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Eighth grade students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs are incorporating rockets into their math classes. Swigert Academy math teacher Andre Paul helped his students launch pop rockets fueled by water and Alka Seltzer tablets. The students then measure the distance of the launches.
The Space Foundation and Colorado Springs School District 11 jointly develop the Academy's national standards-based curriculum and provide teachers with the training and support they need to bring the curriculum to life in the classroom. The inquiry-based hands-on, minds-on teaching approach encourages and inspires students to study technology-based subjects, as well as helping them develop study skills that can be applied across all disciplines. Formal mentoring programs that connect students with aerospace professionals and involvement in Space Foundation programs, such as the National Space Symposium, further strengthen the educational program at the Academy.
Named in honor of Colorado native and Apollo astronaut John L. "Jack" Swigert, the school opened August 2009 with more than 500 students.
The Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy campus is also home to the Space Foundation Discovery Institute - a national professional development center for teachers and an education destination for students - and is home base for the Space Foundation's education team.
The Space Foundation Discovery Institute houses classrooms, the Educator Resource Center, the AGI Space Mission Simulator. In addition to serving Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy teachers and students, the Institute offers programs for educators and students from around the world.
Pictured: Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy math teacher Andre Paul helps his students launch pop rockets fueled by water and Alka Seltzer tablets.
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- 3:14 p.m. — 1900 block Fowl Road, Darian Tolliver, 19, same address, arrested and charged with domestic violence for allegedly punching his mother in the stomach during an argument over chores. Police said Tolliver was arrested twice for domestic violence in the past as a juvenile.
- 11:46 a.m. — 900 block North West River Road, police confiscated two bags of a white powdery substance believed to be drugs that were found in the parking lot of Marathon.
- 5:37 p.m. — 1000 block Chestnut Commons, Jacqueline Holmok, 32, Grafton, issued a summons for theft for allegedly trying to steal a boxed-up futon from Wal-Mart.
- 8:53 p.m. — 200 block Louisiana Avenue, William Pierce, 45, same address, arrested on three domestic violence warrants and charged with resisting arrest. Gary Breeden, Jr., 22, 200 block Bath St., arrested and charged with obstructing official business. Police came to the house to serve Pierce his warrants, and Breeden said Pierce wasn't in the home. Police said Pierce was found hiding in a closet.
- 9:15 p.m. — 500 block Griswold Road, Nicholas Paschall, 26, arrested and charged with domestic violence. Paschall's wife said Paschall threw objects at her, and one of the objects struck her in the face. Police said the woman had a red mark on her face, but she was upset when her husband was arrested.
Friday, Sept. 13
- 10 a.m. — 100 block Kentucky Drive, a resident said an empty house he was renovating was burglarized between Tuesday and Friday with entry through a side window that was forced open. The man said checks were taken from a safe that was pried open and about $3,000 worth of tools were stolen.
- 2:45 p.m. — Trinidad Mancha, 33, 800 block Broad Street, Elyria, charged with endangering children and violation of a protection order, but not arrested. Mancha's ex-girlfriend said he has been keeping their 1-year-old son in a home in which he has scheduled all utilities to be shut off.
- 5:25 p.m. — Power House Gym, 419 Broad St., the gym manager said a man who he kicked out of the gym for trying to steal a computer stole his wallet containing $40 and credit cards.

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We Finally Have Long-Term Data on an Intermittent Fasting Diet
If you're intrigued by the 5:2 diet or other forms of intermittent fasting, you probably want to know if these diets work in the long term. Until recently, we didn't have much data. Now, we have a little bit: fasting every other day turns out to deliver the same results as regular dieting.
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Iraq Study Group, Co-Chaired by Lee Hamilton '52, Works Toward "Forward-Looking and Progressive" Recommendations on War
October 15, 2006
October 15, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - "It is correct to say that we, at this point, the study group, have not ruled anything in or anything out," Lee Hamilton tells Mark Silva of the Chicago Tribune. Hamilton, former longtime Democratic congressman from Indiana and 1952 graduate of DePauw University, is serving as co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, which will present recommendations to President Bush after the November elections.
"Any speculation about what the report contains is unfounded, because we have not had the discussion of the study group yet," Hamilton maintains. "The group itself has not met to discuss recommendations."
Hamilton, who served as vice chair of the 9/11 Commission, says with the Iraq Study Group -- whose ten members also include Vernon Jordan '57 and co-chair James Baker -- "Our approach is to try to be forward-looking and progressive. We will offer some recommendations to move forward. We will do our best to achieve a consensus among the group. So far, we have proceeded on a very bipartisan and collegial basis. We are doing our level beset to try to figure out what's good for the country."
But Hamilton, recently called "Washington's indisputable Renaissance man" by a newspaper columnist, asserts, "We will write our own report. It's not going to be written by the White House. It's not going to be written by the Congress."
Read the column at the Tribune's Web site.
Lee Hamilton will return to his alma mater to participate in DePauw Discourse 2006, October 26-27. Learn more here.Back


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AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin officially dedicated one of its colleges as the Moody College of Communication at a ceremony Thursday, following the announcement of a $50 million endowment donation from the Galveston-based Moody Foundation.
"The name is a cementing device of our reputation," dean Roderick Hart said.
The gift is the largest endowment ever made to a public university for the study of communication.
The foundation has funded several health and education-related projects in Dallas, most recently through the Texas Division of the American Cancer Society and Child Protective Services Community Partners of Dallas.
Ross Moody, a trustee of the foundation and descendant of its original founders, said the gift "is consistent with our great-grandparents' mission and directive to benefit in perpetuity the present and future generations of Texas."
This year, Hart treated several members of the foundation to dinner as thanks for a gift that allowed the college to start a new 3-D film program. From there, he said Thursday, the foundation's interest in the College of Communication grew.
"They didn't faint when I told them the number," Hart said of the $50 million amount.
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University leaders said $13 million to help recruit graduate students will more than double the funding currently available.
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Among the projects is also $5 million for facility renovations, including new lecture halls and a pedestrian bridge that will connect the main communication complex with the Belo Center for New Media.
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Future Super Buu is an alternate timeline version of Super Buu that appears in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road.
Future Super Buu is formed when Future Evil Buu eats Future Majin Buu, who was turned into chocolate, and transforms. Future Dabura attempts to kill Future Super Buu, but Future Super Buu defeats Future Dabura with overwhelming power, turns him into chocolate, and eats him. He then goes in town for food.
When Future Babidi returns from New Namek, he remarks Buu has slimmed down. When he wonders where Future Dabura is, Future Super Buu says he ate him and Future Babidi is happy that Buu is powerful enough to defeat Future Dabura easily. Future Babidi then remarks a Dragon Ball in Buu's hand (the rock Future Mr. Satan gave to Future Majin Buu), thus learning that Earth's Dragon Balls are restored. He orders Future Super Buu to play with Future Trunks while the goes to collect the Dragon Balls with the brainwashed Future Cooler and Future Broly. Following orders, Future Super Buu heads straight for Kami's Lookout. The Z Fighters sense his ki and go to fight with him before he arrives at the lookout, and they manage to repel him.
When Future Babidi arrives at the lookout and requests the Dragon Balls, the Z Fighters fights Future Super Buu again. He is very strong, and Future Broly and Future Cooler appear and fight the Z Fighters as well. When the two are not useful anymore to Future Babidi, Future Buu absorbs them and makes their power his own. Future Buu gains incredible powers, but Gotenks stands against him, but as in the past world, Buu absorbs Gotenks and takes his power. Then, he absorbs Gohan too, and with Gotenks' and Gohan's power, Future Buu becomes even more powerful. Goku and Vegeta use the Potara Earrings and fuse again to form Vegito, who possesses incredible power. Vegito leaves Future Buu on the edge of death and decides to rescue Gotenks and Gohan. As he did last time, he lets Buu capture him and removes Gotenks and Gohan from inside Buu, which turns Buu back to his normal form.
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- Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
- Ki Blast – The most basic form of ki attack.
- Human Extinction Attack – Future Super Buu raises his arm and fires many homing energy waves that fly towards his opponent.
- Absorption – In the game's story, Future Super Buu absorbs Future Broly and Future Cooler, Gotenks, and Gohan in order to power himself up.
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- Super Kamehameha – Used by Future Super Buu (w/ Gohan absorbed).
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Future Evil Buu
This form appears off-screen, formed out of the mists that escape from the holes on Future Majin Buu's head when angry at Future Dabura's attack on Future Mr. Satan. After Future Majin Buu is defeated and turned into chocolate, Evil Buu eats him, which allows him to turn into Future Super Buu.
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Future Super Buu (Gohan, Gotenks, Future Broly, and Future Cooler absorbed)
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Like his alternate counterpart, Future Super Buu absorbs Gohan and takes his power. With Gotenks' and Gohan's power, Future Super Buu becomes even more powerful. This form is referred to as Gohan Buu at one point during the story.
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Main articles: Future Kid Buu and Pure Majin After Future Babidi's attack on Future Mr. Satan, Future Super Buu eats Future Babidi, which causes him to change form. Upon gaining Future Babidi's power, Buu achieves his pure form, Future Kid Buu, and can now use memories to create clones of Future Super Buu's various forms: normal, Gotenks and Gohan Buus.
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Mark Armstrong
Review for Friends of Saguaro National Park Inc, Tucson, AZ, USA
I give Friends of Saguaro National Park a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. The organization actively pursues opportunities to partner with local educators (University of Arizona) to facilitate research and provide educational opportunities at various levels. Educating younger generations about our local natural resources is the best way to encourage long-term existence of the Saguaro National Monuments. The upcoming partnership with National Geographic, BioBlitz, is a wonderful sucess story of the groups ability to partner and raise the education level in the community.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My 2.5 year old daughter has had wonderful experiences at the park by learning about animals, plants, and hiking trails. Interest in the natural environment is installed at a young age.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Provided more educational opportunities and funding to bus school group to the parks. FOSNP already funds some bussing activities; however, a deeper impact is possible with additional support.


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The government of Bangladesh has hired lobbyists on K Street amid outcry about two garment factory accidents that killed more than 1,200 people.
Foley Hoag said on the disclosure form that it will talk with the Obama administration and members of Congress "in furtherance of the Government of Bangladesh's interest in promoting respect for worker rights in Bangladesh and promoting trade between Bangladesh and the United States."
The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed, as is typical on registration forms.
President Obama and lawmakers have put pressure on Bangladesh's $20 billion garment industry to improve working conditions after the accidents. Earlier this month, Sen. Robert MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezIn judge's 2010 Senate trial, Menendez was guilty of hypocrisy Excused Menendez juror: 'I don't think he did anything wrong' We don't need a terrorist attack to know diversity program has to go MORE (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, threatened to remove the country's preferential access to the American marketplace.
"How many more people have to die before we decide that is not something we can morally sustain?" he said.
The U.S. Trade Representative has threatened to take away some of the import tax breaks often given to developing countries, such as Bangladesh, that send goods to the United States.
One of the accidents took place just outside Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, at the illegally modified Rana Plaza, an eight-story building containing a shopping mall, five different factories and a floor of generators. The structure collapsed on April 24, killing more than 1,120 people and injuring an additional 2,500.
In the fall at least 112 workers died in a Bangladesh garment factory fire after not being able to escape. An average of six fires at Bangladesh factories have been reported each month since then, according to the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center, which advocates for worker rights worldwide.
Rep. George Miller (Calif.), the senior Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, travelled to Bangladesh this month and said he found that American companies have both turned a blind eye and, in some cases, encouraged the poor working conditions in order to turn a larger profit.
Foley Hoag plans to talk to members of Congress, the trade representative, the Labor Department and the State Department about "how best to promote respect for worker rights in Bangladesh" and how it can keep its products from being charged import tariffs, according to the Justice Department foreign lobbying registration form, which was dated June 12.
Bangladesh has about 10,000 factories and warehouses, and 80 percent of its garment products are sent to the EU and the U.S.
While American companies are only able to contract with those with safety regulations in place, Bangladeshi factories will often subcontract work to unregulated facilities.
Following the Rana Plaza collapse, 40 companies — mostly in the EU — signed on to an agreement called the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh that vowed to push for binding safety standards for the facilities. Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and SeanJohn were the co-signers.
Gap and Walmart have opted out of the movement, and instead have said they will launch their own safety program attached to a Washington think tank. Former Sens. George Mitchell (D-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) have agreed to oversee that program.


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USD/JPY (a 4-hour chart)
General overview
The Japan Ministry of Finance published the current account surplus data in December which amounted to 187.2 billion yen. The growth rate has not met analysts' forecasts that amounted to 355.8 billion yen and were lower than in November when the surplus amounted to 433.0 billion yen. The trade balance deficit reached 395.6 billion yen, beating analysts' expectations.
There was a rebound from the support level of 117.00. The price growth fell to 119.20. The pair rebounded downwards from this level. The trade volumes are in reduced zone.
The price is finding the first support at 118.00, the next one is at 117.00. The price is finding the first resistance at 119.20, the next one is at 120.40.
There is a confirmed and a strong buy signal. The price is above the Cloud and it is above the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show a horizontal movement and form "Golden Cross". The upward movement will be until the price is above the Cloud.
The MACD indicator is in a positive territory. The price is consolidating.
Trading recommendations
We believe the consolidation will be continued now. The potential decrease targets are the support levels: 118.00, 117.00.


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Now do you understand why Link has the license plate he does?
Navi gets such a bad rap. Imagine going through the game without targeting!
This is why we have duct tape. 100% targeting, 0% annoyance.
I'd buy her, I'd never let her out of the bottle, but I'd buy her.
It actually felt heartwarming when Navi saved Link from being run over with "WATCH OUT!", heh… what followed after wasn't really a good joke, but… HOLY JUMPING JESUS that Skulltulla o_o
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Amid all the uncertainties of modern Iraq there is one immutable constant: when summer arrives temperatures in Baghdad soar to more than 120º F and stay there for several months. This seasonal reality is especially discomforting for motorists mired in traffic. Today, however, comfort levels are rising as thousands of Baghdadis trade in their old clunkers for late model air conditioned cars. This burst of conspicuous consumption results, in part, from improved security, an economy growing at 12.6 percent a year, and increased credit and bank financing provided through private commercial banks working with the USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program.
Some Baghdadis worried about increased traffic when they saw all the new cars. But mechanic Ahmed Saad Hamoody sees auto air conditioners that eventually will need fixing. He applied for and received a $6,000 loan from Gulf Commercial Bank and immediately began expanding his auto air conditioning repair facility on one of Baghdad's bustling streets. "I took over the shop when the previous owner left the country," says Ahmed. "Now Iraq's economy is improving, people are driving new air conditioned cars and my investments are starting to pay off."
Expanding access to bank credit is a priority of the USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program. Since the program began in the spring of 2008, more than 7,700 Iraqi entrepreneurs have borrowed more than $140 million from 12 private banks. Loans range from $5,000 to $250,000, but the average amount is $18,000.
Ahmad's auto air conditioning repair shop is so successful that this year he received a second SME loan for $8,000 that will allow him to start trading auto parts and increase the salaries of his three employees. "Ahmad Saad has a good reputation, great location and a sound business plan," says Gulf Bank credit officer Alaa Faiq Dhair. "And he knows how to take advantage of a business opportunity." It's no surprise that Ahmad's opportunities are rising along with Baghdad's temperatures. Recently, he signed contract with Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources to keep their 40 cars cool all summer.
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With a deadline looming of 5pm UK time, both companies' boards have been discussing whether to request around two weeks extra to complete their talks.
EADS said there would be no statement ahead of that deadline but it was clear there were significant differences remaining.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the groups now had a clear idea of government "red lines" for the complex and sensitive deal.
Politics has been at the heart of the difficult merger negotiations. Britain wants to ensure that the French and German governments do not have a combined stake in the new company of more than 18%.
Germany and France had sought a combined stake of 27% but German Chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly against the deal.
"Our position is that they (France and Germany) will have to make a considerable reduction in their stake," Mr Hammond said at the weekend.
"It has to be below a certain level, putting them on a par with big institutional investors who will also own significant single-digit percentage stakes in the merged group."
The British Government's preferred outcome in any merged company would see the three governments receive a 'special share' in the company.
Each government would be able to block another from owning more than 15% of the merged entity.
UK-owned BAE Systems is one of the world's largest defence manufacturers.
It is the favoured supplier to the British Ministry of Defence and has orders and operations in countries around the world, including a significant presence in the United States. It has 95,000 employees worldwide, 35,000 of whom are in the UK.
EADS is a pan-European aerospace manufacturer. The governments of France, Germany and Spain all have a stake in the company, which incorporates civilian airline maker Airbus.
Guy Anderson, of defence analysts IHS Janes, told Sky News: "This (proposed merger) is huge.
"It would create the world's largest defence and aerospace organisation, arguably pushing Lockheed Martin and Boeing into second place in the defence and commercial aerospace markets respectively.
"The offices of BAE and EADS will stretch from Australia to the west of the United States, and from Helsinki to South America. The sun will never set on a BAE/EADS bureau."
The rationale behind the proposed merger is this: The defence industry in Europe and the US is in decline. IHS Jane's forecasts a military procurement spending decline of $20bn (£12bn) over the next four years.
But conversely, demand and orders for civilian aircraft is, at the moment, on the up.
BAE wants to protect its exposure to a problematic defence market while at the same time opening up new opportunities in the civilian aircraft market and EADS wants greater access to the defence world - and the US market - through BAE.
Mr Anderson said: "The aim is to find a sustainable strategy that will keep the business running through a difficult period.
"BAE Systems is highly exposed to the US Department of Defence and the UK MoD; customers who have cut their spending by a combined $33bn (£21bn) since 2009."
Dr Robin Niblett, director of the London-based Independent Policy Institute Chatham House, says the idea is to even out ebbs and flows in both the civilian and defence markets.
"Right now, civilian aircraft demand is up and defence, reflected in the BAE share price to a certain extent, is down," he said.
"But if you look 10 years ahead, civilian aircraft (demand) might hit a bump and defence will be up, so in a way, each company is trying to even out the ebbs and flows of their business."
BAE Systems employs 35,000 people in the UK. In some towns, like Barrow-in-Furness, much of the population works for or relies on the firm either directly or indirectly.
The company has already axed thousands of jobs over the past 18 months and there are concerns a merged company could result in more job losses.
But Mr Anderson does not believe further large scale job losses are likely.
"BAE's workforce will only really be as big as the opportunities available in the UK," he said.
"The overlap between EADS and BAE Systems in the UK is minimal. There is a possibility of cuts to shared service functions - think back-office support - plus the rationalisation of lower-tier supply chains.
"The reality is that lower government spending means fewer defence sector jobs; a reality that will apply regardless of this merger."
Mr Anderson said he did not expect a merger would result in the closure of BAE plants in the UK. As much as possible, the companies would mesh together rather than overlap.
BAE Systems' largest shareholder is Invesco Perpetual. On Monday they expressed "significant reservations" over the proposed merger.
The investment firm, which has a 13% stake in BAE, outlined its concerns about the structure of the new company and the impact on its shareholder value.
"Invesco are worried that the deal will affect BAE's access to the US market," Dr Robin Niblett, from Chatham House, said.
"If there is a large French and German government shareholding then Boeing and other rivals of BAE will be able to undercut their position."


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Tablets are taking over and credit unions need to get on board. That's one takeaway from this week's Mobility Matters column by Robert McGarvey.
Five credit unions are now offering their members a mobile app for their Kindle Fire tablets through CU Mobile Apps at the Amazon Apps Store.
It's a good time for credit unions to make strategic decisions about how to support these – seemingly similar, but actually very different – devices.
Santa may have left a lot of tablets under Christmas trees last December, and for marketers, that could mean unwrapping a new opportunity.


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Originally Posted by fadedc
I've been known to do the silent invite to someone who is clearly waiting for a quest mob to spawn. That's a time sensitive activity and you don't want one of you to lose credit for the kill. Inviting them is just much faster then sending them a tell and waiting for a response.
But yeah there's definitely somewhat of a shift still. The main bonds in modern MMOs are with your guild rather then random people you run into. Personally not only have I gotten to know many people in my WoW guild, but I've also met several in person for a drink when they have come to my area. I'll take that over internet small talk while sitting in one place for hours waiting for goblin #2,457 to spawn any day.


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Orchards is a two bedroom self contained apartment with a cream and russet theme and comprises of a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room on the ground floor with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the upper floor.
The entrance to this comfortable apartment is through the pretty inner courtyard which leads into the lounge with wood burning stove,television with freesat and DVD player. CD and tape player. Free WIFI.
The kitchen/diner is fully equipped with electric cooker, microwave and fridge.
Upstairs is a bedroom with double bed leading to a second bedroom with twin beds.
The bathroom has a bath with shower attachment, wc and washbasin.
Outside, is access to shared Laundry room with coin operated washing machine, tumble dryer and freezer.
Didworthy House is found in the tranquil hamlet of the same name, within the Dartmoor National Park, in an outstandingly beautiful natural area. Located 2 miles from South Brent down a typical pretty Devon lane. This historic house is situated on a gentle south facing hillside with gorgeous gardens running down to the River Avon. The wooded valley is noted for the purity of its air which allows many of the trees to attract a unique lichen and is a haven for wildlife. A birdwatchers paradise! The three self contained apartments provide quality accomodation of character and successfully combine a traditional style with modern conveniences. Guests are invited to use the owner's outdoor heated swimming pool at set times from July- end of August. Parking is available, 1 car per apartment, at the front of the property. Guests are assured a warm welcome, with a mouth-watering cream tea and fresh flowers on arrival and the owners will endeavour to ensure that the holiday is memorable.
Booking Notes:
Owner to be contacted by telephone or e-mail to check on availability and a booking form will be sent by post or e-mail to be completed and returned.
A deposit of 25% or total if within 8 weeks to secure booking.
Balance to be paid 8 weeks prior to holiday.
Cancellation policy - if the holiday is cancelled prior to the 8 weeks and the property is re-let then the deposit will be returned.
Credit card facility available for payments.
Changeover Day:
Moorlands and Seashores changeover day is Friday.
Orchards is changeover is Saturday.
Flexibility on changeover may be possible on discussion with owner.
Notes on prices:
Prices shown are for the property per week in UK Pounds.
Babies and toddlers stay for free. Cot supplied at no extra charge.
Short breaks available September - June for 2, 3 or 4 nights.
Lovely cottage beautiful scenery the owners were very welcoming and helpful
Didworthy is a perfect base to explore South Hams and South Devon coast.
The towns of Dartmouth and Salcombe are within 20miles. Dartmouth has a famous regatta and music festival. River trips to Totnes along Dart.
Totnes is 10 miles away and is an ancient river port with regular markets.
There are numerous sandy beaches in the Kingsbridge area -Bantham beach, Bigbury on sea, Blackpool Sands all within 30min drive.
Plymouth airport is 20miles away.
Exeter airport is 35 miles away.
Car hire is essential.
Plymouth Cross Channel Ferry Port 25min.
Main line train services from Totnes.
South Brent is the nearest village with shops, pubs, banks, Health centre and Dentist and is within two miles.
The Turtley Corn Mill at Avonwick is a renowned pub/restaurant using local produce - 3 miles.
Totnes on the Dart estuary is 10 miles away and is a market town with a full range of shopping and banking facilities, pubs and restaurants and regular markets.
Paignton and Torquay are within 20 miles and are busy seaside towns with beaches.
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There are many public footpaths and bridleways directly from Didworthy House and walkers can be on the moors within minutes. Horseriding and cycling is available locally on the moors or green lanes. The Avon Dam at Shipley Bridge is a well known and visited beauty spot. Dartmouth is a beautiful historic town on the River Dart and is a popular boating centre with a famous regatta. It is also a fishing port and fresh catches are available on quayside. The town is rich in art galleries and fascinating shops with an abundance of restaurants using local produce. Salcombe another popular sailing centre is 20 miles away and provides many watersports.
Newly opened is the Dartmoor Zoological Park near Ivybridge. The South Hams is a food-lovers paradise and there are many restaurants serving local produce and freshly caught seafood to tickle the taste buds. The owner has an an arrangement with The Pantry in South Brent to provide various packs of local produce e.g. organic breakfast packs, local cheeses and chutneys, which the owner can have available on arrival at cost price. Details on request.


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A Special Place in Hell / Wanted: Two Mad Martyrs, to Make a Mideast Peace
The peace process takes no prisoners. No one makes peace and lives.
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.
Martin Luther King, Memphis, April 3, 1968
On the face of it, there is no conflict more thicket-bound, more eye-gouging in its complexity, more heavily barricaded in its resistance to a solution, than the Israeli-Arab morass.
Would that all of this could be boiled down to something more digestible, more easily amenable to change.
It can. It comes down to this: The price of making peace is death. No less. The only leader who can make the kinds of political and social sacrifices necessary to forge a solution which provides for an independent Palestine alongside an independent Israel, is the leader who is fully prepared to make the ultimate personal sacrifice.
From Yitzhak Rabin to Anwar Sadat to Issam Sartawi to Ariel Sharon to Moshe Dayan, the peace process takes no prisoners. No one makes peace and lives.
We, the peoples of the Holy Land, demand no less. Is that fair? Of course not. But it's the way it works. The "land which devours its inhabitants" is even harder on the leaders who choose to try to make that land livable. We cannot forgive our leaders for doing the right thing. We can only forgive them, re-elect them, tolerate them, for doing the wrong thing, measure after failed measure, year after agonizing year.
Which brings us to Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak and, for that matter, Mahmoud Abbas. They have found the Mideast secret of eternal political life: Just say no.
In fact, our most effective rejectionists, among them Eli Yishai, Natan Sharansky, Avigdor Lieberman, are our most prominent political cowards.
In Barak's case, the lack of moral imagination, in Henry Siegman's apt phrase, is stunning. He has borrowed the secret of longevity from his Camp David classmate Yasser Arafat, and is happy as a clam. It is only the peoples of the Holy Land who are left mired in misery and hopelessness.
In the case of Netanyahu, the most absurd of explanations for his failure to seek peace also appears more and more to be the real one: So long as his centenarian father remains alive, lucid, and steely in his resistance to a peace process, so shall the prime minister be.
They are survivors, these men of crippled vision. They survive so that others may die.
What do we need to make peace between Israel and Palestine? A leader on each side who is mad enough and patriotic enough to be willing to be a martyr to the future.
Yitzhak Rabin made peace with Jordan, and was on his way to making peace with the Palestinians, when we killed him. Anwar Sadat was Israel's most lethal enemy, when he took the step that in one stroke made a landmark peace and regained every square centimeter of captured Egyptian territory. Just after Israel made its final large withdrawal, one of Sadat's junior army officers gunned him down.
What do we need from our leaders? Only peace, and their life's blood.
What kind of person could possibly be willing to take on that kind of challenge, in exchange for nothing more than a place in history and a future for millions of children on both sides?
Precisely the kind we seem to lack at the moment. A genuine hero.
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A plantation
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trees so that the twenty-two left standing shall form as many rows as
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Amanda Bird already was missing her Australian shepherd puppy Sammy when she arrived for the Sochi Olympics.
Then her first sight stepping out of the airport was of one of the many stray dogs around the Olympic Park in Adler and even here in the mountains whose safety has become a cause among animal rights supporters and some athletes such as American ski slopestyle silver medalist Gus Kenworthy.
Kenworthy is arranging for a litter of four puppies to return with him to the United States for adoption. Bird, U.S. press officer for bobsled/skeleton and former athlete in those sports, also plans to adopt a dog, sparing it from exterminators hired by the government to rid the Olympic area of pets left behind when families were forced to move for construction and a population swelled by lack of spaying and neutering.
Bird first read about the plight of the dogs in the New York Times then made contact with a dog shelter attempting to save as many animals as possible.
"I got in touch with them, and they've been wonderful to work with," Bird said. "They are just very excited to have someone inquire about it, and they're willing to work with me through the process. I plan on going on Monday to the shelter and bringing one of my co-workers with me because I'm sure it's going to be really difficult to walk in and see 100 dogs and be like which one.
"I'd like to take an older dog because those are the dogs that usually aren't adopted. Everyone up here will adopt a puppy. Right now I'm running into some issues because I can't take the dog on the charter flight so I need to figure out how to get the dog to Munich. When I get to Munich, I can check the dog in with me or carry it on."
Bird, who also has a cat at her home in Clarksville, Tenn., ran the idea of adopting a dog to her husband Jason Hartman by e-mailing him the New York Times story with "souvenir" in the subject line. Hartman is a trainer for skeleton slider Noelle Pikus-Pace.
"He responded and said we'll name her Sochi," Bird said. "Right then I was like alright, he's in."
Bird is so passionate about animals that she cried over leaving Sammy behind to come here. When she is on Skype with her husband, she wants to see her dog to know how she's doing and growing.
"I'm not trying to make a statement, I just want to bring a dog home," she said. "I've been amazed how much people have been coming up to me and asking me about it.
"I need a billionaire who has a plane who's willing to let me take 100 dogs on the flight with me back to the U.S. When the lottery gets above $50 million, we play. I always tell my husband if I ever hit the lottery, we're going to buy acres of land and we're going to save horses, save dogs. I don't care where they're from. I'm just one of those ridiculous people."


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- K. N. Sinclair and
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Occurrence of NO−3-N in drinking water at concentrations > 10 mg L−1 is being reported in the literature with increasing frequency. Some occurrences of high NO−3-N concentrations have been attributed to irrigation and fertilization practices. A private well water testing program in Montana, involving nearly 3400 well owners, found NO−3-N concentrations > 10 mg L−1 in nearly 6% of all tested wells. Most of the agricultural land in Montana is nonirrigated and is not subject to high rates of N fertilization. Dryland crop/fallow cereal grain rotations are the main practices. Well water test results were combined with MAPS, a geographic information system (GIS), to identify correlations between county average NO−3-N concentration in groundwater, well water sample probability of exceeding 10 mg L−1 NO−3-N, geographic, climatic, and geologic conditions, and land-use practices. From a list of 67 independent variables, county average well water NO−3-N concentration and percentage of tested wells in each county with NO−3-N concentration >10 mg L−1 were correlated (P < 0.10) with 16 independent variables, most of which were associated with precipitation, soil properties, and land-use practices. The closest correlations were with March 1 through June 30 precipitation, distribution of dryland crop production and summer fallow, soil water-holding capacity, and mapping units of the general soil map of Montana. Two-, three-, and four-variable, linear, multiple regression models indicated that 53 to 61% of the variability in county average well sample NO−3-N concentration could be accounted for by these independent variables. Results of these analyses support the hypothesis that summer fallow practices and associated mineralization of organic matter may be contributing to regionalized NO−3-N contamination of shallow groundwater in Montana.
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I love the combination of blueberry, coconut and vanilla. You probably have seen this combination in my blueberry & vanilla soy milk oatmeal post. For this dessert I warmed up blueberries with cream of coconut and served it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream served on a cookie. The cookie's ingredients support this dessert with flavors of coconut, vanilla and chocolate chips. Topped with a thin slice of banana and chocolate shavings makes this dessert a very simple yet tasty treat for any occasion. A Quick Journey into the History of Valentine's Day As Valentine's day is upon us we … [Read more...]
Caribbean Black Cake to Bring Prosperity and Luck
My cousin-in-law Roseanne was grateful enough to reveal her Guyanese black cake recipe to me. As you know by now I have acquired a passion and love for Caribbean food and have come to enjoy many of their culinary traditions. Mainly due to the fact that I have lived and worked in the Caribbean and second because of my beautiful wife Denise, whom I have met there, while, working as a chef. Now, 20 years later, I have two big sons who love our culinary traditions. We always wanted to make sure that our kids grow up knowing both cultures. So over the Holidays I usually cook popular German foods … [Read more...]
Coffee Chocolate Mousse with a Very Berry Cherry Compote
I think chocolate - I eat chocolate - and - I crave chocolate all the time. I don't know what it is, but I think chocolate is addicting. I have to admit I don't care for the really cheap chocolate, because they lack the cocoa that makes chocolate so good in the first place. I know chocolate is not everyone's favorite. Like my wife doesn't like it at all. It's really too bad because they say chocolate is an aphrodisiac. :-) Chocolate Makes You Happy Let's be serious here - Chocolate has some great health benefits. Whether it's the flavonoids or the antioxidants, chocolate has much … [Read more...]
Recovering from Hurricane with Coconut Rice Pudding
It has been 15 days since Hurricane Sandy hit and left us with no power, water or heat. I would like to apologize for not posting lately, but it was just impossible for me to get power. I have to admit I have seen better days. Sandy flexed her muscles and showed us that Mother Nature is still in charge. No one really wanted to believe that this storm would hit this community so bad. In the end it was a 15 foot coastal flood wave which basically rolled over our sea town. It didn't end there; the 36 hour tropical storm that followed the flood, blasted with 95 miles per hour winds and finished … [Read more...]
Orange Coconut Kaiserschmarrn
Kaiserschmarrn, I remember this dessert from the days I went skiing in Austria while on vacation. During the day I would bother my parents if I could have this dish for dessert after dinner. Every night - yep. I Couldn't get enough of it. To me Kaiserschmarn is nothing different from a fluffy torn-apart pancake. Instead of using the original recipe I decided to add coconut flakes, coconut milk and Grand Manier. Kaiserschmarrn is served in Austria as a dessert - however - it works well for brunch, too. Once the Kaiserschmarrn is cooked it leaves behind an aroma that is so addicting - at … [Read more...]
Sauteed Cinnamon Lime Infused Strawberries
June is officially the month when strawberries will be in full season at least here on the east coast. However, due to the warm winter we might have some early strawberries to pick. Fortunately, there is California and Florida that provide us with plenty of strawberries during the year. This recipe is especially good for those with a sweet tooth like myself. Sautéed strawberries can be served over ice cream, crepes and waffles, just to name a few. I love to serve sauteed strawberries over a crepe and vanilla ice cream. The Grand Marnier used in this recipe intensifies the orange sauce … [Read more...]
Vanilla Crepe with Ice Cream
It was my son's birthday and I wanted to make him a little surprise dessert. So I thought why not make him a vanilla crepe with hot cinnamon lime infused strawberries. He wanted pizza as a main course, yes I know; how can you feed him pizza on his Birthday? It wasn't my choice. Well at least I was able to make him the vanilla crepe. And boy he loved the crepe. The following recipe is very simple and best of all gets the family together. I mix the batter in a bowl just the way I would do it in the restaurant kitchen, however you can use a food … [Read more...]


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Our Techno-Utopian Future: Fallacies and Predictions
What's the ultimate destiny of our civilization? Are we destined to become "living batteries" a la Matrix, refugees in a post-apocalyptic radioactive desert landscape, or peons of a totalitarian surveillance state? Or, can we look forward to a luxurious but boring utopia, with robot servants and automated factories to meet our every whim, but nothing to do?
I often debate and debunk such scenarios as the organizer of a philosophy discussion group. I offer no mystical powers of foresight, but I can use some insights into history and human nature to predict which possibilities seem more likely than others. Certain themes and fallacies are especially common, so here are some predictions of the future that I consider more or less likely to occur.
This particular doomsday has loomed over civilization since 1798, when Malthus predicted in his Essay on the Principle of Population that the exponential growth in the population would outstrip the growth of the food supply, leading to mass starvation. The failure of such a shortage to materialize despite a tenfold growth in population does not deter his successors today. Today's environmentalists are continually discovering new resources to run out of, whether fossil fuels, metals, land, or even water. When will this wild party of megamalls and SUVs end?
The basic problem with Malthusian scenarios is that they assume that the resource base available to meet human needs is fixed -- that each additional human being requires X amount of land, steel, and oil to live. But human values are ever-shifting, and so are the means to meet those needs. Each baby born not only creates new demand for the products of civilization, but also provides new resources and insight for meeting those needs.
Human beings have proven amazingly innovative in improving the yield of resources to achieve their values. In agriculture, energy, construction, engineering, and information systems, production is not only growing, but accelerating. Our civilization is not only improving the technology for producing the goods we consume, but expanding the range of resources available for exploitation. Whale oil, rubber trees, and native forests for paper and fuel have been replaced by petroleum, plastics, tree farms, and coal. Entrepreneurs have long worked on replacements to fossil fuels independent of any government programs, and will no doubt market them when they become profitable.
The Inevitable Robot Uprising
Incidentally, the same reasoning can be applied to make a robot rebellion unlikely. Malevolent robots in fiction are usually motivated by a desire to grab a larger share of a dwindling resource base. But unless they are after old people's medicines, this premise doesn't wash.
The companion to the fear of resource depletion is the fear of a global ecological catastrophe. The threats are numerous -- mass species extinction (1960s), global cooling ('70s), ozone holes ('80s), global warming ('90s), or climate change (2000s). It's impossible to refute every new scare, but an examination of history provides a dose of healthy skepticism.
The distinguishing factor of human beings over other living things has been our ability to change our environment to improve our situation. Most of the increase in life expectancy from 18-33 years during all of prehistory to 70+ today has not been due to better treatment of illness, but due to the manipulation of nature to create healthier environments: agriculture, cities, sewers, running water, heating and cooling. Human industry comes with unavoidable byproducts like pollution, but the costs have been minute relative to the benefits. Only when the focus of industry has been subverted to destructive purposes -- such as war or meaningless production quotas, as in the Soviet Union -- has the destructive side of industry outweighed the benefits.
Today, our ability to manipulate the environment is more powerful than ever, as is our awareness of the byproducts of industry. There is no evidence that these skills are declining -- as evidenced by the continuing growth of life expectancy in both developing and developed nations. Is there any reason to believe that we should suddenly prove incompetent to deal with nature?
Morlocks and Eloi
The idea of class struggle predates Marx and Rousseau, as do dystopian futures with stratified social classes. Though communism and socialism have been thoroughly discredited by history (as they should have been by theory), visions of the future are often dominated by the entrenchment of various sorts of social divide. Every new potential world-changing innovation is met by some dissenters eager to describe how it will be used by the rich at the expense of the poor. Is there any evidence in support of such fears?
The problem with dwelling on the relative wealth disparities in society is the loss of historical context. Compare the living standard of a medieval baron versus a middle-class American. What luxuries are available to one, but not the other? Aside from some precious metals and the like, there is an enormous wealth of goods and services available today that our ancestors would have envied. Global transportation, life-extending medicines, the global community and the immense library of the Internet are all recent inventions.
Compared to the difference between our ancestors 1,000, 500, 100, or even 50 years ago, the difference between the richest and the average Americans is not that great. Many of the products we use -- soft drinks, fast food, laptops, iPods, websites, jeans, and even cars are essentially the same, especially when compared with their last-generation equivalents. Furthermore, the factors that determine the speed at which new innovations propagate through society favor an exponentially accelerating rate of innovation. The future is likely to be one in which the luxuries of the rich become commodities in ever-shorter cycles.
Obsolescence of Humanity
The Luddites were one of the first groups to protest innovation on the grounds that it threatened their livelihood. The Industrial and Information Revolutions have probably made superfluous most of the jobs that existed in 1811, and no doubt this process will continue. Yet outside of wage and price controls and other forms of interventionism, long-term unemployment has never threatened more than a small percentage of our society.
Technology not only eliminates dreary, labor-intensive jobs, but frees us to pursue more productive activities. Yet futurists continue to predict a society in which the vast majority of people live on the dole, living meaningless, boring, hedonistic or otherwise unproductive lives. The issue is more than just earning a livelihood -- the question is what will we do, once technology assumes all the jobs we once had?
One answer can be found in the institution of the housewife or homemaker. Running a household used to be a full-time job, with a multitude of things to be done while the husband went to work in the field or factory. However, with growing automation of the home and shrinking families, stay-at-home moms and dads have more free time than ever. Do they cry with despair at their increasing idleness?
Certainly many have had trouble adjusting to the change. But many others found new avenues for productive activity. Whether volunteering, writing, or running an eBay business, homemakers have found new ways to remain productive. Our industrial society not only creates a standard of living that allows spouses to stay at home, but opportunities to allow them to discover and pursue new passions. The tremendous improvements in productivity that came with the Industrial and Information Revolutions gave us more free time, and created entire institutions, such as Little League teams, church charities, and online multiplayer clans that have evolved as free time has grown.
The Surveillance Society
While entrepreneurs have used new technologies to provide an ever-increasing array of goods and services, governments have used technology to increase their control over society. Numerous sci-fi writers have seized on fears of a surveillance society, in which a citizen's every move is tracked by the state. Giant television screens, ubiquitous cameras, spy satellites, and airborne SWAT teams dominate such visions.
Hold the tinfoil please.
There are a number of limitations of the power of the state. Foremost is that the same technologies that make ubiquitous surveillance possible also allow ubiquitous secrecy. Remember the little lock you see when you conduct a transaction online? It indicates an encrypted connection between your computer and the website that is made possible by a complex global authentication and trust system. You don't need to know how it works, but you can be confident that (as long as neither side is compromised) snooping that transaction is practically impossible. Similar technology allows any two parties to communicate in secrecy. Governments attempts at limiting the spread of encryption and introducing loopholes into encryption programs failed miserably because information is nearly impossible to contain in our connected world.
There's no guarantee that life will remain private in the future. We can only be certain that the potential to communicate securely will grow along with the potential to monitor unsecured communications. If we value privacy, the tools will be there.
The Predictions
Now that I've dispensed with the negative, here are some positive trends likely to shape our future society:
Distributed Design
In the pre-industrial age, almost all goods and services were local. Raw materials were locally grown, chopped, or quarried, then produced by local craftsmen, and consumed by local villagers. The Industrial Revolution and the creation of the assembly line changed all that. Consumer goods could be mass produced in factories and distributed worldwide. Cities grew rapidly to facilitate easier interaction between all the complex elements of the capital base necessary to sustain an industrial society. Skyscrapers became necessary because of the need for large numbers of individuals to collaborate on complex projects. A global civilization tied together by trade began to arise, and despite the best attempts of governments, is closer than ever today.
The coming of the information age expands the possibilities for the production of goods and services. Because ideas can be communicated worldwide in an instant, design teams can be separated from manufacturing facilities as well as each other.
The first stage of this process was the formation of international corporations that outsource production to where it is cheapest, such as jeans that are designed in the United States and stitched together in Mexico. The second stage was the formation of true multinational corporations that distribute design teams across the globe to wherever talent is.
The third stage, which we are now entering, is the specialization of design and manufacture. For example, "fabless" computer chip designers are contracting manufacture to chip fabs. This dramatically lowers the cost of entry for chip designers like Transmeta and Motorola, and frees foundries from dependence on a single brand. Likewise, the manufacturers of numerous consumer products such as radios, televisions, and electric toothbrushes are buying the core technologies from specialized manufacturers and adding their packaging to it.
The fourth stage will be to separate the manufacture of production tools from the creating of the goods they produce. Rapid prototyping already allows a three-dimensional object to be emailed and printed on an inkjet-based printer. As 3D printing becomes cheaper, consumers will be able to print out new shoes and iPods on their inkjet printers directly from the raw materials.
Power to the Mind
The evolution of technology has been a progression from reliance on physical effort to a growing role for the mind. The first tools, such as chisels and hammers, augmented raw muscle power. The creation of powered machines eliminated the reliance on muscle and allowed much more powerful mechanisms to be built than with human or animal power alone. The introduction of the automaton in the 20th century embedded human knowledge in machinery. The trend continues as human beings improve their ability to exploit nature to meet their values through the use of automation until (theoretically, at least) man is able to achieve all the material values technologically possible and desirable by mental effort.
The growing importance of intellectual activity implies that intellectual property will become increasingly more important relative to material labor and physical goods. The current system of patent laws and copyrights will change dramatically as intellectual transactions evolve to meet the requirements of a civilization with rapid innovation being conducted on a global scale. Intellectual markets will take the form of universities, patent-trading companies, or private exchanges of trade secrets.
The New Cosmopolitan Man
A number of researchers are working on video cameras integrated into clothing or eye-ware that can record a 24/7 video stream from the wearer's perspective. They predict that an entire lifetime of such recordings will be able to fit into a small device within 10 years. When this technology is combined with GPS and computer vision software and cross-referenced with our contact lists and email, a complete digital record can be created to supplement our memories. Imagine being able to search for and review anything experienced during your digitally-enhanced life.
The building blocks are already in place -- my Google accounts make every email, chat, and web search of the last three years instantly searchable and available. My Flickr account serves as a geographically tagged diary of my life. A tiny device records all my bike rides and sends a map tagged with my performance statistics to my computer.
The sum of all these innovations will gradually change the way we define ourselves. Our consciousness becomes the central processing unit of a complex system, with external storage and sensor facilities spread across the world and to other people. As human-computer interfaces improve, our sense of self will evolve to include our digital memories as well as those of others. Initially, people had to talk to each other to share information. Then they could look it up in a book. Now you can search for it in Wikipedia. Imagine when you will be able to instantly look it up as an extension of a thought process using some successor to web services.
Thanks to globalization, such tools for sharing knowledge and experience will be available worldwide. It will not be a "hive-mind" (another common sci-fi scenario) because our own sense of self will be enhanced in parallel with our connections to others.
My ultimate prediction is this:
Voluntary human interaction has created an industrial civilization capable of generating unprecedented wealth and giving individuals more freedom than ever to choose the way they wish to define themselves and their relation to others. The ultimate result of this is that, to quote Ludwig von Mises, "the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society."
Sorry, no flying cars.
Does this disqualify me as a futurist?


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The Bottom Line / Jacob's Ladder to Nowhere
Don't be surprised if any minute now Ariel Sharon's associates leak to the press that not only did the prime minister not offer former central bank governor Jacob Frenkel anything - but Frenkel started the whole story by coming looking for work. After all, Sharon's spinmeisters know no limits.
Don't be surprised if any minute now Ariel Sharon's associates leak to the press that not only did the prime minister not offer former central bank governor Jacob Frenkel anything - but Frenkel started the whole story by coming looking for work. After all, Sharon's spinmeisters know no limits.
How easy it is to feed the press stories that the two meetings - four hours during the most critical hours of coalition negotiations - were just to schmooze about the economic situation.
The bluff has another aim - damage control for Finance Minister Silvan Shalom, behind whose back the entire deal was raised. There are those at the PMO who fear the vengeance of Shalom, so they need to say there was no job offer.
What of Frenkel's dignity? Who cares? That man doesn't have even a finger in the Likud central committee.
So the public should know this - in the two meetings between Sharon and Frenkel, Sharon begged and pleaded and wheedled repeatedly with Frenkel to take the treasury. Sharon very much wants to switch horses and also believed that if he brought in an outsider, not a politician, who was highly regarded at home and abroad, he would be applauded and Shalom would swallow the bitter pill. But if he brings in former Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert - that would be an eviction.
Facing Sharon's pleas, Frenkel made two conditions. The first was a political process to end the Palestinian uprising, the only way to bring back tourists and foreign investors and return the economy to growth. This after all is the point.
The second condition was a government that would reduce welfare payments and redirect funds to infrastructure and reforms that enhance competition. That would require Labor in and the ultra-Orthodox out.
This approach - redirecting budget funds and consistently reducing the deficit by cost-cutting reforms - is the correct response to the economic situation.
It is also the exact opposite of the thesis recently put forward by Economic Models CEO Yaakov Sheinin and Teva Pharmaceuticals chairman Eli Hurvitz. We already learned in 2002 what happens when we increase the budget deficit, even if we camouflage it with a Latin name. Not only do we not get growth - we get contraction.
When Frenkel realized Labor was out, virtually squashing in his opinion any chance for a political process or substantial change in the budget, he told Sharon he wouldn't take the job. Then began the deception drive.
But even if Sharon had brought Labor on board, he wouldn't have conducted real negotiations. He wouldn't have given up "strategic" Netzarim, regardless of written agreements. Structural reform? Heaven forfend.
So Frenkel - and any other finance minister - is doomed to fail in restoring economic growth. That would have turned Frenkel's internationally recognized success story in curbing inflation into a sad story of failure.
Frenkel owes Labor chairman Amram Mitzna a debt of thanks, even if he did have to endure a serious slice of contempt and derision. That was chump change compared to what he would have had to put up with as Sharon's finance minister.
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Eagles: Big Kid Can Rap On Roy Orbisons Song "It's Over, It's Over.."March 18, 2010
As usual, one of my articles has a music theme. This one crosses different genre's in that we go with Rap, Oldies, and in this case, wishy--washy love songs.
OG Shawn Andrews has been released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. A superior lineman, when healthy was a Pro Bowl player who made life easier for Brian Westbrook, et al, in the Eagles backfield. Strong, bullish, and smart, he dominated in games looking like a "man among boys". Injuries have derailed his career, although he may come back when healthy.
For Eagles fans and coaches alike, he became an enigma these past two years. Claiming to come back strong and ready for the season, he has suffered a "back injury" that has required multiple surgeries. His rehab has been listed as "hopeful and encouraging", but he has not played for two years. He has, however, been drawing a hefty paycheck, albeit without playing on the field. Some fans have said that he is "robbing" the Eagles of money not earned on the field.
"The Big Kid" has somehow been able to conduct a music career, and has become better known for his "twitter" prowess than his blocking prowess. A search on YouTube or similar website will show you just how much of a joke he has allowed himself to become. However, we're here not to bury Caesar, but to praise him (?!).
The team has come to the conclusion that Mr. Shawn Andrews, not his big brother Stacy Andrews, has shown that his heart for football isn't what it was or should be. The former Pro Bowl player, who owned a pretty "phat" contract extension, in the opinion of the Eagles brass no longer gives them confidence that he will return to action. Such a seemingly waste of talent, but number 73 will have to live with it.
So, where does it go from here? Andrews can take the news and use it for inspiration to regroup and show the Eagles they were wrong, or he can take the news and use it for "inspiration" to "regroup" his rap career and show that the Eagles were right. My money is on that somewhere he will resurface in the NFL, get "hurt" in training camp again, take that team's "money for nothin", do his "rehab" in a California recording studio again, and prove that the rumors of his aledged mental problems are more fact than fiction.
Mr. Orbison could not have imagined that his song would apply to this story. "It's Over" for the "Big Kid" and his self--induced dyed mohawk "doo". His claims that he will return to the Eagles to fulfil his contract and resume his Eagles career have now taken on the monaker of Roy's timeless song--"IT'S OVER". The Eagles have called his bluff. The team and its' fans have waited too long for him to decide on his future.
What happens next is up to Shawn Andrews. Perhaps his brother Stacy can talk some sense into him, convincing him to come back (at what now would be a lesser contract deal) and show the world what he is made of. What a waste of tremendous football talent. I guess he thinks that he has given all that he has to football, and now he wants to explore other career opportunities.
But for now, Mr. Andrews, cue up the microphone...it's over.


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When he ran for state senator, Brian Kemp made much of Doug Haines' alleged lack of support for the area's teachers and university faculty and staff. Mr. Kemp promised to ''do better.''
Now that Gov. Perdue has announced a budget with zero pay raises for teachers and university employees, I am wondering whether Sen. Kemp will follow through on his campaign promise. Specifically, the Perdue budget contains a $77 million first installment on the state's $320 million tax giveaway to the Daimler-Chrysler corporation to build a plant near Savannah. Will Sen. Kemp oppose this provision and argue that the money should, instead, be spent on pay raises for teachers and university employees? Will Sen. Kemp show he supports the people in this district or will he simply walk lockstep behind Gov. Perdue, in much the same way he accused Doug Haines of doing to Roy Barnes?
This is the first test of your election promises, Sen. Kemp. Will you oppose a tax giveaway to a wealthy corporation and divert the money into the area's teachers and university employees, or will you simply forget your election promises? Athens awaits your answer!
Andrew Herod
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, January 30, 2003.
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Project Management
Facilities Management provides project management services for construction and design projects. The FM Project Manager works with a project's Building Committee, which makes design decisions based on user requirements.
In this role, Project Manager provides the following services:
- Developing of the project budget and schedule
- Coordinating of the work, monitoring costs and reviewing construction work performed by the Contractor.
- Keeping the Building Committee informed of the project progress
- Hiring professional movers for occupancy
- Providing an overview presentation on the project and a tour of the facility.
- Assisting with warranty and post-occupancy construction issues.


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A Night to Dismember (1983)
Vickie Kent is a suspected murderess who is released from an insane asylum to return home, only to raise the question of whether or not she was completely cured of her insanities.
Directed By: Doris Wishman
Rated: Unrated
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Genre: Horror
Release Date: January 1, 1983
DVD Release Date: October 29, 2001
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Vicki Kent
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A truly horrible horror movie from Wishman! Again she makes me wonder what in the world she was thinking. Stay away from this one.


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Apollo wrote:
Bargnani needs to be paired with a talented center. The Kings, Pistons and Bucks all have talented centers who play a more traditional game. Two out of the three have been in multiple rumors linked to potentially trading their pick. I don't care about how they use him, that's not my problem. You act as though the guy is a plague that no one would want. Fact is he's been in the line of fire from day one in Toronto and has handled himself admirably off the court. He's a talented scorer, who is still young and is very big. Teams looking for scoring punch, who have a strong big man and who think they can improve his weaknesses would probably be interested. FYI, the Bucks had the worst offense in the league last season.
I think the Bucks would be a good fit for Bargnani. Next to Dwight Howard, who else is better to have to hide Bargnani's weakness? Too bad Toronto missed it's chance with Chandler.
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