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Women sell asters on the street in Lviv in western UkraineThe news is full of Ukraine these days. Russia has overtaken parts of Ukraine and sent hired masked soldiers into other parts of Ukraine to foment rebellion against the fledgling government in Kiev. News reporters describe what they see, and commentators point out what resources are at stake, what political options are presented, what threats are real, what statements are lies, what history is being evoked, and who speaks Russian, and who doesnt.
Yet I know I am only hearing part of the story, even when I listen carefully. Part of what is missing, and part of what we wish we could understand, is how Ukrainians in the eastern and western parts of the country are feeling or thinking about the events wracking their homeland. I have gathered a few of these voices which provide a perspective lost among the masked men and Kalashnikovs, the referendum and political struggles.
Ukraine means borderland and its location on the Black Sea, as well as its long borders with Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus guarantee that for the foreseeable future the word Ukraine will aptly describe both the countrys location and its predicament. Ukraine is also functioning like that keystone in a Roman arch as long as it holds its place, the powerful forces from its neighbors will have a chance of staying in balance.
Europe is not self-sufficient, but neither is Russia. National news stories in the United States have relayed the information that Russia supplies Europe most of her natural gas and oil. Much of the oil and natural gas travels through Ukraine (and other countries) to get to Europe. In addition to this dependence on energy resources from Russia, businesses in Europe and the United Kingdom are tightly linked to Russia. They supply raw materials for each other and provide markets for each other.
In one of the most ironic twists in a situation ripe with gallows humor, parts for many of Russias military vehicles and machinery are made in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian military uses largely old, outdated Russian military tanks and weapons. Chernobyl, which was in the USSR when it exploded, is in Ukraine. The Fiddler on the Roof, set in 1905 tsarist Russia describes the traditional rural Jewish Ukrainian family.
Which Ukrainians speak Russian?
Virtually all residents of Ukraine speak fluent Russian. Some speak Ukrainian at home, some speak Russian at home. There are pockets of other languages, including Romanian and Tatar. Russian was the only legal language of instruction until 1991 and is still predominant in schools and universities in many parts of the country. The Russian information campaign has deliberately conflated Russian-speaking with Russophile Ukrainians. According to a Pew Research poll released this week, 77 percent of Ukrainian residents want Ukraine to remain intact as an independent country. Even Russophile Ukrainians do not want to become citizens of a country that jails musicians and protesters.
Putins stated goal of protecting Russian-speaking people in Ukraine is code for absorbing the entire country. He might as well target Russians in London and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, along with many other Russian-speaking enclaves around the world. His characterization of the recent protests in Kiev as fascist and Nazi are deliberate evocations of the agony that Ukraine endured in World War II.
As Yale historian Timothy Snyder wrote in The New York Review of Books March 20, 2014: What this campaign does is attempt to reduce the social tensions in a complex country to a battle of symbols about the past. Ukraine is not a theater for the historical propaganda of others or a puzzle from which pieces can be removed. It is a major European country whose citizens have important cultural and economic ties with both the European Union and Russia. To set its own course, Ukraine needs normal public debate, the restoration of parliamentary democracy, and workable relations with all of its neighbors. Ukraine is full of sophisticated and ambitious people. If people in the West become caught up in the question of whether they are largely Nazis or not, then they may miss the central issues in the present crisis.
Instead of using the Russian language as a pretext for election tampering and military invasions, a secure, strong and courageous Russian president would be supporting Russian arts and literature around the world, opening cultural centers, and basking in the glow of a worldwide Russian diaspora.
If only wishing made it so. The latest violence in Odessa a Black Sea port located in Southern (not Eastern) Ukraine is particularly ominous, as a Russian foothold there would put Kiev in a Russian vise from the south, east and west.
But what do Ukrainians think?
I have been corresponding with Ukrainians I met while teaching in Ukraine in 2007-2008. Here are recent messages from university students and professors from both the east and west of Ukraine, who asked that I not use their names.
In mid-March, protester-strangers began appearing in Crimea, dressed in black, and masked.
March 13-14, 2014. From a former student in western Ukraine:
The situation in [our city] is rather peaceful. We support our new power [in Kiev], but dont trust them totally.
I will be happy to update you with our vision of the situation. We are now losing the information war in the media, despite the USA and Europe ... supporting Ukraine against Russian occupation [in] Crimea, so such peer-to-peer talks are very important ... Europe and U.S. are against Putin, but he doesnt understand the word peace and is not willing to talk to Ukrainian officials.
Concerning sanctions it is difficult to say, and here in Ukraine no one is sure that the West is really ready to implement them until real military actions take place. Probably economic sanctions [are] a more powerful tool, but it takes some time for Russian officials to feel them. While time is what we lack now.
March 13. From a former student in western Ukraine:
As to the situation in Ukraine its complicated. Well, in fact its not complicated because we Ukrainians can manage our struggles by ourselves, but Russia doesnt give us any possibility to do that. Nevertheless, we are doing our best to settle everything down. Many people in Ukraine and throughout the world are praying so we do hope there will be no war and no more deaths.
In mid-April, stranger-provocateurs began appearing in eastern Ukraine, and mobilizing local Ukrainian Russophiles for action.
April 20, from a professor in eastern Ukraine:
Putin no one in the world believes him! But that does not bother him at all. He is obsessed with the idea of restoring the Soviet Union and [wants] to go down into history as the ruler who unified the great country.
The more I read about him, the more disgust I feel towards our nearest neighbors.
With friends or brothers like that who needs enemies?
Donetsk region is the most unstable in the country at the moment. Slavyansk in Donetsk region (a famous monastery is there) has been announced the hottest for today: they demand separation (?!) from Ukraine, they are armed to the teeth with the most up-to-date weapons, they do not want to negotiate. ...
Last week Horlovka was a hot spot: I called my friends who live there, they are afraid of going out of the houses, the students were allowed to leave for home towns, the bus [lines] between the towns have been stopped. They do not believe that in [our city] everything is quiet.
It seems to me the world is tired of Ukraine.
I had a chance to go along the Maidan [the square in Kiev where the revolutionary standoff took place this past winter] and see the tents, the famous New Year tree which is still there, the candles and flowers for the dead. The people living in the tents are not going to leave them until after the elections. They occupy the territory from the Central Department Store to European Square, occupying the Independence Square and the adjacent streets. It was quiet and peaceful there: A lot of souvenir shops were selling blue and yellow ribbons, wreaths with ribbons, all sorts of revolutionary paraphernalia, magnets, etc.
The Trade Union building opposite the Central Post Office is black with soot (the one with the digital clock, which is no longer there). The authorities have started the renovation of Khreshchatik [Street] doing the job piece by piece very slowly not to cause any trouble to the Maidan people.
I was impressed by the organization of the Maidan life and order!
April 26, from a professor in western Ukraine:
The police [in eastern Ukraine] who are supposed to take care of security are being paid by local thugs who are all [members of Parliament] from the Yanukovychs party all of them extremely pro-Russian. A lot of locals still believe in Right Sector [a euphemism for Fascists or Neo-Nazis], [are] willing to attack them. People have been brainwashed they all watch Russian TV. What can you expect from inner Russian channel if editor-in-chief of RT the international Russian channel posted Ukraine RIP in her Twitter account?
My colleagues parents live in Arizona, her father has a cousin in Russia a guy from western Ukraine who stayed in Russia after military service when he was 20. That colleague of mine says her father is close to [having a] heart attack every time the Russian relative calls because of the nonsense he talks, the recent pearl being America wants to take Ukraine to attack Russia from that territory, and the guy is absolutely sincere in his belief.
May 1, from a professor in eastern Ukraine:
Im watching TV at present showing a huge demonstration in St. Petersburg [Russia]. People are marching with Ukrainian flags, anti-Putin slogans and singing Ukrainian anthem and songs! May Day in action!
As you may know, Donbass (Donetsk and Lugansk regions) is not in [Ukrainian] control, to put it mildly. I called my friend (in Horlovka), they are despondent; the banks are being attacked, the ATMs are empty... they are afraid to go out ... Today on the Internet I read that some districts of the Donbass area want to join [our] region! And the issue is being discussed at the governors level.
Touch wood, its quiet here: the governor has got ways with all sorts of people and a good team giving him full support.
Ukraine has a long tradition of extraordinary poets and authors, the famous Sholem Aleichem, Lesya Ukrainka and Taras Shevchenko among them. In that tradition, and plumbing a deep well of historical resonance, a poet/professor friend wrote from western Ukraine on May 3:
We see things and live through things that make my hair stand on end ... It feels like you want for yourself to wake up from the nightmare that youre having for many months.
Or, as if you end up inside [a] Russian doll matryoshka and youre trying to knock out the cover, and youre almost done with the task, but then there is another one, much bigger and grimmer.
Many elderly people [have become] really sick [from] this. Their generation was officially designated as Children of War [World War II] and now they live through the fear that they were destined not only to be born right before and in the midst of the war but also to die in the more sophisticated one.
I feel like Im living three lives in one right now, three complementary but contradictory lives. Theres a need to do routine [tasks] and maintain the house; to support each other; and to teach the students learning on the way through the hell of pain and fatigue. Ive hardly had more than four hours sleep once since Dec. 1.
Ukrainians are indeed living three lives right now or rather, they inhabit three historical eras at once. In the present, on-the-ground reality, Ukrainians tentatively reached for Europes culture and rights. In their near past, they were tolerating a corrupt but still young independent government. However the more distant past of World War II is the most present and compelling past, because it inhabits their consciousness. Particularly for Ukrainians schooled by the Soviets, the present conflicts echo that era: Ukrainians are again seeing their world turned upside down due to 20th century tensions that Russia does not have the capacity to solve, and Europe does not have the will to solve.
Linda Gray is professor and chairwoman of global studies, history and culture at Union Institute and University in Brattleboro. She was a Fulbright Scholar teaching university students in Dnipropetrovsk (eastern) and Lviv (western) Ukraine from January 2007 to June 2008 and returned to visit Ukraine in 2010. She lives in Calais.
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Communication with clients is the best guarantee of a successful engagement. Lawyers have a consistent tendency to focus on the task at hand, without communicating to the client what they are doing. The lawyer may be doing a great job with documents, the court, or the opposing party, but the client is never told. No matter how successful the end result, the client doesnt understand what was accomplished, and may refuse to pay the bill when it comes due.
The primary billing obligation imposed by Chapter XI of the Canadian Bar Associations Code of Professional Conduct is only that the lawyer shall not stipulate for, charge or accept any fee that is not fully disclosed, fair and reasonable. Reasonable is often in the eye of the beholder, and the CBA adds in its commentary on the rule that the lawyer should try to avoid controversy with the client over fees and should be ready to explain the basis for charges, especially if the client is unsophisticated or uninformed about the proper basis and measurements for fees.
The point about controversy is especially important because, although the main purpose of a bill is to make sure that the firm gets paid, there is a secondary purpose that lawyers often miss: to leave the client with a favourable impression of the services he or she received. In other words, the bill is another tool for client communication. Communication skills are obviously vital ingredients to a successful lawyer-client relationship. It's essential that the client knows what the lawyer is doing, and that the client approves of the tactics to be taken to achieve the client's strategy or goal. Lawyers must communicate with clients at their level of understanding, and do so frequently. If clients dont recognize the benefits of what has been done, they will become dissatisfied and no amount of marketing effort will retain them.
Start Up Front
Lawyers can control fee collection to a greater degree than they usually believe is possible. When agreeing to initiate a professional engagement, the lawyer and the client are entering into a two-way bargain. The lawyer agrees to perform to the best of his or her ability in accord with professional standards, and the client agrees to communicate and cooperate fully which includes paying the bill. At minimum, both lawyer and client should agree to the following points regarding payment and collection:
Stipulating payment rates and terms up front is the best way to get paid. This is particularly true when combined with a budget that addresses events, time and anticipated fees, and that the client accepts. It increases the chances of collecting the fee significantly because the client understands what to expect. The agreement between the lawyer and the client should state explicitly that the lawyer will stay in continual touch with the client about expenses.
Be Detailed
Once you establish your benchmarks, bill in a regular and timely way, using statements that contain a full narrative of the work done and the goal accomplished by that work. This allows you to provide status updates easily and to reinforce that every action you took on behalf of the client had a purpose. Also, because legal services are often intangible, the more information you can provide about how hard you worked and what your work accomplished, the more likely the client will be to perceive the bill as fair and to pay it promptly.
For example, bills can document how quickly phone calls were returned (provided, of course, that the response time is good), how often you talked to clients at no charge to learn more about their business, how often you made and kept your promises, complete with examples of value and service as defined by both parties in the engagement agreement. Such value-added elements will let you generate billing statements that are easy to understand and that clearly list actions taken on the client's behalf while relating them to the time it took to realize that value. These billing statements will be more meaningful to the client, and will go beyond a mere laundry list of tasks performed. A number of these suggestions involve actions and items that will be noted on the bill as time increments with no charge. Thats a vivid way of letting the client know that, although your time is valuable, you value your working relationship together even more.
Most clients recognize the importance of and are willing to pay a fair fee for value. What they do not want is to pay too much, or to pay for inefficiencies, duplications, or unnecessary services.
Surveys uniformly show that clients are unhappier with surprises and unexplained costs in their bills than they are with high bills themselves. An up-front general statement about fees and alternatives, estimates and budgets, and flow charts to explain who in the firm does what, are all crucial communication tools. Tailor this communication, and the fees themselves, to individual client perceptions of value. Clients are not particularly knowledgeable about billing, and there is no universal best format to make a billing.Client preferences and each firms operations differ, and each project or case has factors that should be reflected in the way the bill is detailed.
Billable hours, in theory, will provide the necessary details, but not with entries like work on motion for summary judgment, 20 hours. Brevity is not a benefit in billing. Break any such charge into its basic elements, with the amount of time needed for each: review key documents and deposition testimony, draft statement of uncontested facts as required by court procedure, research precedents in four similar cases, and so on. Such itemization does not try clients patience it helps them understand just how much you did on their behalf.
Send Status Reports
In fact, it can be an excellent idea to supplement regular invoices with interim status reports that demonstrate you are on top of the job and are actively working to accomplish what the client wants. Status reports do not have to be a detailed administrative burden. A simple form can easily be saved as a word processing file, with appropriate boxes to be checked and blanks to be filled in for a few basic categories. For instance, a litigation status report could have boxes to be checked showing current activities (case evaluation, research, pleadings, motions, and so on), what you might need from clients themselves, and what your next steps will be. Particularly useful is a section that shows clients the current status of their account, and how they can make it current. Periodic status reports also make it much easier to construct detailed invoices that itemize exactly what services clients have received for their money.
There is another advantage to the combination of status reports and detailed invoices it absolves the lawyer from any possible allegations of bill padding. It is a fact of life that the ability to take this unethical action, or to be left exposed to allegations that it has been done, depends in part on how inattentive the client is to the lawyers bill, and how lacking in detail that bill is. When the Madoff investment adviser scam first broke, press reports emphasized that client statements received from Madoff had very little detail but because the bottom line on their investments looked so good, few clients cared to peek under the hood.
If a billing comes into question, either by a judge needing to approve the fee, or because of a fee dispute needing to go before an arbitration panel, the tried and true method of demonstrating what youve done is the best defence. Adequate billing detail can defuse controversy. A bill that says only, "For legal services rendered, or that is inaccurate or confusing, potentially opens the door to concerns, or actual allegations, that the bill is padded.
Show Value
Show your clients how highly you value them by how much you communicate to them and interact with them. That reinforces reliability and trust. Demonstrating to clients what youve done for them is the best way to be confident when you bill for it. Lawyers sometimes wonder at what point in their careers they can decide that their bill is what it is, without feeling the need to be defensive about it or to reduce it. No matter what the economic conditions are, this question goes to the heart of what it means to be a lawyer. Lawyers help improve peoples lives. Our objective should be to provide and account for our services in such a way that clients understand and accept the value as well as the cost of what we do. When that happens, fees are not an issue and lawyers do not have to apologize for what they charge.
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In case you didn't know, "American Idol" has a full-blown case of Bieber Fever.
The folks at Fox and 19 Entertainment can read a sales chart and a trending topic as well as anyone, and Justin Bieber is blowing up so hot that he makes Jennifer Lopez seem like some frumpy second banana from a 1950s sitcom.
But they have a plan to capitalize on that and to possibly give the show the shot in the arm it needs: The powers that be lowered the age limit to 15, the first step to what will presumably result in fifth-graders trying out by 2015.
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Henry, a 15-year-old Colorado native, gave a very nice audition that showed she'd be a great candidate for Hollywood in a couple of years but not right now. That's what J.Lo thought, but when Steven Tyler gave the teen a yes vote, it was all up to Randy Jackson.
His first thought was to say no. "I honestly believe you would be swallowed up by this whole thing," he said. But Henry cried and Randy melted. Perhaps the fact that he's the father of two daughters himself made the difference.
"Your first instinct was right. She's gonna get eaten up in this competition," J.Lo said later. She's probably right.
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Scottie McCreery claims he's just 16 years old. "Idol" showed clips of him playing baseball and looking very much like a teenager, so perhaps his age is correct.
But the voice ... well, let's just say that he sounds 16 as much as Taylor Hicks looked 28 back when he won in season five. It's as deep as Tyler's love for analogies about carnal relations with waterfowl, a rhyme the judge broke out again in wonder after hearing McCreery sing.
Then there was Molly DeWolf Swensen. She might have had the best voice of the night, and her fun and take-charge personality also worked in her favor. After starting the day off by getting whacked in the face by an attempted Randy high-five, she sang her way to Hollywood.
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You have to feel a little bad for Joe Repka. A DJ with a desire to sing, he clearly wasn't good enough to advance ... but he also appeared to be thrown off his game when Tyler opened the dialogue by saying, "Are those Tevas?" Who among us haven't been throw off-kilter in a job interview by a question like that?
And speaking of inappropriate, self-described bar mitzvah singer Jerome Dell probably won himself a lot of gigs with the vocals he showed in Milwaukee, but didn't do himself any favors in that regard with his song selection. Though "Let's Get It On" was a great choice for the audition, it would probably not be appropriate for a gathering of hormonally charged 13-year-olds.
But back to the bad, Milwaukee also brought the return of the wacky auditioners, such as Nathaniel Jones. Jones, a Civil War re-enactor who showed up in his period uniform, decided to audition with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Note to future hopefuls: Neither was a good idea.
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Sumatran Orang-utan Anatomy and Appearance
The Sumatran Orang-utan (along with the Bornean Orang-utan) is the largest arboreal animal in the world and has therefore evolved a number of key adaptations for aiding it in it's almost exclusively tree-dwelling lifestyle. Sumatran Orang-utans have arms that are much longer than their legs to help them to reach out to branches, and both their hands and feet are incredibly agile and dexterous and capable of holding a tight grip for some time. Like ours, their thumbs are opposable which also helps the Sumatran Orang-utan when picking and peeling fruits. The Sumatran Orang-utan tends to be slightly smaller in size than the Bornean Orang-utan, with generally lighter coloured orange-red hair and a longer beard than it's cousin. Male Sumatran Orang-utans develop fleshy cheek pads and throat pouches as they mature but these are narrower and not as pronounced as those found on male Bornean Orang-utans.
Sumatran Orang-utan Distribution and Habitat
The Sumatran Orang-utan would have once been found widely distributed across the island of Sumatra, but are today confined to the most northern parts. The remaining wild Sumatran Orang-utan populations are almost all found in just once province right on the northern tip of the island, where they inhabit the dense and humid tropical forests. Preferring lowland valley forests as there is more of a variety of food, Sumatran Orang-utans can also be found at higher altitudes with a few small populations known to exist above 1,000 meters above sea level. Due to the fact that they are almost exclusively arboreal animals, the Sumatran Orang-utan relies heavily on the surrounding forest and has therefore been severely affected by the loss of much of it. Populations have dramatically decreased over the past century, mainly due to habitat loss in the form of deforestation for logging and to clear land for palm oil plantations.
Sumatran Orang-utan Behaviour and Lifestyle
The Sumatran Orang-utan leads a very solitary lifestyle, moving slowly through the trees during the day in search of food. Sumatran Orang-utans spend up to 60% of their time foraging for and eating food and although they are known to occupy large home ranges, they rarely travel more than half a mile a day. At night, the Sumatran Orang-utan builds a nest high in the canopy by folding branches over where it sleeps during the night. Sumatran Orang-utans are not greatly territorial and are known to loosely share their home ranges with other individuals and can even be found feeding in the company of one another around particularly abundant fruit trees. Males though stake their claim on their home but emitting long-calls, which are deep calls that come from their throat poach and echo through the surrounding forest to both attract females to mate with and to warn off potential rivals.
Sumatran Orang-utan Reproduction and Life Cycles
After a gestation period that last for around nine months, the female Sumatran Orang-utan constructs a new nest in the tree top where she gives birth to a single infant. The young Sumatran Orang-utan clings onto it's mother's hair for safety and never leaves her side for the first few years. Although Sumatran Orang-utan infants are often weaned by the time they are three years old, they will not leave their mother for another few more years at least as she teaches her young special skills for surviving in the forest. Sumatran Orang-utans breed more slowly than any other primate with females having a maximum of three young during their whole life, which means that in areas affected by both hunting and habitat loss populations take a very long time to then recover.
Sumatran Orang-utan Diet and Prey
The Sumatran Orang-utan is an omnivorous animal meaning that is forages for and eats both plant matter and other animals in order to survive. However, the majority of the Sumatran Orang-utan's diet is made up of fruits that are picked from the surrounding trees. The intelligence of the Sumatran Orang-utan is obvious in these situations as they are known to make a mental map of their surrounding jungle patch and are therefore able to know not only where the fruit trees are, but also when there fruits will ripen. Along with consuming both ripe and unripe fruits which are easily peeled using their agile and nimble fingers, Sumatran Orang-utans also eat a variety of other plant matter such as fresh buds and shoots along with insects, eggs and small vertebrates on occasion. Sumatran Orang-utans get the majority of their liquid from the vast amount of fruit that they eat but are also known to drink from water sources, collecting it in their cupped hands.
Sumatran Orang-utan Predators and Threats
Historically Sumatran Orang-utans would have been threatened by numerous predators on the forest floor and have therefore evolved to exist almost only high in the trees. The most prolific natural predator of the Sumatran Orang-utan is the Sumatran Tiger but their numbers have also declined drastically across the island due to hunting and habitat loss. Since their arrival in Indonesia, modern Humans have hunted the Sumatran Orang-utan, killing the parent and capturing the young to sell into the exotic pet trade. Although hunting has devastated populations in certain areas, it is the loss of vast areas of their unique natural habitats that has been the biggest threat to Sumatran Orang-utans and because of their slow-developing nature, has meant that populations are really struggling to recover.
Sumatran Orang-utan Interesting Facts and Features
The Sumatran Orang-utan (along with the Bornean Orang-utan) is one of Humans' closest living relatives and we in fact share 96.4% of our DNA with them. Sumatran Orang-utans are in fact so man-like in both their appearance and behaviours that their native Malaysian name Orang Hutan literally means "Person of the Forest". Although both Orang-utan species are very solitary primates, the Sumatran Orang-utan is actually more sociable than it's slightly larger cousin as they are seen more often in family groups and gathering in areas where there is food or fresh water in abundance. Like a number of other great apes, Sumatran Orang-utans are highly intelligent animals that are known to use tools in the wild including using sticks for extracting honey and putting leaves on their hands and feet to protect them in thorny vegetation. The exact skills seem to be dependent on the individual population suggesting skills are taught to young rather than being inherited.
Sumatran Orang-utan Relationship with Humans
Orang-utans would have once been found throughout south-east Asia but are today confined to just two islands in Indonesia. This can only have been caused by increasing levels of Human activity throughout their vast historical range, and has led to the extinction of the Orang-utan in numerous regions. Over the past century in particular, the capture of young Sumatran Orang-utans to be sold either to zoos or into the exotic pet trade has led to drastic population declines particularly as this often results in the death of the mother who trying to protect her infant. Deforestation has also obliterated populations throughout both Sumatra and Borneo from logging to collect the rare, tropical timbers and also to clear vast areas of ancient forest and peat-swamps to make way for the increasing number of palm oil plantations.
Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Status and Life Today
Today, the Sumatran Orang-utan has been listed by the IUCN as an animal that is Critically Endangered in it's natural environment and therefore faces extinction in the wild in the near future if the situation progresses as it is. Although forest clearance in south-east Asia did appear to be slowing down, the increasingly levels of demand for both tropical timber and cheap palm oil seem to have accelerated the situation once again. These activities are often conducted illegally and in areas where the last remaining Sumatran Orang-utans exist. It is estimated that there has been an 80% decline in Sumatran Orang-utan population numbers in the past 75 years with as few as between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals thought to be left in the wild.


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The Eldred Central School District Board of Education (ECS BOE) met on August 9 and passed several resolutions intended to enable the district to prepare for future budgetary constraints.
Upon the recommendation of ECS superintendent Robert Dufour, the board approved increasing the Unemployment Reserve by $525,000, the Workers' Compensation Reserve by $850,000 and the Employee Accrued Liability Reserve by $525,060.
School business administrator William Thornton reported that the tax levy would be set at $8,973,406. "It is lower than the projected $9,409,659 during the budget season and represents a 2.73% decrease over last year's tax levy," noted Thornton. "This is because there was an additional $436,000 of fund balance to give back to the tax levy. All of our excess fund balance is going toward the tax levy."
With the aid of the new bus routing software, one route has been eliminated to help save costs. But Thornton cautioned that it's a work in progress and that adjustments will be made as needed. Additional discussion about the buses being at capacity took place, with Dufour indicating that the future will hold less flexibility. "It's going to be more of an issue as we try to reduce costs and put more kids on a bus," he said.
During his report, Dufour noted that state assessment scores have come out and indicate some potential concerns. "Overall, our ELA [English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects] results went up, but if you look at each individual grade level, there's been a decline."
Dufour said he has spoken with principals Scott Krebs and Virginia Keegan, who are meeting with their respective staffs to address concerns. "They will be doing data mining to get down into their test results to find out where our weaknesses are, and to devise a plan to use that data to drive our instruction so that we can get focused in those areas where our kids seem to be the weakest," said Dufour.
The BOE also heard from Jolene Porter, coordinator of athletics/sports for ECS, who has been working to update the district's Athletic Handbook.
"When I started teaching here 23 years ago, I was given a handbook," Porter said. "That was the last time I remember seeing one, and I've been a coach all those years. It was definitely time for an update." The handbook, which contains an expanded section pertaining to concussion management, is available at the school and will eventually be placed on the school website under the athletic tab.
The BOE recently changed its normal meeting time to begin at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be held on September 13 at George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School in Glen Spey.


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With a temporary library that's too small to meet current needs, the new Madison Central library is scheduled to open on time.
That's good news to those in charge as well as to the estimated half-million library patrons who use the space every year.
After years of talk and some financial setbacks, progress on the Madison Central library is finally apparent.
Inside, the space is not very quiet, and there are no books or shelves, but those large empty spaces and abundance of natural light have Jenni Collins of the Madison Public Library Foundation excited.
"It doesn't feel like an overhaul," said Collins, the executive director of the foundation. "It's going to feel like a brand new, really spectacular 21st century library."
It's been a year and a half since the old library, considered by many to be too dark and too small, closed.
The new library is scheduled to open on September 21 of this year.
Patrons will find a children's area bigger than many of Madison's branch libraries, plus a new third floor with downtown views and a community meeting room for author talks during the Wisconsin Book Festival, an annual event the South Central Library System just took over.
"That actually seats 250 people," said Collins, "and our library system doesn't have space now that will fit that kind of a crowd."
As construction continues on the library's next chapter, Collins estimated that the foundation has raised a little more than 80 percent of its $9 million goal.
Those private donations will help cover the project's $30 million cost, a total made more feasible because the old structure is part of the new building.
"In terms of being on track, yes, we're on track," said Collins. "But it's the hardest part and we really do need widespread community support for the campaign at this particular moment."
To put the new space in perspective, the temporary downtown library on Hamilton Street is about 10,000 square feet.
That's about the size that the children's area in the new central library will be.


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•College staffing will match enrollment.
•Programs and positions will be continually evaluated.
•Initiatives to better serve the community will be researched.
•The facility will be on its way to financial viability.
Espinoza presented her aims in a 2 1/2-hour report at a special meeting in the Gallery Room at the Beeville County Club May 31 — where trustees also tackled budgets for this year and 2014 and the need for a new telephone system for the Beeville campus.
The first on her list — contained in a 14-page document given to trustees 12 days after warning that additional staff and faculty layoffs could be expected — is student success.
Espinoza began with stressing the need to revise the student catalog. "It's in bits and pieces. It needs to be user friendly."
By next year, she said, the syllabi of every course should be available online along with a complete explanation of fees.
Equally important, she said, is increased communication with the students aimed at establishing a student-driven schedule and ensuring that students know their status in a given class.
"Some students have gone through their entire course and not known if they are passing," Espinoza said.
By next year, not only would students know their scholastic standing, but an early alert program would send students at risk of failing a class to a case management program for tutoring.
"You need that engagement," Espinoza said. "They want to be treated like family. And, it keeps them here."
Concurrent with student success, Board Chairman Paul Jaure suggested that the faculty should be expected to teach five days a week.
Currently, instructors teach four days a week with the fifth day expected to be used for administrative tasks.
"Right now," Espinoza said, "it's just a day off."
Implementing the switch, Espinoza said, would take more than a year.
Board Vice Chairman Carroll Lohse questioned if a five-day schedule would punish students "because faculty members weren't doing their job."
Although the board took no action on the suggestion, Trustee Laura Fischer asked Espinoza to gather the pros and cons of the idea to be presented at the June 24 board meeting so that the board could decide "sometime this summer."
That the average class size is 18," Espinoza said, "is hurting us significantly."
By 2014, she hopes to raise that to 25. "We could say 35, and it would be reasonable," she said. "It's a mindset change."
With accusations from instructors already laid off that they were dismissed without explanation, Espinoza outlined a five-step process for making the decision who goes and who stays. The idea, she said, was not to renew contracts "that cost the college more than it makes."
"First-level personnel changes will be based on increasing on efficiency at the operational level and on realignment of job descriptions," she told the board.
"Second-level changes will be based on attrition; third-level changes will be based on student need, such as the disparity between the number of students and faculty teaching a course; and fourth-level changes will be based on evaluations."
Her 2014 budget addresses an almost $2 million deficit by requiring the college to contribute $1.5 million for the next three years to re-establish a fund balance of $5.4 million.
Trustees closely scrutinized the remaining pages devoted to more than 30 suggestions on cutting expenses, including:
•Cancellation of summer classes with fewer than 10 students; 12-month courses exempt.
•Consolidating Beeville classes within certain buildings to conserve electricity.
"Last summer we had less than 100 students on campus, but everything open, with the air conditioning going," she said.
•Encouraging vacations be taken in June, July and early August.
•Marketing for scholarships.
"Every year, we have scholarships that go unused or get delivered way too late."
Espinoza said "someone has been assigned" to address more than 30 cost-saving measures, ranging from the purchase of school supplies to contracts with utilities, to utilizing free communications outlets.
Espinoza related a conversation with KTKO Program Director Daniel ("Big Dan") Adamez, in which he told Espinoza, "I've been reading the paper. If you want to tell the whole story, you can come any time you want to be on the show for free air time. You'll get to tell what you want."
Countering reports of low faculty morale, Espinoza said that she was hearing both sides and was encouraged by some who have told her they were excited about her changes and the opportunities they mean for professional growth.
"We have an employee culture that, in one sense of the word, is spoiled. 'What is CBC doing for me' vs. 'What am I doing as an employee of CBC to serve students,'" she said. "I don't have a magic bullet for that."
"What I'm hearing from the community is that they understand what we're trying to do," Fischer said. "To right-size a budget that is way out of control, one way, somebody is going to lose."
"And all of these changes," Jaure added, "will make the school so much better."
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Joshua Tree Phase OneThere was so much anticipation building up to ths show. I was a student at Arizona State University then. U2 arrived about a week before the opening night to practice inside the ASU Activities Center. Every day after class my friends and I would sit outside and listen to them. The day before opening night a member of their tour staff came over and invited us in to watch. It was wonderful! We got to stay for about an hour and saw them run through about six songs. The night of the first show Bono had lost his voice. it was so sad after seeing how hard he had worked to prepare. He made it through the show getting the audience to help sing along with a good percentage of the songs. It was a very unique night.
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December 19, 1987I was actually at the shows on December 19 and 20 in 1987 in Tempe, the third leg of the tour, but those were the last two dates of the tour. They were filming Rattle and Hum, which made for a very slow concert. They kept stopping in the middle of songs to re-shoot. Over all, it was still a good show. As usual, Bono got on his high-horse about apartheid, but we all expected that now, didn't we.


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Phillies Flounder Against The Fish
As the offense continues their slumber, Jamie Moyer, normally an automatic Fish-Fryer, takes his first career lost against the Marlins tonight, losing by a score of 8-2. His record lifetime against Florida now stands at 10-1. Of course, he did only give up 2 runs in 5 innings, which is not his normal superb effort, but certainly enough to deserve a win. However, for the 3rd game in row, the offense did not produce and this time, the lack of runs came back to bite them.
The only scoring by the Phillies was a 2-run homer by Shane Victorino which, when watching the replay, was actually a foul ball. So if you want to get picky about it, they really did not score at all. They did have 8 hits, but also hit into 3 double plays to erase many of the base runners. All I have to say is, this was one UGLY game.
And for those of you who were oh so anxious to see JA Happ back in action, well, there ya go. Tough day for the rookie as he was put into a position he is not used to as a reliever…he pitched 2 innings and gave up 4 earned runs on 4 hits; he walked 2 batters and struck out 1. Yikes!
Ok, all I can say is, it is time for J-Roll Smurf to do some Fish bashing! Yes, he is back…the amazing Voodoo Smurf has officially returned to wreak havoc on the Marlins! And, as you can see, he has recently received the blessing of Jimmy Rollins himself.
There is no stopping him now! J-Roll Smurf will not be denied. Now darn you Phillies! Pick up those friggin' bats and hit the ball!!! Thank you in advance for your cooperation J
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Who was that lefty Walrond? No one in my section knew who he was. Walrond? Sounds like a character from the Lord of the Rings
I know, funny! Les Walrond was originally a St. Louis prospect in 98 and has bounced around in 5 different clubs. He spent a short time with the Royals in 03 and the Cubs in 06 where he was given the boot. The Phils picked him up and signed him to AAA where he worked his way back up by adding some new pitches. He had a 2.83 ERA in 16 starts for the Iron Pigs and looked real good last night until he started walking guys. I am guessing nerves got the best of him. Hoping that is the case, because we need another lefty, not an Elf in search of a Ring! :o) Hee!
lol. I didn't know if he was a prospect or a draft pick or what. He did throw a bunch of off-speed pitches, which can be handy in getting lefty's out. I like to see players who continually work trying to get another shot be given an opportunity….just save him for Delgado


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My internet service is the pits and this is the first time I've been able to access it since Friday so I guess I better update quickly before my connection suddenly disappears!
Most of you know that my ventures into foundations weren't so hot. MAC's StudioFix and StudioTech killed my face. Literally. Scroll the blog. I've got pictures to prove it. I stopped using those products but I still wanted some kind of coverage. Especially since I had post pimple marks on my face (lemme tell you….cocoa butter is amazing. It seriously lightens dark spots like that *snaps*) Bobbi Brown's Tinted Moisturizer is simply fab! This is my first attempt with tinted moisturizers. Because my skin is naturally dry, I love how this product gives me some added moisture and a light coverage. It's great for the winter months. I stiple it on my hand and then on my face and blend all over. It goes on beautifully and I don't get that make-upy" look that I dread. When applied with the 187 brush, it is a dreeeam. At $43 a bottle, a little goes a long way which is a good thing for a broke beauty like myself. I'm a NW45 in MAC colors so I use the "Dark Tint" for the BB Moisturizer. Because it does leave me a bit shiny, I buff NYC's loose translucent powder on top. I absolutely adore it. And so far…no break-outs so A+ to Bobbi Brown!
Another product that I adore is MAC's Ochre Style from The Originals collection. What a beautiful muted gold! It looks beautiful when paired with Trax, Sketch and Handwritten. Because it is a bit sheer, I used UDPP and Bamboo paint for the color to really POP! See how simple it looks here.
But when I add a crease color…
I love it! Simple, neutral but…..nice.
And yesterday I went to check out the N Collection. Didn't see anything that I liked. As I've mentioned, I think I'm pretty good in the neutral department. But I did go to Sephora and got NARS Crazed. I've been wanting it for a minute. This newbie has very little experience in the blush area so watching me learn how to do that will be fun!
And I'm also going to do a natural hair post.
Just because I realize there are a lot of us out there with beautiful natural hair. But dang, I can't wait to get my locs like lovely Yummy and Divine Rae.
See my curly Q's!
Yay! Ohhh….and per some blog sista suggestions, I've also dipped into some mineral make-up too. Stay tuned for reviews/pictures of that.
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Today, my sink seemed to be filling up with dirty water. Concerned, I turned on the garbage disposal and plunged away. With no change in the water levels, I called a plumber. He reached in, pulled out the drain plug, and give me his bill while chuckling to himself. FML
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Today, I had a job interview. I didn't have any clothes suitable for the interview, so I went to the store early and bought some there. After the interview, I went to return the clothes, because they were so expensive. The hiring manager saw me. FML
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Today, I went to the store for a warranty claim on my prescription glasses due to little spots that had appeared on the lenses, covering both. It took 2 seconds for the employee to determine that it was hairspray. FML
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Today, my boyfriend and I were on my bed when things started getting hot and it began to shake. My little sister called the entire family to the hall to listen to "the frogs in the wall". FML
by lolk / 03/10/2013 at 3:41am / United States (Arkansas) / Intimacy
Today, my family and I were visiting an aunt. While helping my aunt to set the table, my sister remarked that from behind I look exactly like her. I reflexively blurted out "well fuck you too". Very awkward silence. FML
by Kjer / 03/23/2013 at 8:38pm / Denmark (Hovedstaden) / Miscellaneous
Today, after working out at the gym, I went to grab my bag, and realized that my phone was missing. Panicking, I reached into my pocket, pulled out my phone, and dialed my mom's number to tell her I'd lost it. It took me until the last ring to realize what I was doing. FML
by Anonymous / 03/01/2013 at 2:02am / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of seven years. He stared at me, then said "Yeah, okay then. I'm gonna watch TV now." He then turned on the TV and watched Top Gun. Not quite the response I was hoping for. FML
by Jessica / 03/23/2013 at 3:00pm / United States (Michigan) / Love
Today, as I exited McDonald's after a quick lunch, a man in a jogging outfit ran past, snatching my handbag right off my shoulder as he tore past. He must have been at least 50. I broke down utterly exhausted before I could chase him even a single block. I'm 24. FML
by jen / 03/14/2013 at 6:52am / United States / Health
Today, after my coworker bought coffee for me for the fifth time, I thanked him and asked him why. Apparently it's the only way to get me to shut up in the morning so he can get work done. FML
by coffee / 03/07/2013 at 8:44am / United States / Work
Today, I was taking a patient's blood pressure, and listening for his pulse with my stethoscope. I couldn't hear anything, so I adjusted the cuff and tried again. Still no pulse. He pointed out that my stethoscope was the wrong way around and sneered, "You been smokin' the reefer, boy?" FML
by no sir I have not / 03/07/2013 at 7:35pm / United States / Work
Today, I nervously started a new job, and my co-workers were telling me silly rules about our boss. Later, I accidentally bumped into him, and blurted "Rule #7, don't touch George." He definitely heard. FML
by Anonymous / 03/29/2013 at 12:38am / United States / Work
Today, I showed my aunt and mother my tattoo. They both burst out laughing. FML
by anon / 03/27/2013 at 7:17pm / Netherlands (Limburg) / Miscellaneous
Today, I found myself arguing with a 6-year-old over a game of tag. FML
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June 14, 1995: This Hubble telescope photo mosaic shows a field of distant galaxies.
The brightest object in this picture is NGC 4881 [just above center], an elliptical galaxy in the outskirts of the Coma Cluster, a great cluster of galaxies more than five times farther away than the Virgo Cluster. The distance to the Coma Cluster is an important cosmic yardstick for scaling the overall size of the universe.See the rest:


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By Judy Brandon: Local columnist
Years ago, we brought an aspen tree home from the mountains and planted it in our yard. Worried about the tree's ability to withstand the transplant, we chose an area by the patio because it seemed to be a cooler spot.
The following days made us think the tree was going to die. It looked droopy and rather wilted. But as the days passed, the green in the leaves lost their wilted appearance and the aspen no longer appeared in shock. Its roots had taken hold and pulled it through the upheaval. Once again, the aspen took on the glittering presence as it had in the mountains.
That aspen reminds me of my life that takes drastic turns at times. When I am temporarily uprooted, I return to my childhood spiritual roots for strength.
I remember the first time I realized I needed Jesus Christ one Sunday night service at a little country church where my daddy was preaching.
I recall my parents on their knees praying for Susie after the doctor had diagnosed her with rheumatic fever. That is when I first realized the significance of prayer.
I think about Mr. Talbee, who owned the garage and gas station on the corner in my parents' seminary days. He knew we were on a tight budget, so he offered help with free gasoline every Saturday. Throughout Daddy's seminary years, we drove to those country churches on gas compliments of Mr. Talbee. That is when I first realized Christians were to help one another.
I remember our milkman in Kansas City, Jack Fleming. He would carry his bottles of milk in a wire carrier. His little twin boys were sickly and both boys were blind. Many mornings mother invited him in for coffee, talked to him about God, and prayed with him. That is when I first realized that Jesus could comfort.
I think back to two friends from Denmark whose parents were in seminary with my parents. I had no knowledge of Denmark but knew it was across the ocean somewhere. That is when I first realized that Jesus was for everyone.
I remember daddy holding down two jobs, going to seminary and still pastor of a church. Mother worked, went to seminary and cared for all of us. Their work and sacrifice showed me Christian commitment meant daily sacrifice.
I remember those time-consuming trips in our car that did get pretty boring. To help entertain us, mother taught us to recite the 23 Psalm and the beginning verses of the 14th chapter of John. That is when I realized that the Bible was and would be a significant part of my life.
I journey in my mind to my roots and view the beginnings of the faith rooted in me as a young child. Since that time, my faith has grown stronger and deeper.
Paul wrote in Ephesians 3:17. "And I pray that you being rooted an established in love, may have the power with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."
Looking back can be beneficial. We can visit the places where we first learned about God and remember the steadfastness of a heavenly Father who cares for us. That helps me flourish again.
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My grandparents escaped the pogroms of Russia and came to America with the hope that life for their children would be free of the anxiety and poverty that was their European history. And like the Germans, Italians and Irish who preceded them, they faced hostility that lasted a generation or more, but finally found their way, and managed to blend in.
Only one group came without hopeful dreams and expectations. Africans came in chains. Their children were slaves for generations. After slavery the hostility they faced wasn't alleviated—it was legalized. Well into the 20th century, the law inhibited African Americans from being Americans. The doors that were finally open to my ancestors remain closed to many—to most—African Americans. The frustration of being treated as second class—at best—has created deep resentment. That resentment has found no easy alleviation, especially in the ghettos of the unemployed. The fact that manufacturing jobs moved out of the northern cities around the time that Blacks moved in to find them did not help. Nor do drug laws that populate prisons with Black men and waste millions of dollars on a vain "war on drugs," motivated by the same Puritanism that gave us prohibition; it's bloody crime that prevents a rational response to the problem.
Whites, who still today blame the social problems suffered by African Americans on some natural inferiority, have to accept that they are, by definition, racists. Those who see the failures, but don't subscribe to a biological cause, must then find that the causes are historical and social.
The number one need of the African American population (and of poor whites as well) is jobs—the jobs that have been exported because our bottom line is the bottom line. In our corporate culture, we exist primarily as customers. It is said that Blacks occupy more management positions in the military than in any other sector of American society and that their children do better than most. Affirmative action was a success—creating a substantial African American middle class—except that it also created a constituency that felt that it came at their expense. Social programs that are inclusive are more likely to find support than means-tested programs. Think of Social Security vs. welfare. The evidence is that it takes jobs for a generation to feel like their children have a chance to do better. The possibility of a "works program," a Marshall plan for the poor of all colors, is as remote as the Yellow Brick Road. What it would take to change that is beyond me, and apparently beyond our leaders.
In the meanwhile, those whites who haven't personally hindered anyone, and haven't signed on to propaganda like "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" are probably individually innocent. But, when "Why don't they get over it?" is asked; that remark proves that "it ain't over." And if it ain't over, then we're all in it. And we all pay. The price to Blacks is obvious; the rest of us pay in a political system corrupted by a mean-spirited philosophy that leaves us vulnerable to demagoguery.
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The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Written by a former National Geographic employee who also proudly served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Catholicgauze Rated Among Top Geography Blogs!
Catholicgauze has been rated among the top geography blogs by The Daily Reviewer. While it is technically in the top 100 blogs section, there are only twenty-one blogs listed. This is in part the wide range of blogs that fall under the field of geography. Most are either geospatial (GIS-like), about Google Earth, or maps. Catholicgauze is honored to be one of the few that tries to cover most aspects of geography.
In that note I offer an open forum. Are there any subjects you wish Catholicgauze to cover? Any series of posts you do not like? Thank you again for your readership, everyone!
Be sure to check out Catholicgauze's survey of the various geography blogs out there.
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Congrats, Catholicgauze! I do have an idea for you, and forgive me if you have already posted something very similar. I have told people about how you studied the depictions of different Native American tribes along the Oregon trail. I think it would be amazing if you could make that into a series on your blog, you you can spread the knowledge. :-)
- Ken said...
Much deserved. Keep it up!
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speaking of funny pussies:
When Grandmaster Rady gives me my negging abilities back to me your first on my list for this. Nobody better dare say "U Mad?" to me. Damn right im mad, when u have some naked dude holding a sign that says your government name on it and your little sister is watching you while your on the computer....
Payback is the only thing on my mind. Watch your back Clyde, neg rep coming soon
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Jessie Davis
New York City singer/songwriter/keyboardist Jessie Davis has a musical style that can only be described as a Jazz Gumbo. She dishes up a tantalizing combination of jazz, R&B, funk, blues, rock, and gospel. Reminiscent to artists such as Amy Winehouse, Esperanza Spalding, Adele, and D'Angelo, her latest CD "Him & I Gemini" has attracted the some of the worlds top musical talent such as Grammy Winning keyboardist Phil Davis, Tyler Perry trumpeter Melvin Jones, and Little John Roberts, celebrity drummer for Janet Jackson, En Vogue and George Duke among others. Him & I Gemini showcases Jessie's unique style and musicianship and exhibits her many talents as a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and arranger. Her music is new and refreshing and leaves you wanting more.


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My wife, Marcia, hates when people ask her where we live. You'd think this would be an easy question to answer. But in fact, it's rather complicated. We don't really live anywhere. Or rather, we live everywhere. When we retired in 1997, at age 60, we sold our house in suburban Connecticut, disposed of nearly all our belongings, and we have been traveling the globe ever since. We're living on a shoestring budget, but our experiences are priceless, as we spend much of our time doing volunteer work and meeting the people in the countries we visit.
It actually started for us at age 55. I was in real estate, mainly urban revitalization, and Marcia was a social worker, which she'd been for most of our married life. When my business flattened out, we decided to use what was left of our savings and do something we'd always dreamt about—take a trip around the world. Our daughters were grown, one living in North Carolina and one in New Mexico. We felt that we had paid our dues as "solid citizens" who had led a life of responsibility, and now it was time to discover the next phase of our lives.
We had what we hoped would be enough money to sustain us for about a year if we traveled backpacker-style on a tight budget. With our house rented and two one-way tickets to Japan in hand, we set off for what turned out to be a two-year adventure, as our money went much further than we had expected. (We spent only about $12,000 that first year, including transportation.) The journey took us westward beyond Japan to Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, China, Africa, and, finally, Mexico, where we house-sat for four months. Along the way, we stayed in youth hostels and budget hotels, as well as with local families, traveling second class at a pace that suited us, without advance reservations or hard plans. After a nice, middle-class life tied to careers and raising children, with mortgages and car payments, this was a new sense of freedom for us.
We learned so much on this trip, about ourselves and the world we live in. All those possessions we had accumulated throughout the years suddenly seemed less valuable. Comfort became less of a priority, and the rewards of the trade-off were greater than we had expected. Prior to this trip, we had stayed at good hotels with fancy lobbies, where guests remained at arm's distance and minded their own business (and where I'd call down to the front desk if my pillow wasn't soft enough). But now, staying in simple youth hostels, we joined our fellow backpackers—many of them half our age—in endless discussions about where to go and what to see, and how to find cheap transportation and reasonable accommodations. This often led to the exchange of ideas and life dreams, and other meaningful conversations. Marcia and I were delighted to find that we were very popular, almost like parental figures for some of these young people far from home. They were surprised by the choice we'd made to do what we were doing, and we often heard, "Gee, I wish my folks would do something like that."
We met more new and different people in this two-year period and had more new experiences than at any other time in our lives. Seeing the Taj Mahal was a treat, but the connections we made with like-minded travelers made the experience that much more memorable. And perhaps even more special were our homestays with local families, arranged through People to People International and Servas International, which gave us glimpses of real life in the countries we visited. That set the stage for what was to come.
By the end of the two-year trip, Marcia and I knew what we wanted to do: retire and live a simpler life that included much more travel and greater opportunities to immerse ourselves in other cultures. We put our heads together and outlined a plan. We needed to save, so instead of moving back into our mortgage-heavy home, we continued to rent it and looked into house-sitting opportunities. Searching through the classified ads in our local paper, we found several people looking for responsible long-term house-sitters, and with our grey hair, solid résumés, and years of experience as homeowners, we found ourselves in demand. It was pretty amazing: while others paid us to live in our house, we stayed rent-free in someone else's home 10 miles up the road. We both returned to work and began saving as much as we could.
Being frugal became a great game for us. Every dime we saved brought us closer to our dream. We were surprised by how much less we could live on and how many things we used to buy that were unnecessary. We stopped spending money on meals at mediocre restaurants, for example, and kept to the bare essentials. We had assumed that living a more budget-conscious life would be one of the sacrifices we would have to make; instead, it was turning out to be one of the benefits. We were really much happier when we stopped spending. It meant we would be free that much sooner.


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Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach says it closed a record-setting penthouse sale for $3.34 million setting a new record for the most expensive condominium ever sold on Kauai.
The previous record was set in 2010.
"The decision to purchase at Koloa Landing was easy," says Stephen Petasky President of The Luxus Group, who bought the penthouse. "Our objective is to maintain a real estate portfolio of exceptional properties which provide the highest standard of luxury in some of the world's most desirable locations. This penthouse hits the mark."
Koloa Landing, a 25-acre master-planned development, is the newest luxury resort to be built in Poipu. Their condominiums range in size from 1,100 to over 3,000 interior square feet with prices ranging from $799,000 to $3.5 million.


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This tabletop figure of the dark lord Darth Vader rouses Jedi and Sith alike through the force of classic Star Wars sound clips. Even the soundest sleepers will be jolted to wakefulness upon hearing the unmistakable sound of a lightsaber activating, followed by the machine-regulated breathing of Darth Vader. The lightsaber and Vader's base glow a menacing red as if challenging the sleeper to a duel. Pressing the snooze button at Vader's feet merely defers the inevitable confrontation. The clock can also wake with a buzzer or using its built-in FM radio. A 1 3/4" H x 2 3/4" W LCD panel displays time, date, and day. Powered by an AC adapter or three AA batteries (both included). 12" H x 5" Diam. (3 1/2 lbs.)
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By sally
from canada
gave to my grandson for birthday he flipped, just loves it
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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The alarm is to loud when it goes off.
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It is a nice gift however the alarm is to loud when it goes off. It makes us scared and confused when waking up.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
By Nerd Girl Jes
from Texas
My boyfriend bought me this, because of my (maybe unhealthy)obsession with Darth Vader. I am really hard to wake up in the morning, and this one gets me RIGHT out of bed. The alarm is loud, (a plus for me).. The radio doesn't find a signal well, but I generally listen to my ipod anyway. I never wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I wake up on the Dark Side. :-)
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Needs some improvements
By Running Monkey
from Lincoln, NE
Cannot read the time at night, as it is not illuminated. The volume of the light saber and/or Darth Vader's breathing is extremely loud and cannot be turned down. Otherwise, it does look impressive.
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By Ronnie
from Houston texas
I think my grandson will love the clock, he collects anything Star Wars
excellent product
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give to gigt collection
great idea
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from pa
I bought two for Christmas gifts. I have to wait for the reactions and their usage of the product.
The product did not disapoint.
By Aunt Benny
from Mishawaka, In
Bought as a gift for a Star Wars fan. He will love it!
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limited sounds for star war related itemwish it had more sound variables
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We developed a line of housemade gluten-free/vegan burgers. We bound them with processed Rice Chex, garbanzo bean flour and/or flax seeds. This change increased our healthy burger consumption by 75%.
We developed a line of housemade gluten-free/vegan burgers. We bound them with processed Rice Chex, garbanzo bean flour and/or flax seeds. This change increased our healthy burger consumption by 75%.
Hutchinson Middle School in Hutchinson, Minn., invited students to help serve lunch in an effort to encourage their peers to try new, healthy recipes, Hutchinson Leader reports.
The students, who are part of the school's Students in Action Club, created posters to advertise the new meal and helped serve it to students during lunch.
The school's kitchen manager, Janet Schmidt, said that around 37 more students than normal got in line to try the meal. The school plans to have students from the club help serve lunch once every month.
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In an effort to trim costs, the country's largest senior living company laid off 100 staff members, including regional dining services directors, reports Senior Housing News .
Not all employees who were laid off will technically leave the company, Senior Housing News notes, as some will be reassigned to alternative positions. Brookdale recently posted third-quarter earnings that fell short of analysts' expectations and that the company's CEO called disappointing.
At the end of last year, the Brentwood, Tenn.-based company employed 53,000 workers on a full-time basis, and...
After receiving mixed feedback from parents, Randolph County School District in Asheboro, N.C., is inviting parents to tour the district's kitchens and cafeterias to see how the food for school meals is made, Fox 8 reports.
School officials say that the tours, part of the district's first Food Day for Parents, will give parents an inside look at the upkeep of the facilities, as well as enable them to sample some food and see how the district is upholding USDA guidelines.
Officials also hope that the tours will provide them with more guidance on what parents and students are...
After fielding complaints from parents and students, Sodexo is launching an initiative to improve dining services at Emerson College in Boston, the Berkeley Beacon reports.
The initiative will kick off this month with an event dubbed Fresh Start, marking the start of several moves aimed at improving service—including the hiring of a new executive chef, the addition of a second sous chef, and retraining current staff on food preparation and presentation.
Members of the Emerson community will also be able to share feedback through the introduction of monthly forums, as well...