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Please join us for "Research Without Borders: Negotiating Constraints and Open Scholarship", our third event of the academic year in our Research Without Borders panel discussion series. This event will take place from 1-3pm on Thursday, February 27, 2014 in Garden Room 1 of Columbia's Faculty House (directions here.) It is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required.
How is research produced, accessed, and distributed in the presence of constraints? What does it mean for underserved communities to have research openly accessible to them? How does community participation in research change the nature of that research, and how do academia and society benefit? How and why should academic work be made available to the public?
Points of discussion will include: exploring the ways research is being made openly accessible to overcome these constraints, how and why researchers have incorporated community participation into their projects, and alternative scholarship distribution models.
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Leith Mullings is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at CUNY. Her research and writing focuses on structures of inequality and resistance to them, and through the lens of feminist and critical race theory she has analyzed topics including women's roles, religion, representation, health disparities, and social movements, both in urban communities in the USA and in Africa. Many of her projects have utilized community participation methods in her research. She has written and edited several books, and has won awards including the Society for the Anthropology of North America Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America. From 2011 to 2013, she served as President of the American Anthropological Association.
Dennis Tenen (@dennistenen) is Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and New Media Studies at Columbia University in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. He writes and teaches in the field of computational culture studies both as in the critical study of computational culture and in the sense of applying computational approaches to the study of culture. Tenen is Senior Principle Investigator for piracyLab, an academic research collective exploring the impact of piracy on the spread of knowledge around the world. Tenen received his doctorate in Comparative Literature from Harvard in 2011, where he co-taught the university's first-ever course on digital humanities. His writes about his research at http://dennistenen.com.
Lela Prashad (@lelap) is co-founder and Chief Data Scientist at NiJeL. In her role at NiJel, she collaborates with organizations to help them tell their stories through data and mapping, and opens two-way lines of communication and participation with both the communities she is working with and with the public. Prashad directed the 100 Cities Project at Arizona State University until 2012 and is still active in urban research with the school. Prior to NiJeL she established and ran the water program for the environmental non-profit Arizona PIRG, and worked with the United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Team. Prashad holds a Master of Science in Geological Sciences from ASU.
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Manan Ahmed (@sepoy) is Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University. His work focuses on the relationship between text, space, and narrative, and his areas of specialization include political and cultural history of Islam in South and Southeast Asia, frontier-spaces and the city in medieval South Asia, imperial and colonial historiography, and philology. Ahmed is involved in Digital Humanities projects, especially with visualizing space in medieval texts and texualizing medieval and early-modern maps. He is currently working on a study of the early 13th century account of Uch, Sind. Ahmed received his Ph.D from the University of Chicago in 2008, and blogs at Chapati Mystery.
This event is the third event this academic year in our speaker series Research Without Borders: The Changing World of Scholarly Communication. It is co-sponsored by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services' Scholarly Communication Program and the Digital Humanities Center. Join the discussion on Twitter at #rwob and @ScholarlyComm. To watch a live webcast of the event, and for more information about Research Without Borders, visit the Scholarly Communication Program website at scholcomm.columbia.edu.
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Whatever Happened to Truth? - eBook
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"Here is an anomaly: Christians outside the West dying because they believe their faith is true and Christians inside the West doffing their hats to the idea and then looking the other way! This book explores what it should mean to say that Christians know the truth, doing so in ways that are searching, sure-footed, biblically convincing, and intellectually satisfying."
-David F. Wells, Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
"Truly a treatise for our times! Not only do we learn where contemporary discourse is truthless, we are given tools to reclaim true understanding to redeem our minds and our age. In the end this book points to God's Word of truth, the Scriptures, and God's incarnate truth, his Son. Read, and be renewed in hope and wisdom for the holy and fruitful pursuit of truth to which all who know Christ are called."
-Robert W. Yarbrough, Associate Professor of New Testament, New Testament Department Chair, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"Four widely read evangelical scholars have crafted a superb exposé and antidote to the mind-set and cultural ills of postmodernism and those who accommodate it, while issuing a clarion call to remain vitally committed to the truth of God's revelation in Christ and the Bible. The original lectures, both stimulating and refreshing, were masterfully delivered to large audiences. Now, having them in hand allows even greater reflection and absorption of the truths they expound."
-James A. Borland, Professor of Biblical Studies & Theology, Liberty University, Secretary-Treasurer, Evangelical Theological Society
Overall, I found the book extremely satisfying, bringing together as it does four distinguished and staunch defenders of conservative evangelicalism. Kostenberger's essay "What is Truth? Pilate's Question in Its Johannine and Larger Biblical Context" is a scholarly and thoughtful exegesis of Jesus and Pilate's exchange, though his excessive footnotes were a distraction. J. P. Moreland's essay "Truth, Contemporary Philosophy, and the Postmodern Turn" is thoughtful and clear as usual, though there's certainly nothing new here. The essays by both Mohler and Vanhoozer, however, deserve further comment.
Mohler's essay "Truth and Contemporary Culture" was surprisingly nuanced and trenchantly argued. Before reading it, I had pegged him as something of an insular reactionary preaching primarily to the evangelical choir. Not so now. The first half of the essay clearly and pithily explains six challenges that the postmodern age presents for the church: (1) a deconstruction of truth; (2) the death of the meta-narrative; (3) the demise of the text; (4) the dominion of therapy; (5) the decline of authority; and (6) the displacement of morality. Mohler then charts an articulate traditional conservatism over and against post-liberals and post-conservative evangelical paths. The evangelical choir would certainly agree, but he's citing and reading thinkers that may make some in the congregation perk up. Judging from this essay, Mohler has readand understoodthe likes of Dawkins, Habermas, and Wittgenstein, as well as Hauerwas, MacIntyre, Lindbeck and Frei. For example, his case against post-conservative evangelical theology is not knee-jerk, but he instead shows their fallacious reading of evangelical history, in that evangelical theology has never been the step-child of modernity that post-conservatives say it is. While recognizing the genuine ecclesiological insights that post-conservative and emergent thinkers do bring to the table, Mohler warns that the church must be "understood to be the product of divine revelation, and not the producer of the divine revelation" is a necessary corrective (p. 70). It is a warning that I, for one, am beginning to heed.
While Mohler's essay was surprising, it was Vanhoozer's essay that was (unsurprisingly) most impressive. After reading his "Lost in Interpretation? Truth, Scripture, and Hermeneutics," one almost feels as if the essays by Mohler and Moreland are slightly misguided. While philosophical and cultural clashes fuel misunderstandings between traditionalist, post-liberal, and post-conservative evangelicals, Vanhoozer asksand answersthe more salient questions.
Instead of defending the correspondence theory of truth, for example, Vanhoozer asks to what end does truth serve? Vanhoozer sees "truth as correspondence for the sake of enriching the ministry of doctrine and reorienting our theology toward wisdom rather than mere information and knowledge." Put another way, Vanhoozer suggests that those who are wise allow biblical texts to "train our imaginations to see how things fit together theodramatically". For Vanhoozer, "theodramatic truth is a matter of eschatological correspondence" (p. 125-126).
On the doctrine of inerrancylong an area of dispute among evangelicalsVanhoozer is less anxious about later interpolations into the original autographs and instead finds himself asking how God's revealed Word should shape the worshipping community, the church. Here he notes that the Latin term for errancy (errare) is related to the term itinerary. Scripture, he writes, "reliably maps the way of Jesus Christ, not as a theological Euclida book of abstract propositionsbut as a book of theodramatic wisdom. The Bible is wholly trustworthy and true [inerrant] because its direction is wholly reliable [itinerary]." Again and again, Vanhoozer gives wise answers through the lens of a canonical-theological approach inflected through the interpretive lens of the Protestant tradition. Mohler (and Moreland, to a lesser extent) are right in their warning against the postmodern cultural mood and philosophical direction. Vanhoozer, however, suggests the proper direction ahead. Modernity and postmodernity, he suggests, are both mere cultural inflections: misguided streams that flow away from the "great Protestant tradition where Scripture is the supreme rule for life and thought" (p. 128). Our surest foundation is to steep ourselves in the stories of Scriptureto tell and retell God's story of redemption, to let it shape our imaginations, and to let it shape our communities of faith. As he concludes, he leaves us with a sobering reminder that all pastors and elders, indeed all Christians, should always remember:
"The Christian truth claim is not a matter of the will to power but of the will to weakness, a matter of enduring all sorts of critical testing, epistemic and existential, just as Jesus endured the cross. Christian interpreters must speak the truth in love, do the truth in love, and suffer the truth in love Our life together in the church is our most eloquent commentary on the gospel and, as such, ought itself to be exhibit number one of Christian truth" (p. 129). Dan Olson, Christian Book Previews.com
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Few wander into Mission Creek's small houseboat community. It's hard to find, unless you live in the luxury condos across the channel or are tailgating in a nearby parking lot for a Giants game. But tucked under the I-280 ramp floats a tiny neighborhood, an undiscovered fixture of San Francisco.
On a recent visit, I am shown a residence festooned with skulls and racks of antlers, another with windowboxes full of carnivorous plants, and another with a ghoulishly grinning blowfish decorating the front door. Neighbors here include stingrays, anchovies, pelicans, seals, and - according to one resident - an on-again-off-again sea lion visitor of rather large proportions. During the small-scale tsunami in March, the floating community felt their homes rise up by about three feet. When asked if any families lived in the boats, one resident responded sharply, "Yes. We're all a family." It couldn't get any quainter, really.
The short waterway has a long history. Before the white settlement of San Francisco, Ohlone Indians lived and boated along Mission Creek's course, which was then much wider and longer, stretching almost from Twin Peaks to the Bay. Fast-forward some years and butchers were sending unwanted guts downstream, railroad companies were slowly paving it over to make way for new transportation networks, and Del Monte was setting up shop, using cheap labor to offload and can fruit in massive volume.
Today, a few of the creek's residents are descendents of the dockworkers who worked to unload shipment after shipment of bananas. The houseboat community first began taking form in the early 1960s, with many of the original members moving from neighborhoods only a stone's throw away.
Now, the small settlement seems comprised of individuals filling strangely specific roles - I met and heard of the caretaker, the doctor, the weaver, the ex-taxi driver-current waterway historian. A small but productive community garden grows on a nearby bank. Needless to say, all who live here hold their patch of water very dear.
And it has changed considerably. In the still-recent past, San Francisco's skyline gleamed through the boats' kitchen windows; façades of the Berry Street condos have replaced that view. Mission Creek Park, a winding green space running parallel to the creek, is also a recent development. The inherent charm of living on a houseboat in the middle of the city is pretty obvious to outsiders, and residents worry about being slowly bought out by folks less devoted to the existing community. After recently renewing a lease with the Port Authority, however, the boaters should be sitting pretty till at least 2043, to the nightly sounds of shrieking egrets and Giants fans alike.http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2011/09/30/period-piece-mission-creek
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It's hard to think of anything Nicolas Sarkozy could have done worse in his handling of le scandale (also known, somewhat unimaginatively, as Twittergate) these past two weeks. What started as vague Internet rumors and idle post-cheese course dinner-party gossip on the love life of the French president and his third wife—safely insulated from any media airing by some of the most stringent privacy laws this side of Beijing—has morphed into a major political crisis, threatening, as no mere opinion poll ratings could, Sarkozy's bid for reelection in 2012.
The facts, if you can call them that, are a couple of blog and Twitter posts, soon alluded to on France's answer to the HuffPost, LePost.fr, suggesting that Carla Bruni-Sarkozy had allegedly moved in with award-winning singer Benjamin Biolay (who once worked on one of her albums) while her husband, supposedly on the rebound, was said to have been giving the benefit of his presidential experience to environment minister (and French karate champion) Chantal Jouanno.
The rumors, carefully avoided by the mainstream French media, fully aware of guaranteed dire judicial and political fallout, then surfaced in the British tabloid press, which went at it with glee, even a certain insouciance. Sarkozy and Madame have from the start been a staple of the London popular newspapers, a piñata sent from heaven to revive flagging sales and casual anti-French prejudice (tinged with envy: any poll run by the Sun or the Daily Mail would find its readers convinced that the elevator-shoed poison dwarf ruling France has more fun and a better sex life than 90 percent of them). British tabloids have bid at auction on nude pictures of Carla Bruni, run endless jokes on Sarkozy's lack of height (and Carla's occasional "wardrobe malfunctions," Fleet Street code for visible lack of undergarments), commented on Sarko's custom-made low-slung lecterns, alleged that he planned to slight the queen at the last D-Day celebrations (with more than a bit of help from White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on that one), have seemingly never quoted La Bruni's name without mentioning her string of famous ex-lovers (Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Donald Trump . . .), and in general been having what they see as clean, harmless fun.
So everyone was flabbergasted when, far from ignoring the whole brouhaha in dignified fashion, the Elysée mounted a campaign against what Pierre Charon, a senior Elysée press adviser and old political pal of Sarkozy's, described as "an international plot by foreign financial interests, aimed at sabotaging the 2011 French presidency of the G20." "These rumors have cropped up in coordinated fashion," charged Thierry Herzog, the Sarkozys' lawyer. "Someone must be behind this."
There followed, in the age-old French tradition, a witch hunt. A blogger and the web editor of Le Journal du Dimanche who had alluded to the rumors were promptly sacked by their publisher, Hachette-Filipacchi Presse, which happens to be owned by a crony of Sarkozy's, Arnaud Lagardère, the missile and aerospace manufacturer. (Hachette-Filipacchi is a perilous place to mention the president's private affairs: The editor of Paris Match, the celebrity weekly, was similarly fired two years ago for having run a picture of Cécilia Sarkozy, the president's previous wife, with the man she's now remarried to, on a New York street.) Hachette-Filipacchi also requested a judicial inquiry into the "fraudulent entry of data into a computer network," strongly believed to have been pushed for by Sarkozy. Charon, meanwhile, settling some private scores, accused former justice minister Rachida Dati, now exiled in disgrace to Brussels as a Euro-MP, of spreading the rumors (probably true, but then they were on everyone's lips) and even manufacturing them (unlikely). The glamorous Dati hit back, posing as a victim ("My phones were tapped!") and threatening lawsuits of her own.
If the hoped-for effect was the cowing of the French press, predictably, for all but the Elysée grand strategists, it backfired. Timid (and underfinanced) the Paris newspapers may be, but all this legal activity gave them the perfect excuse: They reported on the cases, never (heaven forbid!) the actual rumors. By early April, all but the names in play were the subject of French front page stories, cover features, and TV news flashes. The last veil was then ripped by Biolay himself, egged on, it was said, by Carla Bruni, who sued France's respected but little-watched international news channel France 24 for mentioning him in a review of the foreign press coverage, and thereby put himself in the glare of any media attention he had until then managed to escape.
By this time Sarko, having first dismissed at length a Sky news interviewer during a visit to London ("I don't have even half a second to consider these absurdities . . . "), found himself reduced to sending his wife onto the morning radio talk shows and such friendly venues as Madame Figaro, the women's supplement of Paris's most respectful daily, to decry, in pained but restrained tones, the vulgarity and cheapening nature of it all. Bruni, who has more experience of the foreign celebrity media than her husband, laughed off any suggestion of conspiracy, protested that Dati was "a friend," and denied that any police investigations had been ordered. (Unfortunately for her, Bernard Squarcini, the head of DCRI, French homeland security, contradicted her hours later.)
L'Affaire is by no means over. Last week Sarko, in Washington, was again quizzed, this time in a Katie Couric interview on Iran's nuclear program. (Couric gave him a much easier time than she did, say, Sarah Palin: "It must get slightly annoying?" she commiserated about the coverage of his private life.) Even austere newspapers like Le Monde have run many column inches on the consequences for Sarkozy's reelection in two years. "Can the president keep his cool?" is the implicit question.
As with every ailing regime, leaks now gush out, in print, of every instance of Sarkozy weakness—how he was nearly incapacitated by his 2007 divorce; how he has surrounded himself with courtiers who daren't warn him of obvious mistakes. (Pierre Charon was described to me by an Elysée aide as "un amuseur, someone who, 500 years ago, would have worn a parti-colored costume and a hat with bells on around the king.") What makes all this unfortunate is that Sarkozy is still sensible in his political decisions—reforming France's cumbersome state pension system and, abroad, pushing for tougher sanctions on Iran, to cite just two. But unlike most of his predecessors (recall Mitterrand who for 14 years hid the existence of two parallel families, in addition to his legal one, from the public, using the vast resources of the French state), Sarkozy is no cynic. If you prick him, he does bleed. And if you wrong him, he shall want revenge.
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2014 Land Rover LR2: New Car Review
The 2014 Land Rover LR2 crossover SUV began life in 1997 as the Land Rover Freelander. But, given the Freelander's poor reputation for reliability, a name change seemed in order. Hence, the LR2 designation. Land Rover has exercised many of the demons that plagued the Freelander, but the jury is still out on the LR2's long-term prospects.
Aside from the related Evoque crossover, the LR2 is the only Land Rover to employ unibody construction, which means it's built like a car, not a truck. Optimized for paved roads, the LR2 can nonetheless hold its own in the bushes if opportunity knocks. From a luxury standpoint, the LR2 competes with the BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLK and Lexus RX -- all better-equipped and better-reviewed luxury models with more interior room and superior fuel economy ratings. However, the LR2's off-road abilities far exceed its luxury rivals.
What's New for 2014
Changes for 2014 are minimal, with a new model expected to replace the LR2 in 2015. For now, the 2014 LR2 gets a revised infotainment system and upgraded Sirius Satellite Radio functionality. The 825-watt Meridian audio system is now a standalone option.
What We Like
Surprising off-road capability; competitive base MSRP; peppy acceleration
What We Don't
Forgettable fuel economy; cramped interior; unproven long-term reliability
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The LR2 features a new engine for 2014: a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder rated at 240 horsepower and 250 lb-ft of torque. The transmission is a 6-speed automatic. Fuel economy is a subpar 17 miles per gallon city/24 mpg hwy, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 Land Rover LR2 is offered in three trim levels: base, HSE and LUX.
The base model ($37,495) comes standard with 18-inch alloy wheels (19-in wheels are optional), automatic headlamps, fog lights, heated mirrors, LED taillamps, a panoramic sunroof, dual-zone automatic climate control, cruise control, rear parking sensors, leather upholstery, basic power front seats (6-way driver, 4-way passenger), a leather-wrapped steering wheel with auxiliary controls, Bluetooth, a 7-in infotainment touchscreen and an 11-speaker Meridian audio system with a USB port and an auxiliary audio jack.
The HSE ($39,995) adds a few exterior styling flourishes and niceties, such as extra power-seat adjustments and a rearview camera with Hitch Assist for towing.
The LUX ($42,595) tacks on Windsor leather seats, premium floor mats and a 17-speaker, 825-watt Meridian surround-sound audio system.
LR2 options include a voice-command system, a hard-drive-based navigation system, the 825-watt Meridian audio system and heated front seats.
The 2014 LR2 comes standard with anti-lock disc brakes, stability control, all-wheel drive and seven airbags (front, front side, driver knee, full-length side curtain). It also has a slew of electronic driving aids, including Hill Descent Control (HDC), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Corner Brake Control (CBC), Emergency Brake Assist (EBA), Roll Stability Control (RSC), Engine Drag Control (EDC) and Gradient Release Control (GRC).
Neither the government nor the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has crash-tested the Land Rover LR2.
Behind the Wheel
The LR2 is Land Rover's entry-level vehicle, yet it still features classy Euro-style luxury appointments inside. Although the back seat is cramped, it benefits from a raised seat for safari-like outward visibility, which is very good at all four corners and aided by narrow A-pillars. Ergonomics aren't nearly the nightmare you might expect; in fact, between its user-friendly touchscreen and handy climate-control knobs, the LR2 is one of the more user-friendly luxury crossovers on the market.
The LR2 is more similar in driving feel to European compact SUVs than it is to other Land Rover products past or present, with the notable exception of the Evoque. Drivers who expect the road-owning sensation provided by the LR4 or the Range Rover family will be disappointed. Nonetheless, you may like the LR2's relatively nimble character and, while the Ford-sourced turbo engine isn't the best of its breed, it adds noticeable pep to the LR2's step.
The permanent 4-wheel-drive system is partly why the LR2's fuel economy falls short of 4-cylinder crossover SUV standards. On the other hand, the LR2 has off-road ability that puts most luxury crossovers to shame. If that's a priority, you likely won't mind paying a bit more at the pump.
Other Cars to Consider
Acura RDX -- The RDX offers front-wheel drive as well as all-wheel drive, and it's one of the better values in this segment.
Audi Q5 -- The Q5 certainly makes more of a fashion statement, and it has an excellent optional supercharged V6.
BMW X3 -- The X3 continues to be one of our favorites. It's available with either 4-cylinder power or a phenomenal twin-turbo inline 6-cylinder.
AutoTrader's Advice
We don't see much reward in getting a loaded LR2, as that almost puts you in Evoque territory. Stick with the base model, though, and you're looking at something of a bargain in this segment.


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North Ossetia
North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering Kabardino-Balkaria to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Chechnya and Ingushetia to the east, and Georgia to the south.
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The Ossetes are an Iranian ethnic group who speak Ossete, a language related to Farsi. As a small, Orthodox Christian group in the predominantly Sunni Muslim North Caucasus, the Ossetes were quick to ally with the Russian Imperial government in its conquest and annexation of the region. This alliance has endured to the present, where Russia tacitly supports its allies the Ossetes in their goal to reunify North Ossetia with Georgian controlled South Ossetia and in their ethnic conflict with the neighboring Ingush. This particular ethnic conflict has made North Ossetia a magnet for terrorist attacks, especially in its southeast, and has led to a tight security situation policed by often corrupt officials that is discouraging for travel.
Just to make sure you sound sophisticated, Ossetia is pronounced ah-SEH-tee-yah, Ossete is ah-SEET, and Ossetian is ah-SEH-tee-uhn (not ah-SEE-shuhn)
While Ossetian is the official language, all Ossetians understand Russian. Even though English is becoming a necessity in Russia, Ossetia hasn't followed the trend yet, and English remains as good as nonexistent, which is why you will almost certainly be spoken to in Russian as a tourist. This does however go without saying that learning a few Ossetian words and phrases will be extremely highly appreciated.
Get in
Vladikavkaz is a major regional transit hub and is served by domestic flights from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other major Russian cities. It is also easily reached by rail via Stavropol.
By train
Daily trains leaves from/to Moscow . Trains from/to Saint Petersburg, Adler and Novorossiysk leaves one time for 2 days.
Get around
Travelers will find pre-arranged travel with reputable agents to be far more convenient than independent travel on unreliable public transportation.
Ossetia is famous for its delicious meat pies, very similar to Georgian khachapuri, but it is stuffed with lamb, beef, and mushrooms instead of cheese.
The most common food of the region are Ossetian pies with different fillings such as cheese, potatoes, meat, pumpkin. However Fizonag which is similar to kebab is also wide spread like in the rest of Caucasus. Vladikavkaz offers a large variety of traditional and international restaurants. Dzykka, one of the region's most ancient dishes is popular among the Ossetes, and is most probably the easiest dish for a visitor to taste.
North Ossetia is famous for it's alcoholic drinks, very similar to Russia drinks. Locals prefer to drink an alcoholic drink called Arak, an alcoholic drink produced from corn grain, barley, or other grain crops.
Hotel Vladikavkaz Hotel Imperial
North Ossetian State University-located in Vladikavkaz.
Stay safe
Because of the ongoing Ossete-Ingush ethnic conflict, regional instability, and proximity to Chechnya, travelers should consider North Ossetia a war zone and tread very cautiously, event though it is safer than its eastern neighbors. Avoid going near the border to South Ossetia, as the border is guarded by extremely corrupt army officers on both sides. On a significant notation is that North Ossetia doesn't experience terrorism frequently.
Ossetes, are very hospitable people and are generally well open to foreigners. You do need to remember that this is a traditional and conservative society and that you need to look out for yourself when you feel you are in trouble.
Speaking out against a person's relatives, either alive or deceased, may make a local person act very hostile against you, which doesn't really mean that Ossetes are temperamental, but this is just to say that they are strong believers in honor and dignity.
Under no circumstances, whatsoever, will you ever touch a person's hat, because according to Ossetic customs, hats are considered to be a sacred and untouchable thing. Ossetes have zero tolerance towards touching people's hats, and can lead into some unwanted quarrels. When greeting people, you need to greet the elders before you greet any others, just as a form of respect.
Ossetes are very proud of their own culture and language, and may act generally very defensive if you speak out against their customs.
In North Ossetia there are three GSM operators (MTS,Beeline,Megafon), one 3G-UMTS operator (Beeline) and one CDMA 2000 operator on 450 MHz frequency (SkyLink) and they often have offers that give you a SIM card for free or at least very cheap. If you are planning to stay a while and to keep in touch with North Ossetian and other North-Caucasus people, then you should consider buying a local SIM card instead of going on roaming. If you buy a SIM card from a shop you'll need your passport for identification. It only takes five minutes to do the paperwork and it will cost less than $10.
Get out
As of 2012 the border with Georgia at Kazbegi was open to all third country nationals with no special complications apart from the need to track down insurance in Vladikavkaz if coming into Russia from Georgia. Travel east to Dagestan should be done in roundabout fashion through Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria to avoid extremely unstable Chechnya and Ingushetia. Expect shady border officials to question you at length as to your travels when leaving.


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Investors analyzing stock price support and resistance levels should take note that Foamix Pharma Ord (FOMX)'s first resistance level is $4.33, and the second resistance level is $4.5. On the other side, investors are watching the first support level of $4.05, and the second support level of $3.94. If the stock price manages to break through the first support level, the attention may shift to the second level of support. The resistance is the opposite of support. As a stock rises, it may see a retreat once it reaches a certain level of resistance.
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When completing stock analysis, investors and traders may opt to review other technical levels. Foamix Pharma Ord (FOMX) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -130.15. Investors and traders may use this indicator to help spot price reversals, price extremes, and the strength of a trend. Many investors will use the CCI in conjunction with other indicators when evaluating a trade. The CCI may be used to spot if a stock is entering overbought (+100) and oversold (-100) territory. The Average Directional Index or ADX is often considered to be an important tool for technical trading or investing. The ADX is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder used to determine the strength of a trend. The ADX is often used along with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of the trend. Presently, the 14-day ADX is resting at 22.87.
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MSI N560GTX-448 Twin Frozr III Power Edition Review
NVIDIA is releasing a new GTX 560 Ti variant much like they did last generation with the GTX 260s. The new GTX 560 Ti has a GF110 core rather than the GF114 used before. Two stream multiprocessor clusters have been disabled out of 16 available meaning the card has 448 CUDA cores (14 clusters with 32 processors in each). This core is also used on the GTX 570 which has one cluster disabled and the GTX 580 with all 16 enabled. Consumers may find it frustrating figuring out which card is which since NVIDIA seems to enjoy mixing things up but this lineup is supposedly a limited run for enthusiasts. Some will appreciate that this card supports 3-way SLI versus the original GTX 560 Ti which could only do 2-way. This GTX 560 Ti 448 should be better than the GTX 560 Ti 384 and both are better than the GTX 560 performance-wise. Since the core is now a GF110 performance should be very close to the level of a GTX 570. Memory and memory bus size has been increased to 1280MB and 320bit just like the GTX 570 while the prior GTX 560 Ti had 1024MB memory and a 256bit memory bus.
MSI has taken this new revision and overclocked it on a custom PCB with 2 extra PWM phases for the core. As well as a total of 6+1 phase PWM and military grade components. Reference clocks are 732 MHz core and 950 MHz memory while the MSI is at 750 MHz core and 975 MHz memory clock speeds. This design is named the Power Edition for the upgraded power delivery methods. The Military Class II components include Super Ferrite Chokes, Solid Capacitors, and High-Conductivity Capacitors. The card is cooled by the MSI Twin Frozr III high density heat sink which has five heat pipes and two 80mm fans equipped. The copper base of the heat sink is nickel coated to improve conductivity and prevent corrosion. With all of these features I can't wait to start overclocking it!
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The box is black, blue, and gray primarily. The MSI logo is at the top left and a profile view of the card with frost on it are on every side of the box except the back. The front of the box highlights many of the primary features — 3-year warranty in USA, Canada, and Mexico, triple overvoltage design for use with MSI Afterburner, 6+1 phase PWM design, OC Power Edition, 448 CUDA cores, 1280MB of GDDR5, Military Class II components, and 3D Vision ready. Flipping over to the back side shows the features, product specifications, and minimum system requirements. There are four primary specifications translated into 29 languages on the right half of the box. The features include DirectX 11 support, NVIDIA CUDA technology with CUDA C/C++, DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL support, NVIDIA Tri-SLI and 3D Vision ready, and NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology. The card has two dual-link DVI-I connectors and one mini-HDMI with an adapter to full-sized HDMI. The minimum requirements are an open x16 PCI Express slot, two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors, minimum 550W or greater power supply with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A, an Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP processor or higher, 200MB of free drive space, 2GB system memory (4GB recommended), Windows XP/Vista/7, and a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.
The front of the box is a flap, opening this up gives a glimpse of the card and gives more in-depth information on some of its features. The top flap talks about performance and cooling features while the bottom focuses on the heat sink itself. The card should be capable of strong overclocking due to the triple overvoltage capabilities — the GPU core, memory, and PLL voltage can all be increased for higher overclock speeds using MSI Afterburner. The 6+1 Phase PWM design can provide up to 40% more power over the reference GTX 560 Ti phase design. The Military Class II components provide increased efficiency and stability, lifespan, and lower temperatures. Located on the PCB is a switch that users can toggle to change fan operation from cooling performance- or quietness-focused. The bottom area under the flap shows that the custom propeller blade fans move up to 22.55 CFM and generate up to 20% more airflow in comparison to the traditional fan impeller design. At full load the fans generate only 30 dB and idle around 18.68 dB which is pretty quiet. The heat sink uses five heat pipes connected to a nickel-plated copper base for optimal thermal transfer. In the center of this area is a window showing a glimpse of the fans and heat sink.
The side flap continues the same decorations as the rest of the box. This side is where most manufacturers put a barcode label that identifies the card by serial, UPC, and EAN codes. Opening the flap up shows the card protected by form-fitted foam, blue plastic caps over the connections, and a standard antistatic bag. A compartment nearby holds a DVI to VGA adapter, one mini HDMI to regular HDMI adapter, and the two 6-pin PCI Express to double male Molex power adapters for those whose power supply doesn't have enough 6-pin connectors stock. Underneath the foam is a quick start guide, user guide, and driver disk. The blue plastic caps help keep the contacts from being accidentally marred and to help against corrosion — certain metals will tarnish even from grease on a finger so these help keep dust and dirt from disturbing their conductivity!
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BOSTON, Mass. – The Sacred Heart track and field teams competed this past weekend in the Jay Carisella Invitational hosted by Northeastern and the Brother Jasper Invitational at Manhattan College. Four athletes qualified for the ECAC, IC4A, and New England meets.
In Boston on Saturday, sophomore Sean Ferguson (Smithtown, N.Y.) finished second in the 5000m race in a new indoor school record time of 14:38.58. He broke teammate Christopher Connelly's previous record of 14:59.25 set in 2012. Ferguson's time is also a personal best, improving upon his previous best time by 32 seconds. He is currently the NEC leader in both the 3000m and 5000m, qualifying for the IC4A meet with his performance on Saturday. Marc Troiani (Valhalla, N.Y.) had a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 15.54m, surpassing the New England standard in the event. Joshua Beloff (Marblehead, Mass.) placed sixth in the 200m with a time of 22.81 seconds, missing the New England qualifying time by .06 seconds.
On the women's side, Elizabeth Hutchins (Pawcatuck, Conn.) qualified for the ECAC meet in the 3000m. She finished second in the race at Northeastern in a time of 9:58.36, cutting 34 seconds of her personal best while running the fifth-fastest time in program history. Hutchins qualified for the ECACs in the 5000m last weekend, and is currently leading the NEC in the 3000m. She's also second in the conference in the 5000m behind teammate Brianna Castrogivanni (Commack, N.Y.). Molly Barker (Weymouth, Mass.) and Shannon Hickey (South Easton, Mass.) also ran personal bests in the 3000m. Barker finished fifth in a time of 10:39.45 with Hickey sixth in 10:48.62. They are third and fifth respectively in the NEC in the 3000m.
Ashia Wright (Cheshire, Conn.) finished third in the 60m with a time of 7.85 seconds, surpassing the New England standard for the second straight week. Megan Papp (Niantic, Conn.) qualified for the New England meet in the 5000m with a time of 17:42.15, improving on her personal best by just over three seconds. In the field, Lindsay Aponte (West Islip, N.Y.) finished second in the shot put with a throw of 13.18m (43' 3"). Aponte qualified for the New England meet and leads the NEC in the shot put. Freshman Mareena DiMilia (Claryville, N.Y.) had a big day in her first college meet. She threw a personal best 12.35m (40' 6.25") in the shot put to finish fifth. DiMilia also had a personal best throw of 14.53m (47'8") in the weight throw to finish fifth. She currently ranks third in the NEC in the weight throw and fourth in the shot put after just missing the New England qualifying standards.
Drayke Jackson (East Northport, N.Y.) won the indoor heptathlon at the Brother Jasper Invitational with a score of 4,810 points, improving on his personal best by 784 points. He recorded personal bests in both the pole vault and shot put in the event. Jackson cleared 4.15m in the pole vault and had a throw of 10.39m in the shot put. He currently leads the NEC and New England in the event, missing the IC4A qualifying standard of 5,000 points. Gregory Hazell (Airmont, N.Y.) finished third in the heptathlon with a score of 4,587 points, improving on his personal best of 4,087 points. He recorded personal bests in the pole vault, shot put, and 1000m in the event. Hazell is second in the NEC and New England.
Nicole Bartosch (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) finished second in the women's indoor pentathlon with a score of 3,425 points, demolishing her previous best score of 3,068 points. She narrowly missed the ECAC qualifying standard of 3,450 points. Bartosch set personal bests in the high jump (5' 5"), long jump (17 '5.5"), and 800m (2:29.80). She is currently the NEC leader in the pentathlon and third in New England. Bartosch is also second in the NEC in the high jump and fourth in the long jump. Sara Isaacson (Aberdeen, N.J.) cleared a personal best 3.3 meters (10' 10") in the pole vault. Emily Kiss (Kenvil, N.J.) also had a personal best vault of 3.15 meters (10' 4") in the event. The duo is second and third in the NEC.
The Sacred Heart track and field teams are back in action on January 11 at the Yale Intercollegiate Track Classic.


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Exclusive Oval Office Interview
CINDI LEIVE: Congratulations—I know you just had an anniversary.
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: We did. Thirtieth anniversary.
CL: Are you good on remembering flowers and that kind of thing?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I remembered more than a flower. Remember, I'm on government pay—I bought her a beautiful watch. It also happened to be her birthday the day before, so it's like a combo deal.
CL: One of the things that we wanted to talk about…is just the evidence on what she has accomplished as First Lady. And I'm interested how it's been for you as a husband to see her become more and more active in so many areas, but in particular in heart disease, where her work has caused, by many estimates, a drop of 17,000 deaths a year in this country.
PRESIDENT BUSH: You always want your wife to be a happy person who's living a fulfilling life. At least I do. It's particularly important in the life we live here in the White House. … Laura's, I guess, job satisfaction is really high because she has come to realize that which I have realized and that is, it doesn't take much to affect people's lives in a positive way. We've been given a great honor to represent the country. And we have been put in a position to influence in positive ways. And she has seized this opportunity in a way that is impressive to me, and in a way that gives me great pride.
This is an environment where it would be very easy to have self-pity: "Why have you done this to me, my husband?" Or, "Why have you made me sacrifice my privacy?" et cetera. Instead, Laura has seized the opportunity. And as you said, she's focused on heart awareness, the [Heart Truth campaign]. That's one of many projects that have got measurable results as well. So, this isn't just hot air. This isn't a program where we're just going to go out and talk. This is a program where certain measurable results happen. And it gives her great satisfaction.
And so to answer your question, I am impressed. I'm not surprised, because she's a very accomplished woman. And she's smart, she's capable, she's well organized. And she works hard. And she has a great compassion. It is really satisfying for me to watch and to watch her show the American people exactly the kind of person I married. She's a good person. And to answer your question, I'm real proud of her.
CL: Is it true that when you got married you promised her that she would not have to make a speech?
PRESIDENT BUSH: It was. Look, she wasn't a political person. She was a down-to-earth West Texas woman who was smart. And loved books. Loved children. I met her, and I was kind of from a political family. I don't even know if her family were Republicans—they probably weren't. [He's right—Mrs. Bush was raised a Democrat.] I'm sure she was somewhat skeptical about marrying into a well-known Texas political family. And so I did promise her she'd never have to give a speech and in turn, she did. Thankfully she's given a lot of speeches. And she's good at it. She's a very good communicator. And she's great on TV.
CL: I read that she had found a turning point at the moment when she gave the radio address on Afghanistan. [In November 2001 Mrs. Bush was the first person other than a president to deliver the presidential radio address, and focused on the "brutality" against women and children by the Taliban in Afghanistan.]
PRESIDENT BUSH: I think that's very true. And the reason why was there was a lot of feedback. There was a clear indication to her that in this case a relatively simple act can profoundly touch people's lives. And that's the power of being the First Lady or the president. And that's what I was talking about, about being able to use the positions that we have been honored to hold in a way that can positively affect people.
I'll tell you another story. I gave the U.N. speech [President Bush addressed the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations in September 2007 about human rights issues]. And in it I hit Burma pretty hard. And … Laura was in the audience there at the U.N., and shortly thereafter, she got an e-mail from a human rights activist on the Thai border who had read transcripts of the speech. Laura had met this person, I'm not exactly sure where, but [she] had met this person. I thought it was so interesting that upon the delivery of my speech, a kind and decent soul tried to help people who had been savaged by this particular administration e-mailed Laura Bush to encourage her and me to continue speaking clearly about the human condition inside Burma. Which says to me that she's becoming well known among the activists who are trying to change Burma. And that they feel comfortable communicating with her. And that she's been out enough so that she's meeting a variety of people, one of whom happened to be on the Thai border.
Anyway, I thought that was an interesting story about how her influence is spreading. She's got great a passion for the malarian initiative issue. It's just inexcusable that two-year-old babies are dying because of mosquito bites. I feel that way; she feels that way. And we're doing something about it. And it really helps to have her lead the charge in many ways. And to serve as an inspiration for the African leaders and their First Ladies. To put a plan in place that'll actually succeed. She's good. She's doing great.
CL: I want to ask you, Mr. President, a little bit about heart disease. Obviously, you're an exceptionally healthy and fit person, and many people have told me about your mountain biking that you're doing now instead of running, am I right?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I mountain bike on the weekends with a lot of people that work here inside the White House and some out of the White House. And then I work out four other times a week. I work out six out of seven days.
CL: And does Mrs. Bush ever ride with you?
PRESIDENT BUSH: No.
CL: Just not interested in mountain biking?
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, she's not a mountain biker. This weekend we hosted Angela Merkel—Chancellor Merkel—and Professor Sauer. And they came in on a Friday evening, and I asked them at dinner, would they like to get up and go for a walk on our ranch with us? And so, Laura and me and Condi [Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] and the Chancellor and her husband went for about an hour—an hour-15 walk there on the ranch. And the reason I tell you that is the exercise that we do do together is generally a walk. And, you know, it's—she's a good exerciser.
CL: She told me that she lifts weights, and she had gotten really into that over the last four or five years.
PRESIDENT BUSH: She has. She hurt her neck and had an operation, so she's getting back into it. She's got a pinched nerve that really was in pain … she was in pain for quite a while. And [she's] not a complainer. She's got a pretty high threshold for pain. … She's courageous woman. I don't want to use the word "tough," because that's the wrong connotation.
CL: Tough's not bad.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Tough's good if you're a Texan, but that may not translate too well in your magazine.
CL: [Laughs] No, we like tough.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Tough can mean hard-edged and mean. And she's not. She's got a good tender heart.
CL: One of the things that she had talked about in the last interview that we did with her that made a big impact on our readers was her discussion of smoking. And, certainly, for young women—our readers are generally women in your daughter's age range—the single biggest contributor to heart issues for them is smoking. So, we're constantly exhorting them to [quit].
PRESIDENT BUSH: Smoking, diet, lack of exercise, you're right. Well, people shouldn't smoke. Nor should they drink to excess. I don't drink at all. Probably because I was drinking to excess, but—yeah, I was an ex-smoker, a bad smoker. I used to smoke. And I understand what smoking can do to you. I guess smoking is—people think that smoking is part of a diet program. Virginia Slims they were called.
CL: That's a big factor for young women.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah, it requires parents to share their wisdom.
CL: Well, how did you manage to quit? You say you're an ex-smoker.
PRESIDENT BUSH: I started chewing tobacco. I just transferred one tobacco habit to the next. And then I quit chewing tobacco because it was a little gross. [Laughter] Look, tobacco and alcohol can compete with other loves. So, if you love to exercise and you smoke, you'll find that smoking affects your endurance and makes it harder to work out. So, I quit both. Tobacco … was an addictive habit; it was hard to get off of it.
CL: But you did?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I did.
CL: For our readers who are following tobacco…can you share a little bit of your thinking? I know that you recently vetoed the bill that would have included a 61-cent tax on cigarettes and presumably motivated at least some smokers to quit. [This was the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill, designed to finance an expansion of children's health care via a tax on cigarettes.] Can you walk us through that?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, that was part of the issue. These people were assuming you could pay for a $35 billion expense on health care [by taxing] a product that people presumably would be using less of, and therefore the question was, where are they going to get the money to fulfill the promise they set? Secondly, a tax increase is a tax increase. You can justify any tax increase you want, I just don't think we need to be raising taxes on working people, in particular. And, thirdly, the reason I vetoed the bill is because there are 500,000 people who aren't getting [insurance], 500,000 children who aren't getting the promise that the government made them, and so therefore, why not focus on those 500,000 before you expand the program beyond the 500,000. That's why I made the decision I made.
CL: So even apart from the health insurance aspect of it, you would not support a tax on cigarettes?
PRESIDENT BUSH: A tax increase of any kind. Of any kind. Cigarettes just happen to be one of the opportunities that Congress is trying to give the taxpayer to pay more taxes.
CL: I don't know if you've had the chance to see the story that we did with Jenna in our November issue. [Jenna had written a book, Ana's Story, *with former *Glamour photo assistant Mia Baxter.] I'm curious about what it was like for you to see your daughter [who always had] a lower profile, have this big sort of media moment. Were you giving her advice about how to deal with reporters and handle that exposure?
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, I really didn't give her any advice. But I am beaming with pride. I was concerned about it. I understand how tough the public arena can be. So, I was concerned that, you know, I was concerned about whether or not she'd be treated fairly. And that people would treat her with the respect she deserved. And it turns out they did. And one of the reasons why is because she earned the respect of a lot of people and how she handled herself, and I'm very proud of her.
You're only really as happy as your children are when you're a parent. Our girls are happy, which makes me happy. There's nothing better than having your family together sound and happy in an environment such as the White House. It's just very important for the President and the First Lady to know that their children are doing well. We've got plenty of other issues to think about. And the fact that Barbara and Jenna are doing great and are happy people, and equally importantly, are good contributors, really is a source of pride to both Laura and me. I love them dearly. It's really a gratifying—it's been a gratifying year for us.
CL: Any desire for either of them to go into the family business?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I doubt it. [Laughter] You'd have to ask them, but, you know, I didn't—my attitude is tell them you love them. And encourage them to reach out and to see life in its fullest. Live life to its fullest. Little Barbara picks up and goes down to South Africa on her own to work in a pediatric AIDS hospital. Jenna goes down to Guatemala—I mean, Panama. Excuse me, goes down to Panama with Mia Baxter. And sure enough she says, "Dad, I'm going to write a book on an experience I had." And it is amazing to see what strong women they are. They're self-starters. No way am I going to try and chart their course in life. I suspect that they're—I don't have any idea what they're going to do down the road. I do know that they've got their sense of service inside their very being, and that's really good.
CL: I know that Jenna and Mrs. Bush are writing a book together right now. Are you allowed in the room?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I probably don't want to be in the room. It turns out these moments of creativity—if there's any criticism…it tends to create a conflagration. So I pretty well butted out. They're doing good. It's going to be a neat book. … It's fun to watch mother and daughter work together in a collaborative way. The White House upstairs is a constructive place these days.
CL: Have you given Jenna any advice about marriage? You're in a good position; you've been married 30 years.
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, I really haven't. I'm convinced that she loves the guy and he loves her. Only advice I had was: Are you sure you don't want to elope?
CL: [Laughs.] Are you serious about that?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Not really. [Pauses.] No, I'm not serious about it.
CL: My grandparents were married for 72 years, and my grandfather's only piece of advice about marriage was go to bed early. He told me that's what keeps the marriage strong.
PRESIDENT BUSH: If that's the case, we're going to be married for 40 more years since I've been going to bed early these days. I'm teasing about the elopement, of course. It would be a lot easier. But they want to have a wedding; and they're going to have a wedding.
CL: In an interview that I read with Mrs. Bush, she said that she was very much looking forward someday to casting a vote for the first Republican woman to run for president. And I'm curious….
PRESIDENT BUSH: Doesn't look like that's going to happen this time.
CL: Maybe not this time around. But I think you have some good people on the bench. And, I'm curious, is there somebody who you dream of being able to cast that historic vote for?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Not really. I haven't thought much beyond the 2008 elections. And I'm really not engaged in those until after the primary seasons are over. But Condi would be a natural for me to suggest because I know her well, trust her judgment. I know she's a strong woman. I've said that, I don't think she wants to be president, but nevertheless, if she were to think about it, I'd seriously want to help her.
CL: We're always encouraging our readers, young women, to consider public office. What would you say to them about why they should want your job?
PRESIDENT BUSH: First of all, you can go into politics and not have to sacrifice your family. Politics doesn't mean that you have to give up that which is important to you. You can still be a mom and be a political leader. I learned that from my dad that—he went into politics with a set of values and came out with the same set of values. You don't have to compromise your core beliefs. Matter of fact, if you compromise your core beliefs, you'll be a lousy politician as far as I'm concerned.
Secondly, that you can make a significant difference in people's lives. And if you're a person motivated to the service of others, there's no better way to do it. There are good ways to do it, and a good way to do it is through the political process. And third, it looks ugly to a lot of people and it can be. But it doesn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be zero sum. It doesn't have to be, I'm not going to help this person because it might not make you look too good politically.
And I would hope young women out there don't get discouraged by the tone of the political system today. The tone changes, can change over time. When I was the governor of Texas, the tone in Texas was great. We had Democrats and Republicans working together. Washington right now, I'm sure is discouraging to certain people, and I would ask them not to be discouraged by the harshness of the system. And that can change. Matter of fact, it can change because good people want to get in and change it.
CL: Do you think that you will be the last Bush in the White House?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I have no earthly idea. It's an interesting question. There's a Bush out there that would be a great president, that would be my brother Jeb, but he's obviously not running in 2008. I have no idea what life will be like for him in 2012, but it's hard to tell. If one of my relatives is looking for a great way to serve the country in a job that is unbelievably exciting and fulfilling, then they ought to think about running for president. I strongly suggest that they become governor, however, before they try to run.
CL: I'm still gunning for Jenna.
PRESIDENT BUSH: We'll see. I don't think that's going to happen. But who knows? She's not even 30 yet; she's got plenty of time.


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Aiken, SC Receives $320,000 to Protect Health, Reduce GHG Emissions
Release Date: 04/14/2011
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(ATLANTA – Apr. 14, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the city of Aiken, SC will receive $320,000 to develop local strategies to reduce harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve people's health. The city of Aiken is among 22 communities from across the country, including three Indian tribes, receiving almost $8.3 million in grants. The grants will help communities increase energy efficiency and save consumers money with new practices involving waste management, energy production, and land use management.
To reduce GHG emissions, the city of Aiken is receiving funding to complete "deep" energy retrofits on 10 blighted homes in a low income neighborhood, weatherize additional homes through a green job program, and provide educational materials to the community on energy efficiency.
Grantees estimate that by 2014 the projects will reduce more than 167,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually—equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 32,745 passenger vehicles or the energy used by 14,189 homes—and save nearly $13 million per year in energy costs. The projects will also improve people's health and quality of life by improving indoor and outdoor air quality, increasing walkability, and reducing household energy bills.
EPA will monitor the progress of grant recipients and will post quarterly updates about each recipient online. An additional $1.7 million is still under review and is expected to be awarded in the next few months to four additional local governments. All grant funding is from the Fiscal Year 2010 federal budget.
The Climate Showcase Communities Grant Program is administered by EPA, providing technical assistance, tools, and guidance to help state, local, and tribal governments implement policies and programs to mitigate climate change.
The 22 communities are showing their commitment to improve local health and reduce GHG emissions by contributing matching funds and committing to share their lessons learned to help other communities replicate successful projects. Communities selected for the Climate Showcase funds were required to show their ability to achieve ongoing GHG reductions as well as to track, measure, and show progress toward their goals. The new grantees join 25 communities that were awarded funding in 2010.
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