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Second annual 'Community Connect' draws good crowd despite weather
A stream of people trudged through snow Monday to get to Bethel Lutheran Church in downtown Willmar for a bowl of chili, free blankets and information about community programs to help them meet short- and long-term needs.
The second annual Community Connect event drew a good crowd, despite blustery weather.
It was shut down two hours early because of blowing and drifting snow, but organizers were pleased with the turnout and efforts to make people aware of local resources.
Representatives from 23 different organizations, such as Lutheran Social Service, He-artland Community Action Agency, the Willmar Area Food Shelf, The Salvation Army and the Southwestern Minnesota Adult Mental Health Consortium, teamed up to put on the event.
"The goal is to bring as many community resources to one place so that people can connect and learn more about the resources available in their community," said Rhonda Otteson, from Heartland Community Action Agency. "We want to bring it all together."
The need is obvious.
Otteson said Heartland is seeing record numbers of people requesting services through Heartland programs.
"I do know we are seeing record numbers of people struggling, facing housing emergencies and needing energy assistance," she said. There are more families qualifying for Head Start.
Otteson said the agency has a list of 200 households in the four-county area of Kandiyohi, Meeker, McLeod and Renville that are currently homeless or at risk of being homeless.
That includes families who say they have no home, are sleeping in vehicles, have been given an eviction notice or are facing foreclosure.
The numbers have never been that high before, said Otteson, who asked participants to fill out a survey about their living situations.
The survey asked where they stayed Wednesday night. The survey corresponds with the federal Housing and Urban Development's annual "Point-in-Time" homeless count.
The agency has also received a record number of applicants requesting emergency energy assistance. This winter Heartland has processed 3,000 applicants.
At the same time there are record needs in the community, there will likely be reduced state and federal funds available, Otteson said.
Chantell Hay, from Safe Avenues - Shelter House, was busy handing out free blankets to people who stopped by her table. She also spent time answering questions about the services that are available. Fortunately, she said, no one asked for immediate services or safety from an abusive relationship.
In between listening for their names during the door-prize drawings, participants warmed up by eating a bowl of free chili made with donated ingredients and "a lot of love" by committee members, said Christie Kurth, director of the Willmar Area Food Shelf.
Doug Doering, who works for Lutheran Social Service Youth Programs and is also a Willmar High School football coach, persuaded some of his youth football players to help out at the event after school. "We wanted to get some kids from the high school to help out so they can give back a little bit," he said.
The young volunteers also have a valuable gift of connecting with youth in the community that are struggling and could benefit from programs featured at the event, Doering said. "We want to get the word out that there are people in their corner willing to help out."
Many of the participants were teens and young families. Some were looking for furniture or a free winter jacket.
Otteson told several people that Heartland no longer had a supply of second-hand furniture because of the high demands. She referred them to the Food Shelf.
There was also an element of fun at the event. Besides the freebies offered at most tables, photography students from Ridgewater College took family portraits.


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Racing fans may want to check out a new phone being offered by Vertu. The new Indianapolis phone is part of the manufacturer's limited edition Racetrack Legends line, which features other famous racetracks such as Monza, Silverstone, Le Mans, Monaco, and Nurburgring.
Only 1,000 models of the Indianapolis Limited Edition phone will be made. The phone is finished with black enamel and has a cover that includes the Indianapolis name and a rendering of the IMS track, including the 2.605 mile road course used for Formula One races.
This phone is indeed a luxury phone being offered by Vertu. If you have to ask how much it will cost, then you probably will not be able to afford it; however, this phone has to be the ultimate cellphone for an Indianapolis racing fan.
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We just returned from a beautiful week in the Southwest - driving from home in Dillon, Colorado through Ouray, Durango, Mesa Verde, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, and back through Moab, Utah. A lot of miles, but what beautiful country we saw in just 9 days. I want to go back!
It's hard to believe that after living in Colorado for almost 20 years, I have NEVER stepped foot in Arizona! And the Grand Canyon definitely is as amazing as folks say - what beautiful country. We stayed a night right on the South Rim at the Grand Canyon, and REALLY enjoyed the experience!
Some of these last photos are from the Pink Jeep Tour - listed as the #1 attraction in Sedona - yes the jeeps are pink, but the ride and the places we got to on that ride were AMAZING!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Jun's 15 month portraits - an adorable toddler!
Jun came into the studio last month with his parents and grandma and he was adorable! I love when parents bring props that they know children will love and play with – like Jun's Halloween costume, his tricycle, and some music favorites.
View Jun's slideshow
And he never cried – a whole hour of photographing a 15 month old and no tears! I love sessions like this!
View Jun's slideshow
And he never cried – a whole hour of photographing a 15 month old and no tears! I love sessions like this!
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A motorist was injured in a vehicle accident at Canaries this afternoon, emergency services have reported.
According to information, the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus which ran off the road into a ditch.
It is reported that one male individual sustained a thigh bone fracture and was transported to Victoria Hospital via ambulance.
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Feb 12, 2013: Protest Against Sexual Terrorism Practiced on Egyptian Female Protesters
Global Protest Against Sexual Terrorism Practiced on Egyptian Female Protesters
A call launched on February 6, 2013
By The Uprising of Women in the Arab World
(For French, Please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kl7e2QaZwFcrdj_kAJ1CTS-GEib_LsuE_QeC0l0zKVM/edit)
We, citizens of all nationalities all around the world, will not watch in silence the spreading epidemic of sexual terrorism. We want to show our support, solidarity and admiration for the assaulted who paid the price of the ongoing Egyptian revolution with their own flesh, and to the heroic volunteers who are risking their lives for a safe Tahrir.
Therefore on Tuesday February 12, 2013, at 6:00 pm local time, we will gather in front of the Egyptian embassy in our city/country, and people all over the world will do this.
– We hold responsible the Ruling Party for not taking strict measures to prevent organized thugs attacking, stripping, raping, injuring and killing peaceful protesters.
– We hold responsible the Egyptian police and governmental institutions for not offering the necessary protection and safety to female Egyptian citizens. Not only that, but the police itself practices the crime of sexual harassment/assault.
– We blame the past and present Egyptian governments for condoning the crime of sexual harassment/assault by not issuing any strict law that clearly provides legal consequences to sexual harassers or those that indulge in sexual violence. We demand the enforcement of a strict law against sexual harassment in all its forms.
– We condemn the social acceptability of sexual harassment, violence and rape by the Egyptian society, which puts the blame on the assaulted instead of the aggressor.
– We hold accountable irresponsible media for focusing on personal, intimate and sensationalist details of the assaulted, instead of denouncing the criminal act.
– We urge every revolutionary group, political party or individual to speak up and take IMMEDIATE action against both the sexual attacks committed by organized mobs aiming to tarnish the image of Tahrir and terrorize the protestors, and the sexual harassment targeting Egyptian women and girls on a daily basis in the streets of their own country.
Fighting sexual humiliation and aggression should be a TOP PRIORITY in the noble strive for freedom and dignity.
– We salute every hero and heroine of the ongoing Egyptian revolution!
You teach us courage, perseverance and determination.
Sexual terrorism is a technique recently used extensively by organized mobs in Egypt aiming to injure, undermine, humiliate and scare female protesters in Tahrir Square, during the ongoing Egyptian revolution.
Let's describe one of the scenarios, a true story from one of the assaulted women: she finds herself suddenly separated from her friends and encircled by 100, 200, 300 men. They tear off her clothes with knives that injure her body, they twist her neck and pull her hair to forcibly kiss her, hundreds of hands are touching her body as she is being collectively manually raped with fingers thrusted into her genitals. The attack can last for 1 or 2 hours, during which the woman is dragged by the horde from one place to another, across the floor through mud and sewage. The persons who try to help her get equally attacked: males get choked with clothing or threatened with knives, females get encircled to undergo the same horror.
Not only that, but when the victim finally manages to escape, most places refuse to offer her shelter.. because up till now, in the eyes of society, SHE is the one held responsible of the suffered crime, not the agressor. In the eyes of society, SHE is considered to be the symbol of shame, not those who try to silence her.
Sexual harassment/assault/violence has become more and more socially acceptable in Egyptian society over the past 10-15 years that today we have come to witness the most horrific aspect of it, practiced as a political tool of oppression. In fact, this is not the first time sexual harassment was used as a tool to silence female protestors: as early 'Black Wednesday' in May 2005, authorities during a protest used sexual harassment to disperse female protesters opposing constitutional changes that would grant former president Mubarak greater presidential powers. While security personnel and police largely endorsed the harassment, and stood passively by, the attacks on protesters were recorded, condemned, and widely circulated in media.
In the face of the latest atrocities in Tahrir Square, a group of initiatives were created such as Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment / Assault – a collaborative effort between several initiatives working on sexual harassment in Egypt as well as independent volunteers – and Tahrir Body-Guard, where young Egyptians have organized and trained themselves to combat the sexual assaults on the ground. They also provide follows-up to women and girls who have suffered the attacks. These groups have succeeded in saving several of the assaulted women, despite the fact that they get attacked themselves during the operations. The number of their volunteers is growing and their efforts are tireless.
On January 25th, 2013, on the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, the number of cases reported to Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment / Assault (OpAntiSH) were 19 cases in 1 day, not including the unreported ones.
But again to reaffirm, although Tahrir Square is seeing an extreme unimaginable form of sexual violence against women, sexual harassment has become an epidemic in Egypt that affects the lives of Egyptian women on a daily basis. 83% of Egyptian women surveyed by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights in 2008 admitted to being sexually harassed, 50% of those on a daily basis. Disturbingly, HarassMap has received a number of reports from young victims – both on its reporting system and anecdotally from volunteers. School girls and boys too often encounter harassing teachers, classmates, doctors, taxi drivers and even family members who make sexual advances, grope, masturbate in front of them, and even sexually assault them. More critically, the average bystander witnessing sexual harassment does not necessarily interfere to stop harassment, the way they would in the case of an act of theft, or a street fight. In fact, they may even blame the harassed/assaulted for being the reason for sexual harassment, and even sympathize with the harasser. However no real efforts were made by previous or present governments to enforce real legal consequences on harassers that would put an end to this epidemic, hence HarassMap's mission of ending the social acceptability of sexual harassment as an approach to address it.
As OpAntiSH stated in a recent video:
"We will not stay silent. We will not be broken. We will not be ashamed."
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The Uprising of Women in the Arab World انتفاضة المرأة في العالم العربي
Email: email@example.com
Site Web: http://uprisingofwomeninthearabworld.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/intifadat.almar2a
Twitter: @UprisingOfWomen
Link to download High Res Posters for the Protest: https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B3f63uxYCG57QXJPalVLMlpxb0E
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Link to the call launched by The Uprising of Women in the Arab World on Facebook:
Global Protest Against Sexual Terrorism Practiced on Egyptian Female Protestors وقفة عالمية ضدّ الإرهاب الجنسي الذي يُمارس على المتظاهرات المصريّات
To this day, more than 25 cities around the world have responded to the call and will take part in the gobal protest:
Egypt, Cairo مصر، القاهرة
Egypt, Alexandria مصر، اسكندريّة
Egypt, Damietta مصر، دمياط
Egypt, Mansoura مصر، المنصورة
Sudan, Khartoum السودان، الخرطوم
Algeria, Alger الجزائر، الجزائر العاصمة
Mauritania, Nouakchott موريتانيا، نواكشوط
Tunisia, Tunis تونس، تونس العاصمة
Yemen, Aden اليمن، عدن
Palestine, Ramallah فلسطين، رام الله
Palestine, Yaffa فلسطين، يافا
Morocco, Rabat المغرب، الرباط
Syria, Damascus سوريا، دمشق
Lebanon, Beirut لبنان، بيروت
Jordan, Amman الأردن، عمان
Turkey, Istanbul تركيا، اسطنبول
Turkey, Ankara تركيا، أنقرة
Thailand, Ko Samui تايلند، كوساموي
Armenia, Yerevan أرمينيا، يريفان
اليونان، أثينا Greece, Athens
Spain, Madrid إسبانيا، مدريد
Norway, Oslo النرويج، أوسلو
Sweden, Stokholm السويد، ستوكهولم
Denmark, Copenhagen الدنمارك، كوبنهاجن
Belgium, Brussels بلجيكا، بروكسال
Netherlands, The Hague هولندا، لاهاي
Germany, Berlin ألمانيا، برلين
France, Paris فرنسا، باريس
United Kingdom, London المملكة المتحدة، لندن
Italy, Milan إيطاليا، ميلان
USA, New York الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، نيويورك
USA, Washington DC الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، واشنطن العاصمة
USA, Michigan الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، ميشيغين
Canada, Montreal كندا، مونتريال
Canada, Ottawa كندا، أوتاوا
Australia, Melbourne أستراليا، ملبورن
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To be honest, I find it quite amusing and ironic that you expect the police to enter a crowd full of angry protesters to help a woman who was a few minutes prior to her being assaulted calling for the government's downfall. Has it not occurred to her that she may be out of help's reach, inside of a violent crowd armed with knives, clubs and occasionally Molotov cocktails ? Or did she think that these protesters who attack the police and public establishments on a daily basis would be so honorable as to respect her privacy ?
It really upsets me to find the same logical and linguistic fallacies committed by feminists to be consistent wherever I go. Let us analyze a few of your statements.
"- We hold responsible the Ruling Party for not taking strict measures to prevent organized thugs attacking, stripping, raping, injuring and killing peaceful protesters."
I believe they have taken strict measures, as they have filled al-Tahrir with riot police. I can not see how the police could stop the "stripping" or "raping" of the protesters unless they were to disperse the crowd using physical violence which would undoubtedly injure hundreds more. It appears that you have contradicted yourself.
"Sexual terrorism is a technique recently used extensively by organized mobs in Egypt aiming to injure, undermine, humiliate and scare female protesters in Tahrir Square, during the ongoing Egyptian revolution."
Are those the the same mobs that are attacking the security forces ?
"83% of Egyptian women surveyed by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights in 2008 admitted to being sexually harassed, 50% of those on a daily basis."
Thank you for quoting statistics from about four years ago. Do you have any that are more recent from a credible source?
Please forgive me more my woefully short response. I wish I had the time to sit here and take your article apart word by word to expose your inconsistencies. I hope you can give me an intelligent response to the questions I asked, if would deign to speak to a male.


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Why See Cirque du Soleil - Quidam?
Cirque du Soleil - Quidam is on tour and hits the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC, Closed March 31, 2013
The entire show is imagined by a bored young girl named Zoe who is alienated and ignored by her parents. She dreams up the whimsical world of Quidam as a means of escaping the monotony of her life.
The show's title refers to the feature character, a man without a head, carrying an umbrella and a bowler hat. Quidam is said to be the embodiment of both everyone and no one at the same time. According to Cirque du Soleil literature "Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past. ... One who cries out, sings and dreams within us all."
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Farmers Union members meet with Ingebrigtsen
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) members from the northwest and west central regions of the state recently went to the state Capitol to discuss Farmers Union policy and the 2009 legislative session with legislators.
"This is a chance for the legislators to hear from Farmers Union members about the immediate needs of rural Minnesota," said Doug Peterson, Minnesota Farmers Union president. "It also gives our members a chance to let the senators and representatives know about our Farmers Union policy, and why it is important to them."
Farmers Union policy issues that came up in discussions with state senators and representatives were: protecting the state agriculture budget; stabilizing property taxes; repealing the changes made last year to the Green Acres Program; supporting universal health care; financial support to those impacted by the bovine tuberculosis outbreak; extension of the 2009 sunset date of the farmer-lender mediation program; support for local control in making siting decisions that deal with livestock facilities; a strong corporate farm law; support to achieve conformity with the Minnesota estate tax, and section 179 of the federal tax code; and bonding requests for the Rural Finance Authority.


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I know SONY is still turning out these cameras, so where are the new owners?
Stand up and be counted.
Don Schap - BFA, Digital Photography
A Photographer Is Forever
Look, I did not create the optical laws of the Universe ... I simply learned to deal with them.
Remember: It is usually the GLASS, not the camera (except for moving to Full Frame), that gives you the most improvement in your photography.
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I recently purchased a Sony Alpha 500 and I really like it. I have the Kit Lense with it hoping to upgrade in the near future. I try to take as many pictures as possible. I just wish I could become as good as some of you guys on this board overnight.
Well done and welcome to the forum.
Improving your Photography is a question of learning the basic skills, and practice.
It's not rocket science but there is a learning curve to negotiate.
People here will help as much as they can, but you need to ask questions and post pics.
Yep I'm a newbie, first ever dslr and its a Sony A230. Got it for as a birthday present.
Yes I am impressed with it, but as I say its the first i've had so I cant compare it with any others. And as Peekayoh says, its learning the basic skills and practice that count.
Patience is another part of the learning too as i've found out. As soon as I got it I was rushing onto sites wanting to buy all the extras and ended up with basicly wasting money. But hey thats the learning curve started
you just might miss something. First rule of photography ... Keep that DSLR with you at all times.
I am assuming you are going the "two lens" route, the 18-55mm and the 70-300mm, to get started. This should deal with most (80%) of the practical shooting situations. It is when you get artsy, you begin to realize it may just take something "special" to capture the image properly.
Yes, the "learning curve" but, one of the more enjoyable ones in life, as you create imagery for your head, heart and, hopefully, that stir the soul. Ask question, show your work, accept critique and good luck.
Some of the best things about this hobby/avocation is that you can always improve, and you can always improve your gear. And that you can do it at your own pace, and budget. And still have some fun (among the frustrations) doing it.
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I like the work, but really cannot see a heck of a lot.
thats the mystery of it..lol..
try this one..
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OverviewIce Mountain has a long reputation for being a dangerous and loose climb worthy of the heartiest climbers. Overall this reputation lives up however there is a route on this mountain that has much less class 4 climbing then the standard Northeast Ridge route. This is the southwest face. Although the climbing and traversing is much more sustained on this route, is is technically easier and less exposed than the standard route. There are two ways to do this climb depending on the season. I will describe them both. In the spring and early summer, variation 1 is recommended which takes advantage of the Apostle couloir. In late summer and fall, variation 2 is recommended which takes you up and over West Apostle from Lake Ann.
A map of the routes is shown below:
Getting ThereThe approach for this route is the same as the one for the Refrigerator Couloir and North Apostle. Start at the South Winfield trailhead (same as for Mount Huron) at the townsite of Winfield which lies at the end of Chaffe County road 390 12 miles from Highway 24. This road is a good gravel road suitable for almost any car although it is almost always washboarded. From Winfield, the Huron 4WD road continues up Clear Creek for two miles which is passable for higher clearance passenger cars (like a Subaru Forester). My 2WD Toyota Camry stationwagon made it just fine. 4WD is certainly not required for this road as it is not very steep...just rocky.
Variant 1 - Apostle CouloirFrom the trailhead described above, (where a green gate can be found and room for about 20 cars) there are two trails, the one that heads left up the hill is bound for Mount Huron. This is not the trail you want instead head streight ahead as the other trail follows Clear Creek on fairly flat ground. Follow this for 1.2 easy miles to a sign right before it crosses Clear Creek and heads up towards Lake Ann. This signed junction is key to the entire approach. Roach's description for this area is way off so ignore his approach description. If you are bound for this variant (The Apostle Couloir) you must take the left fork following the well established boot path into Apostle Basin.
Follow this trail as it crosses the stream that drains Apostle Basin right before it converges with the main Clear Creek drainage. There are some minior ups and downs before the trail makes a steep 50 foot climb up to a small ridge seperating these two creeks. From this little vantage you can peer down either side at two different creeks right as they converge. It's a cool place.
Continue up this trail as it follows on the right side of the creek often with a steep drop on the left into the creek. You will eventually emerge into an open meadow area where the trail becomes less defined just below treeline. You will cross back to the creeks' left side then you will likely have to do a little bushwhacking through the willows but if you head for a small island of trees it will save you some effort. From this small elevated area with trees (great campsites) you will have a perfect view to the south of the Apostle Couloir. To get to it, climb steeply for about 50 feet up the terminus of a large rock glacier and follow the talus up towards the saddle of Ice Mountain and West Apostle.
The rock glacier is pretty loose but if you're here early enough in the season it may still be snow covered. Continue up the rock glacier until about 12,400 feet where the terrain begins to get considerably steeper. Ideally, there will be nice snow in the couloir above you. Put your crampons on and start climbing the couloir which gets gradually steeper with the steepest parts around 40 degrees near the top. Whenever you are faced with a split in the couloirs, always stay to the left. This 800 foot couloir dumps you right at the 13,200 foot saddle between West Apostle and Ice Mountain.
From the saddle, climb up the class 3 headwall to the east and begin a long traverse across the southwest face of Ice Mountain. There are not many cairns on this traverse but as a good rule of thumb, you should gain about 200 feet in the first initial climb out of the saddle, then stay more or less at the same elevation (about 13,400) as you cross at least 5 small ribs and gullies. Keep in mind you are constantly traversing above a huge set of cliffs that guard the lower part of Ice Mountains' south face. Although the traversing is mostly class 2+, care must always be taken to avoid a casual slip. I felt the crux of this traverse was right after the climb out of the saddle when we crossed some smooth slabs that would be pretty slick if wet. This was also the spot with the most exposure as we were right above the lower cliffs as oppsoed to a hundred or so feet above them on the rest of the traverse. The rock throughout this traverse was generally pretty solid on the ribs and loose in the small gullies. A helmet is mandatory though.
As you continue the traverse keep picking the easiest way through the gullies and ribs by doing short ups and downs while maintaining around 13,400 feet in elevation. You will eventually come across a set of two much larger gullies (trust me, you will know it when you see it - these gullies are WAY bigger than the ones you traverse across). These two gullies are seperated by a large rib (much larger than the ones you crossed) and either of these two large gullies will work for your final 600 foot ascent.
The Left Big Gully
Note: This is not the standard way up but I believe it is both safer and more fun
The one on the left (first one you get to) is much more solid but steeper and has more class 4 climbing near the top where you will hit the saddle between the false and true summits.
If you decide to take this left, more solid gully, you will have to traverse the west ridge of Ice slightly until you reach a 40 foot overhanging cliff which marks the top of the rib seperating the two large gullies leading to the summit. This 40 foot cliff also lies right over the notch that the Refrigerator Couloir route brings you to. To avoid this cliff Drop down to the south (class 4) and get into the right gully 100 feet below the summit which then takes you directly to the top (class 3).
The Right Big Gully
This is the standard way up
From the end of the long traverse, cross the first big gully you see (described above) and cross below the large rib seperating them (you may have to descend slightly to do this) then start your final 600 foot ascent up the right gully. This gully is VERY loose so i would advise everyone in your party to climb together. The difficulty doesn't exceed class 3 but keep in mind, I thought this gully made Thunder Pyramid feel like solid granite! The nice thing though is that the rocks are mostly scree and small cobble sized so knocking a 500 pounder down isn't as likely. This gully takes you directly to the true summit.
When I climbed Ice Mountain, we ascended the left gully and descended the right gully. Return the way you came on the traverse. If you feel up to it, from the saddle above the Apostle Couloir, the ascent up West Apostle is an easy (class 2) 400 foot climb and the views of the southwest face on Ice Mountain are remarkable!
When snow filled all the way to the bottom, the Apostle couloir makes a great glissade or ski for those who have the skill and experience to do so. Small rocks that have fallen from above can be scattered around though.
Variant 2 - Lake Ann/West ApostleFor this variation, which is better done in late summer and fall when all the snow has melted brings you past Lake Ann. This is a much longer day and required more up and down. From the signed trail junction 1.2 miles from the 4WD trailhead, instead of heading left up the Apostle Basin trail, bear right, cross Clear Creek immediently and continue up the very well established trail to Lake Ann. From the lake, you will follow the West Ridge Route on West Apostle to the summit. See Larry's description via the link. Basically you start climbing talus eastward from the lake, cross one N-S ridge and climb south up the second one to a small saddle in the main west ridge of West Apostle. You should see a small tarn just to the east below the N-S ridge you climb.
Continue up the class 2+ west ridge to the summit of West Apostle. You can preview the southwest face route from here very well as well as take a good look at the weather. Plan on at least 6 hours round trip from here. Descend the class 2 east ridge of West Apostle to the saddle above the Apostle Couloir and continue on the route described in Variant 1. Return the way you came.
Essential GearIf you do the Apostle Couloir, bring axe, crampons, stiff boots and approach shoes of some kind (for the rock and trail approach). Otherwise, a sturdy pair of boots, standard hiking gear and a HELMET!
A lot of mountaineering experience particuairly on loose rock would help as well as a perfecr weather day. Escape off Ice Mountain is very limited.


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Recently on Jeopardy, Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury was part of an answer, referencing that he looks like Ryan Gosling. Yes, a college football coach made it into the "pop culture" category.
Of course, this was posted by Texas Tech Athletics, which brings to mind this old message, obtained by Deadspin, discussing how to get people talking about Kliff. Here are two snippets:
Kliff- We place his nickname..GQ, Hollywood, Swagger..(we talk to him and see what we can place) we need to dial in Kliff's style and hammer it as a the "cool kids" here at Texas Tech…
UA showed us….we are already the team that wears the cool brand in Texas. We can brand as the Hippest school in the game. Swagger on and off the field.
Killin' it, Red Raiders.


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Once a crook, always a crook?
A year and a half ago I was robbed as I worked in an NBC news truck. Three men opened the door and grabbed the computer from my hands.
Today I met a robber. And when I looked in his eyes, I didn't see fear, I saw hope.
That's because the man I met changed his life.
"I was out here doing numerous things, selling drugs, robbing people, just trying to get over any way that I can," Darion Eastman said.
Eastman, 28, was born and raised in East Oakland.
He didn't have an easy life, spending some time homeless. Many of his role models were crooks themselves. He did some time in the county jail for petty crimes.
But now he is the 150th graduate of San Francisco's Omega Boys Club program, a rehabilitation program founded by Joe Marshall in 1987 and based in San Francisco's rough-edged Dogpatch neighborhood.
Omega offers counseling, academic preparation, and scholarships for youth seeking to escape what it calls a "culture of violence." According to a 2008 report in the Potrero View, a local newspaper, only one graduate of the program has died from violent crime.
"It feels good to graduate from college," said Eastman. "Can you imagine a black man from the hood who didn't have the opportunity to get paid to go to college?"
Marshall says Eastman, who joined the program at the age of 20, wasn't an immediate fit.
"When he came he was a total skeptic about Omega Boys," said Marshall. "He was belligerent and that's probably the nicest word."
The club aims to show boys and girls there are opportunities other than a life of crime.
Eastman said his daughter, Samariah, 8, prompted him to seek a change.
"My daughter turned me around," said Eastman. "When she was born, I knew I was not only responsible for me, I was also responsible for her."
Eastman is a graduate of Tennessee State. His major? No joke, criminal justice. Marshall wants him to become a cop. Eastman said no way.
Eastman's advice to others living a life of crime?
"It doesn't have to be that way. What ever it is you want to do you can do it."
Marshall's program won a $100,000 grant from an Oprah Winfrey-backed charity in 2001. But it could use some more support. Omega Boys is planning a fundraiser for the program. The gala will take place October 22 at San Francisco's Great America Music Hall.


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The Crawley Pensioners' Active Group (CPAG) has folded after 16 years' service to the town.
One of the final actions of the group was to donate £2,000 to St Catherine's Hospice, which chairman David Ashton said CPAG held to be "the most important charity in Crawley".
The decision to close the group was made during a meeting at the Montefiore Institute, Three Bridges, on Wednesday (May 21).
Mr Ashton, who has been chairman for five years, said the decision was due in part to the lack of members willing to fill vacancies on the committee and the increased family commitments faced by members.
He added: "The final meeting was good-natured, appreciative and friendly.
"Although regrets were expressed there was no bitterness about our closure which was tidily handled."
During the last meeting, the speaker was Zena Cairns, of St Catherine's Hospice, who invited members for an afternoon cuppa in June.
Mr Ashton said: "We recommended to our members that they take full advantage of the Crawley Oder Persons Forum (COPF) which meets bi-monthly and covers similar topics to CPAG."
For information about COPF, call 01293 657000.


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We went on our annual camping trip last summer with some friends of ours. I started to prepare my regular s'mores for the kids and a friend suggested we use bananas. It was the best. Your whole family will love it. The leftovers are great with coffee in the morning if you need a quick breakfast. Just reheat and serve.
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- Banana
- Pieces of chocolate
- Miniature Marshmallow
- Peel the banana and cut out a wedge
- Save the cut out piece for later
- Cut a piece of foil and place your banana on the foil
- Stuff the banana with the chocolate piece and marshmallows
- Place the cut piece back on the banana, then wrap it in the foil and place on an open fire/grill to melt the chocolate and marshmallows together (about 3-8 minutes or until melted)
- Once they are done allow to cool a few minutes, then enjoy the warm chocolaty banana pie


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Media centre
Date published: 17 November 2011
How would you like to get some perspective on media crime stories? Do you need an MBA to increase your chances for promotion? Would you like to learn Hindi? Or would you just love to teach but never had the opportunity to train? Open Universities Australia (OUA) caters for approximately 50,000 students a year, enrolled in 150,000 units. Many study a few units to suit their interests: others are working towards a professional degree in business, IT, education or nursing, or undertaking postgraduate studies. But OUA is not just one university it is at least 20.
"We have been around since 1992 when the government of the day decided to open up opportunities for Australians who couldn't normally get to university," says Dr Michael Crock, executive director, academic products and services at OUA. "We are unique in the world in that universities around Australia with exceptional programs, take on the responsibility for teaching subjects or degrees online through our system. You can teach almost anything online broadband makes science and maths as visual as a lecture. If students embrace the advanced technology they can do very well."
The most popular degrees are in education and business. Griffith University's Bachelor in Criminology and Criminal Justice has 1200 off-campus enrolments, compared with 400 on campus. Many OUA students just enjoy the introductory units, and there are great success stories. A number of OUA students are incarcerated, and one of these completed both a bachelors and masters in criminology during her time.
OUA students can be anywhere in the world: in the defence forces, on tankers, cattle stations, or on the Thai-Burma border where the OUA universities support 25 students in teaching degrees. A majority are people working in normal full time jobs, determined to become qualified for their dream career. Others study from home caring for young families. The OUA enables them to take on degrees which they can use when their children start school.
A few of the courses require some face-to-face attendance including the Executive MBA during which students fly in from around the world. Nursing and education courses need placements. Computer courses require students to strip computers as part of their exam.
"The world of higher education is changing globally," says Dr Crock. We have the capacity to work with education providers to create wider ranges of opportunities for the people of Australia to better themselves. What Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) licensed copy we have now is only the beginning."
Although all first year undergraduate subjects are open entry, it is advisable for people who have been away from study for some time to begin with one of OUA's general enabling units. There are specific enabling courses such the University of South Australia's Human Health, for students hoping to undertake nursing.
Through OUA, Murdoch University provides Learning to Learn in Business: the smart way to start your business course at university. They also do Rocket Science Learning to Learn in Science. You may as well start your degree with a solid foundation which pays dividends in the end.
E-learning, including chat rooms with fellow students, is a great way to do tertiary study. You can actually see your DNA model swing slowly around as often as necessary. The lecturer can repeat his lecture before and after dinner. You can see how detergents clean clothes, watch economics models and maths equations, or view history videos.
OUA makes tertiary education possible for students with disadvantages of time, distance, and socioeconomic factors.
Date: Monday 8 August 2011
Publication: The Age
Title: Learning for fun or your future


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RESIDENTS are calling for action over the state of their road and pavements, claiming they are dangerous.
Potholes and damaged kerb stones are the main problems in Leslie Road, Rayleigh, with residents claiming people are at risk of injury, particularly because of the streetlight switch- off.
Mike Carrington, 67, who lives in the street, said: "The state of the road is absolutely appalling.
"Dustbin lorries drive up the kerbs and damage them. There were nine broken stones in the middle of the road not long ago.
"I have a 93-year-old mother-in-law living with us who uses a wheelchair and we cannot cross the road because of the potholes.
"What makes it worse is they leave the road in this state of disrepair and then turn the lights off at night."
District councillor Cheryl Roe is taking up the call. She said: "The roads have deteriorated rapidly of late."
A spokesman for Essex Highways said: "The Essex Highways maintenance strategy prioritises repairs to the busiest routes and most dangerous defects first.
"We understand the concerns from those who use this footway and will be conducting a full permanent repair to this defect in due course."


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Hi, I'm using OrCAD PCB Editor 16.5 and trying to create a footprint. I've made the padstack for this footprint and saved it to a shared network location. When I use the Package Symbol Wizard Padstack Browser, it has a giant list of pads from the local install and other (seemingly) random places. Is there a way to filter or add location(s) that it pulls pad files from?
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If I add pads later to an arbitrary folder, how can I access it in the padstack browser?
When the list shows you can type the first letter or 2 before the star, then press tab - now the list is limites to shopping only names starting with the letters typed.
you can also use ? For just one letter
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Burglars stole two dozen laptops from an elementary school in Solana Beach Friday night, sheriff's detectives confirmed.
The robbery happened at approximately 11:45 p.m. at Skyline Elementary School located at 606 Lomas Santa Fe Dr. The burglary alarm activated and deputies responded to the school.
When deputies arrived on campus, they discovered a computer lab classroom had been broken into and burglarized.
About two dozen Apple-brand laptops worth an estimated $36,000 had been stolen from the classroom, officials said.
Deputies did not immediately locate the school burglary suspects and are searching for leads.
The break-in at Skyline Elementary School marks the third school burglary of this kind to happen in the last two weeks.
On Dec. 29, a dozen iPads were stolen in a similar overnight burglary at Cardiff Elementary School. In that incident, the school's alarms were activated, alerting deputies to the scene.
Burglary suspects had broken into two classrooms and broken a lock on a storage cabinet to steal the iPad tablets. Investigators said the loss was valued at $6,360.
In a separate case on Dec. 31, a dozen iPads were stolen from Ada Harris Elementary School in Cardiff.
On Saturday, an Encinitas sheriff's detective told NBC 7 that the three school break-ins have all been similar in nature, but couldn't confirm if they're actually related.
The detective said each burglary has targeted an elementary school in the North County, and each break-in has occurred overnight, while the schools are closed.
In each incident, Apple-brand electronics seem to the target, specifically iPads and iMacs.
NBC 7 reached out to Solana Beach School District Superintendent Nancy Lynch about this string of school burglaries.
Lynch said the North County community, including school staff, students and parents, feel victimized. In the end, Lynch said it's the students who lose the most.
"The students not only suffer by their school being broken into with theft of computers, their assignments and projects on those devices are lost as well," said Lynch. "We are saddened by the impact on learning for children when this happens, since it is more than computers that is being taken from them. It is unfortunate that these individuals are motivated to steal from children."


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Volunteer killed by lion at Calif. animal park
DUNLAP, Calif. — A lion mauled to death a 24-year-old intern just a few weeks on the job Wednesday at an exotic animal park in the Sierra Nevada foothills of remote Central California.
Authorities said the intern was attacked and killed when she entered the male African lion's enclosure at Cat Haven about 45 miles east of Fresno.
Sheriff's deputies responding to an emergency call from Cat Haven found the woman severely injured and still lying inside the enclosure with the lion nearby, Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Bob Miller said.
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The [[http://sourceforge.net/p/gtk-win/code/HEAD/tree/ | Code area]] now contains the latest code for the GTK+ Preference Tool and the GTK+ Installer.
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GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from [[http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net | smartmontools]] package)
querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the
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Changes include:
* Support detecting drives behind 3ware controllers (Linux, Windows), including tw_cli/cx/px mode in Windows
* Added support for specifying -d option and extra parameters via command line, "Add Device" and "Preferences" dialogs. This change effectively adds full support for multiple drives behind a single device name.
* Beesu and su-to-root are supported by gsmartcontrol-root script now.
* Completely revamped the attribute database and its handling, should be a lot more usable and forward-compatible now; SSD attributes are also included.
* In-program help has been expanded considerably.
* General improvements to user interface have been implemented (better GNOME HIG compliance, better tooltips, dialogs, etc...).
* Added ability to show smartctl output for devices whose info could not be parsed fully.
* Attributes in "brief" format are supported now.
* The parser has been updated to reflect the recent changes in smartctl.
* Quit and rescan operations are no longer denied without confirmation when tests are running.
* The Windows NSIS installer has been vastly improved.
* Better support for Windows Vista and 7.
* Changed copyright notices for files with Whatever License to use Unlicense.
* Added other minor features and fixed quite a few bugs.
Also, the Windows version now includes smartctl and update-smart-drivedb.exe from smartmontools 5.41.
I'd like to say '''HUGE thanks''' to ''Tom H. Lautenbacher'', ''Vassilis Voreopoulos'', ''Christian Franke'' (and the smartmontools team) and all the others who made this release possible. I'd also like to thank 3ware for donating a piece of hardware so that GSmartControl could support it. Thank you all!
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'''Do NOT use these programs with Samsung F4 EcoGreen!'''
Samsung released a [[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=386 | firmware update]] that should fix this issue
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I am working on implementing support of various RAID controllers in GSmartControl.
Unfortunately, I don't have any RAID controllers, and therefore, no information on how to detect them, the number of ports on each of them, or the port population information.
Basically, what I'm looking for is anything that will help me detect any of these:
* 3ware under FreeBSD
* 3ware under Windows
* LSI MegaRAID under Linux
* HighPoint RocketRAID under Linux
* HighPoint RocketRAID under FreeBSD
* CCISS (HP (Compaq) Smart Array Controller) under Linux
* CCISS (HP (Compaq) Smart Array Controller) under FreeBSD
I do have some information on these:
* Areca under Linux (I have full information on how to detect them).
* 3ware under Linux (I have all the information except the info on how to detect the number of ports without using the proprietary tw_cli tool).
I case you want to help, these are the places you can start searching in (in Linux; no idea about FreeBSD or Windows):
* /proc/devices
* /proc/scsi/scsi
* /proc/scsi/sg/device*
* /sys/bus/scsi/devices/host*
Anything that resembles your controller name, the number of ports, which ports are populated, and how to map all this to smartctl command parameters is really appreciated. Also, the outputs of {{smartctl -i}} and {{smartctl -a}} when run on non-existent controller, non-existent channel and unpopulated channel is helpful as well.
If you have any information or have one of the RAID controllers listed above and want to help, please contact me at ashaduri 'at' gmail.com.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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* The progress bars update properly when parallel tests are run
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* Fixed compilation under very old gtkmm/libglademm, and with gcc 4.4.
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* A man page has been generously contributed by Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe 'at' iuculano.it>.
* Smartctl version now includes the CVS snapshot date (if available).
* Windows: Look for "smartctl-nc.exe" instead of "smartctl.exe" by default.
* Windows: Use smartmontools-supplied smartctl-nc.exe by default (if found).
* Other minor changes (mainly Debian backports).
Also, the Windows version now includes smartctl from smartmontools 5.39-0-20090322.
Note: To use smartmontools installation on Windows, GSmartControl needs at least version 5.39-0-20090322 of smartmontools. See [[http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Download#Windows-InstalltheWindowspackage | smartmontools download page]] for recent Windows version snapshots.
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* Fixed a parser issue which prevented running self-tests in Windows.
* The supplied icon (hopefully) shows correctly in Windows 2000 now.
* This release adds an official support for Windows 2000 SP4.
* Added scripts to allow GSmartControl to read smartctl data from cron-generated files. This allows users to read somewhat recent smartctl information without having to run GSmartControl as root. Generously contributed by Alex Butcher <alex dot butcher 'at' assursys.co.uk>.
* Configure script correctly aborts instead of printing a warning if gtkmm or libglademm (if needed) is not found.
* Configure script now accepts --enable-windows-console, --disable-abort-if-no-gtkmm, --disable-abort-if-no-glade-reader, as well as Windows-supporting "auto" for --enable-nsis-wine and --with-nsis.
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* Fixed gsmartcontrol-root script to support distributions with no /usr/sbin in their users' paths (thanks to Erwan Velu).
* Added desktop auto-detection to gsmartcontrol-root script. This allows us to use only one desktop file (thanks to Erwan Velu).
* Added Debian package directory (named "debian.dist" for now to avoid control file conflicts with Build Service).
* Added make targets for Windows packages (zip and NSIS).
* Fixed Windows-related issues (Vista is fully supported now).
* Fixed minor bugs:
-- Smartctl parser is win32-locale-aware now.
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* Added some more attribute descriptions.
* Our names for attributes override smartctls' now.
* Added a proper "Add Device" dialog for Windows.
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It seems like just a few springs ago that I was walking into the woods during a frigid Alabama dawn, ready to begin my first "out-of-the-office assignment" for my new job.
The temperature was 28 degrees, and the wind was wicked. I'd wolfed down a hasty breakfast at Bent Creek Lodge, crammed a slate call into my jacket pocket and pulled my boots on with great anticipation. When the truck rolled up, I threw my gun inside, hopped into the cab and was whisked away to a new adventure.
I didn't kill a turkey that morning, even though I was accompanied by two renowned hunters. In fact, I don't think we heard one closer than a half-mile away. In the meantime, I basically proved that I didn't know much about turkey hunting. Still, it marked the start of my greatest professional journey: as editor of Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine.
A lot has changed since then. I lost my mullet hairstyle and gained a few more wrinkles. I met loads of great folks and learned about turkey hunting from the world's best hunters and callers. And when I left the job, it was the most difficult decision I'd ever made. I had the privilege to serve six-plus years as editor of T&TH, and that experience continued to enrich me when I worked at subsequent positions.
As you've probably guessed, I'm back.
When Jim Schlender accepted the job of publisher/editorial director of F+W Media's Firearms/Knives Group, the folks in charge asked me if I'd be interested in returning as editor of T&TH. I didn't need to think about it long. It's not often you can combine your personal passion with a career, and the chance to work with the greatest group of folks I know — turkey hunters — was too appealing to pass up.
Of course, I never really left T&TH, contributing to it regularly and serving as a columnist and contributing editor for the past four-plus years. And I was able to watch as Jim did tremendous work with my favorite magazine, packing it with great content and filling it with stunning imagery. Thank you, Jim. I hope my work lives up to the high standard you have set.
Being close to the magazine also let me follow the work of my favorite contributors, some of whom I knew and others who were new to T&TH. Jim Casada, Scott Bestul, Jim Spencer, Lovett Williams and the rest of the regular T&TH contributors continue to provide great information in interesting, entertaining formats. I'm thrilled to work again with the best turkey writers in the business. I'm also thankful to say that list also includes Schlender, who will continue his role as our "Gobbler Shots" columnist. I cannot think of a better man for the job.
Mostly, I'm excited to be working with you, the T&TH readers. I met quite a few of you through the years, but I don't know many of you. I hope to change that in the coming months, whether we correspond in print, trade messages on the magazine Web site or perhaps chat in person.
In the meantime, what can you expect from T&TH? Business as usual. We're here to provide practical, comprehensive information on wild turkeys and how to hunt them. I can't think of a better way to spend my days.
Yeah, a lot has changed since that chilly March morning. But now that I think of it, much has remained the same.


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Question: I am rec'ing notices that my credit card rates are jumping to 29%. I owe about 35K. I tried to get a consolidation loan to pay them off and reduce my interest. Loan denied. I have no other obligations and work part time 30 hours a week as well as receive a pension of $2500 a month. I called the credit companies and asked for a reduced rate and was told I could pay off my balance and opt out of the cards but no reduction. What can I do short of declaring bankruptcy? John, Rome, NY
Answer: You're carrying a lot of credit card debt. The financial hole is only going to get deeper at a 29% rate of interest. That's a lot of vig. You need a plan.
I'd get help creating that plan. I would do is go online to the website of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. There are a couple of consumer credit counseling service offices near you. For instance, one is in Utica and another in Syracuse. I would schedule a meeting with a financial counselor to go over your finances and get their recommendation for a budget and a debt repayment plan. Neither office charges a fee for a consultation. There are small fees to pay if you decide to create a repayment plan with one of the services.
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The report's findings were summarized here February 16 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the complete report, titled "A Health Planning Agenda for the American People," was unveiled one week later at a press conference in Washington, D.C.
The report covers six major areas of health care policy, including medical science, and contains proposals based on 159 principles of health care. The AMA has spent $7 million on the project since it was begun in 1982, and has collected an additional $5 million from other professional societies, drug and insurance companies, foundations and nonprofit organizations involved in the study. A total of 435 people participated in the exercise.
The report's basic prescription for medical science is more money—from the federal government, which the report said has "the primary responsibility for assuming the viability of the nation's biomedical research enterprise," as well as from private industry, foundations and state and local governments.
The additional funding should be put to several uses, according to the report. Besides increasing the number and size of grants to individual investigators, the new money should make it possible to fund a greater percentage of grants deemed worthy of support by NIH review panels, pay for more training positions to attract a steady flow of students into research, upgrade facilities and purchase needed equipment.
The report calls on scientists and their professional organizations to lobby on behalf of NIH and other agencies that fund biomedical research. NIH Director James Wyngaarden, who participated in the AAAS symposium along with Institute of Medicine President Samuel Thier and former Assistant Secretary for Health Edward Brandt, offered some advice to scientists planning to venture into the political arena.
"Be positive," Wyngaarden said in response to a question from a researcher whose renewal grant has recently been trimmed by 10 percent to accommodate the administration's proposal to delay by one year the spending of $334 million. "Present your case in terms of its being an opportunity to improve public health, to increase our scientific knowledge, and to attract the talent necessary to enable us to remain competitive with the rest of the world.
"Don't bring your personal pains to Congress," Wyngaarden cautioned. "They'll just say the government doesn't owe you a living, and that the farmers, the small businessmen and a dozen other groups are suffering a lot more than you are."
The report recommends greater incentives for companies to invest in biomedical research through changes in tax, patent and licensing laws and by shortening the time it takes for new drugs to be approved for sale. Such an investment policy, it points out, is "an exception" to its belief in "minimal government intervention" and its distaste for "special tax advantages" to selected businesses.
Surveying cooperative ventures between industry and universities, the report emphasizes the importance of clear rules on the rights and responsibilities of both parties to preserve the educational purposes of the university and allow for the profit motive of business. Other sections deal with ethical issues in biomedical research, including the impact of new technologies, the use of human subjects and the conduct of individual investigators, and the need to regulate and oversee the use of animals in research in a way that recognizes the growing strength of the animal rights movement.
The AMA hopes the report will be a guide for federal officials examining health policy questions and a yardstick for other professional societies measuring their own efforts in this area. Officials recognize the difficulty of persuading Congress to spend more money at the same time it is trying to reduce the federal deficit, but they are counting on the traditional support for biomedical research in Congress to prevail.
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Angry garda confronts Taoiseach during canvassing
A GARDA angered by pay cuts confronted Taoiseach Enda Kenny as he canvassed for the Meath East by-election.
The father-of-three challenged Mr Kenny in a raw showdown, accusing him of taking money from his pockets.
During the emotionally charged meeting on a supermarket floor, the Taoiseach was adamant the hard-pressed officer should contribute his fair share to recovery and he insisted all public sector workers would do the same.
"You're a guard, which is a very important job. You're an intelligent man. But what do you think is going to pay for the services that you need?" Mr Kenny said.
The Taoiseach reacted defensively and went on to criticise the Garda Representative Association (GRA) and Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and accused them of walking out of the pay talks.
The officer, who would not give his name due to the nature of his job, said he should be compensated for the unsociable hours he works.
The Ratoath man cornered the Taoiseach as he made his way around a supermarket in the small Meath town, canvassing support for Helen McEntee - daughter of the late junior minister Shane McEntee who died before Christmas.
"I didn't cause this economy to collapse but I feel I'm being singled out. I'm being told that I have to accept this because of the state of the economy," the garda said.
Unions will soon vote on whether to accept government proposals outlined last month to cut one billion euro from the state's public sector pay bill, which accounts for 35% of total public spending.
The deal - drafted by the Labour Relations Commission - will see workers take pay cuts on salaries above 65,000 euro, frozen increments and longer working hours with no extra pay.
The Taoiseach had initially been beaming from ear to ear as he greeted shoppers in the Ratoath supermarket.
But shaking the hand of an elderly lady in the frozen food aisle, his grin faded as the officer approached.
He told Mr Kenny of how little time he gets to spend with his wife and three children, missing weekends, bank holidays and Christmas Day due to work.
The Taoiseach chatted enthusiastically and tried to give the man his card, but his face dropped when the garda revealed his occupation.
He accused the Government of targeting frontline staff who work shifts and warned the Taoiseach that further cuts to the public sector would stifle local economies.
"The money I take home goes into this community here, whether it's in the hairdressers with my wife, the pubs or any of the restaurants," he said.
"All the money goes back into the economy. You're taking it out of my pockets."
He told Mr Kenny that if he returns to Co Meath in three years' time to canvass for the general election, the local businesses will have gone bust and the youngsters will have emigrated.
"You're taking the money out of my pocket, which means I can't support other people who have wives and children," he said.
Mr Kenny suggested the GRA was to blame for rank-and-file gardai not getting a better deal at the pay talks.
"When you look at the unions who stayed in there, they were all able to get concessions from what was originally proposed in these talks.
"Right across the public sector, this is a problem that is not going to go away unless it is fixed. Everybody loses."
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One is the neoconservative Bush/Blair position that tries to impose an extreme and destructive economic model on all countries, and holds that pre-emptive wars of aggression are permissible. The other is a fundamentalism rooted in an austere, medieval interpretation of Islam, which is, as Cohen says, 'tyrannical, homophobic, misogynist, racist and homicidal'.
Because I oppose them both, I can see, as Cohen can't, that the neoconservative fundamentalism provides the optimum conditions for Islamist fundamentalism to flourish.
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Nick Cohen's fight against oppression is just as selective as that of those in the left whom he criticises. Where, for instance, is the evidence that he has fought the oppression of the people of the Caucasus by the Russians? If what Putin has done in Chechnya had been done to the Jews of Russia, Cohen, like Auden, would have 'screamed his head off'.
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Nick Cohen is being offensive in categorising everyone who opposed the war as an apologist for right-wing dictators and religious bigots. I am committed to the principles of secular, tolerant, liberal democracy. But I don't think the way to achieve it is by bombing, torturing prisoners and riding roughshod over human-rights legislation.
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While agreeing with Nick Cohen that the left has failed to support progressive politics in post-Saddam Iraq and has allowed the imposition of a Milton Friedman utopia by the US, the primary objection to the war was its illegality. You do not commit a crime resulting in thousands of deaths and then try to justify it on the basis that the critics are not facing up to the fundamentalism that your actions have helped create.
A consensus at the UN would have prevented the isolation that has allowed the US and UK to engage in this rape of Iraq.
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No, Nick. You say that the liberal-minded are fellow travellers with Saddam's Baathists because they opposed the Iraq war. In many cases, supporters of the anti-war movement felt the way they did because they felt that to wage war without UN approval was the first step in the breakdown of international order.
The UN Charter bans the waging of war on a country that is not threatening the warmakers. The UN inspectors could find no threat, the Security Council would not approve the war and the Secretary-General said the war was illegal.
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but it is unclear what will be done with the detainees there.
Emi MacLean at the Center for Constitutional Rights, who represents many Guantanamo detainees, says she hopes Obama will implement a policy where individuals are either charged and tried in federal criminal courts or released either to their home countries or to safe third countries.
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Planning a holiday can be almost as fun as the trip itself. But, there's one element that often puts a dampener on things… asking your boss for time off.
Even the friendliest line manager can switch at the sight of another peak time leave request so you should consider the best line of attack as the best approach is key to making your holiday happen.
While we sadly can't guarantee a 100% success rate, our guide to how to ask your boss for leave should give you some ideas as to how to secure that all important time off.
Choosing a day when your boss is in the right frame of mind can be crucial to your success. Avoid asking for leave at time when you know they have pressing deadlines or back-to-back meetings. If possible, wait until you're riding a wave of workplace success.
Try to find a time to put in your initial request face to face, or if that's not an option and you are limited to email or a form, make sure you are respectful and considerate in your request.
It's important to remember that just because you have leave owing, that doesn't mean you can take it whenever you want.
Securing time off during peak periods, such as the school holidays, is all about planning ahead.
But even if you are travelling off peak it's sensible to get in first and request leave before any of your colleagues. With most workplaces unable to allow all of their staff to be off at the same time, being the first to request a certain day should make you significantly more likely to get a 'yes'.
If you're looking at a last minute break, be sure to get your form in before you book. The only thing than a last minute holiday request is the threat of a last minute holiday that has already been paid for. Remember, this should be a request, not a demand.
If you can, book time off that doesn't have a negative impact on any big projects or deadlines you may have. Even if there's someone else who may be able to pick up your workload in theory, try to think of the effect that may have on the wider team.
Consider in advance what you'll say to your boss if they push back on your holiday request. Being able to present a clear idea of how you will ensure you work is completed and who will cover your absence can be a good place to start. Follow up with an email detailing exactly how you think things will work to show it's something you have put some thought into.
If you need fixed days off during a busy period (for an occasion such as a family wedding) give extra thought as to how you can minimise distribution.
If you know you are asking for a popular day off, think about other busy times you might be able to provide cover for the wider team.
For example: if you don't want to work Christmas Eve, offer to work New Year or be prepared to offer to work a weekend.
If your boss simply can't sign you off for the full quota of days you need, see if you could work from home or remotely for some of the period - potentially allowing you to still go ahead with your plans (albeit with your laptop in tow).
While the school summer holidays and Christmas can be popular times to ask for days off, they are also periods where things slow down in certain industries.
If you've left that festive leave request a little late, point out that with all of your colleagues and business contacts at home drinking eggnog and listening to Christmas music, you won't have much to do in the office anyway.
Thanks to limited staff resources, pressing projects and pre-existing leave requests from other colleagues - sometimes whatever you do or say, you're still heading for a 'no'.
By limiting your reaction and not going overboard, you'll show your boss you respect their decision. Hopefully, this will put you in a better position next time you have a request.
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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Many people profess to hate exercise, but there are ways to get motivated and even learn to enjoy keeping fit, said a University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education specialist.
"Many people get off to a bad start by taking the all-or-nothing approach," said Lynda Johnson.
Trying to exercise each day can leave a sedentary person sore, overwhelmed and feeling unable to stay on task. "It's important to give yourself some slack and not get discouraged. Missing a few days of exercise doesn't constitute failure," she said.
Johnson recommends focusing on small changes over time to stay motivated:
-Commit to move in a new direction with your lifestyle. Identify a successful role model who improved his or her health by increasing physical activity and eating sensibly. Make the choice to go for a walk rather than watch TV. Walk up the escalator and take the stairs instead of the elevator.
-Believe in your ability to change. List previous successes and record your activity on a calendar. A few days with no exercise will not ruin your efforts. Be confident that you can get back on track. Rather than being envious of friends who stay in shape with regular exercise, learn from their success.
-Create a plan to stay active that will work over the long haul. Experiment until you discover physical activities you really enjoy. Try line dancing, bowling, weightlifting, water aerobics, exercise classes or yoga.
-If you usually exercise outside, make a backup plan for days when the weather is bad, such as having an exercise DVD for indoor workouts.
-Keep a pair of sneakers by your desk or the door as a reminder to walk.
-Place hand weights next to the TV so you can exercise while watching your favorite program.
-Find a cheerleader—a friend, co-worker or family member who can offer encouragement. Regular phone calls, e-mails or visits can provide that motivational boost to keep you on target. Your cheerleader could even become an exercise buddy, making physical activity more enjoyable.
-Celebrate as you make simple changes that support your overall goal.
"People may think they simply lack the willpower to change, but this really isn't the issue," Johnson said. "It's making the decision to chart your plan of action based on small, incremental changes that will lead to improved health."
If you think you don't have time to exercise, try tracking your activities in half-hour intervals for one day. This can help you find ways to save time and build exercise into your schedule.
"We all have 24 hours each day," Johnson said. "It's all in our choices and commitment to change."
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The Coastside Warriors finished their inaugural AAU basketball season with a second place finish in the Heat Wave Tournament. The Warriors are made up of 10 and under-age boys from the Pacifica area. The Coastside Warriors team was formed at the end of 2013 by Pacifica parents.
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