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Programs Worth Keeping
by gwilson on Oct.19, 2012, under Program
I've heard it said that the best way to become immortal is to become an academic program. Once instituted, they can never be eliminated – the politics become too heated to consider such a fate, no matter the common sense of such a decision. I think that is one of the great weaknesses of academic institutions – the tendency to let history and tradition interfere with market realities and the needs for the future. We should spend more time listening to the futurists who tell us the most sought-after jobs of the next 20 years (the sweet spot of our graduates' careers) are not even on our radar screen today. How can old programs focused on old job descriptions and unaware of any of this possibly be preparing students to be agile and versatile graduates?
But we may be entering a time where dropping ineffective academic programs will be more common. The backlash against rising tuition costs and student debt, and the decreased funding for higher education from state and federal sources will cause many institutions to ask which programs are worth paying for and which can be eliminated to make limited bucks go farther. We are already seeing many colleges and universities scaling back on the programs they offer, and the trend is bound to only grow! How can we make our programs those that are "worth keeping" in an atmosphere of cuts and reductions?
I have some ideas on what we should be doing to shape our programs to be programs worth keeping, should our institutions ever find themselves in the position to need to rethink their programs. So here are some qualities I believe are central to programs worth keeping…
1. Programs worth keeping can attract students. It makes no sense for a college to deliver a major nobody wants. Go into any store in town and ask to purchase a slide rule or a 5.25″ floppy disk. Those were hot items at one time. That time is long gone. Are you clinging to what was important to you instead of what is important to potential students? Our programs have to offer relevant programs of obvious value to the student or they will not attract students. How can a college justify keeping a program with more faculty than majors? So why not look at what futurists say about where job growth is headed and realize the importance of preparing our students to enter one of these fields? Talk to Admissions Counselors to see what programs high-schoolers are asking about? Consider modifying their programs to attract new students? And a program better be good at selling its value! Any program that cannot drum up excitement in prospective students will soon snuff out whatever excitement they brought to campus as freshmen. Good programs have a product with value and they know how to build enthusiasm for potential (and current) customers. Programs that are expendable don't get this point. If you are the rare individual who happens to wander into their "store" wanting their rare and unpopular product, they will serve you (who initiates the actions here?). But these programs are not centering their time and energy on the future and promotion of their products! Want to know why BIMS is one of the programs recruiting the most freshmen every year? It is because we shaped our program to focus on the sweet-spot of future job growth and thus have something to sell that has value. And we sell an approach to education that is refreshing and new and proven to be successful.
2. Programs worth keeping take risks. Show me any successful person and I will show you someone who has taken a risk and succeeded. If you ask them, they will also tell you there were plenty of setbacks along the way. Perseverance and learning from mistakes turns risk into a growth opportunity leading to success. Too often, faculty will tell students there is one right way of doing things and penalize them for finding another route to the same end. That is just plain foolish. Nobody makes a new discovery by following the same tried and true paths. The two most important words for success are, "What if…" We should encourage our students to "boldly go where no man has gone before…" Don't just tolerate risk – encourage it! Let them take risks in the safety of our labs under our supervision. They take ownership, find pride in the results, and occasionally make a discovery that proves to be more important than they could have guessed. This is a foundational reason we do open-ended research in our normal BIMS classes. We are cultivating an environment for risk-taking, where it is rewarded instead of being punished. Contrast this attitude to one where those students thinking "outside the box" or taking a bit longer to master a concept are summarily dismissed as "not being suited to a career in science". Which program is more likely to cultivate a generation of world-changers?
3. Programs worth keeping can demonstrate success. I think a lot of programs are more "Wizard of Oz" than anything else. Lots of animation and smoke and mirrors – plenty of activity with very little substance to show for their work. At the end of the day, what has a program accomplished? Are graduates more likely to pursue and be successful in graduate programs or professional schools or discipline-related employment? Or do they abandon science? Ask faculty teaching undergraduates at many colleges around the country where there graduates are, and more than likely they can point to the success of a handful of their stars. They tend to equate the success of a few with the success of the program. At McMurry, our BIMS program can tell you where every BIMS graduate has gone and is doing. Granted, the number is small for the young program. But we know the importance in tracking every graduate, using feedback to help shape and improve our major. So far, our graduates have entered medical school, physician's assistant programs, and graduate programs, or they are in the application process to do so. The success we have seen (and can relate to anyone interested) proves this program is more than satisfying its purpose of preparing graduates for lives in the biomedical sciences. Programs not interested in such work or unwilling to expend the effort will have a hard time proving the quality of their effort. And it makes one wonder whether they are programs worth keeping.
4. Programs worth keeping teach the process of using skills of the major to accomplish something. It was interesting to hear from a researcher friend at a professional school of his experience hiring a technician for his lab. He said he had applicants with high gpas and degrees from major universities who looked great on paper but who couldn't do anything in the lab. Knowledge level was high, but skills level was nonexistent. Why? Too many programs believe filling a head with facts equates to readying someone for the workforce. At McMurry, we want our graduates to be able to tell their prospective bosses (or graduate advisors or professional school admissions committees) what they can DO as well as what they know. Ever sequence a gene? Yes, as part of my senior capstone project. (vs. No, but I know the theory behind the process). Ever do a Western blot? Yes, as part of my senior capstone project. (vs. We did it once during my Molecular Biology lab). Our students should know both theory and practice; not just theory. Want evidence? Take a look at their senior capstone presentation! How does your program stack up in this way?
5. Programs worth keeping establish a master-apprentice relationship. Finally, we believe it is important to build a professional working relationship with every student in the BIMS program. That is why a senior capstone project is required of each student. Often, we find that there are students who did not distinguish themselves as outstanding in traditional courses but who are found by their faculty mentor to have exceptional instinct and aptitude for research. This would have gone undiscovered if not for the capstone research with faculty. Big schools will sometimes encourage their selected star students to work as technicians in their research labs – supervised by graduate students or post-docs. We don't have graduate students or post-docs, so we have the great pleasure of allowing our students to step up into those roles for a deeper and more complete involvement in a research project. Our students are research designers, hands-on technicians, data analyzers, and project presenters all rolled into one. They experience all facets of research from thought expressed on whiteboard to poster presented at scientific meeting. Every step is modeled and overseen by a faculty supervisor teaching those lessons not found in any textbook. Hard to argue that this is not a better research experience! We hear often from graduates in professional school or grad school that their classmates from other colleges are intimidated by faculty and have difficulty approaching them when troubles arise. Not our students, who understand what it means to have a healthy, respectful, and productive professional relationship with faculty. Such extraordinary experiences make these programs worth keeping – more value-added time is spent shaping students for future success than is commonly encountered. Campus programs that do not follow this path and prepare students in this way seem to be short-changing their students.
And so there you have it. Five qualities that lead to programs worth keeping. May your programs grow to adopt them!
Our Guiding Principles – Part 1
by gwilson on Jul.13, 2012, under Program
So those who know about the BIMS program fall into two camps – those who "get it" – understand our philosophy and approach to education – and those who "don't get it" - can't see how our approach can possibly create an educated and skilled graduate. I thought I'd take some time this summer to explain our guiding principles and how they provide the context for why we do what we do and why we believe the outcome is superior to that obtained by an historic and typical college biology program.
For some perspective on how our program differs from the expected college biology degree program, we invite you to review our "About BIMS" page and the program structure found on the "Downloads" page. You will see that our approach is skills-based, experience-laden, and "just-in-time" rather than "just-in-case" as to content. In our archives for this page are articles written concerning the way technology has forever changed education – content, delivery, and expectations – and why we believe our approach works in concert with "the new student" rather than in opposition. In our labs we approach teaching by engaging students in research, expecting them to apply what they learn to solve real problems. Student and faculty engage in a master and apprentice relationship to learn and explore together. Education should be a joint effort, not a battle of wills between student and faculty. And so with this in mind, I'd like to explore in greater depth some of the guiding principles for how projects are selected for students to work on as they learn and prepare for a life of productive and rewarding employment.
In this first installment, we'll look at the first guiding principle:
"Good enough isn't good enough".
We live in a society where some believe half the effort is "just showing up". We are in many ways, as Francis Schaeffer states, "addicted to mediocrity". Our society often equates casual familiarity with expertise, sort of like taking a tour of Europe and professing to be an expert on the area. That mindset permeates incoming college students, who too often believe a desire to be a doctor or scientist trumps the need for hard work, specific training, and sweat equity.
BIMS is fighting that tendency by pushing our students to do more than "show up". We expect their very best effort to become citizens of science, to have a working knowledge and passion for learning that translates into excellence and proficiency. To equip our students for significance in science, we can expect nothing less. That is why our program is more than facts and dates and exposure to wetlab experience. It is experience-laden, research-rich, content in context for the purpose of building excitement and excellence in our next generation of world-changers.


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Parathyroidectomy in Endstage Renal Disease
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To test the hypothesis that total parathyroidectomy retards cardiovascular calcification, improves bone mineral density, reduces cardiac hypertrophy and arterial stiffening in end-stage renal disease patients on maintenance dialysis.
Endstage Renal Disease
Procedure: parathyroidectomy
Phase 4
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|Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Total Parathyroidectomy in Retarding Cardiovascular Calcification in End-stage Renal Disease Patients
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in vascular and valvular calcium scores [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change in bone mineral density, left ventricular mass and volume, left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, augmentation index and pulse wave velocity, inflammatory marker, HOMA, quality of life score, handgrip, Parathyroid hormone level [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|March 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: 1
Procedure: parathyroidectomy
total parathyroidectomy with forearm autografting
Other Name: total parathyroidectomy with forearm autografting
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients with end-stage renal disease contributes to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality via different mechanisms. Uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and has been implicated in the development of cardiac interstitial fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
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- Endstage renal disease patients receiving either long-term hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis treatment, with elevated intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels > 500pg/ml on two or more occasions.
- Patients with parathyroid nodular or diffuse hyperplasia identified by ultrasound imaging or radioisotope scan.
- Patients who provide informed consent for the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with significant background valvular heart disease
- Patients who are unfit for general anaesthesia
- Patients with acute myocardial infarction within recent two months
- Patients with poor general condition
- Patients with plans for living related kidney transplant within 1 year
- Patients with previous history of parathyroidectomy
- Patients with calciphylaxis
- Patients with underlying active malignancy
- Patients with contraindication for MRI
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|Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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Keywords provided by The University of Hong Kong:
endstage renal disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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I recently bought 3 arcades that were a bit old but still in perfect conditions. The cabinets were great and the monitors still working. They were perfect for my plan: to make the famous Space Invadors arcade machine.
Obviously it's not an original Space Invaders cabinet but I thought it would be cool to transform it with this theme and use the arcade monitor upstanding, so I could use it as a multigame only for vertical games.
I remember playing with one like this when I was a kid, probably it was a Pinball Action.
This is the one I used for the Space Invaders one.
I've started working in this arcade by cleaning, painting and changing the control panel. After sanding it I used a black enamel paint. Since I'm a graphic designer, I used Photoshop and with some artwork that I found online I managed to adapt it to this cabinet.
The control panel needed to be rebuilt. Since I wanted to apply decal on it I had to make an acrylic cover to screw it to the original plate and use the decal glued inside the acrylic. Buttons and switches were replaced, I've recycled only the red joysticks.
After applying the decals, this is how it looked like.
I've made the same to a friend of mine that had a similar arcade machine. But in this case he chose to apply the theme of the famous "Defender". We didn't take pictures of that arcade but I'll leave you with the Photoshop mockup so you can see what it looked like.


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Decorative stars
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To cover & decorate the cake
- 1¼kg white ready-to-roll icing
- icing sugar, for rolling and dusting
- blue icing colour (optional)
You will also need
- cooled, boiled water
- 150cm coloured ribbon, about 1cm width
- star cutters, between 5-10cm in size
- 5mm piping nozzle or drinking straw
Once the marzipan is dry on your cake, brush it all over with water just to dampen the surface. Cut off 750g of the icing, re-wrap the rest, then dust the worktop with icing sugar. Knead the icing until pliable and smooth, then roll out and lay over the cake in the same way as you did with the marzipan (see 'Goes well with' recipe). Leave to dry completely overnight.
For the stars, cut the remaining icing in half. Knead a small spot of icing colour (you can always add more later) into one half until evenly pale blue. Cut in half, then work a little more colour into one piece to make it darker.
Piece by piece, roll out the white and blue icings a little thicker than a £1 coin. Stamp out about 40 stars, re-rolling any trimmings, then push the piping nozzle or straw through the middles to make holes. Lift onto a rack, then dry in a cool, dry place for 24 hrs, or longer if you can. Once dry, knot an 80cm length of ribbon loosely at one end, then thread with stars. Untie the knot, then tie the ribbon in a bow, making sure that the stars are slanting in the same direction.
Once the cake is dry, pick up the wreath of stars carefully, then lay it on top of the cake. Fix the remaining ribbon around the bottom of the cake using a little tape or glue.
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Hey all, I don't want to get a reputation for being filled with drama but these boards are an excellent source of information for me. I was diagnosed in early October after an awful sero with a viral load in the millions. Since then I got on stribild and within two months I was undetectable and my cd4 count was climbing. Six weeks ago my cd4 count was just over 500 and despite moving out of my house, getting divorced, and balancing an executive position I was feeling pretty good. I bought into the fact that I would live a long life and part of me was looking forward to the next chapter in life. My house of cards came tumbling down on Monday when my doc called to tell me my cd4 count dropped to 255. I have been feeling a bit under the weather and have had low energy but I wasn't expecting a huge drop. I went in to run more bloodwork that day and I am hoping it was a fluke. I should find out more on Friday. I am probably over cooking this but I am an active and healthy man. Even though I have been a bit under the weather I am functioning fine just a bit drained. I have three kids that seem to be getting me sick but now I am terrified that what I thought was a lingering cough and cold (4 weeks) is something much more serious. I guess I am just looking for some insight and pick me ups until my test comes back later this week. All this is so new to me and for the first time in my life I am admitting I am scared. Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.
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--- Quote from: Homopoz on March 07, 2013, 03:33:15 PM ---I am not sure why your doctor did not tell to come to his office right away? Since you are in executive position, maybe you are undergoing a lot of stress? My doctor told me that stress will reduce my cd4 count down. Now I am trying to balance my life avoiding stress. Another possible explanation is that the virus got too smart with strictly, and you may need to change it. In any case, don't get despaired, you will be fine...... --- End quote ---This advise is just plain wrong.CD4 counts can fluctuate. Keep on keeping on and taking your meds. They are doing their job as long as they are suppressing your viral load. You started with a high viral load and it may take some time for things to settle a bit. Dont stress about this.
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I have to agree with Bugs on this . I have seen to many blips and fluctuations over the years and I can honestly say you shouldn't be alarmed by this from one set of labs . Stress is an unpleasant part of life and its not a good thing for anybody of any status but if times of stress were as harmful as some people believe we would all be dropping . It takes time to get used to the fact we are HIV positive and part of that process is realizing that every blip or cold we get doesn't mean the end is near . I completely understand why you are as alarmed as you are and I commend you for sharing it with us because now that you know we all have been though this or will go through this in the future we can remind each other that the sky isn't falling , its just another stressful day .
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Thimphu is a district of Bhutan. It is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom.
Thimphu Dzongkhag is located in the western part of the country. It shares boundaries with Gasa, Punakha &Wangduephodrang Dzongkhags in the east, Chukha & Dagana in the south, Paro Dzongkhag in the west. In the north, it borders the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Thimphu is among the more developed Dzongkhags in the country. It has a relatively good road network, especially in the lower Gewogs. The Gewogs in the northern part of the Dzongkhag, which have rugged and mountainous terrain with extreme cold climate, are connected only by mule track making access and delivery of development services difficult and expensive.
National Council from Capital Thimphu
The construction of the Supreme Court complex in Thimphu
Thimphu and Paro experiences major wild fire
Most of the lower Gewogs in the Dzongkhags have easy access to the national referral hospital, national research centers, central ministries, and agriculture related corporations and the financial institutions. Further, extension services are available in all Gewogs and so are facilities for primary education and health care. 95% of the households are supplied with electricity including solar light for Lingzhi Dungkhag. Thimphu has an area of about 2,067 sq.kms with elevation ranging between 1,300 to over 7,300 meters above the sea level. The Dzongkhag has one Dungkhag and 10 Gewogs. Baap, Chang, Dagala, Genyekha, Kawang, Mewang and Toepisa Gewogs fall directly under the Dzongkhag Administration while the three Gewogs of Lingzhi, Naro and Soe fall under the Lingzhi Dungkhag Administration. Thimphu Dzongkhag has a total of 1559 household. The forest cover area is about 1059.3 sq. kms. (105930 Hectares) The Gewogs at the lower valley in the Dzongkhag are already relatively developed compared to other regions in the country with wide telecommunication and road coverage and good access to local markets. Rice, which is the staple food, is grown extensively by a majority of the people in Gewogs like Baap, Chang, Toepisa, Kawang, Mewang and Genyekha. People also cultivate wheat as a winter crop. The dry land owned by the people is used for orchard plantation and vegetable cultivation for commercial purposes. The other more remote Gewogs in the alpine region, namely Dagala, Soe, Naro and Lingzhi, depend on Yak rearing as the main economic activity. People of Lingzhi Dungkhag also collect and sale wild medicinal and aromatic plants, which is an importation source of income. Thimphu, the capital town, is also located in the Dzongkhag. By the 10th plan, Chang (except for a few villages) and a portion of Kawang Gewogs will come under the jurisdiction of the Thimphu Municipality. Thimphu town occupies most of the areas of Chang Gewog and in future, further expansion of the town area will be within these two Gewogs.
What to see in Thimphu:
National Memorial Chorten: The building of this Chorten was originally the idea of Bhutan's third king, H.M. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ("the father of modern Bhuta"), who had wished to erect a monument to world peace and prosperity, but was unable to give shape to his idea in his lifetime due to pressures of state. After His Majesty's untimely death in 1972, the Royal Family and Cabinet resolved to fulfill his wishes and erect a memorial that would perpetuate his memory and also serve as a monument to peace. The National Memorial Chorten was consecrated on July 28, 1974. The finely executed wall paintings and delicately fashioned statues within the monument provide a deep insight into Buddhist philosophy.
Tashichhodzong: The "fortress of the glorious religion" was initially erected in 1641 and rebuilt by King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in the 1960s. Tashichhodzong houses some ministries, His Majesty's secretariat, and the central monk body. It is open to visitors during the Thimphu Tsechu (held in autumn) and while the monk body is resident in its winter quarters at Punakha Dzong.
Semtokha Dzong: This Dzong, built in 1627 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, stands on a low ridge 8 km. down the valley from Thimphu. The Institute for Language and Cultural Studies is located here. The most noteworthy artistic feature of this Dzong is the series of over 300 finely worked slate carvings behind the prayer wheels in the courtyard.
National Library: The National Library was established in the late 1960s primarily to conserve the literary treasures which form a significant part of Bhutan's cultural heritage. It now houses an extensive collection of Buddhist literature mostly in block-printed format, with some works several hundred years old. This collection, known as the Choekey Collection, mainly comprises Buddhist literature written in Choekey, the religious script of Northern Buddhism, but also includes works written in Tibetan and in Dzongkha, Bhutan's national language. There is also a small Foreign Books Collection, stock of which mainly comprises works written in English, with subject interest on Buddhist studies, Bhutan, the Himalayan region and neighboring countries.
Institute for Zorig Chusum: Commonly known as the Painting School, the Institute offers a six-year course on the 13 traditional arts and crafts of Bhutan. On a visit one can see students learning the various skills taught at the school.
National Institute of Traditional Medicine: In Bhutan, equal emphasis is given to both allopathic and traditional medicines. The rich herbal medicines made up from medicinal plants abundant in the kingdom are prepared and dispensed here. The Institute is also a training school for traditional medicine practitioners. The complex is closed to visitors due to considerations of hygiene, but one can still walk around and view it from the outside.
Folk Heritage and National Textile Museums: These museums, both of which opened in 2001, provide fascinating insights into Bhutanese material culture and way of life.
Handicrafts shops: A wide assortment of colorful, hand woven textiles and other craft products is available for purchase at the government-run Handicrafts Emporium and many smaller crafts shops around the town.
Weekend Market: Most of the Thimphu's population and many valley dwellers converge on the bustling weekend market, held down by the river. A wide range of foodstuffs and local arts and crafts are sold at the market, which runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday. A visit to the market provides great photo opportunities, as well as the chance to mingle with local people and perhaps buy souvenirs.
Day Hikes:
Tango Gonpa
This monastery was founded by Lama Gyalwa Lhanangpa in the 12th century. The present building was erected in the 15th century by the "Divine Madman", Lama Drukpa Kuenley. In 1616 Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal visited Tango and meditated in a cave near the monastery. The picturesque three-storied tower and several surrounding buildings were built in the 18th century by the eighth temporal ruler of
Cheri Gonpa
This monastery was built by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1620. A silver Chorten inside the monastery holds the ashes of the Shabdrung's father. This trek trail starts by crossing a lovely bridge that spans the
Phajoding Monastery
The complex is situated high on the hills overlooking
Development Potentials.
Physical: - Gewogs located in remote places specially in the temperate and Alpine areas in Lingzhi Dungkhag have potential for Livestock/Diary development, cultivation and sustainable harvest of medicinal and aromatic plants. It also has scope for tourism development. Rest of the Gewogs in lower valleys with warmer climatic conditions have good potential for Agriculture, horticulture other cash crop like potato, vegetables and livestock/diary development. Dzongkhag has fairly good natural forest cover for establishment of wood based industries.
Infrastructure: – The Dzongkhag has relatively stable and extensive road network and telecommunication facilities in lower areas whereas the remote Gewogs in the Alpine regions are connected by regularly maintained mule tracks thus providing access to the people for marketing their produce and transportation of essential consumer goods. There is strong policy support for Agriculture, Horticulture, and Livestock/Diary development, development of Private sector and establishment of employment generation enterprises. Dzongkhag has easy access to National research centers, Central Departments, Ministries, Corporations and financial institutions etc. Further Gewog extension services are available in all Gewogs and so are primary education and health care. Also about 95% of the households in the Dzongkhag are supplied with electricity (Solar light in Lingzhi, Soe and Naro Gewogs).
Human: – There is low influx of in migration supported by National policy that ensures local population is not threatened by outside forces. Increasing number of qualified personnel are joining Dzongkhag Administration. Thus capability building and strengthening the local human resource is greatly enhanced. Local communities have started shouldering greater responsibilities for development programme. Decentralization process has further encouraged people's participation in decision making, planning and implementing of development programme in the villages/Gewogs.
Economic: - The Dzongkhag is accessible to the local markets, markets in bordering areas (including India and Bangladesh). There is scope for tourism development because of existence of rich cultural heritage, historical sites and rich Bio-diversity. The Dzongkhag has great potential to increase cash crop production, which should be exploited for economic upliftment of rural farmers. The production of livestock, diary products, vegetables, potato, apples, mushroom can greatly enhance the cash incomes of the rural people. There also exists opportunity for the development of Agro & wood based industries, hollow blocks, marble and stone chip industries.
Objectives and Targets
i) To promote decentralization, good governance & people's participation.
ii) To promote balanced development amongst the Gewogs.
iii) To promote efficient management and coordination services.
iv) To protect and preserve rich cultural heritage.
v) To conserve environment and natural resources.
i) Strengthening Dzongkhag Yargye Tshogchung (DYT), Gewog Yargey Tshogchung (GYTs) by providing basic support services like Gup's office, telephone, furnitures and other office equipments.
ii) Providing efficient management and coordination services within the Dzongkhag, Gewogs and with Central Agencies for effective implementation.
iii) Provide better and prompt services to the people through provision of adequate facilities and manpower.
iv) Developing human resources capacity at the Dzongkhag and Gewogs by providing incountry trainings to the staff as well as DYT & GYT members.
v) Preservation of cultural heritage sites through timely maintenance and renovation of Dzongs, Monastries, Lakhangs and Goenpas of Cultural and Religious Importance.
vi) Undertake measures to raise the level of public sensitivity and commitment to the preservation and promotion of Bhutan's rich cultural heritage.
vii) Conservation of environment and natural resources base through awareness building and sustainable utilization mechanism.
Thimphu Tashicho Dzong
108 Stupas at Dochula Pass between Thimphu and Punakha
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Aasia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, is sitting in a Pakistani jail awaiting a death sentence for blaspheming the prophet Muhammad—and an appeal by the pope hasn't saved her. Asra Nomani on a horrifying case.
The email zipped across the globe from a Catholic nun of the Sisters of Loretto, living in rural Pakistan, to Sister Anna Koop, who was visiting their home order in rural Kentucky. The subject line: "Punjab: Christian Woman Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy."
Sent Nov. 11, the nun's message told the story of a Catholic farm worker, Aasia Bibi, convicted of violating antiquated blasphemy law propped up by Pakistan's Islamist political parties. Allegedly, when some women workers pressured Aasia to renounce her Christian faith and accept Islam in the summer of 2009, Aasia responded that Jesus had died on the cross for the sins of humanity and she asked them what Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, had done for them. Her crime, blaspheming the prophet, carries a mandatory death sentence.
Koop, a 72-year-old nun who signs her emails "Peace to you," was horrified by the news. Last year, she left the homeless shelter where she lives and works outside Denver to visit the four Pakistani nuns in her order living in Pakistan, and she feared not only for Aasia, a mother of five, but also the sisters in her order and the country's other estimated 2.8 million Christians, who make up about 2 percent of the population.
Last year, the Sisters of Loretto in Pakistan pooled their resources to give the archdiocese of Faisalabad a 21st century-style gift for the 50th anniversary of the archdiocese: a website, complete with a catchy jubilee sing-song in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan. A website message they wrote: "We Hope this online experience will touch your heart and soul."
"There is so much violence directed toward Christians" in Pakistan, says Koop. "It's hard to know where that might strike next." She tapped away at her keyboard, sending emails around the world, trying to raise the alarm. On Nov. 17, Pope Benedict XVI called for Aasia's release in his weekly public audience, saying that Christians in Pakistan are "often victims of violence and discrimination."
The case of Aasia Bibi underscores the challenge of forging an Islamic identity in the 21st century that expresses a tolerant interpretation of Islam. The showdown is coming down to a sad clash of the nuns and the mullahs. And it's a battle in which the mullahs must lose. My mother grew up going to St. Joseph's Convent in the hill station of Panchgani, India, her brother going to St. Peter's, and there is something valuable we can learn about other faiths—and ourselves—just by living peacefully together.
And there is something divinely radical that connects rebellious women within Islam and Catholicism. We both face an imbedded patriarchy. Catholic women have had more advances than we have had in Islam, but we have it easier on one front: We don't have a Vatican. Last month, I spoke at the national conference of Call to Action, a Catholic group seeking reforms in the church. The title of my talk: "Bad Girls of Faith: The Daughters of Sarah and Hajar Standing Together to Reclaim the Feminist Tradition." Thousands of years ago, our common histories say that Sarah and Hajar (or Hagar as she is known in Christianity and Judaism) feuded in, essentially, a chick fight that was a precursor to the interfaith troubles we have today. My theory: We could see progress if we stood together now. Soon after, I got one of the emails sent out by Sister Anna, the nun running a homeless shelter outside Denver.
The survival of the blasphemy of laws in Pakistan is a window into just how medieval aspects of Pakistan continue to be, betraying at least one example from the life of the prophet Muhammad. In one hadith, or tradition from the life of Muhammad, it's said that when a man threw dirt on the prophet's face, he just ignored the smear.


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Mar 15 2012 20:34
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Hi everyone, I am going on a trip to Spain and need some advice on how to eat. I am currently 15 years old, weigh ~113 lbs and have somewhat maintained a light-moderately active lifestyle on 2200 calories a day. On my trip I will be eating lunch and dinners in restaurants (mostly Spanish food). I will be walking a lot, normally 3-8 miles a day and will be on my feet most of the time. I want to enjoy the food that Spain has to offer but I really don't want to gain weight. That being said, I also really don't want to lose weight and I want to have enough energy. How can I manage eating in restaurants while enjoying my vacation?
Oh! And if anybody knows much about Spain, do they have a good amount of vegetarian food there? (I'm a pescetarian).
Mar 16 2012 20:42
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Bump! Please guys, for the last year I have always lost weight on trips!
Firstly, that vacation sounds amazing. I am so jealous!
My tips are to take along healthy and calorie dense snacks so that you will have something to eat when you're in the car or walking around and there is no restaurant or eating opportunity around. On vacation, it's likely that your meals will be unorganized and chaotic, meals will be missed, you might be having coffee and creamer for breakfast, whatever- so you can't just rely on the local food!
When you go to restaurants, just choose the foods that sound the healthiest and ask if they are vegetarian or you could ask for the meat to be omitted. There's no harm in asking!
Have fun! :)
Mar 28 2012 13:55
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I don't think you'll need to do much of anything.
I spent ten days in Italy eating bread and cheese and lost two pounds.
Spain should have good food options in general, and if you're on your feet a lot, as long as you don't go out of your way, every day, to overindulge, I seriously doubt there will be any problems.
FYI: If Spain is like Italy, the places we stayed had amazing breakfasts. Even the cheaper places. Word of warning, though: Europe is not as tolerant of asking for alterations in menus as is the United States. There is more of an idea that the restaurant/chef knows how the food ought to be. That's not to say that they won't do it or that you'll not be able to find options, but there may be some resistance.
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I think you should just enjoy the trip, not even be concerned about any weight gain. I surely would not think you wanted to lose weight on a great vacation like that.
One thing a person can do is just try to exclude/minimize, when logical, high-calorie "extras" like gravies, sauces, butters, extra desserts, etc that pack on the calories but could be moderated. Veggies, fruits, and healthy foods will be available, so one can just be selective.
Basically, since you are 15 and your body needs fuel and healthy foods, I would suggest "moderation in all things" but mainly -- have the vacation of your life!
The fact that you are going to be walking a lot is a big plus!
Best of luck!
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I would also say to enjoy your trip and not think too much about how much you should or shouldn't be eating. With the extra walking, you should be able to enjoy without concern. We went to Spain last fall, with our 12 year-old daughter, and we had a great time eating lots of Spanish cuisine.
It is a meat-focused cuisine, but you should be able to find plenty of non-meat items, if being pescetarian includes seafood. Also, one thing we loved is that often even "regular" restaurants that are not tapas bars have several different portion sizes. You can get a regular, main-dish-sized dish, called a racion; or a half-racion, often called a media, which is about 1/2 size, or a tapas or pinchos (or pinxos) size, a large bite or two - though in our experience, usually bigger than that. They usually bring the dishes out when they're ready, not as specific courses. And lots of times, people share. So the three of us could try lots of food without eating huge meals. It helped my daughter especially, as she's an adventurous eater but is tiny, so doesn't need to eat a lot to feel full.


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Delicious. I can't emphasize that enough. Fabulous. The best cookie ever. Better than chocolate chip. Better than peanut butter. Fantastic. Make these cookies!
Skill: Medium
Prep: 15 minutes (plus a minimum of one hour to chill the dough)
Total: 30 minutes (plus a minimum of one hour to chill the dough)
n a stainless steel bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter. Remove from heat and set aside. (I used a small saucepan resting in a large saucepan.)
In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the eggs and sugar until thick, pale and fluffy. (When you slowly raise the beaters the batter will fall back into the bowl in slow ribbons.) At this point beat in the vanilla extract and then stir in the melted chocolate mixture.
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DVD Review: Hollow (2011)
Review by Annie Riordan
I know it may sound strange to many of you, but not only was I looking forward to watching a movie about a tree, I was also expecting it to be rivetingly entertaining. You see, I automatically expect non-American films to be way better than those made here in the same way that I expect items purchased at Harrods to be superior to the cheap shit they sell at Wal-Mart.
But yeah. The Hollow is a movie about a haunted tree. A big, spooky looking hollow tree sitting all by itself in an open field. For hundreds of years, the locals have shunned the tree, believing its hollow interior to be haunted by Something Evil. Over the last four hundred years or so, many a young couple in love have been found swinging from the tree's sturdy branches for no apparent reason. The history of the old hollow tree contains many gruesome myths and legends but no solid facts, save one: an exorcism was performed on the tree by the local Vicar, who soon after died from an "accidental" overdose of his own medication. One year after his unfortunate demise, his granddaughter Emma comes to close up the old house, bringing along her fiance Scott, her best friend James and James' slutty blonde girlfriend Lynne.
And here's where anything even remotely promising about the plot – as atmospheric up to this point as any of Arthur Conan Doyle's many perilous and fog-haunted moors – comes crashing down with a sound like a million douchebags herp-derping in terror, and not being silenced as soon as they should have been.
Emma, the prim, proper brunette of the bunch, may be forgiven for being a tad uptight – she's the granddaughter of an English Vicar, after all. However, her choice in men roundly sucks as fiance Scott quickly establishes himself as a typical popped-collar frat boy fucksock who fancies himself quite a bit more than anyone else does. He belittles James, he makes misogynistic statements directed at Emma, he brings a bulging baggie of coke to the party and is quick to suggest a round of strip Monopoly. He's also keen on Lynn's skanky ass, and being the one-dimensional vacuous cokewhore that she is, she really doesn't mind. Apart from it all sits James, filming everything and just waiting for Emma to wise up and dump Scott so he can move in and pick up the pieces.
Unfortunately, it takes forever to happen and every last minute of that endless forever is captured on film and guess who gets to watch it? Seriously, this was the longest 4 hours of my life, and I was only 35 minutes in.
Finally, they all get coke-blasted and shitfaced and remember that there's a haunted tree nearby! And hey, lets run out into the dark and investigate! Great idea! Drama ensues, spooky noises happen and slowly – VERY slowly, over the course of a very dusty and leaden 24 hours – the gang decides they need to leave. Except they can't because James goes missing. So they have to go looking for him in the dark, all alone. And their cell phones won't work. And the car won't start. And the nearest call box has been vandalized. And there's a dead fox. And Scott no longer loves Emma. And Lynn is still a whore. And the battery on the video camera is getting low, so lets keep shutting it off and then turning it back on every five minutes so we can film NOTHING AT ALL. Great, keep doing that for the last half hour of film time. "Did you hear that? I'm going out there! No, don't! Okay, I won't! We have to get out of here! SSSHHH! Did you hear that?" It's a mobius strip of a movie, coming from nowhere and going nowhere. You already know what's going to happen as the end was revealed in the films pre-credit sequence, so can we just FFW to the end already please?
This could have been a good film. Maybe even great. It had a nice spooky atmosphere to work with and some genuinely good ideas. Unfortunately, it didn't utilize either, and comes off looking like one of the many, many, MANY ripoffs of the Blair Witch Project that all of us were sick to death of ten years ago.
I have a friend who lives in Suffolk, not far from Dunwich, where this movie was set and filmed. According to him: "(the area is) right next to the sea, and hundreds of years ago the village used to be a lot bigger but half of the cliff it was on just sunk below sea level. Apparently at low tide you can sometimes see the old church spire. Could conceivably believe it to be the home of some Cthulhu-like eldritch monstrosity."
Now THAT would have been an awesome film! And the tree still could have been incorporated somehow. It's a cool looking tree, no sense in letting it go to waste. But no. Instead we get over an hour of drama queens and douchebag kings, filming each other naked and acting like…well, like Americans. I could have spliced some footage from The Evil Dead into an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians and been more entertained.
Please, England – don't be like that, baby. I know you can do better.
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There's actually a town called Dunwich nearby and they didn't use that in the marketing? These guys don't do their research.
Also, hard to make a riveting horror about a stationary antagonist. All your protagonists have to be dumb enough to wander up to it, and spend the whole movie getting there.
Exactly. But in the end, the tree ended up being the most likable character…and the most talented actor.


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The Four "C"s of Emeralds
Similar to diamonds, you must consider the four "C"s when evaluating an emerald. The four "C"s are: Color, Clarity, Cut and Carat Weight. Although, these are the same four "C"s, their order of importance is completely different. With diamonds, you are primarily concerned with clarity and with emeralds you are primarily concerned with color.
Color: Color is the most important aspect when considering emeralds. Generally speaking the darker the color the more valuable the emerald. However, just because an emerald is dark green does not make it valuable. A fine emerald will have a dark blue green color while at the same time be translucent and brilliant. There are many dark opaque stones that are very cheap.
Clarity: Emeralds are one of the most included precious stones. Natural Inclusions in emeralds are sometimes called 'gardens' (because of the green color) and the inclusions in emerald are what cause the wonderful emerald green color. Since emeralds are so highly included, a high percentage of emerald rough (normally 80 to 95%) must be cut away to create a gemstone. Thus, the high weight loss is one of the primary reasons they are so expensive. This is also one of the reasons that even synthetic emerald that is grown in lab is expensive because it too has inclusions. There is no set scale like diamonds that describes the clarity (F,VVS,VS,etc). Although many jewelers and organizations have adapted this scale.
Cut: The faceting, shape, width and depth of the emerald make up the cut. The ideal cut emerald will be symmetrical and have uniform facets that provide for maximum color and brilliance. If the cut is too shallow, light will be lost at the bottom of the stone and the emerald will not have maximum brilliance. If the cut is too deep, the light will escape out of the sides and the emerald will appear dark. Remember, because emeralds are expensive and sold by weight, the cutter is pre-disposed to try to save as much weight as possible. Also, the shape of the rough will most likely pre-determine the final shape of the cut emerald. Round emeralds are least common because you must waste more material to cut a round and the rectangular step cut known as the "emerald" cut is generally thought to compliment the end result for emeralds.
Carat Weight: The actual carat weight is the least determinant factor in the value of an emerald. Obviously, just because an emerald is large does not mean it is expensive and vice-versa. A large 8 carat dark brilliant stone would obviously be more expensive than a 2 carat stone with the same qualities. Also, 1 carat stones are certainly more desirable than stones less than a carat in weight, however it is not as an important a factor as it is when considering diamonds. Thus, the color, clarity, and cut are certainly to be taken into consideration before carat weight.
Generally speaking, most colored stones are evaluated using the above criteria as a base guide. If you are looking for a good book that describes how evaluate and buy colored stones, we highly recommend Colored Gemstones, 2nd Edition: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide by Antoinette Matlins. It is an excellent general guide for buying and caring for emeralds, rubies and sapphires and other colored gemstones. There is also some good information on pricing, gem certificates and determining value.


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- Positive free cash flow over the trailing four quarters and for each of the last five fiscal years;
- A price-to-free-cash flow per share ratio that is lower than the median value for its industry;
- A price-to-free-cash-flow per share ratio that is lower than the companys five-year average.
The King of Value: Screening for Low Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
by Wayne A. Thorp
For many investors, cash generation is king when it comes to selecting stocks.
Why cash?
Sales, dividends, earnings, and asset values may be important factors, but growth in these areas is ultimately fueled by a firms ability to generate cash.
How should cash generation be analyzed?
Ideally, a company should not only cover the costs of producing its goods and services, but also produce excess cash for its shareholders. A growing company must reinvest its cash to maintain its operations as well as to expand. While management can neglect capital expenditures in the short term to preserve cash, there are fundamental long-term growth implications to such neglect.
Free cash flow is considered to be excess cash flow that the company can use as it deems most beneficial. With strong free cash flow, debt can be retired, new products can be developed, stock can be repurchased, and dividend payments can be increased. Excess cash flow also makes a company a more attractive takeover target.
Free cash flow considers capital expenditures and dividend payments to shareholders. While you can argue that dividend payments are not required, shareholders expect them and they are paid in cash, so they must be considered when calculating free cash flow. Free cash flow is calculated by subtracting capital expenditures and dividend payments from cash flow from operations.
This article will introduce a screen that seeks stocks selling at low ratios of price relative to free cash flow, and that are generating positive free cash flows on a consistent basis.
Free Cash Flow Screen
The screen seeks stocks with:
AAII tracks over 50 stock screening methodologies and reports the companies passing each of these screens on AAII.com each month. Figure 1 shows the performance of the free cash flow screen (low price-to-free-cash-flow), which is one of the top-performing value strategies tracked by AAII. It has generated a positive return in every year since 1998.
In addition, the stocks passing the free cash flow screen have been able to outperform the broad market indexes by a wide margin over the last seven years. The only years when the screen failed to outperform these indexes were 1998 and 1999—which were at the tail end of the bull market/tech bubble. During strong bull markets, it is not uncommon for value strategies such as this to lag the overall market. The free cash flow screen has easily outperformed the small-, mid-, and large-cap indexes over this 7¾-year period, gaining a cumulative 482.8% between January 1998 and the end of August 2005, compared to a 25.9% increase for the S&P 500.
Profile of Companies
The characteristics of the stocks passing the free cash flow screen are presented in Table 1.
|Table 1. Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Portfolio Characteristics
|Portfolio Characteristics (Median)
|Price-earnings ratio (X)
|Price-to-book-value ratio (X)
|Price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (X)
|EPS 5-yr historical growth rate (%)
|EPS 3-5 yr estimated growth rate (%)
|Market cap ($ million)
|Relative strength vs. S&P (%)
|Monthly Observations
|Monthly turnover (%)
Table 2 lists the 30 companies with the lowest price-to-free-cashflow ratios that passed the screen as of September 9, 2005.
Historically, the number of passing companies is limited to those with the 30 lowest price-to-free-cash-flow ratios, and these companies are posted at the AAII Web site. (This group is also used to calculate the historical performance of the screen.) Since the screen is primarily based on annual and quarterly cash flow data, it is not surprising that it has a relatively low average monthly turnover rate of 24.0%.
The price-to-free-cash-flow screen is a value-oriented approach, and this is reflected in the median price-earnings multiple for the passing companies, which is significantly lower than the typical exchange-listed stock (13.7 versus 20.4). Six of the companies in Table 2 do not have positive earnings, so they do not have a meaningful price-earnings ratio. Identity management and Web services solutions provider Novell, Inc. (NOVL) has the lowest price-earnings ratio at 4.5, while King Pharmaceuticals (KG), a developer of prescription pharmaceutical products, has the highest price-earnings ratio at 38.6.
The value orientation is also reflected in the low median price-to-book ratio for the current group of passing companies (1.8), which is lower than the median for all exchange-listed stocks (2.3).
We limit the companies passing the free cash flow screen to those with the 30 lowest price-to-free-cash-flow ratios, so it is not surprising that the median value for the passing companies (7.0) is considerably lower than that for exchange-listed stocks (22.3). Protection One, Inc. (PONN), a provider of security alarm monitoring services to residential and commercial customers, has the lowest price-to-free-cash-flow value of 0.6. Tommy Hilfiger Corp. (TOM) and Intergraph Corporation (INGR) have the highest ratios at 8.7.
Value screens such as this tend to isolate larger, more mature companies. Such companies also tend to generate higher levels of free cash flow—prospects for expansion decline as companies age so less cash goes to capital expenditures. The median market capitalization (stock price multiplied by shares outstanding) for the passing companies is $1.4 billion compared to $420 million for exchange-listed firms. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), a provider of telecommunications services in Japan, is the behemoth of the group with a market cap of $68 billion. In contrast, Mediware Information Systems (MEDW), a clinical management information systems firm, just clears the screens $50 million market cap hurdle at $65.3 million.
The analysis of a companys cash flow is a very revealing study of a firm. The free cash flow measure highlights the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of company operations, including factors such as sales, inventory control, production and employee costs, accounts receivable management, interest payment levels, product development, and capital expenditures.
Screening for firms with attractive levels of price-to-free-cash-flow is a useful technique to highlight more mature value stocks worthy of further study.
Screening is only a first step in the stock selection process. It is important to perform due diligence to verify the financial strength of the passing companies and to identify those stocks that match your investing constraints before committing your investment dollars.
Wayne A. Thorp, CFA, is financial analyst at AAII and associate editor of Computerized Investing.


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Cameroon's Social Democratic Front: Its History and Prospects as an Opposition Political Party (1990-2011)
Its History and Prospects as an Opposition Political Party (1990-2011)
Publication Year: 2008
Published by: African Books Collective
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Our cover photo records a high water mark for Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, in April 1999, a time exactly half way between this opposition party's birth in 1990 and this book's publication date. On the left is Yaya Saidou...
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Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (SDF) nears its 20th year as the country's only viable opposition party. It combats both the Cameroon Peoples' Democratic Movement (CPDM) regime and its own centrifugal forces...
1. SDF: "Suffer Don Finish!" or "Suffer Dey (fo') Front!"?
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The party's acronym has been appropriated both by advocates as a rallying cry and by foes as mockery in the two readings this Pidgin heading spells out. Joining simultaneous calls for democratic renewal throughout sub-Saharan...
2. The party's roots: the North West Province origin & setting
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The SDF is a North West Province creation. This was the party's birthplace in a violent clash at Bamenda May 26, 1990. The province has sustained the party ever since. It will remain its core area under any conditions...
3. The post-1992 SDF: primal challenge becomes survival struggle
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Returning now to Cameroon at large, after the containment by 1970 of (whatever its limits) the substantially populist-nationalist UPC, the bars were kept in place against challenges from any "movement" politics...
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Its genesis more than a quarter century ago, long before its formal launch in 1990, reveals the party's anglophone bearings.56 Previous writings about Fru Ndi and the SDF in circulation outside Cameroon tell nothing about his earlier...
5. Social Democracy in Africa & the SDF
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"Social Democratic" in the party's name aligns it with a cluster of principles and practices two centuries old in their European setting–perhaps the term "conventions" is now a better fit for the eclecticism of the social democratic...
6. The party's branches: North West Province experience since 1992
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Its first two emotionally charged years created an SDF organization and mentality in North West Province, forged in emergency conditions, that remain by and large intact. The party adapted long-established local...
7. The SDF's current condition and future prospects
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Looking now to the present and future in Cameroon-wide terms, the SDF's and John Fru Ndi's conditions are difficult and prospects are uncertain, and subject to agendas set in environments of politics and policy making they do...
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Page Count: 120
Publication Year: 2008
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In "Rip van Winkle" what feature of the place seems to be the most memorable?Washington Irving
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With a certain tone of romantic nostalgia, Washington Irving describes the "fairy" Catskill [Kaatskill] Mountains:
...every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains,....they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky...they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which , in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Perhaps the most memorable site is the "majestic course" of the "lordly Hudson" River that winds and finally loses itself in the "blue highlands." For, with this scene, Irving conjures the image of Henry Hudson and his crew members reappearing in the form of "a company of odd-looking personages playing at ninepins" in the glen where Van Winkle finds himself. One wonders if these are the men placed in a small boat in the cold Hudson Bay by the mutineers of 1611 who were never heard from again.
This sighting of the little figures who resemble those of an old Flemish painting establishes the magical mood of the narrative as Rip drinks from the large flagons and becomes overpowered by them, falling into his deep sleep of twenty years.
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Following a jury finding that Google had not infiringed upon Oracles patents, a development described as a near disaster for the database company, Judge William Aslup has ruled that the Java APIs cannot be copyrighted. That leaves Oracle with only the 9 lines of rangeCheck code and a handfull of decompiled test files to show for the massivecourt case. CEO Larry Ellison remains confident, claiming that the aquisition of Java creator Sun has still paid for itself.
Microsoft like Tanya Harding
Microsoft akin to Tanya Harding. So says U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz. The crowbar wielding, knee popping company is also similar to baseball.
Microsoft must include Java with XP and IE.
Microsoft must include Java with XP and IE. Sun sues Microsoft for including Java, then sues Microsoft for not including Java. Fascinating.
The next Java frontier: your car.
The next Java frontier: your car. Sun Microsystems announced Monday it would partner with General Motors' dashboard technology division, OnStar, in an effort to make Java the computing standard for the automotive industry.
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NHL teams head to market each summer with acquisition money and a clear idea about which players to target. Sometimes they lose their man and have to settle for a less ideal option, and sometimes they target the wrong player.
This summer, NHL fans saw a little of both, including two monster mistakes destined to live in infamy.
Here are 10 moves via free agency that are guaranteed to backfire on NHL teams.