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BEYOND BOUNDARIES – Globalisation and Identity
A new age
We entered a new age around 25 years ago. Following on from the Industrial Age, we now find ourselves in an age whose name has not yet become universally established. Terms such as the Information Age, Digital Age or Second Modern Age are often used.
The year 1991 was a milestone in the history of humanity. The world's first website went online on 6 August 1991. Shortly before, the initiator Tim Berners-Lee and his new partner Robert Cailliau, who both worked at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire = European Organisation for Nuclear Research) near Geneva, submitted the project: "WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText". This marked the creation of WWW, based on http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The internet has developed rapidly ever since. An increasing number of options were developed, and thanks to the development of inexpensive smartphones and laptops, these have reached an increasing number of people around the whole world. In many countries, over 90 percent of the population now have internet access.
On 1 July of the same year 1991, the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, and during the course of the year 1991 the countries that made up the Soviet Union seized the opportunity to become sovereign states. And finally, on 26 December 1991 the Supreme Soviet resolved to dissolve the Soviet Union. One day before, the President of the USSR, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, stepped down from office. The "Iron Curtain" had fallen. The world that had been divided between the West and the East came peacefully together.
Since 1991, globalisation has advanced more rapidly than ever before in the history of mankind. Over the past 25 years, international rapprochements and interdependencies have consequently intensified at a furious pace. Never before has the world moved so closely together. To a certain extent, national boundaries became less pronounced. Globally operating companies disseminated so-called pop culture, causing similar fashion, music, films, food and drink etc. to spread everywhere.
At the same time, urbanisation increased. An increasing number of people flocked to the cities and settled there. In the interim, half of the world's population now live in cities, and the number of so-called mega cities (with more than 10 million inhabitants) has risen to over 30. People in the great cities are becoming increasingly lonely.
In this period of rapid urbanisation and general globalisation with exponential growth, there also appears to have been an increasing yearning for "one's own" identity in recent years. People increasingly wish to find and define themselves, while at the same time differentiating themselves, whether as an individual or as a group or as a community or even as a group of several communities.
Globalisation and identy
Globalisation and identity have become hugely important social questions, and we wish to address these in our exhibition. Thanks to the German-Indonesian collector Wiyu Wahono, whose parents come from China, we aim to explore the question of identity in specific, as well as in varied ways. His open collecting philosophy, in which Wiyu Wahono endeavours to identity the spirit of the age and to capture this in different artistic genres such as painting, sculpture, photography, video, computer work and installations, has given rise to a broad spectrum of exhibits.
The Liechtenstein National Museum therefore extends it's particular thanks to the collector Wiyu Wahono, who has lived and worked for many years in the East as well as in the West, and who has brought together works by the widest possible variety of creative artists from both worlds, which we are now able to present for the first time in a major exhibition in Liechtenstein's National Museum.
Art works of the exhibition
The exhibition shows painting, sculpture, photography, video, computer work and installations of the collection of Dr. Wiyu Wahono from Jakarta. The art works are created by Tromarama (Ruddy Alexander Hatumena - born in Bahrain, Herbert Hans - born in Jakarta, Febie Babyrose - born in Jakarta), by Ryoji Ikeda (Japan/France), Ming Wong (Singapore/Berlin), Tintin Wulia (Indonesia/Australia), Natasha Abigail Koetin (Indonesia), Eduardo Kac (Brasil/USA), Narpati Awangga a.k.a Oomleo (Indonesia), the collectice of artists C-LAB (Laura Cinti & Howard Boland - Netherlands), byn Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia/Germany), Zhang Huan (China), Eko Nugroho (Indonesia), Angki Purbandono (Indonesia), Erwin Olaf (Netherlands), Jim Allen Abel (Indonesia), Agan Harahap (Indonesia), Teguh Ostenrik (Indonesia), Ay Tjoe Christine (Indonesia), Erika Ernawan (Indonesia) and Arief Pristianto (Indonesia).
Butter dance 1 - Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia/Germany)
Video of a Performance, 2005
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Invisible series 2 - Arief Pristianto (Indonesia)
Photo, 2010
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Instinct - Angki Purbandono (Indonesia)
Scanography, 2011
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Dog People - Eko Nugroho (Indonesia)
Embroidery, 2007
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Uniform series: Police - Jim Allen Abel (Indonesia)
Uniform series: Police
Photo, 2009
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Uniform series: security guard - Jim Allen Abel (Indonesia)
Photo, 2010
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
Foam 13 - Zhang Huan (China)
Photo, 1998
© Dr. Wiyu Wahono Collection
There will be a catalog which be available for CHF 19.00 in the museum shop.
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Whoa, MARS is the astronomical and astrological News Breaker these days!
- Closest MARS – EARTH Encounter in 11 years nowadays, coming up exactly on May 30! Have you seen MARS with the naked eye already, glowing brightly in red-orange towards the East / South in the late evening?
- MARS forms also presently a beautiful triangle with SATURN and Antares (mythologically Mars's rival – Ant-Ares / Ares being the Roman version of Mars), the brightest star in SCORPIO.
- The exact opposition between the SUN and MARS (every 2 years), with the EARTH between them, was on May 22, right after the Full Moon (which was on May 21).
This much for the astronomical side of things. Let's go out and SEE MARS and SATURN through telescopes, or 'simply' with our naked eyes, over the next week!
Beautiful description here https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury, and an invitation from Slooh to watch the Close Encounter and Mars discussion live http://www.space.com/19195-night-sky-planets-asteroids-webcasts.html
What does Astrology (a la Melanie) say to these phenomena?
- We have reached (with the SUN – MARS Opposition on May 22) the half-way point of the MARS RETRO phase (Apr 17 – June 29). A 'Full MARS' (like Full Moon, with the Earth between SUN and MARS – only every 2 years). A cathartic Turning Point.
- MARS RETRO crossed over the 'Phoenix Point' from SAG back into SCO yesterday, May 27 where it will go direct on June 29, and on Aug 3 out of SCO, and over the 'Phoenix Point'into SAG again.
- MARS is making THREE passages, forth – back – forth over the 'Phoenix Point' (March 5, May 27, Aug 3) – very significant!
MARS as the 'Warrior' Archetype provokes our self assertion, our vital life force, and also rules blood in the body (hopefully rich in iron, the metal of MARS).
MARS retro might feel like a damper on our usual energy, and frustration of our drives, and desires. If we tried to get what WE want, when and how WE want it, it could have easily backfired – to show us how the ego is driving the bus.
"Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?"
Under MARS retro in SAG, ego based old 'My way or the highway', righteousness, or arrogant 'know it all' attitudes had to go on an 'inward journey' for transformation in SCO…
With MARS retro, now (since yesterday) in SCO, we are diving IN to our deep, dark places were MARS stirs up the bottom of the pot again (after the MARS phase in SCO from early Jan to early March), and shows us, viscerally:
- Where old inner conflicts and battles originate that tend to flare up now.
- Where our inner hidden passions, treasures, and magic lie – maybe buried under the ego?
On a transformational side of MARS retro, back into SCO:
- Did you dive into something this week, that came from your intuition (SAG) and gut sense (SCO) required courage (MARS), and can bring fundamental change (SCO)?
- What would it be like to take action in a courageous (from the heart – le coeur) place?
A perfect time to bravely follow the depth stimulation, go to inner places otherwise unmet, and let the sabotaging Ego be burned up. The Ego is the biggest enemy….
Either way, SOOO much energy gets released and made available, to find deeply sourced (SCO) authentic and spirited (SAG) inner agency (MARS)!
© 2016 by Melanie Lichtinger
My Invitation
If the above described themes speak to you, if you feel the resonance and could use support in your journey drop me a line, and we can set up a private Astrology referenced consult session. Or maybe it's time to fully benefit from a 3- or 5- sessions coaching sequence? Email me, and we can customize it.
Interested in courses, workshops, embodied, experiential Astrology in Victoria BC?
They are featured in the email Astro~News that go out every 2 weeks and cover the whole Astro~Weather phase from New Moon to Full Moon or FM to NM, plus offers and Astro~Experiences. I'm happy to subscribe you (pls message me your email address).
FB page: www.facebook.com/Astrology.for.SelfRealization with news, events, offers.

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I endorse it except that it's not true about TV.
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I endorse it except that it's not true about TV.
My father passed away on the 16th. Hope to resume the blog soon.
This summer (I'm writing this in mid-August), my reading took an expected turn when I discovered a podcast that might as well have been made to order for my interests: Backlisted, which is about old books. I don't recall what put me on to it, but looking over their list of old episodes, I saw many writers I already liked, and sensed that whatever these folks picked out to discuss would be of interest to me one way or the other. Each episode was so full of enticing descriptions of books that even though I already had a to-read pile that was sufficient for summer, I wanted to read NOW.
The podcast put me on to "All the Devils Are Here" by David Seabrook, a Smiths-back-catalogue of a read that I'd never have discovered for myself.
A cock-eyed ramble among the seaside towns of Kent, taking in the weird, the violent, the homosexual, the gossipy, the scandalous, the atmospheric,the readerly and literary, the murderous, the psychologically-twisted, imporverished, the fascistic, mysterious, pathetic, minor celebrity adjacent, in a mélange of deep inquiries and rambling anecdote given out by the kind of slightly spooky great talker whom you both want to listen to forever and back away from slowly. I read the book again a day or two after finishing it, and then lent it to a friend.
Also read "Darkness Falls From the Air" by Nigel Balchin, a world war two story of London in the blitz, which again, I'd never have heard of, and which was compared, on the podcast, to Greene's "The End of the Affair" much to the detriment of the latter (a book I've loved a time or two.) This one is about a government official in London who's allowing his beloved wife to have an affair with a literary twep because it's the war and who is he to preclude her from having a life while they wait for the big bombing to begin, except that of course while he's being very polite and repressed and civilized about it, he hates it. It's mostly dialogue of the kind that you long to hear coming from the black and white mouths of Bacall and Bogart, though they wouldn't really do those clipped upperish English 1930s voices. I imagined them though, with maybe Leslie Howard as the squirrely lover. A perfect downer of a book, which I mean in the sense that it's melancholy, the inevitability of its surprises, and its ending, worked completely, a perfect unit of hope and despair.
With no prompt from this podcast, but because of a Meet-up reading group I really wanted to get off my butt and attend (that is, the small part of my psyche that wants to get off and usually is squashed by the larger part that wants to stay recumbent), I read The Alexandria Quartet of Lawrence Durrell. I owned thse books, and had tried, off and on since the 1980s, to read "Justine", always falling out in the first 30 pages with a sense that the characters and narration and apparent emotional situation of the story were overwhelmingly pretentious. This time, with the idea that I'd go meet other people and hear what they thought of it, I persisted, and pretty much a page or so after my old falling-off point, I was gripped, and realized that in fact this book was just the kind I like best, set in a strange location, slightly overwrought, vivid, difficult to track, and soaked in all five senses. And then as I read the rest of the quartet I was delighted to find it was one of those works that delves into point of view, into how inaccurate are our perceptions of one another, how unknowable everything is. As the subsequent books reveal the apparent 'reality' that's concealed from the narrator of "Justine", worlds open up. And ultimately the overwroughtness of it all was just the kind of overwroughtness that I eat up with a spoon.
What I'm reading right now: "The Year of Reading Dangerously" by Andy Miller, which makes me want to shout: "Comrade!" (I tweeted the author my compliments), "Maiden Voyage" by Denton Welch, and "Hotel Du Lac" by Anita Brookner.
Finding exciting books and a revival of my reading intensity is this year's one bright spot, in the midst of freelance longueurs, the collapse of my aged parents' independence, and our appalling political dilemmas. A cliche to say reading is a life-line, but for me it's literally true; I don't know if I'd have made it out of my childhood much less this far, without books. (I may write more about why this is, but not yet.)
Finally, I'm new to the book-and-reader-blogging world, and frankly don't know where to begin there either. I suppose I'll find like-minded bloggers (and readers) bit by bit. Meanwhile, comments welcome.
Not happy with the tone and voice of this — nor the title, which I keep shifting around. I'm working on making all this more exciting for my (theoretical for now) readers. I want to share my enthusiasm for the books I read, and these days I've (mostly) turned my back on new fiction in favor of novels whose pub date begins with 19–, and which have either been lining my home shelves for years, or brought to my attention by other bookish people.
That said, I'm currently reading two recently novels, The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott, and All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan. Ha.


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You will truly appreciate how handy a food chopper can be when you need to cut your food into small pieces and not spend forever doing so. These machines are great for making not just salads, but basically any recipe that requires finely cut vegetables (though not as tiny as you can get with a food processor popular platform).
Food chopper features
A food chopper can successfully replace the bulkier and more expensive food processor, as it is smaller, more affordable, and easy to use, clean and store; it is also great for day-to-day cooking, as well as for beginners in the kitchen. It generally has fewer functions and attachments than a food processor, even though some choppers also feature a dice or a puree setting besides the obvious chop feature.
Regardless if it is hand powered or electric, a food chopper is a fairly simple machine, made up of a bowl, one or more blades, and a lid. Automatic models also feature an engine whose power can range from 40 watts to 250 watts. Manual food choppers are significantly less expensive than their electric counterparts, but both types enable you to prep your food fairly quickly. The only problem with a hand powered machine is that you will have to work it until you are satisfied with the result, but the device is good enough for a quick meal, and is able to process small foods, both soft and hard. Moreover, with some models, you can choose which type of blade to use, depending on how finely or coarsely you need your food to be cut.
Each model has its own cup size; thus, a 1/1.5-cup is great for those times when you need to chop only very small amounts of something, while a 3.5 or a 4-cup chopper is powerful enough to be comparable to an actual food processor. Besides, some bowls are marked to make your job that much easier; this way, you won't need an extra measuring cup to know how many cups of ingredients you should add. Many lids have a special lock that keeps all chopped food inside so as not to make a mess out of your kitchen, which is especially useful when you handle a lot of wet foods that you want to place in the chopper, so make sure to buy one that can keep them safely in, to prevent water from leaking all over your countertop.
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Finally, as you can see just by browsing a website like http://www.hourglassbrasserie.com/food-choppers/, there is more to these machines than size and features: while most choppers are a mix of white and clear plastic or other material, some come in beautiful colors that will brighten up any countertop.


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Lehman Makes Room for Mixed-Use Development in Baltimore Area
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A Lehman Brothers affiliate has sold a 1.15-acre redevelopment site in College Park, Md., to Gelman Enterprises, of Washington, D.C., it was announced Monday by DTZ, which represented the seller. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The parcel, at 8430 Baltimore Ave. and known as Northgate, is currently occupied by a vacant restaurant, DTZ managing director Chris Doerr told Commercial Property Executive. He and DTZ executive managing director Jayne Shister represented the seller in the transaction.
The property has had a checkered recent history, Doerr explained. Nearly 10 years ago, it was owned by Monument Realty, which planned to build a 204-unit multi-family development there. But the economy tanked in 2008, the project was never built, Lehman eventually took over the property and then the parcel was tied up in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
The buyer already owns the site immediately north of this one, which also is about an acre in size and is occupied by a Burger King, Michael Miller, a vice president at The Gelman Cos., told CPE. He was not at liberty to discuss Gelman's plans for the parcels, but did say that the company might combine the two and that "The ultimate goal is a redevelopment."
The site is only about 100 yards from the front entrance to the University of Maryland at College Park, Doerr told CPE. "There was strong demand for a mixed-use project in College Park within walking distance to the University of Maryland," he said in a release.
The location is zoned M-U-I/DDOZ and is part of the Route 1 Corridor Sector Plan, according to DTZ. Approved in 2002, the Route 1 Corridor Sector Plan changed zoning laws to encourage, among other things, "a diverse mix of land uses in compact and vertical mixed-use development forms in appropriate locations along the corridor."


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This condition is still erroneously categorized within the NIH Prostatitis Classification System as Category 3. There are 4 categories in this classification system, three of which are symptomatic. It is laughable to realize that Category 3 represents 95% of men who have "prostatitis-like" symptoms, which sadly, explains the high rate of mis- and over diagnosis of prostatitis in this group. Indeed, the authors of this classification symptom recognized that chronic prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome has never been proven to be caused by an infection nor a prostate malady.
Since 1996, Dr. Potts has been evaluating and treating patients previously diagnosed as CP/CPPS, employing a much broader and more comprehensive approach. She believes that the prostate has been "scape-goated" as a means of oversimplification and justification for over and misuse of prostate-centric pharmaceuticals and procedures. She believes and has proven that what was previously presumed to be prostatitis is in fact a very different diagnosis, often not even urological. These other conditions causing CP/CPPS include musculoskeletal or orthopedic issues, Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Neuralgias, Colorectal conditions and Central Sensitization Syndromes. Careful evaluation helps to differentiate these other diagnoses, which can sometimes overlap. Management strategies are then tailored to the patient's diagnosis and lifestyle.


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update! (again) and a new writing goal
So sadly life has been getting in the way. We have finally settled into our new place and got a decent rhythm with life. Stuff has settled down so now I can focus more attention to my blog and my writing! And boy, do I!
I have been terribly missing writing and the joys of being able to sit and type my thoughts. I would love to share all the stories going on in my head. It would be a wonderful experience for everyone around. There is only one thing stopping me… That would be sitting down and actually getting the writing done!
So here is my current (and temporary) goal. For the next week I am going to work on sitting down and trying to write for two hours. The reason for the two hours is I would like to do one hour of free-writing and other activities and then the other hour I would like to work on plotting out one my new projects. Then I'm going to work on a monthly goal. I think creating short term goals will help me get the long term goal achieved. (So keep an eye out for my updates on my goals and stuff.) But before I start dreaming about eating my cake, I need to get in the habit of baking a cake (or in my case, writing).
It's going to be difficult since, my husband works full time and very long hours during the week. This means we have no idea when he is coming home. This would make it difficult to schedule time to write. Also, I have picked up a small part time job, every other weekend. So that limits some possible hours for writing on the weekends. Overall, this leaves little free time for me to focus on writing and not my writing. And for the few who are a little confused, I have a beautiful six month little girl, who needs her mother and plenty of attention. She means so much to me and I just hope to achieve this to improve our life.
This is going to be difficult. But I am damned that I want to do this. I am going to do this! This is my passion, this is my job, this is what I feel like I am supposed to do.
What to join the fun?
Until next time….


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The Center for Career and Professional Development is committed to inclusion of all students in achieving their career development goals. The Center has a history of strong collaborative ties to the Center for Student Accessibility and works closely to establish individualized career planning, customized internship and employment advisement, as well as scholarship, fellowship and special opportunity information and referral for students identified with special needs.
Career related workshops are offered each semester, relevant to the needs of students registered with the Center for Student Accessibility as well as other special needs students in the general population. Accommodations are offered to insure that all special needs students have access to the full range of campus-wide career services and events offered by the Center, including accessibility and readability options within their student Careers24/7 account. The Center has established best practices cross-training for staff to insure that the individualized career plans of all special needs students are met promptly and effectively.
As the future employees, graduate school students, or fellowship candidates, students with accessibility needs can often face unique challenges. They must find a way to meet the specific qualifications of their chosen career path, as well as demonstrate transferable skills such as effective written and verbal communication, reliability, decision making, leadership, and problem solving. They must also determine whether or not they will need accommodations to help them succeed in their elected field. Success in any work-based or academic learning experiences whether that be internships, volunteerism, service learning, fellowships, mentoring, research opportunities, or jobs depends on carefully considered planning and preparation with your LEADS counselor at the Center for Student Accessibility and with a career specialist at the Center for Career and Professional Development.
Students who need assistance in recognizing appropriate "candidate presentation skills" including dress, proper grooming, and acceptable behavior can request to meet with a career counselor and advisor at the Center for Student Accessibility and ask for feedback on the following questions - How do I look? How do I dress? How do I act? Another option is to attend workshops sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Development that emphasize the importance of professional etiquette and behaviors not only in a successful interview process but while you are "on the job." Finally reading "Do's and Don'ts Business Etiquette Made Simple" brochure (hyperlink) and keeping a copy on hand when approaching an interview or any other career opportunity may also prove helpful.
When applying for internships, employment, graduate schools or any other special opportunity programs, disclosure of a disability or needs for accessibility services is – first and foremost – your choice. It is a personal decision and one that you should undertake only after meeting with your advisor from the Center for Student Accessibility and discussing the benefits and possible drawbacks of doing so. Remember you are not legally bound to disclose and your decision to disclose should be based on what will help you advance in both your personal, academic, and career goals.
The following questions/guidelines should serve to prepare you for discussion with your counselor/advisor at the Center for Student Accessibility.
- How comfortable you are discussing your disability and how detailed you would like to be in that discussion?
- If your disability is a visible one, how prepared are you to clarify misconceptions potential employers/recruiters may hold regarding your abilities?
- Have you examined the job/internship description and are you prepared to speak of how your strengths make you qualified for the position?
- Have you done your research and are you prepared to discuss any accommodations you may require as an intern or employee including any costs to both you and the employer?
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- "What can you contribute to this company?"
If you decide to disclose, have you scheduled an appointment with your advisor at the Center for Student Accessibility to practice your responses to some potentially challenging questions?
If you chose not to disclose your disability, have you researched the company and the job description thoroughly so you can be sure you are able to complete the tasks required by the position?
In the case of non-disclosure, are you aware that you are not entitled to receive the accommodations you may need and, if you cannot perform the duties required by the positon description, you can legally be let go from the position.
Timing of disclosure really relies upon your comfort level and in depth advisement of this issue with your advisor from the Center for Student Accessibility. The following guidelines are designed to help prepare you for a one to one advisement session.
Disclosing on Your Résumé or Cover Letter:
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Con: An employer may not give you the chance of presenting your qualifications knowing you have a disability so early on.
When an Employer Calls You for an Interview:
Pro: You will no longer have to anticipate when you will address the issue with the employer.
Con: An employer may not take you as seriously during the interview and/or be biased when meeting you.
During the Interview:
Pro: This will allow the employer to get to know you a little before you disclose. This in combination with the face to face interaction may help resolve any bias or discrimination.
Con: The employer may be made uncomfortable and/ or surprised, affecting the interview.
When You Are Offered the Position:
Pro: The employer will be informed of and can arrange any accommodations you may require.
Con: An employer may develop a feeling of mistrust.
After You Start a Position:
Pro: You have a chance to prove your abilities on the job prior to disclosure, minimizing the effects of stigma.
Con: If your disability affects your ability to perform on the job there may be legal recourse. Also if you require accommodations, you will not have them available to you when you start working.
After an Issue Related to Your Disability Arises on the Job:
Pro: You will have been given the opportunity to display your skills on the job.
Con: You may be accused of falsifying your qualifications and you may lose the trust of your employer and coworkers.
Sample Disclosure Scripts:
"I have disability name. I am confident I am able to do this job with the following accommodations. (Remember to list them). I am eager to join your team and work with you and contributing to your company."
I am choosing to let you know that I have a disability. It doesn't completely define me. Rather, it has helped me grow in ways that differentiates and strengthens me. My disability has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way and has contributed greatly to my motivation to work with and contribute to others and I will bring all of that to this position.
For more examples of disclosure statements, visit disabledgo.com
Final note: Issues related to disclosure or non-disclosure should always be discussed and decided upon in the context of an individual appointment at the Center for Student Accessibility.
Hiring Complexities
Travel Skills and Resources
The application process for internships, employment, graduate school or other opportunities may require several interviews with recruiters. Almost always, interviews involve both local or tri-state area travel and commuting, if you secure the position. It is important to think through not only how willing and able you are to travel for an interview but if you are able to manage the regularly scheduled commute for an acquired internship or job. If regular travel presents a challenge to your acceptance of any opportunity, there are resources available to help you overcome this issue. First and foremost, discuss this issue with your LEADS counselor at the Center for Student Accessibility. There are also some helpful hints for travel at
Internship/Employment, Fellowship/Scholarship and Graduate School
Career Readiness
Saying "yes" involves putting into practice all the skills you have learned about in your career planning and preparation. Practice is the key concept here. Like any other set of skills – sports, computer proficiency, playing a musical instrument, etc., practice improves your skills and increases your opportunity for success. Internship and Employment search skills are no different. The more you seek out opportunities to practice, the more your skills will improve. With consistent advisement and support from the Center for Student Accessibility and the Center for Career and Professional Development, participate in the Center's semester programs/events as referenced in your ICP (as opportunities both to "practice" your skills and to launch your internship/employment search).
Websites Committed to Helping Individuals with Disabilities Gain Employment:
AbilityLinks- "AbilityLinks is a nationwide, web-based community where qualified job seekers with
disabilities and inclusive employers meet and gain access to valuable networking opportunities. Job seekers who want to connect to employers by voluntarily self-identifying having a disability use AbilityLinks to post resumes and apply for jobs. No information about disability type is asked." https://www.abilitylinks.org/
ACCESS-VR- Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCESS-VR) offers comprehensive vocational rehabilitation to working age adults with disabilities, including: skills assessment, education, skills development and job placement. http://www.trilogyir.com/
American Foundation for the Blind CareerConnect- "The American Foundation for the Blind removes barriers, creates solutions, and expands possibilities so people with vision loss can achieve their full potential." http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/for-job-seekers/12
Asperger Syndrome Training & Employment Partnership (ASTEP)- "The Asperger Syndrome Training & Employment Partnership (ASTEP) promotes the inclusion of individuals with Asperger Syndrome and similar autism spectrum profiles in competitive employment through: Awareness and training campaigns aimed at Fortune 1000 companies; Establishing relationships between high quality support programs for adults with Asperger's throughout the US and national employers; And, developing Corporate Partners to implement integrated employment programs for adults with Asperger Syndrome." http://asperger-employment.org/employment-resources/
Birch Family Services- Birch Family Services is a team of more than 3,000 teachers, therapists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, residence counselors, administrators, board members, and family members working together: To provide the finest education, habilitation, and residential services to people with autism and other developmental disabilities. To help their families overcome the lifelong obstacles they face in raising children with disabilities. http://www.birchfamilyservices.org/index.html
Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) – "COSD offers many opportunities to connect with higher education professionals, other employers and college students with disabilities." http://www.cosdonline.org/
DIsabledperson.com- "We boast over 40,000 active jobs with hundreds of new jobs posted every day from all across the U.S. posted by companies who are looking to hire people with disabilities." https://www.disabledperson.com/
EmpAcc- "EmpAcc is a one-stop employment service for all persons with disabilities who wish to access assistance in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining competitive employment." http://www.disabilityaccess.org/employment-access.html
Enable America- "Enable America's objective is to increase employment among people with disabilities in the United States." http://www.enableamerica.org/
Entrypoint-Entry Point is the signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology, and Disability. Entry Point identifies and recruits students with apparent and non-apparent disabilities studying in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business for outstanding internship and co-op opportunities. http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/entrypoint/
Federal Jobs for People with Disabilities- "The Federal Government is actively recruiting and hiring persons with disabilities. We offer a variety of exciting jobs, competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/
GettingHired.com- "Providing a safe and secure environment is top of mind and our employer partners have a vested interest in hiring the most talented individuals for their companies. We seek to work with companies who are making a concerted effort to hire people with disabilities and are constantly looking to improve their program through best hiring training programs for a variety of teams." http://www.gettinghired.com/
Hire Disability Solutions- "The mission of Hire Disability Solutions is to give all that want a chance to succeed, the opportunity to succeed. Hire Disability Solutions was founded in response to the increasing demand for services for individuals with disabilities. Additionally, we aim to promote inclusion into the mainstream employment world." http://hireds.com/
Institute for Career Development- ICD has been helping people transform their lives through career development and employment for almost 100 years. We specialize in serving New Yorkers with barriers to employment gain economic independence through career planning and evaluation and career school programs. http://www.icdnyc.org/
Lime Connect- "Lime Connect is leading the way as the premier resource for top talent in the disability space by attracting, preparing and connecting highly accomplished individuals with disabilities for careers with the world's leading corporations." http://limeconnect.com/
The National Business Disability Council– "The National Business & Disability Council (NBDC) at The Viscardi Center is an employer organization and comprehensive resource for disability best practices." http://www.viscardicenter.org/services/nbdc/job-seekers/
The Office of Personnel Management- OPM works in several broad categories to recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce. http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/
Project Hired- "Project HIRED, a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization, maintains a single vision: to be a significant force for the employment of individuals with disabilities until the need no longer exists. http://projecthired.org/
Work Force Recruitment Program- "The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Diversity Management & Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) manage the program, which continues to be successful with the participation of many other federal agencies and sub-agencies. Since the program's expansion in 1995, over 6,000 students and recent graduates have received temporary and permanent employment opportunities through the WRP." https://wrp.gov/
Websites Committed to Helping Individuals with Disabilities Gain Employment and/or Internships:
Entrypoint-Entry Point is the signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology, and
Disability. Entry Point identifies and recruits students with apparent and non-apparent disabilities studying in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business for outstanding internship and co-op opportunities. http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/entrypoint/
Freddie Mac Internship Program (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network)- "At Freddie Mac, you'll have a rewarding career as you play a role in helping the nation recover from the housing and economic crisis, and implementing the President's Making Home Affordable program." http://www.freddiemac.com/careers/campus/pdf/phase_1_intern_program.pdf
The National Business Disability Council Emerging Leaders Program- "Studies have proven that volunteering or participating in an internship are the best predictors of future success in the workplace. The Emerging Leaders Summer Internship Program for College Students with Disabilities gives college students with disabilities the opportunity to jumpstart their career path and gain a competitive edge." http://www.viscardicenter.org/services/nbdc/emerging-leaders/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities- "The mission of NCLD is to improve the lives of the one in five children and adults nationwide with learning and attention issues—by empowering parents and young adults, transforming schools and advocating for equal rights and opportunities. We're working to create a society in which every individual possesses the academic, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, at work and in life. http://www.ncld.org/employment/
The United States International Council on Disabilities Youth in Development Internship Program- "The United States International Council on Disabilities is a federation of US-based non-governmental organizations, federal agencies and individuals committed to advocacy and action on behalf of the global disability rights agenda." http://www.usicd.org/template/page.cfm?id=257
Smithsonian Internship for People with Disabilities- "This program provides paid internship opportunities annually at the Smithsonian for people with disabilities."http://www.smithsonianofi.com/internship-opportunities/access-to-opportunities-smithsonian-internship-program-for-people-with-disabilities/
Work Force Recruitment Program- "The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Diversity Management & Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) manage the program, which continues to be successful with the participation of many other federal agencies and sub-agencies. Since the program's expansion in 1995, over 6,000 students and recent graduates have received temporary and permanent employment opportunities through the WRP." https://wrp.gov/
The following website contains a list of the top ten companies in 2015 for individuals with disabilities http://www.diversityinc.com/top-10-companies-people-with-disabilities/.
Travel Resources:
Scholarships and Fellowships
There are many scholarship and fellowship opportunities offered to students who have a documented disability or can prove physical, family, or psychological hardships in their lives. The application process for scholarships and fellowships demands a great deal of time and effort and usually requires students working with a faculty member or the designated Fellowship and Scholarship Coordinator for the institution. The CSI Scholarship Program is open to all full-time CSI students who have achieved at least a 3.25 GPA and students with accessibility needs who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Applications become available during the fall semester, and the annual deadline occurs on the last business day of February. Students may inquire about the application at the Institutional Advancement & External Affairs Office, 1A-401C. The City University of New York also offers scholarship opportunities and all students are welcome to apply. For students registered with their campus Center for Student Accessibility, there is the CUNY Matthew Goldstein Scholarship, which has an annual deadline in June and provides tuition waivers for unmet state financial aid (TAP). These awards, along with the CSI Scholarship Program application, and a multitude of additional external scholarships, can be viewed by visiting our scholarships page and accessing CSI's Fellowship and Scholarship Database online, which contains a section specifically for students with disabilities. Students are also advised to view all award categories that pertain to them and carefully consider the eligibility criteria for each award. Within the database, students may also review free scholarship search websites and advice for building candidacy
Graduate School
Applying for graduate programs follows a process similar to scholarship and fellowship applications and often includes writing a statement of purpose, obtaining letters of recommendation, and completing an interview with an admissions recruiter. However, for students with special needs, additional forms and information may also be part of the application process, such as accommodation requests, equipment, and material. Students should consult with graduate admissions personnel at the school they wish to attend to ensure they have secured all necessary documentation and that the institution is in compliance with ADA guidelines. Students may also want to evaluate whether or not the institution provides a supportive environment that promotes and celebrates diversity. For information regarding graduate programs at the College of Staten Island, contact the Office of Recruitment and Admissions, located in 2A-103, at 718.982.2019 or visit our graduate admissions site
For graduate programs within CUNY, students may visit: http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate/prog-search.html.
All students should exercise caution when searching for programs outside of CUNY (including CSI), because some websites contain programs from schools that have paid premiums to be featured on the website. These websites may not provide accurate information about the school's ranking and reputation. Students are encouraged to use Peterson's Graduate and Professional Programs Guide, a trusted and reliable resource for graduate school information. Students may visit the CSI Library for access to this guide, which may only be used within the library facility.
For comprehensive information regarding graduate study and personal statement writing, students may click on the following link for more information:
For assistance in applying for scholarships, fellowships, and graduate school, please visit the Office of Institutional Advancement & External Affairs, Building 1A, Room 401, and ask to meet with the Fellowship and Scholarship Advisor or visit our scholarships page
Leadership Opportunities
Leadership experience can strengthen scholarship, fellowship, graduate school, or other special opportunity applications. For information about leadership opportunities on campus or the community, please visit
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I am on the Round Table on Bradford Community Broadcasting at 12.00. There is a listen live button on the page the link goes to.
January 2014
January 31, 2014
On the radio with BCB at noonPosted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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January 30, 2014
BusyPosted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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I have not posted any normal blogs for a good while because I am busy with the shows, not just the 3 this weekend, but also a possible pop-up in Clerkenwell for St. Walburgas.
The weather forecast for the walk on Saturday is not good, but at least there are plenty of stops, so I may be doing most of the talking indoors and getting the group as quickly as comfortable to the next shelter and food.
I will do the walk even if there are just 2 of us.
I did not blog about the Burns Night, which is a bit daft. I might add a bit to the picture if I've time for a few deep breaths.
January 28, 2014
Bliase and Dripping!Posted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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The organiser of a walk on Saturday to commemorate Bishop Blaise, Bradford's forgotten saint, has just announced it will be calling at the Lord Clyde, on Thornton Road, to sample what he describes as the 'Yorkshire ethnic delicacy' of bread and dripping!
Glyn Watkins, poet and showman of Little Horton, is a big fan of the fats and juices that come of roast beef, and was delight when landlady Julie Yeadon offered to put on a tray bread and 'mucky' dripping. As he said:
'The walk is starting from Glyde House and going to the New Bradford Playhouse, where we can have some of their splendid cakes; then on to the Sparrow Bier Cafe
for pies. After that we can we fill up a few corners at the Lord Clyde with the joy that is bread and dripping! It's just a shame it has no vegetarian alternative, but there will be more cake waiting for us at the Sir Titus Salts at the end of the walk for anyone who is still hungry.
The walk is entitled 'A Guided Walk Through Bradford's Hidden Histories.' and is open to all. Walkers are asked to be at Glyde House, at the bottom of Little Horton Lane, for 11.00. The walk is about 3 miles long, will finish by 15.00. and collections will be taken.
January 27, 2014
Pie Poetry & Proud of Bradford Show just £4 in advance!Posted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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Buy your ticket before Sunday 2nd Feb. from Glyde House or me and save a pound.
The show starts at 20.00. will finish before 22.00 and have time for you to buy pie and peas at a very modest price. The pie will be meat and potato or cheese and onion.
There will be poems that rhyme and many tales with pictures, including ghost graveyards; lost trains and found cannon balls; the woman who built a pub, married one of Bradford's first policemen and then drowned herself; and ups and downs of Bradford City, including me being a director for the day, and why Bradford City stopped the director for a day scheme!
January 26, 2014
The list of the 1825 Bishop Blaise procession in Bradford.Posted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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I have copied the list at the bottom of this entry from John James' HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF BRADFORD MDCCCXLI.
As the book was published just 16 years after 1825 and the last ever celebration of St. Blaise by the whole of Bradford, we can be certain it is correct.
The Event
The event was organised by the wool-combers, who were self employed skilled men. Their job was to separate the long and short hair in a fleece (the tops and noils) using big metal combs heated in a pot of burning charcoal. The tops were used to make higher grade worsted cloth, the noils for woollens.
The wool-combers had been in a very strong economic position, but things were changing fast in 1825. They went on strike 4 months after the triumph of St. Blaises's day, lost, and St. Blaise was never celebrated again.
Still, if you look at how big, and complicated, the procession was you cannot help but be astonished by it. There are 860 people counted in the list, plus 3 bands and uncounted numbers of charcoal burners, shepherds and shepherdesses and colour (or flag) bearers. So surely over a thousand in total! All done when a man on a horse was the fastest way to communicate!
The spelling and spacing is as the original, so this is now a primary source.
The Spelling of Blaise, or Blaize, varied even in 1825. Now the two streets named after him in Bradford use a s instead of a z, and so do I.
Listing Bradford's Bishop Blaize Procession on 3rd Feb. 1825.
Herald, bearing a flag
Twenty-four Woolstaplers on horseback, each horse caparisoned with a fleece.
Thirty-eight Worsted-Spinners and Manufacturers on horseback, in white stuff waistcoats, with each a sliver of wool over his shoulders and a white stuff sash: the horses' necks covered with nets made of thick yarn.
Six merchants on horseback, with coloured sashes.
Three Guards. Masters' Colours. Three Guards.
Fifty-six Apprentices and Masters' Sons on horseback, with ornamental caps, scar-
let coloured coats, white stuff waistcoats, and blue pantaloons.
Bradford and Keighley Bands
Macebearer, on foot.
Six Guards. King. Queen. Six Guards.
Guards. Jason. Princess Medea. Guards.
Bishop's Chaplin.
Shepherd and Shepherdess.
One hundred and sixty Woolsorters on horseback, with ornamental
caps and various coloured slivers.
Thirty comb-makers.
Charcoal Burners.
Combers' Colours.
Four hundred and seventy Wool-combers, with wool wigs, &c.
Forty Dyers, with red cockades, blue aprons, and crossed slivers of red and blue.
Below is a painting of the 1811 Blaise procession.
January 26, 2014
bradwan.com now fully functional.Posted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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January 25, 2014
Me and Natalie at Sparrow after I had done Burns' Bonny Wee Thing.Posted by bradwan under Uncategorized
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Driving home tonight, amongst the throng of rush hour traffic, I watched the many people who stay bumper to bumper. Not leaving an inch lest some 'cheeky' driver from a side junction jump in 'their' space. How very dare they!! Even if actually all that driver wants to do is cut through to their route on the other side of the queue.
It made me feel sad.
So many opportunities for small acts of kindness. Is it really so hard for people to let one person in ahead of them, or to help that person get a way through to continue in their new direction, to give them that opportunity to progress on their journey, and to just make it that little bit easier for them to do so. And to feel happy – both the giver and receiver of that act of kindness. That helping hand. That boost to make things a little bit better for more people.
At work…….seen it? Leaders defending their domain, protecting their power position. Not helping others to develop and progress on their career journey – what if they turn out to be better than me? What then??
So when it comes to performance expectations, what weight does your organisation give to leaders who develop their teams?
What are leaders recognised for? Promoting their own agenda, or giving others the support to promote their's?
Who are the ones that 'get on'?
And what would be better for the organisation – ego-driven self-obsessed leadership?
Or a whole organisation of people who feel supported, developed and given the chance to step into the the 'space' by the person who 'owns' it just now.
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The Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Post-Professional Athletic Training Residency Programs (Standards) are to be used for the development, evaluation, analysis, and maintenance of post- professional athletic training residency programs. Via comprehensive and annual review processes, CAATE is responsible for the evaluation of a program's compliance with the Standards. The Standards provide minimum academic requirements; institutions/entities are encouraged to develop sound innovative educational approaches that substantially exceed these Standards.
The Standards document also contains a glossary of terms used throughout the process; the definition provided in the glossary must be applied as stated.
Clarification to Standards and Glossary
The clarification listed below was approved by the Commission and was released to the public in November 2015.
- Inherent in any Standards that pertain to establishing policy is the assumption that the programs must also abide by those policies. Failure to do so will be cited as non-compliant with the associated Standard.
Clarification to Standards and Glossary
The clarification and edits listed below were approved by the Commission in September 2016 and were released to the public in November 2016.
- (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2017) New Standard: The sponsoring organization must demonstrate honesty and integrity in all interactions that pertain to the athletic training program.
- (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018) Standard 21: Assessment Measures: The residency program's aggregate organizational data (as defined below by the CAATE) for the most recent three years must be provided.
• The program's employment rate in athletic training for the most recent three cohorts within 6 months of program completion.
• The program's retention and completion rates for the most recent three academic years.
(Retention rate (modified from United States Department of Education): Measures the percentage of accepted residents who are seeking who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall.)
(Completion rate (modified from United States Department of Education): Measures the progress of residents who began their studies as full-time residents by showing the percentage of these residents who complete their program within a 150% of "normal time" for completing the program in which they are enrolled.)
The changes to Standard 21 subsequently impact Standard 22, although the wording of Standard 22 remains the same.


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Miréa Residences is DMCI Homes' latest development in Pasig City offering young families and professionals in the area who seek a safe and relaxing environment. It has access to prestigious schools, central business districts, commercial areas and key establishments.
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The project is located at Amang Rodriguez Avenue in Pasig, near Marcos Highway and Eastwood City. May it be offices, schools or other establishments; everything you need is just a few minutes drive away.
Business Districts
- Eastwood City Cyberpark
- South Supermarket 200 m
- SM Savemore 500 m
- Ateneo de Manila University
- Miriam College
- U.P. Diliman
- St. Camillus Medical Center 400 m
Railway Transport
- LRT2 Santolan Station 1.2 km
- Sta. Lucia Mall 1 km
- Robinsons Metro East 1.2 km
- SM Marikina 2 km
- SM Masinag
8 buildings are strategically positioned in this 3.9-hectare property, surrounding a vast amenity area in its center. The project is designed to a Polynesian-inspired theme.
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- Polynesian-inspired architectural theme
- General maintenance in common areas
- Taxi Call-in Service
- Utilities application and payment assistance
- Stand-by Electric Generator
- Landscaped Atriums
- Convenience Store
- Perimeter Fence
- Convenience Store
- 24-hr security, with roving personnel
- Main Entrance Gate
- Leisure Pool
- Kiddie Pool
- Lap Pool
- Palm Promenade
- Basketball Court / Playcourt
- Badminton Court
- Grill Pits
- Children's Playground
- Open Lawn / Picnic Grove
- Clubhouse
- Landscaped Gardens
- Pool Deck
- Gazebo / Cabana
- Fitness Gym
- Game Area
- Function Hall
- Lounge Area
- Entertainment Room
- Water Station
- Laundry Station
- 24-hour Security
2-Bedroom Unit with Balcony
2-Bedroom Unit with Balcony A
3-Bedroom Unit with Balconies
Tandem Unit with Balconies
Tandem Unit with Balconies B
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|2 Bedroom
|2 Bedroom A
|2 Bedroom B
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Minimum Downpayment
For Mirea Residences condominium development, a 15% minimum downpayment payable over construction period is required with a unit reservation fee of Php 20,000 and a reservation fee of Php10,000 for a parking slot.
Balance may be settled through in-house or bank financing.
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- Asia United Bank
- Bank of Commerce
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- Maybank
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- Philippine National Bank
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Quake rattles East Bay / Magnitude 4.2 temblor causes little damage but may be foreshock
Friday's 4.2 magnitude earthquake was a wake-up call in more ways than one.
The temblor roused Bay Area residents at 4:42 a.m. and, while seismically classified as minor, it was powerful enough to scare even those who experienced the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta shaker in 1989.
The head-scratcher was: Why did Friday's five-second shaking seem so strong?
U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Rufus Catchings said the quake felt very intense -- particularly in Berkeley, 5 miles from the epicenter off Butters Drive in the Oakland hills on the Hayward Fault -- because of something called the directivity effect, or where the quake's energy is directed.
"The energy was directed north, so it felt stronger 8 kilometers (5 miles) north in Berkeley than at the epicenter," said USGS seismologist Steve Walter. "There was very strong shaking under Berkeley."
The Hayward Fault is a strike-slip fault, where each side moves horizontally in opposite directions, as opposed to a common fault, where one side is lower and the movement more vertical.
Strike-slip faults "give very strong -- if you're nearby -- initial jolts from the (primary) wave and then rattling for a couple seconds from the (secondary) wave," Catchings explained. "Anytime the Earth moves beneath you, it's a little unsettling, no matter who you are."
The energy moved northwest along the fault and, by the time it rose to the ground in Berkeley, was nearly vertical, Walter said, "so it came up from under Berkeley and hit them harder."
You didn't have to tell that to Alex Sieu.
The 20-year owner of Dream Fluff Donuts on Ashby Avenue was already at work when the earthquake hit, knocking a large piece of glass out of his window display onto about 100 doughnuts.
"I thought somebody threw a cinderblock," said Sieu, adding that Friday's event felt stronger than Loma Prieta to him.
Friday's quake could be felt as far north as Santa Rosa and in San Francisco, though it did not travel south to San Jose, said USGS spokeswoman Leslie Gordon. A few people in the Oakland hills felt a 2.8 aftershock that hit at 5:48 p.m.
Gordon said about 5,500 people registered Friday morning to access a map on the USGS Web site, which allows the public to report where the earthquake was felt and how strongly. The map showed weak to light shaking in the East Bay and North Bay, as well as in San Francisco and the northern area of the Peninsula.
But it was moderate to strong in Berkeley, lending credence to many East Bay residents' claims that the initial jolt was jarring -- and strong enough to knock some bricks off the chimney of Karen Toloui's home.
"Something woke me up -- my mirror shook," said 3-year-old Montclair resident Maddy Cometa, who was walking with her tired father to get coffee. Tom Cometa said it was the worst quake he could recall in his 15 years in the Bay Area. He said it knocked down pictures and knickknacks in their Oakland home.
"I never felt an earthquake that big before -- it was just like, 'Wow, this was a big one,' " 14-year-old Louie Reed added as he played hockey in his backyard near the epicenter just off Butters Drive in the Oakland hills, near the Mormon Temple.
"It was very sudden, very strong," said Caroline Aszklar, who lives on Butters Drive. "It woke me up right away."
Don MacInnes, 75, also lives near the epicenter, on Crestmont Drive. "It really woke me up," he said. "I've been through so many earthquakes you get used to them. I have people on the East Coast who call me and say, 'Isn't it terrible?' But I tell them by the time you figure out what's going on, it's over."
At UC Berkeley's Boalt Law Library, the early morning shaker damaged several 19th century Swiss law books, whose bindings were ripped when they toppled from shelves. But other treasures around the region made it through intact, including the unopened boxes of "Harry Potter" books at Sullivan's Montclair Pharmacy.
"Harry survived," said owner Joe Sullivan, who at first told his son he was having a bad dream when Ryan Sullivan started out of bed yelling "earthquake!"
"At this point, yes, (I believe him)," Sullivan said as he cleaned up shampoo bottles, prescription drugs and other merchandise strewn across his store.
Gordon, however, said the quake was "pretty minor" from a geological standpoint.
"We consider that a light earthquake. It's not unusual," she said. "It didn't interrupt doughnut production."
It's possible, though, that the temblor was a foreshock that could be followed by stronger seismic events, Catchings said.
"To be very honest, we can't tell, but we do look at that kind of thing, and it's not unheard of for something like this to be followed by something larger," he said.
There was a 3.8 magnitude quake on another fault about 100 miles north at The Geysers around 10:50 a.m. Friday, which may have been related.
"It's not an aftershock because it's far away, but it's within the realm of possibility that it may have been triggered or influenced by (Friday) morning's quake," Gordon said. "There are commonly a lot of small earthquakes up there."
Gordon and Catchings urged Bay Area residents to use Friday's seismic event as a reminder to prepare for the Big One.
"People should take this as a wake-up call that something much bigger could happen, and take this as a lesson to prepare," Catchings said.
Said Gordon: "Just be ready."
Earthquake preparedness
A recent American Red Cross survey found that 83 percent of Bay Area residents are not prepared for an emergency, whether earthquake, terror attack or wildfire.
The agency suggests local residents do the following:
-- Make a plan: Talk to your family about what disasters could happen, and choose two places to meet in the event of an emergency, one outside the home and one outside your neighborhood. Find out how and when to turn off utilities and have a personal contact outside the immediate area.
-- Get a kit: Store supplies that will last three days, and include one gallon of water per person per day, nonperishable food, flashlights, a first-aid kit and a battery-operated radio. You can buy premade emergency kits online, or make your own.
-- Be informed and get trained: Learn basic first aid and CPR, and know to drop, cover and hold on during an earthquake. Stay inside until the shaking stops.
-- If you live in Oakland, you can now get a retrofitting permit for your home at a quarter of the normal cost. The new law also allows home buyers to get a rebate of up to $5,000 on their city transfer tax if they retrofit their homes. There will be grants for retrofitting available in 2008 as well.
Visit preparenow.org or redcrossbayarea.org for more information. You can also call the toll free number (877) 773-7229.
Source: Bay Area Red Cross, Chronicle research
Editor's note: A correction has been made in the above story.


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More than half of the athletes on Ukraine's Olympic team have left the Games in protest after clashes in Kiev intensified and grew more violent this week, according to British newspaper The Times.
Ukraine sent 43 athletes to the Olympics in Sochi this year. The Times reports that most of those who chose to leave the Games early had already competed in events.
More than 50 people have died so far in the Ukraine protests, which began in late November. The clashes are between Kremlin-backed forces who support Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and those who want integration with the European Union.
At least one athlete who quit the Olympics early, Bogdana Matsotska, left before she had finished competing, according to Agence France Presse.
Matsotska's father and coach, Oleg Matsotskiy, released this statement: "In a sign of protest ... against the bandit-like actions against protesters, we are taking no further part in the Sochi Olympics in 2014."
AFP reports that they are the first members of the Ukrainian team who are confirmed to have left Sochi early.


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I blogged earlier about the safety measures that MySpace and Facebook are implementing on their sites. Today there has been breaking news of a story that is very sad to say the least.
A 13-year-old girl has committed suicide due to a perpetrating hoax of online harassment by another MySpace user. It seems that the culprit used MySpace as a joke posing as a young teenage male who met up with with this 13-year old girl.
Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis (an adult neighbor of Megan and her family) allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she was chatting with a 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans. Josh didn't exist. Megan had a crush on Josh who was on medication and the bullying got exponentially out of hand.
Megan hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages, that the world would be better off without her. After this event the account of the non-existent Josh Evans was deleted.
The non-existent Josh felt things were getting out of hand and decided to write and send cruel messages to Megan to get her mad so that she would delete him off her "friends" list.
Salvador Hernandez, assistant agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, called the case heart-rending. The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they can go before they must stop. They exploited a young girl's weaknesses," Hernandez said. "Whether the defendant (Lori Drew) could have foreseen the results, she's responsible for her actions."
The Los Angeles grand jury has just indited Lori Drew in 4 charges against her of this horrific situation. This clearly violates the TOS for MySpace by providing false information to obtain a MySpace account. This is one of the first cases of prosecution of Cyber Bullying.
What I think…….. More and more we know that bullying of any kind can lead to disastrous actions. We never know what can set a person off to devastating measures. My concern is of the adult in this situation. Why do this in the first place, and the second place if it was felt the situation was going to far, why wasn't the account deleted before further bullying had been written? The mind of the adult here was not too sound to speak of to have the time to do this when there are so many activities in life that adults have to tend to. Why bully a teenage neighbor ? This is very sad very sad. This is not the first case but of Cyber bullying and it won't be the last but one thing is for sure that maybe this case will allow for more of an outreach and awareness for all intended in the use of the internet and social sites.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Living through an earthquake
I have experienced tremors before...when you live in New Zealand, you accept this as a way of life. But this earthquake was something else. We were staying in the airport hotel and on the first floor. When the earthquake started, my hubby heard a great roar which he thought was a plane crashing. But then we realised it was an earthquake.
I have to say, I have never been so scared in all my life. All the bedroom doors were flung open. We thought the hotel was going to fall down. I am so grateful Mark was there telling me what to do...to stand in the doorway. I felt totally panicked...I just could not think what I was supposed to do.What is most scary is that you are completely powerless...totally at the mercy of Mother Nature. And you just don't know what is going to happen...all you can do is wait....
I am very grateful I do not live in Christchurch and could go home to relative safety. But I have been surprised with the effect the earthquake has had on me physiologically. Every time I think I can feel a tremour, my heart starts to pound and I go into panic mode again. Goodness knows how the poor people in Christchurch are feeling with the regular after shocks they are still feeling.
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Get prepared...think what your contingency plan will be in the event of an earthquake or natural disaster...make sure all your family knows what to do. The other thing I am going to do is check my insurance and make sure I would be covered if something like the Christchurch disaster happens here in Dunedin.
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- Mike Bogle said...
I grew up in the highly tectonically active Los Angeles area so I relate to this post a lot. I remember watching the San Francisco bridge partially collapse during one quake, and sections of the freeway collapse in another. I also recall more light-hearted memories, like watching our swimming pool turn into a wave tank and losing 1/3rd of the water due to all the sloshing that took place; and the fact animals would always go crazy just before a quake hit - they seem to sense signs that we're oblivious to.
Times like this really frame our place in the world, and how we really do sit within the environment rather than on top of it. Mankind overestimates its place on Earth to our own peril I think.
Glad you're ok over there :)
- September 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Sarah Stewart said...
Fascinating to hear this, Mike. Reminds me there is always someone much, much worse off. We're making a big fuss over here but we have nothing to complain about compared to Haiti.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Mike Bogle said...
Yes exactly. Periodically you'll hear terrible stories about countries whose infrastructure is not built for earthquakes (or other natural disasters) and the effects are catastrophic. It's very sad :(
- September 9, 2010 at 12:09 PM


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The unrequited love and ambition of
Maria Cosway
In 1781 on the 18 January, the son of a schoolmaster from Devon married the daughter of a successful Italian innkeeper from Livorno. He was twenty years her senior and known for his profligate lifestyle. A union with a modern twist! She, a beautiful, talented artist. He, a painter of miniatures, whose self-portrait, in profile, shows a foppishly dressed, rather effeminate man sporting a curled and powdered wig. But look at her "selfie" and note the difference! Maria Cosway, although dressed in the fashion of late eighteenth century, with a turban atop her powered curls, adopts an extreme and unusual pose for this time.
She stares defiantly out of the picture, with her arms firmly crossed, letting the viewer know she is no 'wilting violet.' Was it a gesture of frustration? Did she feel she never fully achieved her potential? After all, there is little indication of her artistic career. No palette, no brushes, no easel. Yet, she had exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and her painting 'The Hours' was greatly admired. Apart from a promising career as 'a portraitist and history painter,' she was an outstanding musician, who in later years founded schools and did pioneering work in education for woman. An enviable CV, even by the standards of today! What was the cause of her resentment? It took the form of Richard Cosway, her husband, who jealous of her ability, prevented his wife from selling her paintings to achieve greater artistic recognition. Who instead, preferred her to play the role of 'the Hostess with the Mostest' at his fashionable, though it is also believed, immoral parties, frequented by the Prince of Wales. Who did not want to be embarrassed by an independent wife who earned her own money?
In the summer of 1786, she accompanied her husband to Paris where he was to work on a commission for the Duc d'Orléans. A fateful decision, as in this city she would meet the second man in her life, an American diplomat, one Thomas Jefferson. For him, it was love at first sight. For her, an initial impression of his importance and public persona. Today, it is not certain if their whirlwind relationship/affair extended beyond country walks and romantic letters.
In October, Maria returned to London with Richard, leaving Jefferson to nurse a broken heart! He would later immortalize their impossible love in a 4500-word letter – a Dialogue between the Head and the Heart. After Paris, they continued to exchange letters for the rest of their lives. She, in 1838, would end her days at the school she founded in Italy. He, at his home in America, Monticello. He is remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence. She, the talented daughter of an innkeeper who captured the heart of a future President. Would she perhaps, given her passion for art, have preferred the legacy of a great artist? We shall never know.