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Joel Hunter was an unlikely ally of Barack Obama's in the 2008 election. The Christian evangelical, who leads a mega-church in central Florida, had backed fellow pastor Mike Huckabee in the Republican primary that year. At Obama's inauguration, Hunter found himself sitting next to Muhammad Ali in the 12th row.
Obama's outreach to the faithful during the 2008 campaign—unprecedented for a Democratic candidate—paid off. He did 8 percentage points better than 2004 nominee John Kerry had among voters who worship weekly or more, although he lost regular worshippers overall to Republican John McCain. With strong support from minorities, Obama beat McCain by 9 percentage points among Catholics (who favored George W. Bush over Kerry by 5 points in 2004) and made smaller inroads among evangelicals such as Hunter.
Those gains are now in jeopardy, according to Hunter and other religious leaders fuming over the Obama administration's requirement that church-affiliated institutions such as hospitals, schools, and charities cover birth control in their employee health insurance plans.
"The boundaries of religious freedom and identity are being trespassed," said Hunter, who still writes weekly devotions for Obama and visited the Oval Office last week; he said he keeps his spiritual guidance separate from any policy recommendations he funnels to the president. "I do think this will have political repercussions in the religious community," Hunter added. "This has the potential to be a breaking point."
Obama's Republican challengers certainly hope so. Newt Gingrich has accused Obama of waging a "war against religion." Rick Santorum, a devout Catholic who has put issues such as abortion and marriage at the center of his campaign, used his victory speech after the Missouri primary to accuse Obama of steamrolling the First Amendment.
Campaigning earlier this week in Colorado, front-runner Mitt Romney, said sharply, "We must have a president who is willing to protect America's first right, a right to worship God."
The issue is potentially advantageous for Romney, a Mormon who once held moderate positions on abortion and gay marriage, because it allows him to align himself with the social conservatives who have resisted his candidacy. (Both Gingrich and Democrats, however, have called Romney a hypocrite on the birth-control issue. As governor of Massachusetts, he enforced a rule requiring Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims, after the Legislature overrode his veto of the measure.)
On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner put the dispute at the center of his party's agenda, taking to the House floor to condemn "an unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country." He vowed to overturn the provision stemming from Obama's sweeping health care reform plan. The fight over that legislation has already sorely tested the president's relationship with religious leaders, who feared that it would allow taxpayer dollars to cover abortion.
To the extent that Republicans succeed in framing the current debate as one over religious liberty, the controversy over the so-called conscience clause could damage Obama at the polls. A perceived threat to religious freedom could pull more-casual churchgoers, who typically lean Democratic, closer to regular churchgoers, who tend to vote Republican, said John Green, a University of Akron political-science professor who specializes in the intersection of religion and politics.
In 2008, exit polls showed that the more frequently white Catholic voters went to church, the less likely they were to favor Obama. He got the votes of only 41 percent of white Catholics who attended church weekly or more; 47 percent of those who attended a few times a month; and 54 percent of those who attended a few times a year or never.
The relationship of religion and politics could influence the outcome of the 2012 election in battleground states with large Catholic communities, including Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Green added. "The real problem for the Obama administration would be if the [birth-control] issue moved some of those less religious Catholics," Green said. "The issue might also move the regular Mass-attending Catholics to vote even more Republican."
But if Democrats win the message war and frame the issue as a matter of public policy that involves women's health and access to contraception, Republicans may find themselves on the losing side of the argument. In a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, 52 percent of Catholic voters agreed that employee health plans should cover birth control. The Obama administration is also touting a Guttmacher Institute study that found 98 percent of Catholic women have used birth control.
"Obviously, this is not a war against the Catholic Church. I'm Catholic, and I don't find that there's a war against me at all," said Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and a member of one of the nation's most prominent Catholic families. "This is about women's health and protecting the rights of all citizens. If Republicans want to fight about contraception being available for women, I think they will be on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of women's health."
A Wall Street Journal column this week by three Democratic senators—Jeanne Sheehan of New Hampshire, Barbara Boxer of California, and Patty Murray of Washington—tied critics of Obama's policy on contraceptive coverage to the decision by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. A massive public outcry forced the breast-cancer charity to reverse itself. "Once again," the senators wrote, "they are trying to force their politics on women's personal health care decisions."
Young voters, women, and independents helped to elect Obama in 2008. If Republicans overreach on contraception, those voters will help offset any support the president loses from religiously devout voters, who lean Republican anyway. But if the GOP succeeds in wrapping the issue in the mantle of religious liberty, Obama will struggle to rebuild the diverse coalition that put him in the White House.


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Google's I/O conference is just around the corner. One of the biggest rumours about what to expect is that Google plans to launch a health service called Google Fit, a platform similar to Apple's recently announced HealthKit framework.
What will Google Fit do? Well it aims to collect and aggregate data from all the various fitness trackers and apps out there. Think your health data in the cloud. Not a surprising announcement considering Samsung just launched its own biometric data platform, Sami, last month.
All the data from those various apps and trackers will be aggregated via Google Fit through open APIs. Google is also said to be announcing partnerships with wearable device makers at the conference.
What should we expect? Well, whispers are that wearables will soon be able to interface with Google's cloud services. Having your wearable send you Gmail about your spiking blood pressure sounds both scary and amazing.
But what is Google Fit going to be, exactly? Will it be a web service, much like the ill-fated Google Health? Or will it be built into the next version of Android? Is it going to be a standalone app? As the I/O conference will have tracks on wearable computing as well as cloud sessions, anything goes for the moment.
Signs point to Google Fit being tied into Google's wearable platform, Android Wear. Likely it could be a key feature of Android Wear devices, but then wouldn't that also be treading onto the toes of competing wearable device makers?
Microsoft will also be joining the smart watch party, with a watch that measures continuous heart rates and its own HealthVault is already a web-based platform for storing health information. Sure getting crowded in the health sphere now, isn't it?
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After the crash, Beverly Bell was the only one left standing, as she puts it. But she did not stand alone. About 9:45 on the morning of July 10, a group of eight, including Mrs. Bell, was driving to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where they would catch a plane back home to Massachusetts. Nearly halfway to their destination, the van collided with a truck, killing four, including Mrs. Bell's daughter.
After the crash, Beverly Bell was the only one left standing, as she puts it.
But she did not stand alone.
About 9:45 on the morning of July 10, a group of eight, including Mrs. Bell, was driving from the small seaport town of Les Cayes to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where they would catch a plane back home to Massachusetts.
It was the end of a 10-day trip, after they visited and worked for the program that Amanda K. Mundt, of Amherst, founded to bridge the gap between two social classes of children in the small community.
"This was very much Amanda's dream," said Mrs. Bell, a Belchertown resident, teacher educator and the director of the master of arts in teaching at Mount Holyoke Extension in South Hadley accompanied by her husband, David Bell, a Clark professor and interim director of the university's International Development, Community and Environment Department. Also with them were their 28-year-old daughter, Meagan Bell; Ms. Mundt's father, Kenneth, and her aunt, Diane; as well as Haitian program director Timothe Indrik and and translator Samy Emmanuel.
Nearly halfway to their destination, the van collided with a truck, killing the 22-year-old Ms. Mundt, Diane Mundt and Meagan Bell.
Mr. Bell suffered severe injuries to his head and his spine was fractured. Mr. Mundt's jaw was broken. The translator's leg was disconnected. Mr. Indrik's shoulder was badly hurt. Mrs. Bell escaped with only a cut to her forehead and some bruising.
Mr. Bell said there was nothing that could be done for his daughter or Ms. Mundt, whom the family had known for more than a decade. At the time, Mrs. Bell was able to act at the gruesome scene to get medical help for everyone else.
"She was exposed to the worst of the trauma," Mr. Bell said in a recent interview, referring to his wife's emotional state.
The Haitian people helped pull survivors from the car, and saw that they were taken to a clinic, where they could be stabilized.
"The (local) people were just absolutely amazing," she said.
After roughly 10 minutes, the authorities arrived.
From their home in Belchertown, Mrs. Bell's son Bradley, who is a Clark graduate student, tapped into the school's network for help as her sister worked from Australia to organize a medical flight that would bring them back to the states.
One of Mr. Bell's past students from Clark was working in the U.S. Embassy building and was able to help organize an ambulance to transport Mr. Bell and Mr. Mundt the remaining 70 miles to Port-au-Prince.
"The network was unbelievable," Mrs. Bell said of the people who stepped forward to help. "I couldn't keep up with the phone calls," as other Clark affiliates who were in Haiti at the time called to lend their support.
Clark graduate Frislain Isidor and his wife, Martine, who is a current student, were able to scrounge up enough cash to cover the cost of an ambulance and for medical treatment, as electronic payment was not accepted, Mrs. Bell said.
But a storm was approaching the area, making it difficult for them to find open businesses with power and working ATMs.
When they arrived at a hospital in Port-au-Prince, the Isidors were waiting with food and supplies, and brought Mrs. Bell to their home to sleep.
Because they had been able to connect with the embassy so quickly, Mrs. Bell was able to fly back to the United States with her husband rather than having to return to the crash scene to identify the bodies and fill out paperwork.
On July 11, Mr. Bell's plane touched down in Boston, where he underwent emergency surgery to his spine at Massachusetts General Hospital the next day.
For five days the Clark community yet again came through, with a coworker who had family that owned an apartment where Mrs. Bell and her extended family could stay while Mr. Bell was in the hospital.
Others pitched in to give rides to and from Mass. General, pick relatives up from the airport and bring them meals, she said.
Bradley Bell's close friend and classmate Sameed Quasem said that the hashtag #ClarkieLove was running rampant on Facebook with words of encouragement and remorse for the Mundt and Bell families.
After their return to the country, officials from Clark were calling the family for updates three or four times a day to check on the status of those who survived.
Nearly two months after the accident, the Bells said they still come home to find the lawn mowed or trinkets and food left on the porch.
One of Mrs. Bell's old students from Mount Holyoke had also set up a program where friends could show their support by supplying the family with meals.
She said they were given three meals per day for a month and a half for all 14 people who were staying at the home.
Bradley Bell said that his sister was remembered by conacts from when he was studying for his undergraduate degree at Clark.
"Even professors that I had introduced her to (were reaching out)," he said.
Clark President David Angel, and other faculty, staff and administrators attended both services, for Ms. Bell and the joint memorial for Ms. Mundt and her aunt, Mr. Bell said.
He estimated that hundreds of his current and past students and colleagues contacted him and offered condolences and support.
Worcester resident Paul Rudenberg, who knew Ms. Mundt from her service in Haiti and is originally from Beverly, brought the ashes of those who died back to the US in time for the services.
In Haiti, members of the community that the group was involved with held memorial services for the victims, the Mundt family said.
The first week of August, Mr. and Mrs. Bell returned to work.
"Tell people we're fine," he said in an interview the following week, admitting that "This is hard. This is really hard, but we can't sit around moping."
Unable to drive because of a brace that held his neck steady, Mr. Bell was driven to work by his coworkers and others from the Amherst area.
Mrs. Bell also got support from her old colleagues from the dean and chaplain's offices at the College of the Holy Cross, where she worked as the director of teacher education from about 2007 to 2011.
"They have been a phone call away," she said. She recalled when Virginia Coakley, from the chaplain's office, called.
"She just happened to call on a really bad day and helped me to work through it," she said.
Friends and colleagues from throughout the area also made financial contributions to a handful of charities on behalf of the Bell family.
More than $10,000 dollars were donated to four charities in Meagan's name, Mrs. Bell said.
They said that because Meagan was involved in so many organizations, it was a real challenge to narrow the field to four organizations.
"She cared like Mother Theresa for other people," Mr. Bell said.
Field hockey was what originally brought the Mundt and Bell families together.
After the accident, teams throughout Central and Western Massachusetts and from as far as Maryland have reached out to the families and organized tournaments, made T-shirts and wore ribbons in memorial of the victims.
Soon after the Bells emigrated from South Africa in the late 1990s, Mrs. Bell coached Ms. Mundt's team at Amherst Middle School.
When the Bell family started a field hockey club, the Nomads, Ms. Mundt was one of the original players. She went on to compete for three years at Clark. Ms. Mundt was also a Making a Difference Scholar, studied international development and social change at the university and worked as an intern for the South Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. She was slated to graduate in 2014.
The group had traveled to Haiti to work with the summer school program that Ms. Mundt had founded in 2011.
The program, Lekol Dete, was designed to bring together the Restavek — children given or sold to other families to work in exchange for housing — and the free children, and hopefully bring an end to the system.
Mrs. Bell trained the program's educators about methods to work more effectively, and Mr. Bell gave feedback on the project and conducted his own research in the village.
Meagan Bell had been in touch with Ms. Mundt and the other organizers after volunteering administrative work for the program with Ms. Mundt's mother, Elizabeth, who was like a second mother, Mrs. Bell said.
The trip to Haiti was probably one of the happiest times of her life, Mrs. Bell said.
She used her American passport for the first time, started learning Haitian Creole and helped teach the students a new game.
"These two young people connected with everyone else on a very human level," Mrs. Bell said.
But after everything, the Bell family said there were incredibly thankful to the community for helping them get through this difficult time.
"It's about the community," Mrs. Bell said. "They are still carrying us."
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Exiled Cambodian opposition leader granted royal pardon
Cambodia's opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, has been granted a royal pardon and is free to return to the country ahead of elections.
The Cambodian government announced the pardon Friday, paving the way for the popular Mr Rainsy, who has lived in exile in France for the past four years, to return for the July 28 general election.
The royal pardon quashes the 11-year jail term handed down to Mr Rainsy in 2010 in a brace of cases that were slammed by his supporters as politically motivated.
Government spokesman, Phay Siphan, has told Radio Australia the veteran opposition leader is free to return to the country that he left in 2009.
The news has delighted members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, who believe Mr Rainsy's presence will translate into more votes for them.
Mr Rainsy announced last weekend he would return to Cambodia by July 28, and was prepared to go to jail if necessary.
However he had not fixed a return date, leading to speculation a deal was being worked out behind the scenes.
News of his pardon follows warnings from some donors to the country that an election lacking Mr Rainsy's participation might not be seen as free and fair.
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Regional and nationwide bankruptcy filings decreased in 2012 for the second consecutive year.
New cases in the 33-county Middle District of Pennsylvania dropped by 14 percent from 2011, federal court data show. Filings in the court's Wilkes-Barre office, which includes 10 regional counties, decreased by 11 percent.
Bankruptcy filings nationally dropped by 14 percent in 2012 from the preceding year, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-area trade group.
"Part of it is, the economy is getting a little better," said Tullio DeLuca, a Scranton lawyer who handles bankruptcies. "People have straightened out their financials, to a certain degree."
The 7,596 bankruptcy cases filed in the district represented the lowest annual total since 2006, when 5,557 cases were entered. Bankruptcies escalated locally and nationally from 2007 to 2010 as a result of the severe recession before a decrease began in 2011.
Part of the decline probably reflects a retreat after years of increasing filings because many insolvent people already had sought court protection, said John Martin, a bankruptcy lawyer and trustee in Honesdale.
"There's just less people to file," he said.
Personal bankruptcies often involve a sudden illness or loss of job, seniors on fixed incomes and homeowners falling behind on mortgage payments, said Marjorie DeSanto Barlow, a Scranton lawyer who does bankruptcy work.
Unemployment and underemployment are common causes, she said. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area, which had a 9.4 percent unemployment rate in November, has had the state's highest rate since April 2010.
"We have people who lost higher-paying jobs and are working minimum-wage jobs," Barlow said.
Bankruptcy numbers may be decreasing because consumers have reined in spending and are more careful about their financial situations, DeLuca said.
"People are watching how they are using their credit cards," he said.
Samuel Gerdano, executive director of the American Bankruptcy Institute, which does education and research about insolvency, predicted case volumes will continue to decrease this year. He cited low interest rates, reduced consumer spending and a continuing reduction in household debt.
Martin said the dip in bankruptcies may not signify an improving economy, though, because unemployment remains high and wages are stagnant.
"I think the key is when you start to see real wages increase," he said.
Bankruptcy filings decreased in every county in the region in 2012, compared the prior year, court records show.
Filings dropped by 18 percent in Wayne and Susquehanna counties, 13 percent in Lackawanna and Pike counties, 10 percent in Luzerne County, 8 percent in Monroe County and 2 percent in Wyoming County.


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OMG YES!!!! THE TAR CHASING IS BACK AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last season, they came close enough to asia! After 13 seasons they are bound to return back to the country where they have a HUGE fanbase!!!Looking out for TAR all the way from SINGAPORE.It's great that we have a forum like this! We have spies almost EVERYWHERE around the world!! (Hong KONG, Australia, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Canada... did i miss out any country?!?!!)Hahahahaha!! I'm so excited!! I'm guessing it should really be starting within these few days or by the end of next week?! Probably before December if it's a 22 days race and ending before Christmas!
Meaning no RFF visits either. Don't do it!!
And yeah, the Philippines has a pretty big fanbase as well... by some miracle, I do hope they perform a switchback here.
^^I still blame the taxis of Manila for their loss. If they had just found a taxi before Brandon/Nicole, we'd probably have one of Brandon/Nicole & Colin/Christie losing. Manila taxis are always annoying in that sense. And I expect the deletion of this post due to offtopicness.
Everyone needs to be VERY vigilant from here on out. Airports especially the next few days.....
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Dr. Claire Ortiz Hill holds degrees in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of California and the Sorbonne and has published several books and numerous articles. She is from the Ortiz and Delgado families of Santa Fe. Her website devoted to New Mexico genealogy is called Rancho Pancho. It can be visited at http://pagesperso-orange.fr/rancho.pancho For the past several years she has been going to Almeria, Spain to research the origins of the New Mexico Delgados in the Archivo Historico Provincial. For over 25 years she has been a religious hermit with the Archdiocese of Paris, France.
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"A Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future": A United Nations Initiative (REPORT)
(HN, 9/24/12) - On the International Day of Peace on September 21, United Nations officials, experts and a movie star gathered at UN headquarters in New York City to propose pathways to lasting peace and tolerance, particularly in the wake of violence triggered by a critical video portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.
Two afternoon panels, called a "high-level" debate on "Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future," were hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
UNESCO Director-General and conference moderator Irina Bokova called for renewed commitment by all to respect, tolerance and mutual understanding. The UN agency has announced an International Decade of the Rapprochement of Cultures for 2013-2023.
In denouncing current incidences of bloodshed and unrest as "deplorable and unjustifiable," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the full-capacity room that "We cannot let the voices of extremists dominate the debate and inflame tensions. We need voices of moderation and solidarity, reason and respect – especially from religious and political leaders."
"We must be relentless in standing for our values – peace, human rights and respect for all people," he said.
The role of young people was emphasized. Earlier in the day at a youth assembly, the Secretary General Ban implored youth to "de-friend" -- borrowing a term from Facebook -- intolerance, and instead to use the hashtag "Represent Yourself" to tweet a message of peace and global understanding.
Former President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández recommended that youth around the world participate in filmmaking, theatre, performing arts, sports, radio and television programs, oriented towards peace, non-violence and cultural diversity.
"How do you capture the mind of a 10-year old" about peace?" asked scholar and philanthropist Nasser David Khalili, Founder of the Khalili Collections of art and Chairman of the Maimonides Foundation which promotes peace and understanding among the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. An exercise he uses to teach tolerance asks groups to examine the skins of lemons, which are then placed back into a basket and mixed up. When asked to identify their own and unable to do so, the lesson becomes obvious that lemons, like human beings, are the same.
The media came under critical eye. While the UN Secretary General cited the importance of social media to promote dialogue and better communication, Fernández challenged new media to become either a "Brightnet.com" or "Darknet.com"
He described the choice as either serving hatred and insult to human dignity and cherished religious beliefs, as reflected in the recent circulation of the video about the Prophet Mohammed, or to become "the ideal catalyst for peace, knowledge, understanding, solidarity and pluralism in a new world order characterized for being borderless, wireless and interconnected."
To accomplish this, Fernández recommended a new international legal approach to the use of cyberspace and global digital media, to "prohibit and punish blasphemy as the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence toward something considered sacred." The new laws would be binding on UN member states.
That communication is key was underscored by Arjun Apparadurai, Goddard Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Communication is even more important, he said, than information, which is subject to mis-information. To be effective, communication must take into account the stark contrast between violence that spreads rapidly and virally, and peace that spreads slowly and gradually.
Several presenters cited the Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO, which declares that "Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed." The phrase is also engraved in 10 languages on the Tolerance Square Wall at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.
Humorously noting gender bias in this phrase, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Lakshmi Puri made an impassioned appeal to recognize the role of women and girls as agents of sustainable peace in the context of the three pillars of the UN: social development; peace and security; and human rights.
Pointing out women's capacity for love and talent for consensus-building, her recommendations included that women and girls be involved in peace negotiations, included in political participation, and afforded economic empowerment. Condemning all violence against women and girls, she pointed out that peace is not an absence of violence but zero tolerance of violence.
"Gender justice is a means and an end to sustainable peace," Puri said.
Poverty was identified by several panelists as a major cause of violence. "Poverty and hunger make men fight," explained Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Other causes of violence he cited include dictatorships; resources, whether available or lacking, and "rivalry of great powers."
The newly elected President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Vuk Jeremić of Serbia, eloquently described personal distress over the destruction by the Taliban of the Buddha statues, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and symbol of peace. Condemning such violence as "ignorance at the root of intolerance," he called for the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and a "new type of humanism," emphasizing the vital importance of education and culture as building blocks for peace as "the fabric of daily life."
The role of religion was examined by Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate for Literature in 1986 and member of the UNESCO High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures. Noting dramatically that "religion has been used as an enemy of humanity – in fact as a crime," he called for a stop to such "infantile efforts" to sabotage rational discourse.
Darkhan Myngbay, Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, affirmed his country's support of UNESCO initiative for peace and non-violence.
Academy-award winning actor Forest Whitaker, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation, described his moving experience as an African American first visiting Africa.
"Being in Africa gave me a deep understanding of all humanity," he said. "The connection amongst us all as crucial…We must always see the face of ourselves in others." Healing comes from feeling peace within ourselves, he said.
Whitaker, who won an Academy Award for his 2006 portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film, The Last King of Scotland, launched a new humanitarian project in Uganda, as well as in South Sudan, through his new Peace Earth Foundation that focuses on peace-building and community empowerment in areas of conflict.
While he has appeared inn war-themed films, Oliver Stone's film Platoon and Good Morning Vietnam, the acclaimed actor emphasized his commitment to peace, evidenced in the International Institute for Peace which he co-founded. The Institute at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, now under the auspices of UNESCO, develops programs and partnerships about issues such as poverty reduction, community-building, climate change, and the important role of women and spiritual and religious leaders in peace-building. Whitaker's commitment to combat youth violence was inspired by growing up in dangerous South Central, Los Angeles.
Solutions to violence posed by the panelists highlighted education. Other solutions, offered by Sachs, included the elimination of poverty and hunger, investing in development rather than the military, and term limits of leaders.
Reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, when a world war was averted, Sachs quoted U.S. President John F. Kennedy's remarks about peace, that "So let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal."
In the Q and A session, a 12-year boy from Lexington Massachusetts, attending the session with his mother, asked "What can I do to change the world?" Ms. Bokova's answer punctuated the day's events, as she advised, "Believe it and you can do it."
--- Dr. Judy Kuriansky is the Main United Nations NGO Representative for the International Association of Applied Psychology and a member of HUM's Board of Advisors. A licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Teachers College,she is world renowned as a humanitarian who has led workshops on peace, trauma recovery, crisis counseling and on her unique East/West intervention programs around the world, from Argentina to India, Singapore, the Czech Republic, Israel, the UAE, and Iran. She has worked in disaster relief and psychological first aid at Ground Zero after 9/11, after SARS in China, bombings in Jerusalem, earthquakes in Australia and Haiti, the tsunami in Sri Lanka and the tsunami/earthquake in Japan, information about which is on www.DrJudy.com. An award-winning journalist and accomplished author, she is a tireless advocate for media which sheds light.


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Historical Context
Table ofContents
This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file "Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site" (with photographs) and other source materials. It was written by Todd Stoeberl, former Park Ranger, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
Where it fits into the curriculum
The lesson could be used in American history courses in units on efforts to achieve world peace during the Cold War in the 1950s, or on human rights and civil rights issues. Students will learn about Eleanor Roosevelt's contributions as a humanitarian.
Time Period: Modern America
Relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
Relevant Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Find your state's social studies and history standards for grades Pre-K-12
Objectives for students
1) To describe the general setting at Val-Kill and explain how it nurtured Eleanor Roosevelt's spirit, personal style, and humanitarian efforts.
2) To describe some of the people Roosevelt invited to her home and indicate how these visitors reflected her interests.
3) To examine the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and explain Roosevelt's involvement in its creation.
4) To investigate their own community for volunteer organizations dedicated to helping others.
Materials for students
The materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. The photographs appear twice: in a low-resolution version with associated questions and alone in a larger, high-resolution version.
1) Two maps of the area;
2) Three readings about Roosevelt's life at Val-Kill, her humanitarian causes, and some of the activities that took place at her home;
3) A copy of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
4) Five photos of Val-Kill and some of the guests Roosevelt hosted there.
Visiting the site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is located on Route 9G in Hyde Park, New York. All organized groups must make reservations in order to visit the site. For more information, contact the Superintendent, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, 519 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538 or visit the park web pages.


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I have submitted feedback (which you can read here) to the Climate Change Authority (CCA) on its Renewable Energy Target review discussion paper, released last month containing draft recommendations. A report with final recommendations will be released by 31 December.
In September, I wrote:
The RET review will be a key test of the Greens' climate strategy. The Greens argued the independent reviews would provide regular opportunities to improve climate policies in future. The RET review is the first test of whether it will play out that way, or if the reviews will instead be regular opportunities for polluting industries to sabotage climate policies. The role of the Climate Change Authority is crucial, as in 2014 it will be tasked with recommending five years of emissions targets. The Authority is as yet an unknown quantity (though I am concerned that two board members have conflicts of interests). Will the Authority prove to be a strong advocate for climate action, or will it fall prey to the siren songs of vested interests?
So far, it appears the answer is neither, with a bit of the latter. On the one hand, the discussion paper rejects the proposals by 25% of submissions (almost all from businesses and business lobby groups) to abolish the RET or decrease the 2020 Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET). It acknowledges the RET plays an important role and the possibility of overachieving is not a bad thing (CCA estimates renewables will meet 25% of demand in 2020 instead of 20%). On the other hand, it completely ignored the 41% of submissions calling for the RET to be increased and/or strengthened (99% if you count the 8,500 submissions in the GetUp! campaign to increase the 2020 target and the Hepburn Wind campaign for a post-2020 target). It recommends neither increasing the 2020 target, nor introducing post-2020 targets, nor making Clean Energy Finance Corporation investments additional, nor strengthening the policy in any other way.
Instead, the discussion paper generally accepts the argument made by 23% of submissions (most importantly the Clean Energy Council) that the status quo must be maintained to minimize policy uncertainty. It recommends future reviews occur at four-year instead of two-year intervals, with the 2016 review to consider the issues of post-2020 targets and the shortfall charge. The problem with this is that the RET is currently inadequate (for reasons I explain in my feedback), and accelerating action cannot wait until 2016. Climate policy will be subject to uncertainty for the foreseeable future anyway, because it challenges powerful interests, so the best way to design the RET is to send the strongest signal possible to incentivize investment in renewable energy.
CCA recommends no change to the shortfall charge that applies when a liable entity does not surrender the required number of certificates. This is despite the review's modeling showing the price of Large-scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) will rise to equal or nearly equal the shortfall charge (meaning liable entities would pay the penalty instead of investing in renewable energy), and then plummet toward zero (halting investment). The shortfall charge should rise with inflation so there is a high penalty for non-compliance to ensure the RET is achieved. This change should be made now, to give investors confidence that the RET will continue to drive investment in the future.
CCA argues there is no need to promote technological diversity. I disagree: there is a need to promote emerging renewable energy technologies. A more diverse set of technologies can better complement each other (eg. flexible generation technologies complement inflexible ones), meaning more reliable electricity supply than if only the cheapest technologies are developed. Concentrated solar thermal is a promising technology in this regard, because it has the storage capacity to dispatch power continuously throughout the day and year.
The discussion paper does recommend weakening the RET in one key way. Although it recommends the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) remain separate to the LRET and notionally uncapped, CCA has bought claims by the Australian Industry Group (AIG) and others that it is necessary to contain its costs, and recommends reducing the Solar Credits multiplier to less than 1 so it becomes a discount. This is despite the conclusion of the review's own modeling that weakening the LRET would not significantly affect household bills; presumably weakening the SRES would have even less effect. The value of the discount would be determined by a formula proposed by AIG. It has not escaped my attention that CCA board member Heather Ridout is a former chief executive of AIG.
A broader concern I have is the discussion paper's closeness to government climate advisor Ross Garnaut's fundamentally flawed paradigm on Australia's role in responding to climate change, which doesn't bode well for the review which will recommend emissions targets. Garnaut argues Australia's role in the absence of a global agreement is merely to implement its (inadequate) emissions reduction target of 5% by 2020 at the lowest possible cost. He further argues the cheapest way of doing this is with a carbon price (including unlimited international offsets), and that with the carbon price in place the RET should become redundant over time. The discussion paper seems to agree with Garnaut by saying "the RET is not a 'least cost' way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and that if a carbon price remains in place and gradually rises over time, the RET would phase itself out, as certificate prices drop to zero" (p. 37).
In the real world, where UN negotiations have not only failed to agree on an international regime of national emissions targets adding up to a safe global target, but have even agreed to delay such an agreement until it will be too late, radical unilateral action is needed to get a momentum for global action. Ambitious action by Australia should not be conditional on international action. Australia should not limit its role to implementing its inadequate existing emissions target, but use every lever at its disposal to accelerate decarbonization, including (though not limited to) cutting our domestic emissions to zero as rapidly as possible. In doing so, Australia should not limit itself to least-cost mechanisms, but use a comprehensive range of complementary measures.
Hopefully the RET Review's final recommendations will be better.


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Complex Magazine just put up an interview with and photo gallery of Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and Official Everywhere On The Internet poster girl Kate Upton, and despite my aversion toward animals as a food source I am undecided in my feelings toward animals as busty teenage modeling props, so I'm sharing it. Also, as the editor of a sports blog I am legally obligated to freak out every time this girl puts a new picture on the Internet. Legally obligated and gleefully cooperative.
Anyway, most of the interview reads like it might if Kate was filling out a middle school worksheet about barnyard life:
Have you milked anything before?
No, I have never milked a cow before. It was really cool. I told everyone I learned how to do it.
Would you do it again?
But there's one wonderful gem right at the end, and you shouldn't miss it.
I love my body because I used to not be as curvy. I used to get made fun of for being so short and completely flat-chested. I prayed every day. All I wanted was to have big boobs and to be tall.
See? Dreams really can come true. Click through to check out the pictures from Complex's photoshoot (again, with complete credit to them … I don't own a chicken OR a camera that nice, or a working copy of photoshop for that matter) and be sure you make it until the end, where the wonderful, wonderful video lives.
[photo and video credit to Complex]
Click for the larger version.
"We don't have a cow. We have a bull."
"I'm gonna go brush my teeth."
Not sure which fetish this is going for, or if it just wants me to buy shoes.


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Reflect Hook / 469 nok
Designed by Nina Tolstrup
Reflect Hook is mixing light oak and brass in a form and expression inspired by the oval-shaped athletics track. The hook is leaning slightly backwards from the wall, making it easy to hang coats and scarfs on it.
- Details
- Oak / Brass
WxDxH: 3,5x3x15 cm
Item no. 1430020
- Packaging
- WxDxH: 19x6x3,5 cm
Weight: 0,16 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, popular for its superb malleability, hardness, corrosion resistance and attractive appearance.
Cleaning and Maintenance
Brass will tarnish over time, especially if it is not kept dry. Find a suitable brass polish and clean the brass carefully without staining other materials.
Since brass can be quite susceptible to tarnish, small spots might already have occurred on the product when unpacking. These can easily be polished off.
Oak grows in most temperate zones. The Skagerak oak comes from European forests and is either 100% FSC certified or FSC mix certified, supporting sustainable forest management. The selection of the wood is extremely careful and all processing is by hand, so that only the best and most durable pieces of wood are used in production.
Oak is a sturdy and hardwearing type of wood containing natural tannings that will protect against bacterial growth. Combined with its light, elegant colour and well-defined grains, this makes oak wood safe choice for high-quality interior and accessories.
The wood comes with no finish. If you choose not to treat it with soap or oil, use a suitable cleaning agent for wood.
As the wood is untreated it may be affected by grease and colorants. For this reason, we recommend saturating the wood with soap or a suitable furniture oil to make it more resistant. If you wish to use soap or oil, use a suitable product. Be aware that the wood will change colour when applying soap or oil.
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Copa Libertadores: Duo near knockout stages
Atletico Mineiro and Velez Sarsfield can take huge steps towards the Copa Libertadores knockout stages on matchday three.
Both teams have claimed two wins from as many games in their groups and a third – halfway through the stage – would set them up nicely.
Mineiro have edged their way to the top of Group 4 and sit three points clear of Santa Fe and Nacional Asuncion ahead of their clash against the Paraguayans on Wednesday.
Paulo Autuori's Mineiro are on a seven-match unbeaten run in all competitions and have been scoring for fun.
The Brazilians have netted 16 goals in their past five matches, sharing the load up front.
Neto Berola has struck twice in his past three outings, including the winning goal in the 2-1 win over Santa Fe in February.
Colombia's Santa Fe need to bounce back from that loss when they travel to Venezuela to take on Zamora, who are bottom of Group 4.
Velez Sarsfield are setting the pace in Group 1 ahead of their clash against The Strongest on Tuesday.
The Argentines are yet to concede in two matches and a win in Bolivia would set them up nicely for a place in the round of 16.
The clash between the top two shapes as an opportunity for Atletico Paranaense and Universitario to close in, with the former going into second with a win if The Strongest fail to claim victory.
Group 2 is even heading into matchday three, but leaders Botafogo have an opportunity to edge further than a point clear when they visit lowly Ecuadorians Independiente del Valle.
San Lorenzo and Union Espanola do battle in Argentina in the other match.
In Group 3, the top two of O'Higgins and Cerro Porteno meet, while Deportivo Cali host Lanus on Thursday.
Undoubtedly the most even group, teams in Group 5 will be hoping to settle into the top two.
Cruzeiro visit Defensor Sporting and Real Garcilaso host Universidad Chile with all four teams locked on three points.
Gremio lead Group 6 by three points ahead of their clash at home to Newell's Old Boys, while Nacional desperately need a win when they visit Atletico Nacional.
In Group 7, Leon visit Emelec and Flamengo host Bolivar with all four teams very much alive in the battle for qualification.
Santos Laguna will be aiming to make it three from three in Group 8 when they visit Deportivo Anzoategui, while Arsenal host Penarol.


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"Now I Know, Don't Be Scared" � Edie Britt's biggest fear comes true when Carlos walks out on their relationship, Susan finds Mike's father -- who was supposedly dead -- and an unexpected delivery at a Halloween party surprises the neighborhood, on Desperate Housewives," SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Desperate Housewives" stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Hodge, Eva Longoria Parker as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young, James Denton as Mike Delfino, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van De Kamp, Joy Lauren as Danielle Van De Kamp, Rachel Fox as Kayla Huntington, Kyle MacLachlan as Orson Hodge, Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair, Lyndsy Fonseca as Dylan Mayfair, Zane Huett as Parker Scavo and Brent and Shane Kinsman as Porter and Preston Scavo.
Guest starring Nathan Fillion as Adam Mayfair, Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey, John Slattery as Victor Lang, Polly Bergen as Stella Wingfield, Tuc Watkins as Bob Hunter, Kevin Rahm as Lee McDermott, Mike Farrell as Milton Lang, Robert Forster as Nick Delfino, Gary Grossman as IRS agent, Norma Maldonado as Michelle, Soledad St. Hilaire as Helena, Kara Stribling as eight-year-old Edie, George Wyner as Dr. Rushton, Kyle McCaffrey as eight-year-old boy and Patrick Bristow as Larry.
"Now I Know, Don't Be Scared" was directed by Larry Shaw and written by Susan Nirah Jaffee and Dahvi Waller.
"Desperate Housewives" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish audio via SAP. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.
This episode of "Desperate Housewives" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.


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As for the Stash Girls, we're headed in a different direction with our space this go around. A whole lot of Tattered Style is what you can expect ~ plus a little bit of glam, a smattering of gold, some rich saturated colors and always, always vintage!
You will find punches of color like this beautiful turquoise.
Pops of raspberry ~ as shown above ~ will be a welcomed accent throughout our space.
|image via ~ a modern glo
And how about these lush, tufted, green, velvet chairs sporting this fabulous trim. A find that Gloria from A Modern Glo is still pinching herself about.
We're adding a bit of fancifulness ~ tassels and trims for sure!
And a bit of the Midas touch is sure to lend a regal flair to the booth.
I can't wait to share photos of our completed space. I'm sure you will definitely want to take a gander at a to-die-for, pewter, velvet sofa that takes center stage of our area. I'll be seeing you back here soon. XO ~ Dana
P.S. If you are part of the trade and are in the Dallas area, be sure to stop by Vintage FINDS and experience this wonderful event sponsored by the Dallas Market Center (find them on Facebook here). And don't forget to drop by and say hello to the Stash Girls ~ we'll be looking for you. :)


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If you prefer Loose loads instead of Netted wood, that's not a problem, we deliver throughout Cornwall, using our new Isuzu tipping lorry, the price includes tipping in one place.
The area which you would like the load tipped must be accessible for our lorry, it's quite narrow and fits down most country lanes and driveways.
Our price does not include putting away, however, if you require this service please ask, we will be will happy to give you a quotation.
Hardwood burns for long periods of time, it's a very dense wood, in fact, hardwood burns for twice as long as softwood and nearly twice as hot, making hardwood a good investment when buying firewood, although it is slightly more expensive to buy.
Available in:
- 12 inch / 300mm
- 14 inch / 300mm
Please Note: –
Loose Loads & Stacked Loads
Firewood in the UK has always been traditionally sold over the years by loose volume – when someone gives you a price for a 1 cubic meter, or a 2 cubic meter load, that volume of logs is measured using a metal crate measuring 1050mm x 1200mm and a height of 1000mm, the logs are tipped into this crate for measurement, then tipped loose into the lorry for delivery.
A meter of Stacked logs is a true meter of wood, a meter of loose logs is not a true 1 meter, however, loose loads are the normal way of selling in England, if you would like stacked 1 meter loads please look under our wood crate section, there you can buy 1 cubic meter crates and 2 cubic meter crates.
If you'd like more detail on the firewood volumes, please call our customer services on 01326 340031 they will be delighted to help you.(Price includes VAT)


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Men?s Tennis Player of the Week ? No. 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kyle Masteller of Aquinas (Mich.) has been named final NAIA National Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the 2013 season, the national office announced Wednesday. Masteller was selected based on his performances from April 22 – 28 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections.
Masteller, a senior from Holland, Mich., won all his matches last week at the Unaffiliated Group Tournament featuring Midwest Collegiate Conference, Association of Independent Institutions and Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference teams. Masteller has compiled a singles record of 21-3 and 19-7 doubles mark on the season.
In the Unaffiliated Group Tournament on April 26 against Grand View (Iowa), Masteller did not drop a set in No. 2 singles or No. 2 doubles action. Later that day against Indiana Tech, Masteller won his singles match, 6-1, 6-0 and also teamed with Frankie Fischer to win in doubles 8-6. In the title match against then-No. 17 Northwestern Ohio, Masteller won in No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-2 and the team of Masteller and Fischer in doubles to come away with a 8-4 victory to help Aquinas claim the Unaffiliated Group Tournament.
Nominees: Reid Rosen, Morningside (Iowa); Diego Gonsalvez, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Nicholas Tripanon, Indiana Tech; Josh Hollingsworth, Indiana East; Michiel Van Den Bogaert, Bethany (Kan.); Rafael Bulnes, McPherson (Kan.); Nicolas Pinones-Haltenhoff, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); McKay Inman, Hastings (Neb.).
2013 Composite Award Winners
Week 1 (March 20): Nicolas Pinones-Haltenhoff, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
Week 2 (March 27): Diogo Barros, Warner (Fla.)
Week 3 (April 3): Deni Zmak, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 4 (April 10): Francisco Charters, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Week 5 (April 17): Marco Carvajal, Oklahoma Baptist
Week 6 (April 24): Fabricio Morales, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Week 7 (May 1): Kyle Masteller, Aquinas (Mich.)


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Questions in 2013
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Affranchie, Vogue Paris March 2014
Being a black cat and all I can't help loving an all black editorial from time to time. Some may say black looks don't translate that well through images like power colours and prints, but if it comes in a gorgeous B&W package like this it certainly speaks to me, and yes, finding it inspiring too. Vogue Paris March 2014, Karlie Kloss photographed by David Sims, and styling by Emmanuelle Alt.


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The Titanic: But in the end, why bother?
So what is it that makes the Titanic's story so compelling a century after she sank? And, in the end, why bother? Is it really worth all the effort expended?
Certainly much of the ongoing interest in the Titanic has been sustained by classic books like Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember," and by the equally classic film of the same name. And unquestionably the discovery of the wreck in 1985 created a surge in new interest that really hadn't abated by the time the 1997 blockbuster cinema epic was released. And after that the fascination seemed to become self-sustaining.
But in the end, no product of the moviemaker's art, no single book, or collection of books, can sustain within an individual the sort of connection that comes to exist for so many people who began to reach out to the doomed ship, only to find her reaching back. And that is because every individual's connection to the Titanic IS individual.


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|Overland Park, Kan.
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|Blue Valley West
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2013: Saw all of his action out of the bullpen for MIT … Academic All-NEWMAC … led the team with 21 appearances and eight saves … eight saves set a new single-season record for MIT … second in the NEWMAC in saves and 22nd in the nation … finished with a 1-3 record and a 6.39 ERA … struck out 25 in 25.1 innings of work … picked up a pair of saves against Clark (3/15-16) in the first two games of the season with a 1-2-3 inning in each … struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings against Amherst (3/28) to record another save … recorded a two-inning save at Wesleyan (4/16), giving up just one hit and striking out one … saved both games of a doubleheader at Wheaton (4/22) with a 1-2-3 inning in each … did not give up a hit in an inning against Babson (4/27) in the NEWMAC Tournament … saved a game in the ECAC Tournament against Mitchell (5/10), striking out two in one inning … fanned three in 2.1 innings at the NCAA Tournament against Daniel Webster (5/16).
2012: Appeared in 16 games coming primarily out of the bullpen but made three starts ... Academic All-NEWMAC ... 1.98 ERA ... gave up just eight runs and 30 hits in 36.1 innings of work ... struck out 22 ... racked up four saves ... 2-3 record ... NEWMAC Pitcher of the week for the week of 4/23 ... went six scoreless innings in two games ... tossed a magnificent game against WPI (4/21) in four innings of scoreless ball striking out four surrendering just three hits and recorded the save ... recorded the save in 1.2 innings of work striking out two while giving up no hits against Trinity (3/10) ... started against Wheaton (3/18) pitching a solid six innings with two strike outs allowing no runs on three hits.
2011: Solid season out of the MIT bullpen … led the team in appearances with 23, which was also tied for the most in the NEWMAC … shared the team lead with five wins and a pair of saves … started the season with five consecutive appearances without giving up a run … picked up the win against Hope (3/22) with 7.2 innings of work without allowing a run while striking out three … another win in his next outing with 2.2 hitless innings and three Ks against Babson (3/26) … third straight win against WPI (3/29), throwing four innings and fanning five … matched his season best with five strikeouts in 3.1 innings at Wheaton (5/6) … threw a scoreless inning in both of MIT's NCAA Tournament games.
Off The Diamond at MIT: Majoring in management science … minor in economics … internships with Thomson Reuters and American Century Investments … 2013 Class Council … member of Delta Upsilon.
High School: A 2009 graduate of Blue Valley West High School … second team 6A all-state as a senior … two-time first team All-Eastern Kansas League … Kansas Honor Scholar … scholar-athlete … Presidential Volunteer Student Service Award … Honor Roll.


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The Valhalla series is the latest work by Shin Murayama. These masks were made exlusively for IDLM and the proceeds will go to Designers Against Aids. Shin Murayama was born in Niigata Japan in 1977. After earning a degree at Bunka Fashion College, he joined the fashion label DESIGN AGAINST TREND as a product designer. In 2003 Murayama launched his clothing label Musk [ Continue Reading ]


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Mirrors push walls away and reflect light, which makes the space look bigger. Use them in front of your most attractive decor, such as flowers or rich drapes or windows, to reflect beauty and please the eye. Avoid using a mirrored wall, which can look too retro and alter your aesthetic. Instead, rely on one large framed mirror propped on the floor, or group several smaller mirrors on a wall.
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Robot hand beats you at rock, paper, scissors 100% of the time
June 27, 2012
A robot hand will play a game of rock, paper, scissors with you and wins every single time, IEEE Spectrum Automaton reports.
Created by the Ishikawa Oku Lab at the University of Toyko, it's one of those high speed hands that works with a high speed vision system.
It only takes a single millisecond for the robot to recognize what shape your hand is in, and just a few more for it to make the shape that beats you, but it all happens so fast that it's more or less impossible to tell that the robot is waiting until you commit yourself before it makes its move, allowing it to win 100% of the time.


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Annapolis, Md. – The UMBC men's basketball team (2-4) shot a season-low 31 percent from the floor and fell at Navy (3-3), 73-58.
The Retrievers struggled throughout the game against the Navy zone defense and could not overcome a season-high 22-point halftime deficit.
UMBC was led by senior forward Chase Plummer (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick), who scored 11 points. Leading scorer, freshman guard Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) fouled out in 20 minutes of action, scoring eight points.
The Retrievers committed 26 fouls and Navy converted 27 free throw attempts.
UMBC showed the ill effects of a tough overtime loss to Loyola on Wednesday, as they were dominated throughout the first half by the host Mids. Smith, who entered play averaging 8.2 points per game, scored 11 points in the first 7:18 as Navy raced to a 17-6 advantage. Back-to-back treys by UMBC senior guard Quentin Jones (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) and Elliott would slice the deficit to 19-13, but the Mids would finish the stanza on a 24-8 surge and take a prohibitive 43-21 lead into the break.
Navy hit 12-of-22 shots from the floor and 16-of-20 from the stripe in the first half, while UMBC struggled to an 8-of-28 performance from the field. The Retrievers, who had outrebounded their last two opponents by a combined 39 caroms, were outboarded, 21-13, in the first 20 minutes.
The Retrievers battled throughout the second half, but could not trim the deficit below 14 points, which occurred in the final minute of play.
Navy's Smith led all scorers with 15 points.
The loss snapped a three-game winning streak that UMBC had over Navy, although the two teams had not met since January of 2006.
UMBC returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 27 when they travel across town to take on Towson.


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This Aggie joke is on the Longhorns
I'm guessing there are plenty of Longhorns feeling just a little bit envious about how things are turning out for Texas A&M.
Oh, they'll never admit it because, well, you know how some people are just too proud to give the other guy credit. They'll puff up their chests and tell you about their little television network and how the world still revolves around them.
Two or three of them may still believe it. When they say these things, be kind to them. These are tough times. They're used to having their way. They thought they had surrounded themselves with schools happy to be in their shadow.
They just never counted on someone getting uppity, and that's the bottom line in all of this. Texas thought A&M was another Baylor.
The Longhorns never thought the Aggies would actually leave for the Southeastern Conference. Actually, they believed the SEC would take Texas A&M only if it brought Texas along. That has been their mantra for the last year.
Now they're watching the Aggies about to leave for a great adventure and thinking, "That sure looks like fun."
It ticks them off to know the Aggies outsmarted them, and it kills them to think the Aggies are moving into a better neighborhood.
All the things the Aggies think they're getting from the SEC - a unique identity, more prestigious conference and greater stability - might be true.
The Aggies are trading Waco, Lubbock and Stillwater for Athens, Oxford and Tuscaloosa, and who wouldn't make that swap?
I have no idea how competitive A&M will be, and I still think its easiest path to a BCS bowl is to remain in the Big 12. But as they like to say in Austin, it's about the branding.
The SEC is forever. Regardless of how many times college football's cards are shuffled over the next few years, A&M knows where it will be.
Meanwhile, the Big 12 remains a house of cards. When Oklahoma finally joins the Pac-12, the Big 12 is toast.
If you're an Aggie, you're looking at trips to some of college's football's iconic addresses: The Swamp. Death Valley. Neyland Stadium. Bryant-Denny.
School of choice: BYU
The Longhorns will tell you the Aggies are going to get their heads handed to them in the SEC, and maybe they will. But that's part of the challenge.
If you're wondering what's next for the Big 12, that's easy. Brigham Young is the least threatening choice to Texas, and so Brigham Young it's likely to be.
When that happens, it'll re-enforce many of the gripes A&M and Nebraska had about the Big 12.
First, it's a Texas production. As long as there are enough schools thrilled to be satellites of Texas, nothing will change.
That's why TCU won't be getting a call. Neither will SMU or Houston. Those three schools are threats to UT. They've all rebuilt their programs, hired terrific coaches and gotten themselves competitive on the field and off.
And that's the last thing Texas wants.
All three have the potential to cut into UT's recruiting dominance in a way BYU never will. Remember those beatings SMU and UH delivered to Texas in the Southwest Conference? The Longhorns sure do.
And forget that talk about television markets. Texas and Oklahoma drive the ratings wagon regardless of who else is in the conference. If TCU is put on a bigger stage, TCU will do just fine in the ratings game. Likewise, SMU and Houston are exciting teams. If America tunes in once, it'll tune back in.
Legislators powerless
But there's too much risk to Texas, so the Longhorns may talk up Notre Dame and Arkansas, but they'll end up with BYU.
There are state legislators saying they will press Texas to take SMU and/or Houston. They're wasting their breath. Texas listens to no one.
Besides, whatever Texas decides to do with the Big 12 is only temporary. The conference will be held together by the thinnest of strings.
Texas isn't compelled to do anything to strengthen it - say, make it a 12-team conference - because Texas is bulletproof. When the Big 12 collapses, UT will go independent and leave the others scrambling to find a rung on the ladder.
Texas A&M decided not to wait for that day. When the Big 12 blows up, the Aggies will have the upper hand on Texas. This time, the Aggie joke is on the Longhorns.


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Afghani Policewomen on Tour in Germany
Captain Shafika Quaraishi is wrapped in a warm, long skirt today. Her hair is hidden behind a thick, black scarf – but not for cultural or religious reasons. It is the mercilessly cold weather that calls for her attire on this December morning. This is Berlin, where Shafika is among a group of unlikely tourists who are paying a visit.
Like her colleagues, Shafika is a policewoman from Afghanistan; more precisely, she is the director for the office of the national police commander in the Interior Ministry. She finished her education in 1982, but then fell victim to the ban on women's employment enacted by the Taliban. But about a year after the ban was put into effect, it became apparent to the ruler at the time that they could not do without women in the police force because men were forbidden to interact with women in public, let alone to search them. Thus Shafika was hired again. But she doesn't like to think back to this period.
Policing with a burka
"We had to wear a burka back then," she explains. "And we only had a small, dark office. Our only male colleague was an older policeman. But he was forbidden to speak with us, he simply handed us documents. We were under a great deal of pressure. But we tried to work as well as we could nonetheless."
After another year and a half, the Taliban sent Shafika home again – they had reinstated the ban on women's employment. Together with other female colleagues, she fled to Pakistan, while others crossed the border into Iran. After the Taliban were ousted, Shafika took up her work again in Afghanistan under the new transitional government.
"In comparison to before, things are very different now. We are happy about this," she says. "But not everything has gotten better, by far. And for women a lot must still be changed."
Men are still governed by old habits
Shafika's colleague Lieutenant Colonel Wagma Saafi is the leading clerk at the traffic police office of the Interior Ministry. A woman as a police officer – this is an idea that must be introduced slowly to the Afghan public, according to Wagma Saafi. And not all men are ready for the reforms.
"At our workplace in the Interior Ministry, things are fine with the men," Wagma Saafi reports. "There is a friendly atmosphere there. We work together like siblings. But in society at large it is a different story." Saafi adds that many Afghanis simply cannot understand that an era has come to an end.
"Particularly the illiterate Afghanis are adverse to the changes. We cannot simply go out on the street in our uniforms. That would provoke too many men. So we put on an overcoat when we patrol the streets."
Skepticism even in one's own family
Even some families of the women officers have a hard time accepting their title of Lieutenant Colonel. Wagma Saafi says, "One day journalists from the newspaper Malalal came and wanted interviews and a few photos of us policewomen. I thought the photos would appear rather small in size in the paper, but the next day I saw a large picture of myself on the cover page – in uniform and with a Kalashnikov over the shoulder. The image circulated around the bazaars, everyone saw it."
Wagma Saafi's family also saw the photos, and a few family members chastised her. They said she should not have presented herself that way. Wagma Saafi's brother and her husband, who were otherwise not against her work, tried in all seriousness to buy up as many copies of the newspaper as they could. She took this with good humor, saying, "Now we have a giant pile of newspapers at home." She seems resolute and doesn't let such incidences lead her astray.
Women must take up positions in public life
"The situation is difficult, but we are working toward getting more women into the police academy." The women say it is important for progress in Afghani society that policewomen are seen in public life and that they take up positions. Women police officers can better understand other women who are in difficult situations, and they can help them with their problems more than a man could. And the women point out that the Koran and Afghanistan's constitution both favor greater equality for women. But gaining this is not always easy in practice.
There is another problem that women police officers face in Afghanistan: the dire lack of security in the country. In Kabul the situation is already bad enough, but it is even worse inland, where no international troops are stationed. The security situation must improve, the policewomen maintain. Shafika wonders how they will be able to carry out their work: "If we can't even protect ourselves as police officers, how are we supposed to protect society?"
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Skeeviest allegations: Steven Bruce Joplin, 59, former education director at Christ United Methodist Church in Staunton, is indicted by a grand jury on seven counts of sexual battery October 19 for allegedly molesting five girls under age 13 at the church over the spring and summer, NBC29 reports.
Biggest setback for Arby's owner: Longtime critic of Albemarle sign regs Tom Slonaker is found guilty of four sign ordinance violations October 16 and fined $3,400, according to the Newsplex.
Best place to start a small business: Money Magazine puts Charlottesville at number 19 on its top 50 list.
Least improved: The Rivanna River watershed, according to StreamWatch, which has monitored it since 2006.
Biggest war chest in the Albemarle supes' race: David Slutzky edges unchallenged Dennis Rooker, who's raised $70,405 even without an opponent for the Jack Jouett District. Slutzky clocks in with $71,115 in October 15 filing, according to Virginia Public Access Project, while his opponent for the Rio District seat, Rodney Thomas, has $52,085.
Biggest boost for Creigh Deeds: In the governor's race, the Washington Post endorses Deeds, who is polling as much as 8 points behind Bob McDonnell.
Biggest boost for Bob McDonnell: The Daily Press out of Newport News endorses the Hampton Roads gubernatorial candidate, as does the Prince William County's News and Messenger.
Latest Republican to join the 5th District race: Candidate #7 is Ron Ferrin from Campbell County, who announces his bid for the GOP nomination to challenge Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) in 2010. Albemarle candidates who've announced are Supervisor Ken Boyd, Michael McPadden, and Laurence Verga. State Senator Robert Hurt (R-Chatham), Feda Kidd Morton, of Fluvanna and Bradley Rees of Bedford County also want Perriello's seat.
Latest Rick Turner contretemps: The head of the local NAACP accuses Charlottesville Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins and Albemarle Superintendent Pam Moran of blowing off an NAACP forum October 12, according to Brandon Shulleeta in the Daily Progress. The superintendents claim they were told the forum was canceled; Turner contends they didn't want to talk about the drop-out rate of black students, and says, "If you are afraid [to talk about race], you need to get another job. You need to go to Wal-Mart, where people aren't asking you questions."
Most jail time: Theodore Calvin Timberlake gets 14 years October 15 for the July 19, 2008, second-degree murder shooting of Joshua Magruder.
Most hallowed ground: The U.S. Secretary of Transportation declares the 180-mile "Journey through Hallowed Ground" from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Monticello in Albemarle– which includes nearby Routes 15, 231, 20, and 53– a National Scenic Byway.
Highest honors: UVA President John Casteen and microbiology chair J. Thomas Parsons receive the university's top honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award, October 16 for, respectively, excellence in service and in scholarship.
Biggest boost for affordable cop housing: The Charlottesville Community Foundation writes a $75,000 check to help with down payments so city police officers can live in or closer to town.
Worst job news in Waynesboro: Mohawk Industries will close its plant at the end of the year, leaving 120 employees without a job.
Worst bridge leading to swankiest neighborhoods: The wooden one-lane Broomley Road bridge, which leads into Flordon and other Farmington satellite neighborhoods, is in such poor shape that fire engines can't use it, and funding for a replacement may not be available until 2017, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports.
Worst shot: A father accidentally shoots his nine-year-old son in the leg when picking a shotgun up off the ground while squirrel hunting October 19 in Rockingham County, the Daily News-Record reports.


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Odd Hours (Hardcover)
Bantam, 9780553807059, 368pp.
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers' imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all that he has known.
The legend began in the obscure little town of Pico Mundo. A fry cook named Odd was rumored to have the extraordinary ability to communicate with the dead. Through tragedy and triumph, exhilaration and heartbreak, word of Odd Thomas's gifts filtered far beyond Pico Mundo, attracting unforgettable new friends—and enemies of implacable evil. With great gifts comes the responsibility to meet great challenges. But no mere human being was ever meant to face the darkness that now stalks the world—not even one as oddly special as Odd Thomas.
After grappling with the very essence of reality itself, after finding the veil that separates him from his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, tantalizingly thin yet impenetrable, Odd longed only to return to a life of quiet anonymity with his two otherworldly sidekicks—his dog Boo and a new companion, one of the few who might rival his old pal Elvis. But a true hero, however humble, must persevere. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority…and in this dark night of the soul dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.
Burnishing Dean Koontz's stature as a master of suspense and one of our most innovative and gifted storytellers, Odd Hours illuminates a legacy of mystery and hope that will shine on long after the final page.
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"Winning … Quirky humor and an endearing voice….. Sensitive portrayals of minor characters whose lives [Odd] Thomas touches are a plus."—Publishers Weekly
"It starts with a bang and goes like a house afire straight through to the penultimate chapter…. Koontz forges the kind of sweeping melodrama, complete with screwball laughs, nail-biting moments, and surprises, that is the bedrock of American narrative entertainment."—Booklist
"The nice young fry cook with the occult powers is Koontz's most likable creation." —New York Times
"Odd's strange gifts, coupled with his intelligence and self-effacing humor, make him one of the most quietly authoritative characters in recent popular fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"I can't wait for the next one."—Mark Graham, Rocky Mountain News
"Odd Thomas [is] exactly the kind of hero that's needed." —South Florida Sun-Sentinal
"Odd Thomas is another name for courage, truth, and devotion to your fellow man." —Baton Rouge Advocate


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The number of New Yorkers suspected of having a rare skin infection that comes from handling raw seafood, causing skin lesions, pain and swelling to the hands and arms and even difficulty moving fingers, has more than doubled, officials said Wednesday.
The department said the number of reported cases has surged to 66, up from 30 last month.
Health officials are warning those who purchase raw fish and seafood at Chinatowns in Manhattan, Queens or Brooklyn to wear waterproof gloves when handling those items, and to seek medical care if they discover red bumps on hands or arms.
The bacteria causing the infection is called Mycobacterium marinum and it gets into the body through a cut or other injury, the Health Department said.
The infections, which are treated with antibiotics, were reported to the Health Department by doctors, officials said.
The Health Department said those who eat seafood from the Chinatown markets are not at risk.


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PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said a California Institute of Technology team has won a contest to "reinvent" the flush toilet.
Bill Gates announced the Caltech team has won a $100,000 prize in the "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge" by designing a toilet that filters liquid waste through a "sun-powered electrochemical reactor" that oxidizes the chlorine in the urine and kills microorganisms, allowing the liquid to be recycled back into the toilet, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday.
Michael Hoffmann, the Caltech professor who led the toilet team, said the device also produces hydrogen that can be used to power a cooking stove.
Gates said a team from Britain's University of Loughborough won the $60,000 second prize for a toilet that converts feces into charcoal and a University of Toronto team took the $40,000 third prize for a toilet that treats solid waste with dehydration and combustion.
Gates said he hopes aspects of many of the entries could be used to bring a new toilet design to market.


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