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Noble Goat Has Somber Sendoff
Katie the Goat, who gained prominence in 2006 when her tale of the dangers of nuclear power hit the papers, is conducting a farewell tour as she prepares to enter the great farm in the sky.
It's not looking too good for Katie right now. She's battling an untreatable cancer her caretaker claims is the result of living close to a nuclear power plant in Waterford, Connecticut. Katie spent today at the State Capitol, and will visit the Millstone Nuclear Power Station and New York's own Indian Point Power Plant in the coming week.
Farewell, Katie. I'll always enjoy watching your kind eat garbage and headbutt each other.

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Mitt Romney is having fun with Newt Gingrich's inability to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, likening him to Lucille Ball in the famous episode of "I Love Lucy" where she can't keep up with a conveyor belt of chocolates.
"You've got to get it organized," Mr. Romney chided Tuesday in New Hampshire.
But to Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker and a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, the ballot failure is no laughing matter.
He also has influential Virginians who agree that it was wrong to exclude Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry from the March 6 Virginia primary. Each had submitted more than the required 10,000 signatures, but on Dec. 24, state election officials deemed that they did not have enough valid signatures to qualify.
Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul are the only two candidates to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot. Other major contenders, such as Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, did not attempt to collect the necessary signatures.
On Wednesday, two former state party chairmen – a Republican and a Democrat – held a press conference in Richmond to call for emergency legislation that would establish a new standard for participation in a presidential primary.
The majority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, Kirk Cox (R), has stated that there's not enough time to pass legislation. But Bill Pascoe, executive vice president of the conservative group Citizens for the Republic, disagrees.
"Once the legislative and executive branch leaders realize how screwed up the system is, I think a relatively simple legislative fix will present itself to them, and they'll be able to move a bill on the first day of the legislature, on Jan. 11," says Mr. Pascoe in an interview.
"They could say if the FEC [Federal Election Commission] qualifies you for matching funds, you qualify for the Virginia ballot," Pascoe suggests.
Pascoe is working with the two former Virginia party chairs – Democrat Paul Goldman and Republican Pat McSweeney – in urging the state legislature to act. He says they're not backing a particular candidate, rather working on behalf of the right of Virginians to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice.
Gingrich, meanwhile, is now blaming not only the system, but fraud as well for his exclusion from the Virginia ballot.
"We hired somebody who turned in false signatures," Gingrich said at a campaign stop Wednesday in Algona, Iowa, according to CNN. "We turned in 11,100 – we needed 10,000 – 1,500 of them were by one guy who frankly committed fraud."
Governor Perry is trying a different tack. On Tuesday he filed suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the Virginia law regarding ballot access. Not only does the law require the gathering of 10,000 signatures, it also requires that at least 400 come from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts. And it requires that signature-gatherers be residents of Virginia. The legal complaint focuses on the ban on out-of-state workers.
"We believe that the Virginia provisions unconstitutionally restrict the rights of candidates and voters by severely restricting access to the ballot, and we hope to have those provisions overturned or modified to provide greater ballot access to Virginia voters and the candidates seeking to earn their support," said Ray Sullivan, the Perry campaign's communications director, in a statement.
One legal scholar on election law sees the lawsuit as a long shot, both legally and politically.
"The initial hurdle is one of laches, the failure to bring suit before filing time," writes Richard Hasen of the University of California, Irvine, on his blog. "This is an emergency of Perry's (and Gingrich's) own making. Surely they knew of the requirement earlier."
Another expert on ballot access explains why it was so difficult to make the 2012 Virginia primary ballot, when in the past many more Republican candidates qualified: This time, they're checking the signatures.
"The only reason the Virginia Republican Party checked the signatures for validity for the current primary is that in October 2011, an independent candidate for the legislature, Michael Osborne, sued the Virginia Republican Party because it did not check petitions for its own members, when they submitted primary petitions," according to an article on Ballot Access News, edited by Richard Winger.
"The effect of the lawsuit was to persuade the Republican Party to start checking petitions," the article states. "If the Republican Party had not changed that policy, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry would be on the 2012 ballot."
The article also points out that the Democratic Party of Virginia opposes the strict law on primary ballot access, and helps the candidates collect signatures.
These differing standards, says Citizens for the Republic executive Pascoe, of past vs. present and Republican vs. Democrat are reason enough for the legislature to act quickly and put in place a more inclusive system in time for the March 6 primary.


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jump-starting a hybrid vehicle?
As I was loading groceries into the trunk of my '04 Honda Civic Hybrid, I saw the jumper cables I've had clunking around in the trunk for the past 8 months I've owned the car and wondered, "Do I even really need these?"
Has anybody ever had to jump-start their hybrid car? If the IMA motor is indeed the starter motor, and the IMA motor uses the 144 volt battery pack in the back (which is obviously not the batteries would use the jumper cables on -- yikes!), would the civic hybrid (or for that matter, other hybrids) ever need a jump-start?
If the 12V battery runs down completely for some reason (e.g., using a power inverter inside the car to power a laptop for too long), I am assuming that the IMA battery charges the 12V battery. Does anyone know more details about how the 12V battery gets charged?
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A fire that started in the garage quickly spread and badly damaged a Blanchard Road home tonight.
Fire Chief Michael E. Gauthier said there were no injuries, and said residents of 46 Blanchard Road appeared to have quickly exited the burning single-family house.
The chief said the two-alarm fire started in the attached garage of the home just after 10 p.m., and quickly spread to the house.
Neighbors watching from across the street said they heard loud bangs, then saw flames shooting up from the garage.
Firefighters from Sutton helped fight the fire, which sent a plume of smoke into the air which was visible from quite a distance.
Chief Gauthier said once the fire got into the attic, it spread quickly from one end of the house to the other. Firefighters cut vent holes in the roof and the side of the house, releasing billowing smoke and intense flames.
Two cars appeared destroyed in what was left of the garage bays; a third car in the driveway also appeared to have sustained heavy front-end damage.
The garage was totally destroyed; glowing orange flames were visible through exposed framing on the second floor of the Colonial-style home.
Chief Gauthier said the state fire marshal's office was on the way to assist with the investigation into the cause of the fire. He was unsure how many residents were displaced.


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San Francisco: Deep Dish Worth the Wait at Little Star
Little Star
400 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94103 (map); (415) 551-7827; littlestarpizza.com
Pizza style: Deep dish
The skinny: Amazing Chicago-style, deep dish pizza in SF
Notes: Three locations in the bay area, two in SF, one in Albany
Price: $17-19 for a surprisingly filling 9" pizza, $22-24 for a 12" pizza
Little Star is known as the best place to get Chicago-style deep-dish pizza in San Francisco. The lines are notoriously long, and I was determined to find out if the pizza was worth the wait.
The pizzas come in two sizes: 9" and 12" for the deep dish, and 12" and 16" for the thin crust. The small pizzas run $17-19—not cheap for a 9" pie. But you won't go home hungry. Start with a Little Star, crowned with spinach blended with ricotta and feta, mushrooms, onions, garlic, and tomato sauce.
It's spectacular. The crust has a hint of sweet cornmeal flavor and the texture is punctuated with those little crispy cornmeal bits on the bottom. The crust held up firmly to the chunky, juicy stack of toppings on top. The contrast of moist toppings against the firmness of the crust was deeply satisfying.
The mix of sharp feta and smooth, sweet ricotta was luscious and bold, and it worked especially well against the funk of the mushrooms and onions. I found the tomato sauce a little too sweet, but the toppings helped to balance the flavors well.
We found the Mediterranean Chicken tasty, too, if slightly less impressive than the Little Star. The excellent crust was filled with artichoke hearts, chicken breast, red bell peppers, green olives, onions, and feta. The artichoke hearts were a little disappointing, and reminded me of the ones you can find in massive jars at Costco. The firm chicken breast added a welcome textural contrast, and though the red bell peppers weren't all that flavorful, the green olives, onions, and feta all made their presence known. It may not be traditional, but we still enjoyed it.
There's a reason Little Star is known for its deep dish. The thin crust pie is crispier, almost brittle, with a higher cheese-to-tomato ratio and a scattering of cornmeal on the bottom.
While I wouldn't go out of my way for Little Star's thin crust, the deep dish pies really sang, combining toppings harmoniously on a killer crust.
Deep dish is deceptively filling. The slices aren't that big and the wait times are long, so you may find yourself hungrily taking huge bites of a small pizza. Later it hits you: a significant amount of pizza has been ingested. And with Little Star, that's a good thing. The crowds aren't wrong, this place is a winner.
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text: U.N. STYLE: No matter what the nature of talks is at the United Nations, the conversation on Michelle Obama's fashion choices continues. On Wednesday, she attended the U.N. General Assembly in Michael Kors, one of her favorite designers in recent months. This time, the First Lady went red, choosing Kors' red silk shantung cap-sleeve jacket and corresponding skirt.


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Network Caller ID (NCID)
- 1 Caller ID
- 2 Displaying Arbitrary Text On The MythTV Screen
- 3 MythTV Compatibility
- 4 Hardware
- 5 Network Caller ID (NCID)
- 6 The NCID Server on a MythTV Backend
- 7 The NCID Client on a MythTV Frontend
- 8 Patching the Startup Script
- 9 Patching the Plugin
- 10 Configuring the Client
- 11 Start the Client
- 12 Asterisk Based PBXs
Caller ID
Caller ID is defined as "The service that allows someone being called to see the caller's name and phone number." MythTV does not come configured with the ability to display Caller ID information, but with the right tools this can be made to work.
Displaying Arbitrary Text On The MythTV Screen
As part of the entire MythTV bundle, there is a small script called mythtvosd which allows for displaying any kind of text on the screen. Note that this only works when LiveTV, Recordings, or Videos are being displayed; it will not display at any other time.
MythTV Compatibility
As of 0.24, MythTV no longer supports the mythosd command, thus breaking NCID support. This has been replaced with mythmessage in the 0.25 HEAD development branch and will require some updates to this documentation in order for an NCID implementation to work.
Getting the right hardware can be a pain. Although it initially seems appealing to use an internal modem with caller-id support, the problem is that the PCI modems are near brainless. They rely on software to do most of the work, and that software, in most cases, hasn't been ported over to Linux. I had some luck with an older PCI card under i386-based linux, but it wouldn't work under x86-64. You can try using an external modem, but, the easiest solution is to get your hands on a NetCallerID box which simply plugs in to the system's serial port and in to the phone line.
As of February 2008, they can be obtained from: [discountsales.com] for $29.99US (price recently increased). You may also be able to find them on [eBay].
Believe me, although the desire is to save money, the few dollars that you try to save by using another system (internal PCI card, external modem, etc) just aren't worth it.
USB modems based on the Conexant CX93010 also seem to work fine with the cdc-acm driver from a recent Linux kernel and a small [patch]. Note: recent versions of this modem no longer work: http://sandeen.net/wordpress/computers/a-hardware-usb-modem-for-linux/
Network Caller ID (NCID)
Network Caller ID is a freeware package that can be obtained from SourceForge. It contains both the client and server package. Configuring the server side of the package is outside the scope of this document, but some notes have been included below. This document focuses on the client configuration and its integration with MythTV.
Download the source for NCID and built it on each of the Frontend systems that you have. If they are all the same architecture, then you can just build it on one and copy the tar file over to the others. If you are running an RPM based distribution (like Fedora), simply use the RPMs available on the Sourceforge project page and install it on each of the clients.
The NCID Server on a MythTV Backend
While the installation of the NCID server is not directly MythTV related, it is necessary to cover some of the basics in order to get it working with the clients. It is possible to run the NCID server on a variety of hosts (I had it running on my Tivo for a while). The important part is configuring the clients to point to the master NCID server. It is not unusual, though, to utilize the mythtv system for this purpose.
If you use the RPM method of installation, you will need to enable the server daemon and disable the client daemon on startup. Although this is the default, it is best to make sure.
#> chkconfig --level 345 ncidd on #> chkconfig --level 345 ncid off
Within /etc/ncid/ncidd.conf, be sure to configure the CallerID device accordingly. For example, if the NetCallerID unit is to be used, it connects to the computer via the serial port. A snippet from the configuration file might look like this:
##################### # TTY Configuration # ##################### # The default tty port: /dev/modem # set ttyport = /dev/cu.modem # Macintosh OS X set ttyport = /dev/ttyS0 # The default tty port speed: 19200 # The tty speed can be one of: 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800 set ttyspeed = 4800 # NetCallerID port speed # Ignore tty control signals for internal modems and 3 wire serial cables # Disable tty control signals: ttyclocal = 1 # Enable tty control signals: ttyclocal = 0 (default) # set ttyclocal = 1 # The lockfile name is generated automatically # If tty port is /dev/modem, lockfile is: /var/lock/LCK..modem # set lockfile = /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 ####################### # Serial or No Serial # ####################### # Require a serial device for startup. This is useful if you are # using a network based plugin # network: noserial = 1 (do not try to initialize a serial port) # serial: noserial = 0 (default - Look for a serial port) set noserial = 0 ##################### # Modem or No Modem # ##################### # Obtain CallerID from a CID device or a modem # device: nomodem = 1 (do not send AT commands) # modem: nomodem = 0 (default - send AT commands) set nomodem = 1
Or to use network packet sniffing, only the following lines need to be updated (uncommented out) in /etc/ncid/ncidd.conf:
set nomodem = 1 set noserial = 1
When attempting to follow the installation instructions at SourceForge on a Gentoo system it was noticed that the following had to be done to enable normal startup (Note: I am using NCID via VOIP, so I am using sip2ncid and ncidd): Created /etc/init.d/sip2ncid
#!/sbin/runscript start() { ebegin "Starting sip2ncid" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/sip2ncid eend $? } stop() { ebegin "Stopping sip2ncid" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/sip2ncid eend $? }
Created /etc/init.d/ncidd
#!/sbin/runscript start() { ebegin "Starting ncidd" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/ncidd eend $? } stop() { ebegin "Stopping ncidd" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/ncidd eend $? }
Instructed the system to start these services at boot time
rc-update add ncidd default rc-update add sip2ncid dedault
The NCID Client on a MythTV Frontend
If you use the RPM method of installation, you will need to disable the server daemon and enable the client daemon on startup. For some reason, the authors have the server daemon automatically enabled and the client daemon automatically disabled.
#> chkconfig --level 345 ncidd off #> chkconfig --level 345 ncid on
When manually compiling and installing NCID v0.72 on a Gentoo system, none of the steps below regarding patching are needed.
Patching the Startup Script
The other catch is that, although there is an /etc/ncid/ncid.conf file, that file appears to be nothing more than a place holder under the RPM distribution. You need to edit /etc/init.d/ncid in order for the client to do what we want it to:
#!/bin/sh # # ncid Start/Stop Network Caller ID client # # chkconfig: 2345 96 05 # description: the ncid client sends the CID to an external program # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions # Source networking configuration. . /etc/sysconfig/network # Check that networking is up. [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0 RETVAL=0 prog="ncid" shell="tclsh" extprog="ncid-mythtv" opts="--no-gui -r 0 -C -P $extprog" ...
As seen above, the "extprog" has been set to "ncid-mythtv". NCID has a plug-in to talk to mythtv via mythtvosd. Save the updated init.d file.
Patching the Plugin
As of NCID 0.68, this patch has been integrated in to the source, so this step can safely be skipped.
The only other piece is to actually update the plugin "ncid-mythtv". At some point in time, the option "--template" became a required option to "mythtvosd" and the "ncid-mythtv" plugin was not updated to reflect this new requirement.
With that said, edit /usr/share/ncid/ncid-mythtv and make the code at the end of the file look like:
... if [ -n "$CIDNMBR" ] then # Display Caller ID information mythtvosd --template="cid" \ --caller_name="$CIDNAME" \ --caller_number="$CIDNMBR" \ --caller_date="$CIDDATE" \ --caller_time="$CIDTIME" else # Display Message mythtvosd --template="alert" --alert_text="$CIDNAME" fi exit 0
Configuring the Client
The last step is to configure the client such that it knows where the server is. Thankfully, this is pretty easy just by editing the file /etc/ncid/ncid.conf. A lot of the options in that file are overridden via the integration in to mythtv or they just do not have any bearing in this configuration. The main ones to look for are the host and the port, making sure that they match with that of the server:
... # Set Host to the NCID server address # Host defaults to 127.0.0.1 set Host 192.168.0.100 # The NCID port default is 3333 set Port 3333 ...
In lieu of using the steps mentioned under "patching" above, all configuration changes can be made in /etc/ncid/ncid.conf. The below example indicates how to update this file:
# Header text in /usr/share/ncid/ncid-mythtv provided an example of command line arguments # which can be used when using ncid-mythtv. These command line arguments can then be # mapped to the below options in /etc/ncid/ncid.conf. # # Example in /usr/share/ncid/ncid-mythtv is below # "ncid --no-gui --message --call-prog --program ncid-mythtv" set EXTPROG ncid-mythtv set Host 127.0.0.1 # set to 127.0.0.1 since ncidd running on the same machine in this case set NoGUI 1 set Callprog 1 set MsgFlag 1
Start the Client
Start the daemon:
#> /etc/init.d/ncid start
#> service ncid start
And, with that, your MythTV FrontEnd will display incoming caller id information on the screen any time you are watching LiveTV or watching a Recording, all without having a phone line run to the box. It will not display information when you are in the menus, watching a DVD Video in MythVideo, or at any other time.
Note: At this time, the process does not detach from the current tty. Starting ncid by hand will cause your session to hang when you attempt to log out. This is not an issue when NCID is configured to automatically start up upon boot up.
Asterisk Based PBXs
The above can be used with asterisk based systems (PIAF and FreePBX). One needs to ensure that the port setting for ncid is updated for the extension's port address in asterisk. In addition, one can use a more complete solution using xyac and asterisk functionality to display callerid information no matter if your frontend is displaying video or on a menu. [mythtdora] and [voip-info.org] are references that can be used. The mythdora site was used by this author.


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The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove is a 1,200-acre Bible training and retreat center in Asheville, N.C., designed to encourage, refresh and empower believers who want to deepen their faith. The first seminars took place in the fall of 1988. This is the first of a three-part series celebrating 25 years of ministry at The Cove.
Mel Graham can still picture his father's face just hours after he discovered a unique tract of land tucked away in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.
"I remember Daddy telling me he was all excited that night when he got home," Mel recalled. "He said, 'You'll never believe what we found from the airplane.'"
It was the early 1970s and Melvin Graham, Mel's father, had been scoping out property from a twin engine prop plane. The farmer and land developer was on his way home to Charlotte when he asked the pilot to fly over Asheville, N.C. Interstate 40 was still under construction in the western North Carolina mountains.
They were flying along the interstate, and he noticed the interchange we know now as exit 55," Mel said. "It just dead-ended right into this mountain at the edge of a piece of property. My dad got the pilot to circle the plane around, and they saw that cove—that perfect little pocket of land."
The next day, Melvin Graham climbed into his pickup truck and drove back to the spot to investigate.
The pristine, 1,500-acre property was available for purchase. It was one of just a handful of private lots in the entire country situated right off an interstate exit.
Melvin Graham immediately thought of his older brother, who, along with his wife, had been praying for a place where people could escape the demands of daily life and focus on God's Word.
He knew he had found that place. It was time to call his brother, Billy.
Becoming The Cove
"It's like you're in a different world."
"It's beautiful—the view, the peace and quiet."
"The whole atmosphere just has the peace of Jesus that passes all understanding."
Those are some of the most recent depictions of The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, as described by visitors during the annual open house in May, 2013.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year,The Cove is now a 1,200-acre retreat center with five cabins, two inns (with 135 guest rooms), a 70,000-square-foot training center that includes a bookstore, auditorium and full-service dining room, an administration building and a chapel that doubles as a visitor's center.
But the most cherished parts of The Cove are the ones where man has left the smallest footprint—the hiking trails, the trickling streams and the spectacular views of the mountain overlook.
"We're very grateful for this piece of property," said Will Graham, grandson of Billy Graham and son of BGEA president and CEO, Franklin Graham. Will is a third-generation evangelist and executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove.
"Supposedly, there's a cave on the property," Will said. "I haven't been able to find it yet. I've been on this land probably more than anybody else, and there are still things I haven't seen."
After the BGEA bought the property in 1972, it sat vacant for a decade. Will remembers roaming the mountainside as a child, exploring the woods and catching turtles.
At first, the BGEA didn't quite know what to do with the land that would become The Cove.
Billy and Ruth Graham had a vision of using the space as a peaceful retreat—a place where Christians could dive into the Word of God and learn from the world's best Bible teachers.
Most agreed it was a noble idea, but not everyone could see how it fit in with the ministry's mission of evangelism.
"My granddaddy was taking a lot of flack for this piece of property," Will said. "We just sat on it for a long time."
As support for The Cove grew, a new ministry was born. Construction began during the mid 1980s, with the first seminar held in the fall of 1988. Since then, more than 800,000 people have visited The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove to study God's Word and grow in their faith.
Foundation of Prayer
Before a single guest ever drove through the gates, Billy and Ruth Graham walked the property, praying.
"We've marked it off now, but they took some stones and kind of made a little prayer altar and just committed the property to the Lord," said Scott Holmquist, who started working at The Cove in 1989 and served as executive director from 2005-2012. "Prayer was the absolute foundation of everything."
The Cove is still a place of prayer. The entire property is set up to be conducive to quiet reflection and time with God.
Whether it's the wooden deck overlooking the valley, a cozy chair by the fireplace or a wooded trail leading up the mountain, it would be difficult to visit The Cove and not discover a quiet place to be still and know that God is there.
There are no televisions at The Cove—a purposeful omission to encourage visitors who are constantly "on" to hit the "off" button on life's distractions. Of course, there are still occasional interruptions, but at The Cove, they're more likely to come straight from nature than from the latest technology.
Turkeys, Bears, Bobcats and…Cows?
One of the great delights of a visit to The Cove is a wildlife spotting.
"I've seen as many as 16 deer at one time," Scott Holmquist said. "I've seen bears many times. Rattlesnakes. Bobcats."
For Will Graham, the most common wildlife encounters tend to involve turkeys. The big birds are all over The Cove.
"We've got a mirror out here," Will said. "The turkeys will see themselves in the mirror and swell up. They're all fluffy, and then they walk past it and look back, all confused—what happened to the turkey? I've actually videotaped that.
"And then we had two of them that were just like the Billy Goats Gruff. 'You can't cross this bridge.' These two turkeys sat there and would chase you and your car."
While stories involving turkeys, bears and bobcats are plenty, the most unusual situation involved a herd of animals you wouldn't expect to find roaming the mountains.
"There was a livestock truck on the interstate that was involved in an accident," Holmquist recalled. "And some cows got loose. So you've got these cows on the interstate. You don't want a car to hit a cow. So they herded them into The Cove.
"They were just everywhere," Holmquist laughed. "Up in the woods. So we contacted the farmer and he said, 'You've gotta figure it out.' Well, he did eventually come back and get his cows. But for a while there, we had roaming cows at The Cove.
"And we did not have extra hamburger that week. We just let him get his cows."
Complementing Nature
Cows notwithstanding, The Cove has always been a place where man and nature coexist. The wood and stone buildings are beautiful without being flashy. They blend in with their surroundings, complementing the wooded mountainside.
The Grahams were insistent on keeping the natural beauty of the property intact. They used a crane to build the chapel, in order to avoid cutting down trees. They also used "recycled" pews inside the building instead of ordering new ones. The pews are from the Royal School for the Blind, founded in London in 1799. The pulpit, from the Church of England, is believed to be more than 400 years old. Ruth Graham had a knack for hunting down antiques and re-purposing them.
The steeple, however, was built to order, and Mrs. Graham had a very specific vision for it (a story for the next part of this series).
'It's No Accident'
The Cove first opened in 1988, but it wasn't until 1993 that the BGEA officially had it dedicated. It was a rainy day in May, and the property had undergone a transformation. But the new buildings didn't take away from the beauty Melvin Graham had noticed 20 years earlier when he spotted "that perfect little pocket of land."
"Fast forward to today, and Daddy has changed addresses on us," Mel Graham talked about The Cove's discoverer.
"He's in heaven, and I'm serving on the BGEA board. I get up to The Cove several times a year. Every time I pull through the gates I think of how God just used Daddy in a unique way to play a small role in finding that property—in a most unique manner."
What was once an empty plot with a gravel road and a chain link fence is now a place where thousands take refuge from the dizzying pace of life and connect—in some cases, for the first time—with God's peace.
When Mel sees The Cove, he sees Billy and Ruth Graham's vision playing out on the side of the mountain, and he knows God arranged it all.
"To share the Gospel with countless thousands over these decades, it's remarkable," Mel said. "And it's no accident. When Daddy found that piece of property, it was what God intended."
To find out more about the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, click here.
To read the second installment of this three-part series, click here.


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1982: Sub-Freshman
1982: Sub-Freshman
First year was rough since I was the dorkiest thing to grace the grand hallways of my high school. Notice that I am wearing a running shirt. I was not aware that it was Photo Day that day, so the theme for me that year was "come as you are." Oops! Musically, I was not really into anything, except your typical Top 40 pop of the time. I would often get a ride to school from my cousin Rocky, who was a senior at the time. Being a full-on tech guy, he convinced me to join the Computer Club. Oh yes, I did. It didn't last, though. Too many numbers -- what's up with that? Rubik's Cube was big that year. I was able to solve it at least 4 times. During class, no less. In true dork fashion, I wore Wrangler jeans and got chided for it.
Here are typical quotes from classmates who signed my yearbook that year:
"It's been good knowing you and I hope to see you next year." (from a guy)
"You are a really sweet guy and a good friend." (from a girl)
The following were listed as "Entertainment" for the year in the back of my 1982 Yearbook:
General Hospital
Hill Street Blues
Greatest American Hero
Magnum PI
Richard Simmons
The Smurfs
Mandrell sisters
Endless Love
Diana Ross
Stevie Nicks
Go Go's
REO Speedwagon
Rolling Stones
Juice Newton
Christopher Cross
Morning Train
Raiders of the Lost Ark
On Golden Pond
Meryl Streep
Lena Horne
Rodney Dangerfield
Gorky Park
Dungeons and Dragons
Pac Man
Rubik's Cube
Chariots of Fire
The big current event of the year was the President Reagan assassination attempt. Other biggies: Pope John Paul II's assassination attempt and the murder of Anwar Sadat. Also mentioned: the wedding of Charles & Diana as well as the very first shuttle flight: Columbia. The big news locally was the trial for the Atlanta missing and murdered children suspect, Wayne B. Williams. I remember when they started the TV campaign to enforce the curfew during the midst of the ordeal: "It's 9 'o clock, do you know where your child is?" It was creepy.
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This is great, Ward!ReplyDelete
You sure or nice and brave to share this stuff with us... me, I burned all my evidence... I mean yearbooks a few years back.
I too went to high school from '82-'86.. what a coinkadink..ReplyDelete
I fortunatly did not have an annual yearbook but only one for when we graduated. Which was bad enough as it was.
Anyway thanks for posting since most of those "entertainemnt listings" I remember fondly.. except for General Hospital- that was a real girl thing back then.
No phrase better sums up my luck with high school girls better than "You are a really sweet guy and a good friend." For this is the sentence which both classifies and dooms even the manliest of men; transforming a lusting, yearning lumpf of testosterone into a tender, attentive and non-threatening galpal, one who has no hope whatsoever of gettin' it on. Whew! Thank God for our wives!ReplyDelete
Wow, that was a LONG time ago! Ward was the little brother I never had - and it was very kewl to have him in school with me. Sorry about dragging you to computer club, though, Ward! ;)ReplyDelete
Oh, and thank you very much for NOT publishing pics of me - a look I would love to forget...
--Rock (the Cousin)
Understood, Rock -- I couldn't do that to you! (I did entertain the thought of scanning in the Computer Club photo, but stopped short.)ReplyDelete
And Robert, I was a true victim of the "galpal" curse -- I was such a "sweet guy" to far too many cute girls throughout my high school years. Darn it all!


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Tobacco company Reynolds American Inc. US:RAI was hit with $23.6 billion in damages Friday after a Florida jury decided that the company acted negligently in marketing its tobacco products. The company had been sued by a widow who claimed the company failed to inform her husband about the cancer-causing nature of tobacco. The news came less than a week after Reynolds said it would buy out rival Lorillard Inc. US:LO in a deal worth $27.4 billion.
Nearly 20% of the world's adult population smokes cigarettes, according to TobaccoAtlas.org. Smokers consumed nearly 5.9 trillion cigarettes in 2009 (the year for which the most recent data is available) — representing a 13% increase in cigarette consumption in the past decade. Here's a look at the 10 countries where the most cigarettes are consumed per capita.
10. Montenegro
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,157
Cigarette consumption historically has been highest in high-income countries, but because of targeted marketing, increased social acceptability, continued economic development and population increases, consumption is expected to increase in low- and middle-income countries, according to TobaccoAtlas, which is sponsored by the World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society.
9. Belarus
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,266
Cigarette consumption in Western Europe dropped by 26% between 1990 and 2009 but increased in the Middle East and Africa by 57% during the same period, This change has occurred as people in high-income countries increasingly understand the dangers of smoking and governments continue to implement tobacco control policy and legislation. Left, a Belarusian man smokes a cigarette while cooling down near a fountain in Minsk during a heat wave.
8. Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,278
Globally, the increase in cigarette consumption in low- and middle-income countries is significant enough to offset the decrease in high-income countries, according to TobaccoAtlas.org. Cigarette consumption is responsible for a significant disease burden. While global smoking prevalence is flat or decreasing, the total number of smokers world-wide continues to increase simply due to population growth.
7. Slovenia
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,369
While almost 6 trillion cigarettes are consumed annually, the pattern of nicotine consumption may shift in the future as people seek alternative nicotine delivery systems. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has outlined how best to reduce tobacco use.
6. Ukraine
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,401
As consumption rates continue to increase in low- and middle-income countries, these countries will experience a disproportionate amount of tobacco-related illness and death — particularly China, as Chinese men smoke a third of the world's cigarettes. If the smoking prevalence among Chinese women increases, global consumption of cigarettes will skyrocket, and the country's economy and health-care systems will be overwhelmed. Left, a protester smokes at the barricade in front of armor-clad security forces blocking access to the Verkhovna Rada parliament in Kiev Jan. 21.
5. Moldova
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,479
Around the world, 48% of the world's cigarette consumption was in the Western Pacific in 2009, 24% in Europe and 11% in the Americas.
Left, a "Lada" car, a brand well known during the communist era, is driven in Tiraspol, the main city of Transnistria, a separatist republic of Moldova. Transnistria, a small strip of land of 500,000 inhabitants in eastern Moldova, is not recognized by the international community.
4. Russia
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,786
Left, a former Soviet soldier smokes his cigarette near the monument commemorating the Soviet victims of the war in Afghanistan, in St. Petersburg Feb. 15.
3. Greece
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,795
Left, Greece's football coach Fernando Santos smokes a cigarette during a training session in 2012.
2. Bulgaria
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2,822
Left, people smoke cigarettes in front of the National Theatre in the center of Sofia. Bulgaria enforced a full smoking ban in all enclosed public spaces including bars and restaurants.
1. Serbia
Cigarette consumption per capita: 2861
In 2010, Serbia introduced tough antitobacco measures, the strictest ever in the Balkans country, where some 33.6% of adults smoke. Left, a passenger smokes a cigarette while waiting for a train in Belgrade last year.


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We're committed to redressing those historical and continued barriers. While there is much more to be done, Indigenous students are now enrolling in relevant programs at the university, and succeeding, in ever-increasing numbers.
As part of our commitment to reconciliation we're building better and meaningful partnerships with Indigenous communities, developing new programs, and working to bring our university into better harmony with Indigenous cultures, beliefs and ways of being. Indigenous people and communities are an important part of building our university for the future.—UVic President Jamie Cassels
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Yesterday at the end of his show Rush Limbaugh engaged a caller on "what makes Netanyahu Netanyahu." The substance of the question was one on which Rush could speak with some authority: what makes Netanyahu such an excellent communicator? Rush gave a hint: "It begins with a P."
The caller guessed "principled" and "proud." Not wrong, but not right either. Rush's answer is "passion." He elaborated:
It is passion that allows Netanyahu to animate those principles, to bring them to life. His beliefs, his policies, his ability to conduct himself as he did in the Oval Office or yesterday at the joint meeting of Congress. It's the passion that he believes, the passion for his beliefs — the desire to shout them from the mountaintop, the desire to be understood, the desire for nobody to be confused after they've heard him speak. But it is passion, excitement, eagerness, good cheer. Passion is what brings all of the ingredients to life, and it is passion that is the magnet that draws people to you. I mean, if you listen to two schlubs talk about bowling in a passionate way, they own you. Passion is the key.
Closing the show, Rush even associated himself with Netanyahu:
You know what Netanyahu means in Hebrew? Netanyahu means, in Hebrew, "Gift of the Lord." Or: "Talent on loan from God."
Rush on rhetoric sent me back to Aristotle on rhetoric. Rush is, of course, on to something.
Rush formulated his comments on Netanyahu's rhetoric as a guide to Republicans. Here I would like to give the last word, for the moment, to Abraham Lincoln:
It is an old and a true maxim, that a "drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall." So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great high road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause really be a just one.
The Democrats excel in the drop of honey department. It's Lincoln's proviso that is the killer. Republicans need to think about that drop of honey.


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Really enjoying my first surfboard, but its a tad on the large side 5' 8 '' x 20'', great for most days but not over 23 knots solid.
Looking to add a board for +25 knots plus.
I ride mostly in very small lake waves, really choppy, sometimes up to 10' if I drive to the great lakes. Also I ride strapless. I'm about 175 lbs.
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Celebrate New Year's Abroad
06 Dec, 2012, 09:30 GMT
LONDON, December 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
• Thousands of Brits expected to choose holidays abroad over New Year celebrations at home
• Party capitals in Spain and Europe expected to prove popular
• Thomas Cook offer guide to best holiday locations for celebrations
This December thousands of Brits are expected to turn their backs on London's gloomy temperatures and over the top party prices. Instead, this New Year's Eve revellers will be heading abroad to the countless party destinations and resorts found overseas.
According to the travel experts at Thomas Cook, the best holiday locations for a New Year's party with a bang are set to include popular favourites such as Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Winter sun
It might be dreary back in old blighty, but there are still plenty of holiday destinations that can catch some rays of winter sun. While you might not get the perfect tan, these locations will have you back in your best party attire in next to no time.
The undisputed party capital of Portugal is the city of Algarve and the region knows how to host a real New Year's Eve celebration. Be sure to catch the fireworks display on the river front in Lagos or head down to the open air concert at Fisherman's Beach.
As the evening progresses, make your way along the endless rows of bars and clubs and dance your way into the early hours of the morning. When you're recovering on New Year's Day, be sure to head back outside for the blue skies and sunshine that the region offers.
Ski top fun
If there's one place that knows how to welcome in the New Year, then it's a party at the snow fields. Europe boasts some of the best skiing facilities in the world, with first class resorts catering to a range of budgets throughout France, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria.
When most people think of Italy holidays, pizza, pasta and the Roman Colosseum immediately spring to mind. However, with excellent ski resorts available in areas like Selva and Corvara, Italy is an excellent place to hit the slopes in the daytime with varied après-ski activities providing the perfect way to welcome in the New Year by night.
Spanish getaway
With their daytime siestas and late night socialising, the Spanish are renowned for their unique approach to partying. So, what could be a better way to welcome in 2013 than a New Year's holiday Spanish style?
Spain's holiday crowds disappear when summer ends, meaning winter tourists can enjoy cities like Barcelona, Seville and Madrid with the locals. If you have been meaning to book a Spain holiday, why not celebrate the start of 2013 with delicious tapas and salsa dancing at one of the country's famous nightclubs?
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Everybody else can just pack up and go home early. This week the charts belong to Jason Aldean, thanks to his top-of-the-heap album Night Train and its spawn of seven — count 'em — seven singles.
With Nielsen-SoundScan-confirmed sales of 409,303 copies its first week out, Night Train crowns both the country and the Billboard 200 all-genres charts.
We will resist the impulse to gush further and reserve a few dozen adjectives in anticipation of the Taylor Swift chart tornado predicted for next week.
While we're talking Taylor, let it be noted that her "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" continues as the No. 1 song for the third week.
It's high cotton, too, for Scotty McCreery and Jamey Johnson, whose albums debut at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, via Christmas With Scotty McCreery and Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran.
Their first-week sales totals were 40,786 and 32,028.
Owing to Billboard's new song-ranking methodology that takes into account factors in addition to airplay, Aldean has the highest-debuting single this week, "Night Train," which enters at No. 26, plus "The Only Way I Know," with Luke Bryan and Eric Church (No. 28), "When She Says Baby" (No. 33), "This Nothin' Town" (No. 41), "Feel That Again" (No. 45), "I Don't Do Lonely Well" (No. 47) and "Staring at the Sun" (No. 49).
The remaining new songs are Charles Esten and Hayden Panettiere's "Undermine" (No. 39) and Hunter Hayes' "Somebody's Heartbreak" (No. 48).
The only other new album is Hayes' Live EP (No. 33).
Rhonda Vincent's Sunday Mornin' Singin': Live! re-enters at No. 37.
Rounding out the Top 5 albums are Little Big Town's Tornado (No. 4) and Carrie Underwood's Blown Away (No. 5). Tornado thus concludes a five-week run at No. 1.
The No. 2 through No. 5 songs are Underwood's "Blown Away," Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise," Hayes' "Wanted" and Lee Brice's "Hard to Love," in that order.
Get your sun screen ready. It's really going to heat up next week.


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An op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times by Kwasi Kwarteng, a member of the British Parliament, makes the case that the financial crisis and America's debt problem signal the end of American empire. Mr. Kwarteng joins a long list of declinists warning about, if not exactly lamenting, that America is a spent force.
"America's position today reminds me of Britain's situation in 1945," Kwarteng writes. "Deep in debt and committed to building its National Health Service and other accoutrements of the welfare state, Britain no longer could afford to run an empire."
Kwarteng goes on to discuss the limitations of America's foreign policy misadventures and to decry imperialism, which the native of Ghana says is doomed to fail. But his earlier comparison to Britain's National Health Service may have been closer to the mark.
At a time of historic economic vulnerability, the Bush Treasury Department pushed through a $700 billion emergency TARP program to prop up American financial institutions and the Federal Reserve pressed the pedal on our money printing presses. The incoming Obama administration then pushed through a $787 billion stimulus program followed by $1.76 trillion (based on revised CBO figures) on the ironically named Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.
As if on cue, the European debt crisis exploded, as it became clear that the welfare estate approach to economics is a house of cards that would eventually crumple under the pressure of added spending. In an era before trillions became the new billions, many were alarmed by the Bush administration's $400 billion prescription drug bill, whose cost, like Obamacare, turned out to be far higher ($534 billion) than earlier estimates.
There are times when emergency spending may be warranted, to be sure. The TARP program and the initial monetary easing undertaken by the Fed in the heat of the crisis may be examples of this. But most spending done by politicians of either party is undertaken for the advantage of a few key constituencies at the expense of the many.
Former FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair made this point particularly eloquently in a modest proposal published in last Friday's Washington Post. The Bair plan calls for every American household to receive a $10 million loan at zero interest to invest, as they see fit, in Portuguese bonds yielding 12% a year. Why not allow the 99% to enjoy the same benefits of big banks and hedge funds playing the "carry trade" of parking free Fed money in high-yielding securities, Bair asks.
The former FDIC chair says she saw no problem getting this plan through Congress "so long as lawmakers don't have to come up with a way to pay for it. Just look at the way the Democrats agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts if the Republicans agreed to cut Social Security taxes and extend unemployment benefits. Who says bipartisanship is dead?"
Kwarteng may be correct that America's "imperial" appetite is bigger than its stomach, and Blair is certainly correct that spending has been the consensus choice of America's political class for too long. But America is not Europe, yet, and can survive this era of trillions. That will take making grown-up decisions matching our social and foreign policy goals with only the means at our disposable.


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PCI Express 3.0 Receiver test of ASICs- how to face this challenge - webcast
1 Hour | Webcast - recorded | Where & When
Why this event is important
When the PCIe 3.0 standard was generated it was a goal to re-use the existing passive infrastructure (in PCIe terminology: the channels). With a nearly x2 signal rate (8G vs 5G), the signal attenuation was much higher and the signal degradation (ISI) more significant resulting in closed eyes at the RXs. As TX equalization (de-emphasis) was already utilized at PCIe 2.0, it was now the RX's turn to open up the eyes and ensure error free operation. This is achieved by RX equalizers such as CTLE (Continuous Time Linear Equalizer) and DFE (Decision Feedback Equalizer).
As the error free transmission in PCIe 3.0 now heavily depends on the RX it is now normative to perform RX test and it was only informative only for PCIe 2.0. And normative means, that this is a must requirement.
So customers need a test set up that emulates worst case conditions (e.g. the channel) but is flexible as well for characterization purposes (variable de-emphasis, Random Jitter, Sinusoidal Jitter, ….). Such a setup is going to be introduced and discussed during the webcast. Furthermore we all agree that, providing a stressed signal without proper calibration is meaningless. Therefore we are also going to focus on calibration and its automation for better reproducibility.
As the calibration point for the compliant stressed eye lies inside the RX behind equalization, a combination of measurement and simulation (including optimization of reference RX equalizers) is required. PCI-SIG® delivers a part of it (the so-called Seasim Software Package ), but automating the many steps from capturing the waveform that characterizes the test set-up to the final stress test signal ensures repeatability.
Who should attend
R&D and Design Verification Engineers doing physical layer test and/or characterization on receivers of PCIe3 ports of ASICS and PCIe3 add-in-cards and motherboards.
The seminar is going to be recorded and the registrants will be provided with a link to the recording for a later review
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Industry trade groups are up in arms over a provision in a Senate highway bill that would reduce the value of inherited IRAs, commonly referred to as stretch IRAs, and are determined to have it removed.
The bill, S. 1813, the Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act, includes a provision that would no longer permit tax deferred stretches of IRAs for beneficiaries other than a spouse, minor children or the disabled. Others, such as adult children, would only be permitted a five-year window to defer.
The provision would require beneficiaries to pay taxes on inherited IRAs over five years instead of spreading them over their lifetime. If passed, the provision would apply to deaths after Dec. 31, 2012.
The proposal is designed to reduce the value of a tax-planning technique that allows inside buildup of tax-deferred funds inside inherited retirement accounts.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, added the provision on Feb. 7 during markup of the bill by his committee, but after pushback he promised to have the provision removed.
During the markup of the bill, Baucus said that "IRAs are intended for retirement," adding that IRAs are being "used by some taxpayers to give tax-free benefits" to future generations. The taxes from the stretch IRAs provision was to be used to help pay for the highway bill, and would raise $4.6 billion over 10 years.
As it stands now, the provision was adopted by Baucus' committee and remains intact in the highway bill, which awaits action by the full Senate. Once taken up by the Senate, industry officials believe that the IRA provision will be replaced with one that raises the funds by changing the way assets are valued in defined benefit plans.
Judy Miller, chief of actuarial issues at the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, says that the new provision would likely "reduce the current required contribution to defined benefit plans; when you do that there are fewer deductions taken so it raises money."
But given that the IRA provision has yet to be taken out, the Financial Services Institute is mobilizing its members to have it removed.
Chris Paulitz, spokesperson for FSI, says that FSI "won't rest" until it's removed. "We're keeping the pressure on from our members to try and ensure it eventually is indeed stripped out."
FSI said in a Feb. 15 letter to its members that "while we expect the provision to be removed from the highway bill, it is important that we send the Senate the message that taxes on inherited IRAs should not be used to pay for other governmental spending."
IRA guru Ed Slott told AdvisorOne on Tuesday that Congress "sees gold in IRAs," and that the provision on stretch IRAs being inserted into the highway bill "is an indication of where Congress intends to find money to pay for the future."
Slott said that advisors must "look at the money that their clients may intend to leave over [to heirs] and leverage that now, whether through life insurance or a charitable trust or changing beneficiaries" because Congress believes that IRA money "was never meant to be used as an estate planning vehicle to pass on to beneficiaries."
Robert Miller, president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, told AdvisorOne that NAIFA "is concerned that changing the tax rules on inherited IRAs and other retirement products would place an added burden on middle-income Americans at a time when numerous studies show that Americans are financially under-prepared for retirement."
At the very least, he said, "legislation changing the rules should receive more study rather than being rushed through as part of a highway bill. NAIFA is pleased that the Senate leadership has proposed to remove changes to inherited IRAs from the current bill."


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Travel Hotties, a "Social Backpacker Community," is an online travel community for "students, youths, backpackers and hardcore travellers." It's "like traditional matching, ranking and dating websites except with a unique twist: find people where they are right now!"
Apparently the site's been around for a while; for example, faith2swee, who is "just nice,caring,ready to learn and get to meet people" has been a member since 2007. But there don't seem to be any active Travel Hotties on the site; the "immunization" and "women traveling" forums are silent and few people have filled out their profiles.
Where are the obnoxious girls who come home drunk and pop in the only DVD the hostel has — a subtitled version of What Women Want, probably — every night, on full volume? Where's the white guy with dreads who brags about how much money he's saving in Rome by cooking lentils every day and hanging out on the beanbag in the common room?
Travel Hotties could've been my worst nightmare: an online sexy youth hostel. I'm almost disappointed.
(h/t Rosie Gray)


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Governments, businesses, development agencies, and NGOs are increasingly turning to economic valuation as a way to protect coral reefs and mangroves. This process makes the economic case for protection and sustainable use of natural resources by showing the monetary, employment, and infrastructure benefits ecosystems provide—metrics that are easily understood by decision-makers.
But not all economic valuations are created equal. WRI's new guidebook shows how NGOs and other stakeholders can conduct economic valuations in ways that lead to real change on the ground.


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I'm not good at packing.
I left it until the last day and sure enough I forgot my razor and a few other non-essential items. I arrived in plenty of time at the airport.
It's one heck of a long trip getting to Narita airport. Going through customs took no time at all.
The plane was meant to leave at 8.20pm, but it didn't leave for close to an hour later. I had a good seat on the plane with lots of legroom and a spare seat next to me, but I didn't get to sleep though.
Surprisingly, one of the other teachers was on the same plane. What are the chances of that?
Arriving at the Gold Coast airport I was welcomed by rain and a bit of humidity. It wasn't so bad, even though I was wearing two jackets and a jumper, so I wouldn't have to carry them along with my bag.
My toys made it safe to Australia, although I found it strange that my suitcase lock was missing. What's so suspicious about a suitcase full of UFO catcher toys?
I drove home in my dad's car. It feels fantastic to drive a car again.
Brisbane here I come!
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Jimmy's Magical Christmas Toy Run
I'm not good at packing.
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Applications and libraries/Genetic programming
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Genetic Programming
- Dr. Tina Yu's publications
- Many of them are on fruitful applications of Functional Programming in Genetic Programming.
- A Genetic Algorithm Framework Using Haskell
- Deryck F. Brown, A. Beatriz Garmendia-Doval and John A. W. McCall.


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Forever Young
Posted by Alisa on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 / Comments: (0)
40 year old mommy of 4, Brooke Burke, was spotted modeling an outfit from the collection of intimate apparel for women intiMINT this year.
Mommy and daughter power duo!
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Vivienne Jolie-Pitt daughter of stunning actress Angelina Jolie will make her debut as an actress along mommy in new film Maleficent. A representative for Walt Disney Studios confirms to Us Weekly.
Nicole Kidman is a guilty mommy!
Stunning Australian actress, Nicole Kidman is the covergirl of V Magazine's Fall 2012 issue. In the interview, Nicole discusses her new film, The Paperboy, and keeping the romance alive with hubby Keith Urban and raising her two daughters Sunday,4, and Faith and her two kids Connor and Isabella from her previous relationship with Tom Cruise.
On kid-free getaways: "I rented this beautiful house on the beach. I thought, 'We'll go and swim in the ocean and just get lost in each other.' So we go down, just us, and I'm like, 'We really should bring the kids.' And then the kids come down and the whole dynamic changes. Another time, we got one night, and then we were both in tears. It was ridiculous. But time is so precious and I love the sound of them and the feel of them. I just don't want to miss anything, and I don't want them to go 'Where's my mom?' So I'm working through that."
On having to pee on Zac Efron's character in the movie: "The peeing thing, I didn't think was that weird, because I was in character. That was for the jellyfish. And for me it said so much about Charlotte. One, she's protecting him. Two, she's tough as nails and no one else is going to pee on this guy. All of that made total sense to me. I just went for it and didn't overthink it."
On trusting her instincts: "I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow. If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. But I would be more outlandish if I could. A lot of times you just don't get the chance."
You've gotta have Faith!
Actor Kelsey Grammer was spotted with his wife Kayte Walsh and his new baby girl Faith, 1 month old, in New York City, NY. Also along for the outing was Kelsey's son Jude,6, from his marriage to Camille Grammer. Kayte's sister Sophie tagged along for the family fun.
Buggy Bonanza!
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Pregnant Mama Camila McConaughey rented a buggy to around in with her two cuties Levi,4, and Vida,2.
Natalie and Alephs smiley Saturday
Newly and actress Natalie Portman was seen in an outing with her handsome little man Aleph on Saturday in Los Angeles, CA (August ll). Natalie's friend Rashida Jones and an unknown male companion, papa Benjamin Millepied wasn't along for the outing.
Miranda Kerr is one hot mummy!
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Supermodel Miranda Kerr and mother of Flynn, 1, was seen modeling bikinis on the beach in in Sydney, Australia Wensday ( (August 21). Miranda looks gorgeous!
Elizabeth's Dashing Damian
English Actress Elizabeth Hurley and her handsome son Damian, 10, arrived at Melbourne Airport in Australia on Friday (August 17). Her fiance Shane Warne was there to greet them. Damian's father is Elizabeth's ex Steve Bing.


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NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (JTA) — In recent years, supplemental, or congregational, schools — dismissed by many as failures — have been low on the list of philanthropic priorities for Jewish education. "With the elevation of informal education to a high status, Israel trips and campus life are far more likely to garner communal funding than the schools that still educate the majority of Jewish children," wrote Jack Wertheimer, a provost at the Jewish Theological Seminary, in an article on Jewish education trends for the 1999 American Jewish Year Book. His article also notes that most community federations allocate far more money to day schools than to programs for congregational schools. Tellingly, one of the largest individual Jewish philanthropists, Michael Steinhardt, has launched major multimillion-dollar initiatives for day schools and Israel experiences, but has steered clear of supplemental schools. "Afternoon Hebrew school has been an extraordinary flop," he said in a June interview with JTA, adding that despite efforts to improve, their "very structure of a few hours a week when most kids have more appealing alternatives" is flawed. Despite the lack of mega-gifts, foundations and federations are investing modestly in Hebrew schools, providing seed money for projects at individual Hebrew schools, teacher-training programs and larger synagogue improvement projects that affect Hebrew school. One such program is the Reform movement's Experiment in Congregational Education, a program working with 14 synagogues around the country. The program is funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Covenant Foundation, the Mandel Foundation and the Gimprich Family Foundation, philanthropies that devote some of their resources to Hebrew schools. The New York-based Mandel Foundation has invested money in training community leaders to provide teacher development programs, primarily for supplemental school teachers. One community, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, is trying to raise a $10 million endowment for innovations in local Hebrew schools and is investing $700,000 to equip them with computer technology. But the common denominator among all the gifts is change. While day schools generally receive funds for capital costs and scholarships, most grants for congregational schools are earmarked for innovative projects. "Where there's energy and vision, money will follow," said Chaim Botwinick, executive vice president of Baltimore's Jewish Education Center. "Foundations are not interested in funding the same-old, same- old." According to Botwinick, who is currently seeking funding for a national network to study and promote innovations in congregational schools, a growing number of foundations are expressing interest in funding Hebrew school efforts, "but we still have a long way to go." Most funds for supplemental schools are temporary, with the expectation that congregations will develop its own funding source if the project succeeds. Although congregational schools have traditionally received services — such as teacher training — from the local federation-funded central agencies for Jewish education, few congregational schools receive direct allocations or even scholarship funds from their federations, said Paul Flexner, the staffer at the Jewish Education Service of North America who is overseeing a task force on congregational schools. "Day schools are generally thought of as independent organizations and not part of a congregational system, whereas congregational schools are part of the congregation and there has been ongoing tension between the synagogue world and the federation world," said Flexner, adding that the situation is starting to change, with a number of communities exploring federation-synagogue partnerships. Isa Aron, a professor at the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and the coordinator of its Experiment in Congregational Education project, said money is essential for improving synagogues and congregational schools. But she agreed with Botwinick, saying that "when people have a good project they usually find donors." "I don't think the beginning of the problem is money — the problem is when you don't have people involved enough or don't know exactly what your vision is," she said. "Once people are together with a vision and have planned programs, they may well need money and my guess is they'll find it. The Jewish community is affluent and there's money available."
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.


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60. ROBERT FROST: The road not taken
Zen Pencils regular Robert Frost is back with one of his most famous poems. It's easy to misinterpret this poem as being about living an awesome life after making some hard or unconventional choices, but I don't think it's about that at all. I read it as being about how one's life is the sum of their decisions, for better or worse, and wondering if those decisions were the right ones. Once you make an important decision, say to backpack around the world instead of going to college, you meet people, things happen to you, you fall in love, opportunities arise and your life kind of snowballs into decision after decision until you're dead.
That choice to go to college instead of going travelling is similar to what I did. After college, one of my best friends went backpacking around Europe and worked in the UK for 2 years and begged me to go with him. But being 'Mr. Responsible', I decided to start working straight away and focus on my career. I've always kind of regretted not going with my friend BUT I'm also grateful I didn't. Soon after my friend left I got a job in a newspaper as a graphic artist. This led to me befriending the comics editor, which led to me convincing the editor to publish one of my comic strips. That led to me drawing a new comic every week for FIVE YEARS. That constant practice was the training ground every artist needs to become a professional. Also if I went to Europe, I probably wouldn't have moved to Melbourne and met the amazing group of friends I have here. So the decision to stay was the right one … I think.
Let me just qualify everything I've ever written on this site by saying I'm 29, I don't really know anything about life and I'm just trying to figure this shit out … one comic at a time. I'm NOT trying to be a self-help guru – these quotes are for my own benefit as much as yours.
– I'm keen to know how you interpreted the poem. Let me know if you agree or disagree with my adaptation in the comments.
– This has been requested by a few people including Richard, Alex, Trevor and Amit. Sorry if I forgot anyone.
– Melbourne arts and culture website Milk Bar ran a short article and interview with me talking about the site.


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