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I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Alvin Lawson, at the age of 80. He was best known in ufological circles for his promotion of the 'Birth Trauma' hypothesis for UFO abductions. Lawson was a professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. His interest in UFOs began in the 1940s with the early UFO waves, and in the 1970s he started the UFO Report Center of Orange County. He worked with William McCall, a doctor, in hypnotic regression of claimed abductees.
As a result of this work they became increasingly sceptical of the accounts they uncovered.
As a result of this work they became increasingly sceptical of the accounts they uncovered.
At California State he was able to combine his professional and outside interests by studying the language and structure of UFO reports, and in 1977 began to test whether imaginary abduction stories bore any comparison to the 'real' accounts that he had encountered. He asked students who had never reported abduction experiences to imagine such an experience under hypnosis, and concluded that their narratives were substantially the same as those of self-reported abductees. This led Lawson and McCall to conclude that the 'real' abduction experience was an entirely psychological construct. His research was first announced to the UFO world at a Center for UFO Studies conference in 1976.
Understandably this created a great deal of controversy in the UFO world, and Lawson and McCall's research was challenged on a number of levels - particularly the small size and untypical nature of the control group, and the degree to which abduction imagery was already prevalent in the general culture (as well, of course, as suggestions that the 'imaginary' accounts were in fact genuine and the subjects had repressed their conscious memories). In Magonia 6 (1981) we published an article by Willy Smith pointing out flaws in his theories.
However the controversy increased with Lawson's development of the idea. If both sets of imagery were similar, he then asked what could be their common origin? He arrived at the answer that the abduction imagery arose from the most universal human experience, that of being born. His theories were heavily dependent of the work of Stanislav Grof, a psychiatrist who used birth trauma theory in his therapy. That there was a strong resemblance between the 'Grey' abducting alien and a human foetus was not a new idea, and may be traced back to the film 2001, and earlier, but Lawson's ideas produced a ufological storm when first announced.
In 1981 Magonia devoted a special issue to presenting Lawson's 'BTH', the first time in a British publication. (The on-line article has links to some critical responses)
In 1982 I had the great pleasure of meeting Alvin Lawson and his wife Barbara when they briefly visited London in July of that year, on their way to a UFO conference in Austria. By coincidence Lawson's collaborator Dr McCall was also in town. My wife and I joined them for a meal at their Kensington hotel, where we planned a public meeting for Lawson and McCall to be able to put their ideas before a British UFO audience.
Because of the short notice, the location of the meeting hall (at an out-of-season sports' club in Tufnell Park, North London), and a rail strike, not as many people were able to attend as we would have wished. One enthusiastic individual did manage to make his way from Manchester with a large video player and forty-hours-worth of videotapes of hypnotic regressions he and his colleagues had conducted. Unfortunately (?) for some inexplicable reason the power supply to this equipment failed to work and we were unable to view this evidence. I would prefer to put this failure down to some paranormal electrical interference phenomenon rather than deliberate sabotage, which was claimed by some attendees!
I have also been informed by Nigel Watson (who, by a Fortean coincidence rang me just a few minutes before I began to write this piece) that at this event I had been subjected to hypnosis by Dr McCall to see if I could come up with an imaginary abduction experience, but to no effect. The fact that I have no memory of this particular incident suggests that the hypnosis must have worked to some extent!
Lawson gave a robust exposition and defence of his ideas, but not many of his audience, which covered a pretty wide range of ufological opinion, were wholly convinced. However I think people were pleased by his willingness to confront critics head-on.
After the initial interest in the topic the Birth Trauma Hypothesis seems to have faded away in ufological discourse, relegated to a sort of vague "perhaps there's something in it" status. I do not think that it is the whole, or even a substantial part, of the explanation for the abduction experience, but I still feel unable to reject it entirely as an explanation for some of the imagery involved. -- John Rimmer.


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Brand Momentum of Toronto has promoted Ryan Pierce to the position of project coordinator. He will work on the company's Mystery Shop programs. Chantal Hunter has joined the agency's experiential marketing department as a project manager. She was previously an area manager at Match Marketing. Dave Pendrith has also joined the experiential marketing department as a project coordinator. He was previously a coordinator at Mosaic. Both will work on the agency's Beam account.

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Healthy Cooking Methods
Think of deep-fried food like a kitchen sponge. Fried foods absorb the cooking oil, just as a dry sponge would absorb water when dropped in a bucket. The longer a food is fried in the oil, the more it absorbs. That means excess calories, plus saturated fat which could lead to heart problems.
Healthy cooking is simple and good for you. The following cooking techniques allow for the natural taste of fresh ingredients to come through with minimum amounts of fat, salt or heavy sauces. Plus, methods like steaming and poaching preserve the nutrients of ingredients; all while supporting your health and delighting your palate.
Here are some of the healthiest and easiest cooking techniques to tackle at home:
Anything but boring, steaming is a nutritious and delicious way of preparing foods. Steaming is typically done in a perforated basket that is held over a pot of boiling water for a set amount of time. Flavor can be added by placing fresh herbs and spices in the water or directly on top of the food. Vegetables, fish and shellfish lend themselves beautifully to steaming.
Popular in Asian cuisine, stir-frying is an excellent healthy cooking method when a meal needs to be prepared quickly. While stir-frying is usually done in a wok, a wide, shallow pan will also work just fine. When stir-frying, only a small amount of oil or seasoned sauce is necessary. Stir-fries are a go-to cooking method for health-minded folks because of the technique's versatility. Uniformly cut vegetables, skinless chicken breast, tofu, fish and lean meat can be used to make an endless variety of stir-fries.
Grilling is a great option for cooking foods using a minimal amount of fat. The heat of the grill browns the outside of the food, sealing in rich flavors, while fat drips off the food, similar to broiling. With the ability to grill either over direct or indirect heat, almost any food can be grilled including lean cuts of meat, poultry, fish, tofu, vegetables and fruits. Get creative with your grilling skills utilizing skewers, grill-top baskets and foil-packets.
This simple but delicious healthy cooking method can be done by gently simmering ingredients in a pan of water until the food is tender and cooked through. Bouillon, broth or juice is often used in place of water to infuse additional flavor into foods. Poaching works well for skinless chicken breast, salmon, white fish, eggs and some fruits and vegetables.
Relying on the oven's direct heat, roasting gives food a sweet and caramelized taste with little fat. Practically any vegetable can be roasted as can whole chickens and lean cuts of meat. The ingredients are generally placed in a roasting pan or on a baking sheet with an assortment of herbs and a small amount of good quality oil.
Broiling uses high heat, allowing foods to cook in a short period of time. It is an ideal low fat way of cooking meat as the fat simply "drips away." The overhead heat source cooks the outside surface of foods quickly, so thicker pieces of meat, vegetables or seafood may need to be sliced thinner or placed further from the heat source for even cooking.


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It was a hot, wet and muggy week in Fort Lauderdale for the USTA National Boys 14 Clay Court Championships. It's hard to say that was really unusual, but what was rare was that there were no players in doubles and singles finals, not a lot of upsets, and a whole lot of Californians in the winners' circle.
Fortunately, the final day proved to be a lucky one for not only the winners, but the hard-working staff who got their wish and were able to finally go home before sunset.
The Boys' 14s were the first of the National Clay Court Championships to finish in Florida, and Friday was the day to do it. Although it was still extremely hot in the low 90s and quite humid, the skies stayed clear long enough for all the final matches to proceed as planned.
Easter Bowl finalist Keenan Mayo of Roseville, California, lived up to his top seeding, never dropping a set in the his quest for the singles title. His opponent for the final match, Bradley Frye of Overland Park, Kansas, was just as successful in his run. In fact, the 12th seed even took out No. 4 Russell Benkaim (Osprey, Florida) in one of the straight set matches that he continued with throughout the draw.
Despite the fact that there was a clear difference in the size of Mayo as he towered over Frye, the lower seed never lacked confidence out on the court. He continued the fight when down 0-4 in the first set, taking the next game and then battling through the next one for 20 minutes before getting the score up to 4-2.
It was at that point in the match that errors from both players diminished and winners were being shot across each side of the court. Mayo finally took the set at 6-3 and began the next with a 2-0 lead, but Frye continued to swing back. He did not once let up until match point was taken against him in another 6-3 set by the stronger player.
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The Stillwater Ice Castles open this week in Lowell Park.
The Stillwater Ice Castles will open at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5.
Ice Castles LLC crews have been working on the winter wonderland for a couple of months, placing individual icicles into place and using a combination of water, ice and snow to sculpt it into a majestic, glacier-like castle.
Ice Castle Hours
The ice castle is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4 – 9 p.m.; Friday from 4 – 10:30 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.; and Sunday from noon – 8 p.m. The ice castle is closed on Tuesdays.
Monday-Thursday Tickets
Online- General Admission (12+): $9.95 Child (4-11): $6.95
Walkup (Standy)- General Admission (12+): $15 Child (4-11): $10
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Online- General Admission (12+): $13.95 Child (4-11): $8.95
Walkup (Standy)- General Admission (12+): $18 Child (4-11): $12
When you buy a ticket, you are buying an arrival window, according to the Ice Castles LLC website. "For example, if you buy a ticket from 7 – 7:30 p.m., we plan on you arriving between 7 and 7:30 p.m. If you arrive before 7 p.m., you will need to wait till 7 p.m. to enter. If you arrive late, then you'll have to wait and you may lose your ticket."
Once inside the Ice Castles, you can stay as long as you'd like (until closing time). If Ice Castle tickets are sold out online, standby tickets are not available.
Tips for a Great Experience
- Wear Boots: The walking surface inside of the Ice Castles is made of crushed ice. Walking in boots is definitely best.
- Save some trees: When you buy your tickets online we'll send you an email with a unique QR code, so there's no need to print your tickets. We can scan the code right from your phone.
- Photos are encouraged, but leave photography equipment such as tripods and lights at home.
- Bring a sled: We HIGHLY recommend bringing a small sled to pull children instead of a stroller. It is extremely difficult to push the stroller through the castle (think of it like trying to push a stroller through a sandy beach).
- Dress warm: Dress like you are going to experience the elements. We recommend layering clothing as well as hats, mittens, jacket and snow pants.


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Leustatin may react with a few other medicines (see Leustatin Drug Interactions).
You should talk with your healthcare provider prior to receiving this medication if you have:
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- Pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant (see Leustatin and Pregnancy)
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An overdose with this medication can cause potentially serious side effects. Seek immediate medical attention if you believe you may have been given too much Leustatin.
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Leustatin is normally stored by your healthcare provider. It should be stored refrigerated and protected from light. Keep this and all other medications out of the reach of children and pets.
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Leustatin [package insert]. Raritan, NJ: Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P.;2012 July.
Cladribine. Drug Facts and Comparisons. Drug Facts and Comparisons 4.0 [online]. 2012. Available from Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Accessed October 11, 2012.
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Electronic orange book: approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/. Accessed October 11, 2012.
Janssen Biotech Web site. Available at: http://www.janssenbiotech.com/. Accessed October 12, 2012.
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ENSP Core courses introduce students to the disciplines most closely related to the areas of concentration; and help them begin developing the perspective needed for critical thinking about environmental issues. They include courses in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geography, Economics, Calculus, and Statistics. Most of these courses double-count as university General Education requirements. Refer to concentration requirements to gauge the variety of courses students take in the ENSP Core.
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First of all , let me make clear that I do not speak english , I'm using Google translate . My name is Rafael Almeida , Brazilian and am working with PHP to 9 years , long looked for a Framework that suits me and I like the syntax , I found this in the Phalcon , mainly because I am obsessed with performance .
My problem with the Phalcon think that's the trouble many , my clients mostly use shared hosts where you can not install Phalcon
This gets in the way , and me working with two simultaneous Frameworks form is not good .
I thought of migrating the Phalcon C code for PHP , just that it was giving a lot of work (yes , I already started ) , so I knew the Phalcon 2 on GitHub and saw code written in Zephir , is laborious but easiest to do migration to PHP .
The advantage of having a Phalcon in PHP would be able to use it independete Host . Where it is not possible to install the extension , would use the PHP code.
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ABS-CBN'S top-rating fantaserye "Aryana" is all set to make the biggest splash this week as the series topbilled by Kapamilya teen star Ella Cruz airs its unforgettable final episode this Friday (January 25).
After more than eight months since its pilot in May 2012, watch out for the heart-pounding events in the lives of Aryana (Ella), Ofelia (Pokwang), and Victor (Tonton Gutierrez) now that the magical pearl is lost once again.
How will Victor protect his family from the evil plans of Stella (G Toengi) and Jason (Richard Quan)? Will the kingdom of Neptuna (Desiree del Valle) and Reyna Hiyasmin (Tetchie Agbayani) finally be at peace? After all the struggles that she went through because of the curse, will Aryana sacrifice her normal life as a human being to save her mother Ofelia?
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Today's email covers an EXTREMELY important topic. But before we dive in…
I'm probably sloshed as I write this.
Bought a bottle of wine last night and if my writing seems like I'm drunk then I probably am. I can't hold my liquor for shit but considering how uninhibited I always am that won't make much of a difference. Oh, and there IS a wine tasting and review at the end of this email so stick around. Now:
Yesterday the garbage men finally showed up to pick up our trash.
Due to Zimbabwe's shitty economy it's impossible to predict WHEN they'll show up. In some cases we've gone months without the trash being picked up.
And on a few occasions we've had contact the politicians in charge of garbage collection and get them to order a truck through our neighborhood.
It's that bad.
So the usual mindset is "They're not coming" so the trash in usually kept where the garbage men can't pick it up… away from the pickup point and the stray dogs which rummage through the trash and make a mess at night.
And when we do know they're coming over we put the trash next to the road where they'll scoop it up and toss in their truck.
Unfortunately for yours falsely I hadn't considered these guys would be showing up on a weekend.
In fact I wasn't even expecting them to show up at all yesterday.
So imagine my shock when I saw them drive past my gate and my trash was NOT on the pickup point. The best way to describe what followed… was that I picked up the giant bag of trash and RAN like Usain Bolt chasing the damn truck.
Eventually caught up to them but my poor lungs where on fire.
If you consider my idea of physical exertion is a brisk walk then you'll know what I mean.
I should have been ready.
But I wasn't.
Moral of this story?
You legit do NOT know when the time will come when you have "take out the trash". If you a business right now and you don't have a "base offer" then you're flying blind.
What are going to say when someone asks you what your services are?
Stand there and try to bundle up some random offers on the fly? That'll make you like a disorganised moron… excuse my French.
This is a concept I learned from Dan Kennedy.
Always have a grandfather offer.
Even if you're a startup you at least have something to offer when someone asks you what can do for them. Show them you have your shit in order. Show them you're prepared to help them.
Show them you ready to step forward when someone needs your service!
Show them you're ready for an alien invasion.
Because when shit hits the fan and you have to "take out the trash" and give your customer an offer… you don't want to be in a situation where standing there mumbling like an idiot.
And if you want to talk to me about how you can structure your offers so your "base offer" is the best possible package for your prospects… and if you want emails to SELL that base offer, then hit me up and lets join forces.
Go enter your details here and see how deep the rabbit hole goes ( Matrix refference for the win! )
Till the next wave of madness… Vae Victis
"On with the show"
PS- For the wine fanatics among you here's a proffesional snob wine tasting on what I'm drinking:
First, I smell the bottle…done. It's called Green gables.
Then I pour into the glass and swill it…done
And then, I take a sip and start describing the taste of the wine… here goes:
" This is a golden wine. Tastes sweet…. not like that plonk had last week that tasted like Turpentine.
I taste…. 340 grapes. Picked on a… Friday, between 12:30 pm and 13:45pm.
Yes… a Friday.
- Sips again *
This wine tastes like it was fermented in oak caskets… for 6 years, twelve days, nine hours and twenty seven minutes…. give or take fifty feet.
There were fifteen men on the day the grapes were picked.
Each grape was picked with the left hand… except for those picked by Antonio… that right handed bastard… who hired HIM into the vineyard?
The men were all barefooted. To preserve the flavor…
Wait… where am I going with this?
Who knows.
Once again, if you want to discuss how you can spruce up your offer and how you can avoid the THREE major killers of base offers which not only PREVENT your subscribers from buying… but also stops them from coming back for more then go book your call on the link down below.
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An ingenious one.
It may sound like I'm full of myself, but if you don't think your ideas are ingenious, who will?
You have to give me the benefit of the doubt because I could be delusional from the massive amounts of Advil coursing through my veins from my recent snowboarding accident (I fell… hard… on my caboose… now I must blog standing up… sad really).
In the past few years, I've watched my share of reality television.
Survivor. American Idol. Shows with angry unhappily married fake rich ladies. All the junk on E! and VH1.
Some of it's good.
Most of it isn't.
Usually, I come away with even lower expectations for the human race.
I'll often watch and then go through a period of self-loathing and abdominal cramping.
Just recently (after my last blow to the head while snowboarding/falling), it occurred to be there is an untapped reality show market.
The great thing about a reality show about education is 100% familiar with the topic and issues surrounding it.
Most of us went to school. Some of us even graduated (8th grade counts).
It's hard to find a family who doesn't have at least one member who is a teacher, so the education reality television market could be a gold mine.
Here's my idea.
A show called "Road School".
It's homeschooling, but in an RV.
Two things I know nothing about.
You take an average family with two educators, an Evil Spawn, a handsome beagle, big fancy motor home with internet and satellite television provided by the production company and you got yourself a show.
Hit the open road and let the high jinks ensue.
An entire school year learning from the land.
The family visits national parks, monuments, and also interacts with regular people.
They stop by the homes of astronauts, veterans, and inventors.
Each week the family goes to a new state, does charity work, has a new experience, and learns a valuable lesson.
At the end of each episode there's a quiz on the places and people they visited and the things they learned.
The curriculum could be put out in advance so schools and homeschool students could participate along with the show.
It would be education for the next century.
Not confined to a desk or classroom, but learning by being out in the real world.
I see a blog, YouTube updates, lots of Tweeting, and possibly a Discovery Education tie-in.
The family not only learns new stuff, but grows closer.
There's laughter. There're tears. There are long speeches about the greatness of the American people.
It's The Amazing Race, Dirty Jobs, American Pickers, combined with a life-long education.
It's ingenious.
At least, I think think so.
Now I will just sit back and wait for some education organization to recognize my genius.
And throw massive amounts of cash at me and Buddy the Dog (because he doesn't perform unless there's money involved… or a carrot).


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The NYCRD call for Frutober participants yielded a wild crop of aspiring Frutobarians. Part scavengers, part hoarders and 100% savers, these are your Frutober Five:
Katharine, NYCRD Executive Editor, created Frutober last year as a personal experiment to see how much cash she could save by being extremely frugal. Since it was so successful, she's back for her second year in a row and can't wait to experience the pain and reward all over again. She plans to use the money she saves towards Christmas presents, because re-gifting swag bag items isn't really that cool.
While international travel and too much wine rank high on Kelvin's list of priorities, he digs having money in the bank (2-digit plus) just like everyone else. Following sites like NYCRD helps him enjoy the city on a budget, and Frutober was a great chance to take things up a notch. Any money saved will probably go towards his trip to Shanghai and new chew toys for his friend's puppies.
Cindie is a 23 year old Brooklynite, vegetarian, full-time higher education professional and part time graduate student. This Frutober includes her first foray into being a bridesmaid, and that event alone has been enough to make her bank accounts call for mutiny. She's trying to save on everything else so that being a bridesmaid doesn't cost her an arm or a leg (that wouldn't look good in the wedding photos!). Her money saved will probably go right to next semester's tuition and some fabulous clothes to wear to class.
Katie is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn who currently works at a small production house in Manhattan. Her Frutober goal is to start saving enough to be able to pay off her dear friend Sallie Mae while also scrounging up some funds for her next short film project. She's also interested in seeing what she can (and absolutely cannot) live without. Her biggest challenge will be trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and appropriate eating plan while on such a scrappy budget.
Justin, a publicist, knows all too well about the cost of living, playing, and working in NYC. With a penchant for three course meals and useless items of clothing, he hopes that his former love for 'food you usually take camping' will help him with this struggle. He also hopes that he will be able to save a dime (or forty) and get rid of that credit card balance.
Stay tuned for their weekly blog posts as they take you through their month-long money saving adventures! WILL THEY SURVIVE??!
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In photo: A bank staff member counts Indian 500 rupee notes to give to customers on November 24, 2016, Photograph:( AFP )
India's highest court chastised the federal government for ineffective implementation of its demonetisation policy.
The Supreme Court asked the government how the rich were getting caught with large amounts of money while the ordinary people were struggling to get even Rs 24,000.
"People are not getting even ?24,000 per week. Then how come some people have got lakhs of new currency? It seems that there are two kinds of people, one who have plenty of new notes and others who have nothing," the Chief Justice of India TS Thakur asked AG Rohatgi, the Attorney General for India.
The apex court said the banks should not deny minimum weekly withdrawal of Rs 24,000 per week per account and asked to reduce the citizens' inconvenience due to demonetisation.
The apex court on December 9 also asked the government if the decision made by it was constitutional.
Ever since the Narendra Modi administration announced the replacement of old currency notes on November 8, people have been allowed to withdraw not more than Rs 24,000 per week.
Rohatgi alleged that some bank managers were involved in illegal activities but the government was acting against the culprits. He assured that the government was working around-the-clock to smoothen the creases and blamed corrupt bank managers for putting a spanner in the works.
(WION with inputs from agencies)


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Absolute radiometric calibration of Landsat using a pseudo invariant calibration site
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
By: D. Helder, K.J. Thome, N. Mishra, G. Chander, Xiaoxiong Xiong, A. Angal, and Tae-young Choi
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Pseudo invariant calibration sites (PICS) have been used for on-orbit radiometric trending of optical satellite systems for more than 15 years. This approach to vicarious calibration has demonstrated a high degree of reliability and repeatability at the level of 1-3% depending on the site, spectral channel, and imaging geometries. A variety of sensors have used this approach for trending because it is broadly applicable and easy to implement. Models to describe the surface reflectance properties, as well as the intervening atmosphere have also been developed to improve the precision of the method. However, one limiting factor of using PICS is that an absolute calibration capability has not yet been fully developed. Because of this, PICS are primarily limited to providing only long term trending information for individual sensors or cross-calibration opportunities between two sensors. This paper builds an argument that PICS can be used more extensively for absolute calibration. To illustrate this, a simple empirical model is developed for the well-known Libya 4 PICS based on observations by Terra MODIS and EO-1 Hyperion. The model is validated by comparing model predicted top-of-atmosphere reflectance values to actual measurements made by the Landsat ETM+ sensor reflective bands. Following this, an outline is presented to develop a more comprehensive and accurate PICS absolute calibration model that can be Système international d'unités (SI) traceable. These initial concepts suggest that absolute calibration using PICS is possible on a broad scale and can lead to improved on-orbit calibration capabilities for optical satellite sensors.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
I often ask clients who are parents of a special needs child, "Have you decided who will be responsible for your child's financial and healthcare decision-making after their 18th birthday?" 99% of the time the response is, "What are you talking about? I'm their parent so I will be the decision maker after they're 18… (long pause)… right?" Wrong.
In Pennsylvania the law states that a person reaches the age of majority (adulthood) upon their 18th birthday whether they have special needs or not. What this means is that when your special needs child turns 18, the Commonwealth considers them adults capable of making their own decisions. But what if they can't?
An adult with special needs is considered incapacitated if they are unable to evaluate information and communicate decisions effectively, or are impaired to the extent that they are partially or totally unable to manage financial resources or meet the essential requirements for physical health and safety.
If your child is deemed incapacitated, then as their parent or legal guardian, you can petition a court to assign Guardianship for them. There are two kinds of guardianships: a Guardian of the Person, who provides shelter and makes the necessary healthcare decisions; and a Guardian of the Estate, who controls the financial decision making. A court will decide what is in the best interest of the incapacitated person and choose who the guardian(s) shall be. This process takes time and can be fairly costly, so parents are counseled to begin preparing for a guardianship situation about 6 months prior to their child's 18th birthday.
If your child is considered to have legal capacity, then they can assign their financial or healthcare decision-making (or both) to whomever they choose through Powers of Attorney documents. Most often a child will choose their parents to be powers of attorney and there is a smooth transition upon their 18th birthday. Powers of attorney take much less time, effort, and expense for the family.
Whether you think your special needs child needs guardianship or powers of attorney, knowing that you can still be legally included and involved in the decision making for their life will provide you with peace of mind as you approach their 18th birthday.
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Sea glass (genuine sea glass) is tumbled broken glass from the ocean. A piece originates as pieces of glass from broken bottles, tableware, or even shipwrecks which get tumbled in the ocean over years until the edges become rounded off, smoothed, and the slickness of the glass has been worn off to create a frosted appearance, polished by the water of the ocean, waves, rocks, and sands. Once brushed up onto the water side it remains on the beach to be discovered and cherished by someone who truly appreciates its history, value, and beauty.
The glass used for your one of a kind piece came from the coast of Rollo Bay, PEI off Souris. It is an authentic sea glass from PEI, harvested by myself (Kerri), my family, my sister, her mother-in-law and my nephew. We often spend time in PEI, visiting her side of the family touring the island. The last trip we took a group of us grabbed our paddle boards and pulled the kids in a canoe alongside us to a remote spot we frequent to sea glass and picnic for the day. The water is shallow enough to walk in but deep enough to use the paddle boards and canoe. You will frequently have seals visit and watch us, as they are very curious about who we are.
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By Linda Zhang, CEIBS GEMBA2001 Alumnus; "Grade Seven" Mentor for CEIBS MBA Mentoring Programme; Executive Coach; Founder, 4E Management Consulting
Seven years have passed since I first began to serve as a mentor for the CEIBS MBA Mentoring Programme. Through dialogue and discussions with participants on topics like career, mindset, choices and life, I have been deeply moved by the students' enterprising spirit and filled with a sharp sense of responsibility.
When I think back over these seven years of mentoring, vivid memories flit through my mind. Back when I began, equipped with the expertise and skills for career mentoring, I had just changed my role from a professional manager to an executive coach. I was excited to participate and select six mentees. With enthusiasm and great admiration for the students, I held a heart-to-heart talk with each participant for an hour each month. I was deeply impressed by the differences between Chinese and foreign participants in terms of character, cultural preference, style of communication, life experience, and career experience.
Each autumn, mentors bid farewell to old participants and welcome new mentees. When choosing new participants, I like to read through their applications. Although we barely know each other, I am convinced we will hit it off if the applicants have learned about my career experience and file an application that tugs at my heartstrings.
So far, I have mentored 26 participants. Since graduation, most have moved up their career ladder and started a family. Each year, we throw one or two parties to share our latest life experiences and exchange ideas about how to quickly adapt oneself to a new working environment, get along with colleagues, strike a balance between work and life in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment, grasp opportunities for promotion and career progress, and maintain peace of mind.
One participant in particular left a deep impression on me. When we discussed his career, he came up with unique ideas for career paths such as office work, consulting service or entrepreneurship. When we probed further down these paths, taking lifecycle into account, he naturally added family — a critical component — into his career planning. With a clear blueprint in mind, he is now making huge strides, braving the difficulties he encounters. It gratifies me to see that he has juggled his career and home commitments, making his life even more colourful than he expected seven years ago.
I am also appreciative of another participant who is independent-minded and highly motivated. With strong learning capability, she dares to place herself in completely unfamiliar surroundings. As she charts her own career course, she continues tapping into her potential to push the envelope. I am all ears whenever she holds forth on her recent experiences. With a ready smile, she appears quick-witted, sure-footed, and well-cultivated. I find in her a maturity rare among her peers.
Over the past seven years, I have also met some peers who are on the same wavelength. They are my mentors, fellow alumni and friends. Sometimes we chat about why we decided to participate in this mentorship project and continue to keep at it. All of us agree we have learnt from participants as much as they have from us, particularly in terms of self-perception and mentoring capabilities.
Recently, I have been thinking over how to become an excellent mentor for the Mentoring Programme. Is it good timing to chat with participants and encourage them to explore their inner thoughts when we are both worn-out physically and mentally? Will these students find any enlightenment from our advice, especially as we are judging them through our own values and guiding them forward from a more experienced perspective? Do professional mentors need to improve themselves through learning and practice?
After thinking over these questions, I believe the qualities of a professional mentor are as follows:
1. Sense of responsibility: Casting aside prejudices, the mentor is duty-bound to encourage participants to speak their own mind;
2. Curiosity: Instead of boxing himself/herself in or preaching blindly, the mentor should be curious about participants' life experiences, career objectives, thought pattern, and lifestyle, and willing to spur them on to move out of their comfort zone and make forays into known and unknown territory.
3. Empathy: The mentor should put himself in participants' shoes in order to gain deep insights into their ideas by applying the golden circle (Why-How-What).
4. Tolerance: The mentor should be open-minded to participants' distinctive personalities and ready to learn from them with humility. The shift of perspective from the singular to the plural, from the present to the future, and from the subjective to the objective will open up broader vistas for both mentors and participants.
I have benefitted from the Mentoring Programme and have now accumulated some experience in career mentoring. Beginning last year, I have written many articles on career development and published them on the public WeChat account "4E4U", in the hopes that more young people will get ahead in their career through contemplation, exploration, reflection, action and accumulation.
The annual mentoring programme is about to kick off. I hope that last year's participants will make some progress. I am also excited to take up with new mentees. Everyone follows a road of his own, but it can be a memorable experience to meet a mentor along the way and forge lifelong ties.


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The Dogs Guide To Your Happiness
Seven Secrets for a better life from man's best friend
By Garry McDaniel & Sharon Massen
How do we define happiness in a world where people regularly feel rushed, stressed, and overwhelmed by the daily demands of life? Authors Garry McDaniel and Sharon Massen suggest that we look to our canine companions to learn what happiness is really about. Based on the authors' research and insights as well as real-life stories about dogs and their people, this eye-opening guide helps us explore seven essential traits for happiness through the eyes of our trusted furry friends.
Positive, upbeat advice from man's best friend that you can use immediately to bring more joy to your life.
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Stroking, hugging, or touching a loving animal can rapidly calm and soothe us when we're stressed or depressed. The companionship of a pet can also ease loneliness, and most dogs are a great stimulus for healthy exercise, which can substantially boost your mood and ease depression.
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Cynthia Nixon claims Cuomo has helped corporations and the rich
Actress Cynthia Nixon quickly went on the attack against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo when she announced she would run against him in a primary for governor.
Nixon, a Democrat, portrayed the incumbent as a career politician who has spent his time in office pandering to corporations and the wealthy and passing legislation for their benefit, Nixon said.
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich," Nixon said.
Nixon's campaign staff said she was talking about cuts to the state's corporate tax rate and changes to the state's tax code that favored wealthy filers.
Cuomo and state lawmakers have reduced income tax rates for middle-class earners. PolitiFact New York checked Cuomo's claim that middle-class New York State residents will have the "lowest tax rate in 70 years" and found his statement to be Mostly True.
Cuomo has also said "taxes for every New Yorker are lower today than when I started." PolitiFact New York ruled that it's true income taxes for individuals, corporations, and manufacturers are lower than when he took office in 2011. But it ruled that statement Half True because property taxes are higher.
But has he given "massive tax breaks" to corporations and high-income earners?
Corporate taxes
The state tax rate on corporations when Cuomo took office was 7.1 percent.
State lawmakers struck a deal with Cuomo during the 2014 state budget that cut the rate to 6.5 percent, the lowest in almost half a century. The corporate tax rate for manufacturers was eliminated altogether.
The deal also affected the estate tax -- a tax on one's property and assets after death before inheritance. The tax applied to anyone with an estate worth more than $1 million before the deal. The state now only taxes estates worth more than about $5.2 million.
The 'super rich'
Cutting corporate tax rates can help wealthy earners. As we have reported before, lower corporate taxes benefit wealthy shareholders of those companies.
But aside from the higher estate tax threshold, Cuomo has not provided any "massive tax breaks" to super-rich earners. Even the estate tax benefit is questionable, said E.J. McMahon, research director at the Empire Center, a state fiscal watchdog group.
"The estate tax reform did not save a penny for the super-rich," McMahon said. "The rate and scope of the tax on the largest estates is unchanged from before 2014."
In 2011, Cuomo wanted to let the state's so-called "millionaires tax" expire. Filers who reported more than $500,000 in state income would have seen their state tax rate fall from 8.97 percent to 6.85 percent if the tax expired.
Democrats in the Assembly wanted to keep the "millionaires tax."
In the end, Cuomo agreed to keep the tax but lowered the rate from 8.97 percent to 8.82 percent for the state's highest earners.
"By no stretch of the imagination is this a massive tax break for the super-rich," McMahon said. "In fact, in the dictionary definition of the term, there hasn't been a 'massive' tax cut for anyone."
One group did see a tax cut. The millionaires tax now only applies to single filers who earn more than about $1 million and married couples whose combined income exceeds about $2 million. The previous law imposed the millionaires tax on couples when their income was more than $500,000.
Other tax cuts
Nixon's campaign also pointed to tax breaks for banks and real estate developers.
Lawmakers repealed part of the tax law that determined how much state tax banks had to pay in 2014. Banks were instead added to the corporate tax code, which changed how much of their income was subject to state tax. That meant lower taxes for banks headquartered in New York state.
Cuomo also approved legislation that gave tax breaks to five major real estate developers in New York City. A provision to waive property taxes for five projects over a decade was tucked into an omnibus housing bill in 2012. One developer was expected to save $35 million on a luxury apartment tower in Manhattan, for example.
Cuomo was criticized for accepting campaign donations from the developers shortly before the bill was signed.
Our ruling
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich," Nixon said in a speech announcing her candidacy.
Cuomo has approved a tax cut for corporations since taking office, and the new rates will be the lowest in decades. Some wealthy earners also have lower state income tax rates today than when Cuomo took office.
But the tax breaks hven't been huge and, with one exception, hven't been for the "super rich."
A higher tax rate for the wealthiest earners has continued under Cuomo and no other major tax breaks for those filers are apparent.
We rate her claim Mostly False.


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In my last entry ("Power and the 'Big Six'"), I introduced six factors that influence how power plays out. I'd like to spend some time reflecting on the first factor – gender.
To begin, a disclaimer: I'm a white, heterosexual male talking about gender issues; I am writing not as an expert, but through the lens of my experience. That said, I think my own experience is telling. I became a vice principal at the age of 26 and a principal of a school of over 400 students at the age of 29. Looking back, I believe my "maleness" played a significant factor in my movement into leadership – into positions of power.
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Inheritance can be defined as the process where one object acquires the properties of another. With the use of inheritance the information is made manageable in a hierarchical order.
When we talk about inheritance the most commonly used keyword would be extends and implements. These words would determine whether one object IS-A type of another. By using these keywords we can make one object acquire the properties of another object.
IS-A Relationship:
IS-A is a way of saying : This object is a type of that object. Let us see how the extends keyword is used to achieve inheritance.
public class Animal{
public class Mammal extends Animal{
public class Reptile extends Animal{
public class Dog extends Mammal{
Now based on the above example, In Object Oriented terms following are true:
- Animal is the superclass of Mammal class.
- Animal is the superclass of Reptile class.
- Mammal and Reptile are sub classes of Animal class.
- Dog is the subclass of both Mammal and Animal classes.
- Mammal IS-A Animal
- Reptile IS-A Animal
- Dog IS-A Mammal
- Hence : Dog IS-A Animal as well
We can assure that Mammal is actually an Animal with the use of the instance operator.
public class Dog extends Mammal{
public static void main(String args[]){
Animal a = new Animal();
Mammal m = new Mammal();
Dog d = new Dog();
System.out.println(m instanceof Animal);
System.out.println(d instanceof Mammal);
System.out.println(d instanceof Animal);
This would produce following result:
Since we have a good understanding of the extends keyword let us look into how the implements keyword is used to get the IS-A relationship.
The implements keyword is used by classes by inherit from interfaces. Interfaces can never be extended.
public interface Animal {}
public class Mammal implements Animal{
public class Dog extends Mammal{
The instanceof Keyword:
Let us use the instanceof operator to check determine whether Mammal is actually an Animal, and dog is actually an Animal
interface Animal{}
class Mammal implements Animal{}
class Dog extends Mammal{
public static void main(String args[]){
Mammal m = new Mammal();
Dog d = new Dog();
System.out.println(m instanceof Animal);
System.out.println(d instanceof Mammal);
System.out.println(d instanceof Animal);
This would produce following result:
HAS-A relationship:
These relationships are mainly based on the usage. This determines whether a certain class HAS-A certain thing. This relationship helps to reduce duplication of code as well as bugs.
Lets us look into an example:
public class Vehicle{}
public class Speed{}
public class Van extends Vehicle{
private Speed sp;
This shows that class Van HAS-A Speed. By having a separate class for Speed we do not have to put the entire code that belongs to speed inside the Van class., which makes it possible to reuse the Speed class in multiple applications.
In Object Oriented feature the users do not need to bother about which object is doing the real work. To achieve this, the Van class hides the implementation details from the users of the Van class. SO basically what happens is the users would ask the Van class to do a certain action and the Vann class will either do the work by itself or ask another class to perform the action.
A very important fact to remember is that Java only supports only single inheritance. This means that a class cannot extend more than one class. Therefore following is illegal:
public class extends Animal, Mammal{}
However a class can implement one or more interfaces. This has made Java get rid of the impossibility of multiple inheritance


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Today Is My Birthday
Cast: 5 + (flexible doubling)
Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. Told through a playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls, Today Is My Birthday is a quirky comedy about life with a thousand friends on Facebook and no one to have dinner with on Saturday night.
Cast: 6–10
Yuko is the Top Star of the Takarazuka, an all-female Japanese performance troupe, that has put on lavishly staged spectacles for decades. Facing retirement, Yuko begins to be haunted by the ghost of a former top star. Mysterious events happen at the theater as Yuko's sayonara performance looms and a new star is set to rise to the top.
The Things Are Against Us [Les Choses Sont Contre Nous]
Cast: 5
Lorca. Two sisters, one claw-foot bathtub, and a young man trying to unearth the dark secrets of his grandfather's past. All roads lead to a mysterious house with a mind of its own. There are bones in the basement and creaking within. The Spreckle house invites you to spend the night.
Cast: 6
In 1926, British mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared in England. Her car was found in a chalk quarry and thousands of fans searched for the beloved author, as suspicion was cast on her adulterous husband, Archie Christie. On the eleventh day, she was discovered and claimed amnesia, never speaking or writing about the incident again. In a fictional retelling of this real life disappearance, SEEK imagines Agatha on the Big Island of Hawaii in Puna: a rough and unforgiving landscape. Burdened by a secret and chased halfway around the world, Agatha's life begins to resemble the dark stories she imagined.
Cast: 1 M, 2 F
An inexplicable and mysterious event sends Cydney on a search for a divine solution to an ordinary problem, in this quirky, language-driven play inspired by Leda and the Swan.
Cast: 3M, 3F
Alona, an elderly Serbian immigrant, is afraid an intruder has broken. She enlists her dubious neighbor to help. Inside they discover the intruder to be a large furry animal. Soon, they are horrified to realize the intruder is actually a mysterious young woman in a strange fur coat.
The Underneath
Cast: 3 M, 2 W
Set in the shadowy landscape of downtown Honolulu, a man searches for his missing younger brother. He gets a rude awaking when his memory and present day reality collide.
Whatever Happened to John Boy Kihano?
Cast: 9
Loosely inspired by a real-life disappearance, John Boy is the story of a Hawaiian-Chinese fisherman plunges his family into a crisis when he returns home claiming to have given his youngest son to a woman the cannot prove exists.
Art Of Preservation [1 Act Play]
Cast: 2
A difficult librarian and a local boy who never grew up, are trapped in a library basement in Kauai by heavy rainstorm. When the threat of a flood becomes imminent, they must decide what's worth saving.
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Cast: 4
Combining hula, chant, history and hard science this production explores ancient and modern stories of navigation. Questions of identity, geography and history collide when two young women, one modern and one ancient, find themselves wrestling with the stars and sea to discover their place in the world
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One morning, the barber Ivan Yakovlevich wakes up and learns that his wife has made fresh-baked bread. He cuts the loaf in half and – surprise! – finds a nose in the middle of it. What's even stranger is that Ivan recognizes that the nose belongs to Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov. This play can be performed by a large group.


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Women's March Part 2
"Sí, se puede"
Reflections and Photos by Hannah Betts
Images have always been my words. Being a quieter person, this has allowed me to speak louder than I normally would. I don't believe this is enough anymore. Having a son has given me a voice I didn't think I had and a motivation that has been quieted by my fear.
Growing up in a conservative family, I began, at an early age, to question many things that I was being taught. These questions were answered by reading and moving from my small town to NYC. I will encourage my son to ask questions and to seek the answers outside of what he has known.
One of my favorite quotes is by the incredible author and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "I would like today to ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. And this is how to start: We must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise our sons differently." This. This is what I took with me to the Women's March. I will teach my son this truth. And teach him to see with his heart open. I will teach him to focus on integrity and ability, not gender. I will teach him to read and then read more because this how we educate ourselves beyond our own worlds. My husband will teach him to be a proud latino. And we will teach him there is so much strength in empathy and that this is how systemic change will happen.
I have heroines, the ones you read about and the ones that change the world with words, action and solidarity. On that Saturday I was so fortunate to hear some of them. Gloria Steinem, Janet Mock, Angela Davis and Linda Sarsour were among the women who spoke over a roaring crowd of people who may have just been introduced to them. One woman behind me asked who Janet Mock was…I spoke proudly of this woman. She will now never forget who Janet Mock is. And I will never forget Sophie Cruz who spoke her truth in both english and spanish. She reminds us everyday that "sí se puede." Francis will know of this day when I stood side by side people who have been persecuted just for being who they are. He will understand that I was fortunate enough to be there in that March when so many others could not be. I will read him the words that are so powerful they are igniting change. And I will teach him we cannot be quiet, especially when there are voices so loud today that even a 2 year old can hear them.
Words, action and solidarity are my truths moving forward.
"I stand here because above all I am my sister's keeper." — Janet Mock
"How Quickly We Forget"
Reflections by Imani Dodley
Photos by Hannah Betts
Every day I am reminded of the number of things that I forget. Whether it is an appointment that I scheduled with my doctor, picking up my laundry or lunch with a friend. I forget time and time again and it's when I'm in the midst of the next thing that I recall that I had forgotten something that I promised myself that I wouldn't.
I recall the solidarity and the messages from the women that stood upon that stage and poured out their hearts around not being heard, bullied, glass ceilings, rights for their bodies, racism and violence. Also, I retell of the feeling of anxiety and fear that you could sense around these issues not only personally but those that stood in the crowd for their daughters, granddaughters, sisters, wives, transgendered sons in a country that they said was born free. The emotions were palpable. You could almost see the emotions raising up in the air like balloons of many colors while some held onto the strings hoping that someone wouldn't pop them.
I was also taken back by the many messages and platforms that came to Washington. The signs said it all. From the iconic, "still I rise" to the prophetic, "white silence is white violence," and then the simple truth, "indivisible." But within these messages I was caught between the humor and ridiculousness of the fact that women, men, children were still marching for the same damn thing or things that I thought were resolved. From the idea that "science is real" and rights of women that was captured in the sign, "I can't believe I still have to march for this shit!"
But how quickly we forget.
We forget so often the shoulders that we stand on for those that have marched, protested, helped get into legislature and even fought and died over for the rights of so many men and women. We forget about StoneWall and those that protested and rioted for the rights of the LGBTQIA community. We forget about those that stood in the streets in Washington for Civil Rights and that were killed like Dr. Martin Luther King for the rights of African Americans. We forget about those who have been deemed enemies of the state when speaking up for a truth. We forget about the treaties we have made with Native Americans. We forget about the countless rapes of women within our country and we forget about the legislatures that we have moved through congress that protects the bodies of all. All of these within our lifetime of history.
But how quickly we forget.
We forget about Dontre Hamilton, Eric Garner, John Crawford, Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Dante Parker, Tanisha Anderson, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Tony Robinson, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin and the countless others killed sparking Black Lives Matter. We forget about the fact that there still is NO clean drinking water in Flint, Michigan for over 1000 days and the protests around that but we moved, rightfully so, to the fear of water being contaminated by the threat of the DAPL and stood with the Sioux Indian but we almost forgot about that as well.
So what is all this forgetting about? I think that is what struck me most about the Women's March. So much we have forgotten about. It made me stop in my tracks when I saw the statistics in Flint, Michigan. I mean what the hell? The water system is still in complete disarray and children are getting sick right here and all we can be focused on is a wall, stopping those women from getting abortions and who someone is sleeping with. For me, it is ridiculous.
But maybe I will forget. Again.
Or maybe not.
Maybe that is why monuments are built. So that we don't forget. Maybe that is why Jesus reminds us that every time that we come to the communion table with the words, "do this in remembrance of me" because God understood how quickly we can forget what is important. That meeting at the table, is a reminder that we should be about caring for the poor in body and spirit, that we should practice being non-violent, comfort others, feed and clothe those in need, practice mercy, be about peace and stand in the truth of all humanity.
We forget the spirit of "do unto others" and forget the call to protect and defend the vulnerable when we block people from atrocities and violence all in the idea that we are called to be self absorbed.
But on now this historical day of January 21, 2017, I have built my monument and I have come to the table to remember so that I can continue to raise my voice and utilize my hands and feet for those that are vulnerable because if I do not, maybe the prophetic words of Deitrich Bonhoeffer will become true:
"For they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionist but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."


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Here's a design I came up with recently, after doodling on a piece of paper.
I started by testing it out with some 3 ply..
..then with 4 ply, alternating the two colours. I realised that this was a perfect opportunity to try double-sided, so I used the same yarn to test it out (it's the same piece as in my last post).
The double-sided technique bulks the knitting out widthways, making the design appear stretched. Halfway through my swatch I compensated for this by repeating each row.
After a few experiments I think I'm ready to start a project. Watch this space..
P. S. Feel free to use this pattern, but if you do, I'd love to see the results.
P.P.S. I used the free colour chart maker from tricksy knitter.com for the chart at the top of the post.


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Degrees and Certifications:
Mrs. Mary Stewart
Welcome to 5th grade! This is a fun and exciting
year, but it will also be a very challenging and busy one! I will be team
teaching with Mrs.Jennifer Rodrigo for math and English Language Arts. We will be involved in a variety
of activities throughout the year that will enhance learning in all subject
areas. Our Literacy model includes guided and independent reading, writing, vocabulary,and spelling. We will be using a new ELA program called Wit and Wisdom.
We will continue to work with the Being a Writer program again this year which
includes both guided and independent writing activities.
In math, we will follow the Fifth Grade curriculum using the Everyday Math Program and Supplemental materials. We will do whole group and small group activities following lessons. Some small group activities will be independent, some will be working with a partner, and some will be working with one of the teachers for reteaching, reiforcement, or extra practice. The centers will include hands-on activities, games, slate boards, etc. Math homework is given Monday through Thursday. Basic fact practice at home is essential for improving fact knowledge, speed, and accuracy.


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Our Disconnected Commander In Chief
Waving off the current mess, he says 'The world has always been messy.' Americans don't agree.
President Obama has recently shown that his understanding of the economy and world is very different from that of most Americans.
At his afternoon news conference last Thursday, for example, Mr. Obama hailed the report of 4.2% second-quarter economic growth. "Companies are investing," the president said. "Consumers are spending. Over the past four and a half years, our businesses have now created nearly 10 million new jobs. So there are reasons to feel good about the direction we're headed."
Except Americans don't. In the Aug. 4 Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, only 22% said they thought the country is headed in the right direction while 71% said it is going in the wrong direction. Only 35% were very or somewhat satisfied with the economy while 64% were somewhat or very dissatisfied.
Then there was Mr. Obama's observation at a Democratic fundraiser in Purchase, N.Y., on Friday that "the world has always been messy," a startling assertion that what Americans are witnessing in Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere is nothing out of the ordinary. They're not buying that either.
The Aug. 24 Pew Research Center/USA Today poll found that 65% thought they were living in "a more dangerous world" than they did "several years ago," while 27% said "things have not changed very much."
Why is there such a disconnect? Part of the reason is every president's tendency to emphasize the positive. Yet that's hardly all. In extemporaneous remarks at the fundraiser on Friday, the president offered three explanations for why what he sees is so different from the reality most Americans see.
Mr. Obama suggested people were "anxious" and experiencing "disquiet" because "although the economy as a whole has done well, there are still too many folks who have been left behind. Those of us at the very top have done very well." In other words, there has been enough economic growth but the rich have grabbed its fruits.
But perhaps Americans are anxious because growth in the first half of the year was just 1.1%. The labor participation rate is 63%, down from its prerecession average of roughly 66%, meaning that 10.3 million Americans who once worked can't get good jobs now and have dropped out of the workforce. There are now 7.5 million people desperate for full-time jobs who work part-time, due in part to ObamaCare. And median household income actually declined in a recovery.
Mr. Obama tried explaining away foreign-policy worries Friday night, saying "if you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart." Get it? Americans' anxiety is the media's fault. And not just newspaper and television. The president pointed to social media, saying it has made things worse by giving us "capacity to see in intimate detail the hardships people are going through."
Twitter didn't describe the Islamic State as an unprecedented terrorist threat: it was Mr. Obama's secretary of state, secretary of defense, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It isn't Facebook that has led more Americans to believe the administration lacks an effective strategy to destroy this barbaric terrorist group. It isn't Instagram that caused Americans to view Russia's invasion of Ukraine as dangerous and Mr. Obama's response as weak. On Aug. 24, 54% of respondents told Pew pollsters that they thought the president was not tough enough on foreign policy and national security, up from 38% when he first took office.
"The last reason that people are anxious," the president told Democratic donors on Friday, "is that Washington doesn't work." Yes, but Americans are aware that the president's conduct is a big reason why.
Last week, Senate Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill expressed frustration about Mr. Obama's lack of leadership. Meanwhile, assistant House Democratic leader James Clyburn and other congressional Democrats openly discussed their strategy to stir up racial animosity over the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., to energize a larger African-American turnout to save iffy House and Senate Democratic seats in the midterms.
This is hardly inspiring stuff. If Washington is not working, voters tend to blame the man in charge. That is the president.
Mr. Obama was once thought to be in touch with the concerns of the American people. Those days are over. A great gulf now exists between the president and the citizenry—between how he perceives the economy and world and how they do. This disconnect could well cost his party this November. Whether it does, the policies crafted from Mr. Obama's worldview are already costing the country its full measure of prosperity and security.


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March to save the NHS
Pouring rain couldn't dampen the spirits of RCN members as they pounded the streets of London in defence of the NHS.
They joined tens of thousands to march through the capital chanting "no ifs, no buts, no NHS cuts".
Many travelled miles to attend, using precious time off to demand change.
Here's why.
Urgent action is needed to address the current crisis. If none is taken, our patients will suffer. We will continue to speak out to defend our NHS
RCN President Cecilia Akrisie Anim joined the march and delivered a passionate speech to the crowds gathered opposite Downing Street.
"Nursing staff are bearing the brunt of the enormous pressures facing the NHS," she stressed.
"Staff at every level are experiencing burnout and many of our colleagues are turning their back on jobs they love.
Staff at every level are experiencing burnout
"It's no surprise that nursing staff feel overstretched and undervalued. There are now more than 40,000 nurse vacancies in England alone.
"It's now 70 years since the formation of the NHS and nurses have always been at the heart of it.
"Urgent action is needed to address the current crisis - if none is taken, it is our patients who will suffer.
"We will continue to speak out to defend our NHS."
The RCN supported members to attend the march as part of its Close the Gap campaign, which demands an above-inflation pay increase for NHS nursing staff.
"People aren't surviving, that's why they're leaving the profession," said Samantha Spence, who believes the Government needs to work with nursing staff to reach a solution to the NHS crisis.
Photos from the march
Find out more
Read powerful testimonials from frontline nursing staff about how the 40,000 staff shortfall affects their day-to-day care of patients in the RCN publication 'Left to Chance'.


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I've been writing and reviewing for magazines like FUZZ Magazine, Backstage, Hard Roxx, Sweden Rock Magazine, Metal Zone etc. I'm still occationally reviewing and blogging for www.metalcentral.net. As Metalcovenant is in Swedish, you'll find some of my reviews translated here. Have you released a CD you'd like me to review? Send me a copy! Mail me for an address: stark(at)starkmusic(dot)net Cheers! Janne Stark
Monday, 7 January 2013
GERMÁN PASCUAL - A New Beginning (CD)
Germán started his career fronting progressive metal band Afterglow, which later became Mind's Eye. I remember praising his vocals on the band's first MCD. However, as fate had it, Germán's career took another turn and he disappeared from the scene for many years. He then returned and became the front man of neol-classic metal band Narnia, when Christian Liljegren decided to take a time out. After one, really good I must say, album entitled Curse Of A Nation, the story ended and the band was put to rest. Germán now joined the man he replaced, Christian Liljegren, in the bands DivineFire and Golden Resurrection. Now, finally, he has released his first solo album. This is a bit like Germán picking the best pieces from his former bands, the melodic yet heavy side of Narnia adding a bit of proggy quirkiness from Afterglow, all of it topped with his class A vocals! A New Beginning is a great piece of semi-proggy melodic metal, quite close in style to Swedish colleagues Cloudscape, but still with its own sound and touch. However, fans of the aforementioned should definitely check this out! Besides Germán's excellent vocals, the guitars are handles by the swift handed Martin Hall, the bass by Raphael Dafras and the keyboards are handled by Guilherme Oliviera. Unfortunately the drums are programmed, which gives it a generic sound and stiffness I don't really like. My only complaint I should add. There are some guests that should be noted, such as CJ Grimmark's excellent solo on Face Of The Blind, which Thomas Plec Johansson handles the guitars and great soloing on two tracks, where his neo-classsical sounding lead on Open Your Eyes is a killer. Call For The One has a different, quite energetic touch in the verse, while the bridge and chorus takes it to a heavy edge. Nice blend, indeed. The song material is really solid and consistent and the album is a safe buy for fans of bands like Cloudscape, FullForce or classic Symphony X for that matter. The album, like Narnia, Golden Resurrection and DivineFire carries a pretty devout Christian message. The overall album, minus the very different operatic Canción Con Todos, is maybe a lacking a bit of variation, but it's still a good affair. The programmed drums can be a bit annoying (to a seventies fan like myself), but aside of this – great work!
Janne Stark
Year: 2012
Country: Sweden
Label: Nightmare Records
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Labels: Afterglow, cloudscape, divinefire, metal, mind's eye, Narnia, prog, Swedish metal
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