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Lisa Bowden is the publisher and co-founder of the P&W-supported Kore Press in Tucson, where P&W has been supporting literary events since 2008. A poet who works with dancers and musicians, she is also an award-winning book designer and currently serves on the advisory board of Girls Write Now. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Bowden has made her home in Tucson for nearly three decades.
What makes your press and its programs unique?
Kore is one of six presses left in the country dedicated to publishing the intellectual and creative work of women writers. The press is also entering its nineteenth year, which is a bit of a coup for a small, nonprofit house.
In addition to publishing, we have educational and literary activism projects that take writing off the page to engage the public in innovative ways. For example, we just completed a Big Read using Emily Dickinson as our focus of inquiry to help heal our city after the 2011 shootings. We collaborated with forty organizations, businesses, and individuals to reinterpret Dickinson's work and find new ways of reading and writing (using dancers, musicians, actors, students, libraries, pastry chefs, the bus system, translators, a videographer, visual artists, etc.). P&W helped fund a writing workshop by visiting poet/art critic Eva Heisler.
What recent projects have you been especially proud of and why?
We adapted the book Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq to the stage. We used the production, "Coming in Hot," as a tool for civil discourse by touring it in high schools and non-theater venues to get people talking about difficult issues women face in war times.
Kore also runs an after-school writing-as-activism program for teen girls and transgendered youth to help them get their story into public circulation. Most recently, the girls created a short film based on peer interviews exploring issues of sex and identity, which screened in our local independent movie house.
What's the most moving thing that's happened at an event you've hosted?
After watching our play, female veterans who had never been able to talk about their experiences overseas felt a catharsis and liberty to speak. One female veteran, who ended up following us as we toured the play to high schools to answer students's questions, said that seeing the play and working with us saved her life.
How has literary presenting informed your own writing and/or life?
I am honored whenever I'm listed as a reader or speaker at someone else's literary program, as I know how hard the work is! After doing so much of the same work myself, it's always nice to be on the other side. It's also heartening, as a writer, to participate and learn from fellow presenters and writers. It's such a rich writing community we have in the United States.
What do you consider to be the value of literary programs in your community?
Tucsonans are fortunate to have both the University of Arizona and the Poetry Center in our city, as well as many non-university/institutional literary organizations that do a variety of programming. We are steeped in literature of all kinds. We relate with and through a love of words, understanding, and staying in positive conversation with our crossroads culture and western borderlands.
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Meat, seafood, pizza, veggies, even fruit and lettuce taste great on the grill. But how about cake? You bet. Pound cake is ideal for grilling because it is dense and firm. Hill uses it for his interpretation of strawberry shortcake.
Meat, seafood, pizza, veggies, even fruit and lettuce taste great on the grill. But how about cake? You bet.
"It adds a nice surprise when you get a little bit of that grilled flavor in a dessert," says Frank Hill IV, chef of the Alliance Country Club in Alliance, Ohio.
Pound cake is ideal for grilling because it is dense and firm. Hill uses it for his interpretation of strawberry shortcake.
"The combination of grilled pound cake, strawberries, mint-infused whipped cream and mango sorbet — it's strawberry shortcake on steroids," Hill said with a laugh.
Angel food cake also works great. McCormick recently released a recipe with grilled angel food cake, mascarpone and berries combined with the unexpected flavors of balsamic vinegar and black pepper. Sounds intriguing.
Just be careful when grilling cake, Hill said.
"It's really easy to go from a subtle grilled flavor that goes well to a charred flavor that is going to overpower it," he said.
Go easy and don't overdo it, Hill says. We got to thinking about other cakes that would be tasty on the grill, too. I suggested Twinkies.
"Definitely," Hill said. "I think banana-nut bread would be wonderful, melt a little cinnamon butter or cranberry butter on it after grilling."
"Zucchini bread would be good," I offered.
"Sure, get all the summer quick breads out and start grilling them, why not?" Hill said. "You could even give them a brulee treatment."
In other words, brush on a little butter, pat on some brown or white sugar and grill away.
"It will get a nice caramelized crust like creme brulee," Hill said.
Then add ice cream, whipped cream, sorbet or anything you like.
"And with that grill flavor," Hill said, "it will give it the flavor of summer."
Summer Strawberries with Grilled Pound Cake
One day in advance: Pour heavy cream in bowl. Add mint leaves. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Day of: Toss strawberries in bowl of sugar until coated. Strain mint leaves from cream. Whip cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
Lightly grill pound cake on a clean hot grill, just until grill marks form. Lay first piece of pound cake on plate, top with strawberries and a dollop of cream. Repeat with other two slices of pound cake. Add a scoop of mango sorbet and garnish with a mint leaf. Note: Cut pieces of cake into sizes to suit your serving needs.
-- Chef Frank Hill IV, Alliance (Ohio) Country Club
Grilled Angel Food Cake with Pepper Berries and Ice Cream
Beat cream, 2 tablespoons of the sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gently stir in mascarpone cheese. Cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Mix remaining 1⁄3 cup sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan. Stir in water and vinegar until well blended. Stir in blueberries. Stirring constantly, bring to boil on medium heat and boil 1 minute. Pour into medium bowl to cool slightly. Add raspberries and pepper; toss gently to coat.
Grill angel food cake slices over medium heat 45 to 60 seconds per side or until golden brown grill marks appear. To serve, spoon berry mixture over each slice of cake. Top with a dollop of whipped cream mixture.
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- Affecting all creatures within 10-ft. of its target with a Protection from Evild20SRD effect.
- Drawing a 10-ft.-radius circle centered on its target that prevents trespassing of non-good creatures (either inward or outward).
My questions are:
- Once the spell is cast, should affected creatures remain within 10 ft. from the target in order to gain the effects?
- Does the 10-ft.-radius emanation follow the target as it moves?
- Does the drawn circle follow the target as it moves?
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Tampa Bay Rays' Owner Stuart Sternberg is the Best Salesman the Cubs Have
It is becoming an increasingly badly kept secret that the Chicago Cubs' top choice for the open general manager position is Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein. That Tampa Bay Rays' GM Andrew Friedman is number two on the list is similarly becoming a given.
So, while we wait on the Red Sox's decision about whether to allow the Cubs to interview Epstein (which, of course, may have already happened, and we simply don't yet know), the Cubs are probably working double time pursuing Friedman, whose Rays were bounced from the ALDS this week.
And, if Rays' owner Stuart Sternberg were working for the Cubs on the pitch to Friedman, he couldn't have done much better than he did yesterday. In public. To everyone.
"When I came here, I was confident we could put a winning team on the field, and that would do it," Sternberg said to reporters after the Rays' playoff loss. "We won, and we won, and we won and we won … and it didn't do it. Whatever it is, there are 29 other teams passing us like we're going in reverse now. Except on the field, and at some point, that changes.
"As the owner, I could have affected things today. Today, and a couple of games where a thumper would thump. I could decide to mortgage the future and trade all the young guys, but the truth is that we would only get $9.82 extra at the gate. So what's the sense?"
Sternberg is, of course, talking about the Rays' embarrassing attendance problems, even in the face of back-to-back-to-back very good teams (the Rays' attendance for Tuesday's playoff game, 28,229, is less than the Cubs average for a random, meaningless August game against the Pirates). Without an improved revenue stream, Sternberg doesn't think the Rays can add the players they need via free agency or trade. Indeed, he doesn't think the franchise can even survive long term.
"It won't be my decision, or solely my decision," Sternberg said, with the reported look of a man who had been punched in the gut. "But eventually, major-league baseball is going to vaporize this team. It could go on nine, 10, 12 more years. But between now and then, it's going to vaporize this team. Maybe a check gets written locally, maybe someone writes me a check [to buy the team]. But it's going to get vaporized."
It's a sad state of things in Tampa Bay, and it's actually a complex knotting of reasons why the team cannot get the local support it needs to put the on-field product over the top. And Sternberg is probably right: how much longer can an organization, even one run by the brightest minds in baseball, stay competitive with such a disadvantage? I'm not looking to dance on the Rays' grave here.
But dance we must.
Sternberg's incisive words have to speak loudest to his GM, Andrew Friedman, who scrambles year in and year out to put a competitive team on the field on a shoe-string budget. When his boss and friend tells the world that the franchise is dying a slow death in spite of those efforts, surely Friedman will have to consider his options.
And, with the Cubs undoubtedly at least reaching out, how could Friedman not listen? Unlike Epstein, Friedman works without a contract, so he's free to speak to the Cubs any time he chooses.
Given the state of affairs in Tampa Bay, my guess is he chooses, at least, to have that conversation.


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The IRS should move unilaterally to fix the law sitting at the root of the agency's targeting of conservative groups, according to Senate Democrats who grilled the agency's two most recent chiefs at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday.
Plenty of questions remain unanswered after senators lit into the two men, Steven Miller and Doug Shulman, about the agency's managerial competence, the thoroughness of its investigation into the matter given that the IRS has yet to identify exactly who is responsible for the targeting, and whether IRS officials were less than forthcoming with members of Congress during 2011 and 2012 when lawmakers were looking into allegations that eventually proved true.
But they were nearly as irate that the IRS claimed it was overwhelmed and confused about how to evaluate applications for tax-exempt status but did nothing to clarify the regulation at the crux of its discomfort.
"Why didn't you do anything on your watch to correct it?" asked Sen. Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon. "When the lines are blurring on this disclosure issue, as far as I can tell, you all didn't do anything to correct the problem in a meaningful way. And I find that very regrettable."
There's been no legislative fix proffered for what actually occurred – no lawmakers or IRS officials were making excuses for the agency's decision to give extra scrutiny to scores of conservative groups' applications for 501(c)(4) tax exempt status.
That tax status, which is offered to so-called social welfare organizations, is sought by many groups on both sides of the political spectrum because it allows organizations to engage in some political activity while not disclosing their donors.
The problem for the IRS arises in attempting to determine whether an organization is primarily involved in political activity or not. The original law as passed by Congress, as several Democratic senators noted on Tuesday, says 501(c)(4) organizations must be "exclusively" devoted to charitable, educational or recreational purposes.
When the IRS began implementing that rule half a century ago, however, they decided that exclusively really meant not "primarily" engaged in political activity, leaving the door open for groups like the Sierra Club or the AARP to claim the status but devote less than half their activities to politics.
But figuring out just what counts as political activity and what's an educational offering tied to social welfare is often in the eye of the regulator rather than a definitive science.
Because the IRS, along with the Treasury Department, handles the regulations that spring from the tax code, "the IRS should be able to fix it on their own," says Annette Nellen, a professor of accounting at San Jose State University. "The language in the statute does say 'exclusively.' "
Members of Congress look at the original law and say, like Sen. Ben Cardin (D) of Maryland, "I don't know what else we can do."
"When you say 'exclusively' … What stronger word do you want us to use?" Senator Cardin says.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog group, is even suing the IRS, asking a court to require the organization to reconcile the differences between what the law says and what the IRS does.
Why didn't the agency take on the issue previously? IRS officials argued that the agency was caught flat-footed with a wave of applications for 501(c)(4) status, which doubled between 2011 and 2012 in the aftermath of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations and labor unions to participate more aggressively in the political process.
And the bureaucracy is notoriously hesitant to take on such large political issues on its own, says Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director.
"They're afraid to take a position," Ms. Sloan says. "All that happens is they get beat up no matter what they do."
Case in point: In 2010, Democrats led by Sen. Max Baucus of Montana asked the IRS to look into such groups because of concerns groups fully committed to politics were hiding behind the social welfare exemption to shield their donors from public scrutiny.
The problem? The IRS wasn't doing enough, allowing too many groups to get the status.
But Republicans lead by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah rapped the IRS in 2011 when the IRS sent letters to donors to 501(c)(4) groups reminding them that gifts to those groups over $13,000 are subject to the federal gift tax. Senator Hatch argued that those letters were designed to intimidate conservative donors.
The problem? After 30 years of failing to enforce the gift tax law, the IRS was suddenly doing too much.
Mr. Shulman said that the IRS did not act because Congress has asked the service to do too much with too little funding.
"Treasury ought to look at the regulations, and all I can say is that this is a very hard task given to the IRS," said Shulman, who left the agency after his term expired in November of 2012.
Given all the agency's other responsibilities, "to also have this piece of the operation that by the law has to be asking questions about political activities is very difficult," Shulman said.
Moreover, Shulman turned the question back around on Congress: If this was such a big problem, he wondered, why had Congress done nothing to address it for half a century?
"This was a regulation, a Treasury regulation, that's been in effect for many years," Shulman said. "This is a place that Congress should look. Because where I sit the IRS is given a very, very, very difficult task,… You can do some political activity, but you can't do too much."
San Jose State's Professor Nellen points out that congressional inaction on the regulation over such a long time is tantamount to Congress indirectly endorsing the IRS's interpretation.
"Congress knew they were interpreting these rules in a certain way," she says.
Senator Hatch agreed that the onus falls on Capitol Hill.
"It's Congress's obligation" to fix the statute, said Hatch, the committee's ranking Republican, "we ought to do it the right way."
Tax reformers like Senator Baucus and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R) of Michigan have vowed to include a rewrite of these laws in their push for comprehensive tax reform.
But can Congress muster the will to confront an issue that's been lingering for years?
"Congress doesn't seem to be in any rush to tell them what to do," says Sloan. "Congress hasn't been in a rush in the last 50 years to tell them what to do."


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Taco Milagro, the Schiller Del Grande restaurant on Kirby, will close on Sunday, May 26, the restaurant group announced Wednesday.
"A lot has happened to Kirby in the past decade," said Candice Schiller, one of the partners of the Schiller Del Grande Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Taco Milagro at Kirby and Westheimer. "It has become a street of upscale restaurants; most of them well financed multi-unit groups. Our littler counter service taco shop can't pay those kinds of rents."
The restaurant will close at the end of its 15-year lease. The last day will be May 26.
The group will look for a new version of Taco Milagro "somewhere a bit further out," according to a statement.
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The mobile building bought by the county for $1 from the city of Zebulon was moved last week to the animal shelter site. County commissioners approved a $50 fee for the registration of dogs who have left their own property and attacked or killed human or animals.
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Rivers flowing down from the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain's Province of León are flanked by bright green agricultural areas. The two principal rivers visible are the Óbrigo (left) and the Esla (right), which converge below Benavente.
The Esla River is a tributary of the Duero River which starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is 286 km in length, crossing from north to south the provinces of León and Zamora. It is the largest tribuary of the Duero in terms of discharge; in fact, at its mouth, it has a greater discharge than the Duero itself does at that point.
The Órbigo River, also flowing through the provinces of León and Zamora, begins at the convergence of the Luna River and the Omaña River in the town of Santiago del Molinillo. Green fields extend far eastward from its banks, almost converging with those along the banks of the Esla.


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Way back last Spring, I picked up a little pack of auricula plantlets from the sale section of the outrageously gorgeous Sarah Raven catalogue. They looked pretty sorry for themselves when they arrived in the post but amazingly enough, I actually managed to separate the plantlets out and plant them. I say this as I have been known to buy plants and bulbs and never get round to planting them. I found just the right collection of old terracotta pots in the garden, already looking suitably interesting, vintage-y and adorned with lichen. I did as I was told and put a smattering of gravel on top of the soil but Mr Squirrel Nutkin has upended the pots many times over the Winter so the floor is now littered with little stones, as opposed to the pots.
Despite this and the fact that they have looked very uninteresting indeed for a year, and that a lot of snow sat on them in December, these auriculas are hardy little devils and seem to quite like neglect - the perfect plant for yours truly! I adore these plants, gaze at them lovingly at the Chelsea FlowerShow every year, and who would ever have thought, now I have some of my own!
Well, sorry about all that over-the-top auricula love, back down to earth and here is this week's quilty ta-dah as it feels like it's becoming a weekly thing.
I started this quilt waaaay back. The idea for the pattern came from a magazine but I changed it a bit and added borders and corner stones. The blocks in the centre are a mixture of full-on blowsy roses, little nine-patches and rail fences. I finished the top but then left it languishing for months. I had thought about giving it a soft microfleece type backing, went so far as to buy it, but it just didn't feel right. One day, I found Vorey-Puss had made a bed in the pile of fleece which sort of seemed like a sign! I see other people make quilts in this way, without batting but with a fleece blanket backing, joined envelope-style and without binding, I truly think they look very nice but something of the purist in me can't get away from traditional quilt making.
Sometimes all that sandwiching and taping and pinning and hand binding can seem laborious but in truth, it's mainly a pleasure.
This quilt top has been made largely from Jennifer Paganelli fabrics, she produces fabulous fabric ranges in the most delicious of colour palattes. I have added a Tanya Whelan rose border which I love and think goes well.
I was in my local fabric shop recently when I spotted a new bolt of pretty ditsy floral cotton and bought a few metres on impulse, but in the back of my head, this quilt top was in my mind. I think it looks really beautiful on the back, with a feature panel of the pretty rosy fabrics.
The binding is from the Jennifer Paganelli range and is just the ticket, I think, hand sewn of course, no cutting corners with machine sewing!
It is quite a sizeable quilt at about 52" square and has a cosy batting inside. I spent some time quilting it, both in a criss-cross pattern through the centre of the quilt, then outline stitching in the ditch around the borders. The problem is that I have pretty much fallen in love with this quilt but I'm sure my intention in making it was hopefully to sell it!
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I was tidying in my den and fortuitously came across the name patch which as you can see, I made last October. Just shows how long I have dithered over this project but I am glad, as the end result is worth it.
I have decided to see if anyone else loves this quilt and wants to re-home it as I know I have many more quilts in my mind that I want to make and will probably fall in love with too, and it really is such a pleasure to have people buy and enjoy my quilts as they do. Therefore, it's waiting for a great new home here .


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Ga. — Nine of the 32 playoffs spots have been clinched with one day
of pool play remaining at the PG/WWBA 18u National Championship. One
of those spots belongs to Alabama Baseball Academy.
guaranteed themselves a chance to play for the title with a 12-1 win
Tuesday afternoon. They're 6-0 through five days of pool play and
have outscored their opponents 53-9.
has allowed two or fewer runs in five of their six contests, thanks
to heads-up defense and stellar starting pitching from left handed pitchers Mason
Mcdougall (2013, Thompson HS, Ala.), and Tripp Hobbs (2013, Chelsea
HS, Ala), as well as right handers Jake Walters (2014, Thompson HS, Ala.) and Cheston
Wesson (2012, Sylacauga HS, Ala.). The four have allowed a combined
four earned runs in 26 innings pitched (1.38 ERA).
Head Coach Rusty Riley stresses the importance of good pitching, he
believes his lineup is one of the best in the tournament. Based on
the numbers alone, it's hard to argue against that. Only five teams have
scored more than the 53 runs ABA has plated thus far: East Cobb
Braves 17u (62), Team Georgia (60), North East Jaxx (57), 643 DP
Cougars 17u (56) and East Cobb Braves 18u (55).
Smith (2012, Thompson HS, Ala.) and Clayton Palicki (2011, Madison
Academy HS, Ala.) have been the leaders on offense. Smith—who is
committed to Wallace State—is 10-for-18 (.556) with 10 RBI in the
tournament while Palicki is 6-for-16 (.429) with three doubles, a
home run and 10 RBI.
Masonia (2011, Brooks HS, Ala.)—who is committed to Northwest
Florida State—is one of the team leaders as well. He holds the
career Alabama state home run record (66), but according to Coach
Riley, his contributions go way beyond the box score.
is the ideal player you want in your organization," he said. "He's
the kid that does anything you ask him to do. He's humble for the
accolades he's gotten over his career, which is amazing for a kid
who can play any position and bat anywhere in the lineup. He's
always team first. When it comes down to it, he wants to do what's
best for the team. That's the type of player you want to represent
your organization, and we've enjoyed having him."
asked about his personal achievements, Masonia response proved just
how mature he is.
just trying to do everything I can to keep this ball club up," he
said. "This is a very talented group. If I go 0-for-4 and we win,
that's all I care about."
year marks ABA's third straight playoff appearance in this
tournament. In 2010, they played as Team Alabama in the 17u National
Championship, losing 24-0 in the first round of the playoffs.
game taught me something about our team," Coach Riley said. "A
few scouts asked me after the game if we won. I told them we lost
24-0. They had no idea because our kids played hard throughout the
game and never gave up."
year they lost in the second round of the playoffs. This time,
they're hoping to go all the way. Left handed pitcher Cameron Cummings (2013,
Chilton County HS, Ala.) will start ABA's first playoff game
Wednesday night.
was our No. 1 goal coming in," Coach Riley said. "Anything can
happen. Our rotation is set up pretty much the way we want it. If we
can get good, quality starts out of our pitching, I think we have a
good chance to make a deep run into these playoffs."
or lose, the players and coaches of ABA are thankful for the
opportunity this tournament provides.
no other tournament that has this level of play with teams from all
over the country," Coach Riley said. "It gives all these kids the
experience to play in front of college coaches and college scouts.
It's a good experience for them and helps to get them where they
want to go. To be able to come here in one spot and have all those
opportunities for these kids, you can't beat it."


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The U.K. government has suffered 30 breaches of security since November 2007, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reported.
The breaches, which were highlighted by justice minister Michael Wills, began with the loss of details of 25 million child benefit claimants in November last year. He also identified that local government had reported 17 security breaches to the ICO while, other public-sector organisations had reported 50 and the private sector had reported 41.
The ICO identified that the breaches all concerned unencrypted laptops, computer discs, memory sticks and paper records that had been stolen or gone missing in the post or during transit with a courier. Many included personal details such as financial and health records.
According to Information Commissioner Richard Thomas "more must be done to eradicate inexcusable security breaches."
"The government, banks and other organisations need to regain the public's trust by being far more careful with people's personal information. Once again, I urge business and public-sector leaders to make data protection a priority in their organization," added Thomas.


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This statement was made on September 25, 2010 at "A 1325 Call to Action", ministerial meeting in preparation for the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325. It is hosted as part of the Commitments Database project (link:www.peacewomen.org/commitments).
Secretary General, Excellencies, dear colleagues,
Germany attaches great importance to the issue of "women, peace and security", therefore we commend Canada as the Chair of the group of friends of 1325 for organizing this impor-tant event.
10 years after RES 1325 it is time to present concrete and substantial results on the ground. We all have to admit that apart of some successes, the objectives of this landmark resolution have still not been fully met.
Germany therefore welcomes the Secretary General's proposal of a set of indicators to measure progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation. In our opinion the new gen-der unit "UN Women" under the auspices of Ms Michelle Bachelet should have a leading role in tracking and monitoring these indicators, once they have been formally adopted.
We are here today to hear from each other how we can commit ourselves for a better imple-mentation of 1325. What can Member States do?
a) On the national level: The German Government regularly reports on the implementation of 1325 to its Parliament, the Third Implementation Report will be presented shortly.
b) On the regional level: Germany will join efforts to implement the European Union's indicators for the implementation of the resolution which are complemantary to the indicators presented by the General Secretary, both in its cooperation within the EU as well as in defining national programs and strategies.
c) On the international level: Germany has long been committed to help implement Resolution 1325 and has worked together with various partners all over the world. Out of a wide range of projects and cooperation programs I would like to point out the following:
-One project of cooperation which proved to be quite successful is a regional initiative for conflict resolution and prevention in East Africa, where an early warning system was set up, which includes gender-specific indicators for the prediction of social tensions.
- We also supported an important UNIFEM-project in Uganda which was dedicated to build up womens leadership skills, thus guaranteeing their representation and participation in sta-ble and democratic institutions.
We are of the opinion that awareness-raising and gender-training is crucial. We there-fore will commit ourselves, amongst other things, to the following:
- We will further support all UN Units in integrating a gender perspective into the work of Peacekeeping Missions and to strive to include more women in Peacekeeping Missions at all levels. We are therefore glad to be able to support DPKO in developing a "UN Police Standardized Training Curriculum on Investigation and Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence" by funding the entire project with 1,7 Mio $. The first of five seminars for female police officers will be held from 29 September to 03 October in Minneapolis/USA, the last in November 2010 in Germany.
- The fight against violence against women and girls is of the utmost importance to us. We are therefore willing to commit ourselves, and further contribute to programs and projects dedicated to the struggle against this scourge, as exemplified in the "UN Trust Fund on Vio-lence against Women".
Minister Cannon, Excellencies,
Let me again thank you for bringing us all together here and may the commitments made today be only a first step of many more to follow towards globally implementing resolution 1325.


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COVER- Cool Running: The health and fitness issue
Love on the run: Francesca Conte and Russ Gill
If anyone has a love that can go the distance, it's Charlottesville Marathon organizers Francesca Conte and Russ Gill. And theirs might go, oh, an extra 50 miles or so just for fun.
The couple, owners of the Charlottesville Running Company, participate in a sport few can even fathom: ultramarathons, trail runs that range from 32 to 135 miles.
Why would anyone do such a thing? For 42-year-old Gill, inspiration to compete in extreme running came in an unlikely way.
Already a cross-country runner who'd participated in multiple marathons, Gill was watching the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon on TV in 1995. The woman who'd won the race nine years in a row collapsed before the finish line, dehydrated and disoriented.
"She fell apart," he says. "She was literally crawling toward the finish."
Rather than the horror some viewers might have felt at her condition, Gill was flooded with a different feeling.
"It hit me that I'd never been in that position," he explains. "I wondered what I would do. Once I found out about these ultraraces, I wanted to know how I would react."
A few years later– in a race called the Highlands Ultramarathon in Great Britain– Gill had his answer.
"I got so dehydrated, out of it," he recalls, "that I don't remember the last 15 miles." Gill says he began hallucinating. "I was seeing a person in a white robe floating along behind me and a little girl picking daisies. She wasn't there."
He eventually fell to his hands and knees, and began crawling.
"I made it to the finish line," he says. "It was truly what I had wondered about. Good or bad, I found out."
Conte, an Italian who moved to Charlottesville eight years ago to begin her PhD in biology at UVA, had already competed in one ultramarathon when she met Gill in 2001.
"I almost died," she says of that first race. Though she finished, she says, "I didn't get anything to drink, and I barely ate anything."
She and Gill began training together, and soon Conte, now 33, was competing in the epic distances on a regular basis.
Her longest race: 135 miles, which she completed in 32 hours.
"You're running at the beginning," she says, "then it becomes waddling, then a lot of walking, then a death march."
The pair who are each sponsored by a national corporation, Conte by Vasque and Gill by Montrail Patagonia– begin training in the fall.
"Most of the work you do is a lot of endurance running," says Conte, who says the couple focuses on "speed work" in the late fall and early winter, never running more than 20 miles. As spring race season approaches, she says, they'll do "back-to-back long, hard runs.
"We'll go out on Thursday, run 20 miles, on Friday do 25, and Saturday 50 miles," says Conte. "It teaches your body to lock into a pace," which for Conte is approximately an eight-minute mile.
While runners do go without sleep during the races, Conte says it's crucial to eat and drink properly while on a long run. Conte and Russell each consume up to 5,000 calories a day during peak training season and aim to consume 300 calories an hour during a race. Runners are weighed periodically throughout a race, and officials disqualify anyone who loses more than 7 percent of their body weight, a sign of possibly deadly dehydration.
Conte recalls one race last July, the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, when the temperature rose to 135 degrees. "My shoes were melting," she says.
Central Virginians know too well the hazards of running alone after the death of cross-country runner Kelly Watt, who died after suffering heat stroke on a searing day in July 2005. But Conte says she's never heard of an ultramarathoner dying of heat stroke.
"These people know when to stop," she says. "They know when it's too much." In particularly hot weather, crews travel along with the runners between aid stations, carrying buckets of ice.
To prevent dehydration during races, Conte says she drinks water or Gatorade, and eats "gels," Jello-like energy snacks that contain sugar and electrolytes. For energy, she chooses whole wheat muffins with peanut butter and jelly.
And when nature calls?
"You find the nearest tree, hide in the back," says Conte, who carries biodegradable toilet paper with her. "There are no portapotties in the Sierra Nevadas."
It's that exposure to nature that both Conte and Gill say is the ultimate reason for ultramarathoning.
"I've run races in the mountains around Hong Kong. I've run them in the Highlands of Great Britain, all over the Rockies, the Smokies," says Gill. "It's only through running that kind of distance that you can get really remote in the wilderness."
He recalls standing on the top of a 14,000 foot mountain. "There was no one around me for 20 miles," he says. "I'm seeing views that only someone doing what I'm doing can see."
Conte agrees– and says their fellow ultramarathoners make it even sweeter.
"It's such a great community of people, all united by a simple love of the outdoors," says Conte. "It puts running in perspective. You're not out there to set records, you're out there because you love to be out there."
And though Gill and Conte don't usually compete in the same races, they say that common love for the outdoors helps keeps their relationship strong.
"We've done some training races together," says Gill. "That's a lot of fun at the end of the year. We'll go pick a 50-mile race and stay together and have fun. It's an opportunity to spend time together."
Their love goes the distance, indeed.
Francesca Conte and Russ Gill
SIDEBAR- Shoe-in: Picking the perfect pair
Some people swear by Saucony. Others adore Adidas. But if you're a running newby and looking for the perfect fit, facing a wall of shoes can be intimidating. Which to pick? At three area specialty running shoe stores, the experts make it easier.
Ragged Mountain Running Shop: For 24 years Mark and Cynthia Lorenzoni have been helping local runners pick shoes the old fashioned way– with their own two eyes and ears.
"We keep a close eye on the fit," says Cynthia Lorenzoni. "Interestingly, more folks have problems with shoes being too wide (not too narrow, as one might think)! In addition to hot spots and blisters on their feet, folks can experience numbness and actually have knee pain when their shoes are too wide or long." Lorenzoni says her staff analyzes a customer's gait to determine what type of shoe, "support vs. cushioning vs. control" will work best. And they recommend runners replace their shoes after 400 "exercise miles," or 200 if they wear the shoes for everyday use as well.
Finally, says Lorenzoni, runners should find a shoe brand and style that works and stick with it.
"Oh," she says, "and try not to let looks (colors etc.) influence your decision."
Charlottesville Running Company: Using a camera and a treadmill, Charlottesville Running Company employees can analyze a runner's gait, looking for telltale problem signs such as supination (foot rolls out) and pronation (foot rolls in).
After videotaping the barefoot runner from the back and side, "We play it back in slow motion," says Running Company's Marty Roddy. "We look at the stride, and we look at the foot landing."
If the foot isn't landing evenly and pushing off the big toe, runners can purchase inserts to keep the foot stable. Certain shoes, Roddy explains, offer more stability than others and can help prevent knee and hip pain.
New Balance: Shoe size is more than just length and width, says Jim Norwood, owner of New Balance of Charlottesville on Seminole Trail.
"We measure everyone's feet with a Brannock device," says Norwood. That's a device that measures length, width, and "longitudinal arch," the distance from heel to ball.
Many people are surprised to learn they have mismatched feet, he says, something that causes people problems when they go to a "fit yourself" type of store.
"You have to fit the larger foot first," he says, "then accommodate the shorter foot." The New Balance brand is known for its extensive size options, and the local store carries shoes in widths from AA to EEEE.
Norwood says New Balance staffers are board-certified pedorthists, meaning they've been trained in the biomechanics of the foot and ankle in shoes.
Pedorthists can "evaluate any kind of stress, bunions, plantar fasciitis, and neuromas," he says, citing typical foot problems. Many of these issues can be resolved with an over-the-counter foot insert.
Norwood says in addition to runners, his store frequently serves diabetics, who– with a doctor's prescription– are entitled to federal reimbursement for one pair shoes and three inserts– up to $400.
"A lot of people don't know that," he says, adding that customers must pay for the shoes at the store and then can apply for reimbursement.
Ragged Mountain owner Mark Lorenzoni assists longtime customer Stacey Bruns with new running shoes.
On the run: Secrets of local marathon contenders
Name: Elizabeth Cottone
Age: 39
Best time for a mile: I think it was probably either the first mile of the Martha Jefferson 8K two years ago (something just under six minutes) or the first mile of the New Year's Day 5K this year (5:50).
Years running: I've been racing since 1995, but running non-competitively for much longer– probably about 25 years.
Marathons: 12
Best time/race: My fastest race was the New Year's Day 5K when I ran 19:10. I also consider one of my best races to be my second running of the Richmond Marathon, when I ran 3:13:00.
Goal for this race: I'd like to improve on my times from the last two Charlottesville Marathons. If I finish under 3:25 I'll be happy.
Type of shoe: Nike Stasis
Injuries: None right now!
Best about marathons: I love meeting new people at marathons, and bonding over the experience. There's an incredible amount of support that everyone gives one another, and an overwhelming feeling that we're all facing this great challenge together. I also really like the range of feelings (physical and mental) you experience as you tackle the distance. It's what makes a successful finish so satisfying.
Worst about marathons: I don't like running races that are too crowded– I don't like the feeling when lots of runners are boxing you in. I've come to enjoy the smaller races more (although I do love the NY marathon).
Fueling up: I always try to eat a few more bananas and drink a lot of water the week before a race. Other than that, I keep to my same eating schedule. During the race I drink lots of water and Gatorade, take a few power gels, and maybe a banana.
Tips: Run happy, rely more on how you feel than on your watch, and don't over-train.
Name: Dane E. Rauschenberg
Age: 29
Best time for a mile: 4:50
Number of years running: I really consider my marathoning career to have begun in 2004 when I set out a definitive training plan to run my third marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon.
Number of marathons: I'm running a marathon every weekend this year to raise money for a charity called L'Arche. Last weekend I ran my 25th marathon in Toledo, Ohio. April 8 I'll be running in Ocean City, Maryland.
Best time/which race: 3:07:25 in 2005 Marine Corps Marathon
Goal for this upcoming race: I'll be running a 3:25 in Ocean City. My reasons for doing so are multiple, but mainly I want to run a time for every minute between 3 hours and 3:30 and I have never run a 3:25. Sounds a little odd, but it's one of the many things that keep me interested week in and week out.
Type of shoe: I have no one brand. Just this year I've worn Sauconys, Nikes, Brooks, and Adidas.
Injuries: None
Best about marathons: All the people you meet.
Worst about marathons: The cost for traveling to a marathon is almost the same as a vacation's cost: then you have to go run 26.2 miles!
Fueling up: I eat plain Vanilla Gu during the race and drink the water given to me. Prior to the race I eat plenty of pasta, mainly from Joe's Place Pizza and Past in Arlington.
Tips for someone who wants to run a marathon: Read lots of information, test it out on your own body before believing any of it, don't get discouraged, and plan ahead. There's a wealth of information out there for anyone to read.
In addition, pick a cause or a reason to run. It will keep you motivated. I'm currently running for L'Arche (more specifically the chapter in Mobile, AL) which is an international organization that assists developmentally challenged individuals by providing a home for them to live and work with volunteers.
Name: John Cavan
Age: 70
Best time for a mile: 4:32 (a long time ago)
Number of years running: I've run all my life. I'm a former college basketball player, made the hall of fame in the state of Mississippi. I've been running long distances since 1975.
Number of marathons: 115. I thought that was pretty impressive until I went to Tanzania to run the Kilmanjaro marathon and ran across a guy who'd run 562– I think he has the world record for marathons. He's 66, from New Jersey.
Best time/race: 3:09:00 in the Jersey Shore Marathon in 1978
Goal for this race: I've given up on running goals, but I do hope to win something in my age group. Last year, I came in first in my age group– 65-69– this year I'm in a new age group.
Type of shoe: Asics Gel Nimbus
Injuries: I'll be running this marathon with 16 stitches in my arm. You don't run marathons and train for them without having injuries, but I have not missed a day of running in 19 years. I ran one day in upstate New York in wind chill 70 below.
Best about marathons: All marathoners will tell you, "When it's over." There's a feeling of satisfaction. Each one is an adventure, and every one I start getting nervous about three weeks before. I've never gotten used to it.
Worst about marathons: It's like when women have babies. If they remembered the pain, they'd probably never have children again. Good analogy for marathons. You just remember the joy. You forget the pain and a few days later, you start planning the next one. The endorphins get to your brain– it's a positive addiction.
Fueling up: All of us eat pasta– carb load. We use tomato sauce not cream sauce. I drink water and then later on take a couple shots of Gatorade to get the electrolytes back.
Tips: Anybody can run a marathon. It's more mental than physical. As you get older, you're going to get slower, so you're going to be out there a longer time.
Name: Wes Kessenich
Age: 43
Best time for a mile: 4:50
Number of years running: 26
Number of marathons: 85
Best time/which race: 2:29 (5:45 min/mi.) 1991 Boston Marathon– or 5:29 for 50 miles (6:35per/mi.) 50 mile Hawaii State Road Race, state record.
Goal for this upcoming race: Top 10
Longest run in one day: 100 miles (twice)
Type of shoe: Pearl Izumi from Charlottesville Running Company
Injuries: Torn stomach muscle- current
Best about marathons: Getting to about 24.5 mile mark, when you finally realize you will probably make it.
Worst about marathons: The 23-mile mark, because it's still not a guarantee.
Fueling up: Bagels
Tips for someone who wants to run a marathon: Schedule several progressively longer races leading up to the Marathon distance. Sometimes people think that just because you have run 26 miles many times it becomes easier each time. That may be true for a novice, but 26 miles is still 26 miles, and 26 miles takes a great deal of preparation. The Greek warrior Phidippedes, who had to run from Greece to Marathon, did so to deliver an important war message and did not have the benefit of "training." He died after delivering his message. For most of us who purposely run a marathon, we somewhat cheat by practicing.
Beth Cottone
John Cavan
Wes Kessenich
Marathon buzz: Please come to Boston
Fourth Annual Charlottesville Marathon, April 15, 2006
Number of runners:1,100
Age range: 15-77
Best thing: The scenery. "It's just beautiful," says race organizer Francesca Conte.
Hardest thing: Three hills, including one that is .8-mile climb just after the turn from Old Garth Road to Garth Road.
Security: About 70 area police officers, hired by the race at overtime pay. Even with the $45-$60 entry fee, "We're just breaking even," says Conte, who hopes in future years the city may "see the value" of the race and offer some security for free.
Of note: The Charlottesville marathon is a "Boston qualifier," which means runners can qualify for the Boston Marathon based on their time in Charlottesville. "Someone who's certified comes out and measures the course to the millimeter," says Conte.
SIDEBAR- Need for speed: New clinic picks up the pace
For athletes, keeping body and muscles in tip-top shape is even more important than buying a high-tech pair of running shoes or new bicycle tires. Until recently, high-performance runners and cyclists had limited options for recuperating from injuries. Standard physical therapy is helpful, certainly, but there were no facilities dedicated solely to taking an athlete from the doctor's office back to the race course.
SPEED (Strength, Power, Endurance, Education, and Development) is a new physical training clinic under the aegis of UVA's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Endurance athletes can go to the clinic for a biomechanical analysis of their running or cycling performance. The three-person staff– one physical therapist and two engineers– also monitor athletes to troubleshoot performance flaws and develop unique training plans.
"It's a bridge from rehabilitation to performance," say Jay Dicharry, UVA physical therapist and director for SPEED. "Our goal is to help people move better and more efficiently."
According to Dicharry's estimates, the clinic will improve athletic performance by 5-10 percent a year for each athlete. Most competitors, he says, spend countless hours for even a two percent improvement. Because the program is tailored to individual needs, success depends on the dedication of the athlete and his/her visits to the clinic and the regimen created by Dicharry and his team.
Local cyclist Christof Herby is an enthusiastic convert. "As endurance athletes, we place tremendous stress on our joints through repetitive motions," he says. "Finding the ideal position on my bike has been a constant guessing game. The SPEED clinic's system gives me great confidence ...that I'm using my body as efficiently as possibly."
Ethan Saliba, a UVA athletic trainer, is eager to see what SPEED will accomplish.
"This whole total package idea is ideal to give you a one-stop shop," says Saliba. "If you're already top-notch and not wounded, you'll learn what to look out for– and if you aren't, you can fix it."
For athletes who will spend $100 on new shoes or up to $1000 on new racing wheels, SPEED's prices might be worth the extra bucks. Sessions, which start at $75, can simply assess a current injury or, for up to $400, athletes can spend several hours considering their personal goals and setbacks with a professional. These fees, says Dicharry, become payment of rental fees for the $1.5 million worth of high-tech equipment provided by UVA.
Current participants, including learned of the clinic through physicians and trainers.
"Dozens of cycling experts speculate about the best way to find the perfect position on the bike," Herby says, "but the SPEED clinic is the only one I'm aware of that uses computer modeling and quantifiable data to refine each athlete's position based on his/her unique body geometry."
Dicharry, however, hopes to expand the program in the future.
"Right now we rely on word of mouth," says Dicharry, "but I'd love to see the program grow and become a national resource for professional athletes." SPEED recently held an open-house for interested athletes.
If SPEED gives athletes an "edge" on their competitors, it was also created to provide an important role in the research world.
"The clinic is performing research on healthy athletes," says Dicharry. "Even the NIH isn't sponsoring similar programs. So in a few years we'll have research on new techniques like no other school."
Rugby fever: A scrum, some blood, a few beers
It's a cool, sunny day on a recent Saturday at Edge Hill Farm, the sprawling Keswick estate where the Virginia Rugby Football Club plays its home matches. On the field, known as the "pitch," 30 men– 15 to a side– are running, scrambling, and tackling each other, each team–Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina– trying to get the ball into their own team's end zone.
One man leaves the field, shaking his head, blood running from his nose. Soon after, another man is on the sidelines nursing a rapidly swelling purple thumb.
Ask most people about Rugby, and they might tell you it's a rough sport, kind of like football without the helmets. But though blood is a frequent sight during Rugby matches, those who play the game say the injuries are usually not serious.
"Nobody understands this game," says Lisa Green, watching from the sidelines. Green has played a match for the local Blue Ridge Women's Rugby– one of the four local Rugby teams– on the same field earlier on this day. "It's safer than American football," she says, citing the strategy and caution players bring to the game.
It's also a game with a culture– and a vocabulary– different from any other sport.
Like American football, there are two end-zones, but a score– called a "try"– is worth only five points.
When possession of the ball is in dispute, the two teams form a "scrum," with all players pressed together, shoulder to shoulder, pushing forward against the opposing team. The scrum is the reason some players wear soft helmets. Without these, players' ears can become irritated from the friction, eventually leading to "cauliflower ear"– a condition common among boxers. In rare cases, Rugby players' ears have been torn and even ripped off.
But despite these dangers, Green and her teammate Jessie Graflin both say they're hooked on the sport.
"Players have this camaraderie and heart you don't get in any other sport," Graflin says.
A referee and sometime player, Scotsman Ron Murray says that camaraderie crosses teams and nationalities. A recent match, he says, featured players from at least six countries– Wales, Scotland, England, South Africa, France, and the U.S. And it's not enough to simply smile at your opponent or shake hands following the match.
"Part of the deal is that you socialize with the opposition," says Murray. "You have a drink and usually a sing-song."
Sitting on the sideline after the men's match, Richmonder Chuck Dean is dealing with bloody knees– and what could have been a bruised ego. The Division II Raleigh team has trounced Division III Virginia, 88-0.
Dean, however, is philosophical about the loss.
"It beats playing softball," he says, "even when you lose."
For game information check virginarugby.org.
The Raleigh team hoists a player high to reach the ball.
Referee Ron Murray chases players down the field as Raleigh goes for a "try."
Virginia Rugby Club player Chuck Dean shows off a few scrapes after the match.


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Vol. 23. Núm. 1. - 2007
In Memoriam. Profesor Miguel A. Dorado
Munduate, Lourdes and Medina, Francisco J.
Employee Well-being and Life Satisfaction in Argentina: The Contribution of Psychological Detachment from Work
Transformational Leadership and Team Effectiveness: The Mediating Role of Affective Team Commitment
Effects of People-oriented Leadership and Subordinate Employability on Call Center Withdrawal Behaviors
Contextual Performance in Academic Settings: The Role of Personality, Self-efficacy, and Impression Management
Fairness Reactions to the Employment Interview
Assessing Job Performance Using Brief Self-report Scales: The Case of the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire
Desde el burnout al engagement: ¿una nueva perspectiva?
Burnout, satisfacción laboral y bienestar en personal sanitario de salud mental
Affective Commitment, Participative Leadership, and Employee Innovation: A Multilevel Investigation
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Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound management of Chemicals (IOMC)
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European Environmental Bureau (EEB). Federal of Environmental Citizens Organizations
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We introduce a refined tree method to compute option prices using the stochastic volatility model of Heston. In a first step, we model the stock and variance process as two separate trees and with transition probabilities obtained by matching tree moments up to order two against the Heston model ones. The correlation between the driving Brownian motions in the Heston model is then incorporated by the node-wise adjustment of the probabilities. This adjustment, leaving the marginals fixed, optimizes the match between tree and model correlation. In some nodes, we are even able to further match moments of higher order. Numerically this gives convergence orders faster than 1/N, where N is the number of dis- cretization steps. Accuracy of our method is checked for European option prices against a semi closed-form, and our prices for both European and American options are compared to alternative approaches.
Pricing American call options under the assumption of stochastic dividends – An application of the Korn-Rogers model (2009)
In nancial mathematics stock prices are usually modelled directly as a result of supply and demand and under the assumption that dividends are paid continuously. In contrast economic theory gives us the dividend discount model assuming that the stock price equals the present value of its future dividends. These two models need not to contradict each other - in their paper Korn and Rogers (2005) introduce a general dividend model preserving the stock price to follow a stochastic process and to be equal to the sum of all its discounted dividends. In this paper we specify the model of Korn and Rogers in a Black-Scholes framework in order to derive a closed-form solution for the pricing of American Call options under the assumption of a known next dividend followed by several stochastic dividend payments during the option's time to maturity.


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The "New Urbanism" is barely thirty years old. But the goals of the upstart planning and design movement are timeless: the creation of towns and cities shaped to fit human needs and sensibilities, in which ample, walkable public spaces foster a sense of community, in which neighborhoods combine homes and businesses for a diverse population, and in which people can coexist comfortably with automobiles.
To be sure, those exemplary conditions exist in many places around the globe. Some were shaped hundreds of years ago. Some were built from scratch as "new towns." Some are urban areas that have been retrofitted into more humane environs. But in the United States and elsewhere the opposite is more often and more conspicuously the case: moribund city cores surrounded by concentric accretions of suburbs from which it takes ever more time, hydrocarbons and anxiety to get to work.
"The New Urbanism," says one of its earliest proponents, Washington architect and international designer Dhiru Thadani, is "the antithesis of the suburban sprawl paradigm and fossil-fuel dependency. It is a movement that promotes the return to compact, walkable, well connected, mixed-use and mixed-income neighborhood development" organized on three spatial scales — "region; city, town and neighborhood; and block, street, and building."
If that outcome is so self-evidently desirable, why aren't there more such spaces?
One reason, Thadani believes, is that "there is no common language in the professions of architecture and planning as there is in medicine and law. Words used to describe the built environment are constantly misused. Words such as center, park, village, square, avenue, boulevard and space have lost their true meanings. There is a difference between an avenue, a boulevard, a street, a road and a drive — yet planners, traffic engineers and developers constantly misuse these words."
That is why he applied for NEH support to produce The Language of Towns and Cities: A Visual Dictionary, an 800-page "encyclodictionary" of terms and concepts published in December 2010.
"The architecture and planning professions have lost their respect and standing in society," Thadani says. "This is partially due to the loss of a common language that describes particular conditions in the built environment. Professionals cannot even communicate clearly with each other, and the built environment suffers as seen across the United States and globally. I hope this book helps empower the design profession."
Thadani's compendium includes material from 52 contributors worldwide. Arranged alphabetically and copiously illustrated with photos and drawings, the entries deal with broad ideas such as dwelling density, accessibility and zoning, technical issues such as intersection typography, examinations of individual model towns and landmarks, and profiles of noted designers.
"This expansive work will quickly become a standard reference resource for architects, historians, educators, and anyone interested to learn about architecture and urban planning," says Joshua Sternfeld, Senior Program Officer at NEH's Division of Preservation and Access. "It covers a range of historical and contemporary topics from early examples in ancient Greece and Rome, to international examples in India, to pioneer urban planners such as Thomas Jefferson and Daniel Burnham."
The book has garnered favorable notices. One reviewer observed that reading the entries is "like taking a very enjoyable short course in urban design." Another said it is "not only useful for the planning or architecture professional but also the everyday citizen trying to understand the complexities of the city… ." Prominent European architect and urban planner Rob Krier wrote that "It is more than a handbook. It is a guide."
NEH seemed a natural place for Thadani to seek support for the project because the New Urbanism is as much about culture and society as it is about architecture and traffic. And its effects are measured in human values, social interactions and collective behavior.
"The primary difference between a city and suburb or rural land," Thadani says, "is that a true city comprises a civic, public realm and a private realm. The civic realm is defined by civic buildings and civic spaces, which includes streets and squares. The civic realm instills and inspires civic pride and uplifts the human spirit. The civic institutions define a society and its values, and should be celebrated with embellished architecture and prominent locations. The civic realm also suggests a particular behavior and decorum. Humanities encourage self-reflection which develops personal consciousness and an active sense of civic duty, necessary for a city/culture to survive. The private realm, in contrast, should have quieter architecture, and less embellishment."
Thadani — a charter member of the Congress for the New Urbanism — has been awarded the 2011 Seaside Prize, which is "awarded annually to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality and character of our communities" by the Seaside Institute in Florida, which espouses New Urbanism principles.


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Ya Lyublyu Chayhana Salom! Uzbek Food in Sheepshead Bay
Chayhana Salom
1652 Sheepshead Bay Rd (between Jerome and Voorhies Aves; map); 718-332-2200; chayhana-salom.com
Setting: Deceptively small storefront that opens into a bright, cheery dining room
Service: Friendly and a bit frazzled, with a small language barrier
Compare To: Cafe Kashkar, Cafe at Your Mother-In-Law
Must-Haves: Chuchvara soup, lamb kebabs, fried lagman
Cost: $2-4 for smaller bread items and kebabs, $7-12 for rice and mains
Recommendation: Not a bastion of fine dining, but definitely worth the trip for cheap, well-executed takes on stick-to-your-ribs central Asian comfort food.
There aren't many Uyghur restaurants in this city, so I was intrigued when I heard about a new spot that was supposedly "a hundred times better" than Café Kashkar, my Brighton Beach Uyghur benchmark. As it turns out, this new Sheepshead Bay competition, Chayhana Salom, isn't really competition at all—it's an Uzbek restaurant with a small handful of Uyghur dishes on the menu, which makes sense given that there's a large diaspora of Uyghurs in Uzbekistan.
Got that? Good—now stop worrying about what dish belongs where, because part of the pleasure of a meal at Chayhana Salom ("Restaurant Hello") involves surrendering your preconceived notions about how a meal should behave. Think the tiny storefront looks like a dive? Your food is served on gilded plates in a baroque faux-antique style. Order green tea, as is traditional? You'll sip it from one of those anointed bowls, not a cup. Order a coursed meal complete with salad, soup, hot and cold appetizers, and a main course? Doesn't matter—the food comes when it's ready, which in most cases is quite fast, unless you request the Organic Fried Cornish Hen 'Ugolok' Stye ($13.95), which takes 40 minutes to prepare.
The food at Chayhana Salom is not designed to push the limits of culinary creativity —this is stick-to-your-ribs mama food, overseen by a friendly Uzbek matriarch named Farida Ganieva, who emigrated to New York a decade ago and cooked her way around a series of Brighton Beach restaurants before opening Chayhana last year. Carbohydrates—in bread, pastry, dumpling, and rice form—feature prominently, plus various incarnations of carbs filled with lamb, but a meal at Chayhana needn't be a total eclipse of the gut.
Start with the Chuchvara Soup ($6.50), a clear broth filled with tiny, slippery lamb chuchvara (Uzbek tortellini), with thin, delicate wrappers. The soup is rich and salty—so salty, in fact, that it's served with a small saucer of thin sour cream to help mellow its edges. Its richness dovetails neatly with the slight funk of the lamb filling in the dumplings. From there, follow the waiter's advice and order the seemingly out-of-place Greek Salad ($7.50), which would be unremarkable save for the mountainous pile of fresh, tangy crumbled feta it's buried under.
If greens aren't your thing, try the served-cold Ali-Baba Salad ($7), a deeply flavorful tangle of sautéed eggplant, tomatoes, bell peppers, and raw red onions, with plenty of garlic and oil, instead. Either (or both) are good palate-cleansers for the onslaught of small bread-based items poised to arrive.
The most ubiquitous is Patyr (sometimes called "non"), a dense traditional bread baked in a circle with a ruffled edge and a stamp of poppy seeds on top. To be honest, I'm not sure if we ordered the patyr separately or if it simply arrived; the latter wouldn't be a surprise, in keeping with the restaurant's family-style mentality. Make sure you flag down the friendly, if slightly frazzled waiters for an order, because it's an ideal vehicle for scooping sauce and snacking on intermittently.
I know we ordered Parmuda ($3), a savory baked pastry filled with chopped lamb and sautéed onions (sometimes referred to as "parmuda samsa," the catch-all word for stuffed roll and/or bun things). Brushed with an egg wash and sprinkled with sesame seeds, the burnished parmuda are lovely things to behold. The filling gets a little lost, but when the pastry is so supple and tender, it's hard to complain. A similar ground lamb and onion filling is better showcased in the Varaka ($2), thin pockets of pastry deep-fried to a golden, bubbly crisp, like a sort of central Asian empanada. A lighter option is the vegetable Kutabi ($2), thin tortilla-esque pastry wrappers filled with tender cooked greens.
There are more starchy options in the "Main Dishes" section, including Khamir Khasip ($6), an attractive-looking but disappointingly bland dish of doughy dumplings stuffed with noodles and tiny bits of meat, topped with an overly sweet tomato sauce. Skip the similarly-designed Khanum ($6) while you're at it, too—the rice-and-meat filled dough rolls are both boring and under-seasoned, an unfortunate combination that could help explain why Uzbeki cuisine never really took off in elite culinary circles.
It's good to have some starch to skip over, because you'll want to save room for the lagman noodles, offered in two forms: a deconstructed Uyghur style ($9), which sees boiled noodles and their accompanying lamb and vegetable stew served separately; or fried ($7.50), in which noodles, lamb, peppers, and onions are stir-fried in a rich tomatoey sauce and topped with strips of scrambled egg. The stew in the Uyghur style is hearty and rich, and there's fun in assembling your own personal bowl of noodle soup, but it's hard to top the oily, salty, piquant pleasure of the fried version.
And then of course, there are the kebabs, an abrupt departure from breadville. Served on menacing double-edged skewers, the meats at Chayhana Salom are serious business. In keeping with the theme of the night, we stuck exclusively to lamb options, including muscle meat ($4), liver ($3), and lulya, oblong patties of ground lamb ($3) (other choices include ribs, beef, chicken, and...salmon). The lulya was the big hit of the night, strongly seasoned with cumin and juicy throughout. The liver had a pleasant char and tender inner texture, without the offal-y flavor that can distract in lesser livers. Whatever you do, keep portion size in mind: each kebab is enough for two, assuming you've been picking at your patyr.
Plov is a national passion in Uzbekistan, and the Tashkent-style version ($8) at Chayhana is a worthy offering of long-simmered yellow rice studded with plump golden raisins, garbanzo beans, carrots, lamb chunks, and a hard-boiled quail egg on top. It's colorful and comforting; though Ganieva encouraged us to call ahead for her signature banquet-style "Chayhana"-style brown rice and garlic plov, traditionally served for special occasions. "Get married here!" she urged. "We'll make plov!"
Of the mains, that 40-minute Organic Fried Cornish Hen "Ugolok" Style (at $13.95, the most expensive thing on the menu) was the biggest disappointment—the spatchcocked, pan-fried bird arrives with a handsome golden crust, only to give way to dry meat within. The "special red sauce" served on the side resembled a cold, watery salsa. As far as proteins go, stick with lamb—there's a reason it appears in nearly every dish.
Desserts (all $4) are limited to Chak-Chak, deep-fried dough balls coated in honey, which the restaurant was sadly out of when we went; a dry and crumbly Medovik (layered honey cake), and a sloppy Napoleon with a syrupy drizzle of chocolate. I'd skip all of them (though I'd go back for the chak-chak) in exchange for a digestif, which is easily achievable with the restaurant's BYO policy.
Chayhana is not a bastion of fine dining, and the service is more friendly than it is polished. The night of our visit, the petite dining room was filled with garrulous groups speaking in Uzbek over their teapots, while a TV silently blared what can only be described as 'Uzbek Idol.' Our waiter flitted about, distributing platters and whisking empties away as best he could. With the amount of food we tasked him with, it was an admirable display, and more than enough to send us home full on happiness and lamb.


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This was a big surprise announced alongside the first batch of RTK XIII screenshots:
http://gematsu.com/2015/05/romance-thre ... ps3-and-pc
It looks to have a lot of interesting elements added with a big map and acquisition system and actually comes out this year.
This has my hopes up as the original was one of my favorite RTK games (thanks to the wonderful translation I found here by Lady Wu). I suppose I can only hope this gets a western localization and isn't full of the typical free to play cliches. I am worried about that last part, but it looks like this game actually keeps story elements which isn't typical of free to play games.


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"The roads are broken, the south wind is blowing, and me all alone saying: what a city!": this is how Giannis Skaribas, the famous writer from Chalkida, praises the city of "mad waters".
Only 80 km away from Athens, the city of the sacred fountain of Arethousa is the main gate to the island of Evia. Thanks to its strategic geographic position, the city has remained a crossroad of cultures and ideas over the centuries, an apple of discord for many foreign conquerors. Today the cosmopolitan city of Chalkida, the administrative and commercial centre of the island built on both sides of Evripos straits, is a popular destination among Athenians for short breaks away from the hustle and bustle of the capital city. Thanks to its impressive ultra modern cable bridge, the access to the city has now become easier and quicker.
Chalkida is particularly famous for the tidal phenomenon that takes place in Evripos, i.e. the swift change of water direction every six hours, created by the Moon's pull. During each change of direction the water stops moving for about eight minutes. An ideal place to watch this unique phenomenon is the sliding Negroponte Bridge. Another favourite meeting point for the locals is the waterfront; a charming pedestrian street lined with elegant cafes and restaurants buzzing with life day and night!
Make a point of visiting the following quite impressive edifices: the Red House- the city's landmark, a neoclassical building with four clay statues on its top and the Town Hall, known for its beautiful harmonious architecture. Karababas fortress, a superb Venetian fort, stands on the top of Kanithos hill, offering a bird's eye view of the city and Evoikos Gulf.
Don't forget to visit: Τhe Archaeological Museum/ The Municipal Library/ the Municipal Art Gallery/ "Kamares" site/ the Roman Aqueduct/ Emir Zade Turkish Mosque / the Folk Art Museum/ the Spring of Arethousa/ the Railway Station/ the poet Giannis Skaribas' tomb located at Karababas Fortress/ the Byzantine church of St. Nicholas and the Early Christian Basilica of St. Paraskevi; there is a big bazaar held on July 26th (St. Paraskevi feastday) and the city "wears" a festive mood!
Activities: sports enthusiasts can take advantage of the facilities available and play football, volleyball, basketball, tennis or ride horseback at the city's equestrian club. During summer try exciting water sports like kite boarding at Lefkandi and Liani Ammos, fishing or water skiing.
Beaches: sun-bathing fans can bask in the superb beaches of Aghios Minas, Asteria, Rodies and Liani Ammos. On Alikes beach, the ultimate hotspot for young people, there is a variety of bustling bars where you can sip colourful cocktails and dance till you drop (!) - that is apart from enjoying the sea and sun of course!
Short trips: visit Nea Artaki; Lefkandi; Nea Lampsakos and Drosia if you're a sea food lover or Vathy (in the area of Avlida) for a tour in the archaeological site where the Temple of Artemis stands.
Accommodation: hotels offering high-quality services – most of them located in Chalkida or Aghios Minas- will guarantee a pleasant stay during your holidays!
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I'm tired of uninspired flash drive designs. So it's shaped like a donut huh? Meh. It's filled with beer eh? Not interested. These mini MPC 2000XL and SP1200 flash drives are really where it's at.
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These two drives are spittin' images of the AKAI MPC2000XL sampler and the EMU SP1200 drum machine—devices that made hip hop music what it is today. Both drives come in 4GB capacities and can be pre-ordered now for $40. They are expected to ship in June. [Product Page via Crate Kings]


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Spring 2014 Fashion Trends
The New Season in 100 Outfits: All the Looks You Need to See For Spring 2014
The New Season in 100 Outfits: All the Looks You Need to See For Spring 2014
Was the epic nature of last September's Fashion Month a bit too much for you? If you found your attention waning as we moved from New York to London, Milan, and Paris, you have a lot to catch up on! Luckily, help is at hand. As we move closer to the point where you'll want to start purchasing, we've condensed the whole month down to 100 outfits, which give you a taste of what you need to buy for the coming season.
We've already brought you trend reports and full collections, but these 100 outfits were chosen especially to represent the good and the great of the Spring 2014 shows, from Chanel to Christopher Kane and everything in between!


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Of Good Report, by John Antrobus
Note: This review is from 2004
Of Good Report is a feast of nostalgia about the wild days enjoyed by the young comedy-writing bucks of Associated London Scripts in the Fifties: the uninhibited world of creative, hedonistic, self-destructive talents riven with personality flaws.
Well it is, but not quite.
Of Good Report is a Mrs Robinson-style romance, the predatory seduction of a naïve young boy by the sexually bored wife of a libidoless middle-aged middle-manager.
Yes. Then again, no.
Of Good Report is a comic intrigue, about a BBC infested with newly demobbed Army types, running the corporation like a battalion and forever afraid of the unseen enemy of the Cold War who they fear are hell-bent on infiltrating the establishment.
Well, sometimes.
OK: Of Good Report is a lively, disjointed, Goonesque romp (no surprise given its creator John Antrobus was once Spike Milligan's collaborator) full of deft wordplay, impromptu musical numbers, broad Army caricatures and such surreal moments as the entire cast yelping like frisky Alsatians or leaping into an unexpected Cossack dance.
Close, but no OBE.
Antrobus's new play is all these things at once, which is why it's so hard to grab a hold of it. It's as if there are several sub-plots awaiting a central narrative, which never actually arrives. A half-hour radio comedy might forgive this, but it seems a major omission a full-length play.
Despite this fundamental flaw, it is good, pacy fun, an escapist alternative to all the rose-tinted resurrections of Britain's comedy past that are in such theatrical vogue. And the White Bear Theatre in South London, where this is being staged, know a thing or two about that; for it was here that the joyous revival of Round The Horne was so successfully developed.
Compared to that straightforward resurrection, Of Good Report has the advantage of being autobiographical, of a fashion. Antrobus knew these people - he worked with them and drank with them - and even the selective recall of their personalities is fascinating in itself.
Our hero is called John Antrobus – wherever did he get the idea? – a fresh-faced, idealistic and posh Sandhurst drop-out, who is teamed with a hard-bitten Stalinist Eastender called Johnny Speight to write for the Frankie Howerd radio show. Worlds apart, each was writing with the enemy, but united by their comedy. So far, so historically true.
If anything, the play is about this young innocent being pulled in all directions; everyone he encounters seeing him as raw material they can forge in their own image – whether it be the paranoid BBC executive George Beckett trying to recruit him as some nebulous spy or the Judy Houghton-Twist, the vampish wife of another Beeb man he becomes romantically embroiled with trying to recapture her own youth.
For his part, Antrobus tries desperately, and unsuccessfully, to fit in with all these colliding worlds. When he starts working with Speight, for instance, he copies his speech patters even though every 'fuck' sits uneasily on his well-educated lips.
The action proceeds through a number of fragmented set pieces, from the sublime encounter with Gilbert Harding, the pompous, insecure and unhappily closeted homosexual celebrity of the day, to the rather less successful intervention of three fictional tramps to settle an argument between Messers Antrobus and Speight.
Elsewhere, it accurately recreates the stilted writing process, as our two heroes bash out a routine for Frankie Howerd, although, strangely, the actual execution of the radio recording is one of the least well-received scenes in the play.
The action is elevated by the spirited, engaging cast; from Needham's earnest Antrobus and Jonathan Clarkson's stammeringly angry young Speight to the smaller roles such as Laura Penneycard's delightfully elegant Beryl Vertue or Adam Kimmel, who makes a great Gilbert Harding and an even better German shepherd.
It's hard to see this making quite the impact of Round The Horne… Revisted - for one thing it's less obviously designed to hit a target market. But it's an enjoyable, if slightly over-long, look at the real people behind such immortal comedy.
Of Good Report opens at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington, South London, tonight and runs until December 5. Call 020 7793 9193 for tickets. Official home page
Steve Bennett
Review date: 17 Nov 2004
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett


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Runway Reviews and Pictures of Jason Wu's 2012 Spring Presentation at New York Fashion Week
2012 New York S/S Fashion Week: Jason Wu
2012 New York S/S Fashion Week: Jason Wu
Jason Wu showed an exceptionally beautiful, frothy and surprisingly sporty collection for Spring 2012, and singlehandedly made us stick peplum skirts at the top of our must-have list. While Wu promised to go "back to femininity" in our behind-the-scenes interview, he did it playfully. He partnered with the artist KAWS to create a floating petal print that at close view revealed the artist's signature "hands" motif, which suggested how many hands played a part in creating the soft blouses and skirts. "Floating skirts" flew away from the body on an asymmetric angle and boasted big peplum trims, ladylike blouses had intricately beaded collars, and sporty windbreakers — windbreakers! — brought a whole new definition of polish to an outerwear staple that rarely makes its way to a designer's runway. While some pieces, like the white peplum top and black cigarette pants worn by Joan Smalls, were seriously elegant, it was hard not to smile when Wu sent out his floating skirts and dresses in colours like canary yellow, cobalt blue and candy pink. It was a fun show that beautifully melded Wu's couture-quality workmanship with a sporty, playful attitude.
- Trends: Sporty, peplum, asymmetric hems, ladylike, windbreakers.
- Colours: Candy pink, canary yellow, cobalt blue, petal prints.
- Key Piece:"Floating" skirts, the windbreakers, any of the peplum pieces.
- Accessories: Edgy black lace-up stilettos, blue and green python handbags.
- Who Would Wear It: Jason Wu's muse, Diane Kruger, is our prediction to be the first one in look 36 —the pink floating skirt and silk v-neck top.