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ZEISS Victory DiaScope 85 T* FL Wins International Design Award
CHESTER, VIRGINIA – The new Victory DiaScope 85 T* FL spotting scope from Carl Zeiss has been named winner of the coveted red dot design award for product design. With more than 4,000 entries from almost 60 countries, the red dot design award is one of the world's most renowned and largest design competitions.
"All products honored with the red dot design award had to impress an international jury. These products stand out as a result of their excellent designs and innovative approaches, which enable them to demonstrate their quality in one of the toughest design competitions in the world," says design expert Professor Dr. Peter Zec, initiator of the award.
The Zeiss Victory DiaScope 85T* FL impressed the jury with its outstanding technology and functional design: the robust, waterproof housing is protected by black rubber armoring but is still compact and lightweight. The new, innovative Dual Speed Focus (DSF) system now allows ultra- precise and fast focusing with only one focus wheel so users no longer need to change their grip. In addition, the DiaScope's FL lens system is engineered to produce superior image quality – extremely detailed, sharp, brilliant, true-color images, even in challenging lighting and weather situations. The new DiaScope also features an advanced stray light reduction system which virtually eliminates contrast-reducing stray light and is available with the new Vario 20-75x eyepiece for unprecedented perfection in nature and wildlife observation at multiple distances. The ZEISS camera adaptor also makes it quick and easy to take digital photographs through the DiaScope.
"We are very pleased to win another red dot design award and appreciate the jury's recognition of our continued efforts to build the finest optics in the world," said Erik Schumacher, president of Carl Zeiss Sports Optics.
In addition to the ZEISS Victory DiaScope, the PhotoScope 85 T* FL, Victory 8×45 and 10×45 RF binoculars with integrated laser rangefinder and the Victory 8×32 and 10×32 FL binoculars have all received the red dot design award in recent years.
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Rubes necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 146 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
Homeopathic practitioner requires a logo and business card for their practice. Homeopathic medicine is an alternative medicine that utilizes natural substances in order to restore the individual to a state of health.
Homeopathy is an alternative medicine that utilizes natural substances in order to restore the individual to health. The business card and logo may make use of natural designs such as plant, tree or flower images...... but is NOT an absolute must....  Get Creative!!!! The business card should include (or have space for) the practitioners name (First and Last), Address, telephone number and web site... Hoping to find an attractive looking card that is very eye catching....HAVE LOTS OF FUN WITH THIS LOGO AND BUSINESS CARD!!!!! Â
There is no specific name for the business - as it is my own personal practice.  The card should include my name and dipict that I am a homeopathic practitioner. As well, the card should display my designation which reads "DCH".Â
 I do not want the card to read "Homeopathic Medicine". (For legal purposes)... It should show (Somewhere on the card) that I am a homeopathic practitioner, DCH.Â
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Did anybody catch the misspellings in the title? Perhaps it doesn't matter - apparently, very few people give a crap about our schools. Yet again, Des Moines residents exhibited a staggeringly low turnout for the school board elections last Tuesday.
Okay, maybe I am being a bit harsh. Low voter turnout is a complex issue and there is plenty of blame to go around: the Polk County Auditor, State election law, candidates themselves, lack of coverage by media sources, voter apathy.... I mean, I barely even knew there was an election and I enjoy following politics. Thankfully, former school board member Graham Gillette filed a spot-on commentary with the Cityview education desk.
Only 5 percent of Des Moines voters thought participating in yesterday's school board elections was worthy of their time.
So, it is fair to say the 111,831 voters who did not vote:
1. Had something more important to do/didn't care;
2. Didn't have any idea there was an election going on, which is possible since the five people running raised a whopping combined total of $4,763 or about 4 cents per registered voter to communicate with the electorate. One candidate didn't raise a dime. (Looks like the candidates weren't too concerned about the election themselves.);
3. Thought the candidates were so indistinguishable from one another that voting was a waste of time;
4. Meant to, but the line at Burger King was so long that if they would have stopped to vote they would have missed the first five minutes of that Brady Bunch rerun; or
5. Decided to leave it to somebody smarter to decide who should serve.
The real nugget of a great idea in his column was this: what if school board elections were held in conjunction with odd-year city council elections? In addition to saving money, this would have the effect of tapping into the predictably larger turnouts and encouraging better communication between elected officials.
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Gloom and doom took center stage last weekend at the recently opened Studio 2224, a gallery-cum-performance space run by visual artist Charlene Shih (史筱筠) and US musician Jimmy Williams.
Suzuki Takahiko's photographs of a typical Taiwanese family visiting the nuclear power plant in Wanli (萬里), New Taipei City, anti-nuclear short films shot by directors including Cheng Yu-chieh (鄭有傑) and Cheng Li-ming (鄭立明) that depict apocalyptic ruins and a doomsday concert by Japanese musician Koji Asano were among the works tangentially inspired by the Mayan apocalypse.
Shih, whose works mainly involve animation, film and installation art, said the idea to encourage and facilitate collaborative projects was inspired by a six-month artist-in-residence program at the Cite des Arts in Paris last year.
"It was a totally inspiring experience. More than 300 artists from all around the world came to live and work together. You only needed to focus on your arts, without having to worry about all your troubles in real life," Shih said.
"After coming back, we opened the studio in the hope of continuing the spirit of spontaneous collaboration. It is not just about creating art works with others, but building a meeting point for artists," she said.
The studio opened in February with the whimsical Sugar Baby Project featuring artist Chou Meng-yeh (周孟曄). The unusual undertaking invited members of the public to become the artist's "sugar daddies or mommies" during her residency at the studio. Patrons could choose to sponsor the whole project, parts of the creative process or even time spent with the artist — all depending on the amount pledged.
Tomorrow, if we all survive the end of the world, the venue will host a series of video art works, online performances and film screenings that challenge and break the mainstream concept of gender and sexuality. Co-curated by Shih, Tseng I-hsing (曾怡馨) and Jian Chen from the US, the group show includes work by 10 queer artists, transgender activists and the sexually defiant from Taiwan, South Korea, New Zealand and the US.
Meanwhile, across town in Taipei's Beitou District (北投), Suzuki and Taiwanese artist Huang Lan-ya (黃蘭雅) will open the latest installment of the ongoing project entitled Skin The Artist — Who is invited for dinner? (剝皮計畫 — 誰來晚餐?) at One Year Gallery (一年畫廊), an art space set up by the artist duo in 2008. To the artists, the space is more than a place that exhibits art works.
"We see the gallery as a long-term art project that involves time, space, human beings and arts," Huang said.
A good example of how the space becomes part of the creative process can be found in the Skin the Artist project, which has so far featured 11 local artists. For each exhibition, the space is divided into two parts. One displays art works like a usual gallery. The other functions as a repository and contains the artists' manuscripts and personal documents.
Prior to each exhibition, Huang and Suzuki invite artists to a dinner party. In the company of friends and art students, the artist then talks about his or her art and life over a good meal and a few drinks. The dinner is recorded and played during the show.
"We don't want to merely exhibit finished works. We want to bring in the artist and reveal what's inside his mind," Huang said. "We tend to work with artists who are unique in terms of their attitude toward arts, their artistic beliefs and creations. They don't necessarily care for making a name in the art scene, and often possess strong social consciousness."


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Study: 1 in 10 sexually active teens have same sex partners.
Kanye West goes full frontal (nsfw)?
MetroWeekly and the Blade analyze crucial Senate races.
NYC to restore $1M of the $1.88M cut from housing programs for HIV-positive NYers.
Mehcad Brooks shares the secret of his hot bod: "I have a great sex life!"
For the second time this year, the Memphis City Council will debate anti-discrimination protections for gay and lesbian municipal employees. In July, Councilwoman Janis Fullilove received four death threats after sponsoring the proposal. The bill was later withdrawn due to non-support.
MTV's Jersey Shore mocks trans women.
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Field Poll: Barbara Boxer leads Carly Fiorina by 8 points in California Senate race.
Chicago: Common to campaign with Obama on Saturday.
Dallas County, TX ballot includes two gay men and one Black lesbian—Tonya Parker, candidate for judge.
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After 84 years, GM's once iconic Pontiac brand will "endure a lonely death on Sunday after about 40 million in sales. Its biggest triumph was the GTO ... in violation of a G.M. policy dictating the maximum size of a car's engine. The GTO was a hit, and the age of the muscle car had begun. For most of the 1960s, Pontiac ranked third in sales behind Chevy and Ford — a position now held by Toyota. But in the decades since, Pontiac's edge and high-powered image wore off. By early 2009, Pontiac had fallen to 12th place in the United States market, and its top-selling model was the G6, a sedan commonly found on car-rental lots."


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Mask (topeng) as a product of fine arts is not only used as decoration, but also as the equipment of dance and theatre in some performances.
Topeng or Mask dance is traditionally performed during ritual procession and tries to convey wisdom to the spectators, but has become more and more a theatre performance. The dance can be performed by a person depicting different characters or by several dances (sometimes with different roles).
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WANNA HELP? - If you have scans of missing images, or improved versions of any of the cards shown on this site, I'd love to hear from you. I'm always looking to improve the site. I'm also interested in scans of complete sets not on the site yet (fronts AND backs). Please be sure to contact me BEFORE sending any images (so I can make sure you're not going to overload my mailbox, and tell you how I'd like the images sent), or BEFORE you begin a set scanning project (I may already have images for that set, but they are not on the site yet). I prefer JPG images scanned at 200-300 dpi and saved with low compression (0-15) to maximize initial image quality (final images for the sight have to be subjected to several "lossy" procedures, so high quality initial images are important for maintaining an acceptable final product).
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Discussion in 'Humorous Jokes, Stories or Pictures' started by observe, Oct 29, 2013.
Predator and prey
One confused predator... the prey is headed the other way!
Is the predator a Hyena? I'm not sure about the prey, I'm thinking kudu? I don't know too much about these things. Oh wait, is this a trick question? I'm so gullible if it is.
I'd reckon spotted Hyena back and Kudu front..
On a smaller note a jackal and impala ??
But that's just to be different from everyone else
I'm going for Jackal and Wart hog.
Whatever it is its feet are facing 2 different directions
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Young Kudu headed south, he is laying about 30-31 meters south of where this photo was taken. The Female hyena is headed north, with a full belly.
Now I'm wondering what on earth could make a spoor like this...?? :lookaround::daydreaming:
Volvo...connecting people! :bighello:
Bongo and African Wild Dog :headscratch:
That would be a couple of homosapiens probably between the ages of 16 and 24. They were there between the hours of midnight and 0400. I would say one male and one female but you can't always tell these days. :wink:
I'm going with Hyena and a warthog.
The suspense is killing me Observe. Is there an answer to this question yet? I'm starting to go a bit crazy. I looked a few pics of tracks on the internet and so far I think I have the Hyena correct. However I have to concur with Stretch and say that the prey track might be a warthog as opposed to my earlier choice of a kudu. What's the ETA of the answer to the puzzle? Pure torture I say, I need to know.
just to be different and having never seen them, a wolf and white tail deer....opcorn:
:rofl: By George I think you've got it. :thumb:
First photo I'm going to say Bat eared Fox and Common Duiker.
Ok, here is the next question. Which track is older?
I want to see that Whitetail! What a monster.
Well, in my humble opinion, judging from the size of that spoor and by the prominent 'nail ' marks, I would also go for spotted hyena...
Spotted Hyaena tracks show claws on the ground. The front footprint is always larger than the hind one
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One dead, another missing in surf off WA coast
A 29-year-old surfer has died in what police have described as treacherous water conditions off Western Australia's south-west coast.
The man died after being caught in a rip at Redgate Beach, near Margaret River, 280 kilometres south of Perth yesterday afternoon.
He was rescued from the water but authorities were unable to resuscitate him.
Another 23-year-old surfer, who was also caught in the rip, remains missing.
A large scale air-and-sea search resumed this morning after being suspended at nightfall.
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The 4-star Mercure Hotel Halle-Leipzig has great transport links, located on the outskirts of the trade city of Halle and close to the trade fair city of Leipzig. Around half of the 134 rooms are air-conditioned. The meeting area at our hotel offers eight rooms holding up to 300 people. One of our real attractions is the bar housed in a mill over 100 years old. The hotel is 4.4 miles from the main train station, 9.3 miles from Halle-Leipzig Airport and 0.6 miles from the A14 highway.
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Re: Who is your favorite Jedi?
It is not canon, but it was that droid who short-circited when Owen Lars was about to by it.
Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → General → Who is your favorite Jedi?
It is not canon, but it was that droid who short-circited when Owen Lars was about to by it.
For dark I'd have to say either Exar Kun or Sidious
Skippy the Jedi Droid he is alsome that comics was funnie. but for real i like the obi-wan
For Dark Jedi and Sith, I would say Darth Maul and Darth Vader.
Quinlan Vos, Ki-Adi Mundi and Qui Gon Jinn are all pretty coolI would have said Mace Windu, but we've all seen Episode 2
As for Dark Jedi
Exar Kun
Ulic Qel-Droma
Darth Vader
Darth Maul
I would say Malak, but he's just a cowardly fart...
Yes, I forgot Qui Gon Jinn, I like him aswell. If Mace Windu killed Jar Jar Binks instead, we would all like him (Windu), so we are biased.
i never did have too much for Qui-Gon.....idk why though.....he seemed some what weak to me.....maybe i'm halucinating...
the dead ones are my favorite. (im a jerk)
I disagree.
I dislike Mace WIndu not only because he killed Jango.
But because he shouldn't have killed Jango.
Yoda wanted him for questioning and yet Mace still killed him.
Plus there was that scene in Episode 3 where Mace was about to kill Palpatine and Anakin was telling him that he shouldn't because it was morally wrong and yet. Mace still intended to kill him....
the dead ones are my favorite. (im a jerk)
You're not a jerk, you're a die hard Fett Fan, just showing your Mando colors is all.
Lightside; Luke Skywalker
Darkside; Darth Revan ( Female Version )
Revan's just so Fierfek cool!
i'd say Ulic Qel-Droma for both light and dark side, he is just so great.
Skippy the Jedi Droid was a comic - he's the other R2 unit that Luke's uncle goes to buy instead of R2D2 - the red droid. The comic is a crack up
My favourite Jedi would be a tie between Luke Skywalker or Barriss Offee (I checked the spelling).
My favourite dark Jedi would be Darth Vader (from the Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader book onward).
Obi-Wan and Luke, in that order.
And I can't stand Windu, not for him killing Jango, but for the fact that I hate Sam L. Jackson's ego, it's way to big, and really needed to be pushed out that window....burned, shot, hacked up into little tiny pieces....
Dark side: Darth Revan. (male)
Light Side: Jolee Bindo.
Dark Side: Revan all the way! He ROCKS!!!
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Light Side: Sharad Hett
Dark Side: Darth Revan
Light Side: Obi-Wan. He was a great jedi.
Dark Side: Vader. Nuff said.
Gotta go with Obi-Wan!
Light: Aayla Secura
Dark: Darth Talon
Both smokin' hot Twi'leks, and they both use Ataru.
I don't think I've heard of Darth Talon, what was he in?
Light side would be Quinlan Vos and Darkside would be Darth Vader.
Jedi:Obi wan
Sith:Darth Vader
I don't think I've heard of Darth Talon, what was he in?
Darth Talon is a she. She is a red skinned Twi'lek, but I don't know much about her besides that. Hmmmmmmm....... well, I definitely can't remember anything else about Darth Talon except that she uses Ataru (Dravage already said that) and that she is a Sith (Well, duh!)
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Kuch's debut thriller combines technology and an unusual method of terrorism.
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My wife's best friend would be in a world of finanical hurt right now were it not for having life insurance as a child. She has been diagnosed with clinical depression, a thyroid disease, and a number of other things that would have made here uninsurable. Due my wife's own clinical depression and fibromyalgia she has been deem "inelligible" for long-term care insurance. Something she will definitely need in the later years of her life.
Is Getting Life Insurance for your Children Prudent or Prudish?
At some point in your parenting adventure, you may be introduced to the concept of getting life insurance for your children. There are a number of reasons why you might want to insure the life of your child, and about as many other reasons not to. Here is an analysis:
Reasons You Might Want to Insure Your Child
- Getting permanent insurance for them while they are young is cheap, and guarantees their insurability for life (as long as they never cancel the policy), despite potential medical complications that arise over time. For more information on permanent insurance policies for children, check out this resource.
- Getting temporary (term) insurance also provides a guarantee of insurability until your child reaches their 60s or 70s, however at each term renewal (typically 10 years), the price will increase dramatically. There is no benefit to staying with a Term policy at renewal if your child is in good health, and in fact – common practice dictates that applying for a new Term policy altogether at renewal is usually cheaper than renewing.
- You may want to provide some financial protection for yourself should your child die unexpectedly prior to reaching the age of maturity. There will be a cost to arranging for funerals and such, and depending on the situation, there may also be exorbitant medical bills to contend with.
Although I believe in insurance, I also believe it is possible to have too much (and the wrong kind of) insurance. Life insurance for a child is very inexpensive. But before wantonly buying any insurance policy, ask yourself the following questions:
- What sort of financial duress would I experience if my child dies?
- What would the immediate expenses be?
- What would the longer-term expenses be?
- If I am not medically insured, what would the cost be if my child has a terminal illness?
- If the situation above exists, how would I cover these medical expenses if my child lives?
I believe you will find that upon consideration, the only financial duress you would experience if you lost your child would take the form of:
- funeral and burial expenses
- lost wages due to emotional trauma
The medical expenses would ideally be covered off with separate medical insurance, since an illness we live through can be just as expensive – if not more so – than a terminal illness. So I think it is safe to assume that getting life insurance for your child as an alternative to medical insurance is unwise.
However, you may also notice that other financial burdens would be lifted. You would no longer have to cover school and clothing expenses, extra curricular activities, or save for post-secondary education.
As callous as it sounds, kids are expensive. Rarely will parents lose money when they lose a child. So if your primary motivation for getting insurance for your child is to protect your own finances, I would like to suggest that losing a child – as emotionally traumatic as it may be – may not be as financially crippling as you might think.
However if you want to get life insurance for your children to provide them with a nest egg, or a guarantee of inexpensive insurability as they age, then considering a permanent policy in the name of your child might be an investment.
You are the parent. It's all up to you.
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Get the insurance. It's a rotten thing to think about, but do it.
I remember the discussion with our insurance agent, and he brought up the option. My wife & I decided that we didn't want to think about the idea, and declined, thinking that we might consider it later.
Two years later, my son (our only child) was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He passed on this last February after an 11-month fight. I'm thankful for the kind donations from family, friends and strangers, so that we could afford the medical and funeral expenses. However, you can't expect such outpourings of kindness. If people had not been so generous, then we would be in mourning and in debt.
I also wish that I had the financial freedom to take some time off. Once again, I had an extremely generous manager who made it possible for me to be home when it counted, but such generosity is not guaranteed in life.
There are other expenses that we would never have thought about. We have decided to stay in our home, but we would like to redecorate parts of it to try to avoid heartache. We would like to be able to be generous to others out of gratitude for what we have received. I would like for my wife to be able to stay home longer, instead of having to find a job in the middle of grieving.
Nothing can replace having my son with me. And, getting life insurance for children is not putting a price tag on their lives. It's a way to provide for yourself and your family during an awful season of life.
The death of a child creates a huge emotional loss, but in most instances is not a large financial loss. Let's face it. Kids don't create income they consume it. If you have proper health insurance, then the financial burden of their death should pretty much be isolated to some funeral expenses.
As for establishing their insurability so you can pass that on to them later, I would recommend estimating what those premiums would accumulate to if you invested them for 18 or 21 years in 529 college plan or a Roth IRA. Make sure that the death benefit you are passing on to them is substantially larger than the investment growth you could achieve without the policy. Which would be a better thing to give to your child on his 21st birthday. A $100,000 death benefit whole life policy with $5,000 of cash value that he can start paying the premiums on or a Roth IRA with $30,000 that he can use or continue to grow to he retires.
I'm very grateful for the death benefit policy my parents bought for me when I was a toddler. I guess I don't know what the return on the $2000 they paid back in 1975 would be by now, but I do know that I have relied on that policy
1) to take out a low-interest loan to cover half of my last year of college
2) to cover me while I was a stay at home mom. We would have had to buy term insurance for me, otherwise, and given the near-death experience giving birth was for me, I'm sure it would have been expensive.
can be a larger expense than many people can afford. Some online sources say the average funeral costs $7300; with the U.S. savings rate now just barely reaching into the positive percentages, many people don't even have $1000 in the bank. Add the costs of travel, unpaid medical costs (more and more people have high-deductible plans; we, for instance, have a $7200 deductible and not quite that much saved yet in our HSA), and the need to get therapy or take time off from work, and I think it is well worth it to spend $80 a year to have $15,000 of life insurance for my child.
In addition, while parents would not have future expenses, in some cases they would still have costs for a while. Many schools and camps contractually obligate parents to pay the full bill after a certain point. They might waive that requirement in the event of a child's death, but how terrible to be in debt for thousands of dollars to a school your child is no longer around to attend.
Tom, I am so sorry for your loss.
The purpose of any insurance is to avoid unbearable financial loss (not unbearable emotional loss), not to cover every possible expense. What will be unbearable financial loss depends on how close to the edge you are living. As "Cheap Like Me" above said, some folks do not have enough savings to cover funeral expenses or 6 months of lost wages. If you do have that much in savings, you'd be better off putting it to other uses.
BTW, friends and family *always* help out in such situations to the extent that they are able. Even my broke grad school friends chipped in to help my classmate pay funeral expenses for a loved one.
Some employers offer free or very inexpensive ($2/month) children's life insurance with a relatively small pay-out ($10,000) when the parent gets employer-sponsored life insurance. There's no reason (other than squeamishness) not to sign up for such a policy. But usually it's just a waste if it's tacked on to a private policy.
One more thing: your title is misleading. You're not debating "Getting Life Insurance for your Children". You're debating getting life insurance *on* your children. Sorry if that sounds harsh. But keep it in mind, because unlike your own life insurance (taken out on your own life), your child will not benefit from this policy. (I'm assuming term here. Whole-life is a different story, although it's not a good investment for most people.)
I recommend that every parent get some form, whether term or permanent, of life insurance for each child. In addition to covering any final expenses and medical care if there is any, you will want and need time off. I once spoke with a man who had lost his son in a tragic accident. He worked as a salesman so his performance directly affected his pay. He said that there were days however that once he was at work, he couldn't do anything but stare out the window all day thinking about his son and feeling sorrowful. Fortunately, they had life insurance on his son, so he could take those important days and just mourn.
So again, I believe life insurance, even on our children, play an important role in the mourning process as it allows us the time and financial ability to mourn.
Thank you for the comments, and some great points have been made.
The emotional trauma of losing a child can be quite costly if extensive time must be taken off work and no concessions are made by the employer.
If it eliminates stress, then it may well be worth the cost, and if you choose a permanent policy it has the added benefit of guaranteeing your child's insurability as they grow up.
Going with a small benefit through a company work plan is another way to go, but will do nothing to guarantee your child's insurability as time goes on. It would simply be a mechanism to protect your own finances if you lose a child, and is one of the least expensive (and least flexible) options you can choose.
I also must agree with some of the commenters who suggest that having children is costly. In fact, it might be a good exercise to calculate just how much your child costs...purely as a way to do a cost/benefit analysis for life insurance. As an example, if you realize that you spend $20,000/year (after tax) on your child, then maybe you don't need the coverage and could still justify taking time off work to mourn properly.
This will be different for everybody. Thank you for your thoughtful comments. This is a tough topic.


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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. --- In 1947, the parents of Army Tech. Sgt. William S. Cassell received word that their son was one of eight U.S. Army Air Corps airmen presumed dead after the aircraft in which they were flying went missing.
The following year, the wreckage of a U.S. B-17G Flying Fortress was discovered in the French-Italian Alps near the Estellette Glacier. It was determined to be Cassell's plane but the remains were unidentifiable and the wreckage was declared non-recoverable.
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More than 60 years after he was declared deceased, Cassell's remains were finally returned to his family during a plane-side ceremony Friday at the Richmond International Airport. A day earlier, Hannah Cassell Anderson said she was taken with the news that their older brother was finally coming home.
"I was just amazed and thrilled at the same time," said the 68-year-old Anderson, "because not only did they have his remains, but they also had his dog tags, which was just wonderful."
Although bits and pieces of the wreckage were found shortly after the plane went missing, many parts and remains were found between 1983-99 as the glacier slid downward from its resting place at an altitude of 12,000 feet, said the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. Two years ago, the remains were re-evaluated using advanced DNA technology, and Cassell's DNA was determined to match that of his mother's.
Anderson, along with her two older siblings, Franklin, 82, and Mary Lee Cassell Musulin, 80, were on hand to witness the arrival of the remains at the airport. They watched in solemn tribute as Soldiers from Fort Lee, Va., ceremoniously removed the flag-draped coffin from the commercial aircraft's cargo storage area and carried it to a waiting hearse. They also traveled to Amelia County to do the same in preparation for a memorial service that was held Sunday.
Tech Sgt. Cassell was 21 years old when he died with his fellow airmen. An Arlington National Cemetery burial plot was dedicated to the crew years ago, but no personal items had been returned, said Anderson, who was only a few months old when her brother was drafted and departed for World War II.
Despite the declaration that her brother was deceased, Anderson said her father held a glimmer of hope that his son was still alive, especially considering the fact the no personal items were found.
"My father always thought that maybe, maybe he survived and one day would show up," said Anderson, "because they got nothing, nothing except a telegram."
Anderson said the identification of the remains brings an end to the years of speculation about her brother's death.
"It does bring closure, especially for my sister and brother," she said. "Also, because I didn't know him and didn't experience the grief at that time, it gives me such a good feeling that he's home. That's what my father and mother always wanted."


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Data Interchange software
- DIbundle-Oracle11g - Elect v4.29 - Gas v2.1 (76 MB, zip)
- DIbundle-Oracle12c - Elect v4.29 - Gas v2.1 (76 MB, zip)
- DIbundle-SQLServer2014 - Elect v4.29 - Gas v2.1 (67 MB, zip)
- DIbundle-SQLServer2017 - Elect v4.29 - Gas v2.1 (67 MB, zip)
Registered Participants can also find Data Interchange software and guides on the Participant File Share and EMMS Markets Portal > Data Subscription.
DI Guides
- Data Interchange Framework and Glossary (1.5 MB, pdf)
- Subscribing to new Gas Data Model files (190 KB, pdf)
- Guide to setting up a standard Data Interchange environment
- Guide to upgrading a Data Interchange environment (1.8 MB, pdf)
- Concise Guide to Data Interchange
- Guide to Troubleshooting Data Interchange
- EMMS Data Interchange Guide
- MMS Data Subscription Services User Guide
Participant Data Replication Monitor
The Participant Data Replication Monitor (pdrMonitor) software is a component of Data Interchange, providing participants with visualisation of the status of their Data Interchange systems. The software is for Registered Participants using the Data Interchange software to replicate data between their systems and AEMO's. Participants install, configure, and use the pdrMonitor on their local computers.
- EMMS Release Schedule - November 2018 - pdrMonitor (1275KB, pdf)
- Guide to Participant Data Replication Monitor (2444KB, pdf)
Gas Data Model
The Gas Data Model is the definition of the interface to participants of data published by AEMO from wholesale Gas Market systems. A database conforming to the Gas Data Model can contain a local copy of all current participant-specific data recorded in AEMO's gas market system databases. The following documentation is for the Oracle physical model of the Gas Data Model.
- Gas MMS Data Model Upgrade Report v2.1 (419 KB, pdf)
- Gas Data Model Report v2.1 (2 MB, pdf)
- Gas Data Model Package Summary v2.1 (507 KB, pdf)
- Gas Data Model Table to File to Report Relationships workbook v2.1 (40 KB, xlsx)
FRC Hub
The FRC Hub is a communication infrastructure operated by AEMO that provides a gateway through which AEMO and each Retailer and Distributor that participates in Queensland, Victorian, South Australian, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory and, under contract, West Australian retail markets can deliver and receive structured Business to Business messages utilising defined protocols and formats. These messages cover various transactions, such as account creation, customer transfer notification, and meter data information.
- Gas FRC Hub Application Form – 13 September 2016
- FRC HUB Terms and Operational Terms and Conditions v9.0 - Effective 31 March 2017
- FRC Gas Hub Participant User Guide – 05 June 2017 (pdf) 2.33 MB
- Gas FRC B2B Connectivity Testing and System Certification v1.8 – 31 March 2017
- Gas FRC Certification Checklist – 6 Oct 2015
- Low Volume Interface User Guide – 2 May 2016
- Recent Changes to Gas FRC HUB - Disaster Recovery Strategy - 10 May 2018 (546 KB, pdf)


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This week on the STLR radar: Freedom to Tinker conducts a "census" of files shared through BitTorrent, finding 99% of them to infringe copyright. From Business Week: a Pittsburgh couple is suing Google for trespass because Google posted pictures of their residence, including their pool and driveway. Italy will hold YouTube liable for uploads that infringe copyright or are libelous, Ars Technica reports, which would eliminate "safe harbor" rules that protect websites with user-generated content Continue Reading →


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The ties that bind have friendship as well as tourism potential
I dabble in genealogy so I often meet members of the Diaspora. One of the big things that sets them and me apart is the spread of their root origins. Should I look back two centuries I would find very few ancestors who were born more than ten miles from that chair in the Bushmills Inn; Diaspora roots often spread for thousands of miles and through many countries and states; I feel very rooted; they often have a strong desire to locate their roots; my roots may be local but my connections are global - thanks to modern media.
In these parts we are rich in scenery and in hospitality but we are poor in records, especially their availability and accessibility; what records we have could be used more as a tourism attraction than simply as a source of tourism or genealogy income.
Lyle was here recently from Pennsylvania but didn't have enough time to link-up with his distantly-related cousins or 'freens', as they are known locally. He bumped into a friend of mine and the latter passed on some details to me by email. There was enough detail for me to see that Lyle and I were related by various marriages, if not by blood. When I mentioned the detail to a shared relative the latter produced a violin, a violin that was made by Lyle's grandfather - his name and year of making are visible inside the body! Some modern media connections have since been established and I'd imagine it won't be too long before some particular members of the Diaspora turn up on these shores.
Lyle's reaction: "The pictures of the fiddle really got to me as growing up my grandfather Daniel was always working on making them! He made 4 that I know of and his sons have them. He would go out into the woods (he picked to live here in the woods and hills of Robesonia PA because he said it always reminded him of home, just without the sea), pick a tree, cut it down, make boards, and start the year long or so of hand carving and such. They all play beautifully. .. All my Uncles are also very excited and we all want to get together and go over the things I've found out as none of them knew!"
Lisa and I haven't met but we are now Facebook friends. She is from British Columbia, was recently at a Clan Maclean gathering in Scotland and then popped over here to have a look for her McLean roots; Fergus McLean, a weaver, who left from Coleraine in 1775 was the father of Judge John McLean; locating Fergus' roots will be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Lisa's reaction: "I feel that the best discovery of all is new acquaintances."
The Links tab at the top of the blog contains links to numerous genealogy and other sources.


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I know a bit of Japanese, but don't know any other Asian languages.
Does knowing Japanese help in neighbouring countries such as South Korea and Taiwan?
Am I likely to encounter people who are familiar with Japanese but not English? Are relationships between such countries and Japan bad enough that using Japanese will cause hostility? Will using it with harabeoji old enough to have lived through the Japanese occupation trigger memories best forgotten?


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I'm looking for a design that would appeal to the audience I described. I am open to any color scheme, the only limitation being that the logo is going to be used on my web site, which has a black background, so the logo needs to be colors that would work on black. Also, the web site design limits the size of the logo to 49 pixels high, the width can be up to 1280 pixels, so the logo needs to be readable at that small size. The logo should not be presented on a black background, it has to be used for print as well.
To someone looking at this logo, they should be able to immediately discern the fact that I am a photographer specializing in glamour, lingerie & nude photography.
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After briefly flirting with the revenge thriller Motor City, actor Dominic Cooper is now set to join Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace in the actioner Dead Man Down. The revenge tale stars Farrell as a mobster's hitman bent on revenge and Rapace as "a mysterious, scarred beauty" who has intimate knowledge of Farrell's past. Variety reports that Cooper is in talks to play a family man who works as Farrell's partner. Niels Arden Oplev, who directed Rapace in the Swedish iteration of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is onboard to helm the pic with Neal Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) producing.
Cooper earned notice for his starring turn in last year's The Devil's Double, and also appeared in Captain America: The First Avenger and My Week with Marilyn. He'll next be seen in the historical documentary Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which opens this summer. Production on Dead Man Down begins later this month.


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Global market confidence despite civil strife and devastation in parts of Japan
Global market confidence despite civil strife and devastation in parts of Japan
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
The Middle East and North Africa remains volatile and the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and violent tsunami in Japan caused enormous loss of life and the nuclear crisis at the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima is still unresolved. Added to this you have major tensions in the Ivory Coast, events in Southern Sudan do not bode well and piracy is still a major concern near Somalia.
Also, while recent news is focused on Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia in North Africa and on Bahrain and Yemen in the Middle East; it is clear that convulsions could erupt in other nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran remains divided because the opposition is clearly against the current government of Iran. It is also possible that these political shockwaves could spread further and many nations remain jittery at the moment because political convulsions can either die quickly or open up a can of worms therefore 2011 is clearly chaotic.
Despite this, you have clear signs that the global economy is about to pick up and while recent events have been dramatic and led to countless carnage and political changes; some form of normality appears to be returning to the global market and confident is returning.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is forecasting global economic growth this year of 4.8% and JP Morgan is estimating growth to be 4.4%, therefore, both are optimistic of a stronger global economy this year.
China, Germany, the United States, and other major players, are showing signs that manufacturing is picking up and market confidence is growing on this news.
Therefore, despite all the political chaos, devastating earthquake in Japan, and increasing price of oil and high commodity prices; the manufacturing base of many leading nations is rebounding.
The Institute for Supply Management in America stated that the factory index in February showed strong growth because the index rose by 61.4% and this is the highest rating since May in 2004. At the same time Europe is showing signs of a recovery because Europe's service and manufacturing industries are expanding and this is being led by Germany.
It also appears that the worst fears of the economic crisis in Greece did not cause the damage that many had feared. Therefore, the banking system in Europe is looking much stronger in 2011 despite internal problems in some European Union member states.
Marc Gross who works at RS Investments in New York commented that "I am not sure if risk is all the way back on to where it was, but the market seems much happier and healthier after a short-term panic attack last week."
The U.S. Treasury Department which began buying mortgage-backed-securities after intervening in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also announced that it will begin selling up to $10 billion a month in order to wind down the $142 billion which are currently held. At the height of the 2008 economic crisis in America the government bailed out many financial institutions but now you have renewed confidence.
Jason Pride at Glenmede which is based in Philadelphia commented that "We have a growth economy that seems like it is moving faster than it was six months ago" and "Everything's pointing in the direction of an economic expansion. There's still a lot of work to be done, but it's moving the right way."
The Japanese stock market also rebounded on March 22 because after the initial shock of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis; it appears that state intervention by Japan and global market confidence is helping this rebound despite major uncertainty in Japan.
Mark Skidmore, who is a professor at Michigan State University in America, comments that "As incomes rise in a society, you can devote more resources to safety. So economies that have relatively high exposure to earthquakes or hurricanes start taking the precautions they need. Japan is among the best prepared in the world because they have high exposure and high income."
The Kobe earthquake in 1995 created mass devastation and over 6,000 people died and unlike the regions of Iwate and Miyagi, the city of Kobe is more instrumental for trade and at the time the port was the sixth largest in the world. However, Kobe rebounded quickly and was redeveloped rapidly and Japan showed reasonable economic growth despite the 1990s on the whole being negative.
Mark Skidmore also comments about this and he stated that "We don't know yet how devastating this is going to be economically, or even in terms of human casualties, but Kobe was able to rebound very quickly and I think there is the same potential here."
It must be stated that unlike Kobe which was devastated by an earthquake and where the area of land covered was much smaller; the same situation is very different because the March 11 earthquake which struck recently was multi-dimensional. This applies to this disaster being based on the initial earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and then the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima.
Also, whole communities have been destroyed along the coast of northeastern Japan and Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima have been severely damaged. Another major difference is the significance of energy in this area and the fear of radiation is an unknown quantity. Therefore, the fisheries sector and farming sector is going to suffer in this part of Japan and the radiation issue is going to remain for some time.
Despite this, it is apparent that global market confidence is growing and some benchmarks are positive. Yet major convulsions may still put fresh breaks on the global economy but for now it appears that dramatic political changes and the devastation of the earthquake in Japan can not dampen enthusiasm.
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Installing Electronics
By Don Casey
You have finally sprung for that new bit of electronic wizardry you've been eyeing, and now you're wondering what else, besides what comes in the box, you will need to get it installed. Usually, not much.
The first challenge to installing electronics is finding a good mount location. You want displays to be readily visible and dials and buttons convenient to reach. A dry location is always preferable, even if the unit is waterproof. Generally you should mount electronics high, meaning up under the deck in sailboat, on the bridge of a powerboat. Be sure there will be ample room at the rear of the unit for the wiring.
For a bracket-mounted unit, you will need a drill and the appropriate bolts to install the bracket. Flush-mounting the unit through a panel in the nav station or at the helm requires making an accurate cut-out. The installation instructions in the box will provide the cutout dimensions. Depending on panel material and access, you can make the cutout with a saber saw, a rotary tool, or a keyhole saw. Be sure you know what is behind the panel before sawing; it is all too easy to cut the wiring to other equipment.
As a general rule, mount a new antenna well clear of those already on your boat. For maximum range, mount a VHF antenna as high as possible. The range of SSB and ham radios is less dependent on antenna height, so these antennas can be mounted near the deck. GPS antennas can also be mounted near deck level, but they should have a clear view of the sky, unobstructed by a top or rigging. Radar range and reception are improved by mounting the radar antenna as high as possible. Keep in mind that radar transmissions can damage eyes, so be sure this antenna is well above head level.
A number of antenna mounts are readily available that will simplify your installation. Some are screwed to a horizontal or vertical surface; others simply clamp around a railing. A ratchet mount allows you to fold the antenna down to reduce the vessel's vertical clearance.
Transducers are the underwater component of depth sounders and speed logs. They are generally mounted either through the hull or through an underwater bracket attached to the transom. Depth sounder transducers are sometimes mounted inside the hull to avoid fouling. This can be a good arrangement, but it doesn't work well on some hulls.
Your boat will need to be out of the water to install a through-the-hull transducer. Other than the trauma of drilling a hole through the hull, transducer installation is straightforward.
Speed log transducers are mounted perpendicular to the surface of the hull, and they can be located almost anywhere as long as they will always be in clear (undisturbed) water when the boat is underway. That generally means aft in a powerboat, and near the keel on a sailboat. They should not be located directly behind another through-hull component or any other hull feature that might alter the flow of water over the transducer. Also pay attention to what is inside the hull where you want to install the transducer.
In a solid laminate hull, you need only use a drill or a hole saw to cut the appropriate size hole — designated in the installation instructions — insert the cable through the hole, run a thick bead of polysulfide sealant around the transducer just above the head, insert it into the hole, and tighten the retaining nut inside the hull. Sealant should squeeze out all around the transducer or you will need to remove it and apply a thicker bead.
If your hull is cored, the process is more complicated. You must never depend on flexible sealant to keep water out of the core. Rather, after you have drilled the mounting hole, use a sharp tool to dig out the core for an inch or so around the hole. Sand the inner surfaces of the skins where the core was removed and wipe them with acetone. Fill the space with a commercial epoxy paste such as Marine-Tex or with regular epoxy thickened to a peanut-butter consistency with colloidal silica. Let the epoxy cure for 24 hours, then run your hole saw through the hole to clean it up. Now install the transducer exactly as described above.
Depth sounder transducers should be installed perpendicular to the surface of the water rather than the surface of the hull. In a sailboat, you must also be concerned about the keel blocking the transducer's view of the bottom when the boat is heeled, although this will not be a problem under power or at moderate angles of heel. Transducers are sometimes mounted forward of the keel. Dual transducers with a gravity switch that activates the lower one are another option.
Mounting the transducer vertically may require wedge-shaped spacers, called fairing blocks, both outside and inside the hull. Depth-sounder are adversely affected by disturbed water, so the external block should be smooth and streamlined. Also make sure the transducer is not located behind a bubble-generating hull feature.
Transom mounts do not work in the disturbed water behind the prop of an inboard boat, but if your boat is outboard or I/O powered, you can limit new holes in the hull to just those required to screw the bracket to the transom. If the transducer is to give accurate readings, it is imperative that the bracket is absolutely flush with the bottom of the boat--in effect an extension of the hull. Even then, turbulence at the stern, especially at speed, can cause both log and depth sounder to give inaccurate readings. Most transoms have a wood core, so take great care to seal any screw holes you drill.
Signal Wires
The wire from the transducer will have a connector that you simply push or thread onto the appropriate connector on the back of the unit. Never shorten the signal wires from transducers; if the wire is too long, coil the excess.
Antenna wire can be RG8X coax if it is less than about 20 feet long. For longer runs use RG8U or RG213U. Connectors (designated PL-259) need to be soldered to coax, so if you don't have soldering experience, you may want to get help with this part. Solderless connectors haven't done well in the marine environment, although some new solderless terminals may prove to be more durable.
Power Wires
Most 12-volt electronics come with either a red positive lead and a black or yellow negative lead, or a pair of screw terminals marked + and -. Hooking up the unit is essentially a matter of connecting the + lead to the + side of the battery and the - lead to ground.
But we don't normally connect electronics directly to the battery. Instead, we take the power from the distribution panel. Since electronic equipment can be sensitive to other loads on the circuit, it is a good idea to give your new gear its own circuit. That means installing a new breaker in the panel if you don't have an open one. If that is not practical, then pick a lightly loaded circuit, one without electric motors or other interference generators. Keep in mind that the breaker is protecting the wiring, not the gear, so you cannot increase the size of the breaker unless you know the size of every wire in the circuit.
Speaking of wire, you need #10 AWG, assuming the new unit is no more than about 20 feet from the distribution panel. The exception to this generalization is SSB, which needs bigger wire (#4). For longer wire runs, consult the ABYC wire size table found in most electrical books (including mine). Buy duplex safety wire with red and yellow conductors; red is +.
Route the wire as high as possible — never through the bilge — and support it with cable clamps at least every 18 inches. Where wires pass through holes in panel boxes, bulkheads and other components, the hole must have a grommet to protect the wire from chafe.
Use crimp connectors on the wire ends: step-down butt connectors to join the supply wires to the light leads, ring connectors for screw terminals, and flanged spades if the screws are captive. If you don't already have a proper crimping tool, add one to your kit.
With the breaker off, connect the red wire to the output side of the breaker. At the unit, connect this same wire to the lead or screw marked +. Connect the yellow wire to the ground bus inside the distribution panel — it will have black and/or yellow wires connected to it — and to the lead or screw marked -. Double check the polarity, then flip the breaker and turn on the unit. You should be in business.


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You'll never buy a commercial air freshener again after you've made your own! Many people swear by homemade fresheners made with baking soda or vinegar, which act as deodorizers as well as adding a gentle scent.
Both lemon and baking soda are traditional odor eaters and this recipe couldn't be simpler.
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups (500ml) water
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2. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle that produces a fine mist. Spray rooms that need freshening two or three times a day.


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Letter, R. A. G. [Rachel Garrison] to Dear cousin [Samuel Adair]
Author: Garrison, Rachel A.
Date: February 23, 1857
Rachel Garrison wrote to Samuel Adair that she had a little daughter two months old, which meant she was pregnant when her husband David was killed in the Battle of Osawatomie in August, 1856, and when she returned to Yellow Springs, Ohio. She also mentioned her other daughter, Jania, She was hoping Adair could hold on to the claim the Garrisons pre-empted until it could be entered at the land office. She also listed items she would like Adair to sell for her. The same letter also contained correspondence from James Garrison.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Samuel and Florella Adair Collection, #161, Box 4, Folder 3
Item Number: 100349 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Adair, Samuel Lyle; Garrison, James; Garrison, Rachel A.; Land claims; Lykins County, Kansas Territory (see also Miami County, Kansas); Miami County, Kansas (see also Lykins County, Kansas Territory); Ohio; Osawatomie, Battle of; Osawatomie, Kansas Territory; Preemption law United States; Yellow Springs, Ohio
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Taiwan fully supports Japan in its effort to remove the restrictions on its foreign policy that have been in place since World War II, and believes the country should become a regional power in Asian security affairs and take on a more important role in the UN, officials said yesterday.
"The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the US and Japan is a cornerstone of Asia-Pacific security. Ensuring the security of Taiwan is also an important part of the US-Japan alliance, because the Taiwan Strait is a lifeline for Japan's marine transportation," Premier Yu Shyi-kun said.
"For the security of the Asia-Pacific, many Japanese academics and heavyweights have advocated that Japan should develop into a `normal nation' and play an active role in the region's security and defense affairs. We completely agree and support this position," Yu said.
"We also believe that Japan regards the peace and security of the Taiwan Strait seriously," Yu said. "Considering the shared interests between Taiwan and Japan in terms of regional security, the two nations should establish a security and defense dialogue mechanism."
Yu made his remarks yesterday while addressing the opening ceremony of the 2004 Forum on Taiwan-Japan Relations, which was held by the Foundation on International & Cross-Strait Studies.
He then focused on the increasing military threat from China, saying that since the end of the Cold War, China's military has expanded, and with the North Korean nuclear issue still unresolved, China and North Korea have become the biggest threat to the security of Northeast Asia.
"Taiwan, Japan and the US should establish a closer `alliance of values' and secure communication channels," Yu said.
In recent years, many Japanese have proposed making changes to the Constitution to expand the nation's military capabilities. Although Japan has the most advanced military in the region after that of the US, its capabilities are limited under Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, which limits it to a purely defensive role.
Still, some politicians and academics say Japan should become active in ensuring the security of Asia. Japan is also lobbying to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
However, some of Japan's neighbors -- in particular countries that were invaded by Japan during and prior to World War II -- have been strongly opposed to such moves, mainly because of Japan's imperial conquests.
Yu said that in contrast to other countries' doubts and opposition, the Taiwanese government supports a stronger Japan that is more involved in regional security affairs.
Taiwan hopes to enhance the relationship between the US, Japan and Taiwan, creating a de facto alliance, Yu said.
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Chiou said that Japan's evolution into a "normal country" and its taking up the role of a leader in Asia would be beneficial to the peace and prosperity of the region.
"Taiwan is willing to work with Japan toward these goals," he said.
As diplomatic relations between Japan and Taiwan were cut in 1972, Chiou told the Japanese representatives in the forum that "the 1972 structure should not hinder the normalization of the Japan-Taiwan relationship."
Japan's view
Meanwhile, the Taiwan question should be viewed as an international issue which affects the interests of other countries, a Japanese official said yesterday.


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"[The authors]…maintain a refreshing reverence for the Constitution itself. Rather than ask readers to believe that an 'assembly of demigods' (Jefferson's words) wrote the Constitution, Ms. Kiernan and Mr. D'Agnese challenge the notion that the group that crafted this document of enduring genius was uniquely brilliant or visionary. If this raises the question of how exactly the miracle was accomplished, it should at least give readers some hope for our own seemingly uninspired political era." —The Wall Street Journal
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