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i love this video!

i love this video!

Who could not love The thought; The speech; The action of
Who could not love The thought; The speech; The action of solitude and all that it embraces.
Asante sana

What woundrous insight-
Thank you.

What woundrous insight-
Thank you.

super sweet, beautiful and true!

super sweet, beautiful and true!

really, really nice. my dad was in the military so i was
really, really nice. my dad was in the military so i was aqlways the new kid in town and have made myself my own best friend.so at least i know when i'm sitting here talking to my self i'm guaranteed an intelligent conversation

This is a great comment on a not so popular perspective.
This is a great comment on a not so popular perspective. I, too, love solitude but know that I need to balance it with community. I have noticed that, for me, in spite of yearning to be alone, experiences are richer when shared with a loved one.

This was beautiful! And, so true, especially the part
This was beautiful! And, so true, especially the part about people approaching you when you're alone who wouldn't if you were with someone.
I went on a long bike ride in upstate New York by myself and asked someone to take a picture of me against a beautiful view of a lake surrounded by mountains. We ended up having a long conversation about the area. I learned so much that I probably wouldn't have if I'd been riding with a friend (who could of taken my picture).

Thanks for sharing this perspective and work of art. Was
Thanks for sharing this perspective and work of art. Was impressed with not only the thinking offered, but the way it was presented. It really captured my attention, when I might have been just passing by. I also liked the comment regarding the need for balance with community. Balance is a part of life, isn't it?

love it!

love it!

Nice vid! (and i love her accent) I live alone and
Nice vid! (and i love her accent) I live alone and generally love it so I resonate with the joys of aloneness. But I find when I have just spent time with a good friend that was particularly wonderful and gratifying...it is odd how empty I feel and sometimes sort of lost when I get home to an "empty" house. A kind of grieving, I guess, though I feel gratitude it is bitter sweet...like somehow the nourishment of being with someone is so delicious sometimes, hate to see it shift. The images of being on the bench, I think, echoed this thought. Thanks for posting this video!
You are amazing all by
You are amazing all by yourself.
I feel ya.
I really feel ya.
Especially the part about your family.
And the harmonica throughout...brilliant.
You put my day,my week my year, in a song.
You get me. You really do.
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your pizza looks great!I had many "errors" in my trial and errors before I made one I waould take a picture of! When you finally get it ...it is a proud moment and a delcious one ideedKeep it up!Tim

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 22, 2007)
- The U.S. Men's Volleyball Team is looking for a little payback as it faces France in the opening weekend of the FIVB World League at 7 p.m. on May 26 and at 5 p.m. on May 27 at the Chiles Center in Portland, Ore.
In November, the French team beat the U.S. Men in five hard-fought sets (17-25, 25-12, 24-26, 25-17, 15-11) at the FIVB World Championships in Japan. The French went on to finish sixth and the United States finished 10th.
But that was then and this is now.
The U.S. Men plan to come back strong in 2007 as they begin their quest to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Because the World League has no bearing on Olympic qualification, U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) will be using these matches to decide the best players and rotations for the qualifying tournaments to come.
"We are very interested in using WL to look at different lineups to try to determine what group we will play with in the qualification events." McCutcheon said.
Expect the rosters to change significantly throughout the six weekends of World League. Each team submits a roster of 19 players before the League starts. From that 19, they have to choose their 12-man roster before each weekend.
The U.S. team was dealt a blow before the season started when veteran setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) partially ruptured his left Achilles tendon while playing for his club team in Italy. He is not expected to be back with the team until July.
Setters Brandon Taliaferro (San Clemente, Calif.) and Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) will likely get the call for Portland. The third setter on the roster, three-time Olympian Lloy Ball (Woodburn, Ind.) just returned to the United States from his Russian club team last week.
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), 6-5, led the U.S. team in scoring in 2006 with 416 points, followed by 6-4 opposite Dave McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.) with 332. Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.), a 6-7 middle blocker, led the team in scoring blocks with 51.
McCutcheon acknowledges that it may take some time for the team to get up to speed.
"Losing Donny to his injury was significant. Lloy and (opposite) Clay Stanley just got done in Russia. We're just getting the guys who played in Poland back in the gym," he said.
"And we have a tough pool, but we're OK with that. We want to play some good teams now so we can evaluate performance, but our goal is to peak in September and November."
The NORCECA Championships, a qualifier for the FIVB World Cup, will be in September in the United States. The FIVB World Cup, the first opportunity to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, will be in November in Japan.
The "tough pool" McCutcheon talks about includes France, which finished second at World League last year behind Brazil and is ranked seventh in the world; Japan, ranked 10th in the world and Italy, which is ranked second in the world and finished sixth at World League last year and fifth at the Word Championships.
The U.S. Men finished tied for 10th in the World League last year and are now ranked eighth in the world. The players know they have to take the World League matches one at a time over the next six weekends if they want to qualify for the finals, July 11-15 in Poland. Only the winner of each pool qualifies, along with the finals host and one wild-card team.
Look for France to be led by its 6-foot-7 captain Stéphane Antiga at the opposite position and 6-foot-3 outside hitter Frantz Granvorka.
The United States' overall record against France since 1981 is 33-14.
All U.S. matches and the World League finals are scheduled to be shown on ESPNU.
The U.S. World League home matches are presented by GL7, the Official Sports Drink of USA Volleyball.
The USA Volleyball FIVB World League web site is www.usavolleyball.org/national/wl07.asp.
The FIVB World League Web Site is www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2007.
2007 FIVB World League Information
Pool A
Brazil, Canada, Korea, Finland
Pool B
France, USA, Japan, Italy
Pool C
Russia, Cuba, Egypt, Serbia
Pool D
Bulgaria, Argentina, China, Poland
2007 U.S. World League Schedule
Date: May 26-27
Opponent: France
Location: Portland, Ore. - The Chiles Center Arena
Date: June 1-2
Opponent: Japan
Location: Green Bay, Wis. - The Resch Center
Date: June 8-9
Opponent: France
Location: Lyon, France - Palais des Gerland
Date: June 15-16
Opponent: Italy
Location: Chicago, Ill. - The Convocation Center
Date: June 23-24
Opponent: Japan
Location: Kumamoto - Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
Date: June 29
Opponent: Italy
Location: Napoli - PalaBarbuto
Date: July 1
Opponent: Italy
Location: Avelino - Pal Del Mauro
World League Final
Date: July 11-15
Location: Katowice, Poland
U.S. Men's Roster
(No., Name, Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 Lloy Ball (S, 6-8, Woodburn, Ind., Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Jim Polster (OH, 6-6, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 Brandon Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, Calif., UCLA)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Phil Eatherton (MB, 6-9, Glencoe, Mo., Ball State)
7 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11 Brook Billings (OPP, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., USC)
12 Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Gabe Gardner (OH, 6-9, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
16 Dave McKienzie (OPP, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
17 Delano Thomas (MB, 6-7, Sacramento, Calif., Hawai'i)
18 Nils Nielsen (OH, 6-4, Fallbrook, Calif., Cal State Northridge)
19 Alfee Reft (L, 5-10, Oxnard, Calif., Hawai'i)


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Naomi Watts gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Roundup: More for Jake, none for Joaquin, and Naomi pre-Globes
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Jake Gyllenhaal was photographed walking his dog in New York yesterday. Today he was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in Nightcrawler. So that's Golden Globe, SAG, Critics Choice, and now BAFTA. He just has one left. Jake's co-star and rumoured girlfriend, Ruth Wilson, is also heading to the Globes this weekend. Full Story
Jake & Naomi, Jake & Lucy
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But no Jake & Rachel…at least not yet. A thoughtful Jake Gyllenhaal was working on Demolition at Coney Island yesterday shooting some scenes on his own before frolicking on the beach with co-star Naomi Watts. God he is handsome. And even though I know f-ck all about superheroes, I agree with Sarah's wish-list for Dr Strange now that Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out. Full Story
Handsome Jake eats alone
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Jake Gyllenhaal looked very handsome shooting a new film called Demolition at JFK airport in New York today. Jakey plays an investment banker so, I imagine, the wardrobe calls for no thick facial hair and really good clothes: a beautiful sweater, great pants, good shoes… Mostly though, I just like staring at his face. Full Story
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The caption for these photos told me that Naomi Watts went out for lunch with Tia Carrere yesterday. And I was really, really excited. Because…random! And Tia Carrere! Then I actually looked at the pictures. This is what Tia Carrere actually looks like. Here's a shot of her at the Grammys a couple of weeks ago: Full Story
Diana's bad reviews
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You should read some of the reviews for Diana. They're brutal. Here's a sample: "Poor Princess Diana. I hesitate to use the term "car crash cinema". But the awful truth is that, 16 years after that terrible day in 1997, she has died another awful death. Full Story
Diana's made for TV
Most people shat on the teaser for the Naomi Watts Diana movie when it released a few weeks ago. I actually liked it for the imagery, those indelible visuals that evoke the specifics of her life. Click here for a refresher. The first full trailer is now available. Full Story
Diana, Naomi, sob!
A teaser trailer for the upcoming Diana starring Naomi Watts has been released. It's so obvious what they're trying to do here. With the piano and the familiar imagery... And still... It works. Because we are SO familiar with that imagery. All it takes is a hairstyle. Or a dress. Full Story
Liev Schreiber: on Naomi, marriage, and kids
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Vulture just posted a really good interview with Liev Schreiber. Why good? It's candid. Liev is currently promoting his now Showtime series, Ray Donovan, premiering on June 30. He speaks honestly about why he was initially averse to doing television again -- because he gets bored playing the same role over and over again -- and what it was about this particular character that changed his mind. Full Story
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There was a tie at the Oscars last night, so why not a tie here, for Best Dressed? Both were great, but we each liked one more than the other. So instead of fighting about it, and inspired by the awards show, we decided to share. Duana's Best Dressed Overall: Naomi Watts She gets it. Naomi Watts gets the crown. Full Story
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Emmanuelle Riva did not attend the Nominees Luncheon yesterday in Beverly Hills. That has something to do, perhaps, with the BAFTAs being on Sunday and it might be too much at her age to go back and forth from LA to London and then back to LA again in a week or so for the Oscars. Or maybe it's because she's not playing. Full Story
Globes Best Red: Naomi Watts
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Because it's dark. Wine. And I love a long sleeve on a red carpet. Could she have gone down a size though? I feel like it might be too big. You see how it seems loose around the breast area? Points for the colour not being annoying then but deductions on construction, right? Here's what Duana pointed out about Naomi Watts when she was being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, just after Seacrest tried, inexplicably, to engage Liev Schreiber in some kind of man-off. Full Story


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House of Commons Hansard #132 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was farmers.
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- Canadian Wheat Board Act
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- Borrowing Authority Act, 1997-98
Film Industry
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mary Clancy Halifax, NS
Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to rise in the House today to speak of this government's commitment to the film industry in Halifax.
Yesterday the member for Dartmouth and I were proud to announce the construction of three sound stages in the Halifax metropolitan area. The new production capability will help to meet the demand of Nova Scotia's growing film industry or as we call it at home, Hollywood North.
We have highly skilled trained professionals in the television and film industry both behind and in front of the camera. They love their craft, they are dedicated and they are successful. However, their success stems from the combined efforts of this government through ACOA in partnership with the provincial government and the private sector working together to turn a vision for the Halifax film industry into reality.
The Budget
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Raymond Lavigne Verdun—Saint-Paul, QC
Mr. Speaker, in a little over two hours, the Minister of Finance of Canada will bring down his fourth budget.
Since our government was elected in 1993, much has changed in this country, mainly for the better. Inflation is at its lowest level, interest rates and mortgage rates are at levels that are reasonable for consumers and more than 700,000 jobs have been created in Canada.
The deficit we inherited from the previous government has dropped considerably, and all major international institutions expect Canada to experience the strongest growth rate of all G-7 countries.
Canadians again have confidence in their government, and that is due to the excellent work done by the present Liberal government.
Archie Neil Chisholm
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Francis Leblanc Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, NS
Mr. Speaker, Cape Breton, indeed all of Canada, lost a living legend with the passing last Friday of Archie Neil Chisholm.
At 89, Archie Neil had become the embodiment of the cultural revival taking place across Cape Breton Island and was among its most eloquent and colourful exponents. He was a master teacher,
entertainer, broadcaster and story teller, and a devotee of Cape Breton music. He contributed his talents generously to causes and charities too numerous to mention. No one could emcee a concert with the same grace and good humour as Archie Neil.
Archie Neil's life was a triumph of spirit over adversity. Born in a large family of modest means in the community of Margaree Forks, he was crippled by polio at an early age. But he overcame the disadvantages of humble beginnings, physical disability and other challenges to transform his life into an example of contribution to others.
I am proud to have known Archie Neil Chisholm and to have grown up in Margaree under his inspiring influence. Like so many of his friends, I will miss his cheerful presence.
The Budget
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Chuck Strahl Fraser Valley East, BC
Mr. Speaker, in advance of the federal budget I feel it is my duty to warn Canadians of the top 10 pick up lines that Liberals will use to try to seduce the Canadian voters.
Pick up line number 10: I'll show you my ethics only if you'll show me yours.
Pick up line number 9: Red book? Don't talk about the red book. Let's not spoil the moment.
Pick up line number 8: Hey baby, let's regulate.
Pick up line number 7: Will you wear red for me?
Pick up line number 6: What do I stand for? Well, what would you like to hear?
Pick up line number 5: If you don't like my principles, I promise I'll change.
Pick up line number 4: Honest, I'll pay you your CPP later.
Pick up line number 3: Respect you in the morning? Heck, I don't even respect you now.
Pick up line number 2: Pardon me, can I give you a grant?
And the number 1 pick up line that Liberals will use to try to seduce the voter is: Trust me, I've never taxed anyone before.
Canadian Culture
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Maud Debien Laval East, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to suggest the following exercise to see what Canadian cultural products would look like if creators focused on national unity.
La La La Human Steps would get funding if it changed the title of its latest show, "2", to read "One Canada, United and Unique".
The latest Arcand offering would be more likely to get funding under the name: "Le Canada: quel beau pays malgré ce qu'on en dit" or "Canada: It's a Wonderful Country After All".
Pierre Falardeau would get a grant if, instead of making a movie about the Patriotes, he made one about the members of the Doric Club.
The théâtre du Trident would change the title of the Cocteau play, "Les parents terribles" or "Rotten Parents", to read "Le Québec, cet enfant terrible" or "Quebec, that Brat".
"Broue" should become "Canadian Ale".
Guy Cloutier should change the name of his show, "Jeanne la pucelle" or "The Joan of Arc Musical", to "Sheila la guerrière" or "Sheila, Warrior Princess".
Fortunately, making a fool of one's self is not harmful to one's health, otherwise the federal cabinet would be in pretty bad shape.
The Budget
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jag Bhaduria Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON
Mr. Speaker, today's budget will be another fine display of hocus-pocus and sleight of hand by the finance minister with the blessing of the Prime Minister who has done nothing to fulfil his two major promises to Canadians.
For more than three years Canadians have seen absolutely no job creation plans and the GST has not been eliminated. The Prime Minister has not delivered on these two verbal promises and Canadians will not be fooled by the smoke and mirrors budget announcements today.
I am sure that the finance minister will unveil a good news budget announcing no new tax increases. Why should he not for he has already picked the pocketbooks of Canadians with hidden taxes.
Last week's changes to the CPP was the biggest tax grab in Canadian history. The bottom line is that the average Canadian's net pay is less than it was three years ago. Let us not be fooled for it is the middle income earners that continue to pay for the financial mismanagement of governments.
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Statements By Members
February 18th, 1997 / 2:10 p.m.
Nick Discepola Vaudreuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, our government still considers Montreal the cornerstone of Quebec economic activity. Many businesses in the high tech industry are located there, and their expertise makes Canada a leader internationally in these areas.
The CGI group in Montreal is the biggest Canadian owned information technology company. It was a member of Team Canada on its latest Asian trip.
While in Thailand, the CGI group, which employs over 1,700 people in Canada and abroad, signed a contract a Chomburi company to supply a management system. The contract is estimated to be worth $2 million.
The high tech sector is a jewel in the Montreal economy and, thanks to Team Canada, our know-how has spread to the far corners of the world.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Ronald J. Duhamel St. Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, the action taken jointly by the federal government and a majority of provinces to put the Canada pension plan on a sound footing is an example of responsible leadership.
It may have been politically expedient to delay, but that would not be in the best interests of Canadians young or old. Delaying the decision would have resulted in a bigger bill down the road.
In fact, it is precisely because previous governments failed to act that we find ourselves in this situation today. It is precisely to make the plan affordable and sustainable, for generations, now and in the future, that we are acting right now.
Those who attempt to score political points by preying on people's fears should come clean with Canadians and tell them what their own plan is, and that is to dismantle the CPP. It is also irresponsible to try to make this an intergenerational battle.
Canadians believe in the CPP. They want it preserved as a public pension plan and that is what we are doing. That is political leadership.
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, we thought we had seen everything with this government, but it seems more is yet to come.
Apparently, from now on, Canadian artists and creators will be able to obtain financial assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs for tours abroad only if they promote Canadian unity. The federal government has decided to impose its political views on the creative process. This is absolutely incredible.
My question is directed to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. How can the minister, who is responsible for culture on behalf of the Canadian government, allow this government to set political criteria for the creative of work of Canadian and Quebec artists?
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Don Boudria Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for Francophonie
Mr. Speaker, it will be a pleasure to answer the hon. member's question. He said in his question that funding would be given only if one particular criterion was met. That is entirely inaccurate.
There is a series of objectives, as my colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, mentioned yesterday. There is no need to meet all objectives, and I expect the hon. member opposite is well aware of this. There is only a list of objectives, and one of them is to present Canada as a bilingual country consisting of various cultures. Is the hon. member against our artists presenting Canadian diversity abroad? I hardly think so.
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, this is the limit. The minister tells us there is in fact a rule that if you do not defend Canadian unity, you may not get your grant. Maybe you will, but it is not a sure thing. It is up to the government.
How can the minister responsible for Francophonie, who is attached to Foreign Affairs, and I am not sure in what capacity he is answering my question, how can he be so matter of fact about a program that is trying to control all Canadian artists and Quebec artists as well who are more specifically on the receiving end?
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Don Boudria Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for Francophonie
Mr. Speaker, this is the exact opposite of what I just told the hon. member. I made it quite clear that these were not criteria. As for the objectives I mentioned, and there are six, there is no obligation to meet all these objectives.
One of them, as the hon. member said, mentions national unity. Another one refers to diversity. Is he against diversity? And another objective for instance, is to present our culture abroad. Another objective is to talk about cultural and other exports abroad.
So there is a whole range of objectives, and I am sure that everyone can find within that range ways to convey the message of Canadian diversity abroad.
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, if this were a page from Astérix, the comment would be: "Those Romans are crazy".
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear.
National Unity
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Roberval, QC
Do not worry, Mr. Speaker, I will not violate the Standing Orders. You know my respect for the Standing Orders of this House.
The minister was explaining that they include this criterion but it does not have to be met. They put it in by accident, this thing about Canadian unity, but it does not really matter if we do not promote Canadian unity. What he just told us does not make sense.
I will ask him another question: Does the minister agree that the government has two objectives in mind by including this criterion, a new criterion artists will have to meet? First, they want political control over the creative arts in Canada, and second, they want to reduce substantially assistance to Quebec creators who, according to this government, are not interested enough in promoting national unity.


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TUPPER LAKE – For years, the Adirondack Public Observatory has been a local nonprofit group educating people about the night sky, holding events and raising funds. It's even had storefront space on Park Street, but that served mainly as office and classroom space.
But with the opening of its roll-off-roof observatory, or RORO for short, this summer, the APO will become what it has always intended to be and what its name implies: a physical space for locals and visitors to observe the night sky.
APO officials are hoping to complete and be ready to open the RORO later this summer.
In advance of that opening, APO founder and Chairman Marc Staves gave the Enterprise a tour in mid-June through the site next to the Little Wolf Beach. The main structure had been constructed, most of the wiring was in, and the APO was just waiting for a few final fixtures.
The telescopes
The main room of the 832-square-foot RORO is an open space that will have four pillars, with a telescope affixed to each.
At first glance, it looks like the concrete floor is one slab, but Staves explained that there is a concrete cylinder under each telescope, poured separately from the rest of the floor, using expansion joint material. That material will be taken out, and the gap will be filled with rubberized caulking.
"These piers are completely separate from the building," Staves said.
The idea is to keep the telescopes completely still. If they were sitting on a concrete floor that was one big slab, they would vibrate every time anyone walked across the floor, but this way the rubber will absorb vibrations.
A customized steel pier will be fixed onto each concrete cylinder, and each telescope will be attached to its own pier. The piers were being manufactured by Jeffords Steel and Engineering in Plattsburgh when the Enterprise toured the facility.
Each telescope has its own story. The first and biggest, the Everest telescope, is a historical one donated to the APO by the son of its builder. According to a page dedicated to the telescope on the APO's website, it was constructed by A.W. Everest in Pittsfield, Mass., in the 1920s. After his death in the '60s, his family donated it to a private school where it was supposed to have an observatory built for it, but instead it lay in storage and was vandalized. The family took it back and kept it safe in storage until, in 2006, they read about the small group trying to build an observatory in the Adirondacks.
APO members joined up with Clarkson University students to restore the telescope, and it won first place in the antique restoration category at a 2007 Vermont conference for telescope makers.
There's also a 12-inch telescope donated by David Levy through his Sharing the Sky Foundation. Levy is famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of a comet that collided with Jupiter the following year, and he has done programs in Tupper Lake through the APO several times. That piece is a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, which are known for their long focal lengths with a compact optical system that works on mirrors.
The APO also has an apochromatic refractor telescope, donated last summer by Al Nagler. Nagler is an amateur telescope builder, and he donated the apparatus in the memory of his sister, Trudy Deutsch, a longtime former Tupper Lake resident.
The fourth telescope is a 16-inch Newtonian, a reflecting telescope named for British scientist Isaac Newton, who invented the style magnification. The APO bought that one from a man in Salem, N.Y.
Each telescope will be removable, too, so as the APO upgrades, it can switch out one for a new one with a modification to the existing steel pier or a replacement one.
Staves said the APO plans to install adapters that will let people connect cameras with removable lenses to telescopes and take photos of the sky through them.
The main room is lined with both white and red lights. Red lights are better for people whose eyes have become adapted to the dark, which can take 20 minutes to an hour. Full white lights can be damaging to people's eyes once their night vision has kicked in.
There is a white board at the end of the room that can be used for writing during presentations. Staves said he also hopes to project presentations onto the board. The APO currently has a projector on loan from the school, and it's looking into purchasing one as well because Staves said that it would be a good instructional tool for visitors.
"Hopefully they'll learn a little more about what it is they're seeing," Staves said.
The roof
As the name of the observatory would suggest, the roof rolls off the top of the main observational room so the telescopes can be exposed to the night sky.
A child-proof plug that activates the roof needs to be disengaged from its safety harness, then plugged into a box near the ceiling. With the flick of a switch, the roof starts to slowly slide off the top of the room.
The sides of the roof are mounted on wheels that run along tracks built into the building's box beams, atop the walls.
"So it acts like a little rail system," Staves said.
Once the roof is fully open, a wedge at its edge pushes up onto a switch and stops the motor.
The main parts of the building were constructed last fall, so it has been through a winter and has settled some. When the Enterprise saw the roof being rolled off, it creaked loudly when the rolling wheels got to one spot in the track that had shifted maybe one-sixteenth of an inch. Staves said that happened because the tracks were built so tightly to specifications.
"Any little shifting can have an effect," Staves explained.
The APO plans to eventually hook up the roof to a system that will let it be opened or closed remotely, and also to let the facility be monitored remotely by APO directors.
The main room isn't insulated, so the telescopes stay as close to outdoor temperatures as possible and need little time to adjust to the roof rolling off.
The warm room
The roof rolls off the main room, but it never goes off the "warm room." The warm room is well insulated and will be warm in the winter for stargazers.
That's the area where the observatory's five computers are housed. The telescopes will be able to be controlled from the computers, and one or more will probably be hooked up so it can be controlled remotely via the Internet.
The computers are hooked into the recently installed broadband line that has its hub at The Wild Center natural history museum. Staves said he hopes the two will be connected soon and the APO will be able to send a live feed into the museum's Flammer Theater.
The roomy bathroom off the warm room is fully accessible to people with handicaps, and is decorated in an Adirondack theme.
Since the whole intent of the observatory is to be able to view the night sky, the site will have full cut-off lighting outside with motion detectors. The APO has tried to keep the site as green as possible, too, so all the lighting will use energy-efficient CFLs and LEDs.
The plan
Staves and co-founder Tim Moeller started talking about creating an observatory in 2000 or 2001, Staves said. Around 2005 they got their act together and formed a nonprofit group. Ever since then, the group has been working toward the goal of building an observatory.
The APO got approval from the local planning board to move forward with the project in November 2011, and the APO started clearing the property in June 2012. The group held a groundbreaking ceremony that August, and much of the building was up by the winter.
Now the telescopes are being installed, and finishing touches are being put in. APO directors hope to have the observatory ready for its grand opening in late July or early August, if all goes as planned, Staves said.
APO directors hope to leave the facility open to people whenever they might want to use it, as long as they have a membership. Memberships are available at the APO offices on Park Street. Staves said the organization is working on a payment schedule to make them more affordable.
The goal is to generate enough revenue through membership fees to cover operating expenses, Staves said.
The APO plans to institute a clear-sky alert system that will let people know when it will be a good night for stargazing. APO members will send out an email to anyone interested and post to the APO's website whenever a clear night is expected.
"We're going to have a multitude of ways of getting the word out to people," Staves said. "General rule of thumb is, if it's clear out, there'll be somebody here."
The APO has involved a wide range of people, including those from area universities like St. Lawrence and Clarkson, and its board includes people from as far away as Massachusetts.
"We're a pretty eclectic bunch," Staves said.
But they're mostly smart, well-educated people with a lot of passion for space, Staves said. He said the board's work is why the APO has gotten to the point where it is today.
Cost and donations
The new building was constructed thanks to the generosity of donors and workers who gave time and materials.
The total cost for the building, site work, engineering and other construction costs adds up to around $195,000.
"And it was done through private donations," Staves said. "There's really no grant money involved in this."
Most of the telescopes were donated, the five computers were donated through the Skidmore College computer recycling program, and most of the work was done by volunteers.
Staves said the CED Twin State electrical supply shop in Saranac Lake has been particularly generous. It has donated electrical service and some site lighting. Staves said when he ordered lights earlier that day, he bought one and CED donated the other.
Ken Stoll of Stoll Mechanical in Tupper Lake donated all the plumbing.
Clint Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth Carpentry and Renovation in Tupper Lake did the woodwork, the tile floors and the bathroom.
Staves, an electrician for the village, estimates that he has put maybe 80 or 90 hours of work into the facility. He wired the lights and put together the computer network.
"It's these kinds of things that are making it happen," Staves said.
Main observatory
The RORO is just the first phase of the APO. The group's directors wanted to make sure their plans were sustainable, so they're taking a phased approach to their buildout.
But they have grand plans for a larger main building in phase two. There are only conceptual plans for that phase at this point, but it includes a state-of-the-art, 19,000-square-foot, three-story, research-grade observatory with classrooms, conference rooms, a museum and a gift shop.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 8, 2012) – The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal won its second FIVB World Tour event in a row on Sunday at the Gstaad Grand Slam and completed the United States' sweep of the event.
The No. 3-seeded Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) defeated Brazil's second-seeded Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego in Sunday's gold-medal match, 21-17, 21-17 in 38 minutes. Gibb and Rosenthal won $43,500 for the victory.
On Saturday, Misty May-Treanor (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (San Jose, Calif.) won the women's title in Gstaad.
The men's final was a rematch of the gold-medal game at the Rome Grand Slam on June 16 when Gibb and Rosenthal won their first FIVB World Tour Grand Slam and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in the process.
"We have really been fighting it out with Matt (Fuerbringer) and Nick (Lucena) for that Olympic spot and after all those months it came down to the last tournament and nearly the last match before it was finally decided," Rosenthal said. "I think this intense secondary battle with our fellow Americans have helped us raise our game to the level it is now and we hope it carries forward to London."
Gibb and Rosenthal advanced to the gold medal match by defeating top-seeded compatriots Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Calif.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) in the semifinals, 21-10, 21-18 in 34 minutes.
Dalhausser and Rogers advanced to the bronze-medal match, where they fell to Italy's 13th-seeded Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai 21-19, 21-18 in 36 minutes.
In the men's final, Gibb and Rosenthal picked up where they left off in Italy and led early in the first set and finished the 21-18 win when Gibb went over the top of Emanuel at the net for a deep corner kill for the set-winning point
The second set started out much closer and was tied at each point up to 5-5 when the Americans scored four straight points to move ahead 10-6. Gibb and Rosenthal kept a two to four-point margin for several serves to gaining a 17-14 point lead. Brazil's Alison/Emanuel closed to 15-17 and then 16-17 before USA's Gibb and Rosenthal scored five of the last six points to secure the set, match and gold medal victory.
In closing out the match, Gibb scored the final four points of the match for USA as he placed a deep corner shot, blocked Alison, blocked Emanuel and ended it with a precision kill down the middle between Alison and Emanuel.
"It was an amazing tournament for us once again," Gibb said. "It is an honor to play and rewarding to defeat a team like Alison and Emanuel who are the top team in the world. Sean and I have been playing together for seven years and to beat the reigning world champions in two straight gold medal matches is unbelievable."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2008) – Middle blocker Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.), members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, earned individual honors at the recently completed Pan American Cup held in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.
Crimes, playing in her first senior level international event with Team USA, earned the Best Spiker award for the top kill percentage among all tournament participants. According to the official Pan American Cup statistics, she totaled 73 kills on 127 attempts for a 57.48 kill percent. Crimes also placed her name in seventh place for both the Best Blocker (0.72 per set average) and Best Scorer categories.
McGinnis was awarded the tournament's Best Setter award as she compiled 101 running sets on 596 attempts with just five faults.
Team USA had several other players rank among the top positions of the tournament awards. Tracy Stalls (Denver) finished second to Crimes in the Best Spiker category as she converted on 50.39 percent of her 127 kill attempts. She also concluded the tournament ranked third in blocking with a 0.93 average and 10th overall in scoring.
Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) ended the tournament as the third-rated player in the Best Digger category with 1.73 digs per set despite missing the final match due to illness. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) was 15th in Best Scorer, followed by Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) in 22nd place and Alix Klineman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) in 49th place.
As a team, the U.S. achieved both its main goals for the tournament using a young roster with limited international playing experience. First, it qualified for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix as one of the top three finishing NORCECA teams in the tournament. Second, the coaching staff was able to evaluate the 12-player roster for possible inclusion on future U.S. National Teams, including the 2008 Olympic Games which Team USA has qualified.
"Our tournament ended on a positive note with a couple of wins and some great team bonding," said Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), an opposite on the U.S. Women's National Team. "I think I can speak for all of us when I say that this experience has been a once in a lifetime and these girls have made everything so much more enjoyable. Hopefully, we can use this tournament as a learning process for the upcoming matches against Brazil this week and other tournaments to come in the future."
The U.S., ranked fourth in the world by FIVB, hosts top-ranked Brazil three times in Colorado Springs next week as part of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball series. Team USA hosts Brazil on June 11 and June 13 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center Sports Center I at 7:30 p.m. The U.S. Women and Brazil conclude the three-match series with a June 14 contest at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Clune Arena at 7 p.m. MSNBC will show the match on a tape-delayed basis on June 29 at noon Eastern Time. For ticket information, click here.
Team USA won six of its eight matches played over the nine-day Pan American Cup. After a disappointing five-set loss to eventual champion Dominican Republic in the opening round of pool play on May 30, the U.S. won its last four pool matches in straight sets over the next four days. However, it ended in a three-way tie for first place in Pool A with Dominican Republic and Argentina. Although the Americans had the best sets won ratio among the trio, the first tiebreaker is points ratio. Dominican Republic, despite finishing third among the tied teams in sets won ratio, finished atop the points ratio with 1.301 (428-329). The U.S. held a 1.287 point ratio (408-317) to finish second ahead of Argentina's 1.232 ratio (377-306). Essentially, Dominican Republic earned the top spot by a total of four points scored.
After an off-day on June 4, the U.S. lost its quarterfinal round match against Puerto Rico in four sets dropping the Americans into the consolation bracket. Prior to its own June 6 match with Peru, the U.S. watched Canada lose to Venezuela making the path to 2009 World Grand Prix qualification an easier road. Team USA used the opening by sweeping Peru and allowing just 50 points on defense.
Heading into the fifth-place match against Venezuela on June 8, the U.S. coaching staff needed to juggle its lineup as Sykora was ill and could not compete. Hughes, normally an opposite, stepped into the libero off-colored uniform for the first time in her international career. Barboza, normally an outside hitter, started her second straight match at opposite. After shaky starts to the first two sets, the U.S. won 27-25 and 28-26. Venezuela came back to tie the set and send the match into a deciding fifth set. Unlike the first four sets as it fell behind early, Team USA scored the first three points of the fifth set en route to a 15-7 victory.
Dominican Republic earned the Pan American Cup gold medal with a five-set victory over Brazil in the championship match. Argentina won the bronze medal match over Puerto Rico. Peru defeated Canada in the seventh-place match. Costa Rica finished the tournament ninth with a win over host Mexico. Cuba, ranked third in the world but playing with a youth and junior team at the Pan American Cup, placed 11th with its only victory against Trinidad & Tobago.
For additional information on the Pan American Cup, visit http://www.norceca.org/2008%20VII%20Pan-American%20Women's%20Volleyball%20Cup.htm.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for Pan American Cup
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
3 – Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford University)
4 – Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford University)
5 – Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M University)
7 – Tracy Stalls (MB, 6-4, Denver, Colo., University of Nebraska)
9 – Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Texas)
10 – Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State University)
12 – Heather Hughes (OPP, 6-2, Fallbrook, Calif., Loyola Marymount University)
13 – Katie Olsovsky (OPP, 6-3, Hermosa Beach, Calif., University of Southern California)
16 – Lindsey Hunter (S, 5-10, Papillion, Neb., University of Missouri)
17 – Angie McGinnis (S, 5-11, Fraser, Mich., University of Florida)
18 – Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford University)
19 – Juliann Faucette (OH, 6-2, San Diego, Calif., University of Texas)
Head Coach: "Jenny" Lang Ping (not traveling)
Pan American Cup Head Coach: Tom Hogan
Pan American Cup Assistant Coaches: Gen Kawakita, Denise Corlett
Pan American Cup Schedule at Tijuana Mexicali, Mexico
Classification Rounds at Mexicali, Mexico
6/5: Cuba (6B) def. Trinidad & Tobago (6A), 25-14, 25-12, 25-14 (11th Place)
6/5: Peru (4B) def. Costa Rica (5A), 25-15, 25-19, 25-13 (Classification for 5-10)
6/5: Venezuela (5B) def. Mexico (4A), 25-27, 25, 16, 25-19, 25-19 (Classification for 5-10)
6/5: Argentina (3A) def. Canada (2B), 22-25, 26-24, 25-14, 21-25, 15-13 (Quarterfinals)
6/5: Puerto Rico (3B) def. USA (2A) vs. Puerto Rico (3B), 25-21, 34-32, 14-25, 25-18 (Quarterfinals)
6/6: Venezuela def. Canada, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17, 14-25, 15-9 (Classification 5-8)
6/6: USA def. Peru, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16 (Classification 5-8)
6/6: Brazil def. Argentina, 25-14, 25-15, 25-23 (Semifinal)
6/6: Costa Rica def. Mexico, 31-29, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23 (Classification for 9-10)
6/6: Dominican Republic def. Puerto Rico, 18-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-17 (Semifinal)
6/7: Peru def. Canada, 26-24, 25-12, 23-25, 18-25, 15-6 (7th Place)
6/7: USA def. Venezuela, 27-25, 28-26, 17-25, 22-25, 15-7 (5th Place)
6/7: Argentina def. Puerto Rico, 26-24, 25-18, 16-25, 25-18 (3rd Place)
6/7: Dominican Republic def. Brazil, 26-24, 30-28, 22-25, 19-25, 15-11 (1st Place)
Pool A at Mexicali, Mexico
5/30: Argentina def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-13, 25-17, 25-16
5/30: Dominican Republic def. USA, 20-25, 25-18, 25-27, 25-23, 15-8
5/30: Mexico def. Costa Rica, 25-19, 21-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-10
5/31: USA def. Costa Rica, 25-20, 25-10, 27-25
5/31: Dominican Republic def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-12, 25-17, 25-17
5/31: Argentina def. Mexico, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16
6/1: Dominican Republic def. Costa Rica, 25-15, 25-17, 25-19
6/1: United States def. Argentina, 25-16, 25-18, 30-28
6/1: Mexico def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-23, 25-14, 20-25, 25-14
6/2: Costa Rica def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-21, 25-15, 25-21
6/2: Argentina def. Dominican Republic, 15-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22
6/2: USA def. Mexico, 25-18, 25-22, 25-14
6/3: USA def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-11, 25-11, 25-14
6/3: Argentina def. Costa Rica, 25-15, 25-7, 25-15
6/3: Dominican Republic def. Mexico, 25-19, 25-15, 25-7
Pool A Standings
Dominican Republic 4-1 (1.301 point ratio)
USA 4-1 (1.287 point ratio)
Argentina 4-1 (1.232 point ratio)
Mexico 2-3
Costa Rica 1-4
Trinidad & Tobago 0-5
Pool B at Tijuana, Mexico
5/30: Brazil def. Venezuela, 25-11, 25-21, 25-19
5/30: Puerto Rico def. Peru, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21
5/30: Canada def. Cuba, 20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-12, 17-15
5/31: Peru def. Venezuela, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11
5/31: Puerto Rico def. Cuba, 20-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-16
5/31: Brazil def. Canada, 25-14, 23-25, 25-13, 25-13
6/1: Canada def. Venezuela, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22
6/1: Brazil def. Puerto Rico, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14
6/1: Peru def. Cuba, 26-24, 25-14, 25-16
6/2: Venezuela def. Cuba, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23
6/2: Canada def. Puerto Rico, 25-16, 25-19, 22-25, 25-20
6/2: Brazil def. Peru, 25-11, 25-20, 25-22
6/3: Puerto Rico def. Venezuela, 25-17, 25-21, 25-12
6/3: Canada def. Peru, 25-20, 25-12, 25-18
6/3: Brazil def. Cuba, 25-20, 25-11, 25-16
Pool B Standings
Brazil 5-0
Canada 4-1
Puerto Rico 3-2
Peru 2-3
Venezuela 1-4
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Ron and Teresa Johnson of Clovis announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Britni Johnson, to Jared Brock, son of Joe Brock of Lubbock and the late Judy Brock.
The couple will exchange vows on June 17, 2011, at Camp Blue Haven.
The reception will be in August in Shallowater, Texas.
The bride elect is a 2005 graduate from Clovis High School and received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Lubbock Christian University in 2009. She currently resides in Marble Falls, Texas, where she serves as a children's minister and secretary for the Marble Falls Church of Christ.
The prospective groom is a 2005 graduate of Abernathy High School and a 2009 West Texas A&M University graduate with both a bachelor's degree of business administration and a master's degree in accounting. He is currently employed in Dalhart, Texas, as a high school football coach and math educator.


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ST. JAMES – Funeral services for Myrna Elaine Mumme, 78, of Waterville, Minn., formerly of St. James, Minn., will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at St. John Lutheran Church, rural St. James, Minn., with Rev. Matthew Rusert, officiating. Interment will be in the St. John Cemetery.
Myrna died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at the Zaharia Family Funeral & Cremation Service of Truman, and one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church.
Myrna Elaine Beer was born Dec. 28, 1934, in rural Wilton Junction, Iowa, daughter of Gerhardt and Eleonore (Staehr) Beer. She was reborn a child of God in the water of Holy Baptism on Jan. 20, 1935, at Zion Lutheran Church in Wilton Junction. She was confirmed in the Christian Faith on March 21, 1948, at Zion Lutheran Church in Wilton Junction. She received her high school diploma at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato in 1952.
Myrna worked as a legal secretary in Davenport, Iowa, and in Denver, Colo. Myrna was united in Holy Matrimony to Edgar Mumme on Aug. 11, 1963, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bennett, Iowa. They made their home in rural St. James. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in South Branch, where she had served as church secretary. Myrna enjoyed sewing, quilting, scrapbooking and family history.
She is survived by her husband, Edgar; one daughter, Mary (Sam) Erdman of Eagan; four sons, Mark (Beth) Mumme of Hardwick, Minn., Paul (Lori) Mumme of Plainfield, Ill., David (Glenda) Mumme and Matthew (Michele) Mumme, both of Waterville; 20 grandchildren; one brother, Marvin (Jean) Beer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two sisters, Donna (Lowell) Kitzmann of Bangor, Wis. and Barb (Allen) Webb of Eau Claire, Wis.; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Daryl Beer of Pekin, Ill.
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So while shoppping for Miso at my local Asian Grocery, I noticed they carry bamboo Chasen in their tea accessories section.
Is there any real reason to buy a $20 Chasen from O-Cha as opposed to a $10 Chasen (prob made in China) from my Asian Grocery?
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Question is about SVN - how do I get a hang of it? I read the book "building scalable websites" by Carl Henderson (of Flickr fame)and he talks about how it is absolutely must for even a single developer to use SVN. I kind of see the benefits. But I just don't know how to use it properly.
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In Beijing May 3-4, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner joined their Chinese co-chairs, Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, for the fourth joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). In a joint statement, the two countries described the talks as "candid, in-depth and constructive discussions" in which both sides "decided to advance practical cooperation between the United States and China in order to build a cooperative partnership based on mutual benefit and mutual respect."
During a press conference at the S&ED, Secretary Clinton said:
"...The United States welcomes a strong, prosperous, and successful China. We want to see China not only deliver economic prosperity for its large population, but also play a key role in world affairs. And our countries and our peoples gain far more from cooperation then from competition, so we are committed to pursuing a positive, cooperative, comprehensive relationship. And I want to underscore the importance of events like this fourth Annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue. We use it to maximize mutual understanding and areas of cooperation while also speaking frankly to one another about those areas about which we have disagreements. Now, given all that we are doing together bilaterally, regionally, and globally, we need this kind of open, regular mechanism for strengthening our partnership and managing those areas where there are tensions and differences.
"I said something earlier today that I would repeat for you, because together the United States and China are trying to do something that is historically unprecedented, to write a new answer to the age-old question of what happens when an established power and a rising power meet. And for the United States, we see this as an opportunity, not a threat. We look at the future with great optimism. And we believe that neither of us can afford to keep looking at the world through old lenses, whether it's the legacy of imperialism, the Cold War, or balance-of-power politics. Zero sum thinking will lead to negative sum results.
"And so instead, what we are trying to do is to build a resilient relationship that allows both of our nations to thrive without unhealthy competition, rivalry, or conflict while meeting our national, regional, and global responsibilities."
In addition, while in Beijing, Secretary Clinton co-chaired with Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong the third U.S.-China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE). The CPE aims to enhance and strengthen ties between the citizens of the United States and China in the areas of culture, education, sports, science and technology, and women's issues. During the third CPE, both sides pledged to adopt new, concrete measures to expand cooperation in these areas.
The United States and China agreed to continue ongoing CPE achievements including the U.S. 100,000 Strong Initiative and China's three 10,000 scholarship programs, the U.S.-China Young Scientists Forum, the East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. science students, renewal of the U.S.-China Cultural Implementing Accord, the U.S.-China Women Leadership Exchange and Dialogue (Women-LEAD), and the U.S.-China Young Leaders Exchange.
During this year's CPE, the two governments also agreed to enhance support for the binational U.S.-China Fulbright Program, double the new Fulbright M.A. Program for Chinese students, triple Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Awards for American Fulbrighters to study Chinese, and welcome the first U.S. Distinguished Chair for a highly qualified American professor to teach in China this fall. The U.S. government sends more students to study in China than to any other country. The robust educational relationship between the U.S. and China is one of our most important worldwide and is helping to build a stronger foundation for our overall bilateral relationship.
You can read more about U.S.-China people-to-people exchanges here, and more about the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Rounds I-IV Strategic Track Outcomes here.
You can follow Secretary Clinton's travel to China, Bangladesh, and India April 30-May 8, 2012, on www.state.gov.
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by Richard Haass:
The future is global and all set :
This month's college graduates will lead 21st century lives. There is much we cannot know about this new century. If you doubt this, think about the world at the time today's graduates were born. The Soviet Union was collapsing. Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were still intact countries. Saddam Hussein was busy occupying Kuwait, soon to be ousted by an extraordinary coalition led by the United States. Here at home, offices were just getting desktop computers. Cell phones were as large as they were rare. Libraries still had card catalogs. There was no Facebook, no Google, and no Twitter.
But there is also a lot we can predict. Over the next ninety years, the population of the United States will increase from 300 million to well over 500 million. The number of people in the world could reach 10 billion. America will have a majority minority population. China will likely constitute the world's largest economy. Climate change will probably alter global temperatures, sea levels, and weather patterns.
More important, the world will matter as never before. Ours is an age of globalization, a world defined by large and swift flows across borders of tourists, businessmen, students, dollars, greenhouse gases, oil and gas, manufactured goods, services, emails, television and radio signals, technology, drugs, germs, weapons, terrorists, viruses, and much more. There is no escaping this: the world is not Las Vegas; what happens out there does not stay out there. For better or worse, much of it will come here.
And vice versa. A good deal of what we do here goes there, be it what Americans produce in the way of manufactured goods and ideas or by the example they set as a society.
More than 95% of the world's people live outside this country. And while our share of global economic output is high -- on the order of 20-25% -- this number is coming down. All this means expanded markets for what we produce. But it also means expanded competition.
How this competition plays out will go a long way toward determining future American employment levels, income, and standards of living. Americans can no longer assume they will prevail. They will only hold their own if they continue to educate themselves.
Graduates also need to be ready to serve their country. The United States requires a large number of citizens who can operate successfully overseas. These men and women can literally be the country's foot-soldiers, or they can be involved in diplomacy, intelligence, law enforcement, foreign aid, and homeland security. They could also enter journalism, academia, business--or work for one of the many NGOs involved in promoting education, health, or development. Knowlege is essential if one is to work successfully in or on the world.
There is no one-stop shopping for where to find the needed intellectual fuel, but I have several suggestions. Travel overseas. Better yet, live abroad for an extended period. Learn a second language. Return to school for another degree or go on line to take a course. Regularly read a serious newspaper or magazine or visit an authoritative website or tune in to one of those rare but still possible to find television or radio shows that provide real news and thoughtful discussion.
All Americans, whether they hold a college diploma or not, will need to top off their intellectual tank often, and some of the topping off should involve gaining the knowledge or skills that will prepare them for the opportunities and challenges of the modern world. Their future, not to mention their country's future, depends on it.
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I'm not happy with the way the Chen incident was handled. I understand that we have to tiptoe around in China - since they basically own us - but still, we need to stand up for what's right.
Carl in California writes:
Very proud of Secretary of State Clinton for her steadfast commitment to freedom and justice for all.
God Bless America!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Born before the was an Ameican in space, by the time I was 21, we were launching shuttles.
I think every generation has it's measurements of progress.
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India and POSCO.
Asia, if the last hope, to overcome the economic crisis in Europe - if the last consumer market ....
In India, a large steel works, rather than to think should be done. A large steel mill in India, and the company to the people of India, a significant portion of revenue is reduced.
Soundness of India's economy, providing jobs to Indians, Indian and you want to grow into independent and supportive nation, India's national capital should be positive, and now Prime Minister of India .....
Beyond the political issues,
Asia is the overproduction of steel products and iron products, consume one to two years to keep in stock in the warehouse will likely suspect.
Simply, rather than economic policy for India only, and Asia considered as an economic system,
Inventory of steel products in Asia, India and the income, around the country and ease the strain on their stock, India produced around the country to import products that - due to comparative advantage in economic policy think we should enforce.
China's domestic market expansion and Russia's revolutionary Advanced hwawa As economic reforms made, an island nation in Southeast Asia and India and Indochina countries if they join -
Japan's capital and technology are also thought I'd participate. If North Korea adopted a policy of openness, I think is even better ...
POSCO's Indian steel construction should be delayed one to two years to think. China also reduced production of the burden of overproduction and, for employees considering job cuts or layoffs will think you have already done.
India with active support of the United States, a significant accumulation of wealth, but most are owned by the upper class and middle class in production, two bad habits, such as the caste system, is thought to interfere with obstacles. In particular, the social advancement of women still (when you start in India, Pakistan and Give you a positive impact on Afghans, such as honor killings, abuses will disappear I think.)
Bollywood as a typical success story, the story many times, but a little thought to the lack of policy. Middle layer of low-income people making policy - especially, countries such as India, severe income disparity in the large-scale civil works properly, I think.
Also, a large country in Asia, India, a lot of people a lot of effort into infrastructure construction is tilted, the deficit in the short term be lifted, and some foreign capital, India's consumer market easier to invest in anticipation of likely, the possibility has already been proven. India's policy by the national capital to maintain its own system, congestion and speed up the development, but ......
Donna High Speed Maglev train, gonghangdeung - Asian stock give the consumer an opportunity to promote strong civil works, I think. For a while, if depleted stocks, meantime, development of other countries and in India, think of the stuff is imported. Although, in order to achieve military checks and balances, how to avoid war with the local people wish to exist, but realistically how to avoid and difficult to find people to expect - again, expect many soldiers die is. Because the local rather than national war victims, the Navy is likely to be very suspect. From now on, the sea rescue equipment would create?
Bollywood in the same way as the United States to India has been made richer. Now, to India, a small charge when you need to co-pays, I think. And, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the failure of social reforms, these reforms are absolutely necessary, I think. In order to support reform also, need the active support and involvement, I think.
While providing a little more space in India, India, Asia's stock to consume, but what do you say to enforce a policy? I am a wide territory and many consumers and producers is easy to perform with a country he thinks is a large civil engineering. High Speed Rail, Maglev trains, airports, roads, schools, hospitals, harbors, and maintenance projects, including large classes in preparation for heavy rains also .....
- India is strong in the IT business stories, most of outsourcing by multinational corporations, and most think that a simple phone call to the agent. In the IT industry to create programs, maintenance and repair personnel, still small, I think. Be proportional to the population of India .....
South America get away the drugs and the drug cartel`s terrorism.
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not come my words, then kill me
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@ eric
probably that s why is a giant groundhog - cos of the gene-rational progress !
Thanks Amerika
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- Books shelved under the 900s are about general history and geography resources.
- Books shelved under the 910s are about geography and travel. 913 is the ancient world, 914 is Europe, 915 is Asia, 916 is Africa, 917 is North America, and 918 is South America.
- You may also find resources in the 930s (history of the ancient world), the 940s (history of Europe), the 950s (history of Asia), the 960s (history of Africa), the 970s (history of North America), or the 980s (history of South America).
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Stephen M. LaCroix, 63, of Grand Rapids passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. He was surrounded by his loving family. Stephen was a musician for many years and played in numerous bands in the Southwest MN area. He owned LaCroix & Sons Guitars, a pro-guitar shop located in Marshall, and was well known as a guitar technician extraordinaire. Music was his passion but he was also an accomplished photographer, poet, loved reading scientific journals, bird watching, rock hunting and word games.
He is survived by Melody, his wife of 37 years, his siblings Roger LaCroix Jr. of Bozeman, Mont., Edward and Jennifer LaCroix of Phoenix, Ariz., Ellen and Bruce Hostetler of Pequot Lakes; in-laws Edward and LaVonne Walters of Effie, MN; sister- and brother-in-law Kristal and James Rutledge of Hibbing; niece Melissa and Brian Land, nephews Philip Hostetler, Brandon Johnson, and Thomas Johnson; and great-nephews Trevor Land and Jason Land, great-niece Ashelia Johnson.
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A couple of years ago, I spent a "girl's day" out at the mall with my then 3-year-old daughter, Annamaria. There's this store where they sell little girl make-up , costumes and trinkets. Browsing here makes Annamaria's day, so I promised her we'd pay her favorite "girly girl" place a visit. The look of excited anticipation on her face was priceless, yet even that look couldn't compete with what she was about to do.
With Leo being the ruler of the Sun, a Solar Return Birthday Report is the perfect tool to look at the year ahead!
We walk in, and as my eyes scan around in Mommy fashion for something appropriate enough to buy her, I feel a sharp pull on my left arm. My daughter proceeds to drag me across the aisle with great determination, while one finger points ahead to our destination: a tall display of children's sunglasses. She immediately pulls off the object of her obsession, a pair of pink sunglasses drowning in glittery sparkles. She places them on her face and beams, "Mommy these sunglasses are SOOOOOO princess -- I HAVE to buy them!"
As I watched my daughter strike a pose with her hands on her hips, I tried to remember if she was 3 or 30. Where does she get this from? Surely it can't be from me -- I don't own a single pair of sunglasses, and she and I most certainly don't have the same taste. She's full of flamboyant style, while I'm much more subtle. There is nothing understated about Annamaria. Of course not, she's a Leo.
The pride of a Leo
Leo is ruled by the Sun, symbolizing the creative potential within all of us. Leo is fun, carefree, playful and exuberant -- literally full of life and vitality. Annamaria, born August 13, is typically Leonine in all of these qualities. From age 2 she was singing along to the songs on the radio during our car drives. If I had the audacity to sing along with her, she'd quickly put me in my place: "No Mom, stop singing. I can't hear the song!" Translation: Stop singing so everyone can hear Annamaria.
She loves an audience and is a born performer. Whether it's dancing around the living room, singing in the car or diving across the pool, as long as someone is watching and giving her a pat on the back, she's in her glory. All Leos are born performers, and you'll find many involved in creative fields such as dance, theatre and singing. Anything where they can bask in the spotlight and have an audience clapping in the background will do.
Leos don't simply enjoy this audience, they crave it. This sign is learning life lessons having to do with self-love, approval and self-respect, as well as the uninhibited expression of their own unique creative energy. Some Leos fall into the shadow of what they are "learning to become" and manage to be either uncontrollable egomaniacs OR people who have a very serious distortion of their own self-worth in the most negative and unhealthy ways.
Many Leos, in fact, have the difficult lesson of seeking the approval of others in order to validate their own self worth. Once a Leo learns to love himself regardless of the opinions of another, he radiates warmth in a way no other sign can.
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Leos are also the most generous sign of the zodiac -- sometimes generous to a fault. They would serve their own heart on a silver platter if it would make a loved one happy. You can probably see another shadow lesson here. Leos, because they so deeply crave the respect and approval of others, sometimes have to learn the lesson that you can't buy love. Maybe it's because some Leos have great difficulty believing someone can love them for who they are. Self love is the greatest lesson for a Leo to learn. I see qualities of this lesson in all of my beloved Leo family members.
This brings me to one of my soulmates, my beautiful son Vincent. Born August 10, Vincent is very different from his sister, in that the easy, effusive, open expression of Leo energy isn't readily accessible to him. This is because Vincent's Leo Sun is intercepted in his birth chart. I like to call planets that are intercepted as being "in the closet." Sure, the energy is there, but it's much more difficult to harness it or even acknowledge it because it's trapped within the birth chart. This can result in some interesting problems for a person with intercepted planets.
The tamer Lion
Vincent, like any other Leo, needs attention and approval. But Vincent kind of spites himself in the ways he goes about trying to get attention. He often resorts to negative attention seeking behaviors to solicit a reaction from others, thus putting him in the spotlight in a less than desirable manner. Vincent has a very hard time expressing his need for attention and approval -- in fact he probably denies it. Whereas his sister will demand that all eyes be on her every move, Vincent will never make such a statement. Instead, he'll become the "class clown" and draw attention to himself by making others laugh, or he will break a class rule on purpose because he knows it will get the teacher to pay individual attention to him.
I've observed that he has more difficulty with breaking rules in school than in summer camp. Why? My theory is that with 25 children and one teacher in a classroom, he has to try very hard to get his intercepted Sun heard, while in camp there are 11 children and four camp counselors. Vincent is easily getting all the attention he needs, and all I've been hearing is what a pleasure he is to have at camp -- he hasn't broken a rule yet. He is the type of child who would clearly benefit from the smaller classrooms of a private school.
While Vincent pulls away from being in the spotlight, he's the one I inevitably find dancing and singing in the living room when he believes no one is watching. He's still a Leo after all!
My son truly amazes me with his generosity and compassionate heart. All the interception in the world can't erase the combination of a Leo Sun/Moon/North node with Pisces rising. From the age of 2 he insisted I give away some of his toys and clothes to "the boys and girls who have none." Once, we watched a "Feed the Children" infomercial together. He put the phone in my lap and told me to call and give them money. He was barely 3 at the time!
I can't leave Leo without noting the fact that they are a fire sign. There is a boundless energy, enthusiasm and optimism in every Leo, and whether they are 3 or 93, the heart of a Leo always belongs to a child. Respect them, love them unconditionally, and never bruise their ego or take advantage of their generous nature and you will witness them shine in their natural light. Even better, they'll share this light with you -- just like the Sun.
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