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885 Artworks Missing from Madrid's Prado Museum
Spain's Museo del Prado has lost 885 artworks, according to El Pais. The newspaper, citing a report by Spain's Audit Court, claims that the Madrid-based institution was missing 926 works at one point, 41 having been found between 2008 and 2012. Those works had been misplaced during a restructuring period of the country's national collections held at the Prado and the Reina Sofia museum of contemporary art.
In their report, the court cites, "Lack of sufficient human resources," as the culprit behind the missing artworks. They have demanded an internal review and continued searches within the museum's collections and its lending history to identify the whereabouts of the missing art.
A spokesperson for the museum was not terribly alarmed about the issue. She said that many of the works were likely lost in fires or during various wars long ago. However, there has been no solid proof of exactly when and where the missing works were lost and thus they remain on the inventory lists. "Suspecting [that they were lost] is not enough; if there is no factual evidence that they were destroyed, we cannot take them off the inventory," she told El Pais.
For its part, the court seems to agree that most were misplaced or destroyed many years ago. Consequently, no one is expected to be held responsible for the lion's share of the lost art. The number of missing artworks from the Prado's collection has steadily increased from 350 in the 1980s and about 500 in the 1990s, a nice linear progression towards the around 900 now missing.
The court claims that "the high number and dispersion" of works from the Prado collection to other museums and institutions is partially to blame for the continual leakage of artworks. As the museum told the paper, the volume of art loans "makes oversight particularly difficult."
One of Europe's largest collections of art, the Prado currently has holdings of a total of 27,509 objects and artworks, according to a 2012 inventory, with 15,480 drawings and prints, 4,408 pieces of decorative art and sculpture, with paintings making up the bulk of the remainder.


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The imprisonment of Iranian filmmaker, actress, and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi since June 7 has sparked international concern and outrage.
Mohammadi has been sentenced to a five-year stint at the notorious Evin prison for "plotting against state security" and "propaganda" against the Iranian government. The Evin prison outside Tehran is sometimes referred to as "Evin University" for the large number of political prisoners and intellectuals incarcerated there.
Mohammadi's apparent crime is shooting a documentary about feminist activists in the contested 2009 presidential election for outlawed Western outlets, including BBC Persia, as well as Al-Jazeera.
"I have never worked with the BBC, and none of my films have ever been broadcasted on this network," protested Mohammadi earlier this month.
The filmmaker was previously jailed at Evin for a month for her contributions to Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's documentary We Are Half of Iran's Population, which spotlights feminist demands during the disputed 2009 election.
France's Film Directors' Guild has called Mohammadi's imprisonment a "new attack made to freedom of creation and expression in Iran" and began a petition. Add your name by emailing email@example.com
Watch a video Mohammadi made just before turning herself in to the authorities:
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Hi All!
It was a beautiful day today...not too cold, not too hot, no clouds, and lots of sunshine...a perfect day for a shuttle launch. We got up early and checked to see if the shuttle was still a go. It was! So we got a rental car from Enterprise, picked up Richard and Diane/Ava Ryan and away we went. What could go wrong? We got over half-way back to Titusville and I got on the computer to see how things were going with the shuttle and found it was scrubbed...for at least 72 hours! Needless to say, none of us were happy campers!
We stopped at Ponce De Leon inlet (Lighthouse) and had a picnic lunch. Diane made delicious chicken salad sandwiches...the highlight of our shuttle trip!
This has been our 4th time we were in the area for the shuttle launch and didn't see it. Since it is one of the last ones, we were really psyched! Oh well...hopefully we will get another chance.
We had dinner with Richard and Diane at a tapas restaurant in St. Augustine and a walk around town. They were having a folk festival here...music at 6 different venues. One of the venues was the marina...so we got to hear a few songs on our way home from dinner. Love this town!
We are heading to Fernandina Beach tomorrow.
Hope all is well with you and yours! Thanks for stopping by!
We are having a good time walking around St. Augustine. Went to a market called Sewart's over the bridge. They have the BEST meats. Wish we would have bought more!
We had dinner aboard Slow Dancin' with Richard and Diane/Ava Ryan. A good time was had by all.
The view of the town by boat is amazing. It's beautiful both day and night. I always wanted to be one of the sailboats in the harbor here. Now we are!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi All!
We made it to St. Augustine today. Planning to stay a few days to wait out weather and then rent a car to go back to Titusville to see the shuttle launch.
We are on a mooring ball in the north side of the Bridge of Lions. We are here with Ava Ryan. In the picture the first row farthest from shore...Ava Ryan is the first boat with beige canvas and we are fifth boat in the row.
The weather is nice here but humid today.
We are planning to have dinner at OC White's as usual. I am still trying to get Tom to go to Harry's (Crystal and Eric's favorite restaurant) but so far I haven't been successful.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for stopping by!
Yesterday we anchored near the Titusville Marina. We caught up with ole cruising buddies Gary and DeLyn on ISLAND DREAMIN' There were so many things to catch up on and so little time. Hopefully, we will have more time the next time we see them. We had a wonderful happy hour with them and our buds Diane and Richard/AVA RYAN. Afterwards, we had dinner aboard AVA RYAN. Then it was early to bed for an early wake up call today.
We are now enroute to Daytona Beach, FL where AVA RYAN will get her generator checked out and we will receive a package that needs to be processed, notarized and returned. So it will be a busy afternoon!
While in the Haulover Canal we saw three manatees swimming together. They are always fun to see. When we come out of the haulover canal you can see the shuttle launch pad very clearly. They are planning a shuttle launch on 4/29. We plan to drive back down to see it if it takes off on schedule. Outside of the haulover canal were lots of fishermen, dolphin, birds of all kinds...but we didn't see an alligator. We know they are there. On Cape Canaveral they have over 6,000 of them!
When we got to the Ponce de Leon Inlet we were greeted by more dophin to played right next to the boat for quite a while. They are so cool! Ya gotta love 'em!
We will go to St. Augstine next...but not sure which day as yet.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for stopping by.
Cathie aboard s/v SLOW DANCIN' OUT.
Hi All!
We are here in Vero Beach on a mooring ball at Vero Beach City Marina. Right now we have our OWN mooring ball! Coming down in November/December all 50+ mooring balls are taken and they raft up two and three to a mooring ball. So...it's a much different feeling having own to yourself!
There is so much wildlife here. We have dolphins all around the boat. Small fish are jumping out of the water. It's raining pelicans!...well almost. We have about 6 pelicans who are going after the small fish and make a big splash as they hit the water. Seems like the fish are around our boat in particular so they are falling out of the sky right next to the boat. A green heron just flew by so close I could touch him. We woke up to birds chirping and a sunny day!
We took a long walk to the Post Office, and then had lunch at Mulligan's, and then took a long walk on the beach topped off with homemade ice cream at the park. Yum!
Life is good!
Hope all is well with you and yours! Thanks for stopping by!
See you this summer
Hi All!
After a windy day yesterday, we came into Harbortown Marina. There were tons of boats in Palm Beach yesterday even though the wind was quite bad. Needless to say, we are happy to be further north where things are calmer and more sane. We made it to Harbortown Marina for the night.
We had a lovely dinner at their restaurant last night. Today we get the generator looked at and then it's on to Vero Beach to catch up with our buddies SOLITARE (Jim and Nancy) and AVA RYAN (Richard and Diane). They are supposed to be coming in from Nassau on Wednesday.
The people here at the marina are very nice and helpful. We would certainly come back here again!
Hope all is well with you and yours!
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OWASP Presentation Template 2013 revision Design Criteria
some feedback on the design criteria for a possible revision of the current OWASP presentation template.
Actually the version from 2011 worked quite ok.
Just in case you are wondering which one I mean, this is it: https://www.owasp.org/images/7/76/OWASP_Presentation_Template.zip (btw. I noticed, quite a number of people are still using an older ppt design template...)
Feedback from Tobias
On first glance, the new design looks cool and modern, but IMHO it has a number of practical flaws that make it very hard to work with:
1. the title page: the page has a dark blue background with a white image in the centre. So, if you write a title over several lines with white characters (as you are supposed by the template) on that, it becomes partially very hard to read (i.e. read white char on white background... ) - note: I experimented with various font colours, and none really works. Although red would work, but that is not a good font colour for a title page, either. So the key is to change the background image to something more homogeneous. - the subtitle section is a problem, too. The grey font is equally not very good to read - though I totally get it why the designer chose grey - because you can't use white as half the background is white and you can't use black or dark font colour as half the background for the subtitle is dark blue) - so grey is a compromise, but hard to read on both. Again best would be to change the background image or shape.
2. normal pages: the wave like design of the title bar looks cool, but: - it takes a lot of space of the slide (much more than many other templates) - due to the fact that it is mixed light/dark design, you can use for the slide title only the upper right corner, or you run in the same problem as with the title slide (light char on light background is impossible to read). So the space is very limited and you have to do multi-line titles which takes too much space from the slide. The large curvy title bar on the normal slides also does not go so well with graphics (which then cut or overlay the design).
My suggestions are: Make a design revamp. Either with small changes or complete revamp.
- reduce or change the white "lock" image on the title slide
- don't have large areas of mixed light and dark background if you have any text in front of it
- make the title slide with less contrast (either all light colour so you can use dark fonts or all dark background and light fonts)
- important: remove or reduce the wave curvy like design border on the title and all slides or make it much much smaller, e.g. instead of several cm difference, only maximum 1cm.
- change the logo on the normal slides to no longer include the OWASP text, this can save a lot of space we can use for title space of the normal slides. IMHO: we don't need the text "OWASP The Open Web Application Security Project" on every single slide we have. The normal OWASP logo is enough.
Feedback from Colin:
Other "Top 15+" comments:
- Needs licence info on (every?) page
- Needs copyright statement on title page
- Needs space for author names, event name, date and location (like an older template had, but now gone)
- Needs page numbers
- Must not encourage corporate logo addition
- Background "violet" on home page does not go all the way up to the swish - if kept, needs fixing
- Not enough space for titles on normal pages (Allow for long and wrapping titles)
- Normal pages must have a white background - not shaded at all
- Default font sizes are scarily large, and should be smaller
- No background images behind body text (there are none on this, but there were in a previous incarnation)
- Consider small OWASP logo and abbreviated name in footer only of normal pages
- Dislike "lock" images - very clichéd
- Ensure all designs are copyright OWASP, and we have the ability to re-use/distribute etc at no cost
- Obtain licensing details for any stock images included, and keep them for the record
- Set default document properties
- Ensure language (e.g. EN-GB, ES-Spain) is set consistently through document
- Prints correctly on international (A) and US imperial paper
- Background/embedded images optimised file sizes


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Why does DbContext.Set<TEntity> returns DbSet instead of IDbSet? Is it possible to change this for EF6?
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It would break a lot of applications if we changed this so it is very unlikely that we will do so for EF6 or any future release.
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Climate Update : Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week. The Independent reports | https://twitter.com/#!/LearnFromNature
The death toll from Arctic blast has been particularly severe in the Ukraine, where many of the dead have been people sleeping on the streets. Heating and food tents have been set up to ease their hardship. In Romania 24 people are known to have died and 17 in Poland.
A growing number of experts believe complex wind patterns are being changed because melting Arctic sea ice has exposed huge swaths of normally frozen ocean to the atmosphere above.
In particular, the loss of Arctic sea ice could be influencing the development of high-pressure weather systems over northern Russia, which bring very cold winds from the Arctic and Siberia to Western Europe and the British Isles, the scientists believe. An intense anticyclone over north-west Russia is behind the bitterly cold easterly winds that have swept across Europe and some climate scientists say the lack of Arctic sea ice brought about by global warming is responsible.
"The current weather pattern fits earlier predictions of computer models for how the atmosphere responds to the loss of sea ice due to global warming," said Professor Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. "The ice-free areas of the ocean act like a heater as the water is warmer than the Arctic air above it. This favours the formation of a high-pressure system near the Barents Sea, which steers cold air into Europe."
Sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas has been exceptionally low this winter, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Boulder, Colorado. But air temperatures above the Barents and Kara Seas have been higher than average. The relatively mild westerly winds that have kept Britain from freezing much of this winter have been blocked by fierce high pressure over north-west Russia, centred on an area just south of the Barents Sea.
Studies by scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research have confirmed a link between the loss of Arctic sea ice and the development of high-pressure zones in the polar region, which influence wind patterns at lower latitudes further south. Scientists found that as the cap of sea ice is removed from the ocean, huge amounts of heat are released from the sea into the colder air above, causing the air to rise. Rising air destabilises the atmosphere and alters the difference in air pressure between the Arctic and more southerly regions, changing wind patterns.
Professor Rahmstorf said the Alfred Wegener study confirms earlier predictions from computer models by Vladimir Petoukhov of the Potsdam Institute, who forecast colder winters in western Europe as a result of melting sea ice.
Dr Petoukhov and his colleague Vladimir Semenov were among the first scientists to suggest a link between the loss of sea ice and colder winters in Europe. Their 2009 study simulated the effects of disappearing sea ice and found that for some years to come the loss will increase the chances of colder winters.
"Whoever thinks that the shrinking of some far-away sea ice won't bother him could be wrong. There are complex interconnections in the climate system, and in the Barents-Kara Sea we might have discovered a powerful feedback mechanism," Dr Petoukhov said.
But UK climate researcher Adam Scaife said other complexities are almost certainly influencing the current cold spell. "There is a pretty clear link between the current event and the upper level winds… The winds up at 30km (18.6 miles) altitude are very weak," he said. "We have verified several times using computer model experiments that this leads to high pressure across northern Europe and cold winter conditions in the UK as we see now."
Big chill: UK outlook
Freezing overnight temperatures – expected to rival the -11.3C at Spennybridge in Powys yesterday – will ease but be followed in western parts by afternoon snow. This will be replaced by rain in the evening, but as temperatures plunge it will turn to ice, making driving treacherous. Snow will sweep across the country reaching the east by tonight.
Eastern regions will wake up to snow, with the Met Office expecting up to four inches in some areas. Temperatures across the country are unlikely to get above 1C or 2C.
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Slightly warmer but still likely to be below the average maximum of 6C and average minimum of 1C for the time of year.
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Source : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/science-behind-the-big-freeze-is-climate-change-bringing-the-arctic-to-europe-6358928.html
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Climate change : Journal editor resigns over 'flawed' paper co-authored by sceptic
From The Independent The editor-in-chief of a climate science journal has resigned in response to an academic controversy triggered by his publication of a paper co-authored by a leading climate sceptic.
Prof Wolfgang Wagner wrote in an editorial published on Friday in Remote Sensing that he felt obliged to resign because it was now apparent to him that a paper entitled On the misdiagnosis of surface temperature feedbacks from variations in Earth's radiant energy balanceby Roy Spencer and Danny Braswell, was "fundamentally flawed and therefore wrongly accepted by the journal". Spencer has frequently appeared in the rightwing media in the US criticising "climate alarmism" and is the author of a book called The Great Global Warming Blunder.
Paper : http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/9/2002/pdf
Wagner, who is the head of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the Vienna University of Technology, added he "would also like to personally protest against how the authors and like-minded climate sceptics have much exaggerated the paper's conclusions in public statements".
Wagner specifically referred to headlines such as "New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism" on the Forbes magazine website and "Does NASA data show global warming lost in space?" on Foxnews.com, which both attracted considerable attention online.
The paper in question – which, Wagner says, was downloaded 56,000 times within one month after its publication in July, as a result of the attention it attracted – purported to show how the Earth's atmosphere is more efficient at releasing energy into space than is programmed into the computer models used to forecast climate change.
"Satellites show energy being lost while climate models show energy still being gained," Spencer said at the time of publication. The University of Alabama, where Spencer works as a principal research scientist at the Earth System Science Center, added in a press release in July: "The natural ebb and flow of clouds, solar radiation, heat rising from the oceans and a myriad of other factors added to the different time lags in which they impact the atmosphere might make it impossible to isolate or accurately identify which piece of Earth's changing climate is feedback from man-made greenhouse gases."
But Wagner says he now accepts the subsequent criticism from other climate scientists that the peer-review process used to test the paper's findings was flawed. "As the case presents itself now, the [peer review] editorial team unintentionally selected three reviewers who probably share some climate sceptic notions of the authors … The problem is that comparable studies published by other authors have already been refuted in open discussions and to some extend also in the literature, a fact which was ignored by Spencer and Braswell in their paper and, unfortunately, not picked up by the reviewers. In other words, the problem I see with the paper by Spencer and Braswell is not that it declared a minority view (which was later unfortunately much exaggerated by the public media) but that it essentially ignored the scientific arguments of its opponents. This latter point was missed in the review process, explaining why I perceive this paper to be fundamentally flawed and therefore wrongly accepted by the journal."
Spencer is no stranger to academic controversies. He has long maintained that satellite observations showed that atmospheric temperatures were cooling rather than warming until it was shown that the satellites in question suffered from "orbital drift".
John Abraham, an associate professor at the University of St Thomas's school of engineering in Minnesota who criticised the Spencer paper upon its publication, told the Guardian: "It is remarkable that an editor-in-chief has stepped down from his role at a journal because of the publication of a flawed paper. This significant event reflects on the significance of the flaws in the paper and its review process. It is commendable that Wagner has reacted responsibly to the situation."
He continued: "Spencer and his colleagues have a long history of minimising the effects of human-caused climate change; they also have a long history of making serious technical errors. This latest paper is only one in a decade-long track record of errors that have forced Spencer to revise his work as the errors are brought to light. Spencer is well known in the scientific community for publishing high-profile papers that initially dispute global warming and only later are found to be faulty.
"This latest article reportedly showed that the climate is not as sensitive to increases in greenhouse gases. It also called into question the cause-and-effect relationship between clouds and climate change. Wolfgang's resignation was based on the quality of the review the paper received and the obvious technical errors which the paper contained."
Next week, Prof Andrew Dessler of the department of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, is due to publish a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters offering a detailed peer-reviewed rebuttal of Spencer's paper.
Spencer responded to the resignation via his blog. He said: "I want to state that I firmly stand behind everything that was written in that paper … It appears the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] gatekeepers have once again put pressure on a journal for daring to publish anything that might hurt the IPCC's politically immovable position that climate change is almost entirely human-caused. I can see no other explanation for an editor resigning in such a situation."
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- Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing agrees that Spencer and Braswell (2011) should not have been published; resigns [Deltoid] (scienceblogs.com)
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- Spencer's Paper Reviewed; Remote Sensing Editor Wolfgang Wagner Resigns (wmbriggs.com)
- Journal Editor Resigns Over Contrarian Climate Paper (news.sciencemag.org)
- The Warming Religion's Latest Victim (adamcollyer.wordpress.com)
- Comment On The Resignation of Wolfgang Wagner As Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal "Remote Sensing" In Response To The Publication Of Spencer And Braswell (2011) (pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com)
- Cool climate paper sinks journal editor (blogs.nature.com)
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- Remote Sensing: A case of editorial cowardice in the face of bullying from the orthodoxy (ktwop.wordpress.com)
Climate update : Is climate change to blame for famine in the Horn of Africa?
It's impossible, says Duncan Green of The Guardian, to answer with a simple yes or no – but here's a summary of what we think we know so far
So is famine in the Horn of Africa linked to climate change or not? The question arises whenever "extreme weather events" – hurricanes, floods, droughts – hit our TV screens. It's impossible to answer with a simple yes or no – but here's what we think we know so far.
The current drought conditions have been caused by successive seasons with very low rainfall. Over the past year, the eastern Horn of Africa has experienced two consecutive failed rainy seasons. According to surveys of local communities, this is part of a long-term shift. Borana communities in Ethiopia report that whereas droughts were recorded every six to eight years in the past, they now occur every one to two years.
Meteorological data back up the picture on temperatures: mean annual temperatures increased from 1960-2006 by 1C in Kenya and 1.3C in Ethiopia, and the frequency of hot days is increasing in both countries. Rainfall trends are less clear: according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment Report, there are no statistically significant trends in rainfall. However, more recent research suggests that rainfall decreased from 1980 to 2009 during the "long-rains" (March to June).
The historical record does not "prove" that the current drought is directly attributable to climate change. True, there are now a few cases in which scientists have been able to estimate the extent to which man-made climate change has made a particular extreme weather event more likely, but these exercises require reliable long-term weather data that only exists for Europe and North America – no such studies as yet exist in the case of the current drought.
What about the future? Globally, climate change modelling projects an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events like droughts and floods. In the absence of urgent action to slash global greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures in the region will probably increase by 3C-4C by 2080-99 relative to 1980-99.
But again, rainfall projections are unclear. Most modelling, as reflected in the IPCC's last assessment, suggests more rain will fall in the east Africa region as a whole, with an increase in "heavy events" (sudden downpours, so more flood risk). However, some recent studies suggest rainfall will decrease, particularly in the long rains.
The combination of higher temperatures and more unpredictable rains is alarming for food production. One recent estimate published by the Royal Society suggests much of east Africa could suffer a decline in the length of the growing period for key crops of up to 20% by the end of the century, with the productivity of beans falling by nearly 50%.
The conclusion? Attributing the current drought directly to climate change is impossible, but in the words of Sir John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, in a talk at Oxfam last week, "worldwide, events like this have a higher probability of occurring as a result of climate change". Moreover, unless something is done, the current suffering offers a grim foretaste of the future – temperatures in east Africa are going to rise and rainfall patterns will change, making a bad situation worse.
What to do? First, remember that while the drought is caused by lack of rainfall, famine is man-made. As the Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen famously observed, famines do not occur in functioning democracies. The difference between the minor disruption of hosepipe bans and the misery in the Horn is down to a failure of politics and leadership. It is no accident that the communities worst affected by the drought are not just those blighted by conflict but also by decades of official neglect and contempt from governments, which see pastoralism as an unwanted relic of the past.
Second, the famine shows the extreme vulnerability of poor people to weather events like failed rains. Governments and the international community have to save lives now, but also act to reduce that chronic vulnerability, building local ability to manage the drought cycle, improving the flow of data, information and ideas for adapting to climate change, and drastically increasing long-term investment in smallholder agriculture and pastoralism, which have shown they can provide a decent life for millions of east Africans, provided they are supported (rather than ignored) by governments.
Beyond helping east Africa and other vulnerable regions adapt to impending climate change, it is of course also incumbent on the rich and emerging economies to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause it. Fail to do that, and all attempts at adaptation are likely to offer only temporary relief.
• Oxfam last week published a briefing on climate change and drought in east Africa
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Climate change update : Himalayan glaciers shrinking
Japanese researchers say three glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years due to climate change and two may disappear altogether. Reuters reports via The Guardian.
Three Himalayan glaciers have been shrinking over the past 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in the future, researchers in Japan said on Tuesday.
Using global positioning system and simulation models, they found that the shrinkage of two of the glaciers – Yala in central and AX010 in eastern Nepal – had accelerated in the past 10 years compared with the 1970s and 1980s.
Yala's mass shrank by 0.8 (2.6 feet) and AX010 by 0.81 metres respectively per year in the 2000s, up from 0.68 and 0.72m per year between 1970 and 1990, said Koji Fujita at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Nagoya University in Japan.
"For Yala and AX, these regions showed significant warming … that's why the rate of shrinking was accelerated," Fujita told Reuters by telephone. "Yala and AX will disappear but we are not sure when. To know when, we have to calculate using another simulation (model) and take into account the glacial flow," Fujita said, but added that his team did not have the data to do so at the moment.
Their findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday.
The Himalayas is an enormous mountain range consisting of about 15,000 glaciers and some of the world's highest peaks, including the 8,848m-high Mount Everest and K2.
Apart from climate change and humidity, elevation also appears to play a critical role in the lifespan of glaciers, which are large persistent bodies of ice.
The Rikha Samba glacier in the drier region of west Nepal has also been getting smaller since the 1970s, but its rate of shrinking slowed to 0.48m per year in the past 10 years compared to 0.57m per year in the 1970s and 1980s.
This was because the 5,700m-high glacier was located on a higher altitude, which meant that losses in mass from melting could be compensated at least partly by collection of snowfall, Fujita said.
"In the case of Yala and AX, they are situated on lower elevation (altitudes), therefore shrinkage was accelerated. Glaciers that have no chance to get snow mass will eventually disappear," Fujita said.
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Climate change : Could kill one in 10 species by end of the century!
Climate change is speeding up the rate at which animals and plants are becoming extinct. By the end of the century, one in 10 species could be on the verge of extinction because of the effects of global warming, a study has found.
The findings support the view that the earth is currently experiencing a global mass extinction where the rate at which species are being lost is many times greater than the historical extinction rate. It is the sixth great mass extinction in the history of life on earth. Scientists said that previous predictions of how fast species are being lost because of climate change match the actual observed losses. They calculate that around 10 per cent of species alive today could be facing extinction by 2100.
Ilya Maclean and Robert Wilson, of the University of Exeter, examined nearly 200 previous predictions about how climate change may affect the extinction of species and compared them with about 130 reports of changes already observed.
The aim was to judge the accuracy of estimates made by scientists in the past about climate change predictions in relation to species extinction. They concluded that the observed threats matched well with the actual threats, based on real observations.
"We tried to see whether predictions were backed up by things that have already happened and this was what we found," Dr Maclean said.
Rising temperatures, changing patterns of rainfall and increasing acidity of the oceans are all having an impact on the viability of vulnerable species. In the oceans, for instance, rising acidity threatens the survival of the polyp organisms that make coral reefs while increasing temperatures are sending some mountain species of plants and animals to higher altitudes.
"Our study is a wake-up call for action. The many species that are already declining could become extinct if things continue as they are. It is time to stop using the uncertainties as an excuse for not acting. Our research shows that the harmful effects of climate change are already happening and, if anything, exceed predictions," Dr Maclean said.
"The implications are that unless we do something to reverse climate change impacts by lowering levels of carbon dioxide, or help species cope with climate change, we could be looking at a lot of extinctions by the end of the century. It's further evidence that we are experiencing a global mass extinction," he said.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that global warming ranks alongside habitat loss and invasive species as a major threat to endangered animals and plants. It concluded that the speed at which the climate is likely to change in the future threatens to overwhelm the rate at which species are able to adapt.
"By looking at such a range of studies from around the world, we found that the impacts of climate change can be felt everywhere, and among all groups of animals and plants," said Robert Wilson, the study's co-author.
"From birds to worms to marine mammals, from high mountain ranges to jungles and to the oceans, scientists seem to have been right that climate change is a real threat," Dr Wilson said. "We need to act now. This means cutting carbon emissions and protecting species from the other threats they face, such as habitat loss and pollution."
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Passed on: December 26th, 2012
Passed suddenly away at his residence on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, Wayne Dean of Victoria, age 55 years. Predeceased by father: Clarence Collins. Leaving to mourn, wife: Diana; one daughter: Catherine (Blair) Parsons, Victoria; three grandchildren: Jasmine, Kelsey and Parker; mother: Margaret Chislett, Islington; step-mother: Elizabeth Collins, Victoria; six half-sisters: Marilyn (Gordon) Fowler, Clarke's Beach, Stephanie (John) Slade, Victoria, Marylou (Joseph) Parsons, Ontario, Bonnie Collins, and Connie Collins, both of St. John's and Joeann (Frank) Slade, Salmon Cove; half-brother: David (Loretta) Chislett; half-sister: Annette Chislett; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Resting at Noel's Funeral Home, Carbonear after 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Funeral service to take place on Saturday, December 29 at 1:00 p.m. from the United Church, Victoria. Interment in the United Cemetery, Victoria. In lieu of flowers, as an expression of sympathy, donations in his memory may be made to the Christian Children's Fund of Canada, 1200 Denison Street, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 8G6 or visit www.ccfcanada.ca. Visitation hours at Noel's Funeral Home are 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. daily. For additional information please call Noel's Funeral Home at 596-5750 or visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.


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As we reported way back in 2012, the premiere of the second half of the fourth season of 'Hot in Cleveland' on June 19 will be broadcast live. Well the show just sweetened that pot: making an appearance on that very special live premiere is none other than Canadian icon William Shatner.
"At long, long last, I am working with someone older than me," said Shatner in a statement regarding the appearance. He's referring of course to comedy legend Betty White, who stars in 'Hot in Cleveland' at age ninety-one. White has been banking massive television laughs since 'Life with Elizabeth' and 'Date with the Angels' back in the 1950s. Rising to superstardom on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in the 1970s, White hasn't taken a break since.
Shatner, aged eighty-two, is no slouch when it comes to his television resume. He became a star in the role of Captain James T. Kirk on 'Star Trek,' a character he would revisit through seven feature films. Beyond 'Star Trek,' Shatner starred in 'T.J. Hooker' for a whopping ninety episodes during the 1980s which he followed in the 1990s by creating and starring in 'TekWar.' After acclaimed recurring roles on '3rd Rock from the Sun' and 'The Practice,' David E. Kelley offered Shatner a sort of career rennaissance, casting him as second lead opposite James Spader in the critically-acclaimed 'Boston Legal.' Shatner's role as Denny Crane on 'Boston Legal' would finally earn the actor his first Emmy Award.
Since 'Boston Legal' concluded after five seasons, Shatner starred in the ill-fated '$#*! My Dad Says' and has made guest appearances on other comedies. This will be his first time appearing on 'Hot in Cleveland' opposite White's outspoken Elka Ostrovsky.
So how will Shatner fare on live television? Just fine indeed: I was lucky enough to attend the actor's live show "Shatner's World" during his 2012 tour (proof pictured!), wherein he danced, told jokes, and offered a heartwarming look back on his life for two hours, live on stage. The man has a boundless energy despite his advanced years and I, for one, cannot wait to watch 'Hot in Cleveland' on June 19.


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Secretary of the Army John McHugh, city officials, military generals and World War II veterans lead a parade through Carentan, France, from one memorial ceremony to another in honor of D-Day veterans, June 4. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Jacobs, immediately behind the Secretary and commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), was one of the military representatives. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, marched down the streets of Carentan, France after a memorial ceremony honoring the soldiers of D-Day. Task Force 68 is in Normandy, France to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day.
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And the winner for the worst invention of the year is -
Wonder how it handles a fast decent and foot in spokes at any speed.
And the winner for the worst invention of the year is -
Wonder how it handles a fast decent and foot in spokes at any speed.
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Not something you would see me using. I might as well just walk and save the money.
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Looks as if it wouldn't be too hard to stick a foot into the rear wheel.
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A solution for which there is no problem.
Solves the question of "what kind of saddle do I need?"
Let's see the video of him climbing a 4% grade, much less 6.
I think its disgusting and terrible how people treat Lance Armstrong, especially after winning 7 Tour de France Titles while on drugs!
I can't even find my bike when I'm on drugs. -Willie N.
There are a couple of similar contraptions being used locally. One fellow who weighed in at nearly 500 pounds used it to introduce a small amount of movement into his life. He was so heavy that he couldn't even walk. I haven't heard how successful this physical therapy has been, but it was apparent that he was enjoying moving under his own power for the first time in years.
The original bicycle conveyance was called a Velocipede . . .
It had no pedals.
Back to the future???
And people complain about bicycle seats being uncomfortable. Check out the critical junction of that harness.
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Might be fun to jog in... Less stress on the knees and probably a lot of fun on the decents.
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Just saw something like this on the bike path here yesterday.
Nostalgic? There are people around who are nostalgic for 1817?
just goes to show you that stupid is not dead.
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Common Core: Bad Math meets Radical Politics
How bad are the Common Core State Standards horror stories getting? A friend of mine in Scotland sent me this video, saying that he was speechless, and that this is so bad, they don't even have this in socialist Europe.
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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries to Be Married August 20
Get your finest designer gowns ready, Kardashian lovers! The New York Post is reporting that Kim Kardashian and her fiancé Kris Humphries are set to tie the knot on August 20, 2011.
The duo will reportedly walk down the aisle in California, and in true Kardashian fashion, a camera crew will be on hand to catch every touching moment.
Sources are also reporting that the party-loving pair will be throwing separate bachelor/bachelorette parties at clubs Tao and Lavo in Las Vegas later this month. Those are two parties we don't want to miss.
Kim's little sis, Khloe Kardashian Odom, kept her lips sealed regarding any additional wedding details at the launch of liqueur Hpnotiq Harmonie at PH-D at the Dream Downtown on Tuesday night, but we're sure those Kardashian gals can't keep their mouths shut for long!
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"Let me Google that for you." When your identity becomes a colloquial verb, you know you've made it. Google has made itself the go-to place for mail, video, maps, smart phone OS and online advertising. Now the company has entered into the world of social media. Though they have done very little brand advertising, they have run memorable TV ads such as "Parisian Love" and "Dear Sophie." Both spots are infectious brews of nostalgia, love and simplicity. This spring, as a campaign for their Chrome browser, Google jumped on the feel-good vibe train of Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project, highlighting how the gay icon used subsidiary YouTube to send hopeful messages to harassed teens. Lorraine Twohill oversees marketing as vice president of global marketing.
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SAAS students visit Washington, D.C.
The Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences in Georgetown recently completed a schoolwide expedition, Winning the White House. Students participated in many in-school activities focusing on the roles citizens play in the election process.
Throughout the weeklong expedition, students were in multigrade groups for lessons in political parties, the Electoral College, political campaigns, and local, state and national elections. They attended political rallies, played the role of delegates and participated in a mock election. All subject areas were tied into the common election theme.
The expedition culminated Nov. 16 when all SAAS students and teachers traveled to Washington, D.C., to tour the nation's historic monuments.
Sen. Chris Coons toured and met with students. In addition, state legislators Rep. John Atkins, D-Millsboro, and Rep. Harvey Kenton, R-Milford, attended a showcase and game show to see firsthand just how expeditionary learning works.
The following contestants had the opportunity to answer questions and receive prizes during the showcase and game show, hosted by Jimmy Hoppa from WBOC: Sarah Ashmore, Abby Drummond, Colden Fees, Carter Hill, Peyton Holtzclaw, Clarice Pamplona, Agnes Patterson, Jax Polve, Ethan Ward and Joe Warrington. The top four winners were Abby Drummond, first; Jax Polve, second; Colden Fees, third; and Ethan Ward, fourth.


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas. May 10. MORE than 1,000 spectators and well-wishers are expected to be on hand for the dedication of the brand new $7.2 million Josh Davis Natatorium, in San Antonio on Sunday, May 20, from 2:00 to 4:30 pm.
The eight-lane state-of-the-art pool, which is 25 yards by 25 meters, and seven to 13 feet deep, is the centerpiece of the Blossom Athletic Center.
Davis, 28, San Antonio's most accomplished swimmer, with three Olympic gold medals and two silver medals, will be on hand for the ceremonies. In addition, to Davis, the dedication will feature Don Harris, San Antonio's Channel 4 sportscaster, who will serve as MC; Al Marks, Davis's coach at Churchill High School; and Evan Morgenstein, Davis's agent. Eddie Reese, Davis's coach at the University of Texas, was originally scheduled to be on hand, but will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Speedo Grand Prix meet.
Bill Walker, Aquatics Director in San Antonio's Northeast School District for more than 30 years, explained why Davis was chosen: "Josh was nominated by the Board because of his success at Churchill High, where the team won the state championship all four years Josh was there; because of his success at the University of Texas; and because of his accomplishments at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.
"He was also selected because he is such an outstanding person; His attitude, his leadership abilities, and his willingness to work with so many youngsters," said Walker, noting that Davis was co-captain of both the 1996 and 2000 Olympic teams.
Interestingly, the district's older, 50 meter pool is named after Walker, who has served as high school coach, AAU coach, USS coach and aquatics director for more than 30 years.
Anyone wishing to attend the dedication or wanting additional information may call: (210) 491-6136.
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* World shares slide China economic plans lacks detail
* Dollar edges toward 100 yen on Fed taper speculation
* U.S. Treasury yields extend gains, Bunds follow
* Firmer dollar keeps commodities under pressure
By Richard Hubbard
LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - China's plan to broaden economicreforms failed to give a lift to world shares on Tuesday ashigher U.S. government bond yields and growing talk the FederalReserve will soon scale back its stimulus weighed on sentiment.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to further weakness aheadon Wall Street where investors were looking for policy cluesfrom a number of Fed speakers.
China's leaders promised to deepen economic reforms and letmarkets play a bigger role in resource allocation in a newpolicy blueprint unveiled at the end of a four-day meeting ofkey officials from the ruling Communist Party.
"They are looking to break away from government control,allowing the markets to take the lead," said Dong Tao, chiefregional economist for Non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse.
"This is a revolutionary philosophy, by Chinese standards."
However, the government communique contained little to shiftthe market's attention away from its preoccupation with thetiming of the Fed's next policy steps, prompting world shares to edge lower after two days of gains.
The speculation that the Fed could soon begin to taper its$85 billion-a-month in bond buying has grown since last week'ssurprisingly strong U.S. jobs data, driving the dollar closer to100 yen and lifting it toward a two-month peak against abasket of major currencies.
The prospect of an early policy shift has also caused asharp rise in U.S Treasury yields as central banks in the eurozone and Japan pursue looser policies to help growth, wideningthe interest rate gap in favour of the dollar.
U.S. 10-year note yields were up 2 basis points at 2.76percent in European trading.
Traders said if the benchmark U.S. yield stayed above 2.75percent for a sustained period it could herald a move towards 3percent, last seen in early September, when markets initiallyanticipated the Fed would begin to reduce its asset purchases.
German 10-year government bonds yields were being draggedhigher by the move in Treasuries, rising 1.7 bps to 1.77 percent and close to levels seen just before the EuropeanCentral Bank cut rates on Thursday.
A thin economic data calendar left the debt market awaitingspeeches from Fed officials Dennis Lockhart and NarayanaKocherlakota for further hints on when the U.S. central bankmight start trimming its $85 billion-a-month of bond-buying.
"It will be interesting to see whether they indicate more ofa shift towards QE tapering starting in December or in January,"said Mathias van der Jeugt, a strategist at KBC.
Europe's shares meanwhile were edging down from thefive-year highs seen last week as low volumes and a weak run ofcorporate earnings results encouraged many investors to booksome of the gains made in this year's strong rally.
In the current earnings season about half of the StoxxEurope 600 companies that have reported so far havemissed profit forecasts, and nearly two-thirds have missedrevenue forecasts, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine data.
"Some are getting nervous about the lack of volume so, ifyou've got any decent performance, you're probably not going toget much more upside from here," said Ioan Smith, managingdirector of KCG Europe.
Europe's broad FTSEurofirst 300 index has risennearly 14 percent this year helped by the ECB's easier monetarypolicy and signs of a recovery across the crisis-hit region.
In commodity markets, China's dominance as a consumer ofmany raw materials had kept markets in a cautious mood pendingBeijing's announcement though the firmer greenback was keeping prices of the dollar-denominated assets under pressure.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange slipped 0.4 percent to $7,140 a tonne, while gold dropped 0.25percent to $1,285 an ounce.
Brent crude oil gained in volatile trade to be above $106 abarrel, adding to its gains in previous two sessions asdealers awaited data on U.S. stock piles due out later.
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Put on your thinking caps for a discussion revolving around the political philosophy theory "state of nature" and its relation to videogames.
As outlined in a Baltimore Sun column, state of nature was first put forth by philosopher Thomas Hobbes who believed that a lack of civil restraints on society would turn people into savages that would do anything to preserve their own liberty or safety, with an emphasis on life as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
Hobbes' view is contrasted by fellow philosopher John Locke, who held a more optimistic view that people are generally reasonable and would not seek to harm others, even when left to their own devices.
The Sun author writes that "Readers of online material already know how the anonymity afforded by the World Wide Web enables nasty and slanderous exchanges rarely seen in face-to-face conversations. More tellingly, video games often encourage this phenomenon."
He goes on to offer a juxtaposition of state of nature as witnessed in two online games. In the first example, Runescape is offered as adhering to Hobbes' view. When first launched, the game allowed more skilled players to attack newer ones that were unable to defend themselves. Developers eventually had to step in and restrict player-versus-player combat to particular areas in the game.
On the other side of the fence, a game similar to Runescape, named Armies of Gielinor, was able to utilize an unwritten rule that protected newbies from veteran players, giving more credence to the views of Locke.
The author concludes his article by noting, "The path we choose – in video games as in real life – is up to us."
GP: So, what does all this mean? Unfortunately philosophy is not known for offering concrete answers. As mentioned in the article, if you have a computer, you have witnessed Hobbes' views in action online, probably multiple times a day. Earlier this week I was struck by something that could be linked to Locke's views, though it's not game-related. As a fan of Boston.com's Big Picture photo blog, I checked it out earlier this week only to read that the blog's author was sick and taking the day off. Every single user comment on that post was positive, something rarely seen online.
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Today was a rainy, cloudy day. Plunged me into a deep longing for lilacs and daffodils, so yes, my sense of the appropriate season is still incredibly whacked. After brooding around, staring out of windows at the incessant downpour, I decided something had to be done.
So I adopted a soldier.
And the sun broke through the clouds.
All day I've thought it was Tuesday. I've been writing and writing, really working through some ideas and now all I want to say is what a terrific evening we had last night. It was College Night at KWHS and we got to tour around an entire cafeteria full of college hawkers offering pens and other swag imprinted with mascots and such begging students to please, please come and spend tens of thousands of dollars a year at our institution of higher learning.
Anyway, the same Air Force Academy rep was there as last year and Marianna chatted away with him a good long while about her trip to Colorado Springs this past summer, then we toured a few artsy colleges, a couple Catholic ones and then spent time talking to Air Force retirees from a welding school about how they have zero regrets about their military service. And then they loaded her down with welding pens, magnets and carabiners.
Lots else happened yesterday that I cannot wait to share, but wouldn't you know the camera is not cooperating with the laptop again? So here is a Marianna photo from the aforementioned trip this past summer and then I'm off to pick her up from parade practice for the Veterans' Day parade.
Have a terrific Tuesday, or Wednesday if you insist. :)
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Outside my Window...
It's not so much what is outside this window but rather the fact that it is opened!
I am thinking...
It has been over a year since my last Datebook entry. Wow! Has time flown!!!
I am wearing ...
Blue and white polka dotted shift, red bobby pin in my hair.
I am thankful for...
The willingness of a teen to roll out of bed early to make it to Mass for All Saints Day before school. We stopped at our favorite bakery afterward where the baguettes were just being taken from the oven, delish!
From the kitchen...
Tonight we'll have cider marinated pork chops with baked autumn veggies.
Towards a Real Education...
I learned to knit on circular needles this week - so fun! Now I can't put them down.
I am creating...
Just completed my first ever baby hat on those new needles - super sweet, for some boating friends' baby due on Marianna's birthday!
I am reading...
Knitting patterns. :)
Around the home...
Candles in windows, on tables, in pumpkins. All smelling delightfully Fallish.
One of my favorite things...
Chili simmering all day making the house smell so yummy!
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...
Meeting tonight at the marina, Mass tomorrow morning for All Souls, College Night at the high School, voting, Navy League meeting Wednesday, Friday is the World Youth Day Group meeting up in Big Pine, ugh I hate that drive and the fundraisers too.
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you:
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
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I'm afraid it is so.
But when you have such cute material to work with, how can you resist?
Besides, now that I'm unemployed I need to make money somehow, right? Mia netted us 3rd place with those so, so sad puppy dog eyes. But don't think I'm so cold and unfeeling that I took ALL the winnings for myself, oh no! It was a 50/50 break, I'll take the gift cards and Mia gets the organic ocean-flavored kibble and everyone ends up happy, happy, happy!
I didn't realize how much I've been slumping around staring at the ground till that crushing weight was gone. I let the wind tousle my hair at sunset last night and looked up for what seemed like the first time in months - just in time to see a waterspout!
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You cannot wipe the smile off my face today! I keep wandering around my lovely, lovely home grinning (and cleaning - ahem - it's gotten a tad messy around here!).
I find I always look back to this blog to find all sorts of info and I don't want to forget why exactly I quit my job at the Child Development Center so I'm writing my official 5 reasons why I quit here. There were many, many more reasons (like the safety of the children) but these made the final cut.
1. Pay
I was promised a raise from my previous MWR job to come to the CDC. The day I signed the final paperwork that rate had dropped below my previous hourly pay with the promise that if I completed 13 Modules (equivalent to 15 college credits) it would be reinstated at the proposed level. I completed the Modules within two months and am still awaiting the adjusted pay increase five months later. I was recently told they thought it would take me 2 years to complete the Modules.
2. Education
A ten day notification was given to register for online college classes by August 1, 2010. These classes would be funded out of my pocket to be reimbursed at a later date if funds are still available. I have already met all education requirements that were placed upon me at the time of hire in a timely manner.
3. Negative Work Environment
Never have I been subjected to such a negative work environment. When a simple reminder to perform a task from recent training would have sufficed, i.e. "Lift with the knees, not the back." employees are rather treated to a threatening "If we see you lifting improperly, you will be written up." This has occurred for back safety, diaper changes, and hand washing, among others. At the September training meeting the new policy on Facebook was presented. All evidence of indecent behavior and posts that occur during work hours will be printed and kept on file.
4. Loss of License and Accreditation
This facility has lost it's Accreditation and it's License since I hired on. It is currently open under a Letter of Waiver that will expire November 1. It will take much time and effort to regain these significant losses.
5. Hurricane Policy
At the time of hire, the CDC's Hurricane Policy was that other family member's evacuation orders took precedence over a CDC member's orders. Recently this has changed to a separate, required order to set up and work at a CDC near Orlando if NASKW is impacted by a storm.
I am so, so very happy!
Hurray for Saturday!!!
I think I might make some Spam Musubi to celebrate. Any great recipes, hints or tips for me?
|I'm all at Sea with this Recipe!
We've been invaded by huge land crabs. 4 were on the patio when I got home the other night.
Things that make me crabby:
1. The fact that the director at the school has determined that child gates are dangerous to children and removed them all and pitched them gleefully into the dumpster leaving the bathrooms open for 10 little one year olds to splash in the potty.
2. I lodged a formal complaint after one baby tipped over in the toilet and couldn't get back out. Pulling her sopping wet head out of the toilet bowl was not a highlight of my day.
3. The director then informed us that the one year olds are now considered old enough to be potty trained. What planet is she from? We have several 13 month olds who can't even walk yet!
4. Even if we did try to potty train one of the 22-24 month olds, do we have to do it with a crowd of 9 others wedged around flushing the toilet repeatedly?
Things that improve my mood immensely:
1. The Safety Officer responds within 24 hours.
Since it's been such a long, long time since I've chatted it up here, I thought maybe I should run a random update post.
1. I switched jobs. From part time at the bar to full time at the Child Development Center on base. I could work with kids aged anywhere from infant to 18 but am currently placed with 10 little one year olds.
2. Most of spring was spent in doctor's offices as first Hal was prepped for back surgery, then denied, then prepped, then cured minus surgery. Then Marianna was rushed in for surgery unexpectedly. She's still trying to heal up from that jazzy fun time.
3. Brick and mortar school looms on the horizon for year 2. So odd to experience August minus planning plus clothes shopping.
There. Three is enough for now. My favorite beach and boat are calling this fine Saturday morning!


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So, why does Lieberman still have his committee assignments?
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Submitted by lambert on Sat, 08/12/2006 - 3:18pm
Now that he's not even a Democrat-In-Name-Only? Now that he's running against a Democratic nominee?
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Once in a while even the best-loved food and beverage companies will sell off on concerns about organic growth trends or margin worries. So far, though, it looks like Hormel (NYSE:HRL) is largely immune, as although margins came up a little light this quarter, the Street seems willing to look past one quarter and remain focused on the attractive, higher-margin business management is building.
No Great Surprises In Fiscal Q3
Hormel didn't really offer many positive surprises for the fiscal third quarter, though I wouldn't say it was a bad quarter either.
Revenue rose more than 7% as reported, basically spot on with Street expectations. While Grocery sales would have been flat if not for the inclusion of Skippy, Refrigerated rose 2%, Jennie-O rose 4%, Specialty rose 5%, and International/Other rose 31%. All told, Hormel saw volumes improve 3% in the quarter – not bad at all relative to both packaged food peers like Kraft (Nasdaq:KRFT) and protein companies like Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN).
Margins weren't as positive. Gross margin was flat with the year-ago level, and about a point below expectations. Higher pork prices hurt results in the Refrigerated business, even though Hormel is usually able to pass along higher costs pretty quickly. Segment operating income rose a little more than 5% (and overall operating income rose about 5%), as the company saw costs tied to the Skippy deal and lower affiliate earnings.
SEE: A Look At Corporate Profit Margins
M&A Coming, But Maybe Not Where The Street Is Looking
Hormel has been relatively candid about its intentions to continue growing the business through M&A as circumstances allow. Curiously, though, even though management has offered more detail than the typical "no comment" from most companies, the Street doesn't want to listen.
Management has doubled its debt threshold to about $2 billion to fund deals, but continues to talk about doing additional Skippy-like deals. Even so, analysts continue to speculate on moves for Hillshire Brands (NYSE:HSH) (enterprise value of $4.6 billion) and Maple Leaf IFoods (enterprise value of about $3.1 billion). While I can see the strategic argument for Hillshire (less so for Maple Leaf), I would think management would like to find additional easily-digestible deals like Skippy, particularly if they also offer upside from better execution and product development. With Unilever (NYSE:UL) selling off its food operations in pieces and both Kraft and Nestle (Nasdaq:NSRGY) possibly considering some product restructurings, I don't think Hormel will lack for candidates.
Whether or not Hormel does another major deal in the near future, there's a lot to like about this business. Management continues to execute a strategy that sees the company moving away from the more commodity-driven protein businesses and towards the more predictable packaged foods categories. Recent product introductions like wraps, dips, turkey franks, and breakfast burritos are a good example of both the ongoing product innovation and management's desire to "double dip" and make better use of its existing protein operations.
The Bottom Line
I continue to like everything about Hormel except the price of the stock. Part of my reticence to buy Hormel is due to the fact that I already own the shares of a similar story in Brazil (Brasil Foods (Nasdaq:BRFS). They're not identical (Brasil Foods is much more of a commodity protein producer today than Hormel), but they're similar with respect to both managements explicitly targeting further growth in packaged branded foods and overseas growth (China for Hormel, the U.S. and Asia for Brasil Foods).
In any case, 6% long-term revenue growth and 13% free cash flow growth estimates only get me to about $44 on Hormel shares, and that's not much margin of safety relative to today's price. While I am concerned that being too conservative and value-obsessed with Hormel will keep me on the outside looking in, I'd still prefer to wait for a pullback before adding these shares to my own account.
Disclosure – At the time of writing, the author owned shares of Brasil Foods.


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While the Summer of Hotness has been all about hot male models, we couldn't resist sharing these photos of Cheynne Jackson.
Jackson is featured on the cover and inside the July 2012 issue of UK's Attitude magazine.
In the article,Cheyenne talks about coming out in Hollywood and why it is not for everyone. He explains, "The more it happens, the easier it is for others, although I do understand why some actors choose not to come out. I have several famous friends who are still in the closet."
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- Miguel Loera
- Cecelia Long
- Stephanie Regnier
- Samantha Skowronski
- Heather Troglia
- Natasha Tynczuk
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Conan clip of the week: Cone-bone dons 'jeggings'
Talking to Tim Gunn earlier this week, Conan discovers men can wear jeggings.
After asking the audience, "What if I wore jeggings one night?" the crowd responded with a roar.
And Thursday night, Conan ripped off his dress pants to reveal an ultra-tight, ultra-bright pair of jeggings that looked spectacularly ridiculous on the supremely long-legged talk show host.
PLEASE NOTE: This clip from "Conan" expires on Thursday, Dec. 9.
Conan then attempted to continue on with his monolog, when Andy Richter prompted the host to retrieve his suit jacket, to the delight of the audience.
Of course, Conan in the end couldn't finish the opening series of jokes, and instead chose to engage in a series of hugs with the audience to the delight of the crowd.
"I fought my way back onto television for this," said Conan, who then told someone off camera to throw the rest of his jokes away.


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Kids As Young As FIVE Get iPhones (VIDEO)Danielle Smith
First things first… this conversation is not based on the lastest oh-my-gosh-can-you-believe-it-STUDY, but instead on a conversation with AT&T employees who sell the darn devices. So, there aren't any stats like 50% of parents are doing it…. or 25% of all cell phones sold to kids go to those under 10.
This is strictly my local AT&T store employees telling me they "regularly" sell to parents who buy for their 5 year olds. This isn't a, "this one time I sold to parent who bought one for their 5 year old…" It is something they see often.
Five? FIVE? I mean, we told our seven year old there wasn't a chance when she asked this past Christmas. And I will tell her the same thing this next year. Who are kids this age possibly going to call? And before you raise your hand and say 'me… their mom'… I would like to know WHEN my seven year old daughter will be alone and might NEED to call me. Also? And this may be me, but I often have a hard time getting my daughter to take good care of her backpack and shoes…. so how might an expensive item like a cell phone fare? We figure 12 might be a good age. Felow Babble writer Wendy Michaels decided 10 was a good age for her son.
So this all begs the question…. Many of us allow our kids to use technology (I am one of those moms)… but at what age does a cell phone seem reasonable? And if you have allowed a phone into your small person's hands at an early age, what was the motivation?
Photo Credit: Michal Marcal
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SILANG, Cavite – A company plant assistant production manager was shot dead last Tuesday by a still unidentified assailant in Barangay Adlas here, a police report said yesterday.
The victim, one Ruel Abenes Ventura, 32, died on the spot. He sustained multiple bullet wounds.
Ventura was assistant production manager of Cord Plant Co. in Barangay Adlas and a resident of Manuela Subdivision IV-E in Pamplona III, Las Piñas City, Metro Manila. (Anthony Giron)


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May 7, 2012
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are giving some of the world's top young entrepreneurs the chance to turn their discoveries into viable neuroscience-based businesses. Through the OBI Entrepreneurs program, up to ten post-graduate (M.Sc., PhD and post-doctoral fellows) and early-stage entrepreneurs will receive $50,000 for one year to support the commercialization of their discoveries to help diagnose, treat or cure brain conditions.
Three of the OBI Entrepreneurs will be jointly funded by the OBI and the Ontario Centres of Excellence under the OBI-OCE Entrepreneurial Fellowships program. Entrepreneurs selected for this program will work full-time with the OBI and its partners from across Ontario on commercialization activities related to their neuroscience-focused opportunity.
"The OBI-OCE Entrepreneurial Fellowships is the first program to be launched under the Ontario Brain Institute's Experiential Education Initiative," said Dr. Donald T. Stuss, President and Scientific Director, Ontario Brain Institute. "This initiative aims to encourage entrepreneurial spirit, while providing practical experience and targeted training for neuroscientists across the province to help expand their post-research career options. Our partnership with the Ontario Centres of Excellence exemplifies the collaboration among government, industry, academic institutions and philanthropy that is needed to achieve significant research, improved treatment, and commercialization of outcomes for Ontario."
The opportunity for neuroscience-based businesses is ripe in Ontario. Currently, the province is home to more than 500 top neuroscientists, placing Ontario as a leader in Canada with a number of world-recognized strengths in neuroscience research. At the same time, the global market for central nervous system diagnostics and therapeutics is estimated at $130 billion and is growing by 10 per cent per year.
"The world is hungry for the discoveries that young, leading-edge brain researchers are making in Ontario today," said the Hon. Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Innovation. "This collaboration will help them bring their best ideas to market, improving the quality of life for Ontarians while creating good jobs and promoting economic growth."
Applicants for the OBI-OCE Entrepreneurial Fellowships program must submit both a written funding application and a video application by May 28, 2012. See full program details.
See the press release here.


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Has anyone heard any more concerning Wallace Franklin's eligibility? The last thing that I heard, it was still up in the air as to if he would qualify or not. If he does qualify, it sounds like he could be quite the gamechanger!
honestly.. i dont want to hear about anything.. because that is normal..
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
He changed his facebook the other day to something about
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Wallace is Getting ready for this Big 12......So them DB's better get ready... 12:22pm
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"It's Tea Time!" Porcelain Teapot Dish
This is the perfect practical wedding favor to give your tea loving guests. Your guests will find plenty of uses for this favor. Present them with the teapot dish as is, or open up the box and fill it with candy.
- Each dish comes in a clear box tied with a white satin bow
- Words "It's Tea Time" is printed the box
- Dish measures 3.25" x 4.75"
- Packaged favor measures 3.75" x 4.75"
- Labels arrive separate from dishes (some assembly required)