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Today the Faith Community over at Bonnie's place are jamming about Perfectionism. I encourage you to take a minute today to check out what others are sharing there!
For me, perfectionism comes down to fear.
My desire to be a perfect wife is based in my fear that if I am not everything Josh needs he will leave me.
My pursuit of perfection in parenting is rooted in my fear that if I make a mistake my children will be scarred for life.
My need to have my home look perfect revolves around the fear that you will judge and reject me if you come to my house and find it lacking.
My work for perfectionism in all that I do is entangled in my idea that people accept and care about me for what I do and not for who I am.
My guilt, my strivings, my rules, my self-criticism lies fully in my misguided belief that I need to be the perfect Christian for God so He doesn't regret sending His Son for me.
Perfectionism also places fear in me. Fear to step out in new ways, risk it all, and move forward because it might not turn out perfect.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. {1 John 4:18}
The answer to all of this is love. If I believe I'm loved by my husband, my children, my friends and family, and — most of all — by God, the striving for perfectionism can end.


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ANTAKYA, Turkey — Go to any school set aside for Syrian refugee children, and the classroom walls are decorated with colorful drawings that, on closer inspection, depict scenes of carnage.
Airplanes drop bombs. Soldiers fire guns at civilians. Houses are consumed by flames. Tanks roll down streets lined with flowers.
The color of blood and aggression is as plain as crayon on paper.
"The children's thoughts are in red," said Mustafa Shakr, a former principal in Damascus who now runs a school for more than 300 Syrian children in the Turkish city of Antakya near the Syrian border. "Even many of their drawings are done entirely in red."
The uprising in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad, now in its 21st month, is having a profound and often disturbing effect on children. Hundreds of thousands have been uprooted to flee with their families, frequently after witnessing death and the destruction of familiar buildings and neighborhoods that used to signify safety and continuity. Many children who have stayed in Syria face bombardment, food shortages and bitter cold without fuel or school.
In their makeshift homes, dark thoughts haunt these young victims.
"My younger sister had a dream the other night," said 10-year-old Mahar, in a refugee camp near the Turkish town of Yayladagi. "She dreamed she went to Syria, killed Bashar and came back."
Parents and humanitarian organizations are struggling to help. Many refugee schools have play rooms and art programs that encourage children to express their fears and start to regain a sense of normality.
But there is a shortage of professionals trained in psychology. The schools, staffed by Syrian teachers and administrators who themselves fled the violence, often make do with volunteers.
"I'm a gynecologist," said a woman who would provide only her first name, Manar, who is helping children who exhibit traumatized behavior at a seven-room school fashioned from a small convention center in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. Pointing to her team partner, she added, "She's a civil engineer."
"We're not specialists," she said. "We're just here to help the kids learn to become better. We encourage them by saying, 'Be a good example for your friends,' and talk to them about the problems they brought with them from Syria."
An 8-year-old boy from Aleppo refused to talk for 15 days after arriving. When he finally spoke, his first words were, "They burned my school."
A first-grade girl who saw her uncle run over by a tank, severing his leg, is frequently absent from class and often goes home with a high temperature.
A boy playing soldier shouted out, "I'm with the FSA," the acronym for Syrian rebel forces. As a teacher approached, the boy hid under his desk and cried out fearfully, "Don't tell the army."
Many of the 290 children at the primary school stage impromptu, daily protests against Assad, shouting revolutionary slogans in the courtyard.
"My son is the leader of the demonstrations," said Um Mohammed, or mother of Mohammed, her face showing conflicting emotions of pride and chagrin with her 9-year-old boy. "I don't want my son to hate his country. But he hates his country and the state, and he doesn't want to go back."
Though some children are clearly exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, school officials and psychologists say they are a small minority. The experience of children in Nicaragua, Cambodia, the West Bank and Gaza suggests that most eventually return to their normal routines with no long-lasting repercussions, psychiatrists say.
"Research shows that memories are short-lived," said Nadim Almoshmosh, president of the British Arab Psychiatrists Association who is coordinating efforts to provide mental health support to Syrian refugees. "Mostly, they come out of it. Of course, the longer it goes on, the more impact it will have. But eventually, most find a way of coping and move on."
The traditional nature of Syrian society has both advantages and shortcomings in dealing with the psychological effects of war, Almoshmosh said.
It is not common for Syrians of any age to seek professional help from therapists because of the stigma attached to psychological problems.
"In Syria, children are not encouraged to express what they're feeling," Almoshmosh said.
"But in the last 20 months, people have pulled together somehow in the face of a unified enemy," he added. "Children who are going to school are part of a community, and that gives them support."
Syria is a young country. Almost half its population is under 18, double the rate in the United States, and that youth is seen in the teeming refugee camps in neighboring countries, where more than 500,000 are living. At least four times as many people are displaced within Syria, many of them in either rough camps or in towns far from home, isolated in places where school takes a back seat to the necessities of survival.
At the Bashaer School in Antakya, school psychologist Montassin Bilar Assasa has heard his share of distressful stories.
A 15-year-old girl is afflicted with nightmares after she saw hundreds of militia members affiliated with the regime approach her house and, fearing rape, prepared to throw herself off the balcony. A 5-year-old girl whose family moved her from one refugee camp to another has lost all sense of security and involuntarily urinates several times a day. A 14-year-old girl who saw a 20-year-old shot to death outside her home now refuses to be alone for even a minute.
Almoshmosh said adolescents and adults may suffer more than young children because they fully understood the brutality of what they lived through or witnessed.
But Assasa said he believes teenagers also understand the principles for which a war is fought, making it easier for them to cope.
"At the age of 11 and older, they're more capable of dealing with these frightening events," he said. "Children at this age develop abstract thinking. . . . They know the values of freedom and justice. That helps."
Rola Kadi, a Syrian American art student at Wayne State University in Detroit, has been giving art lessons to Bashaer's students. When she asks children who left the country several months ago to draw anything that's on their minds, they gravitate to images of the Syria of their dreams.
"They draw the revolutionary Syrian flag with words like freedom and peace," she said. Sooner or later, she said, most children stop coloring the sea red and reach for the blue pencils and crayons.
While the school has referred the most severe cases of PTSD to psychiatrists, most children eventually emerge from the darkness with gentle coaxing.
Assasa, the school psychologist, said children who are afraid of the dark are placed in a room with their mothers by their sides while the lights are slowly dimmed. Each session lasts a little longer, and after a few months, most overcome their fears, he said.
It will be years before anyone knows if the emotional wounds caused by the conflict will leave permanent scars. Assasa, for one, hopes that in the end the next generation will be inspired by the war's aspirations, not destroyed by its bloodshed.
"My expectation is that the next generation will be marked by the positive side to all this," he said. "They will embrace freedom, and reject unfairness. This will be the generation that will rebuild Syria."


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I donated $20 already, but what happens to me? D:
This is just for people who missed out on the IndieGoGo donation drive. We had quite a few people asking if there was another way to donate to get into the beta, so this is our solution.
So are the beta donation thingamajigs gonna be open from now until the beta opens up in mid-September? I don't see a cut-off point anywhere in the OP.
So, how do you usually verify a person on the forums has donated? Their email?
If you say "plz" because it's shorter than "please," I'll say "no" because it's shorter than "yes."
I just went to poke around the Donation section to take a look at how the process works, and I noticed the dropdown menu things for both available options say "25 Years" in them, above the dollar amount for that particular option. What's up with that?


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Chef Grant Achatz built one of America's best restaurants on his talents with molecular gastronomy. After battling back from tongue cancer, his friends decided to give him a special gift: the 1970 Pontiac GTO he'd restored as a teenager.
As the video made by Nick Kokonas, Achatz's co-author on the new book "Life, on the Line" explains, Achatz rebuilt the GTO with his father, but lost track of the car over the years. To see what the car looked like when Achatz went outside in Chicago last night, go here. And if you get a chance, and the seat, and the money, you can try the olive oil lollipops at Alinea.Thanks, Andrew!


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World Green Building Trends SmartMarket Report: Business Imperative and Market Demand Driving Green Building Growth
As sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives take hold around the world, firms are finding business value and opportunities from green building, including the opportunity for new environmentally responsible products, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's latest SmartMarket Report, "World Green Building Trends - Business Benefits Driving New and Retrofit Market Opportunities in Over 60 Countries," released today. The report, developed in partnership with United Technologies Corp. (UTC), is based on a study of global green building trends and aims to discern drivers of the green building marketplace.
According to the study, firms are shifting their business toward green building, with 51 percent of respondents planning more than 60 percent of their work to be green by 2015. This is a significant increase from the 28 percent that said the same for their work in 2013 and double the 13 percent in 2008.
This growth is not a trend localized to one country or region. From 2012 to 2015, the number of firms anticipating that more than 60 percent of their work will be green:
- More than triples in South Africa;
- More than doubles in Germany, Norway and Brazil;
- Grows between 33 and 68 percent in the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
"This report confirms that the green building movement has shifted from 'push' to 'pull' -- with markets increasingly demanding no less than green buildings," said John Mandyck, chief sustainability officer, UTC Climate, Controls & Security. "By promoting greater efficiencies for energy and water, green buildings lower building costs while conserving the earth's precious resources. This powerful combination of built-in payback with environmental stewardship creates a new value proposition that is accelerating green building in all regions of the globe."
The key driver to going green, according to the survey, is that now green building is a business imperative around the world. In the 2008 report, McGraw-Hill Construction found that the top driver for green building was "doing the right thing." However in 2012, business drivers such as client and market demand are the key factors influencing the market.
"The acceleration of the green building marketplace around the world is creating markets for green building products and technologies, which in turn will lead to faster growth of green building," said Harvey Bernstein, vice president of Industry Insights and Alliances at McGraw-Hill Construction. "And the fact that green is growing in all parts of the world indicates that there are market opportunities in both established markets as well as developing countries."
These opportunities are mapping against expected benefits:
- 76 percent report that green building lowers operating costs
- More than one third point to higher building values (38 percent), quality assurance (38 percent), and future-proofing assets (i.e., protecting against future demands) (36 percent)
Global industry professionals have high expectations of the operating cost benefits of green building -- 19 percent believe their operating costs will decrease by 15 percent or more over the next year (51 percent believe there will be increases of 6 percent or more), and 39 percent believe they will see savings of 15 percent or more over the next five years (67 percent expect savings of 6 percent or more).
In 2012, 89 percent of global industry professionals report using or specifying a green building product, and even more -- 91 percent -- expect to do so by 2017. The most significant green building product opportunities are in the categories of electrical, mechanical, and thermal and moisture protection with at least 60 percent of survey respondents stating that they had installed or specified products in these categories in 2012, with a slightly higher percentage expecting to do so by 2017.
Given its importance, measuring lower operating costs is also the most used metric to evaluate green building performance -- reported by 52 percent. These benefits are particularly important given that they can offset the higher initial costs that 76 percent of the industry report as the biggest challenge to building green.
The findings published in the report are drawn from a McGraw-Hill Construction survey of firms across 62 countries around the world. Firms include architects, engineers, contractors, consultants and building owners. The sample was drawn from firm members of the World Green Building Council in 62 countries, other global industry associations, and the ENR Top Lists. Of the respondents, 92 percent are members of Green Building Councils around the world. The results include a feature of nine countries with sufficient sample for statistical analysis. The study expands and contrasts against McGraw-Hill Construction's 2008 Global Green SmartMarket Report study. Given the survey sample source, McGraw-Hill Construction compared the sample against a non-GBC member audience, which was comparable in terms of involvement in green and planned activity. Further, the U.S. sample was consistent with McGraw-Hill Construction's extensive analysis of the U.S. construction market through its Dodge project data.
The study was produced in partnership with United Technologies with support from the World Green Building Council and the U.S. Green Building Council. Other research association partners include the Chartered Institute of Buildings, International Federation of Consulting Engineers (Federation Internationale Des Ingenieurs-Conseils), Association for Consultancy and Engineering, Conseil International du Batiment (International Council for Building), Architect's Council of Europe, and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. A separate survey of global manufacturing firms was also conducted.
For more key findings from the World Green Building Trends SmartMarket Report, visit http://naturalleader.com/pdf/WorldGreenBuildingTrendsSmartMarketReport-2013-Final-Full.pdf
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McGraw-Hill Construction's data, analytics, and media businesses—Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, GreenSource, and Engineering News-Record— create opportunities for owners, architects, engineers, contractors, building product manufacturers, and distributors to strengthen their market position, size their markets, prioritize prospects, and target and build relationships that will win more business. McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers through its trends and forecasts, industry news, and leading platform of construction data, benchmarks, and analytics. To learn more, visit www.construction.com.
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Restorative Justice (RJ) is a process whereby all the parties with a stake in a particular offence come together to resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of the offence. It is a different way of thinking about crime and conflict.
RJ focuses on holding the offender accountable in a more meaningful way. It repairs the harm caused by the offence, helps to reintegrate the offender into the community and helps to achieve a sense of healing for both the victim and the community.
RJ Conferences and Circles are some of the tools used in Restorative Justice. A victim may meet with the offender face to face in a Victim/Offender Conference, or with the Offender and persons from the larger community in a Family Group/Community Conference. A Healing and Talking Circle can also be held to focus on a common concern in order to aid in healing. A Sentencing Circle can also be used to arrive at a sentencing plan for an offender.
Vision Statement: The National Restorative Justice Policy is a pathway for transformation to a more secure, just, cohesive and peaceful Jamaican society.
A National Restorative Justice Policy outlines the Protocols that will govern RJ. The Ministry of Justice has the responsibility for the overall implementation and administration of the National Restorative Justice Programme.
The RJ Programme is currently being piloted in eight (8) communities across Jamaica. These Communities are being served through five (5) Centres.
These include:
The Spanish Town Restorative Justice Centre
SDC Complex, 1 Port Henderson Road, Spanish Town,
St. Catherine
Telephone: (876) 749 - 1270
Field Officers: Peta-Ann Morris - (876) 572 - 7635
The Spanish Town RJ Centre serves the following communities in Spanish Town, St. Catherine:
The May Pen Restorative Justice Centre
8 B Manchester Avenue, May Pen,
Telephone: (876) 986 - 2446
Field Officer: Hazel Williams Vaz - (876) 569 - 9121
The May Pen RJ Centre serves the following communities in Clarendon:
The Tower Hill Restorative Justice Centre
Olympic Gardens Civic Centre, 119 Olympic Way,
Kingston 11
Telephone: (876) 758 - 8404
Field Officer: Roydon Hall - (876) 569 -9292
The Tower Hill RJ Centre serves the following community in Kingston:
The Russia Restorative Justice Centre
Shop 21, Dunbar Mall, Savanna La Mar
Telephone: (876) 955 - 2607
FIeld Officer: Mrs. Staci-Ann Winter Thomas - (876)-572-5082
The Russia RJ Centre serves the following community in Westmoreland:
The Granville Restorative Justice Centre
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The Granville RJ Centre serves the following community in Montego Bay:


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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Chris Ashton becomes GRAHAM Brand Ambassador
GRAHAM has announced a new partnership with Chris Ashton, one of world rugby's most prolific try-scorers. Chris, who recently signed a £250,000 deal with England champions Saracens, was born in Wigan in 1987 and was a product of St John Fisher School.
Chris initially made his name in the 13-man code, rugby league. Chris' major breakthrough in the Premiership came in the 2009/2010 season as he embarked on a run of form that brought him 23 tries in 32 games and saw him win both the Premiership Player-of-the-Season and RPA Try-of-the-Season awards.
Chris' club form was recognised with a call-up to the England squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship and he made his senior Test debut against France in Paris. In the 2011 Six Nations Championship, Chris scored two tries on the opening weekend against Wales before becoming the first person in the history of the tournament to score four tries in a single match, against Italy.
The six tries Chris scored in the first two rounds of last season's Six Nations equalled the championship record for an individual in a single season, but he has perhaps become even more famous for his dramatic try-scoring swallow dives.
Chris represented England at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and finished the tournament as the joint leading try-scorer. In January 2012, he was named in the England senior elite player squad for the forthcoming Six Nations. He is a big GRAHAM supporter and proudly wears a Swordfish Booster Blue.
Tomorrow is Chris's 25th birthday, and the question is, will he be getting a new GRAHAM watch to celebrate?
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drape (something or oneself) over (someone or something)
1. To lay on a piece of furniture, usually with one's limbs splayed. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "drape" and "over." John came in and draped himself over the sofa while moaning about his ex-girlfriend. I was so exhausted from traveling that I draped myself over the bed as soon as I got to my hotel room.
2. To loosely place something over someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "drape" and "over." It wasn't as cold out when I left the theater, so I just draped my coat over my shoulders.
drape oneself over something
to sprawl on a piece of furniture. He draped himself over the armchair and dropped off to sleep. He came in and casually draped himself over grandmother's antique chair.
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[for cloth] to cover something and hang down. The robe draped over her knees, but she was still cold. The tablecloth draped over and reached down to the floor.


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Klopp pleased with Dortmund response
Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp praised the spirit of his side after they came from behind to claim a 2-1 win at home to Wolfsburg.
Second-half goals from Robert Lewandowski and Marco Reus were enough to cancel out Ivica Olic's 34th-minute opener, leaving Klopp's men three points clear of bitter rivals Schalke in the fight for second place.
The win ensured Dortmund ended a difficult week on a high after suffering a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg in midweek.
Klopp told the Bundesliga's official website: "It was a big three points today. We showed a really good mentality to win it after a Champions League game."
The 46-year old was particularly pleased with the contribution of Poland striker Lewandowski, who was on hand to restore parity for the home side six minutes into the second half.
Despite having confirmed a move to champions Bayern Munich for next season, the 25-year old has refused to rest on his laurels and has now found the net 24 times in all competitions this term.
But despite that contribution, Klopp is confident that Dortmund will be able to find a replacement for the forward in the close-season.
He added: "Robert has developed so much, but other players can and will do that at this club."
Another player singled out for praise was Kevin Grosskreutz, who has occupied a number of positions this season and was fielded at left-back for the first time on Saturday.
"We ask a lot of Kevin Grosskreutz, playing in so many positions, but (he) was much better as the game went on," Klopp added.


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- Chutzpah, thy name is Zionism by Maidhc Ó Cathail
- Semitic' – the label that stops criticism
- End of Zionism = Peace
- Israel as a Terrorist State
- Israel State Racism
The July War Series
- Part I - The US Involvement in the Israeli Aggression
- Part II – Israeli Crimes in the July War
- Part III – The Israeli defeat
- Part IV – Hezbollah's Strategic Victory
Strategy Of Conquest
- Part 1 (From Hertzl to Dayan)
- Part 2 (Balfour Declaration)
- Part 3 (The Iron Wall)
- Part 4 (The Koenig Report P/I)
- Part 5 (The Koeing Report II)
- Part 6 (The Racist Kibbutzim)
- Part 7 (The Butchery Begins P/I)
- Part 8 (The Butchery Begins II "Seizure of the Land")
- Part 9 (The Butchery Begins III "Blitzkrieg and Slaughter")
- Part 10 (The Butchery Begins IIII "Each Of You Is An Avenger")
- Part 11 (The Butchery Begins V "Confessions P/I")
- Part 12 (The Butchery Begins VII "Confessions P/II")
- Part 13 ("Torturing palistenian Youth)
- Part 14 (Security "Kutler Report")
- Strategy Of Conquest: Part 15 (Palestian in 2019 "Haaretz's Views")
Nazis and Zionists
Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: Origins of Zionist Ideology
Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: Global Economic Warfare and the U.S
Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: Financial Warfare Global Campaign
Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: The Fall of Zionism
Arab regime credibility hanging by its last invisible thread
OBAMA SPEAKS AT THE UN….GOODBYE TO PEACE - commented
Does the Palestinian Diaspora Care Enough To Become Engaged?
Saudi King Abdullah Should invite Netanyahu to Riyadh
Obama's complete surrender to the beyond control Zionism monster.
Do most Israelis and many other Jews NEED to feel persecuted?
Time to close the Palestinian file
Israel has no right to exist unless recognized by Palestinians
Why, really, was the USS Liberty attacked by Israel?


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With a range of accommodation from backpacker hostels to five-star resorts, Hervey Bay is a popular holiday destination particularly for those on their way to Fraser Island or Lady Elliot Island. The town is a great place for water activities like fishing, sailing, swimming and kayaking. Take an eco-tour to see dolphins, turtles and other marine life - or go diving at Hervey Bay's sheltered artificial reef, the largest man made reef in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Health is defined as a general physical condition: the general condition of the body or mind, especially in terms of the presence or absence of illnesses, injuries, or impairments. The physical condition some other people have not been taken into proper account and its aftermath has led to series of problems. As short as life is, we make it shorter when we become careless. I want you reading now to keep in check of your health, and so here are five ways to help you live a good life.
- Eat fresh foods;
Commercially packed and fast foods contain high level of sugar, salt, fat and chemicals which are causes of heart diseases, stroke, cancer and other illness.
- Do not eat too much;
World Health Organization reports a dangerous worldwide increase in over weight and obese people, often the result of overeating.
- Eat mostly plants;
Eat thorough washed fresh fruits and vegetables for snacks instead of chips or candy.
- Drink plenty water;
Water is so beneficial, so easy, so free but yet so easily overlooked. It's really a no brainer (actually your brain is 90% water). Your body is about 70% water, the majority of your blood and every cell in your body is composed of water. Therefore, you need water to function properly. Drinking plenty will increases energy & relieves fatigue. Promote weight loss. Removes by-products of fat, reduces eating intake (by filling up your tummy if consumed prior to meals), reduces hunger (natural appetite suppressant), raises your metabolism and has zero calories. It flushes out toxins. Since your brain is mostly water, drinking it helps you think, focus and concentrate better and be more alert. As an added bonus, your energy levels are also boosted. It's a natural headache remedy.
- Get Enough Rest;
Study shows that during sleep, our body and brain repair themselves, benefiting memory and mood.
- Take Care Of Your Teeth;
Brushing your teeth after meals and especially before going to bed, will help ward off tooth decay, gum disease and tooth loss. It's reported that elephant do not die of old age but that they slowly starve to death after their teeth wear down and they can no longer chew.
- Go To The Doctor;
Regular checkups from accredited health care providers can head off many serious problems.
Exercise is beneficial for everyone. Regular periods of moderate exercise a week can be very helpful. Jogging, brisk walking, biking, taking parts in active sports etc get your heart to beat faster and cause you to break to sweat. By this way it helps you improve your endurance and prevent heart attack and stroke. Combining such aerobic exercise can also strength your bones, internal muscles, limbs and help to control your weight.
- Keep Yourself Clean;
The United States America Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports, "Hand washing, constant bathing and brushing of the teeth is the important thing that you can do to help prevent the spread of infection to stay healthy and well". Make whatever necessary effort to keep your home/environment tidy and clear, inside and out.
- Avoid Infectious Diseases;
Blood borne diseases such as HIV/AIDs, malaria, syphilis, and brucellosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C etc. are transmitted primarily through sexual contact and transfusion. Vaccination can help prevent some infections, but a wise person must take necessary precautions when with someone with an infectious disease.
- Avoid Injuring Yourself;
Obey safety laws when working, riding or driving. Avoid excessive sun exposure, which causes cancer and premature aging of the skin.
Keep in mind a higher purpose or objective in life. Have faith in what you do. Every great achievement was once considered impossible. Always say good things to yourself. And always make good plans and target; for a target set is a target to be achieve. Don't waste your time creating regrets, but rather invest your time creating value.


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"It's Catawba, Nick. You aren't going to get rich on it."
This was the advice Nick was given by his neighbor after he balked at the price per ton that the large winery in Canandaigua offered: $300.
"I know, Danny, but how do you guys make a living on that kind of price?"
Danny laughed so hard it scared Nick. He thought maybe the man was touched!
"Nick, you should make wine and stop growing grapes. You don't have the heart for it. Grape growing is the one business where you buy all your supplies and equipment at retail, and you sell your produce at wholesale. It's been like that for some time now. In the old days, when Taylor was a big national winery we made money. But as you can see, I'm still driving my 1960s Mercedes.
Anyway, do you want me to tell the grape buyer over there that you are in with three acres at about, what, 18 tons?"
"Yeah, I'm in. Gotta get rid of them somehow. Take a look at them. Do you think I've got about 6 tons an acre there?"
"Without a doubt."
Nick had that conversation in mid September. By late September, he had received a phone call that picking was scheduled three days from then. He was incredulous.
"Danny, they are like peas out there."
"C'mon, Nick. I've seen 'em. They have some color."
"Well, yeah, but I'm talking about their firmness. They simply aren't mature."
"They doan need no mature grapes. They need grapes for acid and so that they can use the word "grape" on the label. They make up for no juice with water and sugar. You know, this stuff doesn't go into the kind of wine you drink every day. It goes into someone's back pocket…"
There was that laugh again, that fell between a howl and a growl. It wasn't the last time Nick would hear that laugh from a local grower. Over the past few years, they had fine-tuned sarcasm and black humor concerning their fate. Some of them have pulled up stakes; some have started their own little wineries; the rest of them laugh sardonically and keep the bill collectors at bay.
The crew showed up just before dawn. Nick heard them coming in the distance, the quiet, steady groan of a few tractors, one that was connected to the mechanical harvester and two others trailed by wagons with one-ton bins in them. He looked out the window in their direction and saw what appeared like a large insect with bright beams for eyes bouncing its way into the vineyard road. He put on his boots and gloves and went out to start his tractor.
"Now, here's how we do this," Danny told him.
"I'll set the harvester at the end of the row. My guys here will drive a tractor on either side with the bins in them. You will ride on one of the tractor wagons and my son over there will ride on the other. Your job is to clear the bins of debris—you know, dead birds, pieces of wire, whatever ain't grapes. Don't worry about the way the grapes look—they suck anyway."
After about an hour or so into it, Nick was enjoying the work and especially the camaraderie. He had been working for so long all by himself that he missed talking to co-workers. Talking to tourists was not the same, and not nearly as pleasurable.
Unfortunately, for Nick, three acres of mechanical harvesting goes rather quickly, especially when nothing goes wrong—and nothing went wrong. The grapes were picked, the bins were loaded onto a truck, and everyone was gone well before noon. Danny would get back to Nick in a day or so with the full tonnage and a check for $300 each ton, less the picking fee.
Nick's phone rang early the next morning.
"Hey, Nick, it's Danny."
"That was fast. I expected to hear from you tomorrow or the day after."
"Yeah, well, the news ain't good. When I got the grapes to Canandaigua I was told that they over purchased and didn't need all that I was able to bring them…"
Nick cut in.
"Huh? I have no market for those grapes and I have no way to take them back…"
"Relax, relax. They took the grapes, but they gave me less money for them."
"Is this some kind of scam, Danny?"
"Oh, I know how it looks and I wondered how the hell I was going to break this news to you. But we all were forced to take $250 a ton instead of the promised $300. This is the way these big guys deal with us now. In the old days, Taylor would never have dreamed up such a scheme. Tell you the truth, this may be my last year at this."
"Well, it certainly is my last year growing Catawba. Have you got the check? How many tons did I come in at?"
"Yours was as I expected, just over 18 tons. The check will be issued today and I will go get it. They are paying me for the whole lot because they have no contract with you. I'll pay you out of my bank."
"OK, Danny. Thanks for the call."
"Hey, Nick. Don't take it too hard. Chalk it up as a lesson: the money is not in the vineyard; it's in the bottle."
Nick sat down to eat breakfast and for the first time that he could remember, he didn't feel like eating anything. He felt like strangling the grape buyer at the winery, Danny, and himself, as all were complicit in how terrible he felt just then—and just then, the phone rang.
"Nick, it's Fred."
Fred was Nick's longest standing friend—they met in the fourth grade. He was coming up from "the city" for a visit.
Nick couldn't have gotten better news.
If you are reading this entry anywhere other than on the vinofictions blog, be aware that it has been lifted without my permission (and without recompense), and that's a copyright infringement, no matter that the copyright information appears with it.
Copyright Thomas Pellechia
July 2010. All rights reserved.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Florida-born Brian Loaiza traveled farther than any other participant in the Sueño MLS tryout at Dick's Sporting Goods Park last weekend. His total route since he started playing soccer six years ago is unimaginably longer.
"I was chubby back then," a healthy-looking Loaiza recalled of his 10-year-old body.
He first played with a now-defunct team called the Hornets, later joined Sunrise SC and now plays for former Colorado Rapids right winger Adrian Paz on the FC Florida U-16 squad. Although he plays with American Heritage High School as well, he's currently charting his dream to professional soccer through Deportivo Cali in Colombia. Earning his diploma through the Florida Virtual School gives the midfielder the freedom to grow as a player through international experience.
READ: Sueno: Colorado Rapids academy scouts name six finalists
At 13, Loaiza knew he wanted to rise to the next level and traveled with a few teammates to spend two weeks at Club Atlético River Plate and two weeks at Club Estudiantes de La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The following year, he spent a full month at Club Atlético Peñarol in Montevideo, Uruguay with Martin Londoño, a teammate who also made the Argentina trip.
"I went to get better," Loaiza explained. "I'm more aggressive now, and my touch is much better. I learned a lot there."
READ: Sueno: D.C. United academy scouts select six finalists
In February of this year, Loaiza got help from another elite coach in Florida, former Colombian national team standout Fernando "Chonto" Herrera. Loaiza made a third trip south of the equator to train with Deportivo Cali. He flew home for a Florida State Cup game and happened to catch the Sueño MLS tryout announcement with his dad, ultimately inking Commerce City on the family calendar. Loaiza returned to Cali for more training before heading to Florida for the flight to Colorado with his father.
Loaiza will return for a week of training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park starting April 29, followed by the trip to Los Angeles for the Sueño MLS 2013 final selection from May 9-12. On the night of May 12, he will face another major fork in the road: return to the southern hemisphere or come to Colorado?


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#OCCUPYWALLSTREET update from Adbusters
Posted 8 years ago on Aug. 12, 2011, 11:52 a.m. EST by LupeFiascoConcert
Hey you rebels, radicals and utopian dreamers out there,
We are living through a rare crisis and moment of opportunity. Western industrialized nations are now being masticated by the financial monster they themselves created. This is triggering a mood that alternates between angry denial and sudden panic. It looks like something is about to break, opening the space for a necessary transformation and a total rethink of global economic affairs. Events are playing perfectly into our September 17 occupation of Wall Street.
So … can we on the left learn some new tricks? Can we head off to lower Manhattan with a fresh mindset and a powerful new demand?
Strategically speaking, there is a very real danger that if we naively put our cards on the table and rally around the "overthrow of capitalism" or some equally outworn utopian slogan, then our Tahrir moment will quickly fizzle into another inconsequential ultra-lefty spectacle soon forgotten. But if we have the cunning to come up with a deceptively simple Trojan Horse demand … something profound, yet so specific and doable that it is impossible for President Obama to ignore … something that spotlights Wall Street's financial capture of the US political system and confronts it with a pragmatic solution … like the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act … or a 1% tax on financial transactions … or an independent investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the corporate corruption of our representatives in Washington … or another equally creative but downright practical demand that will emerge from the people's assemblies held during the occupation … and if we then put our asses on the line, screw up our courage and hang in there day after day, week after week, until a large swath of Americans start rooting for us and President Obama is forced to respond … then we just might have a crack at creating a decisive moment of truth for America, a first concrete step towards achieving the radical changes we all dream about unencumbered by commitments to existing power structures.
So, let's learn the strategic lessons of Tahrir (nonviolence), Syntagma (tenacity), Puerta del Sol (people's assemblies) and lay aside adherence to political parties and worn-out lefty dogmas. On September 17, let's sow the seeds of a new culture of resistance in America that fires up a permanent democratic awakening.
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ATLANTA – On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Clemson University to enhance research, teaching, outreach, career development, and stewardship in environmental and mathematical sciences. As a part of the MOU, EPA will commit to enhance the university's environmental policy and science curricula and offer opportunities for students interested in environmental careers.
WHO: Stan Meiburg, Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 4;
Dr. R. Larry Dooley, Vice-President for Research, Clemson University
WHAT: EPA and Clemson University to sign MOU on Environmental Curriculum Development and Research
WHEN: Tuesday, February, 11, 2014, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Through this MOU the partners express their intention to establish cooperative working relationships over the next four years, in areas of mutual interest, including participation by the Institutions in the EPA Region 4 Environmental Science Partnership Program. This MOU is also intended to help to address the dwindling participation of students in environmental fields of study, and to help EPA attract a workforce that is as diverse as the public we serve.
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"Intentional or unintentional introduction of exotic pests or pathogens could directly increase these losses,"Rush said.
Protecting the country's agriculture is vital to food safety, said Rush, who has joined other land-grant university scientists in a national system of diagnostic laboratories charged with protecting homeland agriculture.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provided funding for the National Plant Disease Diagnostic Network through the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. Five regional university coordinators have been setup: Cornell University for the northeast, Michigan State University for the north central, Kansas State University for the Great Plains, University of California at Davis for the west, and the University of Florida for the southern region. The National Agricultural Pest Information System operated by Purdue University serves as data collection archive.
The Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program connects with the NPDN via the Great Plains and Southern networks. Texas is the only state with two regions.
Production in the High Plains is vastly different from that to the south. Rush's program fits best with the Great Plains Diagnostic Network and its coordination through KSU. In addition, Rush is an adjunct professor with Texas Tech University, which marks GPDN's southern boundary.
Other GPDN cooperators include: Colorado State University, Montana State University, North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State University, Texas Tech, University of Nebraska, and University of Wyoming. A common software platform allows rapid processing of diagnostic requests and information among these units.
As regional bio-security activities have increased, Rush and his associates, Dr. Jeff Stein, plant pathologist, and Kim Maxson, plant disease diagnostician, have briefed government congressional and state legislative officials, including those from USDA Plant Health and Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Division and Texas Department of Agriculture.
Stein said the introduction of invasive species in this country isn't new, but with increased international commerce, the risks are likely to become more common. Two recent arrivals in the U.S. - citrus canker and plum pox - prompted "zero tolerance" quarantines where the affected fruit trees had to be destroyed.
"If an orchard has either disease, the site is essentially gutted and the grower is left with a huge economic loss," he said.
The Great Plains produces 95 percent of the nation's sunflower acres, 84 percent of the sorghum, 73 percent of the wheat, 55 percent of the dry beans, 42 percent of the cotton, and 35 percent of the sugar beets. The region also grows much of the corn, soybeans, potatoes, alfalfa and canola-rape seed.
Wheat also takes a large slice of this regional production pie. Karnal bunt, among other pests, is an very unwelcome visitor. Texas was one of only three U.S. states with a confirmed threat within its boundaries. From karnal bunt's arrival in 1996 until last year, the disease caused an estimated $350 million loss nationally.
"We're not only concerned over natural occurrences, but now worry about agroterrorism," said Stein. He pointed to Rush's work on many significant plant diseases including sorghum ergot, wheat streak mosaic virus, and rhizomania, a soil-borne virus affecting sugar beets. Federal and state agencies monitor national borders for plant pest introductions. Still, on occasion, new ones will slip through. Growers often spot these anomalies, Stein explained.
Professionals at land-grant universities handle the identification and verification. A national "first detector" network has been expanded, Rush said. Front-line monitors include: growers, extension personnel, crop consultants, pesticide applicators, commercial chemical and seed representatives, and others involved in plant growth or management, including Master Gardeners.
"They will access a web-based diagnostic system, report unusual pest occurrences and existing crop conditions or gain other information not normally submitted through other means," Rush said. An advisory system will provide information concerning pest alarms or weather conditions that could trigger outbreaks.
According to GPDN director Dr. Jim Stack at KSU, the web-based Plant Disease Information System is designed to help land-grant personnel submit plant samples, digital images and other details for row-crop pest diagnosis. The advantages include rapid evaluation and reporting of potential threats, and shorter response time for diagnoses. Linking satellite labs across the country with regulatory agencies, including the USDA-APHIS and each state's department of agriculture is under way, Stack said.
Recently the Amarillo lab hosted 20 diagnosticians and program coordinators from each state within the network during a site visit and security review in Amarillo. Stein and Maxson trained the diagnosticians in new diagnostic techniques slated for adoption by participating laboratories.
"The fact these professionals from across the Great Plains came here to be trained speaks to the quality of our lab personnel and acknowledges the technical expertise found here,"Rush said.
"We're pleased to have Dr. Rush's labs at Bushland and here connected to the Great Plains network," said Dr. John Sweeten, Experiment Station research director at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Amarillo.
The Panhandle-based lab is providing Texas agriculture a regional resource for crop sample processing. Experts there tie plant disease diagnostics to entomology and weed science to provide accurate and rapid assessments of crop pests. Row crop disease surveys through Extension also help monitor the occurrence of many established and exotic plant diseases in the state, Rush said.
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This weekend, the US government filed documents in two long-running cases (both in California's Northern District) related to National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance. As the New York Times notes, these filings mark the first time the government acknowledged that the NSA "started systematically collecting data about Americans' e-mails and phone calls in 2001, alongside its program of wiretapping certain calls without warrants." However, the bigger takeaway from the new documents is that the government continues to evoke state secrets privilege—the right to prevent certain, potentially harmful information from being used in court even if it means a case might be dismissed—despite previous rulings against this argument.
"The government seems to be trying to reset the clock to before June 2013 or even December 2005," said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Legal Director Cindy Cohn in a statement. "But the American people know that their communications are being swept up by the government under various NSA programs. The government's attempt to block true judicial review of its mass, untargeted collection of content and metadata by pretending that the basic facts about how the spying affects the American people are still secret is both outrageous and disappointing."
As the EFF notes, government surveillance activities are discussed publicly by media outlets worldwide and even acknowledged in official presidential press conferences. Despite that, the government's state secrets defense argues that potential documents, which relate to the EFF's claims that the "NSA indiscriminately intercepts the content of communications and their claims regarding the NSA's bulk collection of... metadata," still contain viable state secrets.
"Disclosing or confirming further details about these activities could seriously undermine an important tool—metadata collection and analysis—for tracking possible terrorist plots," Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. wrote in a brief with the filing. Clapper claimed that tactics could be revealed that would "help foreign adversaries evade detection."
In Jewel v. NSA, a judge ruled against the state secrets claim back in July—before the Snowden revelations. And the new documents available for this case—covering now familiar Al Qaeda threats from 2005, 2006, and 2010 according to NYT—were only released because of a court order from September. Back then, the EFF scored a small victory in the long-running case when Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the government to unseal declassified materials relevant to NSA surveillance before December 20. The documents included things like exhibits, declarations, and other ex parte submissions, all originally submitted to the court under seal.
Jewel v. NSA dates back to 2008, and it's still proceeding despite plenty of stops and starts. The EFF identifies the fundamental question in the case as "whether the spying program is legal and constitutional." After its filing in 2008, the government moved to dismiss the case in 2009, a judge in the Northern District of California agreed in 2010, but the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals eventually reinstated the case in 2011. The government renewed its attempts to dismiss Jewel v. NSA in 2012, but that argument was rejected earlier this year.


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Oregon has a shortage of bilingual teachers and is making ongoing efforts on several fronts to deepen one of its shallowest pools of educators.
Take, for example, students in a fifth grade class at Portland's Bridger School. The students are split half-and-half between native Spanish and English speakers. Under new strategies Oregon educators are pursuing, these fifth-graders could be part of a new generation of bilingual teachers.
Oregon has 70 schools with dual-language programs, with more on the way. Demand is booming for two reasons: research shows that dual-language programs work better for foreign-language speaking students than English-only programs.
But Esperanza de le Vega, the coordinator of Portland State University's bilingual teacher pathway program, says there's another big driver. "There is an educated population of sometimes bilingual, sometimes monolingual parents, who want this for their children. I think it's great, because we have more allies," she says.
But as programs mulitply and expand into middle and high schools, it gets harder for districts to find teachers who are both qualified in the necessary subject area, and who have the language ability.
Oregon State University language professor, Kathryn Ciechanowksi, says school districts pursue candidates who are still in college.
"Our bilingual candidates are very often offered jobs before they even finish their programs," she says, and adds, "we often advise students to think carefully about what they would like to have in their teaching positions, because there typically will be multiple districts trying to hire them — because of the need for bilingual educators."
The state of Oregon may be making that shortage worse, on both the supply and demand side. First, the demand:
Last November, the state awarded nearly $900,000 in grants for new dual language programs in eight Oregon districts. Martha Martinez who works for the state's new educational equity unit says, "The demand is only going to increase - not just because we've launched this grant project, but because these programs are just exploding, not just in the state, but nationwide."
The supply side of the equation involves the gatekeeper of Oregon's teaching licenses, the Teachers Standards and Practices Commission.
Esperanza de la Vega at PSU says its mandatory tests are a problem: "For a lot of teachers who were bilingual, learned English as a second language, they struggled with some of these standardized tests. "
De la Vega gives the example of a bilingual teacher-in-training, she says was great with students. "They were looking at the Oregon Trail and the migration process," de la Vega explains, "and so the teacher made a connection to families, and where they came from in the migration process: a beautiful example of how you can really create a meaningful unit of instruction that is culturally responsive and tied to high standards. She can't pass the test."
Keith Menk with the Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) says the agency has heard the complaints, and the tests aren't the problem. Generally, he says, the problem is, "that the individual assigned, largely because they were bilingual and bicultural - were not appropriately prepared to teach that content."
TSPC is not changing test requirements.
But commissioners have moved on another front: they approved standards brought by education colleges to clarify the rules for dual-language training: "At this point in time, we're waiting for a preparation program to come forward and say 'we can demonstrate that we can meet those standards in rule, and here's the program to do it.'"
Now that they know the rules, colleges of education are working to build such programs.
Kathryn Ciechanowski at OSU says she's glad the state is addressing the needs of bilingual instruction. But, she says, "I think we do have to be a little bit cautious that it's not one more hurdle that bilingual teachers have to deal with, that others don't."
Teenagers in bilingual programs are beginning to embrace the idea of additional hurdles.
Regan Orman will be attending Linfield College. Orman went through additional steps to earn a special "bilingual seal" on her diploma from Corvallis High.
The seal from the dual-language program required Orman to go through several extra steps: she shadowed a bilingual professional, volunteered in a bilingual classroom, and she was interviewed in Spanish, an interview in which she had to explain an article she'd just been given.
Orman says, "From there, it was a question-and-answer that the panel gave asking about my comprehension and my opinions, it wasn't just whether you understood it, but your own thoughts, can you articulate these thoughts in Spanish, which is something someone who is bilingual should be able to do."
Orman adds that her program had a weakness: she says she might be better in Spanish grammar after a traditional 4-year high school language program.
But Kathryn Ciechanowski says traditional classes don't offer the cultural exposure Orman got from learning side-by-side with native Spanish speakers for over a decade.
Ciechanowski was on Orman's Corvallis interview panel. She says Orman's native Spanish-speaking classmates may have benefited most from the bilingual program. "The research is pretty clear on dual-language and the potential power that it has, for all kids - but in particular kids who speak other languages at home."
Ultimately, professors hope these students can be part of the future, when it comes to dual-language instruction.
Regan Orman hopes so. She wants to be a teacher. She says, "the program in itself is like a cycle - it's making new teachers to teach the students who might become teachers one day."
Call it a "cycle" — or a "grow our own" strategy. It's coming on two fronts.
School districts like Corvallis, Hillsboro, and Salem-Keizer, are working with the state on standards for an Oregon-wide "bilingual seal" for next year's graduating class.
Schools have the programs, but need the state rules.
For teachers and education colleges, it's the opposite. The state approved rules, last spring. But teaching colleges may not have the dual-language courses in place for a few years.


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Vietnam intensified a media crackdown targeting online journalists and bloggers, reasserting the government's near-total control of domestic news media. Authorities arrested and detained five bloggers and contributors to online news publications, bringing to nine the number of journalists behind bars. Political bloggers Pham Minh Hoang and Vi Duc Hoi were both given harsh prison sentences on antistate charges related to their writings. Authorities continued to hold and deny visitation privileges for blogger Nguyen Van Hai even though his prison sentence expired in October 2010. A new executive decree that came into force in February gave the government greater powers to penalize journalists, editors, and bloggers who reported on issues deemed sensitive to national security. An "accusation" bill passed in November was designed to force journalists to reveal the identities of confidential sources critical of government agencies.
CPJ ranked Vietnam among the worst countries in the world to be a blogger. Detentions, harassment, and severely restrictive laws have earned the country the designation.
At least nine journalists were behind bars when CPJ conducted its worldwide census on December 1, 2011. All nine of the reporters imprisoned in Vietnam published blogs or contributed to online news publications.
1. Iran: 42
2. Eritrea: 28
3. China: 27
4. Burma: 12
5. Vietnam: 9
6. Syria: 8
Authorities imprisoned five online journalists during 2011, intensifying their crackdown on political dissent, according to CPJ research. Four other online journalists had been detained prior to 2011.
Authorities failed to solve the death by burning of journalist Le Hoang Hung, a reporter with the Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper who reported on local corruption issues.
Dong's murder was the first work-related fatality in Vietnam since CPJ began compiling detailed statistics in 1992.
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188.8.131.52 Effects of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition
Nitrogen availability is an important constraint on NPP (Vitousek et al., 1997),
although phosphorus and calcium may be more important limiting nutrients in
many tropical and sub-tropical regions (Matson, 1999). Reactive nitrogen is
released into the atmosphere in the form of nitrogen oxides (NOx)
during fossil fuel and biomass combustion and ammonia emitted by industrial
regions, animal husbandry and fertiliser use (Chapter 4).
This nitrogen is then deposited fairly near to the source, and can act as a
fertiliser for terrestrial plants. There has been a rapid increase in reactive
nitrogen deposition over the last 150 years (Vitousek et al., 1997; Holland
et al., 1999). Much field evidence on nitrogen fertilisation effects on plants
(e.g., Chapin, 1980; Vitousek and Howarth, 1991; Bergh et al., 1999) supports
the hypothesis that additional nitrogen deposition will result in increased
NPP, including the growth of trees in Europe (Spiecker et al., 1996). There
is also evidence (Fog, 1988; Bryant et al., 1998) that N fertilisation enhances
the formation of modified soil organic matter and thus increases the residence
time of carbon in soils.
126.96.36.199 Additional impacts of changing atmospheric chemistry
Current tropospheric O3 concentrations in Europe and North America cause visible leaf injury on a range of crop and tree species and have been shown to reduce the growth and yield of crops and young trees in experimental studies. The longer-term effects of O3 on forest productivity are less certain, although significant negative associations between ozone exposure and forest growth have been reported in North America (Mclaughlin and Percy, 2000) and in central Europe (Braun et al., 2000). O3 is taken up through stomata, so decreased stomatal conductance at elevated CO2 may reduce the effects of O3 (Semenov et al., 1998, 1999). There is also evidence of significant interactions between O3 and soil water availability in effects on stem growth or NPP from field studies (e.g., Mclaughlin and Downing, 1995) and from modelling studies (e.g., Ollinger et al., 1997). The regional impacts of O3 on NPP elsewhere in the world are uncertain, although significant impacts on forests have been reported close to major cities. Fowler et al. (2000) estimate that the proportion of global forests exposed to potentially damaging ozone concentrations will increase from about 25% in 1990 to about 50% in 2100.
Other possible negative effects of industrially generated pollution on plant growth include effects of soil acidification due to deposition of NO3- and SO42-. Severe forest decline has been observed in regions with high sulphate deposition, for instance in parts of eastern Europe and southern China. The wider effects are less certain and depend on soil sensitivity. Fowler et al. (2000) estimate that 8% of global forest cover received an annual sulphate deposition above an estimated threshold for effects on acid sensitive soils, and that this will increase to 17% in 2050. The most significant long-term effect of continued acid deposition for forest productivity may be through depletion of base cations, with evidence of both increased leaching rates and decreased foliar concentrations (Mclaughlin and Percy, 2000), although the link between these changes in nutrient cycles and NPP needs to be quantified.
18.104.22.168 Additional constraints on terrestrial CO2 uptake
It is very likely that there are upper limits to carbon storage in ecosystems due to mechanical and resource constraints on the amount of above ground biomass and physical limits to the amount of organic carbon that can be held in soils (Scholes et al., 1999). It is also generally expected that increased above-ground NPP (production of leaves and stem) will to some extent be counterbalanced by an increased rate of turnover of the biomass as upper limits are approached.
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Gingerbread Christmas Cottage
Total TimePrep: 30 hours + standing Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Makes1 gingerbread house
- 1 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cup dark molasses
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 16 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
- 12 tablespoons meringue powder, divided
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, divided
- 1-1/2 cups warm water, divided
- 14 red spice gumdrops
- 8 large candy canes (6 inches), divided
- Multicolored nonpareils
- 1 red-hot candy
- 18 leaf-shaped spearmint gumdrops, divided
- About 150 multicolored spice gumdrops, halved vertically
- Edible glitter
- 10 ice cream sugar cones
- Green paste food coloring
- 30 chocolate rock candies
- 21 pieces candy corn in Christmas colors or green gumdrops
- 8 miniature candy canes (about 2-1/4 inches)
- 10 green spice gumdrops
- 4 green rock candy suckers
- 1 large cotton ball
- Pastry tipsstar tips #16 and #20, round tips #3 and #7, and leaf tip #67
- Pastry bags
- Foam core board (20 inches x 16 inches x 1/2 inch)
- Small cans for propping
- In a large bowl, combine shortening and water. Add brown sugar and molasses; mix well. Combine flour, salt, baking soda and spices; beat into molasses mixture until blended. Divide into three portions; chill overnight.
- Trace the full patterns onto waxed paper; cut out. Trace the remaining (halved) patterns onto waxed paper as directed on the patterns; cut out.
- With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness directly onto a lightly greased and floured baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut out two front/back house pieces. On one piece, score window and door.
- Roll out second portion of dough. Cut out two 8-1/2-in. x 6-in. rectangles for roof.
- Roll out third portion of dough. Position house side pattern on dough; cut out two pieces. On each piece, score two window outlines. Cut out one 2-3/8-in. x 1-3/8-in. rectangle for left side of chimney and a 1-3/8-in. x 7/8-in. rectangle for right side of chimney. Roll out scraps to cut out patterns for sides of chimney; sides and roof of porch; and front, sides and roofs of dormers. Score dormer window outlines.
- Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes; place patterns over baked dough and trim. Cut out door and windows completely. (Set aside door cutout; discard window cutouts.) Cool on wire racks.
- To make icing: Prepare only one batch of icing at a time. For each batch, in a large bowl, combine 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons meringue powder, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar and 6 tablespoons water. Beat on low speed for 5-10 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Place a damp cloth over bowl and cover tightly between uses.
- To assemble frame of house: Place front and sides of house and fronts of dormers on a waxed paper-lined flat surface. Cut a small hole in a corner of a pastry bag; insert star tip #16. Fill two-thirds full with icing. Pipe curtains in the house and dormer windows. Outline frames of windows and doorway with round tip #3.
- For shutters, roll out 10 red gumdrops to 1/16-in. thickness; cut each into a 1-1/8-in. x 3/8-in. rectangle. Roll out four red gumdrops for dormer shutters; cut each into a 7/8-in. x 1/4-in. rectangle. Attach house and dormer shutters with a dab of icing on each side of windows.
- Using tip #16, pipe decorative trim on the front and back rooflines and peaks of the house, taking care to avoid the edges. Let dry completely.
- Pipe icing along base and one side of front wall and the adjoining side wall. Place at right angles to each other on foam core board and position with front of house 6-1/4-in. from one narrow side of board; prop with small cans. Pipe icing along inside and outside edges for added stability. Repeat with second side section and back. Let dry completely.
- Cut 3-1/2-in. pieces from the straight end of four large candy canes (set aside curved ends for another use). Pipe icing along each outside corner of house with star tip #20; press straight candy cane pieces into each corner. Let dry completely, about 4 hours.
- For dormers: Insert tip #16 into pastry bag; fill two-thirds full with icing. Pipe icing along one side of front of dormer and one adjoining side wall. Position at right angles to each other and place on waxed paper; pipe icing along inside edge for added stability. Hold in place until secure. Repeat with second side. Repeat for second dormer. Let dry completely with front side up.
- To assemble roof: Generously pipe icing along top edges of house. Position roof pieces so there is a 5/8-in. overhang in front and back. Pipe icing along the joining edges. Prop bottom of roof pieces with cans until roof is completely dry.
- On right roof piece, position one dormer 1-1/2 in. from left side, 1-1/2 in. up from the bottom and above the lower window, aligning so dormer front is perpendicular to board. Pipe dots of icing to mark the position of bottom dormer corners. Pipe icing onto back edges of dormer; attach to roof. Hold in place until secure, about 1 minute. Repeat with second dormer. Let dry completely.
- Attach dormer roofs with icing so there is a 1/4-in. overhang in front. Cut two 2-in. straight pieces from candy canes. Pipe icing along top edge of dormer roofs; press straight candy cane pieces into each. Let dry completely.
- For chimney and door: Spread chimney pieces and door with icing; dip into multicolored nonpareils. With tip #3, pipe a dot of icing on door and attach red-hot for the handle. Let dry. Pipe icing along left edge and bottom of door; position door so it is ajar.
- Using tip #16 and icing, attach chimney pieces to plain side of roof, positioning the back chimney piece 1-1/2 in. from back edge of roof and working clockwise with remaining pieces. Pipe icing around top of chimney and along chimney seams. Cut one 5-in. piece and one 1-1/4-in. piece from the straight ends of two candy canes. Pipe icing along top edge between roof pieces; press straight pieces into icing.
- For porch: Place porch roof smooth side down on a work surface. To attach sides, pipe icing along the long side of each triangle and position against porch roof. Invert to dry.
- For porch support posts, cut two 2-3/4-in. straight pieces from candy canes. Insert each into a leaf-shaped spearmint gumdrop; position 1 in. from house and 3 in. apart on each side of doorway. Secure gumdrops with icing. Let dry. Attach porch roof to posts and house with icing; prop with small cans and let dry.
- To decorate roof: With tip #20, pipe two rows of icing along bottom of chimney side of roof. Press five different colored halved gumdrops into icing in a row; repeat until one horizontal row is finished. Begin the second row with the second color from row one. Repeat nine times, slightly overlapping each row until one roof piece is covered with a diagonally patterned design.
- On dormer side of roof and starting at bottom edge, repeat procedure for gumdrop shingles. Attach gumdrops to the dormer and porch roofs in the same pattern as roof of house. Pipe icing onto sides of porch roof. Let dry.
- For finishing touches: Using round tip #7, pipe icing icicles. Sprinkle with edible glitter.
- To make trees, use a serrated knife to carefully score and cut ice cream cones to desired heights. Tint a portion of icing with green food coloring. Using leaf tip #67 and beginning at bottom of ice cream cones, pipe icing in rows; sprinkle with edible glitter. Place on waxed paper to harden. Using tip #7, pipe snow on the trees and sprinkle with edible glitter. Set aside.
- For curved path, using tip #20 and beginning at the door, pipe icing in a zigzag pattern. Press chocolate rock candies 1/8 in. apart onto pathway. Position candy corn, point side up, along both sides of path. Working in small sections, frost base with icing for snow and sprinkle with edible glitter.
- For each corner fence, use tip #7 and white icing to attach two miniature candy canes to board. Arrange trees on base along with green gumdrops, rock candy suckers and remaining leaf-shaped gumdrops for bushes; secure with icing. For smoke, pull and stretch the cotton ball; attach with icing to inside of chimney.
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Can't you make the plans yourselves? They are only measured squares, one with a gable!!
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You have to download the patterns and print them off. I paste my pattern pieces on to poster board and then cut out. I use a large and small pizza cutter to cut out the GB pieces. I also roll my GB out on lightly floured parchment, cut out the pieces and pull away the excess to use again. Brush away any excess flour and bake. Slide off on to a really sturdy rack. Also, a foam core board is not strong enough to hold a fully decorated house of this size. I use 22" x 22" hard density fiberboard. When Christmas is over, I throw away the house and save the board for next year. Decorate each section before you start to put it together.
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There are no cut out plans with the recipe.
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Where are the patterns? Can't make the recipe without them.
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Where are the "plans" for any of these 11 gingerbread houses? All call for plans but none are given?


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|Diabetes: A personal story
Nancy W., a 42-year old woman living in Ohio, has type 1 diabetes. She was 10 years old when she was diagnosed as being diabetic. Nancy answered the following questions on what it is like living with the condition.
Nancy, how did you find out you had type 1 diabetes?
I was dehydrated and drinking all the cold water from the water fountains in school and going to the bathroom about 19 times a day. My hair was falling out. My hair brush was always full. I weighed 66 pounds and dropped to 44 pounds in about a month or so.
I was diagnosed just after Halloween, and my initial reaction was that I could never eat candy again. The doctor told me that I had to have shots, but I don't remember having any major concerns about it.
It took a month before I could actually give myself my own shot. I did not test my blood sugars until I was maybe 20 years old. I don't think they had home glucose machines until then. I used urine test strips.
What role did your parents play in diabetes management when you were younger?
Both parents were involved. My dad is an engineer/scientist and wanted everything to be very "precise"... the measuring of the insulin and where I administered the shot. They had me write M,T,W,TH,F,S,S on my legs with a magic marker so I would know which leg I gave myself a shot in the day before. As I recall, I always used a purple magic marker.
My parents thought it would be a good idea if one of my friend's parents, who was a doctor, taught me how to give myself the shots.
How has diabetes impacted your personal/family life?
I am much more aware of healthy eating for myself and my family. I remember eating special diabetic foods like FRESCA and TAB that my mom bought for me only and not my siblings. She also bought me big HERSHEY BARS so I could have "sugar" before gym class. My husband is very supportive of my needs, and understands I have low blood sugar. I feel I revolve my life around my diabetes and always know what impact my food choices make on my health. I usually care quite a bit but sometimes I give up and eat whatever I want and end up with high sugar. Then it starts all over again the following day.
What steps do you currently take to manage your diabetes?
I test my glucose levels 4 to 7 times a day. I get a hemaglobin A1C test 4 times a year. I watch what I eat. I change my diet 3 years ago to eating protein with every meal. I used to eat it maybe three times a week, eating fish or tofu for dinner.
Did you ever have any emergencies, and if so, what happened?
I had very low blood sugar several times and ended up in the hospital on IV. I think maybe 4 times in my late 20's and early 30's.
Do you have any other major "diabetes memories"?
I remember so well my friend's dad coming over every day to help give me my shot. And I remember being in the hospital for 8 days when I became diabetic. One of my aunts came to visit me in the hospital. I remember the nurses teaching me to give a shot in an orange.
What is it like having diabetes now?
I manage my diabetes much better over the last three years than I ever did my whole life. The change was making better choices in my diet that worked better with the insulin I take.
The most difficult thing about having diabetes is when I make poor food choices, like eating cake, chocolate, Sweet Tarts, or lollypops and the reaction is high sugars, and then I feel as though I failed yet another day.
But most of the time, at age 42, I am much more capable of managing things myself than when I was 10 or even 20.
What would you say to someone who was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?
Make the best food choices you can to match the amount of insulin you take, and exercise continuously throughout your life. Listen to the doctor, get a good dietician, a good diabetes educator, and be part of a support group to help you.
Do you have any advice for parents?
Help your kids by giving them good examples, and try to make diabetes as normal as possible by matching the lifestyle the child has to live. Options for kids these days are so much more sophisticated than when I was diagnosed. There are so many different kinds of insulins available, blood meters, and support.
Nancy is right -- the number of options for both children and adults who have diabetes continues to grow. For example, there are numerous products available to help you test blood glucose. Ask your physician or diabetes counselor about these products, and try to find out as much as you can about the benefits and drawbacks of each.
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