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A strategist and philanthropist deeply committed to helping organizations create transformational impact, Lisa Arpey has served on 10 boards over the past 25 years. She is a recognized leader in helping organizations build greater resilience, develop new lines of business, and advance development objectives.
Currently, as an executive board member and Chair of the Education and Leadership Committee at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., Arpey is responsible for guiding the long-term strategic vision of their education program expansion and creation of the theatre's first-ever digital strategy. Arpey led a cross-functional team of board members, staff and outside corporate partners to develop a comprehensive three-year plan to establish Ford's national in-classroom digital learning platform, modernize the onsite experience of the national park, and create a vibrant, global online community.
Arpey recently fulfilled a nine-year tenure on the American Film Institute's Board of Trustees, composed of some of the nation's most recognized leaders from the film, entertainment, business and academic communities. In this role, she forged long-term, strategic partnerships across several industries, which continue to accelerate AFI's ability to execute its strategic vision and fuel innovation in audience engagement. The AFI is home to a conservatory film school, which is a graduate level program that has been ranked as the top film school in the world. The Conservatory consistently produces Academy Award winning talent across the industry.
For eight years, as a representative of American Airlines, Arpey served on multiple boards of directors nationally and was personally responsible for cultivating business relationships that advanced American as a leader in legacy cultural and economic impact in the markets the airline serves. In addition, Arpey created community programs to increase purpose-driven employee engagement and establish American as a leader in social impact. While working with American Airlines, Arpey also created WWII Freedom Flight, a groundbreaking educational and military support program for primary schools that received national attention.
She has been a patriotic evangelist for veteran causes and been recognized by the Medal of Honor Society, the National Veterans Foundation and the Disabled Veterans Business Alliance. She is a national leader in securing individual and corporate awareness and support for veteran causes.
Over the past decade, Arpey helped lead successful capital campaigns that collectively raised almost $500 million for non-profits she has served.
Arpey will be attending the Stanford Executive Program at the Graduate Business School the summer of 2017. Previously, she graduated with a business degree from the University of Michigan and began her career in information systems and finance. In addition to her many professional accomplishments, she has three children, currently holds an FAA Instrument Private Pilot rating and has trained as a professional chef in New York City and France.


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In the aftermath of the recent fire, a new landscape has been formed. The formerly isolated houses in Sunshine and Fourmile canyons, nestled in thick stands of pines and occasional aspens, have been opened up to wide-open vistas and uninterrupted panoramas due to the staggering loss of trees. From a single house site you can see across valleys and draws to distant hillsides and see houses, some standing, some not, that were never before visible. These views of other houses have become if not the dominant then at least very significant, new landscape feature. So, along with the sense of community that was forged in the tragedy of the fire, there is a new visible community apparent like never before.
Standing out in that denuded landscape, the immediate question occurs to everyone looking out at newly visible neighbor's properties – "are they rebuilding?" – "are they moving their house to a new location?" -"I didn't know that road existed."
To that question, there are a number of people that are proposing an online community mapping project. Using Google Earth as a platform, the idea is to build 3D computer models of new and existing houses as they progress in the rebuilding project. Along with the buildings will come the knowledge, publicly accessible, of what is being done, who is rebuilding and when. This is an attempt to fill in the gap of the unknown, of the uncertain prospect, of living again in that beautiful but scarred landscape.
Community mapping projects take many forms, from economic resources to educational opportunities. This map will attempt to record the past – in models of houses pre-fire, and the present and future – in models, geo-located within Google Earth, of houses proposed and under construction. The map's beginning will be simple. The first stage is to add some information like property boundaries and driveway access to layers on the existing Google Earth topography. The next step is outreach – to encourage homeowners, of houses existing and proposed, to include their building information on the map. This can take the form of a precise SketchUp model uploaded to Google Earth as created by their architect, or a simple marker indicating some intention of rebuilding or not. This basic information will allow any homeowner, along with the local fire department and sheriff's office, to identify what is being done in what location. A homeowner will be able to "stand" in the location of their new or proposed house and look out over the landscape and survey who else is rebuilding and where. Architect's will be able to use the model to craft designs that can respect the views and forms of other houses and possibly to pool resources during construction. The local emergency responders will be able to look at the entire model and know if there is any longer a building at the end of that driveway and the location of new access roads.
Potential layers are endless and can be added over time. GIS information indicating plant species, steep slopes, soils types, solar access and other layers can be included and will greatly help everyone in the rebuilding process.
Key to this process is the participation of as many homeowners, architects and builders as possible. Inevitably questions of privacy arise and I think a simple and frank discussion can ally those fears. Certainly the advantages of this information I think will surpass the possible negatives. I want to strongly encourage everyone's participation and I would be happy to sit down with any homeowner, architect or builder to explain the process and power that this map can convey.
The group putting together this effort includes the local architects as both project directors and participating architects:
Michelle Wheatley of Studio Arc-Hive
Juana Gomez of Lawrence and Gomez Architects
Mark Gerwing, M. Gerwing Architects
A map ties information to location. It is a tool for information and visualization. But most importantly this kind of map is a constituent of community. It will give everyone an idea of what has been and what is to come. By including information pre- and post-fire it links information to location to time, history and future.
Please feel free to contact any of us listed above if you have any questions or suggestions. We hope to have a website up and running soon and this will include the first of the models located on the landscape. We will need lots of help to build as much of the existing area as possible – all of the Gold Hill buildings, existing houses, etc. – and we will have a quick workshop about how to quickly build models and to solicit help and advice.
Many thanks to the good folks at Boulder's own Concept3D, the leader in the field of database rich 3D mapping technology and Google SketchUp for providing technical assistance and advice.
check out the website, 4milemap, and you will be able to see current projects as well as some posts on rebuilding advice and stages in the ongoing community mapping project.


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Tonight, we welcome Matt Wrock (@mwrockx) back to the show to talk about his recent blog post detailing how he is automating the deployment of Nano Server using Packer and Vagrant. There's a lot of goodies and gotchas in here about what's in Nano and what's *not* in Nano, so be sure to tune in!
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Domestic food prices hiked over the month pushing the annual headline inflation higher
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The domestic prices rose significantly over the month by 15.4%, the highest monthly increase in history, causing an overall monthly inflation rate of 6.6%. The monthly inflation was solely driven by the marked increase in domestic food prices particularly for fruits and vegetables. The damages from Tropical Cyclone (TC) Gita in February affecting the local food supply explained the increase in price as the majority of damages were on fruits & vegetables, followed by various other food items such as root crops. Imported inflation also slightly rose over the month as imported food prices rose further.
The hike in local food prices pushed the annual headline inflation rate to 9.8%, compared to 9.4% in March 2017 and 3.4% last month. The imported component of inflation remained relatively stable in terms of its 3.7 percentage points contribution to the overall headline inflation. However, the domestic component of inflation contributed 6.1 pecentage points to the overall headline inflation. Seasonality and damages to fruits and vegetables caused by TC Gita resulted in lower supply of these food items. The price of vegetables was therefore stable at $3.00 per bunch but with smaller quantity.
The prices of imported food, fuel and household supplies rose over the month which resulted in a 0.3% rise in the monthly imported inflation. The main driver was a 0.6% rise in imported food prices such as meat products, miscallenous food category and dairy products which was partially offset by a decline in the price of some fruits & vegetables. Addtionally, the price of diesel increased over the month by 1.1%, whilst prices of household supplies and services slightly rose by 0.2%. On the other hand, the price of medical health services and supplies declined by 0.8%.
The annual imported inflation rose to 6.5% driven by higher prices for food, tobacco, fuel and clothing. Imported food prices continued to be the largest contributor which rose by 9.1% and contributed 2.5 percentage points to the overall headline inflation. The meat, fish & poultry category had the highest increase of 13.6%, followed by an 8.5% rise in the price of dairy products, and a 4.5% rise in the price of other food components which comprises of items such as sugar and flour. Movements in the global price of meat and poultry coupled with the changes to customs duties and excise taxes on meat products were driving prices higher over the year. This was reflected in the increased prices of chicken pieces and lamb flaps by 16.1% and 15.6% respectively over the year. The second highest contributor to the imported inflation was the price of tobacco which rose by 15.5% and contributed 0.6 to the annual change of imported inflation. Higher tobacco price was partly driven by the increase in excise tax on tobacco that was introduced in July 2017. The price of Winfield blue has increased over the year to March 2018 by 17.8%.
Additionally, fuel prices rose by 4.9% over the year contributing 0.4% to the annual headline inflation. The prices of diesel and petrol rose over the year by 8.0% and 4.3% respectively. The high fuel prices were due to higher world oil prices which flow through to local oil prices with a lag of 1-2 months. Clothing supplies also increased by 6.9%. These outweighed the annual fall in the price for stationery supplies, medical health services and supplies, cosmetics and toiletries, and house maintenance goods.
The monthly domestic inflation spiked by 15.4% over the month, recording the highest growth rate compared to previous years. This was solely driven by the impact of TC Gita and the seasonality of local food supply. Fruits and vegetable category rose by 79.3% over the months as prices of capsicum, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, watermelon and green coconuts increased.
Moreover, this has pushed the annual domestic inflation higher to 14.0% and contributed 6.1 percentage points to the overall headline inflation. The local food group was the highest contributor of 5.6 percentage points as fruits and vegetables rose over the year by 55.4%. Other local goods and services which rose over the year included the prices of kava-Tonga and housing maintenance goods and services having equal contribution to the headline inflation of 0.3 percentage points each. These outweighed the annual decline in prices of electricity, public transportation and communication services. Electricity price has declined over the year by 2.2% reflecting the government's decision to hold any tariff increase up to June 2018 following the aftermath of TC Gita for the benefit of the people of Tonga.
On the outlook, the annual headline inflation rate is anticipated to slow down to the Reserve Bank's 5% reference rate before the end of 2018 due to higher expectations in the prices of food, transportation, tobacco, alcohol and kava-Tonga. However, favourable movements in global oil and food prices may change this outlook. Additionally, the vulnerability of Tonga to natural disasters also poses a risk to the local food supply and consequently its prices and the inflation outlook.
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Art Montgolfières offers to discover the Touraine region from the sky. Fly over the most beautiful monuments of Touraine, Loire Castles, manors, abbeyes, vineyards... The regional heritage abounds in wonders unique to this beautiful region of Loire valley. Float over the Loire, last wild river, and feel absolute delight.
Art Montgolfières has 4 launch sites possible in Touraine:
Located next to the village of Chenonceaux in the Indre-et-Loire department, Chenonceau is one of the most famous castles of the Loire Valley region. Exquisitely furnished and decorated with rare tapestries and antique paintings, this castle is the most visited private historic monument in France, surrounded by several superb gardens, a park, and a vineyard.
Meeting place
Bus Parking of the Castle of Chenonceau - 37150 Chenonceaux
GPS coordinates: latitude: 47.325523 - longitude: 1.070516
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The royal Castle of Amboise is an emblematic monument and its landscaped gardens offer one of the most remarkable panoramas on the Loire valley, classified as an UNESCO World Heritage site. Each visit has its own special way of looking at this exceptional site of French history: its political and artistic importance within Europe in the Renaissance; intimate moments in the sovereigns' lives, daily life in Court and behind the scenes.
Meeting place
Office de tourisme d'Amboise - Quai du général de Gaulle - 37400 Amboise
GPS coordinates: latitude: 47.4115907 - longitude: 0.9781238000000485
Click here to plan your route
The castle, which overlooks the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage site, is a fine example of the Gothic period's defensive architecture as well as of the ornamental architecture of the Renaissance. The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire puts on a lively and diversified programme throughout the year, related to the link between art and nature, inside the Castle, in the park and during the International Garden Festival.
Meeting place
Office de Tourisme de Chaumont - 24 Rue du Maréchal Leclerc - 41150 Chaumont-sur-Loire
GPS coordinates: latitude: 47.4821473 - longitude: 1.1923770999999306
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Hometown of Alfred de Vigny, Loches rises on the banks of the Indre river. The inner city still retains its Middle-Age aspects: a walled city diminished to two of its three original walls surrounds the town. Its historical, military and archaeological interest is of first order.
Meeting place
Loches: office de tourisme Place de la Marne - 37600 Loches
GPS coordinates: latitude: 47.1293678 - longitude: 0.9993973000000551
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tank: old navy
pants: gap
shoes: DSW
necklace: anthropologie
I'm going to go ahead and break the news to you -- this is not a body suit. I am wearing a top and a bottom, not a lycra one-piece jumper. Although that would be awesome as well. But that's the problem with all black, it never quite translates in photos. I feel as if I am gravitating towards black lately. Do you ever do that, find something -- a style, a color, an accessory -- and you wear it for weeks and then you are suddenly over it? I do that a lot. I date a style for a little bit and then without warning I dump it. Well black and I have an open relationship. I see other colors for a while, but I always seem to come crawling back.
In other news, I finally found the perfect pair of black cigarette pants. They are at Gap right now, and they are perfect. The fabric is thick and stretchy, or as my husband said "they are like exercise pants." I'm just thankful he remembers that I own exercise pants. Anyways, even after working for 8 hours I still do not want to take these pants off. I feel like I'm getting away with something sneaky by wearing these to work. They look really nice, but seriously they are so comfortable. Plus, I feel like a taller, slightly rounder version of Audrey Hepburn. In the words of Rachel Zoe "I die."


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Vale of White Horse District Council - Housing Advice/Homelessness
Housing Needs Team
135 Eastern Avenue
Milton Park
Public phone: 01235 550359 / 01235 422422 / 01235 422 452
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website URL: http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Service offered: Assessment of entitlement to housing for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. Housing provided for people considered in priority need of housing. Temporary accommodation may be available while enquiries are made about eligibility. Also offer general housing advice and information for private and council tenants and homeless people. Out of hours emergencies phone 01235 422 422.
Target group: People who are or may be priority homeless, and the general public.
Area served: Vale of the White Horse District Council - Abingdon, Wantage, Faringdon and surrounding areas.
How to contact: Phone, contact for an appointment or write.
Monday: 8.30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8.30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8.30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8.30am - 5pm
Friday: 8.30am - 4.30pm
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Wheelchair access: Yes - full
Accessible toilets: Yes
Access notes: Parking available. Ramped entrance with lifts inside.
Languages other than English: Access to interpreters.
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Source: Ward embezzled from Hensarling PAC
Christopher J. Ward, the former National Republican Congressional Committee treasurer under investigation for allegedly diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the NRCC and other committees, paid himself $4,208 from the leadership PAC of Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) in December and then returned the money in February, according to a Federal Election Commission filing and a GOP insider.
The $4,208 expenditure was not included in the Hensarling PAC's December 2007 report to the FEC. But in a disclosure report with the FEC filed Thursday, the PAC — the Jobs, Economy and Budget Fund, or JEB Fund — reported two contributions from Ward totaling $4,208.78 on Feb. 5 and 8.
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The JEB Fund's filing refers to each of the two contributions as "Reimbursement — Unauthorized Expenditure."
It's not clear why Ward might have returned money to the JEB Fund in February, after the NRCC accounting scandal burst into public view. The treasurer for the JEB Fund, Brenda Pejovich, issued a statement Thursday saying that the PAC has completed an audit that provides a full accounting for all of the committee's funds. Ward's lawyer did not return a call seeking comment for this story.
The new disclosure report from the JEB Fund is the first public evidence that Ward may have misused money from any of the dozens of leadership PACs and reelection campaigns with which he was affiliated over the past few years.
The NRCC reported today that it had $740,000 less in cash on hand than it had reported having at the end of December. GOP insiders suggest that Ward may have taken a portion of that money, perhaps several hundred thousand dollars.
NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon that Ward "made several hundred thousand dollars in unauthorized transfers of NRCC funds to outside committees whose bank accounts he had access to, including joint fundraising committees in which the NRCC participated."
These joint committees from which Ward allegedly diverted funds include committees set up to raise money for an annual dinner with President Bush put on by the NRCC and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Those dinners usually meant millions of dollars from the Republican campaign committees.
One GOP insider said Ward also diverted funds from the leadership PACs and reelection campaigns he was working for, usually in smaller amounts, although the total may actually end up being greater than what he allegedly diverted from the NRCC.
The JEB Fund is a relatively small leadership PAC. Total receipts are $28,708 for this entire cycle, including the money Ward returned.


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The expedition started 26 May at the border between Latvia and Lithuania and reached the border with Estonia about one month later. Then 500 kilometre of the entire Latvian coastline was covered and beaches along the way cleaned for marine litter and waste.
The aim of the expedition "My Baltic Sea 2015" was to attract attention to the environmental challenges facing the Baltic Sea and raise awareness about the fact that the rehabilitation of the Baltic Sea depends on society's attitude and understanding.
Along the way up the coastline, different activities such as lectures, concerts, outdoor cinema etc. were organised to increase people's knowledge about the pollution and the marine environment.
In total, around 700 people took part in the expedition that was organised by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Latvia in cooperation with Latvian authorities and supported by the EEA and Norway Grants.
Collected marine litter and waste
Every day, the participants walked 15 to 20 kilometres along the coast. They collected marine litter and monitored waste on the beaches. The monitoring was conducted according to a methodology developed by the UN environment programme (UNEP). At each stop on the way, a 100 meter stretch of the beach was thoroughly inspected from the waterfront to the closest permanent vegetation or sand dune.
The expedition identified the cleanest and the most polluted beaches in Latvia, as well as the amount and type of waste found there.
Plastic waste dominated
The results show that more than half of all the waste (some places as much as 75 per cent) consisted of different plastic products such as rope, bags, cigarette butts, bottle caps and various plastic pieces. With some changes in attitude and efficient political measures this could be reduced.
All the waste that was collected will be presented for Latvia's Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.
The campaign "My Baltic Sea 2015" was organised in the framework of the Latvian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Find out more about the campaign "My Baltic Sea 2015".
Improving the environmental status
Four beneficiary countries of the EEA and Norway Grants are bordering the Baltic Sea – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Through the Grants Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway finance several projects to improve the environmental status and management in this area.
Read more about ongoing environmental projects around the Baltic Sea.


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bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight,
a new institution to help tell America's story. AUDIENCE: Three, two, one. WOMAN: Break ground.
(APPLAUSE) JEFFREY BROWN: An official ground-breaking today marked a pivotal moment in a long journey,
to build the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture on
the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Given a final push by an act of Congress in 2003,
and now scheduled to open in 2015, it will stand next to the Washington Monument and
cost around $500 million, half covered by Congress, half by private donations that are
still being raised. Lonnie Bunch, a former curator at the Smithsonian and president of
the Chicago Historical Society, is the museum's founding director. LONNIE BUNCH, director,
National Museum of African-American History and Culture: The greatest chasm that has divided
us has been the issue of race. And in some ways, we want to create a museum that will
allow us to understand the full, rich, diverse history of America. And by doing that, we
want to create an opportunity for sort of reconciliation and healing. So, ultimately,
while I want to do a great building and great exhibitions and wonderful artifacts, I really
want this museum to mean more. I have said I am not interested in creating an African-American
museum for African-Americans. What I'm interested in is taking this culture and using it as
another lens to understand what it means to be an American. JEFFREY BROWN: To do that,
the museum is collecting artifacts from far and wide to illustrate aspects of life and
history, from the African slave trade to our own time. Some 25,000 items have already been
acquired, among them, a Spirit of Tuskegee World War II biplane that was flown across
country during a monthlong trip in August. The owner, a young Air Force captain, donated
the plane, which had been used to train the Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940s. And the family
of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old murdered in Mississippi in 1955, donated the casket in
which he was buried. There are other artifacts from historic figures: Harriet Tubman's hymnbook,
Rosa Parks' dress, Nat Turner's Bible. And many from popular culture: Chuck Berry's red
Cadillac, Michael Jackson's fedora, Louis Armstrong's trumpet. But the vast majority,
says Bunch, will be from the unheralded and everyday life. LONNIE BUNCH: Many museums
start with thousands of objects. We started with zero. So what we had to do was really
think of different ways to basically suggest that so much of the 20th century and most
of the 19th century is still in the basements, attics and homes of people. So we created
an array of programs where we have gone around the country to get people excited and engaged.
And we have found amazing things. JEFFREY BROWN: When completed, this new national museum
will join some 300 other museums around the country devoted to African-American history,
including the African-American Firefighter Museum in Los Angeles, the Wright Museum of
African-American History in Detroit, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Several
new ones, including in Atlanta and Charleston, are under way. The new museum in Washington
will no doubt be the most prominent. And, at today's ceremony, President Obama spoke
to its larger meaning. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It's also fitting that this museum has found
a home on the National Mall. It was on this ground long ago that lives were once traded,
where hundreds of thousands once marched for jobs and for freedom. It was here that the
pillars of our democracy were built, often by black hands. And that's why what we build
here won't just be an achievement for our time. It will be a monument for all time.
JEFFREY BROWN: When the museum opens, officials it to draw some three to four million visitors
a year. And for more on this and other museums and the quest to tell the African-American
story, we're joined by Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the
book "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration." Isabel, it's
good to talk to you again. It occurs to me that you must have gathered many artifacts
and lots of stories for your book. How do you define the importance of a national museum
like this? ISABEL WILKERSON, "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great
Migration": Well, I see it as representing an opportunity to understand the experiences
of people who have been in this country for longer than there s even been a United States,
and who have been central to its development, but who over the years and over the centuries
have been marginalized. And so this is an opportunity for understanding and for healing
for all Americans, and a sense of being able to understand and to see what the experiences
of people have been like, and focusing beyond the big dates and the big names and the big
heroes and icons, and to see what it's like to humanize the experiences of people. JEFFREY
BROWN: Yes, that was interesting, because you hear — we talk about the famous people
and events, and then Lonnie Bunch is talking about the stuff in people's attics and basements.
That's what you're talking about? ISABEL WILKERSON: Yes, the idea that we are now two generations
away from some of the harshest realities of a caste system known as Jim Crow that ruled
the lives of so many Americans in the South, and that those people who are now the — the
heirs or the people who are now the children and grandchildren of that era are removed
now from the most heartbreaking aspects of it. And they have a tremendous amount of curiosity.
They're also inheriting trunk-loads and attics full of memorabilia that they may not even
understand or know exactly what it is. And there's this curiosity and a desire to know,
a desire to understand. And if you think about it, there's so much that we really don't know
and can't possibly know, because all of these things have been hidden in people's attics
and in their memories. And so now this has been a chance for an unfolding of all of this
for us to appreciate and to learn from and to grow from. JEFFREY BROWN: You know, I mentioned
the hundreds of museums already out there, and a spate of new ones, including this one
in Washington. But we mentioned Atlanta, Charleston. There is also one in Jackson, Miss., coming.
What accounts for that? What accounts for this sort of renaissance, if you will, of
building and looking into this history in the last few years and in the years to come?
ISABEL WILKERSON: Again, I think it's partly the fact that we have a generation that's
removed now from the harshest aspects of it. And previous generations simply didn't talk
about it. And now their children and grandchildren are wanting to know. And they are — they
have all these artifacts. And so they're figuring out what to do with them. And I think that
one of the challenges will be and one of the joys of actually all of this is a greater
awareness of the meaning and significance of little bits of memorabilia, old copies
of long — long-gone periodicals and the Green Books that helped guide African-Americans
as they were making their way across the country during an era where they could not stop and
be assured of being able to find a place to rest or of food. And so these things are now
quite valued. And when people discover them, they're trying to figure out what to do with
them. And now they have a place to take them. JEFFREY BROWN: Now, you're talking about different
generations. I assume one of the important issues here is a civil rights generation that
is beginning to pass away. ISABEL WILKERSON: Yes. With the passing of each generation,
all these things become even more valuable. And, as we discovered — in my own case, I
have discovered things from my own father, who d been a Tuskegee Airman, and now there
is a place to put these things. And I think that it raises the value and it makes an awareness
for people who maybe had not realized it before. It goes beyond just African-Americans. Clearly,
this is a recording of and a saving and curating of American history. And I agree with the
director that this has meaning far beyond just those people who are the people who are
sifting through what they have in their attic. It means something for the whole country.
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, speaking of that aspect of it — and we did hear Lonnie Bunch talk
about it — but the question always comes up — and it comes up every Black History
Month — and here's a museum dedicated to black history — is it helpful to sort of
put one set of history over here, and in some ways apart from American history? And we heard
the director, Lonnie Bunch, talking about how he doesn't see it that way. It sounds
like you don't either. But talk about that — that little bit of tension there that does
come up. ISABEL WILKERSON: Well, obviously, there are two schools of thought. I mean,
one of them is that it's American history, so, clearly, it should be embedded and a part
of all — any reference to American history and American thought and culture. On the other
hand, these things have been marginalized for so long that, even now, much of what we
know about African-American history may be bits and pieces here and there. And so until
we get to a point where this history is fully embedded into all that we know as American
history, there — would still, you know, very likely be needed. One would hope and look
forward to the day when it won't be necessary. JEFFREY BROWN: I guess another question that
comes up with all the museums and the new museum is just whether there will be enough
visitors, whether there's enough money to support all these places, enough artifacts
for all these museums. Is that something to worry about, or just celebrate, I guess, at
the moment? ISABEL WILKERSON: I think, at this point, there is so much that people don't
even know. They don't even know what it is that they have. They don't recognize or even
— they don't recognize, if they come across a Green Book, what that is and what the significance
of it is. I think the main concern and most important thing is to have something to curate
to begin with. And the more awareness there is, the more that people know about the — a
place to put them, that there's now — there are now archival options for them, I think
that that means that that's a good problem to have. JEFFREY BROWN: This is what you found
after your book, right, when you reached out and other people started sending you even
more stories, I gather. ISABEL WILKERSON: I got letters. I continue to get letters.
I continue to receive copies of now-defunct periodicals that were the mainstay for certain
people, for African-Americans in California. I receive these things, and I, myself, don't
know what to do with them. And so I'm grateful to know that there are many, many options
now. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, this new museum opens in 2015. So there's some time, and they
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Archos just unveiled a new tablet for the masses, called the Arnova 97 G4. While the name is certainly debatable, I can certainly say it looks pretty good, at least on paper. The exterior design isn't half bad either. In fact, it resembles the Nexus 10 a bit, but then again that's not so hard to do since all tablets have a glossy black finish and thick bezels.
The Arnova 97 G4 includes a 9.7-inch display as if that wasn't already obvious due to the name. The display operates at a maximum resolution of 1024 x 768, which isn't full HD, but that's alright, I think.
The Arnova 97 also includes the following internal hardware:
- Dual-core ARM Cortex 1.6GHz processor
- Quad-core Mali-400 GPU
- 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display (1024 x 768 resolution)
- 1GB of installed RAM
- 8GB of internal storage with MicroSD expansion slot (up to 32GB)
- Includes USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack and HDMI output
- 2 megapixel front and rear facing cameras
- Rechargeable lithium ion battery (unknown size)
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- Dimensions: 243.2mm x 190mm x 10.5mm
Unfortunately, nothing has been released about price yet, but I'm willing to bet it's going to be reasonable, at least I hope it will be. The specs put it right on par with the budget section of the tablet market. Let's hope Archos doesn't try to promote this thing as a high-end device.
Now that, you've seen what's included are you interested in picking up a tablet like this or would you rather just go with the Nexus 10? For comparison, Archos isn't too bad about getting updates out to consumers, but the process is never as fast as it happens on a stock Android device. By now, we all know the blessing of stock Android is that you get to stay on the bleeding edge of the Android platform in terms of updates and software builds.
If you've owned an Archos tablet in the past or still own one, please feel free to chime in below. We'd love to hear how it's working out for you, or -adversely- if it isn't.
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Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world and China's economy is the second largest in the world, so many experts recommend learning Mandarin Chinese, the main spoken dialect.
Standard Chinese, which is also referred to as "Mandarin", is the official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, and one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is also one of the most frequently used varieties of Chinese among Chinese diaspora communities internationally.
There seems to be an "explosion" of Chinese programs right now as many families desire that their children learn Chinese. Savvy parents recognize that students who learn Chinese today may discover new and exciting ways to succeed tomorrow.
My 2 kids speak Mandarin as we thought that it would be very positive for them to learn this language: they can broaden their horizons, discover one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations, and the possibility of forming international friendships. They both love everything related to this language. Perhaps it might be that the language's tone sounds to them like a song, or that the written characters look like pictures.
During these past years I have bought lots of materials: books, picture dictionaries, flashcards, CD's and movies… but I have just recently discovered Chineasy, which is a genius idea and an inspiring company. Created by ShaoLan, her aim is extraordinary: "bring down the great wall of Chinese language and allow Eastern and Western cultures to communicate freely". This new way to "read" Chinese is simply brilliant:
What I value most about this book is that it covers not only key vocabulary (numbers, family members, animals or food), but also many aspects of the Chinese culture (zodiac, geography, traditions..), being the natural step that allows children to understand China, Chinese culture, and its language. The book includes games and activities, as well as eight practice pages for children so that they can try out writing the Chineses characters.
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Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss are joining Egidio Coccimiglio's "Compulsion" reports Deadline.
The story follows two very different women who occupy adjacent apartments. Moss plays former child star who is contemptuous of herself and the world. Graham plays a newly separated chef who dreams of stardom.
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More Deck / Carlin / Beamshelf Reprairs
At this stage I started stripping off more of the existing deck. As I took sections up I'd take out the old brass screws and bolts and chuck them in a large bucket – I think i Weighed in 6 buckets at around £45/50 each eventually!.
Removing the old deck, This was a layer of 1/2″ ply with greased calico on top with a layer of inch ply on top of that. the joints were just plain butt's with white lead putty. A crap effort really:
The original deck beams had been replaced in the 90′s along with the deck.
Rather than the original 2.5″ x 3″ they'd fitted 4″ square section which was just wedged in rather than being dovetailed as it should have been, to make up for this they'd fitted a tie bar made of 16mm steel stud bar tying the beamshelf and carlin together alongside every beam.
These had rusted and made everything even worse!.
I replaced all the beams with Iroko to the original dimensions and removed the tie-bars:
Showing joint on a new deckbeam – these are a half joint with a dovetail on the top part:
New beam showing how the beam shelf and carlin are at different angles – this makes each joint different!: (the beams were epoxied in after these photos was taken)
New decking down, This is the last laminated section everything else was done using 2″ply:
After this photo was taken The outboard edge was planed off to match the angle of the hull, the ply was sheathed with woven glass cloth and epoxy and a 4″ bi-axial cloth tape was used to cover the deck edge to hull join:
This is the other side of the boat showing where water has run in down a join in the top layer of ply and rotted everything out:
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Structrual Repair – Rubbing Strake, Beamself, Carlin work…
Having replaced the stem and satisfied myself that the underwater section of the hull was in good shape thought turned towards getting the large hole where the foredeck was supposed to be sorted.
Another chunk of rainforest was ordered, several cubic feet of which can be seen in planking form sat on the floor of the forecabin:
A section of the teak planking on the port bow had been replaced in the past with Iroko as part of what appears to be a very large accident repair.
The badly replaced deck fitted in the 90′s had allowed freshwater to run into the end grain of this planking and caused a fair amount of rot.
The hull itself is "double diagonal" construction with two layers of 15mm thick planking run at 90degrees to one another with calico inbetween, then fastened with thousands of copper rivets.
Luckily the areas I needed to replace were mostly short lengths and there were existing joins hidden behind the rubbing strake, Here you can see some new timber as well as a section where i've stripped the rotten planking off:
This is where modern glues and adhesives really simplify the job – these short lengths are bedded onto polyurethane rather than calico, the scarfs are epoxyed and eventually get sandwiched between the rubbing strake on the outside and the stringer on the inside:
At this stage I had to remove the handrail stanchions and bollards from the deck and strip off the remains of the rubbing strakes so I could replace the stringer inside:
With new stringers fitted the lower rubbing strake was replaced – this is through bolted to the stringer with m12 stainless bolts at 11″ centres:
The beamshelf which attaches the deck and hull together turned out to be badly rotted so I cut back the deck to gain access for replacement:
Showing the first 6″x1″ laminate being dry fitted – note the new stringer and rubbing strake bolts just below it:
16ft lengths of planking were used:
These photos show the process on the starboard side -
First the rubbing stake was replaced and through bolted in order to keep the shape of the hull when the deck and beamshelf are cut out.
The hull planking is fairly flexible and its the frames, stringers etc that help it hold its shape.
Once the old beamshalf is removed new packing blocks are fitted between the frames, these are 2×6″ iroko and bedded on polyurethane adhesive/sealant:
Then two laminates of inch planking are glued in and the whole lot is planed of to match the angle of the deck:
The original steel knees/breasthooks were cleaned up and refitted with m20 bolts:
New deck beams were cut out of 3.5″ Iroko:
The deck was trimmed back slightly more in order to replace a short length of the carlin which joins the deck and the cabintop together:
I'd got a very good deal on enough 2″ marine ply to replace pretty much all of the sidedecks at £50+vat a sheet as opposed to its list price of over £340 it was too good to miss!.
The foredeck and the very forward section of the sidedecks has quite a bit of camber (curve) as the 2″ ply is incredibly stiff (32 laminates of gaboon with less than 0.01% voids) I decided to laminate the foredeck out of two layers of inch ply.
This is budget "far eastern" marine ply at £96+vat a sheet and I wish I could have afforded something nicer – although its epoxy sheathed so it dosn't matter really
First bits of ply dry fitted:
And with the second layer epoxied down and a layer of epoxy and fibreglass cloth on top:
Better end this post here as its incredibly long!
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On the Slip / Stem Replacement
Up to this point most of the work I had done had been to try and make the exterior appear as it should have been originally.
In the back of my mind I was pretty worried what the hull itself might be like underneath the waterline. I'd bought the boat afloat without a survey or even having seen the underside.
With this in mind and with the new funnel, wheelhouse and exhaust system meaning the boat was once again moveable it was arranged to pull her out of the water on the slipway at work.
The plan was to burn off the old paint below the waterline and re-paint and hopefully to replace the stem which had turned out to be badly rotten as well as having large sections missing which had been hidden by wooden cheek pieces bodged on by the navy.
I'd already removed the deck and rotten beamshelf from the bow area to gain acess to the back of the stem (called the apron) which had also turned out to be rotten to just above the waterline. I'd replaced this whilst afloat but the stem on the outside needed replacing down below the water and the presence of a rusting iron shoe which covered the forefoot meant I wasn't sure how far down the damage went.
These photos show the work that happened whilst on the slipway -
Looking forward a couple of days after the boat came out, I'd removed a badly damaged wooden and copper shoe from the keel by this point and had just started burning off 40 years of toxic antifoul:
Looking aft:
Up on deck this was the current state of the bow – The apron has been replaced as well as several frames and a couple of stringers to try and stiffen things up a bit:
Crap photo but the red thing sat on the cabintop by the bow is the new stem knee ready for fitting:
New stem knee fitted in place. you can see just how rotten most of the original timbers were on the right of the photo:
The damaged and rotten parts of the stem were cut back so an idea of the timber required could be made. What you can see in the top half of the photo is the new apron which the hull planking is fastened to. The lower half is the remains of the stem which is bolted to the outside of the apron:
Lower part of the stem with the rotten wood removed (this was eventually trimmed right back to the keel scarf on the far right of the photo)
Joe came down to give me a hand burning off around the waterline, whilst I continued burning the antifoul from below the waterline. A tedious job but a very good way to familiarise yourself with the condition of the hull!:
Luckily the teak hull planking was in exceptional condition:
A few damaged areas of the sacrificial hull covering above the waterline were removed ready for replacement:
Eventually the bottom was all burnt off, sacrificial planking was replaced and the hole from the watercooled exhaust was replanked. The timber for the new stem was overdue by about 3 weeks by this point which meant I was stuck on the slipway for another set of tides:
With the bottom painted in special grey underwater primer:
There aren't any photos showing the stem being laminated as the timber had only turned up the day before Joe went back to the mainland so I ended up fitting it on my own.
Basically its laminated out of half inch thick planks 12ft long by about 5 inches wide which were steamed/boiled in a 6″ pipe which I'd welded an end cap and some legs to so that it sat at 45 degrees over a large gas burner.
After half an hour the planks were taken out of the steamer and screwed into position with bronze screws. After being left for a couple of days to take the shape and for the moisture content to reduce again they were removed, belt sanded, pasted up with epoxy resin and refitted.
Once the resin had set the stem was drilled and bolted to the apron with M20 stainless studding above the waterline and bronze below the waterline.
These photos are all taken whilst I was planing the finished stem to the correct shape:
This is where the stem is scarfed onto the oak keel, a fairly flawless transition:
The hull was antifouled:
The Propeller was dressed to a good finish with a grinder and new zinc anodes were fitted to the steel rudder:
She was then re-launched and as there was rumblings about the EU forcing red diesel taxation on uk boat owners I took her down to the fuel barge to top up the diesel tanks with 145 gallons of finest cherry (thanks to a Payday Loan from the Bank of Joe!). This photo actually shows her coming out the water again the same day due to a leaking water intake valve for the engine:
The large bronze valve (a bastard design known as an Orseal Valve) which relies on a series of "O"Ring seals which are supposed to be forced to seal by high pressure steam obviously didn't like being used for seawater rather than steam!
it had probably been leaking unnoticed since the day the boat was built.
With some *quality shims cut from 80grit sandpaper the valve was reassembled and the boat re-launched for the second time:
I've since sourced* a replacement valve but have not fitted it as the sandpaper seems to still be doing its job!
*its previous owner probably isn't missing it
Engine Room & More
Whilst the rest of the Boat looked like a bomb-site the Engine room was still intact and relatively tidy:
The Foden 2 stroke was the pinnacle of 1960s british diesel engineering. In an attempt to get more powah they chose the two stroke principle but added twin overhead exhaust valves to each cylinder.
The supercharger blows air into a gallery which supplies the intake ports in each cylinder liner. The block is alloy with removable steel liners and individual cast iron heads.
Mines a 6 cylinder, they also built inline 4′s and a beast of a 12 cylinder which was basically two 6 cylinder engines in a shared crankcase with the crankshafts geared together!
Later on they added a turbocharger and intercooler making a supercharged intercooled turbo diesel! (great to listen to but not to own as they don't run for long!)
Main engine instruments, the engine is also monitored by a "Teddington Visutector" which is a box full of capillary tubes and relays, if somethings not right lights come on in the wheelhouse and a large klaxon thats meant to be fitted to the outside of the wheelhouse also sounds:
Original light fittings in the engine room, The boats 24volt throughout:
I managed to source a replacement for the missing engine room vent but had to get new flanges tig'ed onto the alloy bases:
The funnel was removed at this point as i was building the top for it:
With the funnel and top refitted. Cleaning the millscale off was impossible, Should have bought primed plate. Eventually I found someone willing to take it away and grit blast it inside and out for £60 which was the best money I've ever spent!:
I also wasted some money on a ex green goddess searchlamp and a black VHF antenna which had to be specially ordered from the states and cost the best part of £250 :-/
The exhaust silencer has been fitted inside the funnel by this point (another £170)
Nice new dry exhaust fitted utilising piping from the local creamery which was being demolished, some new weld bends and a sexy stainless flexipipe out of a very large comp-air compressor:
The cabin was a bit tidier again and the stove was repaired and reassembled after much cast iron welding and a new oven lining:
Steelwork & Wheelhouse
The new steelwork in the cabin sides was pretty much all in place but only tacked due to my generator not being up to running out 3.2mm rods on the arc set.
I borrowed a ancient 300vDC 3 cylinder lister genset on a trailer but it promptly spun several main bearings and being the centre of a complex ownership dispute, rather than repairing it I sent it back to its (supposed) owner and the steelwork sat unfinished for the best part of a year:
I built a new wheelhouse out of 3″ thick Iroko to as close to the original as was possible when working off period photos on the internet, Part of the base of the original was still in place which helped with dimensions although the previous owner had cut most of it off with a chainsaw:
I'd also made a funnel using the flange holes on the deck as a pattern for the shape and guessing a bit regarding height, Note the *professional looking template for the funnel top in this picture!:
The wheelhouse was built inside the forecabin so I was literally living in 5″ of iroko dust for about 2 months – I ended up developing a huge allergy to Iroko.
Several years later even cutting it with a handsaw still makes my throat close up and i spend the next 8 hours coughing up blood! Unfortunate really as I'm still using it for 90% of the structural work i'm doing!:
The forecabin had become a utter shithole by this time:
Note the new steelwork in the bottom of the cabintop which still needs the frames replacing, also the stove is now disassembled after a incident involving burning foundry coke!:
Aft cabin showing a finished area of steelwork, every single one of the angle iron frames is a sligtly differant angle so all were fabricated from flatbar:


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Kinderhotel Almhof Family Resort S Austria / Tyrol / Zillertal Arena / Gerlos
Kinderhotel Almhof Family Resort Bike holiday in Gerlos, Tyrol
The Mountain Bike and Children's Hotel Almhof is located directly on the sunny side of Gerlos. The fantastic mountain world in the border region of Tyrol and Salzburg offers the ideal scenery for your family bike holiday. There is a reason why the Almhof has been awarded several times for its excellent services. For example, the hotel is proud to bear the title "Ecological Hotel", awarded for the hotel-own small hydropower plant and pellet heating system. Regionality and fresh ingredients are also of importance in the kitchen. Delicious natural cuisine is served at the buffet almost around the clock. As of 2018, you can enjoy a wellness tower with 5 floors - for adults only!
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As bike guide and manager of the Gerlos Snowboard School is Bobby at home in the mountains. He knows the most beautiful routes and is happy to take you on tours. Every tour with him turns into an experience.
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Experience Bechdel Project's "life changing" workshops and residencies - designed to illuminate the need for new narratives and empower participants to fulfill that need.
Even one hour can forever change how you see our world, and your role in it.
The Workshop:
Bechdel Project Founding Artists will lead your students and faculty through their unique mix of interactive exercises. Participants leave with new awareness as well as feeling empowered to make change in their world. Past participants have called it "Life changing" and "Inspirational."
3 Day Residency:
The 3 day residency builds on the exercises in the 1 day residency, and quickly moves into writing short Bechdel passing works. Day 2 is spent on new work and rewrites, and on Day 3 those pieces are presented in a staged reading. "One of the most amazing things I have ever experienced."
1 Week Residency:
Our most intensive residency. Three sessions per day consisting of a morning writing block, afternoons built around Bechdel Project's unique physical practice and ensemble building exercises, followed by evening writing, devising, or rehearsals. The week culminates with a performance of the student's work. Suitable for up to 18 highly motivated participants.
6 Week Residency:
A complete immersion into female narratives written and performed by your students. While the 3 day Residency is a quick sketch, our 6 week Residency allows for a deeper unpacking and exploration of women's stories. Students write pieces which are then staged as a bare bones mini festival or combined into a company devised work.
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Worked in the round from the top down, Seedstripes is an earflap hat that is full of interest. Disappearing loop cast on, textured knitting and a few simple, well-placed short rows combine for an engaging knit; add a pompom for even more fun!
Techniques & Skills Used: disappearing loop CO, knit/purl, short rows, increasing/decreasing. This pattern includes links to my disappearing loop CO and short row tutorials.
Size: S (M, L) to fit about 20 (22, 24)" head circumference; hat measures 17.75 (20, 22.25)" circumference and 8.5 (9, 10)" height at earflap.
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted (100% merino wool; 210 yards/192m/100g); 1 skein, or approximately 140 (150, 175) yards of worsted
weight yarn. Sample size Small shown in Natural.
Other Materials: US 7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needle or 32" circular needle if using Magic Loop, or size to match gauge; US 5 dpns or circular needle for CO; Stitch markers (4); Yarn needle.
Gauge: 18 st and 34 rows/4" in seed stitch, after blocking.
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Rasmussen Survey: Nobody Listens to Scientists, Only 34% of US Voters Believe Global Warming is Caused by Human Activity
Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina 1928 & 2004. Photo: Greenpeace
No Theory About Complex Future Events is Perfect, But We Should Use The Best We Have...
It's strange how in some cases, people accept that experts probably know more than they do on their subject of expertise, if only because they've actually spent years studying it and thinking about it and reading the published literature. If an astronomer tells the public something about exoplanets, or if a mathematician talks about Andrew Wiles' proof to Fermat's last theorem, people tend not to disagree unless they have a really solid counter-argument. But with climate science, it seems that everybody thinks their own convenient theory (notice how people rarely make up theories that are inconvenient to them) is as valid as anything else, and suddenly, who cares about experts? Is it because we can all look outside at the local weather that we think it's easy to understand the global climate? Okay, enough venting... Back to the Rasmussen survey.
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Rasmussen Survey Results
From Rasmussen:
Just one-out-of-three voters (34%) now believe global warming is caused by human activity, the lowest finding yet in Rasmussen Reports national surveying.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of all likely voters attribute climate change to long-term planetary trends, while seven percent (7%) blame some other reason. Eleven percent (11%) aren't sure.
These numbers reflect a reversal from a year ago when 47% blamed human activity while 34% said long-term planetary trends.
So it seems like the more evidence climate scientists find that global warming is man-made, the less the general public thinks it is.
Is this confusion caused by the fact that climate scientists aren't very good at getting the results of their research out? Maybe it's because the various groups that try to confuse the public can just make up plausible-sounding theories that are much easier to grasp and remember than the more complex, yet more realistic, scientific theories?
After all, reality doesn't care about whether we understand it or not. It can be complex and messy, and thus hard to explain. But made up arguments can be tailored for their target public, and appeal to wishful thinking ("there's nothing we can do, it's just a natural cycle! We puny humans can't have an impact on our great big planet, so stop worrying.").
If you want to learn more about climate science, a good start is RealClimate.
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The Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs has advised our local corespondents of the following additional restrictions on the return of Tanzanian stowaways from abroad.
"Kindly be informed that owing to increasing incidents of some stowaways returned being nonTanzanian and thus putting us in a precarious situation we wish to stress the following:
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(ii) When the returnees are less than five the questionnaire forms will be used after locating the relatives of the returnee. The Immigration Officers will ensure that the information extracted from the relatives are sufficient for purposes of verifying the authenticity of the returnees citizenship/nationality. this exercise will be done prior to the return of the stowaways."
This government decree was dated 28th July 1999 and the total effect of the new rules can only be guessed at in the short term. However it can be assumed that it will result in delayed repatriation of Tanzanian stowaways, together with a substantial increase in related expenditure.
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Coco Chanel has always been a huge inspiration to me. The story of her life is so provocative and oddly very down to earth. She is the typical rags to riches story but even with the riches came controversy. Recently I came across "The Return" a short film by Karl Lagerfeld. It tells us the story of Coco returning to fashion after taking a 15-year break. The film starts off in 1953 and spans out over the next 5 years. We're shown the way she was treated and talked about by the French press who were not exactly her biggest fans. Coco played by Geraldine Chaplin confesses in the film that the French in fact hates her. If you are a designer or simply just inspired by Coco I think you should watch The Return.
Over time I have realized I am more a fan of Chanel the person than Chanel the fashion. I absolutely love the earlier designs but don't find myself in awe over the later work. Although Karl Lagerfeld is a genius in his own right I was intrigued with the short film but was not impressed at all with the SS 2014 Haute Couture collection. While Lagerfeld has a great eye and creativity for the location and the setting everything else fell short of greatness. From head to toe I was annoyed with the models appearances. The wild hair and glitter under the eyes should have been left to a Betsy Johnson show where it's much more fitting. And the fact that the girls were modeling couture in sneakers is nothing short of blasphemy! While I understand the sneakers were probably more for safety than anything since they had to walk up and down the stairs. However, I feel it took away from the clothes.
While I wasn't crazy about all of the clothes there were a few things I thought were absolutely stunning. With Karl Lagerfeld at the helm it makes me wonder if Coco is pleased with the way things are or if she's clutching her pearls in the after life.


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"The Israel Defense Forces will provide the ethics bureau of the Israeli Medical Association with all the details of secret experimental anthrax vaccine trials it carried out on over 800 soldiers since 1999. A committee will be established to probe whether the trials adhered to World Medical Association ethical requirements relating to human clinical trials as set out in the Helsinki Declaration....Years after the receiving the experimental Israeli vaccine, soldiers continued to suffer unexplained skin tumors, severe lung infections, serious migraine headaches, bronchitis and even epilepsy symptoms.....One of the soldiers who took part in the experiment told Uvda "They said that one group would receive the American vaccine, and the other group would receive the experimental Israel vaccine. "They specifically explained to us that the vaccine is not dangerous and that we were not being injected with the actual virus, not even the dead virus. Instead, they said they would inject us with the altered DNA of the virus. They said it was very advanced," added the soldier." - Yuval Azulai, Israel Haaretz
"The federal government is undertaking the most ambitious set of studies ever mounted under a controversial arrangement that allows researchers to conduct some kinds of medical experiments without first getting patients' permission.......We will never know the best way to treat people unless we do this research. And the only way we can do this research, since the person is unconscious, is without consent," said Myron L. Weisfeldt of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who is overseeing the project. "Even if there are family members present, they know their loved one is dying. The ambulance is there. The sirens are going off. You can't possibly imagine gaining a meaningful informed consent from someone under those circumstances." ............."This just seems like lazy investigators not wanting to try to get informed consent in situations where it is difficult to get it, so they say it is impossible," said George J. Annas, a Boston University bioethicist. "I don't think we should use people like this." Annas was particularly disturbed that children as young as 15 might be included in the research. "Suppose a 15-year-old child is in the back of a car that is in a terrible accident," Annas said. "The EMTs arrive and say: 'We are doing an experiment with two techniques. We think they are about equal. Is it okay if we flip a coin to see how we treat your son? Or would you rather we just give him the treatment we think is best?' Unless you think all parents would have the EMTs flip a coin, consent here is necessary." - Rob Stein, Washington Post , May 27, 2007
"The [Nigerian] government alleges that Pfizer researchers selected 200 children and infants from crowds at a makeshift epidemic camp in Kano and gave about half of the group an untested antibiotic called Trovan. Researchers gave the other children what the lawsuit describes as a dangerously low dose of a comparison drug made by Hoffman-LaRoche. Nigerian officials say Pfizer's actions resulted in the deaths of an unspecified number of children and left others deaf, paralyzed, blind or brain- damaged.......Parents were banned from the ward where the drug trial occurred, the suit says, and the company left no medical records in Nigeria. Pfizer and its doctors "agreed to do an illegal act," the criminal charges state, and behaved "in a manner so rash and negligent as to endanger human life." - Joe Stephens, The Washington Post , May 30, 2007
"The former head of China's top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death today after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes.....the government said that while serving the agency he took bribes worth about $800,000 in exchange for approving drug production licenses. Worried that many of those drugs may be substandard, China is now reviewing over 170,000 production licenses issued by his agency over the past decade." - David Barboza, The New York Times ,May 29, 2007
"The number of drug marketing presentatioins delivered by doctors across the United States rose nearly threefold between 1998 and 2006, according to Verispan, a company that tracks drug marketing efforts. In some cases, consulting doctors are so well recognized that they offer drug makers far more than the chance to influence their own prescriptions. For drug makers, among the most prized consultants are those who write guidelines instructing their peers about how to use drugs......Drug companies are like lions," Dr. Grimm said of his sponsored talks. "For lions, it's their nature to kill zebras and eat them. For drug companies, it's their nature to make money. They're not really trying to improve anybody's health except if it makes them money.......A 2002 survey found that more than 80 percent of the doctors on panels that write clinical practice guidelines have financial ties to drug makers. "It is critical that the experts who write clinical guidelines be prohibited from having any conflicts of interest," said Dr. Marcia Angell, a former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. "Since they have no data themselves but are just making judgments based on their expertise, they absolutely must be impartial or it undermines the whole enterprise." - Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts, New York Times , May 21, 2007
Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary:
We have trusted medical doctors, government health officials and medical researchers to protect us individually and collectively from harm. We are conditioned from childhood to view educated health care professionals inside and outside of government as acting selflessly in our best interest because they are supposed to be dedicated to protecting and preserving human life.
In the past quarter century, medical doctors employed by government and the pharmaceutical industry have used ideology and the public trust to persuade citizens, without giving them informed consent, to take licensed or experimental drugs and vaccines. In some cases, they have wielded their power and influence to force children and adults to use vaccines and drugs they know have the potential to kill and injure. And when harm is caused, these same doctors and government officials either deny responsibility for the harm done or justify it in service to the "greater good."
There is a disturbing pattern of compromised ethical standards among too many medical doctors and government health officials, who are being lured into financial relationships with drug companies making and selling pharmaceutical products. The public trust, once freely given to them, is in crisis. That crisis of confidence has been fostered by the bad behavior of those who have lost their moral compass and exploited human beings in search of financial gain and career advancement.
The crippled Israeli soldiers subjected to anthrax vaccine experiments without their informed consent; the innocent Nigerian children injured and killed in antibiotic experiments without their parents' informed consent; the unsuspecting Chinese citizens hurt by toxic drugs and food without their informed consent; and the critically injured children and adults, who will be experimented on by Johns Hopkins researchers without their informed consent, are all casualties of an ethically compromised medical profession with unchecked power that needs to be curbed.
Trust but verify is the wisest course to take when following medical advice of any kind. The human right to informed consent to all medical interventions and use of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines, in non-emergency and emergency circumstances should be codified into law in the United States and all nations.
Bioethicist George Annas is one of the few remaining American biotethicists, who continues to defend without compromise the informed consent ethic and speaks out against incremental erosions of it by medical researchers seeking to conduct medical experiments on individuals without their permission. There is no moral justification for medical experimentation or forced use of pharmaceutical products by human beings without their informed consent or the voluntary consent of their parents.
At our peril, we allow doctors and government health officials today to violate the Nuremberg Code, which was issued by the judges of the Nuremberg Tribunal after The Doctor's Trial following World War II and served as the guiding ethical principle of informed consent protections governing medical interventions carrying a risk of injury or death. The first principle of the Nuremberg Code is:
"The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision."
The moral and economic leverage available to people of all countries to keep medical doctors and government health officials honest, is to legally secure the freedom to exercise informed consent to medical risk taking. Bioethicist Hans Jonas reminds us:
"Let us not forget that progress is an optional goal, not an unconditional commitment, and that its tempo in particular, compulsive as it may be, has nothing sacred about it. Let us also remember that a slower progress in the conquest of disease would not threaten society, grievous as it is to those who have to deplore that their particular disease be not yet conquered, but that society would indeed be threatened by the erosion of those moral values whose loss, possibly caused by too ruthless a pursuit of scientific progress, would make its most dazzling triumphs not worth having."
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When writing, do you typically come up with a title first or write the story and name it later on?
For me it depends on the story. My very first novel still doesn't have a title that I'm happy with even though I wrote it years ago. Not that I'm still trying to come up with a title for it, but I did for a long time. I went through a few different working titles before settling on Dawn of Darkness, more out of a desperation to settle on something than any satisfaction with that title. However, since that novel isn't likely to see the light of day without massive (and I mean MASSIVE) rewrites, I'm not too worried about it.
I came up with the titles for two of my other novel in the midst of writing or revising them. My latest novel, however, has worked out differently. This time I came up with the title first and it was the title that inspired the story. I knew I was going to write a music-themed mystery so I jotted down a bunch of music-related words and phrases and when I wrote down what was to become my title I was like, "THAT'S IT!!!" And the story grew from there.
So for me it changes from story to story. Sometimes the story inspires the title and sometimes the title inspires the story.
When and how do you come up with titles for your stories?


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Getting the best price on car insurance is for some the only way that they can still afford it. Shopping online auto insurance is a way to guarantee that you are getting the very best insurance, for the best price possible. State officials, seeing the amount of money that fraudulent claims are costing their states, are beginning to enact legislation that will not only bring down the cost to the state but hopes that the savings will be passed onto the auto insurance consumer. New laws are beginning to cross over into auto insurance laws.
One such law that is becoming a great example for other states to follow suit is the no-fault auto insurance law that was passed in Florida. It is estimated that the new law could save 14 to 24.6% on insured personal injury protection insurance coverage. The target of the new law is to cut down on the fraudulent claims by putting restrictions on when, and how you can file them. The new law has many parts to it but there are some reforms that stand out. It gives the victims of accidents just 14 days to seek medical treatment pertaining to that accident. It also caps the amount that is provided for emergency treatment at $10,000 and $2,500 for more minor injuries.
Insurance fraud is defined as punishable by law when any act is committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain some benefit or advantage to which they are not otherwise entitled or someone knowingly denies some benefit that is due and to which someone is entitled. There are many forms of fraud in auto insurance claims. Soft auto-insurance fraudulent claims are those in which false claims are filed either in the form of duplicate filing, adding on injuries to the claim that were pre-existing, misreporting wage losses greater than those lost, or reporting higher cost for repairs than it costs the claimant. Hard auto-insurance fraud activities are those that stage automobile collisions, claiming an accident when none occurred, pretending to be injured, or filing claims that you were injured when you were not.
There are many medical clinics that are suspected on filing fraudulent claims so to insure that accident victims won't fall prey; the state has compiled a list of approved medical providers. Not included on that list are such disciplines as massage therapy or acupuncturists. The hope is that the changes in law will have a substantial benefit on the auto insurance premiums in the state of Florida.
There are some opponents to the new legislation saying that it is unconstitutional. On the whole, however, many residents of Florida have fallen victim to fraudulent practices, or have seen the effect on their auto insurance premium and are willing to adhere to the new laws that have been enacted. Many other states are considering similar legislation to protect the citizens of their states. The cost of fraudulent claims has a high correlation on the price you pay as a consumer. It is still important, however, to make sure that you are paying the best rate possible.
Take a moment now to input your zip code at the top of this page to receive several different rate quotes. Within minutes, you will be able to see how your insurance measures up to what other companies are offering. Don't wait another day to save potentially hundreds on your auto insurance costs. Shopping online auto insurance is also a good way to minimize your cost.


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To date, workers outside the four walls have relied heavily on bar code scanning to bring new levels of automation, productivity and accuracy to data capture out in the field. While another form of data capture has emerged — the digital camera — use of images in enterprise applications has remained nearly non-existent, primarily due to the limited functionality. Today's standalone digital cameras offer rich detailed images with point-and-shoot simplicity — however, the cameras that are integrated into enterprise class mobile computers have typically lagged behind in features.
Inflexible, fixed focused and low resolution devices rendered it virtually impossible to capture pictures or documents that contained the details necessary to serve as business-class data. In addition, cellular network speeds did not offer the bandwidth required to quickly transmit a large image file, resulting in transmission delays as well as higher monthly cellular fees. Additionally, previous technology limits on mobile computers typically forced enterprises to choose between a mobile device that offered either a bar code scanner or a digital camera. Given the pervasive use of bar codes throughout the supply chain and enterprise, priority was usually given to bar code scanning. As a result, the digital camera remained an often untapped form of data capture in enterprise field applications.


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Is the treatment for me?
The treatment works better on certain types of vitiligo than others. Determining which type of vitiligo will respond best to this treatment is a decision that must be made by an expert in this type of vitiligo treatment.
Questions we need to have answered:
Where are your vitiligo patches and what is their approximate size?
How long have you had them?
Give a clear description of their behavior after you first noticed them?
The treatment can be used on most areas of the body including face, eyelids, hands, genitals and feet. Please note that people who do have health issues need not be excluded but special precautions may be required. All aspects of the procedure and your health will be discussed during your initial private consultation.
How does the autologous melanocyte transplantation work?
The procedure is performed under sterile conditions in a specific theatre. Under local anaesthetic, a small, very thin area of healthy skin is removed, usually from the hip area. Using a well researched and developed technique, the skin is processed to produce a pre-confluent mix of epidermal cells. The area to be treated is gently abraded, once again under local anaesthetic, and the skin cell mixture is applied. The skin cells immediately attach themselves and the healing and repigmentation process begins. As Dr Mulekar has specialized in this technique for over 15 years, there is no danger of scarring during this process. Te cells can do no harm as they are autologous ie the patient's own cells.
What happens post-procedure?
The treated site is protected by a dressing for one week. Often less time if the treated area is on the face. You will be given verbal and written post procedure instructions before leaving the Wimpole Aesthetic Centre. Dependant on the site that was treated, no further dressing is required and you will need to follow the instructions you were given by the clinic.
There is no bruising or swelling. Some patients may feel minor discomfort at the biopsy and treated site for a few days which can be treated with a mild painkiller if wished. Recovery is remarkably quick.
How effective is the treatment?
The treatment is very safe and usually 100% effective. Patients start to see repigmentation in about 1 to 4 months with full benefit in up to a year. This is because the transplanted melanocytes need to proliferate and begin producing melanin.
Most patients get the result they seek with a single treatment but for some patients with larger areas it may be necessary to have more than one treatment session. This aspect of care will be discussed at the initial consultation.
Who is the specialist Doctor
Dr Sanjeev Mulekar is the Vitiligo specialist at the Wimpole Aesthetic Centre, London. He was a pioneer of the non-cultured melanocyte transplantation method for the treatment of vitiligo, and has trained clinicians in many different countries.
During 2011, he was invited to present a lecture and conduct a workshop by the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
Dr Mulekar has performed more than 3000 procedures to date in the Middle East, Far East, USA and UK. He is actively involved in research and has published more than 25 research papers in reputed international journals such as Archives of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, Burns, British Journal of Dermatology. His two latest papers are currently in print for the Br J Dermatol and J. Cutan. Aesthet. Surg
What Vitiligo treatments are available at the Wimpole Aesthetic Centre?
We offer Melanocyte Keratinocyte Transfer treatment for vitiligo. This treatment is performed by our specialist, Dr Sanjeev Mulekar and is suited to stable vitiligo only.
How do I know if my vitiligo is stable and able to be treated?
Vitiligo is only considered stable if the affected area has remained unchanged for at least on year.
How long after the treatment does it take to see results?
Within 2 – 4 months of the treatment, patients will begin to see repigmentation of treated areas. Full benefits are typically seen after approximately 6 months.
Is the treatment very painful?
Our vitiligo treatment is not considered to be a painful treatment. Some patients may experience minor discomfort on treated areas for a few days after the procedure, however this can be dealt with using mild pain killers if necessary.
How many treatments are required?
Typically, a single treatment is required. However, for patients with very large patches/areas of vitiligo, it may be necessary to have more than one treatment.
Is it essential to have a consultation prior to treatment?
Yes. It is crucial for Dr Mulekar to assess your condition prior to the treatment. A consultation is also a great opportunity for you to ask further questions about the procedure and to receive expert advice from our team of professionals.
Where is the Vitiligo treatment carried out?All treatments take place in sterile theatres at our clinic in central London. The treatment is performed by our specialist, Dr Sanjeev Mulekar, and an asistant.
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