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Spacious Triple Studio Hammersmith zone 2
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- Lockable room
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It is situated in the heart of Hammersmith, it is ideally located for visitors to the capital due to its numerous transport services making the whole of London easily accessible.
The extensive transport links make it a convenient base to explore London. It is only a 3 minute walk from public transport & only minutes away by underground & bus from top London attractions of Kensington, South Kensington, Knightsbridge as well as central London a 15-20 minute ride away. Closer to home you are 3 minutes walk from Westfields shopping centre the largest in Europe
It is fully furnished with amenities such as
-Complimentary tea/coffee
-Bathroom toiletries
-Freesat Tv
-Full kitchen facilites
-WiFi Internet
-Fresh Linen & Towels
-Euro/American to UK Electric adaptors
Locally 3 minutes walk to have Westfields Shopping Centre The largest urban shopping centre in Europe with 250 stores (including a designer Village) 50 restaurants & a multiplex cinema. with numerous stores as well as a large supermarket. You will find a wealth of Restaurants catering for every conceivable taste only a few minutes walk away. Local bars & pubs are plentiful & all within minutes walk away. Minutes walk away is Holland Park & Nottinghill with numerous bars & restaurants.
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Strictly no smoking
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Reviews for this host's other properties
We gladly join the previous guests in their positive comments about this place.
Everything was as described. We highly recommend this clean, well equipped studio to those who value other things that big space when staying in London.
The location is very good - 15 min. by tube to the center and away from the crowds of tourists. We crowned every day with a good-night drink in one of the local pubs in local atmosphere. And we loved the hosts, Boris and his wife.
Boris has a lovely home. As soon as I arrived I was impressed by the gated forecourt and potted plants in perfect place. The room is exactly as you see on the photos; it's inviting, quiet and well appointed. I loved the bed; it was firm yet soft and super comfortable to sleep in. The bathroom is super modern and the whole apartment is very clean. The house is five minutes walk away from Hammersmith Train Station and all the amenities you could ever want. All told, it was a short yet perfect stay thanks to Boris' place. I highly recommend him.
Very nice, small apartment with very good service.
A beautiful flat with all of the facilities that it must to have in a very good comunicated place with four underground lines and some buses lines too in just 3 minutes walking. The flat has a daily clean up service. There are a lot of servicies, shops and restaurants or pubs very close. We've enjoied a lot our stay.
A nice stay in a nice little apartment. The nearby metro station can be reached in just a few minutes and give you the opportunity in every direction from London to arrive. Also within walking distance are numerous shops and a shopping center for daily errands available.
Thank you for a nice stay in London and a warm welcome in Hammersmith!
Solely the big construction site opposite the house we did not like, but this the owner's fault.
Ein schöner Aufenthalt in einer netten kleinen Wohnung. Die nahegelegene U-Bahn-Station ist in nur wenigen Gehminuten erreichbar und gibt die Gelegenheit in alle Richtungen von London zu gelangen. Ebenfalls in wenigen Gehminuten sind zahlreiche Geschäfte und ein Einkaufszentrum für die täglichen Besorgungen vorhanden.
Wir danken für einen schönen Aufenthalt in London und einen herzlichen Empfang in Hammersmith!
Einzig und allein die große Baustelle gegenüber vom Haus hat uns gestört, aber hierzu kann der Eigentümer ja nichts.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
The accommodation in Hammersmith, I can happily recommend. It is very conveniently located, close to three subway lines and a central bus station. It is almost impossible. The service is very friendly and simple, the rooms are clean and well maintained. The only restriction: For noise-sensitive guests the rooms are on the street side, not likely, unless schnalldichteren windows are installed. But who in the city's long road, is nevertheless fall within the deserved sleep.
Reiner Schübel
Die Unterkunft in Hammersmith kann ich gerne weiterempfehlen. Sie ist sehr verkehrsgünstig gelegen, nahe an drei U-Bahnlinien und einer zentralen Busstation. Besser geht es kaum. Der Service ist überaus freundlich und unkompliziert, die Zimmer sind über sauber und gepflegt. Einzige Einschränkung: Für lärmempfindliche Gäste sind die Zimmer auf der Straßenseite nicht geeignet, solange keine schnalldichteren Fenster eingebaut werden. Wer aber lange in der Stadt unterwegs ist, wird dennoch in den verdienten Schlaf fallen.
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Boris and his wife were very nice and helpful during our time there. Our flat was clean, really cute and well equipped. The kitchen was fully furnished.
It was really close to the shopping centre and to the tube station.
I recommend it to any visitors!
Thanks again to Boris and to his wife!
Beautiful, clean accommodation in a central location.
Very nice landlord, it would not hesitate to book again.
Schõne, saubere Unterkunft in zentraler Lage.
Sehr nette Vermieter, würde es jederzeit wieder buchen.
The room/appartment was quite small, but very lovely. The kitchen was well equipped and we really enjoyed the TV and the Wifi-access. We were surprised that you even offered a room-cleaning-service which gave our stay a luxurious touch.
The appartment was approx. 3 minutes from the Hammersmith-underground-station which made traveling to central London very nice and comfortable.
We'd love to come and stay with you again!
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Since Ted Nugent is either dead or in jail so that live performances of "Cat Scratch Fever" have been eradicated from the face of this planet, it is niaou time to suggest some homeopathic remedies.
Dubious can also resume his indulgences because Lent is over for the year.
Excerpts from Practical Herbalism
Catnip is one of the traditional cold and flu remedies. It is an excellent diaphoretic, and its ability to induce sleep while producing perspiration without increasing the heat of the system makes it a valuable drink in every case of fever.
As a carminative with antispasmodic properties, the herb also eases any stomach upsets, dyspepsia, flatulence, and colic. Its sedative action on the nerves adds to its generally relaxing properties.
Catnip is one of the most popular herbs in stress formulas where it is included for its sedative effect. Perhaps the most popular use of catnip is as an herbal tea consumed just before bedtime. It has a very long list of folk uses which is understandable since it is often difficult to get a good night's sleep in today's fast paced world.
Catnip contains aromatic compounds that have a sedative effect, relieve smooth muscle spasms and induce sweating.

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'Mad Money' Lightning Round: Blackstone Is a Buy
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Friday night:
Energy Transfer Partners
Stifel Financial
The Blackstone Group
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Armour Residential
Sprint Nextel
F5 Networks
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To watch replays of Cramer's video segments, visit the Mad Money page on CNBC.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/85992
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- Title
- A unified deep-to-shallow water wave-breaking probability parameterization
- Author(s)
- Filipot, Jean-Francois; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Babanin, Alexander V.
- Abstract
- Breaking probabilities and breaking wave height distributions (BWHDs) in deep, intermediate, and shallow water depth are compared, and a generic parameterization is proposed to represent the observed variability of breaking parameters as a function of the nondimensional water depth. In intermediate and deep water, where waves of different scales may have markedly different breaking probabilities, a BWHD as a function of wave frequency is proposed and validated with intermediate-depth and deep water observational data. The current study focuses on waves with frequencies between 0.55 and 3.45 times the peak frequency fp. For the dominant frequency, the integration of the frequency-dependent BWHD provides a breaking probability that reproduces the known threshold-type behavior of the breaking probability for dominant waves. In shallow water, the present breaking statistics parameterization is consistent with other independent formulations validated by shallow water-breaking observations.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
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- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115 (Apr 2010)
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- 2010
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0404 Geophysics; 0909 Geomatic Engineering
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- Breaking probabilities; Breaking wave height distributions; Shallow water; Wave breaking; Wave height
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- American Geophysical Union
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RB Keeper Overviews
It's been a few weeks since I broke out my QB Keeper Overviews here, and it's already time to update them. But before I do that I'm going to try to bang out the other key positions within the next week and catch completely up.
Next up, it's the RBs.
At first glance, while there is good depth, I notice a little bit of a void when it comes to true studs at the position. So if you're in a keeper league that retains only 3-4 players, I advise your approach your keepers much like you should have been approaching a standard redraft league the last two years: don't take a RB just because he's a RB and take the best players, period. Keep in mind, of course, the pool of attractive options will increase after the draft.
That said about the lack of quality at the top, I'm personally ranking some young guys who I do think are for real very high, even though they've really only "done it" for one year.
Let's take a look at the top guys.
There aren't many RBs who are clearly their team's workhorse, so if you have one on your team, and he's a young stud, then […]


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Take heart!! I have had 4 children, (the baby is 2 mos now) and I still hear what I should and shouldn't be doing. Unfortunately I don't have a reply for the unsolicited comments except to smile and say, "Well, they're all healthy and happy so I must be doing something right!" That lets them know that you get the advice but you are confident enough to know that you're making good decisions for your children.
As for solids, I have always started about 4mos, but with our new baby, I am thinking of holding off until he is 6mos, we are planning on having a garden, and I can't wait to give vegetables we have grown ourselves. I made babyfood when the others were babies but I started solids with them earlier. I would like to see how BF exclusively goes with this one. If I see he is looking to try our foods, then I will introduce sooner but I would like to give this a shot. This is our last baby and I want to do things differently. Besides, I am home now (no longer working) and BF exclusively (no cereal or juice until at least 6mos) seems like the right thing to do this time around. You learn with every baby!! I feel like now that this our last, I just might be getting it right!! I am sure when my DD is grown (only 6 now) I will have lots of unsolicited advice for her!!
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State announces work on Maui roads this week
The state Department of Transportation announced that roadwork on Hana and Honoapiilani highways will occur this week in the following areas:
* There will be a single-lane closure on Hana Highway in the eastbound direction between Milepost 10.4, in the vicinity of Garden of Eden, and Milepost 16, in the vicinity of Keanae Peninsula Road, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today through Friday for slope stabilization work.
* Ocean erosion repairs will continue on Honoapiilani Highway in the area of Launiupoko State Park, shifting lanes mauka. Speed limits are reduced in the work zone. Motorists are advised to expect delays.
* The right lane of the northbound Honoapiilani Highway between Lower Honoapiilani Road and Leialii Parkway will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today through Friday for utility installations.
* Pavement resurfacing will cause alternating single-lane closures in both directions on Honoapiilani Highway between Olowalu Village Road and Maalaea Boat Harbor Road from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. through Friday. Traffic will be contraflowed using the open lane. Motorists are advised to anticipate delays.


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For Immediate Release
October 23, 2012 (Revised 11/16/12)
Illinois State Board of Education announces hearings for FY 2014 budget development
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education's Finance and Audit Committee is hosting a series of budget hearings to gather public input as the Board prepares its Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) education budget recommendation for the Governor and General Assembly. The first hearing will take place immediately after the Oct. 29 Board meeting at Southland Charter School in Richton Park.
"The past several years have seen nearly $1 billion in state cuts to the K-12 education budget; cuts that challenge our board's fundamental mission to ensure every child is prepared to succeed in college and career," said State Board of Education Chairman Gery J. Chico. "We have advocated for funding increases in the past and will be working harder than ever this year to carefully craft and advocate for a budget that serves the more than 2 million public school students in this state who are counting on us."
Consistent with The National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting principles, Illinois requires state agencies to use a `Budgeting for Results' model to establish spending priorities, meet goals and deliver excellent services and value to taxpayers. To meet the Budgeting for Results requirements, first implemented by law in FY12, hearing participants are asked to provide the following information when presenting their FY 2014 budget requests to the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee:
- Outcomes: What outcomes will the funding allotment achieve?
- Measures: What are the measurable results of these outcomes?
- Value: What is the value of the outcomes?
- Historicals: What outcomes have been achieved in the past?
- Moving forward: How does your organization plan to improve the value of services it provides using funding and other resources?
The priorities and goals of local citizens and education partners are crucial for committee members to consider as they develop a budget with scarce resources. Budgeting for Results calls on every state agency to make the case for its budget based on its success delivering results and value to the people of Illinois.
The ISBE has continued to advocate for increased state funding in recent years while experiencing an overall drop of $861 million from FY09 to Fiscal Year 2013 through the state budget-making process. State Board of Education members note that it's important to put Illinois' education funding in context with the rest of the nation.
"Illinois ranks near the bottom in the nation in terms of state support for elementary and secondary education and maintains a heavy reliance on local resources to fund schools," said Jim Baumann, Chair of the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee. "Those local resources have also dwindled due to the national and state recession, forcing schools to make difficult decisions such as cutting staff, increasing class sizes, cutting extra curriculum, and even core curriculum resources that help students succeed in the classroom and beyond. The need to resolve this funding crisis grows each year."
Local resources have historically made up the greatest portion of education funding in Illinois as seen below:
The FY13 State Budget for Pre-K-12 education totals $6.5 billion, an overall reduction of $209.6 million from FY12 appropriation levels. Affected programs include:
- $161.3 million (3.6 percent) reduction in General State Aid
- $24.9 million (7.7 percent) reduction in Early Childhood
- $12 million (45.6 percent) reduction in Illinois Free Lunch/Breakfast
- $2.8 million (30 percent) reduction in Alternative Learning/Regional Safe Schools
- $2.05 million (14.6 percent) reduction in Truant Alternative and Optional Education
- $1.3 million (81.5 percent) reduction in Children's Mental Health Partnership
Those who are unable to attend one of the five public hearings are encouraged to email any guidance or feedback to ISBE at: email@example.com. The public budget hearings for Fiscal Year 2014 will be conducted at the follow dates and locations:
- Monday, Oct. 29 – Immediately following board meeting – Richton Park – Southland Charter School
- Monday, Nov. 5 – 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Champaign – Champaign Public Library
- Thursday, Nov. 15 – 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Grayslake – University Center, College of Lake County, G Room 145
- Friday, Nov. 16 – 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Chicago – ISBE Video-conference, James R. Thompson Center, Room 16-504, 100 W. Randolph St. (Revised Room)
- Monday, Nov. 19 – 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Granite City – Granite City High School (Revised Time)
The Illinois State Board of Education's Finance and Audit Committee conducts public hearings each year to gather opinions about the education needs and priorities at the local level as they prepare the following year's education budget. The Board generally recommends an education budget in January, several months prior to any General Assembly action on the next fiscal year's budget. The Board can only make a recommendation. The Governor and legislators must determine how to generate revenue and set the final budget.
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This West Coast Real Housewife yelled at her kid for not having a smile on her face when a pap was taking their photo
Queenie – Why do you say Kyle is unlikeable. Her laugh sometimes gets on my nerves, but for the most part, she is the most down to earth one of the show. Carlton gives her hell because of some comments she has made, but Brandi can make a similar comment and it is OK. Carlton is GROSS!ReplyCancel
@tennis peach – because she is incredibly two-faced. And I have a long memory – she was really mean to Camille in the first series, then in the second series when she hid Brandi's crutches … I mean, who would do such a horrible thing?
Brandi is cheap and nasty. Carlton is dispicable … I think she's trying to be 'edgy' but instead comes off as being incredibly weird. And as for her love of all living things … well, clearly she's not who she says she is as she happily wears leather and eats meat. She's a bonafide weirdo.
I think the most likable of them all this season is Joyce (although her dizziness does my head in – like at the shooting range, where she should've just shut up and listened to the guy) … she has a heart of cold. I know Lisa is most peoples' favorite but I've always found her a bit bitchy.
I liked Adrienne – and her lifestyle is what kept me tuned in for previous seasons … I want to see their lovely homes and lifestyles, not some weird witch's sex antics.ReplyCancel
Kyle is nasty…that's who it is I bet.
I can't stand Joyce. I think I dislike Joyce more than Kyle. She's so annoying, and I hope they don't keep her. I thought she was attractive at first, but for some reason…she's become unattractive to me. She's so self-absorbed and makes every story someone is telling, about her. That's a HUGE insecurity. There's nothing worse than a self-absorbed, selfish person who thinks they're so loving, giving and kind.ReplyCancel
She's not the brightest crayon in the box, sure, but I think she's a lovely person and her husband seems really nice too … they're relatable. And for someone who English is a second language she does pretty well I think.
I can't believe more wasn't said about Brandi lying to Gigi about Joyce being jealous of her looks at Yoyo's dinner party (as if! She loves good looking women – it's her business!). Hopefully that'll come out in the reunion … will be fun watching Brandi try to backpeddle her way out of an explanation for that.ReplyCancel
@crila16 I know what you mean but I don't think that's her intention – I see it that she tries to empathize with someone's situation by offering up something similar she went through, to make them feel better.
I hope the producers fire Carlton at the end of this series – she brings nothing to the show and doesn't even turn up for most things – and Brandi too … they need to up the ante and get some rich Beverly Hills housewives (that actually live in Beverly Hills – not Bel Air like Kyle, Malibu like Yolanda, Calabasas like Brandi, and BH Post Office like Lisa) … but the problem is, the really genuinely wealthy women wouldn't be seen dead on a show like this, especially as the storylines all seem to center on fights that most people recall from high school.ReplyCancel
YoFo my love was hysterical during that self defense class! And tap! tap! more! more! is my new jam.
Joyce needs a haircut more than anybody I've ever seen in real life.
Carlton is a fakey fakerson of major proportions. She can be voted off the island and I wouldn't miss her.ReplyCancel
@Sugar… Ive yet to catch that show even tho yesterday I was channel surfing and lo behold there is jon gosselin and looky tayl taylor armdtrong.. I was loling to myself a little. So anyone who is kicked off a reality show is taken in at couples therapy huh?ReplyCancel
Queenie what a top notch assessment!! I thought it was just me .. carlton weirds me out! Brandi used to be my bitch but I'm not feeling her this season for some reason. Joyce seems ok.. I dont feel one way or the other for her. I like Lisa because shes a sneaky little bitch and probably the most clever out of the bunch. I also really really like the dutch? Chick with lymes disease. She is probably the most real out of the bunch. She don't give a fuck. I like that!! Kyle and her boring ass sister need to be kicked off. They both bore me to teara.ReplyCancel
Yoyce does look like a Jackie to me too! Brandi is over the top this season, hope she gets it together, it's not attractive or sympathetic her acting out. She needs to stop giving Yoyce ammunition. I think she really is in pain and hope she finds some peace.
Carlton really doesn't have a place on the show..Next! She's trying too hard. Don't find either her or her husband attractive, so all the build up about their romper room turns my stomach.
I can't see Kyle chastising her kid to smile at the paps. They've been in Hollywood too long. Kyle is many things, and one of them is a great mom. She's not even one of my favs.
More likely it was Taylor or Vicki, trying to get Briana to stop scowling.
I like Joyce's husband, he's a gentleman. I will never warm to Joyce. I do admire they seem to have a strong bond.ReplyCancel
I'm in the it's not Kyle camp but if it was she would probably yell at Sophia. The poor kid is 13 and clearly doesn't want to be in front of the camera. The Richards come from a stage mom family so you never know. I cannot stand Carlton. We get it you're a Wiccan that wants everyone to believe you're screwing the nanny. Also you are emaciated. Maybe she's the one that yelled at her daughter?
I don't mind Yolanda but get a stepford wife vibe her husband worship is a bit over the top.
I think Kim is off the booze, but on some serious pills. Remember when she was talking to Paul about the multitude of pills she was poppin? I think this is Kyle because she loves to control everything, including her kids. I felt bad for her daughter that didn't want to walk in the fashion show. Kyle was all like, "My mother, yadda , yadda. It's all about me." Poor kid. Let her be.ReplyCancel


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Recent Projects
To date, more than 650 Crisis Corps Volunteers have served in over 40 countries in Latin America , Africa , the Pacific, Asia , and Eastern Europe and 272 have been deployed domestically. Below are snapshots of Crisis Corps projects around the world in the areas of:
- HIV/AIDS Initiative
- Natural Disaster Relief and Reconstruction
- Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Post-Conflict Relief and Reconstruction
- 1 HIV/AIDS Initiative
- 2 Natural Disaster Relief and Reconstruction
- 3 Humanitarian Assistance
- 4 Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation (DPM)
- 5 Post-Conflict Relief and Reconstruction
- 6 External Links
HIV/AIDS Initiative
Crisis Corps has been an integral part of Peace Corps' HIV/AIDS Initiative since it was launched in 2000. More than 140 CCVs have worked in 15 countries on HIV/AIDS assignments. In addition to peer education and health-focused positions, assignments have focused on projects that range from information technology to television production to Home Based Care to Orphans and Vulnerable Children to NGO development and sustainable agriculture. CCVs provide consultant-level, targeted experience to organizations that need help with a particular program or lack of expertise that PCVs cannot provide. With the advent of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Crisis Corps has seen increased numbers of HIV/AIDS assignments. Crisis Corps expects the number of these assignments to continue to grow through additional PEPFAR programming.
A few recent highlights include:
In Quito, CCVs worked with INNFA to develop HIV/AIDS prevention programs at the national level, oriented to the vulnerable groups such as children, teens, and youth between the ages of 12-17. They developed programs, materials, age-appropriate communication instrument strategies, and outreach campaigns targeting underprivileged children, teens, and youth in marginalized sectors. The CCVs designed the methods and tools to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the proposal and coached INNFA staff and collaborators in training methodology.
While in Ghana , a team of CCVs worked as HIV/AIDS Education Consultants with World Education through the teacher training colleges to implement a national HIV/AIDS curriculum. The Window of Hope program focuses on long term training and behavior change through peer education for teachers and students. The CCVs provided ongoing coaching, mentoring, and support to the tutors administering the curriculum. The Volunteers were also able to bring ideas on how best to adapt to certain difficult situations and provide training on how to identify local resources.
A recent CCV worked with Jamaica AIDS Support (JAS), a local NGO in Kingston, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, as a Human Resource Development Specialist volunteer. JAS works primarily in the areas of education, care, support, and advocacy targeting groups considered to be at high risk. The CCV worked with the NGO on organizational restructuring, the development of a business plan, and the deployment of additional human resources.
One CCV worked as a trainer for improved food and nutrition with the National Association for People Living with HIV in Malawi. Because households that are directly affected by HIV suffer from marked reduction in agricultural production and income generation and, ultimately, a decline in food and nutrition security, NAPHAM requested a CCV to help members to produce enough of the right quality of foods and to know how to utilize those foods for optimal health. The CCV worked to integrate food and nutrition information throughout all NAPHAM programs.
A team of six CCVs headed to Namibia in 2005 to work with the National Health Training Center as Video Conferencing Trainers working with HIV/AIDS prevention committees. The CCVs focused on supporting in-service training efforts on HIV/AIDS by training and providing support to staff who operate digital video conferencing equipment. Additionally, CCVs worked with NHTC staff to formulate a national plan for use of digital video conferencing to communicate with health institutions throughout the country, developed training guidelines and simplified manuals on the use and maintenance of equipment, and developed and maintained a system to monitor and evaluate the use of the technology.
Successful partner organizations with Crisis Corps in HIV/AIDS
Africare, the Government of Suriname, World Education, Malawi Children's Village, International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering, INNFA, CARE International, World Vision, East African Development Communication Foundation, Marie Stoppes, Togelese Red Cross.
Natural Disaster Relief and Reconstruction
Crisis Corps began as a means for the Peace Corps to provide targeted assistance in the aftermath of natural disasters. Since its inception, Natural Disaster Relief and Reconstruction has grown to be the largest Crisis Corps program area, encompassing 380 assignments internationally and 272 domestically. Crisis Corps Volunteers fill a unique role in the relief and reconstruction process, by participating in medium and long term rebuilding efforts, often remaining in assignments after first-responders have completed their work and media attention has waned. Volunteers in disaster relief and reconstruction have worked in a variety of assignment areas and geographic locations.
The following are examples of recent projects:
Tsunami Relief
Focused on long-term, sustainable development, the Crisis Corps volunteers have offered relief in two of the countries most severely impacted by the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The volunteers contributed their time and energy to rebuilding and reconstruction.
27 Crisis Corps Volunteers worked with partners in the areas of Resource Development, Shelter Construction, Water and Sanitation, Carpentry, Information Technology, NGO Development, Small Business Development, and Post Trauma Mental Health. Among the many contributions these CCVs made are the construction of a water treatment plant that will produce safe, reliable drinking water for approximately 1,800 people, residing in three villages and a new playground that will help children affected by the tsunami have a healthy and safe place to play.
Sri Lanka
Crisis Corps established an independent program in Sri Lanka in the absence of a Peace Corps program in the country in response to the tsunami. 25 Crisis Corps volunteers were deployed to work with local and international partners in the hard hit southern coastal and eastern regions of the country. CCV assignments focused on Shelter and Water System Design and Construction, NGO Advising, Community Health, and Livelihood Restoration. Through their various assignments, volunteers improved coordination among international non-governmental organizations and supported local governments in managing coordination at the municipal level. Their assignments varied, from working in internally displaced persons camps to providing educational and recreational activities to camp residents. Additionally, Crisis Corps volunteers with engineering backgrounds applied their skills to make significant improvements in infrastructure — from building and road reconstruction to transitional housing design.
United States
Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August 2005, 272 Crisis Corps volunteers served domestically on relief efforts in the Gulf States through an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F EMA ). The deployment of volunteers within the United States is a historic first for the Peace Corps.
Responding to the serious damage that Hurricane Iris inflicted upon the southern regions of Belize in the fall of 2001, five Crisis Corps Volunteers worked with the Toledo District Education Management Team on post-hurricane reconstruction efforts to rebuild and hurricane-proof schools and houses in rural Mayan communities.
El Salvador
25 Crisis Corps Volunteers worked with international and local NGOS in the areas of water sanitation, health education training, housing construction, training in post-traumatic stress management, and disease control in response to two earthquakes that struck the country in the beginning of 2001.
Successful partner organizations with Crisis Corps in Relief and Reconstruction
Asian Institute for Technology, Habitat for Humanity, International Organizations for Migration (IOM), Kuk Kak Administrative District ( Thailand ), World Vision, and Tsunami Volunteers.
Humanitarian Assistance
Since Crisis Corps' inception, nearly 100 volunteers have focused on Humanitarian Assistance. Humanitarian Assistance is Crisis Corps' broadest program area; however, projects must meet a critical and discrete need identified in the host country. Past assignments have included providing technical expertise to food security and food for work programs, health promotion and training, strategic planning and public policy, and program development and assessment.
Below is a snapshot of recent projects:
Volunteers are working in partnership with the World Food Program with internally displaced individuals (IDP) and with vulnerable populations. Previous Crisis Corps Volunteers have worked in partnership with the American Refugee Committee, the International Rescue Committee, and the World Food Program on projects with refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Crisis Corps has teamed up with the World Food Program to assist with the collection and analysis of field data from the program. The data was collected and analyzed and a reporting system was developed in order to maintain accurate records and provide a basis for future monitoring.
CCVs in Jamaica have completed a wide range of tasks. A few examples include bringing potable water systems to rural areas, providing technical expertise to the Jamaican Association for the Deaf in translation training and curriculum development, and providing program and operations development to host country NGOs.
A Humanitarian Assistance CCV responsible for the coordination of community health programs at the American Refugee Committee worked with the Burmese refugee population.
Successful partner organizations with Crisis Corps in Humanitarian Response
American Refugee Committee, Children and Communities fro Change, the International Rescue Committee, Jamaican Association for the Deaf, and the World Food Program.
Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation (DPM)
Crisis Corps recognizes that many natural disasters are cyclical and therefore may be anticipated. By assisting countries in preparing for natural disasters, Crisis Corps can help reduce the level of destruction caused by a weather related events or prevent further damage after an event has occurred.
The following are examples of recent DPM projects:
As the rural population of Jamaica increases and low income levels force ad-hoc housing that cannot stand extreme weather conditions, hurricane damage in Jamaica has risen dramatically with the increased frequency of storms. Crisis Corps Volunteers have advised government institutions and local NGOs on ways to improve their ability to withstand future hurricanes and tropical storms.
Federated States of Micronesia
Crisis Corps Volunteers entered Micronesia in response to a devastating cyclone which caused several landslides resulting in loss of gardens for many families. Volunteers initiated studies to measure further land slippage and planted deep rooted trees on contour lines of the areas of slippage and worked with farmers to cultivate and distribute seedlings for both a food source as well as means of stabilizing the land.
Crisis Corps volunteers teamed up with UNICEF and the Malawi Ministry of Health to reduce the severity of the cholera season in Malawi over previous years. Volunteers assisted in the distribution of supplies, performed assessments and reached out to cholera affected communities an aggressive educational program.
Working with the Partners of the Americas , a CCV retrofitted public buildings and provided trainings for new building techniques that would better withstand extreme weather.
Successful partner organizations with Crisis Corps in Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation
Jamaican Ministry of Water and Housing, UNICEF and Partners of the Americas.
Post-Conflict Relief and Reconstruction
Crisis Corps has operated post-conflict relief programs in countries where the need is acute and Crisis Corps can operate effectively. As with all Crisis Corps assignments, the safety and security of volunteers must be considered a significant factor in project consideration.
Crisis Corps placed 20 Volunteers in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001. Volunteers worked in both Bosnia and the Republic of Serbia and assisted all three ethnic groups.
Assignments were varied and included working with municipal government projects to develop the court system's information technology infrastructure and to create agricultural brochures and handbooks for local cooperatives; developing law seminars with a set of proposed legal provisions as the product, privatization impact statements for the utility department and assistance to returned refugees; NGO development projects including economic and accounting advisors, business development advisors and a publication specialist. One Volunteer helped a women's group design and market Bosnian handicrafts.
External Links
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America unites after bombing
The bombing at the Boston Marathon succeeded in quieting the political debate. As Americans tend to do during these events they unite not as Republicans or Democrats but as concerned citizens.
Generally, outside of a few so-called "terrorism experts" the media performed well and responsibly. There was a modicum of finger pointing and the United States' opinion appeared solid in front of the world.
It served as a reminder that Americans of all political persuasions share more in common than differences. For most, the pain of those who lost loved ones or had some wounded was their sorrow as well.
Even those usually not inclined temporarily rejoiced in the victories of the Red Sox. From shock to resolution, Americans united in their response to terror, and despite the off-expressed opinion that the world stands against us, our allies tripped over themselves to stand behind our country.
The Russian Federation, itself a victim of this form of terror, offered to help the United States.
Perhaps it is instructive for the United States that not all agitators against a foreign government are benign. The revolt in Chechnya and Georgia received favorable press in some American publications. Perhaps we will now see all terrorists as equally against us as they are their primary target. There is some evidence that Russian intelligence tried to warn the FBI about the two bombing suspects. Again not all rebels are freedom fighters. Certainly Bin Laden, who received U.S. aid in his fight against the Soviet Union, is an example of the folly of embracing "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Also it serves to mute those who were so eager to go into Syria without checking the roster. Better to go with those you know than reaching out behind a darkened door. As well, Libya is hardly a success story either. Best to allow civil wars to take their own course, before jumping to conclusions. Russia may have been covert about the motivation of those within their own boundaries.
But Vladimir Putin displayed generosity, refusing to engage in "I told you so" politics and offering police support. Having seen schools seized, buildings blown up and hostages taken by the Chechen terrorists, Putin was fully familiar with their techniques. Perhaps the Boston bombings were simply an act of lone wolves – but it is instructive to remember the origins of the bombers.
It is important to weigh events soberly before assessing blame. Woodrow Wilson's "moral diplomacy" is something that in matters such as terror should be discarded. It is terrorists trying to set powers against one another for selfish reasons.
It is incumbent for the United States to stand along with other established governments against forces of disorder. Giving a power such as China or the Russian Federation the benefit of the doubt would be a help to our nation as well.


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Kara Hoover was honored with the 2011 Outstanding Major in Japanese Award during Honors Day May 17 at North Central College.
Hoover is double-majoring in Japanese and Spanish at North Central College, where she participated in the College Scholars Honors Program. In fall 2011, she plans to study abroad at Kyoto Gakuen University in Kameoka, Japan. At North Central, she was among a group of students who studied abroad in China and Japan in fall 2009.
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This year's experience will help kids explore the unending love and friendship Jesus offers them. Jesus will always love us, and his friendship lasts forever.
A Little Peep's Preschool class is available for ages 3 and 5. Two-year-olds will be allowed to participate but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The elementary/middle school class will be divided into groups that will rotate stations.
The barn doors open at 9 a.m. with participants gathering for Moo-sic & More. The kids will travel the stations of Bible Adventures, Projects-With-a-Purpose, Hog Wild Games, Friendship Finale and end with a picnic lunch at 11:45 a.m. A children's offering received each day will go towards a special project that the kids will help select.
The closing will be held at 9 a.m. on June 9 as part of St. Peter's worship service, and all are invited to attend and see what the kids have learned and created.
A registration form is available at www.stpetersander.org or by calling the church office at 645-2922. Complete one form per child and send to the church office by May 26.
Walk-ins are welcome, but leaders would like to have the most accurate count for food and supply preparation.


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This week's reviews: Cleveland Browns on the Silver Screen
The Columbus Dispatch - April 11, 2014 09:59 AM
It is a new year, and optimistic Cleveland Browns fans wait with breathless anticipation to hear the name of the player they will take in the first round of the draft. It might be a quarterback; it might not be. But whoever is selected is the player that fans hope will lift the team out of the moat of despair in which they have languished for the last five decades or so.
Stop me if you have heard this one before.
Actually, this isn't the scouting report on the forthcoming NFL Draft. Rather, it is the plot of Draft Day, the latest movie from sports-film icon Kevin Costner.
Also starring Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella and Dennis Leary, Draft Day features many cameo appearances from sports personalities. While the movie is full of big names and intrigue, Draft Day doesn't have much action until the actual draft starts, according to critic Roger Moore.
"...for the casual fan and the casual moviegoer, it can be a bit of a melodramatic bore," Moore said in his review. "The ticking-clock thriller doesn't really get going until the teams are truly 'on the clock.'"
Costner carries the film, while some of his co-stars seem to be mailing it in.
"Costner and Garner are good, and Langella is properly menacing," Moore said in his review. "But Leary has lost his fastball and seems to be holding something back in his quarrel scenes with Costner."


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If you are interested in having a holistic childbirth, you will want to choose a midwife or doctor who understands and supports this, and encourages your active participation in making decisions and choices. (This can be challenging if your insurance coverage or the area where you live limits your choices.)
If you live in the United States, your choices for pregnancy and birth care providers are outlined below (in alphabetical order). In other countries, practice credentials might vary somewhat. In many countries, midwives provide care for almost all low-risk women, with obstetricians caring for women with risk factors.
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM). CNMs are registered nurses who have completed an accredited program of midwifery, typically at the master's level, and who have passed a national certification exam. CNMs generally attend births in hospitals or birth centers, but some may have homebirth practices.
Certified Midwife (CM). CMs are non-nurses who have completed an accredited program of midwifery, typically at the master's level, and who have passed the same national certification exam as CNMs. CMs are licensed to practice in some, but not all, states. CMs generally attend births in hospitals or birth centers, but some may have homebirth practices.
Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). A CPM is a midwife who has completed an accredited midwifery program or an alternative educational program such as an apprenticeship approved by the North American Registry of Midwives, and has passed a national certification exam. Unlike CNMs, CPMs do not prescribe medication. Each state licenses or otherwise regulates the practice of CPMs differently, and there are some states in which CPMs may not legally attend births. Click for state requirements [4]. CPMs generally attend births in homes or birth centers.
Family Practice Physician (FP). FP physicians are medical doctors or doctors of osteopathy [5] (DOs) who have completed medical school and a family medicine residency program. Physicians are licensed in all states. The Board Certification examination for FPs is optional and not a legal requirement of practice, although it may be required to work in most hospitals and practices. Not all FP physicians provide obstetric care. FP physicians generally attend births in hospitals. Very few attend homebirths.
Noncertified midwife. Noncertified midwives may be known by several titles, including traditional midwives or lay midwives. Educational backgrounds might vary since there is no certification agency to verify educational requirements or accreditation. Each state regulates the practice of noncertified midwives differently, and there are some states where noncertified midwives may not legally attend births. Click for state requirements [4].
Obstetrician (OB). OBs are medical doctors (MDs) or doctors of osteopathy (DOs) who have completed medical school and an obstetrics residency program. Physicians are licensed in all states. The Board Certification examination for OBs is optional and not a legal requirement of practice, although it may be required to work in most hospitals and practices. OBs generally attend births in hospitals or births centers. Very few attend homebirths.
You will want to research the provider's approach and philosophy. In some practices, you may be able to see the doctor or midwife you saw prenatally during your birth, in other practices, the doctor or midwife who is "on-call" will attend your birth. In this case, you will be attempting to determine the philosophy of the group, which can be difficult.
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services [6] (CIMS) is a coalition representing more than 50 organizations involved in various aspects of women's and children's health. CIMS has written guidelines for recognizing "mother-friendly" birthplaces and providers, as well as outlined a set of questions that parents can consider when choosing a midwife, doctor, or birthplace.
Additionally, check out the activity Questions for your Midwife or Doctor [7] that lists items to consider as you choose a provider.
Ask potential providers where they attend births. Providers are granted clinical privileges, which means they are given permission to work at hospitals and can only admit and care for patients at hospitals or birth centers where they hold privileges.
If you are planning a home birth, discuss how referrals might be made and where you would go if complications arose.
Investigate the potential hospitals or birth centers. Don't be attracted to the facility with the best wallpaper and artwork - you are interested in their support of a holistic approach to childbirth.
Additionally, check out the activity Questions for your Birthplace [8] to help you choose a hospital or birth center.
While only you can give birth to your baby, the support of those around you is very important.
Your family and friends may provide physical assistance and emotional reassurance, or help you communicate with your midwife or doctor. Several studies have shown that women who have good support have faster labors, use less pain medication, and have a decreased chance of having a cesarean section.
So, it makes sense to choose your support person [1] or people carefully. For many women, this will be their partner or husband, for others it might include other family members or friends, such as mothers, sisters, or friends. Each person included should be aware that they are there to provide support and help you, not just be a spectator, or to visit with each other.
Consider women whom you believe would do a good job of tuning in to your needs. If you have a good relationship with your mother or mother-in-law, their presence might be a wonderful addition at your birth, not only for the support they offer but for the opportunity to be present at the birth of their grandchild. However, if you have a troubled relationship with your mother or mother-in-law, having them at your birth might cause additional anxiety and should be avoided.
Discuss your plans carefully with your partner. Identify each other's goals and expectations. Consider how your partner can best help you. Is your partner supportive of a holistic approach to childbirth? Does he or she understand the benefits? How does he or she feel about supporting you through pain? Can your partner help advocate for you with hospital staff, midwives, or physicians? If your partner has assisted you during birth before, or has other children, how did things go last time?
You might often see the word "coach" associated with birth partners, but this might not be the best description of what you need. A coach is someone who is considered an expert at an event, who provides you with instructions and encouragement. Your birth partners do not need to be experts (although some knowledge is useful), nor do they need to tell you what to do. Yet their role in physical and emotional encouragement is invaluable.
Consider what help your partner needs. If your partner feels uncertain about providing assistance, discuss the possibility of finding a doula (see below) to assist as well.
Discuss how decisions are made in your family. Some women make their healthcare decisions on their own, while others include their partner in their decisions. In some families and cultures, the woman's partner is expected to play a larger role in decision-making. In other families, a family elder makes the final decisions. While there is no right or wrong way to do this, it is helpful to recognize how this process occurs in your family, and, if you will be receiving help in making your decisions, discuss your desires with those who will be involved.
If you include other family members or friends, do they support your plans for birth? What are their previous experiences of childbirth? Are they able to separate their experiences from yours? Ideally, friends or family members will be able to offer suggestions and physical and emotional support, drawing on any previous experiences, but recognizing that your experience will unfold differently.
Some women might also choose to include a professional doula, a person who has been educated to support women and their families during childbirth. Female family members or friends historically filled this role for women, especially before childbirth moved into the hospital.
When the shift to hospital first occurred, even a woman's husband was rarely allowed into the labor and delivery unit. Then the natural childbirth movement asserted the importance of support for laboring women and was instrumental in getting a woman's partner into the room. In most hospital settings today, women may have whomever they choose at their birth, and some women include their partners, family members or friends, and a professional doula to provide help and assistance.
In the United States, doulas may be certified through DONA International. While it might seem strange at first to include a person whom you do not know well in your birth, you will meet with your doula before birth and review your goals for birth with her. The doula will remain with you throughout your labor and birth, unlike labor nurses, midwives, or physicians who might care for more than one laboring woman at once or who might leave at the end of their shift.
Good doulas will provide support for your birth partner(s) as well, giving them tools and suggestions as they assist you. Doulas might also be known as monitrices, or simply as labor support professionals. More information about doulas, how to find one, and what questions to ask when considering a doula can be found at DONA's website [9].
Ginny changed caregivers at 34 weeks. She had developed gestational diabetes, and after implementing exercise and diet changes, she also began to focus on stress reduction by spending time each evening listening to music and verbalizing the emotions she felt during the day. With these changes, she was able to keep her blood sugar levels in a normal range. She wanted to continue her pregnancy focusing on wellness, but she felt that her first provider was unable to look beyond her new "high risk" status. Her provider noted that she was uncomfortable with some aspects of Ginny's wishes for her birth. So Ginny found a different obstetrician who was more comfortable integrating Ginny's focus on wellness despite her new diagnosis.
As Carrie began to get more in touch with how she viewed her new role, she began to wonder how she would react to Tina's support during labor. She wondered if she might feel pressured to take Tina's suggestions, especially since she had been emotionally and financially dependent on Tina. She knew she wanted Tina there, more than anyone else, but she knew that Tina had strong ideas about how things should be done and considered herself somewhat of an expert since she had already had two babies. It took a great deal of courage, but Carrie brought up this topic with her sister. Tina was receptive, and acknowledged that it was often hard to give up the big sister role and see Carrie as an independent person. Together, they decided to find a doula as well, someone who could add a perspective other than Tina's and support them both through labor. Tina called the doula to join them after they arrived at the hospital.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/social-support
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/health/thoughts-emotions/what-are-thoughts-emotions
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/relationships/nurture-your-relationships
[4] http://www.mana.org/statechart.html
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term30
[6] http://www.motherfriendly.org/
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/questions-your-midwife-or-doctor?popup
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/questions-your-birthplace
[9] http://www.dona.org/mothers/index.php
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/kathryn-leggitt-rnc-ms-cnm
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/deborah-ringdahl-dnp-rn-cnm
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/sample-birth-plans
[13] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/effective-birthing-positions
[14] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/questions-your-midwife-or-doctor
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/holistic-pregnancy-affirmation


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No ban on Barre gun showJanuary 09,2013
No ban on Barre gun show
Im a Barre native and have been a central Vermont businessman for 51 years and have been a gun owner since the age of 10. I was outraged after arriving home from work Friday evening to find that Mayor Thom Lauzon is planning to ban what he terms assault type weapons from the Barre gun show.
Thom Lauzon and the city of Barre have no legal right to infringe upon citizens Second Amendment rights and the commerce of gun sales. Im sick and tired of government at all levels diminishing our freedoms. Now, Im not saying he cant, because it appears that he has already thrown down that challenge and claims he has the right to do so.
I might agree with him if it was possible to ban felons and the mentally ill from the show. The knee-jerk overreaction to the Sandy Hook tragedy is over the top. These events were caused by a mother who bought weapons and trained her mentally ill son in their use and capabilities and she allowed him access to these guns even after she told him that she was going to have him committed. Additionally, her son felt that she cared more for the children at Sandy Hook, where his mother performed volunteer work, than she did for him.
Ninety-nine-plus percent of all gun owners are responsible and upstanding citizens, and the mayor plans to punish them because of the actions of this mother who displayed extremely poor judgment. If the mayor is somehow successful with his proposed ban, I would suggest that the gun dealers and the gun owners of Vermont, with the assistance of the NRA, sue the city of Barre. The gun owners of Barre City and throughout the state of Vermont should attend the Barre gun show and sign a pledge for financial support to fund such a lawsuit. Anyone in agreement with this should voice your opposition to the mayors proposed ban.
Dick Hutchins
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Reexamining the 60-year history of the Cold War and beyond - including the career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss affair, Ronald Reagan's challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall", the Gulf War, and our present war on terrorism - Coulter reveals how liberals have been horribly wrong in all their political analyses and policy prescriptions. She also examines how history, especially in the latter half of the twentieth century, has been written by liberals and, therefore, distorted by their perspective. Far from being irrelevant today, her clearheaded and piercing view of what we've been through informs us perfectly for challenges today and in the future.
With Slander, Ann Coulter became the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual of the year. Treason, in many ways an even more controversial and prescient book, will ignite impassioned political debate at one of the most crucial moments in our history.
©2003 Ann Coulter; (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
"Poison for political discourse"
I am writing this review as an unashamed liberal (card-carrying member of the ACLU) and someone who, despite Coulter's assertions, does really love my country. As a history teacher, I have also spent a fair amount of time thinking about the political traditions of this country. The changing arguments between liberals and conservatives has been basic to this tradition and when either of these mainstreams has become too dominant or has stopped listening to their opponents, the results have been damaging. By dismissing liberals as a group (as if THEY all think the same way any more than conservatives do), portraying them as anti-American and even as, well, TRAITORS, she is poisoning the political well of this discussion by encouraging her conservative readers to question the motives of anyone who disagrees with them.
I believe that if we can't have a healthy discourse within which people can disagree about difficult, complex issues like the proper response to terrorism, without resorting to tactics of the kind that this book is filled with, we are in deep trouble as a nation.
"A bizarre phenomenon"
Ann Coulter's work is one of those strange marketing stories of the new century. Virtually all her claims are consistently and throughly debunked, yet people continue buying her books! "Treason" is no exception. What you have here is vitriol without truth. Hate-speech without substance. Or, as it has been better said, "The sound and the fury, signifying nothing."
"Conservative Intellectual????"
I am astounded after reading this book that any one woud consider this author an "intellectual." Her deductions are wrong, her facts seem to be plucked from someone's inagination, and her totally unscholarly approach to this topic is offensive to the thinking reader.
This book is most certainly defined bast a "a waste of time, money and intellectual effort." My only consolation is that I got the book from a friend and was able to return it without paying the author. I would be ashamed to let another see this book on my shelf since the books one keeps define one's character.
I must caution the readers of this review that I am not a "conservative" or a "liberal." I am able to speak 8 languages and have lived on 4 continents for extened periods of time and this lends some balance, and internationalism to my view. This is a book with an agenda and that agenda is not truth nor wisdom but probably better summed up by title of Ms. Coulter's last book, Slander. If you love US magazine, Jerry Springer, WWE and hate the way the blacks and minorities are "taking over" you will love this book.
"Attention Condi, this is revisionist history"
On the surface Ms. Coulter appears to be an attractive young woman. Sadly beauty is only skin deep. In Treason Ms. Coulter attempts to do for a fairly complex half century of American political history what she tried to do to the profession of journalism in her last book Slander; namely, scatter a series of half truths and outright lies about individuals and events, with which she is clearly unfamiliar, throughout a test notable for its otherwise weak prose craft. Ms. Coulter relentlessly peddles a vindictive revisionist history in which tail-gunner Joe McCarthy saves the day from the Red Menace, while cowards like Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter betray the nation. I'm sorry but nice legs and a word processor do not a political historian make. Ms Culter will no doubt sell a lot of books but it does not make her any less a crank. She might also want to watch how she swings a loaded word like traitor around, one might note that presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Carter all served their nation honorably in the armed services as opposed to say, deserting their posts and running off to work on a political campaign in the midst of a war? just a thought.
"Another mindless rant."
As the public grows weary, the voice of many Conservative mouthpieces grows more and more shrill every day. This book is, unfortunately, no exception. It's full of far-fetched "connections" between "those wacko Liberals" and treason. The scapegoat is hardly novel. The tone of the book glaringly oversimplistic. The conclusions drawn are often simply wrong and universally insulting to liberals who are accused and everyone else who is expected to agree.
If more actual thought and care went into detailing the nature of treason, I would have been much more generous in my review. Many of the author's arguments are almost identical to all the other hyper-conservatives dittoing the exact same thoughtless prattle: Liberals are the cause of all evil.
Pass this book up and you will not miss anything. Pick it up and you can either be repulsed by the ignorance and intolerance being presented, or you can turn off your mind and repeat: All conservatives are right and all liberals are wrong. Sounds rather one-sided, right? So is this book.
Bob Simmons
"The latest volley in a massive smear campaign..."
This book doesn't surprise me. Released to coincide with Hillary Clinton's book this is just the latest example of the "Big Lie" phenomenon that any outrageous lie repeated often enough and loudly enough will begin to sound sensible to individuals. This book is the worst form of demogoguery. It is no accident our country prospered as it did during Clinton's administration. Despite his personal problems (sexual addiction), Mr. Clinton was a highly capable and effective leader for his country. When the right figured out they couldn't beat him at the polls they decided he must be destroyed at all costs.
"Useless try to rewrite history"
Simply amazing that this sort of garbage can get published.
"Too Much Vitriol and Not Enough"
In my review of Ms. Coulter's last book, Slander, I made it clear that although I didn't agree with many of her views, I was entertained by her intelligent humor. Unfortunately, in Treason, Coulter's naked hatred for all things liberal made listening to Treason tiresome.
Here are a few problems I have with Coulter's assertions in this book:
Nixon - Coulter blames his impeachment on liberals as a witch hunt for payback for his involvement in the ouster of communists during the 50's. My history is a little hazy but, wasn't he impeached for what HE did during HIS presidency and isn't he the only president in history to have resigned? But that's all liberals fault according to Coulter. She sounds like a democrat defending Clinton!
Carter - I hold Carter as an American hero. Carter is a true peacemaker who works tirelessly to better our world. Whether he is building homes for the homeless or trying to oversee elections where democracy is trying to spring forth in new places or working to arrive at peaceful settlements to problems anywhere in the world, Jimmy Carter is the face of the United States that I would like most the rest of the world to see. Not the war mongering Bushes. Coulter has nothing but insults for Carter in particular and peacemakers in general. Sorry Ann but it takes much more courage to take that long and arduous route to peace than it does to start a war.
Bush - everyday the evidence grows that Bush lied about and fabricated various facts about Iraq to pump up the populace for war. What is more treasonous, lying about an adulterous affair to cover one's butt or lying about WMD's to start a war resulting in thousands of deaths? Much of Coulter's support of Bush in Treason points to overwhelming poll numbers supporting attack. What if the "facts" presented by the Bush camp to prop up those poll numbers were falsified? Isn't that treason?
Treason is a disappointing follow-up to Slander.
"Coulter's a hack, even Time magazine saw it."
Just research the last page of this book, she's the liar.
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i think that it is cooler than i though it would look.:
I think we need a more clear image before deciding.
dont see anything
Yeah hes cool, its just the giant hill on his back >.< Wish he looked like a living version of the gedo mazo
I think i should have said what we see of it so far
i thought it looked cooler in the myths, before it had those weird spikes coming out of it..
Idc what it looks like, I just want to see it fight
i thinks it is epic lol thats why it got nice powers
It's cool
i hope it resembles a rabbit because i made a prediction a while back that it would
and it did look like it had big ears if you study it
I think it's ugly.
I think Kurama has met his match. It looks "different" that's all I can say.
I bet it's weird that the kyuubi and the Hachibi are looking at what they used to be.
I don't really care for it's design. I'm hoping it at least has some more facial features next chapter.
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Oven Roasted Artichokes with Anchovy Meyer Lemon Aioli
Recipe Summary
Recipe Servings: 4 servings
Recipe Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 30 minutes
4 large artichokes, about 3-4 inches across
2 medium lemons, sliced in half
1/4 cup Lucini® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
6 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 teaspoons salt, sea salt or Himalayan salt preferred
Freshly cracked pepper
1 recipe Anchovy Meyer Lemon Aioli
Preheat oven to 400.
Cut the stem of the artichoke so there is an inch or two remaining. Cut an inch off the spiky top of the leaves and tear off the tough outer leaves.
Take one half of the lemon and rub the inside flesh of the lemon on the cut surfaces and around the outside where you removed the leaves. Then cut the artichokes in half from top to stem. Using a sharp paring knife or a spoon; scrape out the fuzzy interior that sits inside the heart and about 2 layers of the very inside leaves. Rub this with lemon as well and place them all on a baking sheet.
Squeeze the lemon juice into a bowl (removing any seeds) and mix in the oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture in between the leaves over the cut interior. Lay the artichokes cut side down on the baking sheet and coat the outer leaves in oil that has dripped onto the pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until the heart is nice and tender.
Serve immediately with the Meyer lemon aioli, or without is just fine!
Tips & Notes~
If you let the cut portions of the artichoke sit too long without rubbing with lemon juice they will oxidize and turn bitter. Also if you have a bit more time you can add some fresh herbs to the recipe. Thyme, parsley, basil or oregano would work well.
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CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC OPEN TIMEAPPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ORDER COUNCIL AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION PRESENTATIONS 1. Congratulations to Mayor Berman on the completion of his year as Mayor. 2. Commendation and Thanks to Mayor Berman and Vice Mayor Marshall for Over 25 Years of Combined Service to the City of Mill Valley. CONSENT CALENDAR:
3. Warrants--$ 1,189,104.02. Recommended Action: Approve paying expenses authorized by the adopted City Budget. 4. Consideration of the Minutes of the October 7, 2013 and November 18, 2013 Regular City Council Meetings. Recommended Action: Approve the October 7, 2013 and November 18, 2013 Regular City Council Meeting minutes. 5. Consideration of Budget Adjustment and Authorization of the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement with the Friends of Field, Inc. for Reimbursement of Field Renovation Costs. Recommended Action: Authorize budget adjustment and execution of the agreement. 6. Authorization of a 4% Performance Bonus for the City Manager Pursuant to Terms of the City Manager's Employment Agreement. Recommended Action: Authorize performance bonus. 7. Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Final Map for the Laurelwood Condominiums and Authorize the City Clerk to Sign the Map Certification. Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 13-___. NEW BUSINESS 8. Consideration of a Resolution Approving and Declaring the Results of the November 5, 2013 General Municipal Election. Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 13-___. 9. Welcome and Administration of the Oath of Office to Newly Elected Councilmembers John McCauley and Jessica Jackson. MAYORAL TRANSITION 10. Election of City Council Officers; Mayor and Vice Mayor. Recommended Action: Elect a new Mayor and Vice Mayor. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS None. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS None. COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION - An opportunity for Councilmembers to report on activities of the local and regional governmental bodies upon which they serve. ADJOURNMENT – To the next Regular City Council meeting which will be held on Monday, January 6, 2014. **Please note a Reception will be held for the Council directly after the adjournment of the Regular City Council Meeting. **
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Well it's been a while, but I felt the need to fill this spot this week.
First off, my sincerest condolences to the family of four-year-old Andrew Clemons. In no way do I know the grief and pain they are going through right now, but one thing is for sure - it sure makes me want to hold tight and appreciate the little ones in my life a whole lot more.
Speaking of little ones, it has been a year since our youngest granddaughter graced us with her presence. And from that little baby who barely made a sound, she has grown into something that I can only best describe as the Energizer Bunny.
You never know where you are going to find her - unless of course she decides to babble or make the blood-curdling screams that she so loves so much.
It has been many years since I have had a baby or small child around and I have to admit that I have forgotten many things.
For instance…cherished items need to be placed at least three to four feet off the ground - until she gets a little taller - then they go higher.
Secondly, cupboard doors need to have childproof gadgets on them to prevent smashed baby fingers.
Thirdly, close doors to rooms that you don't want a one-year-old crawling into - including the room housing the cat's litter box. Luckily we haven't experienced her sifting through the cat box.
Also on the list…if you have those informational magnets with telephone numbers on your refrigerator you better plan on not having them for very long.
We had, and I say had, two of them but both have been ripped in half. Thankfully I have the necessary numbers elsewhere.
Baby slobber, teething, runny noses and of course, diapers, are other things that I had pushed to the far recesses of my mind, as well as what a challenge it can be to feed baby food to a one-year-old.
But there is the cute side - teaching her to talk, watching her crawl as fast as she possibly can while chasing the cat through the house only to have the cat take off like she's on fire when Holland gets close, making silly faces, and dancing.
No one makes fun of an adult who dances or makes faces with a baby. Or maybe they do and I just don't know about it.
Oh well. I've been made fun of before and I'm pretty sure it will happen again in my lifetime.
Until next time…take the time to love life.


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WikipediaRead full entry
Sepia bandensis
Sepia bandensis, commonly known as the stumpy-spined cuttlefish or dwarf cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish. Sepia baxteri and Sepia bartletti are possible synonyms. It reaches 7 centimeters in mantle length; males weigh about 40 grams, females 45 grams. The body is coloured light brown, or greenish yellow, with white spots on the head and short white bars on the dorsal mantle. The fins, of pale colour, have rows of small fluorescent blue spots.
Sepia bandensis lives in shallow coastal waters of the Philippines and Indonesia (Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, New Guinea and lesser islands), and probably also on the northern coast of Australia and the Marshall Islands. The holotype of the species was caught in Banda Neira, Indonesia. It is common in coral reef and sandy coast habitats, usually in association with sea cucumbers and sea stars.
Sepia bandensis "walks", rather than swims, using its arms and the flaps of the mantle.
- P. Jereb, C. F. E. Roper (editors) (2005). Cephalopods of the world. FAO species catalogue for fishery purposes. No. 4. Vol. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-105383-9. page 72.
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By Ruth Davis, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Denver County
How can you save time on lawn care chores, money on fertilizer, pay lower water bills and help the environment? By doing less and relaxing more in your garden!
The preferred lawn mowing height is 2 1/2 to 3 inches. Why? Grass at this length has more leaf area for photosynthesis resulting in more food production. This enables the plant to build deeper and healthier roots that are more drought, weed, insect and disease resistant. The extra shade from taller grass keeps soil cooler and discourages weed germination.
Instead of raking and disposing of cut grass from mowing, consider letting clippings lie on the lawn. Clippings break down quickly and encourage beneficial microorganisms and earthworms that digest thatch and maintain healthy soil.
Clippings from overly long grass can not be left on the lawn because they mat and smother the grass. Mow frequently enough that no more than one-third of the grass blade is removed. Grass plants undergo less stress when the amount clipped off is short compared to the amount remaining.
This may mean mowing every five days instead of waiting a full week when grass is growing fast in the spring. Studies show that it takes less overall time to mow more often and leave clippings on the lawn, compared to mowing weekly and bagging clippings.
If grass becomes excessively long between mowings, it will be necessary to bag or rake clippings to avoid matting on top of the lawn. Raked clippings can be recycled as a mulch in the garden or used in making compost.
Grass clippings are a free source of nitrogen that can substantially reduce by one-third to one-half the fertilizer you'll need to buy. Clippings also prolong the effects of any fertilization by returning nitrogen in an organic, slow-release form that promotes steady grass growth.
Maybe the best point in favor of not collecting clippings is that it eliminates bagging and hauling for people and trash trucks, saving both human and fuel energy. And couldn't we all do something else with this energy and time?
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When the going gets tough, we tend to seek out those people—and things—that give us the strength to be our best self. We yearn for the feeling that we've turned our lives around and are headed for better days.
Looking for the upside takes our mind off the down times. A positive attitude allows us forget, even for a while, the hardships that face us in many areas of our life.
Here is the ugly truth: We learn very little by being happy and content. We learn everything by being engaged with the realities of life, especially when it's hard, confusing, and difficult.
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American College Students Lack Preparation for STEM Degrees
"Every year in the United States, nearly 60 percent of first-year college students discover that, despite being fully eligible to attend college, they are not academically ready for postsecondary studies," concludes Beyond the Rhetoric, a report issued by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the Southern Regional Education Board in June 2010. They learn they must take remedial classes in English and math to succeed in their courses. Many other reports reach the same conclusion. For example, in the June 30 edition of OVAE Connection we noted that ACT estimated that 78 percent of high school graduates (not all of whom go to college) were not college-ready. The situation is even more alarming for those wanting to take the rigorous courses of study required for degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
In the July 7 issue of OVAE Connection we noted that college majors in these fields at the undergraduate level made up less than 20 percent of the degrees granted. This is no accident. High school graduates who need remedial college courses in mathematics are not ready to take the rigorous courses of study that degrees in the STEM fields require. Neither can these students aspire to be medical doctors, pharmacists, or members of other professions that require rigorous, advanced study of mathematics and science. To meet the projected demands of our economy, the United States will need to drastically increase the number of college aspirants who are capable of undertaking and succeeding in these academically demanding disciplines.
Why the emphasis on STEM? First, Americans' style of living and our strength as a nation depend on the innovation flowing from those engaged in the STEM disciplines. Second, individuals in the STEM professions have the ability to support themselves and their families quite well. Several studies have made these and similar points. One such is, Successful K-12 STEM Education, a recent report of the National Research Council, which, while citing the work of an earlier NRC committee, found: "The primary driver of the future economy and concomitant creation of jobs will be innovation, largely derived from advances in science and engineering …. 4 percent of the nation's workforce is composed of scientists and engineers; this group disproportionately creates jobs for the other 96 percent." Moreover, according to Successful K-12 STEM Education, an "increasing number of jobs at all levels—not just for professional scientists—require knowledge of STEM." Finally, intelligent citizenship increasingly requires knowledge of the STEM disciplines. Future issues of OVAE Connection will examine some of these studies in more detail.
Kelsey Miller and Felix Zhang
Kelsey Miller has joined the OVAE team as a volunteer student intern for the summer. She will be a senior this fall at Northern High School in Owings, Md. In addition to her engaging in her academic activities, she serves as the student member of the Calvert County Board of Education, a position to which she has twice been elected by her peers.
Miller is assisting OVAE in achieving its goals, mainly in the areas of incorporating STEM into adult education and presenting OVAE's platform and goals to international audiences. She has been playing the violin for nine years and plans to do so in college, where she hopes to study neuroscience and behavior.
OVAE is also pleased to announce that Felix Zhang, a rising senior at Pomona College studying public policy analysis, with a concentration in politics and education, has joined OVAE as a volunteer student intern this summer. He is conducting research for the immigrant integration project, as well as for the development of a technology infrastructure as proposed in the National Education Technology Plan.
OVAE Awards Promoting Teacher Effectiveness in Adult Education Contract to AIR
OVAE awarded a three year contract—Promoting Teacher Effectiveness in Adult Education—to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) on June 28, 2011. This contract will extend lessons learned from earlier investments in teacher quality that OVAE has made. It also will strategically address issues related to teacher effectiveness in adult education. Some of the key activities for this three–year project are: conducting a review of both K–12 and adult education research and practice; creating, validating, and field-testing model teacher competencies; developing a tool kit to support implementation of the competencies at the state and local levels; field-testing the competencies and tool kit in several states; conducting secondary analyses of adult education teachers' and students' backgrounds and the relationship between teacher characteristics and student achievement; and producing two research briefs for the field.


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This is a sponsored post about the new pizzeria! by DiGiorno through by affiliation with SheSpeaks. Sometimes the best date nights happen just 100% by accident. We had the best date night ever last week and we didn't even leave home, weren't doing anything in particular. It was a busy day and we did a quick dinner for the kids, got them to bed and realized we had no desire to order take out as planned and go pick it up, and delivery options are limited around here and we were just "meh" about it all. Then I remembered I had some DiGiorno Pizzerias in the freezer downstairs and suddenly, dinner was a go.The night was saved- our other option was nachos with american cheese and stale tortilla chips (thanks for leaving the bags open, kids!!) We've had these pizzas in the freezer for a few weeks now- Four Cheese and a Pepperoni- but these are kind of a fancier pizza and I wasn't wanting to share with the kids. Do we have to share everything with them? I say nay.
Anyway, we popped the pizzas into the oven, threw together a salad, poured a glass of wine for me and a beer for him and sat down for a romantic dinner. About three bites in we were giggling like middle schoolers unsure of what to talk about- we really just wanted to veg out together and watch a movie, so we moved into the living room and watched what may be the worst movie ever?! (The Big Year – and I'm sad to say that. I love Steve Martin. But this was just bad. And sad). We had a good time laughing at what wasn't funny through the whole movie to the point where my belly hurt from laughing at how ridiculous we were being….and it ended up being one of the best nights we've had in a year!
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My LO is 5 months and we just started avocado. After 3 days of the avocado, we tried sweet potato. My LO LOVED it, ate it right up, but I think he had a bit of a reaction to it. So we stopped the potato and are going to talk to the ped about it next month, because my DH doesn't think it was a reaction. ANYWAY, this isn't what my question is even about.
...SO...I was wondering about jar foods and the different stages on them. Obviously, stage 1 is a beginner stage. So, what makes a stage 2 food stage 2? Is it the consistency of the food, or is it the kind of food it is? We got a jar of peaches and a jar of apples and blueberries (mixed) from my DH's sister because her son doesn't eat stage 2 anymore. Could I give my LO these or do I wait until he's actually 6 months?
I also want to say that we are still nursing on demand, solids most definitely are just "for fun" and experimentation right now!!


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Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 1991
Susan Kohn Eddins '70 has remained very active in local, state and national professional organizations. Since receiving the Outstanding Alumni Award, she has served the Council of Presidential Awardees in Mathematics, working on the scholarship committee. Eddins has also worked on the New Standards Project, the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), the Illinois Academic Standards writing team, the Chicago Academic Standards writing team, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards revision team for AYA Mathematics certification. She is in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1992-present) and has received several excellence in teaching awards.