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By Hamed Sadindin,
An open letter to the Israeli people by Hamed Sadindin, an activist with the Bnai Darfur and
one of the leaders of the community of Darfuri asylum seekers living in Tel Aviv.
I am a member of the community of Sudanese refugees living in south Tel Aviv. Since 2007, I have been living in Israel, working for a living and doing everything in my power to help my people as a volunteer at the Bnai Darfur . It is very important to the Sudanese community that Israelis understand us, our culture, and the circumstances that brought us here, For this reason, I decided to write this open letter to the Israeli people. We are a group of asylum seekers, forced to flee our homeland and our families. Since 2003, Darfur has been under attack by forces allied with the Sudanese government. The Darfuri people have fallen victim to genocide, organized rape and looting and mass displacement, with millions forced to leave their homes. Since 2004, 800,000 Darfuris have been slain and 6,000 villages in the Darfur region have been burned.
To this day, almost 4 million people stagnate in refugee camps, surrounded by violence and fear and in desperate need of food and medicine. It was this situation in our homeland that drove many Darfuris to flee north, to Egypt. But the Egyptian government received us with hostility and violence. In late 2005, Egyptian police raided a protest encampment set up by Sudanese asylum seekers across from the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cairo. Dozens were killed, and hundreds were left homeless and penniless. In the wake of the attack, many decided to flee north once more, this time to Israel. The journey to Israel is not an easy one. Egyptian forces police the border with orders to shoot at African refugees. Many of those who do manage to cross the border into Israel arrived injured by bullets or having lost family members en route. We do not know how many of our people have been killed trying to cross the border. On the Israeli side, the army carries out a policy of "hot return," turning back whomever they manage to catch. Those who are not caught in the act of crossing the border are sent to Israeli prisons, where they can stay for months on end. Once released from prison, most refugees make their way to Tel Aviv, where they find themselves in a delicate and unstable situation. Homelessness is common, especially among people suffering from psychological trauma and injuries. Last winter, many Darfuri refugees had nowhere to spend the night, and were forced to sleep in Levinsky Park, across from the Central Bus Station.
In March 2008 our community began to organize itself, and we rented a shelter to house Sudanese refugees. The rent and bills cost us several thousand shekels a month, more than we could afford. In December 2011 we received donation from Organization called Israel At Heart, renting a COMMUNITY CENTER to help our kids, to learn Hebrew and English and it place to stay after school. Although the shelter was originally meant to house only the injured and minors, we soon had about 100 people sleeping there. Over the course of the year we accommodated over 1,000 refugees, most of them only for a brief time until they managed to get
on their feet and rent apartments. For most, this was their first stop in the country after being released from detention by Israeli authorities.
In September of 2008, the immigration police decided we were no longer permitted to stay in Tel Aviv. Many of us were detained. Others left Tel Aviv to seek work in Eilat. The shelter was kept open, but only the wounded and a handful of students, teenage boys who study at an ulpan in Jaffa, remained. Since then, the shelter has filled up once again, and now houses around a hundred people. In late February of this year, we were again on the verge of closing the shelter due to lack of funds, when private individuals from the Sudanese community stepped in and offered us their support.
All that we ask from Israel is the right to work, so that we may take care of ourselves and live freely and in peace and security. The shelter is dependent on contributions from its residents for monthly rent and bills, but without work visas it is increasingly difficult to cover these expenses.
Several hundred Sudanese were granted official refugee status, and with it the right to work. Most, however, are still denied the right to work in Israel legally. This despite the fact that they are displaced refugees, and receive no support from the government.Officially prohibited from working between Hadera and Gedera, many of us have tried to look for jobs outside of Tel Aviv, but there are few to be found. Darfuris are also forced to compete for jobs with migrant workers and other refugees, many of whom are allowed to work legally.
Unfortunately, the handful of organizations that are involved in helping us are limited in their
resources and capacity to help. Also, education programs promised to us by the government have not materialized. We are displaced people looking for peace and security. We live in Tel Aviv because it is the only place in Israel where we have access to jobs and health care. I believe that, given the right to work in Israel, we could take care of ourselves and be a benefit to the communities that we live in.
Our organization needs support. Our immediate need is for funds to cover the shelter's rent, in order to have a place for injured people and minors to sleep. In the longer term, all we ask is the right to live and work in Israel and take care of ourselves while we are here.
Hamed Sadindin is Director of Humanitarian Affairs of the Bnai Darfur Organization.
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we were the last ones leaving the wedding, and the first ones to see the sunrise.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
14 comments:
- Patrice A. said...
the first and the last
magical moments....
wat een prachtige foto's!
jij ben in zweden en
mijn broer uit finland was hier
zo fijn met familie te zijn
- June 3, 2014 at 12:36 PM
- Sally Tharpe Rowles said...
Beautiful like a fantasy ....must have been a good wedding!
- June 3, 2014 at 1:38 PM
- Andreia said...
Sweet Sara,
Those photos are amazing! That flower field and that morning fog are magical!
Sweden is so beautiful...what can i say more? :)
You captured that beauty so well and that put a smile on my face...thank you :)
- June 3, 2014 at 2:09 PM
oh my gosh, how beautiful! It's times exactly like this, that I think to myself how lucky I am to have witnessed that.
makes you want to slip into early morning more often . . .
- June 3, 2014 at 8:35 PM
- Jael said...
Vilka härliga bilder!
- June 3, 2014 at 8:41 PM
- evelyn said...
Wow.. There's something magical and serene about the way the morning fog emcompasses the flower fields <3
- June 4, 2014 at 7:23 AM
- annton said...
I am in love with the atmosphere of these pictures. the secret promises for a new day coming, hiding between fresh grass and covered by mist. I would like to wander this road for hours. or just sit aside and watch.
- June 4, 2014 at 1:58 PM
- Miss Upsey Daisy said...
Det är något speciellt att vara vaken så länge speciellt när det är sådant ljus.. Åh vad jag älskar sommaren och energin som kommer..
- June 4, 2014 at 10:25 PM
- querido diário said...
beautiful light <3
- June 5, 2014 at 3:47 AM
- sarapirat said...
ja echt! wat leuk, wat hebben jullie gedaan met je broer? heb je een leuke zomer-begin? liefs
sally oh yes it was!
andreia, it is! one day...you can experience it for yourself! thank you very much for the mail. did not take time to answer yet but was happy to read you!
sarah, yes, indeed and it makes you never wanting to go to bed...xx
jael så fint här nu!
evelyn it is is! can't have enough of it
annton me too! makes me so melancholic and sentimental..
miss ud jag MED! helt galet magiskt.
sara, :) <3
- June 5, 2014 at 10:38 AM
- Niken said...
what a day. i like the foggy weather. i don't know, but to me it makes it feel sacred.
- June 6, 2014 at 8:16 PM
beautiful pictures. like from a dream!
- June 11, 2014 at 9:53 PM
- Anne said...
- June 13, 2014 at 2:30 PM
- nadine paduart said...
ha, wedding memories. they are a far cry in my life, but i remember. n♥
- July 4, 2014 at 9:16 AM


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So, today I started out by getting gas in town prior to going to work. As you can see, the gas price is high. The $4.21 and 9 tenths shown is for 85 octane gas, which isn't even sold in most places. In most places, the lowest octane you can buy is 87 octane.
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My non-desert truck has been up the Alcan 2 times (one of those times, it went part way up on the ferry from Prince Rupert to Skagway), and down the Alcan 2 times. I've been up the Alcan 3 times and down 2 times. The odd discrepancy was because I rode up the Alcan with my dad when he drove the U-Haul that was carrying all my stuff.
I highly recommend driving the Alcan to anyone who has at least two weeks to spare - and I highly recommend having at least one month to spare rather than two weeks. I'm looking forward to hearing about Wayfarer Scientista's journey down the Alcan this summer, and am looking forward to seeing her photos.
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Camp Pendleton, Calif. -- Marines and their families were given the unique opportunity to watch football with those who have first-hand experiences as professional athletes.
Former NFL players talked about the Real Warriors Campaign and the transition from one lifestyle to another during the "Game Day" event hosted at the Pacific Views Event Center here Dec. 16.
The event encouraged servicemembers and their families to seek help coping with issues related to transitioning out of the military and mental-health concerns.
"The Real Warrior Campaign is a campaign where the Department of Defense partners up with NFL players to give them an opportunity to tell their story to the Marines," said Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, base commanding general and regional authority for five military installations in the Southwestern United States. "The NFL players talk about the challenges they faced when leaving the NFL and going back into the civilian life."
Former NFL players who have left football use their personal experiences to relate to servicemembers leaving active duty.
"When I retired from the NFL, that's when my war started," said former NFL wide receiver Chris Sanders. "You're talking about a guy who played in the super bowl, who broke Jessie Owens' long jump record, who made the all-rookie team, who did great things in the NFL … who wanted to commit suicide, was depressed, afraid to get help. I went through so many things. But until I reached out and got some help, that's when my life changed."
After leaving the NFL, which affected his marriage and finances, Sanders said he got his life back on track by swallowing "that lump called pride" and reaching out for help.
Along with sharing personal experiences, the former NFL players gave words of advice from already going through the transitioning process.
"For the most's sake, everyone is going to retire as very young individuals, so the best advice I have to give is start planning ahead because one day it is going to happen. One day you are going to be a former player; one day you are going to be a former service member," said former NFL wide receiver Hank Baskett. "Take some of the time now and plan for when you are done, so when you do lace up your boots for the last time and you go into the real world, you have some sort of plan; you know how to react, and you build where you want to go from there."
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Longtime incumbent Sen. Stephen Saland has officially conceded his Senate race to Democrat Terry Gipson.
Saland, who has held his seat since 1990, said the final counts in Dutchess and Putnam counties make clear Gipson won the tightly contested race, which was too close to call on Election Day.
"I would like to thank the people I have represented for the last 32 years in both the Assembly and the Senate for the privilege of serving them," Saland (pictured) said in a statement. "It has truly been a great honor; an honor I share with the members of my staff who dedicated themselves to the people who I have had the good fortune to represent."
Gipson, a trustee in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, finished with a margin of victory of about 2,000 votes, according to Democrats. Saland, a Poughkeepsie Republican, had served in the Assembly prior to taking office in the Legislature's upper chamber.
Democrats say they expect the race to be certified by the Board of Elections either today or tomorrow.
The district includes most of Dutchess County and half of Putnam.
Saland was one of four GOP Senators who voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, giving the measure a boost that was necessary for passage. He attracted a Conservative Party challenger in Neil Di Carlo, who garnered about 15,000 votes. Saland's loss means just one of those four Republicans—Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti—will return to the chamber in 2013.
Gipson held a lead of about 1,600 votes on Election Day—a lead that has grown since then. Saland all but conceded over the weekend, calling for an end to delays in counting absentee and affidavit ballots in the race.
Gipson's victory leaves one undecided Senate race: the battle in the 46th District between Republican Assemblyman George Amedore and Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk, both of Schenectady County. The too-close-to-call race is currently tied up in the courts.
Saland's full statement can be read after the jump.
"After learning today the final count of the absentee ballots and affidavits have revealed that the voters have selected Terry Gipson as the State Senator of the 41st Senate District, I respectfully concede in my bid for State Senate and offer my sincere congratulations to Mr. Gipson.
"The Putnam County and Dutchess County Board of Elections are to be commended for their hard work and diligence to ensure the integrity of the election process and overseeing the count of all votes.
"I would like to thank the people I have represented for the last 32 years in both the Assembly and the Senate for the privilege of serving them. It has truly been a great honor; an honor I share with the members of my staff who dedicated themselves to the people who I have had the good fortune to represent. I extend a heartfelt thank you to the many that have stood by me, supported me, and aided me in my public service, most especially my wife Linda and our family.
"Today's final results offer a time to reflect on a fulfilling legislative career that has allowed me an opportunity to give back to the community which has given so much to me and my family. I wish those I have represented, regardless of party, only the best and thank them for the years they entrusted me to serve as their State Senator."


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Over the last three years, more than one in three honeybee colonies collapsed nationwide, a phenomenon now called Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. According to the USDA, about one-third of our food is thanks to the work of bees, making CCD a huge food security issue. And while there is no one smoking gun causing CCD, scientists now widely agree that it is a result of a combination of factors, made manifest by industrial beekeeping which involves artificial insemination of queen bees, trucking thousands of hives great distances to pollinate crops, exposing bees to countless pesticides, and interfering with the species natural defenses by treating them with miticides and antibiotics and feeding them high fructose corn syrup. This deadly cocktail has made bees incredibly vulnerable and on the brink of collapse. That is, only if we fail to act, if we fail to recognize this disaster in the making and don't take strong action to counter the slow march to extinction.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Thursday that he is "deeply troubled" by Israeli settlement building and that it could ultimately prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) � U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Thursday that he is �deeply troubled� by Israeli settlement building and that it could ultimately prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
A day earlier, Israelis and Palestinians had launched formal talks on the terms of a Palestinian state, ending a five-year freeze. The talks were overshadowed by recent Israeli announcements on promoting plans for more than 3,000 new settlement apartments.
The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967. Israel has built dozens of settlements there that are now home to more than half a million Israelis and are deemed illegal by most of the international community.
�I am deeply troubled by Israel�s continuing settlement activity in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem,� Ban said, speaking at a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. �The settlement activity is deepening the Palestinian people�s mistrust in the seriousness on the Israeli side toward achieving peace. It will ultimately render a two-state solution impossible.�
The five-year break in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations was largely due to a dispute over settlements. Abbas insisted on a settlement freeze as a condition for talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the demand, arguing that all issues should be raised in negotiations with the Palestinians.
Under U.S. pressure, Abbas eventually agreed to return to talks without a settlement freeze, though Abbas aides have said the Obama administration assured them it would try to restrain Israeli construction. Amid expectations of a slowdown, Israel�s recent announcements about new settlement plans prompted particular anger among Palestinian negotiators. Israeli officials argued that much of the new construction is planned in areas Israel expects to keep in any peace deal.
The current round of negotiations is the third attempt since 2000 to set up a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Negotiators are to draw borders, including one running through Jerusalem, agree on security arrangements and decide on the fate of millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
The U.S. hopes Israelis and Palestinians can reach a deal within nine months, though expectations on all sides are low.
Abbas said all key issues were addressed in Wednesday�s round, adding that �we can�t say that we have achieved or not achieved progress because we are still at the beginning.�
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The replication crisis is over. Sure, not everyone has gotten the memo (either about it having started, or about it having ended) but the majority of scientists agree that there were (slightly) too many findings from the past that cannot easily be replicated. The underlying reasons are clear: publication bias, flexibility in the data analysis, low power, and not enough rewards for replication studies. The solutions are also clear: registered reports, sample size justification, better statistics training, and publishing and funding replication research.
So, researchers optimistic about other things we can improve in addition to reproducibility are already looking forward. Since the beginning of 2017 we have entered the theory crisis, which makes it, among other things, very difficult to falsify theories. Young scholars are already getting enthusiastic about the upcoming measurement crisis, where we finally come to grasp with a largely ignored issue concerning our measurement tools.
But here, I want to focus on one of the greatest challenges I think our science will face: The need to collaborate. Because collaboration is such a tricky issue, I project it will take us the most time of all crises to solve – but I also expect we will be rewarded by a Golden Age when researchers figure out how to most effectively coordinate our collective resources.
Figure 1. List of crises in psychology, taken from a slide from an introduction to psychology lecture in 2076. Yes, we are still using Powerpoint in 2076.
However, some precocious individuals are trying to prove me wrong by showing collaboration is not just possible, but easy. Randy McCarthy and Chris Chartier have started StudySwap: A website where you can advertise 'haves' and 'needs' to indicate you can collect data for others, or you are looking for others to collect data for you.
At my department, we sometimes 'StudySwap' among colleagues. It's difficult to get people to the lab for a short 15 minute study with which participants earn 3 euro, so we try to combine studies where possible into sets that take longer, which participants find more interesting to come to the lab for financially. StudySwap broadens the scope of this swapping. If you have a small participants pool, you can get more participants at another university. If you are looking for special populations (e.g., people from different cultures) you can post a need. But as a teacher, I can also imagine posting several 'haves' for our research practicum next year, where 100 students need to collect data in small groups, and we could use a replication study from another lab as the topic for some groups. Or, it may be beneficial to find studies that are "ready to go" if you have a student who needs to complete a study during a fixed period of time (e.g., a semester, an academic year, etc.).
Now, Randy and Chris are taking StudySwap in new exciting directions. They are coordinating a Nexus (similar to a special issue, but open indefinitely) in the journal Collabra about Collections2 – crowd-sourced research projects where groups of researchers, or collections of researchers, collect data that will analyzed by grouping all data together (such as RRRs, the ManyLabs projects, or the Pipeline Projects). This approach of designing (sets of) studies that will be aggregated and synthesized is known as a prospective meta-analysis. When pre-registered, it is the absolute state-of-the-art of doing science. The Nexus in Collabra will highlight some exciting ways in which such prospective meta-analyses can be designed, such as collecting conceptual replications, examining different outcome measures, or populations. Another example I could see happening is Collections2 that focus explicitly on sampling both individuals and stimuli from a larger population.
The nice thing about Collections2 in the Nexus special issue in Collabra is that submissions can be Registered Reports, so any accepted project that is successfully executed will lead to a publication. Registered Reports help to emphasize the proposed hypothesis and methods (as opposed to the observed results) and will likely provide an important incentive for recruiting contributing labs. Follow StudySwap (@Study_Swap) and Collabra (@CollabraOA) on Twitter for official announcements about how you can get involved with the upcoming Nexus. Although the Nexus is not accepting proposals quite yet, it is not too soon to start planning a potential crowd-sourced project.
In my personal experience, joining in on a collaborative research project (in my case, the RP:P) was perhaps one of the most educational experiences I did when I was a young scholar. It is worth the time just for how much you can learn, but obviously, it is very nice that your time and effort is also rewarded through a publication.
I couldn't be more excited about what Randy and Chris are working on with StudySwap. This is what having a vision looks like. They have identified one of the major limitations of psychological science – funding individuals to perform research lines in relative isolation – and are trying to make psychological science better. I will be joining them by posting haves and responding to needs, if only to try to prove my own prediction wrong that we will enter a Collaboration Crisis in 2036. If we look at fields around us that face similar difficulties in collecting high quality data (e.g., medicine, physics) then we know collaboration on a larger scale will need to happen. Recent successful collaborative projects such as RP:P and ManyLabs show it is feasible to work together on replications. If we figure out how to collaborate on novel lines of research, I'm confident psychology will enter a golden age where important insights are generated with a reliability and speed that will impress the general public, greatly enhancing the reputation of psychological science.


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Officials say wet, heavy snow and high winds snapped power lines in eight states.
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are very pleased to announce that International Symposium on Corrosion Control of Ships and Offshore Structures (CCSOS 2018) will be held in Qingdao, a beautiful coastal city of China on October 26th-27th, 2018.
Marine ships and offshore structures may suffer severe corrosion in the harsh environment, which affects the performance, service life and safety of ships and marine structures seriously. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop materials with high corrosion resistance and effective methods of corrosion prevention for ships and ocean engineering equipment and facilities.
This symposium aims to build a platform for scientists, scholars and engineers from research institutes, universities, shipbuilding and offshore industries to discuss and exchange research progresses and innovative technologies of marine corrosion control. Experts in China and abroad in this field are invited to attend the symposium and give presentations. We are sure the technical exchange and academic discussion will benefit all the participants.
Warmly welcome colleagues to attend this symposium.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference in Qingdao.
Prof. Likun Xu
State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection
Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute (LSMRI)
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC
A- Marine Corrosion: Behavior, Mechanism and Testing Methods
B- Marine Biofouling: Mechanism, Prevention and Testing Methods
C- Corrosion Inspection and Monitoring for Ships and Offshore Structures
D- Deep Water Corrosion and Control
E- Coatings: Anticorrosion and Antifouling
F- Cathodic Protection for Marine Ships and Offshore Structures
G- Corrosion and Prevention in Seawater Piping System
H- Corrosion Control of Ballast Tanks
I- Standards, Regulations and Others
Organization of the Symposium
Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation
NACE Shanghai China Section
Committee of Ship Materials, Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Committee of Water Environment, Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (CSCP)
Society for Corrosion and Protection of Shandong Province
Society for Corrosion and Protection of Qingdao
Qingdao Association for Science and Technology
SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company Ltd
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ocean University of China
China University of Petroleum (Huadong)
Marine Chemical Research Institute
Qingdao Research Institute for Marine Corrosion, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute
SINOPEC Qingdao Safety Engineering Institute
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Honorary Chair:
Prof. Baorong Hou (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering)
Prof. Guangzhang Chen (Honorary Chairman of CSCP)
Symposium Chair:
Vice Chair:
Prof. Mingxian Sun, Prof. Hongtian Fu
Symposium General Secretary:
Prof. Cunguo Lin
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Baorong Hou (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering;
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Guangzhang Chen (Honorary Chairman of Chinese Society for Corrosion
and Protection)
Prof. Likun Xu (State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection,
Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute)
Prof. Mingxian Sun (State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection,
Prof. Cunguo Lin (State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection,
Ms. Bei Gu (General Representative, NACE China Office)
Prof. Dun Zhang (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Hongtian Fu (SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company Ltd.)
Prof. Jianhua Wu (State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection;
Xiamen Sunrui Ship Coating Co., Ltd.)
Prof. Hongren Wang (SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company Ltd.)
Prof. Taijiang Gui (Marine Chemical Research Institute)
Prof. Bing Han (Qingdao Research Institute for Marine Corrosion)
Prof. Liangmin Yu (Ocean University of China)
Prof. Min Du (Ocean University of China)
Prof. Shougang Chen (Ocean University of China)
Prof. Jia Wang (Ocean University of China)
Prof. Zhuoyuan Chen (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Yanliang Huang (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Huyuan Sun (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Jizhou Duan (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Xiaohui Liu (SINOPEC Qingdao Safety Engineering Institute)
Prof. Zhaohui Yang (Qingdao Research Institute for Marine Corrosion)
Prof. Yan Li (China University of Petroleum (Huadong))
Prof. Rongchang Zeng (Shandong University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Li Ma
Dr. Xiangbo Li
Dr. Ri Qiu
Dr. Feng Liu
Important Dates
The first announcement: March 1st, 2018
Deadline for submitting English abstracts: June 1st, 2018
The second announcement: July 1st, 2018
Symposium date: October 26th-27th, 2018
Dr. Li Ma (General issue including visa)
Tel: +86 532 68725132 Mobile: +86 13969621017
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Abstract about the related topics on corrosion control of marine ships and offshore structures can be submitted. Here are the guidelines for abstract submission:
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Xiaoyun Wang a,b, Xiaoyun Wanga, Xiaoyun Wang a, and Xiaoyun Wang*,a
a State key laboratory for marine corrosion and protection, Luoyang ship material research institute, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
b Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
Oil and Gas equipment are being manufactured, stored and/or deployed or used in increasingly aggressive corrosive atmospheres due to an increase in atmospheric pollution. This is further aggravated by ever increasing complexity of the equipment and assemblies themselves, made more complicated by new environmental mandates in Europe coupled with a growing Green Movement, as well as fumigation requirements from countries such as Australia, for items going into ecologically sensitive areas. All have impacts on how equipment is made, stored and shipped. These issues leave the products/assets significantly more susceptible to corrosion, negatively impacting product performance, longevity and reliability.
The impact of all of these factors is being felt beyond just the industries initially targeted by the environmental legislation in Europe and China, since production facilities for manufacturing are now global in scope. Effective barrier packaging can improve this situation. Bell Labs developed a reactive barrier material, which is extruded into multi-layer structures, which has been shown to be effective at protecting against corrosion as well as protecting against static electricity. This material uses no volatiles and has an extremely low carbon footprint. The material is universal because it is available worldwide, and because it can be used easily, it can be easily re-sealed in the field, it is robust enough to be deployed in almost any environment, and it is environmentally friendly, with no volatiles, no oils and fully reusable and recyclable. The material has been used successfully by numerous oil and gas companies in upstream and downstream applications enabling them to eliminate oils, reducing carbon footprints and saving money. Case studies of how the material is used will be presented.
Keywords: Porous anodic aluminum oxide, Nonivamide, Anticorrosion, Antifouling
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Man Arrested After Complaining To Police He Was Cheated in Coke Deal
Recently, we've featured stories about a few criminal "masterminds"... like the gentleman who broke into a home and when he heard the owner return before he could make his exit, called the police himself.
Then there was the fellow who called 911 to ask questions about his marijuana plant and any legal troubles that might come from it.
This story, however, might win this gentleman the "Dumb Criminal of the Year" award.
Upon purchasing a 40-dollar bag of cocaine from his friendly neighborhood drug dealer, Antonio Recinos felt he may have been given less "product" than what had been agreed upon for the money paid. Feeling wronged in this particular transaction, the East Hartford, Connecticut man did what any normal person would do when they felt they hadn't been given the right amount of blow; he called 911.
Before going into the nitty gritty details of the illicit transaction, the 35-year-old hung up. But of course we wouldn't be telling this story if it had been because he'd wised up and decided not to incriminate himself.
No, Recinos had spotted a policeman and felt it best to continue the report of his woes in person, face to face, with a real live person rather than dealing with someone over the phone.
Makes absolute, perfect sense to me.
Upon showing the officer the bag of narcotics and possibly in the process of filing the complaint of how he'd been shorted in a perfectly legitimate drug deal he had entered into in good faith, Recinos was arrested. He is now being charged with drug possession.


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In response to "Oversight of drone program urged" (Feb. 11): Americans aside, our president is killing people at will with drones. Judge, jury and executioner rolled into one person is on it's face the work of a king, contrary to American ideals and laws.
Judicial oversight is the reason the San Diego Veterans for Peace has been demonstrating weekly in front of General Atomics in Poway. General Atomics is the home to the Predator and Reaper drones, the purveyors of death to more than 3,000 people last year in places where we are not at war. According to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, at least 25 percent of those deaths were civilians, including hundreds of children. This is responsible parenting by our leadership?
Estimates are that drone sales in the next decade will top $12 billion, largely for domestic law enforcement, and already they are talking of arming the drones with nonlethal weapons. Ray Bradbury apparently had it right in "Fahrenheit 451" where our future had robots chasing down fugitives, while the public was entertained watching the hunt on big-screen TVs. We have become a sick society. – David K. Patterson, San Diego Veterans For Peace, No Drone Coordinator, Ramona
In response to "Congress eyes U.S. drone strikes" (Feb. 6): I do not understand why congressmen are so concerned about the killing of American citizens who are fighting side-by-side with al-Qaeda insurgents and terrorists. These people are traitors who are helping and abetting our enemies and assisting in the killing of our men and women overseas.
Declared or not, we are in a state of war, and these people have chosen to join the other side! By virtue of being on foreign soil, and carrying weapons against our troops, they have become the enemy, and should be treated as such. These people are not killed because they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I shudder to imagine what the outcome of World War II would have been had we hesitated to kill Nazis on the battlefield due to the chance there might be American citizens fighting with them.
That said, the possibility for abuse of drone warfare is a valid one, which should be open for discussion. In particular, the means for choosing targets, and how the decision to use lethal force is made. I do not believe Congress should be involved in the day-to-day decision-making of troops on the ground, but parameters should be identified and ground rules set for the use of such a powerful and deadly tool. – Jason Schildhaus, Serra Mesa
In response to Bill Stuart (Letters, Feb. 10, regarding "Congress eyes U.S. drone strikes," Feb. 6): It's time to wake up.
America declared our war on terror years ago in response to unannounced attacks on our citizens and countries from groups of terrorists. They have bombed our embassies, attacked our citizens and destroyed our buildings within our own cities. Did they announce any of this prior? Did they offer to "try us in a court of law? The answer is a resounding NO!
Should we afford these "warriors" (I care not for the country of their residence, American or otherwise) the luxury or stage of a "trial" so they could expound their opinions of hate for the American people, let alone risk members of our armed services lives to root them out, arrest and bring them to America for a 'fair trial'? Was this done during any other war? I think not.
If we are truly looking to stop the needless loss of life from the terrorists out there now, the only way that has shown actual results is to stop them BEFORE they attack us – take out their leadership and remove their funding. The drone strikes seem to be doing this, look at those that have been eliminated, without the loss of an American life.
America needs to acknowledge that although this may not be the ideal solution to fit our moral judgment, it is at present the best solution we have so far. – John Hollenbach, Carmel Valley


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Navajo Weavers At Hubbel Trading Post, the First Such Post on the Navajo Reservation, Ganado County, Arizona: photo by Terry Eiler for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 1972 (National Archives and Records Administration)
lives because of the life put into it.
A yard of India muslin is alive with Hindu life.
And a Navajo woman, weaving her rug in the pattern of her dream
must run the pattern out in a little break at the end
so that her soul can come out, back to her.
But in the odd pattern, like snake marks on the sand
it leaves its trail.
Woman's fancy manta, Navajo, c. 1850-1865: image by PDTillman, 2009 (Arizona State Museum)
Navajo blanket, 19th century: photo by George Wharton James, from Indian Blankets and their Makers, 1914
Transitional Navajo blanket, c. 1880-1895: photo by Flair Robinson Studio, 4 March 2009
Navajo Indian rug weaver with partially completed rug in loom, Southern Navajo Agency: photographer unknown, 1933 (Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs/National Archives and Records Administration)
Spinning wool into yarn to be used in Navajo rug weaving, Southern Navajo Agency: photographer unknown, 1933 (Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs/National Archives and Records Administration)
Blanket weaver -- Navaho: photo by Edward W. Curtis (1868-1952), from The Apache; The Jicarillas; The Navaho [portfolio], Seattle, 1907 [Curtis caption: "The Navaho-land blanket looms are in evidence everywhere. In the winter months they are set up in the hogans, but during the summer they are erected outdoors under an improvised shelter, or, as in this case, beneath a tree. The simplicity of the loom and its product are here clearly shown, pictured in the early morning light under a large cottonwood."] (Northwestern University Library/Library of Congress)
Blanket weavers. Aboriginal life among the Navajoe Indians. Near old Fort Defiance, New Mexico: photo by Thomas H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882), 1873 (Library of Congress)
Navajo woman at loom weaving a blanket. A wooden crate that reads: "Charles Unsweetened Evaporated Milk" is near the woman. A herd of sheep walk on a ledge nearby. A stone and earth hogan is near the sheep: photo by William M. Pennington, between 1904 and 1932, from John Stewart MacCrary: "'Feel' of the desert", in The Desert Magazine, January 1940 (Library of Congress/ Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library)
Navajo woman weaver spinning wool into yarn at loom, Torreon, New Mexico: photo by John K Hillers (1843-1925), c. 1871-c.1907 (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology/national Archives and Records Administration)
Navajo Rug Weaving: Kodachrome photo by Ray Manley, n.d ; original postcard caption: "From high in the sheep ranges of the Indian country come these pure wool masterpieces of the Navajo's rug weaving skill.Traditional Navajo weaving used upright looms with no moving parts. Support poles were traditionally constructed of wood although steel pipe is more common today. The artisan sits on the floor during weaving and wraps the finished portion of fabric underneath the loom as it grows. The average weaver takes anywhere from 2 months to many years to finish a single rug"; image by by Brenda (9teen87), 9 September 2011
Navajo girls learn first to weave by observation, near Navajo Mountain, Utah: photo by John Collier, 1948; image by John Collier, Junior, 11 November 2006
Navajo women weave a rug at the Hubbel Trading Post, first trading post on the Navajo Reservation: photo by Terry Eiler for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 1972 (National Archives and Records Administration)


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Fine/Studio Arts, General
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About the Fine Arts Major
Creative artists find innumerable ways to express themselves when they become fine arts majors. In the major, students might choose to study more traditional fine arts, such as drawing, painting, or sculpture; more contemporary fine arts, such as textiles, photography, ceramics, or digital or graphic art; or a unique combination of the two.
Though education beyond high school is rarely required for a career in fine arts, artists may not have developed their skills enough to be successful without further education. Formal training is available at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Courses take place in a number of settings and vary greatly depending upon the type of course taught; however, each classroom is appropriate for the subject matter. For example, a photography class would have access to a darkroom, a class in painting would likely occur in a studio, and a class in digital or graphic art might take place in a computer lab.
Whatever area of fine arts students choose to study, they will take a variety of art-related courses that delve deep into their chosen areas. Students may choose to take more courses in an area in which they feel they are most confident or most skilled in order to further hone their craft, or they may take more courses in areas they want more experience with in order to expand their skillset. Coursework also involves learning how to create a portfolio, maintaining equipment, and even studio management.
It goes without saying that fine arts majors need to be naturally creative and talented in order to be successful. In addition, professors and students often critique one another's work as part of the learning process, so a very important trait of the fine arts major is the ability to give and receive feedback, both positive and negative.
Aside from a career as a fine artist, career opportunities also exist at many different types of organizations, including schools, museums, newspapers, colleges, motion picture/video production companies, advertising agencies, and public relations firms.
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Walter, Bronke score goals; Dinges adds career-best two assists in tough loss
OXFORD, Ohio – Jumping out to a two-goal lead, the Miami University women's soccer team looked poised for a big win over Louisville, but the Cardinals rallied in the second half and clipped the RedHawks in overtime, handing Miami a 3-2 loss Sunday afternoon at Miami Soccer Field. The RedHawks (3-2-0) saw their three-match win streak snapped in defeat while Louisville (2-2-1), which has played a very difficult schedule, picked up its first win since the season opener.
Miami came out attacking early, earning a corner kick less than a minute into the match. The RedHawks then struck first in the 16th minute with some crisp passing. Junior midfielder Kelsey Dinges played a through ball to senior midfielder Kayla Zakrzewski down the left side. Zakrzewski then one-timed a cross to the opposite side of the goal where sophomore midfielder Haley Walter was all alone for the putaway. It was her second goal of the year.
Following the RedHawks' score however, the Cardinals started to get into a rhythm and controlled possession. Louisville nearly tied it in the 25th minute but senior goalkeeper Allison Norenberg made a diving stop to get her fingers on a shot by Christine Exeter that was bending away from Norenberg and forced it outside the post. Ten minutes later, the Cardinals had another close call but Charlyn Corral's turn and fire hit the post.
"We are set up to do certain things on the field during the game. When we stop doing those things and go away from those things, we're not as good or effective. I felt like the first 15-20 minutes of the game, we went out and did the things we we're supposed to be doing. Then when we got the lead, for whatever reason we decided we were going to sit back and defend it and we're not set up to do that," Miami head coach Bobby Kramig said. "We're at our best when we're going forward, we're attacking and putting other teams under pressure. And when we stop doing that and all we do is sit back and clear the ball, instead of passing, we get into trouble. I thought we got into the mode and it took until halftime to get out of it."
Miami was able to hold onto its 1-0 lead through the first 45 minutes, despite being outshot 10-3 in the first half. Norenberg came up with three big saves in the opening period to help counter the Cardinal attack, which also earned four of the five corner kicks awarded in the first frame.
After regrouping at the break, the RedHawks again came out playing tough and attacking Louisville. Miami earned a quick foul and Dinges took a free kick from just inside the midfield stripe. Her boot was sent into the box, where Cardinals keeper Paige Brown came out to play it, but she only got a hand on it. The ball bounced right to sophomore midfielder Jess Bronke, who buried it in the open net for a 2-0 Miami lead just 1:02 into the second half. The goal was her second in as many games, after scoring her first career goal at IPFW two days earlier. Dinges also collected her second assist of the day on the play, marking her first career multi-assist contest.
Like in the first half however, Louisville awoke after Miami's second goal and quickly pulled level on a pair of goals from Corral, who also plays on the Mexican National Team. First, in the 54th minute, Exeter sent a pass that bounced into the box, where Corral chipped it over a charging Norenberg to cut Miami's lead in half. Then, just 44 seconds later, Corral struck again, dribbling around the Miami defense and ripping a shot from 15 yards just inside the right post past a diving Norenberg to knot the match at 2-2.
"We came out in the second half and got the early goal and then we switched right back into (playing defensive). We can't play that way. We don't practice that. That's not how we play," Kramig said. "When we get away from the things we do best, like anything, you're going to get into trouble. I felt like the best thing that happened to us was that second goal (by Louisville) because then we started playing again. The game evened out, we had a couple of good chances."
With the score tied, possession also started to even out as shots were 9-7 UL in the second stanza. In the 69th minute, Louisville had a good look at goal after some passing put Erin Yenney in alone but Norenberg quickly charged off her line and slid to stop the close-range shot from Yenney. The RedHawks then had two good chances of their own in the final 11 minutes of regulation from senior midfielder Katy Dolesh. First, after some quick passing, Dolesh was in alone on the right side but her blast sailed wide right of the goal. Then, with seven minutes left, the captain sent in a lob shot from just inside the penalty box that caromed off the crossbar, as the match went to overtime – Miami's first of the year.
Less than 30 seconds into the extra session, Zakrzewski put a shot on target for the 'Hawks, but Brown was there for the save. Corral then hit the crossbar for Louisville in the second minute of overtime. Corral wasn't finished however, as in the fifth minute of overtime she set up Nicole Mitchell for the game-winner. Corral tried to pass into the box and a Miami defender deflected it out to the top of the box where Mitchell came flying in and blasted a shot into the right side of the net, giving the Cardinals the 3-2 victory in the 95th minute.
"On the game-winner, we had a little bit of a dive-in on a tackle at midfield and then we missed a check back. Those kinds of things will happen at the end of the game. It's 90 degrees out here and in overtime," Kramig said. "It's not uncommon, but I was proud of the effort and I think we can come out of this with a lot of positives, having learned some valuable lessons that will stand up well for us as the season goes along."
Louisville finished with a 22-11 edge in shots, 10 of which came off the foot of Corral, however the Cardinals held just a slight 8-6 advantage in shots on goal. Norenberg totaled five saves in the contest while Brown compiled four. Corner kicks also ended even at 6-6 after Miami earned five corners to UL's two in the second 45 minutes.
"The lesson in all of this is we need to do what we do and we need to stick with what we're set up to do," Kramig added. "That's the takeaway."
The RedHawks look to get back on track as they continue a three-game homestand next weekend when they host Milwaukee on Friday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. and Purdue on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. Sunday's match will also be Senior Day.


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Aug. 19, 2011 -- An unprecedented drop in the number of women getting mammograms was due to women going off hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new study suggests.
Up to the year 2000, more and more U.S. women were getting breast cancer screening via mammography at least once every two years.
But in 2005, researchers were astonished to see that fewer women were getting mammograms. What happened has been a mystery until now.
In a new study, National Cancer Institute researcher Nancy Breen, PhD, and colleagues finger the culprit: hormone replacement therapy.
"A change in hormone therapy use was associated with the drop in mammography use for women ages 50 to 64 years, but not for women age 65 years and older," Breen and colleagues report in the early online edition of the journal Cancer.
In 2002, results from the Women's Health Initiative study linked HRT to increased risk of breast cancer. The result was that 6.4 million women ages 50 to 64 and 2 million women ages 65 and older suddenly stopped hormone therapy.
Since a woman needs a prescription to get HRT, women had to see a doctor every year. And the most important factor in whether a woman gets a mammogram is whether her doctor recommends it.
Using data from the National Health Interview Surveys from 2000 and 2005, Breen and colleagues found a statistical link between stopping HRT and getting a mammogram -- but only for women ages 50 to 64.
That solves one mystery, but not another. In 2008, and again in 2010, mammography rates went back up even higher than they had been in 2005. Yet there appears to have been no increase in HRT use.


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If California's legislators aren't going to be paid, Gov. Jerry Brown shouldn't receive a check either.
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Prop 25, a ballot initiative approved last year, requires the legislature to pass a budget on time or forfeit their pay.
Even though they passed a budget, the governor vetoed it and the document was so full of gimmicks that it is not really balanced, raised the question whether an imbalanced budget should count for these purposes.
The state controller John Chiang said no.
My view: there are enormous constitutional problems with permitting members of one branch of government -- Chiang and Brown are in the executive branch -- to block the pay of another branch, the legislative.
This is precisely the sort of thing that happens in countries we think of as not free; for example, Russia, where Vladimir Putin has unilaterally stripped lawmakers of pay, perks and their jobs.
However, since Chiang bowed to public anger at the legislature and stopped paying them, he should do two other things too: stop paychecks to Brown and to himself as well. It's only reasonable. For a couple of reasons.
First, it's clear that, for all the gimmicks in the budget, no one would be calling for withholding pay to lawmakers if Brown had decided to sign the budget. The governor's veto precipitated this debate.
The governor shouldn't be able to impoverish the legislature unless, at the very least, he takes the financial hit himself.
Since Chiang is enabling the governor and punishing the legislature, he shold take the same punishment himself.
Second, the legislature has done more than Brown has on the budget.
Both the legislature and the governor prefer a budget plan that includes temporary taxes.
But Republicans have blocked such a plan. The legislature responded by doing the work of offering an alternative plan and passing it.
But Brown has refused -- despite many entreaties -- to offer his own alternative budget plan, presumably an "all-cuts" budget since he doesn't like the gimmicks the legislature used to avoid cuts.
In short, the legislature has done its job -- not a good job, but this is the California legislature. Brown has not.
If lawmakers are going to miss paychecks, the governor should too.
This story was updated after Chiang blocked lawmakers' pay on Tuesday.


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The president's secret telephone recordings offer the world insight into his private views.
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Robert Caro's The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson has earned accolades and the bestseller status that befits this definitive study of Johnson. I have just finished listening to the book on 27 CDs, a total of 33 hours, on various spring and summer road trips. What an excellent way to use time in the car. In the case of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, there is another major dimension to savor as audio: the 800 hours of conversations, mainly on the telephone, that Johnson secretly recorded between 1963 and 1968, all of which are now readily available. (More about these in a moment.)
The reaction to Caro's four volumes has been overwhelmingly positive for his meticulous appraisal of this politician, who was, at his best, nonpareil. Johnson's flaws -- from the tinges of corruption in his early elections and business dealings to his escalation of the war in Vietnam despite private despair over its likely outcome -- have shaped his legacy. Caro's portrait in the four volumes already published -- and no doubt in the still to come fifth volume, which will focus, inevitably, on Vietnam -- has framed LBJ's reputation for insecurity (in his dealings with the Kennedys, for example, who treated him with disdain) as well as his mastery of the role of Senate majority leader. Lately, in large measure because of the attention to The Passage of Power's depiction of Johnson's superb handling of the presidential transition in the traumatic months after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a revival of interest is under way about Johnson's record in domestic policy. His commitment to a Great Society agenda that included civil rights legislation, anti-poverty programs, and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid has begun to balance the generally negative sense of Johnson's presidency that has been the main strain of popular perception. In ways that had stymied Kennedy, for all his glamorous persona, Johnson used his power to make government responsive to popular needs.
In March, Hunter College's Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute hosted a symposium called "Revisiting the Great Society: The Role of Government from FDR to LBJ to Today" that was especially valuable in re-igniting attention to the accomplishments of Johnson's tenure and his skill at maneuvering through the political obstacles of that era. A report on the conference, just released by the institute highlights a keynote address by Caro that captures the essence of this aspect of Johnson's genius. Caro said:
The life of Lyndon Johnson is a very complicated life, but two aspects of that life shine brightly through all the complications and dark episodes. One is the compassion, his sympathy and empathy for people--poor people, people of color, people "caught in the tentacles of circumstance." The other is the great gift--the talent beyond talent--to make compassion meaningful. Meaningful how? To help people fight forces too big for them to fight alone. This is the proper role of government.
Johnson's techniques for political persuasion in pressing his legislative priorities and his wonderfully vivid personal style come through magnificently in those 800 hours of taped conversations. All of them can be accessed through the University of Virginia's Miller Center. Pick a year and browse. (The Johnson Presidential Library also has a searchable data base, but the Miller Center seems the easiest to use.) Because so many of them are on the phone, they are clearer than office conversations (unlike the majority of Richard Nixon's Oval office tapes). According to Michael Beschloss, the presidential historian who prepared two sets of the tapes for sale with helpful annotations and says he is planning to do another, the decision to make them all available was made by Lady Bird Johnson. In his remarks to the Roosevelt House symposium, Beschloss said that it was "Mrs. Johnson's courage and respect for history" that made it possible "50 years earlier than LBJ intended for all of us to listen and learn from those tapes. It has changed the way that we see and understand him."
We can hear him, especially in 1964 and 1965, as he wrestles with the challenges of the Great Society, working to get those programs passed. He talks in private about poverty and civil rights. If anything, he is more radical here than he was publicly, saying, "I can't say these things in public yet because the time isn't right." For those who question Lyndon Johnson's true intent, I say, listen to those tapes and the question is settled.
The combination of Robert Caro's epic narrative and the hundreds of hours of LBJ's own words gives us a degree of insight into Johnson's life and political career, enriching our sense of the man in a way that is riveting. Because of the enormous blunders of Vietnam policy and the tragic rifts it created in American society, the consequences of which are still felt today, Lyndon Johnson's was a blighted presidency. He died in 1973 at the age of 64, so there is no way to know whether he would have played a meaningful post-presidential role. But what we do know about Lyndon Baines Johnson is that he was exceptionally skilled at getting things done for people in ways that would be a huge asset amidst today's political enmities and deadlocks. And listening to Lyndon on the telephone is as good a guide to political technique as we are ever likely to get.
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September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and the Kane County Chronicle is presenting a three-day series on childhood obesity and its effects on our children.
The word "diet" is never uttered in Melissa Webb's house in St. Charles.
That doesn't mean she isn't careful about the meals she serves her three children.
"I try to lead by example. I cook very healthy and pack healthy snacks," said Webb, who for the past year has been on the Weight Watchers program.
"It has to be a lifestyle," Webb said. "You throw the word diet out at kids, and it's going to knock down their confidence quite a bit, I think."
Eating healthy has become more of a priority for Webb after her daughter, 9-year-old Madi, was diagnosed as being overweight and having a higher body mass index, or BMI, than she should have. BMI is a number calculated from a child's weight and height. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, BMI is a reliable indicator of body fat for most children and teens.
"She doesn't know when to listen to her body in terms of being full," Webb said. "She just continues to eat. Unfortunately, that is a problem that many Americans have."
Madi is not alone. About 17 percent, or 12.5 million of children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 years old in the United States, are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 1980, obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has almost tripled.
In the simplest terms, a child with excess body fat is considered overweight or obese. Doctors take several factors into consideration – including weight, age, height and gender – to determine whether a child fits one of those categories. Children well above the normal weight for their age and height are considered obese, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The effects of childhood obesity are serious and widespread, and there might be no better illustration of obesity's rapid incline and the corresponding detriment to health than an observation in a 2005 study in The New England Journal of Medicine that the children who comprise this generation could end up living shorter lives than their parents.
Reasons behind rise in childhood obesity
There are many reasons for childhood obesity's rise, but experts tend to start the discussion by noting changes to American society during the past two or three decades.
Fast food and soda – filled with empty calories and sold cheap and in large quantities – are everywhere and fit neatly into on-the-go lifestyles. Advertising is heavy for those products and often geared toward kids – $1.6 billion is spent annually on food advertising to children and adolescents, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
In addition, technology makes it easier than ever to stay entertained without expending much energy.
As the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity noted in its 124-page report in 2010, "screen time" is up among children, as kids continue to sit in front of TVs, computers and gaming systems.
One of the major issues, said Dr. Bob Topp, childhood obesity expert and associate dean of Marquette University's College of Nursing, is that the health care systems don't know how to treat obesity. It's a behavioral disease, and as such requires prevention rather than medication or surgery.
But that fact has led to a "tipping point," said Dr. Beverly Henry, an associate professor of nutrition and dietetics at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
There are now many organizations working to find solutions.
However, scattered efforts haven't led to feasible results.
"In the beginning, everyone comes to the table with their own agenda," Henry said. "It takes a while to form that common goal and that common plan."
Kane County officials are working to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. In 2008, the county kicked off its "Making Kane County Fit for Kids" initiative, which has the goal of reversing childhood obesity in Kane County by 2020.
In the past five years, the county has provided more than $430,000 to community organizations to implement changes in Kane County to increase healthy eating and increase active living, said Michael Isaacson, assistant director for community health for the Kane County Health Department.
And it's needed. Of the 2- to 5-year-olds enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children food assistance program in Kane County, 32 percent are considered obese or overweight.
"The fact that these very young kids are already heavy, it's even more critical to do something," Isaacson said.
The Fit for Kids Funders' Consortium has funded such programs as International Walk to School Day across the county. Last year, 53 schools in the county participated. The annual awareness event helps reach not just children but also parents and schools, Isaacson said.
"We can raise awareness about the benefits of walking and riding bicycles to school," he said. "It also gives us an opportunity to look at specific schools so we can identify things that can be potential barriers."
Isaacson said it will take everyone's efforts to reverse childhood obesity. Kane County's 2011 Community Health Assessment indicates that 21.8 percent of children younger than 18 are considered obese.
"No one intervention by itself is going to do the trick," Isaacson said. "We really need to engage all different sectors of the community to really change the culture, to move more to a culture of wellness where people are active in their daily lives."
Kane County schools also are trying to be part of the solution. For example, Batavia School District 101 this fall joined other area school districts in banning outside food in classrooms.
Brad Newkirk, the district's chief academic officer, said the new policy is designed to address the district's food allergy management policy and its health and wellness policy.
Geneva and Kaneland school districts prohibit birthday treats in the form of food items. St. Charles School District 303 supports nonfood treats and activities for school celebrations, as well as avoiding using food as an incentive or reward in the classroom. The district also discourages selling food as a means of fundraising.
It takes a family
Parents also are key to keeping children healthy. That's why Webb enrolled Madi in the ProActive Kids program at the St. Charles Park District's Pottawatomie Community Center, which is funded through Cadence Health.
The eight-week program is designed to teach kids and their families ways to improve their health through exercise, nutritional lessons and open discussion.
Webb admitted that in the past, she was somewhat in denial about Madi's weight and thought her daughter would thin out as she grew taller. She knows it's better to address it now before it leads to health problems.
Webb said she hopes the program will help boost Madi's self-confidence. Her daughter loves cheerleading and softball and can be tough on herself. Her other two children don't have weight problems.
"I want to learn how to be healthy," Madi said.
She is learning that exercise can be fun after enthusiastically running up and down a set of steep stairs at Pottawatomie Park recently as part of the program.
"I was the first one up and down," Madi said proudly.
Webb also hopes that being around children who are battling the same problems will help give Madi's self-esteem a boost.
"It's very important to me as her mom to make sure that she knows she is not alone, that there are other kids who struggle just like she does, and that just because she's overweight, it does not define her," Webb said. "And right now, she kind of lets that define her. In the end, what I want really most of all is for her to gain some confidence and for her to be proud of whatever accomplishments she makes in the program."
Determining Weight Status
Determining whether a child is overweight or obese is not as simple as looking at a number on a scale.
In the simplest terms, a child with excess body fat is considered overweight or obese. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using Body Mass Index, or BMI, as a way to screen children starting at age 2.
The BMI is calculated by using the child's weight, height, gender and age.
The BMI is then used to determine a child's weight status – underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese – by comparing that child's BMI to others who are the same age and gender. That child is placed into a percentile for age and gender.
Children are deemed to fall into the overweight category if they have a BMI at or above the 85th percentile but lower than the 95th percentile for kids of the same age and sex. Those at or above the 95th percentile are considered obese, according to the CDC.
The CDC provides a calculator that can be used to determine a child's BMI and what percentile he or she is in.
The calculator asks for sex, birth date, day measurements were taken, height and weight, and then provides a BMI and percentile ranking for that child.
Below are examples of weight status ranges for children at various genders, ages and weights.
Born: Jan. 17, 2009
Height: 3 feet, 1 inch
Day of measurement: Aug. 5, 2013
Underweight range: 0 to 27
Healthy weight range: 27.25 to 32.75
Overweight range: 33 to 34.5
Obese range: 34.75 and above
Born: March 4, 2005
Height: 3 feet, 10 inches
Day of measurement: Aug. 5, 2013
Underweight range: 0 to 40.75
Healthy weight range: 41 to 56
Overweight range: 56.25 to 63.5
Obese range: 63.75 and above
Born: May 10, 2000
Height: 5 feet, 1 inches
Day of measurement: Aug. 5, 2013
Underweight range: 0 to 82.25
Healthy weight range: 82.5 to 116.50
Overweight range: 116.75 to 134
Obese range: 134.25 and above
Born: Nov. 28, 1996
Height: 5 feet, 6 inches
Day of measurement: Aug. 5, 2013
Underweight range: 0 to 105.75
Healthy weight range: 106 to 155
Overweight range: 155.25 to 182.25
Obese range: 182.5 and above
Sources: Calculation done on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculator; Beverly Henry, associate professor of nutrition and dietetics at Northern Illinois University, helped with wording of text
More online
Find out your child's weight status by visiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's BMI percentile calculator for children and teenagers at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi.


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In response to tumultuous news reports highlighting tension between NYC residents and law enforcement, Dr. Bernard Fialkoff, Periodontist and Dental Implant Surgeon of New York City, and President and Founding Sponsor of Foundation for A Drug Free World of The Americas Chapter, teamed up with Antonio Hendrickson, Founder and Executive Director of Lead by Example / Reverse the Trend to hold a kick-off Basketball Tournament. The basketball game, which will continue every other Saturday into the summer of 2017, helps to promote positive relationships between local Bronx teens and the NYPD.
By sponsoring, Dr. Fialkoff provided informational booths filled with drug education booklets at the game, combining the message of being drug-free with being crime-free. More than 100 local youth and teens came out to play. David Tidman, the lead presenter of Dr. Fialkoff's Drug Free World chapter, helped cut the red ribbon with Antonio Hendrickson and an NYPD Community Affairs representative, announcing the kick-off of the basketball tournament, and a year filled with games promoting peace and unity.
Dr. Fialkoff said, "It is important to share the knowledge we have gained as adults with our children. They are the future generation and can be helped to avoid problems that we went through in our lives. As a doctor, one of our roles is to help our community, and that's why I support the Drug Free World initiatives." Joe Daly, a Video Production Manager, donated his time to produce a promotional video for the tournament that will be used to obtain further sponsorship for upcoming games.
The Drug Free World Americas YouTube channel is playing the just-released video at: https://youtu.be/-JvzPp0EjOo
Antonio Hendrickson said, "When you have a relationship with someone and it's a positive relationship then that relationship can build into other things. What we want to do is let NYPD, Drug Free World and Lead by Example become mentors." Hendrickson created Lead By Example / Reverse The Trend to help prepare young people in disadvantaged communities for adulthood through empowerment, and enhancing communication and social skills.
A Bronx resident who watched the game commented, "This shows that our children can work together, talk together and play together. It's a great day because it's drug free. No one is out here drinking, no smoking is going on; we are out here having a great time."
In New York City, Dr. Fialkoff has trained more than 4000 law enforcement officers, and sponsored more than 1200 free drug education and prevention events. Through his presentations and through training other medical professionals, Dr. Fialkoff's outreach has safeguarded hundreds of thousands of youth from the ravages of drugs. Dr. Fialkoff's mission is to improve and make safe our communities, our families and our youth through his sponsorship of the anti-drug education program.
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The wood floor was specially designed for the Beethoven Center by James F. Green of Aexandria, Virginia. It follows the classic designs of such floors from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and includes design elements from Versailles and Russian Imperial palaces. This design also incorporates elements related to the Beethoven Center. The corner escutcheons contain a classic lyre motif with a letter "B" for Beethoven and Ira F. Brilliant, the Center's founder.
The lyre design is adapted directly from the carved lyre found on the 1827 Jakesch piano owned by the Beethoven Center.
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