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Archeology for Interpreters > 6. What Are Our Personal and Professional Responsibilities?
Making jargon-free archeology presentations
Stratigraphy, STP, assemblage, phytoliths ... archeology has a unique vocabulary that can be incomprehensible to the untrained ear. While many park visitors are interested in learning about archeology and the methods that archeologists use, the jargon they encounter at archeological sites or in archeological publications may overwhelm and intimidate them.
Archeologists and interpreters should identify visitors' level of archeological understanding and tailor verbal and media presentations accordingly. Archeological terms and methods can be described using familiar words, concepts, and illustrations when possible. While archeologists and interpreters should not avoid using technical archeological terms during a presentation to a lay audience, they should immediately define the term or concept to ensure visitor understanding.
Identifying educational components in archeological research
Archeologists seek to answer some of the most basic questions people have about past cultures, family groups, and individuals. An archeological research design includes questions that, if answered, will allow the archeologists to interpret data and its meaning. Research designs may identify educational components that address interpreters' and the public's basic questions about how archeology is done and what it means.
Five Simple Educational Concepts
Whether the interpreter or archeologist presents archeological information to park visitors at a battlefield, pueblo, historic house or exhibit, he or she may wish to design the presentation around five simple concepts (Ellick 2000:187-188):
- What is archeology? Include discussions of archeology, archeological sites, features, artifacts, and collections, and behavioral inferences.
- What is culture? Archeologists study the past by systematically recording and analyzing their material remains to determine how people met biological, social, political, economic, technological, and psychological needs.
- Where and how did people live? The question leads to discussion of human needs for food, water, shelter, as well as resource use at the site. This also leads to discussions about group dynamics, ethnicity, gender, and power resistance.
- What are the steps of the archeological process? This leads to a discussion of how archeologists recover, analyze and share information about a site, from initial research to artifact analysis to report writing. It may also include discussions about working with other professional specialists, such as geologists, soil scientists, materials scientists, educators, curators, and conservators.
- Preservation. Visitors should leave every interpretive program inspired to protect and preserve archeological resources.


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I know a couple people from Maryland that want to make the trip to New England for the game but they don't have tickets. If anyone has tickets available, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Prices have come down some on stubhub. You can do "electronic delievery" on most orders these days so you would get the tickets emailed to you instantly after purchase. I did it last year for the AFC championship.

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On rather the spur of the moment, I was asked to do a story on starting seeds indoors. And so, I warbled on, as my friends know that I'm able to do, trying to help novice seed-starters avoid the most common pitfalls and frustrations. You can see the story in Saturday's (March 13, 2010) Denver Post Inside & Out section.
But if you REALLY want to worship at the knees of a goddess of seed-starting, instead of this rank novice with only two years under her belt, check this video of Boulder County extension staffer and fellow writer and blogger Carol O'Meara.
She's a right peach of a gal, O'Meara is, funny and sassy and brassy and savvy and knowledgeable as all get-out (especially about peach trees, in fact). We first spoke on the phone when I was asking to take classes to become a CSU Extension Master Gardener volunteer in Boulder instead of Larimer County due to a rather funky work schedule. I told her about my Proof of Life garden — the weed-infested patch of clay I'd reclaimed with xeric perennials — and she clucked and said, "Oh, you're GONE, aren't you," and allowed as how, with proper bribes of chocolate all around, some arrangement might become possible.


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1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto!
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
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SAN JOSE — San Jose State officially announced coach Ron Caragher's full staff of assistants on Thursday, more than a month after some members were reportedly hired.
As expected, former University of Washington assistant Jimmie Dougherty is the new offensive coordinator and Kenwick Thompson returns to the Spartans as defensive coordinator. Thompson coached at San Jose State from 2001-06 and had been at Cal for the past six seasons.
Dougherty previously worked as an offensive coordinator under Caragher at the University of San Diego in 2008 before spending the past four years at Washington. Dougherty was at San Diego for five years total, three under Jim Harbaugh and two under Caragher.
Greg Lewis, a former NFL receiver with the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings, is the new wide receivers coach. He served in that position under Caragher at the University of San Diego last season.
Lewis had a touchdown reception for the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX and is also known for his last-second touchdown catch from Brett Favre to help the Vikings beat the 49ers in 2009.
Another former NFL player, Hank Fraley, is the new offensive line coach. He spent 11 years in the NFL with the Eagles, Cleveland Browns and St. Louis Rams and also coached last year at San Diego.
Joe Staab also came to SJSU from San Diego and will be the Spartans' safeties coach.
James Jones, a former defensive line coach and special teams coordinator at Northern Colorado, will coach the defensive line.
Donte Williams, who last year was a graduate assistant at Washington, will be the cornerbacks coach.
Two holdovers from former coach Mike MacIntyre's staff are Fred Guidici, who remains the running backs coach and special teams coordinator. Terry Malley remains the recruiting coordinator but will now coach the tight ends. He coached wide receivers last year but in his four previous seasons with the Spartans, he's also coached running backs and quarterbacks.
In addition to the on-field coaching staff, Caragher hired Gary Uribe as the strength and conditioning coach, a key position after former strength coach Dave Forman was credited for much of the team's improved conditioning.
Uribe was an assistant strength coach at Auburn last season and has also worked at UCLA, USC, New Mexico State and Sacramento State.
The team also hired Kirk Jones as its new director of football operations. Jones comes from the University of Colorado and effectively swapped positions with Bryan McGinnis, the former Spartans operations director who has joined MacIntyre at Colorado.
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
THe first X11 ASIC miner on the market was iBeLink DM384M that was released about a month and a half ago in a limited 50 units first batch and we were lucky enough to purchase one of the first units available from Dual Miner. We have since tested and played quite a lot with the device and we have since shared a lot of things we like about the device and some that we don't. With DualMiner.com opening pre-orders for the next batch it is time to share a few more things that we do not like about the iBeLink DM384M, so that people that might be considering to order the device be well aware what to expect from it. The next batch that is up from pre-order is expected to start shipping by the end of next month, so a lot can happen before the devices start shipping including a competing product becoming available for order without so much waiting time.
But lets get back to the iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC miner and what we don't like and should have happened in the timeframe of about a month and a half since the first batch of devices started shipping. On the software side, still no source code of the cgminer is available for users to modify and integrate in sgminer, bfgminer or another software miner or even compile for Windows or other operating systems. The fork of cgminer available is only in a binary form for Raspberry Pi and even the binary is not usable for custom setups as it apparently has built in protections that don't allow you to use it in other environment than the one you get it preinstalled on (the RPi shipped with the miner). You can get inside the Linux shell on the Raspberry Pi controller of the miner and try to add another root account or change the password for an existing user, but you will not get very far. Thanks to the built-in protections in the cgminer it will refuse to run if any modifications in the environment such as changed passwords or new users are detected and so far iBelink has not released the password for the device so you cannot ssh to it using an existing user. So the only thing left is apparently for somebody to brute force the password of the device as iBeLink simply does not give us another option.
Still on the software side, there has not been a single update to the web-based interface that is available for the user to control and monitor the device and that software does need some fixing and new features. The numbers you get reported are a bit weird and confusing, so you might have trouble getting a good idea on the status of the hardware other than if it works and how well it works – you will have to monitor poolside for the real performance. But that is not the big issue, there are features that are simply needed and not available and apparently will not be introduced such as password protection for the web interface or load balancing pool strategy to help you spread the high hashrate among lower difficulty coins for example. This might not have been that bad if if users had the access to the divide that would allow them to modify the software themselves and add features that they may need, unfortunately iBeLink locked this option out. We have already seem modified and improved firmware for various ASIC miners made by users that add missing features or improve the performance and reliability of the hardware, but for the moment we are not going to be seeing this happening for the iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC.
Enough with the software, let us get started about the hardware and what to expect on that side from the iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC. Solid build, adequate performance as per the official specifications, but noisy and at a level that simply makes it not suitable for use by home miners. Server grade chassis, cooling fans and even power supply ensure long term reliability unless you put it in a very hot environment where you might have trouble with any other hardware anyway. If you are considering to modify the miner to make it quieter and usable for home miners that do not want the excessive noise from the cooling solution, then you will have some more trouble. Half of the noise of the device is coming from the power supply and you will be having trouble replacing it with a standard ATX PSU that is much more silent. The reason for that is the non-standard power connectors used by the blades with the chips that the power supply uses, a 12-pin power connector that may be found on some other server products, but not with the same pinout. Apart from the 12V yellow cables and the black ground cables you have a single 3.3V orange cable on every connector, so you would need to do some modifications to the regular power supply to make it compatible. Or you can just desolder the cooling fan of the standard power supply and add in quieter fans to keep it cool, but that would limit you with the length of the power cables as they are designed to be long enough for the standard chassis of the device. Adding enough less noisy, but still powerful enough fans to each of the blades can provide enough cooling and much less noise when compared to the standard cooling setup, but you will need to take the blades out of the standard chassis.
So be prepared and know what to expect from the iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC miner should you consider ordering one or more units. One more last thing before making the final decision, the X11 profitability at the moment is not what it was when the first batch was shipped and there is a chance that it may go even lower once more hardware is available. Unlike the last time when new ASICs were introduced for Litecoin and Scrypt-based crypto currencies, X11 is not that widespread and there are not a lot of strong coins apart from DASH, not even that many X11 altcoins like it was with Scrypt ones. With a limited number of X11 ASIC miners, all big and powerful units, and with GPU miners moving from X11 to other algorithms a centralization of X11 hashrate may as well become a serious problem that can drive away users. But enough with the pessimism, time to get optimistic, as we are probably soon going to be seeing more X11 competition on the market including smaller single chip USB miners to help decentralize things and get X11 ASIC hardware in the hands of many more people.
The iBeLink DM384M is the first to market X11 ASIC miner and while it is a pretty good product, there are still some things to be desired. In terms of hardware the X11 ASIC miner offers a solid build and reliable performance making it pretty capable for mining in a data center even in not so favorable conditions even when the environment temperature is not the best. The power usage is at a good level for the high performance it offers of 384 MHS for X11 mining, but the noise level makes it inappropriate for home miners. Temperature wise the situation is good thanks to the powerful server grade cooling used to keep the miner operating stable as you can see from these thermal images of the device in operation. Pretty much what is missing in terms of hardware is the presence of thermal sensors and fan control available for the users, the first is not hard to implement considering that the built-in controller of the miner is a Raspberry Pi. Fan speed control and failsafe could be trickier to implement as it would also need to be able to ignore users settings if the conditions require it and even to shutdown the miner in case a fan fails. Not to mention that implementing fan speed control and monitoring would not be very usable without the miner having thermal sensors, but the current implementation with server grade fans is good enough and should provide long and reliable operating with adequate cooling.
On the software side however there is much more to be desired, even though the basic web-based functionality you get is a pretty good starting point. we have already mentioned the device uses a Raspberry Pi controller with a modified version of the MineNinja software to provide a web-based frontend to the cgminer 3.5.6 backend. The web frontend provides a lot of numbers to the users, but they do not always seem to be correct, especially in terms of the actual hashrate you are getting from the device, so you need to look at the pool reported speed. Furthermore the web-based control lacks some very basic features such as password protection for access control or the ability to use a different pool mining strategy than the default failsafe one that is available. With big and powerful ASIC miners we often see that the web-based control software offers only pool failsafe options, but no load balance strategy for example. So while this will be fine if you are mining a high difficulty coin, if you go for a low difficulty and hashrate one throwing your full hashrate you will quickly raise the coin difficulty a lot. The cgminer backend does come with support for different pool strategies, so the problem is in the functionality available in web-based interface. Unfortunately for the moment the source code of cgminer or at lest the driver for the device is not yet publicly released, so we cannot have support built in other miners and web frontends. So for the moment the iBeLink DM384M is best for use with high difficulty X11 coins…
The first batch of 50 units of the first on the market iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC miner were shipped at the beginning of this month and everyone that has pre-ordered is probably quite happy at the moment. The profitability is quite good with selling X11 hashrate at NiceHash still the most profitable choice at the moment, based on our test of a unit we have purchased we can say that the miners are pretty good, even if they do lack some extra features both hardware wise and on the software side. If you re interested in the iBeLink DM384M X11 ASIC miner and you have missed our posts about different aspects of the device that we have published already, then you might want to check them out.
It seems that the company making the iBeLink DM384M miners does not have a very large production capacity and they need some time to make another batch of miners (and probably money from the sales of the first batch). The answer they give at the moment when more units are expected to be available is "we expect to have next batch around mid of May", definitely a good news for first batch owners and not so good for people that will want to purchase an X11 ASIC now. This low number of devices available however is generally good for the X11 coins as they will not be overwhelmed by a very big wave of new hashrate pouring in pushing out the GPU miners that mine X11. Actually a lot of the GPU miners are currently switching to Ethereum mining because of the better profitability it offers, so the X11 ASIC miners could fill the gap and offer enough supply to cover the hashrate demand. We are looking at at least a few more months before mining X11 with a GPU might become pointless, unless of course we see a bunch of other companies releasing more X11 ASICs on the market. It seems that this is not going to happen in the next few months, so don't be in a hurry to write out the X11 algorithm as ASIC only yet…


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Post Syndicated from Michal Zalewski original http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2017/05/rfd-alien-abduction-prophecy-protocol.html
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
– variously attributed to Yogi Berra and Niels Bohr
Right. So let's say you are visited by transdimensional space aliens from outer space. There's some old-fashioned probing, but eventually, they get to the point. They outline a series of apocalyptic prophecies, beginning with the surprise 2032 election of Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho as the President of the United States, followed by a limited-scale nuclear exchange with the Grand Duchy of Ruritania in 2036, and culminating with the extinction of all life due to a series of cascading Y2K38 failures that start at an Ohio pretzel reprocessing plan. Long story short, if you want to save mankind, you have to warn others of what's to come.
But there's a snag: when you wake up in a roadside ditch in Alabama, you realize that nobody is going to believe your story! If you come forward, your professional and social reputation will be instantly destroyed. If you're lucky, the vindication of your claims will come fifteen years later; if not, it might turn out that you were pranked by some space alien frat boys who just wanted to have some cheap space laughs. The bottom line is, you need to be certain before you make your move. You figure this means staying mum until the Election Day of 2032.
But wait, this plan is also not very good! After all, how could your future self convince others that you knew about President Camacho all along? Well… if you work in information security, you are probably familiar with a neat solution: write down your account of events in a text file, calculate a cryptographic hash of this file, and publish the resulting value somewhere permanent. Fifteen years later, reveal the contents of your file and point people to your old announcement. Explain that you must have been in the possession of this very file back in 2017; otherwise, you would not have known its hash. Voila – a commitment scheme!
Although elegant, this approach can be risky: historically, the usable life of cryptographic hash functions seemed to hover at somewhere around 15 years – so even if you pick a very modern algorithm, there is a real risk that future advances in cryptanalysis could severely undermine the strength of your proof. No biggie, though! For extra safety, you could combine several independent hashing functions, or increase the computational complexity of the hash by running it in a loop. There are also some less-known hash functions, such as SPHINCS, that are designed with different trade-offs in mind and may offer longer-term security guarantees.
Of course, the computation of the hash is not enough; it needs to become an immutable part of the public record and remain easy to look up for years to come. There is no guarantee that any particular online publishing outlet is going to stay afloat that long and continue to operate in its current form. The survivability of more specialized and experimental platforms, such as blockchain-based notaries, seems even less clear. Thankfully, you can resort to another kludge: if you publish the hash through a large number of independent online venues, there is a good chance that at least one of them will be around in 2032.
(Offline notarization – whether of the pen-and-paper or the PKI-based variety – offers an interesting alternative. That said, in the absence of an immutable, public ledger, accusations of forgery or collusion would be very easy to make – especially if the fate of the entire planet is at stake.)
Even with this out of the way, there is yet another profound problem with the plan: a current-day scam artist could conceivably generate hundreds or thousands of political predictions, publish the hashes, and then simply discard or delete the ones that do not come true by 2032 – thus creating an illusion of prescience. To convince skeptics that you are not doing just that, you could incorporate a cryptographic proof of work into your approach, attaching a particular CPU time "price tag" to every hash. The future you could then claim that it would have been prohibitively expensive for the former you to attempt the "prediction spam" attack. But this argument seems iffy: a $1,000 proof may already be too costly for a lower middle class abductee, while a determined tech billionaire could easily spend $100,000 to pull off an elaborate prank on the entire world. Not to mention, massive CPU resources can be commandeered with little or no effort by the operators of large botnets and many other actors of this sort.
In the end, my best idea is to rely on an inherently low-bandwidth publication medium, rather than a high-cost one. For example, although a determined hoaxer could place thousands of hash-bearing classifieds in some of the largest-circulation newspapers, such sleigh-of-hand would be trivial for future sleuths to spot (at least compared to combing through the entire Internet for an abandoned hash). Or, as per an anonymous suggestion relayed by Thomas Ptacek: just tattoo the signature on your body, then post some post some pics; there are only so many places for a tattoo to go.
Still, what was supposed to be a nice, scientific proof devolved into a bunch of hand-wavy arguments and poorly-quantified probabilities. For the sake of future abductees: is there a better way?


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Nokia has officially unveiled the Lumia 510, a budget Windows Phone handset unlikely to excite enthusiasts of the latest tech.
With us Westerners distracted by incoming Windows Phone 8 kit, the Finnish firm today set its sights on flooding the developing market with more of yesterday's tech.
And after the company pulled the plug on the Symbian platform that adorns most of its current budget blower range, it was only a matter of time before focus switched to plugging low-end WinPho handsets instead.
The Lumia 510 runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on an 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor with just 256MB of Ram. Nokia promises an upgrade to WinPho 7.8 at some point.
The handset shows its low-end qualities through a 4in, 480 x 800 display, a 5Mp rear-facing camera and 4GB of non-expandable storage. That unremarkable figure is boosted by 7GB of online storage through Microsoft SkyDrive, however.
The Nokia Lumia 510 comes in various colours that include, red, yellow, cyan, white and black. It'll hit the shelves of developing countries in November 2012 for roughly $199 (£125). ®
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Ah, Pezzy Print by American Jane. How cute is this fabric? I ordered a couple of charm packs a few weeks ago when it was a featured item on Craftsy Deals. Are you familiar with Craftsy Deals? Each day, a new deal is featured, and items are usually 20-30% off retail prices. You can sign up to be notified of sales on their website, and then you'll get a daily email with all of the Craftsy Deals that are available. This was my first purchase of a Crafty Deal and it was very easy to complete and shipment was quick too.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, but I just couldn't resist getting a couple of packs. And if you'd like some Pezzy Prints, there's a deal on Craftsy now for a Pezzy Print Jelly Roll. I'm almost tempted to get one of those too, but I need more fabric like I need a hole in the head. But, there's nothing like some good, fabric happy mail, right?!


text: Around the world, people are eating seafood more than ever before. Everyone has heard the term, sustainable seafood, but what exactly does it mean for consumers? By definition sustainable seafood is seafood from either fished or farmed sources that can maintain or increase production in the future without jeopardizing the ecosystems from which it was acquired. Fishing practices worldwide are damaging our oceans—depleting fish populations, destroying habitats and polluting the water. The sustainable seafood movement has gained momentum as more people become aware about both overfishing and environmentally-destructive fishing methods. So what can you do? Make ocean-friendly seafood choices when dining out or purchasing seafood at the grocery store. There are plently of sustainable seafood guides available online to help you make smart choices. The National Aquarium supports the Seafood Watch Guide that is prepared by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Interested in learning how to prepare sustainable seafood? The National Aquarium is introducing a new dining series that celebrates sensible and scrumptious seafood choices. Fresh Thoughts: A Seafood Dining Trilogy will consist of three unique events that feature educational cooking demonstrations and seated dinners overlooking the Aquarium's coveted view of the Baltimore Harbor. Click here to learn more! And if you have a favorite recipe or local restaurant that offers sustainable seafood, please share with us. Tags: seafood-watch, sustainable-seafood Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Homeless veterans of the Vietnam War have been a face of American poverty for decades, and now some veterans of a younger generation are dealing with the same difficult issues.
"I had my apartment up until 2011," says Joshua, a 28-year-old Navy vet, who asked not to give his last name because of the stigma of being homeless. "[I] couldn't keep up with the rent; I did a little couch surfing and then ended up on the street for a while."
The economy is tough, and he was surprised that his skills in the Navy didn't translate into anything marketable once he mustered out. He says he wasn't equipped to deal with the civilian world after years of military structure and support.
"It was a total life change and I was like, 'I don't understand, I served, I have all these skills and no one is willing to hire me,' " he says.
Joshua has been living at a residence run by Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD), and recently he joined about 1,000 homeless vets at an annual event called Stand Down. It's a tent city on the grounds of San Diego High School, where, for three days, homeless vets can sleep on dry cots and eat warm meals.
A Range Of Services
Veterans Village has been holding the event for 25 years. Local and national charities provide medical checkups, dental care, showers and new clothes.
There's even an open-air court to clear up outstanding warrants that might make it hard to get a job. Organizers say Stand Down aims to clear all the obstacles that could prevent a fresh start.
The event still primarily serves veterans from the Vietnam War, though it now includes some younger faces.
The majority of Iraq and Afghanistan vets at this summer's Stand Down are not homeless, but volunteers there to help out. Mike Judd did two combat tours in Iraq, and he now works at Veterans Village. It doesn't surprise him that many of his contemporaries are hitting hard times.
"Right out of high school, now they're a soldier, now they're a Marine," Judd says. "They spend months, years in combat, in military bases, in barracks, and then they're given like a week to become a civilian. I know very little, but I saw this coming."
The Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs have recently stepped up efforts to combat the problem, including a $100 million program announced in July. The VA estimates that about 67,000 vets are homeless, a 12 percent reduction from the previous year.
The White House has announced a plan for no vets to be homeless by 2015, but it recognizes that the new generation of vets, many of them exposed to multiple combat tours, has its own set of problems.
A Sense Of Alienation
"I kind of feel separated," says a two-tour Iraq vet named Paul, who also declined to give his full name. "I don't like most people, I don't have many friends. It's not that I don't like normal civilians, it's that I can't identify with them."
Paul, a Marine sniper, says combat left him with post-traumatic stress. He came to Stand Down to apply for a spot in the Veterans Village residential program.
A judge ordered him to choose between that or prison for his second drunken driving charge, when police also discovered a loaded gun in his car. Paul admits he drinks too much, and he also admits that he misses the thing that traumatizes him.
"You can't get quite that rush, that feeling on the edge that you get in combat," he says. "It sounds kind of twisted, but I enjoyed it very much. Save the fact that I lost some friends and lot of friends got maimed. But you know if I could, I'd go back right now."
But when he gets out of Veterans Village, Paul will have to learn to interact with the civilian world, which he still finds incomprehensible.
"You have a military at war, and a nation at the mall," he says. "What [are] peoples' priorities especially in my age bracket? All they care about is Facebook, the Kardashians, pop culture [and] their iPhone."
At the end of the Stand Down weekend, Paul did land a space at Veterans Village San Diego. After about a year there, he might still not relate to the crowds at the mall, but he may figure out a way to deal with them.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. Now, the problem of homeless veterans. One place to find them is San Diego County in California. Maybe it's because of the large number of military bases nearby, maybe it's the mild weather. But for a generation, shelters in San Diego have been helping vets, most from the Vietnam War.
Now, younger faces are landing on the street. NPR's Quil Lawrence visited a gathering of homeless veterans.
QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Every summer for 25 years, the organization Veterans Village of San Diego has held an event called Stand Down. It's a tent city on the grounds of San Diego High School where for three days, homeless vets can sleep on dry cots and eat warm meals. Behind the tents, there's a huge American flag.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God...
LAWRENCE: Even with the noise from San Diego's airport, the tent city offers a calm, safe sanctuary from the streets. A thousand people showed up this year, most of them Vietnam vets, but also some younger faces.
JOSHUA: I had my apartment up until 2011.
LAWRENCE: Joshua, a 28-year-old Navy vet, asked not to give his last name because of the stigma of being homeless.
JOSHUA: And then couldn't keep up with the rent. I mean, I wasn't making enough to keep up with the rent, so I did a little couch surfing and then I ended up on the streets for a while.
LAWRENCE: There are lots of reasons why people who have had a successful career in the military can end up on the street. Too little savings, not enough civilian job skills, no civilian license for the skills they do have, no family to fall back on. In Joshua's case, military life offered structure and support.
JOSHUA: You know, for the past eight years, all I knew was military.
LAWRENCE: What were the things about the civilian world that just were hard to do after military?
JOSHUA: It was a total life change, and I was like, I don't understand, like, I, you know, served, I have all these, you know, skills and - but nobody is willing to hire me.
LAWRENCE: Joshua hit the bottle and wound up sleeping rough. Now he's getting help, living full time at the residential program run by Veterans Village. He's hoping to go to school in the fall. The VA estimates about 67,000 veterans are homeless. A $100 million program was just announced to deal with the problem. Most vets coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan do just fine.
At this summer's Stand Down weekend, there were more young vets volunteering to help than showing up to get help. Mike Judd did two tours in Iraq. He works at Veterans Village. He says he saw this problem coming.
MIKE JUDD: They spend months, years in combat, in military bases, in barracks, what have you, and then they're given like a week to become a civilian.
LAWRENCE: The idea of Stand Down is to offer veterans a way in one weekend to clear out all the obstacles to a fresh start.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Alpha, alpha, bravo and bravo, bravo.
LAWRENCE: The PA system calls everyone up in turns to get free eyeglasses, medical checks, meals, showers, new clothes. There's an open air court in session with a judge and pro bono lawyers to clear up outstanding fines and warrants. For the young guys, that's mostly drunk driving.
PAUL: I had a DUI, and I took care of that.
LAWRENCE: That's a former Marine named Paul. He also wouldn't give his last name.
PAUL: And then I got another one, another DUI, and I had a loaded firearm in the vehicle so the police didn't appreciate that very much. So that's why I'm here right now.
LAWRENCE: A judge told him to enroll in the Veterans Village residential program or go to prison, so Paul is at the Stand Down Weekend to apply for a bunk in the full-time program. Paul blames his drinking on post-traumatic stress from two combat tours in Iraq, but he admits he misses the thing that traumatized him.
PAUL: You can't get quite that rush or feeling on the edge that you do from combat. It sounds kind of twisted in a way, but I enjoyed it very much, save the fact that I lost some friends and a lot of my friends got, you know, maimed. But, you know, if I could, I'd go back right now, so...
LAWRENCE: But Iraq is over. When he gets through rehab at Veterans Village, he's going to have to live in the civilian world, which he still can't relate to.
PAUL: You have a military at war and a nation at the mall. I mean, what is on peoples' priorities especially in my age bracket? You know, all they care about is Facebook, you know, the Kardashians, you know, pop culture, their iPhone.
LAWRENCE: At the end of the Stand Down weekend, Paul did land a space at Veterans Village San Diego. After about a year there, he may still not relate to the crowds at the mall, but he may figure out a way to deal with them. Quil Lawrence, NPR News.
CORNISH: And you can see photos of veterans at the San Diego Stand Down event at npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Winner receives $205,000 Investment, 37 new Angel Investors gain hands on
investment training.
investment training.
SEATTLE, WA. – November 20, 2013 — The Seattle Angel Conference announced today
Booktrope (www.booktrope.com) was selected as the winner of its fourth investment competition, held in Seattle, WA, at the Impact HUB Seattle. Booktrope is a Seattle based company that has been building their web based book publishing model and technology
for two years. Their mission is to reinvent book publishing, using web-‐‑based tools for
book development, production and marketing. Booktrope will receive a $205,000 angel
award investment from the Seattle Angel Conference IV LLC .
This event's finalist companies were selected from over 40 companies based throughout
Washington that applied to compete at the fourth Seattle Angel Conference. A rigorous
selection process (known as due diligence) was undertaken by the 37 active angel
investors to select the winning company. Thirty to Fifty hours of investigation was
performed on each finalist, amounting to over 240 hours of due diligence. Each investor
staked $5,500 to $10,000 to create the $205,000 investment award for this year's event.
This rounds investment brings the total investment from the Seattle Angel Conference to a
remarkable $625,000 invested in the local economy and over 110 investors educated about
angel investing in just 2 years of the Seattle Angel Conference. LaserMotive, a Seattle
startup who delivers electricity via light to critical assets won a secondary deal of $55,000
from the angel investors, as "their business plan was just too good to pass up".
"The Seattle Angel Conference is all about educating new angel investors into effectively
evaluating and supporting Washington and pacific northwest start-‐‑ups , giving new angel
investors mentoring, training and experience.," said John Sechrest, founder of the Seattle
Angel Conference. "At the same time, we are helping promising startups improve their
business models".
The other four finalists who pitched were DiscussIO, offering simple market research,
connecting companies to panelists; Suncrest using advanced hydroponics to grow and
market local lettuce year round; graZie Mobile, providing bar and restaurant apps that
entice and incentive customer engagement and Homeschool Technical Apparel, creating
the most durable highly breathable outerwear to keep you warm and dry.
Participating companies received awards of 3 months of HR resource service from sponsor
ADP, and the winner, Booktrope received a full year, giving these startup business the
tools they need to grow from recruitment through retirement. In addition, Impact Hub
Seattle, Makerspace and SURF Incubator offered each finalist support and space for
working, meetings, or events over the next year. AterWynne, Palo Alto Software and
Edoceo also provided sponsorship.
The next Seattle Angel Conference will be held in May 2014. All Washington startups and
interested investors should inquire in January about participating in the next round of
educational events, trainings, and competition. Deadline for applications will be March 1,
About the Seattle Angel Conference
Each Seattle Angel Conference culminates a 5 month program to educate and train
accredited investors as exemplary angel investors through workshops, hands-‐‑on practice
and mentoring. The Seattle Angel Conference is an investor driven conference, connecting
new angel investors with early stage and seed businesses in the Greater Seattle Area. The
Seattle Angel Conference introduces qualified investors to the potential, process and
rewards of angel investing, and equally importantly, works to encourage, accelerate and
coach startup companies in the Seattle areas and across the Northwest. For more
information see http://www.seattleangelconference.com.
John Sechrest
Seattle Angel Conference
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US and China agree on North Korea sanctions after nuclear test
UNITED NATIONS – A U.S.-China draft resolution to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test would impose some of the toughest sanctions ever ordered by the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Tuesday.
Rice circulated the draft to Security Council members Tuesday. She told reporters that "the breadth and scope of these sanctions is exceptional" and that they would further impede the growth of North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs.
"We hope for a unanimous adoption later this week," Rice said.
The fourth sanctions resolution would for the first time target illicit activities of North Korean diplomats and illicit banking relationships and cash transfers, Rice said. The resolution pledges to take further measures if North Korea carries out another missile launch or nuclear test, she added.
Hours before the U.N. meeting, Pyongyang threatened to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula soared again over the February nuclear test.
Any fresh international sanctions are certain to infuriate North Korea, which has claimed the right to build nuclear weapons to deter alleged U.S. aggression. Citing the U.S.-led push for sanctions, the Korean People's Army Supreme Command on Tuesday warned of "surgical strikes" meant to unify the divided Korean Peninsula and of an indigenous, "precision nuclear striking tool."
China is North Korea's closest ally, but it has indicated it is concerned about Pyongyang's behavior.
Hours after North Korea carried out its third atomic blast on Feb. 12, all 15 council members approved a press statement condemning the nuclear test and pledging further action. The swift, unanimous response from the U.N.'s most powerful body set the stage for a fourth round of sanctions.
North Korea's neighbors and the West condemn the North's efforts to develop nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States as a serious threat to Northeast Asia's delicate security and a drain on the precious resources that could go to North Korea's largely destitute people.
North Korea says its nuclear program is a response to U.S. hostility that dates back to the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war.
North Korea says Washington and others are going beyond mere economic sanctions and expanding into blunt aggression and military acts.
The North's latest nuclear test was seen as a crucial step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile capable of striking the United States. Many outside analysts still believe the North hasn't achieved such a miniaturization technology.
The sanctions have been aimed at trying to derail the country's rogue nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. They bar North Korea from testing or using nuclear or ballistic missile technology, and from importing or exporting material for these programs.


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All In The Family... Another Trip Down Memory Lane... Life in The Nebraska Sandhills...
I recently read a little item about "Cattle-drive Chow"on the Denver Post website, and I immediately thought about my mother's wooden picnic box and the cattle drive chow she served from the tailgate of our pickup truck.
In late May each year, after the last snowstorm had done its worst and the grass had started to grow again, it was time to move the cattle to summer pasture south of the Calamus River in Loup County. This was an all-day cattle drive, and we usually had several such drives in the spring and again in the fall when the cattle came home.
From our ranch (The Diamond Lazy H), we drove the cattle south through several of the neighbor's pastures, and then followed small roads that led cross-country to the bridge over the Calamus near the south headquarters of the Shovel Dot Ranch. In all, it was about 15 miles.
Early in the morning, the men started off with a herd of cattle. Usually we had three riders. My dad had a palomino horse named Tex. My brother and the hired man rode Spade and Keeno, the tall sorrels.
I remember riding along once on Beauty, the little Shetland mare. I had to fight her all day to keep her from running wildly into the herd of cattle to spook them. If you've ever ridden a headstrong, incorrigible little Shetland, you can imagine what a brat she was; otherwise, it's probably beyond your comprehension.
Anyway, my usual part in a cattle drive was helping my mother get lunch there. (I never said I was a cowgirl. I just said that I grew up on a cattle ranch!)
The cattle went willingly once they got the idea that they were moving to fresh pasture. They followed each other peacefully southward down the sandy little two-track roads. A rider went in front to keep the cattle headed in the right direction at the few crossroads, but mostly it was just a day of keeping the cattle moving steadily. An uneventful cattle drive was a good cattle drive.
Meanwhile, my mother was having a crazy morning. She got up early and gave everyone a good breakfast. Then she went to the pasture to help the men round up the cattle and start off.
When they were on their way, she came back home, got the breakfast dishes off the table and fixed a cattle-drive lunch. Usually, she made beef stew or beef and noodles and homemade rolls. There would be side dishes like jello salad, macaroni and cheese, or green beans, carrot and celery sticks, possibly some canned fruit or canned shoestring potatoes, and cake or cookies for dessert.
Mama had a wooden picnic box that my dad had made. It was about 2 feet long and about 15 inches high and wide, and its lid slid off. We packed all the dishes, glasses, napkins, silverware, a tablecloth, and any canned goods and condiments in it.
Then my mom wrapped all the hot dishes in newspapers and bath towels and packed them into cardboard boxes. Cold dishes were packed the same way. Last, we fixed a big Igloo cooler of ice water. Then we loaded everything in the pickup and off we went with Mama driving and the horse trailer in tow .
When we caught up with the cattle drive, we followed along behind the horses until we came to a place where the road was fenced on both sides. There the cattle were contained, and since they were hungry, they grazed the roadsides while we ate lunch.
Everyone was hungry! My mom spread the tablecloth on the tailgate of the pickup, set out the food, and after blessing, we all enjoyed a hearty hot lunch in the sunshine of a spring day. I remember those meals as always delicious.
After lunch, perishable leftovers were discarded, dirty dishes were scraped to be washed later, and everything was packed back up. We followed the herd for the rest of the afternoon with the pickup and trailer until we finally crossed the river and reached the pasture. Then we loaded the horses into the trailer and the people into the pickup as the sun set.
When we got home, Mama fixed supper for us and dealt with the picnic box and the dirty dishes from lunch. She made us girls help, of course, but I realize now that cattle drives must have been a long hard day for her.
To my mother, it was another day on the ranch, doing the work of the season. She was a full partner in making the ranch successful and her work as a ranch wife was vitally important for my family.
The photo below was taken in August of 1995. Mama is playing ball with the grandkids. She passed away on June 14, 1997, nine years ago yesterday.
Photos of a cattle drive near Eli, Nebraska, posted by "Soapweed". Here's another set of photos of cattle going to summer pasture. I visit the Rancher's Net Forums every now and then, just to look at Soapweed's beautiful photos of Sandhill ranch life. They remind me so much of where I grew up that sometimes they make me homesick.
An interesting thing about Soapweed is that he was a neighbor to Lloyd and Eileen Morton of Eli, Nebraska, and rented pasture from them for many years (and now rents from their son, I believe.) Lloyd and Eileen introduced my parents to each other back in 1944 when my mom was a schoolteacher at Eli and my dad was a young cowboy from Moon Lake, south of Johnstown. In May of 1945, they stood up with my parents at their wedding.
Soapweed is about my age, so he wasn't born yet in 1944-45. I know all this from exchanging a few e-mails with him, and I'm mentioning it here for my family members who will be interested.
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'Every1 will die' reads threatening Town Hall note
A handwritten note found on the first floor of Darien Town Hall at about 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon read: "every1 will die," according to police.
A Town Hall employee found the note, which police had termed as one of "a threatening nature," on the floor of the main vestibule.
The MTA and Stamford bomb squads were called in and swept the building, according to police, who said nothing was found.
"Nothing was out of place or unusual," Darien Police Sgt. Jeremiah Marron said Thursday.
People were allowed back in the building at around 7:30 p.m. and a police officer was stationed in the foyer.
The Park and Recreation Commission meeting, which was scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., was delayed until 8:15 p.m.
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In infants with Propionic Acidemia, symptoms most commonly develop during the first weeks of life. Such abnormalities may include vomiting, listlessness (lethargy), diminished muscle tone (hypotonia), failure to grow and gain weight at the expected rate (failure to thrive), and excessively low levels of bodily fluids (dehydration). Approximately 30 percent of affected infants may also develop seizures. The recurrence or worsening (exacerbation) of symptoms may be associated with infection, constipation, or the consumption of high amounts of protein. In some affected infants, symptom episodes may be separated by periods of apparently normal health and development.
In infants with Propionic Acidemia, episodes are associated with certain characteristic findings that are apparent upon laboratory testing. These findings may include excessive levels of acids in the blood and bodily tissues (acidosis); increased levels of acids in the blood and bodily tissues (acidosis); increased levels of the amino acid glycine in bodily fluids (hyperglycinemia); abnormal accumulations of certain chemical substances (ketone bodies) in bodily tissues and fluids due to excessive breakdown of fats (ketosis); and high levels of ammonia in the blood (hyperammonemia). In addition, there may be low levels of circulating platelets (thrombocytopenia) and certain white blood cells (neutropenia). Without appropriate treatment, episodes of vomiting, lethargy, dehydration, and acidosis and ketosis (ketoacidosis) may lead to a state of unconsciousness (coma) and potentially life-threatening complications.
Less commonly, Propionic Acidemia may become apparent later during infancy. In such cases, affected infants may not experience sudden, acute episodes of ketoacidosis and may tend to come to medical attention due to mental retardation. Because breast milk has a lower, protein content than cow's milk or formulas, some researchers suggest that breastfeeding may contribute to a later onset of symptoms and milder disease in some affected infants.
Propionic Acidemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Human traits, including the classic genetic diseases, are the product of the interaction of two genes for that condition, one received from the father and one from the mother.
In recessive disorders, the condition does not appear unless a person inherits the same defective gene for the same trait from each parent. If an individual receives one normal gene and one gene for the disease, the person will be a carrier for the disease but generally will not show symptoms of the disorder. The risk of transmitting the disease to the children for a couple, both of whom are carriers for a recessive disorder, is 25 percent. On average, fifty percent of their children will be carriers of the disease, while twenty-five percent receive a normal copy from each parent. These risks are the same for each pregnancy.
The symptoms and findings associated with Propionic Acidemia result from deficiency of the enzyme propionyl CoA carboxylase, required for the proper breakdown of the amino acids isoleucine, valine, threonine, and methionine. These amino acids are required for proper growth and development during infancy. Propionyl CoA carboxylase is also involved in the breakdown of cholesterol, certain fatty acids, and other substances (metabolites) necessary for metabolic actions or processes.
The propionyl CoA carboxylase (PCC) enzyme is composed of two subunits, known as alpha and beta. The alpha subunit is regulated (encoded) by a gene known as the PCCA gene, and the beta subunit is encoded by the PCCB gene. (As discussed above, because Propionic Acidemia is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, those with the disorder inherit mutated copies of the disease gene from both parents.) The PCCA gene is located on the long arm (q) of chromosome 13 (13q22), and the PCCB gene has been mapped to the long arm of chromosome 3 (3q21-q22).
Chromosomes are found in the nucleus of all body cells. They carry the genetic characteristics of each individual. Pairs of human chromosomes are numbered from 1 through 22, with an unequal 23rd pair of X and Y chromosomes for males and two X chromosomes for females. Each chromosome has a short arm designated as "p" and a long arm identified by the letter "q". Chromosomes are further subdivided into bands that are numbered. )
Propionic Acidemia affects males and females in equal numbers. In most affected individuals, associated symptoms become apparent during the first weeks of life. However, in others with the disorder, symptoms may develop later during infancy.
The prevalence of Propionic Acidemia appears to vary among different geographic populations and regions. According tom some reports, the condition is thought to be particularly frequent in Sandi Arabia, affecting approximately one in 2,000 to 5,000 individuals.
In some cases, Propionic Acidemia may be diagnosed before birth (prenatally) by measuring the concentration of the characteristic metabolites in amniotic fluid or the activity of the propionyl CoA carboxylase enzyme in fluid or tissue samples obtained from the fetus or uterus during pregnancy (amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling [CVS]). During amniocentesis, a sample of fluid surrounding the developing fetus is removed and analyzed. CVS involves the removal and examination of tissue from a portion of the placenta. This disorder can be identified at birth through expanded newborn screening with tandem mass spectrometry.
In most affected infants, the disorder is diagnosed or confirmed in the first weeks of life, based upon a thorough clinical evaluation, a detailed patient and family history, and a variety of specialized tests. Laboratory studies (assays) are typically conducted on certain white blood cells (leukocytes) or cultured skin cells (fibroblasts) to confirm deficient activity of the propionyl CoA carboxylase enzyme. Additional laboratory studies may reveal excessive levels of acids and increased accumulations of ketone bodies in bodily tissues and fluids (ketoacidosis); increased levels of glycine in the blood and urine (hyperglycinemia and hyperglycinuria); high levels of ammonia in the blood (hyperammonemia); and/or decreased levels of circulating platelets and white blood cells (thrombocytopenia and neutropenia).
During acute episodes, the treatment of infants with Propionic Acidemia may require fluid and electrolyte therapy; measures to ensure appropriate nutritional and caloric intake (e.g., parenteral hyperalimentation); administration of certain medications to prevent or treat bacterial infection; and other supportive measures as required. In infants with severe disease (e.g., severe acidosis, hyperammonemia), treatment may require procedures that remove excess waste products from the blood (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis). During hemodialysis, waste products are removed by filtering the blood through an artificial kidney machine. Peritoneal dialysis is a technique during which the peritoneum is used as a natural filtering membrane. (The peritoneum is the two-layered membrane that lines the abdominal wall and covers abdominal organs.) In addition, until the diagnosis is confirmed, physicians may administer biotin, a B complex vitamin that plays a role in the metabolism of certain fatty and amino acids.
Long-term treatment includes administration of a low-protein diet, possibly in combination with artificial (synthetic) proteins that are low in certain amino acids (i.e., propionate precursors, e.g., isoleucine, valine, threonine, and methionine). Infants and children with the disorder may develop secondary deficiency of carnitine, a substance that plays a role in metabolism and the proper use of fatty acids. In such cases, therapy includes administration of the amino acid derivative L-carnitine.
Early intervention may be important in ensuring that children with Propionic Acidemia reach their potential. Special services that may be beneficial to affected children may include special remedial education and other medical, social, and/or vocational services.
Genetic counseling will also be of benefit for affected individuals and their families. Other treatment is symptomatic and supportive.
This disease entry is based upon medical information available through August 2007. Since NORD's resources are limited, it is not possible to keep every entry in the Rare Disease Database completely current and accurate. Please check with the agencies listed in the Resources section for the most current information about this disorder.
Information on current clinical trials is posted on the Internet at www.clinicaltrials.gov. All studies receiving U.S. government funding, and some supported by private industry, are posted on this government web site.
For information about clinical trials being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, contact the NIH Patient Recruitment Office:
Tollfree: (800) 411-1222
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For information about clinical trials sponsored by private sources, contact:
RareConnect offers a safe patient-hosted online community for patients and caregivers affected by this rare disease. For more information, visit www.rareconnect.org.
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On the way down we witnessed a traditional Tibetan horse festival. Men dressed up in their finest costumes were racing horses, why I don�t exactly know. But with the scenery and the sunrays through the clouds it was a beautiful sight!
Meanwhile it started snowing and we were still on the
motorbike, getting absolutely hammered! Samdien, our cook was driving
the bike and absolutely covered with snow and icicles hanging off his
nose and eyebrows. Myself looking pretty similar! Luckily we found a
traditional Tibetan tent to find shelter. The stove in the middle of the
tent burning goat and Yak dung was a very warm welcome. We decided to
spend the night in that tent together with this local Tibetan family.
They fed us, warmed us up and gave us a nice place to sleep. I can�t
remember if I have ever been covered by that many blankets before, must
have had six layers on top of me! The next morning we drank some tea and
left the tent. The whole road was covered with 15cm of snow, which made
driving a motor bike a little peculiar����especially with a road full of
bumps and holes underneath. Slipping and sliding we made our way back to
Base camp, just in time for breakfast! I love my job! Arnold Coster,
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23 April, 2011:
This is Raj reporting from Nyalam for Everest base camp trek and North Col group, Everest, Tibet. This is our first dispatch. We left Kathmandu very early today at four in the morning. The drive to the border was long and a little tiring, as the road was not so good. Anyway, we reached the border town called Kodari at nine in the morning. We filled out our immigration forms and slowly we entered into Tibet, China. Our Liaison officer for the expedition was waiting and helped us to get through. We jumped into the Toyota landcruisher jeeps and headed to Zangmu, the border town inside Tibet, China. We stopped here for an hour and a half for lunch, and decided to start heading to Nyalam. Then our jeeps got stuck in a very bad traffic jam for a couple of hours in Zangmu. Zangmu is a very important and a busy bussiness centre where you will see hundreds of trucks lined up on the street. After the traffic was cleared, we headed to Nyalam. It was a beautiful four hour drive there, arriving in the evening. The hotel rooms were all ready and heated up when we got in there. It was snowing a little today here in Nyalam. We have a rest day tommorow and hopefully we will get to do some easy hikes if the weather is good. On 25th April, we will be driving to Tingri, where we have another rest day and will meet the others coming from Lhasa. They flew into Lhasa yestertday from Kathmnadu. Everyone is well, healthy and having fun. Thank you very much!
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|San Bu Yi Bai - 1st May 2012 @Bright Hill Temple
After the San Bu Yi Bai, we had our breakfast, beehoon noodle soup.. Nyummy... and fa gao cake. Baobei ate two bowls... kekekeke.... We also had lots of water to prevent ourselves from dehydration.. hehehe....
It was tiring. My both legs were pain for few days, and there were some bruises marks on my knees. It is much better now...
Today is Vesak Day!!! Happy Vesak Day everyone!!
This morning, we had our breakfast at home. Our neighbor gave us her homemade Malay kueh kueh this morning. We ate it at our balcony, with a cup of Milo/Coffee. They are such a nice person, has given their homemade kueh kueh many times. Will buy something for them later on my trip to Bali.
On the way to MRT, my hubby's cousin called him up and asked where we were. We headed back to Buangkok Station and went out. He was there already and all of us started our journey to many different temples.
|Lantern at Bright Hill Temple
After that we went down drawing gratitude rocks. I drew one, and Baobei drew 2. One was given to me. Thank you Baobei... Ti Amo, I love you....
|The Burmese Buddhist Temple
We went to Burmese Buddhist Temple, Sri Lankaramaya (Srilanka) Buddhist Temple, Kancanarama Temple (mixed Buddhist Temple), and finally Singapore Buddhist Lodge. Wahhh... very tired.. and full.... We bought moachi twice... Long time never eat... Now man zhu le... :)
|Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple - There are Buddha's relics inside this temple
|Reclining Buddha - inside the Sri Lankaramaya Temple - You can see the Buddha's relics here
|Kancanarama Temple
|Singapore Buddhist Lodge Temple
Reached home at 10pm. Took a bath, rest for a while, and now updating my phone.. Hua... so tired... Going to sleep soon... Good night.... :)
Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta - May all being be happy - Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu


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|Classroom 3C
|Location information
Third Floor, Defence Against the Dark Arts tower, Hogwarts Castle, Scotland, Great Britain
Classroom 3C [1] is where Defence Against the Dark Arts class is taught. It is located on the third floor. In 1991, Professor Quirinus Quirrell taught in a different classroom because the Third Floor Corridor was out of bounds. An iron chandelier hung from the ceiling, as well as a dragon's skeleton. On one end of the classroom stands a projector that is activated by magic. Several desks and tables can be found in the classroom as well as some sets of large windows. The classroom decoration had several changes over the years, spanning from lots of pictures of Gilderoy Lockhart to tons of skeletons and Shrunken Heads.
As disused classroomEdit
In the 1991–1992 school year this classroom was closed off with the rest of the Third Floor Corridor as an additional measure to protect the Philosopher's Stone. The Stone was guarded in a series of Underground Chambers that could be accessed through the third floor.
Meanwhile Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Quirinus Quirrell used a different classroom to teach DADA.
Curriculum and classroom activitiesEdit
1992–1993 school yearEdit
When Gilderoy Lockhart was the professor, during the 1992–1993 school year, he decorated the room with his own pictures. During the first lesson, he gave a quiz completely irrelevant to the subject and then released a group of boisterous Cornish Pixies for the class to practice. However, due to his ineptitude and the students' inexperience, Lockhart lost control of them, leading the classroom to be demolished, and Lockhart ultimately fled the room with the rest of the students while irresponsibly ordering Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger to clear up his mess. After this one fiasco, Lockhart simply read aloud his supposedly great deeds from his textbooks, sometimes reenacting them and usually dragging Harry to play certain degrading roles. Due to this, the students did not learn anything about defence.
1993–1994 school yearEdit
Remus Lupin taught in the 1993–1994 school year. They studied various Dark Creatures. The first class was hands-on as they battled a Boggart. He also brought a Grindylow to class so that they could observe it. They covered Hinkypunks, Kappas, Red Caps, Vampires and Werewolves in the year. Their final exam was a practical one, an obstacle course with some of the creatures they had studied throughout the year.
1994–1995 school yearEdit
The 1994–1995 school year brought yet another teacher, Barty Crouch Jr. (impersonating Alastor Moody). Although they were only supposed to be learning counter-curses (per Ministry of Magic regulations), Moody covered the Unforgivable Curses, demonstrating with spiders. He put the Imperius Curse on each of them in turn until they could fight it off. Crouch also had a metal jar of worms, as well as a glass container full of bees.
1995–1996 school yearEdit
In the 1995–1996 school year, Harry and his fellow students were taught by Dolores Umbridge, who taught theory only with no practical training whatsoever. The book used was Defensive Magical Theory and it discourages anyone from ever using any form of offensive magic spells. The chapters of the book instead focus on negotiation and states that there is no good use for a jinx. Umbridge did not allow the students to discuss the material and certainly not to disagree with it. She also forbade any talking without raising hands, and always requested wands to be put away. As one of the methods of retaliation against her tyranny, the moment she enters the classroom she would be greeted by students with ill-coated symptoms of "Umbridge-itis", much to her chagrin.
1996–1997 school yearEdit
The 1996–1997 school year brought another teacher, Severus Snape. The class learned about counter-curses, the Patronus Charm, the Unforgivable Curses and Nonverbal Magic.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the PS2 game adaptation the classroom used in 1991 is the same as the one used the following years. It is located on the third floor.
- In the Nintendo DS video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the classroom is shown without the stairs to the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office. The reason may be that Severus Snape did not use this office. In the rest of the video game adaptations , you can go up the spiral staircase on the third floor and reach the entrance to the classroom, but you can not enter the room. The reason for this is unknown, but one reason might be because there is no part of the game that takes place in the classroom (not even a cut scene).
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First identified as Classroom 3C)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (NDS version only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS2 version
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