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Labour Minister doesn't flip
CONTROVERSIAL Territory cabinet minister Marion Scrymgour has backed away from her criticisms last week of the Howard Government's intervention in Aboriginal communities following meetings with Chief Minister Clare Martin and federal Labor MP Warren Snowden.
No she hasn't
"In hindsight, (it was) the emotional roller-coaster I was on, and I'm not going to blame anybody other than myself. I have looked at that speech and in hindsight I could have toned it (down), could have still got the same message across," she told The Australian.
We're talking semantics here. Her message hasn't changed – She still believes in what she said.
So does Clair Martin.
On Thursday, Ms Martin admitted she had vetted a draft of Ms Scrymgour's speech. "The essence of what Marion said in her speech in Sydney is exactly what we've been saying all along," she said, adding, however, she would not have used Ms Scrymgour's language herself.
So what's it all about?
The Federal Election. The Howard/Brough plan is obviously working and the last thing Rudd wants is any discussion about successes of the Coalition. He doesn't want the electorate reminded that at long last there is some hope. I note Howard critics are also trying to defray the issue by insisting that Howard didn't do anything for 11 years.
Not so. It has taken that long to shake the years of ALP Left wing outstation, noble savage,culture before employability and sit-down money is good mindset. Over that period the debate changed from ignoring obvious, known by everyone, alcohol and drugs based social disarray to Indigenous leaders stating the obvious and asking for help.
Rudd doesn't want the word Indigenous mentioned, particularly by the very same people who have done nothing for generations; Howard should mention it daily.
Noel Pearson
I watched Noel Pearson on Lateline the other night and was so impressed with his compassion for his own people and his straight talking that I've include the transcript on the left with a view to leaving it there for some time.
Do yourself a favour and read it.
National Emergency thoughts
The Howard/Brough plan to actually do something about the abysmal Indigenous problems has certainly taken Rudd's union problems off the front page and the blog world is awash with opinions and attacks.
The Left are screaming and as usual are very strong on criticism but offer no answers of their own. PATERNAL…A WEDGE…TAMPA 2007…BANDAIDS…TOP-DOWN IMPOSED AUTHORITASIANISM are just a few of the screams.
A common cry is "why now Howard?" suggesting it's all about the election year but maybe it's all about the plan being subsequent to a report that emphasizes the problem.
Medical anthropologist Gregory Phillips, claims it's all about uranium.
What Howard really wants is to destabilise Aboriginal communal rights to land and to get easy access to the NT's uranium.
The debate at Larvatus Prodeo underlines why nothing has been done since Whitlam and Nugget Coombes thought up the outstation plan that hid the problem and denied solutions.
Over at Surfdom "military involvement" translates as "martial law" in left-think, conjuring up images of soldiers with rifles standing guard against grog runners and recalcitrant locals. I think you'll find the Army will be used for repairing and/or building infrastructure and it's been my experience that soldiers and locals establish a good relationship when they've been used previously.
Medical checks for STDs. There is concern about medical checks for all kids under 16 with TigTog questioning if they will also be checked for other maladies. Of course they will and to suggest otherwise is to insult the professionalism of the medicos involved.
A problem of sexual abuse was identified by the recent report. How the hell are we going to even start to fix the problem if we don't quantify and subsequently treat it?
Permit Entry. Ken Parish at Club Troppo and others claim the cancellation of the permit system for entry to Aboriginal townships will open up the communities to white predators. I have never agreed with the permit system since it's inception – I think it hides the problem. Let the police handle predators and grog runners and give unfettered access to tourists, the media, the police and bureaucrats.
My eyes were opened when I went into Arnhem Land and visited communities under the auspicies of Gallowray Yunupingu. I learned a lot about their problems from one of his wives and from my own general observation. I also learned a lot about the causes of these problems.
Let's stop hiding the problems.
Grog. A comment at Club Troppo
Howard tonight on Lateline said something like "We know what the root cause of this is, it's alcohol."
That's it right there: a boxed-up Easy Pack human solution and a complete inability to understand the Aboriginal spirit and what is really the root cause of their utter heartbreak, and all of that – sick and impoverished as his best humanity is – running a vast sunburnt expanse behind his political need.
We've spent too long trying to understand the root cause of their utter heartbreak. Two weeks ago I spoke to a thirty something-policeman who had just finished a tour at Doomadgee.
The best time he ever had there was when the grog couldn't get though due to the wet season. The town turned functional – the policemen's lot revolved around actually being able to police the community for the community's benefit and not just stopping fights, sending kids and woman off to a hospital or being on the lookout for grog runners.
When the grog could get through it was a nightmare.
No point trying to understand root causes when the people are drunk all the time. Stop the grog for a while and and then reason can function.
'If you stop the grog they'll just go elsewhere' is a common call and fair enough. I've seen it myself but I'd bet next weeks army pension that the people who are going to be involved are well aware of that and will include it in their plan.
There is plenty of evidence that dry communities" aren't really dry and that determined drinkers can always find a way to circumvent regulations but that doesn't mean we stop trying to dry them out.
As no plan survives contact with the enemy then nitpicking of the original plan without offering alternatives is pointless. The lesson is, when confronted with a problem do something and adjust as other problems arise.
To do nothing just doesn't cut it.
Howard bans alcohol, porn in indigenous communities
ALCOHOL and pornography will be banned in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory as part of a dramatic response to widespread child abuse, which was today labelled a "national emergency".
My first response – good!
Second response – my, aren't the lefties going to scream – good!
They've had their go, now some hard work has to be done to recover from the damage.
The police are going to be very busy and they'll need eyes in the back of their heads. The last time I drove down the Arnhem Highway towards the centre we drove through the last town at about 4:00 pm. A dry town and all quiet but after having passed through there were a stream of locals walking back into town. Been hunting, said someone in the back…no such luck. A mile or two out of town was a cleared area full of hundreds of empty stubbies. The town was dry so they just went to the limits and sat down there.
I agree with Howard – we have to be paternal to help and protect the next generation. They need to go to school and get a real education but there is little chance under the current chaos.
Just the same it's going to be difficult.
UPDATE: Larvatus Prodeo are all over it…wedge politics…Tampa 2007 and this waffle;
He's had 11 years to starve them, drive up the negatives and drive down the positives and now he owns them.
Just gets better and better.
Hurley Not Guilty!
THE jury hearing the trial of police officer Chris Hurley – charged over a death in custody on Palm island have found him not guilty.
No witnesses to the event and no apparent or obvious dereliction…..what else could they do?
A political event that raised false hopes among the uneducated at Palm Island and has achieved nothing other than to make it extremely difficult in the future for Queensland Police to man their stations in indigenous communities.
Who would want to serve there after all?
If you are well intentioned you can still find yourself in court after an accident occasioned by excess alcohol and for just how long can a policeman hold his patience in these circumstances.
Premier Peter Beattie said earlier today the verdict should be calmly accepted.
"This has been a difficult case … but I think it's absolutely imperative that everybody, regardless of who they are, accept the decision of the court," Mr Beattie said.
Good idea Pete….pity you didn't accept the decision of your Justice Department in the first place and avoided all this angst.
Of course they should!
ABORIGINAL children should be forced to learn English so they can escape lives of poverty on remote and economically unviable communities.
Where have we gone wrong that an MP has to make this more than obvious statement?
Years ago I was lamenting the lack of english in Indigenous communities. My observations from my LTD04 Tour of Arnhem Land include;
….It doesn't seem to include education. I was told that the heir apparent to Galarrwuy's Principality has English as his third language. Impressive on the face of it but there is little value in being fluent in two aborigine dialects when neither are useful outside Arnhem Land.
And later, talking about some kids I'd met;
They discover biscuits and in the time honoured tradition of kids everywhere in the world, ask for some. I happily oblige but my lasting memory of the camp is that they didn't have a word of English other than a fractured "biscuit?'
Of course they need to learn english but not everyone agrees that language is a priority – Professor O'Donoghue, co-patron of the Stolen Generation Alliance and head of the former indigenous administrative body ATSIC, lambasted Mr Howard's attitude to the stolen generations.
The good professor claimed she was part of the Stolen Generations until it was proven she wasn't and she is still confused. Forget about an apology for a crime that didn't exist and concentrate on something practical to help our indigenous brothers and sisters out of the problems.
Being able to speak, read and write english would be a good start.
The Doomadgee Debacle
Undoubtedly there are questions to be answered in the Palm Island tragedy and after reading Christine Clements findings some of these questions relate to police procedures but I think the debate is getting out of hand as the beying for Senior Sergeant Hurley's blood gets louder and louder.
For out-of-staters Hurley is the senior policeman on Palm Island, a dysfunctional aborigine community of the coast near Townsville. He arrested a drunken aborigine and in the process was punched in the jaw. Hurley retaliated, a scuffle followed, the combatants fell on the floor and Doomadgee, the drunk, was eventually dragged into a cell where he subsequently died from internal bleeding occasioned by damage to his liver.
The Pathologist acknowledged the physical damage but found that the death was "aciidental"
Palm Island erupts. The Island was trashed, Hurley's home was burnt down as was the police station and court house.
From Tony Koch in the Australian
More than 25 Palm Islanders were subsequently arrested for their part in the riot where the police station and courthouse building and police living quarters were burnt. Nobody was hurt in the riot. The alleged "riot leader" Lex Wotton, faces charges which could see him jailed for up to 20 years for the property damage.
True, nobody was hurt in the riots but the policemen inside were in fear for their lives albeit they eventually escaped unharmed. Tony's use of "riot leader" Lex Wooton further downplays the civil disorder and dysfunction prevelant at the event.
How did he die? From the Inquest headed by Christine Clemments;
The liver was virtually completely ruptured- "… cleaved in two" in Dr Lampe's words. The two halves of the liver were only connected by some blood vessels. The portal vein had an oval hole along its posterior surface measuring 1.5 by 0.7 centimetres which was along the line of the contusion extending through the soft tissue. There was localised haemorrhage to the pancreas adjacent to the peri-duodenal haemorrhage.
Both autopsies concluded that the cause of death was intra-abdominal haemorrhage, due to the ruptured liver and portal vein.
The Coroner stated there was no evidence of kicking and Hurley's retaliatary punches caused little damage however the damage to the liver still remains. It is suggested that during the scuffle, when both combatants fell, that Hurley, a smidgeon over 200 cm and built accordingly, fell onto Doomadgees chest with his knee concentrating all his weight on the chest cavity and by extension this caused the death. Hurly denies falling on top of Doomadgee saying he fell to the left and Doomadgee to the right.
Doomadgee's blood alcohol level was later found to be 292 mg/100mL (0.292) and I wonder if regularly sharing a carton and a half in one sitting (given in evidence) would cause some damage to the liver making it more susceptible to damage. I don't know.
Christine Clements found Hurley had a case to answer. The case was reviewed by the QLD DPP who found that there was insufficient evidence to charge Hurley and the activists and Palm Islanders exploded again. The Queensland government panic and call another Inquest, this time by an out-of-stater who responds "correctly" and recommends Hurley be charged.
What value the State of Queenslands DPP now? Deliver a finding that the those involved don't like and the Government can easily be forced to call in another opinion. What happens if Hurley is found not guilty of manslaughter, as is likely. Will the government ignore that verdict and find another court to hear the case again?
Viscous circle
Christrine Clemments is strongly of the opinion that Doomadgee shouldn't have be arrested for drunkeness, in fact she believes none of them should be arrested. I've always been of the opinion that they are often arrested for the damage they might do to others and themselves whilst so drunk. It's a fine and noble sentiment from the bench but fades in the face of a belligerant drunk intent on trouble and addressing perceived wrongs of the past.
Tony Koch makes much of the two subsequent suicides, one, a witness to the event and the other, Doomadgee's son. Both unquestionably tragic but of little relevance to Hurley's guilt or otherwise.
The opinion pages are full of people putting down on the Queensland Police for their treatment of aborigines. They do so from the comfort of their civil surroundings with no thought to the trauma of policing in these dysfunctional communities where death is a constant companion of drunken behaviour.
The Inquest raise a lot of questions that need urgent answers and Hurley's actions throughout the incident appear to be unproffessional but proffessionalism isn't just about the man; it is also about the training for policemen posted to these communities and support that the government should give them.
I don't see a clear cut case of manslaughter and whereas the chances are that Hurley did cause the damage that killed Doomadgee it is going to be difficult to prove it wasn't accidental and part way caused by Doomadgee himself entering into the frey.
The story will be around for a long time yet and I just hope that Hurley gets a fair trial.
COAG Pragmatism
CUSTOMARY law will no longer be used as an excuse for sexual abuse and violence in indigenous communities under an agreement struck at yesterday's talks.
Now there's a statement for the books but as expected the usual subjects show how out of touch they are with the country.
Stanhope, the ACT leader waves the flag for all things left with this loopy statement;
"It is very important in the context of advancing reconciliation and issues in relation to indigenous disadvantage that we not seek to identify aspects of Aboriginal culture and customary law as incidences, or sources of some of the behaviours," he said.
Culture and customary law has always had an impact on behaviour…black or white.
"It is important that we separate the causes of indigenous disadvantage from issues such as customary law, cultural background. The ACT has a particular position in relation to the role and place in sentencing courts to take account of issues such as cultural background."
There are alot of causes for indigenous disadvantage, the main one being too many people have listened to this type of codswallop for too long. Others are most defenitely issues such as customary law and cultural background. You know, the type of customary law and cultural background that lead to the celebrated case in the Territory of a guy who raped a female on the basis that she had been promised to him and she was his to deal with as he pleased.
The 'Learned sentencing judge' put him away for one month! There exists an overriding consideration in the trial of tribal law and customs that conflict with Australian and Territory law.
Upon the respondent's pleas of guilty, the learned sentencing judge imposed a sentence of five months imprisonment on Count 1 and 19 months imprisonment on Count 2 to be served cumulatively upon the sentence of five months imposed on Count 1, making a total period to be served of 24 months, but ordered that those sentences be suspended after the respondent had served one month upon the respondent entering upon his own recognisance of $250 to be of good behaviour for a period of two years. It was a further condition of the suspension of the sentences, that for the period of two years, the respondent not communicate, directly or indirectly, with the child, SS.
On appeal this was increased to 18 months. The case is old hat now but still serves as a good reason to agree with the thrust of the COAG meeting. The ordinary punters in Australia take an extremely dim view of cases such as this one.
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) recognize themselves that there is a problem
Tragically, some sympathetic magistrates who are generally aware that there are 'too many Aboriginal men in jail' are inclined to give light custodial sentences to Aboriginal perpetrators of violence and abuse. It takes great courage and determination on the part of an Aboriginal woman, family and community to pursue a case of this kind in the courts: inadequate sentences are a devastating outcome.
Simply put, there are too many Aboriginal men in jail because too many of them committ jailable offences. They do it for a number of reasons, few, if any, related to cultural or customary law issues. Excessive consumpion of grog is not an age old custom steeped in millenia of tribal tradition although general gender relationship may be.
For too long we have listened to Stanhope and his fellow travellers. Nugget Coombes, Whitlam, Hawke and Keating set up the 'Noble Savage' outstations condemning them all to mark time in the 19th century while the rest of the population marched steadily ahead.
The concept is 'broke'…lets work towards fixing it
Indigenous education
Professor Jon Altman, from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU Australian National University wants our brothers to stick to hunter gatherer career choices.
But the crucial issue that neither Johns nor Storry address is that of curricula. Too much emphasis is being placed in the current debate on providing opportunity for indigenous kids in very remote Australia for imagined futures as "lawyers, doctors and plumbers" (as suggested by Amanda Vanstone) and too little for futures as artists, land managers and hunters living on the land that they own.
The professor is obviously a good communicator. In one paragraph he has underlined one of the main problems with education of our brothers.
Unfortunately he has got it the wrong way round and although people reading the letter may well believe that because he is a 'Professor' then his word should be heeded, he is in fact suggesting we reinforce failure;
…… artists, land managers and hunters
Now there's a career list that's going nowhere. They need to be educated the same as the rest of the country's kids so that when graduating they have a choice of careers; not some limited idea from an 'out of touch professor' that would have the boys learning 'spear and woomera 101' and girls swatting over '100 yam recipies for the busy mia mia wife'
The professor thinks we should pay heed to the 'outstation' mentality where Whitlam and Nugget Coombes believed they should all be living in the desert;
Rather than just seek mainstream education solutions to complex non-mainstream indigenous circumstances, we should develop curricula relevant to local settings and new enterprises and then see what impact this might have on attendance.
They really need a broad education that will allow them to view 'outstation' life for what it is; demeaning, pointless and set to fail.
Racial Villification
THE Aboriginal teenager facing the first charges under Western Australia's new race-hate laws claims she spoke back to a white woman only after being racially abused herself.
The 15-year-old girl could face up to six months' detention for allegedly calling 19-year-old Mellissa Blackney a "white slut" during a confrontation in the mining town of Kalgoorlie.
This point-counter point quotes obscures the basic premise that racial villification laws are not the answer. Politicians hold this fond view that legislation alone can change a society but in real life their are a host of other factors.
The case has sparked outrage among some Aboriginal leaders, who say the charge is not in keeping with the intent of the new racial vilification laws.
I beg to differ; the laws as gazetted are all about one race putting down on another. It is not just about whites putting down on blacks. Remember – one country, one law.
Racial Villification laws, like Land Rights are not the answer but the debate will take a year or to arrive at that conclussion


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Rehoboth Beach Museum presents folklorist Ed Okonowicz at 7 p.m., Feb. 7. "Food Lore, from Scrapple to Muskrat" shares proof that what one eats tells as much about regional identity as family history.
Okonowicz offers insight into Delaware's food lore in a presentation and conversation with his audience. This program will explore the heritage of diverse foods grown and prepared throughout Delaware.
For admission for this event, participants are asked to bring a nonperishable item for the Food Bank of Delaware. Reservations are required; call 302-227-7310. The Rehoboth Beach Museum is at 511 Rehoboth Ave. next to the Visitors Center. Parking is available, and the museum is handicapped accessible. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays and Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.
Okonowicz, a Delaware native, presents storytelling programs throughout the Mid Atlantic region and has written more than two dozen books on Delmarva and Maryland folklore. Among the favorites are books on ghost stories such as "Phantoms at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry." Another popular title is "So You Think You Know All About Delaware."
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Working Through Cultural Differences
If you work in a diverse culture, and especially with people located in different countries, cultural differences must be factored into your work. The biggest difficulty I've experienced is discovering the differences. As each person is raised in his or her culture, expected and acceptable behaviors are learned. Differences in customs vary widely. Determining acceptable behavior is a challenge, since it's not always clear what another person considers to be appropriate. It can be very easy to offend someone—without knowing you've done so. This is an unfortunate situation, because you can't begin to apologize for behavior you didn't realize was offensive. Following are some examples that have revealed cultural differences for me.
Once a project I was managing was going through a testing crunch time, and an employee seemed tired and irritable. After a few days, she told me that she was struggling with fasting during the day as a temporary offering in observance to her religion. She briefly explained her Islamic beliefs and told me about the period of Ramadan. To better accommodate her needs, we temporarily rescheduled her work hours. From that one particular situation, I've made a point of being aware of the period of Ramadan and in general trying to be aware of other people's religions. I also now talk directly with each person I hire, asking him or her to tell me when personal or religious needs exist.
In another experience, I was working with a woman from a culture where women are raised not to question people in authority—particularly a man in a position of authority. Unfortunately, as part of her role as a tester, this employee needed to defend defects to several men in the development team. She had difficulty with these conversations. Since we were physically located in different cities, it took a few failed communications for me to dig in to figure out the issue. Why would a skilled tester not be able to answer and stand her ground on reported defects? When questioned gently, she was able to articulate her challenge, and we worked out ways to ease the situation for her. As the number of conversations she worked through increased, the frequency with which she needed my help to pave the way decreased. So the cultural difference that was a barrier was reduced.
Another employee of mine wouldn't offer suggestions or criticisms of our test automation. Her skills in automation were excellent, the best in the group, but she wouldn't openly critique any work that was being developed. Eventually I noticed that she wouldn't ask questions, but instead would develop whatever I assigned with no modifications. I realized that, if I assigned test automation tasks to this employee without instructing her to consider or seek better designs where possible, that the task would be executed directly without being questioned—in fact, her cultural training was not to question authority, but to execute as asked. After this, I set ground rules with all the automation testers (as well as with manual testers) that all designs could be questioned, and that the better strategy should prevail regardless of whose idea it was. I encouraged this employee and everyone else on the team to look for better design ideas and to speak up.
If you'll be working in a specific country, research the cultural habits and etiquette of that place. Even if you won't be traveling personally to that location, but instead will work with the people of that country over the phone and through email, research the cultural differences. The more you read and learn, the more you open yourself to understanding.
A general tip I want to share is to be careful using humor with people you manage, or with coworkers. Humor can easily be misunderstood. I've learned to refrain from making humorous statements in nearly all business communications. No humor is worth alienating another person.
Each situation has presented new challenges for me as a manager and as a coworker. Working with people from different cultures has been fascinating. Trying to learn about other cultures has been a gradual change as my work and the people with whom I work spread to other countries. Become aware of other cultures and honor the differences you find in other people.


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African Union summit overshadowed by current crises
by Joseph Earnest January 23, 2014
Newscast Media ADDIS ABABA—At the African Union (AU) annual summit that begins on Friday Jan. 24, the crises in South Sudan and Central African Republic may sideline the original main theme of food security.
The banner of this year's week-long AU summit shows Africa in its most beautiful colors: in addition to wind turbines, filled granaries and a boomtown skyline, there is also a train, presumably symbolizing Addis Ababa's planned light rail project, construction of which has brought traffic in Addis Ababa to a standstill for months, much to the annoyance of residents.
The main theme of the annual meeting of African heads of state and government was to have been "agriculture and food security." But once again it is the continent's crises, such as the one in South Sudan, that will dominate the agenda.
"The goal is to sign the deal as soon as possible so that there will be less bloodshed, and peace could be restored to that country," the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Aisha Abdullahi, told Deutsche Welle a few days earlier.
Peace agreements in Sudan are generally shortlived, as the director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, Jakkie Cilliers, points out.
"The problem is, in a country like South Sudan, there are very deep rooted challenges and there are no short term solutions. These problems are going to be with us for many years," said Cilliers. "The African Union is going to have side meetings on these challenges, largely to mobilize the national and African support for their efforts," he added.
Referring to the crisis in South Sudan, AU Commissioner Abdulahi said it would be a summit success to "ensure that peace, stability and prosperity are restored as soon as possible."
The situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) will also be on the summit agenda. The situation there is completely out of control and, according to the French ambassador to the UN, the violence can only be curbed with the help of "psychologists or ethnologists."
Shortly before the summit, Catherine Samba-Panza was appointed interim president of CAR. But the killing continues - and former President Francois Bozize, who is in neighboring Cameroon, is just waiting for a chance to meddle again in politics.
In Addis the AU will demand additional troops after only 4,000 of the planned 6,000 soldiers have been deployed in Central African Republic. The news that the EU wants to send only "between 400 and 600" soldiers, which is far short of expectations, has been received with concern in the Ethiopian capital.
It is not only the initial summit motto of food security that will be forced to take a back seat, but also the main topic of the previous two meetings, namely the threat of a mass withdrawal by AU members from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The African Union came out vehemently against the prosecution of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his co-accused William Ruto on charges of crimes against humanity. Add Comments>>
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PHOENIX, Arizona, January 24. ON today's edition of The Morning Swim Show, we bring you the first of a two-part interview with Olympian Eric Shanteau.
Shanteau has been a part of the Livestrong Foundation since his cancer diagnosis in 2008, and he talks about how he and the organization are moving forward in the wake of Lance Armstrong's confession of doping during his cycling career. It was a hard pill for Shanteau to swallow as he watched Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey, and he discusses the rationale behind his anger from the perspective of an elite athlete. Be sure to visit SwimmingWorld.TV for more video interviews, and come back on Friday for part two of Shanteau's interview.
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Flower Looms: Daisy Loom Caterpillar
Loomed flowers are not just for use as flowers, you can also string them together to create animals and characters. This little caterpillar is a great first roject t inroduce you to the technique.
To make a daisy loom caterpillar you will need:
Cut a piece of wool just over a metre (about a yard and a half) long. Thread a daisy onto the wool.
Make 45-55 daisies. My caterpilar is made of 52 daisies
Make sure you thread your wool all the way through and back again or your daisy will come apart.
Adjust your wool until your daisy is in the middle.
|Keep threading on daisies until
|you have thread all of them onto your yarn. Tie a knot but don't cut the yarn yet. You'll use it to tie the pom pom on in the next step.
|Make a 2 and a half to 3 inch pom pom and tie it on the end of your caterpillar for the head.
|Cut your eye pieces out of the felt. I cut two large white circles for the main part of the eye, a slightly larger circle of green felt cut in half for the eyelids and two small black ovals for the pupils.
Glue the eye pieces together. When they are dry, stick them to the front of the pom pom.
I used acrylic craft felt and found it was easiest to use quite a bit of glue but not much pressure when sticking the pieces together. When I tried pressing them together firmly the felt sucked up all the glue and they wouldn't stick.
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Let's be realistic. There are plenty of lifestyle drugs on the market already. Some of them, like Botox and birth-control pills, are approved for lifestyle indications (whether anyone wants to call them that or not). Others, including Baldino's own wakefulness drug,
Provigil, plus drugs like Viagra and human growth hormone, have off-label uses that are pretty clearly not about curing disease.Will FDA eventually start routinely approving drugs meant primarily for lifestyle improvement—drugs that make us taller, slimmer, prettier, smarter, more muscular, less forgetful, and, yes, even younger? I imagine that there will be some kicking and screaming, but it's hard to see how the agency can ultimately resist. FDA's job is to ensure that drugs are safe and effective, not to limit them to the curing of diseases.
And why shouldn't lifestyle drugs be on the market? I can think of four more or less reasonable arguments:
Safety Drugs are intrinsically dangerous, this argument runs, and lifestyle improvements aren't sufficient justification to take substantial risks. That's plausible, but let's not forget that roughly 20 percent of American adults smoke. It's hard to justify letting them get away with that and depriving them of useful lifestyle improvements with far better safety profiles.
The Darwinian appeal We shouldn't improve ourselves with drugs and devices, which interferes with evolution's gradual honing of our genome. I, for instance, shouldn't wear glasses. By using them, I prevent myself from getting run over by a bus. That means I'll pass my nearsighted genes to my children, dooming them if civilization collapses, eyeglasses vanish from the earth, and saber-tooth tigers roam the ruined, smoldering streets of our cities. On the other hand, would it really hamper myself and my offspring to benefit some (no doubt) bozo with great eyesight?
Human nature We were born with certain defects, this case goes. They're part of who and what we are, and it's important for us to live with them, and experience pain and confront our limitations. A life of chemically-induced perfection is no life at all. I mostly believe this argument, but in a society devoted to plastic surgery, steroid-pumped athletes, and the delusional mind-set displayed each week on American Idol, I doubt that it can be the basis of public policy.
Fairness When we have drugs that enhance lifestyle, the rich will have them, and the poor, by and large, won't. The gaps that divide our society will grow larger, more visible, and more painful. Of course, they're already large, visible, and painful. A nation that can't bring itself to create equal access to healthcare is unlikely to worry about a few extra perks for the rich.
Eventually we're going to have lifestyle drugs, powerful ones that will make amazing differences in how we live. To judge by the way we cope with the drugs we already have today, we're nowhere near ready for them. We're not ready to assess their risks and benefits, to make them part of richly lived lives, or to keep them from tearing communities apart. We'd better learn soon. Like it or not, they're on the way.
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Inspired by his character's epic journey in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' Jewish actor reveals expeditions that changed his life, including visit to Holy Land
Published: 12.23.13, 07:32 / Israel Culture
Stiller is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who was raised Catholic and converted to Reform Judaism six years after marrying Jerry Stiller. In the interview, he revealed a romantic experience which took place next to the Western Wall
in Jerusalem, one of the holiest Jewish sites.
"My dad and I took a father-son bonding trip to Israel when I was about 16… We ended up diving in the Red Sea together," Stiller recalled. "I met a girl on that trip and we had a whirlwind romance. Is it blasphemous to say we ended up making out near the Western Wall? It might be. But we did… It was one of those times you don't ever forget."
The fantasy drama film, which Stiller also directed, will hit the screens in the United States and Israel this week.
The film also stars Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott and includes guest appearances by Sean Penn and Shirley MacLaine. It is based on a short story written by James Thurber 1939. In 1947, Danny Kaye appeared in a Norman McLeod film loosely based on Thurber's story, which is quite different from Stiller's version.


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Amazing visual effect of paints in the water – Aqueous Fluoreau
New impressive images created by British photographer Mark Mawson, which is named Aqueous Fluoreau and is the extension of his earlier work of art – Aqueous. During shooting, in addition to paints and water, he also uses own secretive photography to work.
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Minnesota-based American Refugee Committee announced a project Wednesday to combat unemployment in Somalia where more than 6 in 10 citizens are out of work.
The non-profit is partnering with two other organizations -- Qatar-based Silatech and the Somali money transfer business Kaah Express -- to open the first commercial micro-enterprise institution in Somalia. It will target youth and women around the country.
ARC CEO Daniel Wordsworth joins The Daily Circuit from Somalia to talk about the project.


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Comedian to bring his one-man play to Wiltsie Center
Steve Solomon uses about two dozen voices to tell the story of how he grew up in the award-winning, one-man show "My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy," which he will perform Saturday at the Wiltsie Center at the Historic Castle.
The comedian, who was raised in a multi-cultural neighborhood in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y., uses the voices to bring to life the comical characters who colored his upbringing.
"There are over 20 characters in the show," Solomon said. "I use different voices and different dialects. My favorite is 'My Sister, the Smoker.'"
Solomon, who used to use his voices to educate and amuse his students when he was a teacher, said the show is different than the standard monologue a stand-up comedian would perform.
"It is a monologue which has a chronology of my life," Solomon said. "It's a big jump from stand-up. It is a full stage production, with standing cues and lighting cues. I think it has universal appeal."
He provided some examples of the show.
"My mother and father were in a big line with me at the airport," Solomon said. "(Security officers) were making everybody take off their shoes. My father asked why. 'It's because of the shoe bomber, Dad,' I said. Dad said, 'Good thing there wasn't an underwear bomber.'"
"I asked my mom, 'Would you like to be buried, cremated or entombed?' She said, 'Surprise me.'"
Solomon started doing the show in 2002. It hit Broadway in 2006. According to his website, www.steve solomon.net, 450,000 people have seen the show.
"We've received numerous awards," Solomon said. "It is one of the longest-running, one-man comedy shows with over 2,000 performances."
The Hazleton show will be the original show. There are two other versions - "I'm Still in Therapy" and "I'm Home for the Holidays" - as well as a show titled "Stand Up."
Solomon said he was attracted to Hazleton because the Wiltsie Center is new.
"We are doing numerous shows in this part of the country," he said. "We know the Wiltsie is a new facility, and thought our show would fit nicely there."
Solomon has won the best new play award from Broad way.com; the audience's favorite play from Broad wayworld.com, and was nominated for best actor by Drama Critics Choice.
Variety magazine reviewed the show this way: "Steve Solomon is Alan King, Billy Crystal, a smidgen of Don Rickles and George Carlin all thrown together."
Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $26. For more information, visit www.wiltsiecenter.org.
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What's your take on drinking soda?
|February 24, 2012
|Posted by Carrie under attitude about food, food
As a mom trying to teach my kids healthy habits I have to share one of my hot button issues – soda. Specifically soda in kids. We all have a hot button issue, right? I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke. But, I used to do a lot of things that weren't good […] more
Black Belt Weekend
|August 1, 2011
|Posted by Carrie under inspiration, kids
This past weekend, Dude earned his 2nd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. The consensus on the new uniform – a little ninja like – not so Taekwondo. Not my choice – I'm not in charge. (sorry for the sloppy photoshop privacy work, too) When Dude was 4 years old, he started taking Taekwondo lessons. At […] more
Three Things Thursday
|May 19, 2011
|Posted by Carrie under back to school, exercise goals, inspiration, Running, Three Things Thursday
Three Things Thursday (plus some bonus items) 1. My run yesterday was gorgeous. I hit the bike path at the beach. I took a little lesson from my naked run the other day and turned off my notifications from Run Keeper while I ran. I did have music and drowned out my breathing. Final stats: […] more


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] very low performance over infiniband
From: Shamis, Pavel (shamisp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-28 13:43:51
Also make sure that processes were not swapped out to a hard drive.
Pavel (Pasha) Shamis
Computer Science Research Group
Computer Science and Math Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On Jan 27, 2013, at 6:39 AM, John Hearns <hearnsj_at_[hidden]<mailto:hearnsj_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
2 percent?
Have you logged into a compute node and run a simple top when the job is running?
Are all the processes distributed across the CPU cores?
Are the processes being pinned properly to a core? Or are they hopping from core to core?
Also make SURE all nodes havenooted with all cores online and all report the same amount of RAM
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Where Have All the Squirrels Gone?
Normally I would cede this subject to Tim—our resident squirrel expert-but he is busy concocting pieces of more importance.
After the snowstorms of February in DC, it was one of my neighbors who asked: What happened to the squirrels? Everyone worries about them because those rats with fur are "so cute"—or as Tim would say, they have a good press. Good press? I had them in my attic and had to get rid of them. They were into my wrapping paper for their nest and made a huge mess. They were, quite definitely Jewish squirrels as the Chanukah paper—rather than the Christmas paper—took the hit. I had to spend $41 on a dang blasted trap and more on the wildlife removal guy after one of the residents took the peanut butter bait. One squirrel can, by the way, make a lot of noise—and even more once the trap slams shut. The attic access that allowed the noisy furry rats in had to be slammed shut to prevent another round. All that was done the second week of January.
Maybe I should have waited a couple of weeks for them to be snowed under. Natural causes might have done them in.
During the spate of recent snowstorms the squirrels entirely disappeared from my neighborhood--as well as from The National Mall. I haven't seen any in my suburban Virginia neighborhood since the back to back snow storms in February which left DC reeling under 3 feet of snow. I did notice 3 of them around the Vietnam Wall last week downtown, but I didn't notice which color they were. I just thought, "Drat, the furry rats are back." I can't personally report on the squirrel situation over at Squirrel Central (aka Lafayette Park opposite the North Side of The White House), as I haven't had a tour group there to check it out—and, believe me, tour guides do not sally over aimlessly to the monuments to check on the squirrel population when duty does not call. However, our resident squirrel expert, Tim Krepp, has been over to The White House and reports that Lafayette Park is "curiously absent" of the furry rodents.
I went googling on the internet to see what I could find on the subject and—wouldn't you know--The Washington Post had written a piece about the crash of the squirrel population on February 8th, so my idea for this piece had been preempted. In the true spirit of not reinventing the wheel, some of what follows is shamelessly stolen from the piece.
No doubt some of the squirrels died, but many simply have remained in their nests. While they busily stuff themselves in times of plenty, they eat less and move less when there is less food around. They adapt. So, no worries, the squirrels will be back (although hopefully not in my attic). It would take weeks of cold weather and snow to kill them off. Squirrels, by the way, can live up to 20 years in captivity. The Eastern Gray reproduces twice a year. So, while some may have died in the snowstorms, some survived. There will be more squirrel babies who survive because there will be more food for them if some of the adults perished. Squirrel Central will be up and running in no time flat as some people find it amusing to feed them and others of their kind hit the trash cans for "goodies".
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The world is Beyoncé's playground, but on her new single "Bow Down/ I Been On" Queen Bey gets local and celebrates her Houstonian roots in a major way.
The rabblerousing two-part track finds a potty-mouthed Bey commanding would-be competitors to "bow down" and declaring "I'm from that H-Town" on the song's hook with multiple references to candy-painted cars and other "trill" hints of Houston hip-hop culture.
On the second half of the song, the Grammy-winning vocalist delivers a chopped and screwed rap verse, which is a style pioneered by the late DJ Screw. "Rolling high, leather and wood/ Keep it trill, that's what's good," she rhymes before shouting out the Geto Boys' Willie D and recalling the influence that Port Arthur, Texas, native group UGK had on her life.
The Geto Boys were the first rap act to break out of Houston in the late 1980s, but Screw and his Screwed Up Click would go on to pioneer a unique, slowed-down sound in the 1990s. Screw, who passed away in 2000 of a codeine overdose, influenced generations of rappers when he pitched down the tempo on records to create a slower, more bass heavy version of popular records. In the early 2000s, Houston hip-hop and its regional sound experienced an explosion when artists like Mike Jones, Slim Thug and Paul Wall broke through with syrup-drenched singles like "Still Tippin'."
Bun B, who hails from Houston's nearby neighbor Port Arthur as well, heard Bey's new song and commended her tribute to their city's hip-hop roots.
I like the new Beyonce snippets. She repping H Town hard like always! Houston lets make sure we stand behind her like we supposed 2! #Trill
— Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) March 18, 2013
"I like the new Beyonce snippets," he tweeted. "She repping H Town hard like always! Houston lets make sure we stand behind her like we supposed 2! #Trill"
In 2005, Beyoncé paid homage to her hometown with her bouncy, twerk single "Check On It" which featured a verse from Slim Thug and Bun B. As of late, a host of out-of-towners like A$AP Rocky, Drake, Kendrick Lamar have adopted portions of the H-Town sound, a move which many of the city's veterans are in full support of.
"I hear the argument everyday all day, especially with Drake," H-Town underground icon Z-Ro said when MTV News caught up with him in February during a broadcast of Shade 45's "Sway in the Morning" radio show, during NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston. "We all borrow from each other, and I'm not finna be mad at a cat because he dropped a song and it sounded like mine and it worked for him."
While Beyoncé isn't known for making chopped and screwed, the fact that she hails from Houston means she has closer sonic ties to most. At 14 years old, she appeared in the Geto Boys' 1998 "Gangsta Put Me Down" video and of course there were the times she used to sneak listens of UGK, as recalled on the end of "I Been On."
"UGK, we made damn good music," Bun B told us of he and Pimp C's legacy, before the Beyoncé single was released. "That's bound to influence people. We talk about very real things that happening in people's lives. That's not bull. We talk about real life circumstances, real life consequences… I can't help it if I influenced people. Thank God somebody influenced me or I wouldn't be here right now."
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Machete considered this to be one of his greatest inventions, Machete's Elastic Wonder. It's a stylish rubber band. According to him, there are 999 uses for them. The key is to figure out what they are.
Carmen and Juni did find many ways. Juni made it a stylish bracelet, which he later gave to the president's daughter. Carmen used it as a snapping weapon (on Juni), a switch binder, and grabbing the Transmooker.


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Juno Beach • Jupiter • Jupiter Inlet Colony • Lake Park • Mangonia Park
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Loggerhead Triathlon
Date: August 6, 2011 Time: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Event Description
**WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSELY MONITORING THE POTENTIAL WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR RACE DAY. At this point we have no intention of cancelling the race. If it does turn out to be a safety issue, we would reschedule OR change to a duathlon. We will keep this website updated with any changes as well as via email as we make any decisions going forward. Thank you for your patience. **
The Loggerhead Triathlon will be held on Saturday, August 6th beginning at 7:00am at
Divisions include:
Age Groups
14 & Under
80 & above
15-39 & 189-199 weight
40 & above & 189-199 weight
15-39 & 200+ weight
40 & above & 200+weight
Mountain Bike
Athena (145 & above)
First Timers
This is a USAT Sanctioned Event. All athletes must provide their current USAT identification card at check-in. All non-USAT Members must pay the additional $10 (cash only) Race Day Registration fee and fill out the Registration Form at Packet Pick Up.
The Packet Pick Up for all race registrants will be on Friday, August 5, 2011 from 3:00pm – 8:00pm at the Jupiter Beach Resort and Spa (located at 5 NA1A, Jupiter, FL 33477). All athletes must show a photo ID in order to receive their packet. Relay teams must have all members present to receive their packet.
The Sports and Fitness Expo will feature over 20 local businesses that offer products specific to triathletes. Be sure to stick around during packet pick up to check out all the exhibitors have to offer!
The First Timers Seminar is recommended for all Loggerhead Triathlon First Timers. It will be help during packet pick up on Friday, August 5th from 5:00pm – 6:00pm at the Jupiter Beach Resort.
The Host Hotel is the Jupiter Beach Resort and Spa. The hotel is offering a group rate for all athletes. For reservations, call 800.228.8810 and mention the code LOGG to receive the discounted rate.
Race Rules
Body Marking: Have your arms and legs marked with your race number by a volunteer. This will start in Carlin Park at 5:45am.
Timing chip: Pick up your timing chip race morning.
Only race participants allowed in transition area.
FIRST TIMERS: Wear the wristband provided in your race packet in order to receive a medal at the finish line.
The race begins at 7:00am on the beach. Line up in the appropriate wave. The race will start in 5 waves with 5 minutes between each wave. Wet Suits will not be allowed.
1st wave: Male 20-44 GREEN
2nd wave: Female 20-44 YELLOW
3rd wave: Female 19 and under, 45 and above and Athena PURPLE
4th wave: Clydesdale, male 19 and under, male 45 and above RED
5th wave: All relay teams and mountain bike BLACK. Male and female first timers WHITE
Helmets must be fastened before leaving the transition area. An ANSI approved bike helmet is mandatory.
Bikes must be walked in and out of the transition area.
No drafting. Keep 3 bike lengths away from other riders. Draft marshals will be on the course.
THERE ARE 2 LAPS ON THE BIKE COURSE: Exit park and head south (left) on A1A to Loggerhead Park. Turn around and repeat. Return to transition area from the south entrance to Carlin Park.
Exit park and head north (right) to Jupiter Beach Blvd. Head east (right) and follow signs and volunteers to turnaround. Return to Carlin Park and the finish line from the north entrance. I-PODS and MP3 Players are not permitted.
All relay team members must be body marked.
Swimmer wears the swim cap. Runner wears the run race number. Biker has race number on his/her bike. Teammates remain at the bike rack marked "relays" waiting for a team member to pass the timing chip before starting the next leg.
Registration will be available beginning Monday, March 28, 2011 at 9:00am. Registrations will be taken in the order in which they are received and the race is capped at 600 registrants – so be sure to REGISTER EARLY! Online registration is available at www.altavistasports.com only.
Registration Fees are based on the time the registration is received and there is NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION, NO CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS OR CHANGES ONCE REGISTRATION IS RECEIVED:
Early Registration by May 15th INDIVIDUALS - $75 RELAYS - $100
Late Registration after May 15th INDIVIDUALS - $100 RELAYS - $125
For questions regarding the race or registration, please contact the Northern PBC Chamber of Commerce at 561.746.7111.


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Rypple Makes Waves with Workplace Hero Campaign
This is the second post in a series by Jordan Behan highlighting the successful marketing practices of Canadian startups. Behan is the Director of Marketing of Strutta and knows a thing or two about the topic.
The gang at Toronto's Rypple have figured out a smart way to tie a great marketing idea directly into their product experience. With a product that enables web-based team and project management, they created the "WorkPlace Hero" program to get the word out about it.
Started at SXSW 2009, the Workplace Hero program is centered around the idea of giving "kudos" to deserving team members as a reward for good work. At street level, the campaign involves stickers handed out as badges of honour to deserving staffers. Online, a points system tracks the receiving, giving and referring of kudos, qualifying people for prizes that include gadgets and even vacations.
I caught up with Marketing and Community guy Jay Goldman, who was very enthusiastic about the effectiveness of the campaign to date. "The program has been a big success!" said Goldman, adding that some people have just fallen in love with the idea. "The top Workplace Hero was Mike Beltzner, Director of Firefox for Mozilla, who accumulated nearly 900 points on his own." Not a small feat, considering points are collected in twos and fours.
Beltzner let his love be known in his comments to the Rypple team. "I'm totally addicted to sending kudos. I get back comments like 'this made my day' or 'I didn't think anyone noticed.' Great idea, great program."
Not surprisingly, all of this fun and recognition is good for business too, notes Goldman the tireless marketer. "A high number of the people who received kudos have since become Rypple users and customers, cementing their status as heroes in their workplaces."
As a response to many of the dialogues they had with participants about improving the workplace, they also recently created Make Work Meaningful, a place for a "collaborative discussion on the future of work." Goldman says that many Rypple advisors, partners and past Workplace Heroes like Beltzner have started contributing to this extension of the discussions that were started with Workplace hero. As a result, new ideas about work are being shared. "They believe strongly that work is changing: becoming more social, flatter and more fluid, continuous instead of batch, and focused on building skills, reputation, and meaning."
Just two weeks into this column, and I'm already seeing a pattern. Freshbooks' Supper Club and Rypple's Workplace Hero both share a genuine care and concern for the people that matter most to their businesses. Their "marketing" ideas are just another of showing that appreciation, and it seems to be a formula that works well for them.


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Primary results in the Metropolitan King County Council races didn't surprise many Tuesday night, but they did give Eastside incumbent Reagan Dunn an idea of how hard he'll have to fight against challenger Shari Song to stay on the job.
Two council races and the race for King County executive were on the primary ballot. The top two candidates for each race move on to the November general election.
King County Executive Dow Constantine breezed through Tuesday's primary election with 76 percent of the vote. Civil engineer Alan Lobdell was leading the pack for second place with 12 percent of the vote, while Metro Transit bus driver Everett Stewart had 7 percent and businessman Goodspaceguy 4 percent.
In District 1, the newest council member, Rod Dembowski, will go up against public-health professional Naomi Wilson in the fall. Dembowski had 69 percent of the vote, while Wilson had 24 percent and accountant John Fray 6 percent.
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Dembowski replaced Bob Ferguson, who left the council after being elected Washington state attorney general last fall. District 1 covers an area stretching from Shoreline to Kirkland and Woodinville.
In District 9, Dunn, who lost to Ferguson when he also ran for attorney general last year, held a strong lead with 56 percent of the vote, while Song tallied 35 percent in results counted Tuesday. The third candidate in the race, Kristina Macomber, had 9 percent.
"But I take every challenge seriously, and Shari is a candidate who deserves to be taken seriously," Dunn said after results were released.
Song said her showing Tuesday was strong enough to make the general election competitive. "As a newcomer, it's hard to know what to expect, and I think anything over 30 percent is great," she said.
Song has raised more in campaign donations than any of Dunn's previous challengers for the District 9 seat, which represents an area including Bellevue, Renton and Maple Valley.
She's won endorsements from King County Democrats, labor unions and Washington Conservation Voters.
Dunn was endorsed by the mayors of all eight cities in his district, the Council of Metropolitan Police and Sheriffs, and the Affordable Housing Council, among others.
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I currently have a subscription to the Office 365 Exchange Online plans and I was checking out the new, so called "Office 365 Small Business Premium". Since I couldn't use my current account, which is understandable, I had to sign up for a new one.
From what I could tell this "Small Business Premium" offers somewhat the same features as the current "Small Business (P1) Plan". Is it safe to assume that this will be the successor?
Now what I'm wondering is, if this would actually be the case, will current users from different plans be able to upgrade to these new "Office 365 Plans"? Let's say I have a P subscription, will this automatically become a "Office 365 Small Business Premium" subscription? And will the E plans become "Office 365 ProPlus" plans?
I'm also aware that it's currently impossible to upgrade from a P to an E plan. Will this upgrade be possible in the future? More importantly for my case: If I'm currently subscribed to and exchange online plan (e-mail only), will I be able to upgrade to "Office 365 Small Business Premium" once it's released?
Thanks for the feedback.
Hi Jonas,
Currently, there is no official announcement for the update to Office 365 Preview.
The Office 365 Preview (2013) including Exchange Online Preview service is just a preview edition now, it may be modified by the feedback continuously before the official release.
Please monitor Microsoft websites and the community to obtain the latest information.
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Jacob Charest, former Butler quarterback, could get his first snaps behind center for the Illinois Illini Saturday, the Daily Illini reported. Illinois takes on Indiana.
Either senior Juice Williams or junior Eddie McGee will get the nod as the starting signal caller for Saturday, but Charest offers a different game than the two dual-threat quarterbacks.
"When Jacob's in there the offense maybe does change a little bit," Zook said. "Not that Jacob can't move around, but the option isn't exactly his forte. Maybe down the road when we get into those situations, but it's just hard to get three guys ready to do each week."


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Statement of the U.S. Attorney David B. Fein on the Arrest of Adam Zachs
|U.S. Attorney's Office February 02, 2011
NEW HAVEN—Adam Zachs, 47, formerly of West Hartford, was arrested yesterday in Leon Guanajuato, Mexico. In 1988, Zachs was convicted by a Connecticut jury for the murder of Peter Carone in West Hartford. In June 1989, while released on bond, Zachs failed to appear for a scheduled court proceeding and, since that time, has been a fugitive from justice. On July 24, 1989, a federal warrant was issued charging Zachs with unlawful flight to avoid confinement in violation of 18 USC Section 1073.
"Through the diligence and perseverance of the U.S. Marshals Service, West Hartford Police, FBI, and Mexican authorities, a convicted murderer is finally in custody and, after nearly 22 years, justice will be served," stated U.S. Attorney Fein. "Hopefully, Mr. Zachs' apprehension will provide some measure of closure for the victim's family and loved ones."


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Shakey's pizza returning to Minnesota
Shakeys stages a comeback and will reopen in Minnesota next summer.
After nearly a decade-long absence, a pizza chain that once operated 16 locations in the state will return to Minnesota, with five new restaurants slated to open in the metro area.
The franchise was launched by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson in Sacramento, California, in 1954, and its first Minnesota restaurant arrived in Columbia Heights in 1966. (BTW, apparently Johnson got his nickname as a result of experiencing nerve damage after a bout of malaria he suffered during World War II--who knew?) The family-friendly pizza and beer joint incorporated a vague ragtime music theme, with banjos, player pianos, etc.
Here's what you can expect in its new incarnation.
Shakey's is hoping to reposition itself as a nostalgic fave during its comeback, which is planned for next summer. The decor at the new Minnesota restaurants will riff on Shakey's original look while also incorporating arcade games, big-screen TVs, and pop-culture memorabilia. The menu will offer both Shakey's original thin-crust pizza and fried chicken.
But I'm wondering if Shakey's hasn't been out of the local game so long that fond memories of the pizzeria have been erased from the collective memory? (I had to dig way back in the recesses to recall my last visit, as a teenager. I'd just gotten my braces on and my teeth were so sore I could only eat mashed potatoes.)
The Twin Cities pizza scene has changed dramatically since Shakey's went on hiatus. Namely, Neapolitan-style pies have boomed in popularity (Punch, Pizza Nea), coal-fired pizza has come on the scene (Black Sheep), and wood-fired 'za or pizza-like flatbreads are staples on all sorts of restaurant menus (Restaurant Max, Il Gatto, Faces, etc.). Will folks who remember Shakey's want to return to their childhood pizza, or have they found something better in the meantime? Will younger folks even care?
Feel free to share your Shakey's memories in the comments and speculate about how they'll be received in the local market. Also, can you name Shakey's most notable former employee? (If you're stumped, I'll add the answer later today.)
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The colorful design on the Spyder Little Girls' Bitsy Glam Jacket puts a smile on your daughter's face and helps you find her after ski school. An Xt.L laminate and taped critical seams help keep her dry during her wipeouts into powdery mounds. Luckily, 140g ThermaWeb insulation warms her little bones through the trial-and-error consequences of skiing we've all experienced. When her wrists start to show between her jacket cuffs and gloves, you can extend the sleeves out an additional inch and a half. And both the shell and lining have Spylon+DWR coating to prolong this jacket's life so she'll stay warm and dry for many seasons.
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Rooftop Sunsets
I normally don't blog on Saturday, the day of blog-rest, but this mix needs to be blogged! Passions nails this track selection in this mix. There were no songs that gave me a sour face, and the last track caught me off guard and blew me away. It's the perfect mix to have a rooftop dance party to at high volume, or you can turn it down and share a bottle of wine and hold hands on a rooftop -whatever you do, get up to a rooftop with this mix in hand.
I sent this to a friend who's birthday happens to be today, knowing that he'd love the mix. He loved it. Happy B-day Jon G!
Rooftop Sunsets - Passions
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- jrgwork said...
ah, music for the soul. thanks boss!
- April 23, 2012 at 10:32 AM
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This article introduces the history of transport in Wales. Road and maritime links date from the earliest times; however the biggest changes came about with the increase of industrialisation from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, represented across Wales by the network of canals, tramroads, railways, ports and harbours.
Tracks and paths date back to the earliest times. It is clear that the present pattern of roads does not replicate exactly the older routes, and the vestiges of many of these may be seen today. A number of tracks in the mountain areas may have prehistoric origins. The Romans developed a network of roads across Wales, linking their forts and towns. Probably the best known of these is Sarn Helen, running the length of the country from South Wales to Conwy, although the exact route has yet to be established in its entirety. Another important route ran across South Wales to Carmarthen, and recent investigations from the air and on the ground are pushing it even farther west. In medieval times cross-country routes such as the Monk's Way, connecting the Cistercian abbeys of Strata Florida and Cwmhir developed. The discovery and excavation of a timber-built trackway across Borth Bog, dating from around the eleventh century, show that even local links could be part of a reasonably sophisticated infrastructure. Belonging to later in the period, drovers' roads, along which cattle were driven to the English markets, can be seen striding across the mountain vastness of mid-Wales.
In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries turnpike trusts were established to construct and improve the roads. Many of their routes are occupied by modern roads, the old milestones often providing a clue to their origin, but examples of superseded routes can be found throughout Wales. The present Llangurig to Aberystwyth road is paralleled on its climb along the Wye and Tarenig valleys to Eisteddfa Gurig by the earlier formations. The original Llangadog and Brynamman turnpike cuts across the Black Mountain as a broad green swathe, a kilometre or so west of the present road. In the early nineteenth century many of the toll houses on these roads became the focus for civil unrest – the Rebecca Riots.
A consequence of the Act of Union of 1801, between Britain and Ireland, was the improvement of road communication between London and Dublin. The refurbishment of the road between London and Shrewsbury was put in the hands of existing turnpike trusts, but the section onwards to Holyhead, together with the Conwy to Bangor link, was a state-sponsored project engineered by Thomas Telford. The construction and improvement was carried out between 1815 and 1826 and included a number of major monuments, the most significant of which are the Waterloo Bridge at Betws y Coed, the Conwy Suspension Bridge, the Stanley Embankment and the Menai Suspension Bridge. Telford's magnificent bridge across the Menai Strait was opened on 30 January 1826. It is 579 feet (176.5 metres) long and rises 100 feet (30.5 metres) above the water so as not to interrupt the passage of the tall-masted sailing ships of the day.
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries canals were constructed along many of the major valleys of south Wales. They never developed into a fully interconnected network, remaining as a series of individual systems; nevertheless, they contributed greatly to the industrialisation of the area. A particular feature of the main canals in south Wales was the heavy lockage; there were fifteen locks between Cardiff and Merthyr on the Glamorganshire Canal, forty-two on the main line of the Monmouthshire Canal between Newport and Pontnewynydd with a further thirty-six on the branch to Crumlin. On the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal the desire to avoid locks resulted in a spectacular level section that hugs the contours for thirty-six kilometres.
Elsewhere in Wales, the Montgomeryshire Canal penetrated the Severn Valley as far as Newtown, while the Ellesmere Canal's abortive trunk route to connect the Midlands with the Mersey was only opened as far as Trefor near Ruabon but did result in the spectacular aqueducts at Pontcysyllte and Chirk. Llanfoist Wharf on the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal retains the warehouse formerly used for the storage of pig-iron.
Tramroads extended the influence of canals to areas where it was not practical to bring navigation. The earliest developed as feeders to the canals or ports, such as the Blaenavon Tramroad of 1796. From about 1802 onwards many of the south Wales tramroads were converted to plateways, where the flange was located on the rail rather than attached to the wheels, and most tramroads built from then on were of this type. The Carmarthenshire Tramroad was the second public railway in the world to be authorised, on 3 June 1802, and may have been the first to open. The Oystermouth Tramway introduced a passenger service, the first in the world, on 25 March 1807, three years after its initial opening.
Later a number of cross-country routes developed. From 1829 the Llanfihangel, Grosmont and Hereford Railways linked the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal at Llanfoist to the River Wye at Hereford, twenty-five miles (forty kilometres) away. In the same year the Hay and Kington Railways formed a continuous line almost forty miles (sixty-five kilometres) long linking Brecon and Kington. The seventeen-mile- (twenty-seven-kilometre-) long Brecon Forest Tramroad eventually, from 1834, extended the influence of the Swansea Canal deep into Brecknockshire. Hill's Tramroad of about 1819 connected the Blaenavon Iron Works with the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal and includes an impressive hillside route.
The first successful operation of a steam locomotive hauling a load on rails occurred on the Merthyr (Penydarren) Tramroad on 21 February 1804. The event did not, however, prompt the rapid and wholesale adoption of steam railways in Wales or elsewhere, and it was another thirty years or more before railways gained a significant foothold in the Principality. The development of trunk railway routes across Wales was prompted by a desire to improve communications between London and Ireland. Robert Stephenson's Chester & Holyhead Railway of 1848-50 included his innovative tubular bridges at Conwy and the Menai Strait. In the south Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad-gauge South Wales Railway of the same period has fewer spectacular engineering works but does possess the last survivor of his timber viaducts at Loughor. Proceeding from Gloucester, via Cardiff and Swansea, the line aimed initially for Fishguard, but was diverted to New Milford (Neyland), where a purpose-built port for the Irish traffic was founded.
Fishguard was eventually reached at the end of the nineteenth century and was developed both as an Irish port and as a drop-off point for transatlantic liners, enabling passengers to reach London a day early. In the South Wales valleys the rapid expansion of coal mining led to the evolution of an intense network of lines, most major valleys having two or even three parallel routes along them. The forerunner was Brunel's Taff Vale Railway of 1836, which remained independent until the grouping of the railways in 1923; many other lines in south and mid-Wales were built by small independent companies such as Rhymney Railway, the Brecon and Merthyr Railway and the Cambrian Railways.
A particular feature in mountainous areas of North Wales was the narrow-gauge railway. Many of these developed from tramroads and were built to track gauges of around two feet as opposed to the standard gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches. The Festiniog Railway, commencing as a horse- and gravity-worked tramroad in 1836, was converted to a locomotive-operated line in 1861 and demonstrated the feasibility of steam traction on sub-standard gauges.
Ships, Ports And Harbours
Surrounded on three sides by the sea, Wales has a strong maritime tradition. Shipbuilding was carried out on many of the river estuaries around the coast, particularly along Cardigan Bay, where Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Aberdovey and Barmouth were all important centres of the craft. Pembroke Dock was developed from 1815-16 onwards as one of the principal construction yards for the Royal Navy and continued in this role until 1926. In 1917 the yard of Finch & Co., general engineers and shipbuilders of Chepstow, was requisitioned by the Government and became National Shipyard No.1.
Ports and harbours developed from earliest times, but generally, because of the distance from markets, they were of only local significance until the mid-eighteenth century. With increasing industrialisation specialist ports developed, concentrating on specific imports or exports. Amongst these were Swansea and Llanelli (copper ores), Milford (whaling), Aberystwyth (lead ores), Porthmadog, Caernarfon, Felinheli, Port Penrhyn and Deganwy (slates), and Amlwch (copper ores), but the most significant examples were the coal ports. Established along the Welsh shore of the Bristol Channel, Newport, Cardiff and Barry all developed major dock estates and were supplemented by several lesser enterprises: Penarth, Port Talbot and Burry Port, as well as the former copper ports of Swansea and Llanelli.
Wales has always been a stepping stone for Ireland. By the mid-eighteenth century Holyhead had emerged as the principal port for Irish traffic, and the authorisation of new harbour works in 1847, followed a few years later by the opening of the Chester & Holyhead Railway, confirmed this position. Attempts to promote Porth Dinlleyn on the Lleyn Peninsula as a rival to Holyhead failed miserably. In the south Fishguard was initially targeted for development as an Irish port, but Neyland on Milford Haven was eventually chosen by the South Wales Railway Company. Only at the end of the nineteenth and early into the twentieth century did Fishguard expand from being a mere fishing village into a major cross-channel, and for a brief time, transatlantic port.


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Babywearing: A World of Possibilities
If you are pregnant and you happen to know me, then the chances are pretty high that we have already had this conversation. Babywearing will change your life. It will rock the foundations of what you imagined parenthood was going to be like. If this is the first baby that you have decided to wear, you will be able to join the ranks of mothers who cry to the heavens: I wish I had one of these with my other babies!
I have written numerous times about my own experiences with babywearing: about how to do it safely; how it keeps our babies happier; how it allowed me to keep my baby at the office with me when I had to return to work. I figured it was time to hear from some of the families I know or have worked with about the unique ways babywearing has impacted their lives and provided a world of possibilites for parenting:
The sleepy wrap was a wonderful way to have my mom and sister bond with Eben. All my mom talked about was how she couldn't wait to put him in a stroller and go for a walk. I explained to her that the only way she was going for a walk was if she put him in the sleepy wrap. She was reluctant at first but once I helped her put it on, she fell in love all over again. She raved about how wonderful it was to have him so close listening to her heart beat while they enjoyed a nice walk. A wonderful connection for the both of them. ~Sarah
The Sleepy Wrap is great device! One that lets you hold your child and accomplish a multitude of tasks… such as washing dishes or playing guitar. I believe every family would benefit from having and using one ~Bret
It did not feel natural to place him in any sort of baby contraption. All of the STUFF I thought I would need went unused; the crib turned into a nice big laundry basket! And newborn clothes? Who needs those when baby is kept warm and snug close to your heart! ~Sarah
My aha moment came when I realized how silly it is to push a tiny 9 pound child in a 30 pound stroller/car seat combo…through a crowded room. People are much nicer about moving when the baby attached to you. I also learned that nothing soothes a colic-y baby like a good snuggle in my wrap. Peace, love, and babywearing. ~Erika
My son who had reflux finally fell asleep after a feed (upright in our new-to-us ring sling) and I could actually go do the dishes instead of having to lay on the sofa while he slept on me. He was 4 months old at that point. ~Nichol
I had tried it when my first was born, but didn't have the knowledge and support to follow through. When my second was born it took me a few weeks to remember my ring sling in the closet. I took it out and took the time to get it right. I could play with my 2 year old without neglecting the baby. This is how it was supposed to be. Also when I was able to put baby on my back in a woven wrap and do laundry, I felt productive again! I am now a member of the local Babywearing International! ~Heather
Camille McConnell, a local Sleepy Wrap retailer here in Erie, was kind enough to provide State of the Heart with a beautiful Sleepy Wrap so that I have it on hand to share with families, let them try before they buy, and to give them a sneak peek at the world of possibilities that babywearing will open to their family! Hold the presses! There is some big news in Sleepy Wrap world: they are now called Boba Wraps… same wonderful wrap, different name!
But wait! That is not all: Camille also provided us with a Peekaru to test drive just in time for a brisk northwestern Pennsylvania autumn and winter! What is a Peekaru you ask? It is a fleece vest that zips over a soft baby carrier to keep you and your child warm. It fits comfortably over all carriers, including Hotslings, Ergos, BabyHawks, Mei Tais, and Boba Wraps. So, there are no more excuses for not wearing your baby in every type of weather!
Want to try both of these amazing products and many more? Join State of the Heart, from 7-9 pm on Wednesday October 26th at Caring For Women Midwifery in Sherman NY to participate in a Babywearing Workshop! We will have local retailers, like Camille from Boba Wrap and Mel of Mel's Colorful Creations with plenty of wraps, slings, peekaru's, and babywearing know-how on hand to get you off to the best possible start with Babywearing!
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I Took a very close up video of some deer on a ride, most of it is sped up a bit. They are less than 2 feet feet of where I left the camera at times. Too bad the big buck didn't show up, just some smaller ones and a bunch of does.
I Took a very close up video of some deer on a ride, most of it is sped up a bit. They are less than 2 feet feet of where I left the camera at times. Too bad the big buck didn't show up, just some smaller ones and a bunch of does.
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i would have taken some of those. don't really care about shooting for rack but the venison. could go for some back strap for dinner.
They look as though they are wintering well.
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Pretty cool! We were once descending on an MTB ride when a huge buck blocked the trail and wouldn't let us by. He made several stomps towards us like he was going to charge. Ol Rudolph can be pretty freaking scary haha!
Enjoyed it..Liked the squirrel.
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Set F1re To The Ra1n ( NY Night Rain Ride)
I really want to see a bobcat! I've seen hundreds of deer, many coyotes, foxes, skunks, and possums, two brown bears, and one HUGE mountain lion (while I was in a car), but no bobcats. I love cats, so the more kitties I see the better
I see deer a lot on my night training rides. It's very exciting to be rocketing downhill 33mph in the dark then come around a curve and realize several deer are about to saunter across the road in front. I keep thinking "somebody's gonna have chili for dinner", but don't know if it's going to be venison chili or cyclist chili. Maybe both.
The deer eyes reflect back blue in my bike headlights, it is a eerie look.
In the area there are lots of raccoons, opossums, skunks, armadillos, loose dogs; a few coyotes, bobcats; and lots of big vultures. The vultures are big ugly birds and very creepy when they circle over me while I ride.
I forgot about the raccoons. I see those all the time too. One time I saw a family of them eating cat food outside. I think there were about six babies and an adult.
I had a deer leap out of the bushes directly over my front wheel on an early morning ride years ago.
We need a volunteer to turn this into a "carrying guns while biking" thread.
I love the taste of moose... stew, pie, roast... but have lost my killer instinct.
I don't fish anymore. Even catch and release seems like I'm torturing the poor things.
What a wimp ass, weak kneed liberal I've become.
The one who has the most bikes wins.
A lot of deer, 'coons, coyote, 'possums, armadillos, skunks, and hawks here, too. I LOVE the hawks. From time to time one will swoop down and just kind of glide along beside me about 15 yards away. I guess they've grown accustomed to seeing me ride through their li'l kingdom. It's really cool.
Mmmm back strap is the best!! Awesome video
"You know Dude, I too dabbled in pacifism at one point, not in 'Nam of course."
They really shouldn't eat the yellow snow... just saying...
You really do need to be wary of buck deer during the rut or mating season. They do crazy things like attack humans. Have heard many stories of hunters being attacked by deer during the mating season. That is when they run infront of cars usually chasing does. If a doe runs across in front of your bike or car, take caution as the buck may be chasing not far behind. Here, mating season is usually late fall to early winter but can extend to Jan depending on the winter.
You keep feeding them corn and they will be following you home before you know it.
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Note: people can read part I of this series HERE
Strengthening the Rotator Cuff
First and foremost, proper technique is more important than weight. Starting out, use very little to no weight. I find that 3-5 lb wrist weights or dumbbells are enough. These muscles are small; therefore, the goal is not to make them bulky by lifting heavy weight, but instead to concentrate on proper form to strengthen them. Use your best judgment when choosing how much weight to utilize.
Depending on the condition of the patient, it is recommended that they perform these for 3 sets of 10, and build up to 3 sets of 25, then add resistance. Results will vary depending on the severity of the condition and daily physical activity.
External Rotation:
This can be performed standing using thera-band or side lying with dumbbells. Start by flexing the forearm to 90° with the elbow firmly on your side, then rotate your hand away from your body.
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