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The Louisiana Constitution establishes the legislative branch as one of the three coordinate branches of state government. Article III, Section 1(A) vests the legislative power of the state in the legislature, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The legislature is responsible for determining general policy for the state and for the residents of the state through the enactment of laws. The power to enact laws is subject to the substantive and procedural limitations of the federal and state constitutions. Oversight of the actions of the executive in administering state programs is also vested in the legislature. This power, closely related to the power to make laws, is exercised in order to assure that legislative policy and intent are carried out. Review of administrative rules of executive branch agencies by legislative oversight committees is an important exercise of this authority. The legislature and its committees also have the power to gather information and make such investigations as may be needed to enact laws.
Although the executive branch of state government is responsible for the implementation of the constitution and laws, the governor, as the chief executive officer of the state, exercises certain legislative powers. La. Const. Article IV, Sec. 5(B) directs him, at the beginning of each regular session and at other times, to make reports and recommendations and to give information to the legislature concerning the affairs of state, including its complete financial condition. La. Const. Article IV, Sec. 5(D) requires the governor to submit to the legislature an operating budget and a capital budget for each fiscal year. The governor is authorized to call the legislature into special session. Additionally, he may veto any bill or any item in an appropriation bill. The legislature has constitutional power to override a veto by two-thirds of the elected membership of each house.
La. Const. Article III, Sec. 1(B) makes the legislature a continuous body during the time for which its members are elected; however, a bill or resolution not finally passed in any session shall be withdrawn from the files of the legislature. The continuation of authority permits standing committees of the legislature to meet during the interim between sessions.
La. Const. Article III, Sec. 3 provides that the number of members of the legislature shall be provided by law, but establishes a maximum number of senators at 39 and the maximum number of members of the House of Representatives at 105. The distribution of representation in both houses of the legislature is based on population in accordance with state constitutional mandate (La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 6) and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The constitution provides for single-member districts exclusively. The legislature is required to reapportion the representation in each house by the end of the year following the year in which the state's population is reported to the president of the United States for each decennial federal census, on the basis of total population shown by such census.
Legislators are elected for four-year terms and take office on the same day as the governor and other statewide elected officials. To get more information about upcoming elections, visit the Secretary of State's Office - Elections Division.
A vacancy in the legislature can be filled only for the remainder of the term during which the vacancy occurred and only by the electors of the district in which the vacancy occurred (La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 4(D)).
The officers of each house of the legislature are elected at the beginning of each term to serve for four-year terms. The House of Representatives elects from among its members a speaker and speaker pro tempore. It also elects its chief clerical officer, the clerk of the House, who is not a member. The Senate elects its presiding officer, the president of the Senate, from among its membership and also elects a president pro tempore from its membership. It selects its chief clerical officer, the secretary of the Senate, who is not a member. Each house provides for the election of its officers. (La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 7(C)).
The legislature is required to convene in the state capitol in Baton Rouge for regular annual sessions. In even-numbered years, a general session convenes at noon on the second Monday in March to extend for no longer than 60 legislative days during a period of 85 days. In odd-numbered years, a limited jurisdiction session convenes at noon on the second Monday in April for no longer than 45 legislative days during a period of 60 days. The legislature also may convene for extraordinary sessions and for veto sessions. The legislature is required to meet in an organizational session, which cannot exceed three days, on the date its members take office. A special session may be called by the governor or may be convened by the presiding officers of both houses upon a written petition of a majority of the elected members of each house. A special session is limited to the number of days stated in the proclamation, not to exceed 30 days. The power to legislate in a special session is limited to the objects specifically enumerated in the proclamation (La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 2).
A member of the legislature shall be privileged from arrest, except for felony, during his attendance at sessions and committee meetings of his house and while going to and from them. No member shall be questioned elsewhere for any speech in either house (La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 8).
La. Const. Art. III, Sec. 9 provides that legislative office is a public trust, and every effort to realize personal gain through official conduct is a violation of that trust and requires the legislature to enact a code of ethics for public servants (see La. Rev. Stat. 42:1101 et seq.)
The constitution requires that a majority of each house (53 members of the House of Representatives and 20 members of the Senate) shall form a quorum to transact business. A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel attendance of absent members. Each house is required to keep a journal of its proceedings and have it published immediately after the close of each session. The journal of each house is required to accurately reflect the proceedings therein, including all record votes. When the legislature is in session, neither house can adjourn for more than three days or to another place without the consent of the other house.


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I have an MSI Radeon HD 7850 card. MSI provide no Linux support, and the AMD driver gives me an Unsupported Hardware watermark that does not show up in screenshots.
I uninstalled the proprietary driver and found that Unity 3D no longer works, and I really only picked Ubuntu because of the excellent shortcuts provided in the recent versions.
Trying to locate the open source driver has been a pain for me. According to the documentation I have read it is pre-included in Ubuntu 12.04, yet there is no Unity 3D support. I tried using the newest drivers from AMD's website, but that also had the watermark.
Does anyone know how I can get the open source driver? If not, does anyone know how to remove the watermark. I'm on the verge of going back to Windows.


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I am interested in threading a compiled function over multiple argument lists of different lengths.
I will explain this in two steps:
Suppose f is some function. Then one can define another function,
ppost[arg_, context_] := Apply[f[arg, ##] &, context]
which can be used as
In[2]:= ppost[a, {b, c}]
Out[2]= f[a, b, c]
or in a more complex scenario let,
In[3]:= argList = {{a1, b1}, {a2, b2, c2}};
In[4]:= mList = {{m1, n1}, {m2, n2, o2}};
In[5]:= contextList = {mList, y, z}
Out[5]= {{{m1, n1}, {m2, n2, o2}}, y, z}
We can thread the function over the argList and the contextList as follows:
In[6]:= Thread[ppost[argList, contextList]]
Out[6]= {f[{a1, b1}, {m1, n1}, y, z],
f[{a2, b2, c2}, {m2, n2, o2}, y, z]}
The above works, as needed.
Question: I need to do the same when f is a compiled function. As an example,
fc = Compile[{{arg, _Real, 1}, {c1, _Real, 1}, {c2, _Real}, {c3, _Real}},
c3*arg + c2*c1
ppost1[arg_, context_] := Apply[fc[arg, ##] &, context]
In[9]:= nargList = {{1, 2}, {3, 4, 5}} // N;
In[10]:= nmList = {{6, 7}, {8, 9, 10}} // N;
In[11]:= ncontextList = {nmList, 50, 55} // N
Out[11]= {{{6., 7.}, {8., 9., 10.}}, 50., 55.}
In[12]:= ppost1[nargList[[1]], {nmList[[1]], 50, 55}]
Out[12]= {355., 460.}
So far, so good, but then the following does not work properly, and uses the uncompiled version.
In[14]:= Thread[ppost1[nargList, ncontextList]]
During evaluation of
In[14]:= CompiledFunction::cfta: Argument {{1.,2.},{3.,4.,5.}} at position 1
should be a rank 1 tensor of machine-size real numbers. >>
During evaluation of
In[14]:= Thread::tdlen: Objects of unequal length in
{{355.,460.},{565.,670.,775.}} cannot be combined. >>`
Out[14]= {{355., 460.}, {565., 670., 775.}}
So, how can I thread the compiled function over the arguments nargList, ncontextList?


text: 1 Linux Braille Console 2 3To get early boot messages on a braille device (before userspace screen 4readers can start), you first need to compile the support for the usual serial 5console (see serial-console.txt), and for braille device (in Device Drivers - 6Accessibility). 7 8Then you need to specify a console=brl, option on the kernel command line, the 9format is: 10 11 console=brl,serial_options... 12 13where serial_options... are the same as described in serial-console.txt 14 15So for instance you can use console=brl,ttyS0 if the braille device is connected 16to the first serial port, and console=brl,ttyS0,115200 to override the baud rate 17to 115200, etc. 18 19By default, the braille device will just show the last kernel message (console 20mode). To review previous messages, press the Insert key to switch to the VT 21review mode. In review mode, the arrow keys permit to browse in the VT content, 22page up/down keys go at the top/bottom of the screen, and the home key goes back 23to the cursor, hence providing very basic screen reviewing facility. 24 25Sound feedback can be obtained by adding the braille_console.sound=1 kernel 26parameter. 27 28For simplicity, only one braille console can be enabled, other uses of 29console=brl,... will be discarded. Also note that it does not interfere with 30the console selection mechanism described in serial-console.txt 31 32For now, only the VisioBraille device is supported. 33 34Samuel Thibault <email@example.com> 35


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New Hampshire's Mt Washington at 6,288 feet is the tallest peak in the Northeast and famously the home of the "World's Worst Weather". This claim originates from the fact that the Mt Washington Observatory recorded the worlds highest surface wind speed in April 1934, at 231 mph. The mountain is also at the intersection of several important storm tracks from across the country. The combination of wind, cold and precipitation make the mountain one of the most inhospitable, continuously occupied places on earth.
The Mount Washington Observatory is a privately funded, non-profit institution dedicated to education and scientific investigation of weather and climate. The observatory's most notable achievement has been the maintenance of its summit weather station, which has reported conditions on the mountaintop 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for decades.
The observatory is generally closed to the public during the winter months, but there is the opportunity to visit the summit as part of one of their scheduled educational trips. These overnight "Edutrips" allow the experience of dealing with the incredibly harsh weather while learning about a variety of related topics such as winter mountaineering, & meteorology. On March 12-13 I had the opportunity to take part in photography based trip and had a truly unique experience. Ned Therrien, a nature photographer who has a wealth of experience in the mountains, led the workshop. Ned has guided groups to the top of Mt. Washington for over 30 years.
The trip started in the morning with a more than 7 mile ride to the top of the mountain on a snow tractor. The Bombardier tractor not only transports people and supplies but also is involved in the continuous clearing and maintenance of the narrow winding road to the summit. It was a bumpy ride with a potential tumble into oblivion always just a few feet away. In the tractor we were required be dressed for the possibility that , at any time, we might need to pop out and walk back down the mountain in a howling gale. The cabin comfortably accommodated all 8 of us, but I was luck to have the opportunity to ride in the cab with our driver Gus for the first part of the trip.
On this trip we were blessed with unusually beautiful weather, but it didn't seem that way at first. We arrived with the summit in a cloud, more than 20 degrees below zero and winds in the mid 90's – gusting to over 100! Of course this is the stuff we came for but it did make photography about as difficult as can be imagined. Surviving in wind chills of more than 70 degrees below zero is a challenge in itself. The Observatory insists on a very specific list of clothing – many layers and NO COTTON, which looses its insulating effect when damp. No skin can be exposed or risk almost instantaneous frostbite. Surprisingly, with proper clothing, it was possible to move outside without feeling cold, but the real challenge was to stay upright in the wind. Movement in 90 mph winds required short steps from a crouched position, and seriously spiked crampons were an absolute necessity to grip the rock hard ice sheet under foot.
The challenges of photography in these conditions were daunting. First, simply holding a camera was a struggle. Tripods are at best useless and at worst dangerous when they become wind blown missiles. A monopod would have been a real help, but all I could do was hold the camera close to my body and wait for a relative lull in the gale. High ISOs (400-800) were required to allow a shutter speeds fast enough to limit the shake. Framing and focusing was also a struggle. Even with good goggles my glasses fogged up instantly. I eventually had to go without, but still the goggles frosted over in 10-15 minutes. I had to depend completely on auto-focus, at least until the frost obscured my view of the focusing dot. The scene could only be roughly framed since the goggles allowed me to see only a portion of the view finder field at any one time. This is where a live LCD would have been a real advantage. As expected battery life was also an issue in the drastically sub-zero weather. I had two spares kept in an inside pocket for warmth, but I ran through all three batteries in about 45 minutes of shooting. Of course my poor Canon 5d was frozen solid by the time I returned to the welcome warmth of the observatory. I was excited to see what I was able to capture, especially since I couldn't see a thing while I was outside, but I was frustrated by the necessity of bagging my camera for several hours to avoid condensation as it warmed to normal temperature.
Enough whining! This was an incredible experience that I will never forget. Bundled up as if in a space suit, walking on a landscape that appeared more like the moon than earth, it was truly like being on another planet. Of course, on the moon, the wind doesn't blow quite as ferociously! Although we had a tough start the weather progressively improved during our time on the summit. By evening we were treated to a dramatic sunset breaking through the clouds and the next morning dawned crystal clear. During the winter the summit of Mt. Washington enjoys only a few clear days each month– getting a sunset and a sunrise on one overnight trip is almost unheard of. When it was time to leave the summit on the afternoon of the second day the wind had dropped to 40-50 mph with the temperature soaring to a balmy 5 degrees below zero! It felt like Bermuda weather!
I have included a few of the pictures from the trip here but I'm still adding images to my web site: http://www.partridgebrookreflections.com/ and to my Flickr account : http://www.flickr.com/photos/27036710@N05/. Check them out. Despite the weather, the images reflect a peace and clarity that it was hard to fully absorb at the time. To properly appreciate the experience you must view the photographs while imagining the sound of a freight train roaring past about an inch from your ears. The light on the summit had a remarkable brilliance and sparkle that made everything stand out in crisp relief. The sky was noticeably darker at that altitude, making regular unfiltered images appear as if they were shot through a polarizer.
I must talk about the friendliness and hospitality of the staff in the observatory. The weather observers stay on the summit for week-long shifts. Someone is always awake recording hourly observations regardless of the weather. Despite their hectic schedules the staff was always very approachable and excited to talk about their experiences on "the rock". You should ask Ryan to tell you about the night he was blown across the summit by 150 mph winds. The staff and visitors live and work in a small collection of rooms cocooned within the 3 feet of reinforced concrete of the observatory building. During the summer the observatory bustles with a steady stream of visitors but in the winter the place is surprisingly cozy and peaceful. The mattresses in the shared bunkroom were rock hard, but the food was great. Volunteers, who sign up for weeklong shifts, prepare meals on the summit. On our trip, a couple from Massachusetts, provided both great food and a feeling of family warmth.
Overall this was an incredible experience as much for the struggle with the elements as for the unique photographic opportunities. I would highly recommend the observatory's Edutrips. I hope you will be as blessed as we were with spectacular weather.


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Apply some wax to your fingertips and then pull through the ends of your hair in a downward motion to achieve a sculptured look. Pinch clumps of hair in different directions for a messier result.
Using a small amount of wax, work it through the mid-lengths and ends in a downward, pinching motion. For added texture, apply more pinching and more wax.
To finish the look, apply wax to your fingertips, making sure to smooth the wax over all of your fingers, then simply pinch the wax onto the ends of your hair, applying as much or as little as needed.
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Age of Reason, Part First, Section 7
Let him believe this, and he will live more consistently and morally than by any other system; it is by his being taught to contemplate himself as an outlaw, as an outcast, as a beggar, as a mumper, as one thrown, as it were, on a dunghill at an immense distance from his Creator, and who must make his approaches by creeping and cringing to intermediate beings, that he conceives either a contemptuous disregard for everything under the name of religion, or becomes indifferent, or turns what he calls devout. In the latter case, he consumes his life in grief, or the affectation of it; his prayers are reproaches; his humility is ingratitude; he calls himself a worm, and the fertile earth a dunghill; and all the blessings of life by the thankless name of vanities; he despises the choicest gift of God to man, the GIFT OF REASON; and having endeavored to force upon himself the belief of a system against which reason revolts, he ungratefully calls it human reason, as if man could give reason to himself.
Yet, with all this strange appearance of humility and this contempt for human reason, he ventures into the boldest presumptions; he finds fault with everything; his selfishness is never satisfied; his ingratitude is never at an end. He takes on himself to direct the Almighty what to do, even in the government of the universe; he prays dictatorially; when it is sunshine, he prays for rain, and when it is rain, he prays for sunshine; he follows the same idea in everything that he prays for; for what is the amount of all his prayers but an attempt to make the Almighty change his mind, and act otherwise than he does? It is as if he were to say: Thou knowest not so well as I.
But some, perhaps, will say: Are we to have no word of God no revelation? I answer, Yes; there is a word of God; there is a revelation.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE CREATION WE BEHOLD and it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man.
Human language is local and changeable, and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information. The idea that God sent Jesus Christ to publish, as they say, the glad tidings to all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, is consistent only with the ignorance of those who knew nothing of the extent of the world, and who believed, as those world-saviours believed, and continued to believe for several centuries (and that in contradiction to the discoveries of philosophers and the experience of navigators), that the earth was flat like a trencher, and that man might walk to the end of it.
But how was Jesus Christ to make anything known to all nations? He could speak but one language which was Hebrew, and there are in the world several hundred languages. Scarcely any two nations speak the same language, or understand each other; and as to translations, every man who knows anything of languages knows that it is impossible to translate from one language to another, not only without losing a great part of the original, but frequently of mistaking the sense; and besides all this, the art of printing was wholly unknown at the time Christ lived.
It is always necessary that the means that are to accomplish any end be equal to the accomplishment of that end, or the end cannot be accomplished. It is in this that the difference between finite and infinite power and wisdom discovers itself. Man frequently fails in accomplishing his ends, from a natural inability of the power to the purpose, and frequently from the want of wisdom to apply power properly. But it is impossible for infinite power and wisdom to fail as man faileth. The means it useth are always equal to the end; but human language, more especially as there is not an universal language, is incapable of being used as an universal means of unchangeable and uniform information, and therefore it is not the means that God useth in manifesting himself universally to man.
It is only in the CREATION that all our ideas and conceptions of a word of God can unite. The Creation speaketh an universal language, independently of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they may be. It is an ever-existing original, which every man can read. It cannot be forged; it cannot be counterfeited; it cannot be lost; it cannot be altered; it cannot be suppressed. It does not depend upon the will of man whether it shall be published or not; it publishes itself from one end of the earth to the other. It preaches to all nations and to all worlds; and this word of God reveals to man all that is necessary for man to know of God.
Do we want to contemplate his power? We see it in the immensity of the Creation. Do we want to contemplate his wisdom? We see it in the unchangeable order by which the incomprehensible whole is governed! Do we want to contemplate his munificence? We see it in the abundance with which he fills the earth. Do we want to contemplate his mercy? We see it in his not withholding that abundance even from the unthankful. In fine, do we want to know what God is? Search not the book called the Scripture, which any human hand might make, but the Scripture called the Creation.
The only idea man can affix to the name of God is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And incomprehensible and difficult as it is for a man to conceive what a first cause is, he arrives at the belief of it from the tenfold greater difficulty of disbelieving it. It is difficult beyond description to conceive that space can have no end; but it is more difficult to conceive an end. It is difficult beyond the power of man to conceive an eternal duration of what we call time; but it is more impossible to conceive a time when there shall be no time.
In like manner of reasoning, everything we behold carries in itself the internal evidence that it did not make itself Every man is an evidence to himself that he did not make himself; neither could his father make himself, nor his grandfather, nor any of his race; neither could any tree, plant, or animal make itself; and it is the conviction arising from this evidence that carries us on, as it were, by necessity to the belief of a first cause eternally existing, of a nature totally different to any material existence we know of, and by the power of which all things exist; and this first cause man calls God.
It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God. Take away that reason, and he would be incapable of understanding anything; and, in this case, it would be just as consistent to read even the book called the Bible to a horse as to a man. How, then, is it that those people pretend to reject reason?
Almost the only parts in the book called the Bible that convey to us any idea of God, are some chapters in Job and the 19th Psalm; I recollect no other. Those parts are true deistical compositions, for they treat of the Deity through his works. They take the book of Creation as the word of God, they refer to no other book, and all the inferences they make are drawn from that volume.
I insert in this place the 19th Psalm, as paraphrased into English verse by Addison. I recollect not the prose, and where I write this I have not the opportunity of seeing it.
"The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display; And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
"Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
"What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice, or sound, Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice And utter forth a glorious voice, Forever singing, as they shine, THE HAND THAT MADE US IS DIVINE."
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Aharon is taught the method for kindling the menorah. Moshe sanctifies the levi'im to work in the Mishkan. They replace the first-born, who were disqualified after sinning at the golden calf. The levi'im are commanded that after five years of training they are to serve in the Mishkan from ages 30 to 50; afterwards they are to engage in less strenuous work. One year after the Exodus from Egypt, G-d commands Moshe concerning the korban Pesach. Those ineligible for this offering request a remedy, and the mitzvah of Pesach Sheini, allowing a "second chance" to offer the korban Pesach one month later, is detailed. Miraculous clouds that hover near the Mishkan signal when to travel and when to camp. Two silver trumpets summon the princes or the entire nation for announcements. The trumpets also signal travel plans, war or festivals. The order in which the tribes march is specified. Moshe invites his father-in-law, Yitro, to join the Jewish People, but Yitro returns to Midian. At the instigation of the eruv rav the mixed Egyptian multitude who joined the Jewish People in the Exodus some people complain about the manna. Moshe protests that he is unable to govern the nation alone. G-d tells him to select 70 elders, the first Sanhedrin, to assist him, and informs him that the people will be given meat until they will be sickened by it. Two candidates for the group of elders prophesy beyond their mandate, foretelling that Yehoshua instead of Moshe will bring the people to Canaan. Some protest, including Yehoshua, but Moshe is pleased that others have become prophets. G-d sends an incessant supply of quail for those who complained that they lacked meat. A plague punishes those who complained. Miriam tries to make a constructive remark to Aharon which also implies that Moshe is only like other prophets. G-d explains that Moshe's prophecy is superior to that of any other prophet, and punishes Miriam with tzara'at as if she had gossiped about her brother. (Because Miriam is so righteous, she is held to an incredibly high standard.) Moshe prays for her, and the nation waits until she is cured before traveling.
The Top of the Tree
Beryl was a Jewish accountant who had fallen on tough times.
Although the title "Count" forms part of the word "accountant", Beryl's means were far from princely.
Beryl was at his wits' end. Try as he might he could not make ends meet. One day while passing the local zoo he saw a sign that Butch, the famous gorilla, had swung his last, and had passed on to the great gorilla cage in the sky. Butch was by far the zoo's greatest attraction, and the children of the town were very upset by his demise. So much so that until Butch could be replaced, the zoo was looking for a stand-in. They were advertising for someone to dress up in a gorilla suit and sit in Butch's cage.
Beryl read the ad a couple of times; then he heard a distant rumbling. It was his stomach. He hadn't eaten a square meal since last Shabbat. He searched his pockets and they were as empty as his stomach. He couldn't even rustle up couple of dollars for a latte and a cheese Danish. Thrusting his hands into his empty pockets, Beryl entered the zoo.
After an hour or so, the gorilla suit really didn't feel so uncomfortable after all. Beryl sat at the back of the cage, trying to look inconspicuous, when a child threw him a banana. Beryl looked at the banana and heard that distant rumbling again. He loped over to the banana, picked it up, and with a quiet blessing ate the banana with somewhat more delicacy than the previous inhabitant of the cage. The child threw him another banana.
After four bananas, Beryl started to feel a little fuller, picked up the fifth banana, and threw it back to the child. The child loved this and lobbed it back to Beryl. Beryl threw it back again and climbed on to a low branch. Beryl started to really get into the part, and climbed higher and higher up the tree until, forgetting that he was a middle-aged Jewish accountant in a gorilla suit, Beryl climbed right up to the top of the tree, lost his footing and plummeted into the neighboring cage. He hit the ground with an enormous thump, and found himself face to face with the lion.
"Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokenu, Hashem Echad…" screamed Beryl at the top of his voice.
Equally terrified, the lion screamed back, "Baruch Shem Kavod Malchuto L'olam Va'ed!"
At which the point, the bear in the next cage shouted, "If you guys don't keep your voices down, we're all going to get fired!"
When you climb too high in life, you can find yourself back down to earth with a bump.
"And the man Moshe was extremely humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth."
Humility has a bad rep in the literature of the world. I well remember reading Dickens' description of Uriah Heep in David Copperfield. The unctuous wringing of the hands and the obsequious fawning to win approval stuck in my schoolboy's mind as being synonymous with humility.
Because someone is humble doesn't mean he or she has to be pushover. Moshe was not afraid to stand up to Pharaoh, the greatest living king of the time, nor was he shy about giving rebuke to the entire Jewish people when needed. His humility did not deter him from doing what was unpopular or dangerous when the need arose. Moshe was the most humble man who ever lived because he understood, as no human before or since, that there is no privilege without responsibility. G-d had favored him above all other men and made him equal to the entire Jewish People.
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The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it's disgraceful.
– Arnold Seymour Relman (1923-2014), Harvard Professor of Medicine and Former Editor-in-Chief of the New England Medical Journal (source)(source)
There is a reason why the most widely accessed article in the history of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) is entitled, Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. In the report, researchers stated that most current published research findings are false, and this was more than 10 years.
Dr. Peter Gotzsche, co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration (the world's most foremost body in assessing medical evidence), hopes to make clear this very problem. He is currently working to inform the world about the dangers associated with several pharmaceutical grade drugs. Based on his research, he estimates that 100,000 people in the United States alone die each year from the side-effects of correctly used prescription drugs, noting that "it's remarkable that nobody raises an eyebrow when we kill so many of our own citizens with drugs." He published a paper last year in the Lancet arguing that our use of antidepressants is causing more harm than good, and taking into consideration the recent leaks regarding antidepressant drugs, it seems he is correct.
The most recent example of this kind of corruption in relation to antidepressants comes from a study that was published last week in the British Medical Journal by researchers at the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen. The study showed that pharmaceutical companies were not disclosing all information regarding the results of their drug trials:
[This study] confirms that the full degree of harm of antidepressants is not reported. They are not reported in the published literature, we know that – and it appears that they are not properly reported in clinical study reports that go to the regulators and from the basis of decisions about licensing. (source)
Researchers looked at documents from 70 different double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) and found that the full extent of serious harm in clinical study reports went unreported. These are the reports sent to major health authorities like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Tamang Sharma, a PhD student at Cochrane and lead author of the study, said:
We found that a lot of the appendices were often only available upon request to the authorities, and the authorities had never requested them. I'm actually kind of scared about how bad the actual situation would be if we had the complete data. (source)
This is not the first time that pharmaceutical companies have been caught manipulating science in order to get antidepressants onto the shelves. It was only a couple of months ago that an independent review found that the commonly prescribed antidepressant drug Paxil (paroxetine) is not safe for teenagers, even though a large amount of literature had already suggested this previously. The 2001 drug trial that took place, funded by GlaxoSmithKline, found that these drugs were completely safe, and used that 'science' to market Paxil as safe for teenagers.
Gotzche's two main areas of focus are antidepressants and "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory" painkillers like ibuprofen, tylenol, celecoxib, and diclofenac. Another is Vioxx, which was actually withdrawn after it was discovered that it caused more than 100,000 cases of serious heart disease in the United States during the five years that it was on the market.
According to Gotzche, these deaths are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the failure of the drug regulatory process to protect patients:
These terms for our drugs are invented by the drug industry. They had a huge financial interest in calling these things anti-inflammatory. It lured doctors into believing that these drugs somehow also had an effect on the disease process and reduced the joint damage.
In his paper he also notes that antidepressants have replaced drugs that were found to be harmful, like Valium and Xanax, but are just as addictive and their side effects just as dangerous.
According to Professor Gotzsche, here's a list of things you want to avoid:
- Antidepressants for all, because they probably don't work for severe cases of depression
- All brain-active drugs in children
- Anti-psychotics and other brain-active drugs for the elderly. Psychotropic drugs should be used as little as possible and mostly in very acute situations, as they are very harmful when used long term
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used for arthritis, muscle pain and headaches, including over-the-counter, low dose ibuprofen. These drugs should be used as little as possible
- Mammography screening, as it doesn't prolong life whereas it makes many healthy women ill through over diagnosis and leads to the premature death for some because radiotherapy and chemotherapy increases mortality when used for harmless cancers detected at screening.
- Drugs for urinary incontinence, as they very likely don't work
"The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness." – Dr. Richard Horton, the current Editor-In-Chief of the Lancet (source)
Here is a great video that I share in most of my articles that have to do with this topic. It's a clip of Dr. Peter Rost, a former vice president of Pfizer and a whistleblower of the pharmaceutical industry. Author of "The Whistleblower, Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman," Rost is an insider expert on big pharma marketing.
Source: by Arjun Walia
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A New Perspective on Schroeder
If you thought you were well acquainted with the work of beloved painter Howard Schroeder, take another look. Opening at Rehoboth Art League on Jan. 27 is "The Other Side of Howard Schroeder," an exhibit of works from the collections of his five children and other family members. The late painter, of Lewes, worked in many styles with many mediums. His subject matter ranged from landscapes to human subjects and beyond. Schroeder could do it all, and he did, mostly in search of new ways to express himself, often by playing with new perspectives and techniques. "The Other Side" surveys his vast output, displaying paintings, watercolors, pastel works and drawings of one of the area's—and Rehoboth Art League's—most important artists. An opening reception will be held Jan. 27 from 5 p.m. till 7 p.m. The exhibition will end March 4. 227-8408, rehobothartleague.org
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We are great fans of Coastal Concerts for bringing top classical talent to the beaches. Jan. 28 sees the return of cellist Clancy Newman, an audience fave on his previous visit to Lewes. CC calls him a "young artist with ferocious technical ability, impeccable tonal mastery and passionate commitment." Newman is winner of the 2001 Walter W. Naumburg International Competition and a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004. He currently performs as part of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio. See him at Bethel United Methodist Church with guest Noreen Cassidy-Polera, a Juilliard-trained pianist who has worked with the likes of Yo-Yo Ma. It should be quite a show. (888) 212-6458, coastalconcerts.org
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First, the drama. In a period of war, "Time Stands Still" is a timely tale. See what happens when life suddenly changes for two journalists working in harsh conditions overseas. It plays at Delaware Theatre Company Jan. 18-Feb. 5. (594-1104, delawaretheatre.org) Second, the comedy. Find out how a small Irish community really feels about Cripple Billy when he auditions for a Hollywood director in "The Cripple of Inishmaan" Jan. 26-Feb. 12 at Roselle Center for the Arts at the University of Delaware. It's funny and touching. 831-2201, rep.udel.edu
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In the gripping "Parade," Leo Frank finds himself accused of murder and doomed to pay the ultimate price for it, thanks to corruption and sensationalized reporting. Can his wife or governor save him? The drama, based on a true story, won two Tonys in 1999. Find out why at Wilmington Drama League Jan. 27-Feb. 11. 764-3396, wilmingtondramaleague.org
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Here's to the New Candlelight Theater for the Delaware premiere of "Miss Saigon." The drama tells the story of U.S. soldier Chris and his love for native Kim in Vietnam during the war, as based on "Madame Butterfly." The play runs Jan. 27-March 11. Don't forget: dinner comes with the show. 475-2313, nctstage.org
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The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air balloon carrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it burst in a flash of flame and then plummeted about 1,000 feet to earth. A farmer watched helplessly as tourists trying to escape the blazing gondola leaped to their deaths.
Nineteen people were killed Tuesday in what appeared to be the deadliest hot air ballooning accident on record. A British tourist and the Egyptian pilot, who was badly burned, were the sole survivors.
The tragedy raised worries of another blow to the nation's vital tourism industry, decimated by two years of unrest since the 2011 revolution that toppled autocratHosni Mubarak. The southern city of Luxor has been hit hard, with vacant hotel rooms and empty cruise ships.
It also prompted accusations that authorities have let safety standards decline amid the political turmoil and infighting, although civil aviation officials said the balloon had been inspected recently and that the pilot may have been to blame, jumping out rather than stopping the fire.
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Ethics should be the focus of corporate culture
Governance can be a far-reaching tool for contributing to growth or change of direction, but over regulation remains a concern, according to participants at a debate hosted by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in Brussels.
The main drivers of individuals' and groups' behaviour in organisations were debated at the two-hour high-level ACCA roundtable as part of a one-year international research project called Channelling Corporate Behaviour.
Having a healthy corporate culture, with particular focus on ethics, should be seen as a necessity; but it poses a huge challenge for both businesses and regulators, said the roundtable participants.
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By Patrick Hatch, David Wroe and Judith Ireland
A Tamil asylum seeker on a bridging visa has died with burns to 90 per cent of his body after apparently dousing himself in petrol and setting himself on fire in Geelong.
A spokesman for the Tamil Refugee Council said 29-year-old Leo Seemanpillai feared being sent back to Sri Lanka. Mr Seemanpillai arrived in Darwin by boat in January 2013 and was first granted a bridging visa last May.
He was taken to The Alfred hospital on Saturday before dying of his injuries overnight.
Tamil Refugee Council spokesman Aran Mylvaganam said he had known Mr Seemanpillai for 13 months, and was at his bedside on Saturday night. He said both his parents lived in a refugee camp in India, and were in shock over their son's death.
''He feared for his life if he was returned to Sri Lanka,'' Mr Mylvaganam said. ''His housemates have told me he repeatedly talked about being sent back, he was quite worried about it.''
Trevor Grant, a convener at the Tamil Refugee Council, said: ''He knew if he was sent back he'd face persecution from the military.''
Mr Grant said Mr Seemanpillai suffered depression after fleeing Sri Lanka about five years ago and living in a refugee camp in India.
''He's been in limbo ever since he got here in terms of his visa situation, and this coupled with his depression and fear of being sent back,'' Mr Grant said.
''As late as Friday … he'd actually been in quite good spirits, according to people I've been talking to today, but within 24 hours he'd lapsed back (into depression).''
Mr Grant said he believed Mr Seemanpillai had a soft drink bottle full of petrol which he poured over himself and set himself alight.
Mr Mylvaganam said that Mr Seemanpillai had previously expressed his wish to be an organ donor, and his liver, an eye, both kidneys and a lung were removed for donation.
''We were in communication with the family last night and they wanted his organs to be donated, and as a result five people have benefited,'' he said.
Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said paramedics were called to West Fyans Street in the Geelong suburb of Newtown at 11.38 on Saturday morning.
Mr Mullen said the man was doused in petrol, which had been ignited, causing ''full thickness'' burns to nearly 100 per cent of his body.
A Victoria Police spokesman said: ''At this stage we believe the injuries were self-inflicted.''
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the government was working with the hospital to make funeral arrangements. ''I and the department and the government extend our deepest sympathies to his family and to his friends who are here in Australia,'' he said.
The tragedy came as Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said an 18-year-old asylum-seeker had tried to kill himself on Christmas Island and several dozen detainees on the island remained on a hunger strike.
''This is the tragic, human consequence of the government's cruel refugee policy,'' Senator Hanson-Young said. ''A young man came to Australia, asking for our help, and we are failing him.''
For help or information call Suicide Helpline Victoria on 1300 651 251 or Lifeline on 131 114, or visit beyondblue.org.au
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Mr Seemanpillai's organs were removed prior to death.


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A SIMPLE rock wall constructed as an experiment has produced amazing results in preventing further leakage into the sea of a disused Port Fairy rubbish tip.
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It withstood the battering from huge storm swells whipped up by gale-force winds on June 24 and stopped fierce erosion of the dune which acts as a fragile barrier to old rubbish piles.
In fact, the 200-metre wall built with local bluestone boulders produced a metre-high build-up of the beach level, according to monitoring data collected on Sunday.
"The results are phenomenal — no one expected it to work so well," said Moyne Shire engineer Ebony Perrin, who heads an environmental services team.
"These were some of the largest seas in recent memory.
"It was a big risk and really controversial, but it worked."
"Last year, the dune was receding at the rate of a metre a month and rubbish was leaking into the sea."
Ms Perrin said the shire and Department of Environment and Primary Industry had been experimenting with various types of erosion control including matting and mesh fences further along East Beach ,which she regarded as one of the most challenging tasks in coastal Victoria. The shire received state funding to construct a low-budget rock wall called a wave-energy dissipation structure (WED) adjacent to the old tip.
"It was designed by a coastal engineer and built by an experienced contractor using a small budget with shire and state government money," Ms Perrin said.
"We were shocked to see data from this month's monitoring conducted by volunteers.
"At all other monitoring posts along the beach there was a sand loss.
"Data suggests that erosion of the dune toe might have been in the order of three metres had the WED structure not been in place.
"Our Port Fairy Coastal Group volunteers have done a remarkable job in monitoring the erosion."
Ms Perrin said the preliminary results indicated the wall would need to be extended if more of the lower beach was to be saved.
Meanwhile, the shire is awaiting government approval to renew a 92-metre section of the main beach rock wall extending north from the toilet block.
"A long-term solution will cost millions of dollars. The shire doesn't have that much money," he said.
"It costs $2000 a metre to build a proper wall with foundations below sea level."
Next month, Ms Perrin will travel to Canada, the US and UK on a scholarship to glean ideas on how other nations tackle erosion caused by sea level rises and climate change.
She is among five recipients of the Municipal Engineers Foundation scholarship which will require her to produce a summary report which will apply to all Victorian coastal areas.
"We will be studying how other countries tackle the challenges of climate change," she said.


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-Ken Wilber- |
-Marc Batz- "America is something different from whatever evils its power structures have imposed on it. Imperfect people come and go, but under all of them is this river of America that the idealistic Founding Fathers so brilliantly conceptualized. They, too, were flawed humans, but this spirit of the United States is something else again. The flags waving are for that, not for George Bush. We are one, beyond where our leadership steers us. Thank God. We are a hope of the world. Maybe, thanks to this tragedy. we will achieve our promise. Let's pray for that." -Suzanne Taylor, Founder of Mighty Companions-
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These times are dangerously out of balance. Exploitation has supplanted
interest in the common good. What can be done to bring about a more
life-sustaining perception, grounded in an awareness that we are one?
-Nisargadatta- "Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour, Rains from the sky a meteoric shower Of facts...they lie unquestioned, uncombined. Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill Is daily spun, but there exists no loom To weave it into fabric..." -Edna St. Vincent Millay- "A coalition already exists in spirit. It is coming together now in the social context by the attraction of its unconventional intelligence and compassionate form of high-mindedness. This natural coalition is drawn together by the recognition that the elevation of consciousness is our fundamental life work. This is a genuinely democratic, self-organizing force, flowing through persons of all descriptions. This force does not flourish as any highly structured form. It is not an institution or a foundation or a non-profit company or anything conventionally named. This coalition is a living organism -- natural, wild, free. It is made up of individuals devoted to serving the world and developing themselves as finely tuned instruments of service. They learn to gather in the energy of will-to-good, from which authentic goodwill flows out subtly to the entire world." -Lex Hixon- |
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South Carolina Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Like most other states, South Carolina historical and genealogical organizations publish excellent periodicals including South Carolina Historical Magazine (Charleston, S.C.: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-present), Carolina Herald (Greenville, S.C.: Carolina Genealogical Society, 1974-present). See 'Index of the Carolina Herald Online' and Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina (Charleston, S.C.: The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 1888-present). Two important private publications are The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research (Columbia, S.C.: Brent Howard Holcomb, 1973-present) and Carolina Genealogist (Danielsville, Ga.: Mary B. Warren, 1969'84). The South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the The Family History Library (FHL) have these and other periodicals pertaining to South Carolina genealogy.
South Carolina's newspaper history began with the publication of the first issue of the South Carolina Gazette in 1732. The largest collection of South Carolina newspapers is found at the South Caroliniana Library; the Charleston Library Society and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History have slightly smaller collections (see South Carolina Archives, Libraries, and Societies for addresses). See a complete list of newspapers at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History online. See also John H. Moore, South Carolina Newspapers (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1988).
Newspapers are an important source of South Carolina vital records because marriage and death notices appeared in most newspapers. Newspaper extracts have been regularly published in The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research and South Carolina Historical Magazine (see Periodicals above). Dozens of published books of newspaper extracts are available. A bibliography is found in George K. Schweitzer, South Carolina Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tenn.: the author, 1985): 114-19.
There are two major manuscript collections of South Carolina genealogical material. Leonardo Andrea compiled a vast collection of research notes tracing families during their residence in South Carolina as well as tracking them back to earlier residences and forward as they migrated south and west. The Leonardo Andrea Collection is available on microfilm at the FHL. Motte Alston Read collected information on colonial South Carolina families from court records, deeds, church records, newspapers, and other sources. The Motte Alston Read Collection is housed at the South Carolina Historical Society and is available on microfilm at the FHL.
The largest collection of South Carolina manuscripts is housed at the South Caroliniana Library of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The Manuscript Division holds over 1.3 million manuscripts, including church records, letters, Bible records, and numerous other public and private records. A short list of finding aids to the manuscript collection appears online at www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/findaids.html with instructions to contact the library for information not available online. See Allen H. Stokes, Jr., comp., A Guide to the Manuscript Collection of the South Caroliniana Library (Columbia, S.C.: South Caroliniana Library, 1982).


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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Source - http://phys.org/news/2014-04-chickens-chili-peppers-scientists-genetic.html
Smithsonian archaeologist, Dolores Piperno, measures a teosinte plant growing under past climate conditions. Credit: Sean Mattson, STRISuddenly there was a word for chili peppers. Information about archaeological remains of ancient chili peppers in Mexico along with a study of the appearance of words for chili peppers in ancient dialects helped researchers to understand where jalapeños were domesticated and highlight the value of multi-proxy data analysis. Their results are from one (Kraig Kraft et al.) of nine papers presented in a special feature issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on plant and animal domestication edited by Dolores Piperno, staff scientist emerita at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Curator of South American Archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History and Greger Larson of Durham University in England.
Humans evolved about 200,000 years ago. We spent 95 percent of human history as hunter-gatherers. Why did agriculture begin to emerge in human cultures about 12,000 years ago? Was it the result of a prime mover: divine inspiration, environmental change or population growth? What cultural and natural processes led to the domesticated species that supply most of the world's foods today? The complexity of these questions requires multidisciplinary research. Bringing together scientists from a wide range of disciplines involved in domestication studies, Larson and Piperno organized a meeting funded and hosted by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Centre in 2011. The PNAS special feature is a result of the meeting.
"Having archaeologists and geneticists talking to and collaborating with each other and a suite of new techniques to play with is radically changing the way we think about domestication," said Piperno.
The overview paper (Larson and Piperno et al.) that introduces the special issue emphasizes the need to use both archaeological and genetic evidence to sort out the unique processes of domestication that occurred at about the same time around the world from "predomestication cultivation"—plants cultivated over many generations that still have features of wild plants—and the presence of animals in association with humans to truly domesticated organisms that exhibit very specific traits like large seeds, bigger flowers, reduction in physical and chemical defenses in plants and altered coat color, floppy ears and baby faces (facial neotony) in animals.
Papers in the special feature cover both older and more recent issues in the study of domestication. New genetic screening techniques and the ability to sequence DNA from ancient specimens led Greger Larson and his group at Durham University (Linus Flink et al.) to caution that using modern genetic data alone to guess which genes may have been involved in domestication origins may be misleading. They compared DNA from 80 chickens excavated from 12 different archaeological sites in Europe dated from 280 BC to the 18th Century to modern chicken DNA. Sequencing revealed that yellow-skinned chickens were probably not common early in the domestication process. Their work suggests that yellow skin became the norm only about 500 years ago, probably as a result of global commerce.
Addressing a long-debated question—why hunters and gatherers became farmers—Gremillion, Barton, and Piperno review theories and explanations for agricultural origins, making the case that evolutionary approaches are essential because they offer coherent, empirically testable reconstructions of human behavior.
The authors of the overview paper (Larson and Piperno et al.) expect more exciting results as researchers from around the world and from many disciplines work together to nail down the environmental and ecological contexts of domestication and the shift from hunting and gathering to cultivation and herding. As they say in the paper abstract: "It is difficult to overstate the cultural and biological impacts that the domestication of plants and animals has had on our species. … the next decade will yield even more substantial insights not only into how domestication took place, but also when and where it did, and where and why it did not."


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Nippon Hoso Kyokai
The challenge
Our cultural and natural heritage are irreplaceable sources of life as well as sources of inspiration for present and future generations. Reaching the largest public possible is key to promoting World Heritage values and preserving our heritage.
The response
As a public broadcaster NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation in English) focuses on promoting the understanding of preserving our invaluable World Heritage while also intensively featuring various environmental issues in its programs and events. Since 2003, a partnership between NHK and UNESCO's World Heritage Centre has produced a series of documentaries on World Heritage, aimed at the creation of a video database "Heritage Images Archives Initiative," available to the public through the World Heritage Centre's website.
Activities on the ground
NHK and the World Heritage Centre have cooperated since 2003 to develop the Heritage Images Archives Initiative, an on-line database of high-definition format images of World Heritage sites. Through the partnership, NHK has co-produced a series of over 600 digital high-definition television documentaries.
About NHK
NHK is the only public broadcaster in Japan, funded by TV license fees. Domestically, it operates four television and three radio channels and provides international services such as NHK World TV. NHK has a global network of 30 overseas offices and produces a wide variety of high quality programs, including news, documentaries, and dramas – delivering them to viewers at home and around the world. NHK considers environment-friendly management for sustainable development as an integral part of its policy and has been making continuous efforts to reduce its waste and CO2 emissions through effective recycling, power-saving programs, and by installing in-house solar and water power systems.


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I'm on my way to Bosnia again, on family business - though, being a workaholic, I fully intend to do some investigative analysis once there.
Right this moment, I'm sitting on the floor in the corner of the departure lounge of the Vienna Airport, the only place where one can find a free electrical outlet. Most people toting laptops keep them on for an hour or so at most. I have a three-hour layover. I'll be damned if I spend it watching the battery indicator.
I would have been outraged at this obvious oversight on part of the airport management, had I not learned better on my frequent trips to the Old Continent; thanks to their advanced cell phone networks, Europeans tend to use their mobile phones the way Americans use laptops. Besides, at least they do have free Wi-Fi. At the Dulles Airport in Washington, I was barely able to register a signal - for a pay-per-use T-Mobile network, ironically operated by Germans.
Flying in this day and age includes a set of humiliating "security" rituals one has to subject himself to in order to enter a departure concourse. Ever since the idiotic Richard Reed tried to set his shoes on fire, people are made to pad through the security checkpoints barefoot. We never did find out whether Reed's shoes were actually explosive or not. The shoeless requirement has recently been joined by the liquids restriction (3 oz. in the U.S., 100 ml in the E.U.), resulting from an alleged terror plot from this summer.
A thought occurred to me, seeing all the signs and warnings about the danger of toiletries. In order to keep winning, the jihadists don't have to carry out a single successful terrorist attack. Or even bother to try. All it takes is to feed some misinformation about theoretical plots using far-fetched and, frankly, ludicrous methods. Obsessed with "security," the Empire would obligingly react in the predictably paranoid fashion.
I can just imagine some two-bit jihadist "confessing" under torture the existence of "underwear bombs," and the resulting strip-searches of air travelers. Maybe the government "security" bureaucracies would start requiring all passengers to change into hospital gowns and disposable slippers, duly stocked at specialized concessions stores at airports (provided by Halliburton on a no-bid contract, perhaps?). Opportunities for humiliation are endless. The jihadist scum can just sit back and cackle at the stupid, gullible kuffar. Which they probably do already, come to think of it.
I'm all for actual security, but government bureaucracies are institutionally incapable of providing it. The sorry sight of shoeless travelers and baggies filled with toothpaste, lotions and perfume is demonstration enough.


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What you need
¾ yard cotton fabric
12 inches coiled poly boning
Cutting Instructions
1. Trim each cut edge to make them straight with the grain. An easy way to straighten the edge is to take a snip through the selvage and rip it. Cotton quilting fabrics always tear straight with the grain.
2. Trim off the selvage edges (selvages wash differently and will make your hem wonky if you leave it on.)
3. Cut a 6 inch by ¾ yard width off one selvage side of the fabric. Save this piece for the neck strap.
Sewing Instructions
Making the neck strap:
4. Press the 6 inch strip in half lengthwise (making a 3 inch wide strip.) Open out and press the raw edges to the center. Press in half again. Your strip should now be 4 thicknesses and 1 ½ inches wide.
5. Stitch close to the edge down each side of the strap. Set aside.
Hemming the Body
6. On the bottom 3 sides of the cover, press under ¼ of an inch twice. Top stitch close to the edge.
7. On the top side press under ¼ of an inch and then ½ an inch.
8. Find the center and pin 6 inches on either side of the center.
9. Pin the neck strap piece in place tucking the raw edges under the hem. The outside edge of the strap should be on the pin. Try it on to adjust length of the neck strap. You want it long enough to get it over your head easily, but short enough that you are covered while nursing.
10. Top stitch the 12 inch section close to the edge, double stitching over the neck strap sections. Stitch across one end near the strap as a stop line for the boning.
Adding the Boning
There are many different types of boning available. The boning used for this project is made from polypropylene and sold by the yard covered in white cotton casing. This boning has a natural curve in it from being coiled on the spool that can be ironed straight for building corsets. The curve is perfect for this project so we will leave it as it is. You can slip the plastic boning from the casing it came from or stitch the casing ends shut for this project.
11. Slide the 12 inch piece of boning into the casing just made making sure the natural curve will hold the fabric away from you when you have it on. Stitch on the open side of the boning to hold it in place.
12. Finish hemming both sides of the top of the cover. All done!
Add a corner pocket
This pocket is great for nursing pads. Cut a 4 inch square of fabric and fold it diagonally to make a square. Tuck it under the corner of your hem in step 6. You can make it out of flannel or terry cloth for an absorbent wipe for milk drips.
Make it reversible
1. Use a second ¾ yard piece of fabric and make as for steps 1-5. Place the two fabrics right sides together with the neck strap sandwiched between and pinned at 6 inches from the center on either side. Leave a gap for turning as shown.
2. Turn right side out and press. Stitch a 3/8 inch casing for the boning.
3. Stitch the end of the boning in place and slip stitch the turning opening closed. Top stitch around the bottom 3 sides of the covering. All Done!
Piece the Front
Cut the top piece 20 inches by 36 inches wide and the bottom section 8 inches by 36 inches wide. Sew them right sides together and serge or use a French seam. Stitch a ribbon over the seam if desired.
There are lots of possible variations for the nursing cover. Use your scraps and your imagination!