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Americans need jobs. They need energy from friendly sources.
A controversial Canada-to-Texas pipeline would provide both. Thus, it is a puzzle to many why the Obama administration would reject construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project that would put Americans to work and would help bring vital fossil fuel into this country to help us power our industries.
"This is not the end of this fight," U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement after the administration announced its opposition to the pipeline bill.
The pipeline, which TransCanada Corp. had planned to build to ship oil into this country, became a critical point of contention in late 2011's debate over whether to extend the payroll tax deduction. It was argued — correctly, in fact — that the pipeline didn't deserve to be lumped with the payroll tax.
Indeed, the project is important enough to stand on its own.
Environmentalists hailed the White House decision to oppose the bill on grounds that the pipeline would pollute the air and water. They also argue the jobs benefits are inflated wildly.
The major issue, though, ought to be national security — specifically the nation's energy security.
Without the pipeline bringing fossil fuel into the United States from this nation's most reliable neighbor and ally, we are left to the whims of oil-exporting nations that do not always have the world's best interests at heart. The Middle East comes to mind.
Meanwhile, the United States and Canada share the world's longest open international border. It is with good reason that our countries comprise the closest alliance on the planet.
The Keystone XL project would help protect this nation against the whims and dictates of undependable energy suppliers.
And yes, it would put Americans to work.
"The president has said he wakes up every morning thinking about jobs," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said, "but a decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline will do nothing but extend the jobs crisis and send thousands of U.S. jobs and valuable oil overseas."
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By Christine Ennulat
Way back in college, I went to Haiti for six weeks on an interdenominational mission trip. Our team lived in an orphanage outside of Cap-Haitien, on Haiti's northern coast, where our task for the summer was to add a second floor to a building in an orphanage.
The children were always around, but I remember in particular four little boys — Roro, Antoine, Roger and tiny Delice. They were a pack, always smiling, always curious about what this group of giant, sweating teenagers was up to.
I remember their throwing rocks into trees to knock down mangos and the insanely sour, thick-skinned grapefruit that I loved. I remember them looking on, grinning, as we toiled and complained while washing what must have seemed our overabundance of clothes at the orphanage's well. I remember their small, rain-slick faces peering into the sick tent, where I suffered in quarantine with some unpleasant stomach ailment as a small river rushed past my air mattress, and Roro's asking, "Ou malade?"
Roro was my favorite. He had twinkle to spare, and he and Delice seemed to have a special bond. I thought it was nice that the older boy looked out for the younger with such obvious care.
A few weeks into our stay, I had learned enough Creole to find out that the boys were not 8 or 9 years old, as I'd thought, but 11. All of them — including Delice, whose head reached Roro's shoulder, and whom I'd thought was maybe 5 or 6. But as I thought about him and paid more attention, I recognized his more sober, angular countenance was at odds with his birdlike, stunted body.
When I asked the minister who ran the orphanage about his story, I learned that Delice's mother had left him there as a toddler, and that he had been severely malnourished, which was the reason he was so small. He would grow more, but he would always be small.
Now, decades later, as I explore ChildFund's work so that I can do my job of writing about it, I often learn hard truths. In researching our Early Child Development programs, I've learned about the importance of nutrition in a child's development — physical, cognitive, behavioral and more. The other day, I ran across a widely quoted nugget from Carl Sagan, from a statement he made to Congress in 1994:
"When there isn't enough food, the body has to make a decision about how to invest the limited foodstuffs available. Survival comes first. Growth comes second. In this nutritional triage, the body seems obliged to rank learning last. Better to be stupid and alive than smart and dead."
For Delice, his body's "decision" was outwardly obvious. There's no way to know about the rest of it — what losses he may have had in his learning or social capacities — but, remembering his eyes and his demeanor, I'm pretty sure he was able to hold his own.
I like to think that Delice was one of the comparatively lucky ones — that, with the care he received in the orphanage and with a friend like Roro, he found his way in the world and has lived a productive, satisfying life.
What I know for sure, though, is that the world is too full of 11-year-olds who look like 6-year-olds and too many children who don't survive malnutrition to reach age 5 ― children whose potential has been stolen by malnutrition and other effects of poverty. And that's why ChildFund's work to turn this around for children is so important.
by Jeff Ratcliffe, ChildFund Grants Compliance Coordinator
Earlier this year, ChildFund supported Physicians for Peace in hosting a day camp for children and youth who survived the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
With a grant from ChildFund, Physicians for Peace, The Red Thread Promise and many local partners worked tirelessly to host the camp at Kaliko Beach several hours outside of Port-au-Prince.
Children and young adults gathered to enjoy dance, art, sports and classes on personal hygiene. What made this day camp different was that the participants were blind, deaf, amputees or paraplegic. These children and young adults, most of whom were born in Port-au-Prince, had never been in a swimming pool, let alone the ocean. Many had never had the opportunity to fly a kite, skip rope, enjoy a piece of key-lime pie or play basketball.
Late one afternoon a volunteer from the Red Thread Promise and I were helping Moise, a young adult at the camp, try to shoot a basket. The volunteer stationed herself on the right side of the court and I stationed myself on the left. Moise threw the ball. It was close, but it didn't go in the net. Moise threw the ball again. It hit the rim.
Moise continued to attempt to make a basket, and each time it just didn't go in the net. The volunteer and I would chase the ball and bring it back to Moise. Time passed from late afternoon to early evening. We both asked Moise if he wanted to continue trying to make the basket. He said he did. We reminded him that it was getting near dinner time. He still wanted to try to make a basket. He would not give up.
If Moise was not willing to give up, at the risk of missing dinner and the evening social activities, then the two of us would not give up either. Making the basket was important.
I'm really not certain how many times we chased the basketball. It may have been 125 or 200, but Moise finally did make that basket. And when we all gathered for the social activities after dinner, Moise shared with other campers his experience of not giving up.
His perseverance was humbling.
Guest post by Mary Anne Kramer-Urner, PT
Mary Anne Kramer-Urner, PT, recently spent two weeks at the Hanger Clinic in Deschapelles, Haiti, volunteering with Physicians for Peace alongside her husband and fellow physical therapist, Dave, and the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Sage. ChildFund awarded Physicians for Peace a $500,000 grant to support the organization's work in Haiti, providing custom-fitted prosthetics, medical equipment and numerous other services.
Technician Stories
Alex Paul
Alexis a skilled prosthetic technician who takes great care when working on the various sockets and limbs that he is involved with.
He was at the clinic the first time I volunteered there for Physicians for Peace in 2010. He was just learning the trade then. Over the course of year, he's clearly advanced his skills, and is now much more confident and capable.
On one particular occasion, I remember how he handled a small, delicate socket. He had to smooth the edges on the sander, but needed to be very precise because the socket liner was so small, and the plastic thin. He worked the rim of the liner into the proper shape, taking the time needed to get just what was desired. He obviously wanted to make sure that the patient was comfortable when wearing this very important piece of equipment.
Alex takes great pride in his work, and always makes sure that whatever limb he is responsible for works well. He has a great attitude, and it's clear that he enjoys working with the patients and therapists, along with prosthetists and other technicians. He is developing into a very skilled clinician, and is an important member of the prosthetic team at the Hanger/HAS clinic.
It's also clear that he is happy to be able to provide this important healthcare service to the amputees in his country and community.
Elinor "TCho"
I met TCho last year, just a few weeks after the earthquake. He was one of four prosthetic technicians chosen to learn this important skill at the Hanger/HAS clinic, and he was eager for a chance to learn this new, important skill. And, learn it he did!
While we were in Haiti, TCho was eager to help whenever a prosthetic technician was needed. He listened attentively, observed the patient with me, if needed, and made whatever adjustments were needed to allow the patient to walk better and more comfortably. I appreciated that he didn't quit until the desired outcome was achieved.
TCho really connected with people, and developed patients' trust easily as he worked with them. When returning patients came in for adjustments, or when new patients came in to be casted, I could always count on him to help with whatever was needed. He is a stable force in the clinic, and I felt lucky to be able to work with him.
It's important to continue the prosthetic technician training program as it allows the local people to learn the skills needed to serve the needs of the Haitian amputee community for years to come!
Patient Stories
This patient had had a stroke, right around or during the earthquake, which left him with right hemiplegia and almost no verbal speech. Dave worked with him every day until he finally achieved enough strength and coordination to be able to manage the above knee prosthesis with his hemi side. Quite a feat!
This little guy was about 5 years old. He came into the clinic with a broken heel component. Once his foot was fixed, he just trotted off, kicking the soccer ball.
These young men had above the knee amputations. Both of them were about 18 years old, and both were very sweet.
Guest post by Sue Klappa, PT, Ph.D., via Physicians for Peace
Physicians for Peace is a founding member of the Haitian Amputee Coalition and the grateful recipient of a $500,000 grant from ChildFund International. That grant, and support from individual donors and other partners, helps fund our work in Haiti.
I have just returned for my second tour of service with Physicians for Peace here at the Hanger Clinic in Dechapelles, Haiti. (My first mission was in October 2010.) We have completed our first of two weeks here, and I use this blog to reflect on what has occurred since my last trip to Haiti.
At the clinic, the staff and I had a wonderful reunion. Several patients from last fall had also come by for adjustments and it was great to see them as well. It is wonderful to see the staff at the clinic taking on such ownership of their roles as prosthetic technicians, office coordinator and translators. They are a great crew who are eager to learn and serve the people of their country!
This last week we were able to work with several interesting patients. One of the patients was a small boy named Baby B. He was eight months old when the earthquake hit Haiti in January of 2010. He had been buried under the rubble for six days and was found only when crews were going in to remove bodies of those who had perished. Baby B was pulled from the rubble and sustained only a small wound on his leg.
Unfortunately, the wound became infected and his leg was amputated below the knee three days later, rendering Baby B to amputee status. He is now 23 months old and had never been able to pull himself to stand and cruise or take his first steps on two feet because of these unfortunate circumstances.
Baby B's mom was very involved and interested in his care. She described the hopes and dreams she had for her son in our initial evaluation. She wanted him to be like any other boy. She wanted him to be successful in school and life. She wanted people to see him for who he was and not for his disability. She wanted him to be able to fully participate in life here in Haiti.
The prosthetists had completed making his little leg and we were all excited to see what Baby B would make of it all. Would he adapt well to it or would he reject it? We all gathered around as Baby B's mom was taught how to don and doff the little leg.
At first, Baby B looked a bit puzzled at his new leg. Then he broke into his exploratory mode! Baby B moved into a "bear walking" position with his hands and feet on the floor and his bum up in the air. We rolled him a ball and up went his hands on the ball, still with his feet on the floor and his bum in the air. One of the prosthetists encouraged Baby B to kick the ball. Baby B put his hands down on the floor and then cleverly kicked the ball sideways from his bear-walk position!
We then encouraged Baby B to stand up, which he easily did with a look of awe on his face. Baby B was putting all the pieces of the puzzle together! He then began to play with the bubbles we blew his way and took his first steps on two feet! He kicked balls. He blew bubbles. He colored on the walls of the Hanger Clinic!
Then we went out walking, up and down ramps and stairs. No problem for this boy! It was time for a great challenge, that of walking the rugged terrain outside the clinic. Off we went! Several goats and a big pig ran by. There were also several chickens and roosters! Now this was community reintegration! Baby B began to chase the goats! "Cabrit! (Goats!)" he called as he chased after them. With his new prosthesis, Baby B was now all boy. On the way back to the clinic, Baby B stopped to say, "Poo-poo cabrit! (Goat poo-poo!)" He was warning his mom and me not to step in it! He was definitely a charmer! Later, after lunch, Baby B slept for a good three hours! Clearly it was a good day in Haiti!
At the end of the week, when it was time for Baby B and his mom to return to Port-au-Prince, we were excited to see him regain his mobility but also a little bit sad to see him go. He inspired the other amputees with his many funny antics, and they him. Baby B will return to the clinic several times in the coming year as he grows and needs modifications or a new prosthesis. The technicians do certainly look forward to seeing him again, and it is clear what a difference the Haitian staff here is making in the lives of their countrymen!
by Jeff Ratcliffe, ChildFund Grants Compliance Coordinator
I just returned from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I witnessed a magical moment with children.
ChildFund has been supporting partner organizations on the ground in Haiti since shortly after the destructive earthquake in January 2010. The country is working to recover, but the day-to-day reality for children remains harsh. Most children lack safe places to play. In Port-au-Prince, any open spaces are filled with rubble and children must play in concrete lots, often near busy streets.
As I arrived at our partner's office, I watched as the children were lined up. Something was up, but they were not sure quite what. As is common for 5- to 8-year-old children, they were restless. Suddenly, the children screamed with delight as two of the instructors emerged from the building carrying a big blue rug. Many of the children began to dance with excitement. The soft blue rug was spread across the hard concrete, creating a space for the children to play. They wasted no time removing shoes and scampering onto the lush carpeting. They could play freely, without thought to getting scraped or bruised. The smiles were almost instant.
From an Early Childhood Development perspective, the rug provided three benefits:
The ecstatic reaction to this rug reminded me again of the importance of play in a child's life. Playing freely without fear of being harmed is important to healthy child development.
For me, the big blue rug reinforced the importance of ChildFund's work with our partners in Haiti. I was heartened that amidst all the post-reconstruction work we're helping fund, we're also supporting the equally important work of helping children play again.
by Anne Lynam Goddard, ChildFund president and CEO, and Brig. Gen. Ron Sconyers (USAF, Ret.), president and CEO of Physicians for Peace
"If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together." —African proverb
In the Artibonite Valley of Haiti, on the grounds of Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, you'll find an unassuming clinic dedicated to prosthetic and rehabilitation services for amputees. Patients make the 60-mile trip from Port-au-Prince to the Hanger Clinic balanced aboard vans, mopeds and tap taps, those colorful buses and pick-ups that ferry travelers along Haiti's famously uneven roads. Many of these patients lost a limb in the earthquake of January 2010; others have been waiting for a prosthesis for years. Even before the earthquake, Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, was not equipped to provide adequate healthcare services to its disabled population. When the earthquake struck, need for these services increased dramatically.
Hanger Clinic is just one site that is benefitting from a new partnership between ChildFund International and Physicians for Peace. The clinic is actually a product of the Haitian Amputee Coalition, a confederation of organizations including Physicians for Peace, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, the Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation, the Catholic Medical Mission Board, the Harold and Kayrita Anderson Foundation and the Shepherd Center, among other groups. Because of these strong partnerships, the clinic today is a place where patients receive proper medical and rehabilitative care, along with art therapy, meals, lodging, a sense of community and a reason for hope. The clinic also is a training ground for Haitian technicians, who learn valuable professional skills alongside both U.S. prosthetists from Hanger Orthopedic Group and volunteer physical therapists from Physicians for Peace.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed in Haiti, but efforts at the clinic are making a difference. Since the earthquake, Physicians for Peace volunteers have worked with more than 785 patients. Put another way, because of the clinic, more than 785 Haitian amputees can now return to the daily work of their lives, and the Haitian technicians working on-site have the opportunity to earn a living, without leaving behind their country and their families.
These are important milestones; yet these "good news" stories can sometimes be lost. That's a shame. Because while complicated issues of health, politics, infrastructure and accountability remain in Haiti, our experiences have only reinforced the belief that strategic nongovernmental organization (NGO) partnerships can play a leadership role in paving the road for sustainable, replicable solutions, in Haiti and beyond.
As Physicians for Peace and ChildFund International mark World Health Day on April 7, we are focused on crafting exactly those kinds of partnerships and solutions. Our efforts already are bringing about results. Four months ago, ChildFund International presented a $500,000 grant to Physicians for Peace to support and expand standing efforts at the Hanger Clinic, including volunteer physical therapy missions, and facilitate new initiatives, such as a summer camp for disabled children and tuition support toward a national prosthetics and orthotics training and certification program for Haitian technicians. By combining our resources, we are able to take on additional projects, reduce inefficiencies and help to eliminate redundancies in services and programs. In doing so, we can respond more effectively to our in-country partners' needs, and we can more efficiently steward our donors' investments.
Coming together to work in Haiti has been a natural fit for Physicians for Peace and ChildFund International. Our initial approaches may be different, but they are also complementary: ChildFund International works toward a future where all children have the potential to become leaders who bring positive change for those around them. Physicians for Peace envisions a future in which men, women and children around the world have full and equal access to quality healthcare services. In the end, we are both working toward a healthier world, a place where people are afforded the opportunity to live with dignity, respect and good health. When we come together for that purpose, everyone benefits.
As we celebrate World Health Day – from our offices in Norfolk and Richmond, Va., and through field offices and volunteer teams in Asia, Africa, Central America, South America and the Caribbean – we'll keep close to our hearts a Haitian expression often repeated to Physicians for Peace volunteers at the Hanger Clinic: "piti, piti, zwazo fe nich." Little by little, the bird builds its nest. Through collaboration and partnerships that prioritize need over ego, we can work together to build a world that is better, safer and healthier.
Guest post by Physicians for Peace
A physical therapist from The Gait Center in Richmond, Va., will put her skills to work this spring at an amputee clinic in Haiti. Kirstin Anderson, DPT, is volunteering in Haiti on behalf of Physicians for Peace, an international nonprofit that sends physical therapists to work with amputees and disabled patients at the Hanger Amputee Clinic at Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles. Her mission is funded by a recent grant from ChildFund International.
"I've wanted to do something like this since I was 15 years old," says Anderson, who was inspired as a teen by the medical volunteer work of family members. "It's always been about finding the right time, and the right fit. I've been working at the Gait Center for a year now, and because many of our patients are amputees, that's given me much more confidence in my abilities."
At the clinic in Deschapelles, Anderson will work with a team of healthcare professionals, including prosthetists, to provide care to patients. While many of the patients lost a limb in the earthquake, others have been waiting for a prosthesis for years.
Between March and November 2010, Physicians for Peace volunteer physical therapists contributed more than 1,700 hours of service to Haiti's disabled population. In that time, they completed more than 1,300 patient visits and helped 635 amputee patients learn to "walk free" with new prosthetic limbs.
Guest post by Physicians for Peace
In February, Virginia Beach, Va., native Jake McCrowell was one of our volunteer physical therapists at the Hanger Clinic in Deschapelles, Haiti. Jake volunteered in Haiti for two weeks. While he was there, he helped discharge 14 patients and provided two, one-hour training sessions to Haitian technicians working at Hospital Albert Schweitzer.
Earlier this year, ChildFund International generously awarded Physicians for Peace, based in Norfolk, Va., a $500,000 grant to support our work in Haiti, including volunteer physical therapy missions.
Jake stopped by our office to report back on his mission and he was kind enough to share these patient stories. His reflections, and his photos, follow.
Jean Baptiste was an earthquake victim. He worked so hard because he knew that his family needed him. All of the patients understand that once they get those flesh-tone covers, they're almost ready to go. He kept on asking me, "When do I get my covers?" He wanted to be back home, with his family, so much.
Oscar Pierre taught me his own unique handshake. He was a bilateral above-the-knee amputee – which means he had to do an absurd amount of work to walk. Honestly, in the U.S., with that little leg remaining, I'm not sure the patient would walk again. I have this vivid memory of Oscar Pierre. We were working on fall recovery. I put him down on the floor and he pulled himself up on the first try. It was a lot of work, but he did it. We were all in disbelief. I'll never see anything like that again.
Here I am with Angela, a prosthetist from Denver representing Hanger Orthopedic Group. This little boy hadn't ever had a prosthetic leg before. With kids, I learned that you have to make the therapy into play. We played soccer together. He could move pretty quickly!
Bilateral above the knees are hard to fit. This patient was a wonderful woman. At the clinic, patients have a lot of time to watch others receiving therapy. This lady spent a lot of time observing. You could tell she'd been paying close attention. She picked things up really fast.
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Annie LePere completed her master's of public health while working for the Child Sponsorship department of ChildFund International. She was a community educator for the Sexual Assault Response Program in Lynchburg, Va., for three years before leaving to be a full-time mother. She recently returned from a volunteer mission trip to Haiti.
We were sitting under a mango tree when a young girl came by carrying a five-gallon bucket. She walked over to the community well and filled it. Balancing the full bucket on top of her head with one hand, she walked away. Then she came back and did it again. The third time she came back, we jumped in to help.
I was in Grand Goave, Haiti, about 10 miles from the epicenter of the massive earthquake that struck in January. I had joined a medical mission team from Bedford, Va., to use my background in community health and past experience working at ChildFund.
Rubble and trash still litter the streets, bridges are still impassable and tents are still up as far as the eye can see. In a country familiar with disasters, the earthquake has become another speed bump on the road to progress. People walk around the piles of rubble, trucks drive through the river and families have turned their tents into homes.
Yet, sadly, for many children living in Haiti, childhood has been lost. It was lost for the 8-year-old girl carrying water. It was lost for the 16-year-old young mother bringing her toddler to our clinic. It was lost for baby Woodley, a 4-day-old infant who had nothing to drink but water because his mother was unable to care for him.
Despite all of these hardships, it's hard to break the spirit of a child and we found evidence of that spirit. It was there in the toddlers waving and shouting "ay oo!" as our truck drove by. It was there in the group of boys playing soccer. It was there in the teenage girl studying chemistry and planning to become a doctor. Schools were meeting in tents, under trees or in a room with three walls. At night, dedicated children would do their homework under the light of a solar-powered streetlight.
The biggest need identified by the mission was sanitation. With no running water other than a community well and people living on every available patch of land, families have to work hard to stay healthy. My background is in violence prevention, not sanitation. But I knew that ChildFund has an excellent track record in this area so I called for help.
Thus, I arrived in Haiti with an instruction manual for implementing the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) program developed to help community educators teach their peers how to treat and protect water. I had planned to teach some basic information about hand washing and walk the medical coordinator through the program to implement at a later date. But the day before I arrived, a cholera outbreak was identified. With this threat looming, I became the community educator. I was asked first thing on a Monday morning to speak to school children, and throughout the week I gave classes to parents.
Without the WASH materials, I would have been unprepared. As it turns out, the way to prevent cholera is to use the WASH techniques. Cholera is a scary disease, and every Haitian I spoke with was scared. But it can be prevented by treating and protecting the water supply and by washing hands. As of the mid-November, there were no cases of cholera reported from Grand Goave. So far, this area appears to have survived another challenge.
In teaching school children about hand washing, I played a game with them to show how germs spread. I filled my hand with glitter, touched a few children and had them touch their friends. At the end of the exercise we were all covered in sparkles.
Now back home in Virginia, I recently picked up my dusty backpack from the trip and was showered with glitter. I haven't cleaned it up yet because it reminds me of the tenacity of the Haitian people. And it reminds me of hope that can be found in disaster — hope that springs from baby Woodley and his mom, who are now in the care of an aunt and, at last report, are progressing.
More than eight months after an earthquake devastated Haiti, ChildFund's support for the country's most vulnerable children continues apace.
In our work through CBM and the Centre d'Education Speciale (CES), we are seeing signs of progress as children return to school and families adapt new routines. Much work remains amid Haiti's decimated infrastructure.
Yet, there are bright spots. Day care centers for children with injuries and disabilities are operating in six hard-hit areas around Port-Au-Prince. Children attending the centers now have access to therapy, follow-up care and referrals to other health professionals when needed.
Continuing care is especially important for children with epilepsy to ensure regular access to medication. Since last March, a pediatrician and a neurologist have visited one of the centers once a week. Since May a speech therapist has been available twice a week.
In addition, CES has been able to open its doors to other children without disabilities yet in need of a safe haven. Six-year-old Lovely was a student of the College Mixte Evangelique d'Haiti, which collapsed during the earthquake. She lost many friends.
Lovely's mother Evna reports that her daughter has made academic progress at the CES center despite the sad circumstances following the earthquake. During those terrifying moments, Evna and Lovely ran out of the house and spent all day in the street.
Lovely's father used to have a little shop, but all of his merchandise was stolen after the quake. Evna, who had worked as a street vendor, had to stop her commerce activities and devote all of her time to taking care of her three children.
The opening of the child center has provided a safe place for the children to play and learn while Evna and her husband find work and earn money for food and necessities.
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Not long ago, I blogged about my trip to Iraq with fellow God's Politics blogger Shane Claiborne and
At about midnight we heard the shots ring out. My friend ran to the door and I heard him yell, "Shane, a kid has been shot, come down." As we looked down the street we could see a young man staggering as he walked down our block. Then his knees gave out and he fell to the ground. We called for an ambulance and ran outside to be with the boy.
This year, as we celebrate the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we are too often tempted to celebrate what has been achieved rather than examine what God continues to call out of us. Hopefully we know that there is no such thing as "post-racial," even after the election of an African American president.


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Gloucestershire's seamers held their nerve to help beat Northamptonshire in a thrilling finale at Bristol and maintain their prospects of reaching the semi-finals of the Clydesdale Bank 40.
Needing victory to close the gap on Group B leaders Yorkshire to two points, the Gladiators stood up under pressure to win by seven runs, despite the best efforts of David Sales.
The Steelbacks were always in with a chance of chasing down a victory target of 193, but accurate bowling from Anthony Ireland and the wily Jon Lewis earned the hosts a third success in four outings.
Northants needed 14 runs to win from the last two overs, only to fall short in the face of clever variation in pace as Sales finished unbeaten on 59.
He had threatened to win the game as he shared a sixth-wicket stand of 73 in 12 overs with Andrew Hall.
Yet the Gladiators refused to panic, kept the run-rate in check courtesy of a miserly spell of 2-20 from eight overs from slow left-armer Vikram Banerjee and fielded with an intensity that proved too much for their opponents.
Hall's departure, caught at short fine-leg off a knee-high full toss from Lewis for 37 in the 36th over, proved a turning point, and from then on Lewis and Ireland deprived Sales of the strike.
Gloucestershire were indebted to skipper Alex Gidman for steering them to a competitive total after they won the toss and slipped to 77 for four at the halfway stage.
Batting proved far from straightforward on a two-paced pitch, the top order struggling to take advantage of the powerplays as Northants seized a stranglehold on the game.
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Hamish Marshall played defensively down the wrong line and was bowled by Northants captain Nicky Boje as wickets continued to tumble and, when Chris Taylor was pinned lbw playing back to Lee Daggett, half of Gloucestershire's batsmen were back in the pavilion with 105 runs on the board and only 14 overs remaining.
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Under general direction by the Director of Public Works, the Utility Supervisor manages the day-to-day operations and activities of the Utility Division, including providing responsible management support to division personnel. Work also involves field command and a variety of administrative tasks incidental to the work activities.
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"I've watched him practice and I've watched him play [baseball]. He's really good looking. If I was a girl, I'd be very interested in him. He wears those tight pants. When you wear loose stuff, you can't tell the definition of a guy's body. In baseball, everything's tight and you can tell he's very well put together."
I know there are plenty of guys out there who can find double entendre in anything someone says but you don't have to work to hard with those comments.
Michael Vick is staying in shape by playing football in prison. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Vick is playing QB for both teams. Back in the hood of Pecan Grove we called that "All Time QB". It was usually reserved for older brothers but Vick fits the mold in prison I guess. Thanks to a couple of well placed sources, The Z-Report was able to obtain stats from Vick's last game.
Michael Vick (#004736): 18-41, 147 yds, 3 INTs, 1 TD / 12 rushes for 90 yards
Surely the the warden can find a QB with a better grasp of the prison passing game, right? I mean after all, prisoners are pretty freaking crafty.
The Sporting News had a good piece on some of the pitfalls that NFL teams continue to fall into year after year come draft season. Speaking of Pitfall… this is how video games are supposed to look, kids. Not those fancy ass "190 billion megahertz super HD graphic card" kinda things that you play now where you can see sweat coming off of a guy's hairy neck. Graphics-schmaphics! Jumping on alligator headz, foolz!
This is awesome. Check out Laker's color commentator Stu Lantz try his hand at a "Kobe is a killer" metaphor and just mangle it into a million pieces. It starts to feel uncomfortable after awhile.
Kevin Love got thumped by the legend that is CDR. By the way, has there been a player in college or pro basketball over the last 20 years who had more of a 70s vibe than CDR? I am halfway expecting to be at home watching Good Times and see CDR come into the house with Michael after a few runs at the park. If he could just blow the hair out a little bit more and start rocking a Black Power pick, we would be in business.
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Dropping their work, they have shuttered their shops and streamed through icy streets into a Gothic brick building.
And now they form a throbbing mass, black coats and long beards, more than a thousand members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect known as the Lubavitchers.
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The Spring Fling Tea party was hosted by the local chapter of the National Red Hat Society.
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Last year alone, the Northeast Ohio region of the American Red Cross responded to 980 local disasters.
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*In Austin for SXSW? Join locals and other visiting IxDA-ers for breakfast!*
*Monday, March 15, 8:30 am*
Yes, it's early, but we don't want you to miss too much of the conference.
You likely miss the first session, but you were probably going to miss it
anyway, right?
*Cisco's Bakery*
To save you time and trouble, locals will pick you up at the Convention
center and shuttle you to breakfast a few minutes away. We'll be dining at
Cisco's, a well known old-school dive on the East side that's chock-full of
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said? By the way, Tex Mex is great hangover food.
If you'd like to join us, please send an email to austinixda at gmail.com.
We'll send you the pickup location upon RSVP. Space is limited, and I'll
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Look forward to seeing you!
PS. As much as we'd like to get your breakfast, it's BYOB (buy your own
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> Cisco's is a bakery, hence the flour tortillas. The restaurant business was
> a sideline and they didn't take it very seriously in the old days. In the
> secluded rear dining room there used to be a self-serve crockpot full of
> pinto beans with a little sign that said: "Tex-Mex Salad Bar." Cisco's
> became famous for breakfast thanks to LBJ. When LBJ told Rudy Cisneros to
> make him a Bloody Mary one morning in the 1960s, Rudy said, "But I don't
> have a liquor license." LBJ wrote "liquor license" on a napkin, signed it,
> and told Rudy to go get the damn tomato juice and vodka. From then on,
> Cisco's started serving free Bloody Marys starting at 7 am--the earliest
> place to get a drink in Austin for many years. (You can't sell liquor
> without a liquor license, but you can give it away.) You had to buy
> breakfast to get a drink--hence the enormous popularity of Cisco's huevos
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Contents General Tips In Battle Character Customization Cheats General Tips Party Composition Party composition strategy in Dragon Age 2 is pretty fluid, but you will generally want a tank and a mage. The hardest decision you will have to make is whether or not to take Anders, since he's primarily a healer. If you want to do an extra bit of damage, you can always forgo the healing and just rely on healing potions. For some of the larger encounters though, his ability to buff your party and keep them upright is exceptionally helpful. Remember: You Can Miss Characters!
It is possible to miss characters if you are not careful. If you manage to make enough money to embark on the Deep Roads expedition without doing all of the quests, you can theoretically miss out on Isabela and Fenris. You should have a full complement when Act 1 is finished, so do as many quests as you can. In Battle Control Your Other Characters In the console versions, it's tempting to just control Hawke and just leave the other party members to their own devices -- a good strategy late in the game. If you don't want to get surrounded by hordes of enemies and be cut to pieces, remember to take control of your characters and move them to an advantageous position. And if you don't have Anders in your party, it'll keep them healed up too. Your Tank is Your Most Important Character In Dragon Age 2, the tank is the most important character in your party. When they go down, everyone else will be quickly swarmed and destroyed. With that in mind, it's often advantageous to take a direct control of your tank (usually Aveline, but Hawke can fill this roll too) so that they are constantly healed up. It also makes it easier to draw in an enemies who might be harassing your mages and rogues. Use Choke Points to Your Advantage
When a battle begins, try not to run straight into the middle of the room and start hacking away. Instead, direct everyone to stay in the doorway using the radial wheel (or point-and-click) and kill them as they try to force their way through the narrow chokepoint. When absent a doorway, look for an elevated position or a staircase. All of these can make for excellent defensive positions. Develop Combos Take note of the effects of certain moves. An attack like the Rogue's Pinning Shot can stagger a foe, making them vulnerable to moves like the Warrior's Assault attack. These cross-class combos do massive damage and can be exceptionally useful when taking on large foes like ogres. Character Customization Don't Be Afraid to Range Outside of Your Tech Tree
Early on, you will choose your specialization and a few direct abilities within that. Don't be afraid to go through some of the other trees as well though; for instance, the evasion tree for the Rogues houses a number of excellent abilities that will allow either a dual wielder or an archer to get out of trouble fast. Take careful note of the abilities and try to include them in your build. And don't forget that you can pick a sub-specialization at level 7 and 14. Remember to Set Your Tactics Early on, most of your tactics are covered for you. As the game progresses, there will be more and more abilities that are not accounted for in your character's tactical tree. If you want them using cool character specific abilities like Ensnare, create a command for it. This is also a useful way to set up situations for cross-class combos.
Cheats How to Duplicate Loot Put your most expensive item in the Trash. Find a seller, select Sell, hit Y, and then IMMEDIATELY hit A. If done right, this will sell twice. For items, first purchase two or more stackable items, and perform the same glitch. While in Buy Mode, buy back the items you wish to duplicate, save one. Wash, rinse, repeat. If done right, your stackable items will increase with the number of times you sell them. How to Increase Armor Point Totals With Aveline or Warrior Hawke, simply un-equip then re-equip a shield. This should increase your Armor Point total each time. How to Get Unlimited XP and Gold
First, you will need to complete a quest. Make sure it is a quest that will not break into a cut-scene when you claim the reward or bounty from the NPC. As you approach the NPC for the reward, pull out your weapon and quickly get within the required conversation distance. Wait in front of the NPC; as your character automatically starts to put the weapon away, start spamming the A button (if you're playing on other platforms, press the appropriate button). If done correctly, you will obtain experience and money for that quest... repeatedly.GO TO CHARACTER BUILDING TIPS - ROGUE ARCHER GO TO PROLOGUE GO TO ACT 1: A FRIEND IN THE GUARD
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text: Shape of the Nation – Where Does Illinois Rank? by Anne S. on Monday, December 3, 2012 Earlier this month the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association released the 2012 Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA report. The report finds that while 74.5 percent of states mandate physical education in elementary through high school, most still fail to require a specific amount of instructional time and nearly half allow exemptions, waivers and/or substitutions. Illinois is one of these states. To read the entire study, please visit this link: Shape of the Nation 2012 To read Illinois profile, please visit this link: Illinois Profile Report 2012 Take action by contacting your lawmakers and share this report. Then ask them to end PE waivers in Illinois Did you know that NASPE and the American Heart Association recommend that schools provide 150 minutes per week/30 minutes per day of instructional physical education for elementary school children, and 225 minutes per week/45 minutes per day for middle and high school students for the entire school year? Currently, no states follow these nationally recommended guidelines at all levels. We want to know what PE looks like in your local school district? Use the comment section below to tell us about PE in your area. « Now share your story Share This


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Lucky Monkey Unlucky Monkeyby James Kaczman
This story is about Ed and Ted, two thinking, speaking, fully clothed, house-dwelling monkeys. One day, Ed walks out of his just-the-right-size-for-a-monkey house. He is greeted by a bright, sunny day, with butterflies fluttering about and cute, friendly animals cheerfully hopping around. Meanwhile . . . Ted walks out of his just-the-right-size-for-a-monkey house and is met by a forbidding sky with dark clouds, large insects swarming about, and frightening vermin crawling around.
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In a historic but sealed hearing Monday, a judge declared Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua competent and let prosecutors begin asking him what he knew and what he did about priests who sexually abused children while he led the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
For almost three hours, Bevilacqua fielded questions from an assistant district attorney, a defense lawyer, and the judge in a large conference room at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where the 88-year-old prelate has lived since retiring in 2003.
The hearing was closed, and the transcript may never be public.
According to one person briefed on the hearing, many of Bevilacqua's answers mirrored responses he gave eight years ago to a Philadelphia grand jury examining clergy sex abuse: He said he either didn't know or didn't recall the details of many cases or how the archdiocese responded to allegations.


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Sun. 5:35pm: Texas horse breeders sue to get clones registered
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LUBBOCK, Texas — Two Texas quarter horse breeders want a federal jury to rule that their cloned animals should be registered by the American Quarter Horse Association, something the organization has......
Yeah I agree. It's not natural. And it's not fare. It'll jus make prices really high and everyone will have the same horse at the fairs, wouldn't that be a sight. LOL
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Ohhh I knew this day would come since 2004.
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A clone is not a real animal;never will be. This is such bull. All clones should be destroyed, they are monsters.
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It was pretty well known that without the lockout being officially over, that when Sam Presti addressed the media Wednesday night, he wasn't going to be able to say very much.
And when his 10-minute session wrapped up, I thought, "Well, it really wasn't much different than a non-lockout Presti presser."
Here it is summarized: "We're excited about the season … this is a really unique situation … we're excited about the season … I can't really answer that … I don't know … we're excited about the season."
Teams have been permitted to reach out to player representatives though and with Russell Westbrook up for an extension, Presti was asked about that.
"In relation to our players we can't talk directly to any of them and haven't been able to, but today we were able to reach out to their representatives and did a pretty decent job at that," Presti said.
As for maybe reaching out to other representatives that aren't on the Thunder roster, Presti said that he's doing his part.
"Part of my job at this point in time, is to have a little bit of a pulse what's going within the market," he said. "Today's no different. We're going to make a lot of phone calls to understand if there's ways for us to improve or even if there's ways just to take stock what's going on.
"We're going to do our due diligence and make a lot of phone calls."
Presti was asked about if a shortened season would play to the Thunder's advantage especially with the crammed time there is from now until the games start.
"I think continuity will help us but we have to take advantage of it also," he said.
Finally, he was asked if he's got any Christmas plans, wink wink.
"You know I don't know. I like Christmas. It's a great holiday. Hopefully there will be some gifts there under the tree at some point. To be honest with you, for me and for everyone that loves basketball as much as I do and this city does, just having the team back on the floor is quite a gift in of itself."


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Nothing says scary quite like a spider, and nothing says Halloween quite like this great spooky spider Halloween ornament. Add a festive, colorful and homemade touch to your Halloween decorations with this fun decoration from Jacquard Products. Use ornaments for more than Christmas!
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- Lumiere: Burnt Orange
- Pearl Ex Stamp Pad: Copper
- Pearl Ex Stamp Pad Reinker: Black
- Square glass ornament
- Small spider stamps
- Flat paintbrush
- Orange jellybeans
- Hold the ornament by the metal hanger and drip Pinata Calabaza Orange on the top. Be generous. Roll the ornament around so the whole outside gets coated with color. While the Orange is still wet, add a few drops of Mantilla Black so the colors mix together. Adding some Colorless Extender at this point can help the blending process. Gently dab off the excess with a paper towel or sponge and let dry.
- Stamp the ornament with the small spider stamps using the Copper Pearl Ex Stamp Pad.
- Making the ExtravOrganza ribbon: Set the page layout to "landscape" (for the longest ribbon) and choose printer settings for thicker paper and maximum ink flow. Layout several ribbons on one sheet, leaving enough space for fringing if desired. Test on plain paper first to check the text size and general spacing. Load one sheet of ExtravOrganza into the printer and print on the fabric side of the sheet. Cut the ribbons, peel off the paper back and fringe.
- Paint the fringe with Lumiere using a flat brush. The paint dries fairly quickly and will stick to the paper, so lift your ribbon off before this happens.
- Add polka dots to the ribbon with the Black Re-inker. I squirted a bit out into a plastic palette and used a tiny round sponge (Q-tips or make-up applicators work well) to make my dots.
- Carefully remove the metal cap from the ornament and fill with jelly beans or treat of your choice.
- Replace the cap and tie on the ExtravOrganza ribbons.
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"Before I took history of Latin America with Dr. Voss my freshman year, I had never heard of the OAS. I hardly spoke in his class, so I was surprised when he asked me if I wanted to join his model OAS delegation. I was majoring in political science, I hadn't declared a minor yet, and it seemed like the kind of opportunity that I couldn't pass up.
The MOAS Program Helped Me to Gain Confidence
"What I didn't anticipate was the amount of personal growth that I would gain through the model OAS. I've always been reluctant to speak in class, and I've always dreaded class presentations. The model OAS forced me to become vocally active for the first time--a major accomplishment of mine. I also gained a sense of importance in my education for the first time, especially at our embassy briefings in Ottawa.
"The model OAS is all about working under pressure, analyzing, questioning, and debating and I know that the skills that I learned in Washington could never be taught in a classroom. My overall experience in the model OAS has been rewarding on many levels, and I am looking forward to leading our group as the head delegate in next year's Model OAS."
"This was my second year at the model in the First Committee. I think the most valuable skill you may gain from participating in the model is the ability to think on your feet and deliver impromptu speeches. Your speech for your resolution can test your public speaking ability, but when you jump on the 'against' or 'for' speakers list the true test comes. But the practice we have in class before the model really helps teach you the ins and outs of giving impromptu speeches.
Trusting Your Group is Key to Forming a Consensus
"Trying to form a consensus, key in the workings of the real OAS, can be really tricky. Politics and personal opinions can run rampant, but that just means the success of forming a consensus is that much sweeter. As for the people within our delegation, learn to trust them. Trying to solve issues with the western hemisphere aren't easily solved with one mind. Listen and get to know one another. When crunch time comes, you'll be glad you did. In the end, I guarantee you will come out of the model a much different person (for the better). Sounds cliche, but heck...so do most resolutions."
This Experience has Broadened My Understanding of Our Hemisphere
"I cannot understate what a valuable experience the Model OAS has been for me. The entire Latin American Studies program in general has been a great experience, but it really hits you when you are sitting asking questions of ambassadors or sitting in the Hall of the Americas in Washington, D.C. The building is a prestigious landmark of the hemisphere acting together, and this program is a way to understand the character of the peoples and governments that exist here.
"This is not your average major, and at the risk of sounding cliche, this is a great character building journey."
"The Model OAS has been such an unexplainable experience that my friends outside of the program do not really know what this entails. But for those who do understand the Model, they really know what this class encompasses. This experience establishes the abilities to analyze complex problems, break these problems down, discuss the common concerns and positive aspects of various themes, and then work toward achieving a compromise.
"The Model OAS program, above all, has taught me to bring a specific idea to a peak. Analyze this idea; think about its affects and problems it may have on specific situations. But then it also accentuates the positives and to facilitate reaching a consensus. It allows for everyone to weigh in on ideas.
What I've Gained Can Be Used Far Beyond the Classroom
"The experience isn't something that stays at Plattsburgh State. The skills can be applied to any career that you may have in the future. Regardless if you are a teacher, lawyer, professor, economist or customer service associate. It teaches you to break down complex problems into equitable solutions."
"This was my first time participating in the Model OAS through the Latin American Studies program here. After a long semester of intense preparation, we went to the university model in Washington, D.C. It was a very worthwhile experience for me and I am looking forward to participating next spring as well.
"I gained various skills from this program including excellent analytical skills, speech writing, and more comfort with public speaking. I also made some great friendship bonds with students I wouldn't have otherwise met here at Plattsburgh State.
My Faculty Advisors Helped Me Prepare Not Just for the Event, But for Life
"Thanks to the great efforts of our faculty advisors, Stuart Voss and Anita Rapone, we were very well prepared for the model, and thus the rest of our lives."
How Do You Describe a Two Year Experience Quickly?
"The model program has been one of the landmark experiences of my time at Plattsburgh. Researching and studying the problems that people around the hemisphere are dealing with on an everyday basis and then representing those ideas isn't simply a college class. It's something more that stands out. You go to Washington, D.C. and Ottawa and see something different--the world working.
I've Gained Perspective That Can't Be Gained in a Regular Class
"All the theory and education you pick up in college is one thing, but the model OAS is one of those unique experiences where you almost break out of the academic isolation that surrounds students and become something else. For one week, you are Mexican, or Paraguayan, or some other nationality. You don't get this experience in your average general education class."
"Having been a part of the Plattsburgh State delegation of the MOAS was a phenomenal experience that I will never forget. The opportunity has broadened my view of politics concerning Latin America as well brought me closer to all of those exceptional individuals that made up the delegation.
"I remember the first time I spoke to Dr. Voss about what the Model OAS was. I never knew it even existed but he tried his best to explain it to me. Some way or another I was intrigued by all the wonderful aspects of the OAS that he mentioned. I can truly say today that he did not lie about any of the wonderful details that that the MOAS has to offer for students.
Meeting Ambassadors and Participating in the Committees Was Exciting
"I remember sitting in the Hall of the Americas and thinking this is where all of those government officials have sat before discussing similar if not the same topics that our delegation discussed. As a Public Information Officer, I must say I enjoyed many of the perks that came with having access to all the committees and seeing all the different topics discussed. I was able to personally contact the embassies where we met the Ambassadors and their staffs."
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Lingua Franca Pattern
Lingua Franca
Many systems need to translate information between different representations. For example, financial systems must translate values between different currencies, middleware must translate function or method calls between different languages and diplomatic institutions such as the United Nations (
) or the European Parliament (
) must translate between the different natural languages used by their participants.
The cost of translation becomes unsupportable with large numbers of representations if representations are translated directly from one to the other.
This is because the number of translations increases as the square of the number of representations. E.g. With
representations, each requires
-1 translations, or
^2 -
Translate between native representations and a single common representation, or Lingua Franca
To translate information between two representations, first translate it from the source representation into the Lingua Franca, and then from the Lingua Franca into the target representation.
With a Lingua Franca, the cost of translation increases linearly with the number of representations. Each representation needs only be translated to/from the Lingua Franca.
However, a Lingua Franca reduces the accuracy of translation. Because two translation steps are required, errors or inaccuracies in translation are more likely, or can be exacerbated by the additional step. For example, rounding errors may occur in each translation step.
Furthermore, The Lingua Franca may not be able to express all constructs of all representations and so its use may limit information to the lowest common denominator of all representations. For example, CORBA IDL only allows the definition of simple tree structured data types; although implementation languages may support graph structured data with aliasing and pointers into the middle of nodes, these structures cannot be expressed in IDL.
Known uses include:
Latin, used as the Lingua Franca of the Roman Catholic Church.
CORBA IDL is used to define language-neutral interfaces.
C is used by compilers as a "portable assembler". This is a variant usage. The C language is not used to translate between high-level languages, but is used to avoid writing a code generator for each language and target architecture.
The United Nations has this pattern, but in their case there is more than one Lingua Franca: English, French, Spanish and Russian.
(SI Units of measurement)
Unix represents time as seconds since the 1/1/1970. Times in particular timezones are parsed into and printed from this representation. (See also
.) The Java Date and DateFormat
classes work in the same way.
XML schemas defined by the EDI standards are used as industry standard inter-company format for representing purchase orders, invoices, etc.
XML document types are used by the Jabber instant messaging system [3] to represent messages. Jabber interfaces with proprietary instant messaging systems (AIM, ICQ, etc.) by translating their messages into its XML format.
is a
for describing printed pages. The printing APIs of Windows, MacOS or Unix all generate
and so any OS can control any
PDL is another
for describing printed pages.
The Windows GDI API is a common rendering API used for to draw onto the screen, off-screen images, and printers. By writing to the GDI API, Windows programs can print onto both
and PDL printers.
These are examples of potential uses... can someone document
examples of these?
Converting to and from various graphics formats via a common format
Converting to and from various word-processor formats via a common format
Converting data types (e.g. various String-like classes that convert to each other via a common class, or various-length integer classes that convert to each other via a common class)
The now defunct Order
Trust company used this as a business model. It helped e-commerce sales entities and warehouses to speak to each other. A transmission would come from a company to Order
Trust, get canonicalized into its lingua franca, processed, and the results would get decanonicalized to the recipient's preferred language. This way, the company was able to support e-commerce communications between nearly a thousand companies, each with its own ideosyncratic protocols.
Providing multilingual user interfaces.
: "Lingua Franca" is an Italian phrase that literally means "Frankish Language"; according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, it was originally "a common language consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Greek, and Arabic that was formerly spoken in Mediterranean ports." Introduced into English in 1619.
This pattern was originally written up as paper by
, available from
The history of Latin as the
of the
is spotty, at best. For example, there are numerous reports from the Middle Ages of undereducated rural priests who, knowing almost no Latin, were mangling the Gospels and passing the misinterpretations on to their parishioners.
Of course, translation between computer formats is almost always simpler than between human languages.
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NEW WATERFORD - Council passed the third and final reading on a water and sewer rate increase on Tuesday.
Customers will see the increases on the September bills.
There will be a one dollar per thousand gallon increase on the sewer side and a base-rate increase of $2.50 a month on the water side.
Fiscal Officer Dave Slagle said council, which passed the legislation unanimously, realized "we cannot pay for it (infrastructure upgrades) ourselves ... we have to get grants ..."
When the issue was first discussed weeks ago, Mayor Shane Patrone and Slagle explained the numbers and the village's ineligibility to acquire grant money to help replace water and sewer lines was linked to the median household income and what it was charging customers.
It became clear to village officials that rates had to be raised to obtain grant eligibility.
In other business, the village is looking for emergency grant or loan money after problems were found in one of the two clarifiers at the sewage plant.
Patrone said the problem is maintenance related and part of the metal sheeting on one clarifier developed pin-holes and part of it separated into the tank.
"We're draining it now," Patrone said Wednesday, adding that the Ohio Public Works Commission has emergency funds. He said it was a matter of a loan, a grant or combination of both.
He said the estimate is between $40,000 and $50,000 per clarifier and he hoped to have more information after the unit is drained. The system can run on one clarifier, but will need them both on line by next spring.
"We need it done ASAP," Patrone said.
Another issue cropped up when 15 of the 18 green sand filter valves were found to be defective, Patrone said. He said it effected the monthly back-flushing.
"They had a problem getting pressure up," he said, explaining that of the 15 valves not working properly, two are redundant and could be eliminated.
Patrone said the valves were 25 years old and they would replace all of them using $4,500 left over from the green sand filter grant but that left about an $8,000 balance the village would have to pay.
Also, in other business, council passed a resolution increasing the police and fire retirement contributions by employees.
Currently police and firefighters pay 10 percent into their pensions.
The increase will be three-quarters of a percent each for the next three years, Slagle said, noting the total increase will be 2.25 percent, bringing the employee contribution to 12.25 percent in 2015.