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Clubs & Organizations
With students at the center of every program, Gunston actively seeks to train young people to be good citizens and to be leaders in their society. Leadership is a skill that can be taught, and students at Gunston have the opportunity to work closely with adult mentors who will help them develop and direct personally meaningful activities both in and outside their school. The network of young leaders blossoms in a nourishing environment that encourages students to fully engage in their passions, and classmates recognize and celebrate the contributions of each of their peers. Below are several of the opportunities available at Gunston, giving everyone a chance for visibility and support as they try on leadership roles in our community:
- Academic Team
- Art Club
- Coding Club
- Debate Team
- Effectrix Magazine
- Environmental Club
- Gunklings
- Language Club
- Math Club
- Mental Health Awareness
- Model U.N. Club
- National Honor Society
- Philosophy & Pop Culture
- Read to Me
- Science & Engineering
- Student Diversity Leadership Group
- Student Government
- The Gunston Players
- World Cultures
- Yearbook
Academic Team
Each week, the team practices "quiz bowl" questions from all areas of knowledge: Literature, Science, Music, Art, Sports, Pop Culture, Politics, Geography, etc., and several times per year, the team competes in large-scale regional tournaments. In 2017, the team qualified for the Small School Academic National Championship in Chicago, where Gunston matched up against the strongest schools in the country.
Art Club
The Gunston Art Club will be meeting in Mr. Dize's room. Due to the limited amount of time, students will not be working directly on art projects. Instead, the time will be given over to looking at various artists throughout history and their work via various media-print and video. Additionally there will be time given over to critiquing student work.
Coding Club
The Gunston Coding Club exists to afford students the opportunity to explore programming outside the bounds of normal academic offerings. In Coding Club students may pursue Python and Pygames, game architecture, singleboard computers like the Raspberry PI and PCDuino, as well as sensors and certain robotics like the Arduino-based "Sparki". We may also get involved in animation, mobile app design and construction using both XCode (for Swift/iOS) and Android Studio, and game design.
Debate Team
For students interested in current events, politics, and important social issues, Debate Club is ideal. Each week students engage with a club-wide debate question, using the National Speech and Debate's Association structure. Several times per year, members have the opportunity to participate in local, regional, and national debate tournaments using Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas formats.
Effectrix Magazine
Effectrix celebrates Gunston's student writers and visual artists. Effectrix is published once a year and invites submissions of student writing across all genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (such as memoir/personal essays). In addition, Effectrix features original artwork and photography from Gunston students. The club is seeking students who are interested in the editorial and publication process, which includes submission review, graphic design, and copy editing.
Check out the Effectrix website!
Environmental Club
Here on Gunston's wooded, waterfront campus, we recognize that it is our responsibility to preserve our immediate and surrounding natural environment. As part of this important agenda, the Environmental Club works hard to keep the Gunston community aware of both local and global environmental issues. In doing so, we also strive to present easy and practical ways in which everyone and anyone can do their part to reduce our school's negative ecological footprint. Part of these initiatives are accomplished and managed by the club: activities on and off campus that include recycling, composting, rainwater collection and water-quality testing as well as the organization of Gunston's annual Earth Day Celebration.
Environmental Club is focused on greening Gunston, providing environmental service and stewardship opportunities for students, and designing our annual Earth Day celebration. Members of the club meet regularly to actively improve the sustainability of our campus. Club members are expected to be active participants during stewardship projects, club meetings, and off campus events. Club members should expect to attend two off campus events a year with the club.
In 2006, a group was formed to facilitate and organize the charitable efforts at Gunston. G.I.V.E. works toward school support of at least three philanthropic causes each year; one charity that is local, one that is national and one that is international. With this in mind, the Gunston community has taken on various projects in order to aid those in need, such as the Corsica River Conservancy, Adopt-a-Bear, and Habitat for Humanity, to name a few.
G.I.V.E. works toward school support of at least three charitable causes each year; one charity that is local, one that is national and one that is international. The organizations supported are voted on by the student body. Another goal of G.I.V.E. is to find opportunities and to invite all students to actively volunteer in our local communities.
Language Club
Math Club
Mental Health Awareness
The purpose of this club is to spread awareness and acceptance about mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety, and provide a safe, confidential environment for students that may be afflicted with such illnesses and need a place to talk or decompress. The club will also provide a forum for those whose lives have been touched by suicide, or feel strongly about the issue of suicide and awareness for mental illness in our society, to channel the powerful, often negative emotion coming out of such encounters to a positive purpose, and even help heal from them.
Model U.N. Club
Model United Nations is an authentic simulation of the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, or other multilateral body, which catapults students into the world of diplomacy and negotiation. Students step into the shoes of ambassadors of UN member states, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe to debate current issues on the Organization's vast agenda. As "delegates, students prepare draft resolutions, plot strategy, negotiate with supporters and adversaries, resolve conflicts, and navigate the UN's rules of procedure-all in the interest of mobilizing "international cooperation" to resolve problems that affect almost every country on Earth. Students prepare by researching the particular global problems to be addressed. Model UNers learn how the international community acts on its concerns about peace and security, human rights, the environment, food and hunger, economic development, globalization, etc.
National Honor Society
Members of the National Honor Society serve as role models of scholarship, leadership, service, and character by maintaining high academic standards and coordinating service events in the fall and spring.
The Gunston School Chapter is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of the National Honor Society. Membership is open to those students who meet the required standards in four areas of evaluation: scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Standards for selection are established by the national office. As put forth by the national organization, selection to National Honor Society is a privilege and not a right. Students are selected to be members by a five-member Faculty Council, appointed by the Head of School. The Faculty Council bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty two times per year.
Students in 11th and 12th grades who have attended the school an equivalent of one semester, are eligible for membership. For the scholarship criterion, a student must have a cumulative grade point average of 88% or higher. Students who meet this criterion are invited to complete a Student Activity Information Form that provides the Faculty Council with information regarding the candidate's leadership and service. A history of leadership experiences and participation in school or community service is also required.
Philosophy & Pop Culture
Club members will critically observe, question, and discuss the relationships between the philosophies of the past and today's pop culture phenomena. In the spirit of demonstrating creative expression and leadership, members will also take part in the recording and publication of a bimonthly roundtable podcast series with the goal of inspiring others to contemplate the world around them.
Read to Me
Having a club where we read aloud to each other will help us maintain a balance between mind and body, one of the goals of Gunston's mission statement, by providing us with a calm time to think abstractly as well as critically about different works. One aspect of the club will be community outreach through reading aloud for groups at places like the Serenity adult day care center in Centreville and the students at Centreville Elementary School.
Science & Engineering
Participates in near space balloon missions, First Tech Challenge robot competition, and the Science Fair. We will also participate in other activities such as rocket launches sponsored by the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association, field trips to museums in Baltimore and Washington and other exciting science related events.
Student Diversity Leadership Group
The Student Diversity Leaders Group is an outgrowth of the NAIS Student Diversity Leaders Conference. Diversity Leaders focus on strengthening community through self-reflection, helping all members of the school to become allies, and understanding and debunking stereotypes. The SDLG seeks to promote global awareness, cultural competence, and social justice. Students will be involved in planning for global awareness day and creating a safe space for dialogue on diversity by hosting open discussion forums and public speakers. (Attendance at the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference is not a requirement for participation in this group.)
Student Government
The purpose of Student Government is to model good citizenship both within and outside the school, to promote school spirit, to provide a forum for the discussion of school issues, and to act as a liaison between students, the faculty, and school administrators. A President, Vice-President/Treasurer, Secretary and two representatives for each grade are elected from the whole student body. Each grade also has its branch of government including the offices of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
The Gunston Players
World Cultures
Gunston's student body and staff represent a broad variety of cultural heritages. Essential goals of the club are to explore and share aspects of these and other cultures within our school community, to broaden the understanding and experience of ourselves and those around us, and to encourage and provide opportunity for cultural exchange through things like food, language, traditional celebrations, and games. The club supports activities like the local Lunar New Year Festival, Gunston's Global Awareness Day talent show, and various displays about international holidays throughout the year.
Yearbook editors and staff coordinate the collection of information about our community and help keep a record of the important achievements of each group and individual. Our yearbook is designed in house by our club members.
Members of this award-winning club work together to create the annual student yearbook from concept to print. Be prepared to be sworn to secrecy, as yearbook staff are the only ones who get to know the yearbook theme and see the final product before its top-secret reveal in the spring. Students interested in writing, photography, graphics and/or layout design are invited to build the best yearbook Gunston has ever seen. Yearbook staff has the unique opportunity to capture this year's memories and come away with a comprehensive publication. Be prepared to work under strict deadlines. Create something that people will look back to for decades to come.


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From Nirvana to Catastrophe – Matsuzawa Yutaka and his 'Commune in Imaginary Space'
March 3, 2017 - April 22, 2017
Curated by Yoshiko Shimada, From Nirvana to Catastrophe: Matsuzawa Yutaka and his 'Commune in Imaginary Space' focuses on the period 1969 - 1973, which has been the most active years of Matsuzawa's activities. Reflecting on the exhibition Nirvana (1970), the pioneer of international exhibitions on Conceptualism in Japan, the exhibition traces the formation of Matsuzawa's thoughts and his idea of 'free commune' in a chronological order through nine document and material bodies.
Grantee: Shimada Yoshiko
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For more than 100 years, urban development has been a near constant along Puget Sound's shoreline, but one controversial type of beach structure may now be on the decline. State agencies say that is good news for Puget Sound's shoreline habitat.
By Christopher Dunagan
For the first time in Puget Sound history, the removal of shoreline armoring — such as rock and concrete bulkheads — has surpassed new construction of such erosion-control structures.
This major milestone could be a turning point following decades of degradation, officials say. Natural shorelines have been altered in nearly every corner of Puget Sound — often at a rate of more than a mile a year.
Sheida Sahandy, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership, celebrated the fact that more bulkheads were removed than built in 2014, but she added a note of caution.
"This is a good thing," Sahandy said. "It shows that we have turned a corner and are going in the right direction. But this is just one point in time, and there is a lot of work to be done."
In the past few years, shoreline armoring has slowed in the face of growing evidence regarding the ecological damage caused by bulkheads. Harms include narrowing the natural beach, stripping the shoreline of sand and gravel, eliminating spawning habitat for small forage fish and subjecting juvenile salmon to predatory fish at high tide.
Meanwhile, bulkhead removal is becoming a serious consideration in shoreline restoration. New state and federal grant programs are helping waterfront property owners remove their bulkheads entirely or else replace them with more natural "soft-shore" projects, including strategically placed boulders and driftwood logs to absorb wave energy and reduce erosion.
Officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife realized that this important shoreline milestone had been surpassed during a recent review of all permits issued by the agency in Puget Sound.
In 2014, 1,530 feet of armoring was constructed in the 12 Puget Sound counties, compared to 3,710 feet of armoring removed and not replaced with anything else, according to the latest report on armoring.
"I feel really encouraged," said David Price, habitat program manager for WDFW. "I don't get too excited, because we have a long way to go, and this is one data point, but it is really good sign."
One sobering fact is the amount of shoreline armoring already in place. In King County, an estimated 73 percent of the shoreline has been hardened with bulkheads and other structures, followed by Pierce County at 51 percent. Other counties have less armoring, with the lowest in San Juan County with 4 percent and Jefferson County with 11 percent.
The total amount of new shoreline armoring installed each year has declined from a recent high of 8,493 linear feet in 2007 to 3,924 feet in 2013, then to 1,530 feet in 2014. According to the report, no new armoring was added last year to shorelines in Jefferson, Thurston or Whatcom counties.
New state guidelines issued under the Shoreline Management Act call on all counties to prohibit new bulkheads — unless a house is at imminent risk of wave or water damage. Most Puget Sound counties and cities have adopted new Shoreline Master Programs that include this provision, though several plans are still under review.
While new bulkheads are in decline, the total length of bulkheads removed has jumped from 314 feet in 2007 to 1,647 feet in 2013 to 3,710 feet in 2014.
The largest bulkhead-removal project last year was the demolition of a 1,150-foot seawall on Discovery Bay in Jefferson County. That removal, part of a major habitat-restoration project, has already resulted in significant spawning by forage fish where none had been seen before, according to Sarah Doyle of North Olympic Salmon Coalition, the project sponsor.
Price said a "change in culture" could be underway among shoreline property owners. A once-common practice of building bulkheads to protect shoreline property from erosion has been giving way to a new ethic of keeping beaches as natural as possible.
"People love a beach," Price said. "If given a choice, would you want a concrete wall or a natural beach?"
Studies have shown that much of the shoreline in Puget Sound is subject to low-energy waves that erode the shoreline very slowly. Engineers who study shorelines have found that many existing bulkheads were built in places where erosion would not be a threat to any structure for the foreseeable future. Where erosion is a concern, soft-shore stabilization may be adequate and create less disruption to nearshore functions.
Sahandy of the Puget Sound Partnership said she is optimistic about ecological benefits related to this trend of declining bulkhead construction and increasing removal of old bulkheads.
"We now know that most people living on Puget Sound shorelines don't have the high wave energy that requires armoring — and it is physically unattractive," she said. "If we end up with hard armoring only in those places where it is necessary, that is fine."
In 2011, the Puget Sound Partnership established a set of "vital signs indicators" to track the progress of Puget Sound restoration. One of the goals, or "targets," was for the total length of all bulkheads removed to exceed the total length of all bulkheads constructed by the year 2020.
The clock started immediately in 2011, and the trend continued in the wrong direction, as it had been doing for many years. The indicator seemed out of reach, and few people predicted that the trend would reverse to favor removal over construction. But it happened last year, according to Fish and Wildlife data.
If funding for bulkhead removal can be maintained or increased, it now appears possible to reach the 2020 target. As of the end of last year, the total of all the new bulkheads constructed since 2011 was 15,786 feet, or nearly 3 miles. The total of all the bulkheads removed was 9,166 feet. That leaves a deficit of about 6,600 feet to be made up by removal over the next five years, or about 1,300 feet per year. In 2014, the amount of bulkhead removal exceeded new construction by 2,180 feet — so the goal is within reach.
Some complicating factors have emerged from recent EPA-funded studies, which involved surveying shorelines from a boat to look for new shoreline construction. It is now evident that some bulkheads have been built without state permits, although the actual length of unpermitted bulkheads is unknown. These unpermitted structures should be counted as new construction, but they do not show up in the tally by Fish and Wildlife.
King County code-enforcement officers are attempting to bring newly discovered bulkheads into legal compliance by forcing the property owners to either get permits or remove the structures. Compliance efforts vary in other jurisdictions, where local officials often cite a shortage of staff to explain their inability to address monitoring and enforcement.
While unpermitted bulkheads don't get counted in the Fish and Wildlife analysis for the damage they do, soft-shore projects don't get credit for offsetting damage. For example, soft-shore stabilization counts as new construction — the same as a concrete bulkhead, even though experts agree that the damage is less. And if one replaces a concrete bulkhead with a soft-shore project, that counts the same as replacing a bulkhead with the same material.
Sahandy said she would like everyone to recognize that soft-shore stabilization is an improvement over hard bulkheads. How to account for these kinds of improvements in reports from the Puget Sound Partnership will be debated over the coming months, she said.
Meanwhile, the Partnership's latest "State of the Sound" report, scheduled to be released later this year, will be able to report the beginning of an encouraging trend when it comes to protecting and restoring shorelines.
Chris Dunagan is a Senior Writer at the Puget Sound Institute. Watch for more articles by Chris about shoreline armoring this fall on the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. Funding for this article was provided in part by the EPA's National Estuary Program.
Related links:
Washington Department of Ecology: Frequently asked questions about shoreline armoring
Marine shoreline design guidelines: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has published a comprehensive set of guidelines for managing shoreline development such as bulkheads and seawalls.


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Over the summer our crews had the opportunity to stop by Child Time Children's Center and help teach some fire safety and fire prevention. Our members were able to talk about calling 911, safe meeting spots, stop drop & roll, and how firefighters are not scary. The kids were able to get hands on with some gear, equipment, and even the fire trucks. At the end of the day we had some future young firefighters with us. Everyone left with a sticker, a fire helmet, and a smile.
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text: Have you ever heard that the family who plays together stays together?If that's true then the Aharoni family is in it for the long haul!This is a family who knows there are some things in life that you need to be serious about……like having fun!It's so awesome to see a family who's fun can't even be contained! It's often busting at the seams with crawling, bouncing, running, and rolling around!The fun never stops for them! Ah, to be a kid again!Oh wait, apparently it's possible for grown ups to be kids again too! And the Aharoni family, generation to generation, has managed to figure out how to do just that!Thanks for sharing the joy with us, Aharoni's! A photo session with you never disappoints!Click to see the rest of the photos from the Aharoni Fun Family Photo Day!


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Users of twitter are now exposed to the benefits of cryptocurrency as iPayYou's Pay-by-Twitter feature launches. The app will provide the 310 million monthly active tweeters with the ability to make peer-to-peer payments via the social media site. The bitcoin software wallet, which launched in May 2016, will be the first and only "full service wallet" to introduce this payment method.
iPayYou was founded by Gene Kavner, a former Amazon Executive who served as Worldwide Director of Amazon Associates. He also previously held prominent positions at Microsoft and Expedia and founded multiple successful technology businesses. Kavner created iPayYou in response to an overwhelming need for a simple bitcoin wallet with easy-to-use features and low costs for the everyday consumer.
Pay-by-Twitter is the first of many features set to be released by the wallet which aims to make bitcoin a desired payment method for people who otherwise would not be involved with the cryptocurrency scene. iPayYou is a good choice for payments as it allows for bitcoin transactions to be cancelled.


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The 7 spot is widespread throughout the UK. The ladybird below has normal colouration of a 7 spot (Coccinellidae septempunctata). The one above has melanic colouration. This type of dark colouration is not so unusual, and is linked to the genes of the beetle. It is believed that in colder areas the dark colouration may be an advantage because it will enable the beetle to warm up more quickly. Also in this species the spot number can vary from 0 - 9, but 7 is by far the commonest.
Adults range in length from 6 - 8 mm. And larvae are up to 10 - 12 mm long. Both pupae and larvae are grey and black with orange splotches. And can be found on a wide variety of plants.
Adults often overwinter together in huge numbers as this conserves warmth.
Above is the Orange ladybird, Halyzia 16 guttata. This ladybird is unusual in the it feeds on mildew on the undersides of the leaves of deciduous trees, although its secondary food is aphids. The spots can be white or creamy-yellow, and the number can vary from 12 - 16.
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It overwinters in leaf litter, on trees (especially sycamore), and also underground. Its eggs are off-white - pale lemon yellow and laid in batches of up to 24 on leaves. I found this one injured and clinging to the side of a gate into the woods.
The 14 spot ladybird, above, is yellow with black spots, and it has orange legs. It is found throughout the UK, although less common towards the north, and fairly uncommon in Scotland. Its distribution has decreased since 1990. The spots can be joined up, and very varied in pattern, but tend to be more rectangular than round. There is a dark variety of this species where the background is black and the spots are yellow. The spot number can vary from 4 - 14. Adults are 3.5 - 4.5 mm long, and are found from April - September. It is found on a wide variety of plants, but usually low growing ones, or lower down on taller plants.
14-spot larvae will die if they do not feed for 36 hours.
The 10 spot ladybird, Adalia 10-punctata has orange/yellowish coloured legs and antennae, but the spot pattern is varied, as is the background colour. In fact the 10-spot has over 40 different names mainly because it has so many different colour patterns, leading taxonomists to believe they were describing different species.
Adult body length is 3.5 - 5. 0 mm. It is found throughout the Palaearctic region. In the U. K. it is usually found on deciduous trees, in meadows and gardens, and is common. The adults are commonly seen from May - October.
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Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV) or One Vision Alliance is a network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that was formed in 2010 with the aim of ensuring fulfilment of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young people, women, and other groups that suffer injustice towards their SRHR. Currently ASV has evolved into a stronger and wider network with 22 members which spread across 9 provinces in Indonesia. ASV members are engaged on the issue of SRHR and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in local as well as national level.
Currently ASV is looking for enthusiastic candidates who are interested in working on SRHR issues and who are available on short notice:
ASV Alliance Officer
Jakarta Base, 1 position.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Facilitate board and members of ASV to attend advocacy events and meetings and increases the visibility of ASV;
- Facilitate board and members of ASV in resource mobilization (funding, materials, human resources, etc.) activities such as proposal writing and budgeting;
- Assisting the board of ASV to coordinate the implementation of programs;
- Assisting board and members of ASV in administrative tasks regarding the implementation of programs;
- Communicate with members of ASV on program updates, external political and social situation related to the works of ASV, and financial status of the alliance and programs;
- Request for payment and procurement to board of ASV, host organization and other party (according to the program mechanism) for implementing the programs;
- Prepare and/or complies of the programs financial reports according to cycles of the programs;
- Assisting board and members of ASV in preparing a cooperation agreement and correspondence, internally and external communications related to the implementation of programs;
- Organize meetings, workshops, and seminars (documents, schedule, accommodations, locations, tools, foods, and other logistics) related to the implementation of programs;
- Responsible for the availability and integrity of all documentations, including financial documents;
- Review the documentations of all financial transactions chronologically and accurately.
- Perform other relevant tasks on the orders of the board.
- The Alliance Officer is contracted by a host organization, which is one of the alliance members.
- The Alliance Officer is a full-time position and cannot have another position/job at one of the alliance members.
- The Alliance Officer will work closely and under supervision of the Alliance Strengthening Coordinator/ GUSO National Programme Coordinator.
- The Alliance Officer is accountable to the board of ASV and for daily management issues coordinates with the host organization.
- Based in Jakarta;
- Good written and verbal communication skills, both in English and Bahasa Indonesia;
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in the field of SRHR and SGBV and in an international (development) organisation;
- Minimum S1 degree from relevant background (public health, international relations, law, political science, communication and other social and humanity studies);
- Experience with networking and lobbying at local or country level;
- Have positive attitude toward sexuality and meaningful youth participation and youth-adult partnership;
- Experience in alliance building and working in the alliance;
- Experience in programme management (monitoring, evaluation, learning and budget management);
- Strong administrative and organizational skills;
- Self-confident, persistent and decisive, good listening capacity, assertive, flexible;
- Ability to travel.
With Indicating the position (ASV Secretariat Officer)
Application deadline will be June 12, 2017
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When you look at the producers of cat feeding products, you can notice that there has been a lot of discussion around this subject. Most of these discussions were cluttered with passionate opinions on the best way to feed a cat.
Some people believe that cats should be allowed to eat as they would in the wild. Others believe that cats should avoid carbohydrates for a healthy body. There are those who believe that cats should consume dry products for dental health reasons. Still there are those who believe that eating wet products is the best option for the cat so as to provide it with better hydration.
These debates can be very confusing to any cat owner. One thing that is clear though is that cats are obligate carnivores and hence need a diet which is high in protein. Friskies is one such product that is rich in proteins and is available on the market for feeding your cat. It is a brand of wet and dry cat foods and treats that are ideal for your cat. It is one of the several products under the Purina label brand. Purina label covers a range of pet food products.
Who Produces Friskies Cat Food?
This brand is produced by Nestle Purina PetCare Company. It is a subsidiary of Nestle, a Swiss multinational food and drink company. The brand was initially introduced for dogs in the early 1930s. The first canned food product was for the dogs and it was released in the market in 1948. By then, it was sold under the Carnation Company. The Carnation company was later on changed to Little Friskies in 1958. The new company together with its brand was then acquired by Nestle in 1985.
Carnation Company introduced this product in 1930s through its subsidiary branch known as Albers Company. By 1973, it was among the five companies controlling the two thirds of the pet food market. This market was then valued at $1.75 billion. Carnation was popular for its dry milk products as well as processing of the animal feeds. The product experimentation was first carried out on stray dogs for about 3.5 years. The testing of these dogs happened in improvised cages. Further tests were carried out on pure-bred dogs in a formal kennel before the product was released in to the market.
Carnation International was formed in 1966. It was responsible for marketing of the Carnation products in countries such as Spain, Japan, England, France and Italy. After its acquisition by Nestle in 1985, Carnation was renamed Nestle/Carnation Food Company. It later on became a subsidiary in 1992. The subsidiary was known as Friskies PetCare Company. By this time, the brand had a 28.2 percent market share.
The Nestle Purina PetCare Company was formed in 2001 when Nestle acquired Ralston Purina Company and merged it with its pet products section. The Nestle Purina PetCare Company currently manufactures a wide range of pet products. These include Alpo, Fancy Feast, Beneful, Purina ONE, Purina Cat Chow and Tidy Cats.
Friskies products
They include canned wet & dry food products and treats for the cats. More than 50 variations of these products are available on the market. Up to five dry flavors are packaged and sold in bags. Two of these flavors include seafood sensations and grillers. We also have various wet flavors that are sold in cans and vacuum bags. An example is the Tasty Treasures which comes with cheese and bacon flavors. Some of the canned products come in chicken or seafood flavors. Others like SauceSations come mixed with sauces. In 2003, a new packaging was introduced for this product. By then, it had the largest market share in the cat feeding segment by holding a 49.3 percent share of the dry market and 60 percent share of the wet products.
The dry brand is often touted as being good for dental health when compared to the wet products. It is also more convenient for longer storage and generally less expensive. You can acquire the dry cat products in large quantities and store them up for long term use. Some of the veterinarians recommend a dry diet but with a closer look at the ingredients.
Due to the processing it has to undergo, dry products have low water content and hence may pose dehydration challenges to your cat. The wet brands, on the other hand, come with some additional health benefits. One of such benefits is that the cat will get crucial hydration needed for the body as it feeds. The other benefit is that these products are less processed and hence have an optimal balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Some of the cat owners may however be concerned about the expenses and inconveniences that come with canned products.
This brand offers a variety of pet foods in different textures and flavors. It also has a large assortment of canned cat products but a limited number of dry products. It gives you several treats for the cats as well. One of the products to look out for is its Indoor Delights Dry Cat Formula. This is a dry formula specifically designed for indoor cats. The product has been formulated to reduce hairballs and promote healthy weight. The high quality proteins contained in this formula are meant to support strong and lean muscles. The formula also contains zinc supplementation and essential fatty acids for a healthy skin and coat. The inclusion of Vitamin A and Taurine is also meant to support the healthy vision.
- Minimum of 30 percent Crude Protein
- Minimum of 9 percent Crude Fat
- Maximum of 5 percent Crude Fiber
- Maximum of 12 percent Moisture
- Minimum of 1.5 percent Linoleic Acid
- Minimum of 0.03 percent Arachidonic Acid
- Minimum of 1.0 percent Calcium
- Minimum of 0.8 percent Phosphorus
- Minimum of 150 mg/kg Zinc
- Minimum of 0.3 mg/kg Selenium
- Minimum of 100 IU/kg Vitamin E
- Minimum of 0.12 percent Taurine
- The product formula meets the AAFCO nutritional threshold for adult indoor cats.
Pet feeding industry continue experiencing heightened competition since 1990. There is well over 400 pet products that have been so far released into the market. Despite the competition, Purina label remains one of the six brands that controls at least 80 percent of the market share. Variety and affordability are the two main aspects that have attracted many customers to its products.


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Family Owned and Operated since 1988 !
Since the Hartman family – Linda Duval,
Paul Hartman and Steve Hartman – first opened the doors of MasterNet Ltd in 1988, we have been specializing in the manufacture of all types of plastic netting. Our Mississauga-based company began on a shoestring: with one used extruder purchased at a bankruptcy auction, some hopes and dreams, and a whole lot of hard work.
Twenty eight years later, our consistently profitable company is still pushing forward, with more force than ever before, and we have no intention of ever letting up.
A Lesser-Known Art Form
We believe that manufacturing netting is an art: one that can only be learned through hands-on practice, dedication and the drive to succeed. Each industry we've tapped into, from produce to poultry and from automotive to aquaculture,has provided us with unique learning experiences. Committed to innovation and investment, we use these valuable insights to rethink our products and processes so that we can make them more efficient, and above all, more environmentally friendly.
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In December 2003, we purchased Dupont Canada's extruded plastic netting operations - namely their line of Vexar® extruded plastic net: the original patented plastic netting. MasterNet now owns and manufactures Vexar® as its own. Made of lightweight and durable polyethylene, Vexar® products are used in a wide range of packaging, fencing and protective covering applications. The acquisition of Vexar® enabled us to obtain additional equipment and technical know-how and has since proven to be the perfect complement to our existing product lines.
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Freedman, who died in 2003, was considered one of the most devoted justices of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. His service in the court began in 1972, when he was appointed by Richard Nixon.
The judge was respected by his colleagues as a learned, conscientious man, devoted to the bench. He was also kind and compassionate.
One of his most memorable cases was Brewster v. Dukakis. He presided over the lawsuit heard in western Massachusetts to obtain community-based services for people with mental health challenges. The resulting decree asserted the right of individuals to receive care and services in the least restrictive setting appropriate to their needs.
Nominees for the award work collaboratively and respectfully with service recipients and co-workers. They are mindful of the humanity shared by those served and those serving, insure that people determine their own recovery path and more.
Doyle received the award because she recognizes and values the strengths, needs, preferences, experiences and cultural backgrounds of those being served. She advocates for people in recovery making sure they get all the services they need including housing, employment, education and community connection
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Here I am posting the Way, Methods and Files to get rid of the problem arised with the latest recovery 220.127.116.11 in Idea Blades. I have found the way to solve it out through this thread thanks to Tetora.
The error will somehow as pasted below when You boot into recovery:
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't find misc
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
Due to this error one can not do anything in recovery like backup, restore,wiping,flashing roms , etc. and which is very annoying. This happens because the CWM reject or failed to identify the root access of the device.
Even I have a headache on my birthday due to the problem. I have followed that thread (post above) posted by tetora and sorten out the problem.
Now I can flash, backup, restore and can do anything with the recovery
There are two methods to get the recovery Working:
1 . Through ADB
Attached is the file to flash via adb.. Please follow the steps given below (thanks to matt4321) :
The 'flash_image' is within the attached zip file! Use the file within the zip file, NOT the zip file itself
The 'recovery.img' is your chosen recovery file, get this off ClockworkMods website or if you have a copy use that. Then when flashing the recovery image where ever it says 'recovery.img' replace that with the name of the recovery file. following me?
Here's the instructions:
(make sure you're in the command prompt and have changed directory to where the adb file is)
adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/
adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell
mount -o remount, rw /system
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cd /system/bin
chmod 777 flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
and then boot into recovery now everything should work perfectly.
A big thanks to tetora for finding the recovery image file and matt4321 for his commands
2. Through Recovery Manager:
Install the application Recovery Manager v0.37b.apk
Extract the image file from recovery zip and place in the SD card.
Open the application "Recovery Manager"
Go in recovery Tab to flash the recovery img. Once you select to "Flash Recovery" it will search the img file automatically.
After flashing recovery you are done.
Thanks to ramubhat for providing procedure and testing the same.
You can use this link for the second method.
Disclaimer- I will not responsible for any damage so use it at your risk
Don't worry there is no other options left apart from it and its 99% safe.


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Hello there! Welcome to my shop. You say you're looking for an antiques store? Well then, you're about to be pleasantly surprised, because you happen to be standing in my erotic antiques store! Most people don't realize we're an erotic antiques store until they see the old, metal Astroglide sign above the counter.
Ah, I see my collection of colonial era dildos has caught your eye. Of course back then they were called "lady pokers." Most of these were crafted in Charleston, but those were for your everday, 18th century masturbator. The real quality phalluses were made in Concord. Those were for the upper crust of society. Martha Washington was rumored to own a Concord made dildo herself.
As you can see they come in wood and plaster. The wooden ones are made for every day use, while the plaster ones were intended for special occasions. They're all in working order, but you do have to be extra careful if you use them. The wood ones have a tendency to splinter and the plaster ones have been known to break off inside people. Back in the 1700s, that could be a death sentence. Thank god for the X-ray!
Over here you'll see my collection of vintage lube from the past two centuries. My oldest one is "Slippery Pete's Rendered Hog's Fat Lubricant and Frying Medium." That dates back to 1834. Then we have a very rare "Standard Oil Intercourse Grade Petroleum Jelly." John D. Rockefeller may have made his fortune in oil, but few people know he got his start as a crooked aphrodisiac salesman. That's the type of fact tasteful history books neglect to mention.
Well, it's interesting that you should ask that. We actually get around zoning regulations because we're technically an antiques store that happens to sell sex toys. Not a sex shop that happens to sell antiques. It also allows us to be open to all ages. I can't tell you how many horrified families I've seen in here. It has led to some negative Yelp reviews, but we seem to have a small, yet devoted enough clientele of affluent perverts to keep us in business.
Why, there's one of my best customers now. Bill! How are you old buddy? Are you enjoying the jade anal beads you bought last week?
And here it is, the jewel of my collection. From the year 1869, "The Manipulator", the world's first steam powered vibrator. It certainly is a bit unwieldy, and rather frightening looking, but this machine could cut the time it took for a woman to achieve orgasm by 60%. Though the incorporation of steam power did make burn injuries a concern.
So what'll it be today? Nothing? Are you sure? Did you see the Venetian glass cock rings? You did, and they made you highly uncomfortable. Well, I realize our products may seem a bit, lurid, but think of how they'll look in your house. You'd prefer not to? Well, no one can say I didn't try. Have a wonderful day, and feel free to stop by later. Next week we're getting in a shipment of incredibly scarce Amish pornography. It's the only type of pornography where everyone pictured is fully clothed. What a delightful paradox!


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Funding Supports Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Audubon, PA (June 26, 2018) - On behalf of the Kittatinny Coalition, Audubon Pennsylvania has awarded two grants to help support Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) identified in the Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. With this funding, Millersville University will monitor bat species and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will expand their Broad-winged Hawk research along the Kittatinny Ridge.
Dr. Aaron Haines at Millersville University will lead a collaborative effort with Bat Conservation & Management, Inc. to monitor, using remote devices, all SGCN bat species, including big brown, tricolored, northern long-eared (U.S. threatened), eastern small-footed (PA threatened), Indiana (U.S. and PA endangered), little brown and silver-haired, at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center and several state parks. A permanent publicly accessible remote acoustic bat kiosk will be established at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, located on the Kittatinny Ridge. Ten years ago, the little brown bat, tricolored bat (formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle), and northern long-eared bat populations were common and widespread in Pennsylvania, and the federally endangered Indiana bat populations were increasing in Pennsylvania. In the last decade, populations of these bat species have declined dramatically due to white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease, causing regional extinctions of local populations. This project will help identify remaining populations and inform efforts to conserve healthy habitat for bats to roost, hibernate, forage for insects and access healthy freshwater.
Dr. Laurie Goodrich at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will use the grant to continue studying Broad-winged Hawk nesting and migration, habitat use, and connectivity throughout the life cycle for both males and females. The Broad-winged Hawk is the most abundant migrating raptor on the Kittatinny Ridge and a Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Understanding their habitat needs can inform future conservation planning. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary previously placed tags on six ridge-nesting female broadwings and followed them to wintering areas in South America measuring habitat use during all seasons. To-date no males have been tagged and male behavior and habitat use could differ. With this grant funding, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will trap nesting male Broad-winged Hawks and compare movement and habitat to females to provide a comprehensive understanding of this iconic species.
"We are very excited about these projects and collaboration between Millersville University, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Audubon Pennsylvania and other Kittatinny Coalition partners," noted Jeanne Ortiz, Landscape Conservation Program Manager at Audubon Pennsylvania. "The results will help build our understanding of wildlife on the Ridge and the critical habitat that they rely on, ultimately informing our collective conservation efforts."
About the Kittatinny Coalition
The Kittatinny Coalition is an alliance of organizations, agencies, and academic institutions working with municipal officials and private landowners to conserve the natural, scenic, cultural, and aesthetic resources of the Kittatinny Ridge and Corridor. The Coalition identifies and helps protect priority places, promotes collaborative science-based research along the Corridor to inform management practices and conservation recommendations, fosters effective local stewardship, promotes the sustainable use of natural resources, and increases public awareness and appreciation of the importance of the Kittatinny Ridge and Corridor.
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A terrific Set of Four ~ 4 piece place settings of Melamine Restraware in Black. Each Place Setting includes a Dinner Plate, a Bread Plate, a Bowl and a Coffee Cup. The Dinner Plates are number 162 and measure 10 inches in diameter, the Bread Plates are number 52 and measure 7 1/4 inches, the Bowls are number 51 with a 6 inch diameter. The bottoms of each are marked with their number and Restraware. The dinner plate is also marked with Brookpark, Lake City, PA., 16423, USA. The Cups are marked Sunshine with 2 of them having the number 2, 1 with the number 3 and one with the number 4 on the bottoms. The coffee Cups measure 3 1/8 inches tall and have a 3 1/8 inch diameter. These dishes were produced in the 1960's and do show wear, with the dinner plates having the most scratches.
Melamine Restraware Plates & Bowls & Cups ~ 1960's
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Pointing Immigration in the Right Direction
My service as a U.S. consular officer in the late 1980s and early1990s quickly debased me of any previous open-borders ideas I might have had prior to that time. While serving as vice consul for the geographically largest consular district in the world, covering most of the South Pacific and part of the North Pacific, I came to realize how poorly our immigration system served the country. Our two-officer office – me and the consul, my immediate boss – processed some 21,000 non-immigrant visas (NIVs) and about 6,000 immigrant visas (IVs) annually. I personally handled about two-thirds of the NIV applications and about a third of the IV applications. To say that some of those IV interviews verged on the scary would be an understatement, and made me wonder about the quality of people we were admitting for permanent residence in the U.S.
What occurred to me then was that the U.S. badly needed to implement a points-based immigration system similar to what already was long in place in Canada as well as in Australia and New Zealand, and has since even been adapted by the UK. Not that it would supplant this country's family-based immigration system, but rather would supplement it, while revising the family-based system of preferences. While other countries were getting the cream of the crop of immigrants, we were limited basically to what came over the transom with our chain-migration policies, and that was not always beneficial to the U.S.
During my tenure as vice-consul in Fiji, yet another seemingly hair-brained idea was introduced, the so-called Diversity Visa Program (DVP), better known as the visa lottery program. A brain child of Congress, it allowed people from many countries deemed to be "under-represented" among U.S. immigrants to compete in a lottery to obtain the right to apply for permanent residence status. Besides debasing the whole concept of U.S. residency, this scheme essentially opened up a new category of immigrant visas to anyone who could fill out a postcard or pay someone to do it for them, as if we didn't already have enough immigrants coming to the U.S., many with no discernible skills.
Over the intervening quarter century I have seen limited progress in immigration reform, combined with some steps in the wrong direction, acerbated by an ill-informed and prejudiced public and media debate over immigration. With this past week's introduction of the so-called RAISE Act (RAISE – not Reyes – standing for Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment), I am for the first time in more than 25 years seeing reforms introduced that actually seem to make some sense. And of course the naysayers immediately came out in force, spouting the same sorts of nonsense that have kept our immigration system stuck under a law that dates back some 65 years, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended and modified by some less overriding intervening laws.
To begin to understand the forces arrayed against any real reform of our outmoded and ineffectual immigration policy, one needs to understand two truisms about what the major political parties hope to gain from immigration: The Democrats want cheap votes, and the Republicans want cheap labor. These two impulses are the biggest factors keeping things pretty much where they are, if not pushing them further in the wrong direction. And it is these same factors that are the biggest enemies of the American people at large and which help keep our economy in a low-growth mode in which real wages remain stagnant while the costs of the welfare state continue to grow.
It's also important to understand that the U.S. is not a laggard when it comes to immigration. While it may no longer be strictly true that we admit more legal immigrants than all other countries in the world combined, it is true that we admit, by far, the largest number of legal immigrants each year – more than a million people – and that number does exceed the total number of immigrants admitted by all the other largest immigrant-welcoming countries of the world combined. At present, close to 45 million immigrants (both legal and illegal) live in the U.S. There are some 85 million people, or about 27 percent of the total population, who are immigrants or the U.S.-born children of immigrants.
There are a lot of myths and stereotypes about immigration and these help perpetuate our current system. One of those myths is that immigrants strengthen the economy and do better than native-born Americans. While this was once true, it has not been true in more than a quarter century, and since then, in general terms, immigrants tend to fare worse than the overall population. This fact is buttressed by the numbers that show that immigrants to the U.S. are far more likely to wind up in poverty than the native-born population. Here are some disturbing figures from the Center for Immigration Studies:
"Despite similar rates of work, because a larger share of adult immigrants arrive with little education, immigrants are significantly more likely to work low-wage jobs, live in poverty, lack health insurance, use welfare, and have lower rates of home ownership.
- In 2014, 21 percent of immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) lived in poverty, compared to 13 percent of natives and their children. Immigrants and their children account for about one-fourth of all persons in poverty.
- Almost one in three children (under age 18) in poverty have immigrant fathers.
- In 2014, 18 percent of immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) lacked health insurance, compared to 9 percent of natives and their children.
- In 2014, 42 percent of immigrant-headed households used at least one welfare program (primarily food assistance and Medicaid), compared to 27 percent for natives. Both figures represent an undercount. If adjusted for undercount based on other Census Bureau data, the rate would be 57 percent for immigrants and 34 percent for natives.
- In 2014, 12 percent of immigrant households were overcrowded, using a common definition of such households. This compares to 2 percent of native households.
- Of immigrant households, 51 percent are owner-occupied, compared to 65 percent of native households.
- The lower socio-economic status of immigrants is not due to their being mostly recent arrivals. The average immigrant in 2014 had lived in the United States for almost 21 years."
While laws are in place that are supposed to limit immigrants' access to welfare and other public assistance programs – the idea being that newcomers to the country are supposed to be able to support themselves, or have sponsors that will support them until they can support themselves – so many exceptions are made, so many jurisdictions overlook the rules, and so many benefits are obtained through the U.S.-citizen children of immigrants, that immigrants tend to use social welfare programs at rates in excess of the native population. The two charts that follow (also from the Center for Immigration Studies) clearly demonstrate the numbers. The first one compares legal immigrants with the native population while the second one compares illegal immigrants, who do even worse and aren't even supposed to be here, with the native population.
Another key element that is widely misunderstood, further evidenced by some of the silly things said in the days since the RAISE Act was unveiled, is the system of preferences under which our current immigration system operates. This system imposes strict numerical caps on different categories of immigrants from various countries, and creates serious distortions that those only peripherally familiar with the rules don't understand. For instance, while there is no cap for the spouses or unmarried minor children or the parents of U.S. citizens, 21 years old and older, there are limits for just about every other category of immigrant.
The chart below shows the current (August 2017) preference limits for the various preference categories. It shows the dates when petitions would have had to be filed for intending immigrants in those categories, or preferences, to file their applications this month to be approved for immigrant visas. Depending on the country, these dates can vary significantly.
For instance, for the first preference, the unmarried son or daughter, 21 years or older, of a U.S. citizen (native-born or, more commonly, naturalized), their petition would have had to be filed prior to 2011 in most countries of the world to file their applications for visas beginning this month. But if they are a citizen of the Philippines, the petition would have had to have been filed in 2007, or in 1996 if they are a citizen of Mexico. In other words, perhaps the beneficiaries were 22 or 25 or 27 when the petition was initially filed, but now they are anywhere from 10 to 21 years older. And these time periods don't include processing times, which can be a year or more, once the application is filed.
If the applicant subsequently marries after the petition is filed, they drop to the F3 category and the preference dates of it.
For a second preference applicant in the F2A category – the spouse or unmarried minor child of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) – the wait has been a little more than a year worldwide. Not too bad. But for the unmarried son or daughter of an LPR who was over 21 when the petition was filed, the wait jumps to six years for most countries, 10 years for citizens of the Philippines, and 21 years for citizens of Mexico. If that unmarried minor child subsequently marries, they're completely out of luck since there is no category for married children of LPRs.
As the chart shows, things get worse as one goes down the preference categories, until reaching F4, the preference category for brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens, when the wait can be as long as 22 years. Now that is a lot better than when I was a consular officer, when the wait for some countries was as long as 120 and 150 years, but it's still a very long time. In practical terms, what these very long wait times do is encourage people in those categories to come on visitor visas to the U.S. and then overstay their visas, hoping to find some other mode to become legal.
In fact, more than half of those qualifying for immigrant status are already in the U.S. in some sort of temporary or illegal status, changing status when their preference comes up or simply remaining illegally if their preference never comes up, which distorts the entire system and enables those who are willing to jump the queue and break our laws to gain an advantage.
Seeing the effect these very long wait times have on people, it has been my contention since my consular days that the brother/sister category should be eliminated altogether. And that is one of the things the RAISE Act sensibly does, along with dispensing with the DVP, which never should have been introduced in the first place. I'd further argue, to cut out much of the incentive for overstaying, that changing status in the U.S. also should be strictly limited to those categories of immigrants for which no preference limits exist.
What is very difficult, if not impossible, under our current system of chain migration is to migrate independently to the U.S. – something that once was allowed and frequently done. There are many highly qualified potential migrants who would love to immigrate here, but who are blocked by our system of family preferences. So what happens with many of these people? They wind up migrating to another country, and our loss is Canada's or Australia's or New Zealand's gain. The same applies to graduates of U.S. colleges and universities who study under student visas and then are forced to go back home after graduation. We've educated these people, and then don't reap the benefit of that education, passing it on somewhere else. Again, these are exactly the kinds of people we should be seeking through our immigration system, and who will gain points under the RAISE Act.
One of the dumbest arguments I heard this week came from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. He said that the RAISE Act would destroy his state's economy by blocking lower-level employees who work in hotel and agricultural jobs. First of all, if those are the only kinds of jobs available in the Palmetto State, South Carolina has more serious problems than the RAISE Act would cause. Of course, that's not true, and there are more jobs in South Carolina and across the land that can use more highly skilled people to fill them. Additionally, there already are programs, such as the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa, to address the demand for agricultural workers, not to mention a ready supply of illegal workers that Republicans like Sen. Graham seem all-to-eager to tolerate. Sen. Graham's assertion actually reinforces the argument that our current immigration system funnels people into lower-level positions and helps depress wages across the board while forcing lower-skilled U.S. workers to compete with immigrants, legal and otherwise, for scarce jobs. It also fits neatly into the theory that Republicans support cheap labor.
Meanwhile, we've heard a chorus of objections from the Democrats, reinforcing the theory that nothing suits them better than easy, low-level immigration from which they hope to harvest cheap votes. Perhaps encapsulating some of the lame arguments on the left side of the house are that the RAISE Act invalidates the poem on the Statue of Liberty welcoming the world's huddled masses – never a tenet of U.S. immigration policy or law – or that immigration would be limited to Anglophone countries, such as the UK or Australia, since knowledge of English would be one of the requirements for independent migration. As White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller ably pointed out, there are many English-speaking people around the world in just about every country, and all would be able to meet the language preference. Additionally, knowledge of English has long been a requisite for naturalization, and at one time in our more distant history was even a requirement to immigrate here.
In the past few days I've also heard some media people saying, well, they wouldn't be here if the changes proposed in the RAISE Act were in place when their grandparents migrated here, and I fail to see the logic of this. First, they are here. Second, while they might be here, someone else, perhaps equally worthy, was excluded. And third, what might have been good for the country 100-some years ago isn't necessarily good for the country today. Ironically, some of the people making the argument that we should keep our current system are the first ones to argue that the country is a different country today than it was in the past and it needs to change to keep up with the times.
The other argument that is raised is that the actual numbers of immigrants admitted would be cut from the current million-plus to about two-thirds that number, or roughly back to mid-1980s levels. This might be more in keeping with the ability of the country to absorb new immigrants, but in any case this number seems reasonable and can be adjusted over time. It is argued that the high level of immigration has kept the U.S. relatively competitive with European countries and other nations, but what is missing from that argument are the details that it is both younger immigrants and more highly skilled immigrants who can contribute to economic growth, rather than draw down on it. We need to regenerate a period when immigrants do better than the general population, as in the past, than worse than the general population, and the RAISE Act is a step in that direction.
Like any piece of proposed legislation, there should be debate and discussion, and probably some tweaks made, to the RAISE Act, which is sponsored by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Sen. David Perdue of Georgia. But what I fear will happen will be bipartisan support to kill the proposed reforms, never letting the bill out of committee, in keeping with the divergent desires of the two parties that I stated above: The Dems will want to keep their cheap votes and the Republicans will want to keep their cheap labor, and the rest of us, and the country, will continue to suffer as a result.
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Just 7 days until we embark on the summer 2010 house swap! Not that I'm panicking
So, exactly how much effort does it take to plan a marathon house swap and then to get ready for it? At this stage of the game, I'm pleased to say the major stuff has been organised;
1. After at least 89 emails starting February 2010, I just signed the last of four contracts for this summer's swaps last weekend – phew! The contracts are a great way to set out the exact dates/times/contacts for the trip – and also, to provide an agreement about what's expected of each other. We print them off and keep them with our travel info folder, for easy access on the road.
2. For this trip, we've organised 4 house swaps, 1 outward ferry, 1 overnight stop with family, 1 organic farm viewing, 1 meetup & stayover with prospective swappers for 2011, 1 meetup with more prospective swappers for 2010/11, 1 stayover with previous house swap friends, 1 get together with other previous house swapping friends, 1 catch up visit with newly married French friends and 1 stayover with old British friends.
We've still got a few overnight stays to arrange in between the 1st and 2nd swaps and the return ferry, but that can wait until we're on our way… it's always good to have some flexibility after all!
2. The Organikal Home Exchange Manual has been updated with this year's information, including a re-write of the personal introduction to our home and area. We've been collecting tourist information for months, and it took me about 4 hours to re-compile the folder with that and to re-write the household instructions/welcome pack last weekend:
3. I've finally managed to organise the gifts we leave for our home exchange partners. We opted for Scottish wine from Cairn o' Mohr and my personal favourite Hebridean oatcakes. I also made a double batch of chilli jam to add in. The jam takes a couple of hours from beginning to end, but the wine and oatcakes were by mail order and veg box delivery respectively, so I can't really claim much time for them.
I did spend some time choosing the tartan ribbon to tie off the wine. Us Scots folk may have a dislike for tartan, but for our foreign visitors, it's quintessentially Scottish, so I opted for my family tartan "Anderson" to add a personal touch:
4. We haven't combined camping with our house swaps before, and we've really no idea how we're going to fit it all the extra stuff in. We've started gathering it all here, where it way stay until the weekend when there is talk of perhaps having a trial run to see if the space can accommodate everything:
This pile will just keep growing over the next week. My idea of camping and boys' idea of camping isn't the same, so I'm hoping lack of space will justify alternative arrangements
5. And amongst all of this (and the eco cleaning) is work. Work, work, work … We're running 2 whiteboards, double-sided to make sure we're on top of everything :
This probably takes most of our time, as you'd expect. Because we're mostly location independent, we can usually just carry on as normal whilst travelling and during the swaps. This year we're going a bit radical and have planned to take at least a week's holiday. There's no permanent WiFi until house exchange no 3, either. Talk about a shake up!
6. And the Grand Adventure master plan with all the little details? Yes, that's covered by a whiteboard, too. I'm always pleased to see more ticks than not, but even as I look at today's version I know there's stuff that isn't on the board that still needs to be tackled;
7. Entertainment. We've discovered we don't need a lot of it, however books are such an essential part of our lives, that we've previously found ourselves packing 2 large bags of them to take with us. It's mainly down to Ruaridh. He can tackle a single book in one sitting! So, in combination with our audio books and ebooks, full of motivation and inspiration, we usually assemble a large selection of 'holiday reads'.
I managed to grab four books for £2 at Suzanne's fund-raising tea party (I was especially pleased with the Spanish dictionary) and Martin bought a few more from the charity shop for £2 each (the Baldacci, Connelly and Crichton selection obviously his – I'm sure he's read them before, but who can tell?). We do have an order ready to go on Amazon (it's tough to find books I like on the charity shop shelves) and we bought a load from Waterstones for Ruaridh, but we know there will just never be enough space for all of the ones we'd like to take.
T-7. Crikey, I'd better get on …
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
3/4 cup finely chopped celery
1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
3 cooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 green apple, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Mix the celery, mayonnaise, yogurt, green onions, tarragon, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a large bowl to blend.
Stir the 1/2-inch chicken cubes and 1-inch apple chunks into the mayonnaise mixture. Season with the salt and pepper.
Per serving: Calories 240 (From Fat 46); Glycemic Load 1 (Low); Fat 5g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 91mg; Sodium 250mg; Carbohydrate 13g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 34g.


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Originally written for ParksFolio.com…
The sturdy truck rolled to a stop, dragging with it a cloud of dust and the last crunch of rock under our tires. Sliding out of the cab and stretching, I walked around the faithful rig as the dust settled again on the old road. The three of us were seemingly alone under the clear blue sky as we walked toward the lonely wooden signpost where the two rocky dirt roads met. In the distance a small dust cloud tracked the progress of another vehicle further down the road approaching us, the faint rev of it's engine breaking the dry silence. We gathered around the signpost, inspecting the various pots and kettles strung from the structure with rope and twine hanging lifelessly in the still morning air. The dry, cracked wooden gallows supporting the abandoned ornaments read in bold lettering, "Teakettle Junction".
Scrawled on the outside of many of the kettles left dangling here are messages, names and dates of the travelers who have passed through this remote place. We soon discovered there were further messages left inside some of the pots, some with stories of their travels and some with messages or poetry for their would-be readers.
The whine of the distant engine grew louder and soon the motorcycle weaved to a stop at the crossroads next to us, the driver climbing gingerly from his abused seat, stripping off his helmet and expertly lighting a cigarette. Conversation began, as it usually does between travelers crossing paths in the middle of nowhere. He was from Portland, riding support for a group of mountain bikers trekking through the backroads of Death Valley National Park. They had overnighted in the backcountry and were making the arduous journey over the pass on these rocky, uneven roads that had proved challenging even for the motorcycle, let alone the adventurous souls peddling through the wilderness.
Our new friend asked some questions about road conditions and travel suggestions. Luckily, we had a companion with experience on these roads in Death Valley and experience on a motorcycle and could offer valuable information. We made sure he had enough water and supplies, offering him whatever he might need. But like many people you will meet in hard, lonely places he was happy and content with what he had with him and graciously declined our offers.
Crossroads throughout the world are like this, the unofficial and impromptu meeting place of adventurers. If you want a chance to meet interesting, confident, capable people with unique stories…the kind of people who seek out enriching experiences…travel. Travel to places few people go, and at every crossroads, like Teakettle Junction, you will find them. ~
After this story was published on ParksFolio.com, we began receiving comments. One of the comments was from a traveler who had left their kettle at the junction…
My name is Evelyn and I'm from Barcelona, Spain.
I was travelling around the world with my fiancé (we got engaged during our trip, in Sedona), and one of our stops was this Teakettle Junction. When we saw it, there were'nt as many teakettles as we thought there would be. But anyway, we left ours and continued with our journey.
The thing is, after our trip, once we got home, we started googling for pictures made after our visit, to see if we could find our teakettle in someone's picture… And voilà!, you took that picture, our teakettle is the one with the initials K & E. (Kenneth and Evelyn). So thank you for taking that photo, it made our day!
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A Teacher's Guide to The Holocaust: Resource Page
This website was made by the Florida Institute for Instructional Technology. It has many valuable documents that are accessible on their website, as well as many links for other primary sources and scholarly articles. This particular link will take you to their index of resources.
The Holocaust Explained: Timeline
This Resource is a budding, young website that has developed into a very aesthetically pleasing and concise resource. Their timeline is particularly easy to use and informational.
USHMM Digital Collections Search
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum sets the standard in Holocaust archives, and they are a pioneering force behind digitization. However, their service leaves much to be desired. The archives are hard to use and often not digitally available. Make sure that you scroll down and hit "Digital Availability" and select "Digitally Available" before searching. Also, "in English" is a helpful thing to check off when offered the opportunity.
USC Video History Archives
A great online resource that is free to use. Full-length testimonies of thousands of people available online, from home. You must make an account, if you want something less committal check out their youtube channel.
Wiener Library 1938 Pogrom Testimonies
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"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections.
The song is written in the key of D minor. Vassar Clements originally wrote the basic melody an octave lower, in a tune called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" released on Clements' self-titled 1975 album on which Charlie Daniels played guitar. The Charlie Daniels Band moved it up an octave and put words to it. The song's verses are closer to being spoken rather than sung (i.e., recitation), and tell the story of a boy named Johnny, in a variant on the classic deal with the Devil. The performances of Satan and Johnny are played as instrumental bridges. The song was the band's biggest hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. It is featured in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, whose choreographer, Patsy Swayze, claims that she set the song's tempo. "How fast can you dance it?" Daniels asked. "How fast can you play it?" Swayze replied.