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Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/03/2014 -- Biscuits in Germany industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Germany biscuits market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.
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- The cookies (sweet biscuits) market consists of the retail sales of American cookies, assortment cookies, butter-based cookies, chocolate cookies, cream-filled cookies, plain cookies, wafer cookies, artisanal cookies, in-store bakery cookies and egg-based cookies. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using 2012 annual average exchange rates.
- The German biscuits market had total revenues of $2,635.5m in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.3% between 2008 and 2012.
- Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 2% between 2008 and 2012, to reach a total of 456.7m kg in 2012.
- The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 1.6% for the five-year period 2012 - 2017, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $2,855.0m by the end of 2017.
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), home of the Indianapolis 500, has been entertaining racing fans since 1909. Today, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts three industry-leading motor sport events: The Indianapolis 500, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, and the Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP race. To meet the demands of their growing fan base, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway built an online platform to stream their live events.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Things Asexuals Like: Doubts
Asexuals like to doubt asexuality, either their own, or in general. Is asexuality really so awesome that we have to constantly wonder if it, or us, are "real"? (Okay, maybe it is.) As weird as it is to quote myself, here's something I wrote on Apositive:
Did anyone here ever NOT wonder if they were a "real" asexual? I ask because it seems so pervasive, and yet I can't remember ever doing this...Maybe this is just my personality, because I tend to get VERY into things and I've always been pretty insusceptible to "peer pressure". It's very hard to just BE asexual. But since asexuality is an orientation, presumably like any other, it would then follow that most of us will, indeed, be asexual forever and no matter what. If this isn't the case, then there is some fundamental difference about asexuality. We're always like, "yes, but what if we find that we're not asexual in the future?" No other orientation that I know of thinks like this-- it's exhausting, really.
Granted, I see the doubting because I have access to places where asexuals are doing it. Outside of the asexual community, it is fairly taboo to talk about questioning your sexual orientation unless it's with someone you know and trust very well. In our culture, indecision or anything resembling it is seriously frowned upon. For instance, I never told anyone that I "might not be straight"-- I went directly from identifying as totally straight to identifying as totally asexual. Maybe everyone doubts. But there is just something about asexuality that makes it seem more ephemeral than other orientations. Why does it sound so strange (at least to me) to say with certainty that I'll be asexual forever and no matter what and until the edge of doom, when I blindly assumed as much about my former heterosexuality?
As the great Josef K would say, It's Kinda Funny. Even at times when I really wished that I wasn't asexual, I knew somewhere in my heart that it wasn't a throwback to heterosexuality I was after, it was an ability to find love as an asexual person. It was always the world I really wanted to change, but that's such a monumental task that of course, at times I get gripped by a desire to be someone else. My heterosexuality largely existed in the background, like a program you're not aware is running. But my asexuality has totally taken over my consciousness and has changed my life in multiple ways. So maybe it's not that asexuality is more ephemeral, it's that it's actually more in-your-face. Of course you'll entertain doubts about something in the process of constantly analyzing it-- as, like I've said, we are wont to do.
I have one theory as to why we tend to doubt our asexuality. I think, among other reasons, it could be because at this point in time, there are no people who have identified as asexual for their whole lives. Either we came out rather young and have most of our asexual lives ahead of us, or we came out later in life after identifying as something else. Sure, there are probably a few older people who found the word "asexual"despite the odds and went with it, but it's hardly an entire generation of asexuals. Out of everyone currently identifying as asexual, there are probably only a small handful of people who have been out for, say, over 10 years (which is not very long anyway). Maybe we doubt because, simply enough, seeing is believing. I can only wonder what the next generation of asexuals will think about all our doubts.
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- Espikai said...
I love the "Things Asexuals like" posts. :)
Funny, I was actually just working on a post about Questioning and the stages of doubt my sexual identification went through. Personally, I've also felt like my asexuality has become a major part of my life, but I've also seen aces say that they don't particularly care about it or think about it daily. In my experience, though, most heterosexuals don't tend to ponder their orientation in the same way many LGBTQIAA+ folks do. While I don't think the media has a complete monopoly over our self-image, I think that if asexuality gains more visibility and recognition, the doubting and overanalysis may decrease somewhat as acceptance grows. Maybe. I dunno, I'm not much of a grand theorist.
- September 6, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- heidi said...
Mmm, I'll bet that other orientations do doubt - specifically, any orientation that isn't heterosexual. Because, really, heteronormalcy makes everyone else not normal.
- September 6, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- SlightlyMetaphysical said...
I think a large part of the reason we doubt that we can be asexual forever is that a lot of asexophobes have started to criticise us for shutting ourselves off, so we make sure we aren't.
Also, as the first orientation that started on the internet, a large number of asexuals are in that flexible/questioning teenage age bracket.
Oh, and there's all that stuff about 'late bloomers' that doesn't really apply to other minorities.
And all the people who call themselves asexual, either because they're in denial or in the closet, and then come out as gay.
Ok... asexuals like overanalysing? Check.
- September 7, 2009 at 7:12 AM
- Raymo.E-J said...
Asexual doubt is a matter of confidence: confidence in oneself in the face of the future, a community, new relationships, and whatever else arises as a challenge, be they psychic/mental anxiety/disorder/confusion, or social or resistance to intimate physicality. (You, for example, have great confidence in yourself as a complete being, and you have worked out and incorporated your asexuality to a sure steadfast, correct?)
When we begin to deal with these challenges, doubt plays an important role, by raising red flags. The more red flags that arise concerning a particular subject or experience, the more attention is needed in said area.
As a condition, the youth of the asexual community offers little to no depth of consciousness; and when there is historical perspective it's usually in the form of pathologized arbitration or medicalization of a this our awesome, asexual, human condition. I, for one, am one of the unlucky people who have internalized the school of thought that pathologizes asexuality. I repeatedly approach my asexuality as though it is a culmination of experiences floating somewhere out in space, disregarding it as a way of being, who I am and how I experience life and love.
As a former default-heterosexual, I found doubt very helpful. Every time there is doubt it means I am still holding onto something and do not understand why I feel the way I do about something. Ughh, I am being vague again... I think what I am trying to say, in simpler terms is. I may have been, and may continue to be, a false positive heterosexual. All my relation-ships from my earliest memories through my teen years until now (I am 20) were internally asexual but experienced externally (if that makes sense) as sexual and polarized. I still cling to some of my heterosexual tendencies and patterns of thought even since 3 years ago when I "found" (yay, I'm Saved!) the asexual community and have become invested in attempting to reconnect with my true, unadulterated, self the "honest I". I think that is what doubt leads to: It leads to us really attempting to figure out our sexuality, to reassure ourselves that we are not just wagon-jumpers willing to delude ourselves into alter-normative safe havens for our introspective natures.
And yes, asexuality is that awesome. I want so badly to properly claim my asexuality!
Espikai - I totally agree that doubt will increase. Asexual introverts/introverted asexuals may find the community less a safe space to explore their lack of sexuality as general public social consciousness of asexuality increases. RED FLAGS OF DOUBT GALORE!!!
- September 7, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- Ily said...
Raymo-- I'm surprised that you're only 20. You seem to have done so much thinking, I would have assumed you were much older. Sorry if that sounds funny...anyway, I'm not sure what it means to be a complete being or not. I don't think I need anyone else to complete me, but I also don't like being isolated.
I really enjoy writing the "things we like" posts, too. I wonder how much I'd ponder asexuality if I didn't have this blog and all the stuff I do with AVEN. The reason I started the blog in the first place was because I pondered it so much, however that was a few years ago. So I don't know.
Someone wrote on Apositive that bisexuals tended to doubt a lot also, and I can buy that. Yet another thing we have in common with them.
- September 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM
It make so much sense how much we struggle with doubt when we realized that we are only in this generation more publicly/collectively emerging from pathologization.
I love your hopeful last sentence of your post. Hopefully the next generations will roll their eyes at us for being so silly, and go on being their fabulous selves- neither pathologized nor idealized.
- September 7, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- KC the MoUsY spell-checker said...
That's interesting... I've never really doubted that I was asexual.
Then again, I also knew about asexuality before I thought about my own sexuality, so when the question became more relevant, I just knew.
- September 8, 2009 at 5:09 AM
- heidi said...
Raymo - "I may have been, and may continue to be, a false positive heterosexual. All my relation-ships from my earliest memories through my teen years until now (I am 20) were internally asexual but experienced externally (if that makes sense) as sexual and polarized."
...this! But I'm 24.
- September 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Siggy said...
I tend to think of it mathematically. The prior probability of me being asexual is roughly 1%. If there's just 1% of the population who are "late-bloomers", even by my age of 21, then I have a 50% chance of being wrong. There's more to it than that of course (insert all the usual arguments against late-blooming here), but my point is that the odds are tougher to beat than they are for gay and bisexual people.
This is all fine with me, because I deal in doubt all the time. Doubt is my friend.
- September 11, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Himmel said...
Oddly enough I never questioned whether I was asexual or not. Before I was aware of asexuality, I just thought that most people didn't want to have sex.
After I found out asexuality existed, then I identified with that and have never questioned it. Like you, I had problems with wondering if I could find love as an asexual, but it was never a desire to change myself or hoping/wondering if I would ever become a sexual person. While I'm aware that some people do, and are allowed to, change their orientations as it suits them, it's not something that's going to happen to me.
- September 15, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I agree with Heidi ~Mmm, I'll bet that other orientations do doubt - specifically, any orientation that isn't heterosexual. Because, really, heteronormalcy makes everyone else not normal.~
Before I identified as asexual, I identified as a *lazy* lesbian. And my friends who were just coming out and questioning their sexuality had a few "just checking" hetero encounters. Other queer identities now have a stronger community to support them. So it makes total sense for us to be more doubtful, when a lot of us are trying to figure it out on our own.
- September 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Ily said...
That's funny because I was definitely a "lazy" heterosexual-- lazy and extremely picky.
- September 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- heidi said...
"lazy heterosexual" sounds like an AWESOME new orientation/movement - for the people who just aren't motivated to find the other unexciting people out there! (or something) ...I just need to watch more Sarah Haskins (regardless of gender and orientation, she's hilarious and pokes fun at the media).
- September 17, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Ily said...
Ha, I like Sarah Haskins. "You know what women want? YOGURT!"
- September 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- heidi said...
my unemployed @$$ just listed every vid I could find - but 2008 is so sparse? there are definitely some vids that were posted out of order, but... http://feralbirdgirl.livejournal.com/960498.html =)
- September 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I'm currently bisexual, but possibly asexual, but I can tell you that YES all other sexual orientations go through doubt and sexual self awareness, thinking things like, "Am I really straight?" "do I still like guys, or just girls?" the asexual community is underappreciated and not very well understood, but one thing across all orientations is that SEXUAL (or lack thereof) ORIENTATION IS FLUID. Some people at first are like, "I really like penises" and then later decide, "you know what? Vaginas are pretty awesome! They turn me on." its not that you were really into girls the whole time, its just that orientation is fluid, and you ended up liking girls instead of guys.
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Raj Kumar, a security patrolman for a private highway management firm, and a colleague were on a motorcycle on the Delhi airport expressway on Sunday, Dec. 16, when they saw the man. He was waving his arms and shouting frantically.
Near him, a woman lay unconscious in the dusty grass on the side of the expressway, according to a person familiar with the patrolmen's account. The young man and woman were naked.
According to a police document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Kumar was the first person to stop to help the pair, whose ordeal that night would be widely reported in the following days, leading to street protests in New Delhi over the lack of safety for women in India's capital.
The name of Mr. Kumar's colleague wasn't cited in the police document. The patrolmen could not be reached for comment.
The woman, 23 years old, had been raped and assaulted with an iron rod by a group of men on a bus that night before being thrown off, police say. She died Dec. 29 of the injuries sustained in the assault. Her male friend was severely beaten, according to police.
The pair had been heading home after a movie when they boarded a private bus at 9:15 p.m., according to police. Soon after boarding, they were attacked by a group of men on the bus, one of whom was driving while the others posed as passengers, according to police. The pair and the group of men were the only ones on the bus, the police say.
Five men have been charged with rape, murder, kidnapping and other offenses. Lawyers for the men say their clients are innocent. A sixth accused, a teenager, is expected to face proceedings in juvenile court.
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Mr. Kumar and his colleague braked and called the control room of their firm, identified in police records as EGIS Infra Management India. The company manages the expressway from Delhi to Indira Gandhi International Airport in a joint venture with DSC Ltd., a construction firm. Both companies declined comment.
When they saw the pair, Mr. Kumar and his colleague asked their control room to call the police, said the person familiar with the matter. The control room called the police, the person familiar with the matter said, adding that under the patrolmen's mandate, they are supposed to alert police if they find citizens in distress.
As the young man and woman waited at the roadside for the police to arrive, one of the patrolmen gave the woman his sweater. Later one of them offered the man his shirt.
At about 10:15 p.m. the front-desk manager from a hotel located along the expressway drove by. He didn't immediately stop. But then he turned back, thinking of the blood streaming from the man's head. "I thought to myself 'I should stop,'" said the manager, 28 years old.
The young man at the roadside was still attempting to hail vehicles from the side of the road, the hotel manager recalled. "Not just to me, to everyone," he said. But while other cars and motorcycles slowed, they did not stop. The woman was slim, but her face, turned away, wasn't visible, he said.
The young man was relating what had happened to him to the patrolmen, said the hotel manager. "He spoke of a bus," he said. "He was saying that they were coming from seeing a movie and they got a lift and were beaten," the manager said.
One of the patrolmen asked the young man whether "something wrong" was done to the woman, according to the manager. The male victim responded, "It could be." The young man has said he was beaten so badly he was unconscious for portions of the attack on the bus.
Minutes ticked by. No police van arrived, according to the person familiar with the patrolmen's account. Mr. Kumar and his colleague again urged the control room to call the police, according to this person. The call was made, the person said.
The police document says that, at 10:21 p.m., the control room described the pair's location as: "After getting down the Mahipalpur flyover, on way from Gurgaon toward Delhi, in front of the GMR gate, getting inside the service lane, a boy and a girl are sitting without clothes. A lot of people are gathered here."
While waiting for the police, the hotel manager said he offered to fetch a sheet from his hotel and a bottle of water. One of the patrolmen drove to get the items as the hotel manager and the other patrolman waited, the hotel manager said. When the sheet arrived, the hotel manager tore it in two, covering each of the victims with a piece.
Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat has said that the first police van arrived at 10:27 p.m., while a second one arrived two minutes later.
The male victim told an Indian news channel that the police vans argued about which police station had jurisdiction over the crime, losing precious minutes. He also told the channel that police would not carry his gravely injured friend, who was unable to walk, into the van because she was bleeding heavily. In spite of his injuries, he picked her up and placed her in the police vehicle, he said in the television interview.
Mr. Bhagat said the second van left the spot at 10:39 p.m., 10 minutes after it arrived, to take the pair to Safdarjung Hospital, approximately 13 kilometers away.
In all, approximately 45 minutes had passed between when the couple was tossed out of the bus, and when the police van ferried them to hospital. A police statement said the van reached the hospital at 10:55 p.m. Mr. Bhagat declined comment on the claim that police had not helped carry the woman into the van.
The hotel manager said he left after the first police van arrived and was not there when the woman was carried into the police van. Once home, the manager narrated what he had seen to his wife.
"I really thought it was an accident along the highway," he said.
It wasn't until he watched the news the next day that he realized what had happened to them, he said.
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Suspension manufacture marks two decades of business during the 2013 CAR CRAFT Summer Nationals Presented by Chevrolet Performance
QA1 is proud to host its annual open house and cruise Friday morning, day 1, of the 2013 CAR CRAFT Summer Nationals presented by Chevrolet Performance. This year, the cruise has been filled to capacity and is no longer taking registration; however, it is still neat to follow along from afar. In case you're not nearby QA1 has a Facebook page that you can visit from out of town, but if you're in the area check out the long line of cars as they enter the St. Paul, Minnesota fairgrounds.
QA1, a manufacture of suspension components, is currently celebrating 20 years of business. This year marks two decades of supplying motorsports and industrial markets with a quality product.
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Child Behavior Checklist, Wave 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13679)
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Felton J. Earls, Harvard Medical School; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Scientific Director. Columbia University. Teacher's College. Center for the Study of Children and Families; Stephen W. Raudenbush, Scientific Director. University of Michigan. School of Education, and Survey Research Center; Robert J. Sampson, Scientific Director. Harvard University. Department of Sociology
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The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One of the measures that composed the Longitudinal Cohort Study was the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The CBCL protocol, administered to parents or primary caregivers, was first developed by Thomas M. Achenbach and has been one of the most widely used standardized measures in child psychology for evaluating maladaptive behavioral and emotional problems in preschool subjects aged 2 to 3 or in subjects between the ages of 4 and 18. The CBCL was administered to primary caregivers of subjects belonging to Cohorts 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study. It assessed internalizing (i.e., anxious, depressive, and overcontrolled) and externalizing (i.e., aggressive, hyperactive, noncompliant, and undercontrolled) behaviors. Several subareas were measured including social withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behavior, and delinquent behaviors. The Wave 3 version of the instrument is nearly identical to the Wave 2 version, which was administered to Cohorts 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 (PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST, WAVE 2, 1997-2000 [ICPSR 13611]). The Wave 3 version contains a question regarding cruelty to animals that was not present in the Wave 2 version for Cohorts 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15.
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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(1) The Murray Research Center conducted the initial data and documentation processing for this collection. (2) At present, only a restricted version of the data is available (see RESTRICTIONS field). A downloadable version of the data is slated to be available in the near future.
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. It was designed to advance the understanding of the developmental pathways of both positive and negative human social behaviors. In particular, the project examined the causes and pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. At the same time, the project provided a detailed look at the environments in which these social behaviors took place by collecting substantial amounts of data about urban Chicago, including its people, institutions, and resources.
Longitudinal Cohort Study
One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. The age cohorts include birth (0), 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 years. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences.
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
The data in this collection are from Wave 3 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was administered between 2000 and 2002. The data files contain information from the Child Behavior Checklist protocol. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) instrument was administered to primary caregivers of subjects belonging to Cohorts 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study. It assessed internalizing (i.e., anxious, depressive, and overcontrolled) and externalizing (i.e., aggressive, hyperactive, noncompliant, and undercontrolled) behaviors. Several subareas were measured including social withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behaviors, and delinquent behaviors.
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The city of Chicago was selected as the research site for the PHDCN because of its extensive racial, ethnic, and social-class diversity. The project collapsed 847 census tracts in the city of Chicago into 343 neighborhood clusters (NCs) based upon seven groupings of racial/ethnic composition and three levels of socioeconomic status. The NCs were designed to be ecologically meaningful. They were composed of geographically contiguous census tracts, and geographic boundaries, and knowledge of Chicago's neighborhoods were considered in the definition of the NCs. Each NC was comprised of approximately 8,000 people.
Longitudinal Cohort Study
For the Longitudinal Cohort Study, a stratified probability sample of 80 neighborhoods was selected. The 80 NCs were sampled from the 21 strata (seven racial/ethnic groups by three socioeconomic levels) with the goal of representing the 21 cells as equally as possible to eliminate the confounding between racial/ethnic mix and socioeconomic status. Once the 80 NCs were chosen, then block groups were selected at random within each of the sample neighborhoods. A complete listing of dwelling units was collected for all sampled block groups. Pregnant women, children, and young adults in seven age cohorts (birth, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 years) were identified through in-person screening of approximately 40,000 dwelling units within the 80 NCs. The screening response rate was 80 percent. Children within six months of the birthday that qualified them for the sample were selected for inclusion in the Longitudinal Cohort Study. A total of 8,347 participants were identified through the screening. Of the eligible study participants, 6,228 were interviewed in the Wave 1 data collection, 5,338 were interviewed in the Wave 2 data collection, and 4,850 were interviewed in the Wave 3 data collection.
Data collection for Wave 3 began in 2000 and ended in 2002. It included a letter sent to study participants notifying them that they would be contacted to schedule an interview. Additional information on the contact log included the dates and research assistant ID of the Wave 2 interview (or the status of the case if incomplete in Wave 2), a list of household composition and ID numbers of other household members in the study, the name the telephone was listed under, the recontact information from Waves 1 and 2, and an updated history of addresses.
For all cohorts except 0 and 18, primary caregivers as well as the child were interviewed. The primary caregiver was the person found to spend the most time taking care of the child. Separate research assistants administered the primary caregiver interviews and the child interviews. The primary method of data collection was face-to-face interviewing, although participants who refused to complete the personal interview were administered a phone interview. An abbreviated telephone interview was conducted for the primary caregivers in Cohorts 0-15 and Cohort 18 study participants in Wave 3 who lived outside the nine-county metropolitan area to which research assistants were able to travel for interviews. In Wave 3, phone interviews were also conducted with the study participants in Cohort 15. People who refused to complete the two-hour in-person interview were administered the phone interview. A total of 391 telephone interviews were conducted during Wave 3, representing 6.3 percent of the sample.
Proxy interviews were conducted with study participants who were emancipated minors (under 18 but married or living independently). The study participants answered questions from the primary caregiver's interview on the primary caregiver's behalf. In Wave 3, one primary caregiver and eleven study participants (young adults) were interviewed in jail. They were located in either the Cook County Jail or in one of the state prisons. Those study participants in a state system outside the nine-county area were also interviewed by phone. Study participants in foster care could not be interviewed. The Department of Children and Family Services did not allow interviews of the foster parent or the child. Permission was granted for a brief period in Wave 1, therefore there are some children in the sample who could not be followed up in Waves 2 and 3. Some children were not in foster care in Wave 1 but were placed in foster care by Wave 2 or 3. They were also not followed up. Lastly, some participants were interviewed in Wave 3 but not in Wave 2, as they were in foster care during Wave 2.
Some participants in Wave 1 spoke a language other than English, Spanish, or Polish. In Wave 3, an abbreviated version of the primary caregiver's protocol was administered, and the research assistant arranged for someone in the household to translate on the spot. In Wave 3, the complete protocol was translated into Spanish.
Depending on the age and wave of data collection, participants were paid between $5 and $20 per interview. Other incentives, such as free passes to museums, the aquarium, and monthly drawing prizes, were also included.
Interview protocols included a wide range of questions. For example, some questions assessed impulse control and sensation-seeking traits, cognitive and language development, leisure activities, delinquency and substance abuse, friends' activities, and self-perception, attitudes, and values. Caregivers were also interviewed about family structure, parent characteristics, parent-child relationships, parent discipline styles, family mental health, and family history of criminal behavior and drug use.
For primary caregivers included in Wave 3 but not in Wave 2, an addendum interview was administered consisting of measures or portions of measures from the Wave 2 interview. An addendum was also given to the Cohort 15 and 18 study participants who were not included in Wave 2. A total of 164 primary caregivers and 62 young adult (Cohorts 15 and 18) addendums were completed in Wave 3.
Child Behavior Checklist
Completed between 2000 and 2002, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was administered to the primary caregiver (defined as the person(s) found to spend the most time taking care of the subject) of subjects belonging to Cohorts 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the PHDCN Longitudinal Cohort Study. The PHDCN CBCL contained approximately 68 questionnaire items. The questionnaire items were presented in alphabetical order to reduce any respondent bias that might have occurred as a result of the respondent's preconceived notion regarding the presence or absence of a particular disorder. Respondents were asked to rate a list of items that applied to his or her child's behavior, occurring within the past six months, on a three-point Likert-type response scale: 0 = not true, 1 = somewhat true, and 2 = very true. Questionnaire items included such items as "can't sit still, is restless, or hyperactive," "cries a lot," "gets in many fights," and "worries." The CBCL contained eight narrow-band subscales, two broad-band scales, and a total problems scale. The scales were not mutually exclusive (i.e., one questionnaire item may contribute to more than one scale).
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Children, adolescents, young adults, and their primary caregivers, living in the city of Chicago in 1994.
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In addition to the variables containing the responses to the CBCL, there are also several scale variables that help identify various syndromes. Eight narrow-band subscales were generated: Social Withdrawal, Anxious/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Attention Problems, Delinquent Behavior, Thought Problems, and Aggressive Behavior. The Internalizing behavior scale for this age group was derived from the subscales assessing Social Withdrawal, Somatic Complaints, and Anxious/Depressed behaviors, and the Externalizing behavior scale was derived from the Delinquent and Aggressive subscales. There is also a Total Problems scale variable that was generated from all summed questionnaire items, which measures overall behavioral and emotional functioning.
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The overall response rate for Wave 3 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study was 78.19 percent or 4,850 participants. The response rates for subjects by cohort were:
- 76.0 percent for Cohort 0
- 80.5 percent for Cohort 3
- 80.2 percent for Cohort 6
- 77.5 percent for Cohort 9
- 74.9 percent for Cohort 12
- 71.3 percent for Cohort 15
- 67.4 percent for Cohort 18
The response rates for primary caregivers by cohort were:
- 76.6 percent for Cohort 0
- 81.3 percent for Cohort 3
- 80.6 percent for Cohort 6
- 79.0 percent for Cohort 9
- 79.1 percent for Cohort 12
- 77.0 percent for Cohort 15
- 0 percent for Cohort 18
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- Earls, Felton J., Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Robert J. Sampson. Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Child Behavior Checklist, Wave 3, 2000-2002. ICPSR13679-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-10-11. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR13679.v1
2006-10-11 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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International peace organization awards grant to study international mediation behaviors
January 3, 2013
Swedish-based organization the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) has provided a $25,000 grant to Professor Scott Gartner of the School of International Affairs (SIA) and Penn State Law to conduct experiments in international mediation. The grant in part will cover funding for two SIA student fellowships. The research will take place in a new laboratory which has been set up in the Lewis Katz Building's Laddie Montague Jr Library. The lab has been outfitted with computers equipped with experimental software in a mediation roundtable-like setting which will allow test subjects to come together to review and simulate mediation scenarios.
"These types of experiments can help us better understand how negotiators behave under particular circumstances and that in turn can help us predict mediation behavior going forward," Gartner said. As an example, Gartner said that his prior research has shown that having high level negotiators deal with minor issues normally managed by lower level players can actually derail a mediation process. "Those are the types of questions we would be exploring using hypothetical scenarios; even inventing countries and organizations to focus solely on the mediation process," he added.
The data and analysis that will be generated through the grant is of particular importance to FBA whose mission is to improve the quality and effectiveness of international peace intervention. Gartner intends to have the members of his Advanced International Affairs Theory class conduct some of the experiments in international mediation which would require students to have Internal Review Board certification. "They would be responsible for recruiting subjects, developing the simulations, and conducting the research. I'm hopeful that some of them might develop and present papers of their own," he said.


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I have a (sorta) recursive function that searches through a linked list of instances of a class. At a certain point, this recursive function will find that the instance it is called for currently is the instance that matches the search criteria. Now I'd like to know; how would I return that instance?
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Now, what goes in the place of huh?Code:class AClass { public: AClass *search(int a); AClass *next; private: int A; }; AClass *AClass::search(int a) { if (a==A) return huh; else return next->search(a); }


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Heres my dominance war's entry, any C&C is appreciated and it was a real pleasure to participate in this war with so much talent.
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Heres my dominance war's entry, any C&C is appreciated and it was a real pleasure to participate in this war with so much talent.
I like the clean lines in your character. Overall, he could use some more grime and dirt in my opinion. Great job finishing, and amazing character design sheets.
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Hey man, really nice work. I'd say everything is quite well done, but the arm anatomy is off, particularly the forearm/bicep insertion area. The groin/pelvis/waist proportion/structure seems kinda funky too. A bit elongated. I'm being kinda picky cuz this is quality work. Nice presentation and props for the nice 2D work as well.
Nice sculpt Wizo!
Really nice work!!
nice work, kinda reminds me a bit of mirrors edge in style.
i prefer the bright orange colours in your concept, gives it some contrast.
Joecyriac - I also think adding dirt is one aspect I need to improve on, I will keep this in mind for my futurs projects.Thx!
Kravit - Thanks!! I want to be character concept artist later on , Im super glad you liked the design.
fattkid - Very good eye, to be honest these are the areas I always mess up, even with 2D drawing hehe. I will start sculpting with more references and try to make something more correct in anatomy. Thanks for the advice!
Mind Symbion - Thanks!
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euge - Thanks euge! I removed the orange swirl in case it looked to much like the cgland logo . I think I have been influenced by Mirrors Edge quite a lot, something about clean and vivid colors is really appealing to me.


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The Java Web Model Service architecture is based on MVC.It improves all disadvantages ,and add some adavantages points to it.As Struts comes to help us to implement our project based on MVC , we need maplet to implement JWMS architecture.These maplets are based on those old Servlets ,with some new featurs.
Purpose of JWMS architecture is that, to have a JSP page for every job of your actors in UML diagrams. And those all actions start from a request JSP page ,and continue with one or more maplets ,and then finish with a response JSP page (for all possibles response ) through a flow just like your UML diagrams.
Now there isn't any need to make a JSP page for every possible response (for example a proper response for empty fields and an other proper respose for errors ...) like before.Instead, the all things you need is that to create a response jsp page and tag it.A tag for success message a tag for error and so on.
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An other ability of maplet is that ,you don't need to carry parameters with yourself by using session or application.Maplet gets all parameters from the first page and cross it to an other maplet or JSP.For reaching these parameters you just need to define a public String variable as the same name of parameter in first JSP page.The content of this variable is the same as user inputted parameter(with out doing any job!).
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In season from October through March, turnips are a root vegetable characterized by a white spherical shape, a crowning blush of purple, and a leafy green stem. First cultivated in prehistoric times, turnips gained popularity during the Middle Ages as a main vegetable for the poor.
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When selecting turnips, look for a firm and and blemish-free exterior with vibrant green tops, which are often removed and sold separately. Larger turnips tend to be woody, so try to select smaller ones. When preparing turnips for cooking, slice off the root end. Larger turnips should be peeled, but smaller turnips—those less than two inches in diameter—can be cooked without peeling. Because of their high water content, turnips deteriorate quickly. Store, unwashed, in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to one week. Turnips are perfect for the holidays, so we have compiled a list of our favorite recipes below.


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Modbus TCP discoveries
Specify the Device type, IP address, Port (502 is default), and Slave ID.
Note: All discovered devices are placed in the Discovered Devices list on the Devices page. Devices are not monitored until they are moved from the Discovered Devices list to the All Devices group or a group you create.
Additional configuration
Auto Update
Enable to automatically update the StruxureOn Gateway software. Auto update is disabled by default.
Configure alarm thresholds
Create alarm thresholds by sensor type in the More ... > Alarm Configuration option.
- Click Create Alarm Configuration, and choose a sensor type.
- Specify a name for the alarm configuration.
- Specify a value for at least one threshold parameter: Minimum, Low, High, or Maximum.
- Click Add sensor type.
- Filter the list by device type. You can narrow the list using text you type to find only the sensors you want in the list.
- Click +Add or +Add all to include the sensors you want to respond the threshold alarm.
- Click Done and OK.
View active alarms
Click the status icon at the top of every page, or click Alarms to view active alarms for all devices or by device.
You can filter the list by the alarm severity and by the data displayed in any column, and choose whether to display alarms that have been resolved.
View device details
On the Devices page or on the Alarms page, click the device label to view device details.
Click the IP address of the device to launch its user interface.
Click the parent device, if available, to view its device details.
View sensor data
On the device details page for any device, click the sensor name to view sensor data. Non-numeric sensor data is available in a table by default. Numeric sensor data is available as a graph by default.
Graphs display the last 24 hours by default, You can set the graph to display the last 7 days, last 30 days, or a custom interval.
Click the graph to display individual data points. Move the sliders at the bottom of the graph to zoom in or out.
Click Export to download sensor data as a CSV file.
Configure device polling
Specify the timeout and the number of times the server should retry polling SNMP and Modbus TCP devices.
Timeout (seconds): Specify how long the StruxureOn Gateway server will wait for a response before it considers the poll failed.
Retries: Specify how many times the StruxureOn Gateway server will attempt to communicate with a device after the initial failure, before it stops trying to access the device.
Configure device file transfer settings
Create, modify, or remove device settings configurations to access SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 devices.
The file transfer method is FTP only.
You can modify, but you cannot delete the Default Device Settings configuration.
The Default Device Settings configuration is applied to all SNMP devices unless a device is specified in another configuration.
To create a device settings configuration:
- Specify a name for the configuration, a username and password, and port.
- Click Add Devices to specify the SNMP devices you want to access. Filter by device type, or enter search terms for data in any column in the list.
- Click Done and then Create.
Note: The StruxureOn Gateway gathers the event.txt log daily for most APC devices using the Gateway's FTP credentials, apc/apc by default. Makes sure the Gateway credentials match those on the devices. Otherwise, a warning email message is sent every day for each device.
Upload Device Definition Files (DDFs)
Upload Device Definition Files (DDFs) from your local computer when needed.
The latest Signed DDF Catalog is included when you install StruxureOn Gateway. When a more recent catalog is available, or when a custom DDF that is not included in the catalog becomes available, you can upload it to your StruxureOn Gateway server.
Signed DDF Catalog: Upload the latest Signed DDF Catalog from dcimsupport.apc.com. Signed DDFS are verified and signed by Schneider Electric.
Unsigned DDF: Upload an individual DDF. Individual DDFs may not yet be verified. The Signed DDF Catalog contains only DDFs verified by Schneider Electric.
Configure backup
Create and schedule full, configuration, and synchronized server backups.
Click Add Location to define the mount type (NFS or Windows), backup path, and for the Windows mount type, the username, password, and domain of the server you are using for the backup.
Create, edit, or delete Gateway users
You create, edit, and delete StruxureOn Gateway users from the More... > Users option.
All StruxureOn Gateway users have admin user privileges. You can delete the default admin user once another user has been created.
Note: You log in to struxureon.com to manage contacts for the StruxureOn Digital Service.
Customer Experience Program: The Customer Experience Program helps Schneider Electric improve StruxureOn Gateway and the features you use most often by sending usage and error data. Participation in the program is enabled by default. You can change this at any time in your user account settings.
Other options
username: Account details and user preferences for the logged in user.
Logs: Download a zip archive of informational logs from your StruxureOn Gateway server.
Device Polling: Specify the timeout and the number of times the server should retry polling SNMP and Modbus TCP devices.
Device Library: Upload a signed DDF catalog (Device Definition File) or an unsigned DDF from your local computer.


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Free Template for Hand Towel Project
Download and cut out three small and two large Birds of a Feather templates.
Position the small templates over one towel right side along the lower third portion of the towel. Position the remaining partridge templates over the remaining towel right side along the lower third portion of the towel. Use a removable fabric marker to transfer the designs to each towel.
Hoop one towel, centering as many bird designs in one hooping as possible.
Thread the needle with three strands of dark blue embroidery floss; knot the floss end. Bring the needle up through the towel wrong side along the bird body. Straight stitch along the bird body. After the last stitch, leave the floss on the towel wrong side and weave the end through the previous stitching. Repeat to stitch each bird body using dark blue floss.
Stitch a French knot at each dot using dark blue floss.
Thread the needle with three strands of light blue embroidery floss; knot the thread end. Stitch the bird feathers using a chain stitch. Begin and end the stitching as for the bird body. Stitch a French knot at each bird eye using light blue embroidery floss.
Thread the needle with three strands of lime green floss. Satin stitch the bird beak and chest, knotting each thread end.
Remove the towel from the hoop; press from the wrong side around the embroidery.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Merge, the missing link in FamilySearch's Family Tree
In New.FamilySearch.org, there was an artificial limit on the number of individual records that could be combined for any one person. However, in the case of my ancestors, the limit was way too low and there are many uncombined copies of the same individuals that cannot be combined due to the fact that the total number of duplicates exceeds the arbitrary limit. So now I have unresolved duplicate pedigrees, as well as individuals in Family Tree. So, by the time I get to my Great-great-grandfather Sidney Tanner, for example, I cannot begin to untangle the duplicates and problems without the merge function.
There is also some controversy over whether or not Family Tree will allows users to add individuals to the file directly in Family Tree. Two days ago, I was in the new FamilySearch Center in Nauvoo, Illinois and one of the missionaries there showed me how he had been adding names to his file. Until I can get a handle on the merges, I have no one to add to the file, so I cannot duplicate what he was doing. I am getting mixed messages as to whether or not adding individuals is yet possible.
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Thank you for the information.ReplyDelete
family trees
James, indeed the 'merge' function's absence is indeed a roadblock to cleaning up the Family Tree database. Also lacking is the promised 'delete' function, useful where some past genealogical entry contributed an otherwise unconnected and unknown person to a family.ReplyDelete
The 'add person' function did not work well three weeks ago, but does work now. I was able to work with a person who was an incorrectly-combined daughter of two different sets of parents and spouse of two different husbands. I picked one set of parents, deleted her from the others as child, deleted the wrong husband linked to the child of the selected parents.
There are links on a person's page to add a spouse (below their information listing), to add parent to its right, and if parents are shown there is a link in their box to add a child.
I was able to search for a version of the correct daughter of the other parents using the "add child" link or version of spouse of the other husband (used the main search form) -- found no likely candidate in the database, and was able to create a new person as correct child and to link as correct wife.
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I have been working on my tree on Family Search and have been able to make some headway using both Familysearch.org and New.Familysearch.org. I have successfully added people on both websites. The merge portion on Familysearch.org only partially works. If you add a new person it will look for duplicates. If the person is a match, you can click on him or her but it will change all your information to what is in the match. If the person is not a match, it does not give you the option of skipping it and does not let you add the person. In those instances, I have been able to add the person on New.Familysearch.org.ReplyDelete
I have successfully been combining duplicates on New.Familysearch.org. However, on New.Familysearch.org, you cannot delete any information or relationships, but you can do this on Familysearch.org. It is frustrating and very time consuming to have to go back and forth between websites so I can get the correct information to appear on my tree. I would assume that the goal would be to combine both websites into one, but so far this is not the case.


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Physical Science: Session 2
Session 2. The Particle Nature of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Learning Goals
During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you:
- Recognize characteristics of a good scientific model
- Understand the macroscopic evidence for each of the
four basic principles of the particle model of matter:
1. Matter is made of tiny particles.
2. There is empty space between the particles.
3. The particles are in constant motion.
4. There are forces that act between the particles
Video Overview
What explanation might account for the differences between the states of matter, as well as explain its different properties? Session 2 introduces the particle model of matter, the principles which underlie a wide range of phenomena. By contrasting this model with what is variously called the continuous, continuum, or plenum model, this session shows how the particle model is useful for making accurate predictions about a variety of behaviors of matter on a macroscopic scale.
Video Outline
The video begins by defining what scientists mean by the term "model," establishing what makes a good model, and describing the process by which models are continually revised. Then, children in the Science Studio divide a piece of aluminum foil into the smallest pieces possible and are asked: Is it possible to go on dividing forever? Is there ever a point at which the pieces no longer have the properties of the aluminum foil? Science historian Dr. Al Martinez recounts the history of the continuous model originally proposed by the Greeks, explains its appeal, and later tries to use this model to explain the expandability and compressibility of gases.
Back in the Science Studio, children continue to reveal their models of matter, which support what science education research says about the difficulty children sometimes have connecting their ideas about macroscopic matter with the particles that make it up. By "taking a trip into a drop of water," we then explore the size and scale that make this connection so challenging. This raises the question, "What's in between the particles of matter?"
For an answer, we first explore fifth graders' ideas on the subject, and then visit vacuum engineer Bob Childs, whose work in nuclear fusion relies on an important principle of the particle model. We return to the Science Studio one last time, where we find children further developing their models to explain the compressibility of gases and proposing a model to explain an everyday change of state—boiling.
In Session 2's Featured Classroom segments, Linsey Newton's third graders in Hudson, Massachusetts, observe two more changes of state—evaporation and condensation—and Russell Springer's fifth graders in Newtonville, Massachusetts, try to explain the seemingly random movement of oil droplets suspended in water. In both classrooms the students express a variety of macroscopic rationale for what is happening.


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Please note: The date of the August Virtual Tasting has been moved to Tuesday August 31st.
Our August Virtual Tasting wine, as suggested by Chef Frank Magaña at Picazo 7Seventeen, will be the 2009 Chinook Cabernet Franc Rose. This wine retails for $15 and is widely available. The tasting will take place on Thursday, August 26th from 7-8pm Pacific Time.
What you need to do to participate is:
1. Buy this month's wine from a local retailer or from the winery
2. Post your comments/tweets on the wine that night between 7 and 8pm. For those on Twitter, follow me @wawinereport. I will be using the hashtag #wawine during the event.
Hope you'll join us!
August Virtual Tasting - Chinook Cabernet Franc Rose 2009
Please note: The date of the August Virtual Tasting has been moved to Tuesday August 31st.
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Chris Says:
Simply unfair. I drank my last bottle of '08 Chinook CF Rose with the #WArose event. This wine is in my wheelhouse though and I love it so my comments from last time are unlikely to be repeated.
Back to the store... only this time I'll likely visit the tasting room in Prosser.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Chris, always like helping out the wine industry! Hope all is well.


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State Partnership Program Strengthens Security and Diplomacy
By Bridget F. Gersten on March 8, 2017
Texas is known for bluebonnets and broncos. Chile is well known for its llamas and lapis lazuli. The Czech Republic is famous for the original Budweiser and Bohemian glass. You might be wondering, what do these three places share in common? They are all proud partners in the U.S. National Guard's State Partnership Program, which links State National Guard units from across the country with foreign militaries for exchanges, exercises, and other activities that help us work together more effectively to meet shared security challenges. I recently attended a conference where I learned more about these unique partnerships, as well as how Department of State security assistance and defense transfers help the National Guard strengthen America's partners and allies in just about every corner of the globe.
First, a little about me: I am a diplomat who currently works as a Foreign Policy Advisor, or POLAD to Major General Clarence "K.K" Chinn, commander of U.S. Army South. I am one of about 90 State Department Foreign Service Officers embedded with U.S. military command headquarters and deployed with our troops in conflict areas around the world, to bring together diplomacy and defense. The conference, which was held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas, brought together more than 100 National Guard senior leaders, officers, service members, and their staffs from 23 U.S. states, territories, and D.C., with many of The Adjutant Generals, or "TAGs" – senior National Guard leaders that work directly for state governors.
The State Partnership Program (SPP) dates back to the early 1990s as one way that the United States worked to build ties with new military forces from countries emerging from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Today, 79 countries take part in the program, and partner with almost every U.S. state and territory. Some larger states like Texas, California, and Florida have multiple SPPs. The National Guard calls the SPP, the "Pilot Light of Security Cooperation," thanks to the longevity and enduring quality of relationships SPPs sustain from year-to-year, drawing on their institutional knowledge, almost like a military version of a Rotary Club or Sister City relationship.
During the conference, each SPP delegation, from Arkansas to Wyoming, gave a brief on the unique features of their exchange programs and activities they conduct year-round with partner nations. Over the years, thousands of SPP activities with the National Guard have helped foreign military units become more effective at responding to natural disasters (a National Guard specialty), conducting peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations. Many National Guard volunteers have full-time jobs as engineers or medical practitioners that can be essential to helping train foreign partners, such as members of the Massachusetts National Guard who helped SPP partners from Paraguay to field an engineering unit that deployed to support the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. In short, by training and working together through the State Partnership Program, more countries can join us to meet global security challenges, while American guardsmen and women benefit from scores of technical professional development opportunities, while building cultural awareness and developing foreign language skills among America's "civilian soldiers" of the National Guard.
Each SPP is carefully coordinated with the U.S. embassy operating in the SPP partner country. U.S. Ambassadors carefully review and approve SPPs to ensure that what they do also helps contribute to our broader diplomatic relationship. I quickly also learned how TAGs are well-versed in the strategic foreign policy objectives and the many tools of U.S. security cooperation overseen by the Department of State, like Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grant assistance, that helps countries purchase U.S. equipment and training; International Military and Education Training (IMET), which helps foreign partners to attend U.S. military schools; as well as Foreign Military Sales (FMS), which allows countries to buy top-of-the-line U.S. defense equipment.
While the military benefits of SPP are pretty clear, what also struck me was how these programs also lead to building people-to-people ties, professional, and educational linkages between states and counterpart institutions or organizations. Because TAGs have a direct line to the governor and citizens from all walks of life in their states, they know where to turn to in the community to find potential matches for civil society, youth, and sports diplomacy initiatives that not only support mission goals but also additional people-to-people exchanges. For example, West Virginia and Peru have taken advantage of their excellent SPP relationship to expand goodwill, friendship, and whole-of-government relations through bilateral youth educational exchange programs and attending ministry conferences. Also, Belize and Louisiana are looking for educational opportunities for at-risk youth training through site visits and other academic exchange opportunities.
As the conference came to a close, the TAGs and their teams headed home following each direction of the weathervane, it felt good to know how much we shared in the way of values, objectives, and respect for the countries we worked with, all rooted in friendships and alliances with so many friendly foreign nations.
About the Author: Bridget F. Gersten is a Foreign Service Officer currently serving as a Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) at U.S. Army South, United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.


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The Three Stooges
TAMPA — So Ruts, Griff and I are the first three Toronto scribes to arrive here at Legends Field this morning. Actually, we're the only three guys sitting in the pressbox at the moment.
So, with plenty of seats open and available at this early hour, where do us three plop down? How about bunched together in a row, right behind a big section of wall divider between the pressbox windows. So I'm keeping an eye on the right side of the field, while Griff can keep an eye on the left side of the field. I'm not sure Ruts can see any of the diamond — like he'd be watching anyway.
What a bunch of idiots we are.
"I have a perfect view of the first and third base coaches," Ruts just informed me.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (9-13) at NEW YORK (12-7-2)
at 1:15 p.m. ET at Legends Field
David Eckstein, SS
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Scott Rolen, 3B
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Shannon Stewart, LF
Marco Scutaro, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
PITCHING: RHP Randy Wells, others
Johnny Damon, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, 1B
Jorge Posada, C
Hideki Matsui, DH
Shelley Duncan, LF
Chris Woodward, 2B
PITCHING: RHP Jonathan Albaladejo, others
Dustin McGowan is pitching in a Minor League game today, furthering Toronto's efforts to hide their starters from the Yanks. New York is following suit, having Andy Pettitte pitch in a Minors game, too.
Word is that tomorrow's Jays' starter A.J. Burnett finally has that fake nail on his index finger. So we might get to see some curveballs in his outing against the Phillies on Sunday.
Don't foget to tune in tonight to cheer on my Michigan State Spartans against Pitt at 9:10 p.m. ET. I have a bad feeling that this could be the end of the road for the boys in green…let's hope not.
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If Pitt plays the way they did against G'Town last Sat. night, I would agree this could be the last game for the Spartans. Pitt is one of those funny teams, you wouldn't be surprised if they make the final 4 or you wouldn't be surprised if Michigan State won by 10 tonight. Pitt is Bobby Knight's pick to win it all, that is one reason to root for the Spartans and Izzo.


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This is part of a report on 2009 Walla Walla Fall Release Weekend. Download a complete .pdf copy of the report here.
This Fall Release there was a great deal of buzz surrounding K Vintners. Winemaker Charles Smith had recently been named Wine & Spirits magazine's 'Winemaker of the Year.' Additionally, Fall Release Weekend marked the release of the 2006 Royal City Syrah – an effort Wine Enthusiast awarded a 100-point rating earlier in the year. This is a significant accomplishment with Quilceda Creek the only other Washington winery to ever receive a 100-point rating from any of the major publications.
Not surprisingly, the celebration in Walla Walla was in full swing. Highway 12 featured a billboard of Charles Smith's face with the title 'Winemaker of the Year.' Many in town commented about the Rolls Royce Smith had been driving around town since receiving the award.
As usual, K Vintners was releasing a dazzling number of new, small production wines. Unfortunately the winery was only pouring wines in the small front room of the winery (presumably the barrel room was still being used to ferment juice from the 2009 harvest). As a result, even with a small number of people, it was nearly impossible to get to the pouring tables. I decided to soldier on hoping to come back at a less crowded time but was unable to. My apologies to all.
K Vintners Viognier Columbia Valley 2008 $20
Rating: * (Excellent) Pale yellow. Mineral, peaches, and honeysuckle on an aromatic nose. Very evenly balanced on the taste. 100% Viognier. Archie den Hoed Vineyard Block 13 (Yakima Valley). Barrel fermented in neutral French oak. 14.1% alcohol. Approximately 1,000 cases produced. Sampled at 55 degrees.
K Vintners Syrah Milbrandt Wahluke Slope 2007 $25
Rating: + (Good) An exciting nose marked by olive, meat, red fruit, and herbal aromas. Taste doesn't quite live up to all that the nose promises but a very enjoyable wine for the money. 100% Syrah. Sundance and Pheasant vineyards (Wahluke Slope). Aged in French Burgundy barrels. 13.9% alcohol. 1,396 cases produced.
K Vintners (WWFR 2009)
This is part of a report on 2009 Walla Walla Fall Release Weekend. Download a complete .pdf copy of the report here.
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Melinda Says:
Hey Sean,
It is nice to read you comments on the Milbrandt Syrah. I just posted a review of it on my site, along with an interesting little experience. I hope Charles is pouring at Taste WA on Sunday. He is always a memorable character to talk to. Hopefully I will bump into you this weekend.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Hi Melinda, thanks for the comment. Indeed, Mr. Smith is always memorable as are his wines! Hope to see you this weekend.