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Feasibility and Pilot Efficacy of Flash-heated Breast Milk to Reduce Maternal-to-Child-Transmission of HIV in Tanzania (Flash-heat)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00523510
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2007
Last Update Posted : February 14, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Procedure: Infant feeding counseling that includes Flash-heat
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|144 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Feasibility and Pilot Efficacy of Flash-heated Breast Milk for Reduction of Maternal-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania
|Study Start Date :
|March 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2009
Experimental: Feasibility Study
HIV positive women [and a smaller number of HIV negative/unknown status (1 for every 3 infected women)] to avoid stigmatizing home-based counseling will be recruited at 1-2 postpartum and provided enhanced home-based infant feeding counseling by community health workers to exclusively breastfeed for 6 months. Mothers will also be told about the option to Flash-heat breastmilk during and after the transition from exclusive breastfeeding. Mothers who choose to Flash-heat will be provided continued home-based counseling and support. Feasibility data will be collected during the time mothers Flash-heat.
Procedure: Infant feeding counseling that includes Flash-heat
Intensive infant feeding counseling which includes description and demonstration of the WHO recommended option for HIV-infected mothers to pasteurize their breastmilk. Flash-heat pasteurization will be described and demonstrated to interested mothers. More intensive counseling and support will be provided home visits.
Experimental: Pilot efficacy
We will collect infant health data to monitor and compare health outcomes among 3 groups of infants who had exclusive breast feeding (EBF) for the first months and then either: 1) fed Flash-heated breast milk and complementary foods (n=30), or 2) weaned to replacement foods and NO breast milk (n=15; per standard WHO recommendation for rapid cessation), or 3) continued feeding at the breast and providing other foods and/or fluids, i.e. mixed feeds (n=15; per WHO consensus that breastfeeding continue if replacement feeding is not AFASS94). We will collect infant growth and morbidity data. Infant health outcomes will be compared for the 3 groups noted above. These data will be collected primarily to pilot an efficacy trial.
Procedure: Infant feeding counseling that includes Flash-heat
Intensive infant feeding counseling which includes description and demonstration of the WHO recommended option for HIV-infected mothers to pasteurize their breastmilk. Flash-heat pasteurization will be described and demonstrated to interested mothers. More intensive counseling and support will be provided home visits.
- To determine the impact of enhanced home-based training on infant feeding outcomes. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- To determine uptake (initiation and duration) of the Flash-heat method and protocol adherence by mothers in their homes. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- To determine the safety of Flash-heated breast milk in a field setting. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- To pilot an efficacy trial of Flash-heat to improve infant health outcomes. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women over the age of 18, with permanent local residence
- 1-2 months post-partum
- Breastfeeding
- HIV-negative or unknown in 1:3 ratio with HIV-positive
- If HIV positive: having CD4+ > 200, not currently on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Males, females under the age of 18
- Women not 1-2 most postpartum
- Women not breastfeeding
- Women with HIV and CD4+ < 200 OR on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART); And
- Women without permanent local residence
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00523510
|United States, California
|University of California Davis Medical Center
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
|Principal Investigator:
|Caroline J Chantry, MD
|University of California, Davis
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, Davis
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|First Posted:
|August 31, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 14, 2012
|Last Verified:
|February 2012
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Retroviridae Infections
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Weekend Reading
Editor's note: Starting this Saturday, the Tribune will run a weekly column highlighting recent top news, sports and community stories from Lake Tahoe's South Shore. Check out the full articles online at http://www.tahoedailytribune.com. In this weekly round-up, we scour our website for the week's best articles. This issue focuses on the Winter X Games, deteriorating snow conditions, and a South Shore cop arrested on federal charges and released on bail.
South Shore women dominate Winter X GamesThe lady snowboarders of the South Shore last weekend under the X Games' spotlight. Sierra-at-Tahoe riders Maddie Bowman and Jamie Anderson both snagged gold while Elena Hight made history by landing the first double alley-oop backside rodeo in competition. Shaun White of Northstar California won gold. Again. Lake Tahoe entered into the to bring the extreme sports competition to the basin in 2015-17. South Tahoe wins cross-town rivalryThe South Tahoe High School boys and girls teams Whittell High School Saturday during the cross-town match-up.A strong second half led the South Tahoe boys to a 56-29 win. The lady Vikings took control of the game early, and cruised to a 49-24 win.
South Lake Tahoe cop released on bail, sex charges possibleThe Tahoe Daily Tribune broke the story about the South Lake Tahoe police officer Johnny Poland who was on five federal felony counts. This week, Poland was on a $100,000 bond and could face sex charges relating to his relationships with underage South Tahoe High School students.SnowGlobe attendee reports attempted rapeSouth Lake Tahoe police are who reportedly attempted to rape a woman he picked up on her way back from the SnowGlobe Music Festival.Police waited to release the information until they could confirm that the incident was not related , according to South Lake Tahoe law enforcement personnel.
Dry January evaporates Sierra snowpackA dry month, according to the California Department of Water Resources. The water content near Echo Summit . On Jan. 29, water content at the same station was only 66 percent of average for the date. Mid-winter storm activity lulls like the one currently affecting South Lake Tahoe are common, Chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Frank Gehrke said. City council appoints new member to fill vacancyFormer South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman will take over the City Council seat in December. On Tuesday, the City Council appointed Laine to serve the remainder of Fortier's term, which lasts through December 2014.Laine was born and raised at the South Shore and works as a customer service manager at Bank of the West.— Compiled by Axie Navas

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Biologist Jack Hogg has been studying a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Montana's National Bison Range for more than 35 years. When Jack's herd gets infected with a deadly form of pneumonia, he goes in search of answers.
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The chart shows how it all might work: On the vertical scale are units per week. I prefer to have that as a measurement because it works well with production assemblers, who may work part of the week, or have a certain quota to meet. If week 7 fell a little short, for instance, then the assemblers still have week 8 to look forward to. This is better than waiting a month to find out if production targets are being met. So in our case we will call start of production "week 1", which starts out as zero.
The steady sales demand estimate is pegged at 1000 units per week. This number surprises some people as rather small, but it represents the point where in steady amounts the product nears break even which is the term for "not losing money, not making money".
Since nobody imagines that the Kickstarter "demand" of some 20,000 units can all be built and shipped at once (nor could they be unless we hired a lot of people and then had a big layoff after the first 20,000 are shipped, which would be very wrong!) a scale-up ramp that within a reasonable time achieves the steady state demand is used and the shipping schedule is established to fit it.
Early "orders" get filled first and in the sequence they came in, which means that a trickle will go to the first few supporters and from then a stream will build up until all have been shipped. This kind of "first in, first out" method is very common, and along with a scale-up ramp, allows a small number of people to be employed on a steady basis through the demand. It also has the advantage, the very big advantage, of allowing us to fine tune the process, which will naturally get better over time if there is no "panic". Steady, sustained, even and smooth are the words you want to hear.
The big risk is what happens after the demand is filled. A sharp drop off in orders would be bad. More orders than expected would be good. 1000 units per week (that means 200 boxes of 5 sheets) comes to 25 units per hour in the normal week. That's a good and sane starting pace that is fair to the assemblers and achieves - we hope - a new instant film product that can be made for many years. Time will tell.
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Hi guys,
Im trying to write a very small and simple method that will find an element from a arrayList and return it. the list contains instances of a class called People. I tried using the indexOf method to find the index of the desired element and then the get() method to return the element using the previously found index.
I just keep getting the java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1 error.
the code I have is:
public Names findPerson(String aString) { int personIndex = people.lastIndexOf(aString); return people..get(personIndex); }
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in tonight's drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing will grow to $94 million.
One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Florida and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn tonight were 3, 9, 13, 47, 52 and the Mega number was 8. The estimated jackpot was $84 million.
The drawing was the eighth since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 14.71.
The Mega Millions game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.


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PHOENIX (Wednesday, April 25, 2012) -- Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that a consent agreement has been reached between the Attorney General's office and American Residential Services, L.L.C., a home heating and air conditioning repair company. The company had been accused in a September, 2011 filing in Pima County Superior Court of numerous violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act, including false, misleading and deceptive sales tactics involving older consumers.
American Residential Services operates under that name as well as operating several other companies in Pima, Maricopa, Cochise and Yavapai counties. The other companies include ARS, ARS Rescue Rooter, Goettl Air Conditioning, and Russett Services.
Under the terms of the consent agreement, the company agrees to make significant and substantial changes to the way it does business.
"I am very pleased that this company has agreed to this judgment," Horne said. "Millions of people in Arizona rely heavily on HVAC companies to provide essential services to consumers. Those companies must operate with integrity and professionalism. This agreement ensures that American Residential Services will make the necessary changes to ensure they are doing that."
The Consent Judgment requires that American Residential Services, ARS Rescue Rooter, Goettl Air Conditioning and Russett Services do the following:
- Prior to any sale, give consumers a written contract of the equipment and services ARS is selling and have the consumers sign the contract before ARS commences work.
- Have a written policy that prohibits the use of financial incentives to motivate its employees to engage in improper promotion and/or marketing.
- Ensure that any statement or implication that safety concerns necessitate the immediate replacement of an HVAC or plumbing system is true, in the ARS technician's expert opinion.
- Advertise in a clear, prominent, truthful and non-misleading manner. Disclaimers must not contradict any other information in the advertisement.
- Make truthful representations about affiliation with or membership in any trade or professional organization, including the BBB.
- Discontinue dissemination of any advertising that represents, through the use of federal, state, or local government logos or language, that the advertisement is an official governmental notice.
- Pay the Attorney General's Office $240,000 for consumer restitution; and
- Pay the Attorney General's Office $155,000 for attorney's fees.
Consumers who have not yet filed complaints with the Attorney General or the Better Business Bureau may be eligible for restitution if they file complaints with the Attorney General by June 4, 2012.
This matter is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Noreen Matts of the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section.
If you believe you have been a victim of consumer fraud, please contact the Attorney General's Office in Phoenix at (602) 542-5763, in Tucson at (520) 628-6504, or outside the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas at 1(800) 352-8431. Consumers can also file complaints online by visiting the Attorney General's web site at www.azag.gov. To file a complaint in person, the Attorney General has satellite offices throughout the state. Location and hours of operation are posted on the Attorney General's web site.


text: looking to do a honeymoon in january. The wife doesnt really surf, would give it a go once or twice but I need a place with lots of fun activities. jet skiing, boating, sail boating or something.. things to keep us busy and have a great time... I kinda boiled it down to either Costa or PR because of the cost and ease of access, feel free to suggest other spots but these two seem like the best option. i've been to both but have no clue about other activities besides surfing... which do you guys recommend and why? darippah


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Pretending that HBO's 'True Blood' is anything more than trashy fun at this point would be a misnomer.
The show started out in the first season with a chance to be great – but it quickly devolved into something that could never be considered 'quality' television.
Still, there were flashes of greatness in the earlier seasons. The past two or three seasons, though, can only be described as a guilty pleasure.
The acting is still okay – and Anna Paquin still embodies Sookie with a sense of charm that is almost infectious – but the storylines are all over the place.Read more here


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Staff and research students from the Centre for Social Informatics presented nine papers at Information: interactions and impact (i3) in June 2017.
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MATLAB and SIMULINK. Modeling Dynamic Systems by J. Abell
English | 27 Aug. 2016 | ISBN: 1537310445 | 196 Pages | PDF | 4.52 MB
Simulink® is a block diagram environment for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design. It supports system-level design, simulation, automatic code generation, and continuous test and verification of embedded systems. Simulink provides a graphical editor, customizable block libraries, and solvers for modeling and simulating dynamic systems. It is integrated with MATLAB®, enabling you to incorporate MATLAB algorithms into models and export simulation results to MATLAB for further analysis.
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Northern Colorado: More from new AD Darren Dunn, including on baseball
My story on new Northern Colorado athletic director Darren Dunn and some of the moves he has made in his first six months on the job is in the Wednesday paper and here.
Here's additional material that didn't make the story:
— The significance of the two-contract extension recently approved for football coach Earnest Collins Jr. is that he won't be viewed as a lame duck next season in what would have been the final year on his deal. Of course, that doesn't mean he automatically will be on the job through the 2016 season, but Dunn and the university have shown faith.
In the story, Dunn emphasized UNC needs to give the football program more resources and here's another quote on that point.
"It's not just money, though," he said. "Our facilities? Our football stadium (Nottingham Field) is OK. It's nothing flashy. We need a little buzz. There are some people here who want to help us. We need to embrace those people and tell them how important they are to the program so they're willing to help us do some things to our facilities to get them to the next level, and that will help us win." Read more…


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Objective: Promote the practice of Model the Way with this exercise that helps leadership teams define their guiding principles and, based on the progress they believe they are making, establish next steps.
Audience: Intact Leadership Teams
Time Required: One hour
Materials Needed/Setup:
- Values Card Exercise from The Leadership Challenge® Workshop Facilitator's Guide
- Values Cards for each participant
- Introduce the importance role values play in guiding our behaviors as leaders
- Complete the Values Cards exercise as described in The Leadership Challenge® Workshop Facilitator's Guide.
- Each leadership team member selects one value that he/she would like to propose as a value/guiding principle for the team
- As a team, distill all of the recommended values down to a maximum of 6 guiding principles
- 2 or 3 persons each describe what this guiding principle means for this team (on flip charts)
- Provide instruction to participants about testing the team's guiding principles against Calendar, Critical Incidents, Stories, Language, Measurements and Rewards (as in the Facilitator's Guide)
- Ask each team member to score (from 0 to 10) how well he/she feels the team is doing on each guiding principle
- Ask each team member to score (from 0 to 10) how he/she thinks the organization would score the team on each guiding principle
- In small groups, ask team members to describe why they think the overall score is the way it is and what the team can do to improve.
- Bring the smaller groups back together to create a consolidated action plan
- Follow-up in six months to review progress, discuss if the team has improved, and why or why not.
Variations: Participants write a letter to themselves (to be read six months later) outlining the actions they are going to take personally to improve the team score. The facilitator collects the letters at the workshop and returns them to the participants six months later.
Facilitator Tips: The principle behind this approach is that most companies have an established set of values. But it is not the existence of corporate values that matters. What makes a difference in how leadership is practiced in organizations is whether each member of the leadership team is willing to engage in defining what values mean to them, as individuals, and how they are going to apply those values in their day-to-day work.
Instead of values becoming a communication exercise with blogs, posters, and leaflets, this exercise reinforces the notion that values are about reflection and alignment with individual leaders.
Eric Poll is partner of OrgInt (OrganiSational Intelligence). Specializing in cultural change, leadership and team development, and HR transformation, Eric works in English, German, and Dutch. Visit www.orgint.com for more information.


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€29 for a Cooking Course at the Italian School of Cooking (value up to €65)
– Sick of stew and soup? You need a bit of Italian food in your life.
– Pay €29 for a cooking class at Italian School of Cooking.
– Choose which class and time to attend, see the Italian School of Cooking website for the full timetable.
– Buy some lessons as gifts and go with your friends.
– Located only a few steps away from the Kylemore Luas stop.
Lacking creativity in the kitchen? Want to take a step away from stew and soup and make something a tad more exotic?
We can help with a selection of cooking lessons which, depending on which one you attend, will give you the knowledge to know your perciatelli from your focaccia, your risotto from your bruschetta or, simply, how to pick the best wine.
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Depending on when you go, you could be creating a delicious Italian dinner – from starter to dessert, learning the best of Tuscan and Sicilian cuisine or making delicious home made pasta and pizza.
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Not only are the classes insightful, helpful and full of top-tips, but they are also great fun. May we suggest grabbing a few as gifts and making a day of it with some friends? If you contact the Italian School of Cooking before the expiry date they will book you in for any of the available classes and if they are all booked out, they will give you the possibility to join an alternative class of their choice.
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It's been a few years since I posted the original Own, Bought and Earned media model and the slightly updated version a little while later.
Although it is still a good way to think through your media options, it does feel as though the model is a bit too simple nowadays.
So I have come up with a new one, called the POSSE media model. I'll explain it below the diagram:
The POSSE media model is built on two basic levels of activity: to produce and distribute content. The better you do these two things (and the more it is based on listening and understanding your audience) the more media exposure you will earn.
Produce content. Can be classed as Owned and/or Social
- Owned
This is the media you have (more-or-less) complete control over, e.g. a corporate web-site, or a retail store.
- Social
This refers to branded social media presence such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo. Social platforms that give you a chance to build a presence as a brand. Note that you do not have much control over these in terms of functionality, and the terms of the service can change at any point. (Steve Sponder calls this Borrowed media, which makes sense but I think overstates the transience of these networks. Also I think Social works as a term for now at least, as it is widely understood by people).
- Overlap of Social + Owned
This is at least two things:
1. Brand-generated platforms or communities specifically designed for customers to co-create and collaborate with brands. (e.g. Dell's IdeaStorm and Starbuck's MyStarbucksIdea.) (what Brian Solis calls "Shared" media)
2. Own content such as videos that are the fuel for a brand's social channels. You do have complete control over the format of your own video (within reason) but the video ultimately boosts other media owners' site visits. They may also place ads before or after your content without asking your permissions, for example.
Distribute content: can be classified as Paid and/or Seeded
- Paid
Media placements that you have paid for. Think SEM, banners, sponsorships. It can also be "traditional" media placements such as TV, Print, Outdoor. Paid media is still important, especially if you want a lot of people to see a fairly consistent message about you.
- Seeded
This is referring to seeding of content among "influencers". PR agencies, or WOM agencies like 1000heads, can help to build these relationships, identifying who to speak to and how to persuade them to feature your content. Sometimes these will be the people with the biggest reach, but often those people are deluged with requests. So instead, the seeding often happens with brand advocates, people who are genuinely fans of your product or service, or at least people who have shown a previous interest in products like yours in the past. This helps with the credibility and authenticity of their post(s).
- Overlap of Paid + Seeded
This is where I would put things such as sponsored stories on Facebook, or Twitter's promoted products, both of which cost money and are based on advertising to people's social graph. It is interesting that social-media agencies are the ones who are picking up on this, whereas traditional media agencies are struggling with it. "Paid seeding" is also possible using partners such as GoViral who have a network of video sites, or by paying YouTube to feature your video to its users to give it an initial push and get it noticed.
If you do all of the above well, you get some "Earned Media"
This is people posting and talking about your product and its advertising. If you do things well with your own media, choose and manage your social presences wisely, seed to the right people at the right time, and perhaps pay to get noticed by more people, then you should hopefully earn media too. It will give your content extra push (distribution), and you will have earned it so these will be considered the most authentic voices of all. But you cannot guaranteed the message at all, so a lot of what is distributed may be unrelated to your intended communications. Really, positive earned media is a measure of how interesting your content is and how well you distributed it.
Why "POSSE"?
Well, acronyms are always cool, aren't they?
But in this case, it serves a second purpose. New media techniques such as these are about people, and they need skilled people to make them happen. You can't have one person spending a load on one advert and expect it to succeed like it used to. Instead, you need to hire many people, with new and diverse skills: editorial content, community management, search engine optimization, blogger relationship management, UX experts, etc etc. In other words, you can't fix this problem by throwing money at it; to succeed in this new media landscape, you need the right kind of POSSE.
– This thinking was hugely influenced by the original Nokia digital posse (you know who you are), plus lots of people who commented online and in person about my original post.
– Brian Solis, who's Brandsphere is very smart and taught me a lot, but maybe a little complicated for me.
– Steve Sponder, who made the excellent PONBE model which clearly influenced this model.


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Günter Grass, the German author who waited until he'd won a Nobel Prize before revealing that he'd served in Hitler's SS, might seem an unlikely vessel for criticism of Israel (in 2006 he confessed that in 1944, at the age of 17, he'd belonged to the Waffen; his novel, The Tin Drum, covers the rise of Nazism). Germany's elected governments hew closely to the Jewish State, deeply and persistently mindful of their shameful history.
So German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was prominent in the crowd calling Grass out last week after he published a poem titled "It Must Be Said." "Why do I say only now…that the nuclear power Israel endangers an already fragile world peace?" the poet inquired of himself. "Because that must be said which may already be too late to say tomorrow." The intended reference was to Israel's threats to attack Tehran's nuclear facilities.
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"Putting Israel and Iran on the same moral level is not ingenious but absurd," Westerwelle said.
And yet, one week later, the topic of the day is not Grass' dubious meter but Israel's reaction. The author was PNG'ed — officially barred from entering the country, declared persona non grata. "Grass' poems fan the flames of hatred against Israel and the Israeli people, thus promoting the idea he was a part of when he donned an SS uniform," said interior minister Eli Yishai, who imposed the ban. "His distorted poems are not welcome in Israel and might receive a following in Iran." (Indeed, Press TV, the state-owned Iranian English-language satellite channel, has reportedly praised the poem: "Metaphorically speaking, the poet has launched a deadly lyrical strike against Israel.")
The fulmination that ensued was predictable enough that Yishai might have held back if he'd paused to anticipate how the ruckus would be diverted his way. His government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, could have had it both ways — kept Grass out of Israel, while avoiding the fallout from the PNG declaration — by simply finding some excuse to turn him away, if he had the nerve to pitch up at Ben Gurion International. (Lesser lights have been turned away with less fuss, including Noam Chomsky and Ivan Prado, described as Spain's most famous clown.) The fact is, inside Israel, banning Grass was a popular move. In Europe, not so much.
Israel first. "The Nobel Prize laureate translated into poetry all the propaganda that is manufactured every day by the left wing mouthpieces," David Merhav wrote in the conservative daily Makor Rishon. "He, as opposed to them, took that to the very end: if Israel is Sparta, then it must pose a threat to world peace. The commentary, the newspaper columns and the op-eds that are written every day against Netanyahu need to be translated, ultimately, into one overriding conclusion: Israel is illegitimate."
In Ma'ariv, columnist Ben-Dror Yemini noted polls showing a large majority of Germans believe Israel is carrying out a policy of "extermination" against Palestinians, while some 40% think Israel's treatment of them recalls the Nazis. "The myth perpetrated by the left wing is that criticism by Israelis of Israel saves Israel's honor and proves that Israel is a democratic state," Yemini writes. "I have yet to meet the German or the European who has been exposed to their own industry of lies, and whose conclusion was: wow, what a wonderful democracy. The facts prove that when a lie is repeated a thousand times — that Israel is a monster — the conclusion is that it is a monster."
Meanwhile, Salman Rushdie called the ban "infantile pique" and, in Germany, Suddeutsche Zeitung termed Yishai's ban "absurd." "It would have been more clever to invite Grass to a debate," the center-left daily wrote. "He wouldn't have won, either." But while Berliner Zeitung also faulted Yishai for drawing attention away from Grass' words and personal history, it shared Yemini's concern with German public opinion. "Questions persist," the leftist paper said. "For example, that of the extent to which the special relations between the German government and Israel — which under Chancellor Angela Merkel have been elevated to the status of a raison d'état — actually reflects German reality. Grass incensed the Israelis with his skewed view of the Iran conflict. But the government in Jerusalem is also alarmed by the fact that opinion polls show that most Germans secretly believe that Grass is right. That merely reinforces the uneasy feeling the Israelis have that they can trust themselves alone and that they can rely on neither the United States nor Germany."


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Survival experts estimate that the average person could survive for about two days in the brutal cold and other conditions of the Andes Mountains. Nando Parrado and 16 of his friends and teammates survived for 72 days when their plane crashed in 1972. The inspiring triumphs over the series of events that would follow would reveal the true power of leadership.
"This is probably one of the most incredible leadership stories in the world," Nando said speaking to a crowd of 12,000 at Global Rally in Dallas. "You know why? Because all the leaders died, and people who were not meant to be leaders, they had to become leaders." This profound statement is rooted to something much deeper – everyone has the ability to determine their own fate; everyone has the ability to lead.
Nando's story and the Forever business teaches us that leaders are made, not born. There are many people that we look up to in our lives and businesses that seem like natural leaders. These mentors, sponsors, friends and family may seem like they know the answers and that leadership comes easily to them. And, I won't lie, it does come easier to some than others. But, in a situation like Nando's, where all the leaders are gone in what seems like an instant, the ability of others to rise speaks to a greater truth: there is a leader in each one of us.
Each of us has the ability to make choices that can propel our lives forward. We can also choose to wait. If we wait until we feel comfortable, have all the answers or for any number of other things to align, we may never rise to our full potential or it may be too late. What may seem like plenty of time to achieve your next goal, make a change in your life or even take that vacation to a place you've always dreamed of, can pass by in the blink of an eye. Time passes quickly and things can change as quickly as it took that plane to crash into the Andes.
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The Kitchen Next Door in Boulder to hold flood fundraiser tonight
Rain collapsed the roof, and badly damaged part of the compound of buildings that together hold three Kitchen restaurants on Pearl Street in Boulder: The Kitchen, The Kitchen Next Door, and The Kitchen Upstairs. The joints were closed until this week, but now all three are open again, and tonight between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. all profits from Next Door get funneled to Colorado flood victims, said owner Kimbal Musk.
"People were relieved when we opened. The town is so depressed right now," said Musk. He said he plans to hold more fundraising events for Boulder in coming days and weeks.
Musk said insurance should help pay for the damage to his restaurants, primarily at The Kitchen Upstairs. He was more concerned about his employees, who missed a nearly a week of work and are wrestling with their own flooding situations. It's something facing restaurateurs and workers across Boulder. Expect to see plenty more restaurant-spawned fundraisers in coming weeks.


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Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton has opened up about an incident last year at Los Angeles' LAX airport that left him unable to attend the premiere party for the Netflix show's second season.
The British actor was detained at LAX Airport last October after allegedly being found to be in possession of cocaine. He was not arrested and immediately returned to London, U.K. More than a week later, Heaton said in a statement this his planned travel to the U.S. was "affected by an issue at U.S. immigration" and he was "working to rectify it as soon as possible."
Heaton — who plays Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things — also said he wanted to clarify that he "was not arrested or charged with a crime," and he was "sorry to all the fans and my Stranger Things family for missing the premiere. We are all so proud of this season and I would never want this story to negatively impact the show."
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"It's all sorted now," he said in a recent interview with Flaunt magazine in his first public comments about the airport incident since October. "We go back in April."
"It was f**king awful. It was just awful," he said of the embarrassing moment.
He spoke about how the news coverage following the incident made him feel "vulnerable."
READ MORE: 'Sesame Street' releases parody of 'Stranger Things'
"It was hard. Everything happened so fast, and I hadn't come to terms with the fact that I was famous," he said. "When something steps in from the work you are doing and breaks into your personal life … you feel kind of vulnerable."
He continued: "All of a sudden it becomes a very big story and it gets really blown out of proportion."
He said that after the news broke, reporters arrived at his house as well as his parent's house, which he said was very "hard" and "upsetting" for them to deal with.
"At the end of the day I just wanted to go back," he said. "I want to work and continue to work – that's all I've ever done."
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Former Rep. Barney Frank is stepping up his push for a temporary appointment to the Senate, brushing aside criticism from a top aide to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
"I disagree with him," Frank told the Boston Globe on Monday, referring to Doug Rubin, who wrote on Twitter over the weekend there were "better options" for the interim appointment if Sen. John Kerry ascends to Secretary of State.
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Rubin is a former Patrick chief of staff, and was a top adviser to both of his successful gubernatorial runs. Rubin was also a top adviser to Sen. Elizabeth Warren's successful Senate run.
"The theory that we have to send experienced people to Washington to break the gridlock; the experienced people are the ones creating the gridlock," Rubin told the Globe in a follow-up interview, adding: "If we get beyond the traditional names, there are a lot of smart, talented individuals from Massachusetts who could bring some fresh ideas and energy to Washington, and that's what we sorely need."
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"Today at 7 a.m. Moscow time [04:00 GMT] the Western Military District commander was tasked with bringing the district's troops to 'full' war footing," the press service said.
Russia's Western Military District formations and units have been placed on high alert as part of snap combat readiness inspections nationwide, the district press service said Thursday.
"Today at 7 a.m. Moscow time [04:00 GMT] the Western Military District commander was tasked with bringing the district's troops to 'full' war footing," the press service said.
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See the Sacraments page or Faith Formation page for details about celebrating the sacraments at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
Altar Server
Open to young people and adults, servers assist the celebrating priest during liturgies. Servers are scheduled twice monthly.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
This ministry involves reverent distribution of the Eucharist at the Sunday Mass of your choice. You must be a member of the Cathedral parish and a Confirmed Catholic. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are scheduled twice monthly.
Greeters offer the gift of hospitality to those who enter the Cathedral doors. Individuals or entire families serve as greeters at Mass and other Cathedral events. Greeters are scheduled one to four times a month at a Mass of their choosing.
This is the ministry of proclaiming the Scriptures at the Holy sacrifice of the Mass. You must be a member of the Cathedral and a Confirmed Catholic. Lectors are scheduled approximately once a month.
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Volunteers operate the soundboard used for the broadcast of the Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mass over Relevant Radio 1330 AM. The homily from the Mass is recorded for posting on the website. After training, operators work one Sunday per month.
Sanctuary Care
These volunteers assist with the ongoing care of the chapels and changes in the décor of the church for the various special liturgies and liturgical seasons.
Sound System Operator
Volunteers operate the sound system for the church to provide an optimal listening experience in this challenging acoustic during Sunday Masses and other liturgies as needed.
Cathedral ushers welcome parishioners and visitors and attend to their comfort and security. Ushers also take up the collections and assist the sacristan.
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BeFriender Ministry
BeFrienders are lay volunteers who provide pastoral care to people in difficult and transitional situations such as illness, loneliness, or loss of a loved one. The skills the BeFrienders learn in training allow them to respond with compassion to those in need and thus serve as a living reminder of God's love.
Funeral Lunch Committee
The Funeral Lunch Committee provides hospitality for families scheduling lunches in Hayden Hall after a funeral. There is no cooking or baking required.
Mentor Couples
Couples preparing for marriage utilize a marital inventory to help them understand the differing ways that each of them views situations within marriage. It helps them to focus on the core issues of their relationship. The mentor couple facilitates a discussion between the bride and groom, affirming those areas in which they agree with each other, and exploring areas in which they see differently and may need further discussion.
Vocations Committee
This committee supports those discerning God's call to the priesthood or religious life. The Traveling Chalice program encourages parishioners to say daily prayers for vocations and helps to foster openness to these vocations within the home.
Parish Organizations
Divine Mercy Cenacle
The Divine Mercy Cenacle meets weekly for fellowship and to study the Diary of Saint Faustina, the Sacred Scriptures, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This is followed by Divine Mercy Chaplet in the Adoration Chapel and Benediction.
Knights of Columbus
The Cathedral Council, founded in 2008, focuses on the application of the principles of Knights of Columbus and the study of Church documents to "build a culture of life." It supports pro-life organizations through volunteerism and fundraising, including University LifeCare Center, Little Sisters of the Poor, Special Olympics, Birthright, and Prenatal Partners for Life.
Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary Council is a group of ladies of all ages and backgrounds with a common interest in pursuing the mission of "building a culture of life." This mission is relative to all phases of life and is fulfilled through prayer, catechesis, service, and community. The Ladies Auxiliary supports the Knights of Columbus with their service and community activities as well.
Men's Association
The Men's Association invites men of the parish both to spiritual growth through reflection and to service of the parish through various events, retreats, fundraisers, special projects, and hosting Coffee and Donuts Sunday monthly.
Moms' Group
The mission of the Moms' Group is to help mothers find Jesus Christ in their daily lives, help them connect their maternity to God's calling for them and their families, and to help them support the domestic Church. Most events focus on nurturing mothers, while occasional large events include the entire family.
Women's Association
The Women's Association is a faithful group of women from the parish who provide an opportunity to come together in friendship, service, and hospitality. Annual events include a Christmas cookie sale, lemon pie sale, an annual tea around Saint Valentine's Day, a Lenten retreat, and the Giving Tree project. They also host Coffee and Donuts Sunday monthly.
Young Adults
The purpose of the Young Adults is to draw men and women (ages 18-39) into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and to support each other in this effort through various activities and events. Faith is the foundation of our being; Communion is our way of being; Mission is our reason for being.
Assist the Archivist in cataloging, displaying, and properly storing items of historical significance to the Cathedral. This includes work with documents, books, audio/visual products, oral histories, and artifacts. Records are maintained to provide accessibility for research.
The Cathedral Museum, staffed by volunteers, provides an opportunity for visitors to see and appreciate historic pictures and artifacts that are significant to this grand Cathedral. The Museum is typically open on the first and third Sundays after morning Masses, and Monday through Saturday from noon to 3:00 p.m.
Tour Guides
Guides lead tours that focus on the history, art, and significance of the Cathedral as the architectural presence of the Catholic Church in the larger civic, social, and business community. Regular public tours are scheduled every Monday through Friday at 1:00 p.m. (except holidays and Holy Days). Private group tours are available by request.
Oral History
This group arranges interviews with long time parishioners and neighbors, recording and transcribing many stories about the Cathedral's history from a personal, first-hand perspective.
The following are advisory groups to the Rector. The Pastoral Council is composed of both appointed and elected members; the Finance Council is composed of appointed members only.
Parish Council
The Cathedral of Saint Paul's Parish Council serves as an advisory body to the Rector, providing input and advice on a range of parish matters. The members are drawn from various standing parish groups and committees, as well as from the parish membership at large. The Parish Council assists the Rector in ongoing planning and implementing the parish's mission.
Finance Council
The Parish Finance Council is an advisory body required by and established under canon law to consult with, advise, and assist the Rector of the Cathedral of Saint Paul on a broad range of parish financial matters, including budget planning, investment, accounting, project financing, and endowment use and management, among other matters.
Volunteer Opportunities
Adopt a Chapel
Volunteers are responsible for a chapel or shrine, tending to general cleaning and floral care, as well as reporting repair issues or other concerns to the staff.
Called & Gifted Workshop Hospitality
Greet attendees, prepare and serve snacks and lunch, clean up in Hayden Hall and kitchen. (4 times per year—Friday 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. and/or Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Cathedral Clean-up
Thorough cleaning prior to Christmas and Easter will help keep our Cathedral shining. Men, women, and children of all ages are encouraged to help out.
Cathedral Clean-up Opportunity - October 20, 2019
Please joins us for our annual fall cleanup of the Cathedral grounds starting at the conclusion of the 8:00a.m. Mass on Saturday, October 20. Please bring rakes, electric or manual clippers, brooms and small wheelbarrows to help with the work. Meet in the Cathedral's rear yard on Selby Avenue. The Cathedral will supply warm coffee and baked treats for those who help out with this important work of keeping the Cathedral grounds beautiful.
Cathedral Festival
Help to organize our annual community-building event. Duties include monthly planning meetings, contacting business partners, and scheduling volunteers to staff a wide variety of activities. It's a great opportunity for large event planning experts.
Grounds Crew
Beautify church grounds by maintaining and planning flowers, shrubs, and any other greenery in the spring, summer, and fall.
Hospitality Cook
Cooks meals and provide hospitality for several receptions throughout the year.
Justice Initiatives
The are several activities by which we seek to advance the Gospel call to bring charity and justice more fully into the lives of our neighbors in need. Parishioners volunteer for Project Home in the winter, when our lower level becomes an overflow shelter. Others volunteer with Habitat for Humanity during the summer or at Dorothy Day throughout the year.
Kitchen Helper
Maintain supplies, equipment, and upkeep of the Hayden Hall kitchen and pantry.
Marketing and Communications
Experts with marketing and public relations backgrounds help develop and establish various tools to promote awareness of our Shared Mission.
Money Counters
On Mondays at 8 a.m., work in a group of detail-oriented individuals to accurately count the weekend collection.
New Member Welcomer
Welcome new members. Meet for Mass and offer fellowship before or after.
On Call Assistance
Work on time-sensitive projects with only a few days notice.
Sanctuary Care and Environment
Beautify the Cathedral interior to coordinate with liturgical seasons. Hang banners and decorations, care for floral arrangements, and arrange furniture in the nave, sanctuary, and chapels.
Welcome Table
Staff the Welcome Table after weekend and Holy Day Masses. Welcome new members, provide information, and answer questions.


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Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 12, 2013 / 02:02 am ().- Critics say a proposed Calif. bill lifting the statute of limitations on some child sex abuse lawsuits threatens the Catholic Church and its schools, failing to allow suits for similar abuse in public schools.
"The bill itself is just unfair on its face," Kevin Eckery, a spokesman for the California Catholic Conference, told CNA June 11.
"Legislation is supposed to protect victims. The only thing (this bill) does is eliminate the statute of limitations for a year and revive a lot of old claims, but it only does so against private organizations."
Eckery said private schools, organizations like the YMCA, and Catholic dioceses and schools are "concerned about the fact that they're being singled out."
The legislation, S.B. 131, passed in the state Senate May 29 by a vote of 21-10. It now heads to the California House of Representatives.
The bill would change the statute of limitations for suits against private schools and private employers who failed to take action against sexual abuse by employees or volunteers. The bill would allow alleged victims younger than 31 to sue employers of abusers and the present age limit for alleged victims is 26 years old.
However, the bill also provides a one-year window for victims older than the age limit to sue alleged negligent employers. This could result in many new lawsuits concerning allegations dismissed after 2003, when the statute of limitations was previously suspended.
That suspension resulted in almost 1,000 claims against the Catholic Church in California, with legal awards totaling to $1.2 billion. Some of these claims dated back to the 1950s.
Eckery said that these claims were paid through insurance policies and sale of property and other assets.
"That insurance coverage doesn't exist anymore. Most Catholic dioceses aren't covered anymore. They self-insure, by and large," he said.
"If there were claims that were resurrected for a third time, you can find situations where dioceses might be forced to close schools. In the case of one of our dioceses, the Diocese of Stockton, they're worried they might have to file for bankruptcy."
The proposed law does not apply to public schools or other government agencies that may have been negligent towards abuse allegations.
Bill Donohue of the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights was critical of these exemptions.
"People are concerned about the welfare of children, and they should be," Donohue told CNA / EWTN News June 10. "Therefore, it shouldn't matter who the abuser is. It shouldn't make a difference whether it's a priest, or a postman, or a rabbi or a public school teacher."
In a June 6 letter to the California Assembly, Donohue said that thousands of allegations of sex abuse in the California public schools are made annually, with action taken in about 800 cases each year.
He pointed to a Los Angeles Unified School District report that found the district often did not notify a teacher credentialing commission when required and sometimes did not report cases in a timely manner.
Donohue asked whether the legislature intends "to cripple the Catholic schools and the great work that the Catholic organizations do, simply because they want to revisit somebody who may have been abused back when JFK was president."
The bill would allow lawsuits against alleged abusers from victims less than 43 years old. However, it would not suspend the statute of limitations for claims against individual perpetrators of abuse.
Eckery particularly objected to this provision. "The bill is written so poorly that it doesn't revive claims against the actual perpetrator," he said.
"Even if the actual perpetrator has gone to prison and served jail time, but the statute of limitations has run out, the statute of limitations is lifted against his or her employer, but not against the actual perpetrator." He added that the legislation would give a plaintiff three chances to sue the Church.
Eckery also said the earlier opportunities for the lawsuits helped address the "need for justice" and to bring attention to abuse "so we could fix it."
"But I think that an unlimited statute of limitations is unfair, because how do you defend yourself?" he said.
"If a claim is 30, 40, 50 years old, all the people who have firsthand knowledge are gone or retired. All of the paperwork is gone, in storage or otherwise destroyed."
"In this current climate, how could you possibly defend yourself against these kinds of lawsuits?"
He noted that the statute of limitations allows for evidence to be evaluated by a judge and jury. "The passage of time makes that virtually impossible," he said.
Eckery's concerns were echoed in a May 31 Wall Street Journal editorial which said the statutes of limitations "protect defendants from miscarriages of justice."
"Plaintiffs' attorneys who claim to be seeking justice for victims are merely seeking to line their own pockets by exploiting public sympathies for victims of horrific abuses," the Wall Street Journal said.
"The ultimate victims of this legal shakedown will be nonprofits in California and the people they serve."
Other opponents of the bill include the California Association of Private School Organizations, the California State Alliance of YMCAs, the California Police Activities league, the California Council of Nonprofit Organization, and other religious organizations and private schools, the Los Angeles archdiocese's newspaper The Tidings reports.
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Do you recognize this sign?
If you're a Ridge old-timer, you've probably got some stories that involve this sign. And if you're a comparative newbie, but you've visited Monte Bello before, then you've probably been … well … confused by this sign.
All the more reason to add to the intrigue!
Today is November 8th. The day the mortal world bid farewell to Saint Godfrey of Amiens. Who was born … in 1066!
Do you have a Ridge 1066 story?
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i was having an issue and wanted to see if anyone here can help me with it. i have a bold with the optical trackpad and want to know what module controls that. any help would be welcomed.
i was having an issue and wanted to see if anyone here can help me with it. i have a bold with the optical trackpad and want to know what module controls that. any help would be welcomed.
Hello eub9f15, welcome to the community. when you say module are you talking about the program control the controls the invoke of the track pads movement up down left right and the clicking down?
if so yes i know where it is and how to remove it. may i ask why you would want to tho?
Thanks for the super dupper fast reply lshap. yes that wahts im talking about. i want to remove it from my brothers berry to make him think its broken. i always get the broken stuff. :0. can you help me?
as for if I can help.... yes i can. i only provide info for help and educational purposes so what you choose to do with that info is your call.
the JVM has 2 modules that invoke the key presses. one if for the up, down, left, and right movement and the other is for the "click and unclick"
if you want to remove them the only way is with the device fully loaded and using javaloader with the -f "force command" if you pull the list of modules (include dependencies) it will be approx half way down the list. ill try to get the exact name and pm you with it.
to place it back the module can be reloaded if you extract it first but may have problems with re initializing it back into the os so a app loader may have to be done to reload it correctly.
i must say that is one of the more techy questions i have seen this week but good luck and post back if needed.
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Wooot thanks a ton lshap. Thats what i was looking for and couldnt find it anywhere on the net. Thanks bunches and ill post back if i have any probs.
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|Considering the Commonplace
Exhibition dates:
Bob Regier is a retired artist-teacher living in North Newton, Kansas. The images selected for this exhibition are drawn from a collection of photographs accumulated from twenty years of Kansas travels with his wife, Vernette, and their friends Keith and Aldine Sprunger. These adventures to all quadrants of the state numerous times have led to an enduring affection for the ordinary—which, surprisingly, time and again becomes quite extraordinary.
Regier received a B.A. from Bethel College, studied at the School of the Chicago Art Institute and holds a master of fine arts degree in painting and printmaking from the University of Illinois. He retired from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, after teaching art for 32 years. Regier's primary studio interest has been printmaking, preferably monotypes, and he also has actively pursued graphic design and photography. Since 1985 he has been part of the Kauffman Museum exhibit team, winning numerous awards for exhibit and graphic design.
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Reading 3: Ybor City, José Martí, and the SpanishAmerican War
It has been said that the revolutionary activities that took place in Ybor City in the late 1880s and the 1890s caused the Spanish-American War of 1898. Although that may be an exaggeration, the immigrant Cuban population in the city was deeply involved in Cuba's efforts to free itself from Spain.
Resenting their Spanish rulers who had become increasingly harsh, the Cuban people began sporadic rebellions as early as the 1860s. Some of the people who immigrated to Ybor City in the late 1880s were in exile because of their participation in such activities. Because of their proximity to Cuba, Ybor City and Key West became major centers for those who pushed for Cuba's independence. The lectors in the cigar factories often read from revolutionary newspapers and the cigar factory workers supported the revolution with cash donations.
Into this receptive climate came the great revolutionary known as the "George Washington of Cuba." José Martí, born in Cuba in 1853, was a teacher and a writer who advocated the overthrow of the Spanish who controlled his native land. He was exiled twicein 1871 and again in 1879. From 1881 to 1895, Martí lived in New York City where he spent most of his time writing poetry, essays, and newspaper articles in support of Cuban freedom.
Martí often made long visits to Ybor City. On November 26 and 27, 1891, he delivered two speeches thereCon Todos Y Para Todos ("With All and For All"), and Los Pinos Nueyog ("The New Growth")which outlined the goals of the United Cuban Revolutionary Party. Both speeches were reproduced in newspapers and journals in the United States and Cuba and inflamed Cuban desire for independence. In 1893 Martí delivered the speech that many feel led directly to war. More than 10,000 Cubans jammed into a small outdoor area in front of the V.M. Ybor Cigar Factory, punctuating Martí's speech with cries of "Cuba Libre!" (Free Cuba!) Following that rousing evening, workers from all the factories pledged to give one day's pay a week to the revolutionary fund. Hundreds of cigar makers and other workers formed infantry companies to begin preparing themselves for battle. From the revolutionary fund they bought a few rifles and some ammunition, as well as many machetesa weapon with a sharp blade that is a cross between a sword and an axe. Martí returned to Cuba with a small army of these men and led the insurrection of 1895. Martí and many members of his Ybor City army died in a skirmish. Their deaths further inflamed public opinion against Spain.
Newspapers across the country emblazoned Martí's efforts in huge headlines and detailed stories. His death brought more pressure for full-scale revolution with help from the United States. When the U.S. declared war against Spain in 1898, American troops passed through the port of Tampa on their way to Cuba, and many Cuban immigrants were part of that army. Martí was still so revered as a great Cuban freedom fighter many years later that when Fidel Castro imposed a dictatorship on Cuba in 1959, the U.S. government named its shortwave radio broadcasts to Cuba "Radio Martí."
Questions for Reading 3
1. Who was José Martí, and why was he considered to be a martyr to the cause of Cuba's freedom?
2. How did Martí's work in Ybor City help the Cuban revolutionary cause?
3. Why was it logical that American troops embarked for Cuba from Tampa, Florida?
Compiled from James H. Charleton, "Ybor City Historic District" (Hillsborough County, Florida) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1990; and Charles A. Harner, A Pictorial History of Ybor City (Tampa: Trend Publications, Inc., 1975).


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A few weeks ago the Diet Coke press office had a competition running, where a few bloggers were sent a bottle of coke to customise. We could use the Nails Inc Catwalk Collection colours and some gems and stickers included in the kit.
Here is my attempt:
I call it….kinda random…..
There's 360 degree decoration!
There you go!
How would you decorate your Diet Coke Bottle?


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In the past weeks I added loads of fun to the collection of free web services. Many great modern web games are not licensed and there are several contests and platforms that showcase open web technologies but don't bother about freedom. So I contacted the developers – with great results:
- Marble Run, winner of Mozilla Labs Game On 2010, is now MIT licensed
- WebGL draughts by Jordi Mariné Fort is now GPL licensed
- StillAliveJS, a Portal in 2D by Christophe/t4ils is AGPL licensed
- Element Dots by Yarik is now MIT licensed
- Roto Game, a set of puzzles by Felix Klee is now Apache licensed
- Marbleo.us, a 3D marble run by Robert Böhnke & Simon Hohberg is now MIT licensed
- Yirtok, a different approach at a shoot 'em up by Dennis Ranke is now MIT licensed
- Spacewar by David Case is now under MIT license
- Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection was ported to JavaScript and MIT licensed by Jacques le Roux
- Bonus: Stephen Eisenhauer's HTML5 drum machine is now licensed under simplified BSD
Soon to be freely licensed are:
- RPG JS, a game engine for role playing games with an example game
- Berts Breakdown, a 3D jump 'n' run by Paul Brunt
All these are added to the already existing fantastic free and open source web-based games:
- Robots Are People Too (GPL) is a 2-player jump 'n' run that won the »Most Fun« award of Mozilla Labs Game On 2010
- Freeciv.net (AGPL) is a free software web version of Civilization
- Slither (LGPL) by Erik Johnson is a modern replica of Snake
- Achtung die Kurve (MIT) is a great remake of the multiplayer classic by the people who brought you Marble Run
- Sweeper Cell (MIT) is a remake of MineSweeper
- WPilot (MIT) by Johan Dahlberg is similar to XPilot or a multiplayer Asteroids without asteroids
- Space Break (GPL) is a Breakout clone by Jonas Wagner
- Web Mega Pong and Missile Fleet are both GPL licensed and made with the CAKE library (MIT)
- Go vs Go (MIT) is, well, the Chinese board game Go
- Lichess (CC-BY-NC, unfortunately NC) by Thibault Duplessis is pure awesomechess
- Asteroids & Arena5 are both MIT licensed shoot 'em ups by Kevin Roast
- Pentagoo (MIT) is inspired by the board game Pentago
- Manic Monkey Madness (MIT) is a multiplayer game similar to Angry Birds
- Orbium (GPL) is a mobile puzzle game
- Zlizer is a demo of the LimeJS game framework (Apache)
- Atomix (GPL) is a port of the KDE puzzle game KAtomic
- Pipes (GPL) is an old-school pipe connecting puzzle
- Vectomatic (GPL) are some games for children
- The Space Game (GPL) is a crowdsourced approach at trajectory optimization
- The Humanity Project (AGPL) is an interesting approach to reality gaming by free software game studio Farsides
Thanks to all the developers and to Mozilla Labs Game On, Mozilla Demo Studio & Chrome Experiments for providing such great platforms! There are still many applications without license information on the list.
If you know any more freely licensed web-based applications or develop one and have licensing questions – don't hesitate to contact me.


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