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A new game that encourages kids to think like designers
If you've not had enough of creative problem-solving at work, or want to get the kids started on a design apprenticeship early, then give the Red Paper Plane missions a whirl.
Created in Bulgaria by husband and wife team Georgi and Tsvetelina Kamov the Red Paper Plane missions are all about getting the whole family involved in design challenges, and utilising design thinking. From launching rockets into space to creating a full days food menu and then making it. Each mission has a number of tasks intended to be played in small 20 minute stints over multiple days and uses a three step-process.
According to RPP these missions help to develop valuable skills such as; observation, patience, concentration, empathy, sense of control, dexterity, decision making, visualising ideas and presentation. Hmm, I know a lot of designers, let alone kids, that could benefit from developing some of those traits!
Playing with my kids over the last few years I've realised that these activity or challenge based games are the ones that not only keep their attention for more than five minutes, but that also get me more interested in playing with them. My wife has always been great at instigating games like this and hasn't needed instructions on how to compose them, it's been more intuitive. Having said that, the Red Paper Plane missions take the activities to a whole different level, making each project much more in depth, this in turn makes the process as opposed to the result the focal point of the game, something that's great for children and adults alike to learn.
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The last two weeks have been a flurry of revisions (thus the relatively infrequent blog updates). I'm reworking the first novel in my Fire & Brimstone series, titled Devil's Fire, to be released by RainTown Press in 2013. And boy, has this revision been a total bear. I'm working with two really fabulous editors at the Press who have cut open the seams on problems with the manuscript, and given me some great suggestions to make this the best final product it can possibly be.
But, as is often the case, large-scale developmental edits aren't easy, or time-efficient. My deadline is Oct. 5. Let's just say I'm losing some hair.
Nevertheless, I'd like to share some nuggets of wisdom I've discovered during this latest rewrite, and perhaps you will profit from my pain.
1. It's the destination, not the journey.
This article came out last week, but I've been returning to it daily as a sort of cleansing ritual. "Nine Ways to Shorten a Long Story" by Rayne Hall discusses not just ways to cut length; these tips will reduce distance between reader and narrator (deleting introspection) and increase readability and tension (deleting backstory).
It seems counter-intuitive, I know. Won't removing all that angst decrease the emotional content? Quite the contrary, in fact: reducing a character's ruminations on a subject from one paragraph to one sentence makes that statement hit much closer and harder to home.
The focus in the article, and the focus I'm taking in these revisions, is on destination–i.e., avoiding drawn-out wind-ups, cutting or deleting "travel time" (cars, bikes, walking), and starting scenes right at the juiciest parts.
2. Let the dialogue do the talking.
As my writer's group gals know, I have some trouble with inserting more-than-necessary amounts of non-verbals in the middle of dialogue–usually feelings, commentary on the speaker, or lengthy descriptions of arm positions/sighing/eating.
In this draft I decided to cut down on the non-verbal dialogue tags and let my characters do the talking. I picked up this advice after reading Tim Bowler's Frozen Fire, in which you can find pages of quick, back-and-forth dialogue, without even an indication as to the speaker. And you know what? It was awesome. At first I thought, "God, this is going to be confusing. Who's talking?" But the dialogue itself makes that pretty clear. When you've only got two speakers, why not? It lost nothing by cutting back on the non-verbals, and allowed the natural cleverness, humor, and tension in the dialogue to shine.
The best part? The non-verbals you do end up using really stick out. And I guess there's another point to Hall.
I added a new scene to the second chapter of Devil's Fire in order to introduce Sophie's love interest, Everett Preston, a little sooner–and exercised some of my newfound powers:
"You're new?"
"Just transferred in."
"A transfer, huh. We don't get a lot of those."
I fixed my gaze on my shoes. "The school made an exception."
Dang. Someone's got an unresolved issue there.
3. Observations don't make the character.
Boy, did this book have some lame character introductions. Here, let me just quote for you. This is Desiree's original introduction:
Sitting with us was Veronica's friend, a cool-tempered girl with wavy dark hair named Desiree Lewis.
Uck! How boring! I dropped like, four adjectives (I count the hyphenated one as two because it's so bad) in one sentence. I have no picture of Desiree in my mind at all. Cool-tempered? How do we already know she's cool-tempered? This is the first Sophie has seen of her, to my knowledge.
So what do I do? How do I make this description pop, to feel alive?
Well, obviously, show, don't tell. But there's more. I wanted to give Desiree flavor. I wanted to give her tangible character, to make her someone ironic and likable and easy to imagine as a real, living, breathing person.
A brunette, dressed in what could only be described as a business suit, leaned across the table. "They always have engines, Brian," she said, as impassive as if she were delivering the morning weather. She turned to me before he could reply and extended a hand. "Hi. I'm Desiree." We shook—or really, she shook me. "Desiree Lewis."
Boom. She's introduced by entering the conversation–delivering some typically-Desiree sarcasm. Instead of mere interpretations of Desiree ("cool-tempered"), we get physical evidence: she's overdressed, stoic, and a little domineering. But still totally likable, and a good complement to the fast-talking, superficial Veronica.
It really lends her some voice right from the get-go, which is unbelievably important in YA fiction, and something my last draft was terribly lacking.
4. Voice is just a colloquialism away.
And while we're on the subject of voice and removing emotional distance, I feel like I finally understand how to write first-person narration. I mean, it's nothing spectacular. Sophie isn't a particularly eccentric character–she's more got the ring of an everygirl, thrust into a world she doesn't understand.
But that, in itself, has presented some challenges. How do you write interesting and engaging voice, even for an everygirl?
A motto I've been carrying around this revision is to eliminate thoughts and make them statements–if they're necessary enough to escape the chopping block. Frankly, I don't know why Sophie "thought" things in the first few drafts. Maybe the writer that I was then figured that's what "voice" meant–literally.
What Sophie needed was more honesty. She needed to talk like an everygirl, even in her musings. "He looks like a movie star, she thought," becomes pretty clunky and unmanageable after a while. Why not just, "He looks like a movie star"?
Or, even better: is there a way to narrate the thought so it comes out sounding colloquial, like a girl speaking out loud?
"You look lost, little lamb." A guy walked up next to me and swiped my map without so much as asking. "Where are you trying to get to?"
Orlando Bloom. It had to be. But like a younger, blonder version of Orlando Bloom, with a grin that could melt dry ice. His hair was tied back so only a few strands fell in front of his face, and it looked like a consultant at Ralph Lauren had been paid to dress him.
"Room F8," I said, taking the map back and flipping it over to show him my schedule. My hands had inexplicably started trembling. Maybe it was because this guy looked like a freaking movie star. "I have history with Dr. Arnold."
It took some time to wrap my head around Sophie as a character, but four drafts later, I think I've got a handle on it. She's an everygirl with some pep, a quick wit, and a certain degree of educated skepticism. Even just nailing down a few descriptors of her helped shape her voice and gave it some added interest.
5. Source material.
My fifteen-year-old cousin has been instrumental in developing Devil's Fire. Before I signed with RainTown Press, she helped me shape the first few chapters for maximum teen-girl-enjoyment. On top of that, earlier this year she returned to me a printed, fully-edited copy of the manuscript (!!) in a manila folder. Her comments are usually like, "I don't think she would say this," or "That's kinda dumb." I mean, seriously, who is this girl? I don't know how I got so lucky.


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These Piña colada cupcakes may become your new favorite sweet treat, especially if you love piña colada cocktails!
It all starts with a rich coconut AND pineapple cupcake with some rum in it that makes you feel like you are eating a cocktail. I also used coconut rum in the cupcakes and it was a great addition. To top it off all, these cupcakes are topped with sweet coconut cream cheese frosting!! So so good!!
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It's 19th century England, and you're the beautiful daughter of a man deeply in debt. The man's moneylender, an old and repulsive man, offers a deal: Let me marry your daughter and I'll forgive all the debt. You'll be spared going to prison, and your daughter won't starve.
The man and his daughter were horrified. To convince them, the moneylender proposed letting fate decide the matter. He told them he would put a black pebble and a white pebble in a bag, and the girl would pick one of the pebbles at random. If she chose the white pebble, the debt would be cancelled and she could stay with her father. If she chose the black pebble, she would become the moneylender's wife and the debt would be cancelled.
Seeing no alternative, they reluctantly agreed. As they were standing on a path strewn with pebbles, the moneylender bent to pick up two to put into the bag.
Unfortunately, the alert girl saw to her horror that he selected two black pebbles to put into the bag.
If you were this girl, what would you do?
And this is how New Think: The Use of Lateral Thinking in the Generation of New Ideas begins. Author Edward de Bono compares and contrasts what he calls vertical thinking (traditional thought processes which use logic and reasonable assumptions, seen by many as the only form of "respectable" thinking) to what he calls lateral thinking, which involves looking at a subject in unusual, illogical and even irrational ways to arrive at more creative solutions.
If lateral thinking, rather than vertical thinking, is the source of most of the world's brilliant insights and inventions, how can you train yourself to use it to your advantage, especially when it seems this type of thinking often occurs by accident or pure chance? de Bono describes several techniques you can use, such as chance, games, random associations and other approaches, to harvest ideas and achieve greater creativity.
There are some true jewels of insight in this brief 156-page book. Unfortunately, you've got to wade through quite a bit of passive voice and convoluted phrasing to get to them. I wish that this author, who is such a champion of counterintuitive thinking, had just this once reached a more traditional conclusion: that his ideas would find a larger audience if they were better organized and more clearly articulated.
Furthermore, many of these concepts are described much more engagingly in books like Blink and The Black Swan. I'd start with those books first, and if the subject matter truly interests you, then you can move on to New Think.
Here's the conclusion to the story of the moneylender and the beautiful daughter:
The daughter gritted her teeth, reached into the bag, and pulled out a pebble. But before she opened her hand and looked at it, she casually dropped it on the ground, where it was immediately lost among all the other pebbles on the path.
"Oh, how clumsy of me!" she said. "But never mind--if you look into the bag you will be able to tell which pebble I took by the color of the one that is left."
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Did you know that most public Wi Fi hotspots are not secure? Yes, you read it right and this means that anyone in similar wireless network can shoot the information you either send or receive on the web – your passwords, your e-mails, your files and the likes. Even if it appears that a hotspot is safe and has enabled encryption, it can really be an admin, owner or a hacker perhaps can do the horrible things mentioned. Nobody would like there information to be stolen or be paranoid and do nothing in the public web other than reading news. One of the finest alternatives to keep yourself and your data safe and secured on the web is with the use of Virtual Private Network gateway.
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Basketball Wives wild child Tami Roman was known for causing drama and shaking the table on the VH1 show. However, when a curious Twitter fan asked the reality star if she'd be returning for the next season of BBW, she confirmed what many suspected for sometime now:
But, no so fast! Fans of the VH1 reality show asked producer and star Shauni O'Neal if Tami really quit BBW:
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Ohio State coach Urban Meyer praised Penn State's quarterback and run defense but didn't sound too impressed with its run game Monday. Meyer also called the 'White Out' atmosphere coming this Saturday one of the best in which he has coached.
Here's a look at some of Meyer's comments from his weekly press conference. The Buckeyes bring an 18-game Big Ten win streak to Penn State this weekend.
"No. 1 rush defense in the country. Very well¿coached up front. Good personnel up front. Tough guy [Mike Hull] at middle linebacker. Real active. I think he leads the team on tackles. They do a very nice job.
"On offense, obviously we've got a lot of respect for that big quarterback, [Christian] Hackenberg. Tremendous player. Statistically came out of the chute high, high completion percentage. Struggled a little bit [recently], but he's playing very well.
"Then they've got just a boatload of tight ends. They try to play them all. ... It's a lot of one-back, two tight ends, three tight ends, which in the past has given us a problem as far as run fits. They don't run the ball particularly well right now, but they are a very good throwing team."
"I'm into it for the players, like I'm sure Coach [James] Franklin is, like Coach [Bill] O'Brien was. I thought that was an incredible atmosphere [in 2012], which is a credit to Penn State's fans. I thought it was even credit to the players on their sideline [more] than ours.
"I've been in some national-championship games, and you can't say they played any less on that day at Penn State two years ago. I have a lot of respect for it. I knew a lot of those Penn State players that did nothing wrong, nothing wrong. A lot of those kids did nothing wrong, yet they're paying the price. I'm not saying that's wrong. That's part of the deal."
"[We're going to] prepare for something unusual. I don't think they're holding anything back, because they've had a couple big games. But we spend four or five minutes talking about that. Rutgers had a couple things they never showed. That bye week gives you a chance to work on some things. They have a base, but there will be something new we have already had that conversation about."
Former Penn State assistant coach Larry Johnson Sr. will return to Beaver Stadium this weekend. Johnson coached at Penn State for 18 years before leaving in January for Ohio State. He is the team's defensive line and assistant head coach.
Penn State coach James Franklin will make his first pep-rally appearance Friday night. Penn State will revive its "Rally in the Valley" at Rec Hall after the women's volleyball match. Those attending will receive a 'White Out' T-shirt. Attendance will be capped to 5,000.
Former Penn State quarterback Todd Blackledge will be in the ABC booth Saturday night.


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Four Berry Jam
Chef's Note
"This is one of my favorite jams, especially since I can make it any time of the year using frozen fruit. It's really delicious! The mixture of fruits tastes so summery! I've been making it for years; I think I got it from Taste of Home magazine, but I can't remember now for sure. Prep time includes estimated time to cook jam and ladle into jars, cook time is time to sit and seal."
READY IN:1hr 30mins
YIELD:7-8 half-pint jars
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup fresh blackberries (or frozen unsweetened, thawed and undrained)
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen unsweetened, thawed and undrained)
- 1 1⁄2 cups fresh strawberries (or frozen unsweetened, thawed and undrained)
- 1 1⁄2 cups fresh raspberries (or frozen unsweetened, thawed and undrained)
- 1 (1 3/4 ounce) box pectin (not low-sugar or no-sugar varieties)
- 7 cups sugar
- Prepare your jars in advance--sterilize them and keep the jars, lids, and rings warm while preparing the jam. Have all tools ready and handy (ladle, towel, wet cloth, canning jar funnel, etc).
- Crush berries in a large, non-reactive (such as stainless steel) saucepot. Stir in pectin until dissolved.
- Bring to a full, rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly to avoid scorching (reduce heat to medium-high if needed).
- Stir in sugar. Return to a full, rolling boil and boil for exactly 1 minute (starting from when you can no longer stir the bubbles down).
- Remove from heat and quickly skim off any foam. You must move quickly at this point to prevent the jam from cooling off too much.
- Quickly ladle hot jam into hot, sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
- Wipe rims with a clean, warm, damp cloth to ensure a good seal. Place lids on jars and screw rings on snugly but not too tight. Flip jars upside down. Let stand upside down for 5 minutes, then turn right-side up again. Let sit for one hour.
- After one hour, check seals. If any lids are still popped up (there is a bump in the center of the lid that should be down if the jar is sealed, and up if not), then refrigerate and use immediately, or process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.
- Store jars in a cool, dark place until ready to use; use within 1 year.
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"Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" sees JT makes one of the stupidest moves in the history of the game when he slips Russell a love note and the Hidden Immunity Idol. Also, stick bug Courtney Yates goes home.
Sandra is pretty gloat-y about voting out Coach. Meanwhile, Russell is actually in a pretty good place with his Danielle-Parvati-Jerri alliance plus the Heroes thinking he's the lone guy who survived the all-girl alliance.
Reward Challenge
The tribes get an advanced notice about "endurance and a threshold for pain." It involved two narrow walls with small footholds and you pair off against the other tribe. Each tribe ranks their members from strongest to weakest. The Villains recognize that it should be all the girls playing and not Russell. It's a good strategy.
Meanwhile, Rupert thinks he's the strongest of all the people left and wants to be ranked high. While wearing his jaunty J.Lo-at-the-Oscars wrap, of course. At the challenge, the Heroes can't believe that Coach is gone and they think the women's alliance is strong. Haha.
At the challenge, the winning tribe is receiving an Outback Steakhouse feast. I have to think the Villains are going to kick butt at this, what with all the women left. The match-ups are Danielle-Candice, Courtney-Amanda, Parvati-JT, Jerri-Colby and Sandra-Rupert. Interesting.
During the challenge, we find out this is the 100th day Amanda has played "Survivor." She's the first person to reach 100 days. Wow. That's cool as hell and I don't even like Amanda. Meanwhile, Russell is sitting on the sidelines giving JT looks about how hard he has it with the all-girl alliance. Man, that is just hilarious.
When the Survivors reach the third foothold (which is TEENY), Colby with the big feet drops first, so Jerri scores the first point. Rupert is the next to drop. The Villains had a sweet strategy on this one, leaving Russell out. Then Amanda drops and the Villains win. Courtney's like, "What? The breeze is keeping me up, what? I weigh 60 lbs. What?"
At the feast, Sandra is downing fruity, alcoholic beverages like it's her job. Love it. Meanwhile, Parvati finds a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol in her napkin, which she promptly stuffs in her underwear. Later she shows it to Danielle and they decide they'll fill Russell in on a need-to-know basis.
Meanwhile, at the Heroes camp JT has a plan. He says that Russell knows he's going next, so he wants to talk to Russell and slip him the Hidden Immunity Idol to vote out Parvati. WOOOOOOW. That is insane. Complete insanity. And Candice and Amanda are aware of the danger of his idea. But JT writes a note to Russell that reads like a "Dear Diary" entry. It's possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen on TV. I mean, "Are you there God, it's me Margaret" and crap. Are you kidding me, JT? My boyfriend even goes, "'Do you like me? Check yes or no.'" Back at the Villains camp, Danielle and Parvati find the Hidden Immunity Idol and agree to keep it between themselves.
Immunity Challenge
The tribes are on a floating platform. One member at a time moves a bag of puzzle pieces along a rope. Once they have all five bags, they use the pieces to assemble a totem pole. The Villains sit out Sandra.
The challenge sees the Heroes out in front. First of all, the Villains are tugging the bag instead of taking the rope hand-over-hand, which is dumb. Secondly, the bag gets heavy once it takes on water, so hold it out of the water! Duh.
Meanwhile, Colby and Russell are left on the platforms as the anchor in the relay. Colby gets Russell's attention and says, "You going home tonight? … When the challenge is over, you go to JT. He's gonna give you something. Use it tonight. Protect yourself, get rid of one of them. Come with us. Get rid of Parvati." Russell says he wants to shake Colby's hand and Colby says "We'll do that later." The Heroes win the challenge and JT totally passes the Idol off to Russell during the post-challenge hugs. OH. MY. GOD.
"Now I don't even have to find Idols! People are actually giving me Idols. You don't hand the enemy the Idol, expressly when his name is Russell Hantz." HEEEE!
JT is pretty excited that they handed the Idol to Russell. Oh dear. I almost feel bad for them because they don't know what Russell is about. Parvati reads the letter aloud and she and Russell laugh. Parvati even goes, "XOXO" and I laugh so hard.
The Villains want to get Courtney out because she's so weak. Also, Russell shows Danielle and Jerri the Idol and everybody laughs their asses off. They weigh the pros and cons of Sandra versus Courtney. For me, now that they don't seem to care about the tribe winning, you gotta keep Courtney. Sandra's too smart.
Tribal Council
No matter how dramatic Jeff tries to make it, Sandra and Courtney know it's between them for who is getting voted off. It's Boston Rob's girls versus Russell's girls in a pimp war. Russell says that trust can work for you because he's sitting there with Russell, Danielle and Parvati. This is actually what I predicted, it just involved Courtney rather than Parvati.
The votes go Jerri, Courtney, Courtney, Courtney, and then Courtney is leaving. No big surprises there. She's a smart girl, but pretty much worthless in challenges.
Okay, Heroes — You are idiots. Maybe not Amanda and Candice. But JT, Colby and Rupert. Damn. Seriously. Are you INSANE?!
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Coach: Jerri Manthey is an awesome woman
Rob: Russell 'made the right move'
James: Rooting for Parvati out of spite
Tyson: Russell is slimy
Cirie: J.T. is suspicious, Tom is a triple threat
Randy: Russell and Rob 'will screw their best friend'
Interview with booted contestant Steph
Sugar: 'J.T. slept with me pregame and told me we'd stick
Interview with booted contestant Sugar
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Fri 25 Mar 2011
Tourist in Romania / 2 – Back in Time
As we were drawing near to our first and maybe most important stop for me in this trip the weather started to become gray and rainy. We felt the change in landscape as soon as we entered the judetz (county) of Neamtz. Hills took the place of the dusty landscape that we crossed for about 300 kilometers. Unfortunately the sun chose to hide and clouds were quite low. When we entered the city of Piatra Neamtz, the place were the Romascanu family lived for more than one hundred years, since the mid of the 19th century, the three hills surrounding the city were hidden by clouds.
Frankly speaking I was not sure at all that we will find the place I was looking for. We were looking for the house of my grandparents, the house where my father and my aunt lived as children, the place where I spent every summer vacation until the age of 14, after which my grandparents left the city and moved to Bucharest, to live close to my father. As we where getting closer I was thinking that the chances to find the house still standing were low, as all the area was full of new condos buildings and villas. And then the GPS told us 'you have reached your destination' and the house was there! Everything around was new on that side of the street, all but my grandparents house!
I had not seen the place for more than 30 years. I had returned to Piatra Neamtz only once since my grandpa and grandma left the city, and this must have been around 1980. Many people describe their experience when getting back to places that were very familiar when they where children in a change of dimensions, a disappointing dwarfing in many cases. That was not at all my impression. The house is imposing, it was renovated and it is well maintained by the people who own it today. It was a well built structure, raised in the 1920s when my grandfather was a wealthy merchant. He owned all the land up to the slopes at the mid of the Cozia hill, where he was growing grapes, apples and prunes. The Communists confiscated all the property excepting the house at the street, and even that house he was obliged to share with another three families. My grandfather worked as an accountant at a local paper factory in order to sustain the house.
The address was 35, the Petru Rares street. Actually during the Communist rule the name of street was changed to Lenin street (Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia), but I knew the old name of the street and guessed correctly that at the dawn after the Communist night the street gained back the name of the voievod (king) Petru Rares of Moldavia. The windows on the right were of the room which was left to my grandparents, my bed was under these windows during the summer vacations.
Three more families shared the house. Mr. and Mrs. Moscovici had no connection with Liliana, although sharing the same family name, quite common among the Romanian Jews. Mr. Mihailovici was a pharmacist and was very seldom at home, I think that he worked in another city. Mr. Sherban was an economist and the manager of the local CEC (savings deposit bank). I was sneaking in his room while he was at work to read from the books in his room, as he had what looked to me then an impressive library.
If the house kept the impressive dimensions that I remembered the streets seemed to have compressed. What I remembered as a long walk to the center of the city was a five minutes walk and the synagogue where my grandfather prayed for more than 40 years was even a shorter walk from the house. The building is impressive, and so is the history of the Jewish community in Piatra Neamtz which extends for more than half of a thousand of years. It's a relatively new building built in 1839 and reconstructed after a fire in 1904. It is said however that successive synagogues on this place existed since the time of king Stefan the Great – as the St. John church built by him in the second half of the 15th century (one of the landmarks of the city that I will describe in the next episode) is situated less than the 150 stânjeni (about 300 m) distance that were to separate a synagogue from a church according to Moldavian law – so the explanation was that a synagogue was already there by the time the church was built.
What is certain and attested by documents is that many Jews came to Piatra Neamtz in the 17th century from Poland and Ukraine after the uprising and pogroms of Chmielniki. In the 18th century Jews were not allowed to build synagogues from stone, and this is how the Baal Shem Tov wooden synagogue was built in 1766. This synagogue unique in its style and method of contruction was recently renovated and said to hold wonderful wooden carvings executed in 1835 by Saraga Yitzhak Ben Moshe. Unfortunately despite the fact that the day was not a Shabat or holiday and the time was a reasonable 2 or 3PM the two synagogues were closed and locked, and no sign indicated how and when they can be visited. All that I could do was to take pictures from the street. Luckily Ruth Ellen Gruber – author of a wonderful book of Jewish Heritage Travel also has a Web site where she put some photos of the interior of the wooden synagogue – http://jewish-heritage-travel.blogspot.com/2009/12/romania-piatra-neamt-wooden-synagogue.html


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Bangkok: Progress in a marriage equality law in Thailand is stuck more because of the ongoing political crisis than any serious social opposition to same-sex couples marrying.
Thailand already was in the forefront of Asian countries with a bill in parliament for acknowledging marriage equality.
However, the prolonged fluid situation of current Thai politics which saw parliament's dissolution, a general election that was nullified and a caretaker government that has no authority to introduce new laws, did not see that bill proceed.
Presently, Yingluck Shinawatra's status as caretaker prime minister is at stake and her cabinet may be dissolved automatically if she is found by the Constitutional Court to have abused her authority.
Such pressing political considerations have removed the equality rights bill from the forefront and relegated it to the back-burner, LGBT rights activists say.
Thailand officially and openly markets itself as a gay-friendly tourist destination, something no other Asian country does save for far away Israel. Thailand also leads the world with the highest number of gender reassignment surgeries.
Until last year, transgender women were only able to avoid conscription by being officially listed as mentally ill, a record that more often than not put them at a disadvantage while applying for employment.
Even during an earlier Bangkok gubernatorial race, the incumbent and frontrunner from one of the main political parties who was reelected had a pro LGBT message espousing sexual diversity.
Moves to draft a same-sex marriage law received much bipartisan support before it was unfortunately sidelined.
"These are changes that would no doubt be palatable to the wider and relatively broad-minded Thai public, since the law is clearly a long way behind society," reports bangkokpost.com.
Unfortunately, a year has passed since parliament last took a meaningful look at the situation and, given the political crisis, there is no telling how long it will be before such reforms will be passed into law, the report said.
Anjana Suvarnananda, a gender-rights activist and founder of the Anjaree Group that has been at the forefront of drafting a same-sex marriage bill said she has noticed that society is changing with parents becoming more accepting of their children identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender men and women.
Yet despite such general social goodwill, legal hurdles for equality do remain for want of a proper endorsement by parliament as current Thai law simply fails to recognize the LGBT community.
Anjana pointed out to Code 1448, which specifies that only men and women can marry and by implication outlaws unions between same-sex couples and transgender men and women.
Then there are laws relating to custody of children, inheritance, transfer of property, taxation as family life under Thai law is based on the assumption of a husband, a wife and children.
Applications for bank loans, insurance and other financial matters follow the same assumption.
Rape laws are also a source of worry for transgender women as there are no explicit statutes against the violation of a transgender woman's body.
LGBT rights activists want to make the language used in law gender neutral and want Code 1448 to refer to marriage as between "two people" and other laws concerning family and property rights to use "married spouse" rather than husband and wife.
On the bright side, broad social acceptance of the LGBT community is clearly evident but unfortunately greater LGBT rights is stuck in a holding pattern, one only prolonged by the political crisis, says bangkokpost.com.
Source: bangkokpost.com


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This section contains plugins for various communication programs, such as Trillian, ICQ, Eudora, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger and others. If you don't know how to install and use a plugin read this article first: How to download, install and use backup plugins.
Thunderbird is an open source email and news client developed by Mozilla, the makers of Firefox. After loading the plugin in Backup4all you will be able to back-up all the Thunderbird files. You can read more about this plugin here: Thunderbird Backup Plugin.
Applies to: Thunderbird 5.x
Released on: 13-Nov-2008
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in simultaneously to multiple accounts over several networks. You can read more about this plugin here: Pidgin Backup Plugin.
Applies to: Pidgin 2.x
Released on: 23-June-2011
IncrediMail is a free email program that manages all your email messages, communications, contact details and email transactions, while adding a bit of fun given the impressive amount of similies it has. You can read more about this plugin here: IncrediMail Backup Plugin.
Applies to: IncrediMail 2.x
Released on: 26-Oct-2010
mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by millions of people and thousands of organizations, to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world. You can read more about this plugin here: mIRC Backup Plugin.
Applies to: mIRC 6.x - 7.x
Released on: 6-Feb-2008
MSN Messenger
MSN Messenger was the name of the instant messenger that Microsoft distribute with Windows from 1999 to 2006. The new version is called Windows Live Messenger and is part of the Windows Live suite of products. This back-up plugin is for the older version, in case you are using it on a system that doesn't support Windows Live Messenger, and will back-up: Contacts, Messenger folder, History and Registry keys. You can read more about this plugin here: MSN Backup Plugin.
Applies to: MSN 6.x - 7.x
Released on: 6-Feb-2008
Skype is a voice-over-ip (VOIP) program that allows millions of users to communicate via voice and video chat. With this backup plugin you'll be able to back-up Skype profiles, logs, extras, apps, plugins and registry keys. You can read more about this plugin here: Skype Backup Plugin.
Applies to: Skype 5.x
Released on: 29-June-2011
Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo Messenger is the most popular free communication application, designed to send free instant messages to people in your list. This plugin will allow you to back-up: Profiles, Media, Skins, Plugins and Registry keys. You can read more about this plugin here: Yahoo Messenger Backup Plugin.
Applies to: Yahoo 10.x
Released on: 30-June-2011
RoboForm is a popular password manager and form filler, that can store basically any type of login you have. If you have lots of passwords saved, it is important to back them up and a plugin is the easiest way to do it. After loading the plugin in Backup4all you will be able to back-up RoboForm configurations, languages and data files (saved passwords, identities and safenotes).
Applies to: RoboForm 6.x
Released on: 9-Nov-2007
Trillian is a multi-messenger application that lets you access various instant messaging (Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger), email (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail) and social accounts (Facebook, Twitter) from a single place. With the help of this plugin you will be able to back-up the following Trillian information: accounts, logs, skins and plugins.
Applies to: Trillian 3.x
Released on: 9-Nov-2007
Mozilla Suite
This is basically a suite of several programs that was developed by Mozilla and included a Navigator (web browser, what later became Firefox), Communicator (Mozilla Mail client), a web development program (Mozilla Composer), an IRC client (ChatZilla) and an electronic address book. This suite was discontinued in 2008, replaced by individual products such as Firefox and Thunderbird. However if you still use it you can use this backup plugin to back-up Mozilla Suite plugins, profiles, preferences, history and bookmarks.
Applies to: Mozilla Suite 1.x
Released on: 9-Nov-2007
ICQ is a free instant messaging application that allows sending text, video and audio messages to other users from the same network, as well as provide various features common in IM applications. This plugin will back-up ICQ configurations, profiles and toolbar information.
Applies to: ICQ 6.x
Released on: 9-Nov-2007
Eudora is an email client for Windows and MAC operating systems. Until 2010 this was a proprietary program, but now is an open source email client based on Mozilla's Thunderbird. The backup plugin is valid for Eudora version 7.x, so not for the open source edition. It will allow backing up Eudora email, settings and contacts.
Applies to: Eudora 7.x
Released on: 9-Nov-2007
WiseFtp is a commercial FTP client that lets you connect to any FTP/SFTP server to upload or download files and folders. This backup plugin will allow backing up WiseFtp settings, logs and registry entries.
Applies to: WiseFtp 3.x
Released on: 19-Mar-2008
The Bat!
An email client developed and maintained by RITlabs, available in a free (home edition) and paid mode (professional edition). With the help of this plugin you will be able to back-up The Bat! emails, dictionaries and server information.
Applies to: The Bat! 4.x
Released on: 18-Feb-2009
Nokia PC Suite
This is the official PC suite developed for Nokia phones, that allows users to connect their phones to PCs in order to synchronize information or upload/download media files. This backup plugin will allow backing up Nokia PC Suite settings and user files.
Applies to: Nokia PC Suite 7.x
Released on: 19-Aug-2010
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail is a free email client distributed by Microsoft as part of the Windows Live suite, which basically replaces Outlook Express on newer Windows operating systems (Vista and Windows 7). This plugin after being loaded in Backup4all will allow backing up Windows Live Mail settings, mail folders, stationary, signatures, identities, addressbook, calendar and registry entries.
Applies to: Windows Live Mail 2011
Released on: 25-Jan-2011
Windows Live Messenger
A free instant messaging application that supports audio and video messages too. It is part of the free Windows Live suite and replaces MSN Messenger on Windows Vista and 7. Windows Live Messenger stores contacts, discussion history and received files on the computer where is installed, so with the help of this plugin you will be able to back-up this information.
Applies to: Live Messenger 2011
Released on: 8-Feb-2011
Peachtree is an accounting management package developed and distributed by Sage Software targeting small and medium businesses. It is one of the most important competitors for QuickBooks, the leader in this industry. Since this handles important financial information, backing up is vital and this plugin will allow backing up Peachtree profiles, data files and registries.
Applies to: Peachtree 2011
Released on: 3-Mar-2011


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Part 59 Liliaceae-Marantaceae-Musaceae
The familiar lily family (more below) is represented on the Hawaiian Islands by three genera, Astelia, with three endemic species; Dianella, with a single indigenous species; and Hippeastrum, with a single naturalized species.
The example of Astelia here is A. menziesiana (see image), kaluaha, pua`akuhinia, a plant of wet to very wet forests and bogs, often growing on trees (epiphytic). It occurs on all of the main islands except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe. The photograph was taken in the forest at the southern end of Kilauea Iki. The other two endemic species, A. argyrocoma and A. waialealae, are restricted to wet habitats on Kaua`i.
Dianella sandwicensis (see image), occurs on all of the main Hawaiian Islands, except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe, and in the Marquesas. Two Hawaiian names are given in the Manual, `uki`uki and just `uki. According to the Hawaiian Dictionary, the specific name for this plant is `uki`uki, whereas the word `uki is a general term for course sedges, some of which we met above. The flowers of this species can be white to pale blue, but it is the color of the berries, a characteristic dark blue, that allows it to be identified most easily in the field.
Authors of the Manual present the historical view of the family when they describe it as comprising about 4,000 species assorted into about 280 genera. As a result of newly acquired data–much of it DNA-based–and changes in the overall view of what constitutes a 'good' family, Liliaceae have undergone one of the more drastic reassessments of relationships and boundaries of a flowering plant family that we have seen in recent botanical history. Following the newer view of the family, it would be concluded that the Hawaiian Island flora lacks members of Liliaceae altogether. Thus, Astelia now resides in its own family, the Asteliaceae, with three other genera and a total of 35 species; Dianella finds its home in the Hemerocallidaceae, which overall consists of 63 species in18 genera; and Hippeastrum can be found with amaryllis and related species in Amaryllidaceae, this family consisting of 900 species in 60 genera. These changes do not, of course, alter the situation 'on the ground,' the species involved are still as attractive and interesting as they ever were.
A single species of Marantaceae, Calathea crotalifera, has become naturalized near Käne`ohe on O`ahu. This attractive plant, known as the rattlesnake plant appears in the illustration (see image). The family consists of 630 species in 30 genera and are primarily from tropical areas of the New World, with some representatives in Asia (Mabberley, p. 523).
According to Mabberley (p. 563-564) Musaceae consist of three subfamilies, Musoideae, the true bananas; Strelitzioideae, the bird-of-paradise flowers; and Heliconioideae, the heliconias. The latter two groups of plants are dealt with in this book in their own families, Heliconiaceae above, and Strelitziaceae below. Following the Manual, Musaceae consist of two genera, Musa, with about 35 species native to Indo-Malaysian, Asian and Australian tropics; and Ensete, with seven species in East Africa. Two species of Musa are listed in the Manual, the common banana Musa x paradisiaca, (see images) and M. troglodytarum.
The notation used in the common banana's name indicates that it was of hybrid origin; the parental species were M. acuminata and M. balbisiana. Bananas have been cultivated in Indonesia for at least a millennium resulting in the development of hundreds of cultivars. Some of the more familiar forms are the common dessert banana, the smaller apple banana, and the plantain, which can be eaten either green (but cooking required) or ripe when it can be eaten as is. The banana was well known throughout Polynesia and was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by the early colonists. It is estimated that as many as 70 varieties of banana were developed by the early Hawaiians; the present day number is closer to about 20, and most of these grow in remote valleys. The Hawaiian name for banana is mai`a. The other species on the islands is M. troglodytarum. The unusual specific epithet derives from the word troglodyte, meaning a person living in a cave, or in isolation, perhaps referring to the fact that this plant is cultivated in remote valleys. The Hawaiian name for this species is mai`a hë`ï which is derived from the Tahitian name of the plant, namely, fë`ï (Pukui and Elbert, p. 221). This species of Musa was brought to the Islands from Tahiti, where it is an important food crop, although it is not cultivated commercially in the Hawaiian Islands. Another name for this banana is mai`a Polapola, where Polapola, one of the Hawaiian words for Tahiti, informs us about the origin of the plant.
The banana played an important part in the life of Hawaiians, although it was not cultivated in as organized a fashion as was taro. Usually, a family would have a small grove of banana plants near their house or at the edge of a taro patch. In good times, bananas were eaten as a treat; they only became a major component of the diet during times of drought. There were limitations, however, on who could eat some of the varieties; only two of the varieties grown could be eaten by women. In ceremonies that did not call for animal or human sacrifice fruits would be offered to the gods. Other parts of the banana plant were also utilized: leaves were useful as wrappers for food, coverings for earth ovens (imu), and stalks of felled mature plants were used as rollers for moving canoes. Owing to the close relationship between humans and bananas, which we will learn about below, it should not be surprising that cutting down a neighbor's banana trees was considered an act of war.
As is the case with most plants brought by the Polynesians–at least the major ones–there is a strong connection between the plant and the human form. For example, in Hawaiian mythology the banana was the embodiment of the god Kanaloa, one of the four main gods, the others being Käne (Widespread-Sky, the procreator of mankind who we met above in the taro story), Kü (god of war), and Lono (the father of waters, i.e., the bringer of rain; also, not surprisingly, god of agriculture, harvest, celebration, and music). Kanaloa is generally thought to be associated with the sea, as similar deities are known in other island groups in the Pacific. Kanaloa and Käne are believed to have been banana planters after their respective arrivals on the islands (presumably from Tahiti). As well, they traveled about as a pair with Kanaloa pointing out where water might be found and Käne bringing a spring into existence by thrusting his sword into the ground at the designated spot. One legend relates Kanaloa's desire to prepare their customary drink, `awa (kava) which, of course, requires a source of water.
The interested reader may find the recent book on bananas in the Hawaiian Islands of some value. This monumental and comprehensive treatment of the genus in the islands is the work of Angela Kay Kepler, whom we have met before in this series, and Francis Rust.
Literature cited…
Kepler, A. K. and F. G. Rust. 2012. The World of Bananas in Hawaii: Then and Now. University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, HI.
Pukui, M. K. and S. H. Elbert. 1986. Hawaiian Dictionary. University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu
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The leaves are beginning to turn and it's time to winterize your home. When you must take a two liter bottle of warm water out with you to rinse the windshield before you can see where you're going, it's … Continued
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Mark Wright's Football Saints and Sinners DVD
Mark Wright, who found fame on the reality TV show 'The Only Way Is Essex', presents this collection of golden moments and gaffes from the world of football.
As a former youth player with Tottenham Hotspur and with a brother who plays for Championship side Millwall, Wright is well placed to comment on the highs and lows of the beautiful game.
With goalkeeping mistakes, wonder goals, staggering misses and numerous other memorable moments from the Premiership, Championship and wider footballing community included, Wright will have plenty of opportunities to offer his thoughts on the fine line between triumph and disaster that is the very essence of the sport.
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- Release date: 26/11/2012
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I'm committed to online learning that is focused on activity, typically of the real-world, application-focused variety. However, imagining how to translate real-world situations into meaningful learning interfaces for a computer screen can sometimes be daunting.  Even in the 21st century, significant portions of our lives still don't revolve around pointing and clicking.
One strategy I use is keeping an "interface inspiration†library – essentially, a folder on my computer where I keep screenshots of learning interfaces that I think are particularly nifty. When I get stuck while trying to translate activities into interfaces, I can browse through my collection of screenshots for ideas.
So, where should you go if you want to create your own interface inspiration library?
I've included some links below to get you started and will update this page as I remember/discover others!  These sites are a mix of learning venders and educational game sites, but all include multiple clickable demos that I found useful. Most of the learning games sites target school-age children, but the interface ideas are absolutely still relevant for learning aimed at adults too.
Allen Interactions
I think that Allen Interactions creates some of the best performance-driven, application-focused eLearning available, and they have a number of courses with amazing interfaces on their web site. You do need to sign up for an account to view their case studies and demos, but it's quick and free.
Filament Games
Filament Games is my current educational games company crush. The link above goes straight to their large library of games that you can play – the iCivics games are probably my favorites.
Enspire Learning
Enspire Learning is another learning-focused company with some great demonstrations of intuitive yet creative interfaces on their web site. Again, handing over your contact information is required to view the demos.
Doorways-to-Dreams Foundation – Financial Entertainment
I have mixed feelings about casual games for learning, but Doorways-to-Dreams has a good series of financial entertainment games created by several different venders. My favorite for interface ideas is Celebrity Calamity.
EdHeads in a nonprofit organization that designs and develops really neat educational online games focused on science, math, and critical thinking.
Nobel Prize – Educational Games
This section of the official site of the Nobel Prize offers a series of educational games based on Nobel-prize achievements over the years.


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June 24, 2015
Animal Cruelty Prosecutor and Judicial Training
For prosecuting attorneys, judges and law enforcement
Prosecuting or adjudicating animal cruelty cases can present unique challenges and implications.
For example, understanding how animal cruelty can relate to other issues like domestic violence or juvenile crime may help protect human as well as animal victims.
A former prosecutor in the Monmouth County, New Jersey, District Attorney's office, Sherry Ramsey, Esq., has successfully prosecuted and advised hundreds of animal cruelty and neglect cases involving pets, wildlife and farm animals.
As director of animal cruelty prosecutions for The HSUS, Sherry conducts training seminars on prosecuting and adjudicating animal cruelty cases. Geared toward law enforcement personnel, prosecuting attorneys and judges, the presentations draw from Sherry's experience to help participants learn the skills essential to prosecuting and adjudicating animal abuse cases.
Law enforcement, prosecutors and judges (and others as indicated below) are invited to join Sherry at these upcoming conferences. Email Sherry for more information.
Upcoming Animal Cruelty Prosecution Seminars
September 14-16, 2016: Austin, Texas The Association of Prosecuting Attorney's National Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference Details at apainc.org »
September 26th, Las Vegas, NV National District Attorney's Association: Prosecution of Illegal Gaming The Sands Expo and Convention CenterRegistration »
Thursday, November 10th, Concord, NH Prosecutor Training - 9am-4pm Department of Environmental Services, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NHRegistration »
Past Animal Cruelty Prosecution Seminars
May 19, 2016: Atlantic City, New Jersey – NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention – Domestic Violence: Protecting Victims by Protecting Their Pets
June 2, 2016: Jay Peak, Vermont – Vermont State's Attorney Conference: Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases, not open to the public
February 23, 2016: Camden: New Jersey – Seminar and panel on the link between Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty, hosted by Rutgers Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and WLC.
Sept. 26, 2015: Los Angeles, California – Collaboration in Animal Law: Combating Criminal Animal Cruelty and Puppy Mills. Presented at the Animal Law Guild 2015 conference.
Oct. 22, 2015: Chattanooga, Tennessee – Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases. Presented at the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.
Nov. 4-6, 2015: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Animal Cruelty Conference
March 19, 2015: Hartford, Connecticut – How to Investigate and Prosecute Animal Cruelty Cases, training for prosecutors and law enforcement officers only
March 17, 2015: New York City – The Intersection Between Anti-Gay Bullying, Domestic Violence, and Animal Rights, hosted by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at the Cardozo Law School
Jan. 30, 2015: Charlottesville, Virginia – Training for JAG officers on the proposed provision for animal cruelty in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and how to charge animal cruelty crimes under the code
Nov. 5, 2014: Recorded Webinar – First Strike for Prosecutors: Effective Prosecution of Animal Cruelty Crimes; view for free here.
Oct. 10, 2014: Bay City, Michigan – Making the Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty, with the Bay County Domestic Violence Community Response Team
Oct. 9, 2014: Lansing, Michigan – Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases, presented at the Michigan State Bar, Animal Law Section
Sept. 26, 2014: Staunton, Virginia – Investigation and Prosecution of Animal Cruelty Crimes, The Staunton Police Department & The HSUS, presented at the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy
Aug. 7, 2014: Totowa, New Jersey - Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases, presented by Passaic County Prosecutor's Office
July 16, 2014: Norman, Oklahoma – Juveniles and Crimes of Animal Cruelty, Oklahoma District Attorney's Council, presented at 2014 DAC/ODAA Conference
June 25, 2014: Marlboro, New Jersey – Enforcing the Animal Cruelty Laws, presented by the Certified Animal Control Officers Association (Central Region NJ)
June 6, 2014: Jay, Vermont – Vermont State's Attorney's Annual C.L.E. Conference
June 5, 2014: South Royalton, Vermont – Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases with a Focus on High Volume Cases, presented by the Vermont Bar Association
May 5-7, 2014: Atlanta, Georgia – Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference: Prosecuting Animal Cruelty, presented by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
April 9, 2014: New York, New York – The Dangers of Dangerous Dog Laws, presented at New York Law School
March 27, 2014: Hudson County, New Jersey – Prosecuting Animal Cruelty (open to prosecutors only), presented by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office
Sept. 12, 2013: Phoenix, Arizona – Effective Enforcement and Prosecution of Animal Cruelty [PDF]*
Sept. 13, 2013: Scottsdale, Arizona – Effective Enforcement and Prosecution of Animal Cruelty [PDF]*
April 30, 2013: Washington, D.C. – U.S. Department of Justice panel on animal cruelty
April 13, 2013: Daleville, Virginia – A Guide to Virginia's Animal Welfare Laws
March 5 & 6, 2013: Tallahassee , Florida – Third Annual Animal Investigation & Prosecution Seminar Series [PDF]
October 2012: Los Angeles, California – Association of Prosecuting Attorneys' Third National Animal Prosecution Conference: Prosecuting Animal Cruelty and Preserving Community Safety
September 2012: Baltimore, Maryland – Animal cruelty prosecution training for law enforcement and prosecutors, sponsored by the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office
June 2012: Newark, New Jersey – Animal cruelty and animal-fighting seminar presented (alongside forensic veterinarian Dr. Dana Miller and USDA-OIG-Investigations Special Agent in Charge Beth Dinkins) to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Newark division
May 2012: New York City – Animal Cruelty and the Use of Veterinary Forensics presented by the New York City Bar Association
April 2012: Indianapolis, Indiana – Continuing Legal Education on Animal law presented by the Indiana State Bar Association and The Animal Law Society
February 2012: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Continuing Legal Education course for prosecutors regarding animal-cruelty case prosecutions, offered by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office
October 2011: Virginia Beach, Virginia – Training for animal control officers on investigating animal cruelty cases, sponsored by the Virginia Animal Control Association
September 2011: Louisville, Kentucky – Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors on investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty cases in Kentucky, sponsored by The HSUS
August 2011: Saint Paul, Minnesota – 2011 Criminal Justice Institute, sponsored by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
July 2011: New York City – National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 74th Annual Conference
May 2011: Atlantic City, New Jersey – Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty: Important Considerations, part of the New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting
April 2011: Baltimore, Maryland – Conversations for Change: Improving Civic Society for Animals, sponsored by the Maryland Bar Association
February 2011: Florida – Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Cruelty Cases, attended by over 120 prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and animal control officers and organized by Asst. State Attorney Adrienne Emerson and Alaqua Animal Refuge founder Laurie Hood.
October 2010: Colorado – Three-day prosecutor training seminar sponsored by, and in cooperation with, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA)
July 2010: Salem, Oregon – Prosecutor training sponsored by the Oregon Department of Justice on the Connections and Concerns With Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty
May 2010: New Jersey – Prosecutor training at the New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Meeting
April 2010: Rockland County, New York – Prosecutor training at the Rockland County, NY District Attorney's Office
March 2010: Las Vegas, Nevada – National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Annual Meeting: A seminar on the Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty and a seminar on the Important Considerations on Juvenile Crime and Animal Cruelty
February & September 2010: Charlottesville, Virginia– JAG attorney training for the Army JAG School: an explanation of the new proposed provision for animal cruelty in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and ways to charge animal cruelty crimes under the Code
September 2009: Washington, D.C. – The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys' first-ever conference on Prosecuting Animal Cruelty and Fighting Cases, held at George Washington University Law School and sponsored by the Animal Welfare Institute


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International Investments
The following is a selection of articles and radio broadcasts mainly from January 2005 to the present. To explore this topic in more depth and access earlier columns, please use the search box.
RNZ Radio 5 April 2018
Why sticking with NZ investments is foolishView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald 14 May 2016
Q&As: Steer clear of Hong Kong share pitch
RNZ Radio 12 May 2016
More on spreading your money aroundView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald 7 May 2016
Q&As: Thai retirement not so cheap
NZ Herald 28 June 2014
Q&As: Car buying decisions not always rational
NZ Herald 15 June 2013
Q&As: Reader's message about international shares is good, but not his arguments
NZ Herald 25 May 2013
Q&As: Easier to borrow to invest in property than shares, but that's not always a plus
NZ Herald 27 February 2010
Q&As: KiwiSaver trustee change raises questions about how much trustees protect members
NZ Herald 20 February 2010
Q&As: Paying off mortgage - and getting rid of badly undiversified portfolio - are two great ideas
NZ Herald 13 February 2010
Q&As: Some active share funds will do better than passive index funds, but it's impossible to predict which ones
NZ Herald 6 February 2010
Q&As: It's not wise to let yourself be forced into being a landlord
NZ Herald March 21 2009
Q&As: Tips for retired couple whose interest income has halved.
Syndicated column November 11 2008 - To hedge or not to hedge?
There are two key questions around investing overseas: Should you do it? And if you do, should you hedge your investment, so it's not affected by movements in the New Zealand dollar. The first answer is "Yes". The second is trickier.View - It's FREE!
Syndicated column October 25 2008 - Same rules for big and little savers
There's plenty for Joe and Joanne Saver to learn from two recent news items about the NZ Superannuation Fund, sometimes called the Cullen Fund. In short:View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald December 8 2007
Q&As: Why 20 shares are much better than two.
NZ Herald October 13 2007
For a few weeks, this column is running highlights from Mary Holm's quarterly newsletter Holm Truths. Mary's regular Q&A column will resume on October 27.
NZ Herald April 7 2007
Q&As: A year-old letter shows the danger in trying to predict what the Kiwi dollar will do
Syndicated column April 3 2007: New tax rules not so bad
As the new tax regime on shares in countries beyond Australasia takes effect, many taxpayers seem to think it's tougher than it really is.View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald March 31 2007
Q&As: Have you got what it takes to borrow to invest in a share fund?
NZ Herald March 24 2007
Q&As: Should we blame the banks for soaring house prices?
NZ Herald March 10 2007
Q&As: Many elderly, and others, could benefit from rates postponement schemes.
NZ Herald February 24 2007
Seeking your questions about KiwiSaver
NZ Herald February 17 2007
Q&As: Is the Kiwi dollar to blame for poor overseas investment performance?
NZ Herald February 10 2007
Q&As: The warning signs in investment ads
NZ Herald February 3 2007
Q&As: Unlucky reader challenges the value of index funds.
NZ Herald January 20 2007
Q&As: Are index funds, which I recommend, inferior share fund investments, as Herald columnist Brian Gaynor claims?
NZ Herald January 13 2007
Q&As: Options for a newly retired couple with $200,000 and no home include part-time work, buying a home with a flat attached, an interest-only mortgage and equity release.
NZ Herald December 16 2006
Q&As: Should man, 64, get student loan for the income, given that he probably won't ever repay it?
NZ Herald November 18 2006
Q&As: Should we get bigger tax deductions for donations to charity? Also - give Christmas gifts to those who really need them.
Syndicated column November 7 2006: An exceptionally unlucky reader
International index funds, a favourite long-term investment of mine, don't look good to one reader.
NZ Herald October 28 2006
Q&As: A reader finds a flaw in my "avoid the rear-view mirror" argument. Or does he?
NZ Herald October 21 2006
Q&As: Is there an 18-year cycle for industrial and resource shares?
NZ Herald October 14 2006
Q&As: Why I won't do research on an Aussie resource index fund.
NZ Herald August 26 2006
Q&As: What you should check out before you buy a house. And who should do the inspection.
Holm Truths winter 06
Stay Away: Don't rush to bring your shares back from overseas.
NZ Herald July 1 2006
Q&As: Comparing NZ and other countries' taxes and lifestyles.
NZ Herald June 24 2006
Q&As: All on government tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald June 17 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald June 10 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposals.View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald June 3 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposals.View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald May 27 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposals.View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald May 20 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposals.View - It's FREE!
NZ Herald May 13 2006
Q&As: All on government tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald May 6 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald April 29 2006
Q&As: All on government tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald April 22 2006
Q&As: All on government's tax proposalsView - It's FREE!
NZ Herald March 18 2006
Q&As: Man panicked and bailed out of share fund. No!
NZ Herald October 8 2005
Q&As: 5 on how different types if families should be taxed.
NZ Herald October 1 2005
Q&As: Should single people get tax breaks too?
NZ Herald September 24 2005
Q&As: What are reasonable conditions for a home buyer to insist on?
Syndicated column May 17 2005: The message in the foot and mouth threat
The "Invest offshore" message was loud and clear the other day, after the news broke that somebody may have released foot and mouth disease on Waiheke Island.
Holm Truths spring 03
Life, limbs and livelihood - How much life, disability and income protection insurance do you need?
Holm Truths winter 03
First things first: How much should you invest in bonds, shares, property and so on?
Holm Truths summer 02-03
Lessons from past mislead: Investing in what did well last year, or selling what did badly, usually does more harm than good
Holm Truths spring 02
Don't bail out: Even when the market falls, stick with your long-term investments
Holm Truths spring 01
Taking on the world: Spread your share investment money across the world


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas sat down Friday for a second round of talks this week at a border village as the North's calls for a delay of annual South Korea-U.S. military drills threaten plans for the resumption of emotional reunions of war-divided families.
A year after dramatically raising tension with repeated threats of nuclear wars and vows to bolster nuclear capability, North Korea has recently pushed for better ties with Seoul and agreed to arrange reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War for the first time in more than three years. Analysts say the impoverished North needs good relations with Seoul to win outside investment and aid.
But the country is still sending a mixed signal. It has threatened to hold off the family reunions set for Feb. 20-25 in protest of the South Korea-U.S. military drills scheduled to start later this month. And a U.S. research institute said Thursday that North Korea has accelerated work at a site used for three previous underground nuclear test explosions, though a test doesn't appear imminent.
Senior officials from the Koreas met at the border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday in their highest-level talks in years, but the meeting ended with little progress. A key sticking point was North Korea's demand that South Korea postpone the start of its annual springtime war games with the U.S. until the reunions end, according to South Korean officials. South Korea has made it clear it would go ahead with the drills.
North Korea calls the exercises a rehearsal for invasion, while South Korea and the U.S. say they are defensive in nature.
The spat quickly spawned worries that North Korea may cancel parts of the family reunions because they overlap with the first two days of the military drills. But in an indication that North Korea doesn't want a deadlock in relations to impact its hopes of restarting lucrative jointly run cooperation projects, it proposed holding a second round of senior-level talks.
On Friday morning, delegations from the Koreas met at the same border village, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do told reporters.
Details of the closed-door meeting weren't immediately available. Kim said South Korea was firm in its opposition to linking the military drills to the family reunions.
South Korea has dismissed North Korea's proposal for a series of measures that the North says are needed to ease tensions, saying Pyongyang must first take steps toward nuclear disarmament and show how sincere it is about improving ties.
On Wednesday, North Korea refused to discuss nuclear issues, according to the Unification Ministry.
North Korea has a track record of launching surprise provocations and scraping cooperation projects with South Korea when it fails to win outside concessions. It canceled family reunions at the last minute in September when it accused Seoul of preparing war drills and other hostile acts.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se warned North Korea against any possible aggression, saying the North should not use the military exercises as an excuse to stay away from talks or to delay attempts to improve ties.


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This evening, I am focusing on Abbotsford House, a major visitor attraction on the south bank of the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders. Location is about one hour south of Edinburgh.
The Abbotsford site, a farmhouse, was first acquired by the Scottish romantic novelist, Sir Walter Scott ( 1771-1832) in 1811 and thereafter developed into a mansion under Sir Walter's supervision.The interior is smaller than would appear from an external view.
Sir Walter Scott achieved worldwide fame principally through his series of twenty-six romantic, historical novels collectively known at the Waverley Novels which include such famous works as:
- Heart of Midlothian
- Ivanhoe
- Rob Roy
- Lady of the Lake
- Waverley
- The Fortunes of Nigel.
- Guy Mannering.
Sir Walter also produced poetry and prose. His writings covered the period 1799- 1831 and acted as a catalyst for tourism in Scotland during the 19th century.
Today, the visitor experience is enhanced by a new Visitor Centre, separate from Abbotsford House. In addition to the historic house there are well maintained gardens and River Tweed to admire.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Putien @ SS15 Courtyard, Subang
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Straight away, I'm attracted to the cockles and the multi-layered pork intestines already! ;D I like that they serve small portions here where one can sample more dishes. I don't indulge in Chinese food all that much but this looks like one I'd like to try.ReplyDeleteReplies
Contact.ewew: yeah, agreed on all counts - i only have chinese a few times a month, abut this was probably my favourite chinese meal of this past month :)Delete
Yeah, that cockle dish may taste great but probably not the right order if you're on a date....with that overload of garlic...haha! :DDelete
Contact.ewew: heheh, but garlic breath can smell sweet to certain garlic fans :DDelete
I'll put this down on my list! I wanna try that purple sweet potato mousse badly!ReplyDeleteReplies
Ken: hopefully putien will make it to penang sometime ... or maybe you'll make it to KL! :)Delete
What a beautiful place, Sean! It looks popular, too! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Linda: deservedly so, i would say :)Delete
Oooo.. I remember these guys in 1U! Nice to know that they are still going strong! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Ciki: going from strength to strength, with three outlets in malaysia now :)Delete
I love Putien! Haven't visited for long time, I wish there is one near our place, haha. The cockles is one of my favorite dish. :DReplyDeleteReplies
CK: heh, yeah, if putien ever opens near taman desa, you could have the cockles once a month at least :DDelete
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Love the blue & white crockery, I have a soft spot for those. Ekkkk!!! You have a cockle shell in your spoon! LOL!!! Is that with rice? Can't really make it out. All the noodle dishes look very good, the Heng Kwa bihun sure is a class above the simple ones that we get around here.ReplyDeleteReplies
Suituapui: yeah, the tableware here is lovely :D and yes, that's a cockle shell with a cockle still in it ... blanketed with garlic! :D i think the heng hwa bee hoon sets a very strong benchmark :DDelete


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Sony's Thoughts: God is Holy
Typically on holidays I write a post that ties in with that day. However, today I've been reading Jeremiah and thinking about how holy and righteous God is. Scripture says no flesh can glory in His presence. I would add that if we knew how wretched we really were, we would tremble in His presence.
God is looking for a Church without spot or wrinkle but His Church seems to be losing sight of the fact that they are God's representatives on the earth. No wonder people don't believe in God; they don't see Him. Sure they can see Him in creation but we are part of God's creation and many who claim to know Him don't represent Him well.
As I write this, I think of the old song, "Is My Lord Satisfied With Me?" That's all that really matters. Am I a daughter He is happy with? Will He accept me with arms wide open or turn His face in shame? I pray to be faithful, to represent Him well so as not to cause Him shame. I want to be holy as He is holy. With Him, all things are possible. Then, as I follow Him, I want to lead others to Him as well.
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US judge rules against Florida gay marriage ban
A US federal judge struck down a Florida ban on gay marriage Thursday, but stayed the ruling pending further appeals.world Updated: Aug 22, 2014 09:12 IST
A US federal judge struck down a Florida ban on gay marriage Thursday, but stayed the ruling pending further appeals.
US District Judge Robert Hinkle, in the Florida state capital of Tallahassee, said that the ban against same-sex marriages approved in a 2008 referendum was unconstitutional.
In explaining his ruling, Hinkle made reference to laws banning interracial marriages that were overturned 50 yeas ago.
"When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held, will again seem an obvious pretext for discrimination," he wrote.
"Observers who are not now of age will wonder just how those views could have been held."
The ruling came in response to a case involving some 20 people, among them gay couples who wanted to marry in Florida and others who legally married out of state and wanted Florida to recognize their unions.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has said that she wants to wait on appealing the cases until the US Supreme Court weighs in on gay marriage.
The Supreme Court ruled in June 2013 that gay couples had the same federal benefits than heterosexual couples, but that marriage laws continued to be a state issue.
In the United States, gay marriage is currently legal in 19 states and the US capital.
First Published: Aug 22, 2014 09:07 IST