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Pacific athletic director Ted Leland said he would conduct a thorough search for a new head men's basketball coach.
Pacific athletic director Ted Leland said he would conduct a thorough search for a new head men's basketball coach.
Leland had nearly a year from the time Bob Thomason announced he would retire at the conclusion of the 2012-13 season to scour the nation for the next head coach to lead the Tigers out of the Big West Conference into the more respected and tougher West Coast Conference.
With that as a backdrop, it is somewhat puzzling, maybe even a bit disappointing that Leland didn't interview a single candidate other than longtime assistant Ron Verlin, whom he introduced as Thomason's successor at a news conference Tuesday afternoon at Janssen-Lagorio Gymnasium.
Instead of making a splash, Leland made the safe hire. And he did so quickly. Verlin's contract was filed with the university's legal department a week prior to the Big West Tournament.
That's not to say Verlin isn't the right man for the job. He has earned the opportunity to lead the program, having spent 19 seasons working alongside Thomason during his 25-year stint that included 10 seasons with 20 or more victories, seven conference titles, five trips to the NCAA Tournament and a 96-percent graduation rate among the student-athletes.
Verlin's work ethic, loyalty to the university, the Stockton community and his players are commendable attributes that deserve to be rewarded. He is well-liked and respected. He is energetic and will bring infectious enthusiasm to the job. And because he isn't in position at this point to command a salary above the bottom of the WCC pay scale, his hiring makes sense for a university facing budget cuts across the board.
But Leland's process was a bit curious, and as a result, this hire doesn't seem to have made the impact it should have outside the university.
The most important decision Leland's made in his second stint as leader of Pacific's athletic department - for a job he views as "very attractive" - didn't warrant a feeler or two? It would not have hurt to interview other candidates, if for no other reasons than to share ideas and gain their perspective. How about giving former UCLA coach Ben Howland's camp a call to gauge his interest? Had the process lasted a week or two, the buzz and interest would have grown, and it would have looked better introducing Verlin after a diligent search had been made.
But appearances aside, the work begins now. Verlin not only has big shoes to fill, he has to bridge a chasm between the community, including the Pacific student body, and the basketball program. Attendance and interest in Pacific men's basketball have slipped. Verlin alone isn't going to put more fans in the seats at Spanos Center. WCC foes Gonzaga, BYU and Saint Mary's, and more games being televised will help increase attendance and interest, but only winning will keep fans coming back. Verlin enters a more competitive recruiting arena and will require additional support from the university and boosters to win those battles. Those entities must be willing to match his passion and vision.
"Offensively, you're going to see a different team out there," Verlin said. "I think Bob is one of the best offensive minds on the west coast, but my philosophy is to play the game a little bit faster, play up-tempo, almost a more aggressive, attacking mentality type of basketball. So, I want to see that change."
Verlin deserves a chance, and I believe him when he says his hire isn't a nod to the status-quo. The man has a plan. We'll see if he can make it happen.
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Get a load of this. Sometimes, I actually enjoy these little screeds that turn up now and again about copyright and the great internet menace. I especially like the parts where the writers pretend like anybody on the industry side really gives a shit about artists. Does anyone really believe the RIAA, MPAA or publishers' interest in stamping out what they call piracy has even the slightest thing to do with protecting artists? That line is the media conglomerate equivalent of the great political deflection "won't somebody please think about the children?" These are, after all, entities that have done some amazing work creating innovative accounting tricks specifically to screw over the various artists they claim to want to protect. In reality, their position can be far more accurately described as, "How dare you steal from the people we've been stealing from!"
But that's neither here nor there. Those folks are the real crooks in this debate and just about everyone who doesn't have a direct financial interest in allowing the continuation of their money grabs from actual content creators knows it. What I'd like to discuss is the principle reason I simply don't believe that sharing is piracy, and further, why I don't believe it's harmful but in fact can be beneficial. All I have to do is look at the wall of shelves filled with cassette tapes in my house, and I see right through the corporate bullshit that has defined sharing as a steeply punishable crime, and re-christened the activity with the much more ominous and deceptive term "piracy."
Admittedly, cassette tapes are very much a technology of the past, but this is the past I'm talking about here, how casual sharing has always existed ever since there was a widely available means of reproduction accessible to regular people. Far from destroying legitimate markets for creative goods, sharing has been very likely the principle means of discovery for consumers, and I believe it has done more to create demand for artistic works, as well as putting money into the pockets of both artists and media companies, than all the marketing dollars in the world.
To begin, there is absolutely nothing illegal about any of the two thousand or so tapes in my home. Every one is a copy of a live concert recording of bands that explicitly allowed that activity. Every one was either given or acquired by me in a straight trade of other concert recordings with no money changing hands, a behavior also sanctioned by the bands in question. It's a large and varied selection of some of the best musicians we've ever produced, and all indisputably the result of legal, sanctioned sharing. I say this to head off anyone throwing accusations of piracy at me for this collection. But sanctioned or not, I still don't believe it's piracy, and I know that it's far from destructive to the artists.
By the time I graduated from high school, I had been turned on to the Grateful Dead by a good friend when he gave me a few copies of some bootleg tapes of their concerts. This set off a life-long interest in music for me that has directly led to my spending tens of thousands of dollars on CDs, concert tickets, books, tee shirts, even digital music, thus far. I've been so appreciative of that act that I've returned the favor many times over by giving copies of some of this music to many different people over the years, turning numerous people into fans (and paying customers) for a wide variety of bands.
A few years ago, I turned a friend of mine on to a bluegrass jam band called Yonder Mountain String Band by giving him a copy of a concert recording I had acquired. Yonder also allows taping and the free sharing of such recordings. Since then, he's bought their CDs, bought tee shirts, hats and seen them perform live at least three dozen times at venues up and down the East Coast, tripling the amount of times I've seen them myself. And that's just one instance with one person and one band. I've turned hundreds of people onto hundreds of bands over the years. None of it would have happened if not for that first person handing me that first Grateful Dead tape twenty years ago. I can't even begin to estimate what the total dollar figure that resulted from my sharing of this material would be, but my best guess is well into six figures, possibly more. Without that first tape, without that sharing, none of that spending exists.
Let's discuss the Grateful Dead for a moment because, above all else, they are a fascinating case for how open sharing can generate buzz and a paying fanbase, turning a band that the mainstream music industry had little use for into one of the most widely recognized, influential and highest grossing music acts to ever grace a stage anywhere.
The Dead released 22 total studio and contemporary live albums during their 30 years. By contemporary, I mean live albums released as they went along in their various incarnations at the time. They've since released over a hundred live recordings from their archives, but the 22 albums I've sited are the only ones fitting the standard music industry album release pattern. Of those, only one ever reached the top ten on the charts, that being the 1987 album In The Dark, which peaked at number seven. Only three others even hit the top twenty. As for singles, the Dead had a grand total of one Top 40 hit, Touch of Grey, from In the Dark, which peaked at number nine. Not exactly the kind of success you'd expect to see from a band that ended its run as one of the highest earning bands ever. And unlike the current top grossing bands who charge absurdly high ticket prices, the Dead's concert tickets were always affordable. I still have my stub from the very last show they ever played at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1995. I had field seats, row 30 from the stage that day, generally pretty fantastic seats. The price printed on the ticket was $33.50. Today, those kind of seats for a major rock band would easily be ten times that, maybe even more.
So if mainstream commercial success was virtually non-existent, how were the Dead able to build the empire they did? They built a large, enthusiastic community of followers unmatched in music history. Name one other band that had a following of tens of thousands of fans who would tour the country with them. Every show. Every tour. Every year. A Grateful Dead show produced a literal village at every venue they stopped at. Bands like the Dead-inspired Phish from Vermont, managed to replicate some semblance of that, but no one has ever fully embraced the notion of community like Jerry Garcia and the boys. It was those bootleg tapes I referred to earlier that were instrumental in building that community. They ended up with a large group of fans who were virtual archivists. I, myself, have over 500 Dead concerts on tape spanning the late '60s right up to their final show. Honestly, that collection is one of my prized possessions. I've since digitized many of them, and I very rarely listen directly to the tapes themselves anymore, but I still can't bring myself to part with them, and I'm pretty sure I never will. At least not willingly.
Dead fans were a unique group, most possessing an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the band and its music. All of that stemmed from the enormous community they cultivated. And that community, in turn, grew out of the free and open sharing of their material. The Dead became immortalized not by selling records, not by an association with a giant record company, and not by any massive marketing effort. They did it by cultivating a community of fans based very much on the concept of sharing.
While it's very true that times were different then, and that there are some very real issues with downloading that need to be addressed, I've always believed that their approach held many lessons that directly apply to today's artists, musicians and writers. For instance, the Dead would allow the free distribution of concert bootlegs under one condition–no one tried to make money from them. I saw nearly twenty Dead shows in my time. Only twice did I ever see anyone trying to sell tapes in the parking lot. In both instances, the seller was essentially shamed into shutting down by the fans themselves. The band built such a strong community that they didn't even have to police the distribution of those tapes, the community did it for them. How many of today's artists have that kind of mutually beneficial relationship with their fans? I can't think of one.
Sharing isn't piracy, and it doesn't have to be destructive. The Grateful Dead have proved that. Completely outside of the recording industry machine, they built a stunningly successful commercial entity. They did it by building a community with their fans, encouraging the free and open non-commercial sharing of their work, keeping the prices for their material affordable and by retaining all the rights to their recording masters and publishing rights. Seems to me like there's a lesson or two in there that might apply these days, don't you think?


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- [05/14/2005] SILA enabled Firefox and Thunderbird available for Windows and Linux
- [10/27/2003] Frank Yung-Fong Tang demostrated Project SILA in UNESCO 32nd General Conference, Oct 6-8, 2003, Paris, France
- [10/27/2003] Several web sites link to this project page
to discuss Project SILA.
- [10/27/2003] Drusilla (Linux version of SILA) alpha version available
for download (based on Mozilla 1.5 and SIL Graphite 1.0).
- [7/9/2003] SILA Design Document available for
- [6/26/2003] SILA Beta2
RC1 available for download and test.
- [5/30/2003] SIL publish some Graphite font which work with SILA
in "Download
Graphite Font" page.
- [5/30/2003] Post Beta1
Engineering Builds are available for testing
- [5/4/2003] Beta1
Build is available for testing
- [1/13/2003] We start to ask Mozilla reviewers to review the
patch. see bug 172260
- [12/26/2002] Alpha build is available with Netscape 7.0
- [12/26/2002] patch is updated for Mozilla trunk
- [12/9/2002] Add screenshot about Burmese display
in SILA. see screenshots
- [12/7/2002] Stack Diac baseline issue is addressed.
see screenshots
- [12/3/2002] PigLatin with ASCII issue is addressed.
see screenshots
- [12/1/2002] A Prototype of SILA is working :)
- See screenshots
and build instruction for details.
- A list of OpenGraphite documents can be found in here
- mozdev.org
Project SILA: SIL.ORG Graphite and Mozilla Intergration Project
Why are we working on this project?
SILA is a Mozilla development effort supported by UNESCO and SIL International. It is a key component of a joint project between UNESCO and SIL being carried out within the framework of UNESCO's Initiative B@bel (http://webworld.unesco.org/imld/babel_en.html) and SIL's Non-Roman Script Initiative (http://scripts.sil.org). Initiative B@bel seeks to provide wider more equitable access to information content and services on the Internet for all users, (particularly developing countries and those in transition) by promoting linguistic diversity in cyberspace and using information and communication technologies (ICTs), to protect and preserve endangered languages. The development of technologies which enable minority language communities to publish on the Internet is a substantial contribution to this effort. Many language communities in the world today are not able to participate in the information age because their language cannot be implemented on today's computer systems. This causes a "digital divide". The goal of this project is to help eliminate this divide by designing and producing freely available software for these language communities. To learn more about this project please see http://www.sil.org/sil/news/2003/unesco.htm.
- Firefox and Thunderbird versions available for testing with more complete Graphite support (05/15/2005).
- Substantial changes to the Design to allow Selection and Cursor tracking support.
- Drusilla (Linux version of SILA) alpha version available for download (based on Mozilla 1.5 and SIL Graphite 1.0). Require the first install SIL Graphite 1.0. Known Issue- Ascent / Descent adjustment is not implement yet.
- Beta 2 Release Candidate 1 Build is Available for tester to test !!!! (6/26/2003). A lot of bug got fix from Beta 1.
- SILA Design Document available for review (Note: there have now been substantial changes to this, to allow selection/cursor tracking support)
- SIL put some Graphite fonts under "Download Graphite Fonts" page. Now testers can get those fonts easier. These fonts can be installer with standard Windows font installation procedure now. Graphite additional font installation procedure is no longer needed with the new silgraphite.
Background:Everybody in mosdev should know what what Mozilla is, so I won't spend time to talk about Mozilla here. If you really don't know, visit www.mozilla.org to learn more.
Graphite is an open source project SIL International put together in September 2001. It is a complex script / language rendering engine origional written for Window platform. Currently there are other open source group port the Graphite window base code into Linux platform. Read the Graphite site for more information. The current module owner of Graphite is Sharon Correll <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
Project SILA starts when Sharon Correll proposed to Frank Yung-Fong Tang <firstname.lastname@example.com> to intergrate Graphite rendering engine into Mozilla code during the 22th International Unicode Conference. After understand Sharon's vision about Graphite, Frank decided to spend his personal time to help Sharon to intergrate Graphite into the window version of Mozilla.
Scope:Project Sila now has the following scope:
- Intergrate a stable version of Graphite with Mozilla
- Windows and Linux versions only for now.
- Won't try to check in Graphite code into Mozilla. Won't try to check in Mozilla code into Graphite neither. (Hopefully, this will change soon)
- No build dependency on each others
- Make Graphite fonts display correctly under Mozilla
- Editing, Caret, and Selection support
The current Design modifies the code in both the gfx and layout modules, to enable both rendering and proper Caret and Selection support.
Document Author: Frank Yung-Fong Tang (Project founder)
- Email: <email@example.com>
- AIM:yungfongta
- Day Time Phone: 650-937-2913
- Email: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Prehistory is defined as the period before the development of written records. The first written records associated with Ohio come from the mid-1600s, and this is considered the beginning of the historic period in this region. The Prehistoric Era in Ohio is divided into four periods: The Paleo-
Indian Period (12,000-7,000 B.C.); The Archaic Period (8,000-500 B.C.); The Woodland Period (1,000 B.C.-A.D. 1,000); and the Late Prehistoric Period (A.D. 900-1,650). For more on Ohio Prehistory
Paleoindian 13,000 - 8000 BC
Although popular depictions of the Ice Age often depict the world as an endless icy wasteland, most regions were green and populated by diverse flora and fauna. This included many species that are now extinct or no longer reside in the same areas. "Megafauna" such as mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, giant armadillos, short-faced bears, saber-toothed cats, and giant beavers thrived on the land. Paleoindians hunted many of these species using a spear and atlatl.
Although glaciers blocked human and animal migration in some regions, the Pleistocene world was not one composed entirely of ice and snow. Plant and animal life thrived even in the far North where ocean and air currents left some areas unglaciated. A land bridge, known as Beringia, connected Asia and North America and this ice-free tundra may have served as a migration route for the earliest Americans. Archaeologists no longer agree on how, where or when humans first entered the continent, but the traditional interpretation is that they crossed through Beringia into Alaska sometime around 15,000 years ago. The discovery of new sites and other new sources of information in the past decade have led many archaeologists to question this long-held interpretation. One hypothesis that has been gaining support in recent years is the suggestion that the earliest Americans traveled from Siberia to western North America by boats along the ancient coastline. Other more controversial hypotheses include travel from Europe to eastern North America by watercraft or on pack-ice. The peopling of the Americas is currently one of the most controversial and dynamic topics within the professional archaeological community.
Paleoindians were hunter-gatherers, as were all people in the world at this time. They hunted megafauna, but also hunted many other species that we still find in North America today, including deer, caribou, and small game. In addition to hunting, they may have spent even more time gathering wild foods, such as fruit, nuts, roots, and other edible plant foods. They lived in small groups of less than fifty, with kinship playing a substantial role in social organization. A hunting and gathering economy usually requires people to remain mobile throughout the year, moving every few weeks or months to exploit resources in other areas. Consequently, Paleoindians did not build permanent settlements, though they likely returned to many of the same camp sites each year in a predictable cycle.
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Follow the brown and white dugong signs along the Southern Moreton Bay Tourist Drive for a delightful day trip of discovery. This route covers 78 kilometres of the area's most appealing sights and allows you to explore them at your own pace.
Roam through the scenic hinterland of Mt Cotton, the bayside peninsulas Victoria Point, Cleveland and Wellington Point, and the bayside villages of Manly and Wynnum. All have their own personalities and remarkable settings.
The coastal villages of Southern Moreton Bay offer relaxed vibes and are a great place to wine, dine and unwind – especially if you like seafood!
The dugong, one of Moreton Bay's most famous sea creatures, is the symbol used to identify the route. The drive is well marked in both directions throughout its entire length with the distinctive brown and white dugong signs (see image). These signs are unique to the Northern and Southern Moreton Bay Tourist Drives.
From Wynnum Manly to the Redlands, this drive caters for lovers of history, natural attractions, arts and culture, fresh food and fine wine.
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Wynnum Central is a commercial, family-friendly hub, while Manly Harbour Village offers a relaxed, yet sophisticated nautical atmosphere thanks to the Manly Boat Harbour. Foreshore parks, public spaces, Manly Pool (heated year-round) and Wynnum wading pool make this a popular destination.
Wellington Point is most famous for its iconic Moreton Bay fig trees, which are wonderful for relaxing under or for children to climb. They feature prominently along the esplanade, with a children's playground nearby. From here walk along the sand spit to nearby King Island.
Cleveland is a welcoming, cosmopolitan area packed with plenty to see and do. Cleveland's many foreshore areas are perfect for picnics and barbecues with great views of Moreton Bay.
Victoria Point is a prime place to enjoy the natural surrounds. It has several important environmental reserves, which provide perfect settings to spot koalas.
Mount Cotton is a semi-rural hinterland behind the coast of Moreton Bay. Large tracts of land have been set aside for koala conservation, and on a walk through a national park, you might be lucky and spot one in its natural habitat. If all that driving has made you thirsty, adult passengers can sample a local drop at Sirromet Winery.
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In 1969, Dr. J. Michael Criley initiated one of the first paramedic training programs in the country at Harbor General Hospital (HGH). This pilot program was based on research done by Dr. Walter Graf (Daniel Freeman Memorial) on mobile intensive care units and by Dr. Eugene Nagel (University of Miami) on training for firefighters to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
As head of the Cardiology Division, Dr. Criley was interested in the treatment of heart attack patients and was an early advocate for the use of defibrillators in public buildings. He was encouraged by the positive results of treating cardiac patients in the field and felt that emergency medical systems should utilize existing personnel, vehicles and dispatch systems.
With the help of Carol Bebout, Critical Care Unit Nurse at HGH, Dr. Criley began training firefighters to provide a wide range of medical care services at the scene of an emergency.
The first class at PTI was composed of six Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters. Their training focused on the care of the cardiac patient and encompassed 192 hours of classroom training and experience in the emergency department.
Soon after, the curriculum was expanded to include a variety of emergency medical care incidents and classroom instruction increased to 325 hours. A "buddy system" was also initiated, requiring ride-along experience and approval by preceptors before students could assume full, independent duties. By 1972, the number of hours required for certification rose to 1000. In response to the demand for training, the County PTI opened a second temporary paramedic training school at LAC+USC.
For the first few years, the course of paramedic study consisted of texts borrowed from nursing, physicians, and army corps education. In 1974, Dr. Ron Stewart, a bright energetic, physician was appointed as the new director of PTI. Dr. Stewart, originally from Canada, completed his residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and worked in the LAC+USC's emergency department. His first objective as the program's Medical Director was the modification of the training curriculum and materials. The resulting four-volume book, called the Paramedic Training Manuals, focused on specific field care, using pictures, terminology and examples that were suitable to the firefighters' background. This text was soon used as the basis of the core paramedic curriculum in paramedic programs nationwide.
In 1995, PTI affiliated with El Camino Community College District and enhanced its standing as an academic program. Through this new partnership, PTI was able to provide 32 college units to each graduate, accept private students sponsored by El Camino College, reduce the cost of tuition to the student/employer, and offset program costs.
PTI continues to be one of the most innovative and recognized EMS training programs in the world. It is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). PTI's mission is to provide paramedic students with the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills necessary to provide the highest quality care to patients in the prehospital setting.
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To provide paramedic students with the cognitive psychomotor and affective skills necessary to provide the highest quality care to patients in the prehospital setting.
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Gift Ideas at Simon Johnson
If you are looking for a gift for someone who enjoys cooking {or eating} this Christmas I would highly recommend you check out the Simon Johnson online store. They have some wonderful things and ship all over Australia. I loved the styling of their gift collection catalogue as above and I know a little 6 year old who will love the giant midi Durade chocolate fish {105 grams} which I will be ordering in for his Christmas stocking!
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- Maureen Stevens said...
Wait, this is a chocolate? Gorgeous & yummy!
- 11 November 2009 at 12:18
oh lovely...
- 11 November 2009 at 13:08
- Coty Farquhar said...
Please Anna, please,
Please don't start talking about Christmas yet, I'm just not ready.
This year has gone so fast that I just can't catch up. I can't believe it is November already. I think I will start my Christmas thinking in December.
Saying that, yes, Simon Johnson does have some yummy things.
and your wish a couple of weeks ago for the cabriole leg stool, well Anna tell your husband he can order one through my husband, any size any shape you like and you supply the fabric.
x Coty Farquhar
- 11 November 2009 at 17:14
- Marina Mott said...
Oh boy, I'm so far to buy these (so gorgeous) things!!!
- 11 November 2009 at 18:32
- yoli said...
- 12 November 2009 at 05:26
- Mary Jane said...
I'd love to check out his store - but I got an error when I tried the link - is it because I'm in the US?
- 13 November 2009 at 02:24
- Cheryljones said...
I want a bed as beautiful as that and to tell you honestly that bedroom looks great. I like the simplicity of that bedroom, those light colors. I just love that bedroom.
- 17 November 2009 at 01:36
I chanced upon to view your blog and found it very interesting. Great ... Keep it up!. For More information about gifts you can check the Gift Ideas.
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I love the holidays. All of the food, family, and fun. One of the things I especially love though is leftovers! I like to take the next few days and use them in tons of different ways. Leftover turkey sandwiches, Turkey Croquets, Turkey Casseroles, etc. But one of the families all time favorites is for me to make my turkey soup.
I love curling up with a big bowl of this soup the day after Thanksgiving. Everyone is still pretty full and I am tired from all of the cooking, so it usually ends up a family movie night, and more often than not the movie is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. We all love that movie and it just kicks off Christmas for us. I give everyone a day off on Friday but I will have them out slaving away on Saturday putting up Christmas decorations LOL I mean I did feed them right?
I do go a little overboard on the decorations sometimes, I will admit. When the kids were young we actually would have people bring their kids to see our house. The last few years we have toned it down, but since we moved into the new place Kevin has informed me that we are going to "light the whole place up". Alrighty then, this could get interesting!!
This year I am also very happy to be able to share my recipe with the #SundaySupper crew. If you haven't heard about #SundaySupper yet let me explain. It is the baby of a wonderful woman and mentor Isabel from Family Foodie. It has been her mission to bring the family back around the supper table together. I am so proud and honored to participate in this with her and the many other fabulous bloggers who's posts for this weeks theme of What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers are linked at the bottom of this page.
Breakfast & Brunch
- Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls by Juanita's Cocina
- Turkey Cranberry Muffins by In the Kitchen with Audrey
- Sweet Potato Biscuits by Home Cooking Memories
Main Course
- Turkey Enchiladas by Webicurean
- Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole by FamilyFoodie
- Turkey and Cranberry Monte Cristo by Supper for a Steal
- Thanksgiving hangover sandwich by Crispy Bits & Burt Ends
- Turkey Tamale Pie by Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Thanksgiving Leftovers Pot Pie by I Run For Wine
- Turkey and Stuffing Pasty by Small Wallet Big Appetite
- The Ultimate Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich by Daily Dish Recipes
- Turkey Vegetable Hash by Generation Y Foodie
- Turkey Tetrazzini by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Thanksgiving Leftovers: Turkey and Andouille Gumbo for #SundaySupper by Catholic Foodie
- Red Potato Turkey Cutlets with Ginger & Fresh Herbs by Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Thanksgiving Turkey Banh Mi Sandwich by 30AEats
- Leftover Turkey and Sausage Gumbo by My Catholic Kitchen
- Turkey Mornay Open-Face Sandwiches by The Weekend Gourmet
- Leftover Mashed Potatoes and Beef Croquettes by Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Simple and easy! Turkey a la king, fit for a queen! by Midlife Road Trip
- Turkey and Mushroom Risotto by Comfy Cuisine
- Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie by The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Kartoffelpuffer – German Potato Pancakes by MrsMamaHen
- Skillet Turkey Reuben by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- # glutenfree Turkey Shepard's Cake by Cooking Underwriter
- Hawaiian BBQ Turkey Flatbread Pizza by Damn Delicious
- Turkey shepards pie! by The Realistic Nutritionist
- Turkey & Cranberry Panini with Tarragon Aioli by The Messy Baker Blog
Soups, Salads, Sides & Starters
- Gluten Free Turkey and Dumplings by The Meltaways
- Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Shallots and Pancetta by Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Curried Turkey Salad by Kimchi Mom
- Potato Patties w/ Tomato Salsa by La Cocina De Leslie
- Spicy Coconut Turkey Soup by Diabetic Foodie
- Mashed Potatoes Twice Baked by Hezzi-D's Books & Cooks
- Moroccan Chicken Salad with Rice by My Trial's in the Kitchen
- Cranberry Barbecue Stuffed Sweet Potatoes by Cupcakes and Kale Chips
- Olive Tapenade by Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Leftover Turkey Soup by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Sweet Potato Bread Pudding by MarocMama
Sweets & Desserts
- Cranberry Sauce Crumb Bars by girlichef
- Pumpkin Gingersnap Truffles by Chocolate Moosey
- Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Pecan Streusel Topping by Shockingly Delicious
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Frosting by Yummy Smells
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- Wine Pairings for Thanksgiving Leftovers #SundaySupper by ENOFYLZ Wine Blog


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What to do? What to do? Now that school's out and kids are home, what to do? The colleges of Dallas County Community College District have the answer: summer classes and summer fun for tykes and teens alike.
Six DCCCD colleges are offering summer programs through their offices of continuing education. Fees and dates vary, so check the websites or call the phone numbers listed below for each college that's offering summer programs for kids.
Brookhaven College – Carrollton/Farmers Branch
Brookhaven College's summer youth program is back by popular demand – a program that's packed with fun-filled courses that make learning an adventure. Four sessions are offered, and each features a different set of classes for different age groups. Dates are: July 6-10 (theater; digital photography; fun with physics); July 13-17 ("Just Add Water"; SAT/ACT preparation; creative writing; future leaders); July 20-24 (theater; cake decorating; creative writing for mysteries, science fiction, Manga or horror); and July 27-31 (super hero cartooning; creative writing/short stories; math and writing workshop – for middle schoolers only; digital photography using Photoshop; future leaders; and fun with physics).
Registration is under way, and students will receive a free T-shirt when they register. Parents can register in person in the college's admissions office or by phone at 972-860-4600 (please have course information ready and a valid credit card). All students must complete the Continuing Education Registration Form which is available on campus or online; they also must complete a DCCCD Minor Student Form and photo release form. The 2015 Summer Youth Program brochure with course listings, dates and cost is available at
Cedar Valley College – Lancaster
Cedar Valley College offers Kids' Youth Camps (including robotics), sports (basketball, soccer, volleyball and baseball) plus specialized camps (remote-controlled cars or video gaming). Classes offer a wide variety of topics for children: "Beginning Robotics"; Duct Tape Art"; "Math in the Real World"; Stones and Bones"; "The Great Health Care Adventure"; "Readers that Rock"; "Who Did It?"; "Rocket Camp"; "Beginning Robotics"; "Gear Heads"; "Hot Bot"; and several sports camps.
Dates vary for specific camps, which are scheduled from June 29 through July 26; costs range from $75 to $199 for most activities; $375 for its four-week Hot Bot Day Camp; and $850 for the five-week Video Gaming Recreation Camp. For information and registration, contact the Cedar Valley College office of continuing education at 972-860-2995. For details about the summer camps – classes, dates, times and cost – visit
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Eastfield College – Mesquite
From art and drama to trumpets and pianos, Eastfield College will offer an artistic summer for young students. Youngsters can get creative in the college's Art and Drama Camp. Each day will feature a half day of art and a half day of drama. The art portion of camp will give youngsters a chance to use different techniques taught by a professional artist so that they can make their own precious pieces of art (and not the cottonball-and-cardboard type either!); they also will have a chance to exhibit their work during a gallery reception at the end of the week. During the drama portion of the day, campers will collaborate and write their own theatrical production, create costumes and set pieces, and tell their original story to an audience – learning all of the performance and technical aspects of theater.
Art and Drama Camp sessions are offered June 22-26 and July 13-17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at a cost of $150 per camp session. Students will receive a free T-shirt with registration, and campers must bring a sack lunch and two snacks, plus beverages, each day. The college also offers a Dallas Trumpet Workshop at a cost of $300; a Children's Mini Piano Camp; and soccer camps for ages 5-13 and 14-18. For information about all Eastfield College 2015 summer camps, visit
www.EastfieldCollege.edu/cd/ce; to register, call the college's continuing education office at 972-860-7263.
Mountain View College – Dallas/Oak Cliff
The 2015 Summer Kids Program at Mountain View College offers fun-filled classes in broad areas such as academics (reading/writing/math camp); art (mini-camps for first-to-third graders and fourth-to-seventh graders, plus graffiti art for ages 13-17); computer gaming, present by Blackrocket ("App Adventures," "App Attack," "LEGO Video Games," "Make Your First Video Game," "Minecraft Designers" and "Minecraft Modders" for different age groups); ballet; guitar; LEGO Play by Fastforward Kids ("LEGO Logo" and LEGO Mania"); introduction to magic; robotics (building robots); recreation (camps for athletic fitness, camping survival, football, gymnastics, martial arts, Tae Kwon Do and tennis for different age groups); and Spanish mini camps, too.
Parents can register their children either in person or by phone. For registration on campus, visit the continuing education admissions window on the second level of the Student Services Building (Duncanville Road entrance). Registration fees can be paid by cash or check as well as by credit or debit card on Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register by phone, call the Mountain View College continuing education office at 214-860-8835; credit cards only for phone registration. To view the brochure with detailed dates, times and age groups for classes, go to
www.MountainViewCollege.edu/business/conted and click on the schedule pictured. Space is limited, and classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
North Lake College – Irving
This summer, children in grades 2 through 7 can spend some time at the North Lake College Kids' Summer Camp – a place where youngsters can make new friends and create summer memories. Activities are designed to promote opportunities to explore, create and have fun. Camp topics include art and culture, fitness, math, science, reading and writing. Individual camps last one week, and two sessions are offered: June 15 to July 2 and July 20-31. Morning camps are held from 9 a.m. to noon, and afternoon camps are scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m.; parents can choose either the morning or afternoon camp during the camp dates their children attend. Kids' camp classes range in cost from $105 to $189. North Lake also offers a Future Blazers Basketball Camp from July 6-10, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., for boys and girls, ages 8 to 14.
Registration is under way, and space is limited. All registration must be done in person; no phone registrations are permitted. A registration packet must be completed by a parent/guardian and returned to the North Lake College continuing education office, along with proof of payment (in full) before a student can be accepted for a camp. All children who are enrolled in a summer camp also must obtain a North Lake College photo ID, which they will wear at all times during every camp session. For more information, call the North Lake College office of continuing education at 972-273-3386. For details about each camp, visit
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Richland College – Richardson/Dallas
Richland College is offering three types of STEM summer campus (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) for kids this year: a programming and game design summer camp in partnership with the University of Texas at Dallas; an animated, sculptural art camp in partnership with Dynamic Art Design; and a robotics camp in partnership with Robots 4 U. All classes are held on the Richland College campus in Richardson. Registration is under way, and class size is limited. Programming summer camps are scheduled July 6-10 or July 27-31, and kids can learn about Scratch, Logo, JavaScript and GameMaker. Half-day sessions are offered for Level 1 (grades 3-5) from 9 a.m. to noon or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (computers provided). Full-day sessions are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for Level 2 (grades 6-8; bring a laptop).
The new summer Dynamic Art Design camp is a moving art project for children ages 7 to 12 who will build unique animated art programs that incorporate visual designs created by each child using a variety of devices to form the moving sculpture (which incorporates both art and engineering). Remaining sessions are scheduled July 6-10 or Aug. 3-7; morning and afternoon camp options are available from 9 to 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 to 3 p.m. Robotics summer camps, which combine robotics challenges and an end-of-the-week competition, is hands-on; all levels of students will find the camp both fun and challenging. Remaining sessions will be held either in the morning (9 to 11:30 a.m.) or afternoon (12:30 to 3 p.m.) from June 22-26, July 20-24 or July 27-31. For more information about all three camps, contact Heather Lozano by phone at 927-238-6918 or visit


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While most of Florida was anxiously watching Tropical Storm Isaac's projected track on Friday, four more guys were apparently looking for any port in a storm.
The men were busted for exposing themselves in an attempt to engage in sex with undercover deputies on the trails at Caspersen Beach Park in Venice, according to a news release from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
And the undercover deputies were hot on their trails.
The men, Glenn Orthaus, 48, of San Antonio TX; John L. Clark, 48, of Venice; David Hoffa, 74, of Englewood, and Daniel Sukel, 80, of Venice, all reportedly sought undercover deputies for sex along the park's many trails.
Before Orthaus allegedly exposed himself, he asked the man he encountered along a trail if he were a cop. When the undercover deputy told him 'no, Orthaus then allegedly exposed himself to the deputy, according to the arrest affidavit from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
FloriDUH tip: Undercover agents usually do not admit to being lawmen.
Daniel P. Sukel, 80, approached the undercover detective at a picnic table near a canoe launch wearing a yellow polo shirt and black brief undies, asking the detective if he was the type of person who liked to talk — or liked to play — at the park, the record stated.
When the detective answered 'play," Sukel reportedly said he was was going hiking down a trail.
He should have just taken a hike.
When the detective asked him Sukel if he wanted company, Sukel invited the him to join him.
Upon reaching a more heavily wooded area of the trail, the detective then asked Sukel if he liked to play, according to the affidavit.
Sukel replied "Yeah, sure. Men, women, it doesn't matter," before exposing himself to the detective, according to the affidavit.
Happy trails, fellas.
Too bad these guys obviously haven't been reading the FloriDUH Files.
They would have known that Caspersen Beach Park has been targeted for previous sex stings.
Like these.
Photos: Glenn Orthaus (upper left); John L. Clark (upper right); David Hoffa, lower left); Daniel Sukel (lower right) / Sarasota County Sheriff's Office


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Helen Clark: Speech at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa ConferenceJul 23, 2012
Dakar, Senegal
"Seizing the Opportunity to Accelerate Human Development in Africa"
I thank the President of Senegal for his remarks and extend my gratitude to the Government of Senegal for graciously hosting this gathering of those leading and managing the work of the UN and UNDP throughout Africa.
At UNDP we appreciate the active leadership role Senegal continues to play at the United Nations, within the African Union, and in the regional institutions of West Africa. Senegal has, on many occasions, been an instrumental actor in resolving regional crises and can in the future increasingly build on this history.
The outcome of Senegal's Presidential election last March and the early steps of President Sall's administration demonstrate that not only is one of Africa's oldest democracies not willing to part with its democratic institutions, but also it is acting to make them stronger. This outcome is important not only for the people of Senegal. It sends a powerful message across the continent, and in so doing, can help inspire free and fair elections more widely.
For all these reasons Dakar, is a highly appropriate place for us to meet to assess the region's development achievements, anticipate its challenges, and agree on priorities for our work in the region.
Trends in development in Africa
At UNDP, we see development in Africa today framed by two parallel, yet contradictory, trends.
On the one hand, the continent is experiencing a period of exceptional economic performance and growing GDP per capita. On the other those achievements are not yet translating into higher human development for all. It is vital to improve the lives of the very large numbers of people who remain below the poverty line, including by empowering women and providing more opportunities for young people.
The growth in many of Africa's economies in the first decade of this century - with the exception of the 2008 slowdown – has provided a stark contrast to the stagnation and reversals which defined the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. Since 2000, trade between Africa and the rest of the world has increased by two hundred per cent. World Bank figures suggest that in eight of the last ten years growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been faster than that of East Asia – if we take out Japan.
It is also worth noting that Africa's high growth rates are based on more than the boom in the extractive industries. The resource rich countries of Africa have grown rapidly, but so have the net food and energy importing countries, such as Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda. This suggests that sources of African growth are diversifying, a trend which can make its economies not just large, but also more resilient.
Progress is also being made on reaching several of the MDG targets. According to recently released World Bank data, the number of Africans living in extreme poverty in 2008 fell below fifty per cent.
The significant and rapid decline of child mortality in many African countries has been referred to as 'the best story in development'. Senegal is among those recording development successes. Between 2005 and 2009, child mortality in Senegal dropped by 64 per cent.
It is also notable that as of this month, women in Senegal make up over 44 per cent of parliamentarians, placing it among the top performers for women's representation not only in Africa, but also for the whole world.
Better educated and more politically aware populations have also led to improvements in the accountability and responsiveness of a number of African governments. That, in turn, helps make government policies more effective and inclusive. The outcome of Senegal's election last March confirmed the further maturing of one of Africa's oldest democracies, providing a strong model of what can be.
Last week the 2012 MDG Report, compiled by the African Union, UNDP, the African Development Bank, and the Economic Commission for Africa, was released. It highlighted progress in primary school enrolment, reducing gender disparities, the numbers of women elected to parliaments, and reducing HIV prevalence.
It noted, however, that to accelerate MDG progress in the remaining three years to 2015, African countries will need to do more to tackle pervasive inequalities, create many more decent jobs for growing populations, improve both the access to and the quality of health and education services, and invest in water, energy, and sanitation.
Without effective policies in these areas, the Report suggests that the benefits of economic growth will continue to bypass a significant proportion of Africans, including those still living below the poverty line and working in the informal sectors.
In other regions of the world, levels of economic growth like those currently being experienced by Africa have, on average, brought higher levels of poverty reduction and improvements in other social indicators. Growth in Africa, in other words, has generated significantly less poverty reduction and social progress than in other developing regions.
UNDP's recently released African Human Development Report also noted that high rates of economic growth have not prevented nearly a quarter of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa from being affected by hunger.
Nor is growth yet bringing enough benefits to many children, especially in rural and remote areas. The 2012 MDG Report found that such children often miss out as they and their parents lack access to quality health care, clean water, reliable energy, adequate infrastructure, and sustainable livelihoods.
The challenge, overall, is how to make economic growth translate into higher human development. Deliberate policy measures and targeted investments are needed to make growth not just fast, but also inclusive and sustainable. UNDP is dedicated to its work alongside the nations of Africa to support the design and implementation of policies and programmes which can deliver that.
At the Rio + 20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil a month ago, the UN's member states shaped a common understanding of a future for our world built on the concepts of human development and sustainable development. Truly sustainable development is multi-dimensional – it is about creating jobs, reducing poverty, tackling inequality, and protecting the environment. UNDP is committed to working with Africa on integrated sets of policies which will achieve sustained and sustainable development. UNDP is in a good position to build and draw on its extensive networks of experts, partners, and practitioners across Africa and beyond, and to support the sharing of innovation and best practice in sustainable development.
Priorities for sustainable human development in Africa
Moving forward we suggest the following priorities for action.
1. Broadening the base of economies as part of deliberate efforts to reduce poverty and inequality. The MDGs have helped to motivate more countries to channel investments to the social sectors. It is also critically important to target investment to those economically productive sectors which can or do already employ the poor.
Indeed, generating inclusive growth requires investing in the very sectors where the poor work and live. Slow productivity growth in the rural and agricultural sectors - where the majority of African work and live – is a key factor limiting the poverty-reducing impact of growth. Investing in the productivity of small holder agriculture is a particularly important way to generate economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve the well-being of poor farmers and their families.
Small farmers need better access to agricultural inputs, such as appropriate seeds and fertilizers, extension services, new technologies and innovation, and improved access to markets and credit.
African countries' natural resource wealth also needs to be drawn on to generate the domestic revenue base for investment in the virtuous cycle of adequate economic and social infrastructure and services. Effective, transparent, and accountable governance systems are needed to prevent the wealth from resource booms ending up in the hands of a few.
2. The role of social policy in reducing poverty and inequality
Deep income inequality is one of the reasons for the failure of growth to reduce poverty faster in Africa. Inequality, injustice, and discrimination are underlying causes of poverty and underdevelopment.
To confront these problems, universal access to basic services and social protection systems must work alongside measures which specifically target excluded groups. Public works programmes, youth employment schemes, social insurance, and school feeding programmes are among the initiatives which can successfully reduce poverty and advance the MDGs in Africa. UNDP can support governments to ensure that such policies are fully adapted to match local realities.
To advance on the MDGs in this last stretch before 2015, public investment will need to be stepped up, along with more effective development assistance, private sector collaboration, and full civil society participation. More people need access to reliable energy, clean water and sanitation, quality education, and well run health services.
By employing the MDG Acceleration Framework in Africa and elsewhere, UNDP and other members of UN Country Teams are supporting countries to develop focused action plans to clear away obstacles to meeting the MDGs. This often requires investments in building human resource capacity and that of public administrations.
One thing is clear – if poverty and inequality are not addressed directly, they will persist, holding back human development and nations' progress. In the UN, we are committed to helping change that.
3. A specific focus on the economic empowerment of women and youth will be especially important for Africa's future.
Women play major roles in agriculture, trade, services, and entrepreneurship across Africa, but inequality constrains their achievements. Given a chance, women can boost their own and their families' incomes and the growth and development of their communities. In my visit to Saint Louis here in Senegal a few days ago, I saw just some of the hundreds of women micro-entrepreneurs supported to start their businesses by UNDP, Luxembourg, and Senegalese partners. These initiatives, backed by truly equal rights to land ownership and tenure, access to credit and other inputs, and in all areas will make women an even more powerful force in the continent's development.
By 2025 one in four young people worldwide will have been born in Sub Saharan Africa. This could present opportunities, or it could present significant challenges in the years ahead – depending on the policy choices governments make.
Young people with few economic prospects & little political voice are more likely to resort to illicit activities and fuel social mistrust, civil unrest, or outright violence. On the other hand, young people can be very important sources of innovation and growth, and enable Africa to enjoy a major demographic dividend. Meeting young IT entrepreneurs in the I-hub innovation platform in Nairobi recently reminded me how inspirational youth empowered to innovate are.
Agriculture, which employs roughly two-thirds of Africa's work force, needs to be made much more attractive to youth. Good initiatives can be found from Benin's Songhai Centre to Kenya's polytechnics, showing youth how to produce to high standards, and grow agri-businesses from the micro to the large.
4. Fourth: Food security and nutrition
The empowerment of women farmers and the attraction of youth to agricultural entrepreneurship will also help address the food security and poor nutrition which affects the continent.
UNDP's Africa Human Development Report, published a few weeks ago, made policy recommendations around increasing agricultural productivity, investing in nutrition, enhancing resilience, and promoting empowerment - especially of women and vulnerable groups.
Although not an agriculture- or food-specific agency, UNDP can and is helping many countries in Africa to establish cross-cutting partnerships and integrated policy approaches for tackling complex issues - the food security and nutrition crises is surely one of those.
The MDG Acceleration Framework being applied in several countries in Africa to target food security and nutrition is a good tool for this work. In Niger, for example, a comprehensive action plan was developed, and is now being pursued within the President's "3Ns" initiative to make all Nigerians food secure. Diverse measures are being taken, from issuing land titles to encourage investment in basic infrastructure and improved productivity, to improving access to agricultural advisory services.
5. Fifth: The critical importance of energy
Many of the 1.3 billion people who live without access to electricity or the 2.3 billion who must rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating live on this continent. The UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, which aims for universal access to modern services by 2030, would transform their lives.
African countries are among the 55 nations worldwide which have signed on to the initiative. UN Resident Co-ordinators are playing a key role alongside governments in convening all relevant stakeholders to plan action on achieving universal access; increasing energy efficiency; providing renewable energy wherever feasible; and actively engaging the private sector, civil society, and local communities. A mix of means from the large reticulation schemes to the small off-grid will be needed.
Reliable and affordable access to energy not only supports human development by easing the domestic burden carried by women, improving access to services, powering micro-enterprises, and making agriculture more productive; it is also critical for attracting investment in the larger scale enterprises which could create decent work for African's fast growing urban populations.
6. Sixth: Promoting triple win policies
Expanding access to renewable energy is environmentally friendly, creates jobs, and expands social equity. UNDP is now consciously promoting what we call "triple win" policies which advance all three strands of sustainable development – economic, social, and environmental. Integrated policy making for sustainable development is important in the follow up to Rio + 20.
Africa has experience and best practice to share on triple win policies; take for example:
• reforestation in Niger which protects soils, has increased crop yields, and can boost incomes, food security, and nutrition; and
• Ethiopia's low carbon, climate-resilient, green economy strategy - an excellent example of an LDC seeking to boost human development and economic growth within ecological boundaries.
We also see good examples of the integration of social protection and job creation schemes with equity and environmental components - South Africa and Ethiopia, for example, have good stories to tell in this area. At Rio + 20, UNDP supported Brazil's side event on socio-environmental protection schemes, and we aim to share best practice on these widely.
7. The seventh and overarching priority is building resilience to shock, whatever its origin.
Resilience needs to be built to climate change and other natural disasters, and to economic shocks of the kind experienced with the global financial crisis. Both can have significant impacts on human development. In our interconnected world, shocks are here to stay. The issue is: how do countries equip themselves to cope with them.
Underlying building resilience is good governance and social cohesion. Both help limit exposure to the risk of conflict and the corrosive impact of corruption, inequity, and injustice. Resilience is built on the basis of governments, communities, families, and individuals which have capacities and strengths to draw on when the going gets tough.
The scale of humanitarian crises now arising from natural disasters, conflict, and economic shock has engaged interest among development partners in building greater resilience. Both the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are now the focus of more efforts to strengthen underlying resilience.
These efforts also require much more collaboration between humanitarian and development actors, so that the way crisis response is managed creates a bridge to recovery and sustained development, helping communities to build back better.
UN Country Teams have it within their power to bring well co-ordinated support and services to countries seeking to build the foundations of resilience. UNDP specifically has the capacity to support countries to access the growing pools of climate finance for adaptation to climate extremes. These funding sources will in time far exceed what is available through traditional sources of development grant and loan finance.
Towards a post-2015 development Agenda
As Africa focuses on maximizing human development from its economic growth, so the international debate is underway on what the post-2015 development agenda might look like.
The time bound, measurable, and easily communicated MDGs created a lot of actions and progress on basic development indicators. We now need to lift ambition to new levels – not least in aiming to eradicate the extreme poverty which condemns so many to exist on under $1.25 a day and the scourge of hunger.
At Rio +20, member states stressed the importance of accelerating MDG achievement and remaining focused on poverty eradication. They also agreed that sustainable development goals should be created and be part of the global development agenda beyond 2015. It will be critical for the voices of Africa's governments, civil society, and private sector to be heard as the new agenda is created.
In UNDP and across UN Country Teams, we must continually reinvent ourselves to be relevant to the new global development agenda, and to supporting changing national priorities in Africa and around the world.
Twenty first century development practice is very much about linking people and institutions with ideas, innovation, and best practice, and about building national capacities to reach national and global goals. It's about building broad partnerships with traditional partners and emerging actors in development co-operation. It's about co-ordinating effort and aligning it with national priorities.
Developing countries want results from our endeavors, our funders want results, and we want results. Through lighter, more strategic, UN Development Assistance Frameworks and the use of new methodologies to monitor and measure results, we can be more effective in the support we give and demonstrate better the impact we have.
This year's Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of the UN development system is the time when we can show how determined we are to do whatever it takes to reform ourselves and enhance our contribution to development country by country.
In my remarks today, I have outlined a number of challenges and opportunities for advancing Africa's development agenda. With the active engagement of well co-ordinated UN Country Teams, and a clear strategic focus, I know we can support Africa to make the development breakthroughs its people seek. Translating economic progress into sustained human development progress, while also protecting the ecosystems on which life depends, is our mission, and I count on the talent in this room to advance it.


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A Lyons resident has joined a Maumee engineering firm to serve as survey manager.
DGL Consulting Engineers, LLC, has hired R. J. Lumbrezer, P.S. Lumbrezer is a former employee of the Ohio Department of Transportation's District II Office. He brings 27 years of experience in professional surveying and right-of-way design to DGL.
"We are excited that R. J. has joined DGL," said Stephen Way, PE, Principal and Managing Director of DGL. "His background includes both field and management experience as well as construction layout for private companies and public agencies, and this expertise strengthens the surveying services we currently provide to our clients."
Former Principal Kenneth E. Ducat, PS, who led DGL's surveying division for numerous years, continues to work on a part-time basis.
Lumbrezer attended the University of Toledo and the University of Akron. He is licensed as a pofessional surveyor in the State of Ohio and is certified by ODOT as a Right-of-Way Designer. Lumbrezer has been a member of the Royalton Township Board of Trustees since 2001, and served as vice president and president of the Fulton County Township Association. In 2012, he was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Ohio Township Association.
DGL Consulting Engineers, LLC is a civil/structural engineering and surveying firm that serves public and private sector clients throughout the tri-state area. Founded in 1926, DGL provides transportation design, traffic engineering, site development, structural engineering, and surveying services.


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Coverity has released its Coverity Software Readiness Manager for Java, a tool that lets development and release managers assess the release readiness of critical code by combining essential data from multiple sources including Prevent, Coverity's static-analysis tool. Software Readiness Manager helps development teams deliver high-integrity code that successfully meets quality standards to align product development with business goals.
Coverity Software Readiness Manager analyzes data from multiple sources and tools, so managers can proactively determine the risk of post-release failure. In addition, Software Readiness Manager helps identify, prioritize and direct the repair of code branches that pose the greatest risk of failure. It provides detailed intelligence about key readiness factors such as code complexity, violation of best practices, architectural integrity, interdependencies, and test coverage. Software Readiness Manager provides high-level dashboards as well as deep, drill-down capabilities that development managers can use to objectively assess the quality and maintainability of their software prior to release. The tool can also provide immediate visibility into code of unknown quality that may be outsourced, open sourced, acquired or otherwise reused.
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Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of perennial time-waster Facebook, has decided the day-to-day of making toast, picking out a shirt, or teaching his daughter Mandarin is a little too much for a 32-year-old technology giant. So he did what any average joe would do: He built an AI inspired by Iron Man and voiced by Morgan Freeman to run his house for him.
Taking smart houses to the next level, Zuckerberg built the AI "Jarvis," a functional AI he communicates with through his iPhone. He posted a video, which as he claims "is meant to be a fun summary and not a live demo," but it should still leave you plenty jealous.
In a note on Facebook, he did post his methods for building Jarvis as well as some features, like face and voice recognition that allows people into his house and standard smart home functions, such as turning off and on lights.
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Teenage Premier League star Raheem Sterling was interviewed by police over an alleged attack on a woman.
The 17-year-old Liverpool and England star was questioned under caution after Merseyside Police received a complaint of assault.
He was not arrested and attended the police station by prior appointment, Merseyside Police said.
The 27-year-old alleged victim, who is known to the footballer, suffered "slight" facial injuries during an incident in Toxteth, Liverpool, earlier this month.
A police spokeswoman said: "Merseyside Police can confirm that a 17-year-old male from the Woolton area was interviewed under caution following a report of an assault on Friday November 2.
"A 27-year-old woman received slight injuries during the incident in the Liverpool 8 area.
"At this time, the investigation is ongoing and no formal action has been taken."
The Jamaican-born teenager made his international debut for England last week against Sweden and has earned plaudits for his performances for Liverpool this season.
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Xross set to Release New Album Nationally with KOCH Distribution
One Way Entertainment gospel hip hop artist, XROSS, is set to reach millions with the upcoming release of the much anticipated CD "Tell'em tha Truth". Scheduled to hit store shelves everywhere on January 27th 2009, "Tell'em tha Truth" is the third independent project written and executive produced by XROSS, and the first nationally distributed release by XROSS backed by a powerhouse, leading distributer of hip hop music – KOCH Distribution.
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No stranger to the Christian Hip Hop scene, as a part of Holy Hip Hop vol. 1 and vol. 3, XROSS is a GRAMMY® NOMINATED songwriter, for "Dedication to Holy Hip Hop" by wife Mariaha Markel, which topped the billboard charts at #15 [2004]. XROSS landed on Gospel Billboard's top 40 list, with hit single "Who's Ya Daddy" ranked #39, [2006] the initial version released in a partnership with Holy Hip Hop Inc & EMI Gospel.
In the recent signing of a major distribution deal with CC Entertainment/Koch Distribution for the release of "Tell'em tha Truth" Bobby Z, former Drummer for "Prince & The Revolution" & CCE Executive states, "XROSS brings his talent, integrity, and passion to his music, and his life. We are proud to be working with an artist at the forefront of the Holy Hip Hop movement."
XROSS' new album "Tell'em tha Truth" is a master piece and loaded with hits! Certain to be a major staple in its primary genre of music; the label and the artist are confident in the projects ability and undeniable appeal to move the ears of mainstream audiences and listeners. "Ride to it and let it play", proclaims XROSS in an interview…."every song is hot, so no need to skip through the CD looking for a hit, they all are bangers". Songs like 'Y U Runnin" which won him best rap/spoken word artist at Dr. Dorinda Clark-Cole Singers & Musician Conference this summer as well as a featured performance slot along with his 14-year-old son KJ www.sonicbids.com/kj2 on Gospel Music Channel's "Next Generation". "Tear It Up" is a club song in which XROSS brags about living a saved lifestyle. This joint is sure to win over the listeners in the mainstream markets; XROSS is bold about the rich quality of Holy Hip Hop music – which is not only good for the ears, but good for the soul.
"Look 4 Me" is the Holy Hip Hop anthem, the cornerstone of hip hop ministry which proclaims "If ya looking for the truth, I'll leave it up to you, but you know where to find me at… I'm not just in the church but I'm on the block, and that's where you'll find me at" XROSS becomes very transparent with his hit Look 4 Me, with piercing lyrics that clearly articulate the method of fulfilling the great commission. It's not about religion or just church as usual, but it's about going out of the four walls into the community and reaching the lost where they are. "Who's Ya Daddy {Remix}" is simply out the box, revamped that proves XROSS to be more than just a performing artist, but musically a creative genius. XROSS goes into the enemies camp and literally takes back what the pimp stole, the phrase "Who's ya Daddy" and delivers it back to its rightful place; Who's Ya Daddy on this album boasts of our one and only "true father" – Jesus Christ. "He's Still With Me" is a lovesong God commissioned XROSS to write a couple months in advance of the untimely deaths of his Grandmother (Big Mama) and his older brother, Michol Dean. A great loss for XROSS and his family; both pivotal members of the Dean family died less than a month apart after the song had been completed.
Hit song "No Water" is a smooth laid back melody that speaks life into the young person who is struggling to find purpose. The hook of No Water says, "I'm standing in a boat with no water, wasting my time away, I'm sitting in a car with no keys, throwing my life away, I'm going to the store with no money knowing I'm about to cause some trouble, I gotta, (I gotta) do something" The song "Tell'em tha Truth" was birthed after much prayer and fasting for God to reveal his true and ultimate purpose for Holy Hip Hop ministers world-wide. The song cuts like a double edged sword and sends a crystal clear message to repent for the kingdom of God is at hand! This cut will send chills down your spine!
Tell'em tha Truth is a universal album with endless boundaries as to whom it will reach; the compact disc in its entirety defies all rules of music theory & business that relates to target markets. It's articulate and harmonious enough to inspire the most seasoned or mature Christian, while versatile and crunk enough to capture and encourage youth of all ages. Tell'em tha Truth deals with real issues that challenge the churched and the un-churched to be transparent with God; a requirement for finding and fulfilling the truth that God placed in us. This CD is a collection of songs that reaches deep into the back pocket to tell some of life's most vile and/or successful moments while celebrating the saving grace of Christ.
"The soulful, street-wise, spirit-filled rhymes, rhythms, music and message of XROSS immediately establish him as an Artist Extraordinaire, a force to contend with, and a voice to be heard"…Gary Hines, Music Director / Producer, GRAMMY® Award-Winning Sounds of Blackness
For audiences, get ready to experience Tell'em tha Truth by XROSS live on stage. In concert, the new album allows XROSS the freedom to go bananas, get buck, and raise the roof during live performances. Yet, he's consistently sensitive to the Holy Spirit, allowing it to take free course to create a smooth, intimate atmosphere resulting in the saving of many souls, not what you would expect to witness at a hip hop concert.


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Per a story in the Chicago Sun-Times, Brian Urlacher will not be at the Bears' team activities this weekend, voluntary or otherwise, as his contract dispute drags on. Last year, when Lance Briggs skipped, Urlacher wore Briggs' number 55 as a sign of solidarity. Briggs says he'll return the favor this year, wearing Urlacher's signature 54.
Says Briggs: "I probably will [wear No. 54]. But when I do things, coaches say 'Go back in and change.' I don't have as much pull [as Urlacher].
If Urlacher had so much pull, don't you think he'd be at this mandatory minicamp with a new contract?