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In every village in Tanzania, a primary school education has become a basic right. Seven years of advancement in literacy, mathematics and science is no longer a privilege, but an opportunity afforded to all. It is important now to utilize these precious years of formal education to the students' maximum benefit.
At one primary school in Tanzania, 474 students are supposed to attend school each day. However, this number fluctuates greatly due to two dominant factors: failing health and tardiness. These issues have proven time and again to have a direct correlation to the lacking quantity and sanitation of the school's bathroom facilities. Currently, students are forced to wait in long lines outside of the bathroom, which creates a constant disruption in the classroom and a less-focused learning environment. Furthermore, students wander out into the forest to relieve themselves, or use sections of the bathroom area with no proper hole. This leads to recurring water and health-related concerns, of which diarrhea ranks the most common, and the most devastating. Therefore, this project aims to build 18 sanitary toilets. It has been determined that 18 new pit latrines, designed with improved health regulations, including a deeper and more removed waste tank, and the addition of a manual water flushing technique will provide immediate and sustainable relief.
The community is aware of this pressing need and is prepared to contribute to the cost of labor and materials. The school board has held a series of meetings to gauge community interest, and has pledged to contribute most raw materials including wood, rocks, gravel and the labor of five assistant carpenters
Note: This summary was provided by a Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.
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Written by The Voyager on 17.12.2010 at 04:41
Very underrated album thus far, in my opinion, although the review above would suggest otherwise. People seem to be shying away from it because it isn't the same as Godless or Dead Heart. But this album is it's own beast, and I can assure most listeners that after a few times, it will grow on you quite a bit. It did for me.
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Good album for sure, but it's certainly not their best.
True that! With This Godless Endeavor we all wondered whether Nevermore had really evolved to that new sound or if that's just Steve Smyth making his influence count. There we have our answer. This one continues the evolution of Dead Heart In A Dead World and Enemies Of Reality leaving This Godless Endeavor their sole masterpiece from another dimension of Nevermore.
Who else feels reminded of Children Of Bodom's Needled 24/7 when listening to the first 22 seconds of the title track?
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Chamber Notes: Dinner, golf tourney coming upApril 14,2014
The Masters at Augusta National and the flood of Vermont sunshine have combined to give local golfers the urge to visit tees and greens.
Daydreams of long, straight drives soaring gently out of sight will come to an abrupt end on Friday, May 9, when real drives dribble off the tee or pull violently into the rough, and putts refuse to fall.
The BlueCross BlueShield Chamber Challenge injects a tough dose of reality. The first-of-the-season tournament at the Country Club of Barre, brings the pre-season vision of grandeur to the reality that a long, hard winter has encased the backswing in rust.
With 16 teams registering early and another dozen in the process of checking schedules and foursomes, a large field is anticipated for the 21st annual event.
Northstar Fireworks and Cody Chevrolet are sponsoring registration gifts and the hole-in-one prize. Robert Cody is eager to see someone score an ace and leave with a new Chevy vehicle. Wed be delighted to see a winner, Cody said.
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Its a great excuse to get outdoors, he added.
Last years winning foursome included two of the youngest golfers to ever play the tournament. Cody and Dillon Sleeper carried their father and Bill Patno to victory. It was a great day for brothers as Chad and Clay Bell were part of the Northfield Investments winning low net team, and John and Steve Connor helped Casella capture second low net.
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Chamber directors and volunteers are selling just 150 tickets to the dinner and drawing. A dozen ticket holders will win $150 to $500, but only one will find the evening worth $4,000.
Honorary Life Member Marion Milne will be the top salesperson for the 32nd time 32 years. She launched the event in 1983 and has been an integral part of its success ever since.
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Name of Product: Gund Baby Paperboard Books
Units: About 15,100 in the United States and 865 in Canada
Importer: Gund, of Edison, N.J.
Hazard: The foam used to fill the book binding can detach, posing a choking/aspiration hazard to infants and young children.
Incidents/Injuries: Gund has received three reports of children mouthing the foam that detached from the books. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves three miniature children's paperboard books with plastic handles designed as baby rattles. They include "Animals" (item number 059174), "Numbers" (item number 059175) and "Colors" (item number 059176). The books were also sold as a three-book set (item number 059173). The name "Gund" and the item number are located on the back of the books. The books measure 4 1/2 inches by 7 inches.
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My Season Tickets went up 50%
My season tickets went up 50%. I got my invoice some time ago but I have not responded. I have also gotten a couple of calls from Dodger reps that have gone to voice mail. I can't deal with the calls right now. I am not a happy camper with how the Dodger season went and what a bleak future we Dodger fans are facing with the pending divorce.
It would be a different story had the Dodgers done better. The Giants winning the World Series did not help. Right now, well, I rather not talk to anyone from the Dodgers about renewing my season tickets.
I should change my voice mail to something like "Sorry I am not available right now, I have
crawled under a rock. I will be hibernating until I forget the Giants won the World Series or until the Dodgers get a new owner that will sign a legitimate number one pitcher and a left fielder and a third baseman." What do you think?
I have gotten calls, emails from fellow season ticket holders asking me what I plan on doing. I know they are not happy. Some of the tickets are going up more than that now that the Dodgers will charge more for the first rows in a level so for some the increase will be more than 50%.
I know my mood will pass and in the end I'll give them my money. I mentioned in my prior post that I am reading "Eat Pray Love". I am at the eating part of the book where Elizabeth is in Italy. Hanging out at a soccer game with friends, Elizabeth's friend Lucas Spaghetti (She says that is his real name) says to her
We can change our wives, We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team."
Elizabeth also mentions that the word for "fan" in Italian is tifoso. Derived from the word Typhus. In other words_one who is mightly fevered."
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Congratulations again on your award! You have lots of fans here! As for your season tickets, that really bites that they raised the prices 50%. It would be one thing if they had moved into a new stadium or had just won the World Series. But given the ownership problems, I think it's a bit nervy.
Hey Jane! Thanks for the award! Totally surprised me! I thought Harold would win.
Yep Jane, we are not happy campers with the increase.
dannnng 50 percent increase. gotta be a pretty penny. kinda disappointing to get that hefty bill after a disapointing season im sure.
Not much you can do, but the Dodgers shouldn't have to raise prices after such a disappointing season.
Tell me about it!
Don't mind paying if they give me a good product on the field.
Tonight I am going to the Laker game with my brother VIc and friend Lorena. The tickets have gone up way hight but we are going.
I rememer 3 years ago when my seating section was considered "outfield seats" and I paid about $1,000 for a single seat. Then a year later the section was reconfigured in the computer as "Baseline Box Seats", which lead to an almost doubling of the priceto $ 1,800.
Have not gotten my 2011 packet yet, but think it will push beyond that $ 2,000 plateau.
It is unfortunately a sign of troubled times both on the field and in the stands when ticket prices begin toi soar and unrest is caused in the fan faction.
Hopefully a break will appear and all will be great in Dodgerland….
Rays Renegade
Wow, 50%?! That's crazy! I hope the ownership situation gets wrapped up soon in a satisfying way so some of this craziness stops. Dodger fans definitely deserve better.
I love the Latin derivation of the Italian word for fan though. That's even more true than fanatic I suspect🙂
Wow, 50%?! That's crazy! I hope the ownership situation gets wrapped up soon in a satisfying way so some of this craziness stops. Dodger fans definitely deserve better.
I love the Latin derivation of the Italian word for fan though. That's even more true than fanatic I suspect🙂
Wow Cliff! That is alot of increase on your tickets! I hope you can still afford them. I know how much you love your Rays.
I just checked your blog and the about you! I love it! I also love to read and do Pilates. Glad that you join the MLB blogs! Looking forward to catching up and reading all your post. I am in for a treat! Thanks!


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Gu Zhenyu (顾振宇), a forth generation Sun Style Neijiaquan (Sun Lutang Style Internal Martial Arts) practitioner from Shanghai. Gu is a committee member of Sun Lutang's Martial Arts Development Center of Shanghai, he obtained Sun Style boxing skills from Shen Daoxin (沈道信).
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Flops and GigaFlops
By RickRamsey-Oracle on Jun 28, 2010
This blog is about the benefits of running Solaris on SPARC.
Although I was born in Santiago, Chile, I became a teenager in Lima, Peru in time to watch the beautiful Peruvian National Team advance all the way to the quarter finals of the 1970 World Cup. For a small country like Peru, this was a gigantic achievement.
If you've watched any World Cup matches lately, you've probably noticed two things:
- The best players get fouled incessantly.
- Everybody flops.
I'm not a fan of either. (And don't even get me started on the NBA.)
In Peru we believed you were a good defender only if you could strip the ball away without touching your opponent. A foul might save a goal, but it wouldn't save your honor. As a result of this appreciation for technique, the1970 team won the FIFA Fair Play Trophy. With flopping and strategic fouling so prevalent in the World Cup, it's a miracle we made it to the quarter finals!
Because I'm also a geek, I have the same respect for the combination of Solaris and SPARC.
Oracle Solaris and Sun SPARC Systems—Integrated and Optimized for Enterprise Computing
By now you've probably heard how all the products in the Oracle stack have been optimized for the best possible scalability, security, and reliability. This is particularly true for Solaris, our Virtual Machine, and Sun SPARC enterprise servers.
This white paper takes the discussion one step further.
Written by Mike Mulkey with the help from Solaris engineers, this paper discusses the benefits of Oracle Solaris running on Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series and T-Series servers, but drills down on the specific optimizations for reliability, scalability, security, and virtualization. It describes the superior results of taking a comprehensive, integrated architectural approach to designing the operating system with the hardware, such as:
- Solaris multi-threading capabilities, when combined with the SPARC multi-core chips, provide the capacity to run 64 threads per chip, which can make your data center more flexible, quicker, and far more reliable.
- Solaris running on the SPARC64 VII chips of Sun M-Series servers provide mainframe-class performance and reliability at lower cost. Not to mention vertical scalability. Plus hot-swapability for major components.
- Predictive self-healing in Solaris works with the highly reliable memory subsystems of the SPARC Enterprise server to stop faults from bringing down your system.
- In addition to its scalability and reliability features, ZFS lets you add, change or remove storage devices on the run.
After you finish reading Mulkey's white paper you might come to the same conclusion as I did:
The combination of Solaris and SPARC Enterprise servers lands squarely in the world of American Football, a game that leaves little room for flopping, whining, or making excuses.
(Read this forum discussion if you want to find out how many floating point operations a SPARC chip supports).
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Part 06 of Sun Style Xingyiquan instructional video by Sun Jianyun
Sun Jianyun's Sun Style Xingyiquan Instructional Video Clip 11
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Sun Jianyun (孙剑云, 1914 – 2003) is the fourth child and only daughter of Sun Lutang (孙录堂, 1860 – 1933), Sun started her martial arts teaching career in 1931, she tough at female martial arts classes of GuoshuGuan (Martial Arts Academy) of Jiangsu Province. Sun was appointed as head judge of Wushu event of the first All China National Games in 1959 and she has been active in the Martial Arts scene since than. Sun Jianyun published numerous books and VCDs in Sun Style Taijiquan, Taijijian (Taiji Sword), Xingyiquan, Xingyijian (Xingyi Sword), Baguazhang and Baguajian (Bagua Sword) in the 80s and 90s of last century.
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JORDAN-JETER, Sharlene, 79, of Wintersville, was born on May 22, 1934, in Mansfield, OH, to the late Felix Jordan Sr. and Sylvia (Woodson) Jordan and passed on Jan. 24, 2014.
She graduated from Mansfield Senior High School and worked at Shelby Depo for the United States Government as a key-punch operator.
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She leaves to cherish in her memory, her loving husband of 54 years, Elder Coyet Jeter Jr., two children, Tim (Darlene) Jeter of Marietta, GA, Resi Jeter of Mansfield, OH; one grandson, Austin Jeter of Wintersville, OH; one sister, Carolyn (Charles) Reed of Mansfield, OH; sisters-in-law, Ethelene Jordan of Warren, OH, Annie Jordan and Shirley Jordan both of Mansfield, OH, and two special life-long friends, Classie (Clemons) Jackson and Earlene (Fowler) Tucker along with a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
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Located and salvaged by Teddy Tucker in 1950 in Bermuda. Never excavated but recorded in 1975 by Dr. Edwin Dethlefsen. Presumably dating from the middle 17th century, Teddy Tucker believes it to be the Ragusan Wreck, a vessel salvaged and burnt by the Spanish to the anger of the local wreckers.
Description of the Site
The remains of a hull cover an area more or less 13 m long and 6 m wide and seem to be a portion of the starboard stern of a large ship. Part of the keelson, nine floors, seven futtocks, planking, ceiling, and a stern deadwood were preserved.
Not much information is given on the axial timbers. The presumable deadwood was 45 cm sided on its base and tapered aft, ending in what looks like a flat vertical scarf. From the drawing it seems that the keelson may have been slightly above 30 cm in its sided dimension. The possible remains of a maststep are referred although it does not seem to be in place.
Nine floors were preserved, the largest along 5.33 m. There is a puzzling mention to "sections of the floor timbers appear to be scarfed with pegs joining the sections from top to bottom"1. From the drawing it looks like floors and futtocks are placed with no space in between along the overlapping area, ruling out the possibility of a double framed hull. On the other hand, second futtocks are noted end to end with the floors, suggesting the double frame hypothesis. It is not therefore clear if this ship was double framed. A reference is made to the fact that the floors are not notched to fit around the keel. From the drawing the floors seem to be around 25 cm sided, and the futtocks slightly less.
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The ceiling is 7.5 cm thick.
Iron bolts are mentioned linking keel and keelson through the floors.
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Although several samples of wood were taken from this wreck and oak, pine, beech, and elm objects were retrieved among others no information is given on the wood utilized in the construction of this ship.
1. Dethlefsen, Edwin S. "The Stonewall wreck" International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1977) 6.4: 315-329, p. 319.
New World Shipwrecks, 1500-1800: A Compendium of Sites Salvaged or Excavated, by Roger Smith, December 1978;
Dethlefson, Idwin & Davidson, Ellen & Buchman, D. Lynn "The Stonewall Wreck" IJNA (1977) 6.4: 315-329;
Dethlefson, Idwin "Further notes on the Stonewall wreck: a 17th century Spanish vessel wrecked of Bermuda" IJNA (1978) 7.02: 159-161.


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- 1 Communications
- 2 Housing and Site Location
- 3 Living Allowance and Money Management
- 4 Food and Diet
- 5 Transportation
- 6 Geography and Climate
- 7 Social Activities
- 8 Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
- 9 Personal Safety
- 10 Rewards and Frustrations
Letters sent from the United States generally arrive in Honduras in two to three weeks. However, the mail system is not always reliable, and it is not unheard of for a letter to take several months to arrive. Packages can take even more time. You may have to pay a small fee (from Lps 10 to Lps 30, USD 0.50 to 1.50) at the post office to retrieve any packages but sometimes postal employees waive it for Volunteers, at their discretion. During pre-service training, mail will be delivered to you at the training site, and your mailing address will be:
"Your Name," PCT Voluntario del Cuerpo de Paz Apartado Postal 3158 Tegucigalpa, Honduras America Central
Once you become a Volunteer, you will be responsible for sending the address for your site to friends and family. We recommend you get a P.O. box (if available at your local post office in your site) if you want to receive correspondence at your site and avoid the cost of coming to the capital city. Volunteers in rural sites may have to travel to their provincial capital or other major regional city to receive mail. Some towns have no post office boxes, simply general delivery.
Volunteers may still receive mail at the above address; as of mid-2008 Peace Corps gives Volunteers the option of forwarding correspondence to their sites once per month or being kept in your file at the Peace Corps office until they visit the capital for official business. Peace Corps staff regularly pick up packages from the main post office in Tegucigalpa but if there is a fee assessed for receiving the package, that fee is passed on to the Volunteer.
We strongly recommend that you establish a regular writing pattern with your friends and relatives, since they might become concerned if they do not hear from you for an extended period of time.
We discourage you from having money or other valuable items sent to you through the mail. Electrical appliances cannot be sent through the mail, as they are prohibited items and could be subject to a fine. Letters and packages are sometimes opened by postal workers, and valuable items occasionally disappear. In addition, the process of retrieving a package at the post office can be time-consuming, and customs duties may exceed the value of the items sent. If you must have packages sent, however, we recommend padded envelopes. You will have a bank account at your site, and you can have money wired to that account (but note that the Peace Corps is not allowed to give out your account number). Airline tickets can be paid for in advance and picked up at the airline's office in Tegucigalpa.
In addition, Federal Express, UPS, and DHL have offices in Tegucigalpa and can deliver packages to the Peace Corps office. Please do not send any electrical device or appliances via FedEx, UPS, or DHL, as a customs clearence process is required which will cost around $90 (plus you will be charged an additional 75 percent of the cost of the device). Please let your family and friends know this before sending any mail. We also encourage you to ask for shipment tracking numbers so you can track packages through the carriers' websites. Remember that these delivery services cannot deliver to a post office box, so you will have to provide the following street address for the Peace Corps office: Avenida Republica de Chile #401, Colonia Palmira, Tegucigalpa (phone: +504.232.1753).
International phone service to and from Honduras is relatively good. Hondutel, the telephone agency, has offices in many cities and towns, and some of those offices offer direct lines to U.S. long-distance carriers. You can also call or receive calls from the United States from local phones.
Rates at Hondutel as of mid-2008 are 2 Lempiras (USD 0.11) per minute to the U.S. Calling cards and other phone discount programs' rates from the U.S. to Honduras are usually about $0.35 per minute.
Most cell phones operate on a pre-paid system, where subscribers periodically recharge their "minutes" in increments from Lps 10 to Lps 250 (USD 0.50 to 12). Domestic rates on the two main cell phone companies are around Lps 3-4 per minute, but purchasing saldo (minutes) on days advertised as "double saldo" give you extended talk time to some phone lines. Calls to the U.S. and Canada from cell phones are about Lps 2.25 per minute. Calls are usually charged by the second only, not rounded up to the next minute.
Volunteers commonly use text messages for much communication and cost around Lps 1 (USD 0.05) per message. Phone plans with a fixed monthly allotment of minutes and fee per month are available but the rates are not much better than the pre-paid plans and require a lot of paperwork.
In urban areas, some Volunteers live in houses with Hondutel land lines installed, but in most outlying areas, cell phones are the only phones available.
As of mid-2008, Volunteers' living allowance is calculated without including expenses for maintaining a cell phone, but very nearly all Volunteers in Honduras find money for it in their budgets.
To reach you in an emergency, your family can contact the Office of Special Services in Washington, D.C., at 800.424.8580, extension 1470, during business hours or 202.638.2574 after hours and on weekends. The Office of Special Services will contact Peace Corps/Honduras immediately and will help you contact your family.
Computer, Internet, and E-mail Access
The Volunteer lounge at the Peace Corps office has four computers with Internet access that Volunteers may use for their work. They cannot use Peace Corps staff computers. Regular access to these computers is not possible during pre-service training because the training site is not near the office. However, there is Internet access for a fee at the training center.
Volunteers nearly always have regular access to the Internet, either in their sites or in nearby towns and cities. Volunteers receive a monthly allowance for Internet use and are encouraged to utilize businesses in or near their communities. Internet connections are, with few exceptions, not very fast and slowed further if being shared with other clients at the Internet café.
During training and at the Peace Corps office during their services, Volunteers do not have access to the equipment used by Peace Corps staff, though as of mid-2008 there are four computers dedicated for Volunteer use at the Peace Corps in Tegucigalpa.
Many Volunteers do choose to bring a laptop with them at the start of training and find it useful throughout their time in country; some who did not initially take computers with them either have their laptops sent to them subsequently or bring their laptops back after returning to the U.S. after a vacation. The Peace Corps office in Tegucigalpa has installed secure wireless Internet access points which can be accessed by computers of Volunteers once configured by Peace Corps information technology staff. Other Internet cafés and other businesses around the country have wireless Internet or allow clients with laptops to plug into their wired networks.
Tigo and Claro, the two major cell phone companies, both offer Internet service through their networks. These services, with decent but not fast connection speeds, can be expensive and usually involve a good deal of paperwork. The trouble and expense may not be worth it for Volunteers nearing completion of their service but could be a good investment, in the long run, for a Volunteer near the start of his or her time in Honduras. Plans are usually priced in U.S. dollars and run from $15 to $50 per month.
Volunteers, regardless of whether they have or bring a laptop, will find USB flash drives (also known as thumb drives or memory sticks) useful for exchanging documents with Peace Corps staff, other Volunteers and community partners.
Please keep in mind when considering whether or not to bring a laptop to Honduras that there is the possibility of theft or water damage. Nevertheless, many Volunteers and staff believe it is beneficial to bring a laptop to augment their personal as well as professional work. Most counterparts and agencies where you may be assigned to work may not have this type of equipment, or it may be very slow and dated. If you choose to bring a laptop or other valuable equipment, you should insure it against theft and damage. You will receive information on personal articles insurance from the Peace Corps prior to departure.
Also advisable is a good surge protector to guard electronics against sometimes-temperamental electric current.
Housing and Site Location
Volunteer housing varies according to the area of the country and its climate. In much of the southern region, houses are open and airy to provide ventilation. Houses tend to be more closed in mountainous areas. Some Volunteers live in houses made of adobe, while others live in houses made of wood or cinder blocks or in apartments. Roofing generally consists of clay tiles or corrugated metal. Most Volunteer houses have electricity and running water, though the source of water is often outside the house and water may flow only sporadically. Housing in rural sites may have outdoor latrines instead of indoor plumbing.
Peace Corps/Honduras will provide Volunteers with one secure housing option upon site assignment where Volunteers must live for at least the first two months. Peace Corps/Honduras may also suggest other housing options that can be explored by Volunteers after the initial two-month period. Volunteers will not be assigned to communities where adequate housing is not available.
The Peace Corps expects Volunteers to use good judgment in deciding where and with whom to live after the initial time period. Volunteers are strongly encouraged to live with a family and to take the necessary time to choose a living situation that considers community norms, language acquisition, and personal safety.
During the site-selection process, project teams will determine the availability of adequate housing. If no options are available, the site will not host a Volunteer. Safe and secure housing is a priority, and Peace Corps/Honduras will help you work with the landlord to make any necessary modifications to improve the safety and security of your home, such as adding deadbolt locks and bars on windows. Additionally, the Peace Corps makes an effort to select sites that offer reasonable and safe transportation. Keep in mind that rural areas of Honduras are more rustic than rural areas of the United States.
Peace Corps Volunteer sites are located throughout Honduras with the exception of the departments of Gracias a Dios and the Bay Islands. The site in which you eventually serve will be selected based upon the local needs of the community, your skills and interests, and the overall goals and objectives of the Peace Corps/Honduras project in which you will work.
Living Allowance and Money Management
As a Volunteer, you will receive a monthly allowance to cover your basic living expenses. The living allowance is reviewed at least once a year through a market survey to ensure that it is adequate for a healthy lifestyle comparable to that of the community in which you live. Funds are deposited in local currency into your local bank account; with the current exchange rate, it is roughly equivalent to $200 a month. You will also receive a housing allowance, which varies according to average housing costs in each region.
The living allowance is intended to cover the cost of food, utilities, household supplies, clothing, recreation and entertainment, transportation, reading materials, and other incidentals. You may find that you receive more compensation than your community partner or supervisor.
You will accrue two days of leave and earn a $24 vacation allowance for each month of service. The vacation allowance is deposited in an account in U.S. dollars twice a year (April and October). This account can be useful for wiring money to or from a bank account in the United States. You will receive a one-time settling-in allowance, paid in local currency equivalent to $250, to buy basic household items when you move to your site. This amount is also reviewed annually and adjusted as needed. If the Peace Corps asks you to travel to attend conferences or workshops, it will deposit additional funds in your account to cover the cost of transportation, food and lodging.
Most Volunteers find that they can live comfortably in Honduras with these allowances. While many bring additional money with them for out-of-country travel, the Peace Corps expects Volunteers to live at the same level as their neighbors and colleagues and therefore strongly discourages Volunteers from supplementing their income with money brought from home.
Credit cards can be used in the capital, in tourist areas and, increasingly, in select businesses in provincial capitals and regional hubs. Traveler's checks can be cashed for a nominal fee. For safekeeping, trainees can store up to $300 in cash and any traveler's checks in the Peace Corps safe.
Automated teller machines are available in nearly every major city in Honduras; Volunteers can withdraw money either regularly from their Peace Corps-established Banco Atlántida account occasionally from their U.S. bank account.
Food and Diet
Although a wide variety of food is available in Honduras, beans, rice, plantains, and tortillas are the standard fare (plato tipico) throughout the country. Medium-size and large communities have markets that sell fruits, vegetables, meat products, milk, cheese, and grains (including soy and soy products). Volunteers who live in smaller communities, however, may only be able to purchase basic foods such as noodles, canned goods, and rice and may have to travel to nearby markets every week to purchase perishables.
Vegetarians are able to maintain a healthy diet in Honduras. However, it may be difficult to maintain a strictly vegetarian diet when you live with a family during pre-service training. Families cannot be expected to change their regular diet to meet your needs.
Volunteers in Honduras use public transportation in most situations, even though it can be time-consuming. If you live in a major population center, there will be regular buses from your site to the capital. Smaller communities may have only one bus a day, so you may have to depend on a minivan or truck for transportation. Although in some circumstances it may be necessary to ride in the back of a pickup truck, Volunteers are highly discouraged from traveling this way. Any travel at night is also highly discouraged.
Volunteers are not allowed to drive or ride as a passenger on motorcycles in Honduras. You may drive a vehicle for work-related activities if the counterpart agency requires you to do so, but you must first receive approval from your country director and then obtain a Honduran driver's license (a valid U.S. driver's license is required to obtain a Honduran license). In some areas, Volunteers may request a bicycle, horse, or donkey for work transportation, and the Peace Corps will provide the funds for the initial purchase. When riding a bicycle, you are required to wear a helmet, which the Peace Corps will provide. All Volunteers should be prepared to walk regularly, sometimes long distances, to communities within their assignment area. In some cases, because of the distance traveled, Volunteers have to arrange for overnight lodging.
Geography and Climate
For such a small country, Honduras has a wide variety of temperatures—ranging from 60 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the lowlands to 40 to 90 degrees in the mountains. In general, the western region is relatively cool, while the southern and eastern regions are moderate to hot in the valleys and colder in the mountains, especially at night. The tropical coasts and large valleys can be very hot and humid. In most parts of Honduras, the rainy season lasts from June through November. You should come prepared for all types of climates. The training center is located at a high altitude and gets quite cold in the mornings and evenings, so bring some warm clothes.
Social Activities
Most social activities revolve around family or community events and religious holidays. Hondurans are very hospitable and often invite Volunteers to their homes for meals and family celebrations, which are a great opportunity to build ties of trust and sharing. You may encounter more traditional gender roles than exist in the United States. While men have freedom of movement, women may be unable to leave their homes unaccompanied after dark. It is not common for women to jog in Honduras, and those who do never jog alone.
In some parts of Honduras, people abuse alcohol, and in other areas, alcohol is prohibited. You are encouraged to be moderate in your own alcohol consumption because heavy drinking puts you at unnecessary risk and can impact negatively on your and other Volunteers' reputation in the community.
Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
To be effective, Volunteers must be respected by the communities in which they work. The Peace Corps builds its reputation not through massive publicity campaigns but through its Volunteers, one community at a time. You should be prepared to be a role model throughout your service. When Volunteers find themselves unable to gain and maintain the respect and confidence of their communities, it is almost always due to the Volunteers' failure to meet community standards of behavior. Behavior that is detrimental to the image of the Peace Corps or that threatens the reputation or physical safety of other Volunteers can result in administrative separation from the Peace Corps.
Hondurans are fairly traditional and conservative, especially in smaller villages. During pre-service training, you will learn how to dress and act appropriately in such a society, which has double standards for men and women and often for Hondurans and Americans. Your community is likely to hold you to relatively higher standards because you are a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Dressing appropriately can enhance your credibility, since it reflects your respect for the customs and expectations of the people with whom you live and work. Inappropriate dress, like inappropriate behavior, is something that can set you unnecessarily apart from your community. Until you become well-known by Hondurans, your dress will be an important indicator to them. From the biggest city to the remotest village, you will be judged, especially initially, on your appearance.
You will find that some clothing that is considered appropriate for Hondurans is not considered appropriate for you. At the training center, you are expected to dress as you would on the job. Shirts and shoes must be worn at all times, and shorts and T-shirts are not appropriate.
Men will be asked to remove any earrings during pre-service training and the first few months at their site. Pierced eyebrows, noses, and tongues are not permitted during pre-service training and are discouraged during service. If you have a tattoo, it is best to keep it covered. Tattoos are often associated with gang affiliation. A new anti-gang law was recently passed authorizing police to perform searches on people who are considered to be probable gang members. (Though gang tattoos are of a specific nature, you need to be aware of this Honduran reality.)
Hondurans like to dress well and to be neat and clean. Honduran businessmen do not normally wear suits and ties, so male Volunteers can wear a short-sleeved, button-down shirt or nice polo shirt and khakis or nice jeans in professional settings. Casual clothing can be worn at home and in nonformal situations. Low-cut necklines are not appropriate for women, but sleeveless blouses and dresses are fine, especially in coastal areas and certain valleys. Do not bring any military-style clothing (i.e., olive green or camouflage), which Honduran customs officials reserve the right to confiscate.
Personal Safety
More detailed information about the Peace Corps' approach to safety is contained in the Health Care and Safety chapter, but it is an important issue and cannot be overemphasized. As stated in the Volunteer Handbook, becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer entails certain safety risks. Living and traveling in an unfamiliar environment (often times alone), having a limited understanding of local language and culture, and being perceived as well-off are some of the factors that can put a Volunteer at risk. Many Volunteers experience varying degrees of unwanted attention and harassment. Petty thefts and burglaries are not uncommon, and incidents of physical and sexual assault have occurred on many occasions, although most Volunteers complete their two years of service without personal security incidents. The Peace Corps has established procedures and policies designed to help reduce your risks and enhance your safety and security. These procedures and policies, in addition to safety training, will be provided once you arrive in Honduras. At the same time, you are expected to take responsibility for your own safety and well-being.
Rewards and Frustrations
You are likely to derive much satisfaction from helping to improve the living conditions of Hondurans and from learning a new culture and language. You will also encounter unusual social and cultural situations that will require flexibility and understanding on your part. By communicating honestly and demonstrating an interest in Honduras and its people, you will soon come to enjoy your community, its customs, and your role as a Volunteer. A low level of interest, motivation, or participation by community members and co-workers, however, may cause you some frustration. You must remember that development takes time and that you may not immediately see any meaningful impact from your work.
The Peace Corps is not for everyone. Being a Volunteer requires greater dedication and commitment than most other work environments. It is for confident, self-starting, concerned individuals who are interested in participating in the development of other countries and increasing human understanding across cultural barriers. The key to satisfying work as a Peace Corps Volunteer is the ability to establish successful human relationships at all levels with your host family, the community members with whom you work, counterpart agencies and school officials, and your fellow Volunteers. This requires patience, sensitivity, empathy, and a positive, professional attitude. If you have the personal qualities needed to meet the challenges of two years of service in Honduras, you will have a rewarding, enriching, and lasting experience. At the same time, you will contribute to the development of Honduras and leave a part of yourself and your culture behind.


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My eyes. My poor poor eyes.
@mpwaite: Bitch, bitch, bitch. Bitch.
@mpwaite: The third picture is unquestionably a "muscle stud". Was he the wrong color? Several others have big muscles, even if they don't meet your definition of muscle stud. By the way, even men without big muscles are still men.
Looks as though it could be Anywhere, USA.
Where were the gang from 1 Girl, 5 Gays???? I love that show…am excited to see the big changes coming up…new cast. Sure hope they don't start out with a bunch of really young kids….their brains aren't developed enough yet nor experienced.
The scene that stood out the most for me was the fact that only old farts such as myself were supporting Bradley Manning.
What's wrong with you kids? Do you really not have any concept of what real privacy is all about? You seem to be OK with the NSA and anyone else spying on your world and using your data for whatever nefarious deeds they wish.
This country is just a mere shadow of what it was and is supposed to be.
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Memorial Day weekend conjures up many images: backyard barbeques, flag-waving parades, garden parties and the requisite boat launches, as the lakes, rivers and ponds begin to swell with visitors swarming to the Upper Delaware valley. Many of us look forward to an extended, three-day siesta as the hammocks go up, and s'mores begin to waft through the night air.
I considered resting, but rejected the notion out of hand (that's what winter is for). Here in the mountains, most of us wait until the end of May to begin our serious gardening, with confidence that Jack Frost has finally taken a hike. As the vegetables and flowers begin to climb toward the sun, I usually consider planting something, but rarely do. Fortunately, my neighbors dig in, providing me the opportunity to admire, without actually getting my hands dirty.
Over the years, I have strolled the gorgeous gardens at the Forestburgh Playhouse ( www.fbplayhouse.org [2]), marveling at the show-stopping displays that producing director and Playhouse gardener Norman Duttweiler has created, so when I noticed that the "Miracle of the Forest" had been awarded a Sullivan Renaissance Phase 1 Beautification Grant, I pulled into the lot to check it out.
Not one to rest on his mountain laurels, Duttweiller had scheduled a morning to spend time with residents and fans who were anxious to help out with the project, which includes a new split rail fence, a children's garden and renovation of the existing beds, borders and containers. Folks showed up (including Forestburgh town supervisor Bill Sipos) trowels in hand, and pitched in, knowing that the results will be, as always, spectacular. A second "volunteer day" is scheduled for June 2, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, so it's not too late to lend a hand in anticipation of the theatre's 66th season.
That same afternoon, the BrookHouse Gallery (www.brookhousegallery.com [3]) in Barryville, NY had scheduled a reception to present the "Wood Mask Collection" of artist George Saj. Never one to pass on hors d'oeuvres, I changed into shorts (Hot and Muggy, Attorneys at law) and made my way to the show. While chatting about the colorful, intricately carved masks with Saj, I noticed several of the gallery's resident artists in attendance, including painter Beau Gostomsky, sculptor Janet Rutkowski, jeweler James Hawley and potters Ellany Gable and Carolyn Duke.
Many of the masks were recognizable subjects and, according to the artist, "each one has a legend, or story, behind it." Heads of state, Greek gods and historical tyrants adorn the walls of the gallery, alongside lions, tigers and bears (and one whimsical fox, which, quite naturally, caught my attention). Saj, a retired surgeon, has traded in his bone saw for a band saw, and the results are amazing. The show runs through July 1, and is (IMHO) really worth a visit.
Running on empty, I made my way to Kauneonga Lake and refueled at the Changing of the Guard (www.changingoftheguardny.com [4] ), one of the many charming watering holes now lining Horseshoe Lake Road. With such a great variety of restaurants, bakeries and WiFi cafes springing up on its shores, Kauneonga has become a "destination" and I plan to eat my way through them all, while strolling the neighborhood and greeting neighbors along the way.
Internal engines revved, I headed out to Liberty, NY and the First Annual Sullivan County Soap Box Derby. Hundreds of cheering fans, scores of local sponsors and 32 racers were out in full force, and I learned a few things during the course of the day. All American Soap Box Derby regional director Mark Scuderi was impassioned while addressing the crowd. "This is much more than just racing these cars down a hill," he announced. "It's about building self-esteem."
Divided into two categories and age groups, the boys and girls had spent a good deal of time on their tricked-out, motorless vehicles, most emblazoned with sponsorship logos, and all gleaming in the morning sun. Thirteen-year-old Jacob Feigenbutz, from Fremont Center, "watched the instructional video and built the car himself" without waiting for help from family members planning to assist, according to proud grandma Zoanne Deckelman. Derby champion Ryan Parsons will go on to compete in the National Derby in Akron, OH.
With summer just around the corner, the hills are very much alive, and the endless parade of events, entertainment and natural beauty has just begun. Gentlemen (and ladies)... start your engines!


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Strictly speaking, everyone is perverted in some way. If a perversion is anything that strays from what is generally considered the norm, then being a rich, white male is a perversion of the American norm, for instance. Of course, getting peed on while you eat chili is also a perversion, ironically in the more traditional or normal sense of the word.
But don't go thinking that humans are alone in partaking in perverse behavior, or maybe do, because then this article will seem like it's even more deep and impressive by virtue of how it totally expanded your worldview and maybe changed your life for the better. And maybe it taught you how to love again. When you're done, please go to the comments and rank how much you love me on a scale of 1 (more than a friend) to 10 (building a true-to-life Felix love doll in my garage at this very moment).
We got sidetracked, didn't we? This article is about animal perverts. Let's go!
4 Monkeys Pay for Porn
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By now you know my feelings about monkeys, and if you don't then you better recognize. Or just go read that monkey article. There's a picture of a monkey driving a car with a lady, oh shit, it's the best. Anyway, this story really encapsulates what's great about monkeys and also why they will never truly rise up Planet of the Apes-style to overtake us. They're smart, but smart like compared to turnips and Kardashians and shit like that.
It turns out that monkeys, like all normal people, want to look at celebrities and sweet, sexy asses. So much so that when presented with images of high-status members of their social groups and the delectable heineys of their lady friends, they were willing to give up treats (in this case it was juice, and you know how slammin' juice is) to see those big ol' red turd cutters and the faces of their social betters. On the other hand, if they were going to look at social losers, they required more juice to get their interest.
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In people terms, this means that monkeys, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and I are interested in big butts, but also celebrity culture. We are more interested in those things than looking at a Facebook friend's pictures of their trip to the podiatrist.
The knowledge that monkeys are willing to give up juice for ass indicates that they are a pretty sophisticated lot on the one hand, but also that they're years behind us intellectually, because dude, monkey, you can see so much free ass on the Internet. I'm up to my nuts in juice over here and I have a window full of nothing but monkey asses and I have to tell you, it's a pretty good day.
Also, if you're worried that maybe taxpayer money is being wasted on researching how much monkeys are willing to pay to scope out some asses, don't be -- this may have implications in understanding why autistic people have issues looking at other people and creating some kind of ass matrix that would allow Rain Man to make eye contact with everyone all the time.
3 Pandas Need Porn to Get It Up
Pandas are nature's adorably lazy sacks of unmotivated crap. If your roommate lived the life of a panda, you'd smother him with his own feces-stained pillow in his sleep, and you'd have plenty of opportunity, since he'd be sleeping about 10 hours a day. Do you know what they do the other 14 hours? They eat. That's literally a panda's whole life -- eating and sleeping. And they multitask by shitting up to 40 times during that day. They even shit while they sleep, because who has time to wake up and force that thing out? That panda costume at the top of this entry looks less erotic now, doesn't it?
Now that we're familiar with the hilarious lifestyle of pandas, let's get to the porn. You like porn, right? Or tasteful faprotica, as we call it in the Hamptons? So do pandas. As everyone knows, pandas are fickle, silly-ass beasts who can't be bothered to hump most of the time because it gets in the way of all the chewing and pooping that so consumes them. In order to try to motivate them toward waving half a chub in the general direction of a lady panda, zookeepers have taken to showing male pandas the sights and sounds of sexy panda humptivities. How does that work? Allow me to storyboard.
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As you can see, I'm pretty erotic. If this wasn't all tragic enough, pandas also engage in exercises to strengthen their legs and stamina for the big show, because when you mate for literally 30 seconds, other species become embarrassed on your behalf. Also, they are allowed to partake in threesomes, so the young guns get a firsthand look at the action, providing they don't blink or get distracted by something that lasts for about 30 seconds and takes place in the other direction. All of this basically means that zookeepers are also pervs, but successful at making pandas get their fuzzy black-and-white freak on, so that's something.
In the future, we can only hope zookeepers will get the idea to tape a picture of some real good-looking bamboo on the back of a lady panda's head and trick the male into trying to climb over her to get to it, but science moves slowly, so we'll have to wait and see how that one works out. Rumor has it that's how Kanye and Kim did it, only he used a picture of himself. That's some gossip, tell a friend.


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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom New Mexico
Tom Izzo was never a collegiate head coach before he came to Michigan State, and he led the Spartans to a national championship. Andrew Helton doesn't see why he couldn't do the same thing at Eastern New Mexico University.
"I'm never going to be in the position to have success until somebody gives me a chance," said Helton, who has spent the last two seasons coaching post players at the University of South Alabama. "I've been an assistant for 16 years, the last seven or eight years with a chance to have input. But I've never had a chance to be head coach."
He's seeking that chance, as one of three finalists to coach the men's basketball squad at ENMU. Either Helton, Richard Davis of St. Joseph's (Indiana) or Greg Young of Jacksonville College (Texas) is expected to replace Shawn Scanlan, who was let go after a 4-23 campaign in his ninth season at the helm.
Helton, a longtime assistant at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, said ENMU provides an opportunity to build a championship contender because it's unheard of for a Division II school to recruit a roster full of NBA players in waiting — something top Division I schools can do year in and year out.
But he sees the infrastructure at ENMU and in the Lone Star Conference to build competitive teams.
" I'm very interested in Eastern," he said. "You have a very good community. There's a great facility. You can really generate a lot of excitement in the area."
But that doesn't mean it's easy, the 39-year-old Helton said. The work would begin the minute he sets foot in the basketball office at Greyhound Arena.
"We need to win quickly," Helton said. "It may be 15 wins, then 20 the next year; I don't know what the ceiling is. But we need to win right away and build on that."
Helton said in recruiting, he would seek a mix of junior college and high school players, but stressed the need to think locally and long-term.
"To me," Helton said, "why can't you sign a really good in-state player every year? I think it's important for your community. I think it's important for your program.
"The trap you fall into is you have to recruit from here and here, and nobody local is good."
Helton started at St. Francis, a small Division I, and had an administrative assistant position at the University of Miami (Fla.) before he moved on to Corpus Christi for the bump in salary, with a son on the way.
While there, he moved as high up as associate coach for the Islanders, who went 107-64 during his time. But when the vacancy was open, he said a new athletic director went with a national search, and he took an opportunity with the Mobile, Ala.-based Jaguars. South Alabama has gone 46-20 in his two seasons, with a national tournament berth in 2008.
"I feel like I've been blessed to be in good situations with good people," he said, "but at the same time I know I've (had something to do) with the success."
Now, two years later, he hopes he can follow in the footsteps of Izzo, a long-time assistant and one-time high school coach who has since gone 336-137 and led the Spartans to five Final Four appearances and a title in 2000.
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Superbowl Sunday is one of the biggest chili-eating days of the year, and if you haven't picked your chili recipe yet I promise that Amy's Amazing White Chicken Chili from my sister-in-law Amy is one of the best chilis I've eaten for a long time. If you don't make this for the Superbowl be sure you try it some other time, because this is a chili recipe you don't want to miss out on. In fact, when you hear the story about how I came to have the recipe, you'll see this is a chili recipe I was meant to have!
(Amy's Amazing White Chicken Chili was first posted in February 2010; updated January 2012.)
After 30 minutes, add the shredded chicken pieces and cook about 10-15 minutes more.
Amy's Amazing White Chicken Chili
(Makes about 6 servings, recipe from my sister-in-law Amy, another one of the many great cooks in the Denny family.)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, fat trimmed
2 tsp. + 2 tsp. vegetable or olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. oregano (I used Mexican oregano, but any type of oregano will work)
1/2 - 1 tsp. ground cayenne pepper (I used a very scant 1/2 teaspoon, but I'm kind of a wimp on hot foods)
2 cans diced green Anaheim chiles (4 oz. can; the recipe called for one 7 oz. can which I didn't have)
4 cups chicken stock or canned chicken broth
2 cans (15 oz.) Great Northern Beans or other white beans, with juice
1 tsp. chicken flavor base (I was using very flavorful homemade chicken stock, so I didn't add this, but I would if I used canned chicken broth)
Optional: 1 small bunch cilantro, chopped (about 1/2 - 3/4 cup chopped cilantro)
Add canned diced green Anaheim chilis, 2 cans white beans, 4 cups chicken stock or canned chicken broth, and chicken flavor base (if using), turn to low simmer and let cook for 30 minutes.
If using cilantro, chop it while the chili simmers the last 10-15 minutes with the chicken added. Then add the chopped cilantro and simmer about 5 minutes more. Serve hot.
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The Wisconsin Badger men's basketball team is ranked third in the nation in Monday's Associated Press poll.
Wisconsin moved up a spot from fourth after beating Illinois last Wednesday night at the Kohl Center, 95-70.
Arizona remains the number one ranked team followed by Syracuse, then Wisconsin.
The Badgers are on the road Tuesday to play Indiana at 6 pm central time. The Badgers have defeated the Hoosiers in their last 12 meetings.
AP MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (Monday, January 13, 2014)
1. Arizona
2. Syracuse
3. Wisconsin
4. Michigan State
5. Wichita State
6. Villanova
7. Florida
8, Iowa State
9. Oklahoma State
10. San Diego State
11. Ohio State
12. Baylor
13. Kentucky
14. Iowa
15. Kansas
16. Massachusetts
17. Memphis
18. Louisville
19. Cincinnati
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Astronaut, senator John Glenn dies
There are still good Samaritans
To the editor:
I would personally like to thank a young man whose name I don't even know.
My son and I were shoveling our drive way which is very big because all I wanted to do was to make it to see my dad, who we do not know how much longer he has to live. I thought to myself this is going to take us hours because I did not realize how much snow had fallen.
Then, all of a sudden, a young man appeared on a John Deere tractor and said it wouldn't be right if he didn't shovel a path for me. I started crying and told him he was an angel because all I wanted to do was make it to Toronto to see my dad, who is very sick.
So for all of you that doubt that there is any good left in this world with everything that is going on, this proves there are still good people. And, thank you again to the man on the John Deere tractor who lives across from Pytash's.
Vicki Kelley