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Welcome back to my biweekly interview series. I hope you all had an amazing holiday and I would like to start the New Year off right with an interview from the sweet and gifted Jade M. Wong. Her blog is called: Jade M. Wong – Writer At Heart. Fangirl by DNA. Struggling Human Until Further Notice.
1. Jade, Please Tell Us About Yourself?
I'm a New York City girl named Jade M. Wong. In short, I'm a writer in my heart, a fan-girl by DNA, and a struggling human until further notice. I'm often up until 4:00 am at night battling inconvenient words and fantastical stories. If I were a gazillionaire, I wouldn't buy a mansion, but a cozy apartment in every city I love. In the meantime, I make do with cozy corners across the internet-sphere.
2. When Did You Start Writing and Blogging and What Does It Mean To You? Why Do You Write?
I've been writing and blogging on and off for as long as I can remember. But life has a way of kicking my butt. It's only this year that I've finally been writing and blogging regularly. I'd like to think that 'life' and I are now reluctant dance partners and not bitter enemies.
I write because its a way to put myself onto the the page with words. This helps me when I'm trying to revise my writing. I learn where in a particular piece, I am writing badly and where I am writing well. This is a kind of therapy for me and medicine for whatever I'm dealing with in life at the moment.
"I'm often up until 4:00 am at night battling inconvenient words and fantastical stories." – Jade M.Wong
3. Where Do You Find Your Inspiration and Motivation to Write? Is There a Time of Day You Most Enjoy Writing?
Figuratively speaking, I have a muse. She's a little fairy with thin arms, tiny hands, a sarcastic sense of humor, and a brilliant mind. She's been with me as long as I can remember, always sending me bits of inspiration at inconvenient times. As a result, I find inspiration in every moment of every day. Not writing, well, it's simply unthinkable.
My favorite time to write is after the sun sets, when the world is asleep except for me and my muse, and I don't have to worry about what tomorrow brings.
4. Do You Have Any Current Writing Projects? Can You Tell Us A Little About Them?
I'm currently working on a collection of poetry, as well as playing around with a novel idea (or two). I've noticed, the more I write, the more excited my muse becomes and the more ideas flow into my mind. Uncanny how this works, isn't it?
My published works include a short story titled: Glow In The Dark Stars, which can be seen in The Ghouls' Review, along with anything I may publish in the future.
:Figuratively speaking, I have a muse. She's a little fairy with thin arms, tiny hands, a sarcastic sense of humor, and a brilliant mind. She's been with me as long as I can remember . . ." – Jade M. Wong
5. Can You Briefly Describe The Process You Have Gone Through To Publish Your Writing? What Is Your Writing Process Like?
*Disclaimer: I am definitely not an expert in the world of publishing.*When it comes to publishing, I've found it most important to follow the guidelines for each individual magazine I submit to, and to keep my fingers crossed.
My writing process is one part on-the-go and one part wrapped up under my covers like a burrito. During the day as I'm commuting, I write a lot on my phone. When I get home at night, I grab my laptop, get comfortable on my bed with a cup of tea, and write until my muse falls asleep.
6. Do You Have a Preference For Certain Areas of Writing or Reading Styles or Genres?
My favorite genres to write and read are fantasy, romantic-comedy, young adult fiction, and cozy mysteries, but I'm always willing to try new genres. For example, I recently fell in love with a memoir, Lucky by Alice Sebold, despite the fact my whole life up until then, I tended to steer away from nonfiction.
"When I get home at night, I grab my laptop, get comfortable on my bed with a cup of tea, and write until my muse falls asleep." – Jade M. Wong
7. Do You Have Any Helpful Advice to Give to Other Writers?
The advice I have to pass along comes originally from a writers more successful than myself. Who better to learn from, right?
J.K. Rowling, the author of the iconic Harry Potter series says: "Sometimes, you have to get your writing done in spare moments here and there."
Many of us dream of having long days filled with nothing but writing. Perhaps one day, our dreams can be a reality. Right now, however, most of us have jobs we need to pay the bills but we also realize words don't write themselves. Sometimes, the best time for a writer to write is in the small seconds we have between responsibilities.
8. Is There Anything Else You Want To Share With Us, Pertinent to Your Writing or Yourself?
To everyone trying to be writers, artists, doctors, or architects (etc.) I hope we never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
To everyone trying to change the world, one moment of bravery at a time, I hope we remember love will always trump hate. The world will always needs dreamers as much as it needs doers.
To everyone trying to be themselves, I hope we remember that we are always worth it.
"Many of us dream of having long days filled with nothing but writing. Perhaps one day, our dreams can be a reality. Right now, however, most of us have jobs we need to pay the bills but we also realize words don't write themselves. Sometimes, the best time for a writer to write is in the small seconds we have between responsibilities." – Jade M. Won
9. Please Share With Us Your Top Three Favorite Blogs?
In no particular order:
- Cooking With A Wallflower – This is a cooking blog, hosted by a lady named Andrea. I love her recipes and all her wallflower finds!
- Terrible Minds – This is the blog of Chuck Wendig. He's a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He blogs about everything from writing to pop culture, and he always makes me laugh. He also uses a lot of swear words and other not-safe-for-kids language, so that may deter you, but I hope it doesn't.
- I've also 'met' several bloggers on WordPress whom I consider friends, even if I have yet to meet any of them. Their blogs are my favorites, because they are so dear to me. A few of them include: A Reading Writer, Doodles and Scribbles, and Melinda Kucsera, but there are many others!
10. Please Share With Us Some Writing From Your Blog Which You Most Love:
[Poetry] Everything To Lose
By Jade M. Wong
What was it like to love him?
To answer that question, you need to ask me another,
What was it like to know him?
The man I knew was not known to any other.
He was shy and he was kind,
And he struggled relentlessly with a broken mind.
He showed the world a face that was empty
And he saved his shattered soul for me.
Loving him was loving those pieces
It was taking his soul and smoothing out the creases
It was loving a man so in tune with my needs
He'd rather my heart be whole while his own bleeds.
Why did you love him if it was so hard?
Hard? Loving him was easy, as easy as breathing,
As easy as letting the light in, healing,
Because loving him was embracing both the light and the dark,
It flowed like a stream and like hot fire, it sparked.
Why did you love him?
I loved him because I loved myself
Because I deserved a love like nothing else
I loved him because I had the right to choose
And together with him, we had everything to lose.
© Jade M. Wong 2016
10. Here Are Some Additional Works By Jade You Can Read:
- A Single Teardrop – By Jade M. Wong – If you're a lover of rain…or secret stories.
- Between The Lines – By Jade M. Wong – If you ever need to know, you are not alone.
- Stuck – By Jade M. Wong – If you've ever felt trapped.
Thank you to Jade for agreeing to be interviewed and answering the interview questions with such personality and care. Jade is an amazing writer and here is her blog link again, in case you've missed it: Jade M. Wong
Every two-weeks I feature a writer and/or blogger interview. Some writers are published, some are only starting out, some are only in high school and some are more mature adults. Whoever you are or wherever you are in life, I would love to interview you and feature you on my biweekly blog series. If you're interested in this please send me a message on my Contact Page. See you in two-weeks!
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Tips for PR pros planning a 2014 editorial calendar
It's already time to start thinking about next year's pitches. These 10 pieces of advice will help you get ready.
If you're the kind of uber-efficient PR pro who organizes Outlook into client-specific folders, keeps client folders for years after they've evaporated, and alphabetizes books and CDs, this post is for you.
If you're a new PR professional still learning the ropes, this might help.
It's October. If you aren't thinking about 2014 editorial calendars, it's time to shift into gear.
I'm talking not about creating editorial calendars for your blog or social content, but about the traditional PR tactic of using editorial calendars created by magazines, trade publications, and other media for securing placement opportunities. Newspapers and broadcast media generally don't provide editorial calendars.
Editorial calendar searches are a basic PR skill, but one that way too many pros gloss over, only do annually, or forget entirely. That's a mistake, given how aligning your pitches to an editorial calendar bumps your success rate way up.
It's time to kick off the process for next year. If you wait much longer, it will be too late to pitch January/February issues. You don't want a client calling to ask, "Why am I not in this issue? It's a perfect fit for what we do."
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Magazines and many other media outlets, as well as the larger blogs, publish an annual calendar of upcoming articles or topics they'll be covering. It's a smorgasbord of opportunity and a foundational public relations skill. It's also an opportunity for you to let your PR skills shine, because most agencies and PR pros don't spend enough time with them to gain maximum benefit.
1. If a team is handling the client, ask whether editorial calendars have been collected, and what agency or department procedures typically are for handling this part of PR. You don't want to re-invent the wheel if someone is already on top of it, but you do want to show everyone that you are getting the foundation in place for fantastic results, that you are covering the basics.
2. Assuming you've already built your client media list and/or a list of publications you'll be targeting, check their website first to see if it is available for download, then contact every outlet on that list and ask for a media kit. Generally this includes the editorial calendar, demographic information about readership, ad sizes and specs, and ad due dates. Why is this better than asking for just the editorial calendar? Because the ad due dates tell you when the publication goes to press. It helps you plan the timing of your pitch so it isn't too late to be considered.
3. Keep a spreadsheet so you can easily track whom you've spoken with, which ones you have, and which ones you are still waiting on. It also gives you a tickler file to get started on the next year.
4. Print out the editorial calendars, put them in a clearly labeled folder and keep it on your desk. Plan on referring to it often. Tuck a copy of your spreadsheet in the folder, too.
5. If you don't already have a relationship going, contact each publication individually to discuss their print schedule. When do they typically close out their issue? How far in advance should you pitch them? What is too late? Do they prefer to be pitched via email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or phone? Do they have special issues with different print schedules? If it's a blog or e-zine and not a print publication, look at their website to see if they prefer post submissions that are ready to publish. (It's usually an obvious page.) Note all this information on your spreadsheet.
Next steps for advanced PR pros and newbies alike
6. Spend time going over each editorial calendar and writing down story ideas to pitch. Match the ideas to the issue, and then schedule each individual pitch in Outlook. Don't assume you'll remember; schedule it as an appointment using the timing determined in No. 4.
7. You're not an Outlook user, or you want a secondary tool to be sure important dates don't slip your mind? Create your own calendar that flags specific dates and publications you should pitch, and look at it every Monday so you know what's coming up in the next week or two. Print it out and pop it in that folder with the printed editorial calendars; make it a habit to review it frequently.
8. Every time an Outlook alert goes off and it is time to pitch a specific issue of a publication, glance over the entire folder anew to see what opportunities you have for that month. This might seem too often, but it helps you get intimately familiar with these magazines and their upcoming topics. It also helps inspire creativity, because you'll notice something new or gain fresh inspiration with every review. Many pros look at their editorial calendars once or twice a year, which isn't nearly often enough. It also forces you to plan far in advance.
9. If you supervise a team, sit down and review the editorial calendars together. Brainstorm or review their story ideas that the editorial calendar stimulates, then don't forget to look at the actual pitches. It seems like far too many agencies don't supervise the team or work with them to improve their tactics—an epic failure for everyone involved. Pitches and the processes we all use are not a big secret; they should be continually improved and fine-tuned for optimal results. Don't hesitate to get involved.
10. Start collecting next year's editorial calendars in early fall. This helps you to avoid missing out on great opportunities early in the year simply because your timing is off and you start too late. Magazines, trade publications, large blogs, and e-zines—round 'em up and get those opportunities scheduled.
Time to share. What tactics do you use for editorial calendar searches? Any fabulous tips?
Carrie Morgan is a 20-plus year public relations veteran based in Phoenix, specializing in digital PR. A version of this story first appeared on the Rock The Status Quo blog.
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Ive was born in Chingford, London and studied industrial design at Northumbria University. In 1992, he joined Apple's design team in Cupertino, California. In 1997, he became the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design. He has been the lead designer of iconic products such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, and the MacBook Air.
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The two met when Suarez moved in across the hall from Cobar, who has lived there since 2009, less than a year ago. They met in the hallway, and were quickly attracted to each other. She gave him a tour, then at the arts and crafts activities he came and sat next to her. The two became known as the love birds of the complex.
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SAC Capital advisors trader Michael Steinberg is charged with fraud as the government continues to aggressively pursue Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital and its employees. Michael Rothfeld reports.
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U.S. has defaulted at least twice
President Obama and members of Congress say the nation faces the prospect of a first-ever debt default later this week, but that's not exactly true.
As the Associated Press notes, the government has defaulted at least twice before — once because of a 19th century war and once because of a 20th century paperwork problem.
During the War of 1812, the British invaded Washington and burned down the White House; an empty U.S. Treasury could not even afford to pay American troops.
A second default in 1979 flowed from "a back-office glitch that ended up costing taxpayers billions of dollars," the AP reported. "The Treasury Department blamed it on a crush of paperwork partly caused by lawmakers who — this will sound familiar — bickered too long before raising the nation's debt limit."
Members of both parties will try to avoid a similar fate this week by raising the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling ahead of Thursday's vote.
The Associated Press also reports:
"Other maneuvers that undercut investors get labeled 'technical defaults' by some historians and economists. A leading example is 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the nation off the gold standard amid the bank panics of the Great Depression. The nation's creditors were paid with dollars of much lower value than the gold they were due.
"The Supreme Court said the government could do it, but mourned the abandonment of 'the solemn promise of bonds of the United States.'"


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So yeah, I've recently discovered that there's a new Studio Ghibli film (not exactly new in Japan but in the US), and I thought I'd do a tutorial on both the characters from the film. I have yet to see the movie for myself but I'm in total love with Studio Ghibli films. With that being said, this movie has been receiving a lot of talk since Disney is going to be releasing it on Feb. 17th. If any of you have seen the original Japanese dubbed one, please let me know how it is (without any spoilers!!). Anyways, this was a most pleasure to work on and because I worked on Arrietty live tonight, it's pumped me up to buy the Blu-Ray on Feb 17th. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy this tutorial. If the new tutorial method presented in this was easier for you, please, let me know ;) Thanks guys and I'll be back with more lessons. Keep me posted on more films by this wonderful company!!
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The Cooperstown Gang
If you have not had the pleasure of experiencing the quaint village of Cooperstown in scenic upstate New York, please add it to your "must do" list. Cooperstown satiates visitors for its lovely location on Otsego Lake, its' line of dazzling impeccable Victorian homes, and its diverse collection of shops and restaurants, to name a few characteristics.
For baseball fans, add to the mix the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum on Main Street and surely Cooperstown bats a home run in perfect getaways.
(Now I sound like a travel brochure.)
Ken, the kids, and I have visited Cooperstown twice – in support of Ken's pals Eddie and Cal, former Orioles teammates inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003 (Eddie Murray) and 2007 (Cal Ripken Jr).
For a switch, we had opted to stay in a Bed & Breakfast versus a hotel. Online I had found a charming, pretty, and well-kept house on Chestnut Street called the Rose and Thistle, less than a mile from the Main Street bustle.
Perfect choice. Two Yankees fans own it. Steve and Patti D'Esposito from New Jersey had moved upstate in 2002 to try their hands at innkeeping, after working Manhattan's rat race their entire careers.
Let me assure you … this couple is in the perfect occupation.
We stayed for several nights at their inn and were hit with hospitality, warmth, and graciousness unequaled at any hotel. Plus we met who we've since labeled "The Cooperstown Gang" … a group of the most die-hard baseball fans I've ever encountered in the 18 years as Mrs. Singy: Larry, Joan & Henry of N.J. … Pat & Jim of N.Y. … Scott of CT … and Agatha, Steve & Steve Jr. of N.J., most Yankees' fans, with some Braves, Dodgers, and Mets in the mix – who meet year after year at the Rose and Thistle to celebrate baseball and the Hall of Fame's inductees.
This bunch of extremely friendly folks welcomed the newest family, the Singletons, to their annual gathering with open arms (it didn't hurt one of us happened to be a baseball announcer for the NY Yankees).
"They are baseball junkies who are pranksters, and loveable like family," said Patti of her Hall of Fame Weekend crew.
When Patti and Steve had announced to them that Ken Singleton would be staying at the inn, "Jim started to stutter and shake," said Patti, "and almost spilled his coffee. Henry was close to tears upon meeting Ken and said it was the best experience in his life. Larry was impressed with the amount of time Ken spent with our guests – he said he didn't want to wash his shoulder after Ken hugged him!"
Our welcome by this lovely group was astonishing. A splendid weekend! Steve slaps a scrumptious abundant breakfast on the large dining room table like your stomach wouldn't believe … and the D'Espositos treat their guests as family, even hosting a "porch barbeque" after the induction ceremony is over (which the group attends of course).
As we departed the inn after our first visit, they promised to save us the top floor room for Cal Ripen Jr's induction in 2007 – and do you know – they did? We revisited Cooperstown again, stayed at their wonderful B&B, and reacquainted with The Cooperstown Gang during an equally wonderful weekend, if not better.
"Everyone was humbled and honored to be in the Singleton family's company," said Patti.
Yet it was our family actually who felt humbled to be so welcomed, and able to stay connected via e-mail to such a wonderful baseball bunch – the Cooperstown gang.
(And if I was writing a travel column, the Rose and Thistle would be awarded five stars! Visit their beautiful inn, The Rose and Thistle. Tell them the Singletons sent you.)


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WASHINGTON -- Two Navy sailors have rejected administrative punishments for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Colombia last year in a scandal that engulfed members of the military and Secret Service, and both asked for trials by court-martial.
The sailors were the last to be charged in the embarrassing episode that erupted around the time of a visit by President Barack Obama to Cartagena.
Of the dozen U.S. military members initially implicated, seven soldiers and two Marines received administrative punishments for what was described as misconduct and one Air Force member was administratively reprimanded for poor judgment.
Three of the soldiers declined the administrative punishments and were found guilty in nonjudicial punishment hearings of having relations with a prostitute. All three had to forfeit their base salary for two months, along with other punishments.
In a statement Friday, U.S. Southern Command said the cases against the two sailors may take up to three months to resolve.
In the military, nonjudicial or administrative punishments can take a variety of forms, from docking service members' pay or confining them to quarters to assigning them additional duties for a certain length of time. In some cases, it can be a letter of reprimand in their files, but in other cases administrative punishments can be career-ending, or delay or prevent any future promotions.
The service members were investigated for bringing apparent prostitutes to their hotel rooms in Cartagena last April, according to the military's investigation of the matter. The investigator's report, released in early August, described the misconduct as consisting "almost exclusively of patronizing prostitutes and adultery."
The scandal came to light after a public dispute over payment between a Secret Service agent and a prostitute at a Cartagena hotel spilled over into the hallway of the Hotel Caribe. The Secret Service and the military were in the Colombian coastal resort to prepare for Obama's participation in a Latin American summit. Eight Secret Service employees implicated in the incident were ousted and three were cleared of serious misconduct; at least two employees were fighting to get their jobs back.


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Tired of the same old bird for the holidays? Give your turkey an extreme makeover by taking the cooking – and the party – outside.
"A turkey smoke-roasted on the grill tastes better, thanks to the smoke flavor," says Steve Raichlen, author of The Barbecue Bible and How to Grill and host of the PBS series "Primal Grill." "It frees up your oven for other dishes. It gives you an excuse to spend the afternoon outdoors, gathered around the grill drinking beer or wine with your buddies."
And get ready for the "oohs" and "aaahs" when you present a turkey smoked to perfection: "a gorgeous, plump, mahogany colored bird – the skin crackling crisp, the meat tender and juicy, the whole shebang perfumed with wood smoke," says Raichlen.
"Guests are totally amazed because they would never guess that a whole turkey can be cooked outdoors," says Dave DeWitt, editor of Fiery-Foods.com. It also nicely avoids the large amounts of oil used in frying turkeys.
Among the options for cooking a turkey outdoors are grilling, rotisserie and smoking in a ceramic smoker. DeWitt favors the rotisserie method "because it's so versatile, you don't need to worry about flipping the meat over, like you would with grilling, the heat is even and you don't have to tend to it very much."
DeWitt is not keen on cutting up the bird to cook on the grill, which he says takes away the beauty of a whole bird in the center of the table and may lead to burning the bird if you step away for too long to watch the game.
Raichlen favors cooking a whole turkey in a ceramic smoker or on the charcoal grill, which he says "is best for the reason that it's easy to smoke on a charcoal grill and very difficult to smoke on a gas grill." (See Raichlen's recipe, below).
Here are several of their tips to cooking your turkey outdoors:
Assemble Your Tools
Raichlen suggests a barbecue injector, which enables you to inject some of the marinade into the turkey. Consider food gloves for handling the turkey. Both Raichlen and DeWitt say a meat thermometer is essential.
Smoke 'Em Out
Raichlen prefers natural lump charcoal, not briquettes, which can have a chemical taste if not properly lit. Soak wood chips before placing them on the charcoal once the ash is well formed. DeWitt prefers fruitwood, such as apple, which gives the turkey a mild smoky flavor.
"Most of the barbecue flavor comes from the fat that drips from the bird onto the hot coals or wood, which interacts with the smoke and rises to coat the bird."
There's the Rub
DeWitt likes using a low-sodium rub on his smoked turkey. Make your own rub from paprika, garlic and ground chili pepper. "Salt draws out the fluids from the turkey and you want your turkey as moist as possible," he says
Pause Before Serving
Be patient. "Let the bird rest for 20 minutes before carving to let the juices redistribute themselves," Raichlen says. "It will be much moister."
Bourbon-Injected Barbecued Turkey
Adapted from BBQ USA by Steven Raichlen
For the injector sauce:
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/3 cup chicken stock (preferably homemade), at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 tablespoon of your favorite commercial barbecue rub (Note: Finely grind in a spice mill or coffee grinder if the rub has any coarse bits or spices in it so it doesn't clog the injector)
For the turkey:
- 1 turkey (8 to 10 pounds), thawed if frozen
- 4 tablespoons your favorite commercial barbecue rub
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
You'll also need:
- A marinade injector
- 3 cups of wood chips, preferably apple, soaked for 1 hour in water to cover, then drained
1. To make the injector sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the stock, bourbon and rub and whisk to mix. Let cool to room temperature.
2. Remove the packet of giblets from the neck or body cavity of the turkey and set aside for another use. Remove and discard the fat just inside the cavities of the turkey. Rinse the turkey, inside and out, under cold running water, then blot dry, inside and out, with paper towels. Season the inside of both cavities with 2 tablespoons of the rub.
3. Fill the injector with the injector sauce. To do this, push the plunger all the way down, place the tip of the needle in the sauce, and slowly draw the plunger up. The syringe will fill with sauce. Inject the sauce into the turkey breast, thighs, and drumsticks. Don't be surprised if a little sauce squirts out; this is okay.
4. Set up the grill for indirect grilling and preheat to medium. If using a gas grill, place all of the wood chips or chunks in the smoker box or in a smoker pouch and run the grill on high until you see smoke, then reduce the heat to medium. If using a charcoal grill, place a large drip pan in the center, preheat the grill to medium, then toss 1 cup of the wood chips or chunks on the coals.
5. When ready to cook, place the turkey, breast side up, in the center of the hot grate, over the drip pan and away from the heat. Put the lid down and cook the turkey until the skin is nicely browned and the meat is cooked through, 2-1/2 to 3 hours. To check for doneness, insert an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part of a thigh but not so that it touches the bone. The internal temperature should be about 165 degrees F. If the wing tips start to burn, cover them loosely with aluminum foil; if the skin starts to brown too much, cover the bird loosely with aluminum foil.
6. Transfer the grilled turkey to a platter, cover it loosely with aluminum foil and let it rest for 10 minutes. Serves 8 to 10.
Looking for an unusual brined take on the more traditional roast turkey recipe? See Julianne Glatz's, "Roasting a better bird," Nov. 12.


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WPPF Names New Executive Director
As some of you may know, the Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation (WPPF) recently conducted a search for a replacement for Tom Wolford as WPPF executive director. In early January 2013, we widely advertised the open executive director position through the WPPF mailing list, the University of Washington (UW) system and the TAPPI mailing list. Our joint outreach resulted in more than 20 applicants with a broad range of backgrounds, and I am very grateful to everyone who participated in this search process!
On March 5, representatives from the WPPF Executive Committee, College of the Environment and SEFS staff, BSE faculty and BSE students conducted interviews and evaluated the top five candidates. After careful review, we selected Michael A. Roberts as the next executive director, and we are very pleased to share the good news that he has accepted the offer! Not only has he accepted with considerable enthusiasm, in fact, but he has already begun working to continue the various activities outlined in our five-year plan, as well as planning for our upcoming Annual Conference on May 23. Mr. Roberts will officially take on his new role on April 1, 2013, and he is already set up with his campus email.
Mr. Roberts is a 1969/71 graduate of the University of Washington with BS/MS degrees in Chemical Engineering. His research provided insight into the mechanics and formation of malodorous compounds in a Kraft recovery furnace. Prior to joining WPPF as executive director, he spent more than 40 years as a professional in the pulp and paper and allied industries. He has held significant operational, engineering, environmental, research and general management positions for both pulp and paper manufacturers and key service providers to the industry. Most recently he was employed as the Program Manager, Energy and Sustainability Management, for a global manufacturing firm. He has been active in WPPF for more than 20 years and served as foundation president from 2006 to 2008.
Mr. Roberts and his wife Barb, also a UW graduate, have two grown children and three granddaughters. All are confirmed Husky fans.
Please join me in welcoming Mike as the new executive director–we look forward to working with him!


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"Do No Harm" is an instructional PowerPoint presentation developed by National Louis University's Institutional Research Board.
This presentation will introduce you to the Institutional Research Board at National Louis University. It will provide historical context for the ethical principles that guide IRB review and introduce you to the federal regulations governing research institutions. In addition, it will familiarize you with IRB procedures here at NLU, as well as your responsibility for acquiring informed consent.
Also available in PDF format:
CITI: Collaborative IRB Training Initiative
National Louis University's educational program in the Protection of Human Subjects in Research is being provided by the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI), hosted by NLU and now available to over 325 institutions and organizations around the world.
The Institutional Research Board of National Louis University is pleased to offer this training site as a resource for its faculty and enrolled students.
The CITI program consists of a:
- Basic Course for masters and doctoral students, as well as faculty and staff researchers who have not previously completed a version of the CITI Basic Course; and a
- Refresher Course for those who have previously completed a version of the CITI Basic Course.
To register, please visit www.citiprogram.org (which is the CITI login and registration page). Begin registration by clicking on the link Register for the CITI Course. You will be asked to register by providing your username (usually first name initial and last name) and a password. There will also be a drop down menu asking for your institution. Find NLU in the drop down menu labeled All Other. You will also be asked to identify your Learner Group by answering the question: "What course do you plan to take?" In the drop down menu choose: Social and Behavioral Investigator Course (referred to as SBR) Only. The computer will automatically choose the modules you appropriate to SBR.


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- Page 1 Disgo Tablet 8104 Review
- Page 2 Performance, Value & Verdict Review
- Vanilla Android 4.0 Installation
- MicroSD expansion slot, mini HDMI
- Poor quality, unresponsive screen
- Sluggish performance
- No Google Play store
- No microUSB & barrel charging
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £150.00
- 10.1in 1024 x 600 display
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- 4GB onboard storage
- 1.2GHz Corex-A8 CPU, 512MB RAM
- Mini HDMI, microSD slot
"What a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours…" Stanley Adams wrote these famous lyrics in 1934, but their relevance has struck once again in the world of technology. On Wednesday the Nexus 7 was unveiled as we were putting the finishing touches to this review and now Google has completely changed the game for budget Android tablets.
As such it is with new eyes that we look at the Disgo Tablet 8104. On paper the company appeared to have put together a package of excellent value: a 10.1in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with HDMI and USB connectivity, a microSD expansion slot and 1.2GHz processor for just £150. Then again, even before the Nexus 7 appeared cracks appeared close up.
Out of the box the Disgo Tablet 8104 is immediately underwhelming, even considering its price. At just 645g it is surprisingly light (considering its screen size), though this is in part because of cheap build materials. We can compromise a great deal for a budget RRP, but the 8104 has an entirely plastic construction with a thin, textured back that does its best to make the tablet feel brittle and sound hollow.
Equally uninspiring is the unusual button layout. Disgo dumps the typical trio of front mounted Home, Menu and Back buttons in favour of a single back button with small On/Off, Menu, Volume and Home buttons positioned along the right side.
In terms of connectivity things do improve. The Tablet 8104 has mini HDMI, a 32GB compatible microSD slot and headphone jack, though the choice of mini USB and charging via a barrel power connection is bizarre in an era when it has been replaced almost wholesale with microUSB. Looking inside the 8104 gives a similar sense of unease as Disgo has decided to stretch Android's efficiency to the limit with a single core 1.2GHz Corex-A8 based processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of usable onboard memory.
Given this combination we booted up the 8104 with some trepidation and immediately saw the next compromise: the screen. Despite its large number of inches the display has just a 1,024 x 600 resolution and, while pixels aren't the "be all and end all" that the new iPad may suggest, the screen quality is also low. Viewing angles are narrow, particularly vertically (in landscape mode) and colours are dull and washed out. Again this shouldn't be a surprise and could be lived with, but a further major shortcoming is the screen's responsiveness.
While response to swiping gestures is good, the 8104 has a major problem recognising taps, either confusing them with swipes or ignoring them all together. This is particularly noticeable when hitting smaller icons or tapping links and the result is a quick loss of faith as you start to double and even triple tap everything in order to play safe. Worse still the 8104 will often register contact with its bezel as taps on the screen which totally throws off your navigation. We'd expect this from a resistive touchscreen, but the Tablet 8104's front is capacitive.
Come to terms with the erratic screen response and you will run into your next issue: the absence of the Google Play market store. This is a strange move from Disgo given the 8104 has a vanilla installation of Android 4.0 so we can only assume the company found a small saving in not including it. This comes at considerable detriment though as common apps like Gmail and Google Maps are missing and while the SlideME Market is included it is largely restricted to minor third-party submissions.
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Shermco Industries has hired Joe DeSoto and Jason Morrow as account managers for its Tulsa Service Center. A master electrician with more than 23 years of electrical industry and sales experience, DeSoto will be managing client needs in Northern Arkansas and Missouri.
"Joe has vast experience in our industry and will be a true asset to the Shermco team," said Jim Harrison, regional manager for the Shermco Tulsa Service Center.
Morrow will be managing client needs in West Kansas and West Oklahoma. With a Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University, Morrow brings eight years of combined energy and sales experience to the company.
"We're excited to welcome Jason to our Tulsa Service Center team for Shermco," said Jim Harrison, regional manager for the Shermco Tulsa Service Center.


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Yellow Pages Gardening
The Yellow Pages. A very useful tool. Not only for locating a local pizza joint, but quite possibly use as a booster seat. Some make raised beds for herb gardens. And, on occasion Zoos actually give primates old books to interact with for enrichment – many even find them tasty.
No monkeying around.
Even though the Yellow Pages are made from recycled paper and lumber sawdust, you may not get as excited as the apes. If you'd prefer to let your fingers do the walking on the keyboard rather than on paper, you can easily choose not to receive the book at YellowPagesOptOut.com.
Rather than sending the Yellow Pages straight from the doorstep into the recycle bin, now you can be even more environmentally conscious. Just opt out.
Opt In To Learning With Green Living Science.
Rachel Klegon and Mary Claire Lamm of Green Living Science are up-cycling Yellow Pages in a very cool way. Find out about it in their guest blog below!
"Green Living Science is partnering with YP to provide a phone book recycling competition, Project ReDirectory, with fifteen Detroit Public Schools. This competition challenges students to collect phone books to win the first place prize of five hundred dollars. Schools will decide how to spend the prize money but some have already established that they will have a field day event while other schools will give pizza parties!
Green Living Science will be using some of the phone books collected to make a raised bed for herbs in the Lincoln Street Art Park. Those classes participating in Green Living Science's in-class lessons will be given a free field trip to visit the Recycle Here facility and Lincoln Street Art Park. When students come to visit they will see how phone books can be reused to make neat new projects!"
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are a desperate franchise — desperate to win a title, and desperate to keep LeBron James in their uniform in 2010.
And the trade for Shaquille O'Neal is a sign of that desperation — but that doesn't mean it's a bad trade. It's clear now it's a good enough trade Cleveland should have made it four months ago at the trading deadline when it was first proposed.
It's not a bad trade for a few reasons, the first being that Cleveland gave up virtually nothing in this deal. The Phoenix Suns are now the proud owners of the contracts of Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, the No. 46 pick in the draft and $500,000 in cash. At least the cash is useful.
Cleveland gets the 2009 version of Shaq, which may be a shadow of his former self, but that shadow can run circles around what's left of Wallace, and that's whose minutes he is replacing. Big Ben averaged 2.9 points per game shooting a sad 44.5 percent from the floor and just 42 percent of his unguarded free throws. The man who was once a rebounding and defensive force averaged just 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. If nothing else, Cleveland gets addition by subtraction shedding those minutes.
Shaq can help at both ends of the floor to counter what undid the Cavs against the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals.
First, he can still score inside and can still make Dwight Howard have to work on defense. It was Orlando's defense that was key to that series, don't forget. While Shaq isn't nearly as quick with his baseline spin move as he once was, he can still use his power to back people down and score. He still has a deft touch around the rim. He averaged 17.8 points per game last season on 60.9% shooting. Compare that to Wallace.
Second, he gives Cleveland somebody who can defend Howard. You remember how Howard destroyed Cleveland in the Eastern Conference Finals, doing so on the pick-and-roll with Hedo Turkoglu and even more often just on isolation in the post. Eventually Cleveland had to bring double teams and everything opened up for the Orlando shooters.
With Shaq, Cleveland doesn't need to double team. In six games over the last four years, Howard has averaged just 16.7 points per game against Shaq. Howard doesn't get a lot of opportunities to shoot — much like he didn't against the Lakers.
There are about 427,813 ways this could all backfire for Cleveland. Shaq had not exactly been the picture of health and could miss a lot of games — Phoenix's magical training staff that got him back into shape is not part of this trade. On paper the idea of Shaq and Zydrunas Ilgauskas splitting time at the center position looks great but will Shaq's ego get in the way of that? Will Shaq's big body in the paint get in the way of LeBron James' drives to the lane (it will be a lot easier to pack the paint against Cleveland now, and who will hit the outside shot)? Will teams just pick-and-roll Shaq to death (he couldn't defend that play well in his prime)?
Most importantly, does anyone really trust coach Mike Brown to be the guy to make this all work?
This trade may not make Cleveland a better team than Orlando. But with Shaq taking up the minutes that used to go the corpse of Ben Wallace, that matchup is a lot closer. Now Cleveland and Orlando is a real contest. And if the Cavs can get another good wing defender and shooter, maybe a real series against the Lakers.
And that is what Cleveland desperately needs if it is going to keep LeBron.


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- International Guidelines
- Accountability
- Individual and Shared Governmental Responsibilities
- World Conference of Governments
- Responsibilities of Developed and Developing Nations
- Non-Economic Governmental Responsibilities
Kenneth Roth delivered this address on July 11, 2000, in a plenary session to the delegates of the XIII International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa.
Can a human-rights perspective help us confront the AIDS crisis? More specifically, can human rights help us meet the urgent challenge of securing the vast resources needed for treatment and prevention? I believe they can. Human rights are a powerful tool for meeting basic human needs. But their contribution to the fight against AIDS is not as simple or straightforward as many often assume.
For well over a decade, the human-rights perspective has contributed to the evolving public-health understanding of how to address AIDS. A particular debt of gratitude is owed the late Jonathan Mann who, more than anyone, highlighted the synergistic relationship between health and human rights.
Mann devoted much time and energy to demonstrating that respect for the rights of people who are infected or at risk of infection by HIV is essential for preventing and treating the disease. If people with HIV risk discrimination, coercion, or breach of confidentiality, then people everywhere are less likely to be tested, to seek treatment, or to learn how to avoid infecting themselves or others. Mann also showed how combating discrimination and social marginalization can help fight the vulnerability that handicaps many people, particularly women and girls, in their efforts to avoid infection.
Today, however, a new public-health challenge has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS. The issue is less what should be done to prevent or treat HIV infection than where to find the enormous resources needed to do so. Who should pay the cost of combating AIDS? In particular, does the industrialized world have an obligation to help the people of the developing world, and if so, what precisely is owed? Should obligations arising out of the AIDS pandemic differ from obligations related to other public-health crises or from the general need for basic health care?
None of these life-and-death questions permits easy answers. But international human-rights standards can help orient us in a useful direction. The relevant standards are not the ones of civil and political rights -- the issues of discrimination and individual freedom that so far have played the largest role in fashioning a response to AIDS. Rather, the pertinent standards are found in the less familiar terrain of economic and social rights.
International Guidelines
The leading human rights treaty in this area is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the "Covenant"). Other human rights treaties are also relevant, but this discussion will be limited to the Covenant. Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1966, the Covenant has been ratified by 142 governments. Unfortunately, our host country, South Africa, as well as my own country, the United States, have signed the Covenant but not yet ratified it, evidently for fear of being bound by it.
The Covenant requires governments to respect the right to the basic necessities of human life, which include the right to such things as work, education, food, clothing, and housing. The most important right for this discussion is Article 12, which proclaims the right of everyone to enjoy "the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." Among other steps, this right requires governments to prevent, treat, and control diseases, and to assure medical care and attention to everyone in the event of illness.
If this right were fully respected, we would be well on our way to solving the AIDS crisis. Treatment would be available to everyone, and effective prevention strategies could be widely implemented. Yet, obviously, we are far from that moment. Indeed, when it comes to AIDS, it seems almost a cruel joke even to assert the right to health because governments seem to accord it so little weight.
Why is this? Why do rights-based arguments seem so ineffective in convincing governments to provide the resources needed to fight AIDS? The difficulty is best illustrated by contrast with a more classic rights-based appeal -- say, a demand to stop torture, widely viewed as shameful. By exposing a government's use of torture, the government can often be shamed into curtailing this inhumane practice. So why can't similar public shaming be used to force governments to devote the resources needed to fight AIDS? It can, but the process is not nearly as straightforward.
The difficulty with invoking economic and social rights is that the duty to respect them is far more qualified than the duty to respect civil and political rights. Governments are expected to uphold civil and political rights immediately. Moreover, responsibility for doing so is assigned almost exclusively to the national government of the country in question; there is no opportunity to pass the burden on to others. By contrast, the Covenant allows its rights to be fulfilled gradually, over time. Each government is asked only to "take steps" to secure these rights, and to do so only "to the maximum of its available resources, with a view to achieving progressively [their] full realization." Moreover, the treaty assigns responsibility for compliance more broadly -- not only to the immediate national government, but also to the international community as a whole, through the duty to provide "international assistance."
This gradualism and shared responsibility make it much more difficult to shame a particular national government for its poor state of health care -- or, for that matter, its inadequate education or housing. Governments can deflect criticism by blaming others. There is no easy way to move beyond this finger-pointing. Governments also can simply assert that their current contributions, stingy as they might be, are all they owe to meet the AIDS challenge. Again, there are no clear benchmarks by which to rebut these claims.
Given these qualified, divided responsibilities, how might economic and social rights be enforced? Or, more specifically, how might we uphold a right to adequate AIDS health care? How do we move beyond the finger-pointing and evasions to hold particular governments responsible?
Individual and Shared Governmental Responsibilities
The answer begins with the observation that shared responsibility for upholding the right to health does not mean no responsibility. The mere fact that many governments have a duty to assist in fighting AIDS does not mean that any one of them can shirk its responsibility for acting.
The Covenant's requirement that governments "take steps" to secure economic and social rights should mean, at minimum, that they take the following three steps. First, each government should be required to adopt a plan that is reasonably designed to achieve the right in question -- in this case, the right to adequate AIDS health care. Second, governments should be required to establish a timetable for implementing the plan, so that implementation is not perpetually put off for the future. Third, governments should demonstrate progress toward fulfilling the plan -- actual movement toward the goal of providing an adequate response to the AIDS epidemic.
Straightforward as these three steps are, many governments will strenuously resist taking them. Why? Because governments know that once they adopt a plan and timetable to fulfill economic and social rights, they set benchmarks by which to measure their compliance. Governments instinctively resist such accountability because it limits their ability to pursue less essential, though perhaps more self-serving, goals.
To establish this accountability is precisely why it is so important for us to insist that every government, rich or poor, devise its own, individual plan and timetable for meeting the AIDS crisis. If a government resists, we should make that failure in itself a focal point for public shaming, since a government can hardly be said to be serious about confronting AIDS if it won't even adopt an official plan for doing so.
Once a government does adopt a plan and timetable, advocacy of the right to health becomes much easier. If the plan and timetable are inadequate, or if the government devotes insufficient resources to implementation, it becomes easier to ask why the government is doing so little to address AIDS, or why combating the disease is accorded such a low priority. If a government pleads poverty, other expenditures that are said to deserve higher priority may be scrutinized. Doing so often brings up such difficult but essential questions as whether a military buildup or a prestigious government project really is more important than greater investment in public health. Even when a government invests in health or other development needs, its plan and timetable would allow an evaluation of whether the investment has been made with the interests of the most needy foremost in mind or whether other, less fundamental interests are driving priorities.
World Conference of Governments
Still, important questions remain. When speaking to governments, particularly those of the industrialized world, how do we make sure that every government contributes its share? How do we avoid buck-passing, stingy responses, or the "free-rider syndrome," in which one country shirks its responsibilities on the assumption, usually false, that another country will foot the bill? The key is to insist on a plan and timetable for meeting the AIDS crisis that are adopted not only by individual governments, acting one by one, but also by all the governments of the world acting together. For each country in need, we must have a plan and timetable adopted globally. For each needy country, we must demand a "World Conference of Governments" to confront that country's AIDS crisis.
We must insist that each such World Conference of Governments not be yet another talking shop. We need a series of World Conferences where all industrialized governments convene to consider a country in need, the doors are locked, and no one leaves the room until the finger-pointing and evasions stop. No one goes home until the resources are finally committed that are adequate to the emergency at hand. If industrialized governments still fail to do what is right, the setting of a World Conference would make it far easier to marshal the public condemnation needed to spur action. It ensures that any governmental failure occurs under the harshest possible spotlight. In this way, we can give the imprecise requirements of the Covenant on economic and social rights sufficient precision and bite that enforcement through public shaming becomes feasible.
Our needs are enormous but not beyond fulfillment. Far more is spent routinely on far less urgent problems. If, as UNAIDS now reports, 50% of people 15 years of age and older will die of AIDS-related illnesses in some southern African countries, we cannot afford to allow halfhearted responses any more. If the industrialized governments plead poverty, we should remind them of the wide and growing income gap between the richest and poorest countries. According to the U.N. Development Program, the income gap between the fifth of the world's population living in the richest countries and the fifth in the poorest was 74 to 1 in 1997, well more than double the gap of 30 to 1 in 1960. There is no excuse, in light of this worsening trend, for the industrialized world to say that funds are not available.
Responsibilities of Developed and Developing Nations
The duty of the industrialized world should be understood not only in terms of international assistance to needy nations, essential as that is. For better or worse, the industrialized world is also the principal source of funds to develop AIDS medicines and, eventually, an AIDS vaccine. A complete global AIDS plan must include funds for investment in research and development. It should also include a reasonable delivery program to provide global access to essential drugs or vaccines that are developed. In addition, it should ensure that research for drugs and vaccines focuses on the virus as it appears in all parts of the world, not just the West.
When essential drugs or vaccines are developed, it is not reasonable to insist on selective compliance with the international legal protocol for protecting patents -- the so-called TRIPS [Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights] agreement of the WTO [World Trade Organization]. It is wrong to reap the benefits of patent protection under TRIPS while fighting tooth and nail to discourage developing countries from invoking parallel provisions in that same protocol for providing cheaper access to drugs in the case of a health emergency like the AIDS crisis. Governments and corporations should not seek to enjoy the rights of an international trade regime without also accepting the caveats inherent in the definition of those rights that permit compulsory licensing and parallel importing in the event of a health emergency. In other words, an industrialized government cannot be said to be "taking steps" to "progressively realize" the right to health when it defends excessive corporate profits over the right of access to essential, lifesaving medicine in cheap or generic form.
Of course, to make this point is not to reject the corporate argument that profits are needed to justify the risks and expenses of research and development. Failure to provide reasonable profits would be counterproductive if it led to abandonment of the quest for a vaccine or better drugs. But a government that is conscious of its duty to uphold the right to health would defend only the level of corporate profits needed to provide basic incentives, not corporate windfalls. To the extent that the necessary corporate incentives cannot be paid by patients who can afford the full price of medication, the cost should be paid in government subsidies, not in the lives of impoverished AIDS victims.
The duty to establish a plan and timetable to address the AIDS epidemic applies not only to relatively wealthy states. Even governments of developing countries have a duty to devise a plan and timetable for applying whatever resources they have to meeting such basic needs as adequate health care. In most if not all cases, these needs will exceed resources. But the adoption of a plan and timetable for spending whatever funds are available will provide the transparency needed for the public to scrutinize government expenditures and priorities and, where necessary, to demand adjustments and reallocations.
Such transparency also permits the public to participate in the difficult process of setting priorities among competing fundamental needs. To begin with, decisions must be made for allocating funds among those infected by, affected by, and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Then, priorities must be set between addressing the AIDS crisis and addressing other maladies such as malaria, tuberculosis and diarrheal diseases, or providing basic health care. Finally, funds must be allocated between these broad health needs and other basic needs in such areas as education, housing, or nutrition, many of which also affect health. Human rights standards provide no simple roadmap for setting these difficult priorities. But if human rights are understood to require at the very least a transparent public plan and timetable for addressing these basic needs, they will facilitate the public debate and participation that is most likely to secure government policies that are sensitive to these needs.
Non-Economic Governmental Responsibilities
The requirement of a governmental plan and timetable for meeting the AIDS crisis also has a key non-economic dimension. Sometimes, the most important thing a government can do to combat AIDS is to provide public leadership. We see examples of such leadership in Uganda, Thailand, and Senegal. Funding is certainly helpful for spreading the word through public education, but funding alone will not compensate for the lack of a clear message. Governments have a duty, regardless of their economic circumstances, to convey the best available scientific knowledge about how to treat AIDS and avoid infection.
That means governments must not mislead the public with wild and scientifically refuted messages about the origin of AIDS. That means governments must not scare the public with exaggerated stories about the dangers of the best available drugs for stemming the spread of HIV from mother to child. That means governments must not discourage testing for fear of prompting demands for treatment. That means governments must abandon regional, national, or personal pride if it stands in the way of saving lives. A government's message about preventing HIV infection is not only a matter of resources; it is also a matter of political choice, courage and will. We should be unsparing in our criticism of governments, like our host government, that shirk that duty, because they violate any pretense of progressively realizing the right to health in the prevention and treatment of AIDS.
We also must insist that governments attack cultural norms and practices that fuel the spread of AIDS. We all know of the macho culture that celebrates the number of women that a man can sexually conquer, the horrifying myth that AIDS can be cured by sleeping with a virgin or young girl, or the deadly expectation that a wife have unprotected sex with her husband even if he is HIV positive. These dangerous, destructive practices are too costly to tolerate. We must not allow discomfort with the topic of sexual mores to stand in the way of loud and frank denunciations by governments.
Similarly, we must insist on government leadership in denouncing and ending discrimination that impedes the fight against AIDS. For example, how can we reduce mother-to-child transmission if HIV-positive women are afraid to not breast-feed their babies for fear of stigmatization? How can we reduce transmission among gay men, lesbians, bisexual, and transgendered people if the discrimination they face precludes education regarding same-sex sexual practices? Again, the issue here is not resources, but political will.
Of course, it is not solely ignorance or cowardice that leads governments to tolerate or entertain such dangerous and discriminatory practices. It is also despair -- despair at knowing that the funds needed to sustain a vigorous prevention program, let alone to embark on widespread treatment, are way beyond their means. That is another reason why it is so important for the governments of the industrialized world to develop a comprehensive global plan for combating AIDS. We need a global plan, not because its absence excuses a lack of leadership by governments of the developing world -- it does not -- but because the solidarity and economic commitment of the industrialized world will help engender the hope needed to promote effective leadership.
In conclusion, human rights are not a panacea to the AIDS crisis. They will not magically produce the resources we need. They will not identify which resources should be devoted to fighting AIDS as opposed to addressing other important societal needs and interests. But they do require governments to address the crisis with appropriate urgency and transparency. The duty to provide international assistance for securing economic and social rights requires governments of the industrialized world to devise and publicly adopt country-specific plans and timetables for meeting the extraordinary economic challenges of combating AIDS. Governments of the developing world must proceed with similar transparency and resolve within their own countries. Such commitments permit the public scrutiny of economic priorities that is the best way we have of enforcing these human rights. If these steps are taken, we will have gone a long way toward containing this deadly disease.
Kenneth Roth is Executive Director of Human Rights Watch.
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Stable Channel Update
This version fixes several issues including:
- No audio from Flash content when speaker configuration is set to Quadraphonic (Issue: 159924)
- Aw, Snap renderer crash on Windows Server 2003 (Issue: 160559)
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Occasionally, we issue special rewards for bugs outside of Chrome, particularly where the bug is very severe and/or we are able to partially work around the issue:
- [$1000] [152746] High CVE-2012-5131: Corrupt rendering in the Apple OSX driver for Intel GPUs. Credit to Justin Drake.
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- [$1000] [156567] High CVE-2012-5133: Use-after-free in SVG filters. Credit to miaubiz.
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- [159165] Medium CVE-2012-5135: Use-after-free with printing. Credit to Fermin Serna of Google Security Team.
- [159829] Medium CVE-2012-5136: Bad cast in input element handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
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App cuts waiting out of call centre queues
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A free app that takes away the frustration of being kept on hold during phone calls to corporations has launched in the UK, saving mobile users a pretty penny in the process, its developer claims.
Matt King's WeQ4U promises to do all the waiting for you. The patent pending app allows you to hang up without losing your place in the call-waiting queue.
The free app is available for Android and iPhone users. It first looks up the number you want to dial, including 08 numbers, to make sure it's compatible.
The minute you're placed on hold, press 9* to disconnect the call. When the company finally answers, the app immediately calls your phone to re-establish the connection.
King insisted that while WeQ4U holds your place in the call queue, you won't be charged, nor will your airtime minutes be depleted.
King said WeQ4U makes no profit whatsoever, despite the fact it costs money to run. The only benefit it receives is "Great Karma".
"The pain of getting through to call centres is frequently cited as the number one annoyance of modern life," he told Reg Hardware. "We want to take that away for people."
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Nationwide Destination B 2.0 may be able to help. It's a variable annuity that offers a solid approach for today with time to build for tomorrow. Once you're in retirement you can take income from your balance (called annuitization), and if you should pass away unexpectedly before annuitization occurs, a death benefit will be paid to your beneficiary. Keep in mind that if you take withdrawals before you're 59½, you may have to pay a 10% tax penalty in addition to ordinary income taxes. Early withdrawals may be subject to ordinary income taxes. They may trigger early surrender charges and reduce your death benefit and cash value.
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Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training II - Power Yoga Vienna
(in German)
"Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand." (Confucius)
Confucius' saying reflects the emphasis of this particular Yin Yoga Teacher Training where the focus is on sensing, feeling, experiencing the yin yoga practice and the unique anatomy of our individual bone structure for ourselves. You will be analysing yourselves and each other, conducting passive assists as well as experiencing compression and tension amongst your fellow students. Through this very much hands on, practical approach your knowledge and understanding will be increased tenfold.
Welcome to Yin Yoga Teacher Training II
This 50-hour intensive certified yoga teaching course (6 days) comprises 6 sections:
1. Yin Yoga Asanas
In this continuance of our yin yoga teacher training programme, we concentrate mainly on the 9 awareness points of functional yoga.
2. Anatomy is the Key
As well as analysing compression, we'll study the tension of the muscular and fascial tissues and the effect of these on the asana practice. This will allow us to offer our students logical assists.
3. 7-Point Analysing Principle for Assists - Theory
In this section of the training schedule, we'll improve our knowledge of the 7-point analysis principle.
4. Application of the 7-Point Analysing Principle – Tests and Analysis of Assists/Adjustments
In this element of the training programme, we'll focus on applying the 7-point analysis principle for assists and – working with the student – study ways of analysing yoga poses on the basis of compression and tension, orientation of the joints, and proportions.
To do this, we'll learn tests from the Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training I programme then apply them to our fellow students.
One special feature of this series of tests will be analysing a shoulder stand in detail. This is a sneak preview for the Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training level III programme, where we'll focus on the upper body and extremities.
5. Passive Assists
In section 5 we learn passive, hand-on assists.
6. Yin Therapy - The Therapeutic Benefits of Yin Yoga
In YYTT II, we establish a basic understanding of how – using Yin Therapy's approach – we can employ the therapeutic elements of Yin Yoga to support our students' individual and specific physical and emotional issues.
According to statistics, 25% of the yoga students who come to us took up yoga originally precisely because they have these specific problems.
Students must have completed Yin Therapy's Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training I course to be able to participate in Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training II.
This level II training is a certified stand-alone teacher training and is also the second of four modules that together make up Yin Therapy's 200hour Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training.
On successful completion of all assignments and 100% attendance you will be awarded a 50 hour Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training certificate which may be counted towards our Yoga Alliance internationally recognised 200hr Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training certificate or recognised as continuing education hours for Yoga Alliance registered yoga teachers.
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Morrissey: Making sure the holidays are truly happy for you & your dog
The holidays are upon us! Excitement, preparations, visitors and changes in routine can be fun for you, but added stress on your dogs. Making the holiday season less stressful and safer for your dog is a combination of both training and management. If you have your dog trained to a reliable sit and stay even with distractions, you have the foundation skills for greeting manners, and "place". Train your dog that when the door bell rings s/he goes to their bed or crate or some designated "place" and stays there until company has been ushered in. Only then can they be released to say hello … politely! Going to "place", staying in "place" and staying in "place" while you open the door with visitors are skills you can break down to simple components, train individually, then put together into a sequence: Doorbell, place, stay, visitors enter, stay, visitors sit, release from stay to greet. Staying in "place" is also very useful while preparing food, or eating dinner.Even when released to greet, some dogs can be the "over eager greeters", aka "torpedo nose". All dogs need to be taught to sit, lie down or at least have all four feet on the floor before getting a pet. This often involves training family members or visitors to completely ignore your dog until they are sitting politely on the floor for a greeting. If every human in the world ignored a jumping dog, while only giving him attention when he is politely sitting, the dog would learn very quickly to sit for greetings.If you are already overwhelmed by the holidays and do not have time to train your dog, management is also effective. If your dog is uncomfortable around visitors, or does not have enough self-control for polite greetings, then it is best to put him into a quiet room or space of their own while your guests are over. Add in a bone or stuffed kong for your dog to chew on to give them something to do. Similarly, using baby gates to keep dogs away from the kitchen or eating areas is also quite effective.Management is especially important if you are having children visit. Are your dogs relaxed with children? Are the children respectful of dogs, quiet around dogs and know how to ask a dog to say hello rather than rushing up to the dog's face? Will the children listen to your directions about how to treat your dog? Will there be an adult to supervise the children and dogs at all times? If the answer to any of these questions is "no", then it is best to put your dog in a quiet, separate space with a bone or kong to keep them happy.Finally, keep an eye on what your dog is eating. Certain foods, plants and ornaments can be very toxic and dangerous for your dog to eat. Check with your veterinarian for a complete list of these substances. Again, supervision on your part is key, and if your are too distracted by company to supervise, find that safe, quiet space for your dog with, you got it, a good bone or stuffed kong.Happy and safe holidays to all of you and your canine companions!
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Eminem paid a special tribute to his estranged mother on Mother's Day with the release of his new music video, "Headlights."
The Spike Lee-directed clip is largely told from the perspective of his mother, Debbie Mathers, and features video clips and photos from the rapper's youth. It revisits their tumultuous relationship and eventually shows the two reconciling with a warm hug.
The 41-year-old rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has had a rocky relationship with his mom. He famously rapped about her in his debut single, "My Name Is": "My mom smokes more dope than I do." In 1999, Debbie filed a lawsuit against Eminem, accusing him of slander. The lawsuit turned the mother and son into tabloid fodder, with Debbie making the talk show rounds and later writing a book "My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem," as a rebuttal to being vilified in songs by her son.
Eminem is now asking whether he took it too far.
"Never thinking about who, what I said hurt, in what verse / My mom probably got it the worst," he raps in "Headlights." "But regardless I don't hate you 'cause, Ma, You're still beautiful to me, 'cause you're my mom."
He also raps: "Ma, I forgive you … you did your best … oh, what a tangled web we have."
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