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Location: Hortobágy National Park / Hungary
Duration: 3 nights / 4 days
Group Size: Max 6
Level of fitness required: Easy
Join Tatra Photography in the legendary Hortobágy National Park photographing the iconic White Tailed Sea Eagle. In this region up to 200 White-tailed Eagles are wintering which regularly visit the specially designed photography hides. We will spend three full days in the bird photography hides with our main focus on the White-tailed Eagle, Common Buzzard & Rough-legged Buzzard, other species of bird you will also have the opportunity to photograph are Goshawk, Great White Egret, Spotted Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hooded Crow, Rook, Magpie, Nuthatch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Jay, Sparrowhawk & Hen Harrier.
Over the course of four days you will enjoy unique opportunities to capture spectacular images of Raptors, Owls and numerous more species in one of Europe's top wildlife national parks. Guidance and tuition on how to get the best from each situation will be available throughout the workshop from our professional photographer Ben Hall so we'll ensure you return home with images you'll be proud of.
The hides will be entered before daylight around 06:30 and can only be left after dusk approx. 17:00. The eagles are very shy and once disturbed they can abandon the feeding station for days. Smoking is strictly forbidden in the hide because of the heating system. The use of the curtain in the morning is useful when direct sunlight hits the window.
The hides are 260 cm wide, 250 cm long and 175 cm high. The size of the photo-through window is 210 cm by 40 cm. Most of the hide is low in the ground with only 50cm emerging above the surface so it blends perfectly into the flat treeless landscape.
The hide has three chairs with back support, Curtains, Gas operated heating system to ensure a temperature of 15°C when it is -10°C outside. Shelves & ventilators to ensure the windows don't steam up and a portable toilet.
Recommended equipment
The distance of the eagles from the hide will be regulated by placing out fish. The eagles are shy but they usually come within 10-25 metres of the hides. This photography tour offers you very diverse photographing opportunities so we would recommend that you bring along lenses from wide angle & 70-200mm for close up shots and 300mm-500mm with extenders for the birds in flight.
Your tutor for this workshop is Ben Hall. Ben is one of Britain's foremost wildlife photographers. His personal approach to nature photography lies in the creative art of 'seeing'. His aim is to use his pictures to communicate his personal vision, to generate an emotional response and to excite the viewer's aesthetic sensitivity. He is described by "Living Edge" magazine as 'a passionate and experienced wildlife photographer, with a perfectionist's eye for detail'. Ben's work is represented by Getty images, RSPB Images and Naturepl and is sold worldwide.
Ben specialises in bird and mammal photography and has won numerous international awards including category wins in the British Wildlife Photography Awards and the Windland Smith Rice International Awards. In 2009 he was named 'Geographical' Photographer of the Year. He is a regular contributor to clients as diverse as BBC Wildlife, PhotoPlus magazine, Digital SLR User, Photography Monthly and many more. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes including BBC's Walk on The Wild Side and is a member of the 2020VISION photo team. Ben has just finished writing his first book, Wildlife Photography Workshop, which he co-authored with Ross Hoddinott.
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Arrest made in connection to 2007 murder case
HILLSBOROUGH (970 WFLA) – Hillsborough deputies say they have made an arrest in connection to a 2007 murder case.
Deputies say 28-year-old Rick Joseph, a gang member wanted on a murder charge from a warrant issued in May 2007, has been arrested and brought back to Hillsborough County.
Detectives used social media, public and investigative databases and old fashioned police work to construct a possible location - a six block radius in Brooklyn, N.Y. - where the fugitive and his associates could be.
Within a week, officials say an arrest was made.
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Republicans have vehemently countered "Obamacare" saying it will actually raise deficits by "trillions," and that's exactly what Mitt Romney is campaigning on to garner support from the Republican base. Every statement out of the Republican Presidential candidate's mouth, seems to work against him.
NYT reports:
President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama's contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans.
The office gave no updated estimate for total deficit reductions from the law, approved by Congress and signed by Obama in 2010. But it did estimate that Republican legislation to repeal the overhaul — passed recently by the House — would itself boost the deficit by $109 billion from 2013 to 2022.
"Repealing the (health care law) will lead to an increase in budget deficits over the coming decade, though a smaller one than previously reported," budget office director Douglas Elmendorf said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
The law's mix of spending cuts and tax increases would more than offset new spending to cover uninsured people, Elmendorf explained.
Mitt Romney may want to rethink the statements he's repeatedly made just after the Supreme Court ruling.
The first thing Mitt will do once in office (if he doesn't flip flop) is repeal ObamaCare. Those are his words (for now). Romney will repeal the health care bill which was modeled after his own, when he was Governor. It's safe to conclude that most Republicans just want to kill Obama's signature legislation, instead of working on the economy.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — It's up to a judge to decide whether an ex-pediatrician from Delaware is guilty of raping and sexually abusing scores of his young patients.
Prosecutors presented their evidence against Earl Bradley in about four hours Tuesday. The defense presented no case and Bradley had earlier waived his right to a jury trial.
Witnesses painted the 58-year-old, gray-bearded man as a predator who covertly videotaped naked patients during exams and who raped young victims.
Judge William Carpenter Jr. did not indicate when he would deliver a verdict.
Prosecutors gave the judge hours of graphic video evidence to review, recorded by Bradley himself, documenting the abuse. The tapes show a total of 86 victims dating to 1998. All but one of them was a young girl, with an average age of three.
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In this view you can set up main clock and 6 small clocks for different cities. For the main clock you can see the time of sunrise and sunset. Small clocks show additionally time difference (± N hours).
The settings let you specify background picture, clock format (12/24 hours), clock type (analog/digital) and other look and feel options.
Compare cities function shows the difference in time and distance between two cities of the world.
Best Clock lets you create unlimited number of alarms.
Note: In order for the alarms to work, it is necessary to activate the "Reminder" in settings.
Each alarm has the following properties:
Vibration can be selected in settings dialog.
Cuckoo - it's a talking clock or simply a sound notification each selected period of time. The settings dialog lets you specify the type of cuckoo (sound/voice) as well as time and frequency of notification.
Floating clock bar shows the clock floating on screen regardless of whether Best Clock is running or not. This feature is available only if Reminder option is checked. Floating clock bar has 3 states - show (max), minimize and hide. Floating clock bar has a popup menu, which can be activated by clicking on the left corner of the bar. The popup menu allows you to start Best Clock, to add an alarm, to minimize/maximize or to hide the clock bar. The clock bar can be placed anywhere, you just have to drag it to the desired place.
In this view you can note the time up and down. Timer settings have different time formats. Additional settings (vibrate on count down and sound) for the count down timer can be found in Settings dialog on sounds tab.
Timer results can be exported to CSV format, which can be easily imported to Excel.
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What was the world before Beyonce? A slightly duller place. With her bod, her moves and her straight up sass, Beyonce has a way of lighting up the screen. Take this video. Not only was the song a mega hit, but the video is fabulous fun. From strutting, and I mean strutting in her itty bitty jean shorts to the final scene when she is working it, and I mean working it, in her hot little orange Versace RTW Spring 2003 number, with her acid bright posse in tow. Go Beyonce go!
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I love this video! spent the summer in italy when it came out. my italian was so rough, but i managed to make new friends, bonding over how blue bubblegum was the latest accessory. I still buy it every time i see it!
Beyoncé is one of my favourite artist and she's so beautiful!
I love this video and Beyonce! And I so wanted one of those Versace dresses to wear when I graduated from college.
One of the best songs EVER
In my opinion, Beyonce can't even dance ...don't call her ass pumping and grinding is "dance"---that's not dance. I don't like her. But the costumes are really colorful
she is too aggressive in singing and movements..urgh.
she actually used to be thin! looks really good on the video. this is my fav beyonce song!
i remember wanting that versace dress so badly!! but i was like 15 at the time and my mother wouldn't have approved. i digress. cute vid. i miss the old beyonce. i think she was realer then.
Even though I don't always love all her music or her fashion style, I have to love the fact that she is super-talented, totally non-conformist (in a world where all 'stars' seem often all much-the-same in style/behaviour) and such a strong woman who just doesn't seem to fall into any of the traps that so many other female singers seem so prone tripping up into these days.
ohhh what a blast from the past. remember when she was just a member of Destiny's Child? oh loove.
she (along with her music) is completely overrated and I can't stand Jay-Z but this song and video in particular is pretty fun.
Yeah Beyonce does know how to do it. I did love the video, the whole scheme and that fuschia dress. But I think she's over the top now, you know. Like she feels like she needs to over do it all the time. Sometimes less is more. And sometimes, her more, is just the same kind of thing just a different song. She needs to do a stipped down, unplugged, no heavy make-up kind of thing her next time out.
I completly disagree. I was over beyonce before she even went solo. I don't get why everyone is so impressed with her. in my opinion she's an ok singer who can't dance and calls her fat "curves". I hate this video.
Her new Bday DVD has some great fashion in those videos!! I love all those vids for creativity... but this is the vid that introduced us to BEYONCE!
hottest.video.ever! i love beyonce!!!!!!
this is actually one video that's interesting..I don't usually watch MTV and such..love the vid.
Even though I am still sick of the song b/c they played it so much I do still love the video.
I'm not a huge Beyonce fan, but I love this video.
woww watching that made me want to go run 30 miles or something
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by NRA Staff - Thursday, June 7, 2012
Yamaha Motor Corp. is producing new a new Tactical Black Special Edition version of both its Black Grizzly 700 4x4 and Rhino 700 4x4 SE models.
The new Special Editions will give two of Yamaha's most popular products a matte-black look and cast aluminum wheels for tactically design and durability. Both models will be manufactured at the company's U.S. factory.
The Grizzly 700 4x4 and Rhino 700 4x4 are among the most off-road capable and durable vehicles available in their class, and feature Yamaha's Ultramatic automatic transmission.
The SE Grizzly 700 4x4 is an ATV and will come with an MSRP of $10,999. The Rhino 700 4x4 is the company's Side-by-Side model, and has an MSRP of $12,999.
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These web pages are designed to provide current / prospective students, and fieldwork educators with information about the fieldwork education and the doctoral experiential component at Duquesne University.
Philosophy of Engaged Learning
Active & engaged learning is a crucial aspect of occupational therapy education. The Occupational Therapy Department of Duquesne University is committed to the development of practice scholars and utilizes fieldwork education & the newly developed doctoral experiential component within the well-integrated curriculum continuum to promote advanced skill development in the core aspects of our mission through serving, leading, questioning and doing. Our faculty strongly embraces the concepts of Engaged and Transformative Learning and recognizes their value in developing practitioners that can be the leaders within our profession. We have integrated the core concepts of these learning theories within many aspects of our curriculum. Within entry-level occupational therapy doctorate programs, there are three levels of formal active, engaged learning:
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Clinical education is available in a variety of practice settings & geographic locations. Students will receive access to a password protected online database to view current affiliations. Some travel may be necessary outside of the Greater Pittsburgh area. Students will be responsible for their own expenses for any fieldwork experience including uniforms, housing, transportation and travel etc...
Title IX changes regarding out-of-state fieldwork - Due to higher education regulation changes, effective August 1, 2011, Duquesne University is unable to accept applications for admission to online programs and courses from students NOR PLACE STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL EDUCATION IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin
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CLEVELAND (Mar. 18)
The annual Jewish Welfare Fund Appeal opened a month long drive for $15,220,000 Thursday evening for 22 Greater Cleveland agencies and Jewish needs throughout the world. The meeting, at Park Synagogue, also recognized Israel's 25th year of independence with a series of exhibits highlighting Appeal efforts for each year of independence. Special recognition will be given to Appeal leadership of the 1948 Campaign-the year Israel became a nation-along with recognition to all past general chairmen and Women's Division leaders.
"Cleveland's leadership awareness, and response have gone hand in hand with Israel's growth over these 25 historic years," said Sheldon B. Guren, general chairman of the 1973 drive. "The formal opening of this Campaign is a fitting time to review our progress and contributions and to assess the needs of the coming year, not only for Cleveland and Israel, but for Jews who need our help throughout the world."
The goal of the regular Campaign, he explained, is $9.1 million, of which approximately half will go to Greater Cleveland agencies. An additional $6.1 million is being sought for the Israel Emergency Fund to help cope with the expected arrival of 70,000 new immigrants to Israel-including 40,000 from the Soviet Union-and to help Israel with its heavy home burden of health, welfare, housing and educational problems for over 200,000 citizens living below the poverty line. Most are recent immigrants from prior years.


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ASA: Configuring the Native L2TP-IPSEC Droid client
- Cisco Employee,
This document has been migrated to cisco.com. Please refer to the following document for the latest updated version:
ASA and Native L2TP-IPSec Android Client Configuration Example
L2TP over IPsec provides the capability to deploy and administer an L2TP VPN solution alongside the IPsec VPN and firewall services in a single platform.The primary benefit of configuring L2TP over IPsec in a remote access scenario is that remote users can access a VPN over a public IP network without a gateway or a dedicated line, which enables remote access from virtually anyplace with POTS. An additional benefit is that the only client requirement for VPN access is the use of Windows with Microsoft Dial-Up Networking (DUN). No additional client software, such as Cisco VPN client software, is required. This document provides a sample configuration for the native l2tp-IPSEC droid client. It takes you through all the necessary commands required on the ASA as well as the steps to be taken on the Android device itself.
Ensure that you meet these requirements before you attempt this configuration:
- Android L2TP/IPsec requires ASA version 8.2.5 or greater, 18.104.22.168 or greater, 8.4.1 or greater
- ASA supports SHA2 certificate signature support for Microsoft Windows 7 and Android-native VPN clients when using the L2TP/IPsec protocol.
- Licensing Requirements for L2TP over IPsec
This section describes the information you need to configure the features described in this document.
To configure the L2TP/IPSec connection on the Droid:
- Open the menu and choose Settings
- Select Wireless and Network or Wireless Controls, depending on your version of Android
- Select VPN Settings
- Select Add VPN
- Select Add L2TP/IPsec PSK VPN
- Select VPN Name and type in a descriptive name
- Select Set VPN Server and enter a descriptive name
- Select Set IPSec pre-shared key
- Uncheck Enable L2TP secret
- Open the menu and choose Save
To configure the L2TP/IPSec connection on ASA:
The required ASA IKEv1 (ISAKMP) policy settings that allow native VPN clients, integrated with the operating system on an endpoint, to make a VPN connection to the ASA using L2TP over IPsec protocol.
- IKEv1 phase 1—3DES encryption with SHA1 hash method.
- IPsec phase 2—3DES or AES encryption with MD5 or SHA hash method.
- PPP Authentication—PAP, MS-CHAPv1, or MSCHAPv2 (preferred).
- Pre-shared key
**NOTE: The ASA only supports the PPP authentications PAP and Microsoft CHAP, Versions 1 and 2, on the local database. EAP and CHAP are performed by proxy authentication servers. Therefore, if a remote user belongs to a tunnel group configured with the authentication eap-proxy orauthentication chap commands, and the ASA is configured to use the local database, that user will not be able to connect.
- Define a local address pool or use a dhcp-server for the adaptive security appliance to allocate IP addresses to the clients for the group policy.
- Create an internal group-policy .
- define the the tunnel protocol to be l2tp-ipsec
- configure a dns server to be used by the clients
- Either create a new tunnel group or modify the attributes of the existing DefaultRAGroup
- Define the general-attributes of the tunnel group that will be used
- Map the defined group policy to this tunnel group
- Map the defined address pool to be used by this tunnel group
- modify the authentication-server group if you want to use something other than LOCAL
- Define the pre-shared key under the ipsec attributes of the tunnel group to be used
- Modify the ppp attributes of the tunnel group that will be used so that only chap,ms-chap-v1 and ms-chap v2 are used
- Create a transform set with a specific ESP encryption type and authentication type
- Instruct IPsec to use transport mode rather than tunnel mode.
- Define an ISAKMP/IKEv1 policy using 3DES encryption with SHA1 hash method.
- Create a dynamic crypto map and then map it to a crypto map.
- Apply the crypto map to an interface
- Enable ISAKMP on that interface
The following example shows configuration file commands that ensure ASA compatibility with a native VPN client on any operating system:
Configuration Example Using ASA 8.2.5 or later:
ip local pool l2tp-ipsec_address 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.10
group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy internal
group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy attributes
dns-server value 188.8.131.52
vpn-tunnel-protocol l2tp-ipsec
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup general-attributes
default-group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy
address-pool l2tp-ipsec_address
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup ipsec-attributes
pre-shared-key *
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup ppp-attributes
no authentication pap
authentication chap
authentication ms-chap-v1
authentication ms-chap-v2
crypto ipsec transform-set trans esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec transform-set trans mode transport
crypto dynamic-map dyno 10 set transform-set set trans
crypto map vpn 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic dyno
crypto map vpn interface outside
crypto isakmp enable outside
crypto isakmp policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption 3des
hash sha
group 2
lifetime 86400
Configuration Example Using ASA 188.8.131.52 or later:
ip local pool l2tp-ipsec_address 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.10
group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy internal
group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy attributes
dns-server value 22.214.171.124
vpn-tunnel-protocol l2tp-ipsec
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup general-attributes
default-group-policy l2tp-ipsec_policy
address-pool l2tp-ipsec_addresses
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup ipsec-attributes
pre-shared-key *
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup ppp-attributes
no authentication pap
authentication chap
authentication ms-chap-v1
authentication ms-chap-v2
crypto ipsec ikev1 transform-set my-transform-set-ikev1 esp-des esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec ikev1 transform-set my-transform-set-ikev1 mode transport
crypto dynamic-map dyno 10 set ikev1 transform-set my-transform-set-ikev1
crypto map vpn 20 ipsec-isakmp dynamic dyno
crypto map vpn interface outside
crypto ikev1 enable outside
crypto ikev1 policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption 3des
hash sha
group 2
lifetime 86400
Use these commands to confirm that your connection works properly.
- show run crypto isakmp(8.2.5)
- show run crypto ikev1(22.214.171.124+)
- show vpn-sessiondb ra-ikev1-ipsec (184.108.40.206+)
show vpn-sessiondb remote (8.2.5)
Related Information
- For more generic information related to configuring l2tp-ipsec on ASAs please refer to: Configuring L2TP over IPsec
- For more information about new features added in 8.4 code please refer to: Release Notes for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, Version 8.4(x)
- This document does not detail how to deal with natting on ASAs running software 188.8.131.52 or higher. For that please refer to the following documents:
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"I wanted to deal ironically with the cliche of the
'dead heart'; I wanted to know the true nature of the
'otherness' I had been born into. It was not a
European thing. I wanted to paint the great purity
and implacability of the landscape. I wanted a
visual form of the 'otherness' of the thing not seen."
(Sidney Nolan quoted in Sidney Nolan — Australia by Elwyn Lynn and Sidney Nolan.)
From 1949 to 1953 Sidney Nolan created extraordinary images of inland Australia. These included dazzling aerial views of desert and mountain ranges, drought-stricken landscapes with dried carcasses, powerful narratives of the Burke and Wills expedition, and a previously unrecognised series of paintings of images of religion in an Australian context.
Nolan's unique vision, combined with his equally unusual technique of working with enamel paint and oil on composition board, glass and paper, had both an overwhelming impact on Australian audiences and launched his international career.
|An undated photo of Sydney Nolan at his desk.
|Burke at Cooper's Creek (1950). Oil and enamel paint on composition board.
"Today went on a mail flight for four hundred
miles over the Hartz Range & to the eastern
extremity of the MacDonnell Ranges. It is a simple
matter to trace in this old waterless and eroded
surface of the earth the dreaming nature and
philosophy of the Aborigines. In the morning the
light on the hills was like gauze as Cynthia so
accurately described it. Transparent & at the same
time in penetrable, a fitting paradox for those who
would look long at it and attempt to look through
it to the coloured rocks and hills themselves."
(Sidney Nolan, diary notes, Alice Springs, June 28, 1949.)
Inland Australia seen from an aerial perspective provided Nolan with an entirely new spatial challenge. He had first realised its potential during his initial flight to Queensland in 1947, however, on this occasion his appreciation was enhanced by his direct contact with Aboriginal art and culture.
Returning to Sydney on September 22, 1949, Nolan initially struggled to make sense of what he saw. Everything he read seemed influenced by his recent journey; a plate in John Gould's The Birds of Australia (1848), "reminded me of watching the bird at Turner Station", while reproductions of Degas bronzes reminded him of "young Aboriginal girls". Nolan used his diary to clarify his thoughts, and relied on this process when painting proved difficult.
Nolan's initial compositions on the theme of
Central Australia were "somewhat stiff" images of
the landscape with Aboriginal subjects and
camels and "it is taking me some time to loosen
up". He found that his efforts were a confused mix
of landscape, animals, and Aboriginal culture,
with a "kind of Bible overtone".
"Such categories need clear thought before there is clear painting," he wrote, believing that his difficulty resulted from a lack of understanding of indigenous culture and a need "to be more familiar with it".
In the following weeks, Nolan looked at reproductions of the fluid brush drawings of the Japanese painter and wood-engraver Hokusai (1760-1849), which proved "an antidote to my own too rigid line" and concluded that "I must start from what my hands require — rather than what my head knows at the moment", implying a more automatic and physical approach to creation.
Slowly, he formulated his approach to the subject: "I have had a spasmodic week of working since coming home. Seeing the rest of Australia has now cut out the unknown element that one could rest in before. Now that one knows it for an old, fragile & transparent land that is the way the paintings must tend & so far my own paintings have not been notable for any of these qualities. If they are to be old, then I must be older."
(Sidney Nolan, diary notes, Sydney, September 24, 1949)
This realisation gave Nolan a way forward, and he then had a significant breakthrough that defined his approach to painting for several years:
"Decided this morning to spread paintings out over the next four years. By this I mean to work simultaneously at the paintings that would cover this period. To this end I have set out the numbers of the different series which would make up exhibitions in themselves. This seems a rigid outlook but I cannot see any other way to cover the ground coherently."
(Sidney Nolan, diary notes, Sydney, September 25, 1949)
It was a significant commitment by the artist, but it worked, and during the following four years Nolan developed his series of pure landscapes, Burke and Wills, religion and environment as separate themes, but nevertheless inextricably connected.
Nolan's landscape paintings of abstracted landforms - produced in fast-drying enamel paint on composition boards - simultaneously reflect his interests in the Swiss expressionist painter Paul Klee (1879-1940) and Aboriginal artists. Like a cubist painting or collage, Nolan's series suggest their own reality, with constantly shifting patterns in which images, predominantly mountain ranges, appear and disappear.
The ebb and flow of the landscape was not lost on Nolan, and in Inland Australia (1950), landmasses rise like waves, presenting multiple views of the landscape, which play on notions of reality and illusion.
In these paintings Nolan acknowledged and reconciled the indigenous and European elements of the Australian landscape and thereby helped encourage and promote a greater understanding of Australia to audiences, both in Australia and abroad.
"I feel sure that in the future the works of many other Australian artists will be hailed in Europe. But I am of the opinion that the Australian Aborigine is probably the best artist in Australia. Recently we toured Australia, and the Aboriginal art amazed me. The Aborigine has a wonderful, dreaming philosophy which all Australian artists should have."
(Sidney Nolan in The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, December 17 and 23, 1949)
Nolan's extensive journey had also amplified the hazardous nature of 19th-century exploration. Explorers, in particular Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, who, with other members of the Victorian Exploring Expedition, died during their attempt to cross the continent in 1861, had remained uppermost in Nolan's thoughts during his own trip. "Read the Burke & Wills Expedition. They are never far from mind when flying over the desert country."
(Sidney Nolan, diary notes, August 31, 1949).
And Nolan's abiding interest in camels verged on the obsessive. "Sidney is dreaming camels," remarked Cynthia to her sister, "every time he looks at me I think he sees one".
Nolan's Burke and Wills series evolved simultaneously with his pure landscape subjects, however, from May to June 1950, he completed his most ambitious and largest paintings on the theme - including In Menindee (1950) - each measuring four by five feet (1.2 by 1.5 metres). In these and additional works in the series, Nolan combined his existing research from source material located in the Brisbane and Sydney state libraries with his most recent experiences of the desert landscape.
By delving into the past, Nolan once again hoped "to find myths that explained the present", and in this instance he considered the complex and paradoxical relationship that linked the European explorer and the Australian landscape.
Audiences and critics visiting Nolan's exhibitions were overwhelmed by the visual power of his subjects. For many people, Nolan's paintings represented their first glimpses of the colour of the landscape of the interior of Australia.
Following the critical and commercial success of the Australian outback and Burke and Wills subjects, the Nolan's travelled overseas in August 1950. In the churches, museums and galleries of Europe, Nolan embraced the art of the Old Masters.
"Our trip to Europe forced a few vigorous conclusions on me. The outstanding one being that the painters who moved me most (El Greco & Giotto) seemed men primarily of faith. Presumably religious faith. The painting is wonderful in the sense that it is a painting of wonder. Differently from Michelangelo for instance, in the Sistine Chapel, which is certainly wonderful painting, but by no means painting of wonderment. What implications can be drawn I do not know, but I know that I did feel it in Spain with El Greco first & felt it verified later in Italy."
(Nolan to Tucker, Cambridge, April 1, 1951.)
Returning to Australia in August 1951, Nolan grappled with his Australian and European experiences. It was serendipitous that his return to Australia coincided with the inaugural Blake Prize for Religious Art. Between November 1951 and January 1952, Nolan completed a group of highly original images of religion. As his first major series completed with the knowledge of European art and culture, works such as Flight into Egypt (1951) imposed a less familiar iconography on his more recognisable desert landscapes.
Nolan experienced a breakthrough in his Australian iconography in June 1952 when Brisbane's The Courier-Mail, commissioned a series of black-and-white drawings of the worst drought in recorded history. Sidney and Cynthia flew to Darwin and travelled to Wave Hill Station, where they began a tour of some of the worst drought-affected areas. Nolan made numerous notes, which were less descriptive than usual, yet their bluntness added further poignancy and also alluded to his future departure from Australia.
"See a number of dead cattle at No.1 Bore. Shot and placed in a long row. Old bullocks who could not travel because of the drought. Glowing green & yellow & brown colours of the dead carcasses. Feel again the pull and beauty of the drought country but still feel its mental distance from Europe. I belong here however."
(Nolan, diary notes, Wave Hill, June 17, 1952.)
Although the Nolans left Australia for Europe in 1953, with the intention of remaining for an initial period of three years, they never returned to live here permanently. Living abroad, Nolan nevertheless retained a sharp perspective on Australia and he repeatedly returned to the themes of Burke and Wills and the Australian desert and drought.
Nolan's unique images of aspects of Australian experience, produced between 1949 and 1953, reflect an aspect of national culture, that until then had largely been ignored. They represent glorious achievements in the realms of landscape, history and religious painting.
As a studio practitioner, Nolan brought a detachment and understanding that transformed his paintings from being merely exercises in plein-airism into something more permanent.
These works offer a testimony to Nolan's pivotal role in developing a western visual vocabulary for the Australian outback that supplanted the pastoral imagery that had dominated Australian landscape painting since the 19th century.
Nolan's visionary responses to the Australian landscape continue to substantially shape contemporary consciousness. His significance lies not in the fact that his images are uniquely Australian, but rather the manner in which his art transformed the Australian experience into something more universal.
Nolan merged the past with the present, the real with the imagined, Australia with Europe.
"We fly all day over the deserts of Western and South Australia. I suppose this is the one landscape in the world I understand fully - I still find it beautiful, just as if I had seen it yesterday & not five years ago. I find it more than beautiful, I get a tremendous source of energy from it. We all have totems, apparently this landscape is mine."
(Nolan, diary notes, December 25, 1956.)
Geoffrey Smith is Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, where Sidney Nolan: Desert and Drought opens on June 6 and runs until August 17 at the Ian Potter Centre; NGV Australia at Federation Square.
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Building a culture of compassionate care in the NHS
The long-awaited report from Robert Francis QC was published today. The families of those whose loved ones suffered or died in the care of Stafford Hospital today received an apology from the Prime Minister, but no heads have rolled. Despite calls from campaigning groups for action to be taken against the individuals who were in charge at the time, Francis has resisted blaming individuals. Instead he focuses on what can be learnt from the appalling events documented in this and earlier reports.
He identifies a complex series of problems with the systems of quality assurance that resulted in the gross failings in care at Stafford Hospital. He analyses why the warning signs were not picked up by the board, regulators and others supervising the hospital. And he asks why these bodies did not act to tackle the problems more quickly and more urgently.
The report addresses at least three key issues that are essential to supporting the delivery of high-quality care: clear and robust accountability, openness and transparency, and effective regulation. While on the whole his recommendations to strengthen accountability and to increase transparency are to be welcomed, there is a risk that the many changes to regulation and the increasing threat of criminal prosecution will stymie the changes in culture he calls for.
He makes clear that assuring quality of care is the responsibility of boards and senior executives, and that staff caring for patients should speak up and act to address problems. As we have highlighted, in our article on preparing for the Francis report, these are the most important lines of defence against poor-quality care. His recommendation that there be a 'fit and proper person' test for board members and senior executives is proportionate. This, together with better training for board members and the use of high-quality, timely information on the quality of care, including qualitative information from complaints and feedback from users, will help to strengthen clinical governance in hospitals.
While the report concentrated on the failure of care in hospital, Francis makes clear that all medical professionals, particularly GPs, need to take responsibility for all of a patient's care. It appears that local GPs in Stafford were slow to recognise the problems in their local trust; we need to understand the reasons for this and what support GPs need. His proposal that a senior clinician is identified who can take charge of a person's care is especially important for vulnerable patients and those with complex conditions; our research on continuity of care has found that hospitals are still not designed to care for the increasing number of these patients. Putting an end to practices such as discharging patients in the middle of the night will also greatly improve the experience of care.
Francis also recognises the importance of openness and transparency – a theme which will appeal to the current Secretary of State, who has promoted the implementation of the friends and family test across the NHS and wants to see Ofsted-style ratings for hospitals. We would caution against a simplistic rating of the overall performance of a hospital which can mask differences in quality between specialties and even between wards. Francis proposes to strengthen quality accounts – a positive move – to ensure data is consistent, comparable and presents an honest account of the state of care provided by the organisation. He also recommends that more clinical data is available at the level of a specialty or service. Our own review of service-line management highlighted the need for real-time high-quality clinical data, but many trusts were a long way from achieving this.
As expected, Francis also promotes a stronger requirement for organisations and staff to speak openly and honestly when things go wrong. It is not clear whether the new legal duty of candour together with the potential for criminal prosecution for failing to be open and honest will support a culture of openness. There is a risk this could heighten fear among staff and result in defensive rather than open practice. More important are the quality of clinical leadership and the culture of the ward and team in which staff work.
Finally, Francis focuses on the changes he thinks are needed to the regulatory and assurance system. In general he suggests that commissioners have an important role in monitoring the quality of care they purchase for their local populations and for driving improvements beyond the basic standards upheld by the regulator. Whether clinical commissioning groups can succeed in this where their predecessors have failed remains to be seen. Many of the detailed recommendations give new responsibilities to regulators including NICE and the Care Quality Commission. The transfer of responsibilities for governance and authorisation from Monitor to CQC will require major organisational changes, some of which will require further legislation and in turn more resources and time. Francis himself acknowledges the risks of transition, organisational upheaval and loss of corporate memory. He suggests that these changes need to be planned and implemented incrementally. I agree.
Francis cannot be accused of being anything other than thorough. There is, however, a risk that the many recommendations in this report, even if implemented in full, will not change the culture in some organisations where indifference or fear leave staff disempowered and unable to care for patients with the empathy and compassion with which they would wish to be treated themselves. This is the real test for the NHS.
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After the Francis report it is clear that in order to change the culture the NHS requires leaders that are compassionate and driven by quality of care. The evidence shows that Sir David is not, otherwise Mid-Staffordshire e.a. would not have happened. Considering that people seldom change their motives and values, Sir David would not be able to lead the NHS to a better future, an even more important reason for him to go than accountability.
Furthermore, in my opinion the Big5 management consultancies are partially responsible for the current culture in the NHS. See for example Part I, sec 1.122 of Francis report: "by the time of the review of the 2006/07 year, KPMG, the Trust's external auditor, reported that it had successfully delivered on the action plan to remedy these concerns". Many Trust boards relied on advice of these financial hatchet men to get Foundation Trust status. In my experience of talking with senior partners in the Big5 they 'chase the money' without proper consideration for patient care. This led to Trusts focussing on financial processes and systems ignoring their core activity of providing healthcare. Trust 'leaders' were not sophisticated enough to manage this and balance the input of the management consultancies with providing healthcare.
I liked Proff Steenstra's comment "NHS requires leaders that are compassionate and driven by quality of care" but does he know what happens to doctors who were compassionate and caring? They are hounded, harassed, bullied and driven insane.
Now the report is out, your organisation is asking questions. What were they doing when doctors like me contacted your organisation?
Surely the main change, has to be for staff to openly report and consider the comments from the patients and relatives who are actually on the wards ? Isn't this - actual real-time feedback from patients and relatives, commenting on 'care, etc' - what Francis said was totally ignored at Mid Staffs ?
This 'professionals alone consider the problems' isn't the answer to this one - it is the professionals, who created the mess ! You need to make sure that staff who raise concerns, cannot be 'bullied', as well !
Why has there been no mention of the role of government ministers and policy in reference to NHS culture? Is it possible that politicians telling the public that they can expect choice, timely access to the latest inovations and drugs, and guaranteed excellent outcomes at the same time as setting stringent cuts (calling them efficiency savings) and telling staff (managers and clinicians) to just make it happen, could have an adverse effect on culture, morale, job control, scope of clinical responsibility etc?
The NHS does not just have one 'culture' to change.
Missing from the Francis Report, as far as I can see, is recognition that because an avalanche of anecdotal evidence from patients or carers was needed for the NHS even to notice, we need a move right away from the NHS research model that says rigorous 'clinical' evidence is the only kind we recognise, if we really want to give proper value to patients' and carers' stories.
Dr Helen Lewis (non-medical), a Surrey CCG member
Thought provoking. My feeling on Francis is that there is a lot of motherhood which we all know about. Changes of "culture" will have everyone spouting the new political correctness, but with the same people in change, the same thinking and the same system, the opportunity for sustainable change has been missed.
I agree with Helen Lewis. But would add that a stronger and more effective patient voice is needed in the NHS. The report has only one recommendation (number 62) about this and only at far remove from the individual organizations. Patients and families have direct experience of care and their experience must be listened to and values in every part of the NHS. Without a persistent patient voice the scandal might have passed unnoticed. Moreover waiting for terrible mortality figures for "evidence" seems wildly out of place.
The culture must change. It's about values. Dignity, respect, kindness, partnership with patients/families --all universal human values -- are essential to effective and safe healthcare.
We have established an international collaborative effort to restore human values—including listening and hearing-- to healthcare around the world. This effort has resulted in the International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare. The Charter's mission is to restore the universal core values that should be present in every healthcare interaction – to healthcare around the world.
Isn't the point , made explicit by Francis, that the problems at Mid staffs were hidden in plain sight ?
It isn't as if there were not doctors and nurses who couldn't see what was happening, or that the hospital did not have managers who ought to have been able to see – similarly there were ineffective bodies intended to represent patients, and various regulatory bodies that were also ineffective. This seems to have been a combination of:
1) Very little actual power to change things at ward level;
2) People distant from actual patients, concentrating on their own individualised/specialised objectives, with the result that hierarchical structures 'failed to see the wood for the trees'.
Creating more, or altered, 'records-dependent box-ticking structures' isn't going to solve this problem: what has to happen, is:
3) Nurses must be told to honestly listen to patient feedback (good and bad, but not Ad Hominem – that needs a different process), and be empowered to report on that feedback up to Board level (possibly via a 'Culture Champion' representative);
4) The nurses who report, must be reporting 'for the nursing body as a whole', so that bullying/silencing is effectively impossible;
5) These comments from patients and their relatives, reported by the nursing body to the management, must also be openly published, so that lay users of hospitals can see what previous users experienced.
It makes little sense to tell nurses and doctors that they have a professional duty to raise concerns, when so many have either had, or read of, clinicians who highlight these problems being 'bullied' – separating the 'bad news' from the 'messenger', is a necessary step if it is 'stuff from above' that is being criticised 'to those above'. Reporting a concern, should not be akin to going over the top at The Somme !
So, I think I agree with Helen Lewis above - verbal comments from patients/relatives, and staff-to-staff verbal discussions, might not be all that easy to 'record and measure', but surely they are critical to 'cultural evaluation' ? Talk more, listen more, be more honest and open.
There is an article in the latest Public Service.Co .UK magazine entitled " Francis puts a bomb under the marketisation of the NHS and that seems about right to me. Every organisatition seems to be reacting to this report by agreeing how terrible the situation at Stafford was and agreeing with all the recommendations except the ones which directly threaten their own organisations. The RCN say they don't agree with the idea of separating their union function and their professional body status (even though they obviously cannot perform both roles without contradicting themselves - do they represent staff interests or patient interests?) The Foundation Trust Network agrees with everything EXCEPT the parts which threaten the idea of local autonomy (which is most of the report in one way or another) and the parts which call for national mandatory standards to be imposed and inspected from above. My own Trust (which is striving to acheive Founation status at the moment) is "appalled" by the revelations from Stafford, but goes on in their statement to say that this is in no-way typical of the NHS as a whole - somewhat missing the point I think?
Bring back a nationally agreed Blueprint for public healthcare delivery and properly accountable mechanisms for maintaining and enforcing the quality of its delivery. Staff will then be happier because they will know what is expected of them and will feel part of one unified national project. The NHS is at war with itself at the moment.
I was a county councilor for 20 years and for much of that time I was responsible- for social care and health matters. During that time the NHS went through four major reorganizations, not to mention sideshows such as PFI.
What took place at North Staffs is not excusable under any circumstances, but the fiddling of politicians of all parties,over the years, has certainly aggravated the situation.
So on average there was a reorganization every five years. It took at least 12 months for the new system to bed in and by the fourth year there was talk of yet another reorganization the NHS was in permanent turmoil much of it brought about by political dogma. Added to this was what can only be described as management by fear. On the ground this resulted in departmental managers being told to cut their budgets but at the same time significantly increase the number of patients treated. If the manager had the temerity to ask, "How can this be done?". The answer came back,"That is up to you, if you can't do it I will find somebody who can." Now I was always taught, never ask anyone to do anything you can't do yourself. We should not be surprised if staff, fearing for their jobs tried to paper over the cracks, in this atmosphere of perpetual turmoil.
This is not a plea for no change, but it is a plea for organic change in the services that are provided and in the way they are provided. It must be around twenty years ago that Rowntree Foundation-suggested that many elderly people were in hospital simply because there was nowhere else for them to go. A situation that has persisted until now, when some progress i being made. The important thing is to address the needs of the patient and not the needs of management. It is undoubtedly true that the hospital service is top heavy and it is necessary to simplify management. One area that it is right to question is the modern trend for box ticking. One sometimes feels that there are people, who on being shown a new hospital wing will not believe in its existence, until they have seen the tick in the box.
What took place at North Staffs is not excusable under any circumstances, but the fiddling of politicians over the years has certainly aggravated the situation.
40031 JIm Edwards
'Every organisatition seems to be reacting to this report by agreeing how terrible the situation at Stafford was and agreeing with all the recommendations except the ones which directly threaten their own organisations.'
There seems to be a general law, that individuals and bodies, can identify failings in others, more easily than their own failings.
40032 Mike Nicholls
'One sometimes feels that there are people, who on being shown a new hospital wing will not believe in its existence, until they have seen the tick in the box.'
The NHS is obsessed with 'process and form-filling'. Someone writing in The Times yesterday, commented that the Board of Mid Staffs regarded reports of bad treatment from patients or relatives 'as anecdotal, and therefore worthless'.
This 'unless it has been recorded somewhere, it did not happen' mindset is also used in complaints investigations - 'tick-box' is complex, but the 'mindset' at present is too simplistic and too extreme against 'direct, relatively informal, face-to-face verbal feedback in real-time', as compared to 'formalised processes/meetings'.
Yes to cultural change.
How to achieve it?
First - consider barriers to speaking openly:
Nursing and Medical Directors need to take steps to ensure they have built a network and a power base outside of the organisation so that they 1. have non-positional sources of power at their disposal 2. they are less susceptible to latent or explicit threats to their livelihood/reputation for fear of raising concerns and championing the coal-face clinician on the ward.
Practical skills in engaging in supportive but challenging conversations - with the CEO, the Finance Director, the NCB - can help.
Next, we need to STOP feeding the beast in order to focus on feeding the patient. Patients turn into widgets due to the proliferation of non-value adding paperwork at the bedside that is supposed to assure 'the board of quality' but which has nothing to do with care of the patient in front.
Instead, build metrics that support the work of the front-line clinician and aggregate this information to feed up to the board. Get rid of any admin that doesn't support the clinician-patient interaction.
Glad we have this debate, thanks to Francis, and desperately want the conversation to continue and actions to flow from it....
How on earth have we arrived at this state of affairs in our once admired NHS?
Every day/night of my career I loved with a passion. My basic training gave me the foundation of which stays with me to this day. Reassure
your patient was drummed into us, time was spent with them.
Every ward manager/sister involved in any way should be struck off and sacked. If criminal charges are needed, so be it. No manager has ever had any affect on my care, looking after my staff, making clinical decisions. I am frustrated and angry that the rule of nobody's should be allowed and they need to be got rid of.
The majority of staff must be so saddened and must be helped to carry on doing their job, with support and backup
This is because the managers assumed they can manage to offer care using the algorithms. Please check out my youtube videos, you will understand
I have listed 50 questions that you need to ask, only then will you know how and why things went from bad to worse. Doctors like me have stopped working and left the country because we are ashamed for not nipping this in the bud
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You and Fido can start the celebrations early by joining DOGood Chattanooga's 5th annual St. PAWtrick's Day Walk and Yappy Hour on Saturday, Mar. 15, in support of "keeping Chattanooga clean, green, and dog friendly." more
Mar 13, 2014 12:00 AM The Bowl
Partying with a (Tasty) Purpose
Whether you're a foodaholic, musicaholic, shopaholic or some combination thereof, Taste offers something for you in the spirit of supporting a good cause—a party with a purpose. more
Mar 6, 2014 12:00 AM News & Notes
Physician Musicians
The bands battling for your votes are Double Trouble, Bluegrass Pharaohs, Dr. Brent Sanders, BandAnna, Pump Daddies and Still Runnin.' To maintain order, Dr. Mark "Breezy" Brzezienski will emcee the event. more
Feb 27, 2014 12:00 AM Beginnings
Bottoms Up
The goal is raising $20,000 to help MBBC bring their building up to code and add patron requests such as lighting for the parking lot and a wood patio for overcrowding. more
Feb 20, 2014 12:00 AM Beginnings
Horsing Around
Liza Blair, Arts Manager at Creative Discovery Museum, describes the event as "a special time for families to celebrate a cultural tradition while engaging in a rich and colorful arts experience." more
Feb 6, 2014 12:00 AM Beginnings
Art Throw Down!
On Jan. 17 from 6 – 9 p.m., Townsend Atelier will again open their doors to the public for a "throw down" between visiting artist Lisa Gloria and local artist Cindy Procious... more
Jan 16, 2014 12:00 AM Beginnings
Luke Banderloft Lives!
With the release this past June of the fourth book in his planned ten-book series, "Luke Banderloft and the War Orphan's Army", Perry's story of Banderloft is in full swing. more
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I love my job and have found work to be gratifying and even calming during periods when other parts of my life are far less so.
It's gratifying to know that America can be so much more than the land of the free and home of the rest of us.
And it was gratifying at first: Dylan's the father of Kelly's baby!
What's more remarkable and gratifying is that he kept his word.
His rising poll numbers indicate that he could make some gratifying trouble next year.
Many of the pretended magnetisers were notorious libertines, who took that opportunity of gratifying their passions.
It was most gratifying to us that we headed the list of the military subscriptions.
I caught--'Not without my leave--dependent on me for market-tips,' and other gratifying tributes to my integrity.
I have no hesitancy in gratifying your wish to comprehend it.
They had been well primed with ginger cordial, and were obstreperous to a gratifying degree.
c.1400, "to bestow grace upon;" 1530s, "to show gratitude to," from French gratifier (16c.) or directly from Latin gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace) + root of facere "make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.


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By JERRY HANSEN
A school board's primary commitment is to provide students with a quality education that prepares them to compete for good jobs and for life after graduation. Since 2004, due to insufficient state funding and failure of multiple local operating levies, the Milaca School Board has implemented over $2.6 million dollars in budget cuts.
Reductions are a normal and expected response to a failed levy. Milaca Schools have been reducing expenditures, increasing revenue and "living within its means." This years' audit shows the school district spent $1.1 million dollars less in 2010-11, while receiving $800,000 less in revenue than it did five years ago.
In previous years, the school board responded to failed levies by reducing staff, programs and opportunities for students. Some of those reductions may seem trivial because of the savings generated. For example, in 2010 the pay phone was removed to save $450 per year.
Other cuts were much more substantial with a greater impact on children and learning, such as the reduction of five elementary teachers in 2009. While this saved over $200,000 per year, the caveat is that it also increased class size; just as the $108,000 in savings achieved in 2010 by not hiring additional teachers increased first-grade class sizes from 15-20 percent. The cuts were made not in retaliation for failed levies, but in response to the lack of funding resulting from a failed levy.
This year is no different, except that reductions in programs and increases in revenue will be implemented over a few years. This plan is based on five assumptions:
1) The last five operating levies have failed, indicating a lack of public support for increased funding.
2) If current revenues and expenditures remain the same, the District will be in statutory operating debt by the 2016-17 school year.
3) Continued changes need to be made that increase revenue and decrease expenditures over the next few years.
4) Changes need to start with those that have the least impact on classroom instruction and progress to those with the greatest impact on student learning.
5) Changes need to occur over a few years to reduce large-scale disruption and loss of students due to open enrollment.
With these assumptions, the school board is implementing budget changes based on the impact they will have on students, learning and classroom activities. Initial changes will impact groups and organizations that use district facilities, but do not directly impact student achievement.
This is why facility use, activity, parking and admission fees should be increased first, instead of reducing the staff that serve your children. In addition to increased fees, the building will close earlier in the evening to reduce cleaning, damage, maintenance, vandalism and supervision costs.
Like most budget tightening measures, these will cause discomfort and individual groups will request to be an exception. This is to be expected. It is very difficult to understand what is happening when you are deep within the organization being impacted, and even more difficult to understand the farther you are removed.
While individuals may not agree on specific decisions, they will not be alone as future reductions in staff and student programs occur. The reality is the future holds more reductions in staff and student programs until there is additional revenue available, either from state funding or from a community approved levy.
Last year, Milaca ranked 309 out of 336 Minnesota school districts in per pupil funding. Milaca is also one of the districts with the least per pupil expenditures. Part of the reason is because our school district has low property values when compared to other districts. Because of low property value, Milaca taxpayers pay 2 to 4 times more for an operating levy than those living in districts that have higher property values. In those districts, taxpayers pay ½ to ¼ as much for the same amount of money to educate their children.
Property value should not be the reason Milaca students do not have the same educational opportunities as students in other districts. This is a fundamental change that has to be made, if children across the State are to receive the fair and equitable education guaranteed in our State Constitution. Contact your representatives in St. Paul to help make this change.
Who are your Representatives in St. Paul?
Rep. Sondra Erickson
509 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
[email protected]
Sen. David Brown
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Capitol Building, Room 205
St. Paul, MN 55155
[email protected]
Editor's note: Jerry Hansen is the superintendent of Milaca Public Schools. The educator's column is featured twice a month in the Times.


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From all-creatures.org
The Cruci-fix
Pepe Arnez slipped quietly onto the plane heading for Mexico. The passengers
would nod as he passed them while making his way down the aisle of the plane,
toward his seat. He would hear people address him as father or padre every few
seconds out of respect for his collar and calling.
But he wasn't a priest. He was a drug runner, which should have been evident
to those who would look at the stone hard features of his face. The drug cartel
had an ingenious drug smuggling ring on the border to Mexico. They had taken
over a mission 50 miles from the border and often sent drug runners dressed as
priests to Mexico, to pick up coffins filled with so called loved ones for
families in the United States. What they were filled with were unidentified
bodies from the morgue, surgically filled with bags of cocaine, covered with
vaseline which masked the smell of the drugs from drug sniffing dogs at the
Another ingenious part of their operation was the method of testing the
quality of the drugs they were smuggling. A long needle that was hidden inside
the bottom of an over sized crucifix, that hung around the drug runner's neck,
was used to inject the drug stored bodies, piercing both the body and the bags
of cocaine, pulling the drug up into the upper part of the crucifix. This way
they could test the drugs before leaving Mexico.
With several coffins loaded onto the plane, Pepe leaned back to relax as the
plane was ready to take off from the Mexican airport. Suddenly, drug sniffing
dogs were brought aboard the plane and were sniffing their way up the aisle.
Pepe realized he had forgotten to empty the drugs out of his crucifix. With no
time to get rid of the drugs, he injected himself with the entire container
which was completely filled at the time.
The drug agents and their dogs had left the plane without incident ten
minutes later without discovering his drug device. But Pepe, was in for the ride
of his life.
He envisioned himself being nailed to the cross, feeling the pain as the
nails pierced his hands and his feet. He felt the sword enter into his side and
the blood trickling down his face from the crown of thorns that was on his head.
He felt life itself slipping from him as he was nailed to the cross, naked in
full view of the public.
When he woke up, he was in a prison hospital, stretched out in a bed with
tubes sticking out of him. He had made it through the near death experience and
slowly regained his consciousness. It had been obvious to the passengers and the
crew on the plane that he was under the influence of drugs and was handed over
to the police when they landed back in the states.
He confessed everything to the police, the drugs were confiscated and he was
convicted of drug smuggling, but given only three years in prison due to his
help in identifying the other drug runners and their operation.
Pepe began to preach to the inmates, not about hell, but about the cost God
was willing to pay to give them a way out of death. He converted many. God had
picked a good one to reveal Himself to.
Copyright © 2008 Mark Edgemon
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Pope Benedict: "The liturgy is celebrated for God and not for ourselves."
As many of my long time readers know, I am very big fan of Pope Benedict as both the Pope and as a theologian. His book, The Spirit of the Liturgy, is a key reason I have come to study the faith at a deeper academic and theological level.
The Pope has always championed the Church's teaching onwhat the Mass is and what it is not. He speaks to this issue from a spiritual and theological perspective. When you read his words, it is clear that the Mass is not some performance or service, but something supernatural and supra-worldly.
In recent decades, the Liturgy has undergone changes, both prescribed and abusive, that have changed what wesee and senseexperience during the Litrugy. This has not changed what the Mass is of course, but it does change what we perceive. In such, it is an injustice to both the Mass and the faithful.
Recently the Pope spoke of these abuses, which CNA describes [My emphasis in red],
Vatican City, Oct 3, 2012 / 09:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has reminded Catholics that the liturgy belongs to Jesus Christ and his Church, and should not be changed according to individual whims.
"It is not the individual – priest or layman – or the group that celebrates the liturgy, but it is primarily God's action through the Church, which has its own history, its rich tradition and creativity," the Pope said during his Oct. 3 general audience in Rome.
"This universality and fundamental openness, which is characteristic of the entire liturgy is one of the reasons why it cannot be created or amended by the individual community or by experts, but must be faithful to the forms of the universal Church," he stated.
With over 20,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, the Pope explained how the Church is made most visible in the liturgy where "God enters into our reality and we can meet him, we can touch him." The liturgy is where "he comes to us, and we are enlightened by him."
The primary importance of Jesus Christ within the liturgy has been a constant theme of Pope Benedict's teaching during his seven-year pontificate. He has often expressed concern that bad teaching can lead some Catholics to view the liturgy "horizontally" as the creation of a parish or group in which the community celebrates itself. "The liturgy is not a kind of 'self-manifestation' of a community," he told pilgrims.
Pope Benedict noted that when priests or parishioners reflect on how to make the liturgy "attractive, interesting and beautiful," they can "risk forgetting the essential: That is the liturgy is celebrated for God and not for ourselves."
To help counter such erroneous concepts, Pope Benedict XVI's papal liturgies are always celebrated with a prominent crucifix placed centrally upon the altar.
The liturgy is God's work and he is the subject, the Pope said, adding that this means when it comes to the liturgy we must "open ourselves to him and be guided by him and his body which is the Church."
"If the centrality of Christ does not emerge in the celebration, then it is not a Christian liturgy, totally dependent on the Lord and sustained by his creative presence," he said.
"God acts through Christ, and we can only act through him and in him."
This conviction must grow in the hearts and minds of Catholics each day because "the liturgy is not our, my, 'action,' but the action of God in us and with us."
"Let us ask the Lord to learn every day to live the sacred liturgy, especially the Eucharistic celebration, praying in the 'we' of the Church, that directs its gaze not in on itself, but to God, and feeling part of the living Church of all places and of all time," Pope Benedict said in conclusion.
Therefore, let us bear this in mind the next time we have the opportunity to speak about the Mass, or when we are asked to assist at Mass in some manner. The Mass is not created or made beautiful by what we do, but instead it is an action of God.
[UPDATE]: Father Z has posted the entire transcript from the talk.


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Subject: Re: [htdig3-dev] Arithmetic Exception with 3.2.0b1
From: Geoff Hutchison (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 11:15:26 PST
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Walter Addison March wrote:
> When I run htsearch (from 3.2.0b1) I get Arithmetic Exception. I searched
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> (SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10) had the same
> thing happen BUT I wasn't able to find out what to do.
Strange, I thought the slution would be in the archives. Nevertheless, the
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Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Spoken English
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:20:16 +1300 (New Zealand Standard Time)
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He ain't lonely.....are you John Boy????? :-)
DiDi.....the stirrer
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From: Valerie Bower
Date: 5/01/2007 11:57:59 a.m.
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Are you lonely John. All there by yourself ?
All right Geo, go and keep John company
Val xx
... Send him to the Trench, Val lol
John xxx
Hey, I heard that, twang indeed! I do know that most Aussies have an upward
Inflection at the end of a sentence ?
Almost like a question but not quite.I have mentioned before my 2 g.mothers
Were Londoners but I don`t remember them having a English accent. Probably
Because they were very young when they arrived here.
Val xx
I have an accent but it is a somewhat nondescript one as those who were
Able hear the audio file I sent at Christmas would know.
I had a Cumbrian mother and Londoner father, spent the first five years
Of life in Paddington, London and the next ten in Cumberland then back to
London for a while followed by Kettering, Northants for a couple of years
Then four years in the RAF, three more in London, thirty-three in Melbourne
And finally, the past 14 years in S-W Western Australia which has a somewhat
Milder acccent than the Sydney/Melbourne twang.
Coincidentally, I had to call Ancestry.com yesterday morning and was
Talking to a very pleasant 'Southern' girl during the course of which
Conversation we chatted briefly about accents. I had mentioned that I was in
Australia. She thought I must have spent some time in the States because she
Had no problem understanding me. I had no problem understanding her either
But didn't assume that she must have spent some time in Australia because of
It. Lol
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Instead, they "follow the pricing of the dominant insurer" and compete on risk.
Until recently, the dominant paradigms for both lie detection and interrogation were based mostly on anecdotal police evidence.
In early 1977, they founded Apple Computer which quickly became one of the dominant forces in the personal-computer field.
BlackBerry went from the dominant hero to a zero in a matter of months.
Ford began tinkering in his garage in Detroit in the 1890s, trains and the horse and buggy was the dominant mode of transport.
Nowhere is conscience so dominant and all-absorbing as with New England women.
Other mendicant orders prove the dominant ideas of the time.
The red shiner was ubiquitous, and was the dominant species at a majority of stations.
Of the native element the Tagals are the most advanced, and are the dominant people.
Among Hungarian novels we may distinguish four dominant genres or tendencies.
mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari (see domination). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c.1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense.
dominant dom·i·nant (dŏm'ə-nənt)
Exercising the most influence or control.
Of, relating to, or being an allele that produces the same phenotypic effect whether inherited with a homozygous or heterozygous allele.
A dominant allele or trait.
An organism having a dominant trait.


text: Fourth-round analysis: Bruce Thornton, CB 12:43 PM CDT on Sunday, April 25, 2004 By MATT MOSLEY / ************** Round: 4 (121nd overall) Position: Cornerback School: Georgia Instant analysis: He's thick, which should allow him to jam receivers at the line of scrimmage ... Thornton has quick feet, but he's not known for exceptional speed (4.5 in the 40-yard dash) ... Not a great tackler. Quote/unquote: "I wasn't expecting this," Thornton said. "I thought I might go later in the fourth or the middle rounds." Where he fits in: He'll be expected to play special teams immediately and he'll definitely get a shot to compete for starting cornerback ... If the season began tomorrow, last year's nickel cornerback, Pete Hunter, would get the start but Thornton will be expected to challenge. More info: In-depth profile Mosley grade: C (Thornton has had confidence issues in the past and that's not a good thing for a cornerback (See above quote). Draft experts say he needs to have a shorter memory. The Cowboys are obviously high on Thornton, but he appears to be somewhat of a reach.


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postmaster.c contains the following comment just above the definition of PMState. It appears to be out of date: * After reaching a consistent point in WAL redo, startup process signals * us again, and we switch to PM_RECOVERY_CONSISTENT state. There's currently * no difference between PM_RECOVERY and PM_RECOVERY_CONSISTENT, but we * could start accepting connections to perform read-only queries at this * point, if we had the infrastructure to do that. The next paragraph has what I believe to be the correct information: * Normal child backends can only be launched when we are in PM_RUN or * PM_RECOVERY_CONSISTENT state. (We also allow launch of normal I am happy to fix this but thought SImon or Heikki or Tom might like to either (a) jump in and do it themselves or (b) tell me if I've misunderstood the situation. If neither of those is the case then I will go ahead and fix it. Thanks, -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company
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But what is equally as exciting as the advancements we have made as a team are the individual stories of the people who have chosen to build their careers here. These employees, working moment to moment, decision to decision, and year to year, are what makes BIOTRONIK an extraordinary place to work.
We invite you to read the stories of just a few of our exceptional employees, from locations around the world. Their experiences will give you a better insight into the rich culture, strong camaraderie, and valuable support you will find here at BIOTRONIK.
After learning about them, we hope you will consider joining our rapidly expanding team of professionals - professionals who have the vision, motivation, and expertise to create the next generation of innovation.


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On the tail of my last post about Planetary Resources' goal of mining asteroids, last week I was reminded on three separate occasions of the excitement I often feel when thinking (and dreaming) of our place in the universe. It's a remarkable time.
First, on May 20 (May 21 in in the Eastern Hemisphere), a spectacular annular solar eclipse took place. Such an eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, partially obscuring the image of the Sun for lucky observers here on Earth. The key word here is "partially." In these types of eclipses, the Moon is unable to completely cover the surface of the Sun, leaving an annulus known as the Ring of Fire. Fortunately, even if I was not one of the lucky ones to view the event in person (the eclipse was not visible from the East Coast of the United States), an abundance of live feeds on the Internet allowed me to truly feel part of the action.
Then, on May 25, the board of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Organization convened in Amsterdam to announce their final decision on the site that will host the SKA radio telescope. This decision was important for astronomy in that SKA will be the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built. The decision was an anticlimactic tie, in that SKA antennas will be hosted both in South Africa and Australia, but this was somehow expected. SKA is big science with the potential of big discoveries, and many wanted to be part of it.
I will come back to SKA in an upcoming post, given that in this case big science truly means big data as well.
Finally, a Dragon ran from Earth but was captured by the International Space Station (ISS). Just when many of us looked with apprehension at a future without reusable vehicles like the Space Shuttle, and thought that exploration had effectively been put on hold, NASA sanctioned a commercial company to deliver "groceries and supplies" to the ISS, thereby opening the door for a viable commercialization of space. The successful mission of the unmanned cargo capsule, named Dragon, could potentially be a game changer, particularly if companies like SpaceX will initially take the role that FedEx on Earth has assumed for our personal packages. However, in light of Planetary Resources' announcement, I believe many companies are now on a trajectory that will put them at the forefront of space exploration: delivering packages is just a required stepping-stone. SpaceX needs to learn how to dock before it can plan on orbiting another planetary body.
Most of the success of companies like SpaceX is due to the remarkable ingenuity and entrepreneurship of people who simply never stopped dreaming about space. A few individuals, after having made a fortune in business, are now turning to their "hobby." Luckily for all of us, their hobby is the exploration of space. This is indeed the case for Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Designer of SpaceX. He co-designed one of the first viable electric cars of the modern era, the Tesla Roadster, he co-founded what is now the world's largest Internet payment system, PayPal, and he built SpaceX, the first commercial space company able to send its own capsule to the International Space Station.
SpaceX has effectively opened a new era for private spaceflight after the end of the 30-year U.S. shuttle program. I think this maiden flight and docking to the ISS will someday be recognized as a historic event, even if only for the potential to inspire others to reach further in our planetary neighborhood.
Elon Musk is only 40 years old, and if the past is any indication about his capabilities of turning ideas into products (SpaceX was founded just 10 years ago), I expect to see a big push in the coming years for a much bigger mission: Mars, within his lifetime.
It's starting to feel like the early 60s all over again: a time where anything in space seemed possible!


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