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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Training is an essential part of Peace Corps service. The goal of the eleven-week program is to give you the skills and information you need to live and work effectively in Mali. In doing that, we build upon the experiences and expertise you bring to the Peace Corps. The program also gives you the opportunity to practice new skills as they apply to your work in Mali. We anticipate that you will approach training with an open mind, a desire to learn, and a willingness to become involved. Trainees officially become Volunteers only after successful completion of training.
You will receive training and orientation in components of language, cross-cultural communication, development issues, health and personal safety, and technical skills pertinent to your specific assignment. The skills you learn will serve as the foundation upon which you build your experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Upon arrival in Mali, you will go to Toubaniso, the Peace Corps training center about half an hour outside of Bamako. After a brief orientation period, you will move into a host village within an hour of the training center. In the host village, you and other trainees (about 15 to a village) will live with a Malian host family for the majority of your training period, allowing you to gain hands-on experience in some of the new skills you are expected to acquire.
Training combines structured classroom study and independent study, with the maximum possible number of training hours spent out of the classroom. At the beginning of training, the training staff outlines the goals that each trainee must achieve before becoming a Volunteer and the assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate progress toward those goals. Evaluation of your performance during training is a continual process of dialogue between you and the training staff. After successful completion of pre-service training, you will be sworn in as a Volunteer and make final preparations for departure to your site.
Technical Training
Technical training will prepare you to work in Mali by building on the skills you already have and by helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. The Peace Corps staff, Malian experts, and current Volunteers will conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will include sessions on the general economic and political environment in Mali and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your technical sector's goals and will meet with the Malian agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements to complete training and become a Volunteer.
Trainees initially focus on French and generally move on to study a local language once they have achieved the required level of French. Malian language instructors teach formal language classes five days a week in small groups of four to five people.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further on your own. Prior to being sworn in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your service.
Cross-Cultural Training
The experience of living with a Malian host family is designed to ease your transition to life at your site. Families go through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Mali. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their training host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, nonformal and adult education strategies, and political structures.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. You will be expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all medical sessions. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in Mali. Nutrition, mental health, safety and security, setting up a safe living compound, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDS) are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces your risks at home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
- In-service training: Provides opportunities for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months.
- Close of service conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences. The number, length, and design of these trainings are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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Timetabling is a complex exercise and it is important that correct procedures are followed, in order to maintain the accuracy of class lists and ensure the smooth functioning of related processes such as enrolment and final grades.
In the week prior to commencement of Semester 1, and during the June examination period for Semester 2, all students are allocated an individual timetable, according to their unit of study selection. This timetable accounts for all classes including lectures, tutorials and seminars. The University's interactive student home page, MyUni, allows students to make timetable changes.
Steps to follow
- Log on to MyUni . MyUni allows students to amend their individual timetables, if required, to suit other commitments. On MyUni a student can 'block out' a period of up to one full day or two half days, so that no classes are scheduled for those times. For example, a student who works at a part-time job on Monday afternoons can block out that period on their personal timetable. MyUni will then change the timetable to fit in with this. (Please Note: The rescheduling process will reallocate class times for all units of study, rather than only the class that was originally in the blocked out time). Students can also request to be allocated, where possible, evening classes only.
- MyUni makes the changes and immediately shows the student a new timetable, which the student may either 'accept' or 'reject'. If the student accepts the new timetable it is printed out and becomes effective immediately. Timetable changes may only be made until the end of week 1 of semester.
- If the changes cannot be made on the web through MyUni (for example, where the student needs to block out more than one day), students should refer to the Business School Timetables web page for the availability and location of timetable change sessions which are organised by the SIO.
The rules
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- The SIO cannot, and will not, allocate students to specific classes.
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After 2,500 years of evolution, TCM has become a very rich and sophisticated system of rational medicine with a great diversity of theories and applications. But, in its essence, it seeks to understand and facilitate harmony in human life.
It is based on a very simple principle: any system that is in harmony tends towards health, wellbeing [11], and sustainability. A system that is in disharmony tends towards illness, disease, suffering, and collapse.
A system is comprised of everything that creates and sustains it. Everything is interconnected and interdependent. If all of the parts of a system are in harmony with one another, then the whole system is in harmony. Disturb one thing and you create a disturbance that ripples through the whole system.
This principle applies to any and all systems. For example, it applies as equally to a human being as it does to a family, community, or the environment. So we must take care to consider our actions and to take things as a whole.
Two concepts that are unique and fundamental to Chinese medicine are Qi (usually translated as "vital energy") and yin and yang (the harmony of all the opposite elements and forces that make up existence). These two concepts form what we might call the "roots" of Chinese medicine.
Springing from these roots are the basic principles and theories about the dynamics of Qi and yin and yang, which form the "stems" of Chinese medicine.
And resting on these principles is the rest of TCM theory and application, such as the causes of patterns of disharmony, which form the "branches."
TCM starts with the concept of Qi (pronounced "chee").
Life, it is said in the Chinese medical classics, is a gathering of Qi. A healthy (and happy) human being is a dynamic but harmonious mixture of all the aspects of Qi that make up who we are.
Qi is in a state of continuous flux, transforming endlessly from one aspect of Qi into another. It is neither created nor is it ever destroyed; it simply changes in its manifestation.
In order to talk about the relationships between the various aspects and manifestations of Qi within a given context, Chinese philosophy employs the concept of yin and yang.
In the Chinese perspective, given the importance of "taking everything as a whole," all things are relative. A thing can be understood only in relation to something else. This is the essential idea behind the use of the terms yin and yang.
Yin and yang are terms used to describe relative opposite qualities or manifestations of Qi. If yin is form, then yang is function. If yin is material, then yang is immaterial.
Everything that is yin contains some element of yang, and everything that is yang contains some element of yin. There is nothing so solid or material (yin) that does not contain some energetic vibration (yang), and nothing so kinetic or immaterial (yang) that does not also contain some material substance (yin). Even light, so Einstein tells us, has mass.
Yin and yang are continuously changing; they constantly adjust to one another, and are endlessly transforming one into the other in an eternal dance of becoming. This wonderful concept of change is beautifully illustrated in the simple image of the "yin-yang symbol."
When all of the yin and yang aspects of Qi are in harmony with one another, there is health, wellbeing and contentment. When yin and yang are in disharmony, when there is too much or too little of one aspect of Qi relative to another, then there is illness, pain and suffering.
TCM provides guidelines for both the practitioner and patient on how to best facilitate harmony between yin and yang in any set of circumstances and how to create and circulate an abundance of Qi to sustain health and wellbeing. These are the "stems" of TCM that spring from the root concepts of Qi and yin and yang.
To assist the practitioner and patient in this task, TCM offers several different perspectives on the dynamics of Qi and the interplay of yin and yang. These different perspectives are like different types of maps of the same territory.
For example, if you were trying to understand what a particular part of a country is like, you might choose a topographical map showing elevation; a geological map showing the rock and soils; a vegetation map showing forests, prairies, and swamps; a watershed map showing rivers, lakes and streams; a road map; a population density map; or even a map showing points of historical interest. The map you chose would depend on your particular need or needs. But one map would not do it all.
Likewise TCM has different "maps" that explain what is happening in the human body, according to the need. Some of the more commonly used "maps" in TCM include:
You can click on each of the links above for more information. Read below to learn more about the last item in the list, the causes of disharmony. These causes provide insight on how you can use TCM in your life to safeguard or even improve your health.
Because the dynamics of yin and yang are always shifting and changing in the world around us, we must continuously respond to these changes in order to maintain the harmony of yin and yang in our lives and so maintain our health and wellbeing.
If we do not make an appropriate response to change, then the harmony of yin and yang in our life may tilt into a pattern of disharmony and subsequently into illness, disease and suffering.
The potential causes of disharmony fall into two general categories: deficiency and excess.
This usually refers specifically to a deficiency of one or more of the manifestations of Qi within the body (see "vital substances"). But it can also refer more generally to an insufficiency of any of the things that would normally sustain and nourish us in life, such as food, warmth, shelter, physical and mental stimulation, the interaction with other living beings, and, of course, love.
To make an appropriate response to the ever shifting dynamics of yin and yang, we must have a sufficient amount of Qi. Since most of the Qi we use in life is extracted from what we eat and the air that we breathe, Chinese medicine places considerable importance upon an adequate and appropriate diet of fresh, high quality food, and the opportunity and ability to breathe good, clean air.
This refers to the presence of something that is in some way detrimental to our nature but can also (and this is more commonly the case for many of us) refer to or an overabundance of something relative to our need for it. Examples of excess factors might include:
To avoid disharmonies due to deficiency or excess, we must have sufficient mindfulness, and mental clarity to perceive the world and determine our needs. And we must determine how we can meet those needs without creating new problems for ourselves or creating disharmony in the world around us.
An unquiet or disordered mind (i.e. a distracted mind or a mind engaged in perpetual multi-tasking, a mind filled with worry, or a mind just plain "stressed out") could be considered to be not only the result of disharmony but also the potential cause of further disharmony.
This is why the cultivation of a quiet mind is so important in the cultivation of health and wellbeing. Meditation [12], tai chi, qigong [3] and other yogic practices [13] have always been central in the practice of Chinese medicine and most TCM practitioners would agree that the cultivation of a quiet mind is the single most important thing we can do for ourselves.
When someone comes to a TCM practitioner with some problem or discomfort, the practitioner first assesses the situation in its entire context (this is called the intake), then completes a diagnostic process called "pattern differentiation."
Once the practitioner has identified the pattern of disharmony, he or she can begin to work with the patient in creating and implementing a strategy to resolve the disharmony and restore harmony to the patients' life.
Pattern differentiation, and the treatment principles and strategies of TCM form what we may call the "branches" of Chinese medicine. From these many branches come the fruits of Chinese medicine; good health, a quiet mind, and a contented, harmonious presence in the world.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/acupuncture
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/cupping
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/qigong
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/herbal-therapies
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/moxibustion
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/therapeutic-massage-tui-na
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/what-traditional-chinese-medicine/what-qi-and-other-concepts/five-phases-t
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/what-traditional-chinese-medicine/what-qi-and-other-concepts/-vital-substa
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/what-traditional-chinese-medicine/what-qi-and-other-concepts/-tcm-organ-sy
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/what-traditional-chinese-medicine/what-qi-and-other-concepts/-tcm-channel-
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term45
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/meditation
[13] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/yoga
[14] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/visit-tcm-practioner
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/christopher-hafner-lac
[16] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/experience-different-viewpoint
[17] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/moxibustion-video-high-bandwidth
[18] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/gua-sha-dermal-friction-high-bandwidth
[19] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/cupping-video-high-bandwidth
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/tui-na-therapeutic-massage-video-high-bandwidth
[21] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/acupuncture-video-high-bandwidth


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The Harry Reid campaign has released a campaign ad attacking Sharon Angle as "crazy" for warning that "If this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking towards those Second Amendment remedies."
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Chicago's new gun ordinance, asserting that "by banning gun ranges open to the public…under color of law," the city is depriving citizens of their right to keep and bear arms in violation of the Second Amendment to the...
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Honolulu police make an arrest after a baby was reportedly left at Sandy Beach.
Officers arrested the woman who said she found the newborn, Keala Simeona. Police believe she actually gave birth to the baby. She has been charged with filing a false police report.
Residents along Simeona's Street in Papakolea described her as friendly but quiet. Some were surprised over this incident and arrest, because the 21-year-old was already a mother to a young boy. Those who saw her regularly could not even tell she was pregnant this time.
Within her community and around the Oahu this incident has not only generated surprise, but also sympathy for the young woman.
"It must have been the loneliest, scariest moment of her life, because no woman does that casually -- no matter the circumstances. So she was not aware that there were options, that there were resources for her," said Kristine Altwies, with Hawaii International Child.
Hawaii has a safe haven law that allows parents to turn newborns over to a hospital, fire or police station without facing any repercussions.
"Without questions, without having to go through the additional challenge of dealing with a former boyfriend or abusive husband -- as long as it's within 72 hours after birth," said Altwies.
Another option is putting the baby up for adoption.
There is a growing need for adoptions in the islands.
"Infertility is on the rise and the number of people wanting to adopt a child has been increasing over the years," said Altwies.
"With any pregnancy there is waiting and anticipating," said Jonathan Eoute.
After years of struggling to start a family, Jonathan and his wife Kristen realized adoption was the answer for them. Like all soon-to-be parents they are nervous about this life-changing decision and they feel for any mother who would give up their child.
"As much as we are anxious about adopting, it must be much more for the birth parent," said Eoute.
Some psychologists have expressed concern over the mental health of a mother who suddenly gives up her baby.
Simeona's family did not talk about the incident, but her brother said, "As far as I know, she is doing OK," when asked how she was doing.
The baby, last reported in good condition at the hospital, will stay there until Family Court decides if the newborn will be returned to the family. A hearing is schedule for Monday.


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Uniform commercial codes, often referred to as UCCs, are important tools for enabling and supporting tribal economic and housing development by improving access to commercial and consumer credit.
A comprehensive and culturally appropriate secured transaction code can assist Tribes, Indian-owned businesses and Indian consumers that are encountering barriers to affordable credit by allowing for business to be transacted more efficiently and cost-effectively with parties located outside of the tribal jurisdiction.
Tribal commercial laws and transaction codes more effectively help achieve the goal of economic development if they are sufficiently similar, or harmonized, with the laws of the states and the Tribes. When adopted and implemented, they can support and strengthen the effective exercise of tribal sovereignty.
The Crow Tribe, located on the Crow Reservation in Montana, is the first Tribe in the nation to enter into a formal UCC filing system agreement under a tribal transactions law within its home jurisdiction, and enact the Model Secured Transaction Act, Revised Article 9.�
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Humane society seeks homes for ferretsBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | March 14,2013Vyto Starinskas / Staff Photo
Jessica Danyow, director of operations at the Rutland County Humane Society, holds ferrets, Julia, Valentino and J.R. on Wednesday.The Rutland County Humane Society is trying to ferret out homes for its newest guests.
Seven ferrets and seven hamsters have recently arrived at the Humane Society, according to executive director Gretchen Goodman.
The society has also taken in seven Guinea pigs, but Goodman says those are still too small to adopt.
Last year, the Humane Society handled 889 cats, 330 dogs and 53 other animals, according to Goodman. So, while ferrets and hamsters showing up there is not uncommon, Goodman said they don't typically get this many at once.
"Our (dog and cat) population is lower than it usually is," Goodman said Wednesday. "For some reason, the smalls have taken over."
The hamsters and Guinea pigs each arrived as one litter, but Goodman said the ferrets came from two different homes, one that was "downsizing" and another where the owner had to move unexpectedly.
"The thing with hamsters is they can start breeding very young," she said. "They need to be separated — not just for the breeding reasons. Hamsters, except for dwarf hamsters, they don't get along."
Goodman said hamsters live two to three years.
"They are not great for a toddler because they can't be handled," she said. Guinea pigs can.
Guinea pigs live about five years and eat a diet of fruits and leafy green vegetables.
"Guinea pigs are a really good pet for children because they can be handled," Goodman said. "They're squeakers — they make noise. They're very social. ... A Guinea pig can really be a great first pet for a kid. They can really be cute. As soon as you open the fridge, they start whistling for their food."
Ferrets live five to eight years and eat a high-protien diet. Goodman said they are good for an apartment where a dog or a cat might not be allowed.
"Ferrets are related to weasels," she said. "They're smart, very curious and very active. ... They're into climbing and they like to hide. You'll need to have your house ferret-proofed."
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Fisher House Fundraiser at Downtown WPB's Leila Restaurant; Suggested Donation Equals Goodwill, Free Drinks/Eats
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Leila Restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach is introducing its newly decorated alfresco patio and summer happy hour during a June 13 fundraiser benefiting the local Fisher House, a `home-away-from-home' resource for military families with a loved one hospitalized for illness or injury.
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So far it's been being controlled so we haven't seen its true nature.
Seeing as it's just a composite of all the tailed beasts, and even Kurama was able to be persuaded into being good, who's to say the Juubi will be evil?
It has no mind so its not evil
It's just a mindless beast that succumbs to the will of it's master
I doubt it will be evil. Because now when Naruto is friend with Juubi's all 7 parts it pretty oblivious that Juubi will find Naruto as a friend as well (because of chakra contains memories.)
(This will probably happen when Juubi reach 3rd transform and is uncontrolled)
It's more scared of us then we are of it....
Doesn't matter bc if he's evil he's gonna be talk-no-jutsued anyways.
Think of the Juubi as The Hulk..
No idea, impossible to say really..
It has to do with natural energy, and the hints we get from sage mode and Juugo. I see the nature energy as something raw, which sages learn to utilize by combining it with their own spiritual and physical energy, turning it into Chakra. We know that too much natural energy cannot be controlled, as we see Juugo going crazy and the sage transformation (into frogs). In a universe moving towards chaos, the massive amount of energy which is the juubi, wants to be released, and I guess the best way to do this, was by being inherently destructive (we know that the SO6P saved the world form it), so that nature finds a way to balance it out. As evil as a super nova.
no he's just very expressive
Good point! but its mindless as a tree ... natural energy...
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The Ericaceae are a family, commonly known as the heath or heather family, of flowering plants found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th-most-speciose family of flowering plants.[2] The many well-known and economically important members of the Ericaceae include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, azalea, rhododendron, and various common heaths and heathers (Erica, Cassiope, Daboecia, and Calluna for example).[3]
The Ericaceae contain a morphologically diverse range of taxa, including herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs, and trees. Their leaves are usually alternate or whorled, simple and without stipules, and hermaphrodite flowers. The flowers show considerable variability. The petals are often fused (sympetalous) with shapes ranging from narrowly tubular to funnelform or widely bowl-shaped. The corollas are usually radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), but many flowers of the genus Rhododendron are somewhat bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic).[4]
Distribution and ecology[edit]
Ericads have a nearly worldwide distribution. They are absent from continental Antarctica, parts of the high Arctic, central Greenland, northern and central Australia, and much of the lowland tropics and neotropics.[2]
The family is largely composed of plants that can tolerate acidic, infertile conditions. Like other stress-tolerant plants, many Ericaceae have mycorrhizal fungi to assist with extracting nutrients from infertile soils, as well as evergreen foliage to conserve absorbed nutrients.[5] This trait is not found in the Clethraceae and Cyrillaceae, the two families most closely related to the Ericaceae. Most Ericaceae (excluding the Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, and some Styphelioideae) form a distinctive mycorrhizae, where fungi grow in and around the roots and provide the plant with nutrients.[6] The Pyroleae tribe are mixotrophic and gain sugars from the mycorrhizae, as well as nutrients.[7]
In many parts of the world, a "heath" or "heathland" is an environment characterised by an open dwarf-shrub community found on low-quality acidic soils, generally dominated by plants in the Ericaceae. A common example is Erica tetralix. This plant family is also typical of peat bogs and blanket bogs; examples include Rhododendron groenlandicum and Kalmia polifolia. In eastern North America, members of this family often grow in association with an oak canopy, in a habitat known as an oak-heath forest.[8][9]
Some evidence suggests eutrophic rainwater can convert ericoid heaths with species such as Erica tetralix to grasslands.[10] Nitrogen is particularly suspect in this regard, and may be causing measurable changes to the distribution and abundance of some ericaceous species.
In 2002, systematic research[11] resulted in the inclusion of the formerly recognised families Empetraceae, Epacridaceae, Monotropaceae, Prionotaceae, and Pyrolaceae into the Ericaceae based on a combination of molecular, morphological, anatomical, and embryological data, analysed within a phylogenetic framework. The move significantly increased the morphological and geographical range found within the group. The resulting family now includes 9 subfamilies, 126 genera, and about 4000 species:
- Enkianthoideae Kron, Judd & Anderberg (one genus, 16 species)
- Pyroloideae Kosteltsky (four genera, 40 species)
- Monotropoideae Arnott (10 genera, 15 species)
- Arbutoideae Niedenzu (five genera, 80 species)
- Cassiopoideae Kron & Judd (one genus, 12 species)
- Ericoideae Link (19 genera, 1790 species)
- Harrimanelloideae Kron & Judd (one genus, two species)
- Styphelioideae Sweet (35 genera, 545 species)
- Vaccinioideae Arnott (50 genera, 1580 species)
The name Ericaceae comes from the type genus Erica, which appears to be derived from the Greek word ereike. The exact meaning is difficult to interpret, but some sources show it as meaning 'heather'.[12] The name may have been used informally to refer to the plants in pre-Linnaean times, and was simply formalised when Linnaeus described Erica in 1753, and then when Jussieu described the Ericaceae in 1789.[13]
- See the full list at List of Ericaceae genera.
Use in alternative medicine[edit]
Heather has been listed as one of the 38 plants used to prepare Bach flower remedies,[14] a kind of alternative medicine promoted for its effect on health. However, according to Cancer Research UK, "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure, or prevent any type of disease, including cancer".[15]
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ a b Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
- ^ Kathleen A. Kron, E. Ann Powell and J. L. Luteyn (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships within the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae) based on sequence data from MATK and nuclear ribosomal ITS regions, with comments on the placement of Satyria". American Journal of Botany 89 (2): 327–336. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.2.327. PMID 21669741.
- ^ Watson, L., Dallwitz, M.J. (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Version: 4th March 2011. http://delta-intkey.com.
- ^ Keddy, P.A. 2007. Plants and Vegetation: Origins, Processes, Consequences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 666 p.
- ^ Cairney, JWG & Meharg, AA (2003). "Ericoid mycorrhiza: a partnership that exploits harsh edaphic conditions". European Journal of Soil Science 54 (4): 735–740. doi:10.1046/j.1351-0754.2003.0555.x.
- ^ Liu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Zhou, J.; Peng, H. (2010). "Phylogeny of Pyroleae (Ericaceae): implications for character evolution". Journal of plant research 124 (3): 325–337. doi:10.1007/s10265-010-0376-8. PMID 20862511.
- ^ The Natural Communities of Virginia Classification of Ecological Community Groups (Version 2.3), Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2010
- ^ Schafale, M. P. and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina: third approximation. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation.
- ^ Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. p.103-104.
- ^ Kron, K.A., Judd, W.S., Stevens, P.F., Crayn, D.M., Anderberg, A.A., Gadek, P.A., Quinn, C.J., Luteyn, J.L. (2002). "Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence". The Botanical Review 68 (3): 335–423. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:pcoema]2.0.co;2.
- ^ Wiktionary. 2011. Ericaceae. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ericaceae
- ^ Jussieu, A.-L. de. 1789. Genera plantarum ordines naturales disposita. pg. 159-160. Herissant & Barrois, Paris.
- ^ D. S. Vohra (1 June 2004). Bach Flower Remedies: A Comprehensive Study. B. Jain Publishers. p. 3. ISBN 978-81-7021-271-3. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Flower remedies". Cancer Research UK. Retrieved September 2013.


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Editor's Note: There's a new look to threads in J2SE 5.0: the original
options for coordinating threads with
wait() and
notify() are now augmented with classes representing
new and sophisticated strategies for working with threads. In this first
excerpt from Java Threads, 3rd Edition, Scott Oaks and Henry Wong look at the new
java.util.concurrent package.
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Java Threads
In this chapter, we look at some of the more advanced issues related to data synchronization--specifically, timing issues related to data synchronization. When you write a Java program that makes use of several threads, issues related to data synchronization are those most likely to create difficulties in the design of the program, and errors in data synchronization are often the most difficult to detect since they depend on events happening in a specific order. Often an error in data synchronization can be masked in the code by timing dependencies. You may notice some sort of data corruption in a normal run of your program, but when you run the program in a debugger or add some debugging statements to the code, the timing of the program is completely changed, and the data synchronization error no longer occurs.
These issues can't be simply solved. Instead, developers need to design their programs with these issues in mind. Developers need to understand what the different threading issues are: what are the causes, what they should look for, and the techniques they should use to avoid and mitigate them. Developers should also consider using higher-level synchronization tools--tools that provide the type of synchronization needed by the program and that are known to be threadsafe. We examine both of these ideas in this chapter.
Programmers with a background in a particular threading system generally tend to use terms specific to that system to refer to some of the concepts we discuss in this chapter, and programmers without a background in certain threading systems may not necessarily understand the terms we use. So here's a comparison of particular terms you may be familiar with and how they relate to the terms in this chapter:
A barrier is a rendezvous point for multiple threads: all threads must arrive at the barrier before any of them are permitted to proceed past the barrier. J2SE 5.0 supplies a barrier class, and a barrier class for previous versions of Java can be found in the Appendix A.
A condition variable is not actually a lock; it is a variable associated with a lock. Condition variables are often used in the context of data synchronization. Condition variables generally have an API that achieves the same functionality as Java's wait-and-notify mechanism; in that mechanism, the condition variable is actually the object lock it is protecting. J2SE 5.0 also supplies explicit condition variables, and a condition variable implementation for previous versions of Java can be found in the Appendix A. Both kinds of condition variables are discussed in Chapter 4.
A critical section is a synchronized method or block. Critical sections do not nest like synchronized methods or blocks.
Event variable is another term for a condition variable.
This term refers to the access granted to a particular thread that has entered a synchronized method or block. We say that a thread that has entered such a method or block has acquired the lock. As we discussed in Chapter 3, a lock is associated with either a particular instance of an object or a particular class.
A generic synchronization term used inconsistently between threading systems. In some systems, a monitor is simply a lock; in others, a monitor is similar to the wait-and-notify mechanism.
Another term for a lock. Mutexes do not nest like synchronization methods or blocks and generally can be used across processes at the operating system level.
A lock that can be acquired by multiple threads simultaneously as long as the threads agree to only read from the shared data or that can be acquired by a single thread that wants to write to the shared data. J2SE 5.0 supplies a reader-writer lock class, and a similar class for previous versions of Java can be found in the Appendix A.
Semaphores are used inconsistently in computer systems. Many developers use semaphores to lock objects in the same way Java locks are used; this usage makes them equivalent to mutexes. A more sophisticated use of semaphores is to take advantage of a counter associated with them to nest acquisitions to the critical sections of code; Java locks are exactly equivalent to semaphores in this usage. Semaphores are also used to gain access to resources other than code. Semaphore classes that implement most of these features are available in J2SE 5.0.
You probably noticed a strong pattern while reading this list of terms: beginning with J2SE 5.0, almost all these things are included in the core Java libraries. We'll take a brief look into these J2SE 5.0 classes.
In Java, a semaphore is basically a lock with an attached counter. It
is similar to the
Lock interface as it can also be
used to prevent access if the lock is granted; the difference is the
counter. In those terms, a semaphore with a counter of one is the
same thing as a lock (except that the semaphore would not nest,
whereas the lock--depending on its implementation--might).
Semaphore class keeps tracks of the number of permits it can issue. It allows multiple threads to
grab one or more permits; the actual usage of the permits is up to
the developer. Therefore, a semaphore can be used to represent the
number of locks that can be granted. It could also be used to
throttle the number of threads working in parallel, due to resource
limitations such as network connections or disk space.
Let's take a look at the
public class Semaphore {
public Semaphore(long permits);
public Semaphore(long permits, boolean fair);
public void acquire( ) throws InterruptedException;
public void acquireUninterruptibly( );
public void acquire(long permits) throws InterruptedException;
public void acquireUninterruptibly(long permits);
public boolean tryAcquire( );
public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
public boolean tryAcquire(long permits);
public boolean tryAcquire(long permits,
long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
public void release(long permits);
public void release( );
public long availablePermits( );
Semaphore interface is very similar to the
Lock interface. The
release() methods are similar to the
lock() and
unlock() methods
of the
Lock interface--they are used to grab
and release permits, respectively. The
) methods are similar to the
methods in that they allow the developer to try to grab the lock or
permits. These methods also allow the developer to specify the time
to wait if the permits are not immediately available and the number
of permits to acquire or release (the default number of permits is
Semaphores have a few differences from locks. First, the constructor
requires the specification of the number of permits to be granted.
There are also methods that return the number of total and free
permits. This class implements only a grant and release algorithm;
unlike the
Lock interface, no attached condition
variables are available with semaphores. There is no concept of
nesting; multiple acquisitions by the same thread acquire multiple
permits from the semaphore.
If a semaphore is constructed with its
fair flag
set to
true, the semaphore tries to allocate the
permits in the order that the requests are made--as close to
first-come-first-serve as possible. The downside to this option is
speed: it takes more time for the virtual machine to order the
acquisition of the permits than to allow an arbitrary thread to
acquire a permit.
Of all the different types of thread synchronization tools, the barrier is probably the easiest to understand and the least used. When we think of synchronization, our first thought is of a group of threads executing part of an overall task followed by a point at which they must synchronize their results. The barrier is simply a waiting point where all the threads can sync up either to merge results or to safely move on to the next part of the task. This is generally used when an application operates in phases. For example, many compilers make multiple passes between loading the source and generating the executable, with many interim files. A barrier, when used in this regard, can make sure that all of the threads are in the same phase.
Given its simplicity, why is the barrier not more commonly
used? The functionality is simple enough that it can be
accomplished with the low-level tools provided by Java. We can solve
the coordination problem in two ways, without using a barrier. First,
we can simply have the threads wait on a condition variable. The last
thread releases the barrier by notifying all of the other threads. A
second option is to simply await termination of the threads by using
join() method. Once all threads have been
joined, we can start new threads for the next phase of the program.
However, in some cases it is preferable to use barriers. When using
join() method, threads are exiting and
we're starting new ones. Therefore, the threads lose
any state that they have stored in their previous thread object; they
need to store that state prior to terminating. Furthermore, if we
must always create new threads, logical operations cannot be placed
together; since new threads have to be created for each subtask, the
code for each subtask must be placed in separate
run() methods. It may be easier to code all of the logic as one method, particularly if the subtasks are very small.
Let's examine the interface to the barrier class:
public class CyclicBarrier {
public CyclicBarrier(int parties);
public CyclicBarrier(int parties, Runnable barrierAction);
public int await( ) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException;
public int await(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException,
BrokenBarrierException, TimeoutException;
public void reset( );
public boolean isBroken( );
public int getParties( );
public int getNumberWaiting( );
The core of the barrier is the
await() method. This
method basically behaves like the conditional
await() method. There
is an option to either wait until the barrier releases the thread or
for a timeout condition. There is no need to have a
signal() method because notification is accomplished by the barrier when the correct number of parties are waiting.
When the barrier is constructed, the developer must specify the
number of parties (threads) using the barrier. This number is used to
trigger the barrier: the threads are all released when the number of
threads waiting on the barrier is equal to the number of parties
specified. There is also an option to specify an action--an
object that implements the
run() method. When the
trigger occurs, the
run() method on the
barrierAction object is called prior to releasing
the threads. This allows code that is not threadsafe to execute;
generally, it calls the cleanup code for the previous phase and/or
setup code for the next phase. The last thread that reaches the
barrier--the triggering thread--is the thread that executes
the action.
Each thread that calls the
await() method gets
back a unique return value. This value is related to the arrival
order of the thread at the barrier. This value is needed for cases
when the individual threads need to negotiate how to divide up work
during the next phase of the process. The first thread to arrive is
one less than the number of parties; the last thread to arrive will
have a value of zero.
In normal usage, the barrier is very simple. All the threads wait
until the number of required parties arrive. Upon arrival of the last
thread, the action is executed, the threads are released, and the
barrier can be reused. However, exception conditions can occur and
cause the barrier to fail. When the barrier fails, the
CyclicBarrier class breaks the barrier and
releases all of the threads waiting on the
await( ) method with a
BrokenBarrierException. The barrier can be broken for a number of reasons. The waiting threads can be interrupted, a
thread may break through the barrier due to a timeout condition, or
an exception could be thrown by the barrier action.
In every exception condition, the barrier simply breaks, thus
requiring that the individual threads resolve the matter.
Furthermore, the barrier can no longer be reused until it is
reinitialized. That is, part of the complex (and
application-specific) algorithm to resolve the situation includes the
need to reinitialize the barrier. To reinitialize the barrier, you
use the
reset() method. However, if there are
threads already waiting on the barrier, the barrier will not
initialize; in fact, it will break.
Reinitialization of the barrier is
complex enough that it may be safer to create a new barrier.
Finally, the
CyclicBarrier class
provides a few operational support methods. These methods provide
informational data on the number of threads already waiting on the
barrier, or whether the barrier is already broken.
The countdown latch implements a synchronization tool that is very similar to a barrier. In fact, it can be used instead of a barrier. It also can be used to implement a functionality that some threading systems (but not Java) support with semaphores. Like the barrier class, methods are provided that allow threads to wait for a condition. The difference is that the release condition is not the number of threads that are waiting. Instead, the threads are released when the specified count reaches zero.
CountDownLatch class provides a method to decrement the
count. It can be called many times by the same thread. It can also be
called by a thread that is not waiting. When the count reaches zero,
all waiting threads are released. It may be that no threads are
waiting. It may be that more threads than the specified count are
waiting. And any thread that attempts to wait after the latch has
triggered is immediately released. The latch does not reset.
Furthermore, later attempts to lower the count will not work.
Here's the interface of the countdown latch:
public class CountDownLatch {
public CountDownLatch(int count);
public void await( ) throws InterruptedException;
public boolean await(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
throws InterruptedException;
public void countDown( );
public long getCount( );
This interface is pretty simple. The initial count is specified in
the constructor. A couple of overloaded methods are provided for
threads to wait for the count to reach zero. And a couple of methods
are provided to control the count--one to decrement and one to
retrieve the count. The boolean return value for the timeout variant
of the
await() method indicates whether the latch was triggered--it returns true if it
is returning because the latch was released.
The exchanger implements a synchronization tool that does not really have equivalents in any other threading system. The easiest description of this tool is that it is a combination of a barrier with data passing. It is a barrier in that it allows pairs of threads to rendezvous with each other; upon meeting in pairs, it then allow the pairs to exchange one set of data with each other before separating.
This class is closer to a collection class than a synchronization tool--it is mainly used to pass data between threads. It is also very specific in that threads have to be paired up, and a specific data type must be exchanged. But this class does have its advantages. Here is its interface:
public class Exchanger<V> {
public Exchanger( );
public V exchange(V x) throws InterruptedException;
public V exchange(V x, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException;
exchange() method is called with the data object to be
exchanged with another thread. If another thread is already waiting,
exchange() method returns with the other
thread's data. If no other thread is waiting, the
exchange() method waits for one. A timeout option
can control how long the calling thread waits.
Unlike the barrier class, this class is very safe to use: it will not
break. It does not matter how many parties are using this class; they
are paired up as the threads come in. Timeouts and interrupts also do
not break the exchanger as they do in the
class; they simply generate an exception condition. The exchanger
continues to pair threads around the exception condition.
Sometimes you need to read information from an object in an operation that may take a fairly long time. You need to lock the object so that the information you read is consistent, but you don't necessarily need to prevent another thread from also reading data from the object at the same time. As long as all the threads are only reading the data, there's no reason why they shouldn't read the data in parallel since this doesn't affect the data each thread is reading.
In fact, the only time we need data locking is when data is being changed, that is, when it is being written. Changing the data introduces the possibility that a thread reading the data sees the data in an inconsistent state. Until now, we've been content to have a lock that allows only a single thread to access the data whether the thread is reading or writing, based on the theory that the lock is held for a short time.
If the lock needs to be held for a long time, it makes sense to consider allowing multiple threads to read the data simultaneously so that these threads don't need to compete against each other to acquire the lock. Of course, we must still allow only a single thread to write the data, and we must make sure that none of the threads that were reading the data are still active while our single writer thread is changing the internal state of the data.
Here are the classes and interfaces in J2SE 5.0 that implement this type of locking:
public interface ReadWriteLock {
Lock readLock( );
Lock writeLock( );
public class ReentrantReadWriteLock implements ReadWriteLock {
public ReentrantReadWriteLock( );
public ReentrantReadWriteLock(boolean fair);
public Lock writeLock( );
public Lock readLock( );
You create a reader-writer lock by instantiating an object using the
ReentrantReadWriteLock class. Like the
ReentrantLock class, an option allows the locks to be
distributed in a fair fashion. By
"fair," this class means that the
lock is granted on very close to a first-come-first-serve basis. When
the lock is released, the next set of readers/writer is granted the
lock based on arrival time.
Usage of the lock is predictable. Readers should obtain the read lock
while writers should obtain the write lock. Both of these locks are
objects of the
Lock class--their interface is
discussed in Chapter 3. There is one major
difference, however: reader-writer locks have different support for
condition variables. You can obtain a condition variable related to
the write lock by calling the
newCondition() method; calling that method on a read lock
generates an
These locks also nest, which means that owners of the lock can repeatedly acquire the locks as necessary. This allows for callbacks or other complex algorithms to execute safely. Furthermore, threads that own the write lock can also acquire the read lock. The reverse is not true. Threads that own the read lock cannot acquire the write lock; upgrading the lock is not allowed. However, downgrading the lock is allowed. This is accomplished by acquiring the read lock before releasing the write lock.
Later in this chapter, we examine the topic of lock starvation in depth. Reader-writer locks have special issues in this regard.
In this section, we've examined higher-level synchronization tools provided by J2SE 5.0. These tools all provide functionality that in the past could have been implemented by the base tools provided by Java--either through an implementation by the developer or by the use of third-party libraries. These classes don't provide new functionality that couldn't be accomplished in the past; these tools are written totally in Java. In a sense, they can be considered convenience classes; that is, they are designed to make development easier and to allow application development at a higher level.
There is also a lot of overlap between these classes. A
Semaphore can be used to partially simulate a
Lock simply by declaring a semaphore with one
permit. The write lock of a reader-writer lock is practically the
same as a mutually exclusive lock. A semaphore can be used to
simulate a reader-writer lock, with a limited set of readers, simply
by having the reader thread acquire one permit while the writer
thread acquires all the permits. A countdown latch can be used as a
barrier simply by having each thread decrement the count prior to
The major advantage in using these classes is that they offload threading and data synchronization issues. Developers should design their programs at as high a level as possible and not have to worry about low-level threading issues. The possibility of deadlock, lock and CPU starvation, and other very complex issues is mitigated somewhat. Using these libraries, however, does not remove the responsibility for these problems from the developer.
Scott Oaks is a Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1987. While at Sun, he has specialized in many disparate technologies, from the SunOS kernel to network programming and RPCs.
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Columbus corporate leaders got tips yesterday about navigating the business jungle from someone who knows plenty about two-legged and four-legged animals.
Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, told those attending the annual meeting of the Columbus Chamber that the zoo's success over the years, like that of any company, is not due just to him or any one person.
"You built the zoo," Hanna told the 800 people who turned out for the breakfast at the Columbus Convention Center.
"All I've done is tell the story of the zoo," said Hanna, who showed off three zoo animals during his talk.
"I couldn't do it without help."
He credited business leaders and the public with supporting the zoo.
"It's about people," he told the audience. "It's not just about animals. Without people, it wouldn't be there."
Hanna, responding to questions from WBNS-TV (Channel 10) news anchor Kristyn Hartman, entertained the audience with stories about his 35 years at the zoo.
He recalled that, as he flew in a small plane to interview for the Columbus Zoo job, the air-traffic controller told him that "Columbus doesn't have a zoo." A taxi driver told him the same thing.
Much has changed under his tenure, and Hanna spoke about his willingness to go anywhere and speak to anyone in support of the zoo.
He said his numerous television appearances generate anywhere from $40 million to $220 million a year in advertising for the city and zoo. The zoo itself now has an economic impact of $240 million a year and employs 2,000 workers.
Hanna said he has no plans to retire unless, he jokingly told the audience, he brings Bigfoot to the zoo. "If I get him, I'm done," he said as the audience laughed.
The chamber is marking its 130th anniversary this year, and its president, Michael Dalby, reiterated the group's goals at the annual event.
He called the chamber a service organization that can provide the resources that businesses need to grow, including market research, lobbying and connections to other chamber members,
"This is our celebration of business," Dalby said as the meeting began.
Tanny Crane, president and CEO of the Crane Group, received the Columbus Award, the chamber's highest honor. Crane's father, Robert S. Crane Jr., won the award in 1977.
Public-relations firm Fahlgren Mortine received the Small Business Award of Excellence, and attorney Caroline Worley was given the Small Business Leader award.
"This year's awards are especially exciting, because never before have we presented the Small Business Awards at the annual meeting," Dalby said. "It is fitting to elevate them to a larger stage, because small businesses are the foundation of our economy. And they provide a vital synergy with the region's large businesses."
Of the chamber's members, 90 percent are small businesses and 70 percent of member businesses have 30 or fewer employees.


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Central High School, Cleveland, Ohio Class of 1905
Central High School Class of 1905. I don' t know which student is which, but here is the Roster of Students from the Class of 1905:
|Acker, Emil W.
Adams, Fred
Adkins, May E.
Albaugh, Percy
Alderson, George E.
Alexander, Minnie
Allen, Florence M.
Allen, Ruby M.
Arbuckle, Elizabeth M.
Armbruster, Alford J.
Bachman, John H.
Barner, Geo. W.
Barnett, Miriam
Barrett, Charles C.
Bassett, Ralph B.
Bauder, George Tyrrell
Beeman, Marcus A.
Bell, Frances Idonia
Bennett, Alan E.
Bernstein, Joseph M.
Bialosky, Lottie
Bliss, Howard C.
Borton, Elizabeth
Brenton, Nellie E.
Brett, George H.
Brothers, Lavina Writa
Brown, Ruby Pettengill
Brunner, Ford
Bryan, James W.
Burchfield, Earl P. L.
Burchfield, M. Luther
Burnap, Grace E.
Burnham, Roy Sanford
Burns, Lois K.
Burt, Charles F.
Carey, Elizabeth
Chase, Melvin B.
Cleland, Lillian A.
Clifford, Joshua Williams
Cody, Gertrude Louise
Cohen, Abe L.
Cohen, Morris
Cohn, Louis H.
Cowdrey, Warren K.
Crisick, Bessie L.
Crosier, J. Ward
Crumb, Effie M.
Crumb, Nellie M.
Crummer, Karl H.
Daily, Frank L.
Daub, Ferdinand
Deane, Chester W.
Decker, Worthington W.
Denison, Ruth Edwina
Deuring, Rose C.
Deutsch, Myrtle C.
Devay, Sayde R.
Donovan, T. Ross
Edelstein, Rose
Einstein, Adolph K.
Einstein, Edwin J.
Einstein, Louis H.
Ellis, Blanche E.
Emerman, Max
Emery, Fred Hartwell
Enoch, May D.
Fay, Horace
Feihl, Fred W.
Figgie, Harry Edward
Fishel, Flora
Fitzsimons, Robert E.
Fleischman, Viola B.
Florance, Glenn Harris
Flower, Roswell P.
Ford, Hurlbut A.
Foster, Nelson D.
Francisco, Genevieve I.
Freund, Alice M.
Freidman, Adolpy J.
Fuller, Edith M.
Fulton, Jessie M.
Gabel, Laura A.
Gehrung, John C.
Gerrard, Harold Fowler
Geuder, Else
Gleason, Florence Frances
Goodman, Louis
Gracey, Edward Jay
Grant, Clara, Alberta
Gray, Eva Isabelle
Greenwald, Julia D.
Grossenbacher, Pauline
Guyser, Elizabeth F.
Haefele, Edward E.
Hammer, Paula
Handler, Eugene
Hanus, Florence
Harris, Fannie Elnora
Hasse, Otto A.
Hassler, Gertrude M.
Haynes, Ernest H.
Henry, Stella
Hexter, Myrtle
Hiatt, Evangeline
Higgins, William D.
Hoban, H. H.
Hodgkinson, Harold Howe
Hofmann, Irene G.
Holliday, Marguerite
Horr, Else M.
House, Hazel M.
Hower, Henry H.
Hudson, Royal V.
Huntley, Ada Louise
Jacobson, Carl
Janowitz, Arthur Wolf
Jenks, Lillian A.
Jewitt, Edward P.
Joranson, Einar
Joseph, Ralph S.
|Kelley, Katherine Mildred.
Klingman, Arthur M.
Koebler, M. Irene
Komanec, Walter
Koppel, Annie
Korach, Minnie
Korabek, Cora May
Kraft, Ivy
Kraft, Ona
Lafferty, Lloyd E.
Lamb, Paul
Lander, Alice M.
Lane, Ruel Adams
Leghorn, Isabel
Levi, Linda A.
Leavenworth, Clarence E.
Lindsey, Winnifred
Littman, Doris
Loomis, Harold C.
Loomis, Milton Early
Lynch, Loretta C.
MacWilliams, Edward Nevin
Malone, J. Walter
Maloney, Louise B.
Malthie, Ray W.
Mandelzweig, Hyman H.
Marks, Florence S.
McCaslin, Clyde R.
McIntosh, Floyd Noble
McKinnie, Adele Elizabeth
Mendelson, Joseph M.
Merrick, Irene T.
Mertz, Fred A.
Miller, Paul L.
Moody, Nettie L.
Murray, Edna J.
Myers, Herbert D.
Newton, Dorr E.
Nunn, Alardus J.
Nunn, Isadore
Nusbaum, Adoph A.
Paddock, Edna K.
Pallat, Erna M.
Parsons, Edgar
Pasini, Humbert F.
Peets, Elbert
Peiser, Henrietta
Peterson, Anna M.
Pierpont, Mabel E.
Printz, William
Pritchard, Sloan A.
Quinlan, Florence A.
Radcliff, Seville I.
Radke, Ruth M.
Rich, Peter H.
Riemenschneider, Edmund W.
Risser, Harold
Rosen, Jesse G.
Rosenberg, Percy V.
Rowe,Verna J.
Ruggles, Mary E.
Ruple, Ferdinand W.
Samson, Vera Stella
Sanford, Pauline L.
Saunders, Gertrude M.
Schade, Laura H.
Schafer, Alonzo William
Schafer, Howard B.
Schempp, Harvey R.
Schnell, Katherine V.
Schramm, Erna A. M.
Schroeder, Clara L.
Schuele, Florence E.
Schulte, Edith E.
Schwartz, Lillian G.
Scothan, Ara Pearl
Seipel, Jennie B.
Shaw, Howard A.
Singer, Maurice
Skelly, Josephine
Smith, Dorothy E.
Smith, Mildred A.
Smith, Sidney H.
Spero, Jeanette
Stearns, Lillian A.
Stephenson, Clara Esther
Stern, Solly
Steuer, Pearl
Stone, Alvin A.
Stone, Blanche R.
Streifender, Katherine
Strong, Arthur Poole
Strong, Mabel L.
Teagle, Arthur J. (Sci)
Underwood, Hattie M.
Vilas, Malcolm Burt
Walker, Blanche H.
Wallace, Helen K.
Ward, Clifford J.
Watt, Charles C.
Weil, Edith D.
Weinstein, Isadore
Weitz, Sidney N.
Wesley, Annie L.
White, Edwin R.
Weiner, Sanford T.
Willner, Irene
Wilson, Fannie E.
Wilson, Vincent J.
Winzer, Fredrick W.
Wistar, Charles E.
Wolff, Samuel
Wolfram, Camilla G.
Worthington, Edward
Yates, Sheldon S.
Yindrock, Carrie R.
Ziegler, Clarence C.
Zimmer, Galatea M.
Ziska, Lottie
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*awaits for Asuna to arrive* o-o
You better not touch her Ian or I will kill you
Lea appears looking all cool on his Albatross
Ok Ladies the sexy Lea has arrived so yall can calm down and get this show on the road,so where is me stripper is again?..........o-o whoops wrong place!. Now tell Lea what you know about Yo-yos and how they can be used in combat :3(read my cfs submission but in your own words)
Lea sits down on a bench and claps his hands summoning two of his *****es
Yo-yo's are toys that children play with in their childhood but these yo-yo's are different because you can add fire chakra to them to make them into fireballs that you can hurl at your enemies and you can add earth to them to make them hard as a rock. the user can also preform different taijutsu techniques as well with the yo-yo's
Awesome now let's see you handle these bad boys
*tosses a Yo-yo at you*
Play with it for awhile and get use to it first and then we will move on later :3
*catches the yo-yo and ties the loop around my finger*
awesome o-o i've always wanted to play with a yo-yo in my teen years T^T
*does the around the world trick and the rock-a-bye-baby trick*
*Lea looks as Sindy does those cool looking tricks but is not amazed as there too easy*
I can much better!
*Does a super crazy trick that not even EMS can see*
That's how its done!
Any ways now that you seem to have proper control of the Yo-yos let's see if you can make a Taijutsu combo with them and do some crazy move on my first *****
*I start swinging the yo-yo in my hand back and forth for a few seconds and then i swing the yo-yo so that it circles around me 360 degrees. i then move my hand upwards so that the yo-yo is now swinging at 360 degrees over my head. I then kick your clone in the chest several times over and then i turn the yo-yo to my right side and i bring the yo-yo up to hit your clone hard in the face*
(really tired so idk if this makes sense or anything at all @_@)
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Freedom New Mexico
President Bush has proposed sending $1 billion in economic and humanitarian aid to Georgia to help that small country on Russia's border rebuild after its disastrous war with Russia last month.
Bush's gesture indicates a certain amount of bravado and a commendable fellow feeling for a country his administration has encouraged. But it doesn't suggest he has learned anything from the embarrassment to the United States the Russian-Georgian conflict represented.
If he were playing poker, it would be as if, after having his bluff called on a losing hand, he doubled his bet next time around after being dealt a hand with no pairs and no face cards. Since he's playing with the taxpayers' money, however, he doesn't seem to care — nor does he seem to comprehend that he is making the U.S. look na


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History of the Peace Corps in Chad
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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The Peace Corps first sent Volunteers to Chad in 1966 and since then has provided many years of assistance in the areas of education, health, well construction, and forestry. In 1979, the Peace Corps withdrew from Chad because of a tenuous political situation and civil strife. During the hiatus, Chadians fondly remembered the assistance that the Peace Corps had provided and, as a result, invited Volunteers to return in 1987. The program was suspended again briefly in December 1990 because of a change in the government. The Peace Corps then resumed functioning in Chad with solid programming and strong collaboration with the government. Because of concerns over Volunteers' safety, however, the program was suspended once again in 1998. Despite these suspensions, Volunteers created lasting bonds with Chadian communities throughout the country. Following an assessment in 2002, the Peace Corps restarted the Chad program in September 2003 when a group of 20 trainees began work on a TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) project. On April 22, 2006, the program was officially suspended due to increasing instability throughout the country. The program remains closed.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Chad
Chadians recognize that education is an important means to help the country achieve its long-term goals. The Chadian education system is well established in cities and larger towns, where the availability of Chadian teachers is adequate. The situation differs in rural areas, where there is a great need for schools and qualified teachers of the English language. The government of Chad has requested that the Peace Corps send Volunteers to teach English in underserved (primarily rural) schools.
Volunteers teach English at the secondary school level, help Chadian teachers improve their English teaching skills and methods, participate in the development of English teaching materials for secondary schools, and strengthen the linkages between schools and communities.
After six to eight months of experience in the field, Volunteers are likely to branch out into sectors such as water and sanitation. The thousands of deep wells with mechanical hand pumps installed by a variety of organizations are in various states of disrepair. A goal of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources is to assess the number and location of these pumps and to determine the repairs or replacements and materials needed to bring them back into operation.
The government of Chad has identified maternal and child health as one of the other areas of critical need. The AIDS epidemic has led the government to shift Chad's national health priorities, in particular to focus on difficulties facing women, who have long suffered from a lack of access to education and proper health care. With the help of outside donors, the government has developed a national health strategy and a national AIDS control strategic plan, which the World Bank is supporting with $41.5 million for a health sector support project and $24.6 million for a population and AIDS control project. The Peace Corps' future involvement in the health sector will be undertaken in collaboration with Chadian government officials.


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It was a party.
A sewing party.
We got our prototype for the heart gel pack pouches from Nao last week, and started out the third quarter festively with sewing parties Tuesday and Wednesday nights. With five borrowed sewing machines,amazing expert sewers, and regular folk to do the cutting and gluing, we pulled it off. We thought we might need a third sewing party (who doesn't love a party?), but Jane and Hannah stayed late into the night Wednesday to finish off 55 pouches.
Thursday night I was all set to return the sewing machines. But Facilities Management was closed and couldn't drive me, so I had to return them by wheelbarrow. Giant wheelbarrow. If you ever need one, check the shack behind Gummere. If you were one of the people who saw me huffing across campus Thursday night dragging a wheelbarrow decked with sewing machines…now you know why.
Come by our Comfort Station in the Campus Center, Thursday 11:00-4:00, to see the fruits of our labors.
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Demi Moore Is 50 & Fabulous - See The Photos!
As outlandish as it may seem, Demi Moore turned 50 on Sunday. She certainly doesn't look like it. With her long, silky black hair and thin figure Demi could pass for a much younger woman.
Rumors have circulated for years that Demi spent upwards of $300,000 on plastic surgery in order to look youthful. In 2010 the actress admitted to Elle magazine she'd had "something done" but her face was untouched by a scalpel.
"Maybe one day I'll go under the knife. It just irritates me that people are constantly saying how much I've spent on plastic surgery," she explained.
Moore, who split with her much-younger husband Ashton Kutcher last year, has been focusing on her health, charity work and film projects. She stars in the 2013 film "Very Good Girls" about two New York City girls who vow to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school.


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Artists set screening for classic film thriller
February 27, 2013 —
HONESDALE, PA — Sunday Night Cinema, an on-going film series presented by the Wayne County Arts Alliance (WCAA) will feature "Diabolique," Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic 1955 French thriller on Sunday, March 3 at 6 p.m. at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, 32 Commercial St. A donation of $5 per person is suggested, to help support the arts alliance's community events. The theme of this season's screenings is "Enigmatic Endings." Each film is preceded by a short introduction and followed by a discussion. Visit www.waynecountyartsalliance.org or call 570/390-4420.


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Matt Canada leaving Wisconsin for NC State
Published On: Dec 15 2012 10:05:24 PM CST
New North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren has hired Matt Canada as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Canada spent this season in the same position at Wisconsin, which will face Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Canada went to Wisconsin after working under Doeren at Northern Illinois as offensive coordinator in 2011. He had worked at Indiana as an assistant for seven years before that.
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Man sentenced for assault
BERLIN A Berlin man has been sentenced to community service for his second domestic assault conviction.
John D. Day, 53, pleaded guilty in Washington County criminal court Monday to one count of felony second-degree aggravated domestic assault. Any domestic violence charge automatically becomes a felony if the perpetrator has a previous domestic assault conviction on their record, according to state law.
Day was sentenced to one to three years, all suspended with 50 hours of community service.
According to the police affidavit, on Dec. 22 police received a phone call from a woman saying Day was drunk and was assaulting her. Upon arrival, police say Day was walking away from the residence.
When police spoke with Day, he said he was arguing with the woman and decided to leave. When asked whether the argument had turned physical, Day told police the woman had been attacking him and he just blocked her. Police asked Day if the woman would have any bruises on her and he said if she did, it was because she was hitting him and he was blocking the punches.
Police said they could smell alcohol coming off of Day.
In a sworn statement, the woman told police she and Day were arguing and she had become angry, telling Day to leave, but he wouldnt. She said she and Day argued, got into each others faces, pointed fingers and did some shoving. She told police Day then grabbed her right arm and twisted it and also threw a glass of water at her.
Police went back to speak to Day, who again denied assaulting the woman. Police gave Day a breath test and he had a blood alcohol content of .215 percent, according to the affidavit.
Police say the woman had bruising and red marks on her inner right forearm.
Day has previous convictions for disorderly conduct in October, driving under the influence in 2010 and 1999, domestic assault and simple assault in 2002, unlawful mischief in 1983 and felony possession of stolen property in 1981.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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just say what your first impression was if you had more than one feel free to put them all
He seems pretty cool.
Jusin Beiber fan obviously
Hum...Weird avatar ().
strange name
lol kinda funny sig.
has allot of rep but not that many post
Really? I actually never knew why, I didn't pay attention.
But hey! Are ya really from Kenya? I like everything that is new to me...So here's my next impression:
"I'm curious bout his/her country (I'm assuming your a guy, but he ya never know).
(i'm from Florida )
Now I think: Damm! I was tricked ()
Well, that's a funny fact...why ya choose Kenya?
His username is to damn long.
he's got a pretty good avatar
he's my bro.
Tsu-kun= Epic dude :p
Seems like one badass weeaboo.
but aren't we all?
I have a feel this guy likes Sai...
Has a nice DP ;O
(and yeah, just a bit)
He seems kinda cool xP
Has awesome music taste.
He's a really cool dude!
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why not have the guards work double duty as docents/educators? or even one or two of them?
most of the guards are Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) graduates anyway. why couldn't they ask visitors, "Do you have any questions?" isn't that what people expect anyway? could they hand out brochures? engage the public. ESPECIALLY children.
it's not like they are tackling art vandals. they aren't allowed to put their hands on anybody anyway (for insurance reasons).
there are probably peek family visit times where some out of work art education graduates could be on hand to engage people.
we NEED to rethink how we engage art viewers before their numbers dwindle more.
aren't arts organizations just as interested (or 10x more) than Banana Republic to engage visitors, give them a positive experience, and encourage them to return?