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Kyodo: GOJ proposes GPS tracking of criminals. SITYS.
Posted by debito on May 25th, 2009
Hi Blog. Regarding those dismissive of my Japan Times article last week, describing how IC Chips in the proposed new Gaijin Cards could be used for remote tracking and targeting of NJ, as “tinfoil-hat alarmism” etc.:
Can’t help it, but I’ll say it:
See, I told you so.
I posted this on Facebook last night, and got people saying GPS and RFID are two separate technologies, so it doesn’t matter. Those who wish to discuss that here, go ahead. My point remains that the political will is there to bell the cat, er, the criminal. And given the GOJ’s propensity to treat all foreigners regardless of status as criminals (as opposed to immigrants), and to give the police free reign to rein in crime, to me it’s only a matter of time before fitting the transponders leads to tracking them, by whatever means necessary.
Read on and comment. Arudou Debito in Sapporo
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GPS studied as tool to track ex-convicts.
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May 25th, 2009 at 11:18 am
If you want an idea of how sensitive the RFID issue is and how little information is being released by people who know anything about it, all you have to do is take a look at this clip about what happened when Mythbusters tried to do a report on RFID and its vulnerabilities and tracking abilities. This clip is chilling in its implications.
– Let’s not beat around the bush. According to this clip, when the credit card companies learned that Mythbusters was about to do a show on RFID, they leaned on the Discovery Channel (the sponsors of MB) to quash the show. Advertising dollars and all that. There is something that the issuers of RFID don’t want to be made public. Probably vulnerability. As your link in your next post makes clear.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Also, RFID-chipped cards can be hacked and decrypted with materials worth a little over $8 US. See this clip from boingboingtv to learn just how simple an RFID chip can be hacked. All you have to do with the material is get close enough to someone’s wallet and all the information from the RFID is yours.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Your point doesn’t still stand, because RFID can only be detected from extremely short distances, which means that RFID *can’t* be used for global positioning, unless you are required to swipe your gaijin card through a machine (or wave it over a sensor) every 20 feet. There is an immense technical difference. It’s akin to saying “shoes cushion shock, and car bumpers cushion shock, so it’s only a matter of time before shoes have big chrome bumpers”.
What, I gather, you are advancing is the idea that a new card would be issued to replace the upcoming new card, which in addition to (or instead of) an RFID chip would also have a GPS unit. However, GPS units require considerable power, so it wouldn’t be a card, it would be a little unit, like a tiny watch or beeper. And I think there’s an important psychological block, which would make that seem unreasonable enough that it wouldn’t happen. Authorities can easily hand-wave over “it’s just a little card, it’s not an imposition”, or “you don’t even have to carry anything, it’s just your fingerprints”, but “you have to carry, and maintain charged (including bringing a generator if you go camping or there is a power outage) a GPS unit at all times” is something that would tip the balance in favor of folks in power admitting that it’s just plain unreasonable.
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Gale L. “Pup” Straub, 63, of Decatur, died at his residence on Monday, September 27, 2010.
Born on May 4, 1947, in Decatur, he was the son of the late Ralph and Julia (Werling) Straub.
Gale was a lifetime member of the former Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. He was a 40-year member of the Preble Volunteer Fire Fighting Association, of which he held numerous offices and positions, including assistant fire chief and chief.
He was also a member of the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association.
Gale retired in 2009 after 40 years of service with White Electronic Designs.
He is survived by a nephew, Kent (Donna) Klopfleisch of Decatur, and two nieces, Mrs. Karen (James) Maurer of Celina, Ohio, and Mrs. Kathie (Jon) Rich of Carol Stream, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Virginia and Melvin Klopfleisch in 2005.
Calling hours are 3-8 p.m. on Friday, October 1, 2010, at Haggard and Sefton Funeral Home, Decatur.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 2, 2010, also at the funeral home, with Rev. Jon Rich officiating.
Burial will be in Beery Cemetery, rural Decatur.
Memorials are to Preble Volunteer Fire Department.
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Delhi rape: Dikshit booed at Jantar Mantar
Security personnel escort Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as she returns after anti-rape protesters forcibly stopped her at Jantar Mantar to take
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was booed by angry crowds at Jantar Mantar here Saturday when she went to the protest site to pay her tribute to the gang-rape victim who died in a Singapore hospital.
Furious young men and women were furious when they saw Dikshit approach the gathering with her security personnel, and began shouting: "Sheila Dikshit wapas jao!" and "Sheila Dikshit go back!"
As she kept walking towards the site, the crowds became angrier and noisier. A shaken chief minister quickly lit a candle under a tree, bowed her head and quickly left.
All through her brief presence at the site, policemen jostled with the more militant ones in the crowd to keep them from reaching the chief minister.
The protesters kept screaming that they would not allow any politician to reach Jantar Mantar.
Jantar Mantar is one of two spots where Delhi Police have allowed people protesting the death of the rape victim to gather.
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By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2012 Pakistan’s decision to reopen ground supply routes on its border with Afghanistan will allow the Defense Department to save tens of millions of dollars transporting material in and out of Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon spokesman said here today.
Navy Capt. John Kirby said officials estimate that use of the reopened routes will save $70 million to $100 million per month.
Kirby noted that Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta had told Congress that since Pakistan had closed the routes in November, resupplying forces in Afghanistan had been costing the United States about $100 million more per month than before the closure.
“Secretary Panetta fully supports the approach that was taken, and the discussions that were had,” Kirby said. “He welcomes the decision by Pakistan to open the gates.”
Pakistan closed the supply routes after a Nov. 26, 2011, incident in which American troops came under fire from Pakistan. U.S. forces returned fire and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan responded by closing the main overland supply routes for U.S. and NATO forces into Afghanistan.
U.S. logistics specialists quickly shifted to other means, such as the Northern Distribution Network, to supply the forces. However, DOD officials have noted the routes through Pakistan are considered the most direct and most cost-effective.
“The Defense Department, immediately after the incident in November, expressed our regrets and condolences over it [and] acknowledged the mistakes we’ve made, and we’re sorry for those mistakes,” Kirby told reporters today.
He added that although the Pakistani ground supply routes are cheaper, coalition forces will continue to use the Northern Distribution Network as well.
“The Northern Distribution Network is still a viable, vital method through which logistics flow in and out of Afghanistan,” Kirby said. “One of the things that we’re looking at, more [now] than we were in November when the [Pakistani ground supply routes] closed, was retrograde -- the need to get material out of Afghanistan. So the Northern Distribution Network will still remain vital as we move forward.”
Kirby said traffic has started to flow through the Pakistan ground gates, and that the same agreement in place before the closure still applies.
“The same arrangement we had using the ground gates before they closed are in existence now,” he said. “There’s been no change to those agreements.” No lethal material is permitted to flow through the ground lines of communication, he added, unless it is designed and designated solely for the Afghan national security forces.
Kirby said the United States and Pakistan continue to work to “get this relationship on better footing.”
“My sense is this was just a series of a lot of discussions and negotiations, and [a] concerted effort by both sides to move past this and to get the relationship into a better place [as we] start to look at the common challenges in the region,” he said.
Kirby re-emphasized the practical benefits and cost-effectiveness of moving logistics through Pakistan’s ground supply routes.
“We’ve always said moving things through the ground gates is cheaper and more expedient,” he said. “Because we have that open to us now, it will save money.”
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2003 More than 300 delegates representing a cross-section of Iraqi society yesterday hashed out plans for the formation of an interim government at an all-day meeting in Baghdad.
The Baghdad meeting was follow-on to an April 15 Iraqi leadership gathering in Nasiriyah attended by U.S. diplomatic envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, the head of the Pentagon's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.
Both U.S. officials also attended the Baghdad meeting -- held on the date of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein's birthday -- where Iraqi delegates voted to meet again within a month's time.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz noted at an April 25 press conference here that the meetings are stepping-stones to the formation of "a government of the Iraqi people, by the Iraqi people and for the Iraqi people."
Wolfowitz noted that Iraqi delegates produced a written agreement at the Nasiriyah meeting containing 13 principles for reference in forming a new, free Iraqi government:
First, Iraq must be democratic.
Second, the future government of Iraq should not be based on communal identity, as evidenced during the rule of Saddam Hussein, whose regime heavily promoted his birthplace of Tikrit and his hometown cronies.
Third, the future government of Iraq should be organized as a democratic, federal system, but with countrywide consultation and input.
Fourth, the rule of law must be paramount.
Fifth, Iraq must be built on respect for diversity, including respect for the role of women.
Sixth, the meeting discussed the role of religion in state and society.
Seventh, the meeting discussed the principle that Iraqis must choose their leaders, not have them imposed from outside.
Eighth, political violence must be rejected and that Iraqis immediately organize themselves for the task of reconstruction at both the local and national levels.
Ninth, Iraqis and the coalition must work together to tackle the immediate issues of restoring security and basic services.
Tenth, that the Ba'ath Party must be dissolved and its effects on Iraqi society must be eliminated.
Eleventh, that there should be an open dialogue with all national political groups, to bring them into the Iraqi political process.
Twelfth, that the meeting condemns the looting that has taken place and the destruction of documents.
Thirteenth, there would be another meeting, with more Iraqi participants, to discuss procedures for developing an Iraqi interim authority.
The meeting referred to in the 13th principle occurred April 28 in Baghdad. Wolfowitz called it "a meeting of Iraqis who are exercising their newfound freedom to speak." He observed that it was the second in "a series of inclusive meetings, open to Iraqis, to be held throughout the country."
As Iraqis discuss how they will govern themselves in the post-Saddam era, Wolfowitz noted that such events please the United States and its coalition partners.
"The United States and other coalition countries have no interest in governing or occupying Iraq," the deputy defense secretary insisted, adding that U.S. forces would stay in Iraq "not one day longer" than necessary.
He pointed out that Saddam's fall from power would produce an Iraqi government "that preserves the territorial integrity of the country, that uses the resources of the country for the benefit of the Iraqi people, and that poses no threat to Iraq's neighbors."
An interim Iraqi government, Wolfowitz explained, "will lead the way to the formation of a democratic government for a free Iraq; to work on drafting a constitution, on developing a legal reform agenda, an economic reform agenda, (and) organizing elections."
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Owens and Minor Corp., Glen Allen, Virginia, is being awarded an estimated
$8,520,750 firm fixed price requirements contract as a Prime Vendor distributor
for medical/surgical products. Three hundred proposals were solicited and six
were received. Work will be performed in Harahan, Louisiana and Shreveport,
Louisiana and is expected to be completed by November 1996. The Defense
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activity (SP0200-96-D-7110).
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Loral Federal Systems, Owego, Owego, New York was awarded on November 13,
1995, an increment as part of a contract (DAAB10-96-D-Q003) for a
build-to-model acquisition for the production and fielding of the Intelligence
Electronic Warfare Common Sensor (IEWCS) systems. Two errors were made in the
initial media release. The first error was made in listing the location of the
30% work to be performed in Hudson, New York. The correct location for the
work that will be performed is Hudson, New Hampshire. The second error was the
nomenclature for the Signal Data Acquisition System was listed as AN/MPR-3
sensor subsystem. The correct nomenclature should have been listed as
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the act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action
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Definitions for lubavitch movement
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Lubavitch, Lubavitch movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad(noun)
a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study
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Science degrees in Ohio cover several areas. Most scientific careers require a doctoral degree, although some require only a master's level degree. Because of that, many scientific fields seem sparse in numbers. For example, there are only 170 atmospheric scientists in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Families (ODJF). Most scientist jobs, however, are prestigious.
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Biochemists and biophysicists: The mean annual salary as of May 2009 was $68,780, with 31.6 percent projected growth between 2008 and 2018. This is the fastest growing scientific category in the state and requires a doctoral degree.
Medical scientists: With a mean annual salary of $68,620 as of May 2009, and with 28.7 percent projected growth between 2008 and 2018, this is another excellent field for science-minded students to consider. Some medical scientists earn both medical and doctoral degrees.
Geoscientists: Geoscientists earned a mean annual salary of $63,450 as of May 2009, with 12.8 percent job growth projected for 2008 through 2018. Often, a master's degree is all that is required.
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His doctor wouldn't release him to wrestle.
To make it all the more sweet, it's his senior year, and twin brother Dustin, who wrestles at 152, also qualified.
But Jessie Head, who entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed, didn't quite imagine he'd pin his way to the finals and walk in Saturday night's Parade of Champions.
"I'm not trying to be down on myself," said Head after upsetting the No. 3 seed from Sterling to win in the semifinal round on Friday, "but I thought I'd be out tonight because I was wrestling the state champion."
After a first-round win over Lamar, Head came up against Jared Mestas in the quarterfinals. Mestas, the No. 1 seed and defending state champion from Dolores-Huerta, came in with an intimidating 37-1 record.
Photo by Tamie Meck Defending state champion Jared Mestas of Dolores-Huerta bridges in an attempt to escape the grip of Hotchkiss senior Jesse Head in the quarterfinal round of the 3A state tournament. Head pinned the No. 1 seed, then upset the No. 4 seed to advance to the state championship round. Head, who was seeded eighth, placed second."I went out there with my adrenaline running, my nerves, and I had to put it away," said Head.
Seconds into the match, Mestas put Head onto his back, landing on Head's chest and scoring two takedown points. But in an instant, Head scored a reversal and sprawled out across Mestas' chest. Then he held on while Mestas struggled with all his might to escape.
"He was getting close," said Head. "I knew that I was tiring him out as he was bridging. I just had to hold him down, squeeze as hard as I could."
Almost 50 seconds later, Head had unseated the state champ.
"We had one shot, one shot," said head coach Glen Suppes, describing how Mestas started to roll out early on and had enough strength to bridge with Head riding him. "A lot of times when they bridge that high, the guy in control will let go a little bit" and give his opponent a chance to get away. But Head never let up.
Head did a repeat reversal maneuver, upsetting the No. 4 seed from Sterling to win in the semifinals. "I knew that I had to go to my move that I've been working on over the years," said Head, referring to a maneuver he learned from an assistant coach. "I knew I had to perfect it. We call it the Trailer Park."
Meanwhile, No. 2 seed Joe Boyle had a first-round 15-0 win, then pinned 20-3 Zacharia Garcia of Florence and 11th-seeded Dillon Vance of Alamosa to advance to Saturday night's finals.
Boyle, who wrestled 1-2 at last year's tournament, made a mistake against Garcia that almost cost him the match, but he was able to recover. "It's amazing to see how far he's come," said Suppes of Boyle. "Kids underestimate him."
This year is going better, said Boyle after defeating Vance. "Getting it done kind of fast, staying good, not putting myself in a bad position too often," he said with a laugh. In all the excitement, Boyle lost track of the rounds. "Where am I at right now?" he asked before learning he would finally face top-ranked Jason Buhr of Centauri in the finals. The two had never met. They were scheduled to wrestle at the Center tournament, which Boyle won, but Buhr was injured and forfeited.
Suppes said he can't remember a time when Hotchkiss sent two wrestlers into the finals. Both were pinned to place second. Head ended his senior year with a 26-6 record and Boyle finished at 35-4.
The Bulldogs qualified seven for state. Jake Hubbell (106) and Tony Ibarra (160) wrestled two and out. Garrett Toothaker (113), Dustin Head (152) and Zack Taylor (285) opened with wins, then lost in quarterfinals and first-round consolation.
Jesse Head said he was proud to share his final state experience with his brother. The Head brothers were the only twins at this year's tournament. "I told him I love him and I'm happy I got to wrestle all my life with him," said Head, who was also proud to walk in the Parade of Champions with his brother, Mike Vetter, a custodian at Hotchkiss High School. After unseating Mestas, Jesse headed for the stands to see Vetter and his family.
Hotchkiss earned 60.5 points to place 10th; Olathe was ninth with 63 points.
"Those kids that lost, they put in every bit as much work as Joe and Jesse," said Suppes. "What a roller coaster. We lost some good wrestlers in that consolation round tonight ... There is no forgiveness in this sport. None whatsoever."blog comments powered by Disqus
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Lake George Kelly A. Mann, 40 years of age, of 7 Thompson Ave., Lake George, was recently arrested by Warren County Sheriff’s deputies.
Mann was charged with Welfare Fraud in the 3rd degree, Grand Larceny in the 3rd degree, Health Care Fraud 4th degree and two counts of Offering a False Instrument in the 1st degree after an investigation into a report from the Warren County Department of Social Services that she failed to accurately report her total accurate household composition when making applications to receive food stamp, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and medical assistance benefits.
The report alleged that Mann filed applications and re-certifications to receive public assistance benefits, as required to establish eligibility, and failed to accurately report her total accurate household composition. Specifically that she failed to report an individual who was employed and living in her residence. Eligibility to receive public assistance benefits is determined by a number of factors including total household income.
As a result she received more than $23,800 in food stamp benefits, HEAP and Medicaid benefits that she was otherwise ineligible to receive. Mann was charged and arraigned in Lake George Town Court. She was released on her own recognizance and was to re-appear in Queensbury Town Court on Oct. 15.
The investigation was conducted by Warren County Sheriff’s Investigator Kevin W. Conine and Warren County Department of Social Services Investigator Lisa Zulauf.
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While outfielder Seth Smith remains a coveted commodity, the Atlanta Braves' interest has cooled, according to a major-league source with the direct knowledge of the talks.
The Braves are unwilling to move infielder Martin Prado, the Rockies' desired target, without an accompanying move to add infield depth.
Always a longshot to land Braves pitcher Jair Jurrjens, Colorado is not pursuing the right-hander and was never a serious suitor.
With six weeks remaining until spring training, the Rockies are focusing on minor trades while continuing to canvas for rotation help.
Smith remains a valuable chip in that regard and has drawn interest from Oakland. Viewed as a potential fit for Smith when unable to sign free agent Coco Crisp, Tampa Bay is not in the hunt.
The Rays have pitchers the Rockies covet — namely right-handed starters Wade Davis and Jeff Niemann — but talks have not gained traction this winter.
As with Ian Stewart earlier, the Rockies are prepared to wait until they receive specific players for Smith. Moving the veteran would free up money to pursue a veteran starter — free agent Kevin Millwood hasn't been ruled out.
The Rockies have depth following the signing of free agent Michael Cuddyer, who will team with left fielder Carlos Gonzalez and center fielder Dexter Fowler in the starting lineup.
Charlie Blackmon, Eric Young Jr. and Jamie Hoffman will compete for backup spots, with the fourth outfielder likely assuming a bigger role with Cuddyer earmarked for some infield duty.
Young Jr. has been connected to trade talks this winter, but there are no active discussions. The Mets have some interest, but have not mentioned second baseman Justin Turner, a player who interests the Rockies.
Footnotes. Former Rockies reliever Matt Daley and reserve outfielder Cole Garner have signed minor-league deals with the Yankees. ... Former Rockies prospect Chris Frey has recovered from a back injury suffered last year while he was in the Phillies' organization. He has begun working out in the Denver area and is looking to resume his career.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Rockies' most promising play of the spring didn't produce a run and didn't feature a home run or a strikeout.
It was a simple single to right field last Saturday against the Angels.
Troy Tulowitzki took off as if he were scoring. It didn't matter that Josh Hamilton was charging quickly or that he has one of the game's best arms. Tulo rounded third before coach Stu Cole flashed the red light.
That stop has left Tulo more encouraged about the start of this season more than anything else he has done the past six weeks.
"I ran like they were going to send me home. And I had to stop hard and go back. In a lot of ways, that's more difficult than just running all the way through,"
Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders add analysis and notes to this blog focusing on the Colorado Rockies.
Tulowitzki's personality mirrors his improved health. He has been more outgoing in drills. While running bases Tuesday, he razzed Carlos Gonzalez. Gonzalez returned the favor, saying that Tulo would have been out easily after getting a poor jump on a stolen-base drill.
The Rockies are a different team with Tulo and CarGo on the field — even on the practice field, where they challenge each other.
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Love Among the Ruins
Romantic archeologist, prizewinning dog breeder, energetic socialite, and full-time free spirit—heiress Iris Love remains a true New York original.
One of the stock characters of the 1930s screwball comedy was the madcap heiress—the daring, dauntless debutante who kept a leopard as a pet, led a scavenger hunt in search of The Forgotten Man, or jilted an upstanding fiancé in favor of a former, less reputable beau. Freed from the financial concerns that constrain most people's behavior, those indulged and irrepressible daughters of the upper class acted out a shared national fantasy during the Great Depression, their giddy but good-natured misadventures giving the public a lift during a decade of economic woe and global menace.
If there is anyone who today personifies that same blithe and daffy spirit, it is surely Iris Love, for decades a lively presence in New York and international society. Born to great wealth and privilege during the depths of the Depression, Love improbably became a celebrated archeologist, rising to professional prominence unsought by the glamour-girl debs of her youth. Yet all the while she has retained the freewheeling love of a good time undreamed of by the career-obsessed generation that followed her. She insists that the only two criteria for her easily bestowed friendship are that you like to drink (Grey Goose vodka for her, because, she says, that bird is sacred to Aphrodite) and that her dogs like you.
At 69, the trim, blond Love still possesses the gamine charm and tomboyish self-assurance reminiscent of that pluperfect portrayer of the madcap heiress, Katharine Hepburn. Love can be found seemingly everywhere that the rich, famous, accomplished, and enlightened gather, from Chinese New Year's with Eileen and I.M. Pei to an audience with the teenage Tibetan-born Living Buddha in India to cruising the Turkish coast with Evelyn and Leonard Lauder. Indeed, she can be said to suffer from what Andy Warhol called "social disease," and is mentioned no fewer than nine times in the artist's candid diaries, the definitive chronicle of seventies and eighties café society.
Often Warhol records Love showing up at parties in costume—matching cowgirl outfits with her then steady companion, gossip columnist Liz Smith, at the Houston premiere of Urban Cowboy, a kilt at C.Z. Guest's Christmas Eve dinner on Long Island, and on other occasions wearing a toga in which she performed Greek dances. And not long after the attack on the World Trade Center, Love attended a birthday party near Ground Zero dressed as Uncle Sam and was waved through by security guards when they saw her patriotic getup.
The most improbable encounters seem to occur regularly in Love's broadband magnetic field. Among the many jet-set visitors in the early seventies to her reputation-making Knidos dig in Turkey were Mick and Bianca Jagger. During a 1989 visit to Poland with Johnson & Johnson heiress Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Love successfully urged her friend to invest in the faltering Gdansk shipyard, to the delight of another Polish friend, Lech Walesa.
As a prizewinning dog breeder, Love is the first to acknowledge that the spectacular genes in her own pedigree have decisively shaped her life. A direct descendant of both the explorer Captain James Cook and founding father Alexander Hamilton on her English and Scotch-Irish father's side, and of the "Our Crowd" Guggenheim and Josephthal dynasties on her German-Jewish mother's side, she displays many of the traits that brought those forebears to prominence. From Capt. Cook, Love says, she derives her peripatetic nature and dogged urge for discovery, and from her Guggenheim antecedents an uncanny instinct for digging profitably in the earth.
And from both branches of her family Love has inherited a buoyant positivism that endears her to a wide and wildly varied circle of friends. According to her longtime pal Laura Maioglio, owner of New York's landmark Barbetta restaurant and wife of Nobel Prize biologist Günter Blobel, "Iris has such an incredible enthusiasm and love of life that everyone around her begins to feel the same way."
"I'm very optimistic and always have been," Love admits. "I follow Greek philosophy in that you have to have a balance—in order to combat evil you must have good, to recognize that someone is tall, someone must be short, to understand sweet, there must be sour." Although she was raised as an Episcopalian, this superstitious, amulet-toting pantheist is perhaps best described as an equal-opportunity pagan.
Love's greatest claim to fame came more than 30 years ago, when she scored one of the most dramatic coups in 20th-century archeology, a science known for a glacially slow pace only rarely punctuated by stupendous finds such as King Tut's tomb. She and her international team of archeologists rediscovered the long-lost Temple of Aphrodite at Knidos, on the Anatolian coast of southwest Turkey. Love, who cherishes a deep personal identification with the Greek goddess of love, views the enterprise with religious fervor.
The remains of the ruined sanctuary, which once held the famous white Parian marble statue of Aphrodite sculpted by Praxiteles in the fifth century b.c., had been among the most elusive of ancient sites, and one of the most renowned. By the first century A.D., Pliny the Elder was able to write, "With this statue Praxiteles made Knidos a famous city." In our own time, however, some scholars have proposed that the temple might not have been located in Knidos at all. But Love felt otherwise, based on her characteristic blend of sound scholarship and quasi-mystical intuition.
"I knew, having read the ancient literary sources, that the Temple of Aphrodite must be circular, which was unique for the Greeks," Love explains. "I based it on what Pliny the Elder says, that 'Aphrodite stands in her temple in such a way that she is equally admirable from every angle.' To be equally admirable from every angle, it'd have to be circular."
With the Turkish archeologist Askidil Akarca, a granddaughter of the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Love sailed from Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus) down the coast of Asia Minor to Knidos, now called Tekir by the Turks. "I was sitting on the prow of the caïque," Love recalls, "and suddenly a school of dolphins—which are sacred to Aphrodite—appeared and escorted us into the Bay of Knidos. It was August third, two days after my birthday, and I thought, This is a great present. And when I saw Knidos itself, somehow I knew that this was part of my destiny."
Love got permits from the Turkish government for the dig, raised the money for the operation, and began excavating on a promising site atop a bluff overlooking the Aegean. There she worked over the next three summers, teaching at various colleges during the academic year. Her great breakthrough came on July 20, 1969, an epochal day she sees as a preordained conjunction of the cosmic and the familial— which is very much how she views the world as a whole.
"On Sunday the rest of my team was in camp listening on the transistor radio to man taking his first steps on the moon," she reminisces. "I set off with a Swiss archeologist named Rolf Stucky, who was also a mountain climber, to try to see the site literally as the crow flies. Rolf pulled me up the side of a terrace and from there I was able to look down, and to my astonishment I saw a circular spill of foundation fill, which I knew had to be the Temple of Aphrodite as Pliny described it."
Descending to the site itself, Love and her team began excavating and, as she recalls, "We set the trench, and within two hours the first course of the temple came up—it was marble and circular." Subsequently they found the base of the statue as well as fragments of a hand, a finger, and drapery that could well have come from the legendary statue. News of the discovery quickly made international headlines, but Love saw the timing of the simultaneous events as far from coincidental.
"My great-uncle, Daniel Guggenheim, and his brothers—including Uncle Solomon, who founded the museum—had made their money digging in the earth for minerals, mining copper in Colorado and developing Alaska during the Gold Rush," Love relates. .
"Archeologists and literati had searched for the Temple of Aphrodite at Knidos for over two hundred and fifty years," she continues. "That it should be discovered by a woman whose last name was Love, and that Aphrodite, goddess of love, was worshiped in conjunction with the Moon, and that it happened on the very same day that man landed on the Moon—isn't that too much of an amazing coincidence?"
Having made her great find, however, Love no longer pursued her work with such single-minded passion. "Iris put Knidos on the map and trained a number of students," says one archeologist friend summing up Love's accomplishments and her standing in the profession today. "We all like her, but she's been so inactive in archeology for so many years now that she's had no impact on the field since the seventies."
Love's current great passion is dachshunds, and she is regarded as the country's foremost breeder and trainer of the German "badger hounds." Her standard smooth-coated dachshunds won the best-of-breed category at New York City's Westminster Dog Show in 1996 and 1999. She is also known for the celebrity-packed dog party she throws before the event each February at Tavern on the Green for her fellow fanciers and the dachshunds that own them.
Canines have always been a part of Love's life, and as she puts it, "I was raised by a Scottie, a boxer, and twelve Skye terriers, perhaps because the Loves originally came from the Isle of Skye. The boxer was my second governess. If I went swimming she went swimming, if I went canoeing she would swim out to the canoe."
Love's mother, who was on the board of the ASPCA, adopted a dachshund which she named the Baron Heinrich Schultz von Kraut. "I was in Italy," Love recalls, "And I thought, 'Of all the breeds, how could Mummy possibly adopt a dachshund?' They are so strange-looking, and from an engineering standpoint they're almost impossible. And when I came back from Italy, it took exactly twenty minutes for the Baron Heinrich to totally enchant me, and I have been a dachshund fancier ever since." For the sake of her dogs, Love divides her time between her Upper East Side apartment and a house in the Green Mountains of Vermont, where most of her 42 dachshunds live full time.
Iris Cornelia Love was born in 1933 at 713 Park Avenue, a townhouse just a few blocks from where she now lives. Her parents—the stockbroker Cornelius Ruxton Love Jr. and Audrey Barbara Josephthal, an heiress to the New York private securities firm Josephthal & Co., and to the Guggenheim fortune—met on a proverbial slow boat to China and married after a long courtship. The Love house was loaded with superb works of art, many of which her father acquired in China. "I grew up eating at a table Daddy had made from a Coromandel screen from the Summer Palace, which he had turned on its side and covered with glass," Love remembers.
Ruxton and Audrey Love were voracious and discerning art lovers who amassed Italian bronzes, Duncan Phyfe furniture, and fine collections of Napoleonic vermeil and early-19th-century Paul Storr silver. Ruxton Love developed a passion for Napoleonic relics—including a suite of chairs from Malmaison, the emperor's campaign desk by Odiot, and the nécessaires of Joséphine and her daughter Hortense, by Biennais—many of which Iris found for him during her travels in Europe. The couple were also pioneering collectors of Benin bronzes and Gandharan sculpture, decades before those esoteric treasures became fashionable, and many of their best pieces have been given to museums in his memory. Audrey Love, who is now 97, still lives on Park Avenue, a few blocks away from the younger of her two daughters.
Apart from her parents' love of beautiful objets, another formative influence on Iris was her childhood caretaker. "I had a wonderful English governess, Katie Wray, who had also brought up my mother, and she had had a classical education," Love says. ." Wray also took her young charge to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Iris fell in love with the Etruscan Warriors, a trio of monumental terra cottas collected by the museum between 1915 and 1921 and long among its most striking treasures.
Love's education was both exceedingly proper and intellectually stimulating: "First I went to a kindergarten whose name I now question. It was called The Yard." Later on she attended the academically demanding Brearley School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and at 15 she was sent off to the tony Madeira School in the Washington, D.C., suburb of McLean, Virginia. Then came Smith College, where her professors included the redoubtable Phyllis Williams Lehmann, an expert in ancient Greek art of whom Love still speaks with reverence.
Among Love's contemporaries at Smith was the young and very troubled Sylvia Plath. "I knew her quite well," she recalls, "because she kept trying to commit suicide and was kept back until she wound up in my class. In truth, neither her poetry nor her ideas were acceptable to me at that time because I was very much interested in classical literature and art. But she absolutely fascinated me as a person, because I have never understood why anyone would wish to kill herself, especially at such a young age. Suicide to me is the easy way out."
Her junior year abroad in Italy, where she studied at the University of Florence with the eminent archeologist Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli and frequented the city's Museo Archeologico, was a revelation. She became even more fascinated by the Etruscans, on weekends visiting archeological sites of that mysterious pre-Roman civilization and other cities with major Etruscan collections. In the process she developed a sharp eye for the real thing, and after returning to New York, went to the Metropolitan to revisit her beloved Etruscan Warriors, on which she was writing her bachelor's thesis.
With her new expertise in Etruscan art, Love was horrified to realize "there was something terribly wrong" with the statues, and was proved right in 1961 when the pieces were exposed as fakes manufactured in an Orvieto workshop by the forger Alfredo Adolfo Fioravanti, who proudly confirmed his fraudulent authorship. Love claims she told the Met's director, James Rorimer, of her impending exposé, but he beat her to the punch by giving The New York Times the story—which did not mention Love—the day before her paper was to be published.
After graduating with honors from Smith, Love went on to study classical archeology at New York University's postgraduate Institute of Fine Arts. She stopped just short of her doctorate because, although having completed her coursework, she felt unable to write the dissertation. ("I can barely write my own name," she ruefully admits.)
Certainly her lack of scholarly publications has been an impediment to her being taken seriously in some professional circles. But "publish or perish" held no real terror for the financially independent heiress. "God bless my grandmother," Love declares, referring to the trust fund from Edyth Guggenheim Josephthal that has largely underwritten her unorthodox career, "because I probably could never have become an archeologist without her."
To a great extent, Love is a spiritual descendant of the trailblazing 19th-century German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, the rediscoverer of Troy, who used his own considerable fortune to finance his digs. Schliemann was also an incurable romantic and inveterate fabulist who felt compelled to associate every site he worked on and every object he found with a famous mythical figure.
"Though I am not an admirer of Schliemann, who probably destroyed more evidence than he discovered in his excavations," Love says, "I believe, as he did, that within every legend or myth is a seed of truth. For the last twelve years I've been working on a book about the Odyssey, roughly titled—to steal a line from Frank Sinatra— 'The Odyssey, My Way.' What I have been trying to do is demonstrate from a factual point of view what it might have been that Odysseus encountered. I'm trying to find that seed of truth."
Undiscovered Country
We asked Iris Love what she would consider the five most important discoveries yet to be made (not ranked in order of importance):
1 The statue of APHRODITE EUPLOIA, by the great fourth-century sculptor Praxiteles; also known as the Aphrodite of Knidos or the Knidia. She dates from circa 350 b.c., was considered the most beautiful work of art in antiquity, and at one time was counted among the seven wonders of the ancient world.
2 The Opening of the MAUSOLEUM OF THE QIN EMPEROR SHIH HUANG-TI. Located near the ancient capital of Xianyang, the mausoleum was sealed when the Emperor died in 210 b.c. Ancient Chinese literary sources say that the ceiling is adorned with diamonds of greater and lesser brilliance, to represent the stars and constellations. Flowing quicksilver represents the two great rivers of China: the Huang, or Yellow River, and the Yangtze. Only a small part of the surrounding area has been excavated, and Chinese archeologists have recovered life-sized ceramic figures of courtiers and soldiers. The Emperor believed if he didn't kill his army, (as emperors often did) they'd serve his son and preserve his dynasty, so he replicated the army and the magistrates and courtiers in pottery and bronze.
3 Finding AN ANCIENT GREEK OR ROMAN LIBRARY would be one of the most spectacular discoveries in the world. We have very little ancient literature and yet it influenced the entire Western world. There is a Greek and Roman library—at Herculaneum, near Pompeii, in the villa of the Papyri. This was discovered in the late 18th century and some of the papers were deciphered. Pompeii, which was buried under pumice and volcanic ash, is relatively easy to excavate, but Herculaneum's ash mixed with rain and steam and became somewhat solidified—it's a very difficult excavation.
4 AN INTACT EGYPTIAN TOMB OF ANY OF THE GREAT PHARAOHS OF THE NEW KINGDOM (1650-1085 B.C.). This would be a spectacular discovery. If you think of what came from a very small tomb from a very insignificant boy pharaoh, Tutankamen, imagine what we would find from a great pharaoh—it truly boggles the imagination.
5 A GREEK MONUMENTAL WALL PAINTING FROM THE SEVENTH TO FOURTH CENTURIES B.C. It would be exceptional to find a painting by a great fourth-century master like Apelles, court painter to Alexander the Great; or Nessos, from the seventh century. Although there are Minoan and Mycenean wall paintings, not one Greek wall painting that we know of survives. The only clues are the reflections we see in vase painting or Etruscan tomb painting. Zeuxis, a fourth-century b.c. painter, was known for his highlighting and shading. The literature says he painted grapes that could deceive birds.
Martin Filler wrote about London architecture and antiques shops in the last issue of Departures.
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Wright State Extends Contract of "Outstanding" Hoops Coach Brad Brownell '91
July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - "Wright State University has awarded a new six-year contract to men's basketball coach Brad Brownell," according to a report this afternoon from Dayton's WHIO-TV. "The new deal signed by Brownell extends his contract with the University through the 2013-14 season." The story notes that Brownell "earned his bachelor's degree from DePauw University in 1991."
Brownell is 44-20 in two years at Wright State and has averaged more than 21 wins annually in his six years as a Division I head coach. He has led three teams to NCAA Tournaments, including
the 2007 Raiders, who had a 23-10 record. Brownell was Horizon League co-Coach of the Year last season and has a 127-60 record as a head coach.
"Brad has done an outstanding job in a short period of time," declares Bob Grant, athletic director at Wright State. ." (at right: Brownell in his playing days at DePauw)
"My family and I are grateful for the confidence and support shown by the University and we hope we can build on the success we have established," says Brownell, who was a history major and basketball standout at DePauw, leading the Tigers in assists for three seasons and played in the Division III national championship game as a junior. "My staff and I will continue to work hard to make this a top program in the league."
Read more at the television station's Web site or in the Dayton Daily News.
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Surprise! Maricopa County High School Graduates Not »
From the East Valley Tribune: In terms of preparedness for college reading and math courses, a growing percentage of Maricopa County graduates are not ready for those rigors when they move up to Maricopa County community colleges or Arizona universities, an Arizona Community Foundation report suggests. That’s 59% of high school grads in the [...]
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Hello Desirables
Today I am guest posting over at Sonia's while she takes time out to take care of her little man, who has a planned trip to hospital.
If you have arrived from Sonia's and are new here, scroll down. I have a post which people seemed to like lots, about 10 things I wish I had done when I started blogging. Or take a look at the buttons in my side bar if easy recipes to feed a family and baking are your thing. Or check out my coastal styling and craft ideas.
If you are not so new here, head on over to Sonia's. She is one of the nicest people on the planet, who writes beautifully about her life up here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Great post Carolyn.
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Heading over...
You my friend are just divine and I adore you. Thank you so much xx
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Ephesians 5:21–28.
The question I want to raise and try to answer today is one that is repeatedly neglected in Christian feminist treatments of Ephesians 5, namely, What is the positive, practical difference in a marriage between the man's role as compared to Christ the head, and the woman's role as compared to the church, Christ's body? Ephesians 5:22–23 says, "Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body." Verse 25, "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for her." Husbands are compared to Christ; wives to the church; husbands to the head; wives to the body; husbands are commanded to love as Christ loved; wives are commanded to submit as the church to Christ. My question is: What are the positive, practical differences between a husband's role and a wife's role implied by these different comparisons?
The Important Question That Is Often Missed
As I read Christian feminist books and articles on this passage, my main disappointment is that they seldom get around to this question. They stop short of it. They point out correctly that verse 21 teaches a mutual submission; they stress correctly that Christ's headship was not domineering but servant-like; and they emphasize that the church's submission is not slavish but free and willing. But then they stop. (See Margaret Howe, Women and Church Leadership, p. 55; Patricia Gundry, Woman Be Free, p. 73.) And because they stop there, young people today are left with great ambiguity and confusion about the proper roles of husband and wife. Christian singles and young couples know that husbands and wives are not to lord it over each other; they know they are to serve each other and put the other's interests first and not be mindless and obsequious. They know the pitfalls of domination and servility.
But if you ask the average young man or woman today, who has been bombarded with feminist ideology for fifteen years, What is distinct about your God-intended role as husband? What is unique about your God-intended role as wife? What are some positive, practical implications of being called "head" that make the husband's role different from his wife's?—young people have a very hard time answering these questions. Interpretations of Ephesians 5 have been so defensive that very little help has been offered to young people in defining the biblical differences between the roles of husband and wife.
But every ordinary reader can see in Ephesians 5 what feminist scholars so often neglect: after declaring that there is mutual submission in verse 21, Paul devotes 12 verses to unfolding the difference in the way a husband and wife should serve each other. After verse 21 the whole passage is devoted to making distinctions between the loving headship of a Christ-like husband and the willing submission of a church-like wife. What we so desperately need to hear from this text today is not just what headship and submission don't mean, but what they do mean and the difference between them. What are the positive, practical implications of being called "head" that give man his distinct role in marriage? It is not enough to say, "Serve one another." That is true of Christ and his church—they serve each other. But they do not serve in all the same ways. Christ is Christ. We are the church. To confuse the distinctions would be doctrinally and spiritually devastating. So also the husband is the husband and the wife is the wife. And to confuse these God-intended distinctions harms personal, church, and social life over the long haul.
So what I want to do this Father's Day is not rehearse all of what I've written in the Standard or said in earlier sermons, but rather spell out in practical terms some of what I think it means for a man to be the head of his household.
Four Reasons "Head" Means Leader
Again and again you hear feminists say that "head" does not mean leader. For example, Patricia Gundry writes, "The meaning of head is not that of 'leader' but of 'source,' 'respect,' and 'responsibility'" (Woman Be Free, p. 71). I surely don't want to disagree with those three words. The husband should be a source of strength and security and love for his wife. He should have her respect. He is uniquely responsible in the relationship. But surely those three truths are not the opposite of leadership but the expression of leadership.
There are at least four reasons why we should insist that headship does mean leadership in Ephesians 5.
1) It was commonly held in Paul's day that since the head was on top of the body and had eyes, it was the leader of the body. Philo (a contemporary of Paul) said, "Nature conforms the leadership of the body on the head" (Special Laws, III, 184).
2) "Head" is used for leader in the Old Testament. For example, Judges 11:11, "So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them." (See also 10:18; 11:8, 9; 2 Samuel 22:44; Psalm 18:43; Isaiah 7:8.)
3) Ephesians 1:21–23 says that Christ is "above every name that is named . . . and God has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body." Christ is not seen here as the source but the ruler over all things when he is called head.
4) In view of all this, when Paul says that a wife should be subject to her husband because he is head, headship must be something that makes submission especially appropriate. And what makes it appropriate is that God has ordained that man, as head, be the leader of his household.
God's Beautiful Plan for Marriage
I'm convinced that as long as this Scripture stands, the efforts of feminist interpreters to flatten out husband-wife role distinctions and to empty headship of its leadership implications will continue to look like the Scripture-twisting we are all tempted to do when we don't like what the Bible says.
But there is no good reason for husbands and wives not to like what the Bible says here. There is something deep in every man that comes into its own when he assumes the role of loving servant-leader in his family. And deep down he knows that part of his personhood is compromised if his wife has taken the leadership of the family. Likewise there is something deep in every woman which rejoices and flourishes when she can freely and creatively support and complement the leadership of her husband. God's plan for marriage is beautiful and deeply fulfilling. It is not oppressive and fearful. It is freeing because it's God's deep design.
Four Areas in Which the Husband Should Lead
So let me spend the rest of our time this morning unpacking some of the specific applications of headship or leadership for husbands. I'll focus on four things in which the husband should take the lead.
1. His Personal Relationship with God
The first is the pursuit of his own personal relation with God. No man will be a spiritual leader in his home if he is not going deep with God in his own private life. He may try to lead, but it will not be spiritual leadership; it will not be Christ-like leadership. Therefore every Christian man who hopes to be a biblical husband and father must go hard after God in the solitude of his own prayer life. He must devote himself daily to the Word and prayer. He must fight the fight of faith in his own soul before he can hope to lead his family in spiritual warfare.
Leadership is something you are as much as something you do. If you come out of your solitude with the aroma of Christ lingering in your life, your wife and children will sense intuitively that you are at the helm of the ship with God's hand on your shoulder. Leadership techniques and strategies are all in vain if the man has not been with God. It's what we become in solitude with God that makes us spiritual leaders. If we fail here, we fail utterly.
A Shared Responsibility
This first step of leadership is not like the other three because this one is shared equally by the wife. Every wife has the duty to go hard after God in her own soul. There is no borrowed or substitute spirituality. The daughters of God must have direct personal dealings with their heavenly Father. The husband's spiritual life can never substitute for the wife's. When Peter described the holy women of old who were submissive to their husbands, he described them as women who "hoped in God" (1 Peter 3:5). The foundation and goal of their lives was not their husband but God. While Noël and the boys were away the past ten days, I thought a lot about what it would be like if one of us died and left the other behind. It was a deep joy for me to know that if I die, the foundation and goal of my wife's life will be unshaken, because it is not me. My sons would have the same spiritual rock to hold on to.
The Difference Between Husband and Wife
But there is a difference in the husband's and wife's pursuit of personal, spiritual strength. For the husband it is the foundation of his headship and the heart of his leadership. For the wife it is the foundation of her submission and support for her husband's headship. Neither will be able to fulfill the role God has appointed without pursuing power with God in solitude. But the roles that grow out of this pursuit are not the same. The same fire can make one element firm and another element soft. And so the fire of God's presence in solitude produces some distinct effects in the life of a husband and some distinct effects in the life of a wife. It refines them for their respective roles.
Do Not Abdicate Your Responsibility
Some men react all wrong to a wife who is growing spiritually. He may say, "Well I'm not into that, so I'll let her be the spiritual leader in the family and I'll make sure we stay afloat financially and have food on the table. She can put her head in the clouds. I'll keep our feet on the ground." This response is neither biblical nor satisfying for husband or wife in the long run. To abdicate leadership at the most important, all-encompassing level of spirituality is to abdicate Christian headship. What is left of headship when spiritual leadership is surrendered is a hollow shell. Instead, a husband who sees his wife going hard after God should humble himself, admit his need, and press on in his own pursuit of spiritual depth. This does not mean he has to be her intellectual superior. There is no necessary connection between being intellectual and being spiritual. It means he must not lag behind her in personal love for Christ and zeal for God's will.
Again and again I have seen that the abdication of spiritual leadership is owing to pride. Men are too proud to admit that spiritually they must play catch-up to their wives. So they just hang back and think of the spiritual life as "woman's work" and so protect their egos. Brothers, that is childish. Our women know it is childish. Some of them will accept what you have surrendered and become your mother. The immature boy in you will like that. The mature man will revolt. So I urge you. Humble yourselves. Grow up. Become a godly man. Go hard after God in the solitude of your room, and I promise a new depth and joy in your relationship.
2. Shaping the Family's Moral and Spiritual Vision
The second area in which the husband should take the lead is in shaping the moral and spiritual vision of the family. A leader is someone who takes the time and initiative to think about priorities and goals. You can't lead anyone anywhere until you have thought about where you want to go. An aimless husband does not make a happy wife. The vast majority of wives love it when their husbands lead out in thinking about family priorities and goals. I say "lead out in" not "monopolize." A good leader always takes the insight and needs and desires of his wife and the children into view. Leader and dictator are not synonymous.
What I have in mind here is that a husband take the initiative in forming goals for the family. This begins in private reflection and prayer about the family. It proceeds by discussion and study and prayer with the family members; and it culminates in a plan of action. The headship of a husband is compromised if he takes no initiative in setting goals and is constantly goaded by his wife to make some decisions. They may joke about his laid-back ways and her forcefulness. But deep down the respect and admiration for a competent servant leader will be missing from her heart; and his jokes will only barely cover up his sense of failure. A man knows in his heart he should be leading out in decisions about issues of lifestyle, and doctrine, and church affiliation, and financial policies, and the discipline of the children. Being the head does not mean that goals are established unilaterally. It means the husband has a special responsibility to lead the family to biblical decisions on these matters. He should not have to be nagged into action by an alert wife. He should take the lead in shaping the moral and spiritual vision of the family.
3. Gathering the Family for Prayer, Scripture, Worship
The third act of leadership comes out of the second. You might say it is a specific part of it. As the head the husband should take the lead in gathering the family for prayer and Scripture reading and worship. When a husband fails here and the wife has to constantly remind him or call the kids by herself, the soul of the marriage is in jeopardy. I would go so far as to say that this one act of leadership is so important that if you men would take the initiative here, almost all other leadership issues would fall into proper place.
I close every series of pre-marital counseling sessions with these words: Your devotional life together as a couple is the soul and heartbeat of your marriage. If it weakens, disease will occur in a dozen other areas with no apparent connection to the heart. You cannot be growing spiritually as a couple or a family without daily prayer and meditation together. And if you are not growing, you are dying. And, men, it is your responsibility. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden and God came to call them to account, it didn't matter that Eve had eaten first; God said, "Adam, where are you?" That's God's word to your family this morning: Adam, husband, father, where are you? He will seek an accounting from you first, not your wife, if the family has neglected prayer and put TV before the living God.
Here's how to get started again. Humble yourselves and admit your failure. Confess to your wife your sin. Go apart with God and plan a week of devotions with her and the family. Announce to them that a new day is dawning on the home front. Then lead them to God. This is so threatening to some of you it makes you tense to think of it. You will have to swallow so much pride. But be courageous. Fear is a scrawny enemy. Do not let him conquer you. I promise you that once you have gotten over the first hill, a new world will open before you. The ugly guilt will be gone. The sense of failure will be gone. The uncertainty of your love for God and the family will be gone. And a dozen areas of tension in your marriage will be healed which you did not know had anything to do with family devotions.
4. Reconciliation
There is one last dimension of leadership I want to charge you men with. You should take the lead in reconciliation. I do"? She might beat you to it. That's OK. But woe to you if you think your headship entitles you to wait. On the contrary. Here, too, you should take the lead.
In summary, then, there is mutual serving in marriage. But the roles of husband and wife are not identical. The husband is to be the head, the leader.
- He should lead out in the pursuit of his own personal relation with God.
- He should take the lead in shaping the moral and spiritual goals of the family.
- He should take the initiative to gather the family for prayer and Scripture reading and worship.
- And he should consider it a special responsibility to take the lead in reconciliation.
When a man has the grace of humility and courage to do these things, the power of Christ is exalted and the heart of his wife rejoices and his children will rise up and call him blessed.
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At the December annual meeting the church approved a new arrangement of responsibilities among the church staff. Many of you were not able to be in on that discussion and did not get a copy of the proposal when it was handed out on Sunday, December 12. So I hope this brief description of the changes will help you see what has happened.
Pastor Glenn’s responsibilities have been redefined to embrace the total ministry of pastoral care. Formerly he was also responsible for visitation of newcomers and evangelism. Now he is no longer responsible for leading our outreach efforts, but is responsible for leading us in the caring, nurturing ministries within the church body. This includes ministry to our elderly members who cannot get out to worship.
Some of you expressed concern that the termination of David Carlson’s position as part-time minister of visitation for the elderly could be a retreat from our commitment to faithful members who are “shut-in.” Please be assured our aim is exactly the opposite of retreat. It is advance. By putting the ministry to the elderly directly under the responsibility of a full-time pastoral staff member we anticipate that all the benefits which David Carlson brought to the shut-ins will be preserved. Not only will Pastor Glenn be visiting the elderly himself on a regular basis, but eventually he will also develop a team to assist him, which will provide other kinds of help to the seniors as well. If any of you have suggestions for the ministry to our senior members, feel free to contact Pastor Glenn.
Now where does this leave our outreach leadership? The proposal approved on December 16 was that the Deacon Council bring nominations to the church for the formation of a search committee which would undertake to find in 1983 a full-time minister of evangelism and discipleship. A detailed (tentative) job description for such a person was presented and can be seen in the church office. The financial feasibility of such an addition is based on one fact and one assumption. The fact is that by including ministry to the elderly in Pastor Glenn’s responsibilities we save about $9,000 annually which Dana Olson and David Carlson were receiving for work in that area. The assumption is that an effective leader in evangelism would mobilize and inspire and train us as a people such that we would grow and give enough to cover his salary. In the meantime, Dana Olson has been appointed as a temporary intern for evangelism and discipleship.
I hope you all can sense the optimism and hope in the air at BBC which I do. Our worship times are becoming more and more authentic as we really “center down” on God himself. Last Sunday morning we had 685 people in two services and 206 in the evening. The spirit was wonderful. We are hard pressed for Sunday School space and people are dreaming of lots of different ways to adjust. Plans are emerging for a church-wide assessment of our goals in preparation for long-range planning. The house at 1212 Eighth Street will be moved in four weeks and the city has approved all our landscaping and parking lot improvements. Best of all, individuals are coming alive to God at Bethlehem: lukewarmness is heating up, bad habits are being broken, many visitors are sensing “God is here!” and are coming back, and we are growing in boldness of witness.
So please join the chorus of prayer. Only God can build a church for his glory. Our first job then is to sing “We need thee every hour.”
Expectantly,
Pastor John
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Shaving your head isn’t just about taking a razor to it.
There are few things like having the person in your life stroking your bald head. If you are balding, shaving it all off might be the easiest way to cloak the growing bald spot.
Making the decision to shave your head shouldn’t be taken lightly – you don’t want to discover warts and bumps you weren’t aware existed once your head is clean and shiny or that, while your forehead worked with a mop of hair or short afro, it just doesn’t without any hair to distract.
What to consider
• Is it appropriate for your workplace and your lifestyle? Whether we like it or not, there are often rules to appearance within the workplace.
• Will it suit the shape of your head and face?
• Will you maintain it? It can be high maintenance, particularly if your hair grows quickly.
Sizwe from Legents Hair & Grooming Lounge suggests you start with a brush cut before making the leap to a bald head. Go down to a No 2 on the clipper the first time and a No 1 the second time. It will also make it easier to check for any scars and bumps – have someone you trust give your head a good feel to check.
How to shave it
Remember that the scalp is sensitive and a hair clipper can be brutal. It’s important to trust your barber to cut you close or to use a shaving powder, which removes everything without the buzz of a clipper and potential cuts.
How to maintain it
You’ll probably need to get a shave at least once a week, but your morning routine will be a lot quicker. To avoid unsightly shaving bumps on your scalp, use something like Bump Control as well as a moisturiser or shave gel to give it just the right shine.
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Delaware State University’s Wellness and Recreation Center and its Go Green Initiative have been featured in two publications recently.
The Wellness and Recreation is featured in the current online edition of Athletic Business. To access the article, go to [1]
Also an article on DSU's Go Green initiative can be found on page 28 in the July/August 2010 issue of Black College Today.
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The inaugural Niche Mommy Conference was held in New Orleans this year and I was lucky enough to attend via sponsorship with Britax. It was an exhilarating weekend, packed with learning, networking and lots and lots of eating. As a boutique conference, Niche Mommy’s emphasis was on the quality of your experience, and as a newbie to the conference scene, that is exactly what I needed.
The conference was held in the beautiful Waldorf Astoria property, The Roosevelt New Orleans. The hotel is seeping in history and nestled within walking distant to all the amazing sights that NOLA has to offer. With a past dating back to the early twentieth century, The Roosevelt New Orleans has hosted the famous and infamous alike. It was undergone restoration, but the charm and nostalgia of the property has remained. It was the perfect selection for the conference venue and I enjoyed calling it home for my weekend getaway.
One of the pieces of advice that I received in attending my first conference was to determine my goals and define my own vision of a successful experience. This was imperative for someone who didn’t really know what to expect. Personally, I wasn’t too concerned with making connections with brands or swag. I was already attending the conference with Britax, a brand I wholeheartedly support and am knowledgeable of. However, I was super excited to meet and mingle with new bloggers, and of course for the learning that goes on within the conference sessions. But, my first order of business was to finally meet IRL {blogger talk for “in real life”} the amazing women who have influenced me so much. At Niche Mommy, I was finally able to hug and chat with bloggers who I frequently email and converse with virtually, and doing so was my ultimate conference goal.
High on my agenda was also learning more about travel blogging and meeting the wonderful Tracey of One Brown Girl. Tracey works tirelessly to promote the values of travel to women of all ages through her Passport Party Project and her recent endevor of #BrownGirlsGive. I was SO thrilled to, not only meet this amazing woman, but to also spend quite a bit of time with her while walking the streets of NOLA. In that time, I learned so much on how to document my philosophies of travel and exposing my kids to culture. Tracey’s passion oozes out of her. Being around her motivated me to engage that part of my voice within this blog.
Meeting the keynote speakers was very cool – what an amazing wealth of knowledge and inspiration from bloggers and social media gurus that are doing big things! I especially enjoyed getting to know Daisy Sutherland, aka Dr. Mommy and author of the newly released book “Letting Go of Super Mom”. I learned a lot from her willingness to share knowledge and tips of advice…. she even extended me an invitation to guest post on her highly awarded website! Although making that connection was not on my radar, I was delighted to have made a great friends with a blogger doing big things.
Listening to Ted Rubin of Collective Bias discuss his infamous phrase “Return on Relationships” was very inspiring. Since I’m still a small blogger reaching for big opportunities, being sure to connect with my beloved readers is imperative. {Look out for a new interactive comment section coming soon!} It was great knowing that big timers believe int this philosophy, too.
Karen Walrond of the ever inspiring, photo-centric blog Chookooloonks was simply amazing. She is doing so many of the things I strive to accomplish with my blog, and in my life. She writes. She shoots. She lives in the most beautiful way. Her blog’s tagline says so much about the person she is and the positive energy she is putting out to the world: wildly convinced you’re uncommonly beautiful. After her keynote address, I stood in line to meet her. In a frantic mess, I told her about De Su Mama and the path I hope to lead my blog’s voice towards. I told her about my mixed family {her’s is, as well} and even asked her what lens she was using for a specific photo that I admired {50mm 1.4}. She took my card and said she thought my message was endearing. This one connection was not one I planned on, but turned into a highlight of my first conference. You better believe I will be reaching out to her in the future!
All in all, The Niche Mommy conference was the perfect pick for my first conference experience. I look forward to its continued growth and to attend again next year, because this is one conference that will for sure continue to evolve and grow into one of the best on the blogging conference circuit.
I will be posting more about my trip to New Orleans, and one amazing new friend I made {I’ll give you a hint: she goes BAM!} this week. It was a splendid city that has captured my heart… I can’t wait to take the family back soon!
Love your photos. It was great to meet you. See you next year
just one tip about your blog – “amor y historia” is incorrect. the correct way to say and write it is “amor e historia.” i believe not too long ago it also said, “letras de amor y history” and if you decide to add letters again, the correct way to write it is: “cartas de amor e historia” (letras are letters like A, B, C, D, etc.) i hope you’re not offended by my observation.
Not at all offended; thank you for your input. I write often about my wish for and lack of fluency in my family’s mother tongue {you can find more pieces on such topic on my author’s page at SpanglishBaby}. Letras de amor y historia is how my Spanglish brain translates the message into Spanish, so that’s how it will stay. Thanks again for your comment.
Why is everyone trying to make me cry today. Love your recap and your photos are gorgeous…you are talented
Looks like you had an amazing time and made lots of awesome connections. I’m thrilled for you! can’t wait to hear more!
Great blog post and FANTASTIC photos. I could still kick myself in the butt for leaving my camera at home. I just can’t believe that I forgot it:-(
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Derrell Johnson-Koulianos Went Full New Jack City In Iowa City
This was not the week to bet on black. Wesley Snipes finally reported to prison to start serving a three-year sentence for tax evasion. Vampires everywhere must be thrilled. Iowa receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos thought he could take Nino’s place and turn his home into a drug house. It’s unclear if a crackhead infiltrated the operation but it suffered the same fate as the Carter Apartments.
Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa’s all time leading receiver in yards and receptions, was arrested along with his roommate Bradley Johnson after police raided their house on Tuesday.
Johnson-Koulianos, a Campbell, Ohio, native,.
Ice-T was unavailable for comment. Hopefully someone on the Iowa City police force uttered a line as hilariously stupid as “I want to shoot you so bad, my dick’s hard“.
Needless to say, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz suspended the senior and first team all-Big Ten receiver from all activities.
As of Wednesday, Johnson-Koulianos was ranked 32nd among wide receivers entering next year’s NFL draft by cbssports.com. I have no idea where Mel Kiper and Todd McShay had him before his arrest but I’ll be damned if I sign up for ESPN Insider again. I made that mistake once and it was like I was being stalked by ESPN The Magazine. Let’s be honest. It isn’t even good bathroom reading and I was tired of answering questions about why I subscribed to it every time a guest used my bathroom. “I swear I didn’t know it was part of the deal!” I digress.
To say Johnson-Koulianos’ stock is plummeting would be an understatement. Good thing Adrian Clayborn will represent Iowa in the first round because he won’t sniff the draft let alone a training camp invite. If teams (well, the Dolphins) were concerned that Dez Bryant’s mom was a whore, imagine what they’ll think of him. This goes way beyond the a Ricky Stanzi party.
Johnson-Koulianos has destroyed his immediate NFL prospects. Although he wasn’t one of the top ranked receivers in the 2011 draft, he had a legitimate shot of being a late draft pick or getting a training camp invite. From there who knows what could have happened. There’s the loss of potential income and the ability to take care of himself and family for life. However this story is bigger than the loss of money or professional status.
Johnson-Koulianos tested positive for marijuana and cocaine. Most people will talk about him sullying Iowa’s reputation or chances in the Insight Bowl. Ferentz’s coaching this season did more to affect the former than his top receiver. He has some major personal issues to sort out before thinking about getting back on the football field regardless of how the legal issues sort out.
Officers … reported finding “electronic media” showing Johnson-Koulianos in possession of cocaine and marijuana, complaints state.
Let’s put the utter disregard for discretion aside at the moment. Johnson-Koulianos was taking so many different drugs that the court should order treatment as part of any sentence. In addition to weed and coke, he also admitted to taking various prescription drugs that he obtained from “friends” without a prescription. Maybe he had a BMOC complex. Perhaps he never saw anything wrong with what he was doing. Many will say he did it to himself and he deserves whatever punishment he gets. It is his fault but he obviously needs help. Does Iowa owe him anything for his contributions to the football program? It’s about helping a young kid get his life together before he throws it away. Look what happened to Maurice Clarett after Ohio State kicked him to the curb. They got what they wanted out of him then tried to forget he ever existed. Forget prison. He’s playing in the UFL with Jeff Garcia. Is that what Johnson-Koulianos wants for himself? Omaha?
Hopefully Ferentz and rest of the Hawkeye football program will support Johnson-Koulianos through this and he’ll come out of this having learnt something before it’s done. Hey hey hey! It’s a bit more serious than an episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the UFL but you get the point.
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Why Channel 4 loves indie games studios
Tuesday, 8th September 2009 at 10:48 am
Broadcaster highlights the merits of smaller teams for its new educational games
Speaking to Develop for an in-depth feature on Channel 4's focus on high-quality educational games, staff at the broadcaster have suggested that independent developers may offer a better service to those commissioning games content for their audience.
“I think that indies do deliver a superior understanding of what makes for a better educational game," revealed Channel 4 Education’s commissioning editor Alice Taylor. "In saying that perhaps I’m going to upset those in the educational serious games area."
“What a lot of people don’t appreciate is that these bedroom developers often have a really loyal following, which is very unlike what any agency has, generally speaking," added Jody Smith, who serves as editor of the website accompaniment to E4.
“Fans are talking about them already, so when we actually launch their games, they’re going to be bringing in an audience, and an audience that probably don’t watch E4.," continued Smith. "Their reputation is really good, and they bring with them respect. That’s the reason sites like Kongregate and Newgrounds have such great followings.”
Taylor, who is at the forefront of Channel 4's drive to harness idiosyncratic, entertaining web games for educational purposes, also had much to say on the merits of good educational games, and the design of titles that successfully juggle entertainment, innovation and learning.
“I’m generalising massively, but I think if you start off with the learning, and try and apply a game to it, it sometimes works, but in many cases it just doesn’t," said Taylor. "But a game has to be fun – it has to be magic. You can put learning into a game, but it’s very hard to put a game into learning."
Click here to read our full Channel 4 feature, which looks at how Channel 4 is pioneering a new approach to the design of educational gaming, and the way the media network is working with UK indies to better deliver on its responsibility as a resource for learning.
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The War Z sales shut down on Steam
Wednesday, 19th December 2012 at 7:29 pm
Valve issues apology and offers refunds in wake of 'misleading advertising' controversy
Valve has stopped sales of The War Z on Steam in response to overwhelming fan criticism.
Claims of "Misleading advertising", forum censorship, and controversial microtransactions have surrounded the game since Monday's release.
The zombie survival game's Steam page is still up, but the game cannot be purchased.
Customers can still buy through the official website.
Valve has gone so far as to issue unhappy customers a full refund of the game.
"From time to time a mistake can be made and one was made by prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam," Valve told Kotaku.
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I must say that the frontpage for is very confusing. If Nokia want to make a app-store. Please, make it easy to use and grasp. 50% if the screen is filled with icons I can't click. When I click game I end up at ngage. Sure this is fine if you want to confuse your ovi users even further with a whole new layout and buttons. And what is ovi blogs, files on ovi, ovi store, share on ovi etc etc. Sure, I can take my time to click on all these links. But will the average user that spend time on that?
To sum it up: I think that ovi tries to get all possible content of all kinds into one place.
Maybe this will change and be better when ovi store is released.
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Hello,
I created a Hello World application by Java using Nokia Developer's Suite 2.0 for J2ME.
It works fine in the emulator of the Developers's Suite. But I cannot deploy the application to Nokia 3650 by IR.
I read from this forum that I have to create a .sis for deploying my application to Series 60 mobiles.
Then, I installed Symbian 6.0 SDK and then use makesis.exe with the .pkg file as following:
; Header
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"HelloWorldMIDlet.jar"-"!:\system\apps\HelloWorldMIDlet\HelloWorldMIDlet.jar"
I send the .sis to my mobile via IR and it can be installed in my Nokia 3650 now, but I cannot see any application icon for my Hello World application after installation!!
Do you have experience to deploy .jar application to 3650? Is the way I did above correct??
Can anyone point me to a correct way?
Thanks,
Jason Ho
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Review of the year
quiz - how well do you remember the year 2001?
Questions about the year 2001.
2. What connects King Gyanendra of Nepal,
India`s `Bandit Queen` Phoolan Devi and Israeli tourism minister
Rehavam Zeevi?
3. What did 25 million people do during Maha
Kumbh Mela, the Great Festival of the Pitcher?
4. Name some computer viruses which hit this
year?
5. Which two companies merged this year only
to find that one of the founding families wasn't happy?
6. Who won the Tour de France for the third
successive year in July 2001?
7. Which infamous drug went off-patent this year?
9. Which wonder company went under & produced the biggest bankruptcy in American history?
10. Which government, led by which leader,
withdrew their support for an accorrd on global warming & an anti-ballistic missile treaty?
11. Choose the correct figures.
In 2001 AIDS killed:
a. 500.000 Africans
b. 1.000.000 Africans
c. 2.300.000 Africans
12. In 2001 AIDS:
a. was contracted by 2.000.000 people worldwide.
b. was contracted by 5.000.000 people worldwide.
c. was contracted by 750.000 people worldwide.
13. Now AIDS afflicts:
a. some 40.000.000 people worldwide.
b. some 4.000.000 people worldwide.
c. some 10.000.000 people worldwide.
14. Which country breathed a sigh of relief
when their leader didn't return from Japan? Who took over
from him?
15. And in Japan which charismatic leader
took the reins?
16. Whose Liberal Party won an unexpected
victory & in which country did the Action Party win an
expected election?
18. Which two opposing countries joined the
World Trade Organisation?
19. Which company got off lightly, to such
an extent that it was seen as a victory?
20. Which leader was voted in again with
a majority & went on to become a roving war leader?
21. Which leader was voted in under a cloud
of scandal? (Which one wasn't!!)
22. Which mop top died & which said he
was ready to get married again?
23.Who was deemed "mentally unfit to
stand trial"?
24. Who was the wizard of the year?
25. Which famous writer is serving a four-year
sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice
in Wayland Prison in Norfolk?
27. What happened to the Buddhas of Bamian?
28. An anti-globalisation protester was killed
in which city?
30. Which hitchhiker
left behind a novel in his computer, soon to be published?
31. Where did TV journalists barricade themselves
in their studios in a dispute over the station's ownership?
32. Which city won the right to host the
2008 Olympic Games?
33. The former king of which country returned
to power through the ballot box?
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DPGA Members and their Guests enjoy the camaraderie of good-natured competition whether they are teeing it up in the Club Championship, our President’s Cup event modelled after the Ryder Cup, or simply enjoying a round with friends or family.
Additional events include Member-Member and Member-Guest Tournaments, Men's Day, Ladies' Sponsor Night and our Senior Series. Members of all skill levels can be as active and competitive as they like.
For golfers seeking to test their game, the Devil's Pulpit Golf Association Open is a 36-hole net tournament with men's and ladies' divisions.
The Club Championship weekend, which features gross and net competition for men, ladies, intermediates and juniors, presents another stern test while Seniors play off during the Seniors’ Championship weekend to determine their best.
Golf Shops
Our destination golf shop is at the Pulpit, featuring the newest golf clubs, apparel, footwear, golf bags, balls and accessories. The Paintbrush offers playing necessities including clothing. The Pulpit practice range featuring grass tees, an undulating putting green and bunkers is conveniently located near the golf shop.
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INSTRUCTION
Your club pro and associate pros are available for instruction addressing improvement, situational instruction, on-course strategy and other topical subjects. Scheduled Demo, Short Game Tune-up and Game Improvement Days provide Members with many opportunities to improve their game.
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Wind Energy Study 2008
Rapid growth predicted in the global wind energy market - Annual new installations worldwide will increase from 20 000 MW to 107 000 MW in the next ten years - Globally, there could be some 718 000 MW installed wind capacity by 2017 - HUSUM WindEnergy 2008 at the Husum Trade Fair site from 9 to 13 September 2008
Berlin, 26 May 2008
The international wind energy industry takes a very positive view of further development of the worldwide wind energy market in the coming years. Thus the world market volume of annual new installations is expected to be multiplied by five within ten years, from about 20 000 MW in 2007 to about 107 000 MW in 2017. The results of the fourth WindEnergy Study were presented in Berlin today – they were commissioned by Husum WindEnergy 2008 with the German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) in the run-up to the industry's leading international fair. As the survey of companies active in this international industry showed, there could be a total of some 718,000 installed wind power worldwide by the end of 2017 (compared with about 94 000 MW at the end of 2007).
“This survey gives the companies in the industry a vital preview of the markets of the future. Its results are also reflected in the structure of the leading international trade fair of the wind energy industry, Husum WindEnergy, with exhibitors from 35 countries, including national pavilions from the USA, Canada, France and the UK, and with visitors from 40 countries, that is from the growth markets,” says Hanno Fecke, Managing Director of the Husum Trade Fair. “The WindEnergy-Study has provided a continuous set of data over the years, giving the industry an outstanding overview and a valuable forecast of the development of the global wind energy market,” says Bernd Aufderheide, Chairman of the Management Board of Hamburg Messe und Congress, which is the cooperation partner of Husum Trade Fair.
The data for Germany are applicable for the time of the survey, that is before the amendment of the Renewable Energies Act and thus before the decision on new conditions. They show possible total installation of 31 800 MW by 2012, of which 28 000 MW is onshore and about 3 800 MW offshore. The figure for 2017 is a total of 44 000 MW installed power, of which 32 500 MW onshore and 11 500 MW in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. That means about 13% more installed power onshore than was forecast in the 2006 Study. A scenario shown at the same time in the WindEnergy Study of the German wind market up to 2030 also gives a very much more positive view than two years ago. It indicates that there could be a total of as much as 65 000 MW on stream in 2030 (onshore and offshore), meeting about 31% of gross German power demand. That would mean some 35 100 MW installed onshore (i.e. about 7 200 MW more than was forecast in 2006) and some 30 000 MW offshore.
“The WindEnergy Study 2008 forecasts strong continuous growth for the global wind industry,” says Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director of the Manufacturers’ Association VDMA Power Systems. “For 2017 we are talking about a total sales volume of well over 100 billion euros. To realise this optimistic forecast, German manufacturers and equipment suppliers, who account for more than one third of total sales volume in the wind industry, would have to make another massive increase in their production capacities for turbines and components. A continuous home market for onshore and offshore wind energy, and sufficient skilled manpower, is essential to bring these enormous investments to Germany.” Hermann Albers, President of the Federal Wind Energy Association (BWE), sees Germany as the clear winner in the global wind energy boom, and notes that “the German export quota of some 80% of manufactured components and turbines is safeguarding and creating more and more jobs –more than 80 000 of them already today.”
The companies surveyed suppose steady development in the European market in the next five years. They are expecting some 129 000 MW installed power by 2012, as compared with 57 136 MW at the end of 2007. Global installed power is expected to reach 288 000 MW by 2012 (versus 94 000 MW at the end of 2007). The study predicts that by 2012 more than half the installed wind turbine power will be outside of Europe, as compared to only 39% in 2007. That shows how fast the non-European markets are catching up with Europe in use of wind energy, and just how much potential this market holds.
The focus of worldwide growth last year was in the USA, China, Spain, Germany and India, with some 78% of new installations. The respondents feel that the USA, China and Spain have great growth potential into the future, and there are also other countries that are becoming important to them, such as Greece and South Korea. The extension of tax benefits for wind energy adopted by the US Senate (PTC) by the end of 2009 (the decision by Congress is still pending) will most likely enable the US wind industry to continue breaking records in the next two years. The majority of companies surveyed feel that the US market will survive even without extension of PTC, as various states are funding wind energy.
“The WindEnergy Study provides impressive proof of the sustained upswing for wind energy worldwide” says Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). “The market growth shown in the study, that is some 20% per annum worldwide up to 2017, is a great opportunity for the industry, the labour markets, and for climate protection.”
In China a total of 44 manufacturers installed new turbines with total capacity of 3 499 MW in 2007. Nearly two thirds (62%) of respondents feel that this development gives them good chances of participating in the Chinese market. As many as 19% of the companies participating in the survey see opportunities for themselves to develop wind farm projects in China – mostly in the framework of joint ventures. Respondents feel that the competitors growing up rapidly in China will be competing in the world market from 2010 onwards.
HUSUM WindEnergy 2008 – the leading international wind industry fair – has for the first time been organised as a cooperation venture between the Husum Trade Fair and the Hamburg Trade Fair. From 9 to 13 September, some 700 exhibitors from 35 countries will present their products and services at the Husum trade fair site, including the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturers and their equipment suppliers. This fair is dedicated to the wind industry, and will be the international meeting point and forum for companies and trade visitors for five days.
Downloads:
Summary WindEnergy Study 2008
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Dezeen Platform: Milan designer Denis Guidone steps up to Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today and showcases some examples of his latest watch designs, including some prototypes of models not yet in production. More »
Watches »
Dezeen Watch Store at Ligne Roset Westend
Dezeen Watch Store: check out Dezeen Watch Store's ranges from VOID, Uniform Wares and Ziiiro at our latest pop-up, which is now open at Ligne Roset Westend, 23/25 Mortimer St, London W1T 3JE until 25 September. Go to Dezeen Watch Store »
The Last Laugh by William Andrews for
Mr Jones Watches at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: the latest design from Mr Jones watches, which tells the time through numbers on the teeth of a skull, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. »
Mercury by Ziiiro available in new colours
at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: the Mercury watch by Hong Kong brand Ziiiro is now available in new colours at Dezeen Watch Store. »
Dezeen Watch Store pop-up extended to 16 July
We have extended the opening period of our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at 55 Neal Street in London by an extra week, due to strong demand. The store will now remain open until Saturday 16 July.
Full details of the store, described by the Evening Standard as "beautifully designed", can be found in our earlier story.
New 202 Series by Uniform Wares
at Dezeen Watch Store
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VOID V02 brushed stainless steel
at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: the VOID V02 watch by Hong Kong designer David Ericsson is back in stock in brushed stainless steel at Dezeen Watch Store. More »
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Technology makes smart travel simple
Media release from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
5 November 2012
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has launched an iPhone App and Facebook page as the latest additions to the Australian Government's Smartraveller consular campaign.
The new initiatives aim to make smarter travel easier for increasingly tech-savvy and mobile Australian travellers.
The iPhone app, which puts Australia at the leading edge of consular services around the world, provides location-aware travel advice overseas, the ability to register travel plans easily, and access to Smartraveller advice without the need for an internet connection.
The Smartraveller Facebook page is a new space for travellers to interact with travel advice, view consular videos and other Smartraveller content, and share their views with other travellers on key travel advice developments around the globe.
Ms Paula Ganly, DFAT's Assistant Secretary for Consular Policy, said these new initiatives recognise it's vital that consular services are as effective and accessible to as many Australians as possible.
"We are working hard to adapt to the changing needs of travelling Australians," Ms Ganly said.
"These new initiatives make it easier for travellers to access Smartraveller services from anywhere in the world."
Smartraveller encourages travellers to be prepared before they head off for their summer holidays, by registering their travel plans, reading and subscribing to travel advice and alerts, and taking out appropriate insurance before leaving the country.
For more information about Smartraveller and DFAT's consular role, please visit.
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Address to the National Press Club, Canberra, 27 September 2006
Responding to Twenty-First Century Challenges: DFAT in a Changing World
• Australian foreign and trade policy reflects Australia's interests and values as well as our history and our geography
• Today, I would like to focus on how these influences relate to the current priorities of Australian foreign and trade policy
• And I would also like to address some remarks to the modern capabilities in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which help to advance the interests and aspirations that underpin Australian foreign and trade policy
– those interests and aspirations are defined by the government of the day
– they give the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or DFAT to give it is everyday title, its points of reference and its benchmarks for effectiveness; their development and implementation are the focus of our policy advice; and their purposes are a key determinant in the allocation of our resources.
A Modern Organisation To Meet Modern Challenges
• Earlier this year, on 2 February to be precise as I signed and dated my first papers for the day, I suddenly realised I was older than I felt
– that was because it dawned on me that it was 25 years to the day since I joined the Australian Public Service, as a graduate recruit in the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• The Australian Public Service I joined at that time was very different to the one that exists today
– and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a very different organisation as well
• Today, whole-of-government realities and modernised management practices have fundamentally changed the way that the Australian Public Service operates
– and DFAT has been at the cutting edge of these changes
– that is because DFAT is so intricately involved in the wide-ranging policy implications of increasing globalisation and because across so many areas of national policy - from security issues to national economic competitiveness to many others - the interaction between domestic and international considerations is more active and porous than ever before.
• In response to these new realities, DFAT has adapted and modernised its structures, its work practices and its resource allocation in ways which, I believe, make it extremely well equipped to meet its responsibilities.
• DFAT today is a flexible organisation operating in a complex international environment
– our Australia-based staff number just over 2000 officers of whom around a quarter are posted overseas at any one time
– those postings include 87 Embassies, High Commissions, Consulates and Multilateral Missions in 74 States
– the Department now operates in 61 different currencies
– and on an annual basis around 11% of our Australia-based officers are rotated to overseas assignments.
• In all the areas of their responsibilities, whether it be diplomatic and security issues, or the welfare of Australians overseas, or opportunities for Australian exports and investment, or international policy benchmarking generally, DFAT officers in Australia and overseas require a more diverse set of skills than ever before
– so, in our recruitment and training strategies, our purpose - and I believe our achievement - is to develop DFAT officers with modern diplomatic skills, not of an effete or arcane kind but of a practical, hard-nosed and outcomes-oriented kind focused on policy issues of highest relevance to Australia and with particular skills in areas such as international security, regional relationships, international law, trade and economics, financial administration, client services and project management
: this means having DFAT officers with informed good judgement, policy and analytical depth, carefully focused activism and high quality advocacy skills
: and it means having officers with personal qualities to support Australians in times of emergency or grief and to cope themselves with the pressures that they and their families are under on a regular basis in many parts of the world.
• I believe that DFAT as an organisation and DFAT's officers themselves are meeting these many challenges with appropriately high standards of skill, professionalism and commitment
• The modern capabilities of DFAT need to take account of the fact that the demands that our portfolio generates are often unpredictable and call for immediate response
– for example, in the year that ended in June this year, DFAT activated crisis contingency plans following the London bombings in July 2005, the Bali bombings in October 2005, and the civil unrest in the Solomon Islands and East Timor in April/May this year
: and we sent specialist consular teams twelve times to assist with consular crises overseas.
• The recent Lebanon crisis highlighted the modern need for flexibility within DFAT as an organisation
– DFAT led a multi-agency operation which included Defence, DIMA, Centrelink and others
– that operation oversaw the evacuation of around 5,200 Australians and 1,200 other foreign nationals from a war zone located 15,000 kilometres from Australia
: it was an operation that also successfully brought over 4,600 Australians home by air immediately after their evacuation from Lebanon
– in managing the DFAT resources to support this consular emergency, flexibility was the key in relation to both our Australia-based and overseas-based staff
: we deployed 92 additional officers to support the work of our missions in Beirut, Nicosia, Ankara, Amman and Tel Aviv
: while 357 Canberra-based DFAT staff drawn from many areas of the Department worked on crisis management during the Lebanon emergency through the 24-hour crisis centre, the logistics co-ordination centre and the consular operations centre.
Advancing Policy Priorities
• The capabilities within DFAT to which I have referred are directed to meeting the policy challenges we face in a modern, dynamic and effective way.
• At the core of that policy challenge lies the diversity of Australia's international engagements, with clear priorities in the Asia-Pacific region and with broader interests that are global
• Australia is pursuing both its regional engagements and its wider global interests in the context of an international environment that has fundamentally changed
• Overlaying some of the familiar historical patterns of strategic competition between states that remain clearly apparent around the world there are two new realities that have transformed the international environment and the pursuit of Australian interests in it.
• The first is the reality of global terrorism
– a reality highlighted in the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001 and in other attacks that have followed in Indonesia, Turkey, Spain, Britain, Egypt, Jordan and elsewhere
– the reality of modern terrorism poses a qualitatively new challenge to international security and constitutes a new kind of extremist threat
: one that is global in its reach, utterly ruthless in its intent, indiscriminate in its targeting, rigidly ideological in its perversion of religion and its rejection of pluralism, democracy and tolerance, committed to inflicting as much loss of life and dislocation as possible, and constrained only by its access to weapons with maximum destructive effect.
• The second transforming influence on the international environment is the reality of economic globalisation, that process of market-driven interaction and integration between economies which is being driven by the unprecedented movement of goods, services, capital and people across borders and by the ongoing revolution in innovation and commercialisation.
• There is, in my view, no alternative framework of ideas or action which provides any comparable record of practical gains to that of globalisation in generating higher levels of economic growth and in alleviating global poverty
– more countries are participating in the global economy than ever before and hundreds of millions of people in developed and developing economies alike have benefited as a result
– all of the world's great and emerging powers, including India and China, are committed to the market-led dynamic underpinning modern economic globalisation. They are beneficiaries of globalisation as well as important drivers of it.
• The forces accelerating globalisation bring with them challenges as well as benefits
– challenges such as the illegal movement of people, finance, weapons and drugs
– challenges such as the grievances of states which have not, for various reasons, had access to the full benefits of globalisation; and
– challenges such as the accentuated threats posed by pandemics and environmental issues.
• These are substantive challenges that demand practical and sustained responses
– they demand effective international co-operation to stem illegal movements across borders
: they require dismantling the international trade barriers that prevent developing countries making progress down the path of export-led growth
: and they require effective, targeted development assistance programs which promote economic growth, improve governance and address the real needs of people.
• One of the great challenges currently facing the international community is the erosion of capacity among particular states which creates weakness and vulnerability, and potentially makes such states failing or failed ones.
• There are those who argue that this erosion of state capacity to deliver security or economic opportunity is somehow a direct consequence of globalisation, and in particular of some states being unable to access its full benefits.
• This proposition is, in my view, fundamentally flawed
– failed and rogue states are not the inevitable consequence of globalisation
– they are a consequence of ineffective and often corrupt governance, or a self-defeating economic introversion, or a dependency culture, or perceived grievances against modernity, or extremist ideologies, or some combination of these influences.
Complementarity between Australia's Global and Regional Interests
• The transforming impact of global terrorism and economic globalisation on the international system has had the effect of significantly increasing the complementarity between Australia's global interests and our regional ones
– just as there are interlocking regional and global networks of economic interaction, so too there are interlocking regional and global networks of terrorism, weapons proliferation and extremist ideologies.
• Australian foreign policy has always engaged elements of both regional and global interests
– but the interaction between them is now closer than it has ever been
– and that reality is clearly reflected in DFAT's pursuit of the priorities of Australian foreign and trade policy.
• One such priority is focused on counter-terrorism - and in this context the work of DFAT is directed at developing capabilities within and between governments as well as communities to deter terrorist attacks and to strengthen the mainstream consensus in order to further erode, and eventually eliminate, the appeal of violent extremism
• Terrorism clearly has both global connections and regional manifestations
– and Australia's counter-terrorist strategies address both these realities
: globally, Australia is doing so through on-the-ground commitments to countering terrorist challenges in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan as well as through activist Australian involvement in multilateral diplomacy to address terrorist threats and their bases of support
: and regionally, Australian counter-terrorism priorities are focused very effectively on co-operation with countries from India across South-East Asia to Fiji on issues such as border management, transport security, transnational crime, people smuggling, money laundering and promoting interfaith dialogue, pluralism and tolerance.
• Another key priority for the Department relates to countering the proliferation of weapons which undermines both global and regional security.
• Australia's counter-proliferation strategies again address both these dimensions
– globally, we do so working with others in the international community to meet the challenge posed by the nuclear brinkmanship of Iran and North Korea and through promoting arms limitation agreements and effective export controls
– and regionally, Australian counter-proliferation policy enhances co-operative arrangements to inhibit international trafficking in illegal weapon technologies and to limit the proliferation of small weapons in particular.
• DFAT is also intently focused on Australia's developing relationships with the great and emerging powers of the Asia-Pacific region, and in particular with the United States, Japan, China and India
– these relationships clearly embrace global as well as regional dimensions.
• We have important but different relationships with each of these countries
– we have a strong, close and expanding alliance relationship of critical significance with the United States: an alliance, as the Prime Minister said yesterday, of interests as well as values
– we have a broadening scope of very significant security and economic cooperation with Japan reflecting Japan's own changing view of its role in the world
– we have an important and fast-developing relationship with China which we are keen to advance in an ambitious and clear-eyed way
: ambitious in terms of the important and expanding interests which Australia and China share in areas such as bilateral trade and investment, regional security dialogue and regional institutions,
: and clear-eyed in terms of the different priorities we have on particular issues as a result of different histories, different processes and different values
– and we also have significant new and expanding associations of common interest with India across a range of important bilateral, regional and global economic and security issues.
• Australia's interests in these key relationships with the United States, China, Japan and India are importantly affected by the changing character of the relationships between each of them - and particularly between the United States and China, Japan and China and the United States and India.
• But Australia's relationships with these major powers of the Asia-Pacific region are not the product of zero sum considerations
– in fact, the opposite is the case
– for example, over recent years, in a period when Australia's alliance relationship with the United States has never been closer or stronger, our engagement with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and with the region's institutions has never been more intensive or productive.
• Another priority issue for DFAT which again engages both regional and global dimensions relates to the pursuit of Australian trade policy interests in the liberalisation of trade and investment flows
– globally we pursue this liberalisation objective through the processes of the World Trade Organisation and, in particular, the negotiations in the Doha Round
– regionally we pursue it through trade facilitation and through addressing structural 'behind the borders' impediments to freer trade and investment flows, and
– bilaterally we work to advance Australian interests through particular liberalising initiatives such as free trade agreements and other facilitating arrangements.
• As a Department, we are also clearly focused on a range of other vitally important international issues where Australian interests engage both global and regional dimensions. Those issues include:
– the alleviation of global poverty and the role of aid, debt relief and liberalised trade access in delivering the most effective outcomes
– the challenges posed to the international community by weak, vulnerable, failing and failed states
– responses to climate change, and
– contingency planning in relation to avian flu and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
• The Australian Government's responsibilities in relation to the safety and welfare of Australians overseas constitute another priority for DFAT which directly engages global and regional dimensions
– these consular responsibilities are not defined by geography
– they are as relevant in our region as they are beyond it
– our support services to Australians overseas continue to increase
: with DFAT in the year to June this year providing assistance in just under 16,000 substantial consular cases involving Australians overseas and responding to many minor ones as well
: with our regularly updated travel advisories now covering 152 destinations
: and with the Department issuing over 1.2 million passports to eligible Australians in 2005-06.
Regional Engagement
• The interaction between global and regional issues in Australian foreign and trade policy is more intense than ever before but it is not symmetrical
– Australia pursues a wide range of important bilateral and institutional interests in the Asia-Pacific region not because they are reflections of broader global trends but because of their significance in their own right.
• Australia's bilateral relationships throughout South-East Asia are more diverse, realistic and productive than they have ever been
– this is reflected across the board
– it is reflected in trade and investment
– it is reflected in the important free trade agreements which Australia has negotiated with the United States, Singapore and Thailand, the further FTAs we are negotiating with China, Malaysia and ASEAN, and in the negotiations on an FTA that we hope can commence with Japan in the near future
– it is reflected in the extensive bilateral and regional cooperation on counter-terrorism, on counter-proliferation and on issues such as maritime security
– it is reflected in the clear focus of Australia's development assistance programs on the Asia-Pacific region
– and it is also reflected in people-to-people contact where Australian linkages in South-East Asia are more extensive and expansive than ever as a result of tourism, employment, education and the diverse connections established between national and community organisations.
• These dimensions of Australia's engagement in South-East Asia are clearly highlighted in Australia's relationship with Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority country and the world's third largest democracy.
– commercial links have been further strengthened by the agreement in 2005 between both governments to establish a Trade and Investment Framework agreement
– our shared security interests are the focus of the ongoing negotiations on a framework agreement for security co-operation
– the extensive and highly effective bilateral co-operation on counter-terrorism, is reflected at various levels of agency interaction as well as in the Bali Process on People Smuggling and the Regional Interfaith Dialogue
– the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development that was established after the 2004 tsunami has contributed significantly to helping re-build communities, promote economic growth and develop new ties of association and friendship between the people of both countries
– and there is a highly productive co-operation between Australia and Indonesia in regional institutions such as APEC, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum.
• Our shared interests with Indonesia are, therefore, strong and growing
• Clearly there are some issues on which Australian and Indonesian perspectives differ
– that reality reflects the fact that each country has its own traditions, its own values, its own priorities and its own challenges
– our differences need to be recognised but managed in the context of the broad and expanding common ground we share
– they also need to be managed in the context of a modern bilateral relationship in which the capacity to achieve good outcomes to the mutual benefit of both countries has never been greater.
• The Pacific region presents a range of different but also critically important challenges for Australian policy
– the key challenge is to work in co-operation with Pacific Island governments and with the institutions of the region to enhance good governance, sustainable development and economic growth
– this entails a focus on law and order, humanitarian assistance and effective governance mechanisms
– it also entails addressing the challenges of structural development, the impact of transnational crime and the enhancement of strong, accountable national institutions.
• In the pursuit of these priorities, development assistance in its broad dimension is a necessary but, in its own right, not a sufficient condition for good governance, sustainable development and economic growth
– an indispensable additional element is that regional states need to assume responsibility themselves for addressing the root causes of the challenges they face
– Australia's development assistance programs and the work of Australian officials on the ground in the Pacific - including our police, our defence force personnel, our diplomats, our aid workers and our other officials working in line positions - are clearly directed to this objective
– this is especially the case in those countries, such as the Solomon Islands, East Timor and Papua New Guinea where Australian development assistance and other resources are allocated in a particularly intensive way to advance mutually agreed objectives.
• In addition to our bilateral relationships, another critical dimension of Australia's regional engagement concerns our involvement in regional institutions
– from Australia's perspective, the pre-eminent regional institution, by virtue of its membership and mandate, is APEC
: Australia hosts APEC next year with the Leaders meeting in Sydney in September and a series of Ministerial meetings around Australia leading up to it
: this will be a vitally important process for APEC's future following on this year's meeting in November in Vietnam
: and its scope will include important dimensions of APEC's future work program including trade facilitation, structural reforms, human security issues, regional contingency planning and other priorities.
• While APEC constitutes a pre-eminent focus for Australia's regional institutional engagement, there are other established and emerging forums to enhance regional co-operation
– these include the East Asia Summit processes and the ASEAN Regional Forum, in both of which Australia is an active participant
– there is also the ASEAN Plus Three process (including China, Japan and South Korea)
– in the Pacific, there is the Pacific Islands Forum
– and a range of other formal and informal associations of interest throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
• The challenge of this diversifying structure of regional institutional architecture is to encourage the minimisation of unnecessary duplication and the development of constructive and complementary dimensions of regional responses to regional challenges.
Conclusion
• The final point I wish to make today relates to values and foreign policy.
• In the context of modern global terrorism and the accelerating globalisation to which I have referred today, I believe that the values which underpin Australian foreign and trade policy are particularly well suited to the challenges of the times
– in promoting priorities such as good governance, transparency, accountability, democratic freedoms, the rule of law, economic openness, market competitiveness and practical support to enhance the capacity of states to benefit from economic globalisation, Australia is not only being true to the values it believes in itself and we are not only effectively pursuing our own prospects in an increasingly competitive international environment
: we are doing more than that
: by encouraging and actively helping other states to do the same, we are also advancing our wider interests and responsibilities in promoting stability, in supporting economic development and in countering extremism in our own region and in the wider world as well.
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Rome, Italy, Mar 11, 2013 / 02:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a homily at his Roman parish on Sunday, Cardinal Marc Ouellet encouraged forgiveness and reconciliation, especially through the sacrament of confession.
“The cardinals that will now participate in the conclave will have the opportunity, and will all be invited to confess their sins, so as to choose with purity of heart,” the Quebec native said March 10.
Cardinal Oullet, who formerly served as head of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, noted that during the conclave the cardinal electors will be able “not only to confess their sins, but also to offer forgiveness.”
Since cardinals are part of the clergy of Rome, each is given a titular parish for which they are responsible to support and care. Many cardinals said Mass at their parishes to “pray with God's people at this historical time for the Church.”
Santa Maria in Traspontina is Cardinal Ouellet's titular parish, and is located on the Via della Conciliazione, which leads into Saint Peter's Square.
“After His Holiness Benedict XVI’s resignation from his Petrine post, we are all trying to understand God’s will for his Church,” the cardinal reflected.
“Personally, knowing how Pope Benedict meditated a long time and profoundly on his decision, I cannot doubt that he did it following God’s will and for the good of the Church.”
Cardinal Ouellet discussed the Gospel reading of the prodigal son and its message of forgiveness and reconciliation.
“To live reconciliation during Lent, we must offer forgiveness to those who have offended us at home, in the family, at work, or in other circumstances.”
He recalled the example of John Paul II, who visited his would-be assassin to offer him forgiveness, and that of Benedict XVI, who forgave Paolo Gabriele, his own butler who betrayed him.
“Let us rejoice in this good news” of reconciliation, preached the cardinal, which “we should carry to the world and share with all who don’t know Jesus Christ, the treasure of our hearts, the reason for our Church’s existence.”
Going to Mass, he said, is a return to God's love, which we in turn “share with others” as we “offer the forgiveness that we aren’t capable of giving with our own strength.”
Cardinal Ouellet turned to the upcoming conclave, which will begin tomorrow.
“Let us pray together that the Holy Spirit indicates to the Church and the College of Cardinals, him who has been chosen by God, and whom they should indicate by their votes.”
On March 12, at 10 a.m., the cardinals will celebrate a Mass “for the election of a Roman Pontiff,” and at 5 p.m. they will have gathered in the Sistine Chapel. They will then take oaths not to divulge any thing about the proceedings and to vote their conscience before God, and the conclave will begin.
Cardinal Ouellet finished his homily by exhorting prayer for the conclave and the Pope whom it will elect.
“Having faith that the Holy Spirit is guiding the Church to eternal life, let us pray that the cardinals make a good decision.”
“But let us all prepare to receive the new pastor in faith as the one who God has chosen and who will carry Jesus’ mystery – the only savior of the world, the joy of our hearts, our life and our hope.”
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Services, Gwen MeesterGwen Meester, 43, of Ellsworth, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at her home.
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Gwen Meester, 43, of Ellsworth, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at her home.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m., at Jurrens Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
The service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bethel Reformed Church, Little Rock, Iowa, with the Rev. Matt Miller officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Reformed Cemetery, Little Rock.
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Greetings
Does anyone know if the Buddha give any adivce on how to overcome desire for alcohol (and other substances)?
Ive had trouble with drink and drugs in the past and was wondering if there is any kind of meditation or recollection that helps with overcoming desire for them, since i still get very strong cravings for them that still effects me from time to time that doesnt seem to go away
Im aware of the numerous discourses that stress the draw backs of sensual pleasure but is there any kind of direct contemplation? or are there even modern teachings that deal with it?
Metta
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Huseng wrote:Nemo wrote:As Asia regains financial dominance exports of Buddhism should shrink in North America and Europe. Look at the explosion of Dharma in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the rest of Asia. High Lamas love money and it can now be found much closer to home. They won't come here as often. Some will not even bother to learn English. We were important because Tibetan refugees needed money and a safe place to live. It may be me but the new generation is not as great as the last one that is passing away with all it's great Masters.
Immigration will also slow and even start to reverse. Much of the surge was from Buddhist immigrants. That is probably over for good. I even consider going to Asia for better career opportunities.
While it appears there is an "explosion" of Buddhism in some places, it remains to be seen if it is long-term or not. For example, in Taiwan Buddhism is generally thriving, but whether the younger generation takes as serious an interest in it as their parents did remains uncertain. The assumption is that after a bit of life experience they'll feel attracted to the community support and practice that Buddhism offers.
I recommend immigration to Asia. I have a much higher standard of living here than I did back home in Canada. In Canada without a car you are socially and economically handicapped. Here public transport is clean, efficient and full of normal people (not full of crazies). Cost of living is a lot lower. A lot more opportunities for meeting Buddhist teachers. Doesn't get to -40'c during the winter. You can eat mango, watermelon and guava everyday for cheap.
But it's not easy to immigrate to Taiwan. For one thing their web site in DC is not really understandable. It is possible to immigrate to Taiwan as a student though as has been discussed here.
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The Alaska Comprehensive Cancer Partnership (ACCP) is a diverse group of individuals and organizations representing many key stakeholders in cancer prevention, control and treatment.
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A unified front is more powerful.
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Coalitions can tackle cross-cutting issues.
A united front against cancer can tackle major issues-like better access to quality care, survivorship, health disparities, and quality of life–that are too broad and cross-cutting for any one organization to confront alone.
The organizational structure of the Partnership includes a Steering Committee, three workgroups in the areas of prevention, early detection and treatment, and four standing committees and two taskforces. The workgroups are responsible for activities that address priority strategies within the Alaska Comprehensive Control Plan. The Standing Committees are responsible for the operational activities of the partnership in the areas of membership; data review and evaluation; policy; and review of cancer disparities. The two task forces include nominations and a joint Alaska Native Health System and State Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Task Force with the purpose of increasing CRC screening statewide.
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For the past two weeks, I’ve written about super fruits—exotic, unfamiliar fruits that contain higher levels of antioxidants than your “run of the mill,” everyday fruits, such as apples and oranges. However, many claims about the health benefits of super fruits have yet to be proven. And we shouldn’t overlook the garden-variety (literally) fruits and vegetables that brighten up the produce aisles in our local grocery stores.
You may remember the campaign to get Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables that started years ago called the “5 A Day for Better Health” program. This program began in 1991 and was formed by a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. While this campaign hasn’t exactly gone away, the government is now trying another tactic, called “Fruits & Veggies—More Matters.” And, with September being Fruits & Veggies—More Matters Month, what better time to familiarize yourself with this campaign?
The More Matters program stems from the latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released in 2005. If you think it was tough trying to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, brace yourself for this: we need to aim for between 4 and 13 servings, or 2–6 ½ cups, of produce every day! Of course, the amount that you need depends on your age, sex, and physical activity level. For example, if you need about 2,000 calories per day to reach or maintain a healthy weight, your goal is to eat at least 4 ½ cups of produce every day. Still sounds like an awful lot, doesn’t it?
Why the big push to eat more fruit and vegetables? Are apple orchard owners or vegetable farmers the driving force behind this? Well, they certainly have a vested interest, but the real reason is what we’ve learned over many years (at least 30) of population research. Nutrition scientists are pretty confident when they report that eating produce can help prevent heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, high blood pressure, stroke, obesity, diverticulosis, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and Alzheimer disease. Pretty impressive, especially since Americans seem to be plagued with most of these diseases or conditions.
My patients would often ask me if it’s better to eat vegetables than fruit. Or they’d tell me that they really disliked vegetables, so was it OK to just eat fruit? As with many things, the ideal is to eat a variety of both. Vegetables are lower in calories and carbohydrate, so for the weight-watching set, aiming for more servings from vegetables makes sense. Also, some new evidence shows that eating more vegetables, rather than fruits, may slow down the rate of cognitive decline. On the other hand, fruit has an awful lot to offer in terms of nutrition, and the naturally sweet flavor is more appealing to some people.
Well, the sweet flavor in pies and cakes is also appealing to some people. Does this mean we should eat a lot of pies and cakes? Most fruit makes my blood sugar skyrocket.Posted by gretchen | Sep 27, 2007 at 9:22 am
Hi Gretchen,
Yes, fruit is sweet, but is obviously more nutritious than cakes and pies - fruit is practically fat-free (and certainly doesn’t contain harmful trans or saturated fat). Plus, fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients. Fruit does contain carbohydrate - moreso than most vegetables, so it does need to be counted in your meal plan. In general, a small fruit (the size of a tennis ball) contains about 15 grams of carb. However, to be more precise, it’s helpful to use a carb counting book to look up actual carb values of the kind of fruit you like to eat.Posted by acampbell | Oct 01, 2007 at 9:39 am
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What do you think of Detox foot patches> Thanks TedPosted by trestad7 | Apr 09, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Hi Panisa,Posted by David Spero RN | Apr 09, 2008 at 8:00 pm
That’s a big question. It’s what my books are about. Please visit my web site . Any issue of Diabetes Self-Management magazine will have good info also. Or you can e-mail me directly through the web site.
David
Hi, Ted,Posted by David Spero RN | Apr 10, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I hadn’t heard of these detox patches, so I asked my Traditional Chinese Medicine acupressure therapists about them.
They said that the patches can help certain conditions. Don’t expect huge benefits, but you might notice a general feeling better.
Your sugars might also improve, but don’t count on that.
I researched on the Web and think these patches are worth a try. Don’t stop your other medicines or self-management practices, though. Test your sugars to see if they’re changing with the patches.
Please let us know how this comes out.
David
I have Type 2 diabetes, blood sugars are under control now. in May 2006 had surgery for colon cancer. I began chemo in July 06 thru 14 Dec 06. I told oncongolist of tingling in hands and feet about the second month of chemo. She said can you button, Yes. She did not change. After getting over chemo and getting blood sugars under control. The neuropathy in elbows, hand, fingers, knees and feet at times is almost more than I can cope with. Have discussed with primary care. I have tried lyicra. Walking seems to help. Have recently gotten inserts and diabetic shoes orthodicts. Is there and effective form of water therapy that would help. Is walking the best ? I have seen a neurologist. He said no large nerves damaged just the small ones. Any help- would be appreciated.Posted by Shirley | Apr 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I have had great results using the Anodyne Light & have purchased a home unit. I am also having great sugar control on a yeast free diet. I have cut my insulin by 2/3 in three weeks time & running sugars of 78 to 110 on a regular basis after cutting my isulin that I was taking. 40 units Lantis twice per day & Novalog three times a day on sliding scale & still having some high numbers on that.Posted by Sam Spencer | Apr 16, 2008 at 6:36 pm
As a Type 2, with neuropathy I am continuing to look to improve the care of my feet. I was told about a foot bath (Ionic Detox Foot Bath System) that helps to remove toxins from the system and helps to relieve foot pain. Does anyone know if this is valid or beneficial?Posted by Colin Lennon | Jun 03, 2009 at 9:03 pm
What do you know about charcot fractures?Posted by Shirley Horner | Jul 28, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I have them in both feet and strugle with the pain from these fractures. I wear special supports inside my very expensive ahoes. I still can’t walk for any distance and as retireing because of all the difficulties I am having with my feet.
The ReBuilder has saved me from life in a wheelchair.
My neuropathy was so seveve I couldn’t walk anymore.
I won’t say that I am a completely fine and healthy man now–i do still have symptoms. But I am a darn sight better since finding the rebuilder!Posted by Ed C. | Jan 31, 2012 at 6:03 pm
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Ingredients:
1 can (ready to use) white buttercream frosting
1 package white cake mix
1 can (10 ounces) frozen, non-alcoholic, margarita mix, defrosted, undiluted
1 tablespoon lime zest
1/4 cup tequila (optional)
2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur (optional)
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Preheat oven 350ºF (180ºC). Spray two 8-inch pans with vegetable pan spray.
Cake:
Follow cake mix package instructions for making cake in two 8-inch pans, but replace the water called for with Margarita mix. Add lime zest, and if desired, add tequila and triple sec. Divide batter into the two pans. Bake according to cake mix package directions. Cool on rack for 10 minutes; remove from pans and continue to cool. Frost when cake is completely cool.
Frosting:
Thin white frosting to spreading consistency. Spread on bottom layer, top with remaining layer. Finish frosting top and sides of cake. Garnish with lime twists and strawberries.
Makes 10-12 servings.
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I wish the pink giraffe had not been discontinued.
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We received this as a gift and now own about 10! Our daughter sleeps with it and gets so excited when we pull it out. You can throw them in the washer and dryer and they are like new!!!
cute but not a "blanket"
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i bought this because i wanted something cute to personalize for my daughter. I wanted a personalized blanket i could use with her that she could have for years. I saw this and thought it was perfect, it was labeled a "blankie" so i thought "great a blanket" without checking the dimensions. This is like a comfort blankie, the item description says its a 14" square, really its like 12" but i wasn't expecting it to be so small. Still super cute though and its so soft i don't plan on returning it but just make sure you know this is not an actual blanket..
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I used a Layer Cake (stack of pre-cut 10" squares) for the bricks, which gave me lots of prints and colors to play with. The sashing is Kona charcoal. I did not do the quilting - it was done by Becky Heslop (hi Becky!). I gave her free-reign to do what she wanted, and love the outcome.
I especially love the simple way she quilted the chevron fabric on the borders - totally changes the look of the fabric. The binding is a red dot leftover from Freebird. I'm trying to only use the fabric I've already got on hand - even if it's something I was saving for another project. (gasp!) Because who knows if that project is ever really going to happen. It's time to use that stash.
Reunion fabrics are available at Fabricworm, Little Fabric Shop, and Burgundy Buttons. Pattern available in my pattern shop.
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Lovely quilt and fabrics.
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TheraSlim
TheraSlim is marketed as one thing: a natural starch-neutralizing agent.
TheraSlim is marketed toward the average person who has heard about all of the benefits of a low carb diet, but is unlikely to be able to follow it, at least not to a T. Does that sound like you? That sounds like most people!
But if you’re right on the edge (of being disciplined enough to get powerful results on your own) or if you need a little extra help to get the low carb dieting results that you simply can’t seem to get on your own, products like TheraSlim are designed to help you to block a certain part of your carb intake to lose weight more successfully.
Is TheraSlim Successful and Effective?
TheraSlim has just 2 ingredients, both of which are stimulant free, and most people don’t report side effects, allergies, or any other common problems. In fact, the fennel seed powder fiber in TheraSlim seems to be more effective at improving health in most users.
But the important part is the Phase 2 white kidney bean. Phase 2 is a patented form of the white kidney bean or phaseolus vulgaris, and as far as I know, it’s the only carb blocker recognized anywhere in the world, or at least in this market. It’s used in most major carb blockers, though there are a few that don’t even use ingredients that control blood sugar (and therefore cravings). But then, in this market, is that really surprising?
Phase 2 has a good record, and it seems to be pretty powerful. Phase 2 gets quite a few good reviews from consumers who have heard about the low carb dieting policy. And it is the only one that does in most cases. And while some products that have Phase 2 seem to attract bad ratings, in part because TheraSlim has higher doses of Phase 2 than most. Is there any reason not to use TheraSlim?
Is TheraSlim Safe?
I have yet to see any reports of side effects associated with TheraSlim. It seems to have both safe and effective ingredients, and it seems to even promote certain health benefits.
Conclusion
TheraSlim has ingredients that promote carb blocking and healthy fiber benefits at the same time, which can be a big problem with low carb diets. TheraSlim seems to have powerful and effective amounts of each ingredient, and so far, it seems to be one of the few so called carb blockers that actually works.?
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Digital Book World Conference: A Strong Author Platform Translates into Book Sales
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Digital Book World Conference: A Strong Author Platform Translates into Book Sales
Authors Launch offers key marketing strategies for the author and
guidelines for successful author-publisher partnerships
The traditional book promotion paradigm is shifting away from publicist-generated buzz for new title launches, to a year-round marketing partnership between author and publisher. In the new model, the author takes charge of building a strong personal brand and collaborates with his publisher to grow awareness, distribution and sales. Authors Launch, a new event presented by Publishers Launch Conferences and F+W Media arms published and aspiring authors with what need to know about building a promotional platform that supports and enhances their publishers’ marketing efforts. The one-day event takes place January 18, 2013, at the Hilton New York in New York City immediately following the fourth annual Digital Book World + Expo. Full details on Authors Launch can be found at conference.DigitalBookWorld.com.
Mike Shatzkin and Michael Cader of Publishers Launch Conferences have assembled an impressive roster of publishing house marketers to augment an all-star cast of consultants and service providers who will cover the topics every author needs to know:
- How to develop and manage an effective author brand
- What to do (and what not to do) before your book launch
- The power of social media and how to determine the best strategy from a dizzying array of platforms including Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Pinterest, and YouTube
- Finding your audience using audience-centric marketing and search engine optimization to drive your platform to the top Google search results pages
- Why you need a 365 day marketing strategy and how to measure the success of your efforts. Learn which metrics to track plus how to interpret and act upon them
- How to generate media buzz: when and how to hire a publicist, a primer on media training and how to further polish your public image
“This is a new era of book publicity and marketing. What used to be the sole province of the publishing house – finding a book’s market and letting it know a book they want is available – is now a shared responsibility to which the author can make a substantial, even a critical, contribution,” says Mike Shatzkin, founder of The Idea Logical Company and program director for Authors Launch. “This program details what the publisher can do best for the author and what the author can do best for herself. A successful partnership translates into awareness, and ultimately sales.”
A special conference package bundles the last day of the Digital Book World Conference with Authors Launch for one price. Thursday programming at Digital Book World includes sessions of specific interest to authors as well as publishers. Self-published Author Hugh Howey will present a case study of “WOOL,” his self-published sensation that started as a novella on the Kindle platform. In Straddling the Models: Authors Choosing to Both Self- and Traditionally Publish, literary agents Kristin Nelson, Steven Axelrod and Jay Mandel will discuss how an increasing number of established authors are simultaneously working with traditional publishers while also issuing some titles directly. And, in The Evolving Author-Publisher Relationship: How Publishers are Powering and Empowering Authors Today, Carolyn Pittis of HarperCollins and Peter McCarthy of McCarthy Digital, will share how author education and author services are coming together at many publishing houses. This session will address services such as author portals, and the new approaches publishers are taking to better equip authors to join the marketing effort.
More details may be found on Digital Book World, an F+W Media event, online at conference.DigitalBookWorld.com. Register by December 7 for early registration discounts. Special group rates are available for companies bringing 3 or more people to the event.
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Sony Alpha NEX-6
Editor's Review the same high-resolution OLED viewfinder as the NEX-7, but uses Sony's 16 megapixel sensor rather than a 24 megapixel CMOS sensor. If you don't absolutely need that resolution, the NEX-6 includes a standard flash hotshoe, WiFi connectivity and accompanying apps, a top mode dial and on-sensor phase detection pixels (like the 5R) for even faster autofocus. Sony has removed one of the NEX-7's control dials as well as the touch screen, but NEX-6 users still have two control dials and can use the new collapsible 16-50mm power zoom. This new lens is a lot smaller than the old kit and brings the NEX lineup closer in size to the micro 4/3 cameras from Panasonic and Olympus. You'll be able to pick the NEX-6 up sometime in November for $1000 kit, $850 body only.
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Sony Alpha NEX-6
Specifications
- 16.1 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
- 1080/60p HD video recording with stereo sound
- 3-inch tilting LCD screen with 921,000 dots
- 100% electronic OLED viewfinder with 2.3 million dots
- Hybrid autofocus includes phase and contrast detection autofocus
- Wi-Fi sharing and downloadable camera apps
- RAW Capture
- Manual modes
- Lithium-ion battery
- Release Date: Nov 10, 2012
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2010-05-01, 01:20 PM
anyone have issues with the Pace 770? so far the only thing that's been fixed was the blank recordings. the FF/RW issue still pops up. and the worst part was most the time recorded shows are being duplicated.
For example, I would set it to record the 5:00PM show and the 6:00 PM show. I hit List, then select the 5PM show. Plays fine. Now I'll select the 6PM show and what do you know? It's playing back the 5PM show (even though it's displaying the title for the 6PM show). this did not happen once. It happens multiple times since the firmware update. :mad:
So I just piggybacked a Philips DVR onto the Pace and using the Philips to record shows now. It can't record HD but it doesnt matter too much since it's mostly my parents using it to record the asian channels 180-182.
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The boyfriend of the late Amy Winehouse raped a female friend twice and asked to keep her underwear, a court has heard.
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Reg Traviss, who was dating Winehouse at the time of her death from alcohol poisoning in July 2011, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman at his Marylebone flat after a night of drinking on December 30 last year.
Prosecutor Katherine Lumsdon opened the case in Southwark Crown Court by saying that the defendant twice awoke to find Traviss having sex with her, and on one occasion told her: "I always wanted to do this to you."
Lumsdon stated: "She said she would not have consented to sex even if she had been conscious.
"She asked Reg to put her in a cab so that she could go home. He suggested she stay at his as it was closer. She was also aware that a black cab was unlikely to take her as she couldn't stand.
"She remembers him asking, 'Would you like to stay at mine?' She does not remember her reply, but assumes she said yes. That's the last thing she remembers before waking up in his bed because of an acute pain."
The prosecutor says Traviss stopped the first time the woman awoke, offered her more alcohol and continued "acting as if nothing had happened at all".
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The woman claims to have gone back to sleep and awoke to find Traviss having sex with her again, but "felt so tired and so weak that she passed out", the Daily Mail reports.
The court heard that the next day "she asked him where her knickers were and he said, 'I actually want to keep them', and she didn't press the matter as she just wanted to get home".
The complainant said that she could not "understand how somebody so nice and gentlemanly could do something like that", adding that Traviss had been "shattered and quite distressed" since Winehouse's death five months prior.
Traviss was arrested on April 5. The woman had been reluctant to report the alleged incident due to his status and, according to the prosecution, "thought it would be easier to forget about it".
Traviss claims that upon returning to his home, the woman lit candles and told him not to sleep on the sofa, but join her in the bed, where they had consensual sex.
He says they were equally as drunk and parted the next day with a "big cuddle and a kiss".
Traviss denies two counts of rape. The trial continues.
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Joining the Fox Sunday night 'Animation Domination' lineup this fall is Jonah Hill's latest comic creation Allen Gregory. The Superbad star's comedy follows the delusional, super-rich and pretentious 7-year-old title character, who is heading to public school for the first time.
Digital Spy joined a selection of journalists in interviewing Hill about his highly anticipated new show.
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What can you tell us about the character Allen Gregory?
"Allen Gregory's a fish out of water. He's going to public school for the first time with normal kids. He's a pretentious outsider and he's just trying to fit in. The character is going to be having some financial trouble because his family have spent all their money. You get to see the funny side of these people having jobs for the first time. All these spoilt rich people, making their way in the world for the first time."
Where did the inspiration come from?
"Allen Gregory came about because we wanted an animated show and we were just tossing around some ideas about me playing a 7-year-old. We thought that would be cool, because we couldn't do that in real life."
Are you excited about working on an ongoing TV project after a career in movies?
"That's really cool and exciting. With a film it's over with and done with. With a TV show it will be cool to see it grow and change over time. I don't know how Allen will change, I can't say that yet. We'll just see where the stories take him and see how it naturally grows. We don't have a full idea of that yet."
Will there be anything you won't laugh about in Allen Gregory? Are there any restrictions on the jokes?
"Taboo-wise, no, we don't shy away from anything on this show. But on a reality level, we won't allow it for a spaceship to land in the school. It is all reality-based. If it couldn't happen in real life, it won't. That being said, I have never heard of a 7-year-old boy having a relationship with a 75-year-old disgusting woman. But I guess it's different strokes for different folks."
What were your favourite cartoons growing up and what are your favourites now?
"The Simpsons, The Critic and South Park answer all those questions. Those are the ones that were really inspiring to me."
Who would be your dream guest star?
"Ooh, I don't know. Robert De Niro. He'd be the best Allen Gregory guest star."
Will Allen become a more likeable character as the show progresses?
"I think that the thing they'll love about him is that he has all this false bravado and condescension and arrogance, but it's all just covering up the fact that he's insecure. He just wants to be accepted by these people. That's my favourite type of character to watch. Someone who acts like they don't care about anything, but actually they care about everything more than anybody else."
Were you constantly aware of the comparisons to The Simpsons and Family Guy after being given a Sunday night slot?
"I think we paid absolutely no attention to that. Being unique and different to those two was really important. As opposed to trying to fit in with them. Having said that, I think people who do like those shows will like Allen Gregory, because it is irreverent and different. It is original as The Simpsons and Family Guy were and are. I don't think you want more of the same. That's why those shows are really successful, because there was nothing else out there like them."
How did you decide what Allen would look like?
"We wanted the whole show to feel like it was ripped from the New Yorker. We showed the animators Wes Anderson movies and Capote, because we wanted a classier type of animation. We wanted his awful attitude to be juxtaposed by the most adorable-looking kid aesthetically."
Will we hear more about where Gregory and his money came from?
"The great thing about Allen Gregory is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity."
What have the audience reactions been like at screenings for the show?
"Laughter. Thank God!"
How involved have you been in the day-to-day development of the programme?
"Everything from how a lamp looks to what colour someone's tie should be to the bigger stuff like the jokes, me and the team are involved all the way. We write the episodes, oversee the animation, it's a beautiful process. We read scripts at night, give notes, watch cuts, give notes and then rewrite. We do all that stuff from set. Oh my gosh, I loving it so much. It's unbelievable."
What have been the biggest challenges for you in making the show?
"The challenge is making a creative product within a big corporation. There is so much money and time in this and you have to fight to keep your show exactly how you pictured it. I've had lots of creative arguments and fighting, but the truth is that our relationship with Fox is great. It's scary for them to be pushing the envelope, just like it would be for anyone investing money in it. For me, it was just a case of doing it like this or not doing it at all."
Allen Gregory premieres on Sunday, October 30 at 8.30-9.00pm ET/PT on Fox
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Actor Tom Sizemore has been arrested on charges of domestic violence, it has been reported.
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The 47-year-old was previously apprehended in May on an outstanding warrant charge. He served a 16-month jail term for crystal meth possession in 2007, which violated his probation from a separate 2004 criminal offense.
Law enforcement spokesperson Richard French said that the Saving Private Ryan star was taken into custody on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, but did not reveal details of the alleged incident, The AP reports.
Sizemore was convicted of a similar charge that involved his ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003.
His bail has been set at $20,000 (£12,000), while he remains incarcerated and could not be reached for comment on the matter.
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Johnny Depp has called Keith Richards a "god" ahead of the release of the third Pirates of the Caribbean, in which they both appear.
Depp, who stars as Jack Sparrow, explained to Rolling Stone magazine: "He was one of the people I admired for what he's done and how he's handled it. Forty-whatever years of being this god. And he's just cool."
The guitarist makes a short appearance as Sparrow's father, Captain Teague, in At World's End. Richards commented: "It was the right place at the right time with the right guys.
"Me, I'm just a musician. And if the people like my stuff, thank God. It pushes me on to do more. And I want to do more. That's something that you don't factor in when you start this game.".
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Galifianakis explained that Palin's seemingly overnight rise to national prominence in 2008 helped him with his portrayal of inexperienced candidate Marty Huggins.
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"There are several people that have been on the national stage that we borrowed from for sure," he told Reuters. "I think the most prevalent example is the Sarah Palin aspect where - and I don't blame Sarah Palin, I blame it on the human ego - when somebody chooses you to do something, you start believing."
The actor added: "If I got hand-picked to do something or was told I was really good at something, I would want to believe it because it sounds nice."
Galifianakis went on to joke that he actually does identify with Palin's rise to international fame.
"I've never thought I was qualified for anything. But the last couple of years people think I'm qualified to act in movies, so I'm running with it," he quipped.
Galifianakis's The Campaign co-star Will Ferrell recently revealed that he based his character's perfectly coiffed hairstyle on disgraced politician John Edwards.
The Campaign is now playing in the US and opens in UK cinemas on September 28.
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Joshua Harvey has said that Fatboy Slim has the right to go on DJing for as long as he likes.
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Working under his Hervé moniker, Harvey recently collaborated with Fatboy Slim on the Skint Records acid track 'Machines Can Do The Work'.
Speaking to DS, Harvey rejected the suggestion in a recent Evening Standard feature that "old-timer" Fatboy Slim was getting too old to DJ because twentysomethings in London were "dancing to a new beat".
"I just think it's a very narrowminded opinion of someone who shouldn't be expressing that opinion," he said. "Fatboy Slim is a musician and DJ who is respected worldwide.
"He broke America and you've got some guy in a London free newspaper telling him he's too old to DJ? It's laughable, absolutely laughable."
He added: "He still chooses all his own tunes, he still digs out records, he's still got a passion for dance music. His passion for music hasn't dimmed, be it making it or playing it. It's still there.
"It's ignorance trying to lump him with all these other people - he's one of the biggest selling dance artists ever. I think he has the right to DJ for as long as he likes.
"He gets massive bookings around the world because he entertains people and that's his job as a DJ."
As part of The Count & Sinden, Harvey this week released new single 'After Dark', which also features William Rees and Kai Fish of the Mystery Jets.
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Wyman told Give Me My Remote that the team behind the cult sci-fi drama have "a couple things cooking" for loyal viewers that will "show our appreciation in a very meaningful way".
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"We're basically doing the last few [episodes]," he explained. "We're really excited. And... we're trying to include a lot of things for the fans that are kind of cool post-Fringe.
"[We'll be] embedding certain things and trying to make it interesting and show a little love back. Fans have been so cool, making all these videos, doing all these mysterious things, and we thought, we can give them something too."
Wyman previously told Digital Spy that he monitors fan reaction to Fringe as new episodes air on Friday nights on Fox.
"I feel like when everything is working, the fans dictate to me that, yeah, they're feeling good about where the show is going," he said.
The final season of Fringe launches tonight at 10pm on Sky1 in the UK.
> Fringe exec on new JJ Abrams pilot: 'It's humanity vs technology'
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Today's interview is with the lovely Katie McGrath, who plays Merlin's nemesis Morgana. In our chat, Katie told us all about her character's new look, this year's guest actors and her desire to see Castle's Nathan Fillion play a "medieval, slave-trading pirate"!
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Merlin airs this Saturday at 7.50pm on BBC One. Keep an eye out tomorrow for a video chat with Colin Morgan (Merlin).
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The 1975 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the Boston Red Sox (AL) and Cincinnati Reds (NL). It has been ranked by ESPN as the second-greatest World Series ever played.[1] Cincinnati won the series four games to three.½ games over the Baltimore Orioles then defeated the three-time defending World Series champion Oakland A's, three games to none, in the American League Championship Series..
NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
†: postponed from October 18 due to rain
Saturday, October 11, 1975 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts's first run on a single by Carl Yastrzemski. From then on in the seventh,.
Sunday, October 12, 1975 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tuesday, October 14, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.To close out the inning Will McEnaney would enter. popped out, but Joe Morgan knocked in Geronimo with the winning run by hitting a deep fly to center over a drawn in outfield.
Wednesday, October 15, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Thursday, October 16, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Oh.
Tuesday, October 21, 1975 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
This game would go down as one of the greatest games not only in World Series and post-season.[9] Both,.[10] left, and Foster gunned down Doyle, who tagged up and attempted to score. McEnaney then retired Petrocelli, ending the jam. Doyle would later admit Pesky's Pole in just. ).[11] The game was ranked Number 1 in MLB Network's 20 Greatest Games.[9]
Wednesday, October 22, 1975 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.)
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB
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Ed Armbrister 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 0 | 65 12 0 .185 .454 3
Johnny Bench 7 29 5 6 2 0 1 4 2 4 .207 .258 .379 0 | 530 150 28 .283 .878 11
Jack Billingham 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 65 7 0 .108 .313 0
Pedro Borbón 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 24 7 0 .292 .625 0
Clay Carroll 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 19 0 0 .000 .000 0
#Darrel Chaney 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 160 35 2 .219 .574 3
Dave Concepción 7 28 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 .179 .200 .321 3 | 507 139 5 .274 .679 33
*Terry Crowley 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 | 71 19 1 .268 .728 0
*Pat Darcy 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 47 4 0 .085 .191 0
*Dan Driessen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 210 59 7 .281 .814 10
Rawly Eastwick 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 15 1 0 .067 .133 0
George Foster 7 29 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 .276 .300 .310 1 | 463 139 23 .300 .875 2
*César Gerónimo 7 25 3 7 0 1 2 3 3 5 .280 .357 .600 0 | 501 129 6 .257 .690 13
*Ken Griffey 7 26 4 7 3 1 0 4 4 2 .269 .367 .462 2 | 463 141 4 .305 .793 16
Don Gullett 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 0 | 62 14 0 .226 .520 0
*Will McEnaney 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 | 14 0 0 .000 .000 0
*Joe Morgan 7 27 4 7 1 0 0 3 5 1 .259 .364 .296 2 | 498 163 17 .327 .974 67
Gary Nolan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 68 12 0 .176 .474 0
#Fred Norman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 60 7 0 .117 .292 0
Tony Pérez 7 28 4 5 0 0 3 7 3 9 .179 .258 .500 1 | 511 144 20 .282 .816 1
Merv Rettenmund 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 188 45 2 .239 .669 5
#Pete Rose 7 27 3 10 1 1 0 2 5 1 .370 .485 .481 0 | 662 210 7 .317 .838 0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+----+---+-----+-----+---+
Total 7 244 29 59 9 3 7 29 25 30 .242 .315 .389 9 |5203 1430 124 .275 .753 168
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB
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Juan Beníquez 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .125 .222 .125 0 | 254 74 2 .291 .760 7
Rick Burleson 7 24 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 2 .292 .393 .333 0 | 580 146 6 .252 .634 8
Jim Burton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
*Bernie Carbo 4 7 3 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 .429 .500 1.42 0 | 319 82 15 .257 .892 2
Reggie Cleveland 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 | 0 0 0 0
*Cecil Cooper 5 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .053 .050 .105 0 | 305 95 14 .311 .899 1
*Denny Doyle 7 30 3 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 .267 .312 .367 0 |+325 97 4 .298 .742 5
Dick Drago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Dwight Evans 7 24 3 7 1 1 1 5 3 4 .292 .393 .542 0 | 412 113 13 .274 .809 3
Carlton Fisk 7 25 5 6 0 0 2 4 7 7 .240 .406 .480 0 | 263 87 10 .331 .923 4
Doug Griffin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 287 69 1 .240 .560 2
*Bill Lee 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 0 | 0 0 0 0
*Fred Lynn 7 25 3 7 1 0 1 5 3 5 .280 .345 .440 0 | 528 175 21 .331 .967 10
*Rick Miller 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 108 21 0 .194 .557 3
Bob Montgomery 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 195 44 2 .226 .559 1
#Roger Moret 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 7 26 3 8 1 0 0 4 3 6 .308 .379 .346 0 | 402 96 7 .239 .644 0
Dick Pole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Diego Seguí 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Luis Tiant 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250 .400 .250 0 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0
Jim Willoughby 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Rick Wise 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 0 0 0 0
*Carl Yastrzemski 7 29 7 9 0 0 0 4 4 1 .310 .382 .310 0 | 543 146 14 .269 .776 8
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Total 7 239 30 60 7 2 6 30 30 40 .251 .333 .372 0 |4522 1245 134 .275 .761 66
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON
Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
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*Don Gullett 3 4.34 1-1 0 0 18.2 19 9 10 15 | 15-4 160 2.42 1.15 98
Jack Billingham 3 1.00 0-0 0 0 9.0 8 1 5 7 | 15-10 208 4.11 1.43 79
Rawly Eastwick 5 2.25 2-0 1 0 8.0 6 2 3 4 | 5-3 90 2.60 1.13 61 22
*Will McEnaney 5 2.70 0-0 1 0 6.2 3 2 2 5 | 5-2 91 2.47 1.26 48 15
Gary Nolan 2 6.00 0-0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 2 | 15-9 211 3.16 1.10 74
Clay Carroll 5 3.18 1-0 0 0 5.2 4 2 2 3 | 7-5 96 2.62 1.30 44 7
Pat Darcy 2 4.50 0-1 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 1 | 11-5 131 3.58 1.48 46 1
*Fred Norman 2 9.00 0-1 0 0 4.0 8 4 3 2 | 12-4 188 3.73 1.31 119
Pedro Borbón 3 6.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 | 9-5 125 2.95 1.33 29 5
+-------------------+-+-----+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+----+-----+-----+---+--+
Total 3.88 4-3 2 0 65.0 60 28 30 40 | 94-47 1300 3.37 1.310 598 50
* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON
Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
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Luis Tiant 3 3.60 2-0 0 2 25.0 25 10 8 12 | 18-14 260 4.02 1.28 142
*Bill Lee 2 3.14 0-0 0 0 14.1 12 5 3 7 | 17-9 260 3.95 1.32 78
Reggie Cleveland 3 6.75 0-1 0 0 6.2 7 5 3 5 | 13-9 171 4.43 1.32 78
Jim Willoughby 3 0.00 0-1 0 0 6.1 3 0 0 2 | 5-2 48 3.54 1.28 29 8
Rick Wise 2 8.44 1-0 0 0 5.1 6 5 2 2 | 19-12 255 3.95 1.31 141
Dick Drago 2 2.25 0-1 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 | 2-2 73 3.84 1.38 43 15
*Roger Moret 3 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.2 2 0 3 1 | 14-3 145 3.60 1.43 80 1
Diego Seguí 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 | 2-5 71 4.82 1.61 45 6
*Jim Burton 2 9.00 0-1 0 0 1.0 1 1 3 0 | 1-2 53 2.89 1.45 39 1
Dick Pole 1 inf 0-0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 0 | 4-6 90 4.42 1.49 42
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Total 3.86 3-4 0 2 65.1 59 28 25 30 | 95-64 1426 3.98 1.360 717 31
NBC broadcast the Series on television and radio, with Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola alternating play-by-play along with team announcers Dick Stockton and Ned Martin (Red Sox) and Marty Brennaman (Reds) and Tony Kubek doing color commentary..
1975 World Series, Game 6: Reds @ Red Sox
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NBC Joe Garagiola Jack Buck Joe Morgan Jim Rice Henry Kissinger 1975 World Series Reds Red Sox
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1975 World Series Game 6
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“Se Puede Cuando Se Quiere”. Forget al the injustices and getting taken advantage of, the Cheran people from Michoacan decided to really say enough is enough, they were tired of getting violated by the people with higher power in their village an kicked them out. Narcos, LumberJacks and corrupt officials all gone kicked out by the people and set up guard posts around the town so they won’t come in. These people now live in peace and are ready to defend their freedom. Check out this reportaje on “The New Zapatistas”.
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With a strangely attractive, overly distraught aesthetic (and what seems like a complete way of life) Chicago based couple and band, Mars Argo is one of the finely tuned, strikingly polished acts of the diy generation. Here is the music video from some upcoming work. The single used to be on their bandcamp as its own release, but now it resides as the 5th and final track off Linden Place. Heavy with anticipation, we wait for more. (also, one of their episodes from a youtube series, which is pretty damn funny)
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The rich language of French author Jean Giono combines with the breathtaking artistry of illustrator/animator Frederic Back to tell this triumphant tale in which one man's indomitable spirit transforms a desolate land into a thriving garden of trees. Back's delicate pastels sweep readers into the solitary world of Elzeard Bouffier, a world in which one individual, undeterred by great wars and other setbacks, and without thought of reward, makes a significant difference. The Man Who Planted Trees is an inspiring parable for all ages.
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Movement from Xylophone Orchestral Dance. Further details refer ILAM field card CP7
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Q: Since becoming the office manager for a large medical practice, I have received numerous complaints about one member of my staff. Several people have told me that “Tricia,” our front-desk supervisor, deluge of complaints, your predecessor apparently abdicated all managerial responsibility and allowed Tricia to do whatever she pleased. Now that this wimpy manager has left, Tricia’s colleagues obviously hope, you must firmly advise Tricia that rude and insulting remarks are unacceptable. From now on, she is expected to be courteous and respectful during all workplace interactions. If you find that she is unable to make this shift, then there is no place for her in a medical practice.
Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace coach and the author of Secrets to Winning at Office Politics. Send in questions and get free coaching tips at.
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'Mediscare' unlikely to work this time
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The other day I was watching former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean on CNBC do his best to bash the Medicare-reform plan authored by Paul Ryan and endorsed, with a key change, by presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Dean botched it and the other panelists called him on it. He simply didn’t know the details.
You can almost smell the panic..
Last week, President Barack Obama joined other Democrats in recycling the “end Medicare as we know it” line, which the left-leaning PolitiFact site labeled the “2011 lie of the year.” The original version of Ryan’s idea would have offered only private-sector policies, but the latest iteration includes traditional Medicare as one of the choices. How would that “end Medicare”?
As Yuval Levin wrote at National Review, it is only now dawning on Democrats that it is Obama — not Romney — who would cut Medicare for current seniors. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that Obamacare will yank $716 billion from Medicare’s planned spending over the next 10 years.
Under Romney, Medicare wouldn’t change during that time. Ryan’s version, adopted by the House, called for the same amount of Medicare savings as Obama, but without endorsing specific cuts — such as Obama’s planned $260 billion reduction in payments to hospitals built into the 2013-2022 budget baseline.
Medicare actuary Richard Foster has estimated that those reductions will cause one in six U.S. hospitals to become unprofitable. Democrats say they’re committed to saving Medicare, but what good is this “entitlement” if more doctors and hospitals close their doors to new Medicare patients?
Here’s how the Romney-Ryan plan would work:
Seniors would receive “premium support” they could use to purchase insurance, or choose Medicare. The money would flow to government-approved providers. Each would have to cover the full range of Medicare services.
How much would each person get? It would be based on annual competitive bidding by participating insurance companies, with the amount based on the cost of the second-least-expensive plan. Seniors who choose the cheapest plan would get a cash rebate. Those who choose the pricier plans would pay more out of pocket. Sick and low-income people would receive more support. Wealthier recipients would get less.
Suddenly, you would have something new in health care: systemwide pressure to offer more cost-effective deals. Insurance companies, eager to offer the most-competitive plan under premium support, would push providers to become more efficient and combine services. This competitive element would offer a way around Medicare’s innovation-killing, fee-for-service model that pays lousy hospitals the same as good ones.
Historically, politicians proposing entitlement reform lose in the face of hysterical attacks from the programs’ defenders. Two things are different this year. The Obama administration, not Romney, approved cuts in Medicare’s growth for today’s seniors. That means the usual “Mediscare” campaign will have diminished credibility.
And a long-running movie has been playing in Europe, showing what happens when countries refuse to get their houses in order. There’s a good chance Americans don’t want to be in that movie.
E. Thomas McClanahan writes for the Kansas City Star.
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Web-only letters to the editor, Dec. 31,.
Economic woes
When a court injunction stopping the Kasich administration from completing contracts with five health plans selected to manage care for Medicaid patients was lifted yesterday it in a sense privatized Medicaid. In the short run it will save a few dollars, but it's at the expense of our most vulnerable citizens, the poor and unemployed who are already holding on to their lives as if they were cast upon the streets of Mumbai. Walk into any food bank and you will see neighbors standing in line, hungry. Yet, we cling to our faith in an economic system that has brought us to our knees.
Privatization is a failure of monumental proportions. It promises profits and solutions, yet we all know that privately held companies don't build our infrastructure or pay for our most needy citizens. These companies have mission statements that maximize profits and lowers costs. Where do the citizens of this great city fit in? Or are we to be reduced to Dickens' characters begging for just a little more, sir?
John Thomas Ellis, Columbus
Funding schools
Like many other states, funding for Ohio’s public schools depend mainly on property taxes. This funding system’s downfalls have been ignored for decades by the majority of the nation. The dependence on local property taxes is unconstitutional and lack stability; therefore, the state of Ohio should make education a priority in its budget to efficiently fund public education like it is called to do in the Ohio State Constitution.
In the 1991, court case DeRolph v. State of Ohio, the Supreme Court states that:
"In DeRolph I, this court's primary concern with the state's funding system was that it relied too heavily on local property taxes to fund a statewide system. The problem this creates… is that a system overly reliant on local property taxes will result in disparities between districts…” (p18)
In this famed court case the Supreme Court of Ohio declared Ohio’s funding for public education
unconstitutional because the state is putting most of the burden of funding schools on local
communities. The reliance on the community creates a wealth disparity, where districts in less
affluent areas receive less funding per child than wealthier districts that collect more in
property taxes. It is not fair that a student in Bexley is “worth” more than a child in a
struggling southern Ohio school district. It is the State’s responsibility to fill that void, and
promote equality in educational opportunity.. Statistics from the 2010 census show the rate of home ownership has declined in 86 of Ohio's 88 counties in the past decade. With less homeowners to pay property taxes, districts are forced to harass its locals to pass levy after levy. More funding by the state is the only practical option to have a reliable, consistent funding system. Many other states allocate revenue from sales taxes. Many other countries have completely revolutionary public educational infrastructures that are worth observing and imitating in many ways. It’s time for not only Ohio, but for the nation to take notes.
Many critics of the subject claim that more funding is not directly proportional to better school performance, so why give more money? This is not true at all because poor districts cannot attract quality teachers and cannot expand programs like AP classes, when more affluent districts can. And these elements of education are known to increase students’ performance. For one to say that amount of school funding does not matter is a fallacy that acts as an expedient to dismiss talks of a higher educational standard because of bureaucratic laziness.
The state should not completely stop funding by property taxes, just simply decrease public school reliance on them. And by acknowledging the current system’s unconstitutionality and instability and finally doing something about it, the great state of Ohio can show the nation at large what adequate funding for public schools looks like. Let us influence the nation to abandon the unconstitutional practice, and start on a campaign for educational reform in America!
Mica Caine, Pickerington
Hiring Ohioans
At a recent event honoring the Ohio State football team, Governor, last month. These investments are being made right here in Ohio, and are creating jobs and wealth that are benefitting Buckeyes of every political and socio-economic stripe. And they would not exist if not for the demand of Ohio’s burgeoning oil and gas industry.
The Governor knows all of this, and has stated as much on multiple occasions. In his 2012 State of the State address, Governor the year. This is likely what led the Governor to declare on October 9th
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
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Well girls, we can’t deny summer is everyone’s favourite time of the year – with all of the sun, sea, sand (except the British summer here) and of course, the ‘Summer Sale’. There has been a great lot of buzz in different brands, outlets and forums across the net as well as in social media like Twitter and Facebook on this sizzling summer sale time in Europe.
Dorothy Perkins has arrived online and instore!
We would like to give our loyal followers, readers and friends to enjoy the summer sale with us too, by helping to share the sale that will save your pennies. You can pick any UK sites or links and you just need to decide within your budget of what you would like to order. We will do the rest, take a look folks!
Our favourite designer label, Karen Millen sale not to be missed
H&M summer sale showing more colours, prints & pretty silhouettes to look forward to come warmer weather.
All you need to do is to PICK any item of your interest, and we QUOTE you the price with shipment from UK. For those who have experienced and taste the convenient of our Personal Shopper service, you know the cue, just let us know what you want and we DELIVER it straight to your front door! We will make sure you don’t miss these brilliant discounts and big promotions from your favourite stores, labels and brands.
Miss Selfridge timeless collection and great petite outfits too!
Fashion Union - online wardrobe site that you should visit, casual top as low as £3!
Warehouse UK outlets are filled with demure, chic, sleek casual and work wear – flawless trends!
We’ve helped many fashionistas, bargain hunters, clients and readers fulfilling their wishes over the years and let’s start our summer sale picks now. If you can’t find anything you like here, send us your favourite via email!
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 stick + 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, soft
- 2 tablespoons oil (grape seed, olive or canola oil)
- 2 cups Dixie Crystals
*Using spoon fill measuring cup with flour until required amount is obtained. (Scooping measuring cup directly into flour bag will firmly pack flour resulting in too much flour required for recipe.)
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Chef Eddy Tip: To save time on the day of your party, do what most professional bakers do. Bake your cake layers up to a week in advance and freeze without frosting. On the day of your party, remove the layers from the freezer and frost when still cold. Cold frosted cakes will reduce the crumbs from getting into the icing or frosting!
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Through a combination of gift and purchase, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens acquired 23 paintings from the collection of Mr. Montgomery H.W. Ritchie of Palo Duro, Texas in 1996. The Ritchie Collection contains 19th and early 20th century art and includes works by many major artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Raoul Dufy, and Chaim Soutine. These outstanding selections expand and enhance the existing works in the Dixon’s permanent collection. The collection affords visitors an invaluable perspective and broader look at Impressionism, the Impressionist movement as displayed by its strongest practitioners on both side of the Atlantic, and the rich and varied paths taken by Post-Impressionists and early modern artists at the turn of the century.
Among the highlights of the collection are two works by Claude Monet, Village Street (1869-1871) and Port of Dieppe, Evening (1882). A landscape by Paul Cezanne, Trees and Rocks Near the Chateau Noir (1900-1906), two paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, and an open window scene by Raoul Dufy (that recalls Matisse’s canonical Open Window, Collioure) are also notable. The collection also includes works by Americans John Singer Sargent and Maurice Prendergast.
There are many striking resemblances between Ritchie’s collection and that of Hugo & Margaret Dixon. Both Ritchie and Dixon were Englishmen who came to reside in the American South, and both men collected English art – perhaps as a tribute to their native land. They also shared an interest in 19th and early 20th century art as evidenced by the many artists common to both collections: Corot, Boudin, Degas, Jongkind, Fantin-Latour, Bonnard, Gauguin, Marquet, and Chagall. The majority of works in both collections are small or medium in size, well suited for the domestic settings for which they were purchased. The Ritchie Collection adds to the Dixon’s existing strength in Impressionist art while adding depth to its Post-Impressionist, early modern, and American holdings.
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The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X
Five years ago,; the spacecraft is expected to continue operating for several more years.
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Jakobshavn Isbræ at risk
Jakobshavn Isbræ, in Greenland, is one of the fastest-moving glaciers in the world; the mass of ice is advancing up to 35 metres per day towards the sea, and is threatened by climate change. The progress of glacial melting can be documented by comparing satellite images acquired in different years. The processed radar data shows the glacier structure in false colour. Smooth ice surfaces are coloured blue; magenta shows prominent structures like crevasses, while yellow indicates roughened surfaces and thus clearly marks the flow movement. It can be seen that the ice sheet advances to a narrow zone (left-hand side of image) and eventually breaks abruptly into the ‘smooth’ open sea.
Berlin Central Station on the move.
Measurement of elevation variations using radar
Radar view from above; this data analysis reveals variations in the height of the station and its surroundings. The yellow and red markings in the dot cloud show elevation changes in the millimetre range.
The flooded Higashi-Matsushima airport, near Sendai; it is expected to continue functioning for several more years.
"TerraSAR-X has now been operating almost flawlessly for five years. The satellite's propellant consumption has been low, the solar arrays and radar instrument are in good condition, and all of the redundant systems are still available. We could not have hoped for more," says Michael Bartusch, TerraSAR-X mission Project Manager at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Space Administration.
Dependable and high-precision
TerraSAR-X was constructed by Astrium on behalf of DLR and is the first Earth observation satellite to be developed entirely in Germany. Thanks to the on-board radar instrument, Earth's surface can be surveyed regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover or availability of daylight. The satellite has been providing unique datasets with resolutions down to one metre since the beginning of the mission. By so doing, TerraSAR-X has completely fulfilled its mission objective – the provision of high-quality X band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for research and development purposes as well as for scientific and commercial applications. From the beginning of 2008, commercial distribution of the data has been performed by the German division of Astrium Geo-Information Services, Infoterra GmbH.
The high accuracy and dependability of TerraSAR-X data has enabled scientists from a wide variety of research fields to develop entirely new applications and processes. In particularly high demand are time-sequenced images, which enable changes in a specific region to be precisely determined.
Glaciers and wood frogs
This applies to the observation of glaciers in Greenland, for example. Their flow rates allow them to be used as indicators for global warming. In a research project being carried out by the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Washington, the 20 most significant outlet glaciers are surveyed five times a year. Special attention is paid to Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of the fastest-moving glaciers in the world. TerraSAR-X is currently the only remote sensing satellite capable of supplying images for the project at the required resolution and time intervals.
The German radar satellite is even putting wood frogs in Northern Canada under the microscope for climate researchers. The eight-centimetre-long amphibians are also climate indicators; changes in climate and habitat immediately affect the sensitive population. The frogs breed in small ponds that form during the thaw period following the harsh winter and then dry out. Using high-resolution images from TerraSAR-X, scientists from the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network can now see when the frog ponds form and how they evolve over time. Previously, the usual method used was to set up microphones and use the sounds emitted by the frogs to work out what was happening. With remote sensing technology, biologists can now use entirely new methods.
Berlin Central Station
TerraSAR-X has also found a completely new application in the observation of important infrastructure components. This applies to bridges and, especially, safety-critical facilities such as dams. Using the latest processes, the radar satellite's images can be used to detect deformations down to the millimetre range with high accuracy. In collaboration with Technische Universität München, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen has demonstrated this for Berlin Central Station; over the course of a year, the steel complex deforms by up to 1.8 centimetres vertically and between 1.5 and 3.5 centimetres horizontally. The TerraSAR-X images reveal the seasonal differences with millimetric accuracy; the steel structure expands during the warmest months of the year, being largest between June and September. During the cooler parts of the year, the material contracts and the station 'moves' back to its previous state.
Natural catastrophes and major events
TerraSAR-X makes important contributions during natural catastrophes, major incidents and humanitarian relief efforts. To provide the best possible help on site, emergency services need comprehensive, detailed, up-to-date geographical information – regardless of the time of day or weather conditions. This is not a problem for TerraSAR-X, and this is why DLR is a member of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'; the radar satellite has supplied emergency cartography data for natural disasters such as the severe earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the floods in Pakistan in 2011 and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Most recently, TerraSAR-X was used during the Champions League football final in Munich, for a test by the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe; BBK) of situational awareness during major events.
… and TanDEM-X.
About the TerraSAR-X mission
TerraSAR-X is being implemented on behalf of DLR with funds from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie; BMWi). It is the first German satellite manufactured under what is known as a Public-Private Partnership DLR and Astrium. DLR is responsible for using TerraSAR-X data for scientific purposes; it is also responsible for planning and implementing the mission as well as controlling the satellite. Astrium built the satellite, shared the costs of developing it and is sharing the costs of operating it. Infoterra GmbH, a subsidiary company founded for this purpose by Astrium, is responsible for marketing the data commercially.
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The agency is comprised of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
Agency Vision:
The premier response capability in the state, prepared to support every call to duty from the Commonwealth and the nation, led by a balanced, integrated joint team that is stable, adaptive, and measured by the success of our small units and their leaders.
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I will be the first to say one the things that I hate to see is someone trying to imitate the Three Stooges. It is usually like a bad Elvis impersonation. There is something special about the Stooges that make them unique, an institution of their own. When I heard there was going to be a Stooges movie, I was not really crazy about the idea. I knew I would go see it. I expected it that it would just be bad.
I also want to add my girls absolutely love the Stooges like I do. We watch them any chance that we can catch the reruns on TV. So it was decided this afternoon would be McHawes family day at the movies, to see the Stooges. We all loved it! I laughed through the whole film. The actors nailed their roles as Moe, Larry and Curly. The mannerisms were dead on. Don’t get me wrong this was no Godfather style epic motion picture. It was the Stooges and it was exactly what is was supposed to be, funny.
If you are a Stooge fan, go see it. You will enjoy it.
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Chad Taylor
[email protected]
Michael Marcus cut his teeth listening to blues
albums in San Francisco in the 1960s, wanting
to emulate people like Sonny Sitt and Charlie
“Bird” Parker.
“I studied blues because that’s where everything
else I was into came from,” Marcus said in an
interview from New York. “I began to understand
the art of jazz improvisation and the relationship
jazz has with the blues as its foundation.”
Meanwhile, Sonny Simmons was already the stuff
of jazz legend. By the time Marcus had finished
high school, Simmons was already nationally
recognized through albums like “Staying on the
Watch” and his turn with the Prince Lasha Quintet
on “The Cry!”
Then their lives took dramatically different
paths. In the 1970s, Marcus hit the blues circuit
full-stride. Playing his baritone saxophone,
Marcus toured the country — then the world —
with blues greats like Sonny Rhodes, Albert
King and B.B. King. During the same time, however,
Simmons’ career would be marked only by silence.
Personal problems and family issues conspired
against him, and his career faded throughout
the decade.
But in 1980, the two men were introduced for
the first time.
“(Bay Area blues musician) Hi Tide Harris hired
me to play baritone sax on this recording he
was doing,” Marcus recalled. “He mentioned that
there would be an alto player that sounds like
Bird. I thought it was going to be The Bishop
(Norman Williams), but Hi Tide said, ‘No, it’s
Sonny Simmons!’ I just thought, ‘Wow. The guy’s
a legend.’ ”
From there the two would maintain a casual working
relationship throughout most of the next two
decades, playing together a couple of times
on the east coast and some gigs in San Francisco
in the mid-’90s. Finally, around the turn of
the millennium, Simmons and Marcus decided to
form a band. From the beginning, the feel of
the project — named The Cosmosamatics after
a track from Simmons’ 1996 album “Transcendence”
— would be based upon the comfortable exchange
of two musicians with a long history together.
“Sonny is a telepathic player, and I’m a telepathic
player,” said Marcus. “It just means that we’re
able to feel the flow of what the other is doing
and play accordingly. I am one of the few horn
players that has the ability to telepathically
hook up with Sonny.”
Eventually, they would add drummer Jay Rosen
to the lineup.
“Michael actually auditioned me,” Rosen recalled.
“I played for a while and didn’t see Sonny at
all until he walked into the room, listened
for a little bit and said ‘Y’all right.’ And
that was that.”
There have been other members at various points
throughout the years, most notably upright bassists
William Parker, Curtis Lundy, Masa Kamaguchi,
Gildas Scouarnec, Tarus Mateen and Peter Herbert,
but the core has remained Marcus, Simmons and
Rosen. The continuity is important to Marcus.
“We are a BAND,” reads the liner notes from
The Cosmosamatics’ 2005 album “Zetrons.” “Sonny
and I have been collaborating for years to keep
the tradition alive of being a band.”
The resulting sound on display in central Iowa
for the first time ever this week is eclectic
and mercurial, like avant-garde jazz should
be. Simmons’ alto sax conjures up the ghost
of “Bird” Parker and mixes it with jazz overtones,
while Marcus’ woodwind work dances alongside.
Rosen’s timekeeping is impeccable behind the
two, and the sound of these three cats together
is the sound of creation. CV
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Adobe Upgrades Internet Video SystemAdobe Systems Inc. this week debuted Premiere 6.0, the enhanced version of its desktop publishing system targeted at e-businesses looking to do video production inhouse.
The upgraded version enables companies to post and stream footage to the Web, whereas the system's earlier versions provided more basic video-editing capabilities.
Technically, the system allows users to set timeline markers for HTML pages during Web video playback and to output multiple files for streaming.
Another feature is called Automate to Timeline, which allows video developers to work with sequences of clips at their storyboards or project windows. The Premiere package also includes a professional-level audio mixer, according to Adobe.
The system allows sites to offer streaming video on video formats such as RealNetworks, RealMedia, Microsoft WindowsMedia and Apple QuickTime. In addition, Premiere allows the use of digital video devices and interfaces and works with other Adobe applications, including After Effects, Photoshop and GoLive.
Adobe Premiere 6.0 will be released sometime after January and is expected to be priced around $549. Registered Premiere users can upgrade to version 6.0 for $149. Upgrades from Adobe Premiere LE versions will cost $199.
Competitive brands in the video-to-Web market include Apple Computer Inc.'s Final Cut Pro and Avid Technology Inc.'s Xpress DV.
"The ability to put video to the Web opens up a lot of potential for content and marketing," said Wanda Meloni, an analyst at digital media technology market research firm M2 Research, Encinitas, CA. "We're just scratching the surface as far as what you can do with it in terms of promotions, e-commerce, education or communications."
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Microsoft completes its acquisition of aQuantive
Microsoft Corp. has completed its acquisition of aQuantive Inc. that began this past May and has createdáAdvertiser and Publisher Solutions Group.
This new business group will be responsible for building Microsoft's monetization engine for the advertiser and publisher community. The APS team will assume responsibility for building and marketing all ad platforms, including Atlas, DRIVEpm, MSNDR and Microsoft AdCenter,. The leadership team reporting to Johnson includes Yusuf Mehdi, who will take on the newly formed role in PSD of senior vice president of strategic partnerships and remain in its downtown Seattle offices.
Upon close of Microsoft's acquisition of AdECN, CEO Bill Urschel and his team will report to Alex Gounares, corporate vice president, adCenter and Commerce, part of Satya Nadella's Search and Advertising Platform group. AdECN will maintain its offices near Santa Barbara, CA.
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Prospectiv Debuts Healthier.comProspectiv, a provider of online marketing solutions, introduced Healthier.com yesterday, a Web site to help consumers find information, tips, promotions and products for a healthier lifestyle.
The site expands Prospectiv's reach and improves its targeting to millions of active, self-profiled consumers, the Woburn, MA, company said.
Through Healthier.com and Prospectiv's technology platform, pharmaceutical, health, beauty and wellness brand marketers can acquire customers as well as maintain their in-house files of consumers.
Healthier.com gives consumers contextually relevant offers and information regarding their personal health, beauty and wellness needs. When visiting the site, consumers can register and receive exclusive health offers, samples and coupons from top brands, in addition to product information. They also can gain access to health-related tips and recipes.
Consumer brand marketers who present their offers through Prospectiv's online customer acquisition programs and Healthier.com will be able to identify consumers interested in specific health and wellness offerings and, with the consumers' permission, gain highly specific profile data about their health interests and preferences.
Consumer brand marketers of pharmaceutical, healthcare, diet and food products are under pressure to give consumers the information to make informed decisions related to their health. In a 2005 Prospectiv Consumer Preference Index poll, 92 percent of consumers said they were interested in visiting Web sites focused on treatments for their specific ailments.
Healthier.com, like all of Prospectiv's online properties and online customer acquisition programs, is driven by Prospectiv's proprietary Customer Acquisition Optimizer technology, which automatically presents the most targeted offers to consumers based on in-depth behavioral, personal and contextual criteria. This is based on the consumer profiles of those who have registered at Prospectiv's vertically targeted online properties, including Healthier.com, Eversave.com and TheKnowledgeStop.com.
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