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Best tea books to make you an expert, here are my personal selections.
Let's head back to basics today, as in tea basics. I'm writing this review of the seven best tea books that will make you a tea expert with two goals in mind: (1) to share what I've learned about tea and (2) to provide you with access to some of the best tea books all in one place. Then we can chat more about TEA!
Today we dive into the world of tea books. Because before our beloved tea became a beverage, it was a leaf. With some basic knowledge of how tea is made under your belt– you will know more than most people. Who doesn't yearn for that kind of expertise?!
Whether that is the super nerdy chemistry of tea or simply a favorite tea, this review is a space for me to deliver something a little more substantial than tea recipes: knowledge.
I have seven books in my tea library that I constantly go back to. These are not only my personal favorites but are also the favorites of other tea enthusiasts. I must confess I actually have a lot more than seven tea books, I can't seem to help myself. It's like an addiction!
Best Tea Books Criteria
My criteria for selecting these specific books are twofold: they have to be timeless favorites and must still be available for purchase. Consider this your tea book smorgasbord starting point.
Any one of these books will teach you some need to know the basics of becoming a tea expert. You will learn about your tea options, where tea comes from, how it is produced, how to make tea properly, how to taste the tea and appreciate quality and variety.
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." – C. S. Lewis
First, you must open your mind to learning about and tasting the many teas that are available. Believe me, there are many. Keep in mind, you can read all you want from a book but you can't really know tea until you taste it.
This will simply guide you the next time you walk into a specialty tea shop and just stare blankly at all the tea along the wall. In the end, you will find your tea of choice, despite all the variety.
by Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss
Everyone calls this the bible of tea books. And it is. The Story of Tea was nominated in 2008 for a prestigious James Beard Book Award and an IACP Cookbook Award. It was awarded Best Tea Book in the USA from Gourmand Awards, Paris, France, and also won the bronze for Best Tea Book in the World in 2008.
I refer to this book as a textbook on tea. It is not the type of book you read from cover to cover like a novel, although you could. It's 417 pages are more of a reference book where you select a topic of interest and read that chapter.
The book begins with a history of tea and ten chapters later culminates in cooking with tea. The authors take us on a fascinating tour through the world of tea, from the delicate green tea of China to the full-bodied Assam black tea of India.
The husband and wife team offer an insider's view of every aspect of the tea trade. The Heisses profile more than thirty tea varietals and provide an in-depth guide to tea territories, production, brewing, and tasting.
Many beautiful pictures are peppered throughout the book including photographs of tea producers and their farms. Chapter five includes a nice encyclopedia of thirty-two different teas.
The latest research on the health benefits of tea is covered while sharing ancient and current knowledge of how tea is beneficial for maintaining health and vigor.
The final chapter includes ten recipes for cooking with tea incorporating tea as a versatile seasoning. I'm seriously thinking about making the green tea chiffon cake with walnuts and crystallized ginger. Dessert first!
A beautifully illustrated and comprehensive book that does not disappoint.
by Michael Harney
The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea is a good resource for tea drinkers interested in understanding more than just the basics about tea. This is a solid guide to tea. It covers all the different groups of tea differentiating Chinese green tea from Japanese green tea along with the history behind it.
British legacy teas are comprehensively covered including teas from all the major black tea producing regions of the world. Most of these black teas are the ones popular in the United States.
A brewing and tasting guide is included along with interesting stories from the author's travels as a tea purveyor.
The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea is a classic reference for the serious tea drinker. The only drawback is the lack of photographs and illustrations.
by Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss
This is a handy little pocket guide, in size and scope. It is straightforward and factual. A helpful reference source while exploring the world of tea.
The book covers the six main classes of tea; green, yellow, white, oolong, black and Pu-erh. Many of the teas discussed are single teas and not blends and would only be found in high-end tea shops.
None the less, it is a handy book to have to cover very specific types of teas, including how to buy, store and steep tea, along with detailed tasting notes. If you are very new to tea it might be a little overwhelming. I would place this book in the advanced category. An excellent reference for the serious tea taster.
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by Okakura Kakuzo
I love this book. It is more about the philosophy of tea, which is what makes it so very special.
The original text of The Book of Tea was first published in 1906. I have the 2011 edition with an introduction by Bruce Richardson who is the author of many tea books.
Okakura was a Japanese philosopher who became one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. He is credited with bridging Western and Eastern cultures. He spoke English as well as Japanese, making him capable of expressing the nuances of tea as practiced by the Japanese.
At the turn of the century, Okakura became the Director of Asian Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Tea became a metaphor for interpreting Japanese art and spirit.
The Book of Tea is an artists and philosophers book as expressed through tea. Okakura defined tea as the Cup of Humanity, beginning as a medicine and growing into a beverage. Tea eventually became an expression of the way of life in the Asian world.
The Book of Tea chronicles how this came about through art, Teaism, Taoism, and Zenism. Tea masters elevated tea to an art form, reflecting on the simplicity of life through a cup of tea. It's about art, philosophy, spirituality, meditation, design, gardening, architecture and yes – tea.
It's a very special book.
by James Norwood Pratt
I don't know James Norwood Pratt on a personal level, but I have spoken to him many times about tea when I first started my tea business. He worked very closely with Devan Shah, who sadly recently passed away, and both were instrumental in helping me select the teas for my tea business.
Pratt is clearly in love with tea and it shows in this book. He appreciates tea like a wine connoisseur appreciates wine, perhaps because he was one before he switched over to tea. But he understands tea with all of its history and nuanced legends.
The book reads more like a story and Pratt makes ancient tea history come alive. Of particular interest is the expansion of the British Empire and the monetary motivations behind tea.
A prized book, it's divided into two parts: The Romance of Tea and The Treasury. The Romance of Tea covers the history of tea from its inception, while The Treasury goes into some interesting specifics of tea including tea types and how they came about.
The New Tea Lover's Treasury is an interesting and informative book written with humor, knowledge and loving enthusiasm for a simple cup of tea that's not really so simple after all.
by Jane Pettigrew, Bruce Richardson
Jane Pettigrew is a very bubbly and charming person. I met her once at one of the World Tea Expos. Mostly I just love her British accent!
The New Tea Companion is a brief and comprehensive guide to the production of tea, the types of tea and the grading of tea. It includes chapters on the newest information about tea and health, tea production, tea blending and tea hospitality.
The Tea Directory section is a guide to 80 world teas. Each one is beautifully pictured as a dry leaf, wet leaf and an infusion describing the character and brewing guides for each. This directory covers teas from the nine major tea producing countries. The description of every tea growing region and the specialty of each country is well covered.
This is a nice reference book for the casual to the serious tea drinker.
by Linda Gaylard
This is a relatively new tea book, having just come out in July 2015 and is the latest addition to my collection.
First, let me say the illustrations are beautiful and abundant. The moment I opened the book I was very impressed with the visuals.
The Tea Book concisely tells the history of tea along with the different forms of tea. Each country is separated and chronicled by the type of tea grown there. Tea traditions from around the world are depicted including their ceremonies and blends.
The chapter on tisanes is a nice feature. Most tea books do not cover them in depth since tisanes are not made from the Camellia sinensis plant. An impressive twenty-nine herbs and their benefits are included so they may be blended with traditional teas or consumed on their own.
Steeping notes and eighty-eight step-by-step recipes are offered at the end inviting us to explore all the various ways tea can be enjoyed.
Upcoming Best Tea Books On My List To Review
There are three books I should own but don't so I can't honestly review them here. Yes, there are still tea books I don't own yet.
by Babette Donaldson
by Kevin Gascoyne, Francois Marchand, and Jasmin Desharnais
The second edition won Best Tea Book at the World Tea Awards in 2014.
NOTE: I recently purchased this book and discovered an amazing chapter on tasting tea. If you're looking for a book with a more comprehensive tasting guide, this book has a really nice tasting guide with a flavor wheel included. I've not seen this in any other tea book. To read more about tea tasting notes read my post Foodies Ultimate Guide to Tea Tasting Notes.
by Lisa Boalt Richardson and Jenifer Altman
4. Tea: A User's Guide
by Tony Gebely
I recently received this much-awaited tea book. I must confess I've only skimmed it and can't wait to get the time to sit and really read it. I wanted to add it to my list though because everything Tony writes about tea on his blog is very well researched and provides a great deal of solid information.
If you read this far you are really interested in tea! Obviously, I love to read. If you are a reader too, join me on Goodreads.


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I'm still kinda lost.Is there any documentation I could read to understand a little more of irregex code? The source says it should run on any Scheme; just not how. ;-)
On repeated examination my problem really looks as if it was an initialisation issue.
Just the odds have changed. While it used to be mostly working, it's working sometimes only now. (Whereby mysteriously it's already somewhat better today. Same machine, same executable.)That is, the actual prog is working as expected. Same way as on the other Scheme. No indication of errors, which could be relevant in the case at hand.
The strange consumption looks like this: After a normal startup the prog will run into about 70M or 130M virtual memory within about 3-5 seconds. Only heavy load will make it expand beyond. Up to 2% CPU usage on my laptop. The rarest case: after running that way for possibly really long time, it might suddenly eat memory. The case which recently appears at about 50% of starts: it expands within 1 second to at least 130 or more likely 240M. Within the next seconds it will eat 2-3G. Thereby it will run on the same 2% CPU and work normally. That is until the whole machine dies from swap workload. On Sep 24 2011, Peter Bex wrote:
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 06:08:13PM +0200, Jörg F. Wittenberger wrote:Hi, I tried to change the procedure and instead of those 3 lines I left a "return 1;" there. This seems at least to work well for some simple checks in csi. But my app will now: a) run without valgrinds complaint b) into an endless loop. Taking into account that while compiling the DEBUGBUILD I ignored a ton of warnings about type issues in irregex.scm, I'm kinda alarmed that those calls to the questionable equal? originated from irregex.
Please try the current master first; it contains some bugfixes to the types database, which make those irregex errors go away (changeset 0fbbba9d5fc0dcce7b2364beaf3396d501967d0e).
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I confess to having a lifelong mad love affair with novels. I've found that no other form of amusement or entertainment can engage the mind and emotions as fully as being engulfed in a great story. When enrapted in a book, troubles and perplexities are forgotten, and the only reality I'm aware of is the story unfolding before me. Similarly, when overcome by loneliness, spending time in a much-loved novel can offer sublime companionship. Consequently, golden hours engaged in reading produce a deep sense of relaxation that can be derived through no other pursuit.
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Making the diaspora count
AS a child of the '80s I vividly recall the song Action, not a bag a mout, and know that many of my fellow Jamaicans feel that too many of us, both inside and outside Jamaica, talk more than act.
A close friend remarked that she participated in the recent march for child rights but the turnout was low and that lots of uptown people love to talk but don't take action when the time comes. That seems to be true, but I also do not fault Jamaicans who feel the same way about the diaspora as a whole. There is no question that many individuals and a few organisations abroad are undoubtedly doing good work and the evidence is plentiful although not consistently in the media. However, as a collective we seem to talk more than we act.
As part of the Future Leaders Conference a few years ago we incorporated a day of service so that all our delegates would be able to actually do something and not just sit in sessions. One complaint I have seen is that islandwide projects run by transparent organisations already getting some local support are not plentiful. Transparency is critical to anyone who wants to donate money, islandwide projects are important for impact, and local support lends credibility.
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When Deika asked me to help her break the Guinness World Record for most books donated to charity in seven days I jumped at it, even though many people thought we were crazy. We broke the record on day one!
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Let us use opportunities like this to show what that pledge means to us as Jamaicans and to make the diaspora count.
David Mullings was the first Future Leaders representative for the USA on the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board. He can be found on Twitter at twitter.com/davidmullings and Facebook at facebook.com/InteractiveDialogue
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On this page you will have the opportunity to meet my good friend Kimberly Baker and her precious Angel Cody Ford.
I remember meeting Kimberly, in the support group I had joined called Peace. That was soon after she had lost her dear son in the Iraq War on December 10, 2006 as he fought for our country and our freedon.
This makes Cody a very special Angel in my eyes. Not only are we honoring him as an Angel Friend, but also as a hero.
I was there and saw the heartache that this family has been through, due to losing their precious son.
Below you will read about Angel Cody and his family and also find the link to Cody's personal web site where you can read his entire story and sign his guestbook.
By signing Angel Cody's guestbook, it not only lets this family know that their son is remembered, but also gives each of you the chance to honor their hero.
It will only take a few minutes to do this, but it is the gift of a lifetime for a family that has lost a loved one as this family has.
Spec. Phillip Cody Ford
Emily & Emilio became our Angels on July 27, 1977, after Emily was abducted in San Antonio, Texas, held hostage and tortured for 13 day, until her captors finally murdered her and left her body in a field in Comal County. Emily was only 15 years old at the time and pregnant with a little boy which she intended to name Emilio.
It has been 18 years since their murder and their killer(s) have never been caught.
Please visit their personal web site to read their story in full at the link below.
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Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) used Stickyworld to build an interactive, online user guide about their new Hick's Gate Fire Station near Bristol, UK, which opened in April 2016.
Their aim was to create a compelling way to explain the energy efficient and modern features of the fire station to staff and crews. They wanted to educate their staff as well as encourage questions and answers about the best use of the facilities to maximise the investment in them.
Hick's Gate Fire Station is the first fire station to be built in the Avon area for over 30 years. It's equipped with state-of-the-art features and is one of the most energy efficient fire stations in the UK. The modern facilities mean it's used as a specialist training centre.
It made sense to ensure that everyone using the building understood all the smart, new, modern energy-saving features. They wanted staff to know why these features were important and how they should best be used to optimise their efficiency and impact.
The AF&RS team also wanted staff to be able to ask questions and to leave feedback if any of the features weren't working properly.
The team set up a private portal on Stickyworld and developed an interactive, online user guide of the building for staff.
360 photography of different aspects of the site was taken by one of Stickyworld's professional services team. Using the authoring tools available on the platform, this content was used to form the basis for the virtual guide.
'Info notes' were then created to add extra information to enrich this multimedia content. The Info notes provided detailed information and images about the ventilation features, automatic lights, cooling systems and drainage, for example, and were embedded as hot links within the photography.
The resulting virtual guide was a meaningful, visual and interactive way to pinpoint and explain the special features of the building within their context.
Using the CRM within their Stickyworld portal, it was easy for the AF&RS team to invite staff and crews to use and explore the guide, and to leave any questions or comments.
Annabel Harford, Environmental Project Officer, Finance & Asset Management at AF&RS commented, "Rather than having to explain how the new building worked with lots of lengthy documents and words, with Stickyworld we were able to provide a much richer and more visual, interactive and engaging experience for our staff."
With their online user guide, AF&RS created a modern and efficient way of educating and engaging their staff befitting of their modern, new facility.
The guide demystified the new technology and energy saving features and facilities of the state-of-the-art site so they can be used optimally. The ultimate aim is that, through informed use, the building is as energy efficient as possible and that operational costs are reduced.
The guide has provided the means, time and space for staff to ask questions and receive feedback, and remains an enduring useful resource for the team.
Annabel continued, "Our online user guide powered by Stickyworld helped us consolidate all the useful information about our Hick's Gate site in one place giving us a lasting and useful resource for team and visitor education and engagement."
If you would like to learn how an online user guide could help you keep your staff and stakeholders involved and engaged with your construction project, book a demonstration with our team.


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One of the things I've noticed about me is that when I get into a food show, the getting out is just as intense. After a while, it feels like I can predict their style, what kinds of food they will be making and the predictable starts to feel boring. But there are gems you take away from the romance phase with a show, those are a keeper.
It was the same with Giada's show on Food Network. I watched it for a couple of months and then stopped, but found this artichoke soup recipe just amazing. Artichoke is not a vegetable I use often and even when I do, it's rather limited. So when I saw this soup recipe with artichoke combined with spinach, I just had to try it.
I ended up adding spices to the soup to suit my taste and also cooking the spinach with the artichoke. The spices were some sriracha sauce, some cumin and that brought out the tartness too.
While we had it as soup, Lil A used it as a dip for his toast :)
Here it goes -
Ingredients:(recipe source: Giada at home)
2 tbspoons olive oil
1 celery stalks, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 tspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups chicken broth
One 12-ounce package frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
1 cup fresh spinach
1 tbpoon chopped fresh mint
1/4 tspoon sriracha sauce
1/2 tspoon cumin seed powder
Salt as per taste
Lemon wedges
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and then add the onion and let it saute for a couple of minutes. Then add the celery and let it cook with some salt and pepper. Cook the vegetables till they turn soft, then add the artichoke hearts. Add salt and cumin seed powder. Let it cook for a couple of minutes then add the spianch as well.
Add the broth and let it cook on medium-low and simmer until the artichoke hearts are tender, about 12 minutes.
Puree the soup with the mint and sriracha sauce. You don't want the soup to sit with the hot sauce for too long. Add some additional broth or water if you want the soup thinner.
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In Western Australia, the governor proclaims the holiday either at the end of September or the beginning of October each year because the June public holiday slot is given to Western Australia Day (formerly Foundation Day). In South Australia, the Queen's Birthday holiday is also called Volunteer's Day.
Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states and the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was born on 21 April 1926 but her birthday is celebrated on a separate date. She has been Queen since 1952 and is now the longest reigning British monarch in history, the second-longest being Queen Victoria who reigned for 63 years.
In Britain, the monarch's birthday has been celebrated since 1748 and, in Australia, every year since the First Fleet arrived in 1788. The birthday was always celebrated on the actual date of the monarch's birthday until 1936, the year of the death of King George V, Elizabeth's grandfather. His birthday was 3 June and the date has since stayed around early June.
The following is a newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 1937 that records the change:
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said last night that the celebration of King's Birthday, including levees, flying of flags, etc., would take place this year on June 9, which would be known as King's Day…
… The Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) announced… that Wednesday, June 9, had been fixed for the official celebration of his Majesty's birthday in the United Kingdom this year, and that this day would be observed in Australia for celebrations usually associated with the King's birthday. It had been arranged to fly flags on Commonwealth Government buildings throughout Australia onJune 9, and it was hoped that the general public would follow the same practice.
Honour's Lists are proclaimed twice a year in Australia. The Australia Day list is on 26 January. The Queen's Birthday Honour's List is proclaimed on the June date each year. The Honour's List includes people who have received the Order of Australia and other special honours including the Conspicuous Service Cross, Conspicuous Service Medal, the Public Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Medal for Gallantry and, amongst others, commendations for Gallantry and Distinguished Service.
The Royal Military Academy at Duntroon holds the Queen's Birthday Parade each year – one of its most important public events – which includes the Trooping of the Queen's Colour. The Queen's Colour was trooped for the first time in 1956, and has been every year since at the Birthday Parade. The Trooping of Colour in Australia has its' origins in the same ceremony held in the United Kingdom.
Football also features on the Queen's Birthday. Since it's first season in 1897, the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League – AFL) has always played football on the holiday. Since 2001, the AFL has scheduled its fixtures to only allow Collingwood to play Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the Monday. It is a big event that can trace the two teams playing on this date back to 1958 when just under 100,000 people attended the game.
The Queen's Birthday long weekend is also the official start of the snow season in the high country regions of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.


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Hold Team Meetings . Monitor and Evaluate Your Efforts . Sustain Your SART . Know Your Team . Critical Issues
Form a Planning Team
Building a SART requires forming a planning team to bring together agencies and organizations that respond to sexual violence and have culturally specific expertise and/or power to change systems. One person or several agencies must be willing to commit the time and effort required to form a team and to lead interagency sexual assault responders through the planning process. The team must be built on a foundation of respect, understanding, and trust, which can be cultivated into a long-term sense of ownership for the SART's plans and purposes.
Including victims' voices in meaningful ways during the early planning stages will help ensure that your SART's design is culturally responsive, practical, and relevant to a host of victims' needs and criminal justice objectives.
Many different individuals can be instrumental in cultivating a SART. For example, the team concept could start when
- A survivor writes a letter to the editor of a local newspaper appealing to community leaders to provide a better response to sexual violence.
- A director of a rape crisis/recovery center forms a planning group to determine ways to provide more comprehensive responses to victims, whether or not they report their crimes.
- A decisionmaker from law enforcement, wanting to improve criminal investigations, contacts a rape recovery center to coordinate immediate advocacy support following a report.
- A hospital administrator decides to form a multidisciplinary ad hoc committee to study the feasibility of establishing a hospital-based program for sexual assault patients.
- A health care professional, recently trained and certified as a sexual assault forensic examiner, contacts core responders to establish a coordinated multidisciplinary response.
- A military sexual assault response coordinator contacts hospital administrators within a certain radius of a military installation to develop a collaborative plan to ensure that active duty personnel who appear at civilian hospitals maintain their restrictive reporting options.
- A campus health service official contacts several community-based organizations to develop a coordinated response, regardless of where students first seek assistance.
- A domestic violence shelter director contacts a rape crisis agency about sharing administrative office space and developing a single site for the forensic medical response to domestic and sexual violence.
- A tribal coalition leader contacts a rape crisis/recovery center to coordinate services for American Indian victims, regardless of where they first seek services.
Or, SARTs could be organized on a broader level. For example
- Officials from a district attorney's office or attorney general's office decide to form a statewide task force or coordinating committee to enhance service delivery and public safety. In 1987, for example, a task force formed in North Dakota to develop multidisciplinary materials that would provide uniform procedures to enhance the quality and quantity of evidence collection and reduce victim trauma.1
- A sexual assault coalition opts to offer statewide or territory-wide training and technical assistance to communities needing leadership in coordinating interagency responses to sexual assault (see Coalition-Driven SART Development–FL in this toolkit).
- Several organizations and agencies become aware of a neighboring SART and jointly decide to share resources, make referrals, and coordinate activities in their own jurisdictions. For example, the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center serves victims in a tri-state area that includes eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and western Tennessee. Because the center had a highly respected and well-recognized sexual assault medical forensic program, law enforcement agencies in both Mississippi and Arkansas spontaneously began to transport victims to Tennessee for victim advocacy and medical forensic exams.2
Attorney General Standards for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault Standard 12 describes the county's SART Advisory Boards that must be established in New Jersey.
Although your plans for creating a SART may start with inspiration from an individual, agency, or small group, the development of a team is ideally a collaborative process with core agencies (e.g., advocacy programs, law enforcement agencies, sexual assault forensic medical examiner programs, crime labs, prosecution) serving as equal planning partners.


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text: Humanities › Geography Largest National Parks in the United States List of the Top Largest National Parks in the United States Share Flipboard Email Print Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Matt Champlin/Getty Images Geography Physical Geography Basics Political Geography Population Country Information Key Figures & Milestones Maps Urban Geography by Amanda Briney Amanda Briney is a professional geographer, writer, and scholar with three university degrees and an advanced certificate in GIS. Updated July 20, 2018 The United States is one of the world's largest countries based on the area with a total of 3,794,100 square miles (9,826,675 sq km) spread out over 50 different states. Much of this land is developed into large cities or urban areas like Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois, but a large portion of it is protected from development via national parks and other federally protected areas that are monitored by the National Park Service that was created in 1916 by the Organic Act. The first national parks to be founded in the U.S. were Yellowstone (1872) followed by Yosemite and Sequoia (1890).In total, the U.S. has almost 400 different nationally protected areas today that range from large national parks to smaller national historic sites, monuments and seashores. The following is a list of the 20 largest national parks out of the 55 in the U.S. For reference their locations and date of founding have also been included. Largest National Parks in the United States 1) Wrangell-St. Elias• Area: 13,005 square miles (33,683 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 1980 2) Gates of the Arctic• Area: 11,756 square miles (30,448 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 19803) Denali• Area: 7,408 square miles (19,186 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 19174) Katmai• Area: 5,741 square miles (14,870 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 19805) Death Valley• Area: 5,269 square miles (13,647 sq km)• Location: California, Nevada• Year of Formation: 19946) Glacier Bay• Area: 5,038 square miles (13,050 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 19807) Lake Clark• Area: 4,093 square miles (10,602 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 19808) Yellowstone• Area: 3,468 square miles (8,983 sq km)• Location: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho• Year of Formation: 18729) Kobuk Valley• Area: 2,735 square miles (7,085 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 198010) Everglades• Area: 2,357 square miles (6,105 sq km)• Location: Florida• Year of Formation: 193411) Grand Canyon• Area: 1,902 square miles (4,927 sq km)• Location: Arizona• Year of Formation: 191912) Glacier• Area: 1,584 square miles (4,102 sq km)• Location: Montana• Year of Formation: 191013) Olympic• Area: 1,442 square miles (3,734 sq km)• Location: Washington• Year of Formation: 193814) Big Bend• Area: 1,252 square miles (3,242 sq km)• Location: Texas• Year of Formation: 194415) Joshua Tree• Area: 1,234 square miles (3,196 sq km)• Location: California• Year of Formation 199416) Yosemite• Area: 1,189 square miles (3,080 sq km)• Location: California• Year of Formation: 189017) Kenai Fjords• Area: 1,047 square miles (2,711 sq km)• Location: Alaska• Year of Formation: 198018) Isle Royale• Area: 893 square miles (2,314 sq km)• Location: Michigan• Year of Formation: 193119) The Great Smoky Mountains• Area: 814 square miles (2,110 sq km)• Location: North Carolina, Tennessee• Year of Formation: 193420) North Cascades• Area: 789 square miles (2,043 sq km)• Location: Washington• Year of Formation: 1968To learn more about National Parks in the United States, visit the official website of the National Park Service.<br/>ReferencesWikipedia.org. (2 May 2011). List of National Parks of the United States - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Parks_of_the_United_States Continue Reading


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Cornelis Vreeswijk (August 8, 1937 – November 12, 1987) was a very special person. Born in the town of IJmuiden, The Netherlands, he moved to Sweden while still in his teens to become one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. He recorded over 30 albums before his untimely death. Folk, blues, rock, samba: Vreewijks' Swedish music tackles many styles. His unique voice, his strong lyrics and his turbulent way of life made him a phenonomen in Scandinavia.
In The Netherlands Vreeswijk is associated with songs like 'De Nozem en de Non' (The Teddy Boy and the Nun), 'Veronica' and 'Misschien wordt het morgen beter' (It could be better tomorrow). His first album release in The Netherlands in 1972 achieved the platinum record status. Five other Dutch releases that followed turned out to be little successful in spite of Vreeswijks' talent that is undoubtedly present in all of these recordings.
In Sweden Vreeswijk has become a legend. Sweden has its own Cornelis Vreeswijk Foundation, an annual musical festival and a Vreeswijk Cultural Award. In the Swedish capital Stockholm there even is a Vreeswijk park.
Cornelis Vreeswijk is born August 8, 1937 in the town IJmuiden, The Netherlands. In 1949 he and his family emigrate to Sweden, where his father sets up his own cab driving company in Stockholm. Soon after he move there Cornelis is frantically studying the Swedish language. Each day after school he can be found reading in the public library. Afterwards Vreeswijk, talking with the Dutch journalist Peter Verschoor, reveals that his urge to learn Swedish had everything to do with a humiliating experience at school. While reading out loud in class he pronounced the word "vitamine" in Dutch which made the class break out in laughter for minutes. But how was he to know that his pronunciation of the word "vitamine" had nothing to do with the organic substances found in food but was equivalent to female genitalia?
After finishing secondary school he studies at the academy of dramatic art. He also spends some time studying at the academy of social sciences. However his mind is set on music. As a student he meets the well known Swedish folk singer Fred Åkerström. Vreeswijk asks him if he is interested in buying some of the songs he has written. Åkerström is curious enough to invite Vreeswijk and give him the opportunity to play some of his songs for him. The producer who is present is so impressed by his original voice that he offers him a record deal. The album is released in 1964 and is titled Ballader och oförskämdheter, which means something like 'ballads and rudities'. No understatement! The album has an enormous impact and many Swedes are shocked by Vreeswijks' unconventional lyrics that feature whores, bums and the back side of the well organized Swedish society situations. On top of that he ridicules politicians and the church without mercy. That comes as quite a surprise to the respectable Swedish people.
All copies are sold out in no time and his career is firmly launched. His next album releases are a success. One of his biggest hits 'Brev från kolonien' (letter from camp) tells the story of a boy on summer camp writing a cheerful letter home about what is going on at night. E.g. setting the camp leaders' tent on fire. (Based on the novelty song 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" by Alan Sherman and Lou Busch.) This songs starts a small scandal. Worried parents take the song too literally and refuse to send their children to summer camp any longer. This is not the only time Vreeswijk upsets the paternalistic Swedish society of the sixties. Radio and television stations regard most of his songs unsuitable for broadcasting and mark them with the dreaded yellow skull stamp to point out they have a bad influence on youngsters. In the announcements of other songs the dj's clearly state that the audience should not take notice of the meaning of the lyrics. Vreeswijk reacts to this by prohibiting the public broadcast of his records. At that time his stardom has already risen to the extent that his record sales hardly drop.
Begin 1966 is Vreeswijk op uitnodiging van de Vara in Nederland. Hij heeft wat Zweedse nummers vertaald en een paar nieuwe liedjes geschreven die hij voor televisie speelt. Kort daarop verschijnt 'De nozem en de non' op single, maar het plaatje flopt. Hoewel Vreeswijk dit later zal wijten aan de beroerde productie, trekt hij op dat moment de conclusie dat Nederland niet geïnteresseerd is in zijn muziek. Het duurt zes jaar voordat hij zich laat ompraten om tóch een Nederlandse LP op te nemen. (In Zweden heeft hij dan inmiddels al meer dan tien LP's op zijn naam staan). Zijn titelloze debuutalbum met nummers als 'Veronica', 'De Nozem en de non' en 'Misschien wordt 't morgen beter' slaat geweldig aan. Radiopiraat Veronica omarmt het gelijknamige nummer, dat in de zomer van '72 hoog in de Top 40 staat. Ook het opnieuw opgenomen en uitgebrachte 'Nozem en de non' doet het goed bij het Nederlandse publiek. In het najaar van 1972 volgt een succesvolle tournee door Nederlandse zalen. Daarna vertrekt hij weer naar Zweden om daar nieuw werk op te nemen. De LP Cornelis Vreeswijk wordt in Nederland platina, oftewel: er worden honderdduizend exemplaren van verkocht.
The 1973 allbum release, titled 'Leven en laten leven' (live and let live), contains songs like 'Liedje voor Linnea' (song for Linnea), 'Morgenpsalm' (morning psalm) and 'De bekommerde socialist' (the worried socialist). The album is received well but the record sales far from equal those of his debut.
In 1974 Vreeswijk returns to The Netherlands to promote his third Dutch album 'Liedjes voor de Pijpendraaier en mijn Zoetelief' (songs for the piper and my sweetheart). Some tracks on this lp are: 'Teddybeer' (teddy bear), 'Marjolijn', 'Kleurenblind' (colorblind), 'Ik wil 't niet pikken' (I don't want to take it) and the Bellman-translation 'Epistel 81'. The Album is hardly successful in The Netherlands, nor are its successors 'Foto's en een souvenir' (photographs and a souvenir) (1976) and 'Het recht om in vrede te leven' (the right to live in peace) (1978). The first of the above mentioned albums contains Dutch translations of Jim Croce songs, the latter translations of the songs from Victor Jara, the folk singer from Chili who was murdered during the 1973 coup by Pinochet.
It is hard to point out why the record sales are this disappointing. Fact is that in the meanwhile the problems in his private life are piling up. He divorces from his wife and he has a serious drinking problem. It will take until 1982 before Vreeswijk will again record in Dutch. 'Ballades van de Gewapende Bedelaar' (Ballads by the armed beggar) is according to many his best Dutch album ever, with songs like 'Is er nog plaats in de schuilkelder' (is there still room in the underground shelter), 'De dolfijnen' (the dolphins), 'De capucijnersamba' (the marrowfat samba) and 'Persoonlijke Peter' (personal Peter). In this album Vreeswijk simultaneously expresses his musical and poetical talents and his great sense of humor. But in 1982 he is only remembered as someone from 1972 who once sung the story of a teddy boy and a nun. And in the early eighties there are no longer teddy boys in The Netherlands and nuns are getting scarce.
In Sweden Vreeswijk's star never fades. He has a great many loyal fans. Throughout his recording career they are treated on a new album once a year and with every release his lyrics cut deeper into the heart. He also starts to publish poems. On the other hand there still are many Swedes that do not appreciate what this bearded minstrel is producing. The subtle way he ridicules and criticizes the Swedish society and his erotic lyrics do not comply with the accepted norms and rules. Critics and journalists spend little time discussing the quality of his products but write lengthy articles about his turbulent private life instead. And it must be admitted that there are plenty of events to be described. Booze, women, tax problems and the strong arm of the law are the story of his life. In the early eighties however he seems to have dealt with most of his problems. Some new albums are released with modern arrangements of his earlier recordings. A new and young Swedish audience is getting interested in Vreeswijk. Then in 1985 the fatal diagnosis of a cancer in the liver comes across his path. During the last few months of his life he puts all his effort in finishing a final album 'Till Fatumeh', again with new arrangements of old material, as a goodbye to his fans. Sadly enough, due to financial circumstances, he has to change hospital a few weeks before his death. On November 12, 1987 he dies, almost bankrupt, at the age of fifty.
Should he have lived he probably would not have had any more financial problems. After his death Vreeswijk is more popular in his resident country than he ever was before. A foundation looks after his legacy and royalties. There are movies about his life. In the Mosebacke theater an annual Vreeswijk musical festival is held. Well known Swedish artists play his songs there and tickets are sold out day after day. Nearly every year a cd-album with previously unissued songs is released. Stockholm houses a Vreeswijk park with a statue of Cornelis. Sweden is proud of this Dutch Swede. Like the literature critic Bengt Holmqvist once said: 'since Rembrandt Vreeswijk is the best Holland ever gave us.'
The year 2012 was a very special one for the Society: in August Cornelis would have become 75 years and November marks the 25th anniversary of his death plus the 12½ year anniversary of the foundation of the Society's.
On the 12th of November - exactly 25 years after Vreeswijk's passing away – a musical gala celebrating Cornelis' music was held at the IJmuiden city theatre. Musical director was Dutch/Scandinavian guitarist/singer Laurens Joensen. Special musical guests were Cornelis' sister Tonny and his son Jack.


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Drop in Oil Prices Causes Concern for the Future of Alaska's Small Basic Income
The recent drop in oil prices has had a devastating effect on the Alaska state government's budget, most of which is derived directly or indirectly from current oil revenues. Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend (or PFD—Alaska's small basic income) is not financed by current oil revenue and so is technically unaffected by fluctuating oil prices, but budgetary pressure from declining oil revenues could cause political pressure to divert revenue from the PFD into the main budget.
The PFD is financed by the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF), a sovereign wealth fund set up in 1976 to make some of Alaska's oil windfall permanent. The APF is protected by the state's constitution: the state can spend only the returns to the fund, not the principle. But the PFD does not have similar projection. It was created by an act of the state legislature in 1982, and even with 33 years of precedent, it is vulnerable to legislative decision. The PFD is so popular that it has been called "the Third Rail of Alaskan Politics," meaning that any legislator who touches it dies. But budgetary pressure could change that political condition.
The recent decline in oil prices on top of a large tax cut the state government gave to the oil companies a few years ago has led to a very large budget deficit—currently projected at about $3.5 billion. Legislators are discussing how to fill the deficit. Some legislators have promised not to divert money slated for the PFD, but some recent editorials have called to divert money from the PDF to the general budget.
May different solutions are being discussed. One legislator has introduced a bill to amend the state's constitution to permanently protect the PFD. A recent editorial calls for reversing the tax cut for the oil companies. One plan being proposed is to divert all new oil revenues to the APF, then use half of the returns from the APF for the PFD and the other for general revenue. Another plan calls for reintroducing the state's income tax; the state has been without an income tax for as long as it has had the PFD. The absence of an income tax has been nearly as popular as the PFD. It remains to be seen whether support for the PFD will remain strong in the face of the prospect of reviving the income tax.
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For more information, see the following articles:
Alex DeMarban, "Alaska Dispatch, Panelists suggest cuts, tapping Permanent Fund earnings to solve Alaska's fiscal woes." Alaska Dispatch News, October 5, 2014
Becky Bohrer, "Permanent Fund Dividend eyed for constitutional protection." Valdez Star, Vol. 27 Edition 2, January 14, 2015
Becky Bohrer, "Lawmaker's bill aims to guard Alaska Permanent Fund benefit." Alaska Dispatch News, January 9, 2015
Carey Restino, "It's time to file for Permanent Fund Dividends, and contemplate changes." The Bristol Bay Times, January 30th, 2015
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Editorial Board, "Alaska needs budget leadership: Bold solutions needed to fill revenue hole left by low oil prices." Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, December 14, 2014
John Havelock, "Alaskans should be willing to pay their share with an income tax." Alaska Dispatch News, January 26, 2015
Katie Moritz, "Senators: Everything but taxes, PFD on table to fix budget." Juneau Empire, January 21, 2015
KTVA "Walker administration tries to rein in Alaska's budget." KTVA CBS 11 News, December 16, 2014
Merrick Peirce, "Writing on the wall: time to dump SB 21." Fairbanks Daily News-Miner community perspective, January 11, 2015
Ray Metcalfe, "A formula for securing Alaska's financial future." Alaska Dispatch News, January 28, 2015


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Truth in Advertising: Cowboys & Aliens Does in Fact Offer Cowboys and Aliens
Cowboys & Aliens may not win any Oscars, but it should win a Truth in Advertising award. Picture the cast of Unforgiven suddenly discovering they're in Independence Day and you'll get the picture.
This movie, directed by Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau, seems to have been designed to while away a couple of hours for airplane viewers. It meets generally agreed-upon blockbuster standards without messing with ideas (as Iron Man did) or providing a comment on reality (ditto) but also without going as bonkers as, say, Green Lantern.
A flinty and ruthless Daniel Craig plays a loner who, as the camera lovingly sweeps over the sandy scrub of the Southwest, wakes up from an unspecified ordeal silently wondering why he has a mysterious slash in his midsection and a high-tech-looking gizmo on his wrist. After he fails to dislodge the latter with a rock he is forced to dispatch a sinister, roaming group of cutthroats that threatens to haul him in for a bounty.
The loner doesn't remember who he is (or even whether he's a good guy or a villain -- a nice touch). As he recovers from his wounds in a nearby town where locals include an affable saloon-keeper (Sam Rockwell) and a no-nonsense sheriff (Keith Carradine), he runs afoul of the local punk (Paul Dano), whose habit is to randomly fire his pistol in all directions in the middle of town. The loner doesn't like this but nobody messes with the kid whose father is the feared cattle baron and controls everything in these parts.
The setup is perfectly enjoyable, exactly the kind of thing Clint Eastwood did so effortlessly in his 70s Westerns, but the hint that things are slightly askew makes you expect a boldly imagined second act. One of many early signs that we might be in for a terrifically suspenseful popcorn picture is the first appearance of the cattle baron, Dolarhyde: He's Harrison Ford. Even better, he's the surliest cuss west of the Mississippi. And like so many Eastwood figures, he's got a Civil War background that has scarred him forever. Best of all: He's the villain, a leathery hombre as cruel as cactus.


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Br'er Fox is a character from the Uncle Remus folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris. In contrast to the Br'er Fox in the earlier illustrations of Frederick S. Church, A. B. Frost, and E. W. Kemble, the Disney animators depict the character in a more slapstick, cartoony style.
Song of the South
Br'er Fox acts as the main antagonist of the film. He is introduced when Br'er Rabbit gets caught in a rope trap and uncle Remus says "Then, up there on Chick-A-Pin Hill, who hears that commotion but ol' Br'er Fox?" He then sharpens his ax and runs over to the trap, where he finds Br'er Bear in the trap instead. He then cuts Br'er Bear down and tells him that Br'er Rabbit has tricked him. The two villains then rush towards Br'er Rabbit and fight over who gets to eat him. Br'er Rabbit slips out of the fight and leaves Br'er Fox to be beaten by Br'er Bear.
In the Tar Baby Segment, he creates the baby while Br'er Bear sits on a log and comments. He rips Br'er Bear's coat buttons off to create eyes, takes off Br'er Bear's pipe to create a nose and some of Br'er Bear's butt hairs to give the baby hair. The two then carry the baby out into the forest. Br'er Bear puts Br'er Fox's hat on the baby. Br'er Fox then puts Br'er Bear's hat on it. however, Br'er Bear accidentally removes the baby's head when h puts his hat on, causing Br'er Fox to panic. Br'er Rabbit then comes by and fights the baby, getting caught in the tar. When the segment continues, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear are dancing around Br'er Rabbit, who is stuck. The two then fight over what is to be done with Br'er Rabbit. Br'er Fox wants to cook him while Br'er Bear wants to knock his head off. The two fight, leading to Br'er Rabbit being thrown to the Briar Patch. the two then take off their hats in respect, for Br'er Rabbit plays dead. Then when Br'er Rabbit sings and dances away, Br'er Bear hits Br'er Fox in the head before leaving him.
In the "laughing place" segment, the two have finally caught Br'er Rabbit. But, just before he's cooked, Br'er Rabbit bursts out laughing and tells the two of his "Laughing Place", earning Br'er Bear's support. They then go into the forest, with Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Bear singing merrily, while Br'er Fox remains miserable. They then stop at a tree, where Br'er Fox tells Br'er Bear the whole thing was a trick. When Br'er Rabbit cries out that they found the laughing place. Br'er Fox is then shoved out of the way by Br'er Bear, who jumps into the tree. Br'er Bear then comes out of the tree with a beehive on his nose, causing Br'er Fox to laugh at him. Br'er Bear then shoves the hive over Br'er Fox's head. Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear are chased around and eventually away by the bees.
Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear were not seen at the ending.
The Mouse Factory
Br'er Fox made recurring appearances in the live-action wrap-around skits alongside the other costumed characters and celebrity guests.
House of Mouse
Br'er Fox makes cameo appearances in several episodes of the Disney's House of Mouse television series and in the direct-to-video release Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. In the episode "The Stolen Cartoons", Br'er Fox is seen preparing to catch Br'er Rabbit, but stops when he learns the rule of no villainous schemes. In "Ask Von Drake", he was amongst the guests featured during "The Ludwig Von Drake Song".
Printed media
Br'er Fox appeared primarily in the Uncle Remus Sunday comic strip which initially adapted the stories used in the films before going into other stories of the Br'er Animals. Outside these particular strips, he has also worked with the Big Bad Wolf, and along with Br'er Bear, matched wits with Chip and Dale, and have made attempts in hunting Bambi and his friends.
Video games
Kinect Disneyland AdventuresBr'er Fox appears as a meet-and-greet character near Splash Mountain in Critter Country. He even gives the player a megaphone as a gift.
Br'er Fox also plays a role in the Splash Mountain mini-game. Br'er Rabbit and the player pay a visit to Br'er Fox's house, where Br'er Rabbit tricks his foes into believing that he tripped and fell and is now helpless in front of their door. Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear rush out only to find a "present". Ignoring Br'er Fox's warnings that it's most likely a trick, Br'er Bear eagerly opens it to discover a beehive, although he doesn't realize it's a hive until the bees come out and attack. Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear then start chasing after Br'er Rabbit and the player, but the two villains are ultimately foiled.
Disney ParksBr'er Fox appears as a walkaround character. He is usually seen in Critter Country and occasionally at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
His prominence in the park saw an uptick with the opening of Splash Mountain in Disneyland and later Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland. In the attraction, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear serve as the antagonists as they make numerous attempts to capture and eat Br'er Rabbit. Br'er Fox's attempt to kill Br'er Rabbit by slinging him into the briar patch acts as the climax of the attraction, in which guests plunge down a 50ft drop.
Br'er Fox previously appeared in both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of Fantasmic! during the finale, but disappeared from them in 2001. However, he returned to the Disneyland version for its special 20th Anniversary performances in May 2012.
Walt Disney World
In Mickey Mouse Revue, Br'er Fox appeared with Br'er Bear and Br'er Rabbit to sing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" near the end of the show.
- J. Pat O'Malley was briefly considered for the voice of Br'er Fox.
- His voice isn't entirely in sync with the animation as a result of James Baskett's quick-paced delivery.
- In some countries, like Italy, Br'er Fox is female due to "fox" being a word of female gender.
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Remember Those Iraqi Benchmarks? Well, Guess What...
Way back in the dark days of 2007, when the only popular question about the Iraq war concerned the degree of tragedy, Congress's Iraq "benchmarks" were all the rage among Democrats. Every argument against a continued U.S. presence in Iraq was constructed around the Maliki administration's apparent inability to meet the political and security-based milestones as outlined by America's Democratic-majority Congress.
Then something happened. The gains of the troop surge allowed the Iraqi government and citizenry to implement the security measures and legislative acts called for by the U.S. The benchmark line of argument quietly died. Here, then, is the brief life and glorious death of the great benchmark trope.
In mid-May 2007, Congress passed bill H.R. 2206, which included 18 benchmarks intended to gauge success in the security and political reconciliation of Iraq. Some of the benchmarks were broadly worded calls for beefed-up security, while others cited very specific goals. Benchmarks included, for example, "Enacting and implementing legislation addressing amnesty," "Providing three trained and ready Iraqi brigades to support Baghdad operations," and "Ensuring that the rights of minority political parties in the Iraqi legislature are protected." Continued aid for Iraq reconstruction was to be contingent upon the Iraqi government's ability to satisfactorily meet these benchmarks. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on May 25, 2007.
In July 2007, the Bush administration issued an interim report that found satisfactory progress being made on eight of the 18 benchmarks, most of those having to do with security. The progress on eight other benchmarks was described as unsatisfactory, and the assessment of two more benchmarks was mixed. The New York Times quoted an anonymous White House official as saying, "It is a mixed bag, with some areas that are too early to pass judgment on."
It was becoming clear that the top-down nature of the benchmarks was not necessarily reflective of some of the decidedly bottom-up signs of progress in Iraq. Specifically, they failed to capture the opportunities that first arose in Anbar province, as Sunnis turned on al-Qaeda and something like viable statehood seemed to be in the offing. As Ambassador Ryan Crocker presciently noted at the time, meeting the specific benchmarks was less important than achieving the trickier and less easily quantifiable goal of keeping various Iraqi sectarian and ethnic blocs talking to one another.
Yet, the benchmarks stood and had to be addressed. With the troop surge in its infancy and the Democratic majority in Congress reluctant to acknowledge any progress in Iraq, the July report served as a hedged note of positivity until September, when Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus were scheduled to give a comprehensive Iraq report to Congress.


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U.S. regains wealth from recession, but not equally
WASHINGTON America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.
The average household still has a long way to go.
U.S. household wealth jumped $3 trillion to $70 trillion in the January-March quarter this year, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That topped the previous peak of $68 trillion in the third quarter of 2007, just before the recession began.
- Wealth of most Americans down 55% since recession
- Mothers now top earners in 4 of 10 households
- Job growth rises slightly in May
Yet because of inflation and a rising population, the average household has recovered only about 63 percent of the wealth it lost, according to separate calculations by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Affluent households have benefited most because most of the recovered wealth has come from higher stock prices. The wealthiest 10 percent of Americans own about 80 percent of stocks.
The recession cost Americans $15.6 trillion in wealth. The losses hurt those without a college degree and younger people especially hard, while African-Americans and Hispanics were also disproportionately affected, the St. Louis Fed found.
"We... found that these subgroups had both higher-than-average concentrations of their wealth in housing and higher debt-to-asset ratios than less economically vulnerable groups," the bank said in a report this week. "Thus, the very families most exposed to the economic fallout of a deep recession--fallout that came in the form of job loss or reduced income--possessed the weakest and riskiest balance-sheets."
Average household wealth, adjusted for inflation, was $539,500 at the end of last year, according to the St. Louis Fed. Yet most households own far less than the average, which is skewed by how much wealth belongs to the most affluent.
"Most families have recovered much less than the average amount," the St. Louis Fed said in a report last week.
Household wealth, or net worth, reflects the value of assets like homes, stocks and bank accounts minus debts like mortgages and credit cards.
For America as a whole, higher home values and stock prices have helped create a "wealth effect." This occurs when rising wealth gives Americans the confidence to spend more. The economy benefits because consumers drive about 70 percent of U.S. economic growth.
National home prices have been rising steadily since last summer, though they remain about 30 percent below their 2006 peak. Stocks have more than doubled since they bottomed in 2009, and stock averages hit record highs last month.
The Fed's low-interest rate policies have been intended to support both the housing and stock markets.
The Fed's policies have helped keep mortgage rates near record lows to encourage home purchases. They've also pushed Americans out of lower-yielding investments and into stocks. The resulting higher stock prices have helped boost household wealth.
But the distribution of the wealth has been uneven. Such wealth disparities mean "a smaller fraction of the population is near the average," says Dana Saporta, an economist at Credit Suisse.
Over the past five years, inflation has eroded about 10 percent of America's regained wealth. And the number of households has increased 3.8 million to 115 million from the third quarter of 2007 through the end of last year. The increase in the number of households means the wealth is now divided more broadly.
Rising stock prices accounted for nearly two-thirds of the rebound in wealth through the end of 2012, the St. Louis Fed report estimates.
The increase in stock prices has extended well into 2013, despite sharp declines the past two weeks. In the January-March quarter, gains in stocks and mutual funds accounted for about half the nation's $3 trillion increase in wealth. Rising home prices made up about one-fourth. The rest came from higher pension fund reserves, greater ownership of cars and other goods and lower debts.
Homes accounted for two-thirds of middle-class assets before the recession, estimates economist Edward Wolff of New York University. Stocks made up just 7 percent. Roughly half of Americans own stocks, directly or through mutual funds. But most of their holdings are small.
As wealth has risen this year, many people have chosen to save less of what they earn and keep spending. Americans saved just 2.5 percent of their income in the first quarter. That compared with about 4 percent last year.
"People feel wealthier, so they're happier to spend more," says John Calverley, head of macroeconomic research at Standard Chartered Bank.
"There is also a broad confidence effect. It's not just in terms of consumers. Businesses see a higher stock market and feel more confident about investing."
Economists worry that with more wealth accruing to richer households, the wealth effect may be muted. That's because affluent Americans are less likely to spend additional wealth than middle- and lower-income Americans are.
On the other hand, richer households drive a disproportionate amount of consumer spending. So their recovered wealth will still likely boost overall spending.
Fed policymakers "are relying on the wealthy to spend and send their resources trickling down through the economy," Saporta says.


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Imperial Conference (御前会議, Gozen Kaigi) (literally, a conference before [the emperor]) was an extraconstitutional conference on foreign matters of grave national importance that was convened by the government of the Empire of Japan in the presence of the Emperor.
History and background[edit]
After the implementation of the Meiji Constitution, day-to-day affairs in the Meiji government were managed by a cabinet system arranged around the emperor as the head of state and the prime minister as the aide of the emperor.
However, on critical matters, extraconstitutional conferences were called to obtain final imperial approval for specific courses of action, which had already been previously decided upon by the civilian government, elder statesmen (genrō) and/or the military authorities at Liaison Conferences (Renraku kaigi[1]). As a ruler, the emperor listened to discussions, but remained silent through the proceedings. That the emperor would ever disagree, let alone veto, the prearranged decisions presented at the Gozen Kaigi was unthinkable.[2]
Typically attending the Gozen Kaigi were (in addition to the Emperor himself):[3]
- the Prime Minister
- the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- the Minister of Finance
- the President of the Planning Board
- the Minister of War
- the Minister of the Navy
- the Chief of the Army General Staff and
- the Chief of the Navy General Staff
Press announcements were typically issued immediately after each Gozen Kaigi, listing attendees, what each person wore, and stressing the unanimity of any decision.[4]
The first Gozen Kaigi was convened just before the First Sino-Japanese War. Others were held just before the Russo-Japanese War, entry into World War I, the signing of the Tripartite Pact, and various times during the Second Sino-Japanese War,[5] and notably on 6 September, 5 November, and on 1 December 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.[6]
It was only during the 6 September 1941 meeting and the final conference on 9 August 1945, for the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, that the emperor broke his traditional silence. During the last one, he ended a deadlock in discussions by personally advocating surrender with one condition, the preservation of the Kokutai, "with the understanding that the said declaration does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a sovereign ruler."[7]
See also[edit]
- Supreme War Council (Japan) (Gunji Sangikan Kaigi)
- Imperial Conference
- ^ .連絡会議. See Ben-Ami Shillony, Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan, Oxford University Press, 1991 p.7
- ^ Dear, The Oxford Companion to World War II, pp.416
- ^ Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan pp.328
- ^ Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, pp.328
- ^ Lee, Marching Orders, The Untold Story of World War II. p.506
- ^ Peter Wetzler, Hirohito and War, 1998, p.39, 44
- ^ Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, pp.516, 517
- Bix, Herbert P. (2001). Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-093130-2.
- Dear, I.B.C.; Foot, MRD (2002). The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860446-7.
- Lee, Bruce (2001). Marching Orders: The Untold Story Of World War II. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81036-0.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gozen Kaigi.


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Hi all. I'm working on a Excel VBA project. In Sheet1 i have a table with 3 command buttons for each row. Outside this table i have another command button named "cbSwap". When i click to this button, it opens a user form. This user form have 2 text boxes and a button. The user form takes two values from two text boxes and transmits them to a function named SwapTwoRange. This function takes the values, uses them as Excel range names. Here's the function:
Function SwapTwoRange(val1 As String, val2 As String)
Dim arr1 As Variant, arr2 As Variant
Dim Rng1 As Range, Rng2 As Range
Set Rng1 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("row" & val1)
Set Rng2 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("row" & val2)
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
arr1 = Rng1.Value
arr2 = Rng2.Value
Rng1.Value = arr2
Rng2.Value = arr1
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
'No problem occured until here.
If (WorksheetFunction.CountA(Rng1) = 0) Then
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbStartRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbEndRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbClearRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbStartRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbEndRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbClearRow" & val1).Object.Enabled = True
End If
If (WorksheetFunction.CountA(Rng2) = 0) Then
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbStartRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbEndRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbClearRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbStartRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbEndRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = True
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").OLEObjects("cbClearRow" & val2).Object.Enabled = True
End If
End Function
cbStartRow, cbEndRow and cbClearRow are the command buttons in the table rows in Sheet1. When if block executes, they seem as they are enabled/disabled as i want. But when i select (for example) a disabled command button, and look at its properties, its Enabled property is True. And the program doesn't work as i want. I must refer to command buttons names with the values entered to text boxes (for example if textbox1's value is "1" <val1="1">, the first if-else block will change cbStartRow1, cbEndRow1 and cbClearRow1's Enabled property.)
How can i do it without this problem? I have been searching for a solution in internet forums for last 8 days, but i couldn't find a correct solution. Please help. Thanks anyway.


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At Howarth Timber & Building Supplies we offering a variety of General Fixings that are suitable for a variety of applications.
uPVC Frame Anchors are a light-duty fixing that are used to attach the frame of a window or door firmly to a brick wall. They are also used to install Battens and Wall Plates.
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Hanging Plugs are suitable for use with screws that need protecting against corrosion, such as stainless steel or brass. They are designed to expand within in the wall, so as to firmly secure the fitting into place.
High Performance Frame Fixings are designed for use with loads that are likely to be heavy, for example door frames. They can be installed easily into brickwork.


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Admission is based on each applicant's potential.
There are three kinds of scholarships.
1. Hokkaido University Scholarship
2. Japanese Government Scholarship
3. Scholarships from Private Organization and Local Government.
1. Hokkaido University Scholarship
We have two scholarship programs; Hokkaido University President's Fellowship and Hokkaido University Special Grant Program for the International Students.
For more information regarding Hokkaido University Scholarship ⇒ Click Here
2. Japanese Government Scholarship
Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship is offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
There are three methods to secure the MEXT Scholarship; a) domestic selection, b) university recommendation and c) embassy recommendation.
a) Domestic selection targets self-supported students currently in Japan.
b) Students coming to Hokkaido University can also apply through our university. Application is made through your prospective advisor. This method is only available to graduate level research students. Undergraduate students are ineligible to apply.
c) To receive an embassy recommendation, you need to pass a primary screening conducted by the local embassy with cooperation from your country's government.
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MEXT (Top page); http://www.mext.go.jp/english/
3. Scholarships from Private Organization and Local Governments
a) Scholarships applied for through the university
Every year approximately 30 organizations accept applications for scholarships for approximately 120 students.
b) Scholarships applied for individually
Every year approximately 15 organizations accept applications for individual scholarships.
The application period and requirements for each scholarship are different.
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