Teubert and his parishioners believe the world will end — possibly soon — but not on a date determined by a Mayan calendar or otherwise predicted by humanity.
But scientists have debunked these and a variety of other theories of how Armageddon might come to pass this week. NASA has even put up a Q&A page on its website and released a video addressing the claims.
Winters, 50, of Vienna, W.Va., and other Valley residents aren't worried.
"I have no feelings that the world is going to end this month," she said.
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Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End - www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
Twelve years ago, Marietta resident Hugh McConkey, 78, took some precautions like storing extra canned food, bottled water and military MREs (meals ready to eat), just in case predictions that technology would fail en masse as a result of computers registering the year 2000 as 1900 came true.
"That was a bust," he said recently.
McConkey said he learned his lesson and is making no contingency plans for what he expects to be just another Friday.
"God will decide when the world ends, not the Mayans," he said.
Pastor Don Teubert of Marietta Baptist Temple believes the world will end, probably sooner than later, with the return of Jesus Christ. But he's confident it won't happen Friday.
"The Bible says no man knoweth the day or the hour," he said.
It is that return - not theories, predictions or fears about Dec. 21 - that led Teubert and members of the church to stand on the corner of Second and Putnam streets earlier this month, bearing signs with messages about believing and accepting the salvation of Christ, something they do regularly.
"The main thing is, be ready," Teubert said. "The Bible teaches us we need to be doing the will of God each day, and if we are, He won't come and catch us ... unawares."
The Rev. Byron Bufkin, pastor of Newport United Methodist Church, said no one in his congregation has expressed worry about Dec. 21, but he has mentioned it occasionally as a way of feeling out whether people want to discuss the topic. If the subject is broached, it's generally in jest, although Bufkin said he wouldn't make light of the situation around someone who actually had concerns about it.
The church isn't altering its plans for the 21st.
"We're planning on going Christmas caroling that night," Bufkin said.
Fred O'Neill, a Marietta resident and retired history teacher who has visited Mayan structures in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, said the Maya weren't predicting the end of the world at all, at least not as our society thinks of it.
"To the Maya, as well as a lot of the (native) people around the world, time goes in a circle," he said, noting Judeo-Christian and Muslim cultures see time in a linear fashion. "The Maya believed that everything was renewed."
O'Neill pointed to an article in the November/December issue of Archaeology, a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America, that describes the three types of calendars the Maya used - one that covers a 260-day cycle thought to be based on the duration of a human pregnancy, another that is close to a solar year and the long count. The article says only two Maya monuments make reference to the end date of the long count, and one includes a reference to a deity ascending to power on that day.
O'Neill said when he visited, he found people living in the area aren't viewing the upcoming date in the same apocalyptic context as folks in other parts of the world.
"I talked to a number of people who are descendants of the Maya that are still around," he said. "They think a lot of what we believe is pretty crazy."
Around the globe, end-of-the-world predictions are being met with serious preparation, skepticism, optimism and attempts to cash in. Two Chinese men are constructing separate vessels to weather an apocalyptic flood, while French authorities are blocking outside access to a small village located on a mountain in the French Pyrenees pegged by Internet rumors as the hiding place for an alien spaceship that will be the only way to escape the cataclysm.
Meanwhile, a spiritual movement called Birth 2012 aims to use the date as the springboard for a global spiritual reset. Hotels near the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza are sold out, and some Las Vegas chapels are readying "Armageddon Wedding" packages.
Warren Township resident Eric Johnson, 32, said he'd heard so much about the date he decided to research it for himself. He sees it as simply the end of a cycle, albeit a much longer one than modern calendars measure.
"We count the end of the year - doesn't mean there isn't going to be a next year," he said.
Johnson said he's not expecting anything dire to happen on the 21st either.
"I think we'll be around for a while," he said. "Not to mean that we won't have challenges, but there are challenges in every generation."
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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the SXSW Music Festival on Friday at ACL Live at Moody Theater in Austin.
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Shrimp Tacos
I just got frozen cooked shrimp and unthawed it.
Add it into a sauce pan with a little water, Tj's taco seasoning, lime juice and corn salsa (look at my taco salad posting) and heat it up and let it sit while you chop up your veggies.
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I LOVE Trader Joe's Yogurt dip with Mexican food. It is low fat and a great substitute for sour cream. I put a little bit of that mixed with hot sauce and salsa. That's it.
Purple cabbage
Cherry Tomatoes
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I put radishes on the side with a little cup of cuban style black beans! YUM! They were so good!


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State officials have temporarily closed two boat launches to accommodate a fishing tournament.
Effective Thursday, the New York State Power Authority will close the boat launches at Whittaker Park and Brandy Brook to accommodate the B.A.S.S. Masters Elite Tournament being held in the Village of Waddington. The launches will reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Recrational boaters are encouraged to use the Lisbon Beach, Coles Creek Marina, and Robert Moses State Park launches.


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Raspberry-Filled White Chocolate Bars
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 1 hr
My friend Jen (www.jenscakes.com) and I made desserts for over 200 for a Christmas party. This was an exceptionally big hit. We used the large baking chips and raspberry filling available from cake supply. The large chips worked especially well because they had a better tendency to stay intact (rather than melt and disappear into bar). Double or quadruple recipe and bake in larger pan for bigger batch. We used jelly roll pans with 1" sides. Highly recommended! Adapted from a Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe.
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- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 2 cups white chocolate chips (vanilla milk chips)
- 2 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄2 cup raspberry jam or 1⁄2 cup raspberry spreadable fruit
- 1⁄4-1⁄2 cup sliced almonds
- additional white chocolate chips, to melt for dipping (optional)
- Heat oven to 325°F.
- Grease and flour 9-inch square pan. Cover bottom with parchment paper.
- Melt butter in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat.
- Add 1 cup of the white chocolate chips. Let stand--do not stir (you don't want chips to melt completely).
- In large bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at high speed until lemon-colored.
- Stir in white chocolate chip mixture.
- Add flour, salt and almond extract; mix at low speed until just combined.
- Spread half (about 1 cup) of batter in greased and floured pan.
- Bake at 325° for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Stir remaining 1 cup white chocolate chips into remaining half of batter; set aside.
- Melt spreadable fruit in small saucepan over low heat. Spread evenly over warm, partially baked crust. (It is important to warm fruit so it is thin enough to spread easily into thin, even layer).
- Gently spoon teaspoonfuls of remaining batter over fruit spread. Be careful--if you try to spread batter around too much you will stir up the fruit layer. (It is ok for some fruit to show through batter).
- Sprinkle with almonds.
- Return to oven and bake an additional 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely. Carefully invert pan on cutting board. Remove parchment paper and trim off all edges with serrated knife.
- Cut into 1 x 2-inch rectangles.
- If desired, you can make them extra special by dipping in additional melted white chocolate chips.
- Pick up each bar with a toothpick inserted at a slight angle on top. (When toothpick is removed, hole is barely noticeable). Dip into white chocolate just until raspberry layer (halfway up) is covered with chocolate.
- Set on waxed paper to cool.
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I have made this recipe many times and they are always a hit. Thanks for the recipe
I made these for my Christmas trays/baskets and of the dozen cookies included, these tied for first place! They are very sweet and rich so I cut them small. I used a jelly roll pan for a double batch and that worked out well. Didn't dip them in extra chocolate and while I think it would make a pretty presentation I think it would be too sweet.
I have made these several times and didnt realize that I hadn't reviewed them. These are very good and fairly easy to make. The one time out of 15 that I made these and they flopped was when I used Vanilla meltys instead of the vanilla chips. I will have to remember to stay with the chips. These are on my Christmas trays this year as well as future years.


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Greetings from Ngoma Aid Foundation; I trust all our donors, friends and well wishers are fine. We at Ngoma Aid Foundation are fine although I have to admit and confess that we are struggling financially at the moment.
The Children completed the first term of the year in April, went home for holidays and are back to school for the second term of the year. We had a perfect start of the year given that we had all our outstanding bills in terms of house rent, school fees, school requirements, food, and all necessities for the first term cleared up to end of April 2012.
The girls went back to school for the second term on the 7th of may 2012 but like I mentioned earlier, providing for second school term is still a big challenge. We have only managed to make some deposit on the fees for the two children in senior four who will be seating the national examinations in October 2012 so that they are not affected by being sent away from school. They spent a week home recently but are now at school after some deposit was made. I am sure the school is about to make fresh demands. The younger girls should have spent some days home due to non-fee payment but we negotiated with the school to give us some more time since we have always paid promptly over the years.
It is also becoming challenging providing all the daily meals for the younger girls who are not in boarding school at the moment. You will appreciate that Ngoma Aid Foundation's activities sometimes benefit from the Executive Director's meager earnings outside the organisation which have not been forthcoming for the last 11months. Like I stated in my previous report, I anticipated second term provisions to be a challenge and it indeed is a challenge.
Still struggling with keeping the girls in school, Kunihira Jane seems to be losing focus because she apparently missed exams, while at school and when all the fees was cleared for the term. Who said parenting is not a challenge? I am yet to discuss her issue with the school administration but I will share what the school thinks of her and what should be done when I meet the school authorities for an explanation. I have attached all the reports for last term to this report.
We will keep the candle burning, we are determined to continue moving mountains one at a time, we can only continue to achieve our goals with your support. Kindly bring the support on. Thank you Always
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Gov. Deval Patrick's tax proposals would carve evenly though the ranks of Massachusetts taxpayers, with families earning about $60,000 or less paying the same or less in income and sales taxes and higher earners paying more, the governor's senior budget and finance advisers explained Thursday.
"Roughly half would pay the same or less," said Secretary of Administration and Finance Glen Shor.
The day after the governor outlined his plans to increase the state income tax from 5.25 percent to 6.25 percent while cutting the sales tax from 6.25 percent to 4.5 percent to fund expansive improvements in transportation and education, Shor warned against focusing too closely on individual elements of the plan, saying "the proposal in its entirety improves the fairness of the tax code."
Under the plan, which would take effect in 2014 if it passes political scrutiny, families earning about $80,000 would pay several hundred dollars more a year, while those earning between $100,000 and $200,000 would pay an additional $1,000 or so, Assistant Secretary Greg Mennis said.
Over $200,000? Those earners would pay an additional 1 percent of their income.
"Those are very rough figures," Shor said.
Patrick is proposing the elimination of 45 itemized income tax deductions, the most widely used of which is a $2,000 annual deduction for employee contributions to Social Security or other retirement systems. But his aides argued that the proposed doubling of the personal exemption for every taxpayer was a fairer way to carve the revenue pie.
"You can't look at (the deductions) in isolation," said Administration and Finance General Counsel David Sullivan. "These individual (deductions) are an inefficient way of delivering benefits. It's better for all taxpayers to receive the reductions through the increased personal deduction and the decrease in the sales tax rate."
Not mentioned in the governor's State of the State address Wednesday but scheduled to be presented in his annual budget is a plan to index increases in the state's 19-cent-per-gallon gas tax to inflation. That proposal would add less than a penny to the tax next year, Shor said.
The governor's plan also calls for periodic increases in fees, fares and tolls.
"When you look at total state and local taxes as a percentage of personal income, Massachusetts today is in the middle of the pack," Shor said. "This will not fundamentally change the picture of how we compare with our economic competitors."
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Tickets remain available for the 2013 Clearwater Festival, which recently added big names like Judy Collins, Kris Kristofferson and the Dirt Farmer Band.
These additions, along with Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and the Last Bison, will join Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Drive By Truckers, Hot Tuna, Mavis Staples and more June 15 and 16 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson.
The festival - also known as the Great Hudson River Revival - is Clearwater's major annual event uniting activism, music and family for two days along the Hudson. It was founded by folk icon Pete Seeger, who will also perform. Along with music, the Clearwater Festival features a craft fair, a food and farm market, storytellers, an activism area and opportunities to stand aboard the sloop Clearwater.
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The City of Dover is not only the Capital of the First State, but also the hometown to many of Delaware's historical landmarks. In downtown Dover you can peruse the many legislative and government buildings which have stood for generations, or relax at Silver Lake's popular park and beach areas. Dover has fun attractions for people of all ages.
Delaware is well-known as having tax-free shopping and many people from neighboring states flock to Delaware when making purchases thanks to our tax-free status. Various merchants are available for your shopping pleasure throughout Downtown Dover and national chains at the Dover Mall. Whether buying clothes for school or a new car, the advantages are unlimited and savings pile up quickly.
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Nestled inside the many historical buildings in Downtown Dover is the Schwartz Center which was reopened in October, 2001 after an extensive modernization and expansion from its roots as the Dover Opera House. The Center offers a variety of shows, such as comedy acts, weekend runnings of "Family Films and Classics" and the Dover Symphony among other performances.
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Every year numerous events are held around the City, ranging from fireworks on July 4th, Art Festivals, and Christmas Caroling on the Green to ethnic parades such as St. Patricks Day and the African American Festival. Interested? All of our events are available on the community calendar.
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Hoekstra Super Bowl Ad Draws Criticism
Former Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who's hoping to unseat Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in Michigan, is facing criticism for 30-second ad that aired in Michigan during the Super Bowl and features an Asian woman speaking broken English.
In the ad, the woman rides a bike through rice paddies as Asian-sounding music plays in the background.
"Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spend-it-now," she says. "Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spend-it-now."
The Hoekstra campaign also set up a website, debbiespenditnow.com, that includes Chinese lettering, Chinese flags and an Asian fan.
The Michigan chapter of Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote immediately attacked the spot, saying it "plays on harmful stereotypes of Asians speaking broken English and has stereotypical Chinese music playing in the background." It called the commercial "very disturbing."
Republican consultant Mike Murphy tweeted, "Pete Hoekstra Superbowl TV ad in MI Senate race really, really dumb. I mean really."
Mr. Hoekstra responded to the criticisms Monday morning. "We knew we were taking an aggressive approach on this, but we're in a time when people are fed up with the spending and we wanted to capture that frustration with the spending," Mr. Hoekstra said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "It hits Debbie smack-dab between the eyes on the area where she is most vulnerable."
The $150,000 ad buy will run for two weeks, according to the Hoekstra campaign.
The ad's message is that Ms. Stabenow, by supporting big government spending, has greatly increased the government's debt and obligation to China. Ms. Stabenow's campaign responded that it's Mr. Hoekstra who's the profligate spender, citing his support for the Wall Street bailout and President George W. Bush's budgets. To make that point, the Stabenow campaign released its own ad focused on spending.


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2 Lobsters (2 pounds each)
5 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, mixed
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon parsley
8 tablespoons butter
1 cup bread crumbs
1. Slice the lobster and remove the intestinal tract. Lightly bruch with olive oil.
2. Saute the garlic and herbs for 5 minutes in 4 tablespoons of the butter and mix the brad crumbs. Spread the mixture over the lobster and dot with the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter.
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We realized with research that there is very little shade on this island – and renting a clam shell doesn't do much but put you in a sea of other clam shells, essentially ruining any view of the beach you may have had. We approached the excursion desk to ask if perhaps there were any cabanas left for rent, as they were all sold out when we booked the cruise. They had some small and large cabanas available to book – the small fits 4 people and is $200 while the large fit 6 people and was $250. We rented the small – so that we would have shade and a place of our own to relax if we chose. I think having the cabana was a big part of why we enjoyed the island so much. You have to tender on GSC, and if you rent a cabana you get priority tender included with that. That means you do not have to go to the theater to get your tender ticket and then wait in long lines to get off of the ship. There was a very long tender line when we walked down to the deck – but we flashed our cabana ticket and were whisked passed most of the line so that we could get on the next available tender boat. I don't think I would have been happy with the tendering process otherwise, I heard others complaining that it took long.
Once on GSC we were shown to our Cabana – Cabana 11 – which was further than the main beach – and further than the food pavilion even. Because of this, the beach our cabana looked over was quiet and less traveled. Cabana 11 was right next to the Lighthouse Bar and also a bathroom was down a short path on the other side – perfect location. The cabana had a table with 4 chairs, 4 loungers, a beverage cooler, a storage cabinet, an outdoor shower, and even towels. We were also provided floats/mats for all 4 of us. The beverage cooler was filled with both still and sparkling water and we were given a bowl and fruit and chips with salsa. The beach was right in front of us – a small hill to walk down to get to water. There were fish, hermit crabs, urchins, and other sea life that we came across. The water was clear and warm. We really enjoyed relaxing on our mats in the water.
When it was time for lunch my daughter and I went to get plates for everyone. It took a while, there were three repeating stations to get your food at but the flow was a little confusing as it was hard to exit from two of the stations. All in all it took almost 30 minutes for us to get our food which was a bit too long. The food was good , though – normal BBQ fare - burgers, hot dogs, salads, and desserts.
There was a line to get on the tender to go back, but it moved quickly and we were off in about 10-15 minutes total.
I probably would have rated this port a lot lower if we had not rented the cabana
We booked an independent excursion through Bernard's Tours after doing our research on the Cruise Critic boards. Our tour included stops at Oyster Pond, Orient Beach, Marigot, Maho Beach and also small stops along the way for photo opportunities. It was a good way to learn about the island and to see a good deal of it in a short time. The bus was air conditioned, clean, and the driver provided both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Oyster Pond was fun, there was a man there who had different sea creatures for the kids to hold and learn about.
We stayed at Orient Beach for almost 2 hours. We were taken to La Playa – you could rent chairs for $5 each and it came with a free rum punch or fruit punch. If you wanted chairs in the first row they were $10 each with the same free drink per chair. They have food there as well, a pretty good sized menu, but we were not ready for food. The beach was beautiful – not too many vendors – and the water pristine. The restrooms were clean. They have free wifi but you need to be close to the bar for it to work. We enjoyed our short stay here.
Marigot was a short stop – enough time to get a quick glance at the shops and something to eat if you were hungry. At the suggestion of many on the boards we went to Sarafina's to get French pastries. The prices were reasonable and the food was good.
Maho Beach is the reason we booked this tour. My kids wanted to go so badly, while I did not want to spend all day on a tiny crowded beach. We got to Maho around 1:30pm and the beach was jam packed, the beach bar/restaurant was jam packed and it was HOT! The street runs right up against the beach so you need to be careful with your kids. We were there long enough to see a few small and one large plane land – and then began our journey back to Philipsburg. I was not particularly a fan of Maho but it was neat to see. I wouldn't spend a full day here, but would suggest to see it if you can as part of a tour.
We figured going here we had to see the Baths since we had never been. We booked the ship's tour because we did not have a long day in port. The group the ship hired out to do the tour was Romasco Tour Group. The price was not cheap but it included transport to the island via a speedy catamaran and then the van ride to the top of the Baths. There was also a drink of punch provided on transport back – which was either alcoholic or non, dependent on your preference.
The Baths are definitely a wonder if you have never seen them before. You can walk down a path – about 10 minutes – which takes you right to the Bath's beach – beautiful clear water with awesome rock formations. The other option takes a bit longer 25-30 minutes and you must be able to walk/climb to do this. This path takes you through caves to Devils' Bay Beach. It is fun trying to figure out if you are going the right way as you climb up and down through the caves, and even some pools. At the exit of the caves you are presented with a beautiful, quiet, less crowded beach. The view is gorgeous, being surrounded by rock formations and caves. The kids had fun too.
Tortola and Virgin Gorda were so beautiful that this area is one of the first places we have ever wished to come back and stay longer.
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5 Jan 2005:Amrita Shah, Indian Express columnist, yesterday wrote in her column titled 'Feminism in the time of MMS' that anybody who keeps asking — and there are many who do — why feminists oppose beauty contests should watch two film clips currently in circulation.
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Arguments against beauty contests - I thought those times had ended when I was in school, even in the Marxist state of Kerala. Apparently not. That's okay, just because the world has moved forward/backward does not mean that discussions should end. Especially when some of them can bring back memories of your childhood!
Anyway, as Amrita Shah requested us, I viewed the two video clips. The one that purportedly shows South Indian actress Trisha Krishnan taking a bath, apparently shot with a spy camera behind a mirror in a hotel room. Hey, hold your horses. I know you want to download it too, and verify whether it really is Trisha, especially after her mother's passionate denial. Now, I am not going to give you the URL; search for it kids, if you really want to see it. It's there, very much there! Anyway, coming back to the point, the actress in the picture is NOT Trisha Krishnan. How so? The experts at an unnamed discussion board say so. They have enhanced it, magnified it, and yes, the girl is one very sad looking female - maybe because she is paid to pose, maybe she has other problems - but it definitely is not Trisha.
Now we come to the second clip mentioned in
Amrita Shah's column. She writes, "The second
clip is of another film actress from the south,
Jyothika, being molested by a stranger in a crowd.
It is a long, lingering shot of a hapless girl's
very public humiliation that was telecast by at
least one news channel in a story on the abuse of
new technology." It was not a long lingering
shot that I saw, but then probably Amrita Shah has
gotten a longer version. That, we can see, is
obviously poor Jyothika.
Coming back to the topic in question - I watched the video clips, but the connection to beauty contests was not apparent enough to my pathetic brain. So we shall now go through the rest of the column.
Amrita Shah goes on to mention the DPS MMS clip, the Kareena-Shahid kiss and the ensuing discussion in the media. "The discussion has covered teenage sex, the dangerous proliferation of technology such as mobile phones, issues of privacy and the culpability of those heading media houses or sites where obscenity could be peddled. All important issues, and yet something has been missing from the talk, something crucial, namely the content, the subject matter of the current surge of surreptitious film-taking."
She is right. "The content is a girl bathing. A girl being manhandled in a public place. A girl performing oral sex. A girl kissing her boyfriend. At a time when newsmagazines are writing cover stories on the sexual emancipation of the Indian woman, it seems like there are a whole lot of not very emancipated men who are having a hard time accepting it. So hard that they must secretly film, and then disseminate the results to thousands of
others," says Amrita Shah.
Ow ow. Hold it right there. There sure are a lot of not very emancipated men having a hard time. Very many indeed. But that does not mean that have they have formed themselves into small, secretive bands of videographers to upload their video clips on the Web and MMS them. All in the hope of ruining the lives of those emancipated women. In fact, I am reminded of another writer in Indian Express, who wrote that the Pepsi ad with Amitabh Bachchan and Arshad Warsi where Bacchan snarls 'paani pi, paani' was a direct, deliberate attack on the NGOs and social workers who were protesting against the various cola plants in the country where there slogan was 'water, not Pepsi'. Ridiculous.
I am sure the way I have described it is not exactly what Amrita Shah had in mind. She must have definitely been referring to the men who feel threatened by the new liberated, sexy woman, and that the video clips are a tangential reaction to something they can't handle. Then it begins to make sense. And then it stops making sense to most men, and continues making sense to most women. (That's just a guess, this writer does not have the resources to research it thoroughly.) Please bear with me while I attempt explaining the psychology here.
This, I assume, is because Amrita Shah has probably not asked men their reaction to the videos and engaged them in discussions. But this writer remembers the boys he roamed with in college, the roommates he stayed with when he started working, and the colleagues with whom he shared dirty jokes and pictures. I know for a fact that 90% of the men between 15 and 35 would not miss a chance to shoot a hidden camera clip of someone doing something private. Like sex, kiss, bathe, grope... Only they wouldn't go to extraordinary lengths to do it. Or will they...? I remember this classmate and his gang of friends - a bunch of blabbermouths - who used to climb their
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Traditionally, this Korean barbecued beef would be cooked over a cast-iron tabletop appliance known as a Mongolian fire or Genghis Khan grill, but it can also be cooked in a cast-iron skillet on top of the stove. Chicken or pork can be marinated and cooked in the same manner. Stir-fried beans and rice would be a delicious accompaniment. Serve Bulgogi with kim chee, which is available in the international foods section of many supermarkets.
• 2 large cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 3/4 to 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds, toasted and ground
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic chives
• 1 teaspoon French thyme, optional
• 1/4 cup dark sesame oil
• 1 pound lean beef loin, sliced against the grain 1/8 inch thick and 2 inches wide
1. Crush the garlic with the back of a chef's knife and place it in a large mixing bowl. Combine the soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, garlic chives, the optional thyme, and sesame oil. Gently rub the marinade into the meat with your hands, then place the meat in layers.
2. Marinate the meat for 10 minutes or longer. Heat a large cast-iron skillet until very hot. Stir-fry the beef to your preference: rare, medium, or well done.
3. Transfer the meat to a heated platter, pour the pan juices over it, and serve immediately.
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1. Cool (which is to say very hot) rendering of what your gas stove heat looks like from the point of view of your frying pan. Oh, and also how to buy cookware, if you're into practical information.
2. Reader Donna sends along another artist to love: Barry Kite.
3. Wolves are taking over Poland; brown bears have dibs on Slovenia; in Germany, the kitties are interbreeding with wildcats. Not surprisingly, this all makes me deeply happy.
4. Dancing with dogs? Dog dancing is hot. Once, several years ago, my team on a cable access quiz show beat a team of dog dancers. But not by much. The ineffable Emily Yoffe takes her dog dog dancing.
5. Oh! Birds mimic cellphone ringtones! I want one to mimic my "Big Pimpin" ringtone.


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The finance industry is still roiling from last month's stunning collapse of Bear Stearns, Wall Street's fifth largest investment bank. The dollar continues to fall against other world currencies.
And the philanthropic world is becoming increasingly fearful about what seems to be a perfect storm brewing against the financial world.
While most philanthropy professionals feel some anxiety now, they are bracing for what could be a calamity in the world of charitable giving.
At its worst, they say, the stock and real estate markets could continue to slide and large foundations could be forced to cut their allocations significantly, smaller donations from the middle class could dry up and what has been a renaissance in Jewish programming over the past several years could come to a screeching halt. Also, the dollar's decline could continue to stretch the budgets of Israeli nonprofits.
At its best, the economy could stabilize and there could simply be a short-term slowing of philanthropic dollars -- a slowing that already has started.
"I think you will begin to see cutbacks now in terms of commitments for the future," said Richard Marker, an independent philanthropy adviser and a professor of philanthropy at New York University. "If you were to start a major campaign now and are asking people for lead gifts, I think you will begin to see an atmosphere of reservation.
"People are beginning to be nervous, especially in places where the economy is so based on banking and real estate. And I don't think that the Jewish community is going to be exempt. There is going to be tremendous pressure on both the philanthropists and the nonprofit world."
Some are comparing the economic situation brewing now to the recession that followed Sept. 11, 2001 and the bursting of the high-tech bubble.
Some are holding tight to the notion that the economy ebbs and flows, and after a period of unprecedented growth over the past several years the market is simply correcting itself. But those considering the philanthropic world believe they are peering over the edge of a cliff unsure about whether they are about to fall over or be mercifully yanked away from it.
Philanthropy typically follows the economy by two years -- if the economy falters, usually it takes two years for philanthropists to slow their giving. But Marker and others predict this downturn will have a much quicker effect.
"I think people are taking a deep breath," Marker said. "I don't think that people right now are looking to make major new commitments, whereas maybe a year ago, if a great new idea came along, someone might say, 'OK, lets take the risk.'"
Marker, who acts as an adviser to a number of foundations and philanthropists, said he has heard of one foundation that already has said it will not provide grants next year, but declined to name it.
At the annual conference of the Jewish Funders Network (JFN), which gathered some 350 of the world's wealthiest Jews and most prolific givers this week in Jerusalem, philanthropists and foundation professionals openly expressed concern that a philanthropic recession is on the way.
Yael Shalgi, the president of Israel Philanthropy Advisors, says she also knows of several foundations that already have cut their funding.
Even the behemoth of the Jewish philanthropic world, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, is nervous. The foundation, which last year was worth some $2.3 billion, gives out more than $100 million a year to charities, most of which are Jewish.
Foundations are required to give away 5 percent of their assets each year, which means they generally try to earn 7 percent annually on their investments to pay for their allotments and overhead.
But the Weinberg foundation, which has about two-thirds of its money invested in various markets and the rest in real estate, has lost 9 percent of the value on its invested assets since the beginning of the year, according to its treasurer, Barry Schloss.
Schloss said the impact on the foundation's giving will not be felt immediately, as its allocations for the last fiscal year, which for Weinberg ended Feb. 28, are already set.
"We're not cutting grants at the moment," Schloss said. But if the market continues to tumble, "the real effect will happen next year. We will probably have to make cuts. But we don't stop giving when we get to that point."
At the JFN conference, Schloss said that because of the falling dollar, some of the Israeli organizations funded by Weinberg will have to do less with their money than they expected. He noted a program that pays for dental care for needy children that will be able to help only 175 children with dental surgery rather than the intended 200.
The real crunch, though, may come not from major foundations but the middle class.
Givers tend to make charitable donations in accordance with how comfortable they feel financially. Thus, in this economy the middle class -- and therefore smaller donations -- could suffer tremendously.
"We are very concerned about the manner in which the volatility in the markets and the repercussions of the credit crunch will have [an effect] on fund raising in general and the abilities of the charities to function," said Sandy Cardin, the president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.
While he expects those charities that receive a significant portion of their budgets from foundations to be relatively secure, charities that depend on smaller donations from the public could be in trouble.
"Regarding the larger group of donations -- gifts from the general public -- it is unknown," Cardin said.
Charitable contributions are among the first cuts for Americans feeling insecure financially, say experts in the field."Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in 30 years," said Gary Tobin, the president of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research. "Small donors are no different than mega-donors. If their retirement funds are down and unemployment touches them and they are behind in mortgages, then giving will suffer. No one knows how long this will last."
The effects of the economic downturn already have been felt on the ground.
In Sarasota, Fla., where the subprime mortgage crisis has hit as hard as anywhere in the country, the Jewish Family & Children's Service of Sarasota-Manatee has seen one-time donors who cleaned up in the real estate market become clients in need of help, said Rose Chapman, the organization's president and CEO.
In New York, where the recent collapse of Bear Stearns was felt hardest, nonprofits are bracing for the worst. Bear Stearns alone employs some 14,000 employees, and it is estimated that half or more will lose their jobs. Its collapse could have much broader implications in the financial services industry.
As the job market tightens around Bear Stearns and New Yorkers are faced with steep rises in rent and other expenses, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is bracing for a huge influx of Jews near poverty, its executive director, William Rapfogel, said.
Rapfogel, whose agency serves some 225,000 needy New York Jews, is in the middle of an intense fundraising drive that has brought in $2 million over the past few weeks.
Still, he knows that won't be enough.
"What we are seeing is a virtual tsunami, a perfect storm," Rapfogel said. "We are not sure how that will affect our agency. The city is already talking about cutbacks in its budget. Many food pantries are bare, and at the same time we anticipate having an avalanche of more needy people."
Outside the United States, as the dollar continues to fall, nonprofit organizations that rely on dollars for their budgets but pay for their expenses in other currency are feeling intense budget crises.
According to Shalgi of the Israel Philanthropy Advisors, the dollar has fallen against the shekel by 25 percent over the past 18 months, providing a major challenge for the Israeli nonprofit sector. Approximately 12 percent of philanthropic dollars spent in Israel come from overseas, she said, and two-thirds of that -- an estimated $1.5 billion -- is collected in dollars.
The JFN held two sessions Tuesday to help philanthropists talk out the problem.
The Jewish Agency for Israel, for instance, faced with a $20 million deficit because of the falling dollar, is now considering serious structural changes to cope with the situation.
At home, there is also the question of how a drop in Jewish philanthropic dollars could affect what has been a stunning recent growth of dynamic, young Jewish endeavors pushed mainly by entrepreneurial philanthropy, where donors take chances on innovative yet untested programs.
The director of one such program is taking a wait-and-see approach.
Daniel Septimus is trying to triple the budget for his Web site, myjewishlearning.com, which offers a wealth of accessible, multidenominational information and thought pieces on Judaism. Though he is not terribly concerned yet for his endeavor because he primarily has been courting large foundations, Septimus hopes that the economic downturn does not stunt the growth of what he sees as an unprecedented time in Jewish innovation.
"There have been a lot of resources around the last few years, and I am sure a lot of us in this business have gotten used to at least the fact that there is money around, whether it is coming to us or not," he said.
Septimus says the problem hasn't been discussed as much in terms of the Jewish renaissance of the past few years.
"We haven't discussed the economics of that so much because a lot of it has been facilitated by a relatively strong market," he said. "But we are all of a sudden realizing that life over the past few years has been great. There have been great new programs created, but that was largely facilitated by there being a lot of money around.
"If anything, there is now the fear of it being harder to fundraise," Septimus said. "Even if it is just a fear."
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A California Highway Patrol officer who was killed in the line of duty in Contra Costa County last fall was honored this morning at the CHP's cadet academy graduation.
The CHP Cadet Training Class 3 of 2012 dedicated their graduation ceremony to Officer Kenyon Youngstrom, a 37-year-old father of four who was shot and critically injured by a driver during a routine traffic stop on Interstate Highway 680 near Alamo on the morning of Sept. 4, 2012.
The suspect, Christopher Boone Lacy, was shot and critically wounded by a CHP officer who arrived on scene.
Both Youngstrom and Lacy were pronounced dead later that day at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
The news of Youngstrom's violent death shocked not only residents in his small hometown of Cordelia but also community members and CHP officers statewide.
Thousands attended his memorial service in Vacaville, from Gov. Jerry Brown and top CHP brass to law enforcement officers from throughout the state.
Friday morning, the class of 87 cadets preparing to start their own CHP careers presented the fallen officer's widow, Karen Youngstrom, with a plaque honoring her husband for his service.
Learning about the officer's untimely death while training at the CHP academy had a lasting impact on the graduating class, CHP Officer John Fransen said.
"They knew that Officer Youngstrom made the ultimate sacrifice serving the community of Contra Costa County and the state of California," Fransen said. "Any time you're immersed in that kind of training, it really hits home because you realize what you may eventually be called to do."
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December 02, 2012
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Is there collagen in your anti wrinkle face cream? Does it matter?
May 21, 2011 at 9:01 am in Fashion & Beauty by VN Editors
When you're looking for a good anti wrinkle face cream, it's easy to get caught up in the hype, promises and buzzwords used on fancy labels. Those labels often come with high prices, even though some of the most effective anti-wrinkle face cream may also be the most affordable.
Two of those common buzzwords are collagen and elastin. According to Lois Joy Johnson, author of VN's Skin Care and Cosmetic Product Guide For Women Over 50, collagen and elastin are "the fibers that make up the support structure of the skin — like the springs and stuffing in your mattress. They diminish with time, age, and estrogen loss, causing wrinkles and expression lines to deepen and skin to sag."
What destroys collagen?
If you want to look great at any age, it's important to protect your skin and avoid collagen and elastin. Of course normal aging is detrimental to the skin, but the following factors reputedly destroy collagen and elastin:
1. Sun tanning and sun exposure – UVA rays affects collagen through a process called photo-aging. Although the net effect these rays have on your skin depends on factors such as skin color and degree of exposure, even limited exposure over a long period can cause collagen damage.
2. Free radicals – These are molecules missing an electron that attack healthy skin cells to steal their electrons, leading to a damaging chain reaction called oxidation. This causes loss of firmness, wrinkles, lines, and uneven skin tone.
3. A fat or sugar-filled diet – A healthy diet is as vital to good looking skin as it is a healthy body.
4. Cigarette smoking – Smoking kills off the ascorbic acid molecule vital for healthy skin so if you're determined to continue smoking, consider taking a Vitamin C supplement.
5. Alcohol consumption – Too much alcohol destroys important nutrients, including Vitamin C. Go easy on the cocktails, and wait at least 2 hours after taking supplements before consuming alcohol.
Finding a good anti wrinkle face cream that will help protect and rebuild collagen and elastin may take some time. Look for something with peptides, Johnson advises, because "These chains of small amino acids or mini-proteins stimulate new collagen production while helping to prevent further breakdown and increase the repair of capillaries.
"Anything that rejuvenates collagen and elastin like vitamin C or retinol is your friend."
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Whilst install went smoothly and sharing works well, an unwanted consequence is
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Behind the Bench: 9-28-09
Head Coach Bruce Boudreau's Weekly Column
There are two ways I can look at this training camp. One is the glass is half full and the other is that it is half empty. In the half-full glass, we worked very hard, are in great shape and were in position to win all six of our preseason games while using varied lineups the entire time. In the half-empty glass, most of the games were relatively close and we could have lost five of them, but the important thing is that you learn how to win. We had two overtime wins and a few one-goal games in regulation as well. We showed that when the chips are down we can come through.
We have trimmed our roster down to the low 20s and now we will try to build as a team. Everything counts now. Games count for teams and all these stats go toward the next contract for the players. Preseason stats don't do that. Coaches and players both flip a switch now and I think everybody gets even more excited. Now there is going to be a different buzz in every building we go to. It is not going to be the same as we saw in the preseason.
I am sure they are going to be raising some banners on Thursday in Boston and we have to be ready for that. Those ceremonies always get the home team excited and I can guarantee you that there will be goose bumps for the Bruins when that banner goes up. They are going to come out really hard in the first period, and it is going to be real important for us to be in it right from the beginning.
I remember the last time there was a long ceremony before one of our games. It was in Chicago and they came out and scored four goals against us in the first period. Hopefully that experience will make us better prepared to play on Thursday.
Just because camp is over does not mean that we do not have difficult to decisions to make in the coming days. The most difficult decision we have to make is what lines do we play and who our starting goaltender on Thursday is. I think early on in the year that both goaltenders will play a significant amount. There is no such thing as a No. 1 or a No. 2 goalie. When push comes to shove, probably around game 50, we will know who we will go with. I don't have to make that decision, because the goalies will make those decisions for us with regard to who is better.
For Thursday, it is all perception as to who the starting goaltender is. It is an NBA perception because they put their starting five out there and they are the starters. In hockey you do more matchups at the beginning of the game. If we start Ovechkin's line on Thursday, the Bruins may put their third line out there, but that does not carry the perception that the third line is "their starters."
We may start one goalie on opening night in Boston and the other might start Saturday at home. I have to figure out what to do and which is the better fit for each game if we decide to go that route.


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The Pilgrims And The Rock
Did the Fathers in 1620 really land on that famous slab of granite? Through the haze of myth that surround it, a profound truth may be dimly seen
October 1962 | Volume 13, Issue 6
That mixed company of forty-one "Saints" and sixtyone "Strangers"∗ had already spent a month ashore, across the bay, before the Plymouth landing. Sixty-five days out of Plymouth, England, the Mayflower made her landfall on the outer edge of Cape Cod near the bluffs of Truro, then headed southward, but turned back fearfully at the sinister turbulence of the Chatham shoals. Next morning, Saturday, November 11, 1620,∗ Captain Christopher Jones rounded the tip of Cape Cod and dropped anchor in what would become known as Provincetown Harbor.
∗ Saints and Strangers: The leaders of the Mayflower group were religious dissenters who called themselves "Saints," and excluded those who did not follow their strict rules of conduct and thought. They caused much trouble at the Plymouth settlement by imposing their views upon the majority, the "Strangers," who sought economic opportunity rather than religious salvation in the New World.
∗ The dates given in this article are Old Style, ten days behind the New-Style, Gregorian calendar adopted by Great Britain in 1752.
A small advance party of armed men landed to look for supplies of wood and water, marched several uneventful miles and returned with a boatload of juniper branches to fumigate the Mayflower from the foulness of the voyage. This was the first landing of the Pilgrims in the New World. Prayers confined the company to the ship on the Sabbath, prayers and the Mayflower Compact—a practical document, whatever its later democratic symbolism, drawn up by the Saints at the time to meet the disgruntled challenge of the Strangers. On Monday morning the women were put ashore under guard to wash great bundles of dirty clothes and bedding. Meanwhile the men set to repairing the longboat, or shallop, which had been stored on the upper deck and was much damaged by the buffetings of the voyage; it would be needed for exploring the coast.
The dune-edged landscape in the fading aftermath of autumn offered "a wether-beaten face, and ye whole countrie full of woods & thickets represented a wild & savage heiw." Yet, Saints and Strangers together knew they must find a place to settle before the winter caught them. When after several days the shallop was still not ready, Captain My les Standish led a party of twenty, including sixteen volunteers armed with musket and corselet, down the beach on the first of a series of "Discoveries," as they chose to call their explorations. They had marched about a mile when they saw five or six Indians with a dog in the distance. At sight of the whites the Indians whistled to the dog and darted into the woods. Standish and his men with ignorant valor dashed after them. Fortunately the Indians had not prepared an ambush.
The Englishmen spent a night on the sands shivering with cold and tormented by lack of water. The next morning they lost themselves in a tangle of thickets, but managed to regain the beach; following Indian footprints, they discovered a spring and later came across the heaped mounds of an Indian burial ground. On their way back they found more mounds at the base of a hill, and digging into one newly made, uncovered a large basket filled with some bushels of seed corn plus several dozen red, yellow, and blue ears. The hill they called Corn Hill. The ears they carried back with them, reaching the ship at the end of the third day.
Not for another ten days was the shallop ready, and by that time the first snow had fallen. Twenty-four Pilgrims and nine of the Mayflower crew left on the second "Discovery." Heavy seas soon forced the shallop back. Rather than return, however, the Pilgrims waded ashore in the waist-deep water and huddled overnight in driving snow. In the morning they managed to shoot a few geese. On reaching Corn Hill they dug the rest of the corn from the now-frozen ground with their swords and cutlasses and sent it back by the shallop. Wandering as far as Nauset, they came upon conical Indian huts, opened several nearby graves, and removed "sundrie of the prettiest things" that had been buried with the Indian dead. In one they found the body of a yellow-haired man—possibly a Frenchman who had died in captivity. On their return the whole company debated about making a settlement at Corn Hill. They decided against it because of the shallow harbor and the lack of water.
The third "Discovery" was to bring the initial landing at Plymouth. Although to the Mayflower passengers the land around Massachusetts Bay seemed ominously strange, it was to mariners no terra incognita . As early as 1602 Cape Cod had been named by Bartholomew Gosnold, who commanded the first recorded landing of Englishmen in New England. Samuel de Champlain mapped Plymouth Harbor three years later, as did the Dutchman Adrian Block in 1614. Captain John Smith had ranged the New England coast that same year; his map called the harbor Accomack, a name subsequently altered by Charles I to Plymouth. One of the Mayflower mates, Robert Coppin, who had been with Smith, persuaded the Mayflower company that everything needed for settlement was there—a deep harbor, fresh water, cleared fields, and natural fortifications.


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NEW MADRID - Jay Junior Chambliss, 51, died Oct. 11, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Born April 29, 1951, in Barstow, Calif., son of the late J.R. and Leona Hunt Chambliss, he had been employed by the Mid-American Transportation Barge Line.
Survivors include: one son, Jody Chambliss of Portageville; one daughter, Katrina Borders of Malden; one brother, Scott Chambliss of St. Louis; six sisters, Dixie Akins of LaForge, Judy Keck of Sikeston, Nancy Walker of Lilbourn, Theresa Bradley of Corvalis, Ore., Cindy Gafner of Vermont and Deonna Tanner of New Madrid; and two grandchildren.
One sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Lilbourn, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Meryl Duffie, interim pastor of the Church of God in Lilbourn, will officiate.
Burial will follow in Mounds Park Cemetery near Lilbourn.
Pallbearers will be: Danny J. Cooper, Brian Cooper, Chuck Howard, Greg Lowman, Jonathan Weeks and Brantley Atchley.


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I'm taking my sister lunch tomorrow. (she just had twins! ) One of the things I'm planning on making is a quiche. I plan on going up in the morning. I'll make the quiche tonight.
Should I not cook it all the way and finish cooking it at lunch time? Should I cook it all the way and just reheat it. Microwave? Oven? I can't imagine not cooking it at all. But I don't want it to dry out either. help please! TIA


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By Ms. Jacqueline Boucher (AMC)December 17, 2007
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa. - Blaise Kroll, electroplating worker, uses an overhead crane to dunk 16 sandblasted rims in zinc phosphate. The plating process creates a filament ofer the steel that protects the rims from rust and helps paint adhere to the metal. Once the rims are plated they are sent to the painting shop. Kroll works in the Finishing and Etching Branch, Systems Integration and Support Directorate.