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User authentication has always been a problem. Build it into a program, and it's hard to change. Leave it out, and you have no security at all. Now there's an alternative: PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules.
PAM provides an interface that programs can use to connect to whatever authentication methods are desired. Authentication can be as trivial as the user typing "hello world", as complex as biometrics, or as prosaic as passwords.
PAM isn't the only way to do this. GSS-API, defined in RFCs 1508 and 1509, is a similar authentication interface protocol. Kerberos, SSh, and Heimdal are different, and focus on securing the authentication process itself rather than linking applications to authentication modules.
PAM is built into many Linux distributions, including Caldera 1.3, 2.2 and later; Debian 2.2 and later; Turbo Linux 3.6 and later; Red Hat 5.0 and later; and SuSE 6.2 (partial support). FreeBSD supports PAM from version 3.1.
Originally, the PAM configuration file was
/etc/pam.conf. More recent versions of PAM use a separate file for each PAM-using program, in the directory
/etc/pam.d, though some will check both
/etc/pam.conf and
/etc/pam.d when attempting to authenticate for a program.
/etc/pam.d is recommended -- having separate files for each program prevents misconfigurations for one program from affecting others.
The default case of a PAM configuration is
/etc/pam.d/other (or the lines for the
other program in
/etc/pam.conf). For a secure installation, configure
other to use the
pam_deny.so and
pam_warn.so modules to block access to unconfigured programs. If you want access rather than security, use
pam_permit.so instead of
pam_deny.so. To write to
syslog, use
pam_warn.so. Using
pam_warn.so in the
other configuration file will identify programs which expect, but don't have, PAM configurations.
In each file in
/etc/pam.d, the configuration lines are:
module-type control-flag module-path arguments
Module types:
account-- Non-authentication account management, such as limiting the maximum number of users or restricting root access.
auth-- User authentication, group assignment, and other authentication- and permission-related tasks.
password-- Updating the authentication token.
session-- Anything the user needs to have done to connect, such as mounting drives or logging connections.
Control flags:
PAM modules can be stacked -- there can be any number of modules of the same module type for a single application. The application is not told of the individual success or failure of any module, only of the success or failure of the stack. The control flags determine how each module affects the success or failure of the stack. Modules in the stack are executed in the order they are listed in the configuration file.
There are two formats for the control flag. The simpler form uses four keywords:
sufficient, and
optional. The complex form gives a great deal more control to the system administrator, at the cost of requiring the system administrator to determine an action for each of up to 30 return values. This article covers the simple form.
required-- The module must succeed for the stack of this module type to succeed. If this module fails, all other modules in the stack are executed but the stack is considered to fail.
requisite-- The module must succeed for the stack of this module type to succeed. No later module of its type is executed: Failure is reported immediately. The return value is that of the first module in the stack to fail.
sufficient-- Success of this module is sufficient for the stack of this module type to succeed. If no previous
requiredmodule has failed, no other modules of this module type are invoked. (This overrides the
requiredexecution of all other modules.) Failure of this module does not inherently prevent the stack from succeeding.
optional-- Not critical to the success or failure of the stack. If at least one non-optional module succeeds or fails, the result of this module is ignored when calculating the success or failure of the stack.
Module Path:
The path name of the module.
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Any arguments to the module. This is module-specific, but most modules should recognize the following arguments:
debug-- Include debugging statements in
expose_account-- Pass information about the account to the application. The default behavior is to limit account information. This argument allows the application to display information such as the user's full name.
no_warn-- Don't send warning messages to the application.
try_first_pass-- Don't prompt the user for a password, instead test the password entered for the preceding
use_first_pass-- Don't prompt the user for a password, instead use the results of the preceding
use_mapped_pass-- Take a clear text authentication token provided by a previous module and generate an encryption/decryption key to store the token. This allows a single token to be securely used by a number of modules. Note that implementing this argument risks breaching the U.S. encryption export restrictions. Check the module's documentation before relying on this argument.
# /etc/pam.d/login
# Mimics traditional Unix login without any frills.
account required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so
auth requisite /usr/lib/security/pam_nologin.so
auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so
session required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so
# /etc/pam.d/passwd
# Slight variations on the traditional Unix password-changer.
# The module 'pam_cracklib.so' is useful for enforcing password security.
password required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 remember=5
# /etc/pam.d/other
# Prevents the use of programs which are unconfigured.
account required /usr/lib/security/pam_deny.so
auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_deny.so
auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_warn.so
password required /usr/lib/security/pam_deny.so
password required /usr/lib/security/pam_warn.so
session required /usr/lib/security/pam_deny.so
This module provides traditional Unix authentication, password management, and user account setup. It uses standard system calls to retrieve and set password and account information, and relies on
/etc/shadow and
Establishes the validity of the user's account and password and may offer advice on changing the user's password, or force a password change. The actions this module performs are controlled by the
This component of the module checks the user's password against the password databases. Configuration for this component is done in
/etc/nsswitch.conf. An additional binary,
unix_chkpwd, is used to allow the component to read protected databases without requiring the whole module to be
setuid root.
This component changes the user's password. The module
pam_cracklib.socan be stacked with this component to check password security.
use_authtok, and
This component logs the user name and session type to
syslog, at the start and end of the user's session. There are no arguments to this component.
audit -- A more extensive form of
bigcrypt -- Use the DEC "C2" extension to
debug -- Log information using
md5 -- Use md5 encryption instead of
nis -- Use NIS (Network Information Service) passwords.
nodelay -- By default, the module requests a delay-on-failure of a second. This argument overrides the default.
not_set_pass -- Don't use the passwords from other stacked modules. Don't give the new password to other stacked modules.
nullok -- By default, if the official password is blank, the authentication fails. This argument overrides the default.
remember (
remember=n) -- Save
n recent passwords to prevent the user from alternating passwords.
try_first_pass -- Use the password from the previous stacked
auth module, and prompt for a new password if the retrieved password is blank or incorrect.
use_authtok -- Set the new password to the one provided by a previous module.
use_first_pass -- Use the result from the previous stacked
auth module, never prompts the user for a password, fails if the result was a fail.
This module logs information about an authentication or password change attempt to
This module has no arguments, and only
auth and
password components.
This module blocks access to the application. As an
auth or an
account component, it prevents users from authenticating or starting their account. As a
password component, it prevents users from changing their password. As a
session component, it can be stacked with something like
pam_motd.so to display a message and prevent the user from starting a shell.
This module has no arguments, and all four components. The inverse module is
Provides standard Unix
nologin authentication. If the file
/etc/nologin exists, only root is allowed access and all users see the contents of
/etc/nologin. The module succeeds silently if
/etc/nologin is not present.
This module has no arguments, and only an
auth component. It should be included in the configurations for all login methods as a
required module, listed before any
sufficient modules.
Documentation for PAM-enabled applications should include the name of the PAM configuration file. If it doesn't, use the name of the program (or the authentication component of the program).
To test whether a program is PAM enabled, create a configuration file for that program in
/etc/pam.d, and add these lines:
auth required pam_permit.so
auth required pam_warn.so
If the program is PAM enabled, these lines permit access to all users and put a warning in
syslog whenever you run the program. Run the program, try to log in, and check
syslog -- if there's a warning there, the program works with PAM.
Related Reading
Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Ed.
Don't delete
/etc/pam.d/* or
/etc/pam.conf unless you enjoy being locked out of your system. To fix this, reboot into single user mode and restore the files.
Jennifer Vesperman is the author of Essential CVS. She writes for the O'Reilly Network, the Linux Documentation Project, and occasionally Linux.Com.
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Lauren J. Wang is our in-house expert on everything to do with "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." And now, she's changing gears and following the "Bachelor Pad." She will keep you up-to-date with the show and give you some inside scoops on what is happening from behind the scenes.
Chris Bukowski Interview - 8/16/2012
Well I'm still not too sure what to think of Chris. We saw a completely different side of him on "The Bachelorette" but keep reading to see how Chris defends his actions on the "Bachelor Pad."
Chris went into "The Bachelorette" looking for love and as well know he was very close in finding it with Emily. But he went into the "Bachelor Pad" with a different approach and not for looking for love.
Chris's goal was to win the money and that's that. He feels that he shouldn't be judge on how he is in relationships based on a game show. He does feel bad that he hurt some girl's feelings (Jamie in particular) but it's a game (he said that a lot)! On a game show, especially one like the "Bachelor Pad," you can't be nice. He was there to win the money and he was going to do whatever it takes.
Chris did say that Jamie and Blakeley were there for the money too, we just didn't see them talking about it. He decided he didn't want to be partners with Blakeley anymore because it started to not be fun for him. He felt that Blakeley was definitely the best partner for him at first (she was the most athletic and the most competitive. He did say if he could start from the beginning and pick a different partner it would have been Rachel or Sarah) but it just started to not work out.
He wanted to change up the game too and build new alliances so that factored into why he wanted to kick Blakeley out. He wasn't mad at Ed or Kalon for turning against their word and voting Jamie off instead of Blakeley. He understands that it is a game and he was able to separate it from real life.
Chris loves being on the "Bachelor Pad," he has met so many good people and it has been such an amazing experience. Chris loved being at the mansion because it has so much "history" and being on Emily's season he wasn't able to experience it because everything was filmed in Charlotte.
He is still good friends with Ed and hopes that down the road he can make up with Jamie. He really didn't know that he hurt Jamie like that and he didn't think it was that bad for her. He said he may reach out to her but he is waiting for everything to just play itself out.
Now on to the biggest news of the call this morning….dun dun dun…Chris is moving to my hometown of GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND! It totally sucks that I don't live there anymore (PS he was vacationing in Hawaii recently, how did I NOT know that)?
But I will be back to visit Maryland in November for my best friend's wedding, what do you guys think, should I ask him (haha, totally kidding, OK maybe I'm actually dead serious)? Maryland is such an amazing state and I miss it so much….I hope he likes it (don't worry I will absolutely be giving him Montgomery County survival tips)! Good luck Chris!
And on a side note, Chris does still keep in touch with Jef and Arie from "The Bachelorette" and thinks that Jef and Emily are 100% compatible (I respect him for saying that). He really feels like they can last and thinks they make a great couple (so good to hear that, I agree)!
Chris has a big target on his back next week; let's hope he doesn't get eliminated. He really is the core of the "Bachelor Pad" season 3! I can't wait to talk to you guys on Monday at 7 p.m. at #bachelorpadhi during a brand new episode!
Week 4 Recap - 8/14/2012
There were lots of tears, lies and more back stabbing on last night's episode of "Bachelor Pad." The ex- bachelors and ex-bachelorettes had to answer very personal questions about one another. The fun part of this was that the guys answered questions about the girls AND the girls answered questions about the guys.
Of course this type of competition wouldn't be a competition without some tears (Jamie cried, no surprise there) and not only was it confirmed that Blakeley doesn't like her BUT Jaclyn isn't a big fan of Ms. Jamie as well. Ed and Jacyln actually won the competition (good for them, I really have a semi-crush on Ed). David and Rachel had the least amount of points and had a vote against them going into the rose ceremony.
Jaclyn and Ed got the first one on one dates of the season. Jaclyn actually ended up choosing Ed as her date (Sarah was not happy about this) and they had a really good time. I think they definitely have more of a friend vibe but I like them as a team because I feel like they have a lot of trust. They had to make an important decision during their date…since Jaclyn chose Ed as her date there was a free rose to give out and also a one on one date. They decided to give the rose to Chris (ugh, I know). But instead of choosing either Blakeley or Jamie to go on his date, Chris surprised everyone and chose Sarah (boy did that make Blakely and Jamie mad)!
Chris and Sarah had a really cool date. They got to film an action scene together! They had a really good time with one another and they didn't even come home that night -- poor Jamie was waiting for Chris all night (sad face). Blakeley and Jamie had yet another confrontation and it's like okay you guys don't like each other and Chris is playing both of you, MOVE ON!
Speaking of Chris, he tried to turn his alliance against Blakeley. He felt that keeping Jamie was the best idea because he knew that he could basically make her do anything he wants. Chris is such a jerk this season and karma is a b****. Both Ed and Kalon, his best friends in the house, turned against him and didn't vote Blakeley off. You could see that Chris felt so dumb at the end of the episode when Blakeley was making the toast (haha, he total deserved that).
So who went home? Superfan David AND Jamie. I was sad to see David go; I think he has really done a great job at playing this game! And I think all of America felt for Jamie. She had an awkward last conversation with Chris (I really don't like him) and she really is just so desperate to find love. That was a very sad limo ride, even worse than in a lot of bachelor slash bachelorette episodes!
Okay, so there are only a few left competing for that $250,000. Who will go home next? Chris is almost a shoe in on the guy's side to go home BUT it's the Bachelor Pad so you never know! Who will get the axe on the girl's side? Stay tuned next Monday night at 7 p.m. right here on KITV for a brand new episode. And hello guys, don't forget to chat with me at #bachelorpadhi!
Week 4 Preview - 8/13/2012
Okay. So, for real now. TONIGHT is the episode we are all looking forward to -- the ex-bachelors and ex-bachelorettes will be answering very personal questions about one another (skeletons will be coming out of the closet). We will get to see how everyone really feels about one another, no more playing nice. I'm a little scared for the outcome (guaranteed many will be left in tears). We all know the women can be brutal, but I think that this is the first season that this group of guys may be just as hurtful (yikes)!
The winners will get the first one-on-one dates of the season. And what's planned for these special dates? One date will be at Dodger Stadium (how awesome is that?) while the other will be at a movie adventure in downtown Los Angeles (sounds lame). Who would you like to see win and go on a one-on-one date? I am looking forward to seeing Lindzi and Kalon on a date together. I wonder if he will be his cocky self or charming???
Also, the drama continues at the house. All of the women want to get to "know" Chris…why??? I don't know, I guess there aren't that many options at the house. But he is lame to me. So who does Chris try to hook up with tonight? And who else will hook up with who this week? Will Mike and Rachel continue their blossoming relationship? He did say that this time around he is looking for love, not just the $250,000!
Will the remaining super fan be sent home? Or will there be a surprise twist like last week? Let's talk tonight at #bachelorpadhi! A brand new episode is at 7 p.m. sharp on KITV! Man, our Monday's are just getting better and better!


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ThinkCure Weekend against the Angels and the World Cup
ThinkCure. The Think Blue sign has been replaced with Think Cure, a yearly tradition in preparating for the Think Cure radiothon and Telethon.
There are some cool auction items there like a chance to shag fly balls during BP, meet Vin Scully, have an Italian dinner with Tommy, take a batting lesson with Don Mattingly. a baseball signed by Koufax, lots of players signed jerseys and many more items. Peter Tilden of KABC said 100% of the proceeds go to the the ThinkCure foundation.
World Cup. The world Cup started today! Two tvs were installed in the cafeteria so we could watch the games, especially Mexico against SouthAfrica today. The game ended up in a tied 1-1.
Here are some co-workers after the first game.
Here are my Honduras and USA jerseys:
Here is the schedule. USA plays tomorrow against England. I will be at Angel Stadium attending a mandatory session so that I can volunteer for the All-Star Fan Fest around the time the game starts.
Honduras plays Chile on Wednesday at 4:30 AM! I'll be up watching the game before I head to work! or I can go to the restaurant Rincon Chileno. They will open at 4;30 and serve breakfast from Chile and Honduras.
This weekend is also the Dodgers Angels series. Billinsgley goes against Pineiro. Originally this series was supposed to be at Angel Stadium but because of a concert, the Angels asked the Dodgers to switch series so we got the weekend series! At the end the concert with U2 got cancelled.
Saturday and Sunday, the Dodgers are sending rookies. John Ely will face Scott Kazmir on Saturday and on Sunday Carlos Monasterios will face Jerred Weaver.
Go Dodgers!
Go USA!
Go Honduras!
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A batting lesson with Mattingly? I'd sign up to spend five minutes with him!
The current bid for the lesson with Mattingly is $1050.
Sounds like you are going to be one tired sports fan after the World Cup and the All-Star game are completed.
Both events hold different emotions for me, this All-Star game being on the West Coast should have a nice vibe to it compared to the St. Louis and NYC games.
Also, the World Cup is going to be a wild tourney this time. I thought hard about it, and for some reason the flag of Spain and the orange and black of the Netherlands keep coming into my dreams.
But it is great you will get a chance to partake in the All-Star game festivities, and have another great California memory…I am jealous!
Rays Renegade
"chance to shag fly balls during BP" this just sounds wrong in so many ways…. LOL – cool you can wear the shirts to work – think the Dodgers suffered the same as the Phillies yesterday a case of demolition derby baseball…
Phillies Outside
Orange and Black!? EWWW! dislike the Halloween Jint colors.
Is only the All-Star fan-fest that I am volunteering but it should be fun.
Ouch for our teams losing by such a big margin. I am keeping an eye on those auctions. Might sneak in there at the lalst minute and snag one of those.
WOOHOOO !! go everybody! I'm happier than a pig in mud right now. Can someone tell Vin Scully I exists for me pleez? : )
lol Mike,
If I see him, I'll mention you to him. Doubt that I will see him unless I bid for one of those auction items. I am keeping my eye on one or two to sneak there and see if I can outbid someone.
The Auction is a little rich for me,,, but maybe there's a win that the Dodgers could bid on… how the hell did they get dumped on by the Angels like that… oh well it's the start of another win streak…
Phillies Outside
Some are too rich for me too so I am monitoring some on the lower end. Two more hours to go… I think I know one person that is bidding on something I want to bid. If it gets too high, I am staying away.
This is indeed an interesting time for baseball and futbol. For example…
– A friend who is a hooligan for NSC Minnesota Stars (the new minor league soccer team here) who is also part of the USA National Team hooligans…has not egged me on for France's loss last year.
– Watching YouTube for ABC feeds and that pathetic display by the Socceroos former captain on the loss to Germany – at Darling Harbour in Sydney (One of FIFA's Fan Fest sites).
– Still figuring out who to root for now…
– Giving another friend a mini-WC ball…when he gets around to get it!
So, what's the bid for the Vin Scully experience?
Hey Randy, I got to figure out where I will see the USA game on Friday when I arrive in Boston.
Scully's experience got too rich for me at 5K. I was watching another one and then it got crazy bidding.
Ok, time for me to leave work. I was sticking around for the auction that just ended. that was fun.


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"If I wanted to live in Phoenix I'd have moved to Phoenix," declared The Lady of the House as she came in the back door.
It's been a bad year for the vegetable garden at the Stucco Hacienda. And The Lady of the House puts the blame on the lack of rain.
"If we get another summer like this, we may have to move," she said.
"Move? Now where would we go?" I asked.
"Colorado," said The Lady of the House. "They're getting rain in Colorado."
I got on the Internet and searched for "best place for gardening in Colorado."
"Here's an article that says gardening in Colorado is a challenge because the state's average elevation is 6800 feet," I said.
"I don't want gardening challenges, I just want my tomatoes and squash and peppers to GROW," she said. "What about Oregon?"
I searched on the Internet for "best gardening in Oregon."
"Well, look at this," I said. "Oregon has a Curry County, just like here in New Mexico, except it's on the coast."
"Oh?" said The Lady of the House looking over my shoulder.
"They say this town there, Brookings, has a grand gardening climate."
"But," I continued reading, "the town had $25 million in damage by an 8-foot tsunami from that Japanese quake last March."
"Oh," said The Lady of the House. "Maybe we'll just stay here. I like our home. This drought can't last forever, can it?"
Later that evening I stepped out the front door after sunset and looked at the thunderheads off to the northwest. Someone was getting rain, it wasn't us.
The last rays of the fading sunset were painting the edges of the clouds a deep orange. It was a sweet sight.
I like our home too.
It'll rain again, won't it?
After all, the county fair starts soon.


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List of resources for China
Following is a list of websites for additional information about the Peace Corps and China, or to connect you to returned Volunteers and other invitees. Please keep in mind that although we try to make sure all these links are active and current, we cannot guarantee it.
A note of caution: On these sites people are free to give opinions and advice based on their own experiences. The opinions expressed are not those of the Peace Corps or the U.S. government. You may find opinions of people who were unhappy with their choice to serve in the Peace Corps. As you read these comments, we hope you will keep in mind that the Peace Corps is not for everyone, and no two people experience service in the same way.
- 1 General Information About the Countries:
- 2 Connect With Returned Volunteers and Other Invitees:
- 3 Languages in China
- 4 Online Articles/Current News Sites About China:
- 5 International Aid Organizational Sites About China:
- 6 Recommended Books:
- 7 Books About the History of the Peace Corps
- 8 Books on the Volunteer Experience
General Information About the Countries:
On this site, you can learn anything from what time it is in Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan province) to information about converting from the dollar to the yuan. Just click on China and go from there.
Visit this site to learn all you need to know about any country in the world.
The U.S. State Department's website issues background notes periodically about countries around the world. Find China and learn more about its social and political history.
This site includes links to all the official sites for governments of countries around the world.
This online world atlas includes maps and geographical information about countries around the world. Each country page contains links to other sites, such as the Library of Congress, that contain comprehensive historical, social, and political background.
This United Nations site allows you to search for statistical information for member states of the U.N.
This site provides an additional source of current and historical information about countries worldwide.
Connect With Returned Volunteers and Other Invitees:
This Yahoo site hosts a bulletin board where prospective Volunteers and returned Volunteers can come together.
This Yahoo site is for current Volunteers, returned Volunteers, and invitees to find various practical information on living and teaching in China.
This is the site of the National Peace Corps Association, made up of returned Volunteers. On this site you can find links to all the Web pages of the "friends of" groups for most countries of service, made up of former Volunteers who served in those countries. There are also regional groups who frequently get together for social events and local volunteer activities.
This site is known as the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Web Ring. Browse the Web ring to see what former Volunteers are saying about their service.
This site is hosted by a group of returned Volunteer writers. It is a monthly online publication of essays and Volunteer accounts from countries around the world.
Languages in China
Peace Corps Mandarin Chinese Course
Language and cultural orientation material made by the U.S. Peace Corps for volunteers.
Online Articles/Current News Sites About China:
This site offers general information on China and a news section that is updated daily.
This online news site, published in both English and Chinese, includes links to several English language newspapers in China.
This site has a little of everything about China and a good list of links to other China-related sites.
The site of the South China Morning Post, one of Hong Kong's English language newspapers.
The site of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
International Aid Organizational Sites About China:
This website of an independent publication established in 1996 to report on aid to China highlights the work of international and Chinese nongovernmental organizations.
The website of China's mission to the United Nations.
The China section of the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific.
Recommended Books:
- Gittings, John. The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Hu Wenzhong. Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans. Yarmouth, Me.: Intercultural Press, 1999.
- Jang Chung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. New York: Anchor Books, 1992.
- Salzman, Mark. Iron and Silk. New York: Vintage Books, 1987.
- Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
- Hessler, Peter. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze. New York: Harper Perennial, 2001.
Books About the History of the Peace Corps
- Hoffman, Elizabeth Cobbs. All You Need is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960's. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Rice, Gerald T. The Bold Experiment: JFK's Peace Corps. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985.
- Stossel, Scott. Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004.
Books on the Volunteer Experience
- Banerjee, Dillon. So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2000.
- Casebolt, Marjorie DeMoss. Margarita: A Guatemalan Peace Corps Experience. Gig Harbor, Wash.: Red Apple Publishing, 2000.
- Dirlam, Sharon. Beyond Siberia: Two Years in a Forgotten Place. Santa Barbara, Calif.: McSeas Books, 2004.
- Erdman, Sarah. Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village. New York, N.Y.: Picador, 2003.
- Herrera, Susana. Mango Elephants in the Sun: How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999
- Kennedy, Geraldine ed. From the Center of the Earth: Stories out of the Peace Corps. Santa Monica, Calif.: Clover Park Press, 1991.
- Thompsen, Moritz. Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, 1997 (reprint).


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To Be honest ,I cant remember much about the talk itself!
Also,this week I re-found this old school photo of myself.I think I will use it as a bookmark.Is it true that you cant judge a book by it's cover?
oh wow man...that pic is def you...ha...and the snakes, that is a pretty scary idea you know...
Snakes gazing wistfully is always a bad thing.
Great photo of you...it's even autographed. That will increase the value when you become famous...or should I say "more" famous : )
You haven't changed a bit! LOL
I love those old engravings!
I saw you comment on Scribblers FB page the other week, do you write calligraphy?
What a great school photo! And that wacky world of the Fortean Uncons is so... you. It sounds like great fun, and bizarrely intriguing. :)
"Snakes gazing wistfully," notwithstanding.
You look like trouble.
I'll be in Madrid for the next 9 days if you want to hop over. Then, Seville.
I'm struggling with the idea of a wistful snake ...
'A comfortable life inside the child' ... Do they want to be eaten or something?
Oh I wish I hadn't read this just before bed - I'll have nightmares now - snakes wanting to get inside small children? Eeek!
I hope that was just a superstition about the snakes.
All through history, snakes have gotten a bum rap, should they I wonder? It is a very eerie picture of the snakes just waiting to get to the babies, ugh!
A creepy thought! Old books had some marvellous illustrations much better than the POW! and ZAP! of today.
Don't you just love old school photos.
Oh Tony, one can so see it is you, you have not changed at all.;)) What is written across the photo?
Never heard of that tradition of stringing cots, have to ask some old Scandinavians if it is true.;))
Have a great week dear Tony,
That is a horrifying photo. You looked like yourself as a child.
Cute picture!
That must have been where the "Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop ..." song comes from. I just never guessed that when the bough breaks and the cradle did fall that the baby would be eaten by snakes!
Kathy M.
Snakes and babies! Oh my!
that engraving is wonderfully humorous for illustrating such a scary idea!
Well like all the other women I have to say "Eke" to the snakes, but I love the school photo. I am like you I had no photo of books but worked my way around it like you did. Great post.
All along I've been fearful of snakes that might bite or swallow babies, and it never even occurred to me to worry about snakes burrowing into them somehow. Oh, dear!
How adorable...it's true you haven't really changed at all...a great photo...now more about those snakes and babies and bearded....you just never know sometimes what will be inside ...! I have given up judging books by their titles even!
YIKES! I know a number of the snakes where I live can climb trees. I asked my 4 year old son if he would like a story that had this picture in in and he said "No". :)
Great picture of you gazing wistfully and looking like future trouble. As for the babies in the incubators...oh my!
Yes it was indeed a difficult theme : books were pretty rare in the houses of ordinary people fifty years or so ago. I remember getting one as a prize from my Junior School (for good attendance rather than academic achievement) and it being stacked on the top of the sideboard along with the two or three family books.
Love the school pic, T.
OOOooo..I got the ZETA blog for KID FUCKS...so cool.
You with that crazy bitch - NYE-......she gonna do you...so WATCH OUTTE!
But back to the ZETA KILLA HILLA- KILLA WATT in you..
Tell me, tell all....how does it FEEEEEEEEL..wanna know how does it FEEEEEEEEEEL...to FUCK a KID and RIP it's HEART OUTTE!
Rip it's HEART OUTTE...with the QUUUUUUUUUUEEEEN?
And UTAH!
And CARTER FOUNDATION!
And DISNEY- TURNER- TINKERBELL with GOOFY- REDUCKLE- ANNABELLE!
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They were talking about those incubators on QI.
Apparently they had them at the fair before any hospital installed them. Then when their performance at the fair convinced medical administrators, they were installed in hospitals too - which killed off the novelty of the fair attraction.
Swedes are pretty DUMB if they think a snake cannot climb a tree.
We have tree snakes in Australia. They eat sleeping birds at night.
Love your response to Michelle.


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Magnus Lindberg: new residency announced with London Philharmonic Orchestra(January 2014)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced Magnus Lindberg as its new Composer in Residence
Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg (b.1958) is the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new Composer in Residence, for three years effective from the start of the 2014/15 season. During the opening year of the residency all performances of Lindberg's works will be conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, the orchestra's Principal Conductor. The appointment demonstrates the LPO's continuing commitment to contemporary music, following the orchestra's devotion of the whole of 2013 to music of the 20th century in The Rest Is Noise series at the Southbank Centre. Lindberg follows Mark-Anthony Turnage and Julian Anderson as the LPO's resident composer.
The new residency is launched with Lindberg's orchestral work Chorale in the LPO's concert on 24 September to open its 2014/15 season at the Southbank Centre. This is followed on 28 January 2015 by a new Lindberg work for soprano and orchestra, commissioned by the LPO and specially written for Barbara Hannigan. Next season also includes the UK premiere of Lindberg's Piano Concerto No.2 on 21 March 2015, with soloist Yefim Bronfman who has played the work extensively since its premiere in New York in 2012, with performances this season in Amsterdam, Tokyo, Taipei and Toronto. Further new Lindberg works for the LPO follow in future seasons.
Magnus Lindberg will also be actively involved with the LPO's Foyle Future Firsts programme for student players. The relationship will be launched on 24 September when he conducts them in the London premiere of his Souvenir at a 6.00 pm event, preceding the LPO's first autumn season concert that evening. He will also mentor four fledgling professionals selected to work with him on the Leverhulme Young Composers scheme. Lindberg conducts the world premieres of their works with the LPO's Foyle Future Firsts student players in the Debut Sounds concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 10 June 2015.
Lindberg's earlier composer residences reflect his international stature, including the Royal Flanders Philharmonic (1999), Casa da Musica Porto (2008), New York Philharmonic (2009-12), and SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart (2011-12). Lindberg's music was the subject of an international festival, Related Rocks, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen in London, Paris and Brussels (2001/02). Lindberg has enjoyed a special relationship with London, with works regularly programmed and commissioned by the city's leading performing organisations, including the London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Lindberg's recent output includes four works premiered by the New York Philharmonic: EXPO (2009), Al largo (2010, co-commissioned by the LPO), Souvenir (2010) and Piano Concerto No.2 (2012). Seht die Sonne (2007) was commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Simon Rattle and the San Francisco Symphony, his first choral-orchestral work GRAFFITI was premiered by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2009), and Era (2012) was composed for the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to celebrate the 125th anniversary of both hall and orchestra.
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Contra dance is a form of traditional American set dancing with long lines of couples facing each other. Over the course of a dance each couple moves up and down the hall, interacting with the other couples in their line. The steps themselves, which are simple and easy to learn, are similar to those used in traditional square dances. A caller first teaches the figures to be done in each dance, and then 'calls' the dance as the music is played by live musicians.
This dance will feature music by The Ragtag Rutabagas with caller Laurie B. Come with or without a partner. Beginners are always welcome. Suggested donation is $10, kids under 15 free.
For more information, visit www.thecooperageproject.org or call 570/253-2020.


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Home List of Titles Improving NESB students' learning in communication through simulating social media: an Australian case study
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- Improving NESB students' learning in communication through simulating social media: an Australian case study
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- Gill, Rob
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- Australian universities are mindful of graduating students who are prepared for the workforce. A growing trend in organisational communication is the use of digital/electronic media to communicate with stakeholders, and many universities are now adopting pedagogy that imulates professional use of social media. International students who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and are new to Australian university study can often struggle with understanding information that is delivered verbally, particularly when delivered under he traditional lecture/tutorial or didactic approach. The use of online communication in the curriculum can improve employability skills and heighten comprehension for NESB students. This paper examines results by NESB students mainly from Chinese universities studying hrough a collaborative articulated pathway program who have completed the core communication unit between 2010 and 2012. The majority of these students have come from limited English-speaking environments. The paper analyses their results and uses contemporary iterature to form conclusions on cognitive capabilities for the NESB cohort when studying this introductory unit on-campus. The student results and the literature analysed demonstrates that NESB students perform better when comprehending and consolidating knowledge elivered through interactivity involving digital communication, primarily e-text-based content that simulates social media. It concludes that electronic communication based on social media model can heighten NESB student engagement and improve employability.
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- International Journal of Learning and Development, Vol. 2, no. 6 (2012), pp. 93-106
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- 2012
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- Case study; Communication; E-texts; International students; Learning; NESB students; Non-English speaking backgrounds; Online learning; Simulating social media; Simulation; Social media
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My top 5 highlights from IMPACT!!!
1) 104 customer speakers showcasing their SOA success was a highlight of the inaugural IBM SOA and WebSphere event which attracted 4.264 attendees. Having this many customers tell their Stories was amazing! It generated widespread interest and enthusiasm for SOA!
2) The client value of the New SOA announcements at IMPACT 2007! Dozens of new offerings were built upon the three major SOA launches executed over the past 18 months and centered on the Business, Technical and Personal Impact of SOA. Noteworthy new offerings include: Eight SOA Industry Roadmaps representing six industries (banking, healthcare, telecom, retail, insurance and industrial); six new integrated SOA professional services; BPM enabled by SOA; new support for System z and p; Innov8, a BPM Simulator; and expanded SOA education.
3) 250+ Press articles (35 business press), 100 postiive blog entries and 8 analyst reports showcase the energy momentum of the event and SOA announcements. We announced 4,500 IBM customers have used IBM SOA offerings. This amount of energy was amazing. My favorite quotes were:"SOA is the bridge between IT and business that IBM has been pioneering. And, as far as I can tell it must be hot, hot, hot! The event had the flavor of a kind of corporate Woodstock because…one got the feeling that something about this gathering was going to have a big effect on the wider culture."-- Crossing Digital Divides - Virtual Realities in World 2.
with TechTarget reporting, "SOA is now infused throughout IBM's software platform. Its WebSphere, Tivoli and Rational lines literally ooze SOA from every pore. Behind the software, IBM has an army of Global Services consultants."
4) The interest in the Skills area. With 56% of companies seeing skills as a big inhibitor, it was incredible that over 500 clients took the SOA certification test and the interst in new forms of education like the Innov8 simulator for BPM!See the latest story on this one!!A screen shot of the game is posted on BusinessWeek's Technology section: BusinessWeek
5) Showcased the strength of the IBM SOA ecosystem. A total of 542 Business Partners attended IMPACT, including 250 attendees at Business Partner day.
This event demonstrated cross-IBM alignment and industry leadership for extreme Client Value! Business Leaders, IT Executive, Technical and Virtual IT-Business tracks highlighted the breadth of IBM offerings in SOA and WebSphere. The Business leader track included 300 business leader attendees, and there were 2100 attendees at 20 industry sessions.
Let me know how you found the conference!!
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IMPACT Announcements !!!! Focus on Business Impact Announcements!
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Well, I have been in a whirlwind couple of weeks of travel around our 1H SOA announcements.
We started with the IMPACT event in Orlando. It was great seeing many of you there! The announcements, the great people, the partners... all were very energizing!
What did we announce? A set of announcements in Business Impact, Technical Impact, and Personal Impact. This blog will focus on the Business Impact announcements!! Let me hear from you on what questions you have!!
Well, first we had announcements in the Business Impact area.We announced 8 SOA Industry Roadmaps in 6 different industries. What is an SOA Industry Roadmap? It is an end to end horizontal view of how to get started with quick time to value with SOA enabling key processes by industry. The roadmaps have 2 parts to them: a Business Blueprint and SOA Industry Frameworks.
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IBM SOA Industry Roadmaps also include IBM SOA Industry Frameworks that provide industry-specific content available from IBM to support a client's solution. IBM SOA Industry Frameworks contain composite business services and IBM Business Partner content that are built on a common foundation. Composite business services are packaged, interrelated, reconfigurable groups of optional software modules called business services that perform individual tasks tailored to the relevant industry's users, policies and methods. The foundation on which they are built is made up of industry-specific domain models and defined product capabilities from the IBM SOA software portfolio. The SOA Industry Roadmaps that we announced are:*Banking (payments), to help realize a significant return on investment in electronic payments processing *Healthcare (member enrollment), to improve provider loyalty *Healthcare (benefits and eligibility verification), to optimize the benefit and eligibility inquiry process used by providers *Insurance (agent collaboration), to provide real-time access to policy, claims and related data through multiple modes of communication *Industrial: Product Lifecycle Management - Supply Chain Collaboration *Retail store integration, to deliver a personal shopping experience *Telecommunications (OSS), to improve order-to-cash efficiencies *Telecommunications (Internet Protocol [IP] multimedia service), to speed time to market for new converged voice, video and data services
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I agree with "Mummy." At one day old I as being oressured to feed, feed, feed and all my LO wanted to do is sleep! Thank goodness there is this LLL board!
Samantha: born 3 1/2 weeks early on Sept 2006 6lbs 4 oz 18 inches long with situs inversus totalis. Now a strong healthy little girl that wants to be a NICU doctor, loves her little sister and breastfeeds her dolls!
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 2,200 oz
Alexandra: born 3 weeks early on July 2010 7lbs 8 oz 19.5 inches long.
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 1,200
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As a postpartum nurse, I try to reassure parents (as well as some collogues) that a brand new baby can only hold about 5-7 ml in their little tummies. So often new parents have many many many people telling them diff things and I can see the frustration in their faces. I know they just want what is best for their LO's. The LC at my hospital recently gave us handouts with pictures of the size of LO's tummies and now I use that to show my parents and remind my collogues
there's also some pictures that show stomach capacity in the context of a baby bottle here:
scroll down to "infant's maximum stomach capacity"
Somewhat related, I can't get over the size of the bottles of formula at DD's daycare. Do these babies really drink 8-9 ounces of formula? (DD is the only breastfed baby)


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Spring Training 2011 Camelback Ranch Pictures. Part One.
On Sunday February 27th, Camelback was opened around 10:30 A.M. Usually they open at 9 AM.
When we went in the boys were exercising
I ran into Jose Mota of the Angels talking to his dad Manny Mota of the Dodgers. Jose was on the outside of the fence.
Camelback Ranch Scoreboard advertising the Dodgers against the Angels
Emma, Margie, Lorena & Roberto of VinScullyismyhomeboy prior to the game
I spotted Mike Scioscia signing autographs so I headed to the visitor's dugout. He signed my Union 76 giveaway pictures from back in his playing days.
Jason: It was great that you got to serve as the bat boy!
Andre Ethier!
As bat boy Jason was getting back to the dugout after giving the umpire some baseballs we yelled "LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BAT BOY!" Jason turned around and waived. Some fans behind the Dodger dugout turned to see who was yelling that.
After the game with another lemonade wtih watermelon flavor for the road.
"Lemonade, lemonade, just like grandma used to make!" Yum yum! Also try the Island noodles with vegetables and Teriyaki Chicken.
Dodgers defeated the Angels 5-0. We spotted Efrain with this t-shirt. Here is the front
Here is the back of Efrain's shirt:
We had a great first day.
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Looks like you had a terrific time, Emma. The weather seems to have cooperated too!
What great pictures! It looks like you guys had the best time! …a much better time watching that game than I did anyway, LOL. What did Scioscia say when he saw the old Union 76 giveaway? That's a great keepsake. And it's fun that you ran into Jose Mota and his daddy. I've always loved all of the Angles/Dodgers connections.
This is a very simple game…
Thanks Russel. Lots of blue ha?
We had a wonderful time Jane!
We got into a friendly badgering with an Angel fan. I told him at least he was smart enough to get a Dodger fan as a wife😉 Scioscia did not say anything as he was talking with a friend as he was signing. He must see plenty of him as a Dodger from Dodger fans. Me too, love the Dodgers/Angels connections.
Ahh, such nice sunny weather! I'm surprised the stands look so empty. Nonetheless, it must have been pure bliss to enjoy live baseball again!
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I was a little surprised too to find the stands so empty. I think it was in 6,000 on Sunday and those numbers dropped a lot during the week, but I love it there during the week with the smaller crowds.
I think is the imigration laws in AZ. Some people refuse to go to AZ until they revise the laws. Gas is also expensive in the LA area where we are paying almost $4 a gallon. We also noticed an increase in hotel rates.
Looks like you soaked up the sun on a beautiful day. Those drinks look extremely refreshing, and I'm glad the Dodgers won for you.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Those are some wonderful pictures and it sounds like you had a great time!
It rained Saturday night and up until 7 AM on Sunday. That is why they did not open till 10:30 for the fans to watch the workouts. But after that it was beautiful. I am craving one of those fresh lemonades right now.
We did not want to leave the place! We were talking about calling work and saying that we needed to be quarantined in AZ because we caught a cactus fever that was contagious.
Hi Emma,
It was nice seeing you last Sunday. Yes, I did hear you guys cheering for me – it helped make the experience even more memorable! I wish I could've thrown some baseballs out to you all🙂 I'm glad you all had a great time and I'll see you at Dodger Stadium!
Take care, Jason
We were just happy seeing you being a bat boy. What a experience for you! Let me know when you write about it!
Thanks for stopping by! and yes, see you at Dodger Stadium!


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Mike Schlichte, vice president at Koltz Associates, was given permission by county commissioners Monday to talk to two oil companies about the construction in northern Bee County on their behalf.
"I already have tentative approval from these two companies to do this," Schlichte said during the court's meeting.
The two companies are Texstar Midstream and TEAK Midstream.
Among numerous other ventures, Koltz assists cities and counties with the design and building of bridges. They had done work in Harris and Williamson counties along with Cedar Park and San Marcos.
At issue here is what is now classified as a low-water crossing on West King Lane that is being used by oil companies.
"It was never designed for any type of heavy load," Schlichte said. "This bridge is not even classified as a bridge in the TxDOT world."
The county's road and bridge crew, he said, has been making repairs on the low-water crossing for years.
"You have been shoring it up with the concrete on the outside of it," he said. "It probably should be replaced."
Judge David Silva said, "I think we are stretching it by calling it a bridge."
Schlichte said the idea is to change that though.
"There is traffic and that low-water crossing was never designed to carry the weights going over it now," Schlichte said. "We are talking bridging that whole gap."
DeWitt added, "What we have now is a low-water crossing, and when the water goes up, you cannot go back and forth.
"Plus, it is very, very narrow, and two vehicles cannot pass on it."
Schlichte said that the plan is to build a bridge, not a low-water crossing, that would elevate the road above the flood plain.
"There is really no downside for the county from what I see," Schlichte said. "If the companies are willing to put up the funding, you get a new bridge, and you are going to get a much better situation out there than you have now for the people that live out there, the school buses that cross it and the oil companies."
Cost of this gift to the county — $200,000 or so.
"It is just a good deal. A real good deal," Schlichte said.
DeWitt said that he has been talking to the county attorney about the agreement.
"There is nothing in the law stopping us from accepting a gift of this nature subject to approval of commissioners court."
There is another catch to this — but it's another perk.
"If we can get this done the way we are doing it, we might be able to get four more done through the federal government," DeWitt said.
Schlichte said that every time someone buys gasoline, they pay a federal tax per gallon.
"That goes into a fund that is there for road and bridge replacement," Schlichte said.
"So, through TxDOT, an application is made from the county on four additional bridges that they have in the queue that they know are going to need to be replaced.
"That application then goes to TxDOT. TxDOT sends it the federal government. The federal government approves it, and TxDOT gives that money to the county."
So, while the first bridge paid for by the oil companies could come quickly, the additional four bridges could take longer.
"The federal government operates on its own time frame, but other counties have been successful in funding their bridges in this way," Schlichte said.
"It is really going to help the county out and improve the infrastructure.
"Not all counties take advantage of it. I am glad to assist in any way I can to help y'all get this application through and hopefully get four more bridges done."
Silva added, "I couldn't believe some counties wouldn't take advantage of this."
Schlichte responded, "They are not as sophisticated as this county, Judge."
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Have a 10 day old baby boy..
He seems very sleepy to me, and as of late has been sleeping 3 hours at a stretch. I have to wake him up in order to be fed. He will nurse 5 mins max, fall asleep, .. I try to wake him up, tickling, taking off clothes etc..nothing. My breasts are not emptying as they should.. One side is completley full, and painful.I pump out this unused side and so far have been discarding..
The used breast..what should I do? He wants to nurse sometimes right after his initial feeding, so i put him back on the first breast. I am now trying to get him to empty this breast so he can get the hindmilk..
The side that is not being used..should I leave as is? Should I pump out, or what? It feels engorged since he will not so far drink from both sides.. If i pump out, then he wants to come back and nurse, will I still ahve milk left in the breast?
He was born weighing 7lbs 6 oz, had an appt yesterday and he weighed 7lbs 4oz at 10 days old.. He will have a follow up next week, which will show if he is gaining enough ...
He has already pooped 3 diapers today,and I am talking pretty full diapers..peeing seems ok..though when i check his middle of night diaper, it seems dry.. He differs on a day to day basis..
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On Friday May 25, 2012, at approximately 11:40 PM, Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputies were called to a report of a fatal accident at the Ichud Bungalow Colony (formerly Ideal Bungalows) on State Route 42 South in the Town of Thompson.
At the scene deputies found a man pinned under a golf cart that had rolled over. The victim, identified as Carlos Merino Santiago, 21, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Elton Harris.
The preliminary investigation indicates that Santiago may have been doing "donuts" and perfoming other manuevers with the golf cart just prior to it overturning. His lifless body was discovered by a co-worker who called 911.
Sheriff's Detectives believe Santiago may have been under the golf cart for some time prior to being found. Santiago, who is originally from Saint Pedro Jicayan, Mexico, was part of a maintenance team that was preparing the bungalow colony for its opening in a few weeks.
Detectives believe alcohol may have been a factor in this accident. Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Monticello Fire Dept. and Monticello Police.


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One reason Marie Butnariu chose North Central is its D-Term study abroad opportunities. "At Orientation, I met a professor who—within a few words—asked me if I would be interested in traveling to France for credit during D-Term. It was like he had read my mind!"
Marie's trip to France brought her to sites representing key moments, events and eras in French history. The trip demonstrated how the past has shaped and continues to shape French culture. Marie highly recommends the class. "The professor structured it in such a way that it felt like a journey through time," she says.
"The entire adventure was fascinating. There were many amazing moments during the trip, including a hail storm in Angers, deep conversations about the values of life while traveling by train, and Paris at night, which was my favorite."
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By Betty Russell, Pure Matters
Health can be confusing, regardless of gender. But women have an added disadvantage. In the past, medicine was dominated by a male point of view. And early medical research focused on -- you guessed it -- men.
"Now there's a growing understanding that there are significant gender differences in health care," says Wendy Klein, M.D., an internal medicine and women's health specialist.
A report by the Institute of Medicine emphasized that researchers needed to know the differences in biology between men and women, with the aim of improving medical practice and therapies. Differences between men and women exist at the system, organ, tissue, cellular and sub-cellular level, according to the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR). Men and women also differ in their response to medications.
Some differences between men and women are obvious. But others go beyond basic anatomy. Here are some ways your health may vary from that of the men in your life.
Different symptoms
Women often don't have "classic" heart attack symptoms.
Heart attacks on TV or the big screen tend to go something like this: The victim clutches his chest and falls to his knees. Although these scenes can be dramatic, they can also be misleading.
"Classic heart attack symptoms, like crushing chest pain and pain in the arm, may be classic for men," says family physician Judy Chamberlain, M.D., a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians' board of directors. "But women often have more subtle symptoms, such as shortness of breath, a burning sensation, or palpitations. They often feel something new and sense that it isn't right, but don't know what it is."
The nation's leading killer, heart disease claims more women than men every year. Women are also more likely than men to die in the first year following a heart attack. Yet many women don't realize heart disease is the main threat to their health. "It scares me that women worry more about breast cancer than their hearts," Dr. Chamberlain says.
Greater impact
Smoking and drinking are more dangerous for women.
Tobacco is deadly to both men and women, yet smoking can take a worse toll on women. Women who smoke are more likely to have a heart attack than men who smoke, the SWHR says. Women who smoke are also more likely to develop diabetes, high cholesterol, stroke, and lung disease, including lung cancer. Nonsmoking women face a greater risk for lung cancer than nonsmoking men.
What's worse, quitting smoking is tougher for women. Women have more severe withdrawal symptoms. And although men are addicted to the nicotine, women find it harder to give up both the nicotine and the physical habit.
A woman younger than 50 who drinks the same amount of alcohol as a man of the same age will get drunker because more alcohol will reach her blood. That's because women produce less of a stomach enzyme that digests alcohol. The less alcohol that is digested, the more that ends up in the blood.
Drinking also puts a woman at higher risk for breast cancer, hearts problems, and stroke. It is also more difficult for a woman who regularly drinks to become pregnant.
Mental health
Women are more likely to be clinically depressed or have an anxiety disorder.
When women are down in the dumps, they may think they should just snap out of it. Often it's not that easy.
The incidence of depression is rising in women. In fact, women are two to three times more likely than men to face the destructive effects of depression. Women also experience depression differently from men: Women are more likely to have sleep and appetite problems. Depression is also a serious health threat at times when women expect to be happiest: during and after pregnancy.
Women are much more likely to have an anxiety disorder and have panic attacks, the SWHR says.
Response to drugs
Women may react differently to certain medications.
Women usually weigh less than men, but have more body fat. They also have smaller organs. These differences may affect how a woman's body reacts to medication, the SWHR says.
Certain high blood pressure medications and antibiotics are more effective in women. A woman's menstrual cycle can affect the way some antidepressants work. Anesthesia isn't as effective in women. They wake up more quickly and are much more likely to say they were awake during surgery.


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The Sage Corner for Seniors
We've created a space just for Seniors! This out-of-the-way spot in the library is:
Websites for Seniors
We've put together a list of helpful websites geared towards Seniors.
Information for Adults
The Cumberland County Library System has compiled a few great resources for adults, including articles from National columnist Jim Miller who covers topics of interest to older Americans.


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Peace Corps Volunteer Joseph Chow Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams is saddened to announce the death of Peace Corps volunteer Joseph Chow in Tanzania. Joseph died in a rock climbing accident near the village of Mbuji in the Ruvuma region in the southern part of Tanzania.
"Joseph was active, creative and charming. He was always ready to lend a helping hand, to work and play, and to contribute to his community. His sudden passing is terribly painful for the entire Peace Corps family, including Joseph's students, whose lives were changed by Joseph's passion for teaching," said Director Williams. "Our thoughts go out to his family and friends around the world."
Joseph, 23, a native of Scarsdale, New York, had been serving as an education volunteer in the Ndanda Secondary School. He was scheduled to complete his Peace Corps service in November 2009.
After graduating from Amherst College in 2007, Joseph was invited to serve in Peace Corps/Kenya as a math and science teacher and arrived for his pre-service training in September 2007. He was sworn in as a volunteer in November and placed in the village of Ndalat to teach chemistry and physics at St. Clement Secondary School. Following the suspension of the Peace Corps/Kenya program in early 2008, Joseph volunteered to transfer to Tanzania to continue his service as an education volunteer. In February 2008, he began teaching college preparatory chemistry at Ndanda Secondary School in the Mtwara region of southern Tanzania.
Peace Corps Volunteer Joseph Chow teaching in Tanzania Joseph always put his students first. Although he was assigned to teach advanced chemistry as his only subject, Joseph recognized his students' desire to study math and physics. Because few teachers taught those subjects, Joseph added advanced physics and math to his teaching schedule.
Raising HIV/AIDS awareness was another project that benefited from Joseph's work ethic and commitment to his community. Joseph started an after-school health club with his students, organized community HIV testing and counseling, and developed both a 5 km race and a community theater program that raised HIV/AIDS awareness in his area. The events were successful and brought more than 400 students from several regional schools together.
In his 2007 Peace Corps aspiration statement, Joseph wrote that one of the reasons he decided to serve with Peace Corps was because he had never spent a long period of time in a different culture. He hoped to meet the challenges of teaching in a classroom in Africa and understood that the work he faced would be much more difficult than any work he had previously accomplished.
Joseph not only adapted to his new surroundings, he flourished.
Currently, there are 136 Peace Corps volunteers and 40 education trainees in Tanzania. The first group of volunteers arrived in Tanzania in 1962. More than 1,200 volunteers have worked in Tanzania in a variety of projects focused on health, the environment, and education.
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Electric power fuels comparisonMarch 19,2014
The pending closure of Vermont Yankee has raised a lot of interest in our energy choices and policies that will affect Vermonts growth, business, environment and economy. To have meaningful discussions, we need some way to compare all of the energy options and technologies.
That is actually surprisingly difficult, but one way is to compare the price of electricity, considering things like operations and maintenance, the transmission investment needed and the sources capacity needed to meet demand resulting in a relative cost per kilowatt-hour. For comparison, these are normalized to a 100 percent capacity factor meaning that its cost is adjusted for day-night solar, variable winds, nuclear refueling, plant maintenance and operations costs in addition to the cost of the fuel.
This is a comparison value only, since we cant really get solar or wind 100 percent of the time, but it does reflect the true and real relative costs of each source. To be fair, I also included a comparison of the greenhouse gas damage that each source causes.
I used research conducted in December 2012 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration to price a variety of energy sources at what it called levelized and normalized cost per kilowatt-hour. I also used a 2012 Yale University study of the emission of greenhouse gases by energy source given in grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour.
I then multiplied these two numbers together and divided by 1,000. I call this value the living cost factor. The LC factor gives us a relative comparison value that combines the total costs of our electricity production and the environmental damage for each energy source.
Hydroelectric has the lowest with a living cost factor of 0.7, largely because its emissions factor is only 4. This is by far the best choice, except hydropower is available in less than 1 percent of the land mass of the United States and almost everywhere that it can be implemented, it already has been. The opportunity for growth of hydroelectric use on utility scales is almost zero.
Nuclear is next with an LC factor of 1.9; it has the second lowest cost (below geothermal) and the third lowest emissions (after geothermal and wind). It can be placed at any location and can integrate into the existing transmission grid at the lowest cost level. Surprisingly, despite the hysteria and fear of opponents, nuclear has the lowest historical environmental and human damage toll of all of these energy sources. This includes considerations for any and all nuclear accidents back to 1950.
Biomass is next with an LC factor of 2.4. It would be lower, but the variable operations and maintenance and the recurring fuel costs are second highest only to natural gas. Biomass includes a number of different technologies and base fuels that have not been able to scale up to the level needed to produce utility-scale biomass power without creating competition with food production, lumber use or high fuel costs.
Wind is the next lowest with an LC factor of 3.1. It obviously has a low emissions factor and zero recurring cost for fuel, but when normalized for a 100 percent capacity factor, the cost per kilowatt-hour is $255. In reality, it can never achieve 100 percent capacity. The standard value used for capacity within the wind power industry is 33 percent, but Vermont wind farms are all averaging less than 25 percent and some as low as 19 percent. Even offshore wind farms are rated only at 37 percent. This low a capacity value makes it necessary to maintain a 100 percent backup power production capability at all times, which is why, even in Denmark, wind power has not reduced the need for a single base-load-capable coal-fired plant.
Offshore wind has an LC factor of 6.6, which is driven by the second highest capital costs (second only to solar thermal) and second lowest emissions of 11, which gives a cost of $599 per kilowatt-hour. Offshore wind has the highest costs related to integration into the transmission grid and the second highest fixed operations and maintenance costs second only to solar thermal and it has a very limited number of locations that it can be cost-effectively installed.
Geothermal is next using the heat of the Earth to create the steam for the generators. At $97 per kilowatt-hour it has the lowest cost because it has essentially no fuel costs, but it does have an emissions number of 45. Its LC factor is 4.4. Unfortunately, only about 3 percent of the United States is suitable for efficient access to geothermal power. Outside of those areas, the costs of drilling to the depth needed would drive the cost up significantly.
Solar photovoltaic is next with an LC factor of 26.6. This jump in LC value comes mostly from the third highest capital costs, giving the third highest power cost at $577 per kilowatt-hour. It also has the second highest cost related to integration into the transmission grid. The cloudy-day and nighttime power loss issue means that, like wind, it is necessary to maintain a 100 percent backup power production capability at all times, which is why, even in Germany, solar power has not reduced the need for a single base-load-capable coal-fired plant.
Solar thermal uses mirrors to produce the heat needed to spin turbines. This power source has the highest capital investment, the highest costs related to integration into the transmission grid and the highest power costs at $1,308 per kilowatt-hour, giving an LC factor of 67. Until an efficient technology is found to store utility-scale electric power, solar and wind will not be a viable base-load power source.
The next to last is natural gas with an LC factor of 98 with an emission factor of 469. Natural gas also has the highest variable operations and maintenance and recurring fuel costs. Although the Yale study says that natural gas has less than half the emissions of coal, it did not include in its study the damage to the groundwater, aquifers and surface pollution from fracking. Gas is still a significant emitter of greenhouse gases, but it is doing much greater harm to the underground fresh water supply.
The final power source is coal, which surprisingly has only the fourth lowest power costs at $141 per kilowatt-hour, but with an emissions factor of 1,001, it drives the LC factor to 141 which is 201 times larger than for hydroelectric.
Taken in this context and based on real world scientific analysis and comparisons, the logical choice among those fuels that are viable for base-load production is nuclear.
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"Over their food and over their drink they render God thanks."
~ Aristides, Christian apologist; describing the Christian practice of "saying grace" before meals (c. A.D. 123); all the more impressive because his matter-of-fact description denotes a common practice and therefore one of much earlier origin.