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This bar map shows changes in the acreage under irrigation for Farm Production Regions. The map includes irrigated cropland and irrigated pastureland. Each region contains 4 bars showing the increase or decrease in acres for the following periods: 1982-1987; 1987-1992; 1992- 1997; 1982-1997. The length of each bar is proportional to the number of acres it represents. There were 67.5 million acres of irrigated land in 1997. Continued and prolonged droughts may lead to concerns about surface and groundwater withdrawals in irrigation growth areas. This may lead to water supply issues in areas where it has not been of major concern in the past.
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Land that shows evidence of being irrigated during the year of the inventory or during two or more years out of the last four years. Water is supplied to crops by ditches, pipes, or other conduits. Water spreading is not considered irrigation; it is recorded as a conservation practice. [NRI-97]
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I remember a time when death was an anomaly in my life. A grandparent's passing celebrated with an Irish wake and a funeral mass. Now it seems to haunt the everyday, wagging its finger like a told-you-so teacher.
Mario was hosing down the courtyard as I walked out of the lobby of our new apartment building in Brooklyn last week. Five nights had passed, many boxes had been emptied and a pantry filled since we made the move from Manhattan to the outer borough. Many more boxes waited to be emptied, for their treasures and trash to be sorted and put in their place. A brown stain washed down the sidewalk drain as Mario motioned to an open window on the upper floor. "He jump," I heard him say to his companion in a hushed voice. I followed my dog's lead straight ahead, not stopping to hear any more. Those two words were enough of a story I did not want to hear.
I do not yet know my neighbors except for a nodding acquaintance with a few who sat in judgment of our application to join this tenant co-operative on Eastern Parkway. We had left our handmade loft above the rough cobblestones of now-tiny Tribeca for this freshly renovated first-floor apartment in a large established co-operative in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights—an area some referred to as "sketchy" just a few years ago. The building has a staff of handymen, doormen, a superintendent and various tradesmen. It is unlike any of the places we have lived as city-dwellers.
We considered our ages when we looked for a new home in the city. Well past retirement age, my husband is determined to keep working "forever." He thinks of his small bar in the East Village as a public service more than a business. He knows that if he sells, within a few months it will be just like all the other places with high rents and higher prices. And so we have found a home in Brooklyn, where Mario will climb a ladder to install a smoke alarm and David or Ivan or Vitalij will do what is necessary to make our lives function smoothly. It's not exactly assisted living, but it will do for now.
Our upstairs neighbor was an elderly man who had lost his wife a few years ago. I'm told his life was rich with culture, that his wife had danced on the Broadway stage. I am haunted by the thought of his desperate act. The day before he leaped from an open window to his death, he had called the handyman to fix a stubborn toilet. "He seemed fine," is all the man could say, lowering his eyes. Who of us doesn't seem fine most of the time? When asked, we answer "fine" as automatically as we ask another, "How are you?"
The man had lived in his apartment for 45 years, since before it was a co-op. The surrounding neighborhood had been designed as Brooklyn's answer to Paris, with its wide tree-lined boulevards and twin landmarks of the public library and the Brooklyn Museum book-ending the grand Botanic Garden. But the city's fiscal decline in the '70s had left Brooklyn bereft of the kind of investment power that kept Manhattan prosperous.
Change is the only constant in a city like New York. It keeps popping up like Anthony Weiner on a smart-phone. Now, the neighborhood my elderly neighbor knew is populated by people with money in the bank and their whole lives ahead of them. And by people like us, looking for a little comfort as we grow older.

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John Kruk: Phantasy Legend. Phillies Legend.
It's safe to say that one of the most entertaining Legends in Phillies Phantasy Camp this past January was the one and only, John Kruk.
This past weekend, Kruk got his due when he was officially given a rightful spot on the illustrious Phillies Wall of Fame.
– Phillies.com's coverage of Saturday's induction.
– Phillies.com's photo gallery.
– Larry Shenk's memories on his Phillies Insider blog.
Thanks to my friend Tom, I now have an incredible collection of DVD containing his VHS-transferred Phillies "Home Companion" videos. Not only were these a fantastic flashbacks to a time when I started to really come in to my own as a Phillies fan, but also made me look at these players in a completely different light. Practically every single Phantasy Camp Legend made an appearance in these wonderful baseball time capsules.
Needless to say, the vast quantity and quality of classic Kruk moments were boundless. I tried my best and compiled some of my favorite moments. Here's to you Krukker!
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Great video of Tom and the band with Steve Winwood. Please please can we have some more clips of the tour. Love looking at all the videos. Hope a DVD will come out soon as cant seem to get anything new in the UK.
Thank you Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for the best concert I have ever seen. Waited so long to see you and never thought it would happen. Got 2 2nd row Arena tickets at the RAH on Monday ! What a night. Think Tom and the band were genuinely overcome with the response from the audience. Thanks for making my wish come true. Please come back to the UK again soon. Any chance of a DVD of 2012 tour? Wish I could see you all again Wednesday but will be watching you at IOW on my TV. Can't wait
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Financing plan for Target Field ahead of schedule
Hennepin County's financing plan for Target Field is exceeding expectations.
A Minneapolis Star Tribune report says the county has taken advantage of low interest rates and a stable revenue stream to speed up its payments, saving nearly $54 million in interest expenses.
The county's initial plan was to make the final debt payment on Target Field in 2037. But county finance director Dave Lawless says the last payment could come five or 10 years earlier.
The $555 million ballpark opened in 2010. The county issued bonds to cover the $350 million public share and levied a 0.15 percent sales tax to cover costs. If the debt is paid off earlier, the sales tax would also end early.
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The eleventh General Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation wrapped up yesterday, and the theme of the conference was a petition from the Lord's Prayer, "Give us today our daily bread" (Matt. 6:11). There was a good deal of reflection and self-expression from the hundreds of delegates gathered in Stuttgart, Germany, on topics related to global poverty and hunger. And while the assembly's introduction explicitly noted the contribution of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the LWF meeting would have been improved if there had been a more substantive integration of Bonhoeffer's views on the ecumenical movement, poverty, and work, into its proceedings.
The LWF is a global ecumenical body consisting of 140 member churches [2] in 79 countries, representing over 70 million Christians. The LWF, founded in Lund, Sweden in 1947, has much to learn from the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed in the prime of his life by the Nazis two years earlier. This year's LWF assembly opened on July 20, the sixty-sixth anniversary of the failed Stauffenberg plot to assassinate Hitler, in which Bonhoeffer was implicated. This year also represents the seventy-fifth anniversary of one of Bonhoeffer's most significant essays, "The Confessing Church and the Ecumenical Movement." In this essay, Bonhoeffer challenges the ecumenical movement to identify itself as either an institutional form of the Christian church, with all the attendant responsibilities and duties, or as a simple gathering of interested Christians, with no binding authority or official purview.
In the latter case, says Bonhoeffer, the actions of such a group would have "only a neutral character, not involving any confession, and this conversation might only have the informative character of a discussion, without including a judgment or even a decision on this or that doctrine, or even church." In the intervening decades, Bonhoeffer's challenge continues to resonate, since the LWF, for instance, continues to waver between its self-understanding as an expression of Christian communion on the one side, and its political and social activism on the other.
The problem with the social witness of the LWF and the broader ecumenical movement is not simply that it addresses problems like hunger or poverty. It is, instead, the way in which it has done so, as typified in the recent Stuttgart meeting. Here we saw statements decrying "illegitimate debt," the privileging of "profits over people," and in the words of LWF general secretary Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko, "the gap between those who do not have enough to eat and those who have far more than they need." But beyond this kind of activist jingoism, or pietistic bewailing, there was precious little in terms of helpful analysis of the complex realities of a globalized world.
Rather than engage in the difficult work of providing a coherent and normative basis for responsible social proclamation, the LWF preferred instead -- as is so often the case in the deliberations of mainline ecumenical groups -- to point to "neoliberal globalization" as the structural injustice causing extreme poverty in the world. The missing element in the LWF's poverty discussions, most recently at the General Assembly, has been a nuanced and comprehensive valuation of the role of creative work and entrepreneurship in the creation of material wealth. The social witness of ecumenical groups like the LWF have, for the better part of the past 50 years, consistently undermined work and labor as God's order of blessings to provide material sustenance for humankind.
Bonhoeffer himself identified the mandate of "work" and "culture" (in the sense of human cultivation of God's creation) as one of the four arenas (in addition to the family, church, and government) in which we fulfill our calling to serve God through our service to others. There are certainly cases in which God miraculously or specially provides material goods for our wellbeing, such as manna and quail from heaven (Exodus 16) or the seemingly bottomless baskets of bread and fish (Mark 6:30-44). But the regular means that God has graciously ordered in the world for meeting our physical needs is the realm of work.
We can see this in the Apostle's injunction, "If a man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Thess. 3:10). Far too little of the LWF deliberations about the nature of food and hunger, work and poverty, have focused on the role of human labor in economic relationships. The difference between the productive worker in a modern economy and the subsistence labor in primitive societies is the extent to which the worker and the fruits of his or her labor are brought into relationship with neighbors: local, regional, national, and international.
As the Reformed author Lester DeKoster writes in his little classic, Work: The Meaning of Your Life—A Christian Perspective, "Our working puts us in the service of others; the civilization that work creates puts others in the service of ourselves. Thus, work restores the broken family of humankind." This connection of work to civilization is achieved through the kind of relationships made possible in a globalized world. And the ideological opposition to globalization manifest in the ecumenical movement would relegate the labor of those in the developing world to the margins of civilization itself.
As Bonhoeffer writes of the relationship between work and our daily bread, "the bread is God's free and gracious gift. We cannot simply take it for granted that our own work provides us with bread; rather this is God's order of grace." It is precisely this "order of grace" that the developing world needs most, and the social witness of the ecumenical movement offers least.


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This qualification is part of the Community Services Training Package. It reflects the role of early childhood educators who are responsible for designing and implementing and evaluating curriculum in early childhood education and care services. In doing so they work to implement an approved learning framework within the requirements of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Standard. They may have responsibility for supervision of volunteers or other staff.
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Core: Work within a relevant legal and ethical framework; Develop cultural competence; Ensure the health and safety of children; Provide care for children; Promote and provide healthy food and drinks; Provide care for babies and toddlers; Develop positive and respectful relationships with children; Nurture creativity in children; plus more. Electives: Develop teams and individuals; Meet information needs of the community; Provide mentoring support to colleagues; Undertake research activities; plus more.
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A Look at BYOD in the Enterprise
Find out about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trends across four countries. This research included 3,000 IT decision makers and 1,300 end users from Australia, Germany, South Korea, and the United States in an effort to understand how IT managers define BYOD programs, as well as the anticipated benefits and requirements for success. It also explored the primary barriers for allowing employee-owned computers, tablets, or smart phones for work use.
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Home List of Titles LAS Centre identities and practices within higher education: fragments for negotiation
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- The teaching of language and academic skills is diffused across higher education insitutions and is not uniquely located in LAS. This means that a discussion about identities and futures of 'LAS' in times of change is in itself problematic. Likewise, the discourses around centre identities within faculties, the role of technology and the web, and responses to an increasingly diverse student body float across insitutions with no privileged convergence on LAS. So it is necessary first to acknowledge that 'our' identity is still very much open to negotiation and contestation and that the insitutional fragmentation of LAS practices has consequences for a workable identity and a coherent response to times of change. I use a recent shift from New Zealand to Australia across two language centres, some postructural 'scaffolding', and representations of current practices and discourses to try to locate some responses to these questions and their implications for LAS professional identity practice, and organisation within institutions.
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Microsoft Looking to Pay Gov. for Extra H-1B Visas, Claims Not Enough Skilled Americans
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More specifically, it suggested that the government raise $500 million a year by tacking on an extra $10,000 fee for each newly created H-1B visa or $15,000 for each new green card. This money can then be used to offer better education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for Americans. Microsoft noted that not enough Americans are skilled in these areas to keep up with demand.
In addition to raising the number of visas offered, Microsoft wants the government to give 20,000 extra green cards per year.
H-1B visas allow foreign workers to come to the U.S. temporarily to work in their field. They can renew their visas every three years. Green cards, on the other hand, allow foreign workers to live in the country permanently. Currently, the government offers 65,000 visas a year, but in the past has seen numbers as high as 195,000.
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Many worry, however, that Microsoft is just looking for cheap labor. An issue is that Microsoft and other corporations don't need to prove that there aren't skilled Americans to fill these jobs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) even warned that there are "inadequate safeguards" that protect skilled Americans from being booted out of jobs for cheaper foreign workers.
"The biggest myth people have is that a company like Microsoft somehow looks to foreign workers as an easy supply to displace American workers," said Karen Jones, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for human resources. "We simply cannot find qualified Americans to fill these jobs."
An analysis of Microsoft's green card applications shows that 25 percent were entry-level workers and 61 percent were a step up as software engineers or marketing managers. Most hold technical jobs, but most also make fewer than six figures while many graduates usually demand over $100,000 annual salaries.
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The teams: The Green Bay Packers (5-3) vs. the Arizona Cardinals (4-4).
The time: Noon CST Sunday.
The place: Lambeau Field, Green Bay.
The TV coverage: FOX – WITI (Ch. 6 in Milwaukee), WMTV (Ch. 47 in Madison) and WLUK (Ch. 11 in Green Bay).
The announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, with Pam Oliver reporting from the sidelines.
The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 73-39 (including 5-3 in the postseason) in his seventh season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. Arizona's Ken Whisenhunt is 48-46 (including 4-2 in the postseason) in his fifth year as the Cardinals' coach and as an NFL head coach.
The series: The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series 43-22-4. The Packers are 6-0 against the Cardinals at Lambeau Field and have won six of the last eight meetings overall, including the playoffs.
The rankings: The Packers' 21st-ranked offense is No. 26 in rushing and No. 12 in passing. Their 13th-ranked defense is No. 12 against the run and No. 19 against the pass. The Cardinals' 31st-ranked offense is No. 31 in rushing and No. 24 in passing. Their sixth-ranked defense is No. 21 against the run and No. 4 against the pass.
The line: The Packers are favored by 10 points.
The injury report:
Out – WR Greg Jennings (groin/abdomen), S Charles Woodson (collarbone). FB John Kuhn (hamstring), LB Nick Perry (knee, wrist), CB Sam Shields (ankle), DE Jerel Worthy (concussion).
Questionable – WR Jordy Nelson (hamstring), S Jerron McMillian (back).
Probable – DE Mike Neal (ankle), TE Jermichael Finley (shoulder), LG T.J. Lang (elbow/wrist), DT B.J. Raji (ankle), WR Donald Driver (neck/thumb), QB Aaron Rodgers (calf).
Out – G Adam Snyder (quadriceps), QB Kevin Kolb (ribs).
Questionable – CB Greg Toler (hamstring), FS Kerry Rhodes (back), TE Todd Heap (knee).
Probable – LS Mike Leach (back), T D'Anthony Batiste (toe), DT Darnell Dockett (hamstring), TE Jim Dray (knee), CB Jamell Fleming (back), FB Anthony Sherman (knee).
Energy drink: After watching his players – at least some of them, since they openly admitted it afterward – sleepwalk through last week's victory over Jacksonville, McCarthy was hell-bent on making sure there were no motivational issues this week. So while raising the intensity level in practice was part of his emphasis during the week, McCarthy also dangled a carrot in front of his guys: Win, and your bye week starts Monday; lose, and you're here 'til Wednesday – the longest McCarthy could keep his guys around according to CBA rules.
Whether or not the players needed additional motivation is hard to say, but McCarthy certainly believed that the ploy and constant emphasis worked.
"I think the energy has been outstanding. I think they really cranked it up with the sense of urgency to win this football game," McCarthy said after the final practice of the week, on Friday. "(Practice) hasn't been as clean as I'd like. There's been a segment in all three practices that was not quite where it needs to be. But for the most part, it's been a good week."
Historically, McCarthy's teams have gone into the bye with victories; the two exceptions were in his first season of 2006, when the Packers lost at home to St. Louis, and in 2009, when they lost at Minnesota. Apparently in the past, McCarthy hadn't been as straightforward with his players about scheduling, keeping them guessing, and he wanted to take a different approach, despite winning more than he lost.
"There's things that happen Monday through Saturday that may not be what you want them to be but Sunday worked out great. Is that coincidence, or is that because the bye was hanging over? Those are the types of things I'm not going to take chances on," McCarthy said. "I know what a good week of preparation looks like, and that's my challenge every week to get it out of the football team, regardless of the result in the game."


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Morocco was among the first countries to invite the Peace Corps to assist in its development and manpower needs. A group of 53 surveyors, English teachers and irrigation foremen first arrived in Morocco in 1963 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1963 to today, more than 3,500 Volunteers have served the Kingdom of Morocco in more sites, sectors, and projects than can be accurately reported, but which have included such endeavors as lab technology, urban development, commercial development, education of the blind and deaf, rural water supply, small business development, beekeeping, and English training. Currently, Volunteers serve in the following sectors: Youth Development.
Peace Corps History
Main article: History of the Peace Corps in Morocco
Morocco was among the first countries to invite the Peace Corps to assist in its development process. A group of 53 surveyors, English teachers, and irrigation supervisors arrived in Morocco in 1963 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since then, more than 4,000 Volunteers have served in the Kingdom of Morocco in areas such as lab technology, urban development, home economics, commercial development, education of the blind and deaf, rural water supply, vocational education, maternal child health, natural resources management, youth development, marine and inland fisheries, small business development, sports, beekeeping, architecture, and English language training.
For a description of the 1962-63 start of Peace Corps in Morocco see History of the start of Peace Corps in Morocco at [1]
For a listing of Morocco Peace Corps Directors over time see [2]
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles in Morocco
You will be assigned to your permanent site towards the end of pre-service training. After your site announcement, you will visit your assigned site to meet your counterparts and other members of your community. Once you move to the site, you will spend your first two months living with a host family that has been chosen by the Peace Corps. This family has prepared for your arrival and will provide you with a safe and secure place to live while you continue to learn the language and adapt to the culture. An additional objective of this period is to help you integrate more effectively into the community.
After the mandatory two-month stay with a Moroccan family, you are free to change your housing, in accordance with the Peace Corpsâ safety and security criteria (see the chapter on Health Care and Safety). The Peace Corps will give you a modest settling-in allowance to purchase household necessities such as a stove, dishes, and furniture. Peace Corps will provide additional items, such as a carbon monoxide detector and water filter, if necessary. Volunteers in areas that experience unbearably cold winters can be reimbursed for the purchase of an appropriate heater. Depending on the site, Volunteer housing generally consists of two or more rooms and private bath and latrine facilities. Some Volunteers live in family compounds with one or two private rooms for their use.
Main article: Training in Morocco
The 8-week training program provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and practice them as they apply to Morocco. You will receive training and orientation that integrates components of language, cross-cultural communication, area studies, development issues, health and personal safety, and technical skills pertinent to your specific assignment. Trainees work together as a group and have a chance to experience local culture and customs on their own during a stay with a host family and community-based technical training.
When you arrive in-country, you will spend the first three to five days in Rabat or another major city and then travel to a sector-specific seminar site. While in the initial city, you will be welcomed by the Country Director and receive an overview of Peace Corps in Morocco, be introduced to your program's training staff, receive vaccinations, and participate in introductory sessions on safety and security, cross-culture, and technical aspects of your sector program. Next you will travel overland to your seminar site where you will begin learning one of three Moroccan languages and Arabic script. After the first week, you will leave the seminar site and begin community-based training (CBT). During this phase of training, groups of 5-6 trainees learning the same language will be assigned to continue training in a pre-selected village. At your CBT site, you will live with a host family. Staying with a host family will bring to life some of the topics covered in training, giving you a chance to practice your new language skills and directly observe and participate in Moroccan culture. Throughout the training period you will be spending some time at the seminar "hub" site and the majority of your time at the community-based training. For the final week of training, all trainees will be brought together at a common training site where, upon completion of the final sessions, you will be sworn in as a Volunteer. Tbarkallah!
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health Care and Safety in Morocco
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Peace Corps medical programs emphasize the preventive, rather than the curative, approach to disease. The Peace Corps in Morocco maintains a health unit with two full-time medical officers, who take care of Volunteers' primary health-care needs. Additional medical services, such as testing and basic treatment, are also available in Morocco at local hospitals. If you become seriously ill, you will be transported either to an appropriate medical facility in the region or to the United States.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues in Morocco
In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In Morocco, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Morocco.
Outside of Morocco's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Morocco are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in Morocco
- How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Morocco?
- What is the electric current in Morocco?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Moroccan friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
Peace Corps News
Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by country of service or your home state
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Country Fund
Contributions to the Morocco Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in Morocco. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.
See also
- List of resources for Morocco
- Volunteers who served in Morocco
- Friends of Morocco
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- Inspector General Reports


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La Leche League of Florida and the English Speaking Islands will host its annual parenting conference in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The theme is Positive Parenting: Strong Roots Last a Lifetime
September 10-13, 2009 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.
Guest speakers include Dr. Jack Newman and LLLI co-founder, Marian Thompson.
For more information visit www.floridaparentingconference.com.
Come join us for a great time!


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School bus plunges from I-37 downtown
Updated 1:26 pm, Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A car reportedly cut off a school bus in downtown rush-hour traffic Thursday on Interstate 37, causing the bus driver to lose control and slam into a guardrail before plunging 20 feet down to the access road below, stopping just feet from a hotel.
The bus might have been hit from behind by an 18-wheeler, according to people at the scene who spoke with the injured bus driver minutes after the wreck at 4:30 p.m. Police could not confirm that a truck was involved.
Also injured were the only passenger, a 7-year-old Highland Park Elementary School student, and the bus assistant, who like the driver works for San Antonio Independent School District.
All were hospitalized but none had life-threatening injuries, officials said.
About 20 feet of the round, metal guardrail sagged and at least one of its supports had been ripped from the concrete wall along the highway, and chunks littered the access road below it, evidence of the bus' nosedive.
Shann Chaudhry, attorney for the Comfort Inn Hotel & Suites north of East Houston Street, near where the bus landed, said that before first responders arrived, the bus driver told his mother, the hotel owner and operator, how he believed the wreck happened.
"He said the car cut him off," Chaudhry said. "And then the 18-wheeler came up behind him and pushed him off the highway."
His mother, Sherry Chaudhry, said she was on the fifth floor at her desk when "I heard this great big screech," followed by a crash, and saw the bus careen over the side of the highway. "I screamed, 'Call 911' and I ran out."
The frame of the school bus came apart from the body, and when it landed, the body was facing south, sitting on top of the frame at a 45-degree angle.
Police spokesman Sgt. Javier Salazar said the student had cuts on his face. The bus driver and a the attendant possibly had broken bones, and the driver of the car had minor injuries, he said.
It was the second time this week an SAISD bus was involved in wreck. On Monday, driver Dolores Martinez, 63, was killed after her bus hit a Judson ISD school bus and crashed into a fence in front of Wagner High School at 3000 N. Foster Road.
None of the children on those buses was seriously injured.
Martinez, who had driven for the district for 12 years, passed the required annual physical exam for drivers in August but police are investigating whether her sudden loss of control at the wheel might have been caused by a medical emergency.
Martinez apparently was not wearing the driver's seat belt that the bus was equipped with, district officials said this week. Most school buses have seatbelts for drivers, they said.
Thursday's crash involved a shorter bus for special education students that is equipped with seat belts, SAISD spokeswoman Leslie Price said.
But, Price said, the student injured Thursday wasn't a special needs student. The bus was taking him from Highland Park Elementary to a designated transfer point for pickup by another school district under a federal law that Price said allows "students experiencing homelessness" to stay in their school when their residence moves outside the district.
She said she didn't know the specifics of the injured child's living situation but said his mother and district police and administrators went to the hospital to be with him and talk to the staffers.
State law requires that school buses purchased after Sept. 1, 2010, be equipped with passenger seat belts and starting in 2011, vehicles chartered by local school districts must have lap belts and shoulder harnesses. But state funding to install them has been inadequate and school districts don't have to comply if the Legislature doesn't provide the money, Northside ISD spokesman Pascual Gonzalez said.
Even without seat belts, later-model school buses are designed to better protect students in crashes, Gonzalez said.
A safety feature of some new buses is a body designed to separate from the frame in the event of a crash. The SAISD bus did separate, but Price couldn't confirm if it was designed to do so.
The crash brought back memories for Zack McClendon II, of Huntsville, Ala. Staying at the Comfort Inn, McClendon had parked under the interstate and walked to his room about five minutes before the accident, he said. From a fourth floor window, he could see the top of the bus.
"It made me nervous because there was a crash like this last year in my town," he said.
McClendon was in the elevator to go down to the street when a woman told him everything was OK and no one was dead. He got out his video camera and recorded the scene.
Northbound traffic on Interstate 37 was blocked in two lanes for about 90 minutes as the Fire Department cleaned up oil and fuel and police investigated the scene.
Police said the bus was equipped with a video recording system, though Price said it was unclear if it was recording when the crash occurred.
Lindsay Kastner, Maria Luisa Cesar and Francisco Vara-Orta contributed to this report.
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Recent school bus crashes in area
Monday: Dolores Martinez, 63, died when the school bus she was driving and another bus collided and then crashed into a fence in front of Wagner High School. None of the children on the buses was seriously injured.
April 27: An 18-wheeler clipped a Chrysler PT Cruiser, hurling it head-on into a northbound school bus from Seguin ISD. Nine students and the bus driver received non-life-threatening injuries.
April 3: Harlandale ISD school bus is involved in collision with a passenger vehicle. Seven special-needs students aboard the bus were checked by paramedics and were unhurt. Two women in other vehicle were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Dec. 5, 2011: A speeding driver clipped a Jourdanton ISD school bus as he tried to pass it, causing both vehicles to collide with a pickup. The driver was killed and two men in the pickup were seriously injured, but the 44 students on the bus were not seriously hurt.
Nov. 8, 2010: A school bus from East Central ISD rear-ended an SUV. None of the 39 students were injured but the SUV's driver suffered neck injuries and was hospitalized.
Oct. 26, 2010: A man was killed in a head-on collision with a school bus in Kendall County, about 5 miles west of Boerne. The bus from Uvalde Consolidated ISD was en route to a football game in Boerne. About 15 of the 27 students on the bus were taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Source: Express-News articles; compiled by Michael Knoop


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I have seen the TV show on them....yikes. Hard core to say the least.
On our local radio station yesterday they have started a radio program dedicated to the cause. It is on Sundays on 700 am ksev in Houston. 1-2 pm Houston time. Give a listen on the internet if you have an interest in this provocative subject.
I think I know someone who is a prepper....she has hoarded food and water for years but naive old me...just thought she was a bit strange. Little did I know she was preparing for the end of the world as we know it.....and she intends to survive.


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Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Lesotho
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|As a Peace Corps Volunteers, you will have to adapt to conditions that may be dramatically different than you have ever experienced and modify lifestyle practices that you now take for granted. Even the most basic practices— talking, eating, using the bathroom, and sleeping — may take significantly different forms in the context of the host country. If you successfully adapt and integrate, you will in return be rewarded with a deep understanding of a new culture, the establishment of new and potentially lifelong relationships, and a profound sense of humanity.
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Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles by Country
Pre-Departure Checklist
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- 1 Communications
- 2 Mail
- 3 Telephones
- 4 Computer, Internet, and E-mail Access
- 5 Housing and Site Location
- 6 Living Allowance and Money Management
- 7 Food and Diet
- 8 Transportation
- 9 Geography and Climate
- 10 Social Activities
- 11 Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
- 12 Personal Safety
- 13 Rewards and Frustrations
Mail in Lesotho is fairly reliable. Volunteers find they generally receive mail and packages from the United States in 1.5 - 5 weeks. The same is true in sending mail from Lesotho. Of course, there are exceptional cases in which a letter or a package might arrive within a shorter period or be substantially delayed. These cases are more apt to occur during the holiday season rush—yes, the holiday rush applies to life in Lesotho, too! Rarely, but occasionally, Volunteers lose letters or packages altogether. It is a good idea to number all letters and packages you send to the United States and to encourage people sending you things to do the same. If you do this consistently, you will always know when something has gone missing. If the package label declares "candy" to be within, there is a greater chance the package might vanish.
While in pre-service training, you will receive all mail through the Peace Corps/Lesotho post office box address:
"Your Name," PCT
c/o Peace Corps/Lesotho
PO Box 554
Maseru, 100 LESOTHO
During your Volunteer service, you are likely to be able to receive mail directly at your site. However, Volunteers may always elect to receive mail through the Peace Corps post office box number.
If a package or parcel is sent to you through the Peace Corps/Lesotho post office box while you are in pre-service training, the training director will request identification from you so that we can retrieve the package on your behalf. Usually we only need your passport for this purpose. After pre-service training, you will need to retrieve your own packages.
A large part of the country does not have land-line telephones. But cellular telephones are *nearly* everywhere. Opportunities to call the United States during pre-service training will be limited. Upon your arrival in-country, the Peace Corps will issue you a phone card or access to a cellular phone with which you can make a brief (less than five minutes) call to the United States. Any other calls will be at your expense.
During the community-based training portion of pre-service training, telephones are likely to be unavailable because community sites are in rural settings. However, you will be taken during this time, or just before community based training, to buy a cell phone with a sim card (pay-as-you-go).
As Volunteers, you probably will not have a land-line phone in your home. So you will be relying on cell phones. Most often, Volunteers in Lesotho will have cell service, but don't count on it. Some sites do not have cell phone service, and volunteers in these areas might have to hike to an area with service. In areas which are more remote, there are usually homes or local organization which operate community phones. Even these are usually cellular, but some are land line. Volunteers can pay the organization to make local calls to Peace Corps. Some Volunteers might have to rely on the radio for messages from Peace Corps. If you travel to the camp town, there will be service. Fortunately, you can set your phones to store and receive text messages for 30 days.
Peace Corps/Lesotho does not encourage Volunteers to bring personal cellphones to Lesotho. The cell network is different than in the United States, and it can be quite expensive to use international roaming. If you are interested in having a cellphone as a Volunteer, you may purchase one after you have been sworn in. In some rare instances, Peace Corps/Lesotho may provide you with a cellphone for official Peace Corps-related calls only.
Computer, Internet, and E-mail Access
Most Volunteers elect to bring laptop computers to Lesotho. Please keep in mind that there is no guarantee that you will be working or living in a village with regular access to electricity. (So think about purchasing a computer with a long battery life, or even bringing an extra battery.) If you choose to bring a laptop computer, make certain that you purchase personal insurance to cover the computer in case of theft or damage. Also, bring all the equipment necessary for the computer's operation (i.e., adapters, surge protectors, modem (if applicable), etc.). While there are two reputable computer dealers in Maseru, they mainly deal with Windows systems, and the services and equipment are very expensive for Volunteers.
Notify family and friends that you will have very limited access to the Internet while you are in training, and may have limited access during your time as a Volunteer in Lesotho.
Volunteers will have occasional access to computers and the Internet at the Peace Corps office in Maseru. In addition, Internet cafes are becoming more popular in Lesotho, and there are several cafes in Maseru, and in many of the cuntries larger towns; Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Qatcha's Nek, Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng, and several others as well as in neighboring towns in South Africa. Internet access is only as reliable as the cell service, as all of the internet cafe's use 3G or 4G.
You can purchase a smart phone with 3G, or purchase a cellular modem for your computer in country, data is pay-as-you go just like cell service. Wait until you find out about your site location though, because the cellular modem is expensive, and a waste if you live in a rural area without 3G. If you use the smart phone for email, and basic internet, and suspend images, data costs can be relatively cheap. Don't expect to be able to download the most recent episodes of your favorite TV show. That is a lot of data and will take a long time.
- This information may be out dated*
If you are lucky, you may be placed in one of the three districts where Peace Corps/Lesotho has district resource centers (Qatcha's Nek, Mohale's Hoek, Mohotlong). These resource centers have basic computer equipment that Volunteers can use (i.e., computer, printer, and in some case, a photocopy machine). However, the centers are subject to temporary suspension or even closure because of rising costs to maintain these outlets.
Housing and Site Location
You must be prepared for a number of hardships and for a lack of amenities that you are probably accustomed to in the United States. Each house will be simply furnished with a bed, a two-burner gas stove, and a heater for winter. You will probably have to walk a short distance to fetch water from a community water tap. Depending on where you are stationed, you may be required to use an outdoor pit latrine. The Peace Corps works with communities prior to the arrival of Volunteers at their sites to ensure safe and adequate housing. For a house to be considered suitable, it must have strong doors and windows, a good roof, and burglar bars. Many Volunteers live in a one-room rondavel (round house) with an outdoor pit latrine. Others may be provided housing on a school compound and may have electricity, indoor plumbing, and running water.
Living Allowance and Money Management
When training ends and you move to your work site, you will receive a modest, one-time settling-in allowance. This is meant to cover basic household supplies, including any additional furniture you might need. During your Volunteer service, you will be given just over 1,600 maloti (approximately $220) per month as a living allowance. This money should cover items such as utilities, food, household supplies, domestic help, clothing, recreation, transportation, reading materials, incidentals, and communication expenses while you are a Volunteer. Additionally, in the winter months you will receive a heating allowance. You will also receive a leave allowance of $24 each month once you are sworn in (given in rand at the same time as your living allowance) and you will accrue $225 a month, which you receive at the end of your service as a readjustment allowance.
The living and leave allowances are deposited in a Lesotho bank account for you on a monthly basis. The bank account will be opened for you by the Peace Corps/Lesotho cashier.
Peace Corps/Lesotho discourages Volunteers from using other sources of money to supplement their daily needs during service, as the living allowance should sufficiently cover those expenses and it is important that Volunteers live at the same economic level as their hosts. However, people may want to bring additional funds for travel during vacations. For this reason, many Peace Corps/Lesotho Volunteers opt to bring credit cards and/or debit cards, traveler's checks, dollars, or checkbooks with them to Lesotho.
Credit cards (and usually debit cards) are widely accepted at places of business in South Africa and parts of Lesotho. Major hotels, restaurants, and shops in Maseru or tourist areas will be able to process electronic payments, but your village shop or cafe will probably not. There are ATMs in Lesotho and even more in South Africa that can access accounts in the United States. Be sure to bring your PIN for any credit or debit cards you bring. After two years of service, lots of things will get rusty, including your memory for the PIN!
Places that accept credit cards generally also accept traveler's checks, but it is difficult to purchase traveler's checks in Lesotho unless you have an airline ticket for leaving the country.
A personal checkbook from the United States is not so helpful as very few places are able to accept the risk of cashing a check from a foreign account. However, it is a good idea to bring all account numbers, your bank's name and address, and the bank's nine-digit routing number with you. When you finish your service, you will have options about the way in which you receive some post-Volunteer service allowances.
Many Volunteers want to have it by direct deposit. This can be convenient for folks who wish to travel and want to withdraw necessary amounts from their accounts back home (as opposed to carrying large amounts of cash with you as you travel home).
Food and Diet
Most food, such as fruits and vegetables, is imported from South Africa. There is a wide range to choose from if you have access to shops in the bigger towns in Lesotho or in the towns across the border in South Africa. The main meal of the Basotho includes papa, made of cornflower; moroho, or vegetables (mainly cabbage); and nama, or meat, which could be beef, pork, mutton, or chicken.
Dairy products are also available. Because of the prevalence of tuberculosis and brucellosis in Lesotho, do not consume raw milk. For storage purposes, we recommend the use of powdered milk or ultrapasteurized milk, which comes in cartons and is available all over Lesotho.
Maintaining a vegetarian diet in Lesotho can be quite challenging in terms of being able to find all that you need to get recommended daily allowances of vital food groups. Whether you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian (eats dairy products and eggs) or a vegan (consumes no animal products at all), your daily meals will need to be balanced to provide sufficient energy. The medical office provides multivitamin supplements, calcium tablets, iron, and, in some instances, vitamin B-12. Tofu and other soybean products are available in neighboring towns in South Africa, although they can be expensive. There is a wide variety of pulses (legumes such as peas, beans, and lentils) in Lesotho.
Many Volunteers in Lesotho have their own vegetable gardens.
This enables you to have fresh food when you need it, and gardening can be good for your mental and emotional wellbeing. There are four distinct seasons in Lesotho; during training you will receive a chart indicating the crops that grow in Lesotho and when they should be planted.
A healthy and balanced diet is covered in a few sessions during pre-service training, and there is more detailed information in the health handbook you will receive on arrival in Lesotho. A volunteer cookbook of collected recipes can be purchased in country.
Local transportation varies from your own two feet to "luxury" coach buses. For the most part, as a Volunteer you will travel around the country in either kombis (which are basically minivans that seat 10-12 people comfortably), slightly larger taxi/bus crossbreeds, or regular buses.
The terrain in Lesotho is mountainous and rocky and Volunteers are expected to walk long distances on rocky, uneven terrain. It is more likely that Volunteers will walk from two to eight kilometers before reaching their work site of where they can access public transportation. Volunteers will be based in camp towns and rural villages and will use public transportation when shopping in camp towns to purchase food supplies and to go out to participate in community activities in different parts of the district. The fares for buses and taxis are reasonable.
At your site you will most likely walk to work or to shop. A few Volunteers may be issued bicycles or horses depending on resource availability and safety and security concerns. If deemed necessary, Peace Corps/Lesotho will provide you with a bicycle and mandatory helmet for riding to work. If you need to ride a horse to work, Peace Corps/Lesotho will provide the necessary gear for riding, including the mandatory helmet. Horseback riding for official purposes must be approved in advance by the Peace Corps medical office in Lesotho.
Under exceptional circumstances, Peace Corps/Lesotho may authorize Volunteers to operate a motor vehicle for project-related purposes. This is very rare and must be justified by the supervisor before it can be approved. The country director must approve all requests to drive a vehicle for work. Operating or riding on a motorcycle is strictly prohibited by Peace Corps/Lesotho.
Geography and Climate
January is the hottest month, though the evenings can be refreshingly cool. Spending Christmas under a hot sun takes a bit of mental adjustment, but not too much.
The climate can be extreme. Daytime temperatures in the summer may reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the winter there can be severe frost and even snow, especially in the mountains. Summer falls between November and February, and winter falls between May and August. Rain is fairly regular in the summer and is often mixed with hail. The days range from very hot to cool and damp. In the winter, the sunshine warms the days, but the breezes are still cool, and the nights are very cold. Lesotho's climate is the result of its high altitude. As the "Roof of Africa," it does not have what one normally would think of as an African climate. Lesotho includes the highest parts of the Drakensberg Mountains in the east. It also has the distinction of having the "highest low point" of any country in the world. Stated simply, this means that Lesotho's lowlands are a high plateau, and from there the only way to go is up!
Social Activities
For the most part, social activities in Lesotho are fairly informal. Those who are interested in getting to know you can be quite persistent. It is normal for people to stop by completely unannounced. Do not be put off by this; the Basotho will expect the same from you. It is rare to receive a formal invitation to visit. If you want to see someone, just stop by. Unfortunately, many social situations are connected to funeral activities. While it may seem inappropriate to utilize such activities to socialize, they are a useful way to get to know your community. Your presence will be welcomed and appreciated. It is important to establish relationships within your community. Most Volunteers feel that having relationships with host country nationals makes life in Lesotho more enjoyable and easier to handle. The Basotho are a welcoming, hospitable people. You will meet many who will look out for you and make sure you are taken care of. Within a few months, many Volunteers refer to their Lesotho hosts as "families" and feel that Lesotho is home.
Rural areas offer few recreational opportunities. Alcohol use in Lesotho is widespread and alcohol abuse is common.
Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
As representatives of the United States and Peace Corps/Lesotho, your appearance must be acceptable and appropriate both on the job and while in Maseru on official business. If in doubt about what constitutes acceptable and appropriate appearance, take note of what your Basotho coworkers and counterparts wear and you will never go wrong. During training, Peace Corps encourages semi-professional dress, but once you get to site, you will realize that this is not always neccessary.
At work and in office situations, women are required to wear skirts, dresses, or slacks. Slacks are not appropriate in the classroom in some schools, though culottes and split skirts are acceptable. It is important that you take your lead from how your Basotho colleages dress before wearing pants or jeans to the classroom. Spaghetti straps, bare-backed tops, and tops that exposue the midriff must be avoided to minimize unwanted attention. Sandals are acceptable if they are not too casual. Casual flats are also acceptable.
During the summer pre-service training (November-January), women are expected to wear skirts or dresses to all training sessions; pants or jeans may be worn only during free time. During the winter pre-service training (June-August), women are encouraged to wear skirts or dresses, but because of the cold weather, dressy pants, jeans, or culottes are also acceptable. Comfortable, professional shoes should be worn at all times.
For men during training, wearing hair below the nape of the neck, ponytails, and adornments are unacceptable. Hair should be no longer than to the nape of the neck, clean, and neatly trimmed. Beards and mustaches are acceptable if they are clean and neatly trimmed. Though neatly groomed braids are becoming more fashionable in Lesotho, you should avoid thick matted braids because these tend to be associated with the drug culture. Note that dreadlocks are often associated with drug use or unprofessional behavior in Basotho culture and can be unacceptable in some positions.
During pre-service training, men are required to wear long pants and comfortable shoes during all official training sessions. Shorts may be worn only during free time.
In conclusion, proper dress only matters during training. After that, use the guidelines of your fellow host country nationals to guage the appropriate nature of your dress.
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 (oftentimes 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 do occur, although most Lesotho Volunteers complete their two years of service without personal security incidents. The Peace Corps has established procedures and policies designed to help Volunteers reduce their risks and enhance their safety and security. These procedures and policies, in addition to safety training, will be provided once you arrive in Lesotho. At the same time, you are expected to take responsibility for your safety and well-being.
Rewards and Frustrations
Being a Peace Corps Volunteer is a rewarding experience. Living in Lesotho, you will meet an enriching variety of Basotho and learn many new things about our world and Lesotho culture. If you have never lived overseas before, your Volunteer experience will provide an excellent opportunity for you to see yourself and American culture from another vantage point. If you have lived or traveled extensively overseas, living in Lesotho may provide you with additional depth in your understanding of the world. Regardless of your background, being a Lesotho Volunteer will offer many opportunities to grow and learn.
With more than 35 years of operation in Lesotho, the Peace Corps is a respected organization that is recognized for performing an essential role in Lesotho's development. The people of Lesotho are very welcoming to Volunteers and do their best to ensure Volunteers have everything they need to work successfully. Basotho are very business-oriented and professional and expect the same from Peace Corps Volunteers. At the same time, most Basotho love a good party with plenty of delicious food and good music.
However wonderful your Volunteer experience is, there will also be times when you will feel frustrations and perhaps even aggravations. As with any new and foreign experience, there will be ups and downs. Life in Lesotho, as in most places, is not perfect. Sometimes you might feel that everyone's curiosity about you and America is overwhelming; you might feel like your home is a fishbowl with Basotho constantly watching all that you do; you might become frustrated by buses that do not arrive on time or meetings that do not take place when scheduled. Accomplishing a project or goal that would take a couple of days or a week in the United States might take a month or several months here because of a lack of resources, information, and infrastructure. If you live in a lowland area, you might be able to access the things you need to complete a project in a few weeks, but Volunteers living in mountainous areas might find that the time to complete the same project takes much longer.
Many Volunteers also find that there are a number of social dynamics that add to the difficulties of working in Lesotho. An increasing level of poverty associated with the rising rate of unemployment has exacerbated social issues such as crime, HIV/AIDS, and incidences of domestic violence, to name but a few. As a Lesotho Volunteer you may not have a visible impact on any of these issues. However, you do have the opportunity to make a real difference here with your work. No matter how small the accomplishment is for you, your impact on the community in which you live and the people with whom you interact is almost guaranteed to be great.


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The average 1 yr old needs about 800 calories a day depending on her weight.
Regardless of what milk or formula you use she definitely needs dairy products for calories and calcium (if she doesn't have any cow's milk allergies)- full fat yogurt, cheese, etc. Avocado, olive oil and butter on solids. Again, weight LOSS is not normal. My son was a very chunky baby and really plateaued on weight gain around 6 months. He is very active at 11 months and has only gained 2-3 lbs in the last 5 months. However actual weight loss is concerning. Unless it's just from illness and she gains it right back after getting well.


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Dates have now been confirmed for the USA presentation of this five day specialist course. The course will run from Monday 7 - Friday 11 November 2011 at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. The full course programme, course leaflet and booking details are available at: http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/shor ... ndex.shtml
The course is designed for diesel automotive and petroleum engineers and research workers engaged in the development of low particulate and NOx emission diesel engines and their fuels and lubricants. These are major current problem areas in diesel engine development with ever more stringent emissions legislation to meet in the automotive, industrial, marine and power generation markets. This course concentrates on the engine technology for low emissions, their fuel requirements and after-treatment techniques.
The course consists of review lectures by Professor Andrews of the latest published information on engine design for low emissions, on the influence of fuel and additive composition on emissions and on the influence of lubricating oil on emissions. These review lectures are updated each year and incorporate the latest published results from engine manufacturers, consultants and oil companies as well as universities. A range of lectures is also given by industrial companies on their recent low emission engine research into diesel particulates and NOx reduction techniques as well as on their views on engine technology requirements for future emissions legislation. The programme of lectures is very full and participants are free to choose the lectures most relevant to them.
The course will be relevant to engineers, researchers and teachers in diesel engines, combustion and pollution. It will be suitable both as an overview for those new to the diesel particulate and NOx area and to provide a wider awareness for those already working in this field. Although the emphasis is on the transport sector, the course is also relevant to the stationary diesel and marine diesel market. In addition, it is of relevance to environmentalists engaged on atmospheric PM10 measurement and research, where diesel particulates have been identified as a significant contributor. The course is also relevant to those involved in emissions regulation formulation and in transport planning for emissions reduction.
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A Pragmatic Approach to the Challenge
Availability is of the utmost importance to your business. Disruption of IT services is not an option. Availability and efficiency can go together in the data center. With a holistic view of the entire data center, you can ensure an efficient and sustainable facility. Efficient IT and power-delivery equipment; effective, node-level power management and cooling containment; a virtual-ready infrastructure — all play critical roles in a strategic power and cooling plan.
Mitigate the risk associated with deploying power and cooling tactics with the full complement of Dell solutions designed to manage the risk associated with planned downtime and recovery from planned outages and reduce recovery time from days to minutes.
Solutions and Technologies
- Virtualization — increase availability and maintain business continuity
- PowerEdge™ servers with Dell™ Active Power Controller (DAPC) — provide an OS-agnostic power-management capability designed to save you money by lowering the system-level power draw at times of low utilization
- Redundant, scalable blade servers — provide best in price, performance and ease of installation, and testing according to InfoWorld's 2010 Blade Shootout against HP and IBM
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- Cooling — turn up the overall temperature and turn down the airflow to cool efficiently and wisely and simplify IT with containment
- Power needs — understand your peak capacity consumption and size your infrastructure accordingly. Do not overprovision — instead, grow your power delivery capability as your IT load grows. Be prepared for availability issues and match your equipment needs to your budget and your minimum requirements.
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Conversations with the Director: Sam Notzon, PhD
February 8, 2013
Photo by Edward L. Johnson
Vital Statistics Are Vital in Public Health
A Conversation with Sam Notzon, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics
CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, spoke with health statistician Sam Notzon, PhD, about the important role of registration and vital statistics in public health around the world. Notzon defined a well-functioning registration and vital statistics system as having six unique characteristics—easy to remember, he told Frieden, because they all begin with the letter "c."
"There are all sorts of things that the system can do—that surveys or other data sources can't:
- it's continuous (it happens year after year);
- it's comparable (so you get trends year after year);
- it's complete (so you get small area data);
- it's contemporaneous (so you get data shortly after the event has happened, rather than retrospective surveys);
- it gives you cause of death (which is a huge effort, if done right); and
- if you look at the health data as the statistical byproduct of an administrative data system, then it's cheap." (which is a plus in these tight budget times!)
Their conversation touched on the personal and professional as they swapped stories and exchanged ideas.
Notzon has worked at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (OSELS), since 1976. Years of experience have taught Notzon what can hinder an effective registration and vital statistics program. Lack of cooperation is a major stumbling block, because many countries lack a single organization responsible for vital statistics. Typically, three ministries are involved—Interior, Health, and Department of Statistics—and getting them to work together is often unwieldy.
Distance and money are also challenges. "You can put a lot of money into a system and make it work well," Notzon explained, "but if the country can't afford the system when your project ends, it will go away. Sad to say, but that's what happens. So that's the real challenge—finding imaginative solutions that are cheap enough for the country to maintain."
Frieden and Notzon discussed changes in global technology that allow more accurate reporting of data. For instance, in pilot programs proposed for Kenya and Malawi, CDC and other partners will buy air time so that community health workers can use their cell phones to gather updated information about births and deaths. By personally visiting households and collecting data, community health workers serve as the "eyes and ears" of vital statistics and help transform a passive registration system into a more active one. (Now that's creative, another "c" word!)
Notzon mentioned an international collaboration that has worked for more than 15 years to develop a system of automated applications for mortality statistics. The system, named IRIS, is easy to adapt for use in numerous languages and links physician diagnoses to the ICD codes. It is more consistent than manual coding and far superior in the accurate selection of the underlying cause of death.
Frieden steered the conversation to technical packages. "You may have heard me talk about technical packages. I'm a big fan of 'What are the essential components you need to do to get the outcomes you want to get?'…So, what is the technical package for vital registration in low- and middle-income countries? What does it consist of?"
Notzon was quick to identify several needed components, such as active surveillance, (including community health workers); training physicians to report causes of death for deaths that occur in the hospital; good communication between field staff, local registration offices, and central offices; updated technology at the central office; analytics (managing the databases); and money.
Frieden was very interested in examples where vital registration data had resulted in a changed health policy. Notzon pointed out South Africa and Jordan, adding that when he visits a country he always informs the CDC country director that civil registration and vital statistics training materials are available as a part of their FETP (Field Epidemiology Training Program) curriculum.
The two agreed that accurate birth and death certificates are the fundamental drivers of a sound, consistent registration and vital statistics system. And when it comes to vital records, consistency is an extremely important "c" word.
This Inside Story by Faye McDonald Smith.
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Pumpkin Patch Brownies
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 24 bars
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 (18.4 oz.) package Pillsbury™ Family Size Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
- 2/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (16 oz.) can Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Vanilla Flavored Frosting
- 1 (16 oz.) can Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Chocolate Frosting
- 3 to 4 drops green food color
- 24 candy pumpkins
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Line 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Coat foil with no-stick cooking spray. Prepare brownie batter according to package directions using oil, water and eggs and adding cinnamon to batter. Spread in prepared pan.
- BAKE 28 to 31 minutes or until set in center. Cool completely. Remove brownies from pan by lifting edges of foil. Invert onto serving plate. Remove foil from brownies. Frost sides and top with chocolate fudge frosting. Score frosting with knife to mark 24 bars.
- BLEND vanilla frosting and food color in small bowl. Place in decorating bag with small round tip. Pipe frosting to make vine and leaf design on each bar. Place 1 candy pumpkin on each bar. Chill 1 hour or until frosting is firm.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 brownie of 24), Calories 260 (Calories from Fat 100), Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 1.5g), Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 135mg, Total Carbohydrate 40g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 31g), Protein 1g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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UNC Fall Commencement Ceremonies Set for Dec. 14-15
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The University of Northern Colorado will host fall graduation ceremonies Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, in Butler-Hancock Hall, south of the intersection of 14th Avenue and 20th Street. The Graduate School ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14. About 200 candidates are scheduled to receive their master's, doctoral and specialist degrees. The featured speaker will be UNC professor emerita of Visual Arts Lydia Ruyle, a world-renowned artist and author who continues to create and exhibit her art, host workshops and speak at national and international conferences. She earned her master's degree from UNC. About 580 undergraduates are scheduled to receive their degrees during two ceremonies in Butler-Hancock Hall on Saturday, Dec. 15. The ceremony for the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and University College will be at 9 a.m. The ceremony for the Monfort College of Business, College of Natural and Health Sciences, and College of Performing and Visual Arts will be at 12:30 p.m. The featured speaker for both ceremonies will be UNC alumnus Tim Jorstad, a nationally recognized financial accountant and business manager whose high-profile clients include Carlos Santana, the Grateful Dead, Journey and the Doobie Brothers. Jorstad graduated summa cum laude from UNC in 1975. For more information, visit www.unco.edu/commencement. About the Fall 2012 Graduating Class No. of students graduating: 786 No. of students earning bachelor's degrees: 588 No. of students earning graduate degrees: 198 (159 master's, 6 certificate/specialists, 33 doctorates) Age range: Undergrad: 20-68; Grad: 23-62 Average age: Undergrad: 26; Grad: 34 Graduate's average GPA: Undergrad: 3.2; Grad: 3.78 Average number of years to graduation (undergrad): 12 terms Top 5 majors (by degrees awarded): Undergrad: Interdisciplinary Studies, Business Administration, Nursing, Psychology, Communication Studies; Grad: Special Education, Sport and Exercise Science, Education, Educational Psychology, Clinical Counseling Countries Represented: 12 (Canada, Columbia, Iran, Japan, Libya, Kenya, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, United States) States Represented: 36 (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA,ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY) Colorado Counties Represented: 36 (Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Conejos, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Jefferson, Kit Carson, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Summit, Teller, Weld, Yuma) (Tentative numbers as of Nov. 29 and are unofficial until degrees are conferred.) -30-
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I Have Gone To The World Of Crazy Hair Colors At Salon Vim Bugis, And Am Not Turning Back!
Before I tell you how in love I am with my current hair color now – and the innumerable compliments I've received for it, let us go back to some weeks ago when I went to have my hair done at Salon Vim's swanky new branch at Bugis.
Dreamy, aren't they, these dangling bulbs?
Newly opened and so crowded already!
Gary gave me a tour of the two-storey property and like him, I really love the modern interior set inside a heritage-rich facade. The shafts of sunlight streaming in from the old-fashioned windows on the second floor synthesize with warm interior lights to give character to the room.


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what a coincidence, clicked on you thread, watched the video and guess what time the video ended, yep 11:11
what a coincidence, clicked on you thread, watched the video and guess what time the video ended, yep 11:11
way cool ashnandoah!
thank you david as well. i have seen 11:11 since around 1986-ish or so, and it was rare for a 7 years cycle, and the last 2 years has been ever increasing again, to almost every day, twice a day sometimes. it is so neat that other people see it too without thinking i'm a whacko for mentioning it, like most people look at me when i talk about it.
i watched the clip and at the point it says something about noticing 11:11 during great times of change... i happen to look at the clock on my pc and see 5:55. sttttrrrrraaaaannnnggggeeeee
thanks lighteye. cool video, now checking out that website.
too many 11:11 stories to recount but yes, i've been 'hounded' by this number for about five years now. i knew there was something to it and this video is the most complete i have ever seen.
dear friends,
be well, be love.
11:11 2012
11:11 21-12-2012
recently, an old supernatural fringe subject has been gaining renewed interest after certain revelations regarding the link between these two groups of numbers.
the number 11, as well as in it duplicated form, seems to be linked with what is going on in the world today regarding changes and in predicted follow up events.
it transpires that the much-discussed winter solstice of 2012 actually completes at exactly 11:11ut according to our astronomers.
for those who are not familiar with 11:11 as a phenomenon i can only briefly explain. over the last several years, many people in the fringe communities began to be continually bombarded with the number 11 or by 11:11 in their daily lives. mainly on clocks they passed, but also in their general environment. of course, 11 has numerological meanings such as the beginning of new cycles, and increased spiritual and compassionate action in life. as such, there is a great deal of information out there on this topic, more than i can cover here. this time appearing linked to 2012 though has stunned many of those with experiences and some researchers who previously had begun to ignore the phenomenon, like myself.
11:11 has made its present known in my world as well. i will see 11:11 or 11:22 on the clock, or 1:11 etc. eating out, i will get 47 as my # to be called, or 29 i.e, 2+9=11.
it is funny when and how it appears, i do take notice and observe more. 5:29 is another one i notice often for me.
11:11 to me is a balancer , perhaps balancing the dark and light, good and bad etc.... the balancer
hi david and friends,
i started seeing 11:11 all over the place beginning in mid-2006 and then continuing on into early 2007. i kept telling my mom i can't believe how many times a day i see 11:11 or 1:11 on clocks and also on signs or in reading something.....there it is...it was bombarding me everywhere i turned. i couldn't tell anyone else about it anymore because they just gave me the blank stare and looked at me funny with nothing to say......i began to think i should keep it to myself......everyone i asked said it was not happening to them.
after months of this i really started to get a message deep within that there must be some big significance to this happening so many times every day. i finally started to say to myself 'what in the world is going on with this ?'. it was as if i was being tapped on the shoulder by someone or something several times a day.
finally i began praying at night before going to sleep to be enlightened on this......i wanted answers.... and if there was a reason for this happening please let me know. i also felt the big urge to get serious with meditation (i had been slacking on and off with this for some time). suddenly i started to wake up in the the mornings with 'one-liners' in my head like ' 11:11 does mean something important......start researching.....start studying.....find out about the maya calendar info that's out there......and finally one day i got 'you have a mission !'
and i did get going by doing google searches and much to my astonishment found that i was not alone in this number coming up all the time, that many others were experiencing this too, and boy that was shocking and very interesting. almost immediately in searching i repeatedly found references to 'the law of one' and also david wilcox's name. after reading online for a month or so i decided i had to find out more and bought the ra material books and also david's book and began the journey. in the past, other teachings had been great and took me so far, but i was hungry for more......much more.
i was so excited after reading and daily studying all of the ra books and david's book that i could hardly contain myself. i could hardly think about anything else but what i was learning from these books and guess what.....it all resonated deeply within me as truth right off the bat. i continue to study and put into practice the law of one teachings and of course david's book was perfect to read at the same time since it adds great depth and understanding to this whole subject. turns out i was already coming to realize much of the same ideas and beliefs about the nature of our existence and now i was really getting comfortable feeling much more 'at onement' with everything and everyone.
i'm so grateful for this site and all of you here. i don't post much, but i read all of your insightful and heartfelt messages everyday. i'm learning so much and i feel so connected with all of you. i so appreciate david for bringing the scientific aspect into what's happening now......it all makes sense to me . i love having david's research findings and explanations on the physics, geometry, crop circles, planetary changes, personal experiences and so much more. i like having the hard data and research to put it all together in my mind for a real understanding of a very big subject....... the biggest and most important for us all.
....... and to think it started with a couple of numbers constantly coming before me that seemed to say 'hey girl, pay attention....i'm trying to tell you something......go do your homework ! '
love to all of you,
its amazing, but for me the number "64" shows up everywhere! i really dont understand the meaning of it.. i se 64 all the time.. wherever i turn..
hi meta
64 are the numbers of hexagrams in i ching, the old oraclebook from china...it also turned up in connection with david swork but i can't remember where and of course
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I would like to know. Why does he wear a shirt that exposes his mid section. Is that cool in Asia? Why such feminine features, why the gay little gloves, and pretty pictures? If he is gay just come out and say it Kishi! Is he gay or not?
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