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Nepal Municipal Elections: A Bit of Joke
Nepal Municipal Elections: A Bit of Joke
By Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
"Sincerity will never harm you"
- Gyles Brandreth
The king's government has been making the mockery of democracy and democratic electoral processes holding the municipal elections against the will of Nepalis and repeatedly telling the world the municipal election is a success through the state-run media, and installing the so-called unscrupulously elected officials at various municipalities. The world community told the king's government that the elections held against the will of the people was not legitimate. However, the ministers of the king's government including the Vice-chairman of the Council of Minister said that they did not need to heed the international community's opinions on the municipal elections, and they would hold parliamentary elections in the similar fashion too.
What a government is it that could fake the elections and install their people at the various positions of the municipalities? Some candidates of political parties other than the party of the home Minister taking part in the municipal elections came out openly to say that the Home Minister faked the elections making candidates of his party victorious in the elections. They claimed that the Home Minister used the king's government machinery to bring the election results in his favor; and the Home Minister instructed the police and army men to work for the candidates of his party. However, the Home Minister quickly muzzled them.
The Indian Government, the US, the UK, the EU and Japan came out openly to say to the king's government that the municipal elections without the participation of the seven-party alliance that held more than 90% of the seats in the dissolved House of Representatives were meaningless to them. The EU even went one step ahead saying that the municipal elections were a step backward from democracy.
Referring to the February 8 civic polls in Nepal, Commonwealth Secretary General Don Mckinnon said, "There was a turnout of less than 20 percent and no participation of major political parties. It is just not credible". The Commonwealth's criticism followed the sharp reactions of India, USA, UK, EU and Japan to the municipal polls.
Vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers, Dr Tulsi Giri said, "The international community including India, US, Japan, EU and UK have been lying and their comments on the municipal elections are a part of a ploy to destabilize Nepal." Dr. Giri said the government would hold Parliamentary Elections in the same manner as they did for the municipalities. ''The Election Commission will call the political parties to participate in the elections and it would set a time frame for them to file the nominations. If they refuse to take part in the elections, the process will still go ahead just like in the municipal polls,'' he said. Dr. Tulsi Giri has been just like a clown entertaining to audience from the stage put up by the king's henchmen, and telling the audience funny stories about the politics of Nepal. Sometimes, his stories go to such an extent that if they were not jokes then he must me an insane to say such things.
Former Election Commissioner (EC) of Nepal, Prof. Birendra P. Mishra said that the municipal polls held on February 8, 2006 were invalid; although the polls were held pursuant to the existing laws of the country; they were invalid because it was against the spirit of the Constitution of Nepal of 1990. Prof. Mishra claimed that the low voters' turnout in the polls proved that the election had no public support. He further said that the polls held without the participation of the major political parties could not be legitimate; and the EC instead of holding municipal elections in such a situation should advise the government to defer the polls. Former Member of the Election Commission, Biswhoman Shrestha said that even if Nepal's law did not clearly state what sorts of elections would be legitimate, the municipal elections held on February 8 were not legitimate by any standard of elections.
Leaders of the seven-party alliance said that they did not recognize the municipal polls and the deceitfully elected candidates as genuine people's representatives. They said that most of the votes in the elections were proxy; most of the voters went to poll under compulsion; the government made the state employees mandatory to vote. Most of the voters were civil servants, police, army men and their family members. They claimed that not more than 5% of the total votes cast on February 8 were legally recognizable.
Despite the seven-party alliance's and the international community's rejection of the municipal polls held by the king's government, Chief Election Commissioner Keshav Raj Rajbhandari defended the municipal polls as a success and valid. Mr. Rajbhandari questioned from where the international community drew the rights to question the credibility of the municipal elections in Nepal. He claimed that the successful municipal elections paved the way for putting the derailed democratic process back on track, and a step forward to holding parliamentary elections next year. The Chief Election Commissioner had no answer to the question how the Home Minister Kamal Thapa could vote in two places - one in Kathmandu and another in Hetauda. However, he assured that the EC would look into the reports on a group of people supporting the party of Home Minister Thapa voted in various polling booths in Kathmandu.
The EC held polls for 618 seats in 36 municipalities on February 8, 2006. The EC declared all candidates in the rest of the 22 municipalities elected unopposed although nominations were filed only for about half of the seats of the total 4,146 seats in 58 municipalities.
Pro-palace politicians and legal experts asserted the international community had no right to question the legitimacy of the municipal polls held under the jurisdiction of a sovereign country. They noted that the Constitution of Nepal did not have any provision for the specific percentage of voters' turnout for the legitimacy of any election; the polls were the internal affair of the country, it was not necessary to get them endorsed by the foreigners and the seven-party alliance; and the EC held the municipal polls pursuant to the Local Election Act of 1991. One of them even went further to say even the UN Charter did not allow the foreigners to make unnecessary comments on the internal affairs of a sovereign country; and they would not dance to the tune of foreigners.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the king's government expressed its serious concern over the comments of some countries on the recently held municipal elections and termed such comments as totally objectionable, unacceptable, and of the double standard of the respective countries. The ministry urged the countries to avoid their double standards of dealing with issues such as democracy and terrorism. The ministry also asked the countries to refrain from making such insolent comments on the matters of the domestic jurisdiction of a sovereign country in future. The ministry said, "His Majesty's Government of Nepal firmly believes that municipal elections were a clear popular victory in the fight against terror that has derailed democracy for years. The people of Nepal have indomitably thwarted all attempts aimed at constraining the exercise of their fundamental democratic right. His Majesty's Government of Nepal finds it incomprehensible why some countries have gone to the extent of deploring the municipal elections instead of appreciating the sincere efforts made to put the derailed democracy back on track after a gap of seven years." The ministry further said that the political parties were not debarred from participating in the municipal polls and were repeatedly asked to participate in the polls to establish them through ballots. "By putting aside their faith in democracy, they themselves decided in advance to actively boycotting the polls and vowed to disrupt the polls at any cost."
Self-proclaimed president of the splinter Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and Home Minister Kamal Thapa thanked all the people for the trust and support his party received in the recently concluded municipal elections. Speaking on behalf of the Party, he said, "the RPP pledges to work honestly to realize the people's aspiration for establishment of sustainable peace, consolidation of multiparty democracy and the overall development of the municipalities." His party won the seats of Mayor and Deputy Mayors in 34 municipalities including Kathmandu, Biratnagar and Pokhara while five other independents supported by the RPP won the posts of Mayor; and a large number of RPP candidates for the Ward Chairmen and Members won the elections. RPP President and Home Minister Thapa thanked all his party candidates who participated in the elections even risking their lives, and the party workers who worked day and night for election campaign.
An independent candidate for mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Krishna Bahadur Shahi, Nepal Samata Party's candidate for Deputy Mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, and spokesperson for the Rastrabadi Milan Kendra (RMK) party accused the Election Commission of keeping crucial notifications secret from contesting parties, and some of them even alleged that the polls were rigged. In protest against the irregularities, they walked out of the City Hall, Kathmandu where counting of votes was ongoing. "We have rejected the entire polling process because of the irregularities," said Radha Budhathoki, Vice-chairperson of the Nepal Samata Party led by current Minister Narayan Singh Pun. "We were kept in dark about the changes made in the Election Directives by the Election Commission," Budhathoki said, referring to the new provisions made in the Election Directives for validity of votes. Displaying the correction made by a pen in the EC directives, Budhathoki said, "None of our candidates and party cadres was informed about it earlier." Minister Pun was present there when his party cadres protested against the EC in the City Hall. Minister Pun admitted that such things were irregularities and said, "The Election Commission should have informed about the changes before the polling date."
An independent candidate for mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Krishna Bahadur Shahi also charged the Home Minister with misusing the government machinery saying, "Home Minister Kamal Thapa has massively misused the government mechanism and hired vigilantes to cast proxy votes. It was all done to show high turnout." Royalist Shahi challenged Minister Thapa saying, "If there are more than 3,200 genuine votes cast in any wards except for the ward no 2, 3 and 4, I will commit suicide."
The king's government claiming the municipal election a success while the seven-party alliance calling it a total fiasco, and the Maoists continuing assaults on the district headquarters as a protest against the municipal elections has made the municipal elections mockery of democracy. Is it not a lie when the Home Minister says the municipal election is a success even if only a few people under compulsion came to the polling stations? The government headed none other than the king forced all government employees to participate in the elections. So, most of the government's employees went to vote for keeping their jobs. Others went to vote under pressure and threats of the local pro-palace politicians and relatives of the so-called candidates for the municipal positions.
The state-run media say the municipal election is a success. They attempted to depict a picture of Nepalis taking part in the municipal elections universally although the voters' turnout on February 8, the Election Day was a lowest. Ignoring the media ethics, the state-run media became the tools for the king's government to propagate the municipal elections as a success, and supported the authoritarian rulers to make the mockery of the democratic process.
The Council of Minister ordered the municipal elections saying it was a first step toward the restoration of democracy following the roadmap of the king who killed the democracy on the very inauspicious day of February 1, 2005. Does anybody believe in the person who killed democracy, and later said that he had a roadmap to democracy? Killers can never give life to the dead.
Democracy as everyone understands is the system in which the people rule through their opinions. Public opinions are the main basis for any democratic government to function. None of democratic governments can retain power going against the people's opinions and desires. The current king's government has been staying in power ignoring the majority of the Nepalis' adverse opinions on it. Nobody knows what is the approval rating of the king as nobody holds a Gallop poll in Nepal. If the seven-party alliance's anti-king rallies, the reactions of the civil society and the professional organizations to the media restrictions imposed by the king's government and to the human rights abused by the Royal Nepal Army are any guide to the guesstimate of the approval rating of the king then it must be at the lowest possible.
The king's government imposed the municipal elections going against the people's desire. The seven-party alliance having 90% seats in the dissolved House of Representatives not only opposed but also boycotted them and called on all Nepalis for boycotting them. The government not responsible to the people did not listen to the people's opinion and continued the preparation for the elections even facing the protest rally and the Maoists' attack on the government institutions at the district headquarters, and ultimately held the phony municipal elections.
The Chief Election Commissioner became a campaigner for the government. He called upon all Nepalis to go to polls and exercise voting rights to make the municipal elections a success. Is it not an anecdote that the Chief Election Commissioner acting as a politician and asking the people to go to the election polls and vote? Pursuant to the Constitution of Nepal of 1990, the Chief Election Commissioner's job is to hold fair and free elections not to campaign for the government or any political party. It is natural for the Foreign Minister and the Home Minister to call on the people for going to the polls make the election a success but not for the Chief Election Commissioner.
The Standing Committee of the Privy Council played a part of the king's political organ. It held its regional conferences to make the municipal elections a success. Abusing the authority provided by the Constitution, one member of the Standing Committee of the Privy Council after another blasted the leaders of the seven-party alliance for their stand on the municipal elections.
Taking the king to the district headquarters of the Eastern districts and some other places in the Eastern Nepal before the municipal elections, the flatterers abused the state-treasury and the state-run media for their benefits. They made the king think that he has the people's support but he did not know that most of the people came to see him were either paid by the taxpayers' money or came under compulsion to cheer him. With the heavy turnout of the people to cheer the king as shown on the state-run Nepal TV and as reported by the state-run press, the king was emboldened to insist on holding the municipal elections despite the adverse opinions of the international community and the boycott of the elections by the seven-party alliance and the threats of the Maoists. Is it not really a joke played by the flatterers on the king?
The Home Minister had not only bullied the government employees into going to polls but also into voting for the candidates of his party causing the municipal elections unacceptable even to the pro-palace political parties participating in the municipal elections. Putting all civil society leaders and human rights activists behind bars for holding municipal elections, the Home Minister made the municipal elections a success, and the mockery of democracy.
Despite all sorts of attempts made by the pro-palace people and the king's government, the municipal elections could not be successful and could not convince the Nepalis and the international community of that the king's government was sincere in restoring democracy through the electoral process. The election results have been an embarrassment to the government and the Election Commission as well. Thus, the king's claim to restoring democracy to Nepalis through holding fair and free elections had been a hollow claim only.
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar is a political analyst


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The avoidance of conflicts of interest is central to the ethical practice of law. The obligation of attorneys to provide clients with truly independent judgment and advice is, together with the obligation to maintain client confidences, one of the primary cornerstones of the attorney-client relationship. This article will consider some potential conflicts that can arise in one discrete area of practice — the representation of a corporate entity, either by in-house counsel or by an attorney in private practice.
It may seem self-evident that when an attorney represents a corporation, the corporation is the client. Rule 1.13(a) says as much — "A lawyer employed or retained by an organization represents the organization acting through its duly authorized constituents." One of the keys to understanding conflicts in the corporate arena, however, is contained in the reference to "duly authorized constituents." Corporations communicate to their attorneys through "constituents"—officers, directors, employees, shareholders and the like. Corporate attorneys deal with corporate constituents on a daily basis. In order to avoid conflicts, corporate attorneys must remember that their client is the corporation and not its constituents.
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PHILADELPHIA — TUESDAY, June 12, 2012 (MedPage Today) — In patients with type 2 diabetes receiving intensive blood pressure treatment, the amount of visceral fat did not have an impact on cardiovascular events, a post hoc analysis of the ACCORD Blood Pressure Trial found.
There was no association between the amount of central obesity and the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), or nonfatal stroke in those receiving intensive blood pressure treatment, reported Joshua I. Barzilay, MD, from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and colleagues.
There also was no association between the amount of visceral adipose fat and the secondary outcomes of nonfatal MI, fatal or nonfatal stroke, or cardiovascular death, Barzilay reported here at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. The study was also simultaneously published in the July issue of Diabetes Care.
The hypothesis that those in the intensive blood pressure lowering group with higher central obesity would see greater risk reduction in cardiovascular events was not borne out, Barzilay said.
However, there were trends that intense control was associated with fewer composite events, total strokes, and nonfatal MIs in the quartiles with higher waist-to-height ratios, but the between-quartile differences did not reached significance.
In a single linear covariate model where researchers controlled for waist-to-height quartile, they found that intensive blood pressure control was associated with a stroke benefit, which was similar to the results in the ACCORD Blood Pressure Trial, they said.
In the same model when they compared the first and fourth quartiles for the four outcomes, weight-to-height ratio was significantly related to cardiovascular disease mortality The P-value was 0.0009 comparing the heaviest to lightest quartiles.
Overall, however, intensive blood pressure lowering did not offer a significant protective benefit in any waist-to-height quartile. Barzilay suggested that the negative effects of diabetes are present in any amount of adipose fat, thereby overriding any potential benefit that intense blood pressure treatment might offer.
The intensive-glucose-lowering arm of the original ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) trial was stopped prematurely in 2008 because of a 22 percent excess mortality.
Two ACCORD substudies found no cardiovascular benefit for adding fenofibrates to statin therapy or for intensely lowering blood pressure.
The current post hoc study examined the 4,687 participants from the ACCORD Blood Pressure Trial substudy to determine if central obesity had an impact on cardiovascular events.
Researchers had access to waist circumference measurements, but the hip circumference was not measured in ACCORD. So they used the waist-to-height ratio instead, which "has been validated as a marker of cardiovascular disease outcomes related to central obesity," Barzilay said.
He noted that a waist-to-height ratio of less than 0.50 is associated with less cardiovascular risk than one above that level. In this analysis, the mean waist-to-height ratio was 0.60 and women had higher ratios than men.
Baseline characteristics between the those receiving intensive and conventional blood pressure treatment were similar, with the average age being 62 and two-thirds of the participants being white.
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Chron Art Critic Douglas Britt's Very Odd Meth-Filled, "I'm a Hooker" Blog: Bad Performance Art Or Sign of a Personal Crisis?
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For people not involved or interested in Houston's art scene, Houston Chronicle critic Douglas Britt first drew attention with a 1,400-word screed telling PR people how to send pitches to him.
Now, he's either desperate for attention or going off the deep end.
In what is either a (very tedious) attempt at prankish Art Guys-type performance art or evidence he's having some real problems, he's put up a blog featuring long video rants about how he's planning to take what might be a meth-fueled road trip, and about his days as an escort, showing off his S&M bruises, etc., etc.
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Britt, who goes by Devon Britt-Darby on the blog, has shown some tendency to go the performance-art route. In reaction to the Art Guys' marrying plants, Britt announced he was marrying a straight woman even though he's gay, and he went through with it.
There are people in the local art scene who think the whole thing is not some sort of put-on, but we have our doubts.
We called his Chronicle editor, Melissa Aguilar, and contacted Chron editor Jeff Cohen to ask about the situation, but have not heard back from either.
We e-mailed Britt, who said he could not elaborate much beyond answering "yes and yes" to our questions about whether he was still employed by the Chron and whether the blog was performance art.
Twenty minutes later, he added: "Just got word that I've been let go but am welcome to apply for an open position upon my return."
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In the military, it is common practice to pay suppliers on a "cost plus" basis. Effectively, this makes all the suppliers a "make to order" location. That is, the suppliers can only make product when there is a firm order. There is no mechanism for the supplier to make product in advance, sit on safety stock, and provide faster service.
Keeping helicopters flying is not trivial. They are made up of many parts and operated in tough conditions. Many of the key parts(drive shafts, sycn shafts, blades) require many sub-components and must be made with specialized materials in a high-precision manufacturing environment.
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"You don't have to ask for fresh coffee. It's all fresh. We go through, like, 20 pots a day."
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Joanna Bardzak, server
"If you want fast service, you can't go wrong if you order a club sandwich. It's really quick out of the kitchen."
You probably like diners for the same reason we do: They are defiantly anti-snob, a sentiment forthrightly championed by chef John Currence, whose Big Bad Breakfast in Oxford, Mississippi, is a leading light among deluxe modern diners: "If another sonofabitch puts a charcuterie plate in front of me," Currence declares, "I will punch him in the face." In a diner, you are not served charcuterie; but you can count on bacon, ham, or sausage, and maybe scrapple or pork roll—meats that stick to your ribs instead of pinching you in your wallet.
We agree: Diners aren't for finicky gourmets or people who are sticking to health resolutions. They are the haunts of coffee hounds, recovering alcoholics, folks who are awake too early or too late, and anyone who insists on a square meal for a fair dollar. Hell, you can always eat healthy at lunch. Or tomorrow. Diner booths beg you to relax.
Hunt Down the Diners
- Ace Biscuit & Barbecue
- Charlottesville, VA
- Al's Breakfast
- Minneapolis, MN
- Becky's Diner
- Portland, ME
- Bette's Oceanview Diner
- Berkeley, CA
- Big Bad Breakfast
- Oxford, MS
- Blue Benn Diner
- Bennington, VT
- Classen Grill
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Dutch Kitchen
- Frackville, PA
- Frank's Diner
- Spokane, WA
- Maine Diner
- Wells, ME
- Mother Hubbard's
- Tucson, AZ
- O'Rourke's Diner
- Middletown, CT
And no other type of restaurant is so distinctly American, with a rainbow society of proprietors—Greeks, Italians, African Americans, Syrians, Chinese, Brazilians, and Mexicans. What could be truer to the anything-goes, melting-pot spirit of the American diet than a menu that offers cheeseburgers and apple pie along with spanakopita, pastrami sandwiches, gyro pizza, and vegan tacos?
As much as we love to eat in diners, we also consider them an invaluable and overlooked source of culinary education. Just take a seat at the counter and watch the short-order cooks at work: It's a mesmerizing performance, a speedy demo of time-space management that involves flipping, mixing, buttering, slicing, and plating. And it's also where you'll see tenets of culinary instruction tested: Who says omelets must be cooked low and slow? What does it matter if some toque once told you to never, ever press your spatula down on a sizzling burger? Just like the regulars who populate the bar stools, diner cooks maintain a certain swagger, a penchant for making their own rules when they find the ones that work best.
Read on and you'll discover how to prepare delicious, gut-filling comfort food faster than you can pour a bowl of Cheerios. But first, as any cook who whips up a humble crock of potato soup knows, you have to start with the roots.
Al's Breakfast
Doug Grina, owner
"Tips average 20 percent. It's a matter of how much fun people had and how good the food was. If you had a terrific time, tip 25 percent."
Big Bad Breakfast
John Currence, chef and owner
"Really good fried chicken and really good biscuits are like Wonder Twin powers. Order the dish wherever possible."
Blue Benn Diner
Sharon Gavin, server
"If you see lines out the front door, peek in the window to check for open stools. If a seat is available, it's probably going to be a bar stool."
Historically, men who went to diners were never expecting a four-star meal. The diner's origin can be traced to Rhode Island, where the first horse-drawn lunch wagon set up shop in 1872. It was operated by a man named Walter Scott, who served sandwiches and coffee outside the Providence Journal offices. Early vendors like Scott valued speed and convenience, often at the expense of patrons' tastebuds. Lunch wagons didn't attract gentlemen of a refined nature, and certainly not ladies. Many were dilapidated affairs resurrected from decommissioned railroad and trolley cars, and they became known for the disreputable characters they attracted in the late-night hours.
Early in the 20th century, however, a New Rochelle manufacturer named Patrick J. "Pop" Tierney changed everything, with a toilet. By bringing the outhouse indoors and building his restaurant to resemble a sleek railroad dining car, Tierney created a more welcoming space that other lunch wagon operators copied. In the 1920s, diners soon broadened their appeal by adding booths suited to their skirted clientele, who considered stool sitting strictly for women of dubious virtue.
That's not to say the diner has lost all of its unsavory undertone. And it's that quintessential American underdog story that may have sustained diners during the nation's growing pains. The end of World War II detonated a fast-food boom in the United States, where blue plates gave way to golden arches. The late 1960s brought well-intentioned highway beautification and urban renewal plans that paved over the color and character of the roadways. Yet diners, despite their checkered reputation, remained as hideaways where you could eat a dinner like Mom cooked while talking about all the things she didn't allow you to discuss over dinner.
There's really no other style of restaurant that welcomes everyone—the bad guys, the sad guys, the cool guys. Think of cultural icons like Jack Kerouac, a frequent diner patron, who opens his novel Visions of Cody with a long, lyrical description of a diner with an "ancient, cracked, marked, carved" counter that bears "knife marks and scars and something suggesting decades of delicious greasy food." Think of artists like Edward Hopper, who painted Nighthawks, or Tom Waits, who in his song "Eggs and Sausage" bleats out "It's a graveyard charade, it's a late-shift masquerade" and "the classified section offers no direction / It's a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud." Think of those scenes from Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, Little Caesar, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Think of Archie Bunker, Special Agent Dale Cooper, Mr. Pink, and Tony Soprano. Granted, these are men you wouldn't want your daughter spending time with; yet in the diner they are relatable, equalized. Maybe that's the spirit that draws men into those booths: You know exactly what you're going to order, but you never know what you're going to get.
As we've come to appreciate our vibrant American cuisine over the past several decades, it's no surprise that diners have enjoyed a renaissance. All around the country, many have opened, remodeled, or reopened. A few are theme restaurants, as orchestrated as a Disney World attraction, with retro waitresses who stash pencils in their beehive coiffures. Many are gigantic coffee shops with menus that list literally hundreds of dishes representing most of the cuisines of the civilized world. Some diners are helmed by culinary artisans who are more chefs than cooks and whose expertise reinvents standard chow with an upscale twist. This diner rebirth includes hipster versions of the cheap dive as well as places where they actually use tablecloths. Thankfully, plenty of classic diners remain, offering simple, comfortable, convenient, democratic food that's satisfying in a way that few lavish meals are.
The following is our ultimate cross-country list of America's life-changing (and gut-filling) diner experiences. Visit each destination and you'll experience the vintage and the modern, the rough-hewn and the polished. And if you can't travel to, say, Al's Breakfast in Minneapolis for its eggs Benedict, well, we have you covered there too. We have spent countless shifts in the good company of diner cooks, learning no-frills techniques for the fluffiest flapjacks, gooiest cakes, and spiciest meat loaf—secrets that are easy to incorporate into your cooking for fast, delicious, no-nonsense meals.


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Curettage: Removal of tissue with a curette from the wall of a cavity or another surface. For example, curettage may be done to remove skin cancer. After a local anesthetic numbs the area, the skin cancer is scooped out with a curette. Curettage may also be done in the uterus; dilation and curettage (D&C) refers to the dilation (widening) of the cervical canal to permit curettage of the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus.
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FNE AV Innovation: Ivan Hronec CEO of Film Europe Media Company tells us about how his company has come up with an innovative way to increase audiences for European films by integrating theatrical, TV and VOD platforms. Hronec also looks ahead to the Digital Single Market and how to navigate in the DSM future.
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Sten-Kristian Saluveer was the organiser of the 2016 edition of the European Film Forum conference in partnership with the European Commission in Tallinn within the frames of the Black Nights Industry Days. The event focused on innovation, new technology and the digital single market initiative and other key topics for Europe's audiovisual industries. Saluveer is an Estonian film and audiovisual media producer, festival manager & programmer, consultant, and film researcher focusing on East-Asian film industries, specifically Japan and South-Korea. He graduated from Concordia International University in Electronic Media and has followed up in Culture Management(Estonian Music Academy) and Japanese Studies (Department of Asian Studies, Tallinn University). Most recently he holds a Master's Degree from University of Tokyo (Japan) with an awarded thesis on film industry development and international co-productions in Hong Kong, Japan,and South Korea.
Peeter Nieler is an innovator and former film and television producer, developing Virtual Reality technologies. He is a sought-after speaker and - as he calls himself - Venture Catalyst having started already two Virtual Reality companies. Criffin is focused on hardware design and Virtual Neuroscience Lab is researching VR scientifically. His companies already have two technologies in portfolio and some in the pipeline, most important being omnidirectional treadmill for natural locomotion in Virtual Reality.
Jorik Jakubisko is one of the leading European experts in transmedia problematics. He is co-owner of the Prague based Transmedialist which will publish the comic book Bouquet at November (CZ+SK). It is first pillar for transmedia project Czech Grimm.PhD He is student at FSV UK (Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University - Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism) and he writting his doctorate dissertation on Transmedia in context of single European digital market . He also works as a creative partner in Jakubisko Film in Prague together with his mother and father Deana and Juraj Jakubisko.
Agnes Salson graduated from the French cinema school La Fémis and Mikael Arnal, filmmaker, created the project "Tour d'Europe des cinémas", a journey across Europe visiting a hundred cinemas, seeking for innovative ideas and trends for independent cinema exhibition.


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Double Chocolate Fondue Recipe
Thick, rich and luscious, this yummy dip won't last long. You can also use pretzel sticks as dippers. I eat spoonfuls right out of the refrigerator! —Cindy Stetzer, Alliance, Ohio
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cans (5 ounces each) evaporated milk, divided
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cubed pound cake and assorted fresh fruit
- 1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 can milk. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
- 2. In a small bowl, whisk cocoa and remaining milk until smooth. Add to sugar mixture; bring to a boil, whisking constantly.
- 3. Remove from the heat; stir in chocolate and butter until melted. Stir in vanilla. Keep warm. Serve with cake and fruit. Yield: 1-1/3 cups.
Nutritional Facts
1/4 cup: 226 calories, 12g fat (7g saturated fat), 17mg cholesterol, 51mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 3g fiber), 5g protein.
Reviews for Double Chocolate Fondue
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"love this with pound cake - liked that it was not too sweet"
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"Very good flavor. I used milk chocolate chips. Mine did not thicken up. Will be great on ice cream also."
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"Thick and yummy, but not sweet enough for my taste.Will try with semi-sweet, or milk chocolate next time."
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Amber Rose's Curly Red Hair: Yay or Nay? (PHOTOS)
Amber Rose was barely recognizable when she stepped out in Atlantic City rocking a curly red wig. Amber covered up her famous bald top to party the night away during Jamie Foxx's Celebrity Weekend at Ceasar's Atlantic City.Voluptuous model
She played up to the cameras — messing with her new hair and blowing kisses to the paparazzi. Amber, who rose to prominence while dating Kanye West, wore a curve-hugging dress as a filmed her upcoming VH1 series, Behind Her Shades. The reality show will follow her business venture to open her sunglasses store later this year. What do you think of Amber's new 'do: Yay or Nay? Vote on the poll and leave us a few comments!
Meanwhile, her romance has been heating up with rapper Wiz Khalifa. Although engagement rumors about the pair run rampant, the couple have not officially confirmed the news.
Earlier this year, the couple were spotted making out while at Sens nightclub in Paris. Whew! The heat is on for these two lovebirds!


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National Champion.
Heisman Trophy Winner.
Pro Bowler.
Rookie of the Year.
And now…
Two-time NFC Offensive Player of the Week.
Cam Newton dazzled spectators against the Philadelphia Eagles on "Monday Night Football." The embattled second-year Panthers quarterback passed for 306 yards, ran for 52 and accounted for four touchdowns – two through the air and two on the ground.
For just a 23-year-old, Cam Newton has a pretty extensive trophy case.
Newton's hardware collection was even the subject of one of those witty ESPN "This is SportsCenter" commercials. (see video below).
Yet, at the end of the day, no matter how many awards he earns, Cam's resume will never be complete until he has a Super Bowl ring adoring his finger.
Note: Newton first won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week Award in Week 13 of 2011. In a win against the Tampa Bay Bucs, Newton passed for 208 yards, ran for 54 yards and scored four touchdowns – one through the air and three on the ground.Tags: Cam Newton, Carolina, Carolina Panthers, Football, NFL


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People compare me to Jon Stewart. I mean, like not of their own free will...but soon, I'm sure. Just graduated from UMass Amherst; I majored in this confusing jumble of stuff I tricked the University into thinking was a legitimate option that lets me study everything from writing, to sociology, Marxism/economics, PoliSci, feminism, etc. heavy on social justice liberal junk, ya know? Just got a new caretaking job for a couple of professors and their kids so that's pretty fun and they pay for me to have my own apartment so that's a sweet gig, not gonna lie. Also just started another job working at a smoke shop in amherst. I've worked for/coached Special Olympics for over a decade so it's pretty near and dear to my heart. Basically I'm just a sarcastic fuck. Any description beyond that is just sugaring it.
I'm an inventor and engineer at heart and love creating stuff. My name's Evan (see, ya had to pay attention to learn it: test one passed) ENTP if ya do the whole Jung & Myer-Briggs shiyat, but it's pretty spot on. A non-conformist who would never call himself such out of acknowledgement to situational irony nor speak in second person ever again out of apparently and admittedly a lesser grasp on when I'm being a tool. I swear I'm cooler in person. (No promises, but on the other hand how much worse could it get *cue tstorm*)
In spare time trying to teach myself some guitar and Spanish. We'll see how it goes--guitar's getting better, Spanish...no bueno. My friend also just lent me his keyboard so add piano to list of things I'm probably doing instead of homework.
Also getting lost while driving, despite using GPS. Me and it are no longer on speaking terms however, so if you see it, tell it to go reroute itself up its own ass. Tell her, actually, my (ex-)GPS's name is Jill. Opening doors with my feet.
Books: Catch-22, Phantom Tollbooth, The Kite Runner, The Lorax, Harry Potter, whatever nerdy book I have on hand
I feel like most people answering this just jot down their 10th grade summer reading list...
Movies: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Accepted, Good Burger, Van Wilder. Space Jam, (I haven't seen most movies. For instance, I never talk about Fight Club cuz I've never seen (or read) it), Zoolander, Breakfast Club
Shows: Adventure Time, Orange is the New Black, Doctor Who, Legend of Korra, Breaking Bad, Archer, Bob's Burgers, It's Always Sunny, New Girl, The League, Parks & Rec, Community, 30 Rock, Rick & Morty, China IL
Music: Steely Dan, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Walk Off the Earth, the Shins, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Simon & Garfunkel, Postmodern Jukebox, Regina Specktor, Milky Chance, A Great Big World, Vance Joy
Food: Yes.
Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking? I mean, maybe we should be doing something more meaningful with our lives. Like helping people. (It's a quote, I'm not quite that narcissistic, openly)
I just signed up for undergrad classes for the last time. Jeepers. I mean, zoinks! Pick your favorite.
One day I'm going to have to live with the cruel irony of meeting the love of my life online and being unable to give her children of my seed because finding the perfect one required such extensive hours with my laptop radiating cancerous contraceptive waves straight into my balls.
I often make up song/rap narrations to my life, mostly when alone, but you never know.
I live in constant fear while browsing OKC that my constant use of back makes it seem like I'm visiting someone's page a million times and look like I'm creeping way harder than I really am.
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MADRID – It is now increasingly clear that what started in late 2008 is no ordinary economic slump. Almost four years after the beginning of the crisis, developed economies have not managed a sustainable recovery, and even the better-off countries reveal signs of weakness. Faced with the certainty of a double-dip recession, Europe's difficulties are daunting.
Not only is Europe running the risk of lasting economic damage; high long-term unemployment and popular discontent threaten to weaken permanently the cohesiveness of its social fabric. And, politically, there is a real danger that citizens will stop trusting institutions, both national and European, and be tempted by populist appeals, as in the past.
Europe must avoid this scenario at all costs. Economic growth must be the priority, for only growth will put people back to work and repay Europe's debts.
Understandably, there is a debate about how to achieve recovery. Advocates of austerity argue that debt has a negative impact on growth; proponents of further stimulus counter that it is low growth that generates public debt, not the other way around, and that austerity in times of recession only makes things worse.


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His published work studies the role of institutional investors in monitoring management, improving firm governance and efficiently allocating capital among firms.
Dr. Gantchev has worked as a senior investment and industry research analyst at Michelin North America and an analyst for Standard and Poor's Corporate Value Consulting.
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June 8, 2000
Group Maintenance America Corp. acquired six companies, at a total cost of about $36.6 million in cash, $1.8 million in common stock and a total debt assumed of $3 million. The new companies will bring in $117 million in annual revenue, 66 percent of that revenue will come from maintenance, repair and replacement services, according to GroupMAC.
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Cinema City II (Two Short Films)
Partners PSBT FILMS SKU: Cinema City II (Two Short Films)
A series of two short films.
HAVE YOU DREAMT CINEMA? by Hansa Thapliyal & DHANANJAY KULKARNI 'CHANDRAGUPT' by Rrivu Laha, Duration: 00:28 hrs, Language: English, Hindi
Genre: Documentary
HAVE YOU DREAMT CINEMA? - A cinema theatre in a suburb of a city is pulled down. Three women who live in that suburb reflect on their various relationships with that fantasy of a film in a darkened theatre. Was it ever theirs'?
DHANANJAY KULKARNI 'CHANDRAGUPT' - A journey of migrants to the dream city through the track of filmi aspirations.
Filmmaker/s Bio Note/s:
Hansa graduated in Direction from FTII and has sustained her interest in narrative forms in different media, working on an audio novel, short fiction, script, photo installation and teaching. She has worked on setting up an audio visual archive, Godaam, at Majlis, Bombay. She has been working on a project on the history of early cinema in India.
A graduate of FTII, Rrivu began his career in films, assisting Rakesh Sharma on his film Final Solution. He now works as a freelance cinematographer and director. His first documentary Aamchi Kasauti received several awards and accolades at national and international film festivals. He has been a Fellow at Community Youth Collective working on addressing information gaps in the area of food security through creation, compilation and use of audio visual materials.
Significant Awards/ Screenings:
• Official Selection, 60th Berlinale International Film Festival, 2010
(PSBT)Public Service Broadcasting Trust is a non-governmental, not-for-profit trust that has commissioned and mentored more than 500 documentary films with more than 350 independent filmmakers from across India. It has more than 150 national and international awards under its hood. With subjects ranging from social justice to personal identities, PSBT hosts some wonderful non-fiction narratives from India.


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On this page > http://clickbump.com, when you scroll down the page to trigger the appearance of the "back to top" widget (lower right hand corner of the page), you can see that as soon as the widget appears, it causes horizontal scrollbars to appear.
This does not happen on interior pages, which has led me to suspect that my FlexSlider widget is causing the width to be greater than 100%.
Any ideas how I can work around this issue? I want full width, edge to edge, slider, but I never want horizontal scrollbars.
Hi Scott,
It looks like its the next button that is causing the scroll as you are moving off the right by 36px.
Try hiding the overflow on the flexslider and see if that cures the issue (wiuthout causing any others hopefully).
Thanks for the suggestion Paul. That definitely works, but as you suspected, it has side effects. Setting the overflow:hidden on the flexslider container hides the control nav div (the dots below the slider). Apparently the default css for flexslider positions that outside the flexslider container.
Here's what I came up with to make it play nice:
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Glad you got it working
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Hi together,
I've found a very interesting photo on the website http://www.northatlanticrun.com:
It shows four photographs of an 1998 auction catalouge. The interesting one is the one on the upper right side: It shows an very elegant room which is called "1st class lounge" on the RMS Mauretania. But fact is: This is definitely NOT the ship's 1st class lounge (for comparison: photos no. 5 & 7 on that site: http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/cunard6.html).
But what room is it? There is no equivalent to it on the RMS Lusitania, it looks like a gallery room or something like that. Were there any rooms added to the Mauretania during her career? Any ideas?
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Ugly Betty Wins Big at the Imagen Awards
America Ferrera and Anna Ortiz were all smiles on the red carpet at the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards this weekend at the Disney Concert Hall. The ladies were surrounded by many other stars including Eva La Rue, Wilmer Valderrama and Desperate Housewives' Ricardo Antonio Chavira. The award show recognizes excellence in Latino entertainment. Ugly Betty took home the prize for best primetime TV program while its stars, America & Anna took home best TV actress and supporting TV actress. Could this be a preview for what's to come at the Primetime Emmy Awards?
For a complete list of winners click here. Lots more pics from the event including Kelly Monaco, the Ugly Betty girls, Alana de la Garza and more so
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Question: What is the main purpose of getting a swedish massage?
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Is it to reduce stress or get rid of nasty knots and help circulation etc?
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Customers reasons vary from pure relaxation to unwind and destress to working on a particular area of tension but primarily to switch off and relax.
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Swedish massage if well done can induce lymphatic drainage as well as promote relaxation. A proper practitioner will deliver a combination of both and aid relaxation of knots at the same time. All massage increases blood circulation which promotes good health and healing.
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Swedish massage if undertaken properly will induce lymphatic drainage, helping the body to expel toxins. Any good therapist will also deal with stress knots and promote relaxation. All massage types increase blood circulation which promotes natural healing and detoxification.
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Depends on the client. It suits to relax and get rid of stress, but if the client has a paticular muscular pain as related conditions as spasms and strains, swedish massage will also work perfectly.
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Swedish is mainly for relaxation and improves blood and lymph circulation to the body. promotes, a general sense of health and weel-being through the release of endorphines - the body's feel good hormones. can assist with minor knots, though any thing major will require deeper massage treatments.
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Swedish massage is traditionally used for relaxation, however a good therapist should aim to meet the needs of each individual client - these are usually discussed and agreed during the pre-treatment consultation.
A client suffering form stress and tension will often present with muscle tension in the form of knots in problem areas (such as the shoulders). During a Swedish massage the therapist should be able to locate and if possible work on these affected areas in an effort to reduce the tension there. This in turn will boost circulation and lymphatic drainage around the affected area(s) thus helping with the elimination of toxins expelled from the muscles worked on. Overall, a massage should reduce stress and tension and promote relaxation in a way that suits each client.


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About the Book
Poetry -but better described as Ramblings. Covers 45 years of the author's life,
Features & Details
- Category Poetry
5×8 in, 13×20 cm
54 Pages
- Publish Date Jan 31, 2013
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In his eclectic career Blair Roberts has worked as an instrument technician, a computer programmer, an engineer, a stock market analyst, a gambler, a SCUBA diving instructor, an aquarist, a college professor, a web site developer, and as manager of a drug surveillance and interdiction organization. He is the author / co-author of several technical articles and three books, two of them westerns and the third, an adventure set in the Florida Keys. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Math and Physics from the University of Charleston and pursued a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University. He is a member of PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors). He and his wife, Barbara, and their Siberian Husky, Apache, live and commute between homes in the Florida Keys and on the Mexican Border in Arizona.
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This article was published 20/8/2013 (1462 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
When West St. Paul artist Tracy Tomchuk took off to Tanzania for 16 weeks last September, the trip was to be more of a personal retreat than an artistic one.
But, with more than 11,000 photos capturing the visit to sift through when she got home, it took a little burst of sunlight for Tomchuk to realize she had enough material to showcase the diversity of the country while helping spur the growth of entrepreneurship overseas.
"I was just editing the photos for my own personal album two months ago when I came across a photo of two gentlemen walking up a hill, with a burst of sunlight in the middle of the composition," says Tomchuk, 24. "It's mystical and kind of ambiguous. When I saw that I thought I had to have an exhibition. I lucked out on the shot and it seemed unfair to have these locked away on my computer."
The photo of the two men frames her second photography exhibition Tanzania, a collection of 23 prints she debuted at the Frame Gallery on Ross Avenue in Winnipeg Thurs., Aug. 15.
Tomchuk packed up for the east African country to volunteer in the Rift Valley Children's Village, followed by three weeks of backpacking before returning home to Canada.
The fine arts grad, who also paints and sculpts, was at a crossroads in her career, stuck between choosing nursing, social work, or dietetics as a second degree. She figured travelling abroad and learning a new culture would help her figure things out.
And so, she spent 13 weeks in the village, waking up at 6:30 a.m. each morning to make lunch for the 11 girls she lived with, teach Grade 1 students everything from the alphabet to the multiplication tables, learn Swahili from the locals and make new, worldly friends with volunteers.
"I fell absolutely dead in love with the culture," Tomchuk said.
While abroad, Tomchuk befriended Michael Mao, the camp's cook. At the exhibit, she's selling cookbooks for $3 with some of his recipes, and others, to help him raise the $3,100 he needs to open a small convenience store in Karatu.
Tomchuk plans to go back to the village next summer as an artist tutor, but in the meantime is focusing on earning her nursing degree.
Tanzania runs until Tues., Aug. 27. It's open from Tuesday to Friday from noon to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more, visit tracytomchuk.com


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Spring record: 19-11-1
Game breakdown: Orlando Hernandez gave up one run on four hits in five innings. … Mike Pelfrey gave up three runs in four innings, all of them in the ninth. … Jose Reyes got two hits, stole two bases and scored two runs. … The Mets had five hits.
Clubhouse chatter: Owner Fred Wilpon joined up with his team and embraced Pedro Martinez on a bullpen mound to pass along good wishes about his father, who has been ill.
-The Braves claimed infielder Ruben Gotay off waivers. The Mets' thinking was they didn't believe he would be productive enough hitting from the right side and wasn't strong at shortstop
-Rule Five draft pick Steven Register was returned to Colorado.
-Relievers Billy Wagner, Jorge Sosa and Matt Wise pitched in a minor league game at Jupiter.
-Reserve catcher Ramon Castro's tight right hamstring has improved, but he's still not ready to play and assistant general manager John Ricco said the club is leaning toward the disabled list.
Tomorrow: Chicago White Sox at Memphis, 5:05 p.m.


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Future Reflections Summer/Fall 2005
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by Deborah Kendrick
Reprinted from the Fall, 2004, issue of the Buckeye Bulletin, the newsletter of the NFB of Ohio.
Editor's Note: As a child, summer meant many things to me: swimming, climbing trees, home-made ice-cream, playing with cousins at the family reunion; but most of all it meant freedom: freedom to read what I wanted, when I wanted, for as long as I wanted. I don't remember that I ever thought about becoming a writer or, heaven-forbid, an editor, but no doubt all those long hours of summer reading helped pave the path that eventually led to that destination. If your blind son, daughter, or student is such a child (or if you want to nudge them in that direction), you will appreciate the following advice from a blind woman who has had a long, distinguished, and successful career as a writer. Here is what Deborah Kendrick has to say on the subject:
Deborah Kendrick
When people ask for advice on pursuing a career in writing, the first and most important guideline I give them is to read, read, read. Read everything you can get your hands (or eyes or ears) on. Read fiction, nonfiction, history, mystery, serious works of literature, and entertaining popular fiction. Read magazines, newspapers, lots of both, and then add any other reading into the mix that you can think of.
But you don't have to want to be a writer to be an avid reader. There was a time when being blind and having a voracious appetite for reading was a pretty unfortunate combination. Today it could be argued that blind people have access to more reading material and more ways of approaching that material than their sighted friends.
If you're reading this newsletter, chances are pretty good that you know about the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Braille and Talking Book program. If not, call (800) 362-1262 if you live in northern or central Ohio or (800) 582-0335 if you live in the southern part of the state. You may also visit <www.loc.gov/nls> on the Web to learn more. You probably also know about Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, a wonderful resource particularly for students, providing books in audio formats. Call (800) 221-4792 or visit <www.rfbd.org> to learn more.
I am a frequent borrower from both of these outstanding services. I usually have a small four-track cassette recorder in my purse or backpack for grabbing a few pages of a news magazine or book. In addition to familiar books and magazines in hard-copy Braille, I love downloading them from the NLS Web-Braille site for reading on my Braille note-taker. But my daily routine incorporates many other devices and systems for accessing printed material. Here are a few favorites:
About the size of a cell phone, the BibleCourier contains the entire Old and New Testaments in one tiny unit that can go with you anywhere. You can easily and rapidly search the Bible by book, verse, and chapter to find a particular passage. You can read continuously, bookmark favorite passages, raise and lower the volume, speed the reading up or slow it down. The reading is delivered by very clear synthetic speech. A simple telephone-style keypad on the front controls all of the BibleCourier's functions.
The BibleCourier was developed through an effort launched by the Lutheran Braille Evangelism Association (LBEA), who contracted with Springer Design to manufacture it. As part of its ministry LBEA sells the Bible at the subsidized cost of $100 to any blind person in the USA. Your $100 (which includes shipping costs) covers one talking Bible, accompanying ear buds, and the user's guide on one cassette. The complete user's guide is also loaded into the BibleCourier itself, so that if you ever forget how to perform a task, you can just zip back to the manual and look it up. To order online, go to <www.lbea.org> or send an email to Rev. Dennis Hawkinson at <[email protected]>. Rev. Hawkinson says, incidentally, that the intention behind the BibleCourier was to offer a talking Bible that was portable and easy to use, even for people who don't use computers.
The Creative Labs MuVo and Audible.com
Audible.com is a commercial service that sells audio books online that are recorded by professional narrators. These are the same books that you can buy on tape or compact disk at many bookstores, but are usually less expensive and offer you several ways of listening. Once you purchase a book, it is yours to download as many times as you like. You can listen to it on your computer, burn it to a CD, or transfer it from your computer into a handheld device that will play Audible.com files.
The device I am using is the Creative MuVo. About the size of a pack of chewing gum, the MuVo can be put into any tiny pocket or hung round your neck with the cord that is included. To transfer books to the MuVo, you plug it into your computer's USB port and transfer. You can then listen through the ear-buds provided (or, if you prefer, through some other headset or by connecting portable speakers to the MuVo's earphone jack). The sound is remarkably clear for such a small device, and the controls are extremely simple. You can play, pause, and go forward or back in one book or among books.
Audible.com offers about 20,000 titles, including classics, best-sellers, fiction, and nonfiction in all categories, as well as several radio broadcasts from National Public Radio and a few periodicals. There are various plans, but a Basic Listener membership costs $14.95 a month and entitles you to one book and one periodical each month and a free Creative MuVo. (If you mention my name when you register, I'll get a chance to win a prize.)
Many other devices available through Audible.com and elsewhere will play their content. The MuVo is simple to use and is currently being offered free to new subscribers.
Your Public Library
I'm not talking about the wonderful Talking Book program that sends your books through the mail. I'm talking about that library in your neighborhood that all your sighted neighbors use. The audio book offerings both on tape and CD these days are remarkable, and even small branch libraries have collections. Books are both abridged and unabridged, so you'll need to ask which you are getting. Drop in and ask the librarian to do a bit of browsing with you or request particular authors or titles. I've found that when new books by popular authors are released the audio version is often available at the public library at the very same time as the print version. The books play on any commercial tape or CD player and will, of course, also play on your NLS Talking Book machine.
No list of reading sources would be complete without our number one source of daily newspapers (and now some outstanding magazines). NFB-NEWSLINE® now has 110 newspapers from around the country as well as AARP the Magazine, The Economist, and The New Yorker. When I have to wait somewhere--for a taxi, for a doctor's appointment, for a meeting to start, or to get my hair cut--I pull my cell phone out of my pocket and read the paper with NFB-NEWSLINE®, just as sighted people around me are doing with print. The search feature allows me quickly to locate a story someone else may have mentioned to me or to check on news of my favorite celebrity. Give yourself a present and spend a little time learning the NFB-NEWSLINE® commands. You know of course to call (888) 882-1629. To sign up or to get help, the national number is (866) 504-7300 and the Ohio number is (866) 391-0841.
Once reading for a blind person meant either a Braille book or another human being reading aloud. Those are lovely faces--but we now have many more. There are many devices and services for reading that I haven't touched on in this article. The above, however, are some of my own favorite ways--most of them used daily--to feed an insatiable information and entertainment habit.
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EDUCATIONUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ph.D., Learning (Cognitive) Sciences, 2013
Advisor: John D. Bransford, Ph.D.
Dissertation:The Quiet Professional: An investigation of U.S. military Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel interactions with everyday field robots. (2013).
Research Summary: My principle research is in the field of human-robot interaction (HRI), specifically human emotions and attachment to robots. I investigate the social dynamic between user and robot, especially how robot design, behavior, and context of use affects operator decision-making. My work as a roboticist is scaffolded by an interdisciplinary approach used to find patterns in human behavior, actions, and cultural influences related to human-robot interactions, and pointing to actionable solutions as well as new directions for innovative work. More broadly, these findings can be applied to the development of robots and other technologies that are effective and improve outcomes of human-robot collaborative/team or training situations.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
M.S., Technical and Scientific Communication, 2007
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
M.S., Technical Communication, 2004
Area of Concentration: Human-Computer Interaction
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
B.A., Communication Arts, 1999
Area of Concentration: Film, Radio, and Television Theory
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS(Name appears as both J. Carpenter and J. Hillan)
Carpenter, J. (2016). Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in militarized spaces: A war story. UK: Ashgate.
Book Chapters
Carpenter, J. (2016). Deus Sex Machina: Loving Robot Sex Workers, and the allure of an insincere kiss. In J. Danaher & N. McArthur (Eds.), Sex Robots: Social, Legal and Ethical Implications.(In press, expected: October, 2017.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Carpenter, J. (2013). Just Doesn't Look Right: Exploring the impact of humanoid robot integration into Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society (pp. 609-636). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2211-1.
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Carpenter, J. (Submitted for review). Kill switch: The evolution of road rage in an increasingly AI car culture. Funded under Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group (California Polytechnic State University); National Science Foundation, Grant No. 1522240.
Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin-Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2009). Gender representation in humanoid robots for domestic use. International Journal of Social Robotics (special issue). 1(3), 261-265.The Netherlands: Springer.
Reichenbach, J., Bartneck, C., & Carpenter, J. (2008). The Carrot and the stick - The role of praise and punishment in human-robot interaction. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and communication in biological and artificial systems; special issue of on "Human and robot interactive communication." 9 (2), 179-203. Oxford, UK: Ingenta.
Hillan, J. (October, 2003). Physician use of patient-centered Web logs and journals. Clinical Medicine and Research. 1(4), 333-334. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries.
Hillan, J. (July, 2003). PatchWorx: Connecting ill and disabled children in an online community.Clinical Medicine and Research. 1(3), 259-260. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings - Full Papers
Carpenter, J. (2009). Why send the Terminator to do R2D2's job?: Designing androids as rhetorical phenomena. Proceedings of HCI 2009: Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century. Cambridge, UK. Sept. 1.
Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin-Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2008). Invisible machinery in function, not form: User expectations of a domestic humanoid robot. Proceedings of 6th conference on Design and Emotion. Hong Kong, China.
Carpenter, J., Eliot, M. & Schultheis, D. (2006). Machine or friend: understanding users' preferences for and expectations of a humanoid robot companion. Proceedings of 5th conference on Design and Emotion. Göteburg, Sweden.
Reichenbach, J., Bartneck, C., & Carpenter, J. (2006).Well done robot! The importance of praise and presence in human-robot collaboration. Proceedings of RO-MAN 06: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 86-90. Hatfield, UK.
Bartneck, C., Reichenbach, J., Carpenter, J., & Hupfeld, F. (2006). Use of praise and punishment in human-robot collaborative teams. Proceedings of RO-MAN 06: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 177-182. Hatfield, UK.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings - Short Papers and Presentations
Carpenter, J., Davis, J. Erwin-Stewart, N. Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2008). Gender representation in humanoid robots for domestic use. 1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships. June 12-13. Maastrict, The Netherlands.
Carpenter, J., Eliot, M. & Schultheis, D. (2006). The Uncanny Valley: Making human-nonhuman distinctions. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Science, 81-82. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Carpenter, J. (2006). Exploring Human-Centered Design in Human-Robot Interaction. Presented at HRI Young Researchers Workshop, in conjunction with HRI 2006. Salt Lake City, UT.
Hillan, J.(2005) The necessity of enforcing multidisciplinary research and development of embodied Socially Intelligent Agents. Proceedings of AISB 2005. British Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 133-140. Hertfordshire, UK.
Invited Presentations
Carpenter, J. (2016, November 3). The robot is the medium: Our ethical responsibilities as Makers. 6th Digital Ethics Symposium. Loyola University. Chicago, IL.
Carpenter, J. (2016, March 3). Humans + Robots: Dream Machines. TEDxEAL. Odense, Denmark.
Carpenter, J. (2014, May 14). DroneU: The emotional consequences of operating a military drone. Future Tense/SLATE.
Carpenter, J. (2014). The Robot Accommodation Dilemma: Human-field robot interactions, attachment, and operator decision-making. IDGA Counter-IED Training Forum. Arlington, VA.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCECalifornia Polytechnic State University (CalPoly), 2015-Present
Research Fellow, "Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group"
Ethics, risk, and social concern assessment. Publishing projects. Engage policymakers, business, academia, as well as the broader public on key issues in science and society.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2007-2008
Assistant Director, "Engineering Communication Program"
Managed the Engineering Writing Center (EWC). Assisted the Director with TA support and training (for 231 and 333 TAs), developed workshops for faculty in the College of Engineering. Wrote proposals for funding and special topics courses. Developed and taught "Introduction to Theories, Methods, and Materials of Writing Center Tutoring" (TC 499) course.
University of Washington, 2006-2007
Directed Research, "Curriculum Design and Engineering Writing"
Researched and developed curriculum for grant writing workshops hosted by the Department of Technical Communication. Reviewed current TC 333 curriculum and collaborated to develop new teaching materials. Collected, organized and archived original classroom materials developed by current TC 333 Teaching Associates, including lecture notes and supplementary materials such as PowerPoint and instructions for group exercises.
University of Washington, 2005
Directed Research, "Internet-Based Research/Examining Computer Supported Cooperative Work"
Used the Internet to empirically study the effectiveness of electronically delivered information. Worked on refining an Internet-based research tool, study of information design on users' behavior and performance in computer supported cooperative work environments, with a specific focus on the assessment of wikis. Identified questions and subjects for study, read relevant literature and collaborated on experiment design.
University of Washington, 2005
Graduate Research Associate, "Hall Health, AEDSports.com"
Assembled Web design team and supervised two undergraduate Research Assistants. Managed the development of two Web sites: (a) a Web-based survey on NCAA AED
University of Washington, 2005
Directed Research, "Computer Games"
Researched the cultural aspects of games, including a project of player-avatar identification in EverQuest.
TEACHING EXPERIENCELillebaelt Academy, Odense, Denmark, March 4, 2016
Guest Lecturer, "Robots, Sex, War, and Culture"
Informal lecture and Question & Answer session for Lillebaelt undergraduate design students on the topics of human-robot interactions in stressful conditions, and how robots are being incorporated into everyday life.
Designskolen Kolding, Denmark, January 2016
Visiting Lecturer, "Robotics and Social Inclusion"
Lectures included "Culture and human-robot interaction in militarized spaces," "Romantic relationships with Robotic Sex Workers," and "An introduction to qualitative research methods."
University of Washington, 2009-2011
Teaching Assistant, "Writing Center"
Managed the College of Education Writing Center. Created center schedules, tracked usage, offered writing workshops, and visited classes to promote the writing center services. Developed workshops for undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Education.
University of Washington, 2008-2009
Teaching Assistant, Teacher Education Program, "Math Methods, Dilemmas of Teaching and Learning, Arts & Technology" & "Teaching for Learning & Adolescent Development"
Collaborated on curriculum development; led discussions. Graded written work.
University of Washington, 2008
Teaching Assistant, "Empirical Traditions in Technical Communication"
Collaborated on curriculum development (TC 502); lead discussions. Graded all written work.
University of Washington, 2005-2007, 2008
Teaching Assistant, "Advanced Technical Writing and Oral Presentation"
Taught all lectures (TC 333). Developed course materials and learning activities, met with students and graded all written work and oral presentations.
University of Washington, 2007
Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Theories, Methods, and Materials of Writing Center Tutoring "
Wrote syllabus (TC 499), taught all classes. Developed learning activities, graded all required written work.
University of Washington, 2004, 2008
Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Technical Writing"
Taught all lectures (TC 231). Collaborated in curriculum and exam development, met with students and graded all written work, including mid-term and final exam papers.
University of Washington, 2007, Summer
Lead Tutor, "Engineering Writing Center"
Supported undergraduate engineering students improving and learning new writing skills. Focused on developing student skills through discussion and discovery in individual sessions.
ACADEMIC SERVICEGraduate & Professional Student Senate (GPSS), "Senator/Graduate Student Representative," 2006-2007
UWTC Undergraduate Admissions Committee, "Graduate Student Representative (voting member)," 2005-2007
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group - Computer-Human Interaction, "Officer (UW Chapter)," 2004-2006
Forum on Science Ethics & Policy, 2007
PROFESSIONAL SERVICEThe Science and Entertainment Exchange, 2015-Present
VOLUNTEER SERVICEOperation War Diary, 2014
Soldiers' Angels, 2006-2012
PatchWorx, Inc., 2002-2004
Saint Joseph's Hospital Home-Delivered Meal Program, 2002-2004
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGEAckerman, A. (2013, September 19). Soldiers can get emotionally attached to robots, and that may not be a good thing. IEEE Spectrum.
Baggaley, K. (2017, June 2). Sex bots are coming, and they're not as skeevy as you think. NBCMach, NBC News.
Barber, E. (2013, September 23). For a fallen robot, a 21-gun salute. Christian Science Monitor.
Chayka, K. (2014, February 18). As military robots increase, so does the complexity of their relationship with soldiers. Newsweek.
Cristianini, A. (2016, June 4). The future of human-robot interaction (including the rise of sex robots). Adversus Magazine.
Daileda, C. (2013, September 18). Soldiers feel loss, anger, when their robots die. Mashable.
Edwards, J. (2013, September 18). Some soldiers are so attached to their battle robots they hold funerals for them when they 'die.' Business Insider.
Estes, A.C. (2013, October 30). We aren't doing enough to prepare ourselves for robot love. Gizmodo.
Fung, B. (2013, November 11, updated).Funerals for fallen robots. The Atlantic.
Halverson, N. (2013, September 20). Empathy toward robots could impact battlezone. DiscoveryNews.com.
Hsu, J. (2015, March 15). Robot funerals reflect our humanity. Discover Magazine.
Lin, P. (2016, February 1). Relationships with robots: Good or bad for humans? Forbes.
Montgomery, S. (2007, November 15). The mechanics of emotion; Researchers making robots approachable, not creepy. NewsCanada.
PBS.org. (2013, September 18). Empathy for military robots could affect outcomes on the battlefield.
Reuter, T. & Syed, N. [Producers]. (14 May, 2014). (Audio podcast.) Drone U: The emotional consequences of operating a military drone. Slate Magazine.
Rutin, A. (2015, October 6). Not like us: How should we treat the robots that we live alongside? New Scientist.
Silver, C. (2016, April 7). Alexa is America's favorite teddy bear for adults. Inverse Science.
Subbaraman, N. (2013, September 28). Soldiers <3 robots: Military robots get awards, nicknames, funerals. NBC News.
Tarantola, S. (2017, July 29 ). Who needs friends when robots are this sociable? Endgadget.
Waldman, K. (2013, September 20). Are soldiers too emotionally attached to military robots? Slate Magazine.
Waytz, A. (2014, May 13). Seeing human: If you give a driverless car a name, you're less likely to blame it after an accident. Slate Magazine.
What game should artificial intelligence play next? (2016, March 16). New Scientist.
Young, N. (2013, September 27). Spark, with Nora Young, Episode 226: Falling in love with artificial intelligence. Context-aware computing and common ground. Soldiers and robots. The beauty of glitch art. [Radio broadcast]. Canadian Broadcasting Company.