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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Hymowitz is Right About Young Adults Not Understanding What Marriage Does - But Did They Ever?
I think this is true - which raises an important question about the past.
Prior generations found marriage to be a formative institution of maturity. You got married, then you figured out together how to be adults, especially when the first child came along. The script of adulthood often began with early marriage, with or without pregnancy, with growing maturity to follow.
The question I put to her at a recent seminar was this: did past generations understand marriage to be something that forms you into an adult, or did they just get married as part of the script, and then find out how formative marriage is through experience?
Hymowitz didn't know, and neither do I. I put this question to you, blog friends, for your thoughts.
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- The Skirted Wordsmith said...
"Did they just get married as part of the script, and then find out how formative marriage is through experience?"
My parents and all my older relatives did just that: followed the script and then grew up afterward.
I agree that today, not as many people are following this script -- we all feel entitled to "find ourselves" before we impose ourselves on someone else. I wonder why that is?
- 1:14 PM, June 28, 2012
- gruntled said...
Since marriage is, inevitably, a formative institution, how married people have found themselves first?
- 11:03 PM, June 28, 2012
- John said...
You pose an interesting question. It seems we live in a time where it is both too easy and too hard to get married. Too easy in that there are no real strictures on two people creating a household and then decided to part ways even if there are kids involved. And as you mention, too hard because of the financial requirements for supporting a family hence the delay to get education and establish a career. One wonders if finding ourselves first dooms us to never finding an us?
- 10:16 AM, June 29, 2012
- gruntled said...
I don't believe we are ever doomed. I do think that people who marry and grow up together have, as a group, many advantages over those who try to grow up on their own, and then find someone to marry who has grown up in a similar-enough way.
- 10:18 AM, June 29, 2012
- Alec Hudson said...
As a young, single college student with no certainty in the future as of right now, I plan on getting my education finished and finding minimal financial stability before I even consider marriage. Further, as a child of divorced and remarried parents my personal experience has shown me that people need to learn to be self-reliant and stable before they can devote themselves to a serious relationship like marriage.
I can't blame people of my generation for waiting for marriage, expectations of marriage and family should be secondary to pursuits of stability and self-growth. Though marriage can help those things, learning and finding self-growth and stability for oneself is important before marriage, in my opinion.
- 12:45 PM, June 30, 2012
I think one thing you have to consider is that education takes longer than it used to. Earlier generations were ready for a job earlier.
I know it's anecdotal, but my grandmother talked about not getting married until my grandfather was earning enough to support a family. So I'm not sure the attitude towards marriage was different so much as what it took to be ready to support children.
- 9:52 PM, July 11, 2012
I also think the divorce rate and fear of divorce may be affecting current generations. The divorce rate was unusually high in the 1970s and I think it is still affecting people.(And the comment above suggests that could be true.)
- 9:55 PM, July 11, 2012

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A 14-year old girl in Illinois recently stabbed and killed her little sister (11 years old) because she believed the younger sibling to be ungrateful.
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An 11-year-old Illinois girl was stabbed 40 times by her 14-year-old sister, police say, and the reason why has many in the small Chicago-area community of Mundelein reeling in disbelief.
Police found the 11-year-old girl unconscious and in need of medical attention in an upstairs bedroom of the Illinois suburb Tuesday morning.
She later died.
Police received a 911 call about the incident at 8:30 a.m Tuesday. The call came from the 14-year-old girl, said Mundelein Police Chief Eric Guenther.
The teen told emergency dispatchers that an intruder had barged into the home, attacked her sister and then fled, CNN affiliate WLS reported.
Schools in area were immediately placed on lockdown.. "The area-wide school lockdown lasted only 15 minutes," Guenther said.
But the teen's story unraveled quickly. Under police questioning, she admitted to the attack, authorities said.
The teen told police she was mad that her sister didn't appreciate all she did for her, prosecutors said at the suspect's detention hearing Wednesday. WLS was at the hearing.
The teen said she cooked dinner for her younger sibling and performed other chores. She was also angry that the 11-year-old girl had recently hit her.
The night before the attack, the teen thought about it for about 10 or 15 minutes, then went downstairs and grabbed a knife, according to prosecutors.
After the stabbing, she took a shower to wash off the blood, called police and made up the story about the intruder, prosecutors said.
The 14-year-old was arrested and was charged with murder.
The case is in juvenile court and a decision could be made in the future to move the case to adult court, the Lake County State Attorney's Office said.
Those who knew the girls said they lived at the home with their mother. Neighbors said the siblings seemed close.
The girls were often seen playing together and practicing cheerleading routines, WLS reported.
"They would always be together," Mary Ann Gryder, a neighbor told the affiliate.
"The older one would be taking care of the younger one, and vice versa."
Extremely sad!
And not to lighten the murderous sister's actions at all, but it is an arduous task for young children to act as the caregiver for their siblings. This is a task best left to adults to handle.
Mentally, it is difficult for a child to overlook not feeling appreciated the way most adults can. Or for a young child to even possess the ability to deal with the daily tasks of running a household.
Believe me.. As the oldest in my household (growing up) there were plenty of times that I wanted to bash my kid sister and bro square in the face! Knock some teeth out or something! It is an overwhelming circumstance. Thankfully, I, (along with most other overwhelmed older siblings), have the mentally ability to not act upon our dark fantasies when dealing with the hard-headed ones under us. But it is definitely a burdening situation that can wear a child down emotionally and mentally. Parents must take that into consideration and know their children's limits.
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A couple (literally) of things that caught my eye this week. Happy new year! Normal blogging will be up and running soon.
- A wide-ranging survey of reaction to new law on online expression in Australia from Peter Black. Follow-up post with more links here.
- Contract law getting you down? Just whistle while you work. Story about a singing law professor from Boston, reported by NPR and seen at Concurring Opinions


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My powder room DIY
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remember my post when i talked about powder rooms? i posted some images of mine too. it looked beautiful and i liked it…then. but the design bug hit me again and i wanted a change it…start fresh…make it unexpected to every visitor…even a repeated one.
when idea strikes…speaking of idea i found my inspiration for my powder room's new look: vintage glamour.
you see, my daughter is a very talented young guitarist. she inspires me to express my love for music i never thought i would. i even designed a rug inspired by her talent but that's another post. so when i went to the art store to buy markers i spot this card stock album on a shelf, filled with pages showing gorgeous music elements you know which one i'm talking about?
and i'm thinking: why not take this card stock papers and use them as a wallpaper?? genius!!
so i did.
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Lipid levels and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke among women
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Objective To examine the association between lipid levels and hemorrhagic stroke risk among women.
Methods We performed a prospective cohort study among 27,937 women enrolled in the Women's Health Study with measured total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), as well as triglycerides. Strokes were confirmed by medical record review. We used Cox proportional hazards models to analyze associations between lipid categories and hemorrhagic stroke risk.
Results During a mean of 19.3 years of follow-up, 137 hemorrhagic strokes occurred. Compared to those with LDL-C levels 100–129.9 mg/dL, after multivariable adjustment, those with LDL-C levels <70 mg/dL had 2.17 times the risk (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05, 4.48) of experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke. No significant increase in risk was seen for those with LDL-C levels 130–159.9 mg/dL (relative risk [RR] 1.14; 95% CI 0.72, 1.80) or 70–99.9 mg/dL (RR 1.25; 95% CI 0.76, 2.04). There was a suggestion, although not significant, of increased risk for those with LDL-C levels ≥160 mg/dL (RR 1.53; 95% CI 0.92, 2.52). Women in the lowest quartile of triglycerides had a significantly increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke compared to women in the top quartile after multivariable adjustment (RR 2.00; 95% CI 1.18, 3.39). We observed no significant associations between total cholesterol or HDL-C levels and hemorrhagic stroke risk.
Conclusion LDL-C levels <70 mg/dL and low triglyceride levels were associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke among women.
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- high-density lipoprotein cholesterol;
- intracerebral hemorrhage;
- intraventricular hemorrhage;
- low-density lipoprotein cholesterol;
- postmenopausal hormone;
- relative risk;
- subarachnoid hemorrhage;
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Somalia: Bomb blast kills seven people in El-Baraf
Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region, Somalia (Bloomberg + DIPLOMAT.SO) – At least seven people were killed and eight others injured after a bomb ripped through a restaurant in the Middle Shabelle region town of El-Baraf in Somalia, an army official and relatives said.
El-Baraf locality was recently liberated by AMISOM-led forces from Al-Shabaab fighters who controlled the town for eight years. According to Ahmed Tohow, an army officer at El-Baraf, most of the dead were civilians.
The officer said the blast was caused by a landmine planted inside the restaurant and that seven were killed.
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According to meteorologists we are overdue a long, balmy, Mediterranean summer. Last year statisticians told us that there had never been three bad summers in a row, so '99 was forecast to be a scorcher. Well they were wrong, so maybe, just maybe, 2010 is the one we're waiting for.
Already we've had a brief glimpse of what may lay ahead of us. The recent short spell of good weather resulted in barbeques up & down the country being uncovered, de-slugged & fired up. Ever since the days when 'Homo Erectus' wandered the earth, around 50,000 years ago, the primal urges of cooking outside over fire, is too much for any red-blooded male to resist.
The typical Irish family barbeque is normally a fairly carnivorous affair, but there is so much more you can cook on a barbeque if you are prepared to look beyond the burger.
I find meaty fish steaks, like swordfish or tuna, make perfect barbeque fodder. They hold together well on the grill as their flesh is firm and as long as they're not overcooked, are succulent & juicy to eat.
This weeks recipe incorporates perhaps my favourite pasta sauce 'puttanesca' with char-grilled or barbequed tuna steak. The sauce is remarkably spicy and tangy with the strong flavours of garlic, chilli, olives, anchovies, capers & tomato combining to make a powerful accompaniment to the fresh tuna.
Puttanesca is a relatively modern Italian sauce, thought to originate in the Bay of Naples in the early to mid-twentieth century. Literally translated it means 'whore's sauce', the reason for which has a number of possible explanations. One being that it is cheap, fast & easy, another is that the prostitutes of Naples would make up a pan of the rich sauce, leave on their window sills & hope that pungent aroma would entice in would-be customers.
Yet another explanation is that prostitutes would offer their services to chefs in the back alleys behind their restaurants in return for a bite to eat. The chefs would obligingly throw together a pasta dish with whatever cheap ingredients were left over & not likely to be missed by the Head Chef or proprietor.
More often than not this would be a tomato based sauce with garlic, chillis, anchovies, capers & olives. All of which would be stock larder items in any Italian restaurant.
On our specials board in La Bucca, we currently have 'Tonno con Tagliatelle alla Puttanesca', or in plain English 'Tuna steak with tagliatelle tossed in whore's sauce'. This dish brings together the firm fleshy meat of char-grilled tuna & the piquant spiciness of puttanesca sauce.
Even if it's not on the board, all the ingredients for a good puttanesca are at hand in our kitchens, so just give the chefs a wink and ask if they'll knock up a puttanesca for you, they'll happily oblige.
Tuna Steak con Puttanesca : Ingredients for four
4 good sized tuna steaks from your fishmonger
1 chopped fresh red chilli
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
1 large onion chopped
25g finely chopped anchovies
25g chopped capers
Handful fresh basil leaves
1 tblspn tomato puree
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Good splash of white wine
Salt, pepper & sugar
Jar of pitted black olives.
Olive oil
Wedge of lime.
450g Tagliatelle pasta.
Remove all winter creatures from you barbeque, scrub it down & fire it up.
Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions, then the garlic & cook until soft. Add the chillis, capers & anchovies, stir for one minute. Pour in the wine & reduce for two minutes. Add the tomato puree & stir for one minute. Add the chopped tomatoes, salt, pepper & sugar to taste & stir the mixture till it boils.
Reduce the heat & cook slowly for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Boil a large pan of water with a little olive oil & salt added. Add the pasta & cook until 'al dente'. Add the pasta, basil & olives to the sauce & toss through.
Rub your tuna steaks with oil, season with black pepper & throw them on the Barbie. Squeeze fresh lime over the steaks & cook for 3/4 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the steak & the heat of the barbeque. Be careful not to overcook, or all of the inner juices will dry out.
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President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) ascribed the cause of the ongoing student-led protest movement against the cross-strait service trade agreement to a dispute over the review procedure for the pact in the legislature triggered by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Ma made the remarks in an interview at the Presidential Office with The Economist magazine Beijing bureau chief James Miles on Friday last week, the fourth day into protester occupation of the legislative chamber.
Asked why there was such controversy over the pact signed in June last year, Ma said that any matter that involves cross-strait relations will cause some degree of contention in the country because people have not reached a consensuses on how to develop ties with China.
Ma said that after the past several months of clarifying misunderstandings among the public that the pact would open the job market to Chinese workers, threaten national security and work in China's favor, "the true picture has become clear."
"The current situation has developed because of a dispute that has arisen in the Legislative Yuan during deliberations over the agreement," Ma said.
Earlier this month, when the DPP presided over a review of the pact, it did not allow the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to express their views, and when the KMT was in charge of the review, the DPP occupied the podium, Ma said.
"Eventually the KMT decided that they would follow the regulations and deemed the review to have been completed," Ma said, in reference to a meeting on Monday last week chaired by KMT Legislator Chang Ching-chung (張慶忠).
At the meeting, Chang took just 30 seconds to announce that the pact had cleared the committee review and sent it to the floor for a vote at the second reading, while in fact none of the articles had been deliberated at the committee stage.
"I believe that such disputes concerning legislative review should be resolved through the legislature's internal negotiation mechanism," Ma said.
Ma said that the trade agreement was a follow-up pact under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) the nation signed with China in 2010, which will also cover a pact on trade in goods, a mechanism on settling commercial disputes and a pact on "economic cooperation."
If the agreement is not ratified, it would affect the signing of an agreement of trade in goods with China, Ma said.
"The international community would find it odd that Taiwan, while voicing an interest in joining the regional economic integration, is faltering over procedural issues. Our sincerity and determination would be questioned," he added.
Separately, Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) yesterday urged Cabinet members to seize the opportunity to increase communication with the public and students about the trade agreement, Executive Yuan spokesperson Sun Lih-chyun (孫立群) told a post-Cabinet meeting press conference.
Sun said Cabinet members should take every opportunity to explain the pact to the public, such as interviews with media outlets, meetings with students at campus or invitations from civil groups.


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The Journal of Best Practices author highlighted on NBC
David Finch, author of The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband" will be highlighted on Rock Center with Brian Williams on NBC tonight, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Click here for a clip of the story.
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Champagne Bike Tour
Taste the Stars at Essential Domaines: Épernay to Reims
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- Day 1
Bring on the Bubbles
Your guides will greet you at the Épernay train station, and the Champagne adventure begins. On our way to the deluxe la Villa Eugène, we'll pass the grand mansions of Épernay's eminent Champagne producers. Toast our arrival with a view of the Marne River before fitting our bikes and cycling south to Côte des Blancs. Pedal along some of the classified Grand Cru villages on the slopes producing Chardonnay grapes. In the afternoon, drive (or stroll) down the Avenue de Champagne for a visit to Mercier or De Castellane. Tonight we'll reward ourselves with a gastronomic meal in town.
Meals: Lunch / Dinner
Destinations: Avize, Cramant, Chouilly
Accomplished: 12 miles / 19 km, elevation gain: 212 meters
Accommodations: Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa or Villa Eugène
- Day 2
Drinking Champagne in Épernay
Enjoy a pleasant ride through the rural countryside west of Épernay on our way to the Marne River Valley. Pedal along the valley on roads that wind through vines and look down at the Marne and fairytale châteaux below before we break for lunch. We finish our ride with a tasting at one of our favorite small producers in Hautvillers, hometown to the famous Dom Pérignon. Take some time to unwind before a casual dinner in the center of Épernay.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations: Fleury-la-Rivière, Oeuilly, Boursault, Vauciennes, Hautvillers
Accomplished: 19 miles / 31 km, elevation gain: 421 meters
Accommodations: Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa or Villa Eugène
- Day 3
Around the Mountain to Reims
Depart Épernay this morning toward the region's historic capital, Reims. Pedal through serene vineyards and countryside, past historic WWI battlegrounds. On our way to lunch we'll spin by poppy-studded cornfields, with the city of Reims as our backdrop. After lunch, we'll ride along the canal into the heart of Reims, France's great coronation city. The great Cathedral de Reims will guide us into town, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Then off to our next hotel, where we'll be treated like royalty for the next three nights at Château les Crayères. After settling into our luxurious accommodations, we'll regroup for a visit of the grand cathedral before a quintessentially French dining experience in the city's best bistro.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations: Reims, Épernay
Accomplished: 32 miles / 51 km, elevation gain: 397 meters
Accommodations: Château Les Crayères
- Day 4
The Champagne Countryside
Cycle through the quaint, lesser-known villages of Champagne. Following the bike path along Canal d'Aisne, we'll ride beside slow moving barges and fishermen towards the gentle hills and sleepy villages of Loivre, Hermonville, and Trigny. A Champagne lunch extravaganza awaits us at a chic and trendy country bistro, along with a unique tour and tasting at a locally operated Champagne cooperative. Riding back to the city, we'll again be treated to inspiring views of the great Cathedral of Reims. Back at the hotel we'll leave the bikes and meander over to the Maison Pommery where we are in for a treat as we are taken deep into cellars of one of Reims' most famous and historic Champagne houses. We'll enjoy an informative visit of this important producer before you head out on your own for an open dinner out on the town.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Destinations: Hermonville, Trigny, Reims
Accomplished: 25 miles / 41 km, elevation gain: 287 meters
Accommodations: Château Les Crayères
- Day 5
The Frontline in Champagne
Sleep in this morning before a sumptuous breakfast at Les Crayères. Today we'll visit some of the nearby war memorials and cemeteries, including some perfectly reconstructed battle trenches. With its strategic position on the Western Front, this region bore witness to some of the heaviest fighting in WWI. This afternoon we'll cycle through the fields where the front lines stood for over three years, finishing the ride with a hearty country-style lunch at a favorite local café. After lunch, its back to Reims to relax on the grounds of our gorgeous hotel. Before dinner we'll raise our bubbles once again to a wonderful week full of memories! But save some excitement for what's next, a Michelin-starred meal at the hotel's restaurant, paired with some great Champagnes from their cellars. This is a meal we will never forget. Santé!
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations: Cernay-en-Dormois, Manre, Sommepy-Tahure, Aubérive
Accomplished: 25 miles / 40 km, elevation gain: 227 meters
Accommodations: Château Les Crayères
- Day 6
Au Revoir
Enjoy one last glass of Champagne at breakfast or take a stroll in the historic center of Reims this morning before your guides see you off at the train station.
Meals: Breakfast
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1 Chronicles 16 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
A Tent for the Ark
16 And they brought in the ark of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 He distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake.
4 He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then [a]Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David first assigned [b]Asaph and his [c]relatives to give thanks to the Lord.
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8 Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised the Lord.
Worship before the Ark
37 So he left Asaph and his [m]relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; 38 and Obed-edom with [n]his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers. 39 He left Zadok the priest and his [o]relatives the priests before the [p]tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which He commanded Israel. 41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His lovingkindness is everlasting. 42 And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.
43 Then all the people departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.
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The village of Kyaung Taung in the Inle Lake area in Myanmar sits atop a hill overlooking Heho city. And this hamlet with 80 households has a problem: it is plagued by severe water shortage. The woes of Kyaung Taung do not end here. The village wears a bald look, having lost all its forests.
However, these are not new stories.
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Farmer U Nyein Kyaw, 57, recalls people facing severe water shortage in the village ever since he was 20 years old. "Even then people spent hours every day fetching water from Nyaung Kya pond during the dry season," he says.
According to a village baseline report, Kyuang Taung receives one of the lowest rainfalls in the whole of southern Shan State. And the bad news is that this is declining every year. Some farmers say the water in Nyaung Kya pond is also decreasing by the year.
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Farmers attribute water scarcity in Kyaung Taung to increasing population growth and denuded forests. They say many organizations helped them find solutions but none have had lasting results.
According to U Nyein Kyaw, twenty years ago, UNDP supported the village build community tanks. Similarly, the Inle Literature, Culture and Development Association (ILCDA) with UNDP Inle Lake Conservation and Rehabilitation Project provided water tanks and filters in 2012. Today, two new community tanks to harvest rainwater are under construction with support from the EU-funded Himalica Initiative.
Construction of rain water harvesting tank
It was observed that some tanks require major repairs. If old tanks are repaired and the new ones get running, Kyaung Taung probably would have solved its water problem.
However, U Nyein Kyaw says repairing old tanks and building new ones alone will not solve the problem. "We need to operate the system efficiently," he says. "And that's what we didn't have in the past."
Now that the village has a permanent water user committee formed early this year, there are hopes that Kyaung Taung will finally have effective water governance. While there is no single model of effective water governance, a system must fit environmental, cultural, social, and economic contexts of the place.


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- There is a chance of finding someone new but this can be called a "rebound".
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Apparently two straight seasons of 200 innings or more took its toll on the soon-to-be 27-year-old righty in 2014, as he only made 16 starts after being the model of durability for a few years in both San Diego and Cincinnati. Now, it appears the Reds are shopping him around with one of control before he becomes a free agent after the 2015 season.
Latos has never been a huge strikeout pitcher, but he's put up good numbers, albeit in the National League where pitchers always tend to fare better than in the American League. But for what the Rangers are looking for he might be the perfect solution for a couple of reasons. First, he'd be a perfect fit as a No. 3-type starter that they're looking for, and at his best could even be a No. 2. Secondly, he'll be free after the 2015 season meaning he wouldn't cost a ton in prospects and when they let him walk in free agency they'll have a healthy (hopefully) Martin Perez to plug right into that spot in 2016.


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NASA has awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to Carnegie Mellon University and lunar logistics company and CMU spinoff Astrobotic Technology to continue development of a new class of small, lightweight extraterrestrial robots, called CubeRovers.
In the first phase, more than 30 Astrobotic and CMU researchers collaborated on system-wide development of a 2-kilogram rover prototype that could explore the surface of the Moon. The team performed engineering studies to determine the architecture of a novel chassis, body type, power system, and computing system, and produced novel flight software and navigational techniques for small rovers.
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Echoo Valentine is only 16 years old, but she has already learned a universal lesson of community life. If you want people to show up, she advises an audience here, offer food.
Ms. Valentine and other members of the Students in Action group at her school in tiny Arthur, Neb., did just that last fall. A barbecue supper they organized drew some 125 adults to a meeting—part of an ambitious plan to open a student-run grocery store in their ailing and isolated heartland community.
If the students succeed, Arthur County residents will no longer have to travel 36 miles and more for a jug of milk or a carton of eggs. If the students fail, they still will have learned lessons of economics and community relations, having worked shoulder-to-shoulder with two local women who have made the girls' project their own passionate concern.
Either way, six girls involved in the project were among the more than 500 students from a dozen states, stretching from Georgia to California, who flocked to a local convention center here on March 27 and 28. They came for fun, recognition of their work, and some serious talk about the state of rural and small-town America. Now in its third year, the "Student Extravaganza" showcases the efforts of students to blend their schools and their communities, to the mutual benefit of both.
Fittingly, the conference is organized and run by students. It has financial backing from two networks of rural schools funded by the Annenberg Foundation of St. Davids, Pa., which five years ago gave $50 million for efforts to improve schools in rural areas. ("Learning To Survive," Nov. 26, 1997.)
Adults at the conference act as advisers and chaperones, but only students—as young as 5th grade—are allowed to make presentations.
Main Street Mainstays
At this year's gathering, under the banner "Small Towns, Big Dreams," three teenage keynote speakers exhorted the crowd to see themselves as mainstays of Main Street, thriving in the rural places that have nurtured them.
There could hardly be a better spot than Kearney for that pep talk. The town of 24,000 people squats at the edge of the Nebraska's western prairie, where times have grown as lean as the farmers and ranchers who try to make a living here. Half of the 10 poorest counties in the nation are in rural Nebraska and South Dakota, and more than half of the participants at the Extravaganza came from the farms, ranches, and little towns of these two states.
Ms. Valentine has the teenage habit of staring off into space when she talks to an adult, but she has taken a good, hard look at the town of Arthur.
"Our town is kind of dying out," she said. "The only thing open anymore is the bar and the schoolhouse; we have a gas station every once in a while, open when he feels like it."
Among the reasons the girls listed for starting up a grocery store is that it would give the 300 students at Arthur County High School, which serves students in 7th through 12th grade, another lunch option. Since the only food store in Arthur—a hamlet of 125 people—closed more than two years ago, those who live too far to walk home must bring a sack lunch or grab something at the bar.
The store project eventually brought together some disparate activists: the girls of the Students in Action community-service club, which Ms. Valentine helped found two years ago; two local women with an economic-development grant from the state; and Curt Shaw, the director of a student-entrepreneurship program who, incidentally, oversees the Extravaganza.
Mr. Shaw, who is employed by the Black Hills Special Services Cooperative in South Dakota, a consortium of 12 school districts, coached the Arthur students for their community meeting, which followed up a telephone survey.
Hope Comes Hard
Six students reached about a quarter of the county's population in the survey, which indicated interest in the store, but wariness, too. In a county with a dwindling population and an average per-capita annual income under $10,000, hope can take a lot of work.
"They're afraid of new things," said Ms. Valentine, who remembers resistance to the English-style riding her parents tried to introduce when they were leaders of the local 4-H Club.
To get the store open, students and advisers know they face a climb steeper than any visible out on the prairie.
That has been clear from the outset to Joy Marshall, a parent at the school, and Virginia Sizer, whose children are graduates, as they collaborated to win a state grant to underwrite the project. And yet both women have already seen the powerful, transformative effect on the girls of engaging in this socially valued work: Shy girls who welcomed a visiting politician. A student with problems reading and writing who moved the project along by drawing on just those skills. Thirteen-year-olds who led break-out discussion groups of 10 adults.
"And some of these girls absolutely did not consider themselves leaders," Ms. Marshall said, her eyes filling with tears. "Kids sometimes get overlooked because they are not A and B students."
Not every project showcased at the conference would create a grocery store or preserve local history or attract tourists, although plenty of such ambitious plans were on display. Some of the work was less dramatic, such as weaving young and old lives together.
Junia Meyer brought several of her 7th graders from Willow Lake, S.D., a town with one paved street and two beauty shops. In Ms. Meyer's class on consumer and family science, some students decided to visit elderly neighbors, which included shoveling snow, righting broken mailboxes, and preparing a meal.
"In my classroom, we pick projects dealing with something they are concerned with or they find interesting," said Ms. Meyer, a 30-year veteran who teaches household skills to middle and high schoolers and physical education to elementary students. "If there are things they should learn, I make [those subjects} fit."
In skilled hands, Ms. Meyer's approach yields both learning that lasts and life-saving contributions to small communities, many advocates of improving rural education say. "Good teaching," goes a formulation from School at the Center, the Nebraska network for rural school reform, "connects learning with students and community."
Do It Again?
For most of two days, longtime rural education advocate Rachel Tompkins looked on thoughtfully from the fringes of the Extravaganza.
Named less than a year ago to head the Rural School and Community Trust, the organization that is succeeding the Annenberg Rural Challenge, Ms. Tompkins' views will help determine whether national money backs a fourth student conference. The effort to strengthen rural schools and their communities launched by the Annenberg Foundation five years ago is coming to its official end, but an expanded board with a mandate to raise additional money plans to keep the work going under the new name.
"There was no other national organization really saying, loud and clear, that what happens in rural schools matters," said Ms. Tompkins, noting that 17 percent of students attend school in places with fewer than 2,500 residents.
For each of the three years of the conference, two Rural Challenge statewide projects—School at the Center in Nebraska and the Program for Rural School and Community Renewal in South Dakota—have budgeted money for the event, which also costs each participant $30. The trust has also kicked in money directly.
Looking down long, white-linen-covered tables filled with students, Ms. Tompkins regretted the lack of racial and ethnic diversity at the conference—no more than a handful of students were nonwhite or Hispanic—and later reflected on its size.
"Is it too big?" she asked. "More regional extravaganzas might be better, but then you lose something, too."
She also fretted a bit that few projects addressed scientific or mathematical issues beyond applied computer technology.
On the other hand, she rejoiced in the progress the students had made for their communities and in the smooth flow of the conference.
"When you support this kind of activity, where kids take responsibility, it nurtures democracy," she said.
While Ms. Tompkins contemplates the big picture, conference organizer Curt Shaw has already started to line up his organizing team for next year. He's got his eye on the students at Howard High School in Howard, S.D., which has linked itself in a half-dozen ways to surrounding Miner County. If Howard accepts, it would host the conference in a South Dakota location.
But as tired as she was, Vicki L. Wray, a junior at a high school in Ord, Neb., who was master of ceremonies for this year's Extravaganza, wasn't sure she was quite ready to cede the reins.
"It almost gets addictive,'' said the poised young woman, who doesn't rule out a political future, though her more immediate sights are set on veterinary school. "You feel you could do it all over again."
Vol. 19, Issue 31, Pages 8-9Published in Print: April 12, 2000, as Rural Youths Share Efforts To Keep Home Fires Burning
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At Corinth, Jillian Woodward scored 18 points and added seven rebounds, three steals and four blocked shots to lead the Red Riots past the Red Devils.
Hannah Clement added 11 points and three assists for Orono, Elea Kass had five points and three steals, Katie Smith posted four points, seven rebounds and three assists and Katie Sypher had three points.
Bree Skolfield led Central with 13 points, Lauren Gregory had six, McKenzie Gibbs four and Emylee Miles three.
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Heard a report that Houston's mayor got something over 500 Bibles sent to her in protest of her subpoena of the writings of Houston pastors. Also heard that it wasn't just Mike Huckabee who made the call for this form of protest but also Ted Cruz and Glenn Beck. Well, Ted Cruz is a Protestant, at least he belongs to a Southern Baptist church according to Wikipedia, so he can put out a call to pastors for such a purpose.
But not dear Glenn Beck, smart lovable solid patriot conservative Glenn Beck the heretic. He's also calling for revival but this is just another way revival is hindered because a Mormon can't call us to genuine revival. If people responded to his call to send Bibles that is NOT a good sign.
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I'm going to put up a permanent page on the possibility of revival, collecting my recent thoughts on it. It's the only solution possible, nothing we do at a human level will accomplish anything which ought to be pretty apparent to us by now. And we've been doing something wrong in our attempts to reach God too, which is my main concern. God must act or we're lost. We need revival, we need His direct revitalization of the Church. And yet in the current situations we're facing nothing could be less likely. Still, God is the God of the impossible, sovereign over all things. And if we make a concerted effort to honor His conditions... well, I haven't given up yet.
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This salad came to be while I was making another salad, the Spanish Chickpea and Tuna salad I posted yesterday. While I was cutting up the veggies, I started thinking of the bag of frozen black eyed peas that I had thawed, that was sitting in the fridge waiting for me to become inspired. I didn't intend to blog this one, but it was so good I had to share. Sorry for the lack of photos here.
Making two salads at once it a real time saver, and on a hearty salad like this one, and the one from yesterday, they are good keepers for your lunches, plus they are very healthy!
- While I used frozen black eyed peas for this, I suggest the canned for this recipe. I think they are a bit more tender and flavorful.
- Also, I had some leftover smoked chicken breasts in the fridge, which I cubed up and threw into the salad when someone requested a "meaty" salad.
- Other veggies would be good too... tomatoes, jalapenos, cucumbers. What have you got, what do you like?
2 cans (15 oz) black eyed peas, drained and rinsed.
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup bell pepper, diced small (I used a combo of yellow and red)
1/4 cup red or white onions (or even green onions)
Juice of 1-2 limes (about 2 Tbsp)
2 Tbsp oil (olive or vegetable)
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups of cooked chicken, diced (optional)
In a large bowl, add the black eyed peas, cilantro, peppers, onions. Combine well. Add the lime juice, olive oil and spices. Stir and adjust flavors with salt and pepper. Add chicken, if using. Allow flavors to stand and meld for 15-20 minutes before serving.
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