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Latin terms for weather, geography, plants, etc.
I will post this in a few places as there seems not to be too much activity in some of the boards.
I am working on composing a text that is very descriptive in terms of geography, water features, woodlands, hills, passes, valleys, plants, trees, flowers, weather, and the natural world in general.
I am working on compiling a database of terms in a variety of such categories. Does anyone have any such lists, or know of sites that would contain such useful tidbits? When I am finished it I will happily post it up here for others to use.


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Voda NZ answers iPhone 4 complaint - with a song
'If you don't want an iPhone 4, don't buy it'
We have written quite enough about Vodafone New Zealand's chaotic iPhone 4 launch last week, although Reg reader and Kiwi blogger Ahmad disagrees.
He tells us that Voda NZ's iPhone 4 customers who set up FaceTime video calling are sent an SMS from the UK for a one-time fee of 20c. This is a paltry sum, but it is also a hidden charge and Ahmad thinks it's a bit rich for Vodafone to charge any amount without informing its customers first.
So he complained to the company.
Let's have Ahmad take up the story, shall we?
Matt East's response to me via the official @VodafoneNZ twitter was "It's 20c ^ME", and subsequently directing me to the music video "If you don't want an iPhone 4 don't buy it". Humorous responses for sure but I'm not sure that Apple will see them in the same light.
Quite. Apple doesn't do humour. And the iPhone 4 is a very touchy subject indeed, especially for sweaty left-handed people like me.
But we applaud Vodafone NZ for its Patch Adams approach to PR. Next stop, customer service. ®

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by Shad Meshad, National Veterans Foundation Founder & President
As someone who has been diagnosing and treating Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) for more than 30 years, I applaud VA for their recent decision to make it easier for veterans to receive PTSD disability benefits.
For years, Vets have been in the difficult position of having to prove the traumatic incident that was the genesis of their PTSD. You'd think this would be easy, but it was a rule that discouraged and prevented many Veterans from seeking or receiving the benefits that they needed and deserved.
One of the issues was record keeping. Many battlefield incidents are not properly documented, especially when they involve troops whose military jobs are not technically combat related. But in Iraq and Afghanistan, a road-side bomb, a sniper or an RPG can come at any time, from almost anywhere and there are service members who aren't infantry who are finding them themselves in combat. This includes troops who witness the horrors of war in military hospitals, at checkpoints, and those that go in and clean up the bodies after a bomb blast or firefight.
Compounding this problem has been the antiquated record keeping systems at Department of Defense and VA. Most records are still not computerized, and those that are stored electronically are not shared between the two agencies. So veterans, already suffering from debilitating PTSD, were forced to chase down their military documents, often one a time, to submit to VA. And too often those paper documents were lost in the system.
This new guideline, which makes a PTSD disability rating available to a veteran who served in a combat zone, without making him or her document the incident that caused their PTSD, is a great step forward by VA in getting men and women who have served the benefits and the treatment they have earned. The National Veterans Foundation has received hundreds of calls from veterans who were declined for PTSD disability benefits or gave up in frustration, and we are now calling these men and women with the good news, encouraging them to reapply for their benefits.
There is still more progress to be made. VA continues to require that PTSD diagnoses be made by a VA mental health professional, which can be one more obstacle to a veteran receiving the proper diagnosis. Many veteran advocates argue that VA doctors are pressured to limit the number of PTSD diagnoses. Some veterans are also more hesitant to see a government doctor, especially former soldiers who have had negative experiences with the military system, and don't trust these institutions. There are many qualified civilian physicians who specialize in treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder who are perfectly capable of diagnosing the condition, and those diagnoses should be honored by VA.
For information veterans can call the National Veterans Foundation Lifeline for Vets™ at 888-777-4443 or visit our website at www.nvf.org.
Floyd G. "Shad" Meshad is the Founder and President of the National Veterans Foundation and an Army veteran. The opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of Mr. Meshad and do not necessarily reflect those of the USO.
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Does the above image look familiar? Kinda gross, huh? Unfortunately, we've all probably dealt with shower mold at some point. I came across a pin on Pinterest that detailed how one Mom easily rid her shower of this yucky mold. All it took was bleach and a common beauty product called CelluCotton sold at beauty supply stores. I was nodding my head as I read her comments but at the end I though- if only she'd known it could be even easier!
Several months ago I found myself desperately trying to rid our master bathroom shower of this same black mold. No matter how often I cleaned or what product I used, nothing seemed to touch it. I'm kind of a clean freak too, so let's just say trying to find a solution occupied way more time and energy that I had to spare! As a last ditch effort, my husband and I scraped out all the existing shower caulking and applied new caulking. Time consuming. Tedious. And unfortunately, unnecessary and ineffective as the mold returned about 2 months later.
My father-in-law gave a suggestion that sounded entirely too easy. Spray straight bleach on it. That's it. Here I've spent upwards of $20 trying to rid our shower of this mold and his solution is to spray bleach on it?! Why didn't I think of that?! I previously tried spraying diluted bleach and that didn't work at all.
So I tried it. and guess what? It WORKED. Fast. Easily. Somewhat stinkily, but I'll deal with that being as it WORKED!! No additional supplies needed. After that point, I bought a small spray bottle, labeled it BLEACH and stuck it up high so the kiddos can't get to it. I clean the shower regularly and once a month, simply spray the mold-prone area with bleach and it looks brand new.
A few more cleaning tips I plan on trying soon:
- After cleaning, spray glass shower walls with Rain-X to keep it clean longer. {I use this tip for exterior windows- great idea for using it in the shower!}
- Use Palmolive Dish Soap to remove just about any laundry stain {I haven't tried this yet- somewhat worried about how this will do in an HE washer…}
- First heat the sponge or cleaning rag in the microwave before cleaning the kitchen back splash or other greasy areas.
- Combine 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol, two-three cups HOT water (enough to fill the bottle) and two drops of Dawn dish soap. The cleaner works a lot better if it is hot!
- Combine equal parts vinegar and HOT water. A variation on this is to first combine orange peels with the vinegar and let sit in the fridge for a day or two. This adds a nice citrus scent to the cleaner, which is nice since vinegar doesn't smell the greatest!


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The Highland Huskies were on the road taking on IMS in a conference doubleheader. The teams ended up splitting on the night. Coming off a big win over Pekin the night before, Highland took the first game 11-7 Highland. The Huskies had 16 hits including doubles from Zach Rozmus, Riley Kleopfer, and Danny LaRoche. Cody Boyd homered and freshman Jake Hootman threw all seven innings striking out four.
In game two it was scoreless until IMS scored three runs in the fourth and added two more in the fifth as IMS led 5-0. Highland would get on the board with a solo shot from Austin Arnold in the seventh, their first extra base hit in that second game. Chance Miller got the win as IMS won 5-1. With the split IMS now has two conference losses and Highland has four.


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Vermont delegation: Rutland airport gets $8.1M
Vermont delegation: Rutland airport gets $8.1M
RUTLAND, Vt. —
Vermont's congressional delegation says the airport that serves Rutland has received an $8.1 million grant to make safety improvements.
The U.S. Department of Transportation grant to the Rutland Southern-Vermont Regional Airport in North Clarendon was announced on Friday.
The grant will be used to extend the runway an additional 300 feet, and build a runway safety area and a graded area in the event that an aircraft overruns the runway.
In a joint statement, U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep Peter Welch say the upgrades will improve both the safety and the viability of the airport for the long term.
The grant will be dispersed by the Vermont Transportation Agency.


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Thanks, but I have a good enough knowledge of the classes of 6 yanas of tantra and the view, meditation and action associated with them. I'm just looking to clarify why the outer, inner, secret and most secret, as related in terma cycles, as Yudron pointed out, are not related or associated with these, and therefore what these classifications actually relate too. That is what I am trying to understand.T. Chokyi wrote:This maybe a good place to start:Yeti wrote:I would appreciate it if someone could please clearly explain the difference between the classification of outer, inner, secret and most secret, as related in terma cycles, and how that is a different classification to the one of outer and inner tantras.
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Susannah Collins ought to thank the Blackhawks. They made her a folk hero, and folk heroes never die.
Neither do the connections to the villains who took them out. Looking at you, Rocky Wirtz.
During a Comcast SportsNet segment, Collins made an on-air slip involving the word "sex.'' The clip went viral, and then some old, sniggering Sports Nutz internet videos featuring Collins resurfaced.
The videos were snarky. These were not sex tapes. She didn't get arrested for anything like, say, a cabbie-punching Hawks winger.
But Hawks chairman Rocky Wirtz wrote a letter to Comcast SportsNet declaring he was offended by Collins' past, which she never hid from the cable channel. Wirtz demanded her removal from Hawks broadcasts.
His overreaction included cc'ing Jerry Reinsdorf and Tom Ricketts, his partners in a majority ownership of the cable channel, which ensured Collins' expendability.
Wirtz dropped an atom bomb on a lady bug.
He also got bad advice or ignored good advice because he made the wrong strategic decision. Reaction has run virulently against Wirtz's organ-I-zation. It wasn't so much about Collins as what was done to her and by whom. It simply seems unfair. Heavy-handed. Overkill.
Didn't anybody take breath here? Didn't any of Wirtz's ace marketers explain the potential stain on the Hawks' image?
The Hawks should've been bigger than this. Instead, they seem small. In trying to protect the precious brand, they blew snot bubbles all over it.
To think, it could've been over in a day and fans would've continued counting to 16 playoff wins. But instead there's anger and head-shaking.
And now there's mocking. At the risk of someone having to explain Twitter to Wirtz, he should know his letter is already a meme for Cubs fans who want Ricketts to write a letter to CSN demanding Carlos Marmol be taken off their programming.
The big mistake by the Hawks' usually savvy image-makers was missing the generational divide. The people who knew about Sports Nutz weren't bothered and were past it. The people who didn't know about the videos and might've been offended never would've found them.
Instead, Wirtz told everyone about the videos, and told everyone who the bad guy is.


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"Stay away from the water, bro!" Syfy's genre-busting summer film Jersey Shore Shark Attack now has a guido-chomping trailer. The film stars Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Jack Scalia (Dallas), Joey Fatone ('N Sync), William Atherton (Die Hard) and Jersey Shore's Vinny Guadagnino (playing an enthusiastic reporter). The movie unfolds during the July 4 weekend at the Jersey Shore, where angry sharks are on a rampage, devouring residents, leaving it to the locals to save the day. The film debuts Saturday, June 9. There was a leaked trailer floating around from the show's overseas distributor, but here's your first official look from Syfy:
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On Saturday, Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., fairytales will come alive at the Winter Wonderland celebration to be held at the former Ray Cafeteria Ramada. Churches, organizations, businesses, school groups, bicycles, motorcycles, ATV's, marching bands or individuals will be entering the parade, signing up to provide entertainment or setting up booths.
The ideas are endless and planning should be starting today. Remember the secret to a good parade entry is lots of lights.
The parade route will start with registration on Griffith to Allen, across the highway to Upton, Alden, Tilbury to 400 Danbury, up Senator Chastain Street to the Ray Ramada. Rain or shine, the parade will go on.
There will be fry bread, funnel cakes, posole, menudo, pastries, hot chocolate and s'mores. There will also be handcrafted merchandise by local artists and the event wizards will be on hand with their fun filled reindeer games.
Fairy princes, princesses and elves will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Claus as they greet the children at 2 p.m. Santa's route will be revealed later.
Junior Chamber members will be selling memorial luminarios at $2 per bag. This year the money will go to the Arizona State University Autism/ Aspergers Research program.
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Manchester school redistricting plan to be unveiled tonightBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 27. 2013 11:03PM
MANCHESTER - The Board of School Committee is expected to get its first long-awaited look at a redistricting plan for the 2013-2014 school year tonight.
The Special Board of School Committee meeting will get under way at 7 p.m. in Manchester City Hall.
The school board voted in September to give Superintendent of Schools Thomas Brennan the authority to develop a redistricting plan for city schools, the first since 1998. Tonight, Mayor Ted Gatsas expects to see those plans for the first time.
"From what I understand, he is ready to present them," said Gatsas. "I haven't seen them, so I can't share any details, but I understand they follow the guidelines we gave them and put all the preschool students in one central location."
Calls to Brennan last night seeking comment or information on the plan were not returned.
In September, board members gave Brennan 30 days to come up with the redistricting plan, while also giving him the power to implement it for the next school year. They have been waiting ever since to see such a plan.
"He has come in a couple times to say that he needed more time on it, which wasn't a problem," said Gatsas. "But it's been a while, and I bet people will be interested to see what he came up with."
The 11-2 vote taken in September, with members Roger Beauchamp and Kathy Staub opposed and the ailing Roy Shoults absent, gave Brennan the authority to redraw school district lines to balance class sizes next year. At the time of the vote, members made it clear they didn't want to create a situation in which students were changing schools in the middle of an academic school year.
Redistricting was part of a six-point school reform plan presented by Gatsas at a special meeting of the school board just days before the vote. One of those six points was placing preschool students in a central location.
"Change is difficult, but must be embraced," Gatsas said just prior to the vote as he explained his plan.
Brennan said in September he would prefer to make the most extensive use of his new redistricting authority to redraw district lines for the city's high and middle schools, while "tweaking" the elementary schools.
"There are pockets where we can make adjustments at middle schools and the high schools," Brennan said. "I would make minimal adjustments to grades K-5."
Gatsas said the city has yet to find a location for the preschoolers.
"First, we need to see what the plan is," said Gatsas. "Then we can start looking around for a good location, one that meets the needs of the district while staying within our budget. We need to start scanning the area to see what's available."


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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court unsealed an indictment Thursday against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's wife on charges including murder, rape and persecution. It was the first time in the court's 10-year history it has charged a woman.
The world's first permanent war crimes tribunal said the arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 29 for former first lady Simone Gbagbo for crimes against humanity.
Her husband, Laurent Gbagbo, is already in custody at the court's detention unit in The Hague facing similar charges stemming from his fight to retain power after losing a 2010 presidential election. If his wife is extradited, they could face justice together in an unprecedented husband-wife trial.
But a senior member of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's government, who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media, said Ivory Coast has already informed the ICC that the nation will not let her go.
"We informed them of this a long time ago," he said.
The court's chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, urged Ivory Coast to extradite Gbagbo.
"The type of crimes committed in the aftermath of the 2010 elections did not happen by chance — they were planned and coordinated at the highest political and military levels and all those bearing the greatest responsibility must be held to account," Bensouda said in a statement.
She said prosecutors continue to investigate crimes committed by both sides in Ivory Coast's bloody power struggle and expect to issue further arrest warrants in the future.
"The investigations are objective, impartial and independent, and are conducted in strict accordance with the law," she said.
Ivory Coast officials are holding the 63 year old under house arrest in the northwest town of Odienne. Last week, Ivorian prosecutor Noel Dje Enrike Yahau said lawyers had questioned Simone Gbagbo there for two days and that the domestic charges against her remained the same: genocide, blood crimes and economic crimes.
Unsealing the ICC arrest warrant issued nearly nine months ago appears to be a tactic by the court to put pressure on Ouattara's administration to hand over Ms. Gbagbo.
If authorities in Ivory Coast want to prosecute her, they have to convince judges at The Hague tribunal that their case involves the same crimes she is charged with at the ICC. It is a court of last resort, meaning it only takes cases from countries unwilling or unable to prosecute them.
The international court said in the warrant that there is evidence pro-Gbagbo forces deliberately attacked perceived supporters of Ouattara in the aftermath of the election.
Judges who reviewed evidence supporting the charges against Ms. Gbagbo said they found "there are reasonable grounds to believe that Ms. Gbagbo bears individual criminal responsibility for the crimes ... as 'an indirect co-perpetrator.'"
The warrant called Gbagbo an "alter ego for her husband" with the power to make state decisions. It said there is evidence to suggest she "instructed the pro-Gbagbo forces to commit crimes against individuals who posed a threat to her husband's power."
Her husband was the first former head of state to be taken into custody by the court when he was extradited to The Hague by the Ivory Coast government last year.
Prosecutors say about 3,000 people died in violence by both sides after Gbagbo refused to concede defeat following the election. Ouattara finally took power in April 2011 with the help of French and U.N. forces.
Ivory Coast is not a member state of the court, but has voluntarily accepted its jurisdiction.
It is very rare for a woman to be charged by an international war crimes court. In the past, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic of persecution and sentenced her to 11 years imprisonment.
The announcement of the arrest warrant and Ivory Coast's refusal to hand over Gbagbo appeared likely to raise tensions between supporters of her husband and those who back Ouattara.
Moussa Toure Zeguen, a leader of the Gbagbo allies in exile in Ghana, said by phone from Accra that the former president's supporters had no faith in the Ivorian authorities to give Simone Gbagbo a fair trial.
"We don't trust them. The only thing that Ouattara is doing is revenge," Zeguen said. "He wants to try us without trying any of the fighters from his side who also committed crimes. It is not fair, and this cannot bring reconciliation."
Associated Press writers Rukmini Callimachi in Dakar, Senegal, and Robbie Corey-Boulet in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, contributed to this report.


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In 2012, there nearly were 820,000 international students going to U.S. colleges and universities, up 7 percent from the prior year.
Eric Huang remembers going to orientation at Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School.
A sophomore at the time, the Chinese student wore his school uniform - all the other students were wearing their own clothes.
"I was embarrassed," Huang said.
The first year was tough. He had to learn how the school system worked and what the teachers expected of him - two things very different from school in China.
"At the very beginning," he said, he wasn't "that comfortable."
But now it would be hard to differentiate the 17-year-old with any American teenager. He's played on the soccer team and plays piano in the school's worship band.
"I feel comfortable now and make a lot of friends," Huang said.
His story is becoming more common as secondary schools, colleges and universities are recruiting international students.
"International students have been coming to U.S. colleges and universities for many, many years," said Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education senior counselor to the president. "It's been going up very sharply in recent years. … What's new is the numbers that seem to be showing up at the high school level."
More foreign students
In 2012, there nearly were 820,000 international students going to U.S. colleges and universities, up 7 percent from the prior year.
Numbers for those attending secondary schools were not available.
There are several reasons for the increase, including:
Schools and colleges recruiting international students to increase enrollment.A desire to increase American student knowledge of new cultures and international competency.Money. International students tend to pay full tuition. About two-thirds of international students are here on their own or have family money, Blumenthal said.Herkimer County Community College has 96 international students, the highest it's had in a long time, said Dean of Students Matt Hawes.
And it's hoping to break the 110-to-115 mark in 2014.
"These students are some of the best, so they bring this higher level of critique and performance in the classroom," Hawes said.
But they have to be careful to only grow as quickly as their English as a Second Language programs do, Hawes said.
Schools also might need to increase English classes and tutoring to cater to a need for the English language learners.
Challenges also can arise, such as housing and placement, especially when it comes to the middle and high school students who need host families or supervised dormitories.
And schools must be wary of illegitimate agencies that might, for example, have doctored student documents, Blumenthal said.
To help the process, many schools such as Utica College and SUNYIT have international recruiters.
And it's working. In the last year, the number of international students rose to an eight-year high, more than 4 percent or 108 students of SUNYIT's 2,484 total enrollment in the fall semester, said John Swann, college associate vice president and chief of staff.
Huang is the only international student attending Notre Dame, but the school is working with agencies and hopes to soon start an international program to increase enrollment, said Sister Anna Mae Collins, junior-senior high school principal.
"I think it will develop into a very positive thing for us," she said.
Though he's still only a teenager living half a world away from his family, Huang doesn't get too homesick, he said.
"I'm excited to go here."
Huang lives with his uncle, a professor at Utica College, and is hoping to go to college in the United States.
"My motivation is to experience a different culture and I think that's a major part," Huang said of his reasons for coming here.
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Two die in crash on Highway 401 crash
Their sport utility vehicle collides with a transport after crossing the median at Woodstock.
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Tues., February 26, 2008
Two people were killed in a crash after their sport utility vehicle crossed the grass median on Highway 401 at Woodstock and hit a westbound transport carrying a load of fuel.
The crash Sunday night was the second fatal crash in the area in less than a week.
The identities of the victims weren't released. The truck driver was taken to Woodstock hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.
"It was just horrible, really sad," said Terra CROWE, 25, of Peterborough, who was headed to Toronto at the time.
"When we were getting closer, we could see the fire and then it just got really big, really fast."
Oxford Ontario Provincial Police said the crash occurred just east of Oxford County Road 2 at 7: 38 p.m. when the eastbound sport utility vehicle went out of control, onto the median and rolled into the transport.
The tanker, full of a mixture of diesel and other fuel products, was travelling to Sarnia.
"Upon impact the passenger vehicle and the truck portion of the unit caught on fire," said Const. Dennis HARWOOD.
The tanker portion of the truck didn't catch fire.
Names of the victims won't be released until next of kin are contacted, Harwood said. [The victims were subsequently identified as Lisa DOWARD, 21, and Sarah Paige RYAN, 19.]
Both lanes of the highway were reopened early yesterday.
Last Wednesday, a Windsor truck driver was killed when his rig slammed into the rear of another transport stopped on the west merge lane from Highway 403 to Highway 401 about 3 a.m.
Muammer ACAR, 40, was killed, but the driver of the stopped truck, Gezim NDRIOLLARI, 52, of Toronto, wasn't injured.
Police continue to investigate that crash.
The provincial Tories added a political twist to the carnage yesterday.
Conservative member of provincial parliament Frank Klees, the public infrastructure critic, cited the crash while calling out the governing Liberals to invest more in improving Ontario roads and toughening laws "before more innocent lives are lost."
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May 22, 2014
Senate Committee Blocks Domestic Horse Slaughter
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee voted in favor of a provision that would prevent any efforts to resume slaughtering horses for human consumption on U.S. soil.
Ask your legislators to protect horses by supporting the SAFE Act »
The amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill, offered by Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and approved by the committee 18-12, disallows spending by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in FY 2015 on inspections at prospective horse slaughter plants. The President's proposed budget for the next fiscal year included a provision to block these inspections.
A similar spending prohibition in the FY 2014 omnibus spending bill halted aggressive attempts by horse slaughter proponents to open plants in New Mexico, Iowa and Missouri. The Humane Society of the United States urges Congress to include the amendment in its final spending bill for 2015 to prevent those entities from resuming their opportunistic efforts.
Get the whole story: Read Wayne's blog»
Michael Markarian, chief program and policy officer of The Humane Society of the United States, said:
"The American people will never accept the idea of cruelly slaughtering our horses to be served up on foreign dinner plates. We applaud the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for adopting the Landrieu-Graham Amendment to prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting an inhumane and wildly unpopular enterprise."
The committee members voted as follows:
Yes Votes:
Mark Begich (D-AK)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Chris Coons (D-DE)
Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
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Last year, the rules for certain charitable contributions were tightened. Starting 2007, charitable contributions of cash to any qualified charity must be supported by a dated bank record (such as a
canceled check) or a dated receipt from the charity (such as OLPC) that must include the name of the charity, date and the amount of the contribution. Our word as taxpayer no longer counts, we need written proof.
Remember, regardless of when you receive your computer, if your donation was made in tax-year 2007, that is the year for which you are permitted to claim your deduction. When will OLPC be sending documentation? It is only a short time till tax day.


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In January 2015, I joined Google as a User Experience Researcher in Mountain View, California. Before that, I was a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge. In the tradition of behavioural economics, I design and deploy large-scale lab experiments, field studies and log analyses to quantitatively describe consumers' privacy concerns and behaviours. I observe privacy choices in major Web activities (shopping and search) to measure the value of privacy and of privacy-enhancing features. I study measurement techniques for privacy concerns and use statistical methods to assess their diversity, temporal evolution and variation across countries. Through the methodological and material results of my research, I advance the state of the art and provide business intelligence to engineering teams, legal and marketing.
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Sören Preibusch has been conducting privacy research for more than a decade. He combines large-scale field and lab experiments with observations and online surveys to quantify privacy choices and concerns. His work on the behavioural economics of privacy covers privacy negotiations, electronic market interactions, and online social networking. His recent studies have examined online privacy in search and shopping, form filling behaviour, and technical ways to prevent discrimination.
Sören Preibusch holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Cambridge (2012) and a diploma in industrial engineering from Technical University Berlin (2008), both supported by a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Until October 2014, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research (Cambridge, UK). In January 2015, Dr. Preibusch joined Google (Mountain View, CA) as a user experience researcher.
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Problem statement - Take-it-or-leave-it offers are the current corporate and regulatory practice: privacy policies are far from personalised. Yet, consumers value privacy quite differently and the worries they attach to particular data items vary. As a result, many frustrated and disappointed customers cancel online purchases or avoid online interaction.
Privacy Negotiations - In Privacy Negotiations, consumers and service providers establish, maintain, and refine privacy policies as individualised agreements through the ongoing choice amongst service alternatives.
Incentivised Privacy Negotiations - In incentivised privacy negotiations, the transaction partners may additionally bundle the personal information collection and processing schemes with monetary or non-monetary rewards.
Ethics of Privacy Negotiations - Privacy negotiations do not contravene the human right to informational self-determination. Consumers are not rewarded for renouncing their privacy, but agree on a price for personal information, which is an economic good. As a privacy-enhancing technology, incentivised privacy policy negotiations lift this price above null compensation.
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So Kate and Will have chosen Westminster Abbey for their wedding on April 29, 2011. Among their wedding guests will be some of the greatest lights of British science who are buried in the Nave. The guest list includes Sir Isaac Newton, Ernest Rutherford, JJ Thompson, Lord Kelvin and Charles Darwin.
There could be some drama at the reception if Newton and Darwin get to arguing about religion and science. Newton was a devout biblical literalist who computed the age of the universe as being 6000 years by measuring the "begats" in Genesis. Darwin, on the other hand, gave us the scientific theory of evolution that is still upsetting people of Newton's religious temperament today.
Since the bride and bridegroom majored in art history in college, they might be more interested in their guests in Poet's Corner, where Tennyson, Dickens and Chaucer share a cozy nook with Rudyard Kipling and Laurence Olivier.
The Brontë sisters are only commemorated, not buried, in the Abbey, as are Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Paul Dirac.
Dirac was well known for his verbal brevity. One apocryphal story learned by every physics graduate student at some time in their education has a student raising his hand during a lecture, complaining that he didn't understand what Dirac had just said. Dirac replied with a brief, "Yes," and moved one.
But what Dirac doesn't contribute to the conversation will be more than made up by Oscar Wilde, who is likely to have guests in stitches with his wry social banter, even though he's been out of circulation since he died 110 years ago.


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Is this a mistake?
In Orberg LLPSI Exercitium 8 of Cap XXXIX he has:
'Filius et nopos Anchisae suadent ne omnes suos secum perd_.'
The idea is to provide the correct subjunctive after 'ut' or 'ne'. His answer is:
'Filius et nepos Anchisae suadent ne omnes suos secum perderet.'
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Sims type uterine elevator, United Kingdom, 1871-1900
American obstetrician James Marion Sims (1818-1883) invented this metal instrument. It was used during uterine surgery to adjust the positioning of the uterus. Treating uterine ailments became important during the 1800s. They were thought to cause hysteria, nervous debility and other disorders among women. Sims is sometimes referred to as 'the father of gynaecology' for his pioneering work. He remains controversial. This is because his early experimental surgery in Alabama was performed on enslaved African women.
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Holm, Richard "Dick" C. 10/30/1957-04/08/2013
Richard "Dick" C. Holm, was called home to Jesus on Monday, April 8. Dick was born to Charles and Theresa Holm on October 30, 1957, in Redmond, Oregon. For the past 54 years he has made his home in Elmer City, Washington.
After graduating from Lake Roosevelt High School in 1976, he continued to work in the local area. Dick had a passion for helping others, volunteering with the Okanogan County Fire District No. 2, Coulee Dam Irrigation Cooperative, and St. Henry's Catholic Church. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus.
Some of his hobbies included fishing, hunting, camping and painting; his fondness of the Coulee Dam area is well represented in his oil paintings, some of which he received local awards.
Dick was preceded in death by his father Charles; brother, Michael and sister-in-law, Robyn. He is survived by his mother Theresa; his sister, Jeanne (Jerry); brothers, Eric, Robert (Cherie); sister-in-law, Tammie (Martin), as well as numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and friends.
A Rosary Service was held at 7 p.m., on Friday the 12, at St. Henry's Catholic Church, Grand Coulee. A Funeral Mass tookplace at 11 a.m., on Saturday , Apr. 13, also at St. Henry's Catholic Church, Grand Coulee. Please visit Dick's on-line memorial at http://www.hennesseyfuneralhomes.com Arrangements entrusted to Hennessey Valley Funeral Home, Spokane Valley, WA.


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A "sophisticated way" to describe a small dick or chode.
"Tom's a needledick!"
"It's not a needledick, it's a Gentleman's chode!"
"It's not a needledick, it's a Gentleman's chode!"
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a penis in which the girth or width is exactly twice the length. for example, if the penis is 4 inches wide, the chode must be 2 inches long. a person with a gentleman's chode is considered classy and nice. any other chode is said to be dirty and not wanted.
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Former USC defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin was hired in a similar role by the Dallas Cowboys on Friday.
Kiffin, 72, quickly landed on his feet following a turbulent season at USC where the Trojans' defense set some of the worst marks in school history. He spent 26 years in the NFL, however, and was a successful defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before joining his son, Lane Kiffin, at Tennessee and USC.
USC (7-6) finished 60 th in total defense and 40 th in scoring defense last season. The Trojans set records for most points allowed (62 by Oregon), touchdowns allowed (nine by Oregon) and yards allowed (730 by Oregon).
Lane Kiffin has not yet hired a replacement for his father. He interviewed former California defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast last month. Kiffin wants a defensive coordinator with experience against the spread offense and would like to run more 3-4 schemes next season.
Another possible candidate is Oregon State defensive coordinator Mark Banker. Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi denied any interest in the job last weekend.
Kiffin wants someone who did not work for him or Pete Carroll at USC, according to sources. This would seemingly eliminate former linebackers coach Joe Barry, who spent this season as an assistant with the San Diego Chargers. Barry is not believed to be interested in the job.
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Farmer-owned cooperative and PA-based nonprofit help neighboring dairy farm transition to organic
La Farge, Wis., and Kutztown, Pa., (July 19, 2012) – Organic Valley, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers, and Rodale Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to pioneering organic farming through research and outreach, today announced they have joined together to help another dairy transition to organic: the Burkholder family farm in Kutztown, PA.
As part of the partnership, Rodale Institute provided the Burkholders with land and access to pastures. Meanwhile, Organic Valley welcomed the Burkholders into the Organic Valley cooperative as members and farmerowners. Together, they have helped the Burkholders stay on the land and produce organic milk for the region. Their first truckload of certified organic milk was delivered on April 11, 2012.
"When we first got into dairy farming, I was frustrated by a pricing structure that did not take the farmer into account," said James Burkholder. "Then I became aware of the steady pay price of organic. The major health improvements in our cows made us start thinking about our own health and the health of our growing family. Organic is not a fad; it's here for the long term. Thanks to Rodale Institute and Organic Valley, we are able to participate in this important movement."
James and Ida Burkholder grew up on farms in rural Pennsylvania and started their own farm five years ago with land purchased by Ida's father that bordered the 333-acre Rodale Institute research farm. In 2009, plummeting conventional milk prices and decreased profit were threatening their family farm. The Burkholders knew they needed to make a change and were interested in transitioning to organic. However, with 64 cows and only 44 acres they would never meet organic certification requirements. Unless they could get access to more land, the Burkholders would be excluded from accessing the organic marketplace and may have had to give up the farm altogether.
In 2011, the Burkholders started grazing their dairy herd right next door on Rodale Institute certified organic pastures with the goal of producing organic milk at the end of one year while they transition their pastureland. Rodale Institute, in turn, began specific research at the Burkholder's Farm, studying the health of the cows, soil, and milk to see how organic management affects omega-3, omega-6 and conjugated linoleic acid levels in the dairy products. The first report will be released later this year announcing the early trends in the nutritional quality of the milk.
"Creating an organic economy means working together as a community," says Coach Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute Executive Director. "Our land benefits from the animals, the cows benefit from the organic pasture, and James and Ida benefit from Organic Valley's strong cooperative. It feels good to be working with our neighbors on making better soil, healthier cows and a bigger organic world."
"We're pleased to work with Rodale to keep family farmers like James and Ida on the land, and support them in their transition to Organic," said George Siemon, C-E-I-E-I-O and founding farmer of Organic Valley. "We
have long enjoyed a shared mission with Rodale Institute to further Organic agriculture. Our regional model supports local farmers and economies, and our ties in the farmer communities of Pennsylvania run deep. It is an honor to have folks like James and Ida join us."
Today, Organic Valley has 475 total farmer-owners in the Northeast including 164 in Pennsylvania, 53 of whom joined from the Lancaster County Organic Farmers Cooperative (LOFCO) in 2011. By producing, processing, bottling and distributing within the region, Organic Valley is able to reduce the miles between farm and table, supporting local farmers and the local economy along the way.
Organic Valley and Rodale Institute have partnered on key organic and sustainable agricultural initiatives nationwide. The two entities share the same goals of educating consumers on the benefits of organics, and do so by conducting farm tours on the Burkholder farm and at Rodale Institute. Organic Valley is also supporting all of Rodale 2012 public events at the Institute, and the two organizations are partnering on a side-by-side soils experiment to more deeply understand the impacts of three organically approved soil amendment techniques, among other on-farm initiatives and aforementioned research being conducted on the Burkholder herd.
In August, the Burkholders will be looking to Organic Valley's Facebook fans to help them officially name their farm. For more details, please visit https://www.facebook.com/OrganicValley
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Rodale Institute is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit dedicated to pioneering organic farming through research and outreach. For more than sixty years the Institute has been committed to researching the best practices for organic farming and sharing findings with farmers and scientists around the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet. For further information, visit www.rodaleinstitute.org. Rodale Institute is also on Twitter @RodaleInstitute and Facebook www.facebook.com/rodaleinstitute.
Organic Valley: Independent and Farmer-Owned
Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,723 farmers in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, and achieved $715 million in 2011 sales. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide. With its regional model, milk is produced, bottled and distributed right in the region where it is farmed to ensure fewer miles from farm to table and to support our local economies. The same farmers who produce for Organic Valley also produce a full range of delicious organic meat under the Organic Prairie label. For further information, call 1-888-444-MILK or visit www.organicvalley.coop, www.organicprairie.coop and the cooperative's farmer website, www.farmers.coop . Organic Valley is also on Twitter @OrganicValley and Facebook www.facebook.com/OrganicValley.
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The Garden of Eden
Children enjoy completing a make-believe picture of the Garden of Eden by adding missing pieces.
Adam and Eve, Creation
MATERIALS:Garden of Eden Scenery
Missing pieces cutout page
Glue, Crayons or markers
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Black and White to color during class
|1. Garden of Eden scene
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Choose one of the options above. Before class, print out copies of the "Garden of Eden scene," and the "Missing Pieces Cutout Page" on card stock. You will need at least one set for each child. Older children may be able to cut out the missing pieces during class; however, for younger children, you will want to cut them out ahead of time and place them inside a small envelope to give to each child when it is time to work on the activity.
Each child should figure out what is missing from the Garden of Eden scene, and glue the appropriate picture where it belongs. For example, the fish should be glued next to the other fish, the bird next to the other bird, etc. If you chose the black and white version, allow some additional time for the children to color their completed picture.
The Bible says that God created the whole world. He created the clouds, the rivers, the trees, the fish, and the animals. He even created the first man and woman, named Adam and Eve. God placed them in a beautiful garden called the Garden of Eden.
We have a picture of a garden. It looks like a nice place doesn't it? However, some things are missing. Some of the characters are lonely. Maybe we can complete the picture by adding some characters in the places where they belong. When we finish, we will have a better idea of what the whole Garden of Eden was like, just like in the Bible.


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MATLAB® and Simulink® products for Model-Based Design and technical computing are the industry-standard tools for designing, implementing, and testing air, space, naval, and land systems. Aerospace and defense companies worldwide rely on these products in major programs, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Mars Exploration Rover, as well as for unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced wireless systems, such as software defined radio (SDR).
Model-Based Design with MATLAB and Simulink is a modular development approach that enables engineering teams to move from internal research and development (IRAD) to design and implementation in a single environment. Companies are using this approach to:


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MipoFanatic wrote:Qatar 1-3 South Korea
South Korea scored in the midst of the second half, but gave up an equalizer with just minutes to go. But Korea pulled ahead in what appeared to be the 89th minute, and then scored a third during the five minutes of stoppage time.
That's South Korea qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in men's football.
Yes, joined by Japan who also won thanks to a late goal: Japan 2–1 Iraq.
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Papa Pitt's Playground Family Fun
Brad Pitt takes three of his four kids — Maddox, 6, Pax, 3, and Zahara, 2 — to a park playground on New York City's Upper East Side on Tuesday.
Mad, Pax and Z climbed across the monkey bars, dropped down the fire engine poles and slid down the spirally slides. Looks like everybody had a blast with good dad Brad!
Here are some details about Brad and Angelina Jolie's dinner in the Hamptons, which they flew to via helicopter. E! Online reports, "The intimate four-hour soiree was attended by about 70 people, including Christie Brinkley, Pitt's Oceans 13 costar Ellen Barkin, Donna Karan, music honcho L.A. Reid and hotelier Andre Balazs. The New Orleans-inspired buffet menu�"prepared by [hosts Jane Rosenthal and husband Craig Hatkoff's] personal chef�"included crabcakes, salmon, lamb, lemon pound cake and grilled peaches."


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News Posts
Researchers Detect Deadly Frog Fungus in Madagascar
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The fungus, which has devastated amphibian populations around the world, has now been found on an island famed for its biodiversity.
Crocs Rocked Pre-Amazonian Peru
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New research uncovers seven crocodile species in a single 13-million-year-old bone bed, including new mollusk-crunching species.
Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars Thrived with Time
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New research finds this group of animals became more diverse over time, not less, flying in the face of traditional evolutionary thought.
Five Facts: The Olinguito
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Researchers still have a lot to learn about the olinguito, which was officially identified in 2013 from specimens that had spent more than 90 years on museum shelves.
How Are Earthquakes Measured?
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The famous Richter scale, first developed to measure the strength of California quakes, was replaced by more accurate methods decades ago.


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HookedMedia needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 68 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Review Push
Review Push is a program that is dedicated to alerting business owners via email when a review has been posted about their company, restaurant, store, business, etc on websites such as Yelp, Urban Spoon and etc.
It allows the business owner to respond to negative reviews, reward loyal customers and monitor customer service.
It also helps expedite the process of finding reviews about their company or business and frees up their time.
Small to Large business owners, restaurant owners, marketing agencies and public relation agencies.
A similar program is http://guestpulse.com/
Positive and negative reviews are posted about companies/businesses everyday and ReviewPush helps business owners find these reviews by scanning thousands of websites each day.
Feel free to use any color scheme
The words Review and Push can be placed together or separate.
We would like the final logo in three formats, JPG, PNG and Vector. This does not need to be done until the completion of the contest.
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Goods from Washington, Kan.-based MarCon Pies, like these caramel apple and strawberry delicacies, are a Kansas favorite.
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Next week has a holiday on the calendar, though not the official one (St. Patty's Day) or the unofficial one (tip-off of the NCAA Tournament). No, it's the one you probably don't celebrate, even though you have a very good reason to mark the date on the calendar: pie.
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The LP38843 is a high-current, fast-response regulator which can maintain output voltage
regulation with minimum input to output voltage drop. Fabricated on a CMOS process, the device
operates from two input voltages: Vbias provides voltage to drive the gate of the N-MOS power
transistor, while Vin is the input voltage which supplies power to the load. The use of an external
bias rail allows the part to operate from ultra low Vin voltages. Unlike bipolar regulators, the
CMOS architecture consumes extremely low quiescent current at any output load current. The use of
an N-MOS power transistor results in wide bandwidth, yet minimum external capacitance is required
to maintain loop stability.
The fast transient response of these devices makes them suitable for use in powering DSP,
Microcontroller Core voltages and Switch Mode Power Supply post regulators. The parts are available
in TO-220 and DDPAK/TO-263 packages.
Dropout Voltage: 210 mV (typ) at 3A load current.
Quiescent Current: 30 mA (typ) at full load.
Shutdown Current: 30 nA (typ) when
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The charm and allure of log houses are everlasting. They are synonymous with rural, natural living at its finest and have an undeniable connection to peaceful living. We often think of log house, and log cabins tucked away in the forest, somewhere out of sight, and out of the chaos of city life. You may also think about the early years of Europeans settling in what is now called North America, building log houses to inhabit while they made a new life for themselves. These skills were passed down from generation to generation, and are still used in this modern day by people who want an all original home to live in rather than a replicated model. Designing your own home is such a rewarding process. Having the dream to build a log house can be exhilarating, but, like any home building project, log home building also comes with its challenges and skills to learn. Building a log house from scratch is an ambitious undertaking, but it can be done. When building any home, firstly a floor plan is needed. The floor plan and design can be purchased or worked on with a professional designer or engineer to ensure that it will meet building codes. There are many log home floor plans available for free or for a fee online, or, a prospective log home owner can sketch up their own plans and bring them into a designer.
Purchasing the materials for the log home building project will also take some diligent research. As with any project, it's best to call around in the local area for pricing on materials, getting at least three to four estimates will help to narrow down which supplier to purchase from. Next, in the building process, you'll want to make sure that you have a well-drained area to set the home's foundation. The foundation work can be contracted out to save you the hassle, and be sure that it's done right. Once that is all set, the building can begin. Building your own log house requires lots of measuring and cutting, so you'll need to buy or borrow good quality tools. You'll definitely need a chainsaw and a scribing tool to mark the logs. Building a small log house or cabin would be the best place to start and can be accomplished in a shorter amount of time than larger houses.
If all of this seems like too much work for you, there's always the option of purchasing a log home building kit that already contains all of the necessary materials. Depending on the company selling the log home kits, the materials may come already pre-measured and pre-cut with labels and directions on how to assemble the house. The whole kit would be delivered right to your building site and you can take your time building it. Of course, for those who like a more hands-on approach, the do it yourself version would better suit them. The pricing of building the log house yourself, or ordering a kit could be comparable, but as always, do your research and find out. It's advisable to have a budget in mind when working on any home building project, and always to allow for some leeway for hidden and unexpected costs. Usually 10% of your total budget will suffice.
The easiest option, is to hire a company to design and build the entire project, though, because of labour costs, it could end up being the priciest option. Explore the online world of log home building and log home kit companies, to find out which option would work best for you.


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The hotel's rooms Pullman Shanghai South
Each guest room is designed with spaces in which to work, relax or rest. Guests will enjoy the privacy of their own space and the panoramic views of the Shanghai city skyline.Guests from the Executive Rooms and Suites enjoy added benefits, which include Executive Club Lounge access and complimentary WiFi facilities.
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The blurry line between gun violence and mental health
Sinisterly monikered the 'mass shooting generation', those who have been going to school in the US following the 1999 Columbine massacre know exactly what it means when they hear the words 'code red'. Raised with the fear of one day being in the shooting field of yet another gun during a school shooting, children and teachers in the US are perhaps quicker to find shelter inside a utilities cupboard than they are to question the very mechanism that birthed the west's most deadly country for gun violence.
Following yet another tragic attack that saw the lives of 17 young individuals being taken by former pupil, 19 year old Nikolas Cruz, during a normal school day afternoon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, questions of gun violence, laws and norms began to flood once more. Yet just like all the times that came before it, rather than discussing 'code red' and a country that has normalised school shootings, talks about mental health surfaced instead. "No parent should ever have to fear for their child's safety when they kiss them goodbye in the morning." Said Donald Trump in a press conference shortly after the Florida shooting took place. "We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health" he continues.
There are many troubling aspects to Trump's quick attribution of this shooting to mental health. The first is that it is perhaps too quick to assume the psychological profile of Cruz, given that not enough has yet been determined on his condition or history. The second is that since his inauguration, one of the only actions Trump's administration has taken on gun policy was signing a congressional repeal of an Obama-era rule that restricted gun ownership for Social Security beneficiaries who have a psychiatric disability and use a "representative payee" to help manage their finances. Lastly, whether or not Cruz suffers from mental health issues will not help tackle the root cause of mass shootings in the US but will only diffuse the urgency and distract from the pressing conversation needed to be had about gun laws in the country.
Trump's deliberate mention of mental health instead of gun law reform feeds into a bigger issue at play: of drawing a picture of our times that is filled with the incomprehensibility that is often stapled onto mental illness. Gun control is a matter of laws whereas mental health is a complex network of health support, of social services; of politics and in some ways, of the randomness with which it touches those it affects. As long as Trump and his administration keep unloading the country's mass shootings onto 'mental illness' then gun laws can continue being overlooked.
It's crucial to reintroduce laws like the one Trump was quick to scrap, where stricter policies are used for purchasing firearms. It is equally important to increase medical and psychological support for people who suffer from mental health issues, but this is not at all the point here. As writer Aliya S. King simply puts it, "Sometimes "normal" people do super-awful things. Like open fire on hapless folks just gathered to listen to some music. Sometimes "abnormal" people do super-awful things. Like open fire on hapless folks just gathered to listen to some music." What is undeniable is that strict laws on firearms will help reduce the possibility of any act of violence, be it by someone suffering from mental ill health or otherwise.
In 1999, the 13-person massacre in Columbine, Colorado, shocked America and the world. At the time, it was barely perceivable that two teenagers could carry out such bloodshed in a secondary school, in broad daylight.
Today, and dozens of mass shootings later, these killings still shock and provoke outrage, but they are no longer surprising. Last week 17 innocent people lost their lives in a shooting in a Florida high school, just the latest of a long list on school shootings. In the past five years, there have been almost 300 firearm attacks in the US, averaging on one per week. Unfortunately such shootings happens far too frequently to come as a surprise.
The divisive and polarising debate over gun control still rages on and returns every time there is a new massacre. One of the staunchest defenders of the second amendment of the American Constitution is President Donald Trump himself, who attributed the recent massacre to simply an issue of the shooter's mental health. However, the rate of severe psychological disorders in the US is in line with those of other developed countries. Thus, the only variable that can explain the huge rate of mass shootings that happen in the US is the easy access to weapons. According to data released by the New York Times, there are a total of 270 million guns in the United States. Even though Americans make up around 4.4% of the world's population, they own 42% of guns around the globe. Furthermore, in many states assault rifles and ammunition are available in normal supermarkets and many websites, where guns can almost be as easily obtainable as any other consumer good.
However, the ease of purchasing weapons similar to those used by the army, such as the AR-15 that was used by the Parkland shooter, contravenes the spirit of the law, which seeks to enshrine the right to self-defence.
According to several opinion polls, there is a majority of people in the US who advocate the introduction of restrictions on access to arms. Unfortunately, they do not have enough power to influence lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, who remain hostage to the powerful arms industry lobby, led by the National Rifle Association, which lies behind the funding of many political campaigns.
As long as the right to sell arms is considered more important than the right to life, many innocent people will continue to die.
In one of Africa's most historic developments, the African Union recently adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, setting the stage for a legal instrument that gives more than 84 million disabled Africans equal recognition before the law and unfettered access to justice.
The protocol, while building on the rights espoused in the UN convention for the rights of persons with disabilities and the UN Charter, has given a more dedicated and African approach to the rights of persons with disabilities, ensuring that the infrastructure in the continent meets the demands that cater for them too.
Indeed it has been a long road to the realisation of the protocol, whose idea was first mooted in 1999. But more importantly it now means that people with disabilities can live with dignity and enjoy being part of their society, having had to be subjected to some of the most inhumane conditions so far.
In Africa, where disability is treated as a curse rather than a condition or an illness, disabled people have been tortured, imprisoned and hidden from the public because they are pitied, while their families shield themselves from shame and public ridicule. In a case that amplified the treatment of persons with disabilities in Africa, mental illness patients in a Gambia psychiatric unit were subjected to physical and verbal abuse, extended detention and living in deplorable conditions. When the case was presented to the African Union, it identified the continental legal gap in respect of the rights of people with disabilities. Even the African charter, the anchor of human rights laws has remained silent on this.
As the continent now celebrates this landmark protocol, the onus is now on the 53 member states to ratify it as a matter of urgency and give this issue the legal teeth it deserves to make the world a better place for disabled people.
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Despite the antiquated sound of the virus, it's not yet confined to a pre-vaccinated past; indeed, the World Health Organisation warns, measles is back.
The number of cases in Europe soared last year, with some even resulting in deaths. A 400% increase in the number of reported cases in Europe, with more than 21,000 people being affected by the viral infection. 35 deaths have been reported as a result of the virus.
It is shocking to see a problem like this once again rising – confined as it seemed to the past. Concerted efforts to diminish cases have been made across all nations, including developing nations, with success evidenced in decades of falling infection and death rates.
And yet, the WHO has said there were large outbreaks last year in 15 of the 53 countries in the European region. Romania was worst affected with 5,562 cases, followed by Italy with 5,006 and Ukraine with 4,767.
It's not entirely clear what has caused the increase in the number of cases: a falling number of vaccinations, an increase in numbers of people with infection coming in from developing countries and underperforming disease surveillance systems have all been posited. It may be any number of reasons – but both the treatment of cases, and its projection in the press needs to be handled very carefully. It is easy to imagine how such information could be treated by reactionary forces who wish to exploit people's fears in Europe. It could easily become another document in the fake-arsenal of the right: 'NOW THE GLOBALISTS WANT YOUR CHILDREN VACCINATED' or 'IMMIGRANTS BRING OVER MORE THAN JUST CHILDREN' etc.
The point is this is a real problem, and it needs to be handled sensibly and sensitively to ensure no more people become affected, and that we do not allow the new wave of the virus to descend into yet another farce in the so-called culture wars.
Preying on the sentiments of pride and fear stemming from the country's bloody past, an array of war-lords-turned-politicians in Afghanistan have undermined the country's digital future by politicising the proposed new biometric identity cards.
The path to digitalise the country's outdated system of governance that is still fumbling upon piles of paper documents has already been thorny. The recent politicising of the identity cards has not only made it worst, but in fact further fuelled the differences in the country with a diverse mix of cultures, histories and political ideologies that have penetrated it.
To the surprise of many foreigners, the bone of contention hindering the roll-out of the new identity cards with many security features and biometric logging, is simply the word 'Afghan'. The main power-sharing party in the government, the Jamiat-e-Islami, eyeing to tap into its ethnic vote bank for the forthcoming elections, is the main opposition to the use of the term of Afghan on the proposed card. Threatening of grim consequences, it is arguing that marking the term Afghan on the card amounts to suppression of other ethnic groups in the country except the majority Pashtunes, hence also targeting the President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.
This argument stems from the ancient past, prior to the modern-day Afghanistan when the term of Afghan was mainly associated with the Pashtun people living in this part of the world. However, it no longer has been the case, with the world and the inhabitants of the country being known globally as Afghans. Institutions have developed based on this identity such as the Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and so on.
The irony, and absurdity on the part of those opposing the term Afghan does not end here. In their terminology, the inhabitants of Tajikistan are Tajikistanis while those with Tajik ancestry in Afghanistan are Tajiks… same is applied to the rest of Central Asians, much to the surprise of the country's many immediate neighbours. Even in Iran, where Persian speakers initially coined the term Afghan, everyone living in Afghanistan are referred to as Afghans without the distinction for their petty politics developed by some in the war-stricken country.
It goes without saying that this inevitably blocks the path for transparent elections, and statistics-based policies for social, economic and political justice that would eventually help address the grievances among a population exploited for too long by its politicians.
"The Greek economy is on its way back. All the indicators are positive". The outpouring of optimism came from the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras having announced Greece's withdrawal from its bailout program. Eight years and 260 billion Euros borrowed from the EU later, Greece is expected to be ready to return to international capital markets in August, a moment with a significant symbolic importance.
Nevertheless, the Greek economy is far from fully recovering from the impact suffered by Troika-imposed fiscal adjustment. Between 2010 and 2014, Greece's GDP shrank by almost 30% as a result of austerity policies enforced by Brussels, which equates to Europe's largest economic depression outside of wartime. Stringent financial restriction in response to Greece's sovereign debt crisis, has consequently led to widespread impoverishment and a serious humanitarian crisis.
However, civic indignation has also fostered a new network of solidarity in Greece. As people took to the streets and started to demonstrate in Syntagma square in Athens, an anti-austerity protest movement was created, spawning numerous support networks that have played a key role in addressing people's needs and providing services the state no longer granted. Social clinics, alternative food, clothing and furniture networks have proliferated. As well as giving new hope to Greeks who have felt humiliated by the Troika's policies, the new social movements also created ties among the population and helped them continue to fight for their rights.
Reacting to the EU's and IFM's treatment, in 2015, Greece elected, unprecedentedly, a radical left-wing party. The Syriza government has, however, been forced to comply with reforms imposed by Brussels, prolonging the agony of countless Greeks and disappointing many voters. Demonstrations, though, are now far less frequent and the country is finally showing signs of economic recovery. Unemployment has dropped from a high of 28% to close to 20% and economic growth rose 1.6% last year.
Exiting the bailout program is a crucial step for Greece returning to normality and regaining its sovereignty. However, this is only the beginning of the recovery of political independence. There is still a long way to go in restoring the living conditions that most Greeks enjoyed before the crisis.
With impressive penetration of ICTs and the remarkable steps made in bridging the digital divide, especially in developing countries, radio as a traditional mode of communication still reigns as millions rely on it to keep up with global happenings, for education as well as entertainment.
As the world this year marks the seventh edition of the World Radio Day, there is much to reflect and celebrate about this modest and simple platform that has stood the test of time to remain the most venerable and powerful communication tool for over 100 years.
From offering timely intervention during the Haiti earthquake, the Sierra Leone mudslide disaster and the West Africa Ebola pandemic, to being a trusted learning tool for hundreds of thousands of children in schools, radio is among the greatest gifts history has ever bequeathed mankind.
Rural communities and vulnerable populations, including those in hinterlands, the disabled, youth, women and the poor have found their say and space in the global arena through contribution to public debate, regardless of their education background and social standing, thanks to the powerful radio.
It has positioned itself as the ubiquitous meeting point for both rich and poor by airing the views of both, and in the process bringing them together while aiming to foster a positive dialogue for change.
As technology fast evolves, it is indisputable that radio is here to stay and is the only tried and tested medium that doesn't segment its audience but rather has room for all the global citizens.
In the words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, "In an era of dramatic advances in communications, radio retains its power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire. It can unite and empower communities, and give voice to the marginalised."
Oxfam was left in a very difficult position after claims emerged of members of its aid staff paying prostitutes in Haiti for sex in 2011. Furthermore, the claims stated that some of the sex workers could have been underaged.
Oxfam, funded with British government money, as well as donations from other sources, may lose more of its state budget if the claims are proved to be true. The government is meeting today, February 12, to decide the fate of the charity's funding future.
Amid this anger, Caroline Thomson, the chair of its trustees pledged to widen a review of its practices to include the Haiti allegations and admitted "anger and shame that behaviour like that ... happened in our organisation."
Thomason laid out a plan that the charity would take to avoid similar scandals in the future. The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt said that the charity would receive no more money unless it demonstrated more concerted moral leadership.
At a time when charity, aid and development projects are already under fire due to increased xenophobic tendencies, as well as a more nationalist approach to budgeting, this is a disaster for the charity.
Of course, aid, charity and development funds are not sole goods – they are exceptionally problematic, and a part of the fraught relations between dominant and developing nations. However, that doesn't mean that they do not do good – and this scandal should be investigated, reviewed and the entire system cleaned out. However, the charity, in my opinion should not lose its funding.
Image: Oxfam Director Roland van Hauwermeiren admitted using prostitutes in the wake of the Haitoan earthquake
Her name was very much synonymous with human rights in Pakistan. Asma Jahangir's sudden death on Sunday February 11 has suddenly deprived the marginalised of their strong, united voice. From religious and ethnic minorities, labourers, refugees and many more members of different disregarded communities in the increasingly unjust Pakistani society, Asma's presence represented the many.
Be it the Balochs in the country's largest mineral-rich province who still remain the poorest, the Pashtoons of the tribal belt, Khyber Pakthunkhwa province and Karachi who face deadly 'terrorist' stereotyping, or be it the feminists speaking up, all of them used to seek refuge behind the grandeur and courageous Asma.
Defiant even in the wake of brutal military regime in the 1980s, and even after that when the military in Pakistan evolved into a more savagely networked enterprise, penetrating into democratic as well as commercial and sociopolitical spheres, Asma never hesitated exposing the darker forces behind injustice.
Asma was waging her struggle for human rights and justice in a country that only became independent from the British colonial rule in 1947, and later colonised once again by its own military in a way that kept dynamic voices like hers under threat.
Even days before her death, Asma was sitting in a protest camp of the Pashtoon Long March by the ethnic Pashtoons against racial profiling, extra-judicial killings and abduction of the community members in Pakistan. Her courage to raise a voice in a patriarchal society and her resoluteness in the face of oppression has been a ray of hope for many.
Besides the numerous international awards in appreciation of her service to humanity, Asma has been hailed by people like the Noble Laureate Malala Yosufzai, and other respected figures, as a savior of democracy and human rights, one of the greats of the human rights movement, the bravest and the most resilient fighter for human rights who had the courage to face the wrath of the dictators and the fury of the fundamentalists.
There is no better way to pay tribute to and celebrate the couragious life of Asma than to continue fighting her mission.
Just a few weeks into 2018, the European Commission revealed its #PlasticStrategy plan and how it aims drastically reduce plastic use over the next decade. "If we don't change the way we produce and use plastics, there will be more plastics than fish in our oceans by 2050. We must stop plastics getting into our water, our food, and even our bodies." Says Frans Timmermans, first vice-President of the European Commission, also responsible for sustainable development.
In many regards, the rise in global awareness of our time's incessant over-production and consumption of plastic is a monumental step forward, with countries slowly banning the use of plastic carrier bags – or abolishing free bags – there is no denying a sense of urgency has taken some root. The Last Straw for example is a campaign run by the daily newspaper The Evening Standard, launched just prior the European Commission's plastic strategy announcement and set out to eradicate plastic straws from the streets of London.
We now know that plastic waste has reached the far ends of our planet; from the six mass accumulated plastic gyres floating in our oceans, to microplastic debris inside almost every living being. Europeans generate 25 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, with less than 30% of that mass collected for recycling. "Across the world, plastics make up 85% of beach litter. And plastics are even reaching citizens' lungs and dinner tables, with microplastics in air, water and food having an unknown impact on their health. Building on the Commission's past work, the new EU-wide strategy on plastics will tackle the issue head on." Writes the European Commission on the campaign's press release.
The strategy wants all plastic produced by 2030 to be 100% recyclable, urging investment in businesses set out to innovate how we understand and 'do' recycling. "We need to invest in innovative new technologies that keep our citizens and our environment safe whilst keeping our industry competitive." Timmermans continues. With the hope to spur young business who are finding solutions beyond plastic, this newly released strategy is indeed a hope for change, but a gentle one at that.
The European Commission's press release reveals the stagnation of authority that the body has; between a text that is otherwise packed with 'goodwill' and an undeniable vision for change, undertones of an industry too powerful to shift reveal themselves. If plastic really is to be eliminated from our planet within the next two, or even three decades, each country, city and borough needs to take on powerful initiatives to abolish the habit of plastic and crack the cycle of its production from within. And with that, #PlasticStrategy is simply a nudge in the right direction.
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