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For the character known as the Queen of Hearts, see Cora.
"Queen of Hearts" is the ninth episode of Season Two of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Ralph Hemecker. It is the thirty-first episode of the series overall, and premiered on December 2, 2012.
Cora and Captain Hook face off with Mary Margaret and Emma in a race to secure the compass, which will point its holder to the portal into Storybrooke. But back on the other side, Regina and Mr. Gold, desperate to keep Cora out, put a plan into action that would kill anyone entering the portal, placing Mary Margaret's and Emma's lives in danger as well. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Captain Hook travels to Wonderland and meets up with a vengeful Queen of Hearts.[1]
In the Enchanted Forest that was, a hooded man walks up the steps of the Evil Queen's Palace's cell block. When he is stopped by a guard, a fight ensues. The man prevails against two guards, and is revealed to be Hook. He takes keys from one of the guards and opens the door to the nearby cell.
Inside the cell, Belle asks Hook if the Evil Queen sent him to kill her. When Hook replies that he is there to rescue her, Belle asks who he is. Hook simply replies, "a friend". Hook further explains that her father is being attacked by Rumplestiltskin, and must be stopped. He asks Belle about a magical weapon that can stop him. When it becomes apparent that Belle has no knowledge useful to him, Hook knocks her out. He raises his hook in preparation to strike the unconscious Belle, and as he swings downward, it disappears. The Evil Queen stands in the doorway of the cell with his hook in her hand.
Captain Hook asks for his hook back, but the Queen refuses. The Queen knows of Hook and she knows all about the crocodile he wants to skin. Then she states that she can help him, if he helps her first. She invites Hook to tea where she tells him about her plan to unleash the Dark Curse, and how it will take them to a new land, a land without magic. There Hook will be able to kill Rumplestiltskin with ease, but first he must kill the one person who may stand in her way, her mother.
In Storybrooke, Regina Mills and Mr. Gold wait anxiously for David Nolan's awakening from the Sleeping Curse. Regina says that he will not wake up until Mary Margaret Blanchard returns to Storybrooke to kiss him. Mr. Gold seems pessimistic about her return, and is unsure if David was able to deliver the message. He says that Cora may be the one who manages to get through the portal into Storybrooke and that they must stop her. Regina then says that Emma and Mary Margaret still could come through, but Mr. Gold says that even if they did it would still be a win for Regina, as she would again be Henry's only mother. Regina says that she has been trying to be a better mother to Henry and regain his trust. Mr. Gold replies by saying she won't be a better anything if Cora manages to come through the portal.
In the present Enchanted Forest, Mulan, Princess Aurora, Mary Margaret, and Emma search through the cave to find Rumplestiltskin's cell. When they find it Mary Margaret tells Emma it was the place where Rumplestiltskin told them she was to be the savior. Emma is surprised by this. As they are looking for the squid ink Aurora finds a scroll left by Rumplestiltskin, for Emma. She is handed the scroll and sees her name written over and over again.
Meanwhile, in Storybrooke Henry reads his Book to a sleeping David. Regina than walks in telling Henry that this time Mary Margaret will be the one to wake up David, then Regina tells Henry to watch over David while her and Mr. Gold prepare for the arrival of Emma and Mary Margaret.
Mr. Gold leads Regina down into the mines where diamonds were found. Regina shines a flashlight up at them revealing tons of sparkling diamonds. She is surprised when Mr. Gold says that they need to use all of the diamonds. When asked how, Mr. Gold pulls out the Fairy Godmother's wand, telling Regina it is from a dead fairy that no one mourns. He then points the wand up towards the diamonds and the wand absorbs the Fairy Dust into itself and glows.
Back in the Enchanted Forest that was, the Evil Queen has just enchanted Captain Hook's hook so that it will be able to take one heart. She then shows him the body of the man he killed, and tells him he will be traveling with him. Hook is confused as to this, but Regina explains that if two travel, two must return. He will travel to Wonderland with Claude's corpse and return with the corpse of Cora. She takes the hat out and lays it down. When Hook asks how he will find her, Regina assures him that he will have no trouble. She then spins the hat, opening a portal to Wonderland.
In Wonderland, Hook is stopped by the Queen of Heart's Guards. They drag him to be questioned by the Queen. She sits above her courtiers and asks why Hook has traveled to Wonderland. She does this questioning by whispering her remarks to her Knave who relays them. Hook admits that he is in search of a woman named Cora. The Queen of Hearts is furious at this and lowers the mask she holds in front of her face, revealing herself as Cora, but says here he should call her "Your Majesty". Then she tells her subjects to leave them. Everyone runs out leaving just Hook and Cora. She begins questioning him and he tells her his name is Hook. As the two get closer Hook tries to rip out her heart with his enchanted Hook. Cora laughs at his attempt and tells him that she doesn't keep her heart where everyone else does. Then she reaches into his chest and squeezes his heart until he tells her who sent him here. After he tells her that it was Regina, Cora seems hurt by this and continues to squeeze his heart to torture him.
In the present day Enchanted Forest, they continue to search for the squid ink. Mulan finds the container that held the squid ink, but it is empty. Aurora then throws a rock, causing the cell bars to fall down on them, caging them in the cell. Cora then appears and tells them that Aurora has been helping her, summoning the compass from Emma's hand. The group confronts Aurora for betraying, but Cora shows them the heart, telling them that she was under her control. Hook steps forward and tells Emma that he was the one to take the heart. Cora walks away with the compass in one hand and Aurora's heart in the other, on her way to find Storybrooke. Before they leave Emma asks Hook to stop and tells him that her son needs her. Hook laughs and tells her that she should have thought about that before she abandoned him on the beanstalk. Emma tells him that he would have done the same, but Hook denies this. Then he shows Emma the magic bean that the giant kept and compares her to it; saying that she too is dried up and useless. He then leaves with Cora.
In the Storybrooke mines, Leroy notices that all the diamonds are gone. Ruby runs in asking him what happened, and she too notices the diamonds have disappeared. Meanwhile, Henry reads his book to a sleeping David before Ruby and the seven dwarves walk in. After they tell him about the missing diamonds, he realizes that Regina lied to him. The group decide to help Emma and Mary Margaret.
In the present Enchanted Forest, Emma tries to break out of the cell using her sword, but Mary Margaret tells her that it is useless. Emma then says that although she is the savior she hasn't saved anyone in a long time and that the only reason she broke the curse was because Mr. Gold wanted her to. She then hands the scroll with her name on it to Mary Margaret.
Cora and Hook are guided by the compass to a dried up Lake Nostos. The lake can restore the magic of wardrobe ashes. Cora uses her magic to create a geyser, which shoots water up into the air refilling the lake.
In Wonderland's past, Cora continues to interrogate Hook. Cora tells him that Regina should have been the one to come, then releases her grip on Hook's heart. Hook thanks her for taking mercy on him. She then offers him the choice to travel back to the Enchanted Forest with her. Hook is confused and asks her why. Cora tells him that the curse will erase all of his memory, so he will not be able to remember his feud with Rumplestiltskin. Cora asks of Hook to bring her close to her daughter, so she can rip her heart out. In exchange Hook be spared from the curse and will remember everything.
Hook brings Cora's body to Regina, who is convinced that she is dead as her body lay in an uncovered tomb. Hook leaves the room so Regina can say goodbye to her mother. She then apologizes to Cora, thanking her for making the person she has become. Regina recalls, when her mother killed Daniel and told her that "love is weakness". She then confesses that the reason she wanted her mother dead was because Cora was her weakness. She then places a red rose on Cora, and then leaves the room to enact the Dark Curse.
Hook walks toward her from behind the vault of hearts, asking why she didn't kill Regina. Cora tells Hook that she has changed her mind, but that they must protect themselves from the impending curse. Later as the curse comes storming through the land, Cora plunges a staff into the ground causing magic to be propelled into the sky, this creates a shield over a small island of the Enchanted Forest. The Curse settles overhead, but does not engulf them. Everyone in this corner of the land will be frozen until the savior comes. Cora tells Hook that in twenty-eight years the savior will come. They will remain frozen until then, when Cora will reconcile with her daughter and Hook will get his revenge.
Twenty-eight years later, in Storybrooke Regina and Mr. Gold walk through the woods towards the Storybrooke Wishing Well. Mr. Gold is certain that it will become the portal, because it is where things lost are returned. The two peer into the well and view the well's swirling waters. He assures Regina that Emma and Mary Margaret will not be the ones to come through the portal.
Emma and Mary Margaret sit in the cell staring at the scroll. Mary Margaret then stands up recalling when she was a little girl. She remembers Cora practicing magic by blowing word's out of her spell book. Mary Margaret blows on the page and the ink flies off the pages creating a hole in the bars of the cell, because the scroll was written in squid ink. She then turns to Emma and tells her that good always wins. Aurora does not want to go knowing that Cora can control her with her heart. Mulan promises to get it back for her and ties her to the cell. They wish each other good luck, and leave to find Cora.
The geyser opened by Cora continues to shoot into the air until a small body of water is formed. She hands the wardrobe ashes to Hook, and he sprinkles them into the water, creating a swirling portal. Cora then remarks that she is looking forward to seeing her daughter.
In Storybrooke, Regina and Mr. Gold step away from the well. Mr. Gold lifts the wand into the air causing dark storm clouds to form in the sky, a blast of green lightning shoots into the well, which causes the well to become dangerous and zaps of lightning spark around it. Mr. Gold smiles while telling Regina that no one could survive it.
In the present Enchanted Forest, Cora and Hook hold the compass and prepare to jump into the portal together, but Mary Margaret quickly shoots the compass out of their hands with an arrow. Emma runs to snatch the compass. Hook takes on Emma, while Cora throws balls of fire at Mulan. Hook and Emma use swords to fight, after she falls down he drags her. Mulan ducks the fire balls thrown by Cora, but accidentally swings at the satchel that holds Aurora's heart. The satchel is about to land in the portal, before Hook catches it. After this, Emma manages to get up off the ground and continue fighting. Hook tosses the satchel over to Mulan saying that he will not allow a woman to lose her heart unless it is to him. Mulan gives her sword to Mary Margaret and leaves to go give Aurora her heart. After Hook knocks Emma to the ground, he says he prefers to do more enjoyable activities when a woman is on her back. Emma then grabs the compass off the ground and hits Hook in the head with it, which enables her to regain her stance. When Hook's sword is lowered, Emma punches him, knocking him unconscious.
In Storybrooke, Ruby and Henry find Mr. Gold and Regina standing by the well. Henry accuses Regina of not helping, but she counters by saying she's doing what she must to help Henry. Ruby tries to approach, but Gold uses his magic to throw her, which knocks her out. Henry argues with Regina over who will come through the portal. Regina then says that Cora will destroy everything she loves, including Henry.
In the present Enchanted Forest, Cora and Mary Margaret now face off, Emma swoops in with her sword, but Cora disappears in a cloud of smoke. The two then run to the portal, where Cora reappears. Using her magic she knocks them both to the ground. Mary Margaret manages to stand up, but Emma is knocked down again. Cora then says that her daughter always wanted her heart. While reaching in her chest, Emma pushes her out of the way, taking her place. Cora laughs as her hand now goes into Emma's chest, saying that love is weakness. Cora tries to pull out Emma's heart, but something prevents her. Emma then tells her love is strength, which causes Cora to fly backwards. Emma and Mary Margaret run towards the portal with the compass and jump into its magical water.
In Storybrooke, Henry tries to get near the portal, but Regina holds him back. He manages to break free for a second, but she quickly grabs him back again. Henry assures her that Emma and Mary Margaret will come through and that if she truly wants to change she should stop trying to prevent them from returning. Regina walks over to the portal and places her hands above the portal absorbing the energy into herself, causing her to be violently shaken and thrown back. Regina apologizes to him, but after this a hand is seen grasping on the well, Emma and Mary Margaret push themselves out of the well. Henry and Emma embrace each other. Mary Margaret asks what happened, and Henry tells her that Regina saved them. Emma thanks her. Ruby then wakes up and Mr. Gold walks away. Ruby runs with Mary Margaret to go find David. Emma tells Regina her mother is "a piece of work". Regina agrees and welcomes her back.
Mary Margaret enters Mr. Gold's pawnshop. She runs towards David and kisses him. True love's kiss wakes him up and the couple reunite.
Emma leaves to go talk to Mr. Gold. She asks him about the scroll and why he didn't just use it to escape. Mr. Gold tells her it was exactly where he wanted to be. Then Emma asks about why Cora couldn't rip out her heart and was blasted away by something inside her. Mr. Gold admits he took advantage of the fact that she was the product of true love and that Emma is powerful and magical.
In the present Enchanted Forest, Mulan reaches for Aurora's heart and inserts it back into Aurora, who then thanks her. Aurora tells her about what Cora said about how Phillip's soul's isn't lost forever and that it can be brought back. Mulan then agrees that together they will find him.
Cora and Hook await by Lake Nostos, but the portal is closed. She tells Hook that they failed, but Hook shows her the petrified bean. Cora says that it's useless, but Hook reminds her that the Lake can restore it.
In Storybrooke, Henry hugs Regina telling her that she has changed. The group ask if Henry wants to get a bite to eat. He leaves Regina and walks away with Emma. Mr. Gold taunts Regina, and she begins to cry.
Lastly, the recently reunited group stroll down Storybrooke's main street laughing and hugging. In the distance, a pirate ship can be seen parting the gloom. On the ship, Cora and Captain Hook sail towards Storybrooke.


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The Bombay High Court's ruling on the entry of women into Haji Ali Dargah reinforces the need for equality of women in religion.
The Bombay High Court recently passed a judgment allowing women to enter the sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah. According to a division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere, the ban imposed by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust was in violation of Articles 14 (equality before law within India), 15 (prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, caste, sex), 19 (1)(d) (to move freely throughout the territory of India) and 25 (freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion) of the Indian Constitution. The trust sought to appeal against this decision, and the bench granted a stay on their order for six weeks.
Some background for the uninitiated: the case that brought this to fore was a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Noor Jahan of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, about two years ago. According to the PIL, women have been visitors of the Dargah since their childhood, and were restricted all of a sudden by the trust in June 2012.
According to the trustees, the defence claim was that the entry of women in a space that was close to the grave of a male Muslim saint was a grievous sin in Islam. They argued that this decision was taken in the interest of women, and that they were allowed as close as possible to the inner sanctorum.
Zooming out, this case shines light on the rampancy of gender inequality, constantly perpetuated by rigid cultural interpretations of religion. Oftentimes, this tends to dovetail into the question of a woman's sovereignty over her mind, body and choices. Religion inherently does not restrain a woman, but has, in its interpretation, often interfered with a woman's choices, her right over her mind and body and her conduct in society.
In prohibiting women from entering the Dargah, the trust has not upheld any tenet of religion inasmuch as it has used religion to perpetuate gender inequality. The patriarchal perception of religion, and the perpetuation of toxic hegemonic masculinity by reading misogyny into a religion suggests that there is an imminent need for women to take back the religious space, and to feminise the rhetoric.
From that standpoint, the drive for equality having motivated a public interest litigation to require the judiciary's interference in a religious establishment automatically gains validity and legitimacy. A social set up that pivots around the notions of equality and the rule of law requires that all genders be equal partakers of the social order, have access to all areas of life and livelihood without restraint on the grounds of Gender, as per Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
In upholding these values in the Constitution, the Bombay High Court has restored a skewed and patriarchal perspective that interpreted religion, to a balance of equal status.
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text: Fourteen paintings of animals in a modern ``folk art'' style, accompanied by amusing, deftly phrased verse that seems to have been devised for the art, rather than the reverse: while Hoberman's usual wit and craftsmanship are in evidence, the book as a whole has less unity than her other popular titles (A House Is a House for Me, 1978). The poems do make good companions to the naive paintings, whose bold forms and colors will especially appeal to young children while their elders enjoy the exquisite balance of the vibrant tones.~(Poetry/Picture bool. 2+)


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How time flies – Fred Reed collects his award for achieving his first full year of service at Sodexo, Brunel University.
Things haven't always been easy and the journey has seen some heavy weather but it's with immense pleasure we can say that Fred has weathered the storm and is flying high! Fred started as a Chef de Partie, but having come straight out of college it was a steep learning curve and he struggled with the pressure and expectation of the role. With fantastic support from Caitlin McArthur (Contracts Director), Stuart Farrell (Deputy Head Chef) and the team, along with Fred and we decided to re-look at the best way forward.
An apprenticeship appeared to be the answer, and it certainly proved to be the best way forward. It took the day to day pressure off Fred, and allowed his personality and confidence to really shine through. Just the other day we heard the perfect example of this where Fred asked for a team members leaving do to be rearranged so he could surprise her (and everyone!) with a huge bouquet of flowers – what a gent! This was a huge step for the usually quiet Fred, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Fred's abilities have developed hugely and as you can see his role within the team Sodexo at Brunel is truly established.
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Waste heat
Waste heat is by necessity produced both by machines that do work and in other processes that use energy, for example in a refrigerator warming the room air or a combustion engine releasing heat into the environment. The need for many systems to reject heat as a by-product of their operation is fundamental to the laws of thermodynamics. Waste heat has lower utility (or in thermodynamics lexicon a lower exergy or higher entropy) than the original energy source. Sources of waste heat include all manner of human activities, natural systems, and all organisms. Rejection of unneeded cold (as from a heat pump) is also a form of waste heat (i.e. the medium has heat, but at a lower temperature than is considered warm).
Instead of being "wasted" by release into the ambient environment, sometimes waste heat (or cold) can be utilized by another process, or a portion of heat that would otherwise be wasted can be reused in the same process if make-up heat is added to the system (as with heat recovery ventilation in a building).
Thermal energy storage, which includes technologies both for short- and long-term retention of heat or cold, can create or improve the utility of waste heat (or cold). One example is waste heat from air conditioning machinery stored in a buffer tank to aid in night time heating. Another is seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) at a foundry in Sweden. The heat is stored in the bedrock surrounding a cluster of heat exchanger equipped boreholes, and is used for space heating in an adjacent factory as needed, even months later.[1] An example of using STES to utilize natural waste heat is the Drake Landing Solar Community in Alberta, Canada, which, by using a cluster of boreholes in bedrock for interseasonal heat storage, obtains 97 percent of its year-round heat from solar thermal collectors on the garage roofs.[2][3] Another STES application is storing winter cold underground, for summer air conditioning.[4]
On a biological scale, all organisms reject waste heat as part of their metabolic processes, and will die if the ambient temperature is too high to allow this.
Anthropogenic waste heat is thought by some to contribute to the urban heat island effect. The biggest point sources of waste heat originate from machines (such as electrical generators or industrial processes, such as steel or glass production) and heat loss through building envelopes. The burning of transport fuels is a major contribution to waste heat.
Conversion of energy
Machines converting energy contained in fuels to mechanical work or electric energy produce heat as a by-product.
In the majority of energy applications, energy is required in multiple forms. These energy forms typically include some combination of: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, mechanical energy and electric power. Often, these additional forms of energy are produced by a heat engine, running on a source of high-temperature heat. A heat engine can never have perfect efficiency, according to the second law of thermodynamics, therefore a heat engine will always produce a surplus of low-temperature heat. This is commonly referred to as waste heat or "secondary heat", or "low-grade heat". This heat is useful for the majority of heating applications, however, it is sometimes not practical to transport heat energy over long distances, unlike electricity or fuel energy. The largest proportions of total waste heat are from power stations and vehicle engines. The largest single sources are power stations and industrial plants such as oil refineries and steelmaking plants.
Power generation
The electrical efficiency of thermal power plants is defined as the ratio between the input and output energy. It is typically only 30%.[5] The images show cooling towers which allow power stations to maintain the low side of the temperature difference essential for conversion of heat differences to other forms of energy. Discarded or "Waste" heat that is lost to the environment may instead be used to advantage.
Industrial processes
Industrial processes, such as oil refining, steel making or glass making are major sources of waste heat.
Although small in terms of power, the disposal of waste heat from microchips and other electronic components, represents a significant engineering challenge. This necessitates the use of fans, heatsinks, etc. to dispose of the heat.
Animals, including humans, create heat as a result of metabolism. In warm conditions, this heat exceeds a level required for homeostasis in warm-blooded animals, and is disposed of by various thermoregulation methods such as sweating and panting. Fiala et al. modelled human thermoregulation.[6]
Low temperature heat contains very little capacity to do work (Exergy), so the heat is qualified as waste heat and rejected to the environment. Economically most convenient is the rejection of such heat to water from a sea, lake or river. If sufficient cooling water is not available, the plant has to be equipped with a cooling tower to reject the waste heat into the atmosphere. In some cases it is possible to use waste heat, for instance in heating homes by cogeneration. However, by slowing the release of the waste heat, these systems always entail a reduction of efficiency for the primary user of the heat energy.
Cogeneration and trigeneration
Waste of the by-product heat is reduced if a cogeneration system is used, also known as a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system. Limitations to the use of by-product heat arise primarily from the engineering cost/efficiency challenges in effectively utilizing small temperature differences to generate other forms of energy. Applications utilizing waste heat include swimming pool heating and paper mills. In some cases cooling can also be produced by the use of absorption refrigerators for example, in this case it's called trigeneration or CCHP (combined cooling, heat and power).
Waste heat can be forced to heat incoming fluids and objects before being highly heated. For instance outgoing water can give its waste heat to incoming water in a heat exchanger before heating in homes or power plants.
Electrification of waste heat
There are many different approaches to transfer thermal energy to electricity, and the technologies to do so have existed for several decades. The organic Rankine cycle, offered by companies such as Ormat, is a very known approach, whereby an organic substance is used as working medium instead of water. The benefit is that this process can utilize lower temperatures for the production of electricity than the regular water steam cycle.[7] An example of use of the steam Rankine cycle is the Cyclone Waste Heat Engine. Another established approach is by using a thermoelectric, such as those offered by Alphabet Energy, where a change in temperature across a semiconductor material creates a voltage through a phenomenon known as the Seebeck effect.[8] A related approach is the use of thermogalvanic cells, where a temperature difference gives rise to an electric current in an electrochemical cell.[9]
Waste heat (along with carbon dioxide from combustion) can be used to provide heat for greenhouses particularly in colder climates.[10]
Anthropogenic heat
Anthropogenic heat is heat generated by humans and human activity. The American Meteorological Society defines it as "Heat released to the atmosphere as a result of human activities, often involving combustion of fuels. Sources include industrial plants, space heating and cooling, human metabolism, and vehicle exhausts. In cities this source typically contributes 15–50 W/m2 to the local heat balance, and several hundred W/m2 in the center of large cities in cold climates and industrial areas."[11]
Estimates of anthropogenic heat generation can be made by totaling all the energy used for heating and cooling, running appliances, transportation, and industrial processes, plus that directly emitted by human metabolism.
Environmental impact
Anthropogenic heat is a small influence on rural temperatures, and becomes more significant in dense urban areas.[12] It is one contributor to urban heat islands. Other human-caused effects (such as changes to albedo, or loss of evaporative cooling) that might contribute to urban heat islands are not considered to be anthropogenic heat by this definition.
Anthropogenic heat is a much smaller contributor to global warming than are greenhouse gases.[13] In 2005, although anthropogenic waste heat flux was significantly high in certain urban areas (and can be high regionally. For example, waste heat flux was +0.39 and +0.68 W/m2 for the continental United States and western Europe, respectively) globally it accounted for only 1% of the energy flux created by anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Global forcing from waste heat was 0.028 W/m2 in 2005. This statistic is predicted to rise as urban areas become more widespread.[14]
Although waste heat has been shown to have influence on regional climates,[15] climate forcing from waste heat is not normally calculated in state-of-the-art global climate simulations. Equilibrium climate experiments show statistically significant continental-scale surface warming (0.4–0.9 °C) produced by one 2100 AHF scenario, but not by current or 2040 estimates.[14] Simple global-scale estimates with different growth rates of anthropogenic heat[16] that have been actualized recently[17] show noticeable contributions to global warming, in the following centuries. For example, a 2% p.a. growth rate of waste heat resulted in a 3 degree increase as a lower limit for the year 2300. Meanwhile, this has been confirmed by more refined model calculations.[18]
See also
- District heating
- Waste heat recovery unit
- Heat recovery steam generator
- Pinch analysis
- Relative cost of electricity generated by different sources
- Urban heat island
- Urban metabolism
- ↑ Andersson, O.; Hägg, M. (2008), "Deliverable 10 - Sweden - Preliminary design of a seasonal heat storage for ITT Flygt, Emmaboda, Sweden", IGEIA – Integration of geothermal energy into industrial applications, pp. 38–56 and 72–76, retrieved 21 April 2013
- ↑ Wong, Bill (June 28, 2011), "Drake Landing Solar Community", IDEA/CDEA District Energy/CHP 2011 Conference, Toronto, pp. 1–30, retrieved 21 April 2013
- ↑ Wong B., Thornton J. (2013). Integrating Solar & Heat Pumps. Renewable Heat Workshop.
- ↑ Paksoy, H.; Stiles, L. (2009), "Aquifer Thermal Energy Cold Storage System at Richard Stockton College", Effstock 2009 (11th International) - Thermal Energy Storage for Efficiency and Sustainability, Stockholm.
- ↑ "The Most Efficient Power Plants". Forbes. 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Fiala D, Lomas KJ, Stohrer M (November 1999). "A computer model of human thermoregulation for a wide range of environmental conditions: the passive system". J. Appl. Physiol. 87 (5): 1957–72. PMID 10562642.
- ↑ Techno-economic survey of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems
- ↑ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070603225026.htm
- ↑ Gunawan, A; Lin, CH; Buttry, DA; Mujica, V; Taylor, RA; Prasher, RS; Phelan, PE (2013). "Liquid thermoelectrics: review of recent and limited new data of thermogalvanic cell experiments". Nanoscale Microscale Thermophys Eng 17: 304-23. doi: 10.1080/15567265.2013.776149
- ↑ Andrews, R.; Pearce, J.M. "Environmental and Economic Assessment of a Greenhouse Waste Heat Exchange", Journal of Cleaner Production". 2011;. 19 (13): 1446–1454. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.04.016. hdl:1974/6575.
- ↑ "Glossary of Meteorology". AMS.
- ↑ "Heat Island Effect: Glossary". United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063514/pdf
- 1 2 Flanner, M. G. (2009). "Integrating anthropogenic heat flux with global climate models". Geophys. Res. Lett. 36 (2): L02801. Bibcode:2009GeoRL..3602801F. doi:10.1029/2008GL036465.
- ↑ Block, A., K. Keuler, and E. Schaller (2004). "Impacts of anthropogenic heat on regional climate patterns". Geophysical Research Letters. 31 (12): L12211. Bibcode:2004GeoRL..3112211B. doi:10.1029/2004GL019852.
- ↑ R. Döpel, "Über die geophysikalische Schranke der industriellen Energieerzeugung." Wissenschaftl. Zeitschrift der Technischen Hochschule Ilmenau, ISSN 0043-6917, Bd. 19 (1973, H.2), 37-52. (online).
- ↑ H. Arnold, "Robert Döpel and his Model of Global Warming. An Early Warning – and its Update." (2013) online. 1st ed.: "Robert Döpel und sein Modell der globalen Erwärmung. Eine frühe Warnung - und die Aktualisierung." Universitätsverlag Ilmenau 2009, ISBN 978-3-939473-50-3.
- ↑ Chaisson, E. J. (2008). "Long-Term Global Heating from Energy Usage". EOS. The Newspaper of the Geophysical Sciences. 89 (28): 253–260. Bibcode:2008EOSTr..89..253C. doi:10.1029/2008eo280001.


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I did an IKEA run this last weekend. I usually only stop by IKEA a few times a year to stock up on a few favorites. I hadn't noticed these before so I grabbed one to try. I was looking for something that didn't take up much room in the fridge to store brewed green tea and these are perfect and very inexpensive. Nice for serving water at the table as well. Now I need to buy a few more as I like it so much. Much better than bulkier jugs. 34oz $2.99 17oz $1.99
I always make sure to stock up on plain white paper napkins as well. FANTASTISK Paper Napkin
I've been planning on getting some Hemnes dressers for a guest room but decided to wait until they go on sale as it's not an immediate need. I usually see them go on sale a few times a year with the friends & family discount. I plan to upgrade them a bit with nicer hardware or overlays.
What are your favorite items to get at IKEA?
Wishing you a lovely day……..


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I need to discuss a number of topics so this column is going to cover a
potpourri of topics.
You might have missed it, but this past week was the 100th anniversary
of Jell-O. Now, I realize that's not an earthshaking event but it is
interesting that originally there were only four flavors of the gelatin
dessert - strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon. Today there are 22.
It was created by a New York cough medicine manufacturer and it didn't
catch on for a while, according to the database report in U.S. News &
World Report.
Now, 1,134,239 boxes are purchased daily, although not all are used for
food. Some is used for hair mousse, hair dye and wrestling mats.
One interesting sidenote in the database is that 99 per cent of
Americans recognize the brand of Jell-O while only 75 per cent could
identify Al Gore as the vice president in the last election.
Oh yes, President Clinton prefers his Jell-O made with 7 Up instead of
Most if not all the new cars have what is called daytime running lights
- in other words, the headlights are on all the time. This has been
done, as I understand it, in the name of safety.
In my mind, this is a bunch of bunk. Somebody who doesn't have a life
must have dreamed it up, just like the ones who came up with air bags
and seat belts.
Now, I believe in being safe and I know that seat belts and air bags
have saved lives. But how many lives have they cost? We know of a number
of children who have been killed because of air bags. We also know of
people who have been pinned in their cars because of seat belts and have
It seems that some people just sit around dreaming up stuff. They need
to get a real job, other than trying to invent ways to drive up the
expense of things we buy.
There seems to be considerable controversy over not having elections if
races for local offices are not contested. Yes, it does save money when
the turnout is going to be low. But does it serve the cause of providing
the public with choices?
Even though races for offices may not be contested on the ballot, by
not having an election, the possibility of having a write-in is
eliminated. Think about it.
Who came up with the age of 27 for someone to have to present ID to buy
cigarettes? I understand the need to keep people from smoking but why
the age of 27?
Have you seen the Hale-Bopp Comet? It's viewable in the northern and
northwestern sky mainly between 8 and 9 p.m. and can be seen in the
early morning northeastern sky shortly before sunup, about 5 to 6 a.m.
I've tried to see comets for many years and none have looked like what
I thought comets should look like - at least until this one. It is
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mac McKinnon is editor and publisher of the Pecos
Enterprise. His column appears on Friday.
Dear Editor:
Several years ago a Messianic Jew told me that the new bible versions
are corrupt. Because all of my family and myself were using one or more
of the new versions I was, at first, offended.
After considering the seriousness of such an allegation, I knew I would
have to find out for myself. After more than two years of prayerful
study, I have learned that the new bible versions are, without any
doubt, corrupt counterfeits of God's word.
For example, Matthew 18:11 is one of 17 verses that have been
completely omitted from one of the most popular new versions. One new
version that is preferred by many church leaders says, in 2 Samuel
21:10, that Elhanan killed Goliath. As children we learned that it was
David who killed Goliath.
Many of the new versions have accommodated evolution in the creation
story by subtly changing "the" second day to "a" second day; Genesis 1:8.
Another error may be found in Daniel 3:25 with the fourth person in the
The examples mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg.
There are several excellent books by different authors that deal with
this fascinating subject, but you won't find them in book stores. The
reason for this, I believe, is the huge amount of money made from each
new version that is published.
Is it any wonder, then, why so many people have trouble understanding
the Bible when the new versions disagree with the Authorized Version
(KJV) and with each other?
-- R.L. Rich
The growing controversy, now of scandal proportions, over campaign fund
raising and contributions in this past national election deserves more
attention than it is getting.
Many people are confused by the whole thing, and it is difficult to
understand, but the bottom line is that the Democrats - and Republicans
- in this election and in past elections have used undue pressure to
raise funds.
The Democratic National Committee has returned a number of
contributions which is commendable but it seems that a number of rules
were broken in raising other funds.
In addition, it turns out that letters were mailed out to many senior
citizens that raised alarming possibilities of cutbacks in Social
Security and Medicare if Clinton didn't get re-elected.
Because of the letters, many elderly people made contributions that
they could ill afford. These scare tactics need to be stopped. People
should realize that nobody is going to hurt the elderly and if that was
the case, a president alone couldn't do a whole lot about it.
Another alarming part of this situation is that the public in general
seems to just turn their collective head with a sigh and accept this
latest scandal as just another part of the way things are done by our
That's a sad commentary!
We need honest, effective leadership where only the highest standards
are expected and delivered. We're not sure that can be legislated, but
it is a start.
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"Mick Foley grew up on Long Island, New York. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling and Have a Nice Day! A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. He is also the author of two novels and three childrens's books, including Tales from Wrescal Lane. Foley wrestled professionally nonstop for more than fifteen years and is a three-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion. "
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Larry LaRue: 50 years ago, Tacoma horseman rode from Northwest to New York
When the idea came to him, a loose plan to ride a horse from Seattle to New York City, Ted Friesz knew better than to expect anyone to embrace it.
Almost no one did.
"I was 28 and living with my folks in Tacoma," Friesz said. "It was 1964 and people figured I wouldn't make White Pass."
Friesz admits he was hard-headed.
"I thought I'd ride from the site of the Seattle World's Fair to the World's Fair in New York," Friesz said.
The two fairs were separated by two years. The two cities are separated by 2,400 miles, as the crow flies. But Friesz was not traveling by crow and thinks he rode at least 3,300 miles.
"One guy said he'd go with me, Leonard Ott. He was a vet tech, I was an industrial painter.
"We left May 16, 1964."
What followed was one long, strange journey: two men on horseback, in chaps and cowboy hats, riding along secondary highways.
Today, nearly 50 years after the trip ended, Friesz lives in Ethel, a Lewis County community about 40 miles southeast of Olympia. He and wife Margaret raise Arabian horses.
His long-ago adventure is rarely far from him.
"I lay awake some nights and remember some part of it," Friesz said.
Twice, he and Ott ran out of money and had to take jobs. Friesz drove a dump truck in Wyoming, paved roads in Nebraska. When an early snowstorm hit them in Iowa, the two men joined a traveling circus for three months and worked with the animals.
Friesz once got kicked by his horse, Duke. It was worse for Ott.
"Two folks from Spanaway introduced him to a woman in Illinois, and he fell in love," Friesz said. "They got married. I went back to Iowa to start riding where we'd left off."
Friesz and Duke rode the rest of the way alone.
"I ran out of money and would call my mother and ask her to send $100 to general delivery in some city I knew I'd be reaching," Friesz said. "By the end of the trip, I owed her $1,800."
Most of that went for food. Horse food.
"I had a nose bag for Duke, and I'd find grain or pellets every other night, enough to last a couple of days," Friesz said. "I'd stop every day at noon to feed and curry him, then again in the evening."
On the road, they were treated like a celebrities in most every small town they went through.
"The News Tribune wrote about us quite a bit, ran photos when they got them," Friesz said. "Every little town we got to, it seemed like the local paper wanted to talk to us."
Horse clubs would ride out to join them. Often enough, they'd get a one-car police escort into town.
"Sometimes a restaurant would invite us in for a meal, sometimes a family would ask us over," Friesz said. "I slept in barns and alongside highways, with Duke tied nearby."
One day, Ott and Friesz rode 50 miles. Another day, in near white-out conditions, they managed eight and were glad to have done that much.
Sitting at his kitchen table last week, surrounded by five large scrapbooks, Friesz had plenty of evidence of that remarkable year — clippings that cover visits to dozens of cities.
"In Wyoming, Len's horse reared up and went right over backwards on him, and the saddle horn hit his chest," Friesz said. "We had to spend eight days in Jackson before he was OK to ride again."
Duke, a horse of unknown age, was a challenge.
"He wasn't too friendly a horse," Friesz acknowledged. "He bit me, kicked me, worried me sick whenever we were around people."
A Clover Park High School graduate, Friesz was nothing if not determined. While with the circus, Friesz was loading Duke into a trailer one morning.
"He kicked me so hard he laid me out flat," Friesz said. "I couldn't get back on him for three days."
On May 10, 1965, 360 days after leaving home, Friesz rode into New York and the World's Fair.
"Washington didn't have a pavilion, but Montana did, and they put me up for more than a month," Friesz said. "I slept in a Pullman car and took care of the animals. Duke had a corral and was fine."
When it came time to go home, Friesz said his father had an idea.
"My dad wanted a new truck, so he wired me the money to buy one," Friesz said. "I put Duke in a horse trailer and drove that truck back to Tacoma."
As the decades rolled by, Friesz had to put Duke down. His parents died and, two years ago, Ott died.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the completion of his ride. Friesz is now 79, and hasn't ridden a horse in three years.
"It was the most extraordinary thing I've done in my life," he recalled. "I look back at it sometimes and think, 'How did I do that?'"


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Earlier this week, our former PA Lauren Podber, MIA '15, shared with you her favorite locations to exercise at in the city. Today, she's sharing a post about five healthy eating options near campus.
An amazing perk of living in New York City is the access to some amazing restaurants. In fact, SIPA even has its own student group, SIPA Eats, just for eating! With that said, not all restaurants across the city offer the healthiest menus. So continuing from where we left on Wednesday, below you'll five of my favorite, healthy-eating spots:
- Juice Generation: This juice bar is always a good bet for a healthy snack. They have 15 locations in New York City, so you're bound to run into one at some point. For a post-workout protein boost, I'm a huge fan of the Joyful Almond Smoothie, with extra spinach and an extra scoop of whey protein. For detoxing and getting in more vegetables, I recommend the Professional, which is just 97 calories (it's collard greens, swiss chard, kale, spinach, wheatgrass, cucumber, apple, lemon and ginger).
- Dig Inn: Dig Inn has become one of my favorite places for lunch near Columbia University. They offer healthy food at a reasonable price, which can be tough to find in New York. As a vegetarian, I usually opt for the Veggie Market plate with sweet potatoes, spinach and mango, and a (small) side of mac and cheese. If I'm extra hungry, I'll add half an avocado to my order. Non-vegetarians: don't fret, they've got plenty of options for you as well!
- Community: This restaurant is just across the street from campus. It offers delicious menu items, but it's a bit on the pricier side, so it's not an everyday sort of place. I always, always, always get the Farmer's Chop salad (similar to the Community picture above), which has romaine hearts, green apples, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, sunflower seeds, feta cheese and champagne-cider vinaigrette dressing. (Can you say "yum!")
- Chobani SoHo: In case you've hopped on the Greek-yogurt bandwagon (or haven't but want to!), Chobani (maker of those Greek yogurts that come in every flavor at the grocery store), has a shop in SoHo. They offer many interesting (and healthy!) yogurt concoctions, so it's definitely worth checking out.
- Peace Food Cafe: This is a vegan café and bakery. The bakery isn't exactly healthy, but the ingredients are organic, all natural and vegan. For lunch or dinner, there are a plethora of healthy options.
I'm sure you're getting hungry by now! So if you're in town, I highly recommend you dine at one of these locations. For more options, review our recent posts on the Admission Office's favorite restaurants.
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Read the National Council on Aging's 2013 booklet on reverse mortgage basics.
Apr 1, 2013
Federally insured reverse mortgage rules are getting a makeover.
Read the National Council on Aging's 2013 booklet on reverse mortgage basics.
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- Sara said...
Reverse mortgage have been a great help for the senior citizens for quite a long time now. It is a great source of income for the senior citizens when they are unable to earn for themselves. Apart from that reverse home loans have even helped senior citizens to buy a new home for themselves. Thus, the elderly citizens won't have to take help of anyone during the golden years of their life. In such a situation, reducing the payout can be of problem to many senior citizens. It may thus have a negative effect on the popularity of the reverse home loan program.
- May 3, 2013 at 4:03 AM
The interest rates and fees are all determined based upon home value. Senors are flocking to learn about HECM programs
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- Tudo Bem said...
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SriLankan Airlines will commence direct flights between Beijing, Shanghai and Sri Lanka this week, the airline announced.
The passengers can fly directly to Sri Lanka from Beijing and Shanghai and for those who continue to Male in Maldives from China will have a stopover at one of the two international airports in Sri Lanka.
Previously the airline conducted services to Beijing three times a week and four times a week to Shanghai with a stopover at Bangkok.
"We are excited about the direct services between Sri Lanka and China as this fortifies the future plans of SriLankan's expansion into China, which is one of our key markets. We are looking at increasing the number of destinations as well as frequencies to more cities in China in the near future," Xinhua quoted the CEO of SriLankan Kapila Chandrasena.
An Airbus A330-200 will fly Colombo-Beijing on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and Colombo-Shanghai on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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45% Performance Improvement
Case Study Summary
lengoo, a platform that connects customers with professional translators, works with the users all around the world. Datapath.io solution enables to improve performance from AWS Frankfurt to different countries, resulting in:
- Latency improvement by 45%
- Strong, stable connection between customers in Europe and translators worldwide
- Faster file exchange
About lengoo
lengoo is a marketplace for professional expert translators. Based on language skills and technical expertise, the company's unique algorithm automatically finds the best-qualified translator for every project. Customers are able to directly communicate with translators, get quotes in real time and manage the projects at the platform.
The Challenges
"lengoo is the easiest way to get high-quality translations of subject specific content. When you uploaded a document, we analyze the content of the document to be translated and find the best-qualified translator based on the translator's past experience. Within a couple of minutes you are automatically connected to an expert translator and will be able to work with him on the platform – exchange documents, discuss open points and process payments"– that's how Christopher Kränzler, Managing Director of lengoo, explained the main idea of the service.
lengoo is a powerful service where you can translate documents into more than 50 different languages and 30 industry fields. It means that several hundred translators from many different countries are working on this platform and a good performance from a technical perspective is crucial for the marketplace.
Tobias Nawa, CTO of lengoo, described the challenges that lengoo faced: "Mainly, the users exchange documents on our platform, and those documents can be very large. This document exchange requires a very good performance. Our users live in different countries: our translators are all around the world, and the customers based mostly in Europe. We are using AWS region Frankfurt, and for us it is important to decrease latency from Europe to other countries, making the documents' exchange faster and increasing the quality of communication between users".
Pool of lengoo's translators worldwide
How Datapath.io solution helped
Datapath.io helps to create a stable connection between lengoo's servers in Frankfurt AWS-region and users worldwide. The implementation was done into the AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
At the beginning, the setup process was not that easy as usual because for Datapath.io it was the first use case with Elastic Beanstalk:
"The Elastic Beanstalk setup is a default setup, however, it used two subnets, private and public. Private subnets are not accessible from the Internet. That led to the implementation problem because Elastic Beanstalk was not able to connect to the service through Datapath.io. Together with the Datapath.io technical support we found a solution and opened up some other IP-address ranges. After that everything started to work correctly and Elastic Beanstalk connected to the network as usual", – told us Tobias Nawa, CTO of lengoo.
The Results
Datapath.io dynamically changes default BGP routes to the fastest ones, which helps to speed up the lengoo's service. Due to that, the network latency decreases and the service is able to successfully reach end users.
"As it was already mentioned, we've integrated Datapath.io solution into the AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Both solutions are working pretty well for us: it scales up when more users are coming to the platform, and the optimized routes are always the fastest. On average, the performance was improved by 45%", – Tobias Nawa, CTO of lengoo.
Datapath.io solution could also be valuable for the future business development of lengoo, providing a service for network performance optimization:
"The next big step for us is to expand the supply side of our marketplace by integrating other agencies into our translation ecosystem. Obviously, that will significantly increase the data volume that has to be transferred. I feel that the solution Datapath.io provides will be very helpful in this case", – said Christopher Kränzler, Managing Director of lengoo.


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HIV & Infectious DiseasesSince the first people were identified with what would be later called HIV in June 1981, the United States has made great strides in responding to the HIV epidemic. But HIV still poses a risk to public health, especially among people of color and men who have sex with men. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, and 50,000 new infections are identified each year.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, JSI has been committed to the fight against HIV, and is dedicated to helping achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Through our work with federal partners, JSI supports the delivery, coordination, evaluation, and improvement of HIV services across the U.S. In collaboration with state and local health departments, community-based organizations, and consumers, JSI helps ensure that services address the needs of people at risk for or living with HIV, while reducing or eliminating disparities in access to care and health outcomes. We use – and help clients use – cutting-edge technology, new media strategies, and other innovative techniques to deliver high-quality services.
Addressing other infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis, TB, STIs, tick-borne diseases, JSI takes a multi-pronged to change individual behavior, improve access to culturally competent services, and use data and learning to improve our work.
Reducing New Infections: JSI helps organizations implement cost-effective, scalable diseases prevention interventions and strategies, and gather and assess data to evaluate their effectiveness. JSI is helping federal and local partners prioritize and use newer HIV prevention approaches – such as improved adherence for people living with HIV and innovative strategies for populations at substantial risk for HIV infection, such as PrEP – to prevent new HIV infections. Health communication campaigns related to Lyme Disease prevention and strengthening available content related to viral hepatitis are helping people learn how to protect themselves.
Improving Access to Care and Quality of Life for People Living with HIV (PLWH): JSI assists organizations to assess and respond to the complex care and services needs of PLWH, and to develop the data systems and capacity to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of the clinical and support services they provide.
Improving Coordination: JSI builds clients' capacity to deliver cost-effective, coordinated infectious disease prevention and care services. We also conduct research, policy studies, evaluations, and planning activities to help federal, state, and local organizations plan and coordinate HIV and other infectious disease activities.
Our work in HIV and infectious diseases goes beyound the United States to around the Globe, reducing new infections, increasing access to continuous treatment and services, addressing stigma and discrimination, and reducing health inequities.
In all of our HIV work, JSI is committed to the active participation of those living with and at risk for HIV. We also are committed to building the capacity of the organizations serving those PLWH. Learn more about our work with key populations and the HIV resources and products developed from our projects, such as fact sheets, success stories and more.
The ACE TA Center: Building Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipient Capacity to Enroll People Living with HIV in Health Care Access
Through the Center, JSI supports RWHAP recipients through national and targeted training and technical assistance strategies and development and dissemination of best practices and supporting resources.
A paradigm shift in HIV testing; New England
JSI helps New England medical clinics implement systems of rapid and routine HIV testing for all sexually active patients, and trains medical personnel on how to deliver positive results and refer HIV-positive patients for specialized care.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Outcomes within the Context of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
JSI's most recent work with the RWHAP program will be to evaluate the impact of coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act and RWHAP service use post-ACA on client health outcomes.
Providing services that support the shifting national HIV strategy; United States of America
The goals of the new, comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy align with JSI's ongoing work to reduce new HIV infections, increase access to treatment and counseling, and reduce HIV-related health disparities among Americans.
The goal of the National Resource Center is to improve access to practical evidence-based and emerging HIV and AIDS prevention resources that build the professional capacity of people who work with youth who are at risk for HIV.
Santa Clara County 2012-2014 Comprehensive HIV Prevention & Care Plan for San José, CA Transitional Grant Area (TGA)
Capacity Building Assistance for High-Impact HIV Prevention to Community-Based Organizations in the U.S. | CBA@JSI
JSI works with CDC to provide capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations across the U.S. to support CDC's high-impact approach to HIV prevention for populations who need it most.
ABCD Entre Nosotras II (Between Us) Program Evaluation
JSI designed and implemented the program evaluation for Entre Nosotras, a peer-led intervention to reduce the inequitable impact of HIV, hepatitis, and substance abuse on young-adult African-American and Latina women in Boston.
Epidemiologic/Public Health Data Analysis Services
To help the Rhode Island Department of Health protect and promote health in the state, JSI developed a set of valid measures of health outcomes, health-related behaviors, and health system performance that can be generated on a timely basis.
JSI manages the AIDS.gov project, which aims to reduce HIV infection, increase testing, and improve early access to care by promoting federal policies and programs through social media channels, including blogs, Twitter, video, and Facebook.


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How to Deal with Grief
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Without ever having lost someone close to you, it hits you like a brick when it actually happens. As someone who had never lost anyone close to me, I was always the one telling others, "I'm sorry for your loss," yet I never thought someone would be telling me that.
However, when the tables were turned, I felt an emptiness in my chest. My mind was blank. How do you even respond to that? You can't say, "It's okay, don't worry about it," because it's not okay, but it is a part of life.
You can't say "Thanks," because what is there to be thankful for? The thought that crosses your mind is always: Why now? Why them? But let's be honest; there's never great timing for a life to be taken away.
Hearing, "God does everything for a reason," is also the worst because it is hard to think about why God would want to cause so much pain. Even worse is when you are actually traumatized by their death and found their corpse or had them die in your arms.
My grandmother, who contributed in raising me, died in her sleep (most likely due to a heart attack), and I found her on her deathbed while I was with my mother and cousin on a Sunday morning. The image was stuck in my head, and it was all I thought about for almost a year. I would constantly replay the incident of when I found her or when the morgue pulled her out of the house, and people could see the pain in my eyes, in my soul.
It was practically impossible for me to cope with this. I did not know how. How was I supposed to know what would help me get through the pain–through the pain the hole in my chest was causing me? It took me a while for me to actually find what helped me.
Eventually, I found that in order to get through the difficult situation, I had to try my best to express my sorrow through writing and isolation, because to me, that was how I was able to stay close to her, as well as staying connected with nature, because I knew her spirit was now free.
I was able to let out everything that I had bottled up with writing. Writing was a great outlet to help me express all the sorrow that my tongue was not able spit out onto a piece of paper. If it were not for writing, I would be mentally distraught because of the fact that keeping things to myself would not benefit me in anyway.
The key to easing the pain is doing something that makes you feel connected to the loved one you have lost. Even doing something they enjoyed doing, like going to the park, the movies, sewing, reading, etcetera.
There is no one thing in particular to do that will benefit your well-being, however. Cristina Abadilla, a staff member in the Health and Wellness center (found in K-10 by the outer left side of K Hall) has a few words about this. Given that for a living she helps out students with any mental issues, she was able to say that "You have to allow yourself to be able to go through different emotions such as: anger, sadness, even denying what happened."
Part of the process of dealing with grief is to allow yourself to have emotions. There is no need to try to act differently or act unaffected because it is obvious that death is not something easy to deal with. If anything, it is best to cry it out in order to release the pain.
The key to dealing with this type of pain or loss is to let time take its course. With time, the pain lessens; however, knowing that your loved one is not with you does not make it any easier. Yet you can find ways to cope with it and learn how to deal with it.


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Grassfire Nation Update
According to a just released Fox News report, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "Toughest Sheriff" is living up to his billing by digging in his heals and fighting back against the U.S. Department of Justice …
Sheriff Joe, the report indicates, has "filed an appeal to a federal ruling that his office profiles Latinos and bases immigration enforcement on racially charged citizen complaints."
You may also recall from our earlier updates, that Arpaio has repeatedly asked the DOJ for clarification into the charges against he and his staff — clarification that the DOJ has yet to provide.
Arpaio has also been very outspoken in accusing the DOJ of a politically motivated assault against his department because the Obama administration is courting the Latino vote. Arpaio alleges his commitment to law enforcement is getting in their way of getting votes.
Even worse, the DOJ has stripped Arpaio's officers of their Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) credentials — further eroding law enforcement capabilities and putting millions of American citizens at risk!
Although no surprise, the fact that the Obama administration and the DOJ would put Americans at risk for the purpose of appealing to Latino voters is utterly offensive.
This isn't an Arizona problem.
This is an America problem!
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Americans from coast-to-coast and everywhere in between should be outraged by this administration's behavior and actions towards Sheriff Arpaio and his dedicated team of law enforcement officials.
That's why Grassfire Nation got involved — to give citizens a grassroots platform with which to react to this baseless assault that could seriously impact us all!
Since launching our national "Support Sheriff Joe" letter initiative, we've rallied 0 citizens who have quickly stepped up to show their solidarity for Arpaio and his staff.
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It's been another Saturday at the cigar shack. Not a bad day despite it being the Saturday in a holiday weekend. The shack has done well today despite a lot of people not being around. Most of the regulars came in yesterday to buy cigars for the weekend.
Better selections in Manhattan than in the Hamptons or wherever it is that they go. The day started out quite nice, I slept incredibly well and woke up in a good mood. Bill was en route from Atlantic City.
First off a stop at his gym since he thinks he may have left his iPhone at the gym. They didn't have it, and if they had it, it might be in the gym's safe since the manager would have locked it up in there and the manager won't be back until Tuesday. At least that is what they told Bill.
I saw Bill for just a few minutes this morning, he was coming in as I was soon going out. Better than nothing I reckon. I caught an early bus which afforded me a nice cushion of time, enough for me to walk up the avenue and getting an egg sandwich on the way to the shack.
I got to the shack about 15 minutes early and immediately went to work alongside Calvin. Bradley was on his way in and tit was fairly busy throughout the day. 82 degrees when I went out for lunch, sitting on a bench near the park where I enjoyed a nice cigar.
Got back to the shack and the day progressed nicely. I was manning the music controls and it was alright, I was hitting all the right buttons. Right now Morrissey is playing, his first singles collection, Bona Drag. I believe he now has about 9 collections of his singles and greatest hits out there.
Probably more collections than actual albums. I think he's a better singles artist than an LP artist, but I'm sure most Moz fans would disagree.
Bradley and I are closing, and now it's dead in the shopping area. After 7:00 things really slow down and of course during a holiday weekend it's really slow.
I bought a box of cigars for myself and had them shipped to Mr. Wonderful Jim Mastro. He was supposed to drop them off at a bar near his shop last night but he didn't. He did it this morning so that means I have to stop by the bar and pick them up.
Hopefully the doorman won't have any problems with me doing just that. We shall see I suppose. I guess I will give you all the low down when I finish writing this at home later.
And now I am at home and it went well. There was no doorman and the bartender at Mulligans was pretty funny when he said it would be $10.50 since he went and got the box of cigars that Jim dropped off. I laughed and skedaddled out of there.
I am happy to be home, happy to have my cigars. Tomorrow is Sunday and I am working but I won't be writing.


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AFTER working with close to a score of different managers during his playing career it is not such a surprise to hear Tranmere's Paul Hall confess that he wants to have a go at the job himself in the future.
The 32-year-old winger's focus for the moment is on helping Tranmere climb a division this season under the guidance of a manager - Brian Little - he regards as among the best he has worked with.
Hall is confident Little has assembled the right kind of squad and created the right kind of dressing room spirit to propel Tranmere to promotion from League One.
Today's encounter with Swindon Town at Prenton Park (3pm), which pitches the second-placed against the seventh, is another stepping stone on the path that Hall believes can lead to the Championship.
He has been in promotion teams before, most recently as a member of Rushden & Diamonds third division title winners in 2002-03.
But while Hall's desire for success as a player remains as strong as ever, these days he finds himself taking a close note of the detail of the daily work done by managers and coaches.
Hall said: "It's very much in my mind to manage one day. This game is what I know and I would like to think there is room in it for me when I finish playing.
"I have worked for a lot of people I really respect and since I got into my late 20s and early 30s I have been taking a closer look at what they do.
"These days I'm always watching Hilly (Tranmere assistant manager Richard Hill) and Macca (coach John McMahon) in the mornings to see what they are doing. Then I go home and write it down and keep a record."
The list of managers Hall has played under includes some of the most experienced figures in the game, some of the most celebrated and some who have been almost forgotten.
Jim Smith, Gordon Strachan, Brian Talbot and Little fall into the first category and Terry Venables, who had a brief spell with Hall at Portsmouth certainly counts for the second. Then there were Dave Smith, John Impey, Ivan Golac and Paul Compton, among half a dozen managers who worked at Torquay United during the early years of Hall's career in Devon.
Out of the left field was Rene Simoes, the Brazilian who recruited Manchester-born Hall into the Jamaican international team and guided the tiny Caribbean nation to an unprecedented appearance in the 1998 World Cup Finals in the USA.
Hall says of the man now coaching the Brazilian women's team: "He was brilliant but it was like organised confusion.
"Anyone could move anywhere on the pitch so long as we all got back behind the ball when we lost possession.
"It was a Brazilian philosophy and it worked wonders for us."
Hall's domestic travels have so far taken him to six league clubs: Torquay, Portsmouth, Coventry City, Walsall, Rushden and Tran-mere plus loan spells (from Coventry) at Bury, Sheffield United and West Brom, where he briefly encountered Little for the first time.
The five years spent with Portsmouth from 1993 to '98 - most of them under the guidance of Jim Smith in the old first division - were the happiest.
You suspect he must have found similarities between the genial Smith, now back at Portsmouth as number two to Harry Redknapp, and Little, who is one of the few managers who can come close to matching Smith's vast experience.
Hall said: "They are similar in that they are both winners. That's the big common denominator. But otherwise they are totally different.
"Jim is a shouter who wears his heart on his sleeve. He really does like to throw teacups. One of them almost hit me once. He is also a brilliant coach. He has this over-whelming desire to be a winner and it infects you.
"Jim Smith was absolutely brilliant for me. He saw something in me when he took me from a club in the old Third Division and gave me a great career at Portsmouth.
"Brian Little is different. He is a manager who makes you want to play for him as much as you want to play for yourself.
"He does not shout but is very persuasive in his own calm, quiet and thoughtful way."
Hall says he feels as comfortable and settled at Prenton Park as he did during his days at Portsmouth.
He said: "Portsmouth was the yard-stick I judge clubs by because I was very happy there. I was playing a good standard of football and I lived not far from the beach.
"Tranmere come close. It was easy to settle when I arrived last March because of the squad of players, the manager and everyone around me here."
Indeed, the dressing room harmony is such that Hall had no complaints when he was left out of Tranmere's starting line-up for the first time in seven months for a couple of away games at Huddersfield and Colchester last month.
Halls said: "It really does not matter personally whether he drops me or not. The important thing is the team, winning games and collecting points.
"That how teams should be. It's not about any one individual being the star of the show or the centre of attention.
"I have been in squads like this before. It does not happen that often and it's usually reflected in your league position. I'm surrounded by winners."


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Los Angeles: On Friday, February 20, 2004, at about 12:08 p.m., a female African American placed a 911 call to the Los Angeles Police Department. At 12:32 p.m., Newton Patrol Officers Ricardo Lizarraga and his partner Joel Ruiz, assigned to unit 13A93, received a radio call of a, "Domestic Violence" dispute in 77th Division. At 12:45 p.m., the officers made contact with the reporting female, in the area of Western and Vernon Avenue.
At 12:51 p.m., Watson directed the officers to her residence located at 1743 W. 48th Street. She requested that the officers escort her to her apartment where her boyfriend, Kenrick Johnson, was refusing to leave. They followed her to her residence, where they encountered Kenrick Johnson. As the officers were attempting to search Johnson, he broke away and ran to a nearby bedroom, followed by Officer Lizarraga. Officer Ruiz heard his partner yell from the bedroom that Johnson was armed. Officer Ruiz re-deployed outside the apartment and as officer Lizarraga exited the apartment, Johnson fired six rounds and missed him. The investigation indicates that Officer Lizarraga was shot once in the back while he was on the second floor landing located in front of the apartment. Officer Lizarraga went down the stairs, and when he reached the bottom it appears that the suspect fired at him a second time, striking him on his side. Though wounded, Officer Lizarraga was able to return fire, firing two rounds at Johnson. Officer Ruiz attempted to remove his wounded partner from the line of fire and repositioned himself, firing four rounds at Johnson. Johnson was not struck by the gunfire and ran southbound through a rear alley.
At 12:55 p.m., Officer Ruiz requested Help and at 12:59 p.m., Officers broadcasted that Officer Lizarraga was barely breathing.
Officer Lizarraga was transported to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where he died as a result of his injuries. Officer Ruiz was not injured.
Metropolitan Division SWAT and Canine officers searched the area and located Johnson hiding in an abandoned vehicle in an alley a few blocks away. Johnson is a known gang member and is on parole. Kenrick William Johnson was arrested for 187(A) P.C. Murder.
The suspect fired 8 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun, which has not been located.
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This news release was prepared by Public Information Officer Lucy Diaz, Media Relations Section, at 213-485-3586.
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I thought Henry was the one obsessed with buttons. (Is button-pushing a compulsion in all toddlers?) Well, tonight I've been obsessed with getting my bee, swap and quilt-a-long buttons working in the sidebar. And now they do. Feel free to push buttons to your heart's content. :)
But first, you have to check out fun house mirror photos of Henry. He said "shirt" when he saw these pictures.
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- Grey Cat said...
Pushing buttons *is* a toddler obsession. My three year old son, Zebediah, is constantly trying out every controller, remote, and electronic device in the house for buttons.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- melissa said...
love the funhouse pictures!
and just to let you know - the button pushing doesn't stop, but when they get older it's mom's proverbial buttons they enjoy pushing. heh heh.
- March 17, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- perches said...
buttons are definitely a toddler obsession - mine love our library visits because he gets to push 3 big door-opening buttons in the way in and out of the building.
- March 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM
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And just like that, 2011 is over. My 2011 New Year's Resolution was to make a list of places to eat at that either I had never been to or it'd been a while.
As you can see, I didn't make it. It sucks but oh well. Perhaps in the new year I can finally make there but in Houston, many new and yummy restaurants open up and well, may as well add them to The List. I'm not going to make a new list though. If I make it, I make it.
My New Year's Resolution for 2012 though is to focus more on my own health. According to my own doctor's, I'm doing very well. But, with diabetes, I want to get better. I always want to get better.
A much better update to follow detailing how I spent my summer and fall and the beginning oh winter.
Beef jerky time.


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There's been a few places I've been wanting to visit for ages but always seem to put off. Usually it's that I'm too busy with work or when I do have the time off I'm trying to relax and enjoy the quiet life. Slow morning starts and comfortable routines are to blame. That's all changing because lately I've been inspired to get out and start saying yes to new adventures. It's exciting not knowing what I'll discover or learn, which makes it all worth it. Traveling has been long overdue, now it's a must.
The first on my list is basically all of Italy. I fell in love with the country over a year and a half ago and can't wait until I get the chance to go back. It's the perfect place to indulge on foods like gelato, pasta, prosciutto, pizza and more gelato! I still need to cross Rome off my list so that would be my first pick but other places I'd love to see are Ravello, Positano and Capri. I can't leave out visiting Venice again, because it's as incredible as everyone says and always worth a visit.
After seeing Lisbon, Portugal countless times on my feed I'm determined to visit this insanely beautiful city. From the cobbled streets to the vibrant painted ceramic tiles that you'll spot all throughout the buildings. It's worth a visit on the history alone, but you can't deny it has some views that can't be missed. Also, I've heard the Pastel de nata is delicious, which is always worth a try for someone who loves desserts as much as I do!
After spending a night in Lucerne, Switzerland I can say I fell in love with everything the city has to offer, how could I not? The views were magical, the chocolate was heavenly, and the experience was unforgettable. Which is why I need to spend more time in this country. A day didn't do it justice at all! I need a few days, weeks, even months. I was just passing through but now I need to discover all the beauty that is Switzerland. Interlaken, Geneva and Lugano are top on my list so far.
Nothing beats visiting a new city and discovering all the beauty that surrounds us. I'm hoping to visit these places in the new year and eat as much gelato as possible in the process. Here's to new adventures!


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Tuesday, ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl reported his sources told him the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions had become so strained that recently Sessions suggested to Trump he could resign.
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