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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on Friday to speed up the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces this year, underscoring Obama's determination to move decisively to wind down the long, unpopular war.
Signaling a narrowing of differences, Karzai appeared to give ground in White House talks on U.S. demands for immunity from prosecution for any U.S. troops who stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, a concession that could allow Obama to keep at least a small residual force there.
Both leaders also threw their support behind tentative Afghan reconciliation efforts with Taliban insurgents. They each voiced support for the establishment of a Taliban political office in the Gulf state of Qatar in hopes of bringing insurgents to inter-Afghan talks.
Karzai's visit, which follows a year of growing strains in U.S.-Afghan ties, comes amid stepped-up deliberations in Washington over the size and scope of the U.S. military role in Afghanistan once the NATO-led combat mission concludes at the end of next year.
The Obama administration has been considering a residual force of between 3,000 and 9,000 troops in Afghanistan to conduct counterterrorism operations while providing training and assistance for Afghan forces.
But a top Obama aide said this week that the administration does not rule out a complete withdrawal after 2014, a move that some experts say would be disastrous for the still-fragile Afghan government and its fledgling security apparatus.
Saying that Afghan forces were being trained and were "stepping up" faster than expected, Obama said Afghan troops would take over the lead in combat missions across the country this spring, rather than waiting until the summer, as was originally planned.
"Starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting Afghan forces," Obama said. "It will be a historic moment and another step toward full Afghan sovereignty."
There are some 66,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan. NATO allies have also been steadily reducing their troop numbers there with the aim of ending the foreign combat role in 2014, despite doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to shoulder full responsibility for security.
Obama said final decisions on this year's troop reductions and the post-2014 U.S. military role were still months away, but his comments raised the prospects of an accelerated withdrawal timetable as the security transition proceeds.
Precisely how much of an acceleration was unclear.
For his part, Karzai voiced satisfaction over Obama's agreement to turn over control of detention centers to Afghan authorities, a source of dispute between their countries.
The two leaders, who have had a tense relationship in the past, stood side by side in the White House East Room, nodding occasionally as the other spoke.
Obama once called Afghanistan a "war of necessity," but he is heading into a second term looking for an orderly way out of the conflict, which was sparked by the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda on the United States.
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Hot Issue in China: What the First Lady Has in Her Pocket
President Xi Jinping has come into power preaching reform, and though most aren't yet convinced whether he'll live up to his word, one sign of change was in China first-lady Peng Liyuan's hand during the couple's trip to Europe.
Last year, Ms. Peng got in trouble on Chinese social media for using a white iPhone during a diplomatic trip to Mexico shortly after Beijing launched a heated campaign protesting Apple's warranty policy.
As evidenced by a widely noted photo of her watching a soccer match in Berlin while accompanying her husband on a trip to Europe, she now uses a phone made by Chinese hardware maker ZTE Corp. The phone, a Nubia Z5 handset, which costs a modest 1,499 yuan ($243) is in keeping with Mr. Xi's campaign to keep in check the conspicuous consumption of China's officials.
The fact that she's using a phone made by a Chinese company also syncs with another recent state-run media campaign warning about the dangers posed by U.S.-made electronic equipment following revelations about surveillance by the National Security Agency.
Writing about Ms. Peng's use of the phone, the state-run China Daily theorized that Ms. Peng's use of the phone in a public setting could help sales surge. When Ms. Peng first made her debut at Mr. Xi's side abroad last March, a black handbag she carried drove eight million searches for "Peng Liyuan hand bag" on Alibaba's Taobao online shopping site.
ZTE is hoping it will help as well. On the company's official Weibo microblog Sunday, the company reposted photos of Ms. Peng using the phone with the comment: "Good vibes for Chinese products, we will continue to work hard. P.S. Sister Peng's sincerity is eye-catching."
The photo of Ms. Peng doesn't say too much about whether officials really are moving away from using foreign-made smartphones, but it does at least indicate that the new leadership is increasingly on point from a public relations perspective, and in fact practicing what it preaches.
The next question: Is Ms. Peng equally devoted to home-grown social media sites? Or does she have a secret Facebook account to which she posts all these photos she takes with her many smartphones?
-- Paul Mozur. Follow him on Twitter @paulmozur
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WebOS is partly based on Linux (just as Android is).
Today, the keeper of Linux, the Linux Foundation, said that WebOS will once again become part of Linux.
This will make WebOS more attractive to potential users of it, since the work of maintaining it will be done as a routine part of maintaining Linux.
"WebOS is moving to the mainline Linux kernel. This saves any device maker service and support costs since it will eliminate much of the custom code those companies need to support," explained Linux Foundation Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation in a blog post.
To clarify, the core of Linux is its kernel, maintained by the Foundation. Anyone who wants it can download that kernel, add their own features around it (or to it) and come up with their own version of a Linux operating system, known as a distribution.
Once an open source project like WebOS becomes part of that kernel, whenever a change to WebOS is made, HP needs only submit that change to the Linux Foundation. All users will get the fix when they update their Linux kernel. Plus, Linux attracts the brightest developers who help to make sure that changes to the kernel are first-rate.
This doesn't automatically mean that WebOS will become the next super successful mobile operating system. The Linux Foundation has notoriously been sponsoring alternatives to Android that have failed pretty miserably ... the last one being something called MeeGo. Nokia and Intel were partners of it, before Nokia bagged it for Microsoft's money and Windows Phone 7. Nokia shipped one MeeGo phone earlier this year to which the world answered, "Yawn."
The same could hold true for WebOS with one big exception. HP is a giant maker of hardware. It's been making tablets for eons, too, geared toward specialty uses. That's a pretty powerful partner in WebOS's corner.


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
* Terrarium Themed Birthday Party
Warning: Today's post is going to be photo-heavy!
"E" has always been my nature girl,
she loves snails, owls, sting rays, fish, jelly fish, octopi, you name it.
When she was 2 or 3 years old she announced that her favorite thing in the world is,
"plants by water." For her 3rd birthday we had a "fish and ocean" themed party.
For her 4th birthday she had a "frog" theme.
For her 5th birthday she asked for a microscope.
So, I wasn't surprised when she asked for a "terrarium themed" nature party
this year to celebrate her 9th birthday.
"E"has had a pet garden snail named "Tiny" since she was 5 years old.
He has lived in a terrarium (she made and maintains) in our house for the past 3.5 years.
The invitations were based on a drawing she made of Tiny the Snail's terrarium.
We found these adorable recycled paper folders at Target
and decided to use them instead of "favor bags"
The mini notebooks, pens, and pencils were picked up at the Target Dollar Spot.
The butterfly coloring sheets were printed out from this website onto Vellum paper.
As the girls arrived, they picked up their folders and got to work
coloring their vellum butterflies (to be cut out and taped up to windows at home)
It was a nice little ice breaker and allowed the girls to visit and get to know each other a bit.
Coloring butterflies in the art studio with pens and Crayola Twistables.
"E" labeled each folder with these adorable tags I picked up at World Market.
She matched each folder and critter tag to match each of her friend's personalities and likes.
After they colored their butterflies the girls enjoyed a pizza lunch.
Yes, they're making weird faces for the camera -- so pretty.
They also enjoyed fresh veggies and fruit - "E"'s favorites.
After lunch, it was time to clean off the kitchen table and make terrariums.
For the centerpieces, we planted some spring bulbs in assorted jars and vases
and started them in our sunny playroom windowsill.
We also had some lovely fresh tulips thanks to lovely Aunt Darby.
Potting soil was out on the deck for scooping - not in the house.
I picked up these adorable jars at Walmart for less than $8 each.
They were roomy and nice for terrariums as well-- and also a mini version of Tiny's Terrarium.
"E" drew this diagram to show her friends how to layer their terrariums.
We prepped and collected supplies and "elements" for the terrariums
so the girls could have fun personalizing them.
We spread out some newspapers, gave each girl her own jar
(pre-layered with gravel, spaghnum moss, and organic potting soil.)
We also gave each girl an ice tea spoon to use as their mini-shovel for planting their plants.
Seashells collected from trips to the beach.
Polished river stones from the craft department at Walmart.
We picked up these little gnomes at JoAnnes (with a coupon!)
Geoff and I both helped the girls build their terrariums.
There was a lot less mess to clean up than I anticipated!
When they were finished with their terrariums,
we did a mini photo shoot using our playroom curtains as the backdrop.
I took a portrait of each guest with her finished jar -
to be included with "Thank You" notes.
Then, the girls all went outside to play hide-n-seek in our backyard,
it was a beautiful afternoon.
Some friends hid in the trees...
Others were hiding around corners!
Then, we headed in for birthday cake and presents.
"E" and I made the cake together.
My sweet 9 year old.
E's best friend (and her mother) knit her this adorable Pig with Wigs set!
It was her favorite birthday gift.
Balloons were all blue and green - "E"'s two favorite colors.
Our family Happy Birthday banner.
The birthday girl and her best buddies!
To send each terrarium home safely, I saved boxes in our garage
and packed up each jar so no one would have a spill in their car!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl.
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In order to channel the work within IGCP Project 499 which covers a wide range of scientific disciplines we started to establish different working groups which will provide a better coordination with respect to forthcoming activities (e.g. field meetings, workshops). These working groups should either cover palaeoenvironmental settings or individual disciplines. However, in spite of such a technical subdivision, our aim is just the to encourage interrelated activities. Consequently, establishing new working groups is welcome at every time but should be announced to the project leaders! All participants may lead such groups or propose them.
Terrestrial realm (coordinator: Volker Wilde, Frankfurt)
Focus will be set _mce_on terrestrial settings (e.g., palaeosoils) as well as on the immediate transitional settings, such as coasts, lagoons, estuaries, etc.
Major working fields/disciplines are: Palaeontology (palaeobotany, palynology, palaeozoology), palaeopedology, terrestrial sedimentology.
Transitional/shallow marine realm (coordinator: Eberhard Schindler, Frankfurt)
As already indicated by the heading, there is no sharp discrimination possible to either the landward or the open marine side. All aspects of research on the processes and/or correlation of the rocks belonging to similar or different facies have to be considered.
Major working fields/disciplines are: Palaeontology (palynology, palaeozoology, palaeoichnology), sedimentology/facies analysis, stratigraphy/correlation.
Outer shelf/open marine realm (coordinator: Peter Koenigshof, Frankfurt)
Similar to the preceding paragraph, there is a wide transitional zone to the shallow marine side. The main topics within this setting are very similar to the previously mentioned items. Reefs surely have a special impact in this setting.
Major working fields/disciplines are: Palaeontology (palaeozoology), sedimentology/facies analysis, stratigraphy/correlation, reefs, bioerosion.
Geochemical studies are important for all areas of Devonian research and may be split into two "sub-units" for which two colleagues agreed to act as coordinators:
As pointed out above, nobody of the participants should hesitate to set up another working group or promise to do so!
In addition to these thematic working groups a good number of colleagues have already agreed to act as regional coordinators for the IGCP 499 Project. The status of these working groups is very different. There may be formal working groups related to existing formal organisations (e.g., for Spain, or Russia). On the other hand, individual colleagues may act as personal coordinators who just agree to set up the group and take care of the results (e.g., providing lists of activities and publication etc.).
The following list shows the 'state of the art' with respect to regional working groups and their leaders (for contact, please, see list of participants):
Australia - J.A. Talent (Sydney)
There is a standing offer to start a group for South America in 2006.


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Welcome to the third course in the Learning Online series. In this course we look at how you can manage your online identity.
This course is just one of a series designed by the University of Leeds for school-based learners and their teachers. As this is an open course, we also welcome other learners: as you will have seen from the welcome area, we have a diverse cohort signed up. However, it is important to recognise that this course, and the content and activities within it, has been designed specifically to help those studying at school or college make the transition to studying at university or the work place.
We have provided a course map to help you navigate your journey through the course: click on the image to access, or you can download the map from the Downloads section below.
It is anticipated that it will take around two hours to complete the tasks during this week. This includes watching videos, joining discussions, reading articles and completing any exercises. If you have more time, we have also provided some links to additional reading and resources.
In this course you will be able to think about who you want to be online; you will be given the opportunity to assess your online identity, and to think about practical ways in which you can enhance it. Using case studies, we'll also explore how our actions and activities can have positive and negative real-world repercussions.
There's plenty to keep you busy and interested, and we really hope you enjoy the course and the activities that we've planned.
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We started some questioning/discussion about the stages of samadhi in the thread on the Second Stage Spiritual thread. I thought it might be best to continue that discussion in a separate thread.
Most of what I know about these stages comes from the teachings of Yogananda as presented in the Bhagavad Gita. It was Wolf who first brought up the seven stages in the first Pluto school (I think that's where it was). He, of course, knows nearly all of them now from personal experience. But here's what I've gleaned and hope it helps.
Samadhi is simply realization or oneness with God, and there there are two main stages of Samadhi: savikalpa samadhi and nirvikalpa Samadhi. According to what Wolf taught, typically one has experienced the first stage of Samadhi by the end of the First Stage Spiritual, and the next three stages by the end of 2nd stage spiritual, with the last three stages of Samadhi occurring within the 3rd stage spiritual
Savikalpa Samadhi includes these first four stages of Samadhi, and nirvikalpa Samadhi includes the last three. As one's consciousness begins to expand, from the beginning of seeing the spiritual eye thru the first four stages of Samadhi, the center of gravity OF that consciousness is in the process of moving from ego to soul. It is the movement FROM savikalpa Samadhi TO nirvikalpa Samadhi that marks the evolution from 2nd stage spiritual to 3rd stage spiritual. When one reaches that 5th stage of Samadhi, marking the entry into 3rd stage spiritual, the center of gravity of ones consciousness is finally anchored in the soul, rather than the ego.
When we meditate and withdraw our life force, our consciousness from the senses, we enter into one of the stages of savikalpa Samadhi where the soul is released from ego consciousness and one becomes aware of Spirit beyond creation. During savikalpa Samadhi, the soul expands into spirit, but it doesn't lose its identity. One is in a kind of trance, an expanded awareness in which the consciousness is focused within, rather than being identified with the outside world. One cannot stay in savikalpa Samadhi and go about their daily activities. This in itself, can be problematic, as one comes out of even the "small" ecstasy of the 1st Samadhi back to this time/space reality, it produces a kind of depression for the "loss" of the experience of where it's just been, but also a longing to return.
If we look at the first stage of savikalpa Samadhi as a trip into deep space, but it's deep space withIN, so to speak, and the absolute peace and bliss of pure BEing, then maybe a simple way to put the progression is an expansion OF that initial awareness, we can begin to experience – to really feel – the energy of each of the chakras as we go, the colors, the sounds, etc. associated with each.
In nirvikalpa Samadhi, the soul realizes that it's one with spirit, and can remain immersed in God while going about its daily activities. Again, the beginning stage of nirvikalpa is the point at which the center of gravity of the consciousness is anchored in the Soul, rather than the ego.
There is more information/description of what happens during each of the seven stages of Samadhi in Yogananda's translation and interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita. These can be found in Ch. 6, v. 23 (p. 626-628).
I hope this helps at least a little. And I hope others jump in.
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Jun 28, 2009, 06:44 AM »
Thank you Adina for taking the time to post this.
May You be well, and May All Beings find True Peace,
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Mar 11, 2012, 03:42 PM »
hope its okay to revive this thread because i have been considering posting in regards to the asteroid, samadhi, 12472, and samadhi's north and south nodes in evolutionary astrology, if there is scope for it.
samadhi is the 8th limb of traditional raja yoga, full absorption into non dual cosmic mind, becoming one, merging with source, perpetual cosmic witnessship and awareness.
samadhi, along a spectrum and trajectory of progression, might correlate to those spiritual oneness even drug induced experiences that may catalyze or accelerate souls movement back to source. samadhi experiences happen in the higher koshas that are not subject to space time reality, duality, "laws of karma, or samskaric momentum of mind" and when states are held for a long time, sam'skaric patternings (desire: craving momentum or aversion momentum that either is directed away from or towards source) wound around different vrittis (propensities of mind, either moving inward or outward) of each chakra spontaneously begin to unravel and dissolve. reorganization, recoding, rewiring, of ones ego orientation and patterns is very common in this sustained states of nonduality. so is it worth it to locate this in the charts of clients to point to the ways that they can experiences this in order to facilitate divine reorganization of individual self.would there be potential scope for integrating this asteroid into the EA paradigm
also, the asteroid karma, 3811, and mnemnosyne, 57, as well as both their nodes.
and possibly the south node of asteroid DNA 55555 used with geodedic equivalents.
EA is very new to me so these questions come from outright naivete.
using Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi, the hugging saint, as an example with the asteroid samadhi,
there is a wide skipped step between nodal axis (sn - aquarius leo 3rd 9th) and saturn, saturn is on the edge of a last decadent libra stellium with neptune, mercury and the asteroid samadhi in the 12th. the stellium, saturn-neptune-mercury-samadhi, in the 12th is square uranus cancer 9th.
i just finished reading her biography and it was reported both by Amma and her family and others that lived in her village that she would spontaneously fall into deep states of samadhi, that it was difficult for her to establish boundaries in the physical body so as not to become completely absorbed and identified in the ocean of cosmic consciousness, source.
in Paramahansa Yogananda's chart, DNA is conjunct the SN in scorpio 3rd, mnemonsyne aquarius (extracerebral memory? akashic records?) 6th is in opposition to moon leo 12th and squares IC and widely squares pluto neptune conjunction 10th. Yogananda, in his autiobiography reported being able to recall the entire journey of his soul and remember every incarnation up until his previous Mahatma incarnation with SadGuru, Sri Yukteswar.
fun to ponder, Yogananda's Pluto pp is conjunct astroid interkosmos sagittarius in the fourth.
thanks for looking, any thoughts?
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Mar 14, 2012, 04:41 PM »
Thanks for this information Shaktidevii.
I've started using Asteroid Samadhi 12472.........
and am finding it very insightful in individual, synastry and composite charts.
Btw, do you have resources for the meanings of more Asteroids that you can share?
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Mar 14, 2012, 05:31 PM »
One reference I've found very helpful is Jacob Schwartz's
Asteroid Name Encyclopedia
, copyright 1995. Many more asteroids have been discovered and named since the book was first published, but it sure is a good place to start.
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Thanks so much Adina.
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Mar 15, 2012, 07:55 PM »
Adina, thank you so much for this post, finding this has been so important. Thank you Thank you. had you already looked at the asteroid samadhi in your analysis of natal charts. if so i'm curious of what you might have found or have come to understand over time. if not, would this be something you would be open to exploring. i've been trying to make elementary correlation's and connections in the charts of 2nd and 3rd stage spiritual souls with recent contextual history. i hope it was okay to revive it.
Linda, fantastic! is there anything you would like to share. Would it be okay with the message board (knowing i am both new and a bit inconsistent here with participation, posts and responses) and family here if we continue to post about this asteroid, if you are interested of course.
I have complied a word document of asteroids and their interpretations based on many different astrologers research of them. there is one book that had over 100 asteroids and their influence in the natal chart.
if anyone is interested, you can pm me and i'll send you the file. would be glad to share it. :-)
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"Would it be okay with the message board (knowing i am both new and a bit inconsistent here with participation, posts and responses) and family here if we continue to post about this asteroid, if you are interested of course."
Yes ...............
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Hi, this is shaktidevii
Thank you Rad, To all who sent me a message, thank you so much for the warm connection. I really appreciated hearing from everyone. Unfortunately the day after i posted and received the pm's, my computer crashed. my computer has crashed and the cell phone went missing for 3 days and no longer holds a battery charge! mercury retrograde is always an interesting time of the year for me
So i apologize for the delayed response. my log in info was saved in cookies to this forum so i created a new profile because i can't remember the password. im in the process of trying to retrieve the data on the hard drive and invest in a new computer. at the moment the new computer is not looking very promising, but perhaps i will be able to get those files later in the week and send them in emails! so sorry about all this!
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Following his surprise elimination on last week's Survivor:Nicaragua episode, Jimmy Johnson is now speaking out about his time on the show in a new interview.
The 67-year-old former NFL Coach from Islamorada, Fl discusses the hardships of doing the show at this age, what he would have done differently, and why is has no qualms about being voted off in a new interview with PEOPLE. Excerpts from Jimmy's interview below –
Could you have changed the outcome?
I went in from day one saying, "Listen, I'm not a threat." Feeling like I wasn't one and thinking I'd convinced them I wasn't, I didn't seek out a strong alliance. Looking back on it, I probably could have gotten something together with the women. And maybe Tyrone that would have allowed me to go further in the game.
Do you understand Marty's desire to get you out?
I didn't know until watching the episode that Marty thought I was such a big threat. I guess I understand it but again I really truly didn't believe people would give me a million.
Did you believe Marty would share the idol to better the team?
Absolutely not. No one bought that.
You repeatedly said Survivor was more stressful than coaching a Super Bowl team. Why?
The conditions are a lot better as a Super Bowl coach. Before the game, you have plenty of food and clean water and you get a good night's rest in a bed. You have toilets and clean clothes. We had none of that in Nicaragua. So, not only are you doing all the physical activities of challenges and building shelter and dealing with the stress and strategy of the game, but you are doing it sleep deprived on an empty stomach. And I did it at 67 years old. Had I been out there at 27, I think it would have been less difficult.
Moving on to tonight's episode of the show, a CBS press releases states, "One castaway works hard to prove his worth and take control of his tribe, but his efforts rub some tribemates the wrong way. The hunt for the hidden immunity idol widens the rift between two castaways at the La Flor camp, triggering a venomous fight. Meanwhile, a valuable secret is revealed that solidifies a powerful alliance."
The rift between the two castaways refers to Naonka and Kelly B's struggle for the immunity idol on the last episode. Things get worse tonight as other tribe members speak out against Naokna, who eventually declares war on her tribe.


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When I am deciding if to vote for closing a question, and I see that the title doesn't fit the question formulated in the body, what reason should I name? In the list of reasons the closest, as I think, is "not a real question". But its explanation includes:
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.
I think, that the case of two (or more) principally different questions instead of one is very unpleasant and can cause great misunderstanding and unpruductive discussions. And so, the case deserves being named at least in the explanation. Maybe, as "self-repugnant", but I do not insist on the word.
Ambiguity supposes having more than one meaning. Not necessarily contradictory ones. And self-repugnancy supposes having no meaning at all, because of the contradiction. At least as I understand it.


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Growing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of these coastal ecosystems. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and impacts in the coastal zone requires effective integration of data and information in policy and management.
The first International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) was hosted by the Institute of Marine Research, Norway and held in Arendal, Norway, on June 11-14, 2007. The international attendance and multi-disciplinary contributions to this symposium demonstrated the need for international fora for discussing and developing integration of science and policy, and for further symposia on this topic. This first symposium was particularly successful in bringing together people representing different disciplines, including managers. All lectures were carried out in plenum, which meant that scientists in different disciplines and managers had the opportunity to listen and learn from each other, resulting in a special atmosphere important for breaking down barriers.
The second ICZM symposium will again be hosted by the Institute of Marine Research, Norway in Arendal, Norway, and held on July 3 – 7, 2011. This multi-disciplinary international conference is intended to promote science and integration of knowledge for the sustainable management of coastal resources. It will provide a venue for scientists, engineers, managers and policy-makers to discuss recent advances and innovative ideas, to share experiences and to develop networks.


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative events, Jan. 21-24
December 17, 2012
Lewis & Clark invites you to a week-long celebration commemorating the movement of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year's theme is Bending Towards Justice. You will see around you opportunities to contribute to the greater discussion and share what Bending Towards Justice means to you. Look for these opportunities around campus.
The celebration begins Monday, January 21 at 7 p.m. in Council Chamber. We will screen Dr. King's speech "I Have a Dream" and have a silent march to the Chapel where we will have jazz musician Devin Phillips perform.
On Tuesday, January 22 in Stamm, we will focus on the importance of making a change through service and volunteer work. The focus of Tuesday is rooted on Dr. King's message, "Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve".
Wednesday, January 23 at 7 p.m. in Stamm there will be a faculty panel discussion around the topic of a just environment. Each panelist will contribute their frame of expertise to the topic of a just environment, and the implications on the community.
We will conclude our celebration with a workshop facilitation on Thursday, January 24 at 7 p.m. in Stamm. We will focus on how we impact our community and what we can do to move towards justices.
Stay tuned for more information. Sign-up for updates with our Facebook Event Page.
Additionally, on Monday, January 28, the Lewis & Clark Law School will feature Sheryll Cashin, Professor of Law at Georgetown. Her talk is called, "Civil Rights for the 21st Century: Lessons from Justice Thurgood Marshall's Race-Transcending Jurisprudence." For more information, please click here.
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Deaths this week included Fayette County's Mrs. Winfield Steward, 86, a Confederate widow. She was the wife of Jefferson Stewart, who saw action during the Civil War.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered in Carrollton to hear Jack Pratt Sr., editor and publisher of The Pickens County Herald for about 40 years. Pratt had also practiced law in Pickens County for 55 years and served five terms as county solicitor.
John S. Caldwell resigned from his position as administrative assistant to Cliff Davenport, executive vice president of the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce.
Coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant announced that fullback Mike Fracchia strained his knee in pre-game warm-ups and that tackle Jim Simmons and guards Frankie McClendon and Wayne Freeman were injured in the game against Tennessee. All were doubtful to start against Houston.
Two federal agents from Tuscaloosa were killed at a dance hall when they attempted to serve a federal search warrant on the operator, Tom Tidwell; they were looking for moonshine whiskey. Ralph Ackerman Holt and Joe Brooks Cooper were gunned down when Tidwell opened fire at close range. Tidwell later died from gunshot wounds inflicted by another agent.
The Crimson Tide defeated the University of Houston 21-13, in spite of coach Paul W. Bryant's comment "…defensively, we were terrible in spots." When asked about the injury to quarterback Joe Namath that caused him to leave the game early in the second half, Bryant said: "Namath hurt his leg a little, but we wrapped it up and he went back in."
A Sweet Water man, Reginald Wayne Pope, was being held in the Marengo County Jail on a charge that he hired a Florida snake trapper to kill his mother with a rattlesnake. Pope allegedly financed the deal with money he borrowed from his mother, Kathleen Etheridge of Sweet Water, who was also the intended victim.
The Crimson Tide defeated Penn State 8-3 at Birmingham's Legion Field.
The Tuscaloosa County school board agreed to buy five portable classrooms for kindergarten students.
Hardy McCollum, seeking his third term as probate judge, was pitted against Republican candidate Durell Smelser in the upcoming
Nov. 8 general election. When first elected, McCollum, at 28, was the youngest man in history to be elected Tuscaloosa County probate judge.
Stillman College President Cordell Wynn said he would form a committee of students, faculty and administrators to look into eating and food conditions in the wake of a protest on campus.
The Tuscaloosa City Council was considering annexing 29 acres of private property near Palmore Park, a move that could impact where a new Central High School was built. The site was one of five possible sites for the location of the new city high school.
The Fayette Cotton Mill, which once employed 300 workers, finished its last run and closed with the company blaming the decision on rising imports and a shrinking domestic market.
Mike Price lost another round in his legal battles stemming from his dismissal as Alabama's head football coach when U.S. District Court Judge Scott Coogler threw out the federal lawsuit that Price had filed against UA and President Robert Witt.
The University of Alabama closed the Harry Pritchett Golf Course for lack of use. The course opened in 1959; it was the oldest public golf course in Tuscaloosa County.
The Alabama-Tennessee game went down in the record books as the longest football game in Alabama history, when Alabama lost to Tennessee in the fifth overtime, 51-43.
An organization was formed to buy and restore the Greensboro Opera House
The University Club operations were handed over to the University of Alabama to keep the financially strapped club from folding.
Three Pickens County residents were indicted on arson charges, accused of setting fire to their own homes. Schronda Faye Eddins was accused of setting fire to the front door of the house she was renting in Aliceville; the fire spread, destroying the entire home. Daniel Davis Homan and Dustin Alan Ridgeway were accused of setting fire to a mobile home that Homan owned in Gordo in order to collect insurance.
UA administrators were encouraging students to donate their unused electronic football tickets to a pool before each game for other students to use instead of having empty seats in the stadium.
Stonegate Realty sold the property that was the site of the old cotton gin in Northport just over a year after purchasing it from the city. Local businessman Danny Butler bought the site and said he wanted to build a riverfront hotel.
The Alabama Book Store on University Boulevard, the oldest business on the Strip, was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by the Alabama Historical Commission. Built in 1938, the building housed Baker's Restaurant; in 1942, Dick Jones and his three business partners paid $175 a month and reopened the building as the Alabama Book Store.
The Crimson Tide pounded rival Tennessee, 29-9, in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Tennessee for the sixth straight time, 44-13, in Knoxville.
Talks were underway with a potential buyer who would move the Kilgore House, a Queen Anne-style home built for Bryce Hospital's first engineer and his family in 1890 and one of the oldest buildings on the UA campus, to make way for a new dining hall.
Deaths this week included local community leader and Tuscaloosa philanthropist Stan Bloom. He was 88.
The building that housed Tuscaloosa's first synagogue on University Boulevard was slated for demolition by the city because of damage from the April 15, 2011, tornado. Jim Lamoreaux, who owned the 100-year-old building, was trying to save it because of its historical value as the second-oldest synagogue in Alabama.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California can once again send sick inmates to an $839 million prison medical complex that was closed earlier this year amid staffing, supply and other problems at the site intended to help end years of federal court oversight, an overseer said Monday.
J. Clark Kelso, a court-appointed official who controls prison medical care, said he was pleased that most problems have been corrected at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton and his office will keep monitoring the facility to make sure progress continues.
The facility opened in July 2013 with Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard saying the state's investment should prove to federal judges that California is serious about improving its care of physically and mentally ill inmates.
Previous conditions were so poor that federal judges demanded a drastic and ongoing reduction of the prison population.
Kelso abruptly halted admissions in January while citing serious, systemic issues.
He said in a January report to the federal judge overseeing prison medical care that one of the biggest problems was the inability to provide adequate medical and personal hygiene supplies to housing units.
He also cited other problems, including failure to provide nursing staff with appropriate keys to cells and other spaces, inadequate clinical staffing, and a variety of failures to provide appropriate accommodations for inmates with disabilities.
Kelso said an outbreak of scabies likely resulted from inadequate hygiene supplies.
Supplies are now readily available and the facility has increased staff and training, he said.
Don Specter, director of the nonprofit Prison Law Office in Berkeley, said conditions are much better but more work is needed.
"I don't think there's any disagreement that Stockton is not functioning as it's supposed to. There are still substantial improvements that need to be made,'' said Specter, whose firm successfully sued the state over poor prison medical care.
One of Specter's fellow lawyers toured the facility last week and reported finding that medical records were difficult to review; there was a delay in processing inmates' complaints; and employees were still drafting policies and procedures to solve some of the ongoing problems. Specter said his firm will watch inmates' care to see if the additional admissions make things worse.
The halt in admissions derailed the state's ability to meet its first court-ordered target of June for reducing prison crowding.
State officials had counted on the 2,951 beds in the medical complex and a recently opened $177 million annex as they moved to reduce the overall population of the state's 34 adult prisons. However, a panel of three judges ruled that they could only count about half of the Stockton beds until Kelso allowed admissions to resume.
The state now has until Aug. 31 to meet the initial deadline and until February 2016 to further reduce crowding as a way to improve the care of physically and mentally ill inmates under court orders upheld twice by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gov. Jerry Brown included $12.4 million in this fiscal year's budget to help correct problems at the Stockton facility. That includes hiring 106 additional employees, including 77 guards.
The facility currently employs about 2,500 medical staff and guards. A consultant recently recommended that the receiver add more than 400 doctors, nurses, medical and psychiatric technicians and other medical staff.
Some of those additional employees have already been hired. Joyce Hayhoe, a spokeswoman for the receiver, said it is unclear how many more employees will be transferred from other prison medical facilities and how many will have to be hired.


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Keep Spring Pests Away For Less
For instance, fresh bay leaves can act as a natural ant repellent. Just place them around your home to ward the unwanted guests away.
If you have a spider problem, a little peppermint oil can have your home clear in days. Simply take a small spray bottle and fill it with one-quarter cup of tap water. Then add 40 drops of peppermint essential oil and give it a shake.
Next, simply spray the areas where the spiders live, including the little cracks and gaps where they can enter your home. Spiders hate the scent of peppermint oil, so just a few blasts every now and then can be enough to send them packing.
And that peppermint spray doesn't only work on spiders. The strong scent will also drive mice away, too. For rodents, spray the solution liberally along baseboards and the rear interior edges of kitchen cabinets, especially beneath the sink.
Once they're gone, you can make sure these critters don't come back by wedging a few peppermint oil-soaked cotton balls in any entry points you can find.
So, before you shell out hundreds of dollars for an exterminator, try these natural pest remedies. Not only are they safer for your children and pets, they won't hurt your budget either.
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Workplace Services. A Brief Personal History of the Service Catalog and Its Evolution
When Cisco acquired netwScale (my company), in addition to our cloud portal, it also brought in the Cisco Workplace Portal (formerly RequestCenter).
There was a lot of curiosity as to what Cisco would do with an ITIL style service catalog and what the future of such product would be within Cisco. Well, it's 18 months later and it is doing quite well, with an exciting roadmap and some new things already shipped and some in the wing.
In this post, I want to discuss what are workplace services, how they have evolved, how they are evolving and what it means to the service catalog.
Workplace services are those services that employees need in order to do their jobs. They include computers, phones, offices, new employee set up, terminations, access to applications and anything else you can imagine. I have seen tens of thousands of service definitions both common and unusual.
Common ones are the desktop computer variety, but even these sometimes have an unusual bent. For example, banks have different workstations for tellers than admin staff. Other have engineering workstations that are different salespeople. Role definition becomes a pretty important aspect of a service catalog implementation.
Unusual ones were "Report chemical fire", "Order Executive Sedan", "Inter-factory mail", and "File patent idea". Patent as a service, if you will
If it was something that could be requested, it went in the catalog. Today some customers have 1,500+ service definitions in their catalogs with user bases in the 350,000 employees.
But over the years, the workplace has not stayed the same. There have been many changes in the emphasis and priority of service definitions customers prioritized or cared about. The why they decided to use a service catalog has changed through the years and continues to evolve.
A brief history of the service catalog
From 2001-2004, the customer focus on why implement a service catalog was driven solely by cost reduction. Using self-service to eliminate calls to help desk (order, status, close, delays, problems, escalations generated many calls per service request). So my team spent a lot of time doing ROI calculators in those days. There wasn't much integration required as few had automated processes and Cisco Workplace Portal has a powerful web based work manager that was better for process management than the the fat client help desks of the time. ITSM vendors took a long time to recognize the need for self-service because they kept talking to help desk managers rather than the consumer of the service itself. This is a pattern that we are also seeing with cloud services.
2004-3007. Sarbannes-Oxley (SOX) compliance became critical. The service catalog became a crucial component for documenting services, executing standard processes for account access and employee on-boarding and off-boarding a.k.a. hiring and firing. The burning issue was that many people had more levels of access to applications that regulations permitted, and accounts would remain active after they left their jobs. This created a potential risk for the company.
So two new uses cases arose: application access and the automated provisioning of identities from our service catalog, and the use of the catalog to control outsourced service delivery. The first led to connecting the catalog to tools like IBM Tivoli identity manager and Sun's too. The latter sometime necessitated B2B interconnections between client and provider. This may not seem like a lot but there were hundreds of apps, very complicated rules on what roles could do what. It's a very complex problems. So the service catalog brought down the cost of provisioning and improved performance from days to seconds, while maintaining controls.
This tension between providing self-service and maintaining control is also a pattern with cloud services.
Also, by 2006-2008, the focus had shifted to employee satisfaction with IT. ROI were not required. Most customers did enjoy cost savings; I remember one case where the legacy tool was costing $24,000 per service definition. Also, a lot of people woke up ITIL and ITIL mandated the use of a service catalog to do Service Level Management.
2007 – 2009 saw three things happen. The great recession, the birth of cloud computing and the maturation of ITIL change processes. The great recession changed IT operations in many ways: more desire to use SaaS, moving non-mission critical workloads to virtualized infrastructures. My favorite quotes from that time: "We are forklifting anything we can out of our datacenter", "we are consolidating down two datacenters from 30", and the winner "Those resources (Websphere admins) are gone and they are never coming back".
Also, by then change management processes and tools were in place so integration with the ITSM stack became a must have requirement. But also integration with virtualized infrastructures like Vmware vCenter or Citrix XenServer.
And every customer had punch list of integrations required: CMDB's, software distribution, single sign-on, procurement and many other tools became part of the majority of service catalog projects.
The service catalog was at the center of a vast web of tools, unifying the user experience that a bunch of processes and tools stitch together. Same pattern exists today with cloud services: lots of infrastructure and software abstracted up the catalog to deliver a unified experience.
2009-2012 saw the advent of the self-service and automated datacenter era and its cousin, the cloud. The new requirements are to provide complete control of resources in a self-service manner. Out goes the help desk as the primary integration point and in comes integration with cloud API's such Amazon and automated orchestration of all activities instead of manual activities. This in a way is a sequelae of the Great Recession: one way to do more with less is to provide it via automated self-service.
The outcome of these new requirements for cloud based services meant that now lifecycle management, subscription management, and orchestration would become core to the Workplace portal.
Which is what we have been busily doing for all our customers
- We added a complete portlet system so now customers can extend the portal with new pages and new portlets. True to its flexible nature, the new Portal includes a Portal Designer and a Portlet Designer. And it's Java JSR 168 compliant so you can bring those types of portlets into the portal. For newScale customer, this capability is now part of the standard license.
- We added a basic license to the Cisco Process Orchestrator in order to leverage its superior integration and extensive number of adapters.
- User experience is very important so we have some new widgets, called Grid Controls, that enable much more dynamic forms. Whether you need the ability to on-board a number of new employees, or specify an indeterminate number of IP addresses, the Grid Control vastly simplify the user experience.
- We also have made significant changes to the rules system. Now you can select whether rules execute in the client or on the server. This helps improve performance and security which results in a better user experience.
- New for our workplace portal customers are "Directory tasks" which enable easy manipulation and updating of directory information from workflows – a very common pattern in workplace services.
- And cloud services require API's so brand new REST based API's that enforce policies are available.
But that's the past. The future looks even better.
The Future of Workplace Services – Back to the Future?
A funny thing about the future is that one can often see the what, but not the when. So take this with a grain of salt for the when.
Workplace services are fundamentally being altered by three phenomena:
- Rapid adoption of SaaS services
- Bring your own device (BYOD) and VDI/VXI
- The rise of social collaboration outside the enterprise
Saas will require the evolution of the service catalog into a "service broker" role focused on provisioning of ID's, roles, and vendor management. In my view, the 2004 use cases with emphasis on goverance will make a comeback. And the use cases for outsourcing will also be relevant in this space. The new wrinkle will be the emphasis on automation, agility and subscription management.
Also, I believe that while the category of software called "Cloud Service Brokers" (CSBs) will be relevant, the very hard use cases that underpin Enterprise class applications will be be served by a traditional service catalog better than by the CSB's. It is one thing to provision Google Apps for an employee, quite something else to provision access to "Time card system in the role of regional manager supply chain."
BYOD moves provisioning beyond the physical device to the virtual desktop, applications access and communications capabilities to employees. This requires excellent orchestration as VDI/VXI as a service requires a rather large number of systems to be activated in close coordination. So just like in 2001, desktop provisioning was the main service and integration with help desk and procurement were needed, now integration with a variety of virtualization, communication and network services are required.
Finally, the rise of the social web and cross-company collaboration will bring in new requirements for defining the control boundary for data. Wikis, shared space, instant messaging, activity streams are all very cool new capabilities. But if that's tracking a potential contract, who should see the amount of the contract? That will require a service catalog of access management which deals with new ways of communication and collaborating beyond the walls of the enterprise.
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Would you like to have an idea of the history of Venice from its origins to modern times? Are you wondering how was the city once lived and how it really is today? This tour will bring antique Venice to your attention, focusing on both the past and present of this city of wonders. Walking amidst a maze of streets that only a local guide can show you, the tour will show you a clear vision of the various phases of Venice's history, as well as some hidden facts that govern modern day life. Each guide has studied and tested itineraries that make every tour unique. Take part to JMwalkingtour, it will surprise you.
Meeting Point
Campo San Giacometo (San Giacomo di Rialto), near the fountain where you will find our guide with the JMwalkingtour sign.
Departure Time and Length of the Tour
SUMMER: from March to September the tour start at 7:00 PM and lasts 2 hours in average.
WINTER: from October to February the tour start at 5:00 PM and lasts 2 hours in average.
Your arrival 15 minutes before it starts will allow the tour depart on schedule. Times and routes may vary depending on weather conditions.
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JMwalkingtour is a project by Justmen, a Non-Profit Association which works to render Venice sustainable and accessible to all, believes in the values of humanity and in multicultural wealth, and strives assiduously to facilitate the daily life of disabled people in the context of preserving the architectural patrimony of the city.
Thank you in advance for your participation to JMwalkingtour and for your donation that contributes to the development and maintenance of the Association.
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Ralph Cronin from Michelin knows the tech details on these tires. The WildRace'r looks like it's gonna be fast with its low profile center knobs. The WildGrip'r on the other hand looks like a rally tire with a ton of traction with its good rubber compounds and side knobs that have cut-outs that allow the tread to move a bit and lock on to a corner with a good transition to the cornering bite. Tubeless ready, big volume and 26/29er availability are the other noteable features of these tires.
We have these tires in house so stay tuned for our riding impressions.
Wild Grip'R
The 27.5″ Wild Grip'R Advanced is a fantastic all-conditions tire. It is available in 2.35″ in both reinforced and non-reinforced casings. Both tires receive Michelin's dual GumX tread compounds.
- The reinforced casing is great for gnarly enduro style riding. This tires weighs in at 1,070 grams and runs $69.99.
- The lighter, non-reinforced 2.35″ features the same large casing and size-specific tread pattern but weighs 800 grams and runs $64.99.
- The 27.5″ Wild Grip'R is also available in a 2.25″ size. With smaller knobs to match its smaller casing, the 2.25″ is also lighter at 720 grams and pairs well with a Race'R for a killer front Grip'R/rear Race'R combo. It also runs $64.99.
Wild Race'R
The 27.5″ Wild Race'R (please note spelling, capitalization and punctuation on all tire models. They'll be correct in this email) available in 27.5 x 2.25″. The fast rolling, shallow center knobs provide ample straight-line traction while the taller side knobs dig in for incredible cornering in dry conditions. They sell for $64.99 and weigh 700 grams.


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Successful basketball camp held
Moose Lake-Willow River Girls Head Basketball Coach Joe Adamczak, with the help of 7th and 8th grade coach Paul Olson, many other elementary coaches and volunteers, was able to organize a three day camp for kindergarten through sixth grade girls. The camp was held April 29 and 30 and May 1 at the Willow River school gym.
At the camp, the girls each were given a Skills Basketball to keep. Many of the current junior high and high school players were also there to help with the camp.
"I was not expecting such a great turnout of future Rebel stars. I originally thought we would have about 30-40 girls, but the interest was unbeleivable and 81 girls came to camp," said Adamczak. "We had alot of fun teaching the girls dribbling, passing, and shooting drills. We played many different types of skilled games and prizes were handed out to all girls."
Since the turnout was so large, next year they are planning to have a kindergarten through second grade camp in the spring and a third through sixth grade camp in the fall.
"Together we will build a successful program at ML/WR. Built on hard work, dedication, acedemics, and respect," said Adamczak.


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At-Risk Youth (ARY)
An At-Risk Youth (ARY) petition is a request from a child's parent or legal guardian to the Juvenile Court to help in maintaining the care, custody, and control of the child. ARY petitions can be filed for youth who are under the age of 18 and at least one of the following:
- Absent from home for at least 72 consecutive hours without parental consent
- Beyond parental control to the extent that his/her behavior threatens the health, safety or welfare of the child or any other person
- Has a substance abuse problem for which there are no pending criminal charges related to the substance abuse; and
- The petitioner has the right to legal custody
Child in Need of Services (CHINS)
The purpose of a Child in Need of Services (CHINS) petition is to obtain a court order mandating placement of a child in a residence other than the home of his/her parent because a serious conflict exists between the parent and child. The placement is temporary, and the goal of CHINS is reunification of the family.
This action is taken when the conflict in the home cannot be resolved and reasonable efforts have been made to prevent removal of the child from the parental home.
CHINS petitions may be filed by a child under 18, parent/legal guardian, or the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS).
The petitioner MUST have had contact with Family Reconciliation Services (FRS) and be able to provide a Family Assessment verification with the Child in Need of Services petition. Please call FRS at (253) 983-6100 or 1-800-422-7517. If you are calling after 4:30pm on a weekend or holiday, call 1-800-562-5624.


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From: Medicus Foundation Charity Golf Outing
The Medicus Foundation Charity Golf Outing was held Saturday, August 7, 2010 at one of Northeast Ohio's most beautiful and challenging courses, Blue Heron Golf Club, in Medina. There were close to 50 teams and over 200 guests attended the dinner banquet. Celebrity guests, including Allan Fee of Cleveland's Q104, Chris Kirkpatrick of 'NSYNC, and Jay McNair from The Big Break II, participated in the day's events. Speakers and representatives from each charity were present, promoting their cause and enjoying the festivities.
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Rotary awards; library week for educators; Host Lions' Vision Van
Rotary awards grants
The Rotary Club of Kinston recently awarded grants to four organizations from money collected through its fundraising activities.
Representatives of the organizations receiving grants are Keith Sylvester, Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties, $2,500 for its Reach Out and Read program; Theresa Williams and Deloies Lander of Young Women of Promise, $1,500 for its summer program; and Misty Marston and Patrick Holmes of the Boys and Girls Club of Lenoir County, $2,500 for computers in the club�s computer lab.
The Community Council for the Arts also was given a $500 grant to support its summer program.
Library to help teachers
GRIFTON � The Grifton Public Library, 568 Queen St., will offer an Educator Week the week of Aug. 19.
During library hours of 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. that week, any teacher can get free materials for classroom use, including National Geographic, Our State magazine, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference material.
For more information, call 252-524-0345.
Kinston Host Lions take vision seriously
It always has been a part of the Lions Club International tradition to extend a helping hand to community members who need assistance.
Particularly, the Lions have given of their hearts and resources to help the blind and visually impaired.
An upcoming event sponsored by the Kinston Host Lions Club is visual proof of this commitment. The Club will sponsor free vision screenings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kinston Community Health Center, 324 N. Queen St. The North Carolina Lions, Inc. Mobile Screening Unit will be on site, equipped with optometric technology, eye care professionals, social workers for the blind and Lions volunteers.
The project offers each participating Lions club in the state a chance to provide free vision screening in the community, and this means early detection of possible eye problems. Since many individuals do not have regular eye exams, the Host Lions Club is taking a major step in helping these and other individuals detect eye problems and prevent more serious ones.
These free screenings are not to be confused with complete eye examinations. No diagnoses are made on the van. When screening results indicate, the Eye Care Professional or Vision Van coordinator on hand will advise the individual of the need for a complete eye exam. All individuals who participate must be at least 18 years old or have parental permission.
Screenings will include a visual acuity test (how well the person can see), a field vision test (how well the person sees around him), a pressure check (for the possibility of glaucoma) and a check for cataracts.
Lions Club members will help with the screening process and will be collecting old eyeglasses. These can be recycled and given to visually impaired who cannot afford eyeglasses.
Brian Hoover, state coordinator of the project, will be part of the event. For more information, call 252-523-1019.


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The production tax credit (PTC), worth $0.023/kWh, is causing the mini boom. Projects that started construction in 2013, and which start operating by year-end 2015, should all qualify.
All this activity stands in stark contrast to last year, which was the slowest for wind since 2004. While Windpower Intelligence project-by-project figures report 1.9GW, the American Wind Energy Association so far records even less activity, with just over 1GW added — discrepancies possibly due to commissioning dates. To blame was the PTC's lapse at the end of 2012, its reinstatement a few days later, then its expiration in December 2013 for the fifth time since 1992. Developers were forced to put their plans on hold and manufacturing orders evaporated.
On the plus side, 2013 saw Google, Facebook and Microsoft unveil purchases of wind power for US data centres. Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy revealed a 1GW order of Siemens wind turbines for five Iowa projects to start running in 2015, in time to qualify for the PTC. And in Texas, the final competitive renewable energy zones (CREZ) transmission lines were completed on schedule, in December. They should deliver 18GW of wind.
The year's largest new project was the 250MW Buffalo Dunes wind farm in Kansas, developed by TradeWind Energy and owned by GE Energy Financial Services and Enel Green Power NA. Next in size was the Goldthwaite project in Texas, a 141MW merchant plant developed and owned by Invenergy. Terra-Gen Power finished its 137MW Alta X in California, the latest addition to the vast 1.5GW Alta Wind Energy Centre, whose investors include Google and MidAmerican. And in Michigan, NextEra Energy Resources brought the 100MW Tuscola II wind farm online.
All this is modest compared with the record 13.1GW of installations in 2012, when developers and electricity buyers took advantage of the lower cost of wind energy — a drop of 43% in just four years — while rushing to lock in projects' eligibility for the PTC. In 2011 and 2010, 6.8GW and 5.1GW respectively was installed.
Policy uncertainty continues
The US remains the only mature, major wind market without a coherent, stable national renewables policy. America's future development, in the shorter term, will depend on reviving the PTC or on a new policy tool. Without it, BNEF expects US installations in 2016-2020 to drop to between 2.5GW and 3.9GW yearly.
Tax equity money is in somewhat short supply because of the PTC uncertainty, says Ed Zaelke, co-chair of law firm Akin Gump's global project-finance practice. Availability of wind turbines is also a bottleneck, similarly because of the rollercoaster market. Some smaller developers, he predicts, will be unable to secure the turbines they want at the right price in 2014, and will have to cancel projects even with PPAs. Make Consulting also cites the number of projects under construction without a long-term off-take agreement, as well as volatility in the hedge market.
Current political backdrop Congress is gridlocked, hampering new pro-wind policy; stop-start federal incentive
High point of 2013 Final $6.8 billon in CREZ transmission lines completed in Texas; could help deliver 18GW of wind
Low point Eligibility expired for wind's key policy tool, the production tax credit, on 31 December
Key influencer Billionaire investor Warren Buffett; in December, his MidAmerican Energy ordered $1 billion in wind turbines, the world's largest order ever


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October 23, 2012
Frankenstein, by Sergio Sierra and Meritxell Ribas
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Labels: Art and Illustration, Books, Comics
2 comments:
- Ana said...
And this goes straight to my 'gotta read it' list.
What beautiful work!
- October 31, 2012 at 8:11 AM
- Gill MAUR said...
Hello !
I'm Gilles MAURICE, a french illustrator based in Lyon (FRANCE) and I already worked with the director of "Petit à Petit", a french publisher. This comic book that you show is really great, the images are beautiful.
With regard to what you seem to appreciate, I suggest you to have a look here: http://gilles-m.over-blog.com/article-gorgeous-frankenstein-part-3-112265429.html. I really love old horror movies (especially the James Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein), so this year, I chose to draw some great characters that we all know. I hope you will like it.
Best regards,
Gilles MAURICE
- November 9, 2012 at 9:37 AM


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MONTREAL — There's a lineup at Randolph Pub every Friday and Saturday, and if the owners didn't direct people to the bar next door while they wait to get in, it would run all the way down St-Denis St.
It's not live music or a well-known DJ that the 20- and 30-somethings are after at this Latin Quarter venue. The pull is something old-school. It's the allure of cardboard and dice — the board game.
Randolph Pub, which opened just a year and a half ago, is a bar where people pay a $5 cover charge to sit around playing one of the 1,300 games in the pub's collection. No headphones, keypads or controllers.
In an era of video games and online entertainment, the old-fashioned board game is making a comeback. Across Europe, Asia and North America, board-game cafés like Randolph and Toronto's Snakes & Lattés are hip new places to hang. Board-game sales are skyrocketing, too. Small, independent stores like Chez Geeks on St-Denis St. and Face to Face Games on Wellington St. in Verdun are doing brisk business alongside the toy-store giants. A game that catches on, thanks to word-of-mouth recommendations and good online reviews, can sell millions of copies a year.
As Peter Sachlas, the operations manager at Face to Face Games, puts it: "With social media and everyone glued to their Androids or iPhones, it's nice to put those aside and sit face to face and spend time together.
"It's not that we've stopped playing video games, it's that we want the competitive aspect of gaming but also some human interaction," Sachlas said. "We can be competitive, but we laugh and talk too.
"The more time you spend with someone, the closer you get, and when you play a two- or three-hour game, it brings you closer together."
It's not Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit or other games you played as a kid on rainy-day afternoons that are fuelling the board-game boom, though. Many of the new bestsellers, like The Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne, are collaborative games with simple rules that originated in Germany. Others, like Game of Thrones, are based on movies, television series or fantasy fiction. There are hardcore strategy games with nail-biting showdowns, and games that encourage co-operation rather than a solitary turn around a pale green board hoping to bankrupt your opponents.
In the game Pandemic, for example, two to four players work together as specialists trying to stop the worldwide spread of four deadly diseases. They have eight turns around the board to complete their mission, or the battle is lost and the board wins.
There are party games like Apples to Apples or Say Anything for playing with a drink in your hand, and family games like The Resistance that can accommodate as many as 20 players of all ages and skill levels. There are role-playing games with 10 pages of rules that take hours and hours to complete, and simple games of memory that are over and done in half an hour. And more than ever before, today's so-called board games don't always include boards, often based instead on cards or other features.
Luca Vince Caltabiano, a 32-year-old videographer who owns Chez Geeks along with his brother, Giancarlo, says the growing popularity of board games is a sign of a generation weaned on Xbox and PlayStation looking for real-world connection.
"Sitting down around a table and playing a game live with friends offers something that being alone with headphones on, sitting in front of a screen and playing people you will probably never, ever meet can never match," said Caltabiano, who is also a game reviewer whose site, boardtodeath.tv, has over a million views. He has also designed his own board game, called CarmaRace; it was funded with $23,000 in investments through Kickstarter, the online crowdfunding platform for creative projects, and is now in production. (Investors who pledged $500 or more got to have a character in the game named after them.)
Caltabiano says the new games are more fun to play than their predecessors. Often, players play in teams. And there is what's known in board-game circles as "continuous engagement," which means that what's happening when it's not your turn matters to you. Sometimes players play against the board, so there are no winners or losers.
The 40-seat gaming room at Chez Geeks is open every day, and often it's filled with board-game obsessives trying out a just-released title, deciding whether to add it to their collection.
"They buy board games not just to play, but to collect," Caltabiano said. "It's popular these days to have a board-game library."
Over at Randolph Pub, Benoît Gascon, 28, and Joel Gagnon, 26, were shocked at how quickly their board-game bar took off and how diverse the clientele is. The pub is open every day from 4 p.m. Most evenings, both floors of their brick-and-wood establishment are filled with couples on a date, friends meeting up, or families celebrating a birthday (but not children — because it's a bar where alcohol is served, patrons must be 18 or older).
Now they have branched out and begun a business that offers board-game activities for home and office parties, and they've been invited to bring their games to the Nuit Blanche festivities that close the Montréal en lumière festival on March 1.
The board-game craze arrived in Quebec around 2005, Gascon and Gagnon said, as such games as The Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne began to arrive from Germany, where they had developed a decade-old cult following. For Quebecers who had grown up on competitive board games like Monopoly or Battleship, the new co-operative Eurogames, as they are called, were a revelation.
"Anybody who has ever played Monopoly knows it's anti-social. The whole point of the game is to eliminate all your rivals. Somebody always leaves the table in a huff," said Gagnon, who calls Randolph Pub a Monopoly-free zone. (He'll bring the board out from the back of the shelf only if a customer insists.)
But in the new games, which were pioneered by the German game developer Alex Randolph (the namesake of Randolph Pub), the interactions are meant to be fun. Often, as in The Settlers of Catan, everybody plays until the end, working together toward a communal goal.
Now, new American-style games are making their mark in the board-game world. Known as Ameritrash, such games as Battlestar Galactica, Axis & Allies and Runewars blend the collaborative principles of the European games with highly developed fantasy role-playing, and player-to-player conflict and war-game themes borrowed from video games.
"People thought board games were dead or dying and that video games had taken over the world," Gagnon said. "But they are more alive, more popular than ever."


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A group of area friends plans to help kids around the world track Santa Claus and his route on Christmas Eve.
A group of area friends plans to help kids around the world track Santa Claus and his route on Christmas Eve.
Patric Covey, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Southwest High School, has been tracking Santa live on the web for the past four years. This year he plans to enlist the help of 12 of his friends from the U.S. and Canada to help keep track of Santa from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. today during a live web show on blogtv.com.
He and his friends, dubbed the YouTube Association of NORAD Tracks Santa Users (YANTSU), will follow along with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) website and provide updates and entertainment for the thousands expected to log in.
�I started tracking Santa in 2002, and over the years I got bored just watching the tracking map,� Covey said. �So I started the show for people to follow along with us throughout the day.�
Covey said he and his friends strive to make the show as interactive as possible by taking music requests, posting updates to their social media pages and taking calls from viewers on Skype.
�It�s just a way for us to enjoy ourselves over the holiday season,� Covey said.
NORAD started tracking St. Nick in 1955 after a Sears newspaper advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. When NORAD began receiving an influx of calls from children wanting to know where Santa was located, the operations director played along and gave out Santa tracking information through radar and satellite technology.
NORAD eventually brought Santa tracking online, and Covey followed.
Covey said last year�s show pulled in 3,442 viewers, and this year he and his team are hoping to reach 4,000 viewers. He said he hopes the addition of their new interactive website, where people can also follow the YANTSU team for Santa updates, will help bring up viewership.
To track Santa with Covey and his team, visit blogtv.com/people/trackingsanta or trackingsanta.weebly.com.
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Editors' Note: The following post was originally published by Justin Andrew on The Weekly Paper website on 20 July 2013. Since then, The Weekly Paper website was shut down and we have been unable to contact Justin. However, we believe the post he made has significant value and we restore it here (with small formatting improvements) for prosperity.
Before we begin, I wanted to make sure everyone knows that this is a very special and important post, above and beyond what I normally write about. The topic's importance cannot be understated. Most of you reading this know someone or have been personally affected by addiction. If you are currently suffering from addiction, regardless of the source, I hope that you take this opportunity to learn and seek help. Life is far too short and precious.
This week's question comes from B, who asks, "I recently lost my boyfriend to an overdose due to an opiate addiction. In order to be at peace with what happened, I've been searching for information about addiction and how specifically it affects a person's brain. How does a person develop an addiction to opiates? What changes occur in the brain after an addiction sets in?"
Well B, sadly you are not alone in experiencing this kind of tragedy. Prescription drug overdoses, for example, kill tens of thousands of people a year and leave thousands more with permanent disability, organ damage, and/or contracted infectious diseases. Likewise, more socially acceptable drugs like tobacco and alcohol bring these numbers well into the six figure range. In total, according to the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly $600 billion in lost productivity and healthcare costs are associated with addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. This makes addiction not just a pressing personal matter but also a national catastrophe both in terms of the physical harm and associated healthcare costs.
Further compounding this issue, many people still do not see addiction as a disease. Instead, addicts are labeled as maladjusted, unpredictable people seconds away from committing a crime or unspeakable violence to protect their habit. They are seen as simply out of control, that the drug takes ahold of them and they are lost forever. By making addiction such a stigma, addicts are pushed to the darkest corners of society; instead of helping people, we may be unwittingly contributing to their injury by forcing them into the shadows out of shame or fear.
How Addictions Form
Before we get into the specifics of opiate addiction, we should first explore how the brain becomes addicted to anything in the first place. The term "addiction" is colloquially used to describe both behavioral and chemical dependency; these are not necessarily discrete elements however addiction need not be of chemical origin. One can become addicted to basically any activity because the activity itself triggers a change in the brain over time. Many people have heard of gambling and sex addiction, which fall into this category. The brain effectively associates the given activity with being a positive and gives you a sense of reward and pleasure for accomplishing it. When competitors say they are "addicted to winning," they are not entirely off base with their word choice, since winning in competition is a very deeply rooted trigger of this neurological process. The variation then comes with how socially acceptable it is — a person who is addicted to winning basketball games gets showered in adulation, while a gambling addict is labeled socially unacceptable for doing the same.
It is in this pleasure providing activity that we find the neurological basis for addiction. Dopamine is an integral neurotransmitter for, among other things, the reward-pleasure centers of the brain. This system has evolved over millions of years to make us seek out things that are beneficial to survival. We like sex, caloric foods, being active, winning, and not feeling pain because all of these things allowed us to survive longer and produce more successful offspring. Unfortunately for us, this system can be easily tricked. Drugs like amphetamines and cocaine cause a large release of dopamine in the brain directly, while drugs like alcohol and heroin indirectly cause dopamine levels to increase.
To be more specific, the area of the brain in question is known as the nucleus accumbens. Dopamine producing neurons from the ventral tegmental area of the brain terminate in the nucleus accumbens, depositing dopamine into it directly. Drugs and behaviors that affect this area can do so by multiple pathways. The nucleus accumbens is directly capable of being influenced by an increase in dopamine from these dopamine producing neurons. Drugs that cause abnormal dopamine rise can cause an actual physiological change that reinforces the value of their behavior to the brain. Over time, this modulation can cause a behavioral addiction to the act of taking drugs ("drug taking behavior"). This provides the basis for not only becoming addicted to the drug itself but also the act of taking them.
Along with reinforced behavior, the body can simply become addicted to feeling pleasure and reward stimulation. This is the basis upon which one can become addicted to behaviors that do not cause an externally sourced dopamine increase. Instead, we can look at these elements as internally sourced dopamine releases. In simpler terms, the body is rewarding you for what it believes you should be doing. This system is hard wired into all of us, but some people are more susceptible to addiction than others. There is evidence that this has a genetic basis, however the specifics of this are still undefined. Still, it remains a fact that hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in the US alone are actively addicted to something. It is in our best interest as a society to more fully understand the basis for this disease so that we can better and more comprehensively treat it.
Chemical Dependency
Chemical dependency, unlike behavior based addiction, is a more complicated matter. One can only become chemically dependent on drugs, be they legal or illegal, because only drugs are capable of altering the normal physiology to the point of functional dependency. The drug alters the brain in some way that over time causes a replacement of normal function by the drug itself. For example, alcohol increases GABA receptor function (GABA reduces nerve activity) and depresses NMDA receptor sensitivity to the neurotransmitter glutamate (glutamate makes nerves more excitable). This is what is thought to cause the sedative effects. Chronic abuse of alcohol can cause these receptors to function abnormally: NMDA receptors become hypersensitive and GABA receptors become less responsive. With NMDA receptors going wild and no GABA activity to stop them, alcohol withdrawal symptoms such as the condition delirium tremens and seizures can result. Severe, untreated alcohol withdrawal can lead to death from prolonged seizures. Other drugs, such as benzodiazapines, can also cause similar withdrawal symptoms and different, non-sedative drugs, can have a variety of other withdrawal effects. In short, addiction to certain drugs isn't just dangerous due to overdose potential but can also cause significant damage if the habit is improperly or suddenly stopped. The brain, quite literally, cannot function without them.
Specifically discussing opiates, drugs like hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), hydromorphone (Dilaudid), diacetylmorphine (heroin), and morphine are some of the most commonly prescribed drugs on the planet to treat acute and chronic severe pain. They also happen to be some of the most addictive substances available. While extremely useful in select circumstances, by and large these drugs are taken inappropriately. Many people take them to mask less than severe pain or avoid treating the underlying pathology or behavior. For example, a high school football player could either rest a sprained ankle and miss two games or take a Vicodin and play through it. For many people, these drugs are what keep them doing what they want to do when their bodies otherwise say no.
Likewise, these drugs are often over-prescribed and under-supervised. After surgery, for example, patients can be given upwards of 120 pills at a time. While the reason, to prevent unnecessary pain and suffering, is noble, ultimately it is a very sharp double edged sword. Even common pain killers like Vicodin can initiate a terrible cascade of dependency. One not need be a junkie or rebellious youth to become addicted to drugs. Sometimes something as innocuous as a broken bone or outpatient surgery can lead to a lifetime of addiction. Despite their utility in treating pain, these drugs unfortunately come at a terrible price.
Opiates can cause chemical and behavioral dependency very rapidly and this effect can grow more serious over time as the brain becomes tolerant of the drugs. Opiates operate by attaching to receptors in the brain known as opioid receptors. The body has three types of receptors (delta, kappa, and mu) and makes four of its own types of opiates, of which the well known endorphin is one (the other three are enkephalins, endomorphins, and dynorphins). Their job is to reduce the body's response to pain signals as well as a few other functions around the body such as helping to regulate hunger and thirst. By binding to these receptors, opiate drugs take the place of these endogenous (internally sourced) opioids. However, these receptors never normally receive such a large influx of stimulation. Because of this, continuous use can cause the receptors to lose sensitivity, both reducing the value of internal opioids and forcing an ever increasing amount and strength of external opiates to keep up.
Many of the other effects, such as euphoria and sedation, are side effects related to their effect on the central nervous system, especially related to GABA receptors (the effect on which also causes the spike in dopamine that results in euphoria). Thus, opiates hit on all aspects of addiction, from dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens to opioid and GABA receptor chemical dependency. However, like with other sedative drugs, opiates can have terrible, even deadly, withdrawal symptoms as a result of their abnormal interaction with GABA.
Also, as was mentioned earlier, the dependency related to ever decreasing receptor sensitivity can cause opiate addicts to seek stronger and stronger opiates as weaker ones lose their effectiveness. This involuntary seeking behavior can and often does place them on a razor's edge between satisfying their addiction and accidentally overdosing. Opiate overdoses are deadly serious business, often resulting in cardiopulmonary (heart and lung) emergencies such as severely depressed breathing, slowed heart rate, and low blood pressure, as well as lethargy, seizures, and loss of consciousness. If left untreated, these symptoms can become deadly in a short period of time. Sadly, it is relatively easy to overdose on opiates; so easy, in fact, that some cities around the world to distribute free overdose kits containing naloxone, a potent drug that can rapidly reverse these deadly symptoms.
Where to Now?
In sum, we as a society must re-imagine our concept of addiction. Addiction is a very complex disease that involves multiple different areas of human behavior and biology. Clearly, the neurobiological elements involved with both the behavioral and chemical dependencies make addiction involuntary on multiple fronts. In particular, drugs, especially opiates, are tremendously difficult to leave because they take advantage of some of our most deeply seeded and essential neurobehavioral elements. Further complicating this is a genetic component of addiction that makes some much more susceptible than average. With better training, treatment, and understanding, we may be able to reclaim some of the tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars we lose every year by pushing the problem under the rug.
Till next time,
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