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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The truth about WHY I'm leaving Uganda
I've booked but not yet purchased those tickets. I have, however, already purchased a flight that leaves 2 weeks from tonight, for an 8 day visit to hunt for a house. It's becoming real, God willing... I've gone pretty far in making plans to leave Uganda twice before, and have twice not ended up going due to changing circumstances in Uganda. The first time I decided to stay was when I met and fell in love with N. The second time was when his mother died and his father was badly injured in a car-crash last year, a few weeks before my intended departure on a 1 year working sabbatical.
Both times before, I was planning to leave Uganda for a year or two and then return to stay for the long haul. This time, I don't plan to come back to live in Uganda for at least the next 13 years, or until my last born son Ben has finished high school. But yes, for the record, I still do hope to come back to Uganda someday. Life on Opok Farm with N. sounds like a perfect way to retire. He and I have some unfulfilled dreams that we'd like to achieve there, which will hopefully be more feasible when the post-war chaos in Northern Uganda dies down. As we now prepare for long periods of separation ahead, the vision of our future together on the farm is what we cling to.
In late 2001, just as my first marriage was falling apart, was when I started learning about Uganda's horrific war in the North. I became involved in some peace-building initiatives - at kind of a higher level than I bargained for, actually. A friend working close to the action for an aid agency invited me to participate in a very innovative kind of group working to mediate peace between the lunatic rebel leader Joseph Kony and the lunatic who runs this country.
The closer I got to the situation, the more I felt like I was standing outside a very hot door, and the devil himself was on the other side. I got really scared of the responsibility that I might say or do something that would set off unpredictable reactions of lunacy that would hurt more people. I recoiled, and backed off from that professional direction completely. Involved in high level negotiations was not where I wanted to be. But it was from then on that I knew I would someday take Life in Africa in some form to Gulu, the capital of Uganda's war-torn North. Where I really wanted to be was working with people at the grassroots, helping children and families heal from the impacts of the war.
Years later, when I was telling a close friend about the wonderful man I'd met while setting up Life in Africa's new WE Center in Gulu (N. was the man who installed our solar powered computers), my friend had an interesting take. He suggested that maybe what had been pulling me to Gulu all those years had nothing to do with my work at all, but with the broken heart my failed marriage had left me with. Perhaps I needed to find something there... or someone.
My destiny?
I know realistically that the odds are stacked against us keeping love alive for 13 years apart, and N is also pretty level headed about the risk we're headed into. We haven't ruled out that he might join us living abroad someday. Basically, we try to accept that when and if we're meant to be together again, we will be. For now we enjoy our time together, and our shared dreams of that distant someday, when all the kids can bring their kids out to the farm to stay with us when we're old. There is no love lost between us over my departure. I guess you could say it's because he loves me that N knows he has to let me go.
That devil behind the Northern Ugandan door eventually did manage to get the best of me. More than once, and in more than one painful way. For all the love I have tried to give to these people who hail from Africa's bleeding and battered heart, I have experienced an equal amount of pain. My best friends in Uganda (including N) are almost all from the northern Acholi tribe, and I have loved them as a people for the strong sense of family and community values that so many I have known from the Acholi tribe seemed to share. Either I was wrong about the Acholi cultural values, or people have changed - probably both.
By the time I agreed to marry N, I had already experienced some pretty awful behavior in working with the Acholi community and wanted to get out of Uganda for a while. But having lived abroad without family nearby for so many years, becoming part of N's family really appealed to me. The closer I got to his family culture, however, the more I've realized how wrong I had been to want to become an Acholi wife.
The male dominated extended family structure is the ultimate authority over an Acholi woman's life. As a woman, as a non-Acholi, and as a new wife, my own voice in family decisions would be basically non-existent (including in decisions that directly affect or compromise any plans or assets that N and I might have together). I would only be able to speak through N, who has to fight tooth and nail to be heard. His father is "the chairman" of the extended family. Like many Northern Ugandan patriarchs I've met, he plays dirty when he thinks things won't go his way, and he does not think I am a suitable wife for his son. Were I to marry N or even stay as his common law wife, my children from my former marriage would be openly resented. My household would be constantly criticized, manipulated and poked at - like it is now - for many years to come. Any plans or assets I might have would always be at risk.
I won't go into details of the hell I've experienced at the hands of N's family. In the beginning, I wanted so much to love them. When I started finding it hard, more than one of his cousin-sisters and aunties told me that I just needed to learn to be like one of them now... submissive, humbly respecting the family's authority over their lives, and suffering quietly. A good Acholi woman is one who suffers "well."
No thank you.
No matter how much I love this man, it just doesn't make sense to me to willingly enter into a future where my rights would be so suppressed by the family culture. If it was just me, perhaps I'd be more willing to take on the cross-cultural adventure. But I have to think of my boys first. As much as they also adore and will miss N terribly, every bone in my body tells me that staying close to N's family would be harder on them over the long run than leaving him now will be. In bittersweet ways my leaving will also make N's life much easier. It's all just so terribly sad.
But the situation with N's family is really just part of the sadness and fear that hang their shadows over my Ugandan world these days.
I have always believed that people are inherently good, but I have painfully learned in the past few years that good people can also go bad. As the war died down and reconstruction aid money has poured in to help cool the situation in the North, icicles of greed, vengeance and meanness have formed around so many Acholi hearts. It's a different kind of war zone now, and how it's impacted on me and Life in Africa is just one of many casualties that we hear stories about these days.
The Acholi people of today fight over the financial aid that's been sent by the world for the reconstruction of Northern Uganda like a starving mob fights over a sack of grain that falls from a food aid truck and splits open. The past few years have been an internationally funded feeding frenzy, where an extraordinary number of people seem to be willing to fight tooth and nail to get as much as they can get for themselves. I am not at all alone in seeing that something in Acholi society has changed of late. It's a common topic of discussion among many of my friends. Certainly the Kony war has had it's toll, but what seems to have really brought out the worst in so many people is the post-war flood of aid dollars.
From the fathers, uncles and husbands who stole their womens' small loans and stuck them with repayments; to the LiA Gulu partner organization who told me I wouldn't be the first mzungu they drove out of town for not giving them more money; to the local staff of international non-profit organizations who told us we could have hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop the farm project for families of children orphaned by the war as long as we gave them their standard 10% cut in cash... memories of my last few years in Uganda have been tainted with the rancid air of festering, bullish greed. The stench of it overwhelms me emotionally, and I find sometimes that I simply cannot breathe.
I could share with you dozens of horror stories, but I don't think my heart can take digging some of the worst ones back up just yet. In fact, part of me thinks I just need to bury them and keep them buried. I really didn't know how to handle alot of what was happening around me when things started to get rough with my work in Gulu, and I don't really think I handled things very well. Again - on both counts - I wasn't the only one. Many of my most wonderful Ugandan colleagues also suffered terribly from intense depression as a result of some of the thug chaos that seemed to be everywhere in Gulu during the early post-war days. Sadly, some also succumbed to the pressure and slipped over to the bad side.
I have cried over watching our farm's forest (that we dreamed of saving as a protected area) illegally chopped down for quick-cash earning charcoal with help from local officials. I have cried over being cheated, lied to and stolen from by individuals I truly loved and trusted. I have cried over our mamas at WE Center Gulu being swindled by the community executive committee (mostly male) whom they elected to manage their group financial affairs. I have cried over N's father taking my car on a 300 mile trip without asking while we were out of the country and totaling it, then bitterly blaming N for his mother's death because he'd not told his dad that my tires were bad.
I have cried and cried and cried at not being able to find enough peace with the ugliness I've experienced lately to want to stay here, with my beloved Acholi soulmate.
I remember the early days of Life in Africa in Gulu (3-4 years ago) as magical, filled with hope and promise, and love. N was a new presence in my life. The Life in Africa staff involved were people I loved and enjoyed working with. Our online community of supporters was very involved, including some of my family in the US who were taking an interest in my work for the first time. We worked together to make a dream come true, and it was so exciting.
The mamas and volunteers in Gulu were wonderful and so willing to work together - untainted by the kind of greed we had some experience with in Life in Africa's Kampala community, because they really had absolutely nothing. The children we worked with had a ton of fun. We created some wonderful memories and healing moments, that I know will stay with those kids for the rest of their lives. While it was alive, WE Center Gulu most definitely achieved it's objective of uplifting the community in creative ways. It was a simply wonderful place to be.
Watching it die - harpooned with the icicles of greed, vengeance and a jealous hunger for brute power that many Acholi now wield in their postwar atrocities against the world and each other - has been like I can only imagine it would be to watch my own child be beaten to death. It has altered me, in ways I've yet to fully come to grips with. I'm still too close to be able to see clearly what I was supposed to learn from all of it. I've not worked actively in a year now, and everything that went so very wrong still actively consumes so much of my thinking. I wonder at times if my heart that has so ardently loved and given to humanity will ever be the same. I just feel so completely drained.
For many years I've joked that I want to be an angel when I grow up. This sadness and fear to pick myself up and start over again are not serving me well as wings. There was a time when being here in Uganda filled me with a sense of purpose that was like nothing I'd experienced before. The life I can choose to accept now by staying offers none of that professionally, and not enough of that personally. So I am leaving Uganda to refind my purpose, and save whatever is left of myself. It is strengthening to know who and where my soulmate is, but I need to go make myself whole again on my own.
It hardly matters that I don't really know yet what awaits me around the next bend. I find myself seeking where and how to do some good in the world, and know that I'll work that part of my nature into whatever it is that my life ends up being built around next - in a time and space where I can hopefully think and love and learn to give of myself again with peace in my heart instead of pain. The dream of coming back someday to retire with N in the wilderness of the farm is safely packed in my emotional suitcase. Handy so I can reach it when needed.
8 weeks, and praying... that I actually make it out of Africa this time.
11 comments:
- Jude said...
I certainly hope the best for you and your children Christina. 13 years without your soulmate will seem like an eternity, but you need to do what is best for you and your boys right now. If things change and you aren't able to leave then I'll say a prayer for your strength to endure...All the best and I'm sorry for your pain.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Peter Eichstaedt said...
I invite you to see my new book on Kony and his child soldiers titled First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army, no available at Amazon. See more at www.firstkillyourfamily.com and follow the issue at www.petereichstaedt.blogspot.com.
- February 18, 2009 at 5:24 AM
- Ben Parkinson said...
I have read all your recent blogs here and can feel the pain and disappointment you feel. I plan to travel soon to Uganda and I have learnt a lot from what you have said both here and in reactions to some of my postings these past couple of years. It is never easy to leave a place where so much is needed to be done - I have some understanding with the barriers to my own hoped work in Nigeria, currently on ice. One never knows, however, exactly what legacy is left behind, what inspiration one has created in a person or a community, what will maybe happen asa result of your groundwork in the many years to come. One can only try to inspire and then try again. A new beginning opens up and I am certain a huge swathe of your supporters wish you well in whatever societal benefit is your next vision.
- February 18, 2009 at 6:04 AM
- Dori said...
You and your family are in my prayers Christina. I am learning so much through your blog. Thank you :)
- February 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Martin In Bulgaria said...
A story that touches not just the heart, but soul. I can relate very well to being away from your soulmate for so long. I really pray that everything works out in the end.
- February 19, 2009 at 2:53 AM
- RE Ausetkmt said...
Christina my heart bleeds for you and N.
just remember - anythingworth having is worth watiting and working for.
koney is all but done. we are starting a global black candle society to burn them out. he is in the top 5 on the list.
My Heart and Prayers are With you as you prepare to depart for the next phase of growth, like the seasons of life.
grow and form strong roots to strengthen your family; and you will form a strong network built of love, not greed and hatred.
All the best to you My Friend
- February 19, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Shawn4lia said...
Be assured that all of us here love you, care for you, and are praying for you and the boys. I have been and still am blessed immeasurably by having you in my life. You are inspiring.
- February 24, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- Angie R said...
The choice between being a mother to your children or being a lover to your soulmate? It's heartbreaking to learn that you can't have BOTH.
Keep your dream alive. Perhaps one day you'll be back in his arms again. God bless.
- February 27, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- a.A.a. said...
So sorry to have found you so late. My heart aches for you and my thoughts are with you. I'm hoping you are now settling to a new life.
- March 8, 2009 at 3:17 AM
- Jenny said...
Hi there,
You have described my life in this post. Just want to say that i love your blog post, I sit here and laugh thinking about all the adventures you are having. Keep writing, we'll keep reading. Love and Prayers to you.
- March 17, 2010 at 5:21 AM
- adipex said...
8 weeks is not too much.
- March 25, 2010 at 5:44 AM


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Can you be successful in Berlin, the city of electronic music, if you're a soul musician? It's hard, admittedly, but if you're as creative and original as these two brothers from Mecklenburg, you might very well be able to get a whole Berlin late-night crowd raving to a set of drums, a violin and a loop station.
Tanga Elektra , aka David and Elias Engler, have created a unique sound that has soul and techno fans equally excited. The duo calls their music New-Soul. "Their uniqueness makes them unbeatable" says their producer, Stefan Machlitzky.
Most bands like to think that they've come up with something completely unheard of, but rarely manage to cash in on that promise. Tanga Elektra is an example of how it's done right by tearing down barriers between genres and overcoming musical conventions. "We use a violin – traditionally an instrument for classical music – and play it like an e-guitar," says Machalitzky. "But you can also play the songs on a piano and they'll still work." Add to this a mix of "emotional, almost kitschy, hippiesque" lyrics and you have an explanation for Tanga Elektra's international success that has long left the borders of Berlin behind and reached Brazil, Italy and Switzerland.
But the band likes to keep Berlin their homebase, it's also the location where their newest EP was recorded. It's called "At first sight" and was released on February 24. "As a liveband, it was especially important to capture the moment and the performance and not to castrate it through too much influence" says Machalitzky. The EP is just a small extract from all of the things the band has planned for the future – they're already working on an album with their producer. (ihe)
The EP "At first sight" is out now,
EP-Release-Party and concert at Frannz-Club, March 3, 9pm


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Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola's new film, Tetro, follows a brilliant writer and his younger brother as they grapple with their lives and their past. Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich), Tetro's (Vincent Gallo) younger brother, discovers an unfinished play that he hopes will help him piece together the bits of Tetro's past. Coppola made the risky choice to shoot this film in black-and-white, and it's definitely not your run-of-the-mill movie. Check it out after the jump.
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text: Got this for birthday from a dear friend. Once I took off the cellophane wrapping, the ripeness of sweet peaches hit my senses. I brewed up a bag in my favorite tea cup. The Ceylon tea is perfectly balanced, no bitterness here:) and the peach comes through beautifully. All in all a very good cuppa.


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An NYPD officer is fighting for his life more than a day after being hit by a motorcycle in Brooklyn while pursuing a group of car thieves.
Officer Carlos Olmedo, 31, and partner, Marlon Key, chased four suspects who allegedly ran after being stopped in a stolen 2008 Toyota Corolla in Bensonhurst shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, police said. That's when Olmedo was struck by the motorcycle.
"Everyone here at Lutheran is providing excellent care, but nevertheless Officer Olmedo is in very grave condition," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a news conference at the hospital Sunday morning.
Olmedo has undergone surgery to reduce pressure on his brain. "He's being treated by the best doctors that are here, and at this point I think it's in the hands of God,'' Bloomberg told reporters after meeting with Olmeda's family.
The driver of the motorcycle is in stable condition at the hospital and "was both sober and licensed," Mr. Bloomberg said. Charges weren't filed against the driver and his name wasn't released. That person is in stable condition.


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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -Kevin Dillard scored 17 points and had 10 assists as Southern Illinois defeated Western Kentucky 68-63 Monday night.
Carlton Fay added 17 points, Tony Freeman 12 and Gene Teague 10 and nine rebounds for the Salukis (12-7).
Steffphon Pettigrew scored 15 points, and A.J. Slaughter had 14 for the Hilltoppers (11-9), who have lost four straight.
Dillard finished three rebounds shy of a triple-double and secured the victory by scoring the final three points for Southern Illinois. He also set up Fay for a key 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining after Western Kentucky used a 5-0 run to pull within 62-60.
The game featured 14 lead changes, eight ties and zero fast-break points. The Hilltoppers' last lead was 50-49 with 9:15 to play.
The Salukis led 38-33 at intermission after scoring the final six points of the first half.


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In 2010 the US Embassy in Bolivia initiated a new appointment system for consular services. Anyone who wants to make an appointment at one of the US consulates in Bolivia must request the appointment online. Many people are still unaware of this system. To set up at appointment, visit this page:
On the right hand side of the page you will see three red tabs for appointments in La Paz, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba, Bolivia. Click on the tab of the city in which you would like an appointment, and follow the online instructions, .
In addition, the following instructions are highlighted on the embassy website:
When making your appointment, be sure to include the names of all the individuals who need to come to the appointment. Otherwise, the security guards will not allow everyone in.
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IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.
1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
2. Canada by Richard Ford (Ecco Press)
3. Mission to Paris by Alan Furst (Random House)
4. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Random House)
5. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers (McSweeneys Books)
6. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt & Co.)
7. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (Harper)
8. In One Person by John Irving (Simon & Schuster)
9. Calico Joe by John Grisham (Doubleday)
10. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (Bantam)
1. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf)
2. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)
3. The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein (Regenery Publishing)
4. Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle Books)
5. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (Random House)
6. Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss (Simon & Schuster)
7. Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
8. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (Knopf)
9. Drift by Rachel Maddow (Crown)
10. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Cant Stop Talking by Susan Crain (Crown)
The Wall Street Journal gathers point-of-sale book data from more than 11,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 75 percent of the nations book sales. Data providers include all major booksellers and Web retailers and food stores (excluding Walmart and Sams Club).
1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
4. Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)
5. Dork Diaries 4: Tales From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin)
6. Bloodline by James Rollins (William Morrow & Co.)
7. Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult (Emily Bestler Books)
8. The Serpents Shadow by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)
9. Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand (Reagan Arthur Books)
10. Calico Joe by John Grisham (Doubleday)
1. Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young (Integrity Publishers)
2. Cowards by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
3. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf)
4. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)
5. The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein (Regenery Publishing)
6. Killing Lincoln by Bill OReilly & Martin Dugard (Holt)
7. The Skinny Rules by Bob Harper with Greg Critser (Ballantine Books)
8. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)
9. An American Son by Marco Rubio (Sentinel)
10. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell and Tony Koltz (Harper)


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Won't enter restricted mode. What am I missing? -- This worked two days ago...
Internet comes in via wifi, was using a windows server to then share that out via ethernet. Just installed latest Ubuntu Server 8.x.
I was able to connect on sunday via linux server, and still am today via windows desktop machine, but not via linux server any longer. The problem seems to be that I can't get the wlan0 interface out of Open mode.
I've tried:
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted xxxxxxxxxx
iwconfig wlan0 enc restricted xxxxxxxxxx
iwconfig wlan0 key xxxxxxxxxx restricted
iwconfig wlan0 enc xxxxxxxxxx restricted
and many others, yet every time I "iwconfig wlan0" it shows its network key, and it shows it as being "Open". I swear I remember it working before I ran dhclient on sunday when it worked (that was the day I did the install).
Now dhclient just fails every time.
I am setting essid, and channel properly. It's just this one thing I can't figure out. The man pages seem to indicate that once I set a key it should automagically go into restricted mode.
Little help?
Welcome to LQ!
If I remember correctly, Ubuntu uses ifup, not dhclient. You might give that a try and see if it behaves better than dhclient. Also, have a look in your logs and see if dhclient/ifup are leaving any errors that might give us a clue as to what is going wrong.
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Fire crews have been putting their skills to the test with a major decontamination mission at Harrogate College.
Spectators could have been forgiven for thinking something terrible was taking place, but the event on Sunday was a training exercise to test what would happen if a suspect package was opened.
Harrogate pupils took part in the action-packed role play and dramatic rescue along with scores of firefighters from across the region.
There were officers from more than 10 fire engines, from North and West Yorkshire's service, as well as specialise detection, identification and monitoring teams.
"This exercise is part of the training programme we have in place to ensure our staff are prepared to deal with a variety of incidents," said group manager Mal Austwick, thanking the college for their use of the site.


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Khalifa University today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of Texas A&M University System to develop and operate the Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII).
This agreement furthers the principles signed between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, concerning cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy in April 2008. This accord formalizes the agreed terms of the letter of intent signed between TEES/NSSPI, SNL and Khalifa University in March 2010 – which is supported by key nuclear stakeholders, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).
GNEII will provide the Gulf, and surrounding region, with a continual source of indigenous nuclear energy professionals with whom the global community can effectively collaborate to achieve broader nuclear energy safety, safeguards, security, and non-proliferation priorities. This will be delivered through the developing and operating GNEII as a regional educational, training and research hub for promoting a nuclear safety, safeguards, and security culture. The GNEII hub will be located at Khalifa University, where students and regional stakeholders will interact with one another by participating in the GNEII programs of study.
HE Ambassador Hamad Al Kaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the IAEA and Special Representative for International Nuclear Cooperation stated at the event, "This Memorandum represents a great milestone for the UAE and its partners. It is consistent with the UAE framework for Nuclear Energy. With Khalifa University, Sandia National Laboratories and Texas Engineering Experiment Station of Texas A&M University System, the UAE will be well placed to achieve excellence in the field of Nuclear Energy as well as becoming a key regional player."
Douglas C. Greene, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Unite States of America, Abu Dhabi, UAE, said; "The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute is an excellent example of the diversity of the strong U.S.-UAE partnership and a clear demonstration of President Obama's commitment to pursuing science and technology ties in the Gulf and the Muslim world more broadly."
Professor Tod A. Laursen, commenting on the agreement stated, "Khalifa University is delighted to enter into this partnership, we are committed to educating young nuclear engineers for the new nuclear power plants planned in the Emirates. So far, The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) have both provided tremendous support into GNEII's creation. Khalifa University is ready and able to lead and guarantee the Emirati contribution to GNEII's development."
Jill Hruby – Vice President, Energy, Non-proliferation, and High Consequence Security, Sandia National Laboratories commenting on the agreement stated, "In response to President Barak Obama's call to introduce 'centers of scientific excellence' in the Middle East in his June 2009 speech in Cairo, Sandia National Laboratories is excited to have developed GNEII as an innovative, technical hub."
As a regionally serving, indigenous capability that will educate the next generation of Middle East nuclear professionals on nuclear energy safety, safeguards, security, nonproliferation, and infrastructure development, GNEII is a shining example of the strong partnership developed between Sandia National Laboratories, Khalifa University and Texas A&M University."
Raymond Juzaitis – Department Head, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University stated, "Texas A&M is proud of its core values which has been demonstrated time and again through its history. In that spirit, we are honored to serve the best interests of the global nuclear enterprise and its development in this critically important region of the world. GNEII's contribution to the implementation of safe, secure nuclear energy in the Gulf region will be crucial. Texas A&M is proud to partner with Khalifa University and Sandia National laboratories to help make it happen."
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A week and a half before the annual classic, Brett Ralph had his own labour day to deal with.
At least this time, the Calgary Stampeders receiver gained a sure victory out of it.
Ralph's wife, Kaylee, gave birth to a 6-lb. 9-oz. baby boy Thursday, the day the Stamps returned from a 10-day road trip through Montreal and Toronto.
Ralph, a 23-year-old Raymond, Alta., native, almost missed one of the most important days of his life, the circumstances of which he'll never forget.
"For the week when I was in Eastern Canada, for that many days in a row, I was worried I would have to jump on a plane and rush home," said the proud new papa yesterday of Houston James Ralph. "I was nervous I would get back and (the baby) would already be delivered by the time I got home.
"It timed out perfect. I got back Thursday and I drove home to get her. She was at her parents for the week.
"We didn't make it back. We had the baby down in Lethbridge. It was a pretty special experience."
The timing is also perfect for the Ralph family. Brett's brother Brock was released by the New York Jets on the weekend and has returned to the Edmonton Eskimos.
Brock will make the trip to Calgary for the Labour Day Classic Monday at McMahon Stadium. At the same time, he'll get to see his new nephew.
"I'm mixed about being back up here but there's still a lot of things for me to get excited about," Brock said. "I'm sure we'll talk after games and I'm sure the guy who will be (striking up the conversation) will be the guy who came out on top."
While Brett is anxious to see his brother, he's disappointed Brock's NFL dream has been cut short. Brett admits he cares more about his brothers' fortunes than he does his own.
And the new dad isn't all that excited the Eskimos just added a receiver who caught 49 passes for 634 yards a season ago.
The Stamps play their provincial rivals twice in six days starting Monday and it's the first time the brothers will have faced each other in a competitive game. They played together in high school at Raymond and a year at the University of Wyoming.
"I was hoping the Jets would wait a couple more weeks," Brett said with a chuckle. "I was hoping he never came back, actually.
"When you're in the same league, you play each team at least once. I'm glad I don't have to face him on offence while I was on defence or something like that.
"I don't know what I would do if I had to face him. I'm hopeful he does well against us but I'm hopeful we win."
Even before Brock came back to the Eskimos, Brett fielded an avalanche of ticket requests from friends and family. The annual classic is a tough ticket to get but Brett will scramble to accommodate everybody.
After the contest, Brett and Brock can stand arm-in-arm for photos in their opposing uniforms, a first for the athletic family.
"I've never thought about that," Brett said.
"It's a special game. It's neat that we're in the same province and these are the two teams we grew up watching."
The Classic will also likely be one Houston's first times out and his father and uncle will surely recant those days years later when the youngster is playing football.
"We're going to break him in for the Labour Day game," Brett said.


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Graduate course on computational problems in bioinformatics and their applications
This course will introduce a series of optimization models that find applications to various problems in bioinformatics and computational biology. The basics of the following topics will be covered: dynamic programming; graph algorithms (paths and flows); clustering and trees; linear, non-linear, and integer programming (including convex polytopes); certain probabilistic models; and very limited algebraic statistics. The applications of these optimization models to bioinformatics and computational biology will be illustrated by studying problems such as sequence motif search, DNA sequence alignment (including parametric sequence alignment), recombinations and other related phylogenetic problems, protein sequencing, and protein structure prediction (including side-chain positioning, scoring functions for threading, molecular dynamics etc.).
Course material created by Professor Bala Krishnamoorthy.
Target audience: Graduate
Institution: Washington State University
Materials available: Problem sets or projects, Course outline or syllabus, Textbook recommendations
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You gotta check this out ... music pumps!
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It may appeal to women indeed. Brave idea and as long as it sells well, nothing to complain about either. The exposed silicone doesn't look that good, I would try to put pantyhose over it;)
some thoughts ...
I've heard that people are apparently requesting the amp and preamp be made in appropriate enclosures as opposed to a fricken high-heeled shoe and purse.
If they want proper enclosure they can buy it from somwhere else. I believe the pumps come with a shoe box, which is an enclosure as such. All you have to do is punch some holes to run the cables;)
no kidding. actually it looks kinda gross. :rolleyes:
I think it's an excellent idea...
why the plain jane boring box? The shoe may not fit, but I'm sure this will inspire other to try out different enclosure ideas...
I love it, I will see what thing I can put mine in...something NOT SQUARE!!!!
Silicone to go with these pumps. Sounds like a cheap.... well.... date:rolleyes:
I love the way it came about... that the guy was just joking around and came up with something that (shockingly) people actually want.
That silicone seams like a blow job.:devily:
Ok, ok... don't kill me, just joking.:rolleyes:
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Sun Archives
- County set to OK liquor store at McCarran baggage claim (10-18-10)
- Plans advance for liquor store at McCarran (8-03-10)
- Liquor store at McCarran baggage claim? County delays decision (7-20-10)
- Are liquor sales set to take off at McCarran? (7-18-10)
- McCarran wants OK for liquor store in baggage claim (2-16-10)
Developers have yet to break ground on McCarran International Airport's first liquor store, more than a year after winning approval from county commissioners.
In August 2010, Lee's Runway Liquor won the right to build a liquor store next to the escalators leading from the D gates to the baggage-claim area. Two other companies also bid.
Now, the company has until Dec. 30 to start construction, airport officials say, or the airport will consider it to be "in default." At that point, if construction doesn't start within 30 days the commission will be asked to terminate the liquor store agreement.
Lee's Discount Liquors operates liquor stores throughout the county. Executives with knowledge of the company's plans could not be reached for comment.
When the project was proposed in February 2010, Commissioner Steve Sisolak cautioned liquor sales at the airport might lead to drunken tourists making the short drive to their hotels.
But financial concerns seemed to have the momentum. As a so-called enterprise fund department, the airport is kept afloat financially by fees and rent. The airport needed revenue from the liquor store to help weather bad economic times, officials argued.
In July, commissioners approved giving Lee's Runway Liquor the nod over two other bidders — Liquor Library LLC, with manager/member Richard Worthington; and Binna LLC, with managing member Amer Ramo.
Part of the allure of the contract was that it offered a chance to operate the only liquor store of its kind in a travel destination that likes to think it offers tourists a one-of-a-kind experience. Beyond duty-free stores that sell liquor, county officials believe no U.S. airport leases space in or near a baggage claim area to a liquor outlet.
Worthington, who is also president of the Molasky Group of Cos., came in second in the bidding to Lee's Runway in part because of Lee's experience in the business. He said he would still be interested in pursuing a store at the airport if Lee's doesn't move forward.
"We spent a lot of time on the brand and the idea, and we think it'd be great for the city and the airport," he said.
Sisolak said commissioners have the right to decide if they want to put the project out for bid again or simply award it to the second-place bidder. "I'd rather it just go to the second-place bidder and maybe change some of the benchmarks for getting it done so it doesn't take so long," he said.
Commissioner Tom Collins also said he'd like to give it to the second-place bidder.
"We already had the debate on whether or not liquor should be sold at the airport," he said. "If it brings in more revenue and the customers want it, we should do it."


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Hyundai Sonata Lease Questions
ken117 Posts: 247Typically that means you will lease a certain model at that monthly lease payment. However, in the small print it will likely show at lease inception you would pay the first months payment, plus tax, registration and other fees, such as the acquisition fee which can be hundreds and the dealer doc profit fee. Likely the cash payout will be more than $2,000.
Such ads are designed to get you to visit a dealer. The should be viewed with suspicion.
The lease cash is a cash amount paid by the OEM to reduce the amount of capitalized cost, which is the base cost of the lease without the fees and interest.
In my area (Twin Cities) some dealers offer "true zero" (or other such name) leasing, which means NOTHING up front, not even the first payment. So they roll that first payment, taxes (in MN you have to pay taxes up front, cannot be included in the monthly payments), license, fees into the costs of the lease and literally all you pay is the monthly payments starting with the 2nd one. I like that approach as it's very simple, and I got one of those deals last November on a 2013 GLS with Preferred Pkg. My monthly payments are only $47 because I traded in a 2007 Sonata GLS. But I've seen these kinds of deals advertised recently for as low as $225/month. YMMV of course. But IMO your dealer's offer of $255 + tax on a GLS with nothing up front is not a very good deal, given Hyundai is trying to move Sonatas.
Update: just saw a local offer for $229 on the GLS, 36 months, only first payment up front (taxes and fees included). Also saw an ad for $199/month for 39 months with 0 up front for a 2013 Altima 2.5S, and $220/month with 0 up front for 36 months on a Passat S automatic with Appearance Pkg. So there are deals to be had out there on little-to-nothing up front leases.
So you mean I will have to pay that ~2000 even when it says "0 due at signing"? That's what it says in the description of that lease here on Edmunds!
I just leased a 2013 Sonata SE $278/mo for 36months. 12k miles. 24,111 was the agreed price. I got out of my GLS 7 months early. 0 down, signed and drive.
So you paid nothing but registratin fees? "got out of my GLS 7 months early" I didn't get this, you are saying you've traded in your old car?
My lease is up in January. I didn't pay anything today. According to the paperwork its $134 taxes, title $185, dealer fee of $673
I signed paperwork, and they gave me keys. I am guessing they worked that fee into the monthly payments.
cost: 24,111
payments 13,394
35 payments of 10,432
anthony212 Posts: 13Ok guys here's what happened, my father went to go Millennium Hyundai in NY to lease a car. My father told me he wouldn't give out the exact breakdown, but he gave him a printed piece of paper from the dealership with all the pricing. Should he go for this deal or is there more room?
2013 Sonata 4D Sedan GLS Auto
Original MSRP $23140
Dealer Cost $22394
Selling Price $18396.69
Residual Value 59% $13652.60
Mileage Adj +2% $462.80
Adjusted Resideual Value $14115.40
Rates .000950
Rebate $1500
Trade in $2300
36 Months @ $149.00
The thing that I didn't like is that he wanted to take the trade-in $2300 + another $1300 for taxes
upsidedown2011 Posts: 1CarMan, I need a little help very upside down in my 2011 sonata se turbo 101,000 miles. Buyout is $16,000.00
According to dealer they are giving me $10,ooo so I'm - $6,ooo
On a 2013 sonata base auto transmission
Looking at $425 a month 48 month lease with a total of $1,500 out of pocket
Seems like a horrible deal am I correct ?
donm2303 Posts: 9Does anyone know the residual value and money factor for a 2014 Sonata GLS 36month lease with 10k miles/ year?
Hi upsidedown2011. That's a lot of negative equity to bury. Is your current Sonata giving you any trouble? You would probably be better off waiting until you are less upside down to get something new.
I would be happy to evaluate the deal that you were quoted on the new Sonata, but it would be easier for me to do so if we separate the deals. What are the MSRP and selling price that you are being charged?
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straightdope Posts: 49CARMAN!
A couple of dealers here in SoCal told me that Hyundai doesn't offer a 10k mile/yr lease on a Sonata; 12k is the lowest. Is this accurate? They've got to be one of the only manufacturers who don't do ultra low mileage leases if this the case.
Please advise.
Thank you.
I was told the same thing by 2 different Hyundai dealers in my area. I think it may be a general HMAC leasing rule, not just for Sonatas.
Our current lease ends in sept and its a 2010 Sonata GLS with 26k miles (very low mileage). Our dealer contacted us, and said we can end the lease early, and help us with a new purchase/lease of another vehicle. They offered first payment free 1st THREE months, monthly would be $199+ sales tax. No down, No security Deposit. I kept asking if there are other fees, and they kept saying NO. Not sure if they're playing games, but I thought there is acquisition fee, title fee, or other fee's that make up. But the guy insisted there are no other fees. Assuming that's true, is that a good deal ?
Our first time returning our lease vehicle (sonata gls). What do you they inspect ? What kind of excuses will they make to make you pay as "excessive wear and tear"? The interior of the car is so clean, there are no dents, maybe just some bird poop. However, there is a minor ding on the front window from a rock, that's hardly noticeable. Thinking about covering it up, so it looks like white bird poop.
Hyundai should send you information near lease end about wear and tear policies. If they don't, call Customer Service and ask for it.
Also ask them, if you get a lease on a new vehicle, if they will give you special consideration on wear and tear on the old car. Nissan offered me $500 towards any wear and tear charges on my 2010 Sentra if I were to lease a new car. Also offered to cover up to 4 payments, and gave me a real nice deal on a 2013 Sentra. I didn't take them up on it because I don't like the 2013 Sentra and no other Nissans interested me.
You could take the car in early to the dealer and see what they say about the windshield. If they'll charge you for it, and your insurance has 0 deductible glass coverage, you may want to fix the windshield before turning the car in.
What vehicle is Hyundai offering for $199/month + tax? If it's a 2013 Sonata GLS, that's a pretty good deal but not exceptional. If they are in fact going to make your first 3 payments for you, so you only have to make 33 payments, that is a very good deal.
Check the lease, I'll bet there's a disposition fee of some kind at the end of the lease if you don't purchase the car. It would be unusual to not have such a fee.
However, your 2010 Sonata might be worth more than its residual value, given the near-perfect condition and low miles. What's the residual on it?
I am 20 something and trying to buy my first car, and I need your help. I am thinking of leasing a GLS Sedan 2.4L 4-cyl. 6-speed Automatic. I am based out of Houston. Can anyone please give a ballpark estimate of
- what Monthly lease payment can I expect to be paying?
- what down payment will be required?
- Any preferred Hyundai dealers in Houston
Thanks in Advance!
Looking for the money factor and residual rates on a 36 month and 24 month lease on a Sonata turbo with 12,000 miles per year
apv1982 Posts: 1I am looking to lease a Sonata Ltd no NAV and got offered a 3 year 12k miles /year lease for 2K$ down and 299$/month. Is this a good price to go with?
This is in Michigan and have a 500$ rebate included.
Hi straightdope. It's strange that they wouldn't offer a low mileage allowance like 10k, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Hi anmc. If you provide me with the MSRP and dealer invoice price of the exact Sonata that you want as you want it equipped I can work up a payment on it for you. you can find that pricing data over in the New Vehicle Pricing section of Edmunds.com.
Consumers can and should lease any vehicle that they want without paying any down payment. You will be asked to pay your car's first month's payment and possibly other fees at signing though.
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Hi antonius. Hyundai Finance's June buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Sonata SE 2.0T with 12,000 miles per year are .00110 and 62% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
I haven't seen a 24-month lease program for this car.
When negotiating your deal, make sure to take advantage of the $1,000 cash incentive that Hyundai is currently providing on leases of this model.
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Hi Car_man,
The dealer quoted me MSRP 22300 for Sonata GLS with popular package. According to him the lease works out to be 300 for 36 months @ 12000 miles/year. This will be my first car ever, hence I have no car leasing/loan history which, according to dealer makes my lease payment go up.
Please guide if this is a reasonable lease amount? How and on what can I negotiate and by how much?
Ok. I got quoted 24500 including the 1000 rebate and a .00175 MF for top tier by a dealer in CA with a 62% res on a 26600 MSRP 2.0T.
Got a better quote from another deal of MSRP 26470, Cap cost of 22400 including rebates, and 62% res/.00110 MF. 249 a month with tax no money down except 1st payment, acq fee rolled into cap. They have a done deal if they can get me out of my camry lease with 2 mo left, otherwise I will have to wait.
Ended up lease from Hardin Hyundai in Anaheim CA yesterday
Got a 2.0T without Nav/Moonroof with Shimmering White
Everything is approximate as I am doing it from memory but is pretty much within a few bucks
Cap 22700
Plus Acq Fee 595
Final payment from Camry lease rolled in 242 (owed 15990 including last 2 payments, they gave me 15750)
Final Cap 23300
Res 16525
No money down. Paid 1st month payment at drive off
257 a month including 8% tax. (would have been about 247 without the shimmering white which added $2 (200 MSRP, about 76 residual) and without my last lease payment on my Toyota which added about $8 a month).
3 year/ 36k. Phenomenal deal and super easy. Would have been in and out in about 1 hour start to finish but I got a little confused over the way the numbers were laid out on the lease agreement, but they were actually right all along and it was my fault, so I delayed the process a bit. No games, no changes to the deal we worked out over the phone. Top notch and I love the car so far. My Yelp review for them has a little more info including salesman info if anyone is interested since I don't think we can post that here?
mnatty Posts: 4That is an awesome deal! I have one month left (this month) on my 36/15,000 2011 GLS for the same monthly payment!! I was thinking about leasing an Infiniti G37x, but if I can get into a 2.0T SE for that I may have to do it. Although now I see that I misread your comment that it is withOUT nav/moonroof...I was hoping to add that, but not a must-have. Hope I can swing a similar deal here in MN...thanks for the info, antonius.
bluejay44 Posts: 1So I'm looking at the Sonata GLS and the salesman is trying to tell me that the $1,500 retail cash doesn't apply on leases. Is that true? I tend to disagree. Also, wanted to confirm 60% residual and .00067 MF. Thanks
If anyone in the NYC area is looking to buy or lease a Sonata, let me know, I will refer you to my salesman. No bs, no games, got me the best possible deal. I've sent him 6 customers since. Also, he will throw in free accessories like rubber floor mats, ipod cable, etc. Dealership is located in Queens.
I was able to get retail cash applied on my lease. Go to another dealership
hahmed Posts: 2im looking to lease a sonata se w/ nav/sunroof
please let me know about your guy
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Mary E. Blair, Ph.D. is the Director for Biodiversity Informatics Research at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). She studies the conservation biology of primates and other mammals, and has 10 years of field research experience in Latin America and Asia, studying the evolutionary processes that generate biodiversity to inform the spatial prioritization of conservation actions. Most recently, she is investigating the diversity of slow lorises in Vietnam and the patterns, scales, and drivers of illicit trade in these and other animals through an NSF Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Fellowship. She also coordinates the New York Regional Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) Discussion Group (NY-SDM), which brings together leading researchers from across the New York Metropolitan area to discuss and present research and new methods related to SDM. In 2013, she co-edited Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques, published by Oxford University Press, and her blogs for the New York Times' Scientist at Work and AMNH's From the Field have reached a global audience. Dr. Blair is Affiliated Faculty at Columbia University and the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the AMNH, and is President of the AMNH Chapter of the Association for Women in Science.
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Stopping invasive plants one bug at a time
Through a Pulling Together Initiative grant, the Becker Soil & Water Conservation District is helping with knapweed control.
Marsha Watland, Becker SWCD, started placing root weevils and flower weevils in Becker County in 2006. Through the grant, she is hitting the county hard, placing thousands and thousands of the critters to take care of weeds.
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ATVs, snowmobiles and other vehicles spread the knapweed.
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For more information or to contact Watland, visit www.co.becker.mn.us/dept/soil_water.
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Inspired by the recent news story of amateur art restorer Cecilia Giminez' botched "restoration" of Spanish church mural Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez, a creative team at BBH has created the The Cecilia Prize website…
Inspired by the recent news story of amateur art restorer Cecilia Giminez' botched restoration of Spanish church mural Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez, a creative team at BBH has created the The Cecilia Prize website which allows all and sundry to have a go at "restoring" the destroyed painting…
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Local 6 Sports Director David Pingalore has learned the Orlando Magic have narrowed their head coaching search in the past few days.
Pingalore was informed by multiple sources on Tuesday that the San Antonio Spurs number one assistant Mike Budenholzer is the number one Magic head coaching candidate.
The other front runner for the Magic is Oklahoma City assistant coach Maurice "Mo" Cheeks.
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"He is the real deal," a source told Pingalore. "There aren't many coaches out there like this guy who comes from a phenomenal franchise."
Budenholzer is in 18th season with the Spurs.
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"He's (Budenholzer) a can't miss," said an NBA executive.
Cheeks, who has head coaching experience with Portland (2001-2005) and Philadelphia (2007-2008), is "highly regarded," according to Pingalore's sources, with new Magic GM Rob Hennigan, who came from the Thunder.
Pingalore's sources said Hennigan has two phenomenal people to choose from.
Pingalore's sources also said that Pacers assistant Brian Shaw and Warriors assistant Mike Malone are behind Budenholzer and Cheeks to replace Stan Van Gundy.
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