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The Most Common Age Women First Give Birth Might Surprise You
Courtesy of the data-wizards at Overflow Data, we've learned a lot about America. The statisticians have fine-tuned our understandings of when the denizens of this country get to work in the morning, get married and how much they spend on rent every month.
But what about childbirth? There's a topic Overflow hadn't broached, until now, that is. Using data from the US Census Bureau's 2015 American Community Survey, we get a sense of the age that women are most likely to become mothers. Note, this isn't indicative of the entire country at large, as the sample reflects the most common age of women surveyed by the ACS who gave birth in 2015.
(Please disregard the typo in the visualization's headline, because the plural of "woman" is "women.")
Citing respondents between the ages of 15 and 50, the survey found that 30-year-olds had the highest number of new mothers, with 11.06% of women this age giving birth in 2015, according to the ACS. Mothers between the ages of 27 and 33 formed the crux of new mothers in 2015, which isn't unsurprising, considering the most common age of newlyweds. Shockingly, as if biology is an imperative to no one anywhere, 7,696 50-year-olds also had their first kids in 2015.
If you're interested in learning more about your fellow citizens, check out Overflow's synopsis of American education, because it's pretty intriguing.
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Sometimes I like to trick my clients — but then I tell them I'm doing it for a good reason. I ask them certain questions that, when they answer, teaches them something about themselves. It shows them they are susceptible to costly behavioral mistakes. Try answering some of these questions yourself first before reading on. Then, if you'd like, try them with your clients. Sure, some of these questions are totally unfair, but so are some of the pitches from our industry.
1) In college basketball, what percent of the time does the team behind at halftime come back and win?
Typically, I get responses from 30% to 50%, but have had guesses as high as 90%. With the help of retired NBA veteran and founder of Sweven Wealth, Troy Murphy, it's about 23%, according to an analysis of 5,599 games played last season.
It turns out that the team behind at halftime is usually the inferior team. Yet that team, of course, is the same team that shows up in the second half. Therefore they end up on the losing end of the final score the vast majority of the time. So why do we generally guess much higher? Optimism and representativeness.
How many Hollywood movies have you seen where the horrible team at the beginning of movie finishes the season in first place at the end of the movie? We love comebacks and optimism leads us to believe these comebacks are common.
Second, when you read or watch sports recaps, what team typically makes headlines — the one that was down by 15 at halftime and lost by 25? Or the team down by 15 which came back and won in double overtime? The latter is the obvious answer and this leads us to believe it's more common than it is.
So what does this have to do with investing? Well, how many one or two star funds have you seen advertised lately or ever? How many financial shows have you seen where a manager talks about their mistakes? We constantly see the success stories and optimistically think we can find these great funds, whose performance will persist.
You'll never see an advertisement like this:
Lesson: Ask what bias is in the data and be a realist rather than an optimist.
2) You meet a woman and get to know her a bit. She is very quiet and has little interest in other people. She rarely goes out. She is, however, very helpful and knowledgeable. She has an undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Do you think she is:
a. A librarian?
b. A sales rep?
Most people fall into my trap of stereotyping librarians as quiet and shy and sales reps as outgoing. But I held back one piece of critical information and that is that there are nearly 100 times more sales reps than librarians in the U.S. Given those odds, there's a much better chance she works in sales.
We tend to overconfidently rely on the information we have to make a decision rather than seek other information that may be even more relevant. This is especially true if we believe the person giving us this information is knowledgeable and trustworthy.
Typically, when I review a client's portfolio and ask why the client bought an investment, they respond with the story they were told that sold them on it. I then give them the data and logic they weren't told.
Lesson: Be a skeptic. Ask for more information. Don't just believe an expert's compelling argument when they might also be withholding critical information.
3) Here's a simple one that everyone should get right. Take 20 seconds to count the number of "Fs" in this short sentence.
Simple doesn't mean easy. If you are like me, you didn't count all six. Perhaps you read the "F" in the word "OF" as a "V." My mind did when I first saw it. Often times, we take mental shortcuts and do simple tasks wrong. These are known as heuristic biases. One costly heuristic bias: Jumping to the incorrect conclusion that a 20% loss and followed by a 20% gain leads back to breakeven. Or we might grossly incorrectly predict probabilities.
Lesson: Be wary of biases and slow down your thinking.
4) How many patterns can you find in the following picture? The cells are white or black. For example, do any rows, columns, quadrants or sides have more black cells? The right half has more black squares, the bottom right quadrant is filled as is column D. Column C is blank while the upper left quadrant has only one black cell.
It may surprise you to learn I generated this on MS Excel using a random number generator with each cell having a 50% probability of either being blank or black. I've tricked you into data mining, which is finding patterns out of randomness. In investing, this leads us to find patterns such as "go away in May" or find multi-factors that worked in the past.
We humans can't think randomly. If you don't believe me, try randomly writing the outcome of an imaginary coin flip 30 times. Write "H" for heads and "T" for tails before reading on.
You'll find you are following a pattern and, which once discovered, will only lead to you following another pattern.
Lesson: Random events can look like patterns as we humans are predisposed to find them. That leads clients to buy or sell after they've discerned a pattern — even though it was random and unlikely to repeat.
5) You are in a logic seminar with 100 people. The leader asks everyone to write down a number between 0 and 100 (fractions allowed) that will be 80% of the average number selected by the group as a whole. What number do you pick?
When I teach this to a class, the typical answer is around 20 to 40. This is totally illogical. Logic dictates we would pivot to zero. If you think the average would be 50 then you should guess 40 (80% of 50). But everyone in the class is logical so they will guess 40, meaning you should guess 32. This should continue all the way to approaching zero.
Lesson: We are not logical beings. Humans drive markets. Thus, markets can remain illogical longer than you can remain solvent. To beat the market, one must know how other investors will behave including their illogical behavior.
6) You have been gifted $10,000 and bought 100 shares of two different stocks at $50 per share each. Over the next month, one stock plunged to $25 a share while the other one surged to $75 a share. If you have to sell one stock, which do you sell?
a. The $25 stock
b. The $75 stock
I teach this one to CPAs and roughly 80% say they will sell the winner $75 stock. Imagine their reaction when I tell them they have made an uneconomic choice by relying on their emotions — happiness about taking a gain. They will now have to pay more taxes.
Note the way I carefully phrased this question: The stocks were held in your taxable account (since it was a gift) and you will have a short-term gain on the $2,500. The loss, on the other hand, provides you with a tax savings. The gain will cost you in taxes while the loss provides a tax benefit.
But our minds are anchored on the $50 purchase price and our emotions — selling the winner locks in our brilliant choice while the loser may come back, we speculate. Sell the loser now and you've locked in your bad move forever. Thus, our emotions drive the action instead of economics.
Lesson: Don't think you are smarter than the market — stocks are fairly valued. When you have the opportunity to realize a tax-loss harvest, take it.
Let's be clear, being irrational isn't always a bad thing. Meir Statman, a finance professor at Santa Clara University, illustrates this point vividly with the example of a $100 bill and a dozen roses.
Let's say for my anniversary I have the choice of giving my wife a crisp $100 bill or a dozen red roses. Clearly economics says the $100 bill has far more utility as she can buy anything she wants with the money, including a dozen beautiful red roses. It would clearly be illogical for me to buy the roses and, if she objects, I could explain the logic to her. As clueless as I am, even I know that wouldn't end well.
I tell clients that we are emotional beings rather than logical wealth maximizers. The most we can do is be aware of some of these irrational feelings and control our behavior. A little irrationality is fine but it's our job to help clients (and ourselves) avoid the big costly mistakes.


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- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 Fresno chile or red jalapeño, thinly sliced
- 2 large sprigs basil, plus torn leaves for serving
- 3 pints cherry tomatoes, halved if large
- Chili oil and toasted sesame seeds (for serving)
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Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Remove from heat; add noodles. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 4 minutes (time may vary by brand). Drain and rinse under cold running water.
Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium. Cook garlic, stirring often, until softened and golden, about 3 minutes. Add chile and basil sprigs; cook, stirring, just until softened, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and ¼ cup water and cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the tomatoes have burst and are jammy, 8–10 minutes. Season with salt.
Add noodles to sauce and toss to coat. Season with more salt if needed. Divide among bowls; drizzle with chili oil and top with sesame seeds and torn basil.


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The Magic Sphere was a large disk-shaped device located in Queen Hippolyta's palace on Paradise Island.
After Hippolyta and her loyal warriors overthrew Hercules and cast off their shackles of slavery, the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena, gave them the Magic Sphere enabling them to monitor events in the outside world. They brought the Sphere with them as they established a new home for themselves on Paradise Island.
Over the centuries, the Amazons used the Sphere as an education tool. By tapping into its mystical properties, they could see into the future, as well as the past and slowly monitor mankind's progress. Through this device, the Amazons successfully advanced their own culture and developed modern technological marvels far superior to that of the world outside them.
- Through the Mirror it is possible to travel to the past.[3]
- In Prime Earth, the Magic Spheres are used for long distance communication between the Amazons (similar to the Mental Radio).[4]
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Apr 26, 2009 Life is a river
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Up the pagoda steps with my boy (Copyright Younghee Katz)
Drumming up peace in the temple, with my boy (Copyright Younghee Katz).
The rustic setting is offset by a soothing woodfired traditional Japanese bath up the road and behind the temple. (Copyright Younghee Katz).
Last weekend was my fourth trip to my friend and teacher Jun Yasuda's awe-inspiring peace pagoda and serene temple in rural Petersburg, New York (pictured above), east of Albany on the other side of the Hudson. This was the first time I went along with my wife and son.
No matter one's religious or non-religious focus, the visit for many people is calming and harmonizing, to the point that my law school friend's otherwise constantly friendly-hyper dog even went serene on first seeing the pagoda. I write here about my first journey to Jun Yasuda and the now-replaced temple and pagoda in 1996.
The above pictures are displayed in reverse chronological order. Starting at the bottom is the welcome sign to the temple grounds, where people park unless they have handicaps that necessitate driving closer. Next is a view inside the main room of the temple, which building also contains sleeping quarters and a large kitchen. This and all Nipponzan Myohoji temples include a large prayer drum and hand-held drums of the sort pictured, for chanting the Odaimoku of Na-Mu-Myo-Ho-Ren-Ge-Kyo, which is at once a profound prayer for peace and the essence of the Lotus Sutra. Like most traditional drums, they are made from animal skin, which challenges my veganism.
Next comes our walk up the steps to the pagoda, which is an empty structure that Jun Yasuda relates contains relics of Buddha Shakyamuni. Above that is a view of the pagoda and the surrounding grounds. The benches in the foreground are on the right side of the temple, suitable for such gatherings as annual celebrations of the Buddha's birthday. At the top is the English description of the last or second to last of the eight or so reliefs on the sides of the pagoda that tell the short story of the life of the Buddha. For a YouTube video of the pagoda, see here.
How was the land for the temple and pagoda obtained? This Nipponzan Myohoji page says: "[Jun] Yasuda had been close to Native Americans, and her stupa was dedicated to their survival. Before building the pagoda, Yasuda had walked across the country four times in support of peace and Native Americans, beating her hand drum as she chanted the Odaimoku. In 1983, she was fasting and praying in New York [apparently at the Albany statehouse on behalf of Dennis Banks], when she met Hank Hazelton, a long time activist for Native Americans. Hazelton offered her a parcel of land. In October of 1985, work began on the structure soon to be called the Grafton Peace Pagoda. The pagoda was dedicated in 1993. Native American symbols ring the pagoda, while other images inlaid into the dome depict various aspects of the Buddha's life and teachings."
The top picture above shows a sign at the pagoda that claims the Buddha's last words were the following haiku: "Life is a river/ Always moving. Do not hold / onto things. Work hard." A google search suggests that other Buddhist traditions might differ over the content of his last words.The first line of the Buddha's last words depicted above is significant both to Buddhism and the t'ai chi Chinese martial art that I practice. Life constantly changes, just as a river does, which highlights the impermanence of life that is a focus of Buddhism, and the need in t'ai chi to work with change at every turn and never to fight the change with hard energy. The admonition "do not hold onto things" is part of the Buddhist focus of non-attachment in such areas as non-attachment to our bodies, personal relationships and possessions; and letting go our desires and expectations of ourselves, others, and circumstances. Similarly, t'ai chi teaches its practitioners to empty the clutter in their minds. The final sentence "work hard" reminds me of a story of t'ai chi megamaster Cheng Man Ch'ing, who once pointed out to his students while on a walk that they have plenty of time in the future to rest (gesturing towards a cemetery) but that much is left to be done while on this Earth.
ADDENDUM I: Speaking of t'ai chi, here is my t'ai chi update: This weekend, I returned to the weekly Saturday morning t'ai chi push hands practice on Capitol Hill, where I learned more about neutralizing the opponents' push through softening the body, dealing with the ever-changing river of surrounding challenges and pushes, generally moving with a circle as part of one's defense, and sinking into the ground when doing the press and push hands moves.
Also, I got two excellent books in the mail this past week to add to my t'ai chi library. The first is Wolfe Lowenthal's second entry of his two-volume biography of his teacher Cheng Man-Ch'ing: Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man Ch'ing, which follows Lowenthal's There Are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing and His T'ai Chi Chuan. Among Wolfe's interesting disclosures in Gateway to the Miraculous is his heavy antiwar activity. Paul Krassner says Lowenthal was a Yippie organizer. At the Chicago Seven trial, the late singer Phil Ochs testified about having been arrested at the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention along with Lowenthal, a pig, Jerry Rubin, Stew Albert, and three others.
Cheng Man Ch'ing followed both Confucius and Lao-tzu (whose Taoism heavily influences t'ai chi), the latter being said to have been the author of the central Taoist book entitled the Tao Teh Ching. According to Mark Hennessy's translation of Professor Cheng's Master of Five Excellences, Professor Cheng once reviewed all translations of the Tao Teh Ching and I Ching (Paul Gallagher calls the latter book "the central source book for all Chinese Philosophy and Science") at the Columbia University library, only to find them all "translated completely wrong." Therefore, I went out of my way to obtain Cheng Man Ch'ing's commentaries on the Tao Teh Ch'ing, which is entitled My Words are Very Easy to Understand. The volume is an English translation by Professor Cheng's late interpreter and disciple Tam Gibbs both of the Professor's commentaries and of the original text of the Tao Teh Ching, which suggests that it might be a reliable translation. If you know of a reliable translation of the I Ching, please let me know.
ADDENDUM II:On April 27, I e-mailed the above-discussed Wolfe Lowenthal, who confirmed that he very much likes Richard Wilhelm's translation of the I-Ching. Carl Jung writes the foreward to Wilhelm's translation.


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A few days later I was watching die hard 4.0 and I saw the same thing. It was on a computer screen on the movie and I realised that this wasn't a coincidence. I have to clarify here that the copies of these movies were all acquired through illegal downloads over the internet.
So I turned to the inter-tubes and found that it had been noticed by quite a few other peoples with it also being inserted into a copy of Spiderman three. So someone's digitally dropped their website logo into a bunch of new movie torrents out there on the tubes for people to catch onto. They haven't been obtrusive or in your face with it. They've been placed in the movie as though they were meant to be there (on computer / tv screen etc).
I went to the netgraffiti.tk site but can't work out what it's for yet because my computer's still down and I can't download the torrent on their site.
But that's not the point. The point is that someone's worked out a way to exploit illegal downloads in this new frontier of cinema we're facing. This opens up a whole new avenue for advertising, though more importantly; it opens up a Pandora's Box of potential problems.
Hopefully this won't encourage companies to release a bunch of torrents with ads burned into the corners of the frames or ads running before / during the movies - though the legal implications might deter them in the short term.
I personally believe that the first movie studio to find a way to leverage movie downloads for their own gain will dominate. They can't stop people from downloading movies – they just need to find a way to exploit it for their benefit.
If I was a movie studio and losing the war on illegal downloads, here's what I'd do:
1) flood the existing illegal download sites with bad, incomplete and corrupt copies of our movies to erode trust in these sites and make it very hard for people to download a decent, watchable illegal copy of our movie.
2) set up our own download site that's accessible for novice and experienced users of p2p downloads.
3) stock this with our new movies, back catalogue, trailers, behind the scenes documentaries, and anything else we have to make it a definitive resource.
4) make it fast. Have tons of 'seeders' so there's never any problems with speed of the downloads. If it's easier to get it from the studio site, why would you go to an illegal torrent site?
5) as the sit gets busier and traffic increases, sell and collect advertising revenue.
Problems with this:
- No studio is going to give away their product for free. Not yet anyway.
- Ad revenue wouldn't cover the cost of the movies (or big star's pay cheques)
- You couldn't charge a membership because people would just download the movies and put them on other torrent sites anyway.
- Studios make money from dvd rentals, so they'd be cannibalising their own future revenues
There's going to be a fundamental shift in Hollywood in the future. It's happening now, but the industry is resisting it because it means such a massive change. And let's face it; people are naturally resistant to change. DRM, anti-copyright lawsuits and a 'business as usual' attitude will be the eventual downfall for them. Studios' won't be able to sustain the same revenues as they always have because of the digital revolution so they had best adapt or they will be left behind.
The movies of the future won't have big celebrities that are paid massive amounts to appear in films. We're going to see the rise of smaller, independent film houses. And we're going to see a change in the movies we watch too. We're going to see films that are shot on HD handycams with 'no-name' actors.
Films will be distributed via the net for free. You will be able to download a movie onto your iPod while you wait for a bus and send it to a friend without fear of being prosecuted. Far from it, it will be encouraged.
I'm in two minds about how I feel about this new age for film though. On the one hand, we will be rid of the old predictable, formulaic, boring movies, but we will also face the prospect of losing the big budgets that can sometimes give us breathtaking cinematic vistas.
But that's the point though, it's only really 'sometimes' that we really do get bang for our buck. Of all the big budgets spent on movies, they only sometimes deliver.
So I say bring on the movie revolution. Give us something new, embrace change and engage us, or you'll lose out to some young punks like netgraffiti who can.


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I've noticed that whenever I play Guitar Hero, I do really well...until I start thinking about the notes. As soon as I start thinking about the notes, and when to hit them, and in what order, and what finger is what color...I totally blow it and usually get booed off of the screen before I can regain my rhythm.Life can be that way sometimes. Scripture tells us that when we keep our hearts right with God, He directs our paths. Sounds easy, huh? But then, we like to mess things up by thinking about them! Sometimes it can be out of concern of not screwing up. Other times it can be because we don't like ...
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If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. -- Jeremiah 29:11-13
For many years, I've considered this my "life verse." The passage of scripture that is at the core of who I am, who I strive to be. The passage that I refer back to when I go through rough times, that I revel in when I go through easy times. I've been thinking about that passage of scripture the last few days, and in context with ...
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Matthew is going to be three this summer. As hard to believe as that is, it's amazing to look back on the last several years and see how my life has changed along the way.To be very honest, I wasn't excited when I found out that Christina was pregnant. In fact, I was terrified. We'd only been married for about three months, and were still learning what it meant to be husband and wife. On top of that, we were barely making ends meet. So the thought of Christina being off work for a couple of months, plus all of the new expenses of diapers, clothes, etc. really concerned me, since we'd already cut out ...
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I've thought about the whole "social justice" thing a lot over the last decade, and my views have changed considerably along the way. I know that they're not fully formulated even at this point, but I've learned a lot, and realized a lot, both through reading, and observing, but especially through doing.Overall, sadly, I think that at large, we're doing it wrong. While ideas like soup kitchens, welfare, and food stamps are, at their core, good-intentioned, they lack one key element : relationship. Knowing and being involved in the lives of the people they directly affect.This ultimate-lack-of-involvement serves two major ills -While providing food does serve to assist with the lowest ...
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I've been wrestling with something for a number of years now, and particularly the last few days. As I've studied and grown in my faith, I've become increasingly concerned about the concept of large churches, for a number of reasons. I know that there are a lot of people who will disagree with me on this, but please hear me out.I think that the largest problem related to big churches is the huge opportunity for people to fall through the cracks. I'm not only talking about new people that arrive and leave without ever really being noticed, but also people who had been attending regularly and then stop attending for some reason. I think that ...
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euVETsupport gives you a hand to implement and use European tools in your daily praxis
The transport and logistics sector is already in its basic understanding and scope of work a sector with a European dimension needing a workforces that works beyond borders in Europe and even internationally. This makes it inevitable to talk at a European scale as well when it comes to vocational education and training (VET) and recruitment of employees. Europe provides a number of tools and instruments in order to facilitate such a European approach to education and training and to enable recruitment on a European labour market.
euVETsupport provides guidance and support for the practical application of such European instruments that foster lifelong learning and mobility of European citizens in the daily VET praxis of VET teachers, trainers and educators at VET providers as well as at HRD departments in companies.
The heart of euVETsupport is this online platform that provides basic information about EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and ECVET (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training) but also more advanced tools and services in terms of a thematic library, practical examples, a pool of expert, a consultation forum where practitioners can seek expert and peer support and a number of online courses that can be followed in order to get familiar with the practical application of EQF and ECVET.
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Experience of previous years shows that conventional gear trains have reached their limit with regard to performance. The increasing power made available by latest Lipoly batteries calls for new concepts. We are proud to present this new gear technology, which includes herringbone gears. This type of gear has never before been used in a model helicopter.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State is continuing to successfully carry forward initiatives launched in response to the recommendations of the Freeh Report, according to the ninth quarterly report tracking Penn State's progress in meeting the goals of the Athletics Integrity Agreement (AIA) signed by Penn State, the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference. The complete text of the report, including information about actions Penn State has taken, is available at https://www.dlapiper.com/~/media/Files/Insights/Publications/2014/12/NCAAMonitorsNinthQuarterlyReport.pdf.
U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, who was named by the NCAA as the independent monitor for Penn State to oversee the AIA, has provided quarterly updates to the University and general public on the University's compliance with the agreement. In the most recent report, Mitchell said, "Penn State's administration has remained fully cooperative (with the monitoring process) throughout this time."
During the past quarter, Mitchell's team made multiple visits to Penn State's University Park campus to meet with a wide array of university administrators and other leaders, and several councils and working groups.
Among activities reviewed by Mitchell during this reporting quarter:
-- Penn State released the results of the Penn State Values and Culture Survey, conducted to better understand the University's core values and culture.
-- The University released a draft statement of values, generated as part of the Values and Culture Survey process. The report cited continuing efforts in this area to socialize the draft statement of values.
-- The Office of Ethics and Compliance continued to work with stakeholders across the university to address new legislation passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly that will affect multiple Penn State policies and procedures and to deliver training on the protection of minors on campus.
-- Penn State continued to implement the remaining outstanding long-term Freeh Report recommendations, including the adoption of a Human Resources Information System ("HRIS"), and the institution of physical security measures at athletic and recreational facilities.
-- The Office of Ethics and Compliance also continued in its work to develop and publish a code of responsible conduct, and to adopt a new policy on gifts and entertainment, and hired a specialist who will coordinate and oversee applicable training programs across the University.
-- Athletics Integrity Officer Julie Del Giorno conducted quarterly meetings of the Athletics Integrity Council and with the Big Ten Conference as required by the AIA, with a continued focus on developing and delivering training and education to student-athletes concerning ethics and integrity.
-- Adoption of governance changes by the Penn State Board of Trustees on Nov. 14.
Members of Mitchell's teams also attended meetings of the Board of Trustees in September, October and November; met with members of the Advisory Council for Continued Excellence; met with the president's Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Task Force; and participated in meetings related to the continued implementation of security measures at athletic and recreational facilities.
"This reporting period, we observed progress in effecting governance reform, promulgation of Penn State's new values statement and Code of Responsible Conduct, implementation of facilities security projects, attention and adherence to the AIA, the continued expansion of the Office of Ethics and Compliance, and efforts to bring Penn State's child abuse policies into conformity with new Pennsylvania laws taking effect on Dec. 31, 2014," Mitchell said.
In the coming quarter, Mitchell's team will monitor the implementation of required changes to policies, procedures and trainings related to child abuse and background check obligations. Among other areas of focus will be ongoing efforts to develop an ethical decision-making model and to socialize the new Penn State values; implement the forthcoming recommendations of the Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Task Force; and further develop the University's compliance office.


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Virgin Prairie Goes Under the Plow
Last month, the National Wildlife Federation reported that more than 398,000 acres – 620 square miles – of grasslands, forests and other land were plowed, cleared or otherwise converted to grow crops over a 12-month period from 2011 to 2012.
During the same period barely a third as much – 146,108 acres in all – was taken out of cultivation and switched back to non-cropland.
Worse yet, USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) reported, the land converted to grow crops was pristine ground – including native grassland and prairies – that had never previously been plowed up. Moreover, the startling pace of conversion reported by the agency relies on data voluntarily submitted by landowners and may well underestimate how much native habitat is actually being lost.
The FSA report revealed that almost half (48.5 percent) of the 620 square miles that went under the plow was located in just seven states – Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas and California – which each lost more than 15,000 acres of virgin habitat in just one year. Those same states accounted for just 18 percent of the total acreage converted to non-cropland.
These findings confirm numerous earlier reports documenting the massive expansion of cropland that has been taking place throughout the western corn belt and the country as a whole. In its recent Going-Going-Gone! report, Environmental Working Group found that 7.2 million acres of highly erodible land, wetlands and wetland buffers were placed in cultivation between 2008 and 2012. And EWG's researchers found a striking overlap between counties that were hotspots for habitat loss and those that had had large crop insurance payouts.
To protect America's few remaining unspoiled landscapes from the plow, the Congressional conference committee trying to come up with a new farm bill must make sure that the over-subsidized federal crop insurance program doesn't make it too easy for landowners to convert fragile areas. The lawmakers must include provisions that restrict premium subsidies for landowners who convert native habitat and require those who accept subsidies to take basic steps to protect fragile land and wetlands. Taxpayers already pick up nearly two-thirds of crop insurance premiums, and the both the House and Senate versions of the farm bill would ask taxpayers to cough up even more.
The Senate bill includes these critical provisions, but the House's version does not. Senate conferees must stand firm and make sure that these common sense provisions are in the final bill.
This map shows where USDA's Farm Service Agency reported loss of native habitat. Zoom in and click on a desired county to see how many acres of virgin land were converted to growing crops in just a single year.
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'A' Buttress on Dow Crag, Coniston
Left route - Arete, Chimney & Crack - S
Right route - Eliminate A - VS
Dawn's first day climbing outdoors! - great fun climbing the classic Arete Chimney & Crack and Eliminate A, which weave their way up the steep overhanging rock on 'A' Buttress.
Monday, we hunted out the shade & headed up to Borrowdale & climbed the classic Troutdale Pinnacle Direct VS on Black Crag.
High up on Troutdale Pinnacle Direct, Black Crag, Borrowdale.
In the afternoon we drove back towards Keswick & walked into Shepherds Crag.
Dawn enjoying the climbing on Ardus, Shepherds Crag, Borrowdale
Dawn on the delicate last pitch, traversing out across the top wall on Ardus, Shepherds Crag
We had a great couple of days & not a bad haul of routes for Dawn's first forays into climbing outdoors!
On Tuesday, Leo & myself headed up the Band in Langdale to check out the routes on Flat Crags.
I wanted to get on Ataxia &/or Redundancy of Courage & Leo wanted to take a look at Flattery.
The tough looking line of Flattery E7 6b, Flat Crags, Langdale
But we did neither!
In-between Ataxia & Exposure, we spotted a great looking line pulling out left of the overhang which Exposure traverses under & climbing the steep wall & faint crack lines above to the top, which wasn't in the guidebook!
Enough said, we harnessed up & with all the kit walked around to the top of the crag & dropped a rope down the line. It was only then that we realised just how steep the line was, but there are holds on it & it looked like it would go.
Flat Crags, Langdale
Left route - Ataxia E5 6b
Middle line - the route we were exploring
Righthand route - Exposure E5 6a
We placed the only gear on the route at two thirds height & where you exit the overhang at the bottom & worked the route.
Tough steep climbing, which I felt was more akin to moves made on the grit with balance, timing & body positioning playing a crucial part in unlocking the moves & getting up the route.
Fantastic climbing though but very pumpy with the route not letting up until you hold the final slopers at the top!
Leo working the steep difficult moves out around the overhang & onto the hard sequence, linking the unrelenting wall above, Flat Crags, Langdale
With time against us & after a few turns each working the route which actually took most of the day, I pulled the top ropes & Leo psyched up for the head point (pre placed gear).
Although the gear was in place it was still a big deal, the climbing's super strenuous, pumpy & very sequency added to which the gear was spaced enough that missing the clip on the top pieces I'm sure you'd land the the ledge below.
Great views down into Langdale from Flat Crags
Was it a new route?
I got home & did some homework - tonight I spoke to Keith Phizacklea, another Lakes climbing legend & it turns out he climbed the line about 4 years ago!
Keith was teamed up with Rob Matheson & they first climbed the line starting up Exposure to the roof & then out left & up the line we worked.
Keith then returned with Alan Steele of Ingleton fame & straightened the line out by starting up the steep overhanging crack of Ataxia, steeping right up into the roof, out left from the roof & up the line he'd climbed before with Rob - a great effort & a fantastic route
Keith called the route 'Over Exposure', but added if we wanted to call it anything different then go ahead! - the new FRCC Langdale guidebook it being put together as we speak, so I'm sure many more routes will start to fill some of the gaps in many of the Langdale crags.
Looking forward to getting back up there.


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When you are a baseball player at the high school or college level it is extremely important to keep improving and become the best baseball player you can be. One of the best ways to improve your hitting is to use baseball pitching machines to practice your swing. What are baseball pitching machines? They are machines you set up at one end of a batting cage and they automatically pitch baseballs to the batter standing at the other end of a batting cage every few seconds. This allows a developing player to practice his swing without the need for a coach, teammate, or parent to have to throw him pitches.
So you've decided you want to by one of the many baseball pitching machines available on the market today? Congratulations! You are one step closer to becoming the baseball player you have always wanted to be! While just buying a baseball pitching machine won't make you a great player, if you use it consistently as well as concentrate on your athletic training and conditioning you will definitely see improvement. Without further delay though, here is the top three baseball pitching machines that I recommend.
Credit: Amazon.comFirstpitch Original Baseball Softball Combo Pitching Machine - This pitching machine, made by FirstPitch, is one of the cheapest high quality baseball pitching machines on the market. This machine will throw real baseballs or dimpled batting practice balls and can also be used as a softball pitching machine. Just be careful if you are planning on using dimpled balls with youth baseball bats, as they could shatter. Regular baseballs are your best bet. The speed range for this pitching machine is 20-80mph, which is very good for the price. It also comes with a five year warranty for buyer protection. Selling for $745, this is one of the best deals on the internet!
Credit: Amazon.comZooka Pitching Machine - If someone is looking for a pitching machine for a middle school aged player at a low price, this is the one I recommend usually. This is a really simple pitching machine to use and is great for younger players. It is battery operated so you don't have to run around trying to find a source of electricity at the batting cages or baseball field. Also, it is very lightweight and portable. The only drawback to this pitching machine is the speed. It can only pitch up to 65mph which is too slow for most high school aged players. However, this is perfect for middle school aged players. You can get this machine at both Amazon and Baseball Warehouse.
Credit: Amazon.comJugs Curveball Pitching Machine - This is really the top of the line as far as pitching machines go. This machine is the best of all the baseball pitching machines without a doubt. It can pitch fastballs, curveballs, and sliders and pitches both left and right handed. Not many other baseball pitching machines can say that! This pitching machine is very powerful, so it should only be used by middle school players and older. Do not use this for T ball drills! You should also make sure that you use this under the supervision of a baseball coach or sports trainer, as you want to make sure you are getting the best workout. The only problem with this pitching machine is the price. It is very expensive running at around $2,100. However, if you can't afford one for yourself, you should contact your youth baseball program director or baseball coach to see if your league or school has one available for you to use. That would be just as helpful in working on the workouts in your baseball practice plans.
In conclusion, I know that many of these pitching machines are expensive and could be out of your price range. Obviously they are not going to be as cheap as baseball cleats. That is a problem for many baseball players. However, if you can't afford these, you should check out sites like Craigslist to see if there are any used ones for sale cheap. Always make sure you check the quality of the used ones for sale so you don't get scammed.
Finally, I just want to say that even if you aren't able to use one of these baseball pitching machines, that it doesn't mean that you won't be a great player. A great baseball player is not determined by what equipment they use, but by how hard they work and how much they put in to being a better player!


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MONTREAL — Plenty of adjectives could be applied to Sweet Affliction, the new story collection by Montreal writer Anna Leventhal. It's a debut whose range and depth will have readers and reviewers lunging for their thesaurus of choice. But whatever you do, asks the author, please don't use the Q word.
"I think 'quirky' is a term that's used to dismiss work, in particular by women, that's challenging or hard to categorize," the 34-year-old said last week from her apartment in La Petite-Patrie. " 'Quirky' makes your work seem safe and a bit narcissistic. It implies weird for weird's sake, a kind of toothless and uncritical weird. Like, Miranda July gets called quirky, and her stories are about misfits and f--k-ups and perverts — I don't consider 'pervert' an insult, by the way — and people dealing with mental illness and loneliness and desperation, not about people knitting to Hawaiian music or whatever. But because she writes with humour and candour and without pity for or sentimentality about her characters — and, I think, because she's a woman — she's 'quirky.' I don't know, it just sounds like something you call the female protagonist of a sitcom written exclusively by men, who's kind of dizzy and has a lot of failed art projects made out of pipe cleaners around her house, who can never seem to get it together, but always looks cute and charming while she's flailing around. 'What a quirky gal!' "
To be fair, Leventhal's fears of being consigned to the quirk corner have proved to be largely unfounded. Sweet Affliction's reviews have been positive across the board, and rightly so. It's a collection that reads more like a mid-career statement than a tentative debut. Indeed, much of what Leventhal says above about July could be applied to her own work — with an added element, in some of the stories, of the surreal and fantastic crowding the edges of the frame. It's an approach that reflects what Leventhal sees as a crucial distinction: the one between realism and accuracy.
"What's considered realism varies a lot depending on where and when you live," she said. "I remember reading something about Ben Okri being called a magic-realist writer because the spirit world is always intersecting the 'real' world in his writing, and he was like — I'm paraphrasing here — 'Hey, guys, that's your western bias — I AM writing realism, it's just not your reality I'm describing.'
"I love realism, but I don't think that you have to stick to the classic realist model in order for your work to be socially relevant or critical. It's not automatically escapism or idle doodling or pure esthetics if it's not realism."
A good illustration of what Leventhal is talking about can be found in Moving Day, a story that works a comic/sinister twist on that iconic Montreal date. An audio version of the story can be found at annaleventhal.com.
"The premise, that on July 1 everyone is forced by civic law to move, is pretty silly," she said of the story. "It's not realism. But, to me, it gets at a certain anxiety around the precarity of having a home — whether that home is a physical place or a less tangible space like 'neighbourhood' or 'community.' As a conceit, it also evokes broader anxieties about city living and how much we'll accept from our government before we put our collective foot down, and about how class and other factors affect our ability to choose the conditions in which we live. I try to be accurate about how I represent those things emotionally, even if I have to come at them obliquely."
Considering she grew up in Winnipeg (her parents run Mitchell Fabrics, "kind of Winnipeg-famous," she said) and came to Montreal only in her late teens to study at McGill, it's all the more impressive how thoroughly Leventhal has internalized and reinterpreted her adopted city in her work. Especially among younger writers and newcomers still besotted with the place, there's a tendency to overemphasize some of the city's more — dare I use the word? — quirky aspects. Sweet Affliction, though, manages to stay on the right side of that line without shortchanging what makes the city unique.
"Montreal's a hard place to write sometimes, because it wants to romanticize itself," said Leventhal. "If you just straight-up describe certain things, if it's in fiction, it sounds like Wes Anderson, or Pee-wee's Playhouse. The other day I biked past a young guy who was furiously pedalling a penny farthing up the bike path. If I put that in a story, it would sound twee as s--t, and you'd call me a quirky writer, and I'd deserve it. So you have to be careful of that kind of thing here.
"But often, for me, writing is a process of defamiliarizing, of looking at things that seem regular and banal and poking at them until they reveal their true and alien forms. So I'm less tempted to put penny farthings and hedgehogs and giant tinfoil balls into my writing, because they're not things I already take for granted in everyday life. For me, everything comes back to character, and I guess my characters don't generally have a romantic outlook, so maybe that's why Montreal doesn't seem too rose-tinted in the book."
For this reviewer, one of the standout stories in Sweet Affliction is Frenching the Eagle; given its focus on a group of female prisoners, it's all but impossible not to ask whether a certain hit TV show was somewhere in the author's mind when she wrote it.
"Ha! I knew someone was going to mention that. The truth is, while I do like Orange Is the New Black, I wrote Frenching the Eagle long before it existed. When I was doing my reread of the manuscript before publication, I was like, 'Damn it, people are going to think I'm ripping that show.' There's even a line about looking good in orange. I just wanted to write something about a woman giving a workshop on elegance, and it made sense to set it in a women's prison. But if Jenji Kohan wants to hire me as a writer on the show because of it, I'd be OK with that."
Concurrent with launching her debut, Leventhal has been working on a novel. "But I've taken a break from it," she said, "to get perspective or just forget about it — I'm not sure which yet. I'm also working on a couple of screenplays on and off. I think many fiction writers secretly believe that if you become a screenwriter you'll get rich right away, and I guess I'm one of them."
Anna Leventhal will be reading, along with Guillaume Morissette and Heather O'Neill, at a launch for the summer edition of the Montreal Review of Books, Friday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard St. W.
Sweet Affliction
By Anna Leventhal
Invisible Publishing, 184 pages, $19.95
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LLM in Intellectual Property Law candidates chooses The John Marshall Law School for its extensive curriculum offerings, including numerous patent law courses. The LLM program offers two-degree tracks: a patent track for candidates with technical backgrounds who wish to specialize in patent practice and a general IP track for candidates who wish to gain in-depth knowledge about the full range of IP laws and developments.
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Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 119548
[From Symphony]paragraph>pagination>Window/Orphan control setting lost after save the .doc file by aoo 3.4
Last modified: 2012-12-26 08:21:06 UTC
Created attachment 77756 [details]
1. open the ParaPagination0010.doc file by aoo 3.4
2. save as ParaPagination0010_save.doc
3. open ParaPagination0010_save.doc in MS word 2003
4. right-click in the first paragraph and select Paragraph
5. in Line and Page Breaks tab, the checkbox "Window/Orphan control" should be checked but it's not.
I am checking the issue
The root cause is the Window control&Orphan not added to style by default value.
Actually there is a code line to do it(in void WW8RStyle::Set1StyleDefaults()):
if( pIo->pWDop->fWidowControl && !bWidowsChanged ) // Widows ?
pIo->pAktColl->SetFmtAttr( SvxWidowsItem( 2, RES_PARATR_WIDOWS ) );
pIo->pAktColl->SetFmtAttr( SvxOrphansItem( 2, RES_PARATR_ORPHANS ) );
The logic is not run by wrong condition pIo->pWDop->fWidowControl.
The value is init in WW8Dop::WW8Dop(SvStream& rSt, sal_Int16 nFib, sal_Int32 nPos, sal_uInt32 nSize)
fFacingPages = 0 != ( a16Bit & 0x0001 ) ;
fWidowControl = 0 != ( a16Bit & 0x0002 ) ;
fPMHMainDoc = 0 != ( a16Bit & 0x0004 ) ;
But the value is not meaningful, in doc specification is should be ignored and MUST not used.
As the root cause analysis, the solution will be straightforward.
Just comment the wrong condition. More detail pls check the patch.
Created attachment 78886 [details]
patch for the issue
I am volunteering to review this patch.
The bit which is between fFacingPages and fPMHMainDoc is unused bit and MUST be ignored regarding MS WORD Binary File Format specification, thus it should not be the flag of fWidowControl. The patch make sense and is OK for me.
"leidb" committed SVN revision 1371576 into trunk:
#119548# fix Window/Orphan control setting lost when save .doc file Reported ...
Comment on attachment 78886 [details]
patch for the issue
review done by zjchen
marking as FIXED as patch has been applied.
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August 3, 1928 - January 27, 2015
Columbus, Wisconsin | Age 86
Eugene L. Hatzinger, 86, of Columbus was called home to heaven to be with his Savior and the love of his life on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from the Columbus Nursing and Rehab Center.
Eugene was born the son of Leo F. and Ida (Kehl) Hatzinger on August 3, 1928 in Columbus. He was a 1946 graduate of Columbus High School. Eugene was married to Mary Anna Stenberg on November 18, 1951 at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Columbus of which he was a lifelong member. He was employed as an auto mechanic and later as an auto mechanic instructor at MATC in Madison.
Eugene served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was fascinated with all things mechanical and could fix almost anything. Eugene loved his God and his family. He had a special place in his heart for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Eugene is survived by his three children: Vicki (Wayne) Hoffman of Cambridge, WI, Bruce (Joyce) Hatzinger of Columbus and Gary Hatzinger of Rio; his sister, Mary Jane Premo of Columbus; his grandchildren: Joshua (Katie) Hoffman, Mathew (Chimene) Halfmann, Jeni (Adrian) Arians, Aubrie (Ryne) Franz, Austin Hatzinger; eight great-grandchildren: Taylen, Lydia, Asten, Alexa, Aiden, Avery, Myles and Nolan; his sister-in-law, Lorraine Beers; his brother-in-law, Donald McKay; and further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mary Anna in 2003, his sister Joe Ann and his granddaughter Leesa Hoffman.
A visitation will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Koepsell-Zeidler Funeral Home in Columbus from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., and on Saturday, January 31st from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11:00 am at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Columbus. The Rev. Daniel Sims will officiate. Inurnment will take place at Hillside Cemetery at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Columbus or to the charity of one's choice.
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Kalpa Pharmaceuticals Steroids for Spring Part 2
Filed Under (Articles) by admin on 26-03-2018
Tagged Under : anabolics, kalpa pharmaceuticals, steroids
Hi everyone, how is your training going?
Missed part 1 of this article? Click here.
During spring most of people are starting to get in a better shape.
Spring is here and Kalpa Pharmaceuticals as well as other brands has in its a large choice of products for a spring steroid cycle.
Here is a list of Kalpa Steroids which often are run during spring or summer steroid cycle.
Testoxyl Propionate – testosterone propionate is quick acting version of testosterone. Testosterone is main male hormone.
Masteroxyl 100 – (Drostanolone Propionate) used while cutting or for lean muscle gains.
We will come with new posts of products from other brands as well.
These products must not be used by a person who does not know what is he doing.
Keep in mind that steroids are not magic and in order to get results user must train correct and hard, eat clean and keep right balance of carbs, protein and fats.
Once per year bloodwork must be done in order to see what is going on inside your body and to keep an eye on health status.
The guys who stay all year round on gear with no breaks are not wise.
We do not promote the use of anabolic steroids without a doctor's prescription. The information we share is for entertainment purposes only.THIS IS NOT MEDICAL, LEGAL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ADVICE. SIDE EFFECTS ARE UNKNOWN SO THEREFORE DEATH AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY MAY OCCUR. ONLY USE DRUGS, SUPPLEMENTS, OR EXERCISE UNDER YOUR DOCTORS DIRECTION.


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Template:Theme InfoboxPoached Eggs 2-7 is the 28th level of Poached Eggs.
3-Star Strategy
Shoot the first Yellow Bird so that it hits both the leftmost horizontal wood block and the small stone square directly underneath it. This should take out the first pig. Shoot the second yellow bird at the leftmost horizontal stone block so that the weight on the other side causes it to crush the glass and pigs beneath them. The unused Black Bird and Blue Bird award the player 20,000 extra points.
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Trying to get a more coherent overview of the different paths to concurrent, asynchronous, and background task management in macOS. Draft for discussion.
macOS doesn't work like it used to. With heuristic task dispatching and sensitivity to factors like quality of network service, troubleshooting can get fiendishly difficult.
A modern iPod has a faster and more capable processor than the original Mac. How have they got so much faster? A look at CPUs, GPUs, and more.
Designing algorithms which can benefit from multiple cores and GPUs is not only non-trivial, it remains desperately difficult for humans.


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Bodleian Libraries will will be running a workshop on sources for Medievalists next Tuesday 30 May. This interdisciplinary workshop will provide a general overview of e-resources relevant for British and Western European medieval studies. It will cover bibliographical databases, biographical and reference tools, web portals and collections of online primary source materials including Anglo-Saxon sources, Greek and Latin texts, chronicles, charters and literary works and manuscript sources.
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AUSTRALIANS are all care but no responsibility when it comes to litter with 90 per cent claiming to feel guilty if they drop rubbish but one third of people littering anyway, new research has revealed.
This is the first time Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) has commissioned research into our behaviour and attitudes to litter with more than 2000 Australians surveyed.
The McCrindle Research survey[i], which included Victorian residents, was commissioned in time for this year's KAB Week – an annual event that reminds all Australians to keep our country beautiful and litter-free.
The survey revealed stark contradictions between what we think and how we act when it comes to rubbish.
"The vast majority of us, 83 per cent, say that litter is a problem in our own community and yet only seven per cent of people participated in an organised clean-up day in the past year,'' said KAB Chief Executive Officer Peter McLean.
"And while 99 per cent say litter bothers them, 30 per cent of us confess to doing it anyway.
"We are obviously not walking the talk.''
The survey found food, cigarette butts and small pieces of paper such as receipts were the most typically dropped items.
It also revealed the most common excuses for littering were that the piece of rubbish was 'very small', that it was biodegradable and that there were no bins nearby.
"However, this is not always the case," Mr McLean said.
"The latest 2014/15 National Litter Index[ii] (NLI) revealed that while most sites with rubbish bins had less litter, retail areas were a stark exception.
"Retail areas were found to be one of the most heavily littered sites across the country, yet they have the highest number of rubbish bins available."
The NLI found 72 items of rubbish were dumped on average per 1,000m2 of retail shop fronts (the area from the front of the shop to the gutter) across Victoria, despite access to 47 rubbish bins and 14 dedicated cigarette bins across the same sites.
"These pieces of research demonstrate that what we say and what we do don't match up,'' Mr McLean said.
"We need to start putting our money where our mouth is and cleaning up after ourselves.
"It's hard to believe that people will shop all day to bag a clothing bargain and line up for cheap petrol but they are prepared to spend millions of their taxpayer dollars on cleaning up litter.''
Mr McLean said this year's theme for KAB Week, It's Everyone's Backyard, was designed to prompt Australians to match their words with actions.
"The research found that if we saw a friend litter, 74 per cent of us would ask them to clean it up but if it was a stranger we observed littering, only 31 per cent of us would intervene,'' he said.
"We need to take more responsibility and challenge those who are littering our country.
"We need to remember that Australia belongs to all of us – it's everyone's backyard.''
The official launch of KAB Week will take place at 10am, followed by a day of free events and activities which will include a guest appearance by the new KAB Ambassador, popular television character Agro, operated by comedian Jamie Dunn, as well as an interactive three-dimensional chalk installation.
KAB Week was launched today (Monday 24) and will run until August 30. More information visit – https://kab.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week/
KAB Week is sponsored by the Australian Government Department for the Environment.
KAB is encouraging all Australians to get involved on social media: #KABWeek #TidyAussie #KeepAustraliaBeautiful
MEDIA CONTACT: Shaun Rigby, Sequel PR, 0438 021 936
About Keep Australia Beautiful: Keep Australia Beautiful is the national peak body on litter prevention. With more than four decades of experience in engaging Australians to care for their local environments, (not to be confused with Clean Up Australia) KAB Programs include Tidy Towns, Clean Beaches, Sustainable Cities, National Litter Index, Eco-Schools, Adopt a Patch, and Keep Australia Beautiful Week in August.
The KAB National website is www.kab.org.au where all information on the organisation can be accessed including the National Litter Index, which is Australia's only independent nation-wide litter research.
[i] Litter in Australia: Sentiment and Trends Study 2015, McCrindle Research Pty Ltd
[ii] MacGregor Tan Research (July 2015). National Litter Index Annual Report 2014/15 Keep Australia Beautiful.


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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 36, Issue 3, 1 May 1987, p. 447 - 449
Introduction of the President, Franz Von Lichtenberg
I have known this remarkable human for 25 years. In less than five minutes, I am supposed to summarized his curriculum vitae, communicate his personality inventory, and embarrass him modestly. There are only two ways to modestly embarrass Franz: The first is to tell him the truth about himself, and the second is to give him something. I shall try to do both.
Franz was born into the medical aristocracy of Vienna, Austria. His grandfather was knighted for starting the speciality of otorhinolaryngology, and his father, the first Professor of Urology at the University of Berlin, created the technique of intravenous pyelography. Franz was born in 1919 in Miskolc, Hungary. He started medical school in Vienna in 1937, but school was interrupted by the cataclysm that enveloped Europe, and Franz and his family fled, spending a year in a refugee camp in Greece. He completed his M.D. degree in Mexico City in 1945.


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FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – For most students, summer means taking a break from school work and relaxing by the water during lazy, hot days. But about 20 local high school students seeking to gain an edge opted to head back to the classroom to participate in Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Ice Cream Entrepreneurship Program, a creative writing and business development experience.
Held from July 16 through July 20 and coinciding with National Ice Cream Month, the students worked in teams to create and launch a new ice cream flavor in partnership with Yo Mama's Ice Cream shop of Fort Lauderdale. The Department of Writing and Communications at NSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) created the free program as a community-led, experiential learning opportunity for high school students interested in the field of communications.
Students spent the first four days of the week with Stephen Andon, Ph.D., NSU assistant professor, department of Writing and Communications (CAHSS), learning about writing, advertising, branding and public relations to create a marketing plan for their unique flavors. On the final day, students delivered their presentations at NSU's Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus and pitched their ice cream flavor and marketing plan to a panel of judges.
The teams presented flavors such as "Coco Berry Beach," "Do it for the Graham," and "Breakfast of Champions." However, it was the "Chocolate Wake-Up Call," a blend of brownies, fudge, caramel and coffee ice cream, which wowed the judges, took home the win and will be featured at Yo Mama's Ice Cream shop for the next month.
The winning students were Katrina Saumell (Monsignor Pace High School), Mandi Jaffe (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School), Eden Wright (Pompano Beach High School) and Jonathan Huffman (Cooper City High School).
"The students who participated in the program this year exceeded our expectations and I am so proud of what they accomplished during the week," said Dr. Andon. "Our goal is to help these high school students harness their creative abilities to develop a business plan and exercise their writing and presentation skills. I am already looking forward to putting on this program again next summer."
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News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
Most States Lack Specific Higher Education Goals
Although improving higher education is a goal of almost every state, few have set specific numerical goals to track progress in that area, a study by Jobs For the Future found.
The report, released Feb. 16 by the Boston-based research and education policy group, reveals that just 23 states have set at least one numerical goal for increasing the number of students who enroll in college, stay in college, and graduate with a degree. Ten states have set goals for all three areas.
"If we're not counting, it raises questions about our seriousness of purpose, particularly around our harder-to-serve students," said Michael Collins, a program director at JFF and the study's author..
Only 11 states have set any goals relating to the success rate among minority students in higher education.
Vol. 25, Issue 24, Page 30Published in Print: February 22, 2006, as Most States Lack Specific Higher Education Goals


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A review of the Grays Harbor Public Utility District's accountability and financial statements resulted in no significant findings and a clean report from the Washington State Auditor's office.
At the audit exit conference on Tuesday, the state reported to the utility that no significant issues were found in the area of accountability following a review of utility insurance, procurement, net metering credits, review and testing of surplus property procedures, open public meeting minutes, fuel mix disclosure, financial condition and fiscal sustainability.
The audit of the utility financial statements also resulted in a clean report as the PUD was found to have "no instances of non-compliance or other matters that are required to be reported."
"This report makes me very proud of the work put in by our PUD staff," said Commissioner Dave Timmons, who attended the exit conference. "The public puts its faith in the utility to responsibly manage their PUD and this report shows that their faith and trust is justified."


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The Los Angeles Times gives an overview of the lead-up to the Party Congress, to begin tomorrow:
Control and secrecy are paramount. Nearly a year before the congress, the propaganda ministry distributed its list of forbidden media topics for 2007, which included judicial corruption, lifestyles of the wealthy and extramarital affairs.
Several months ago, state media stopped reporting all "bad news." Until a few weeks ago, even the schedule was a state secret. The 2,217 delegates are now sequestered in a few hotels, beyond the reach of family, friends or reporters. [Full text]
Read also Tim Johnson's post about trying to get information from a government spokesman at a pre-Party Congress press conference; and Special coverage of CCP 17th national congress on Chinaelections.org.


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Inglot Lip Paint #59
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super gorgeous!!!! major want!ReplyDelete
This is sooo pretty! The color is gorgeous on ur lips!ReplyDelete
nice and glossy....ReplyDelete
wow !ReplyDelete
have you applied any gloss on top or is that just the lip paint ?
it looks so smooth !
and how do you apply this ? with a brush ?
these glass pots look so cute ! no more lip products for me though, for a long time..
Pretty .I am impressed it looks super gorgeous , glossy & pigmented .ReplyDelete
just loved it on you:)ReplyDelete
awesome !!!
Looks great on you!ReplyDelete
Elena &Ana- Thanks girlsReplyDelete
Sarah- Yes it really is :)
Rima- No gloss, just the LP. I applied it with a lip brush (mentioned). I have to take a break soon too :P
AOYV- hehe...get it
Wow, it looks so nice on you! I generally steer clear of lilacs coz I feel they might look funny on me - but I think I shd experiment now - they look so fresh & girly :)ReplyDelete
Me liking it.. liking it :)ReplyDelete
looks fab on u...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 7:10 PM
hi just wntd to let u know that purple complements yellow skin tones better, due to the fact that yellow is opposite to violet in the color wheel.ReplyDelete
Anon- You're right. But since this is lilac, it has a cool pink undertone, which wouldn't suit warm skin tones, in my opinion :).ReplyDelete
OMG it's super super gorgeous... it looks yummy on lips...ReplyDelete
Looks damn good on u!!! I can never carry lilacs well :( But I might pick up another shade from Inglot :)ReplyDelete
the color pretty & looks so pretty on you cynthia!! but wont suit my complexion sadly :(ReplyDelete
Hi Cynthia,ReplyDelete
This looks super pigmented but non sticky. How long do these last? You didn't mention anything about wear time on your review. Thanks.
Gosh that is pretty! I didn't have time to hit up Inglot on my last Vegas trip. T_TReplyDelete
I love Inglot LP too :) they are soo moisturizing!! I have one in coral :)ReplyDelete
Fannie- I did mention in the linked review actually. They last like any other creamy lippy- until u eat :)ReplyDelete
Great Colour Cynthia! I was always a fan of purple...ReplyDelete
These look so good on your lips..im afraid ill wear them and itll look aweful on me..i think ill try out some lip paints in inglot..ReplyDelete
very pretty shade Cynthia :)ReplyDelete
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What Figurative Language Is Shown in the Poem "Forgetfulness"?
Poetry creates the shortest distance between a poet's words and the feeling he or she is trying to convey. Poets use figurative language to impregnate their lines with meaning beyond denotations. In his poem "Forgetfulness," Billy Collins expresses the frustration and sadness that comes with losing memories through personification and enjambment.
Personification is described as giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects, and Collins uses the device throughout "Forgetfulness." Collins personifies memories, claiming that they "decided to retire to the Southern Hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones." Collins suggests that memories do not go away; rather, they retreat to a place deep inside where the individual cannot access them.
Janet Burroway, in the book "Imaginative Writing," explains that an enjambment in poetry allows for a running on of meaning from one line to another. In "Forgetfulness," Collins creates a powerful enjambment in the lines:
No wonder you rise in the middle of the night to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war.
The first line of this enjambment expresses an open-ended meaning as there are many reasons people wake in the middle of the night. The second line illustrates the desperation the "forgetter" has to remember memories that are slipping away.
- Poem Hunter: Billy Collins, Forgetfulness
- Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft; Janet Burroway
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Welcome back to Episode 18 of The Mediacurrent Friday 5. This week, we address 5 Questions About Decoupling Drupal.
"Decoupling" Drupal, also known as "Headless Drupal", refers to separating the backend interfaces that are used to create and administer your site from the rendering layer. Matt, who is the maintainer of the Decoupled Blocks module and has a blog series on the topic, fills you in on some great questions to ask yourself when considering a Decoupled architecture.
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Cal Poly's Sustainable Agriculture Training at Archi's Acres
Archi's AcresA great opportunity from Archi's Acres and Cal Poly Pomona! The Sustainable Agriculture Training (SAT) 12-week, Nights & Weekend course kicks off on January 19th! Hurry, there's only 3 seats left! Continue reading
Toro Announces 'Ready. Set. GROW!' Grant Program
Agricultural communities play a vital role in feeding the global population, and with the effects of last year's drought lingering well into this year, it is apparent that efficient and sustainable agricultural practices are more important than ever. With that in mind, Toro has introduced 'Ready. Set. GROW!' an all-new program that awards $15,000 in grants to help agricultural communities promote efficient and sustainable agricultural practices.
But to make the program a success, Toro is asking for YOUR help in recognizing those that promote sustainable practices in agricultural communities across the United States. All you have to do is identify and nominate non-profit organizations [501(c)(3)] or government entities that are doing great work to improve agricultural communities. You might recognize an organization installing drip irrigation in a community garden to more efficiently use water resources; a local non-profit committed to furthering sustainable agricultural practices; or, an organization training military veterans in modern agriculture technologies. For complete details and to nominate an organization, visit https://www.facebook.com/Toro.Company/app_112813808737465. Continue reading
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General Mills CEO Discusses the Importance of Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainability is becoming a growing concern for individuals and big companies, alike. General Mills is just one example of a big company that has realized they have both a responsibility to promote efficient agricultural practices and an opportunity to maximize efficiency and productivity.
At Fortune's Brainstorm GREEN conference in Laguna Nigel, CA, General Mills CEO, Kendall Powell discussed the importance of sustainable agriculture and managing the global food supply. The entire transcript is available at cnn.com, but of special interest are his comments on drip irrigation, interest free loans, and rewarding growers who improve their efficiency and productivity. Continue reading
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GP practices invited to sign up for Green Impact scheme
Thanks to support from the RCGP, GP practices can now sign up free for the NUS' fantastic Green Impact for Health programme - developed with support of the Severn Deanery GP Sustainability Scholars in 2014-15.
Practice teams can register online for access to a toolkit containing actions designed by GPs and sustainability professionals, specifically to help GP surgeries improve their sustainability and environmental impact.
Teams then complete the actions by the deadline to see if they can win a Green Impact for Health award.
To find out more, visit the Green Impact website. You can also find a trial login on the flyer attached to this post.
Green Impact for Health
Thanks Frances I've been looking at this via the trial login (which is very helpful) I think it looks great. I'm going to approach my own surgery about it this week.
Enthusiasm for GIfH
Hi Jonathan, I was a developer of the GIfH toolkit and still involved in running the project. It's great to see that this caught your eye. Hope you've been able to get access to the toolkit. If not please use the email address on the flyer or message me and I can try and help. Will be great to hear more about your experience using it in the future. BW, Charlie.
Running Green Impact for Health
As a developer of the GIfH toolkit I am clearly biased but I also used it as a trainee within my training practice. It really enthused a core group of staff within the practice including nurses, managers and admin staff, who were able to win a bronze award in a very short space of time. It soon became clear that there was big overlap with the quality improvement work going on in the practice and that tackling sustainability should be part of core business. Any practice across the country can now sign up, details are on the flyer at the top of this thread.