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On this date in 1595, Gabriel de Espinosa the "confectioner of Madrigal" was put to death for impersonating the late king of Portugal. Most accessible information about this queer case appears in Spanish, as are most of the links in this post.
The confectioner's fall began in Morocco 17 years before, almost to the day. On the fourth of August 1578, the King Sebastian of Portugal — who had no child and no sibling — bravely and foolishly got himself killed crusading against the Moors and set up a succession crisis that enabled neighboring Spain to gobble up the kingdom.
As this scenario spawned multiple executions, so we have already dealt with the background in greater detail.
Its strange outgrowth was "Sebastianism", a local variation of the widespread "king under the mountain" myth. Sebastian's body was not recovered, and Portuguese survivors straggling back home brought confusion and rumor as to his fate.* Since the kingdom itself had followed the young king into occultation, his stunned subjects widely embraced the unlikely fancy that the prince was about to return to put things right.
"Portugal could accept defeat at the hands of the Moors, but not the loss of national independence," Mary Elizabeth Brook wrote in "From Military Defeat to Immortality: The Birth of Sebastianism," Luso-Brazilian Review, Winter 1964. As its people "considered Sebastian's death to be the sole cause of national ills, they were not ready to believe that he was really dead."
These stories compounded themselves by spawning fresh rumors of the elusive king — deep in penance for losing the battle, some said — said to be sighted here or there like Bigfoot, according to your cousin's best friend's groomsman who heard it from a traveler at a roadside inn. Twice in the 1580s, popular superstition elevated to royal pretender two different mystery men.
While these affairs had an accidental and ad hoc character, our Gabriel de Espinosa arising in 1594 was diligently contrived.
The Augustinian friar Miguel dos Santos, a follower of the exiled clainant to the Portuguese throne,** somehow scrounged up a Spanish pastry-maker with an uncommon felicity in languages† and took him under his wing until he could do a passable impression of the late king. This Gabriel de Espinosa was then to be paired up with a Portuguese dowager princess who had been socked away in a nunnery during the succession mess. This would have been a considerable promotion for both characters, but the process of quietly gathering support for these would-be rulers could not avoid detection.
Both the imposter and his mentor were hanged for their trouble, but the confectioner's refusal under torture to acknowledge himself as Gabriel and his regal bearing at the noose did well by his pretense to the very last. He's perhaps the most appealing of the Sebastianist pretenders for this reason, and is even occasionally mooted as the real deal — as in Jose Zorrilla's romantic poem Traidor, Inconfeso y Martir, which conceives Gabriel as the actual Dom Sebastian. (The confectioner of madrigal has enjoyed frequent literary attention through the ages.)
Since it was always about something much more profound than the man himself, it's no surprise that Sebastianism like other "sleeping king" superstitions very long outlasted the plausible lifespan of its namesake. When Portugal finally regained independence from Spain in 1640, the new King John IV had to promise to surrender his throne should Sebastian reappear: Sebastian would have been 86 years old at the time. The messianic cult even hopped the Atlantic and found a home in Brazil well into the 19th century.
* According to Brook, two Portuguese chroniclers did in fact see Sebastian's body identified by captured Portuguese noblemen after the battle. But the Sebastianism cult had its legs long before such reports filtered back to the homeland.
** It was in service of the this exile's claim that the Florentine adventurer Philippe Strozzi got killed trying to capture the Azores.
† Apparently the baker was a former soldier and had also thereby acquired some skills like horsemanship that also proved handy for feigning nobility.
On this day..
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- 1630: Guglielmo Piazza and Giangiacomo Mora, colonna d'infamia - 2019
- 1938: Mikhail Viktorov, Soviet naval commander - 2018
- 1766: James Annin and James M'Kinzy - 2017
- 1831: John Bell, age 14 - 2015
- 1548: Seraphin d'Argences - 2014
- 1556: Joan Waste, in Windmill Pit - 2013
- 1924: Felix McMullen, bank robber - 2012
- 1946: Andrei Vlasov, turncoat Soviet general - 2011
- Feast Day of the Holy Maccabees - 2010
- 1997: Norio Nagayama, spree killer and author - 2009
- 1917: Frank Little of the IWW lynched - 2008


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Craig Morgan and Jana Kramer to Be Featured During Skating and Song Event Celebrating Cancer Survivors
Craig Morgan and Jana Kramer are just two of the celebrities who have signed on to be part of Scott Hamilton's televised 'Kaleidoscope on Ice' event, which will celebrate the tough men and women who have survived cancer.
Hamilton, a legendary skater and cancer survivor himself, is teaming up with the organizations for the special, which he holds close to his heart for obvious reasons.
In addition to Morgan and Kramer's involvement with the event, stars scheduled to appear include 2010 Olympic champion and gold medalist Evan Lysacek, Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, four-time world champion Kurt Browning and Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie, as well as the iconic Kool and the Gang.
Lysacek will kick off the event with a performance along to the 'Nutcracker Suite,' while Kerrigan will skate along with Kramer's hit single, 'Why Ya Wanna' and Wylie (whose parents are both cancer survivors) will skate to Morgan's 'Being Alive and Livin'.'
Women's Olympic champions Gabrielle Douglas, Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber also plan to make a special guest appearance and headline a Psy-inspired Gangnam-style tribute spotlighting Levine Cancer Institute's Research and Administrative Headquarters during the broadcast.
Look for the 'Kaleidoscope on Ice' special to air on CBS on Sunday, November 25 at 5PM ET.

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As a camp counselor, your job is among the most important responsibilities anywhere - parents have entrusted their children to you. You have the charge of not only making sure they are safe, but of nurturing their development.
Nurturing campers' development includes having clear ideas of the kinds of behaviors you want to encourage. Some positive behaviors that can be taught at camp are:
- Getting along with others by doing one's part, supporting others, developing relationships, accepting others, being part of a community, sharing, and being a team player.
- Being part of a group, cooperating, group decision making, and comparing self-interest in relationship to the best interests of others.
- Increasing self-sufficiency and self-reliance - the more self-sufficient campers are the better they relate to others, develop confidence, and learn skills with minimal direction, all of which build self-esteem.
- Just being a kid, experiencing new things, exploring, observing nature, and participating in worthwhile activities.
- Increasing the concern about natural surroundings through outdoor living experiences and improving campers' conservation attitude and practices.
How You Can Nurture Campers' Development
So, what are the first things you do to influence these potential areas of development and bring about these behaviors in your campers? You need to become a super person! Enter that phone booth and exit with a cape! You will never regret it; it will be the best decision of your life.
When you exit that phone booth, offer campers your undivided attention all the time (any non-attention times should be specifically arranged for other coverage). Your attention should be positive, encouraging, friendly, individualized, fair, understanding, and accepting. When interacting with campers, say "we," let's," "us," and be inclusive, receptive, and nonjudgmental. Listen (and hear), understand, accept, and respond. Set limits (in campers' interests, not yours); show integrity by always being depended on to follow through on what's expected of you.
Show respect and you will receive respect
Treat your campers with respect. "The children who are best behaved are those who are treated with respect," says Benjamin Spock, noted pediatrician. Respect is probably the best form of positive reinforcement. How do we show respect? Talk back and forth on a child's agenda; listen, really listen, and respond; have a conversation with an open mind; and find areas of mutual interest to discuss. Show campers you like and care about them by enjoying being with them and having fun - let the kid in you out but in appropriate ways.
When showing respect, you are giving yourself to the camper, and depending on many other circumstances, that giving will be returned. Respect becomes mutual and therein lie the rewards. Smiles, greetings, sincerity/realness, equal treatment, being nonjudgmental, being fair, appropriate pats and touches (well-defined by camp policy), and simply doing things together are all part of creating a respectful camp environment.
Reinforce the positive
Reinforce your campers' good behavior, and those positive behaviors will be repeated. Avoid, or give as little attention as possible, to lousy behavior, and redirect it to something good so you can give it positive attention. (Defiant behavior can be a reaction to lack of attention.) Some positive reinforcements include smiling, saying something nice, giving a pat on the back, or identifying a specific achievement. Be genuine and don't overdo it. If one technique doesn't work, try another.
Give of yourself and you'll be rewarded
Give, give, and give some more! And what happens? You like it, you receive even more than you give. You don't do it because you receive, you do it because that's why you're there, and then you realize it's all because you went into that phone booth to start with! And, you give because it's right - the rewards come in various ways. Often the overt rewards are lacking or come too seldom, but you continue your efforts and gain in your own self-esteem and self-sufficiency.
Give of yourself because then you realize it's really the only way that works, and you discover that the degree of your success as a counselor correlates, in large measure, with the degree you get outside of yourself. Giving, then, becomes a marvelous experience. A great case can be made for this business of getting outside of selfish desires - probably the mission of a lifetime. There is no greater opportunity to grow and develop in this manner than at camp.
Lead campers to their own answers
Don't try to have all the answers. You will be expected to have answers beyond your capacity! But, remember that who you are is fine so function from there. Campers must find their own answers - your role is to provide appropriate information - consistent with camp policies regarding relationships, religion, politics, natural environment, nonviolent problem solving, etc. Provide sources for help, advice, and aid that fit the situation of the moment, but stay off of your personal soapbox.
Take good care of yourself
Take care of yourself, health and sleep wise. You're a staff team member, but you can only behave for yourself. This is tricky - you contribute through your own efforts, and you can be an example for others; however, you cannot behave for others. Everybody grows as a result. This is great and who would have it any other way?
Guiding Positive Behavior
Camp provides an environment where all kids can do well at something and have some degree of success and enjoyment. In a real sense, you are the main provider of creating these circumstances and reinforcing good behavior. You need a plan of attack and methods in mind. (Your particular camp will have its system of putting this into effect, and you should have major input into the system.)
Some simple statements will help you guide campers to the desired behavior by creating circumstances where kids individually and/or as a group determine their own fate. Some examples:
- "If you do well at our own campfire tonight, we can invite another group next week . . ."
- "When you're quiet, I'll start reading the story . . ."
- "Before we eat we need to wash hands, so meet at the washhouse at waiter's call . . ."
- "To use the swimming area, we need to follow certain rules . . ."
- "We'll meet at the cabin and when everyone has arrived, we'll walk to the campfire . . ."
Telling Campers What You Expect
Setting expectancies for campers helps them take responsibility for their own actions and lets them determine their own fate. Together, counselors and campers should agree on what is appropriate behavior and what they should expect of others and themselves. Choices should be geared to age level, and you need to be constantly guiding this process. It should be clear to the campers that coming through on expectancies leads to a response of positive reinforcement, while not coming through on these expectancies will lead to consequences such as sitting out of an activity, stopping the activity, or not planning an activity until agreed upon criteria are met.
Enforce the consequences
Don't overreact to minor misbehavior, which is a common goof that can actually reinforce the negative behavior and sidetrack us from focusing on bringing about and reinforcing the good behavior that we do want. However, be sure to follow through when campers don't meet the agreed upon expectations. Avoid indulgence, or you'll lose control. (Usually indulgent leadership is simply the easy way out due to lack of courage to follow through on previous statements/agreements; and it unfailingly leads to further complications.)
The better you get at setting up situations so that campers determine their own fate, the less discipline you'll be doling out. Campers will know, understand, and appreciate how their behavior affects others. They will increasingly take responsibility for their own actions. Therefore, know what you want, make a plan, and actively pursue it. Have clear understandings and agreement, be consistent, follow through, reinforce the good behaviors, and you'll be great.
Congratulations! You are on your way to becoming a super person. Maybe none of us will really get there, but we will all have the fun and benefit of trying. You've got what some of us think is the best job in the world - working with kids at camp - and you've got the opportunity to help them experience and identify with the earth in unusual ways. The better you do at this, the more likely you will develop youth who will influence life-saving, earth-care practices.
Put yourself into it, and live up to what's expected of you. You'll have the most fun and beneficial summer of your life.
Originally published in the 1999 May/June issue of Camping Magazine.


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October 23, 2012
Union and Project SEARCH campaign to end use of R-word
The K-State Student Union has partnered with Project SEARCH students in the national "spread the word to end the word" campaign designed to stop people from saying the R-word.
According to Project SEARCH, the R-word, or retarded, when used about a person is hurtful, exclusive, offensive and derogatory. The use of the term is considered hate speech and only reinforces painful stereotypes of people with intellectual disabilities being less valued members of humanity.
The Union currently employs Project SEARCH students to bring opportunities for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Project SEARCH is a federally-funded grant to provide a program to teach job and employability skills. The primary goal of the Union and Project SEARCH collaboration is to secure competitive employment outcomes for each graduate.
To learn more about Project SEARCH student involvement in the R-word campaign, visit the group's informational table from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Oct. 26 on the Union's first-floor concourse.
For more information about the R-word campaign or Project SEARCH, visit r-word.org or projectsearch.us. To learn more about the Union's partnership with Project SEARCH, contact Charlotte Self at email@example.com or 785-532-7338.


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We have been sent a series of emails asking why Weight Watchers allows unlimited fruit but the PEERtrainer Cheat System makes you count it after the first serving. With a few exceptions.
The first point to make here is that the people who do Weight Watchers and those who have really "gotten into" PT are fairly distinct. We would observe that the two tools serve people at different phases.
Weight Watchers is an excellent tool for people who are just starting to get their eating and weight under control, and who are starting the process of making better food decisions. If you are eating the standard Western or American diet that is high in processed foods and high in sugar, a shift to more fruit makes a ton of sense.
Yes, fruit contains a lot of sugar, but it also contains important nutrients, and as you make this shift you are essentially replacing worthless sugar with some sugar that has more vitamins, minerals and important micronutrients and phytochemicals. These added nutrients are critical to your long term health.
Certain fruits, especially berries have some very powerful health promoting aspects to them. In fact, Strawberries and Blueberries are unlimited on the Cheat System if they are organic. Citrus also has some unique properties to it. Grapefruit is a powerful food in particular, and also one of the few unlimited fruits on the Cheat System.
That said, a lot of experts who deal with health, nutrition and peak performance recommend a limiting or even an elimination of fruit. You'll probably want to start doing that after you have lost your first amount of weight, and that weight loss is sustainable.
Related PEERtrainer Article: How To Burn Fat
You will only get to this place by making a shift to a much more nutrient dense diet, that includes lots of greens, vegetables, beans, a small amount of grass fed meat, good eye on portion control. And it can take time to transition. Weight Watchers is excellent in particular in teaching you portion control, and basically getting a solid set of "training wheels" going for you. Most people can't just jump in and do something like the Cheat System after doing the typical diet.
Once you do get to this point, you are going to be getting enough nutrients in your diet that you can begin to reduce your fruit, especially in relation to your overall vegetable intake. Our view is that you don't want to eliminate fruit, especially berries, cherries and grapefruit. But you are having health problems, you are hitting a weight loss plateau, or you want to improve your athletic performances you will want to start taking a closer look at this.
Timothy Ferriss, who has written an interesting new book called The 4 Hour Body, says that if your goal is weight loss, "don't eat fruit." Period. He writes, "Humans don't need fruit six days a week, and they certainly don't need it year round." In his view, the principal sugar in fruit, fructose ends up getting converted into a substance which ends up being stored as fat "more efficiently than almost all other carbohydrates."
Robert Young, PhD, says in his book, The pH Miracle For Weight Loss, "most fruits are high in sugar...despite the nutrients they also contain, are best avoided." He goes on to assert that "You will not lose weight, or lose it quickly, or keep it off, if you are eating high sugar fruits." He also asserts that fruit is especially bad for diabetics.
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. does not take as strict a view on fruit. In his food scoring system, green vegetables score much higher than any fruit. So anyone following that system will prioritize vegetables over fruit. However, for people who are sick or who have autoimmune diseases, Fuhrman recommends cutting fruit way down. In the case of eczema, he advises very low levels.
Related PEERtrainer Article: Do Low Carb Diets Work?
From our perspective, we are seeing a pattern where nobody disputes the nutritional benefits of fruit, but people do question the effects of sugar on weight and health. Given the overwhelming amount of sugar people eat in their diets, and the very low levels of green vegetables, we thought that it made sense to guide people in the direction we did.
To download your free copy of the PEERtrainer Cheat System, go to this page.
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Update: The following comments have been posted on our Facebook Wall:
"I was probably the first "at goal" type person to convert to WW's new plan and actually GAIN weight. I'm still a great proponent of the plan as I feel we could all greatly inprove our wellness by swinging more towards a whole and/or plant-based diet, but I definitely have to count my fruit overwise those skinny jeans won't fit for long. (Gotta admit, for *me*, the WW plan seems much less effective if you're already "clean" without weight to lose.)"
"Thanks for this post, it really resonates with me at this specific point in my weight loss journey. Your Cheat system is exactly what I needed! I hate to use this word, but it really is :PERFECT: for me! I feel like PT had me in mind when creating this! Ha! I have reduced my excess fruit intake and have increased my vegetables... I still have much work ahead, but I am very confident I will reach my lofty goals sticking with this program. I didn't realize how much of a dependency I had for sugar until I started paying closer attention recently with my new focus on the Cheat System... The excess sugars (even fruits in excess!) in my diet are killing me!
I just wanted to add that when I first joined PT back in 2007, I was in the obese weight range. About 14 months later I was finally in the normal weight range. I think when you first start out on the weight loss journey, just cutting out th...e junk and eating natural whole foods is great! Bring on the fruits! :D However, once you are hovering in the normal weight range and it is your time to kick it up a notch, then definitely work the Cheat System! I run marathons for fun, so my focus might be different than most folks, I'm guessing... but I'd still recommend this for optimal performance, even if you are just walking around the block! My energy levels have soared just by increasing my greens! I feel fantastic!"
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Oxford University Briefly Blocks Google Docs
Increase in phishing attacks prompts Oxford University to take "temporary, extreme action."
February 20, 2013
To confront an increasing number of phishing attacks against the 50,000 users of its computers and networks, Oxford University blocked access to Google Docs for 2.5 hours this week.
In a blog posted Monday, OxCERT, the University's network security team, explained that the action was prompted by an increase in attacks in recent weeks, as well as what it described as slowness by Google's own security team to take down the nefarious Google Docs Web forms. The forms, which masquerade as official communications, collect email, user name and password from those who fill them out.
"Now, we may be home to some of the brightest minds in the nation," Robin Stevens of OxCERT explained in the post. "Unfortunately, their expertise in their chosen academic field does not necessarily make them an expert in dealing with such mundane matters as emails purporting to be from their IT department. Some users simply see that there's some problem, some action is required, carry it out, and go back to considering important matters such as the mass of the Higgs Boson or the importance of the March Hare to the Aztecs."
[ Here's what you should know about the recent Apple and Facebook security breaches. Read Apple, Facebook Twitter Attacks: 6 Key Facts. ]
OxCERT said almost all the recent attacks used Google Docs URLs, and "in some cases the phishing emails have been sent from an already-compromised University account to large numbers of other Oxford users."
OxCERT said it was investigating several technical measures for dealing with the issue, adding it would be pressuring Google to be more responsive.
Reaction to the blockage of Google Docs ranged from understanding and commendations to irritation. "It seems overkill to block Google Docs as a solution for a phishing problem," Sam S. wrote in the comments on the OxCERT blog. Other comments were similar, ranging from thereby avoiding the use of user credentials.
The block, lifted after just 2.5 hours, may help bring attention to the dangers of phishing schemes, Stevens was quoted as saying.
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text: Certifications: Andrea graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton and a Masters in Exercise Physiology from Cal Poly Pomona. She is also certified in Small Group Training, Spin, Piloxing and Barre. Andrea currently teaches Kinesiology classes (jogging, walking and Physical Conditioning) at Cal State Fullerton and aerobic exercise at Mt. San Antonio College. In college I ran track and continue to be an avid exerciser who enjoys classes at the Brea Community Center and walking on the beach.


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Disclaimer and Disclosure to the Statement of Deputy PM Bülent Arınç:
11 June 2013 Press Release
11 June 2013
On the 14th day of the Gezi Park protests, resisters are responded once again with riot control vehicles and tear gas!
The only difference between the police raid which happened 10 days ago at 5 am and today's raid is the timing. Today, the police intervention started at 7 am in Taksim for a change; however, there are already tens of injured people and a police blockage causing public worry.
One can speak neither of democracy nor of dialogue when there is a blockage.There is not a single response to the demands of Taksim Solidarity, which are the shared wishes of the citizens; however, they hope that dividing the park-savers and the marginal
groups among those, who stand shoulder to shoulder for any kind of solidarity in Gezi Park, would help. Nobody should think that such a division among people who protect their park and living space would be helpful. We are going to stay together, and build our legitimate and righteous demands with solidarity.
As TAKSIM SOLIDARITY, we represent the feelings and the demands of millions of citizens who have been struggling to create public awareness against the project that would concretize Gezi Park, who lied in front of engineering vehicles to stop them, who were exposed to excessive police violence, who regarded the police violence against those who supported the park day and night and their living spaces as if it was against their own; and we announce once again that we will never let anybody scandalise our struggle in one way or another!
As it is kept abreast by the public, the committee of Taksim Solidarity has held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç and submitted their demands to the government in this meeting. Although no account has been given considering these demands by the government, attempting to hold a meeting with another committee, the formation of which is unclear to the public, is not an effort to create a sincere process of dialogue but an effort towards misguiding the public and towards weakening the roots of the righteous and legitimate demands of millions of people from all over the country. Today's police intervention is a proof of government's intention and attitude towards its own people.
Demands are clear. The addressee is obvious: Taksim Solidarity.
AKP government tries to create a polarization among public by holding alternative meetings, threatens its own citizens and rejects the demands of hundreds of thousands of people who in 77 cities of the country, primarily in Kızılay (Ankara), cries out their wishes in the streets, people who dance, sing and read poems to express their demands in Gezi Park and in squares; people among whom are women, children, LGBT's, workers, religious people and non-believers.
We are worried about this government. We want to announce to the public that they, who have no legitimate policy except building concrete barracks against a park, except police violence and alternative meetings against demand for peace in the society, do nothing but a sin.
We want to repeat once again: stop using police violence against people who protect their living space and the park. Release those who are under custody. Relieve those who are responsible for two-week long police violence of duty; announce that our first and foremost demand will be realised, and announce officially that NOT A SINGLE SQUAREMETRE OF GEZI PARK WILL BECOME CONCRETE AND GEZI PARK WILL REMAIN AS A PARK!
The legitimacy of our demands cannot be denied either by the bill of human rights, or by universal law; these demands are supported all over the country and the world; and we insist on guarding our demands! We will be here until a concrete step is taken to realise the demands of the young people who protect Taksim and Gezi Park, of the women who gather in squares, of those who watched the Park day and night without sleeping or who supported the protesters with their heart at their homes, in other words, to meet the demands of the people and bring peace among the citizens.
We will be protecting our park and our squares with a great solidarity with our citizens until our demands are taken seriously and a concrete step is taken.
We are waiting for all those who protect Gezi at 19.00 in Taksim.
We are here, we are going nowhere.
Related articles
- 'Taksim Platform' presented demands to gov't (worldbulletin.net)
- Turkish Police Push Into Square Near Park Protest (patdollard.com)
- Eyewitness: In Taksim Square, tear gas and bulldozers just add fuel to Turkish protesters' ire (independent.co.uk)
- Everywhere is resistance: social media and the Turkey protests (thirdspacesblog.wordpress.com)
- Taksim Solidarity Calls to the Whole World (translatingtaksim.wordpress.com)


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One-ton WWII-era bomb unearthed in France
MARSEILLE, France - Officials in Marseille have evacuated an area around the French Mediterranean city's port so they can remove a 1-ton German bomb that dates to World War II.
Around 1,000 people were asked to clear out Sunday. Boat traffic has been halted and access to several coastal roads blocked.
The bomb will be taken to a military base to be detonated.
It was discovered a week ago by construction workers who accidentally pierced the explosive with their back hoe.
The regional government says the bomb's ignition system no longer works but the sheer amount of explosives 1,400 pounds made it dangerous.
The bomb was apparently buried by German soldiers, who had planned to destroy the city's port, as they retreated near the end of the war.
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Small Prefabricated Futuristic Homes
The challenge of Prefab 2020? Create a sensation – something more than just a working space to live. Ideas that will inspire others, to be planted within the dizzyingly dense cores of the major city centers. Use design to show the incredible potential of prefabricated, modular and small-space apartments, condos and other housing types. The result? A series of fun, functional and futuristic dwelling designs from stackable bubble homes to fold-out, house-in-the-box architecture.
Think about it for a moment: how much of your interior living space is actually in continuous use, or even used most of the time? When we are eating we need a dining room table and chairs, cooking requires appliances and work surfaces, for sleeping we depend on a comfortable bed – but rarely do all of these activities overlap. This is the basis of the winning submission shown above, Ecomobi by Mobius, perhaps the ultimate convertible apartment or condo space.
What use is the space over the streets we already occupy on either side? We construct sky-high structures all over the grid in places like Manhattan, but rarely does anyone consider the rather obvious possibility of lofting living spaces over the roadways that define these grids. Honorable mention recipient Jason David proposes we re-purpose these missed opportunities with stunning single-family homes.
Worried about the visual noise that will accompany overcrowding? This camouflage house idea (from Alyssa Schwann & Sean Pearson, project pictured in the first images above) is an almost tongue-and-cheek response to potential suburban critics who want their urban proximity but their green lawns and trimmed hedges too.
If we run out of land (or the tides keep rising), there is always the other 70% of the world. This design suggests a series of simple, small, prefabricated homes that can rest in low-level bodies of water or drift gently on the waves.
Bringing the competition full square (or square, or rectangle as the case may be), this modest untitled entry is a good deal like the winning one – a relatively minimalist (downright high-modernist) grid home that slides open and shut depending on occupancy, making it more easily mobile but also able to conserve space and create more open exterior patio or porch area around it when not occupied.


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What is the fate of ersol Thin Film?
Way back on June 2, 2008, the Agreement between Ventizz and Bosch regarding sale of majority stake in ersol (Deutsch) or Bosch plans to acquire majority stake in ersol Solar Energy AG Activities in the photovoltaics field (Deutsch) announced the sale of Ventizz Capital Fund II LP, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, and its subsidiary Ventizz II Jersey Holding LP, Jersey, Channel Islands, 50.45% stake in ersol Solar Energy AG (FRA:ES6) to Robert Bosch GmbH, and Bosch's plan to tender € 101.0 per share in cash for the outstanding shares. Please see this Financial Times article, "Bosch in €1.1bn solar power bid", for the details.
Unlike the Ventizz Funds minority investment discussed in ersol Thin Film: solar (conflict?) at work, this press release discloses Dr. Helmut Vorndran had a dual role as:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ersol AG and Management Board spokesman of Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG, which has acted as a consultant to the fund for this transaction.
"Is Ersol Solar Worth $1.67B?" asks Rachel Barron at Greentech Media.
Via the June 11, 2008, Industry Note, "Intersolar Field Trip Day 2; Ersol Meeting Confirms Positive Industry Trends", Sr. Research Analyst Jesse Pichel and his Piper Jaffray & Co. Team:
learned that Bosch was not the only bidder for Ersol as several fortune 1000 companies have a longer term perspective of solar. Bosch valued Ersol's vertical integration, secure polysilicon supply contracts, and contractual base for significant expansion.
The Annual press conference and analyst conference presentation financial year results 2007 detailed ersol plans to expand silicon solar cell capacity from 180 MWp (MegaWatt-peak) in 2007 to 550MWp in 2012 fed by polysilicon sourced from Wacker Chemie AG, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, and the NITOL Group along with wafers from an unnamed Japanese manufacturer.
In addition, I suspect Bosch preferred ersol's approach of not entering the systems business in their coverage of the solar value chain.
While Bosch hopes to extend its business in the area of renewable energies with the acquisition of ersol, I have to wonder if there is also a defensive aspect to this takeover. The Bosch Group is organized into three business sectors: Automotive Technology, Industrial Technology, and Consumer Goods and Building Technology. In 2007, Automotive Technology generated 61% or €28.4 billion of the Bosch Group's €46.32 billion turnover. With Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) dominating auto industry news amid record oil prices, photovoltaics are sure to be welcome as options to extend the range or power auxiliary systems on electric vehicles. In the near term, high efficiency, monocrystalline, silicon solar cells are best suited to maximize power generation from the limited area available on automobiles. Although the primary reason for the Bosch takeover may be diversification, there are synergies with their existing business sectors.
For example, Sunways AG (FRA:SWW) partnered with Webasto Solar GmbH to produce solar sunroofs for cars using monocrystalline silicon solar cells. The solar sunroofs are used to power an interior car fan even when parked and is optional or standard equipment in select Audi, Lancia, Mercedes, and VW automobiles. Alas, Sunways may not have had the secured production scale to attract Bosch's favor, and the Sunways inverter and MHH Solartechnik system businesses may not have been seen as complementary.
And what of ersol Thin Film GmbH? I got a quick confirmation from ersol Investor Relations that the sale of the Ventizz stake includes their minority investment in ersol Thin Film per ersol paves the way for growth for its Thin Film unit. ersol Thin Film plans to increase production capacity to 100 MWp in 2009 and 200 MWp in 2011 depending on the successful joint development of micromorph tandem thin film production technology with SCHOTT Solar (please see ersol Thin Film and SCHOTT Solar forge alliance for the joint development of micromorphous thin-film technology).
In the same Industry Note cited above, Mr. Pichel said the following about ersol Thin Film:
- Ersol remains the leading Oerlikon customer in thin-film and believes it has solved big technical challenges and expects TUV certification in a few weeks on its 85 watt panels at ~6% efficiency, tandem structure is in development.
- The company anticipates thin film cost/watt to remain below that of polycrystalline offset by lower ASP.
- Material (TCO coated glass) remains the biggest cost component followed by depreciation and labor. The company can save on glass by coating in house.
- Capex ranges from Euro 2.0/watt for 6% efficiency to Euro 2.3 – 2.5/watt for 8 – 9% efficiency.
- Ersol believes that the price of its thin film panels can remain Euro 0.50 below that of crystalline's cost curve long term thanks to scale, efficiency, throughput, and other cost saving factors.
The ersol Thin Film Nova®-T 80 amorphous silicon (a-Si) module datasheet appears to have been released back in April 2008. I have been requesting this datasheet since the post, Oerlikon solar at work: Intersolar 2007! I calculated the implied Nova-T series efficiencies as shown in the following table:
Power, Watt-peak (Wp) |
70 | 75 | 80 | 85 |
Efficiency | 4.90% | 5.24% | 5.59% | 5.94% |
These a-Si modules binned out 5 Wp (Watt-peak) less than expected, and the efficiencies are about half those of equivalent wattage First Solar production modules. A limitation notes "Transformerless inverters are not permitted." By coincidence, Sunways claimed to have solved the issue earlier this year in "Transformerless inverters can now also be combined with thin-film modules."
Despite the above limitations, ersol Thin Film signs module supply contract with Ralos Vertriebs GmbH (Deutsch) was the recent news of a 40 MWp supply contract for Nova-T modules delivered from 2008 to 2010 with Ralos Vertriebs GmbH.
Mr. Pichel also said:
We believe pending Bosch acquisition of Ersol may signal beginning of industry consolidation.
Perhaps this deal =is= a prelude to increased merger and acquisition activity in the photovoltaic space, but this deal does not result in significant photovoltaic consolidation just because Bosch has an existing investment matched by BASF Venture Capital GmbH in the organic thin film photovoltaics start-up, Heliatek GmbH, per German government and industry boost new technology, Using thin films to generate inexpensive solar power.
In the ersol version of the Bosch deal press release (Deutsch), Dr. Claus Beneking, CEO of ersol Solar Energy AG, announced plans to retire from the Management Board of ersol AG for personal reasons in the next few months and just before ersol's workforce passes the thousand mark (Deutsch). Dr. Beneking "will remain closely associated with the company and continue to be available for some years as a consultant." This may have provided additional motivation for a takeover deal that Q-Cells AG or SolarWorld AG, for example, are too busy executing on 1 GWp (GigaWatt-peak) plus photovoltaic visions to even consider.


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Two explosions went off around 3pm ET Monday near the Boston Marathon finish line. The Boston Marathon organizers have said they were bombs. Many runners and spectators were injured and taken to local area hospitals for treatment. Three people are confirmed dead and over 130 injured.
An FBI investigation is currently underway.
Celebrities took to Twitter to expect their shock and sadness over the day's events, including Joey McIntyre and Ethan Zohn -- who both ran. Bostonians Donnie Wahlberg and Ben Affleck weighed in, too.
This story is developing. More information to come.
Ethan Zohn @EthanZohn
I'm OK. Most importantly, praying for those injured and affected by this. Still don't have a lot of info. Thanks for your love and concern
Joey McIntyre @joeymcintyre
There was an explosion by the finish line about 5 minutes after I finished- I'm ok but I'm sure there are many hurt.
Ben Affleck @BenAffleck
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
Donnie Wahlberg @DonnieWahlberg
No words to describe the pain in my heart, at this moment, in seeing my city torn apart this way. So sad. Please #pray4boston & the victims.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
My heart goes out to the people of Boston on this terrible day!
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
We must change the laws of our land and seek fair but rapid trials for the perpetrators of terrorist acts (Boston) with harsh punishment!
Katharine McPhee @katharinemcphee
Prayers for #Boston. I'm horrified.
George Takei @GeorgeTakei
Keep on running on, Boston. #BostonMarathon
Derek Hough @derekhough
My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Boston
Colin Egglesfield @CEgglesfield
My deepest thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the events today in Boston. We are with you in solidarity. #bostonmarathon
Billy Bush @billybush
My 15 year old niece was at the finish taking photos. She walked away and one block later kaboom. 2 many Others not so lucky #Boston. Tragic
Harry Styles @Harry_Styles
Just heard the news. So terribly sad. thoughts with everyone in Boston .x
Justin Timberlake @jtimberlake
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the city of Boston and all of those affected by this terrible incident.
Katie Cassidy @MzKatieCassidy
My heart goes out to those affected by #bostonmarathon
Sarah Hyland @Sarah_Hyland
I'm so shocked to hear about the bombings at the #BostonMarathon #prayforboston
Kerry Washington @kerrywashington
My heartfelt prayers go out to the city of Boston and everyone affected by today's incident. #PrayForBoston #bostonmarathon
Liam McIntyre @Liam_J_McIntyre
Prayers and Love goes out those caught in this tragedy! BBC News - Boston Marathon rocked by twin explosions
Troian Bellisario @SleepintheGardn
Just heard about #Boston from one of my favorite marathon runners. This is awful. Everyone send love and positive thoughts those affected
Busy Philipps @Busyphilipps25 4m
Just heard about the Boston marathon tragedy. Trying to wrap my head around it. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone there.
Paloma Faith @Palomafaith 5m
PFHQ: May everyone in Boston remain safe. All of our hearts to the victims of this terrible tragedy today. #prayforboston
Kunal Nayyar @kunalnayyar
Boston. My heart is with you.
Kevin Williamson @kevwilliamson
Dear Boston. Hugs.
Suze Orman @SuzeOrmanShow
You never know what life holds.Boston is just another example of that. Take nothing for granted. My heart felt love goes out to Boston.
christina perri @christinaperri
sending all my love and prayers to boston.
Chad Michael Murray @ChadMMurray
Peace & prayers to all hurt in #Boston Stick together & love one another. Our thoughts are with u...
Cher Lloyd @CherLloyd
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Boston. Lost for words. Thinking of you all xxx
Joy Behar @JoyVBehar
So sad to hear about the terrible tragedy in Boston. My thoughts go out to the victims and their families.
Nate Berkus @Nate_Berkus
Praying for Boston
Jason Castro @jasoncastro
So saddened by the tragedy in Boston.. what a broken world. #PrayforBoston
Dr Drew @drdrew
I am so upset about The Boston Disaster. No it's more like the modern Boston Massacre.Throughts and prayers with my friends in Massachusetts
Kevin McHale @druidDUDE
Watching the all the coverage of the horrific events in #Boston. Hurts my heart. No words--stay safe #thinkingofboston
Deena Nicole Cortese @DeenaNicoleMTV
My heart goes out to anyone effected by what happened in Boston today .. So sad :(
Victoria Beckham @victoriabeckham
Just seen the news, my thoughts are with the people of Boston x vb
Miley Ray Cyrus @MileyCyrus
Sending peace & many blessings to Boston ❤❤❤
Donnie Wahlberg @DonnieWahlberg
Just heard that @joeymcintyre is ok! Thanks to everyone for tweeting! Scared for everyone else in Boston. #PrayerForBoston please.
Danica Patrick
The Boston marathon bombing makes you rethink ordinary events. Scary stuff.
Peter Facinelli
Boston Marathon bombing? Why? Horrible. Just horrible.
Paula Abdul
I was shocked to hear about the horrible explosions at the Boston Marathon. I'm holding the people of Boston in my heart.
Jenna Dewan-Tatum
Oh man. Just heard the news about Boston. This is just awful. #prayforboston
Russell Simmons @UncleRUSH 1m
prayers for Boston.
Dane Cook @DaneCook
My prayers with everyone in Boston right now after this atrocious act of violence!!
Maria Menounos @mariamenounos
Praying for everyone home in boston. Devatated at the news #bostonmarathon
Kim Kardashian @KimKardashian
My heart is breaking for everyone effected or injured in the explosion at the Boston Marathon. God bless you all! My prayers are with you!
Ramona Singer @ramonasinger
I hope everyone in Boston is okay!! My prayers and thoughts to those involved. Thank you to the first responders!
Lance Armstrong @lancearmstrong
Just off the bike and getting the news from the Boston marathon. Thoughts & prayers go out to Dave M, his staff, all runners, and volunteers
andygrammer @andygrammer
Boston- I love you. Praying for the victims at the marathon. My heart is with you.
Evan Longoria @Evan3Longoria
Unfortunate events at the Boston Marathon, scary for all of us. Our thoughts are with the injured.
Scotty McCreery @ScottyMcCreery
Prayers going out to everyone involved at the Boston Marathon.. #shocking
P!nk @Pink
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the explosions in Boston.
Nina Garcia @ninagarcia
My thoughts are with the people from Boston
Rachel Federoff @RachelFederoff
my heart goes out to all those affected by the horrible bombs in #Boston This is such a tragedy and disgrace.
Tom Bergeron @Tom_Bergeron
Watching coverage of Boston Marathon explosions, heart in my throat.
Matthew Morrison @Matt_Morrison
Thoughts are in Boston. #prayforboston
Wayne Brady @waynebrady
God Bless any and everyone hurt Boston
Eva Longoria @EvaLongoria
God be with the injured people! RT "@CNN: There has been at least one explosion near the Boston Marathon finish line…
Paramore @paramore
All our prayers and love to everyone affected by the explosions in Boston today. Unbelievable :(
Backstreet Boys @backstreetboys
We're sending our thoughts and prayers to everyone in Boston today #PrayForBoston
Chris Hardwick @nerdist
2 explosions @ Boston Marathon: https://nerdi.st/11iqM6G Authorities request texting only 2 keep phone lines open. If you pray, do it for them
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
My heart is heavy for all Boston runners, spectators, and all affected. Praying here.....
Chris Evans @ChrisEvans
thoughts and prayers are with everybody in boston. heartbreaking...
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt
"Look for the helpers. You'll always find people who are helping." -- Fred Rogers, on what to do when scary things are on the news #boston
Samantha Giancola @MTVsammi
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Boston, can't believe what I am hearing/seeing.
Pete Wentz @petewentz
Boston be strong.
Mia Farrow @MiaFarrow
Just located my daughter in Boston. Relieved she is fine but heartbroken for those who won't get this good news #prayforboston
Sean Hannity @seanhannity
As we follow developments our hearts and prayers are with those in Boston
Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger
My thoughts are with Boston. Thank you to the brave first responders who always run toward our greatest fears to save lives.
John Cena @johncena
An evening of @WWE entertainment, overshadowed by an afternoon of horrible tragedy #PrayForBoston
Thoughts & Prayers go out to the people of Boston... Very Sad News.
Michelle Williams @RealMichelleW
Prayers up now! #BOSTON
Kylie Jenner @KylieJenner
Sending prayers to Boston..
Peta Murgatroyd @PetaMurgatroyd
Thinking of everyone in Boston. My heart is there #unfathomable #senselesscruelty
Beth Ostrosky @BethStern
Thoughts and prayers to people in Boston right now
Alicia Keys @aliciakeys
Shaken… My thoughts and prayers are with the city of Boston and those affected by this tragedy.
Zoe Saldana @zoesaldana
My prayers and thoughts are with the victims who lost their lives today at the Boston marathon. Que Dios los tenga en su gloria. ZS
Aviva Drescher @AvivaDrescher
My thoughts and prayers go out all in Boston.
Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow
Let's all send our thoughts, our prayers and our energy to the people injured in Boston. My heart is with you.
Roma Downey @RealRomaDowney
"@northlandchurch: Prayers going up for everyone at the Boston Marathon."Yes God Be with them all,we are praying here
Caroline Manzo @CarolineManzo
Thinking of Our friends in Boston today stay safe our hearts go out 2 victims & families
Kevin Jonas @kevinjonas
prayers go out to everyone in Boston. We all love you and we are praying for you
Brandi Glanville @BrandiGlanville
Thoughts going out to the people hurt in the Boston marathon victims :(
Wendy Williams @WendyWilliams
My thoughts and prayers are with all those people affected by the tragedy in Boston today at the marathon. #prayforboston
Lea Michele @msleamichele
Sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone in Boston right now....
Larry King @kingsthings
My thoughts are with those injured in Boston. Details are sill coming in, but we need to not jump to conclusions without all the facts
DJ Pauly D @DJPaulyD
Heart And Prayers Go Out To Boston ...
COMMON @common
Prayers up for the people in Boston!
Pandora Vanderpump @PandoraVT
I hope all of you in Boston are ok! Sending my thoughts and prayers to anyone affected. x
Danica Patrick @DanicaPatrick
The Boston marathon bombing makes you rethink ordinary events. Scary stuff.
Kelly Osbourne @MissKellyO
Praying for #Boston
Mia Hamm @MiaHamm
Boston, we are praying for you.
Josh Duhamel @joshduhamel
Thoughts & prayers go out to Boston. #prayforboston
Peter Facinelli @peterfacinelli
Boston Marathon bombing? Why? Horrible. Just horrible.
Mitt Romney @MittRomney
Our hearts are heavy with the news out of Boston today. #PrayforBoston
America Ferrera @AmericaFerrera
Sending love and good thoughts to everyone in Boston. My heart is heavy for the victims and their families, and for the Boston community.
Omar Epps @omarepps
Prayers up for the people effected in Boston!
CeCe Frey @CeCeMissXtotheO
Oh my God... Please save Boston this is just insane....
Ed Sheeran @edsheeran
Paul Ryan @PRyan
My thoughts and prayers are with the people in Boston. #PrayforBoston


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AMES, Iowa –Iowa State senior linebacker Jeremiah George is one of 51 players from 37 schools to make the Collegiate Butkus Award Watch List, announced today by the Butkus Foundation.
The Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's best linebacker, is part of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which includes the 21 most prestigious awards in college football. It is named in the honor of Dick Butkus, who is regarded by NFL Films as the best defensive player in football history.
A native of Clearwater, Fla, George started nine games at linebacker last season, compiling 87 stops with four tackles for loss. He posted a career-high 17 tackles, including 13 solo stops, vs. Oklahoma. He averaged 9.8 tackles per game in the last five games of the season.
George, who is one of five returning starters on defense for the Cyclones, was a preseason All-Big 12 pick by both Athlon's and Phil Steele.


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Sometimes after intense exercise, I will become very sleepy and require a nap. Sometimes, exercise doesn't affect my sleep at all. And sometimes, I won't be able to sleep at night.
I have a very regular sleeping pattern - in bed by 10:30-11 pm, and up at 8. I usually fall asleep within ten minutes. But on certain high intensity days, I find this doesn't happen. An hour of intense work starting at 3:30 in the afternoon could keep me awake for half the night.
Does anyone know why this happens? And especially, does anyone know a way to mitigate this problem? Some sort of cooldown routine that will keep my sleep regular?


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It's been almost a month since Statistics Canada released its latest report on poverty in Canada ("Income of Canadians," June 27). Since then I've been watching to see whether somebody, anybody would write about it.
You would think somebody would. It is a well-established principle of social justice that a society should make its first priority improving the lot of the worst off among it, and is to be judged by how well it does in this regard. What is more, the news on this front is remarkable, even extraordinary.
In 2011, the latest year for which StatsCan has figures, the proportion of the population living on low income — that is, with incomes below the agency's Low Income Cut-off (LICO) — fell to its lowest level … well, ever. At just 8.8%, it beat the previous record of 9.0%, set in 2010. As recently as 1996, it was at 15.2%. In 1965, the first year for which LICO rates were calculated, it was 25%.
You would think a near-halving of the "poverty rate" (StatsCan doesn't call it that, but that is what it has always informally been called by others) in the space of 15 years would be cause for celebration. You'd at least think it would be news. But you may look in vain for any mention of it in any major media. This is surely as remarkable a story in itself.
Certainly if the trend were in the other direction, we'd be reading about nothing but. That's not speculation: when the poverty rate was rising, it was a staple of news and commentary. "Nearly 4 million Canadians," the Toronto Star told its readers in December of 1992, "now live in abject poverty." But now that fewer than three million Canadians are in poverty, it is no longer worthy of notice?
This is all the more remarkable since the line below which so many fewer people are falling is drawn at a higher level than ever. The LICO thresholds (plural: they are adjusted for family size and city population) aren't defined as fixed sums of money, or even in relative terms, that is as a proportion of the average. Rather, they are set by a byzantine process that defines even the relevant proportion in relativistic terms.
First StatsCan calculates the proportion of its gross income the average family spends on the necessities: food, shelter and clothing. Then it adds 20 percentage points to that figure. Then it extrapolates the level of income at which families would be spending that higher percentage on the same necessities. That's the LICO. (Why 20 percentage points? Because.)
But as Canadians have grown richer over the years, they've tended to spend a smaller proportion of their incomes on the necessities. When those first LICOs were being calculated, it was estimated the average family spent half its income on the necessities, so the LICO standard was set at 70%. By 1978 those proportions had fallen to 38.5% and 58.5% respectively; by 1992, to 34.7% and 54.7%. So not only were LICOs being calculated against much higher average incomes, but families could spend a much smaller proportion of it on necessities and still be counted as poor. What is defined as low income today — $30,945 in 2012, for a family of four in a mid-sized town — would have been the average not so long ago.
Indeed, this used to be a common complaint about LICO among conservatives: using an ever-shifting yardstick, they pointed out, understated actual improvements in living standards at the bottom. This cut no ice among those on the left, who carried on citing LICO as a "poverty" line regardless. They, too, had a point. The "absolute" measures beloved of the right themselves contain an element of relativism: what is a "decent" minimum today would be many times what it was a century ago.
So it's worth noting that LICO is no longer quite such a moving target. The benchmark proportion used to be recalculated every decade or so, as new data on family spending patterns became available. But LICO today is still calculated using the 1992 base, adjusted for inflation. (StatsCan's explanation: the Family Expenditure Survey from which it was drawn was discontinued in 1997, replaced by the Survey of Household Spending.) It's still a relative measure, since it's calculated in proportion to the average. It's just not as relativistic, since the proportion remains constant.
But still: a much smaller proportion of the population now lives on low income, using a benchmark that was considered the acme of progressivism just a few years ago
Does that explain the progress in recent years? In part. A more purely relativistic yardstick, the Low Income Measure — defined as one-half the median income — yields less impressive results: at 12.6% in 2011, it is lower than it was at its recent peak (13.4% in 2004) but higher than at other times, notably in the boom years of the late 1980s.
But still: a much smaller proportion of the population now lives on low income, using a benchmark that was considered the acme of progressivism just a few years ago. The numbers that would be considered poor by the standards of 1965 must be a fraction of that.
Moreover, this is true whether you use before-tax income (the proportion here is 12.9%), or income after taxes and transfers (the more usually cited measure, and the basis for the figures mentioned off the top). Fewer people are on very low incomes before tax than ever before, and fewer still are left in poverty after the tax-and-transfer system has done its work.
We can argue about the causes, but is this not at least worth noting?


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10 years after being founded by Sally Bradford, Oushka remains a leading brand in the contemporary UK accessories market. Following the launch in 2004, the brand grew quickly in both the UK and Europe. Before long Oushka had a thriving reputation with the press and celebrities alike, as well as a place in leading retailers including Fenwick's and John Lewis in the UK and Le Bon Marche and Printemps in Paris.
Drawing on her years of experience at the helm of some of London's biggest fashion brands, Sally felt it was important for Oushka to bring a sense of unique style with wearability to women's lives. With this in mind, Oushka prides itself on dedicated attention to detail, timeless design and use of highest quality leathers. Features such as detachable straps, internal pouches and tablet-pocket handbags have become characteristics of the brand.
Bags created by Oushka embody effortless style and are made to be well used and well loved for years to come.
Oushka: Confidently Crafted, Brilliantly British.
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What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and how does it differ from water baptism? Do all Christians experience Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
A few references to Baptisim of the Holy Spirit, or similar phrases, in scripture:
- "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit" -- Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16
- "one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit" -- John 1:33
- "you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit" -- Acts 1:5, Acts 11:16


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Tarwyn Park Training (New 4 day course)
2016 Course Dates
PROFIT = Working With not against Nature
The Mulloon Institute is bringing Tarwyn Park Training to the Upper Shoalhaven this November!
Tarwyn Park Training is named after the iconic Hunter Valley property where landscape pioneer, Peter Andrews, first developed the principles of Natural Sequence Farming.
Stuart Andrews, Peter's son, has now built a training course based on the pioneering work of his father.
Stuart will lead a 'hands on' four day workshop in how to redesign your farm to maximise productivity and landscape function, while minimising costs.
You will learn how to:
Read the landscape
Gain maximum benefit from your property's natural resources (water, soil, plants, animals, sunlight and gravity)
Locate, design and build landscape structures such as leaky weirs and mulch contours
Lower your costs and increase your profits
Redesign your own property and
build confidence to begin making landscape function improvements on your farm.
When: November 13th – 17th 2016
Where: 'Duralla' Mulloon Creek.
Accommodation and meals: Tombarra – Mongarlowe.
Total cost: $2,000+GST.
Includes accommodation, meals, transport to field site, and course materials.
Eligible enterprises can receive a subsidy of up to 75% through The Federal Government's Industry Skills Fund (ISF) on the total cost of the workshop.
For more info about the ISF go to https://www.business.gov.au/assistance/ ... kills-fund.
This is a rare opportunity to gain practical experience in triple-bottom-line landscape reconstruction.
Improve your environment, your income and your well-being.
For further information and bookings, contact: Peter Hazell at The Mulloon Institute.
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Chelsea Manning Is a Free Woman: Her Heroism Has Expanded Beyond Her Initial Whistleblowing
WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE, 22 May 2017
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
17 May 2017 – Ever since Chelsea Manning was revealed as the whistleblower responsible for one of the most important journalistic archives in history, her heroism has been manifest. She was the classic leaker of conscience, someone who went at the age of 20 to fight in the Iraq War believing it was noble, only to discover the dark reality not only of that war but of the U.S. government's actions in the world generally: war crimes, indiscriminate slaughter, complicity with high-level official corruption, and systematic deceit of the public.
In the face of those discoveries, she knowingly risked her own liberty to disclose documents to the world that would reveal the truth, with no expectation of benefit to herself. As someone who has spent years touting the nobility of her actions, my defenses of her always early on centered on the vital nature of the material she revealed and the right of the public to know about it.
It is genuinely hard to overstate the significance of those revelations: Aside from exposing some of the most visceral footage of indiscriminate slaughter by the U.S. military seen in decades, the leaks were credited — even by harsh WikiLeaks skeptics such as New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller — with helping to spark the Arab Spring. Even more significantly, revelations about how the U.S. military executed Iraqi civilians, then called in a bombing raid to cover up what they did, prevented the Iraqi government from granting the Obama administration the troop immunity it was seeking in order to extend the war in Iraq.
Though Manning's case has been somewhat colored by the changing perceptions over time of WikiLeaks, she actually first attempted to contact traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Politico with her revelations, only to be thwarted by a failure to get their attention. In the online chats that she had with a deceitful individual who thereafter became a government informant and turned her in, she said her motive in leaking was solely to trigger "worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms," adding: "I want people to see the truth … regardless of who they are … because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public."
In the wake of these disclosures, the U.S government — as it reflexively does — claimed that the release of the documents would endanger lives, and that those responsible for publishing the leaks had "blood on their hands." But subsequent investigations by the AP and McClatchy found those accusations utterly unfounded, and ultimately, even Defense Secretary Robert Gates ridiculed the hysteria driving the government's claims about the leak's harms as "significantly overwrought."
In sum, though Manning was largely scorned and rejected in most mainstream Washington circles, she did everything one wants a whistleblower to do: tried to ensure that the public learns of concealed corruption and criminality, with the intent of fostering debate and empowering the citizenry with knowledge that should never have been concealed from them. And she did it all knowing that she was risking prison to do so, but followed the dictates of her conscience rather than her self-interest.
But as courageous as that original whistleblowing was, Manning's heroism has only multiplied since then, become more multifaceted and consequential. As a result, she has inspired countless people around the world. At this point, one could almost say that her 2010 leaking to WikiLeaks has faded into the background when assessing her true impact as a human being. Her bravery and sense of conviction wasn't a one-time outburst: It was the sustained basis for her last seven years of imprisonment that she somehow filled with purpose, dignity, and inspiration.
The overarching fact of Manning's imprisonment was its enduring harshness. In 2010, during the first months of her detention in a U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, I began hearing reports from her handful of approved visitors about the vindictive and abusive conditions of her confinement: prolonged solitary confinement, being kept in her cell alone for virtually the entire day, gratuitous, ubiquitous surveillance, and worse. When I called the brig to investigate these claims, I was startled when a brig official confirmed to me, in the most blasé tones, their accuracy.
That enabled me to report for the first time that Manning was being imprisoned "under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture." That report sparked a major controversy, ultimately culminating in the resignation of President Obama's State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, after he denounced the treatment of Manning as "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid on the part of the Department of Defense."
But that turned out to be only the beginning of the abuse she endured. Several months after my report, the New York Times reported that Manning was being subjected to deliberately humiliating rituals in which she "was stripped and left naked" in her cell "for seven hours," and "required to stand naked" outside her cell during inspection. It was back then, in 2011, that the first report of Manning's suicidal thoughts surfaced. Amnesty International denounced her detention conditions as a "breach of the USA's obligations under international standards and treaties," and ultimately called for protests to demand a cessation of the abuse.
It was nonetheless difficult to generate large amounts of public or journalistic support for Manning: Many on the right long viewed leakers as traitors and thus took glee in her suffering, while many liberals loyal to Obama literally mocked the abuse Manning endured. But ultimately, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture investigated the conditions of Manning's imprisonment and concluded in 2012 "that the U.S. military was at least culpable of cruel and inhumane treatment," and "that imposing seriously punitive conditions of detention on someone who has not been found guilty of any crime is a violation of his right to physical and psychological integrity as well as of his presumption of innocence."
All of the controversy generated by those reports ultimately compelled the Obama administration to transfer her from Quantico to a more professionalized but still harrowing prison, in the middle of Kansas, on a military base at Fort Leavenworth, as she awaited her trial. While her imprisonment then became more normalized, her heroism multiplied to entirely new levels.
In July 2013, Manning was convicted of multiple counts of "espionage" for her whistleblowing (though she was acquitted of the most serious charge she faced: the treason-equivalent of "aiding the enemy"). On August 21, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. On August 22 — the very next day — she issued her statement identifying herself as Chelsea Manning, a trans woman, and demanded that she receive from military authorities the medical therapy she needed to complete her transition:
Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility).
It is hard to describe the courage and determination that required. Less than 24 hours after she learned that she had been consigned to spend the next 35 years in the custody of a military prison, she publicly identified as the trans woman she is and demanded the medical therapy to which she was legally and ethically entitled.
To truly grasp the bravery that required, it's necessary to understand her situation at the time. In 2015, I visited her at Fort Leavenworth. To get there, one must fly to Kansas City, then drive more than an hour into the woods of Kansas, in the proverbial middle of nowhere. One arrives at a sprawling, completely militarized base, Fort Leavenworth, where it was quite difficult to gain access. Upon entering, one drives another 15 to 20 minutes deep into the military base to arrive at the military brig, which itself is a labyrinth of cages and security measures that must be navigated in order to finally meet her somewhere in the bowels of that prison.
In sum, it's almost impossible to be more isolated, more cut off from society, than Chelsea Manning was. Coming out as a trans person, and embarking on the transition process, is extraordinarily difficult even under the best of conditions. Trans people still face incomparable societal hurdles — including an epidemic of violence — even when they enjoy networks of support in the middle of progressive cities. But to do that while in a military brig, in the middle of Kansas, where your daily life depends exclusively upon your military jailers, is both incomprehensibly difficult and incomprehensibly courageous.
Manning's struggles in prison, including her suicide attempts and grotesquely cruel punishments for them, were publicly reported. Although the military prison begrudgingly gave her some of the therapy she sought, authorities also imposed petty restrictions, including a refusal even to let her grow her hair and a failure to provide much of the support that was needed.
As one of the few people on the list of approved visitors, I spent many hours on the phone with her during this period. Her experience both in prison generally and transitioning specifically was filled with completely gratuitous challenges and difficulties caused by malicious or ignorant prison authorities.
But what is ultimately most striking about Chelsea Manning is her unyielding persistence. In the most humble yet determined tones, she insists on following what she knows is the right path regardless of the risks and costs to her. And in doing so, far beyond the initial acts of whistleblowing, she became a hero to LGBTs around the world, and so many other people, by demanding the right to be who she is, and to live freely, even under the most oppressive conditions.
This is not a case where I feign journalistic objectivity or neutrality. I regard Chelsea Manning as one of this generation's greatest heroes, as well as a valued friend. While her release today is somewhat bittersweet — How can one forget the grave injustice that she spent almost all of her 20s in prison for having done something that merited our collective gratitude, and the abuse she continually endured? — I am thrilled that she will finally live as a free woman, and incredibly excited about what she can achieve, how she can inspire people, now that she is finally released.
First steps of freedom!! 😄https://t.co/kPPWV5epwa#ChelseaIsFree pic.twitter.com/0R5pXqA1VN
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) May 17, 2017
Ultimately, what makes Chelsea Manning unique is not so much her political heroism but rather the way she has personally navigated her life after that. As I recounted in the letter I wrote in support of her clemency petition, she is the single most empathetic and compassionate person I have ever met. When I would speak to her, it was difficult for me to contain my anger and resentment over the abuse she had suffered and continued to suffer. Yet she never displayed or even seemed to share any of that anger, instead often defending even those who wronged her by empathizing with their own predicaments and mitigating their behavior.
To be sure, her transition back into freedom is not going to be easy. She's been imprisoned since she was 22 years old. She knows that she is a controversial and polarizing figure and is unsure what life outside of Fort Leavenworth has in store for her. It will naturally be a huge adjustment in all sorts of ways.
But Manning is one of the most intelligent, engaging, and inspiring people one could ever hope to meet. There is a massive amount of admiration and support for her all over the world, as evidenced by the incredibly successful fundraising campaign to ease her transition out of prison. No matter where I have spoken in the world, the mere mention of her name prompts sustained standing ovations for her. All of that — her seeing how much love and gratitude there is for her — will undoubtedly strengthen her in whatever she chooses to do.
It is rare, especially lately, to find inspiration in any political stories. But the last decade of Chelsea Manning's life, and the potential it now holds for the future, is one of those cases. One shouldn't idealize what happened to her: There is a lot of injustice, harm, and outrage in her story. But the way she has inspired so many, and the fact that today she is truly free, is a cause for real celebration, and a valuable reminder of how human beings, through pure acts of conscience and determination, can singlehandedly change the world for the better.
Glenn Greenwald – ✉ email@example.com
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One Kansas City Royals fan feels like she is being punished for the good deed of others.
Joyce Jeter has a debilitating medical condition, causing her to rely on Social Security as her only source of income. Royals fans rallied around her to raise money to send her to a game at Kauffman Stadium, but now that gift is leaving her financial future in jeopardy.
Joyce told Fox4KC she feels like she's being robbed all because she accepted a gift.
"All growing up and everything, even up to today, I get made fun of all the time," Joyce explained.
Joyce's life has been anything but easy. She has an incurable disease called neurofibromatosis that causes her to have visible tumors all over her body.
One tumor on her thigh turned out to be cancerous, and her leg had to be amputated.
"I'm in constant pain all the time," Joyce explained. "It prevents me from doing some things."
Joyce is unable to work and must draw her income from Social Security.
While she faced many battles, she remained positive. There was one thing she loved, however, that always seemed just out of reach: the Royals.
"I never got to go to a game, a playoff game or a World Series game or anything like that because I can't afford it," she said.
One day she posted on a Royals fan page about her dream to go to a game. She said she almost immediately regretted it, as people started bullying her.
"I got kind of made fun of, and smart remarks about my disorder and stuff, and saying, 'what is that? she needs to take her mask off,'" she said.
A few fans saw the post and decided to create a GoFundMe page to get Joyce to a game. The page ended up raising more than $3,700, and Joyce got to see her boys in blue.
"It was just awesome being there. I mean, it was just a feeling like, 'God, this is like, maybe heaven,'" Joyce laughed.
But now that feeling is costing her: Joyce's Social Security is being taken away.
She received letters from Social Security notifying her she was supposed to tell them about the GoFundMe, and now they're going to take the money out of her Social Security checks.
"I'm troubled and stuff, because I can't afford to lose that $176 a month."
Now she doesn't know what to do.
"Actually, it's like taking food out of my mouth."
Joyce is looking to speak to Legal Aid about her options and is hoping for a positive outcome.


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Complete without Kids, The Guide to a Great Childfree Living, offers adults the opportunity to hear the highly personal stories of others and gain useful information on how to deal with societal and personal challenges faced as a result of living without children. It goes behind the scenes to explore the psychological processes influencing individual decisions and interpretations of life situations, whether the childfree status came by choice, happenstance or circumstance.
The book also offers the adult who is contemplating whether or not to have children, an unbiased inside perspective on what a life without kids entails. The focus of the book is on acceptance of one's situation and finding ways to have the richest life possible.
The book that began as Dr. Walker's personal journal became real due to the demand for such information. As she talked with others about the idea, she received a great deal of encouragement, because of the uniqueness of the topic and the slim choice of books available for adults who are childfree or those contemplating whether or not to have kids.
In 2008 she met editor and writing coach, Brooke Warner, who helped her learn a new style of writing, quite the opposite of the dry psychological reports she crafted every day in clinical practice, and helped bring life to the book.
Dr. Walker interviewed dozens of women, men, and couples, gay and straight, who came forward to talk honestly about their experiences to help others. In order to protect their privacy their names, occupations, and other identifying information has been changed for the book. This groundbreaking work will have a huge impact on those who have wished for some perspective on a subject that can so emotionally charged.
The release date for the book is January 10, 2011.


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From Google Flu Tracker
Why not use social media to fight influenza?
The flu season has arrived — and it's weeks early.
In one week, 16 states and New York City reported high levels of the flu. By the following week, that number was up to 29.
Each day for the past week, more than 500 New Yorkers have descended on emergency rooms with flu symptoms, according to a city website.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in high flu states 70 percent to 80 percent of the coughs you hear around you right now stem from the flu.
Each cough, sneeze or even conversation puts the virus into the air — and potentially into your lungs.
The virus goes everywhere — onto railings and the salt shakers in the diner; on the keys of the ATM; and on every door anyone touches.
The flu virus can survive two to eight hours on hard surfaces such as metal and plastic — touch it and you can spread it to your nose and mouth from your hand.
Now, there are ways to track the influenza outbreak using Google and Facebook.
But, what should YOU do to protect yourself?
- Get vaccinated against flu – it's your best defense.
- Cover your cough, wash hands often.
- Take antiviral drugs if your doctor recommends them.
The influenza map this January is not very favorable no matter where you are in the United States, so please consider vaccination, if you have not already done so. Having been hospitalized with the influenza virus a few years ago, I can attest that it is a very nasty disease.


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Happy Feast of St. Monica!
St. Monica is the perfect model for perseverance. She never gave up prayers for her wayward son. (St. Augustine) Begging God for his conversion, she cried many tears. Legend says that a drain formed in the ground where her tears fell while she prayed for her son.
When she approached her local bishop to ask him to help win over her son to the faith, the Bishop consoled her by saying: "God's time will come. Go now, it is not possible that the son of so many tears should perish."
The good news is that Monica never gave up and her son's heart was turned away from his evil ways. Augustine later became know for his famous conversion and became "St." Augustine after his death, one of the greatest saints and doctors of the Catholic Church.
St. Monica's life was a message of hope. Her tears gave way to God's sweet grace and bountiful blessings!
These teardrop treats represent St. Monica's tears that were "sweetened" by the sweat of her prayers.
St. Monica's Tears
Easy 2 ingredients:
1.Crescent dough
2. Nutella/Hazelnut spread
Break apart crescent dough into triangles.
Spread a small amount (approx. 1-2 teaspoons) of Nutella or favorite spread on the top end of the triangle only. A little bit goes a long way...Otherwise the chocolate will leak all over!
Roll dough from the larger end down to the smaller end as if making a croissant. Then, fold the two ends inward to form the shape of a teardrop.
Pinch the ends together to increase the chances of holding the teardrop shape.
Here are before and after photos.
Remember that the dough will rise/puff up a little bit so try to elongate the ends as much as possible.
Enjoy the sweetness!
Intercede for us, dear St. Monica, example for Christian motherhood, hope, and perseverance!