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Clintons evoke questions about campaign protocol
Regarding Andy Zelleke's Jan. 25 Opinion piece, "Chill, Bill": Chill? I hope he's just getting warmed up!
Politicians running for public office have learned, often the hard way, the deadly risks of not responding promptly to negative personal attacks or gross misstating of facts. For recent examples, talk to Michael Dukakis and John Kerry about the perils of "playing nice."
The fact that Bill took off what could be called his "statesman emeritus" robes long enough to defend his wife, political partner, and lifelong soul mate should be commended, not reprimanded.
Seamus Boylson
Fremont, Calif.
Regarding Andy Zelleke's recent Opinion piece about President Clinton's involvement in Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign: While I thought the article was well written and insightful, it dismayed me that Mr. Zelleke has seemingly come to accept that "those seeking high office" routinely "employ the tactics of distortion and innuendo." That the greater part of our country's populace has acquiesced to this fact is an even more disconcerting assumption.
Lowering our expectations to meet the inappropriate behavior of those wishing to lead us is an exercise in social contradiction.
We are, as citizens, responsible for the ways in which we allow the political process to play out. If we demand honesty and fairness (basic values held by us all), and are willing to withhold our votes from those who fail to represent those values, we will have leaders that we can collectively respect, if not agree with politically.
Failing to hold this standard, we will be effectively asking to be misled and should not blame our politicians when they do so.
Derrick Kooistra
Dorr, Mich.
Regarding Mr. Zelleke's recent Opinion piece on Bill Clinton: Sen. Barack Obama is right in wondering whom he is running against, Hillary Clinton, her husband, or both.
I voted for Mr. Clinton in 1992 and 1996, but I am displeased with his negativity against Sen. Obama. If Clinton is going to campaign for Hillary, he should just be telling us why she should be president. What Clinton is doing to Mr. Obama sounds a lot like the "politics of personal destruction" that he felt bombarded him during his impeachment and of which he was very critical.
I agree that if Clinton keeps on attacking Obama, he not only runs the risk of harming Hillary's campaign more than helping it, but he also diminishes his stature and hurts the Democratic Party.
Paul L. Whiteley, Sr.
Louisville, Ky.
The need to slow population growth
In response to the Jan. 24 article "Nationwide 'teach-in' for climate change": Let's hope the universities will be scientifically honest. If they are, they must tell the students that the important efforts that are being promoted by "Focus the Nation" are not enough. Even if they are successful in reducing the per capita environmental footprint by as much as half, growth in population would negate that gain in about 70 years, as the population of the United States is growing by more than 1 percent annually.
The problem is growth. Unlimited growth is not possible in a world of limited resources, yet we measure our success by how much the economy is growing. We must find a way to stop growing in terms of demands made on the planet – a very big order for the next generation.
Eugene W. Peterson
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Youth is no detriment in public office
Regarding William Klein's Jan. 22 Opinion piece, "More partisanship, please," in which he writes that Bill Clinton in 1992 gave White House jobs to too many young people: I fervently hope that our new president in 2009 would not overlook the intelligence of someone like the youthful James Madison, who in 1787 (at age 36) helped forge the new US Constitution, and, in order to defend it, began collaboration on the Federalist Papers.
I hope our new president would not pass over the abilities of a person such as Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at age 33.
These young men were just at the beginnings of long and distinguished years of public service.
Joland Mohr
Cottonwood, Minn.
Harmful effects of sonar navigation
In response to the Jan. 25 article "Navy resumes use of sonar off California": I write to share my experience of being "pinged" by warship sonar while underwater. As a leisure scuba diver I had the misfortune to be in the water, probably a mile away, from a harbor where a warship was leaving port. The sound of the sonar was like a jackhammer.
Imagine the effect on whales or dolphins, which both have highly developed audio and sonar sensory functionality. Take into account that sound travels for miles underwater and that you cannot escape it. Subject them to that noise for hours and days on end with no escape and that explains why they do desperate things like beach themselves.
There should be honest dialogue coming from the government and Navy about what is really going on in the oceans. No one is suggesting our ships should go out blind in times of war, but let's all understand the real costs of naval exercises.
Darryl Franklin
Los Angeles, Calif.
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After you add funds, you can use your Apple ID balance to make purchases in the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books, and for iCloud Storage. The balance is used for each purchase that you make until there isn't any balance left.
Apple ID balance isn't available in all countries or regions. Find out if Apple ID balance from adding funds or redeeming gift cards (or both) is available in your country or region.
On an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.
- Tap your Apple ID, then tap View Apple ID. You might be asked to sign in with your Apple ID. Learn how to create an Apple ID if you don't have one.
- If you have a balance, you'll see it above "Add Funds to Apple ID."
On your Mac or PC
- Open iTunes. If you're not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID.
- At the top of the iTunes window, click Store.
- If you have a balance, you'll see it below the search field.
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- If you use Family Sharing, any funds that you add to your Apple ID balance are available only to you. Your Apple ID balance isn't shared with other family members.
- Your balance is available in the iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books. If you don't think the amount of balance available to you is correct, check your purchase history to see if some of the balance was used for a purchase. If you still don't think the balance is correct, sign out of the iTunes Store and App Store on all of your devices and then sign back in.
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Speaks Dutch fluently.
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Los Angeles, California, USA
Get a quick look at the the week's trailers, including Villains, Countdown, Like a Boss, and more.
Join us Sunday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for IMDb LIVE After the Emmys, with exclusive interviews, and more. Plus, see what IMDb editors are watching this month.


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Solar Power For Your Online Business
wi fi and utilities included. But for the many people who live in homes, apartments or any where else where they need to foot the bill, reducing energy costs is crucial. Solar power is one solution worth considering. Solar power is very popular with many start ups out on the west coast, where the desert sun gives people an amazing amount of energy. Generally the power is stored in some kind of grounded battery or is given over to the utility company for x amount of dollars. But many people just have small portable panels just good enough to keep the computer powered. They can work with all of the lights off. This is really a generator grade system, where people just need some ready energy. One issue with energy is getting a constant flow. For example some computers crash without total energy saturation. While others do well where the grid is not as powerful.
Some solar companies that I found on Google:
1. Solar Power Inc.
2. Solar Sphere
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Patricia Sue Champion-Silsby of Blountstown, Florida, born January 12, 1969, went to be with our Lord on July 15, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She was proceeded in death by her grandparents, Myrtle and James Darnell, of Alma Arkansas, Harvey Champion and Ernest Adkins Sr., Janie and Albert Kearce, Jr., all of Blountstown, Milton Ingram of Portland, Oregon, and Dorothy Burgess of Madras, Oregon.
Survivors include her husband, Charles D. Champion-Silsby, Sr.; four sons, Charles D. Silsby II, Kyle M. Silsby, and Colwynn E. Silsby, all of Ralston, Oklahoma, and Brett Silsby of Tulsa, Oklahoma; three daughters, Crystal Hill and her husband of Waldron, Arkansas, Beth and Brooke Silsby, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma; grandmother, LaVada Adkins of Blountstown; father, Troy Carlton Champion, Sr., and stepmother, Sue Ellen Champion, of Blountstown; mother, Susan Ingram, and stepfather, Scott Ingram, of Alama, Arkansas.
Survivors also include six brothers, Troy Carlton Champion, Jr. and James Timothy Champion of Blountstown, Bobby Salinas and his wife, Selene, of San Antonio, Texas, Jimmy and his wife, Latricia Griffin, of Mountainburg, Arkansas, and Ralph and his wife, Christie Hurt, of Norman, Oklahoma, Michael Irwin of New Buffalo, Michigan; nine sisters, Elaine Fazendin and her husband, Rob, of New Castle,Wyoming, Becky Waid and her husband, John, of Alma Arkansas, Twila Henderson of Beverly Hills, Florida, Ashley Champion, Karen Schwendeman, Erin Schwendeman and Michelle Lynn Ellis, all of Blountstown, Jessica Champion of Eufaula, Alabama, and Jessica Salinas of Panama City, Florida; 10 grandchildren and many aunts, uncles and nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
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The mission of the environmental studies program is to cultivate stewardship of God's world as a lifestyle and a profession by enabling the campus community to develop a deeper understanding of creation, and by encouraging each person to join with our heavenly Father in the task of maintaining and restoring the earth's beauty and diversity.
Biblical Foundations
Environmental studies at Dordt College is founded upon the truth that the earth is the Lord's (Ps. 24:1). He created it (Gen. 1:1), declares it good (Gen. 1:31), knows it intimately (Job 38-41), lovingly sustains it (Matt. 6:25-33), and takes delight in the praise that all of his creation offers (Ps. 148).
He created people in his image (Gen. 1:27) and gave us the charge to keep his creation (Gen. 2:15). We also have been given dominion (Gen. 1:28-30), but this place of honor is situated within the context of a garden that has been blessed with vibrant fullness and fruitfulness (Gen. 1:22) and that is provisioned daily by the God for whom we steward (Ps. 104). As image bearers, then, we are to exercise this rule with servant hearts (Phil. 2:5-7) and with the love that God showers upon all of his creatures.
We have sinned in our failure to keep the earth and in our desire to grasp rather than to serve (Isa. 24:5). But God has loved the cosmos (Jn. 3:16) and has offered redemption through the sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ (Col. 1:19-20). And as penitent, forgiven, and grateful disciples of Jesus, we are enabled by the power of his Holy Spirit to be God's instruments in keeping and redeeming all of creation (2 Cor. 5:18-20).
Program Strengths
- Faculty members are passionate about the courses they teach, and teach well
- Applied environmental assessment and management opportunities
- Multiple departments offer environmental courses in their areas of expertise
- On-campus, 20-acre restored prairie, available for student research and learning
- High quality off-campus educational experiences (Creation Care Study Program, Au Sable)
- Ongoing faculty research provides visibility for the program and interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students
Student Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Describe the fundamental physical and biological processes used by God to sustain his world.
- Articulate a basic understanding of human social structures (cultural, political, economic) and their relationships to creation stewardship.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to live and work as God's representatives in a specific physical location or setting.
- Describe how humans have "developed" God's world during recorded history, and identify examples of both good stewardship and abuse.
- Work with Christ to preserve, redeem, and transform creation.


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The Nielsen Cross-Platform Series: SingaporeEmerging Asia, Online | 09-Sep-2014
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These reports provide an in-depth look at the changing media landscape in some of the most dynamic markets in rising Asia. Research among digitally engaged consumers reveals the transformation of video and media consumption across TV, mobile and Internet.
Trend data documents the shifts in media habits spurred by the accelerating adoption of mobile devices and the impressive growth in digital video viewing. This report focuses on the Singaporean consumer.
- Executive Summary
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- Appendices: Detailed demographic tables
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If you receive the following error in Visual Studio…
"Unable to activate Windows Metro style application"
"Unable to activate Windows Metro style application"
… or a similar error in Blend…
"Unable to activate application --- on the Local Machine"
"Unable to activate application --- on the Local Machine"
… the quickest fix is to delete the contents of the bin directory and rebuild the project.
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Congratulations to all the Microsoft MVPs of the Year!
Two of the MVPs are based right here in Arizona.
Joseph Guadagno was awarded MVP of the Year for C#. Joe has been an ongoing contributor to the community through is efforts with the Southeast Valley DotNet User Groug (SEVDNUG), Desert Code Camp, AZGiveCamp, and as President of INETA North America (just to name a few).
Joe works full time (like most of us) and still manages to contribute so much to the community. Congratulations to Joe for being recognized by Microsoft and by his peers a "leader by example" among MVPs.
Scott Cate was awarded MVP of the Year for ASP.NET. Scott is well known in the Arizona community. Scott is a long-time user group leader, and is the founder of AZGroups.org, a site dedicated to listing all the technical user groups (regardless of platform) in Arizona as a service to developers. Last year, Scott was awarded the title – Microsoft Regional Director. Scott has been quite active in the southwest region of the USA promoting the Windows Phone Unleashed events. He is a regular speaker at many technical events locally, nationally, even internationally.
Despite his busy schedule, Scott is devoted family man – always beaming with pride over his children. Kudos to Scott for being recognized with such a high honor (though no surprise for those who know him).
If you have benefited from the hard work of either of these gentlemen, please enter your comment below!
The most anticipated movie of the year hits theaters this Friday, March 23rd – The Hunger Games. If you have read the book (or trilogy), you are probably giddy with excitement to see your favorite characters come to life on screen in a somewhat morbid view of a fictional world of the future.
If you are a fan, you are invited to take the Capitol Tour! Sign in today to see which district you belong to. Myself? Of course I was assigned to District 4.


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The Bay Area News Group has been talking to voters at places like World's Fare Donuts in Hayward, The Crucible industrial arts center in Oakland and Santa Clara University's debate class.
After Monday night's debate between President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Florida, we got back to some of those voters to ask them who they thought won the final round.
Allen Ashley, 80, retired construction worker from Castro Valley and customer at World's Fare Donuts in Hayward.
Winner: Romney
Before the debate: Romney
After the debate: Romney
Take-away: "They both expressed nearly the same position on foreign policy, I think. But under the current administration, I don't think they've accomplished a heck of a lot, and I'd like to see somebody new attempt it."
Westyn Narvaez, 22, human resources coordinator at The Crucible, an industrial arts school in Oakland.
Winner: Obama
Before the debate: Obama
After the debate: Obama
Take-away: "I just think Obama was more aggressive, and he was really good in describing his foreign policy as commander-in-chief over the last four years. During the whole debate, Romney was agreeing with the president on a lot of topics. I thought it was interesting when he was saying that Romney is stuck in older policies, in the '50s, 1920s and '80s. That was my favorite part. It just showed how Mitt kind of wants to bring us back to policies of the past, and that's not what we should want to be doing."
John Lund, 19, student in Santa Clara University debate class.
Winner: Neither
Before the debate: Romney
After the debate: Romney or Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
Take-away: "I felt this debate went off track a lot. I was disappointed with Romney today because he seemed to be saying the same things over and over again. Hearing those same key phrases — those sound bites — was really frustrating for me. Both sides did it, but I was hoping tonight Romney would be stronger and would explain, for example, which tax loopholes he's going to close."
Mariel Cruz, 23, recent SCU graduate in political science and history.
Winner: Obama
Before the debate: Obama
After: Obama
Take-away: "I thought it was a good debate and Obama's experience in foreign policy helped him out a lot. He just seemed to more on top of foreign policy than Romney did. Romney did OK, but his answers were often off-target and he kept going back to job creation and the deficit, even though the debate was supposed to be about foreign policy."
Sue Gerson, 83, resident of the Rossmoor retirement community in Walnut Creek
Winner: Obama
Before the debate: Obama
After the debate: Obama
Take-away: "Romney was not in depth at all about his ideas. It's all sort of surface. He doesn't know. He doesn't have the advantage of being president. Obama could speak more knowledgeably. Romney just read the headlines."
Staff writers Patrick May, Gary Peterson, Josh Richman and Julia Prodis Sulek contributed to this report.


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I'll Follow Christ
1. My life, like the sands which form the earth,
molding, changing from my birth.
My life I can build on rock or on the sand.
On Christ, my rock, alone I'll stand.
I will look to Christ to show the way, His word obey.
I'll follow Christ, each step in His while upon this earth I roam.
My hand in His, I'll walk led by faith.
He'll lead me home.
2. A seed, a growing plant in need of care,
My Source of Light is always there.
I'll feed on Living Water and the Bread of Life,
seeking Him in joy and strife.
I will look to Christ from day to day, His word obey.
3. One goal, a mighty purpose to fulfill,
accomplished when I do His will.
I'm whole when again Christ's presence I have won,
when He says, "My child, well done."
I will look to Christ eternally, His word believe.
He'll lead me home.
Text: Reed Hainsworth
Music: Rebecca Hainsworth
Artist: Hainsworth/Hainsworth
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 1988-08-01
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- Matthews Picks Up Fifth Player of the Year Accolade -
New York, N.Y. - AJ Matthews of Farmingdale State was named the 2011-12 All-Met Division III men's college basketball player of the year on Wednesday, April 18 by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Jose Rebimbas of William Paterson was selected coach of the year for a fourth time.
Joining Matthews on the All-Met first team: Lance Brown, Wm. Paterson; DaQuan Brooks, Western Connecticut; T.J. Tibbs, Staten Island; Andy Stein, NYU; Winston Douglas, Medgar Evers.
The All-Met second team: Andrew August, Montclair State; Corey Chandler, Wm. Paterson; Carlos Valdez, Mount St. Mary; Jordan Young, Staten Island; Chris Jimenez, St. Joseph's-LI; Jerome Alexander, John Jay.
The All-Met third team: Tyshawn Russell and Amil John, Brooklyn; Simon Smith and Sheldon Jones, Stevens Tech; Reed Buck, U.S. Merchant Marine Acad.; Chris Beauchamp, Baruch; Adam Katz; FDU-Florham.
A 7-0 junior forward from Brooklyn, N.Y., Matthews led the nation with 16.3 rpg, was third nationally with 3.7 blocks per game, 11th in the NCAA with 22.4 ppg and 12th with a .614 field goal percentage. Also named the Skyline Conference Player of the Year, ECAC Metro Player of the Year, D3Hoops.com Atlantic Region Player of the Year and NABC All-District Player of the Year, he led the nation with 26 double-doubles in 27 games played, and set single season school records with 99 blocks and 605 points. He also set eight other single-season school records and now holds six All-Time records after just one season played at Farmingdale State.
In his 17th season at the helm, Rebimbas guided the Pioneers to a 24-4 overall record, the NJAC North regular season title with an 11-2 record and to their eighth NCAA tournament appearance during his tenure. Previously named All-Met coach of the year in 1999, 2006 and 2010, he has an overall coaching record of 337-151. He lives in Warren, N.J., with his wife, Lisa, and two children.
The All-Met first and second team players, and coach of the year, will be honored Thursday evening, April 26 at the 79th NIT/MBWA awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y.


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Daniel Vancsik's flawless seven under par 64 was enough to claim a one shot lead over an all-Latino top five on day two of a low scoring Fred Olsen Challenge de España in La Gomera.
Starting his second round two shots behind overnight leader Martin Rominger, Argentina's Vancsik put together a superb display of golf at Tecina Golf in a round that featured five birdies and an eagle to take a one shot lead over Spaniard Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez going into the weekend.
Vancsik made regulation birdies at the third, fifth, and seventh holes before holing out from a greenside bunker at the par four ninth to reach the turn in 32 blows, while a great par save from off the green on the 12th preceded a further birdie at the 15th.
It was the 502-yard par five 17th that provided the most dramatic moment of the day, however, as Vancsik almost holed his eight iron approach for albatross before tapping in for an eagle to finish his second round in style, and despite not being overly enamoured with his ball striking the two-time European Tour winner was pleased with his scrambling ability throughout Friday's second round.
"Yesterday I hit the ball much better, I did not hit the ball so well today but the greens I missed I recovered really well," said Vancsik. "I am slowly recovering confidence, which is what I need. I changed my coach last November and am now working with German Gali."
Vancsik, who captured his second European Tour victory in emphatic style when he finished six strokes clear of a strong field at the BMW Italian Open in 2009, is pleased with his progress and realises he on the right track for a return to the top tier of European golf.
He said: "Before coming back to Europe I was hitting the ball very well and even though I have not started well I knew it would come together, I am still working hard. I know I am on the right way to get back to the main Tour, I am getting better with game, experience and patience, knowing that in this sport things do not always come out the way you want."
Spaniard Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, playing only his fourth Challenge Tour event, is one back from Vancsik after firing a six under par 65 that could have been even better were it not for three bogeys on a quite extraordinary card.
The 23 year old from Madrid made a birdie at the second before holing out from the bunker for an eagle three at the par five third, finding further birdies at the fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, 12th and 17th holes and will take a one shot lead over a trio of his compatriots in Eduardo de la Riva, Luis Claverie and Sebi Garcia, tied for third place at 11 under par, with 36 holes to play.
"I played much better than yesterday and hit a lot more greens," said Rodriguez. "I made three silly mistakes but apart from that I played great. I hit some really good drivers and was a bit less solid with the putter but I am playing very well and feeling I am doing the right things on the course. Step by step I am searching what I am looking for. My goal for the week is win the tournament."
De la Riva, who finished third at The European Tour's Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol in March, also came flying out of the blocks on the Canary Island with a hat-trick of birdies to start, while a bogey five was the only blemish on an otherwise flawless card as a further five birdies arrived at the sixth, seventh, and 11th holes, plus a pair to finish on the 17th and 18th, and the 29 year old Catalonian credited a change in putter for his impressive best-of-the-day 63.
He said: "I started playing very well yesterday, I am playing really well lately. I've gone back to the regular putter and feeling very comfortable with it. I started with it last week in Belgium and even though I had two bad rounds it was not the putter's fault."
Claverie, a former European Tour Member and a native of nearby Tenerife, was the first to finish on 11 under par after beginning the day three shots behind Rominger, but a fast start saw him claim five birdies over the front nine, including a superb putt from 26 feet for birdie at the par three fourth.
The 40 year old dropped shots at the long par three eighth hole and the 12th, after a wayward short iron into the green, but bounced back with three more birdies at the 14th – holing from ten foot after an excellent four iron in – 16th and 17th to finish six under for the day and one shy of fellow countryman Garcia Rodriguez.
"I played well today," said Claverie. "I played very badly in the Pro-Am but I got the feeling yesterday and it looks like it is working.
"I like the course and I've played very well here before so I hope to keep playing like today for the next couple of days. Today I just hit two bad shots but the rest of my game was really good. I think I have a chance this weekend."
Sebi Garcia also looked in sublime touch as he carded a seven under par 64 to sit two off the lead with the weekend to come, making five birdies at the second, third, ninth, 11th and 17th holes plus an eagle at the par five seventh in a blemish-free second round.
Former Challenge Tour Number One Michael Lorenzo-Vera had led proceedings midway through the second round after a five under par 66 to go into the weekend three off the lead alongside overnight leader, Switzerland's Rominger, who followed his fine first round 63 with a more modest 69 on Friday.


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Why this course
Training is an activity that most professionals in development will conduct sooner or later. Transferring skills and knowledge is valuable and rewarding, if done by an accomplished trainer. Learn from us, professional trainers, and get our tips and tricks in training design and delivery. Build your self-confidence and become creative in the use of a variety of learning methods.
Course objectives
By the end of this course, you:
- can design a quality training programme based on learning needs and styles
- can design and deliver attractive and interactive learning sessions
- have put your facilitation skills in practice in a safe environment
- know yourself better and have received feedback from group and trainers
Course agenda
Day 1:
- Opening & introductions
- Learning theories
- The training cycle
- Learning styles
Day 2:
- Learning needs assessment
- Learning objectives and methods
- Facilitation and presentation skills
- Making presentations stick
Day 3:
- Managing group dynamics
- Training delivery
- Feedback
Day 4:
- Culture and training
- Training evaluation
- Action planning
- Course evaluation and closure
Registrations end:18 Feb 2019
Date: 26 Feb – 1 Mar 2019
Location: Yangon, Myanmar
Course fee: €870 (excl tax)
Register link: https://mdf.nl/training-and-facilitation-skills-5
For general information:
MDF Asia
Phone:+84 (0)24 6258 4438


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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Mass General thoracic imaging expert answers questions about lung cancer screening
about ldcts
A landmark study has shown that low-dose CT scans (LDCTs) can reduce lung cancer deaths.
Learn more about LDCTs and read the Task Force's lung cancer screening recommendation
In July, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force called for screening people at high risk for lung cancer with annual low-dose CT scans (LDCTs), citing the potential to prevent a substantial number of lung cancer-related deaths. Its recommendations frequently influence healthcare reimbursement.
To mark Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, we asked Dr. Jo-Anne Shepard, director of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention in the Mass General Department of Radiology, to explain the screening test and the impact of the recommendations.
What is a LDCT?
A low-dose CT (LDCT) scan for lung cancer uses advanced CT technology that delivers minimal radiation dose to detect small nodules at the early stage of lung cancer. It requires less than twenty seconds of scanning with no contrast injection or preparation.
Which patients are eligible for a LDCT at Mass General?
LDCTs to screen for lung cancer are available on a self-pay basis for high-risk patients who:
- are 55 to 80 years old
- have a 30 "pack year" or greater history of smoking (a "pack year" means that someone has smoked an average of one pack of cigarettes per day for a year)
- are either current smokers or have quit in the past 15 years
- have not had a chest CT for any reason within the past year
What are the benefits of a LDCT?
Research shows that low-dose CT screening can decrease the chance of lung cancer death in patients at high risk of the disease because it can find lung cancer in its early stages when treatment is most effective. According to one of the largest studies, low-dose CT screening can result in 20% fewer lung cancer deaths among high-risk patients compared to screening with a standard chest x-ray.
What are the risks of a LDCT?
Although we know that low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in patients at high risk can save lives, there is a negative aspect: the number of false-positive studies is high. It is very common to discover small nodules in the lung in as many as 30% of patients. Fortunately, 98% of these nodules are benign; however, follow-up LDCT scans are necessary to assess if they remain stable in size or grow. Questionable lung nodules require follow up to assess growth, which likely indicates cancer. Some large or growing nodules may also require biopsy to determine the presence of disease.
Additionally, as with all CT exams, a LDCT exposes a patient to radiation. The dose is about one-third or half of what a person receives annually from naturally occurring background radiation at sea level.
What does the Task Force recommendation mean for patients?
With widespread adoption, the recommendation has the potential to prevent 20,000 lung cancer deaths per year through early detection. About 90% of lung cancer patients die from the disease, frequently because it is not discovered until the later stages.
Will LDCTs now be covered by insurance?
LDCTs are currently not covered by most insurance plans. If an eligible patient pays for the test and requires further evaluation, follow-up LDCTs are typically covered by insurance.
After the Task Force finalizes its recommendations, private insurers and government health programs such as Medicare will likely cover the cost for high-risk patients who fit the Task Force's criteria.
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I need to know who to contact for info on trying out for a part as an extra in the sequal. I would make one heck of a chimp chick! I just want to be in the background as sort of a coimmonly used extra. I can walk sit and run, climb and make facial exspresions like a chimp and i just need to know who I need to contact and how to try out for a part as an extra in the new movie. If anybody could give me some e-mail addresses or whatever to get me the audition try outs for the future i would be sooo gracious.!!!! thanks
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thanx but I know there's going to be one. The producer guy zanuk i think thats his name.. well anyway he said they were. does anyone know how you audition and if they were actors. if they weren't I'd like to give it a shot. it would mean alot to me and I know I could do it. I've watched the behind the scenes stuff and it wasn't hard for me to be a chimp and all! Watch out ari! Lol
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Hey, I'm Brien Crane from Brien Earth Networks, but I would like to be one of the actors too. I'm really good. Let's say that the Apes arrest Leo for landing on the restricted area at the end, and they send him to jail or captivity, and he finally notices that he was not the only human who landed on this planet. See when he thought he was going home, he went back through the time warp again,... too fast, and threw himself into the future, where as the Apes ruled the Earth. And remeber Krull (the ape who aided Ari) told Leo that " Thade will keep coming for you no matter what!) We'll he has him now, and me to. Like, I'm playing as General Ixtapake, and Leo sees me and remebers training under me and knows he is not the only human on this (future) planet. I would really like to go through the adventure with Mark Wahlberg and Ari, and Krull, Thade, and the rest. I would do a good job acting. Very good job. The only thing is, do I have enough money to get to where the auditions are held. I wish they would have it somewhere in Texas, Close to San Augustine.
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[1] The advocate has a duty to use legal procedure for the fullest benefit of the client's cause, but also a duty not to abuse legal procedure. The law, both procedural and substantive, establishes the limits within which an advocate may proceed. However, the law is not always clear and never is static. Accordingly, in determining the proper scope of advocacy, account must be taken of the law's ambiguities and potential for change.
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I have a dz77ga-70k motherboard with version 0049 of the Intel firmware on it. Linux and elilo will not boot in uefi mode. The symptoms are that when I run
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Then I compiled the latest kernel source and that failed too. I have added some debugging output to the source, specifically
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I'm usually a graphics programmer and don't know much about the kernel/bios stuff, so how can I tell if this is a bug with the firmware or the kernel? I don't mind doing some testing.
It seems that other people are having a similar problem with a similar motherboard: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/167170
Looking at the 8 segment led status codes on the mb, it goes C6 -> start kernel -> F8 -> B1 then hangs. F8 is ExitBootServices and B0 to BF is "detecting and initing fixed media" so maybe it is getting past ExitBootServices?
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OCEAN CITY – Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials announced a proposal for more stringent penalty system for commercial fishing law violations in tidal waters across the state including Ocean City and Worcester County.
Faced with a increase in natural resource law violations, including a spike in commercial poaching in recent years, DNR officials were instructed by state lawmakers last year to author and adopt a tougher penalty system for violators including enhanced penalties on first-time offenders. DNR fisheries officials worked closely with a penalty workgroup, tidal fisheries and sport fisheries advisory commissioners and the state's Attorney General's office to create a new commercial fishing violation penalty system aimed at further protecting the state's natural resources.
"These valuable and fragile marine resources are part of the public trust," said DNR Secretary John Griffin this week. "They belong to all citizens and we must protect them from those who would willfully break the law."
The proposed changes, if approved, would dramatically change how commercial fishing violations are handled in Maryland. The current laws require several convictions to generate a suspension on one's license and suspension time is minimal. However, the new penalty system introduced last week would, if approved, would provide a bigger hammer for even a single violation and tougher penalties for repeat offenders.
"We believe the proposed increased penalties remain reasonable and will provide a greater deterrence to people thinking about breaking the law," said DNR Fisheries Director Tom O'Connell.
Under current state regulations, a tidal fishing license holder's privilege to participate in a fishery may not be suspended unless the licensee has been convicted of at least three Maryland fisheries laws on separate days in a two-year period. The rather lenient regulations have not been successful in deterring commercial fishing violations. For example, in calendar year 2008, 1,670 of the 3,940 commercial tidal fishing license holders in the state who actively fished their licenses, or roughly 45 percent, received citations for violating state fishing laws.
As a result, last year the Maryland General Assembly, recognizing the deficiency on the punitive end of the state's fishing regulations, directed the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to create a new administrative penalty system based on a single conviction of state fisheries laws and enhanced administrative penalties for commercial license holders who repeatedly violate the law, particularly laws intended to protect "aquatic species of special concern" including blue crabs, oysters and striped bass.
The proposed regulations would establish a tiered point system with the various penalties structured commiserate with the gravity or frequency of the offenses. For example, Tier I would include basic violations of state law and a conviction in this category would result in five points on the license of the offender, but no immediate suspension. A Tier II violation would include any illegal action that either impacts a resource in need of special protection, or demonstrates a disregard for state fishery laws and would carry a penalty of 10 points and a suspension of up to 30 days.
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"No parent should ever feel like their child is trapped in an underperforming school."
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Before the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, parents were often relegated to the educational sidelines. If their child's school repeatedly underperformed, they were given few alternatives. NCLB has empowered these families with new choices and information, including free tutoring and afterschool instruction and the opportunity to enroll their child in a better-performing public school, including a public charter school. About 300,000 students have taken advantage of these options. Together, these policies not only benefit children, they send a message of competition to troubled public schools: reform or risk losing your students.
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Staffing Freedom at the Most Troubled Schools— Schools that are required to be restructured will be able to remove limitations on teacher transfers from their collective bargaining agreements, similar to contract revisions permitted under bankruptcy law, so that the school leadership is able to put the most effective staff in place.
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- For the first time ever, iPhone customer loyalty is declining.
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Playing in his fourth NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, Secretary Duncan paced his East squad to victory, scoring 20 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and doling out six assistsprompting comedian Kevin Hart, who had been voted MVP by the fans, to give him the award. (Don't miss this highlight reel.) During the game, the Secretary wore the number 80, a number rarely seen on a basketball jersey but one representing a record in education. That number80%is the newly announced high school graduation rate, the highest in American history.
In a blog post, titled "Why I Wear 80," the Secretary asserts, "Often in sports, but rarely in education, do you hear about the heroes whose skill, hard work, creativity, and tenacity resulted in the achievement the whole country should know about. We should all take heart from the passionate, caring work being done in classrooms, schools, and communities across the country." Specifically, he raises up work from Seattle, where Grover Cleveland High School, with federal grants and other reform funds, has transformed from a struggling school to a Washington State School of Distinctionwith a 75% graduation rate. "But, I see 80% as a starting point," he closes. "We have so much further to gofor the one in five students who don't graduate; for the many who graduate less than fully prepared for college; and for the groups of students that, despite recent progress, are achieving and graduating at lower rates. The potential of American students is limitless."
While in New Orleans, the Secretary also visited Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School to help out on a City Year volunteer project to revitalize the school building. He was joined by NBA players and officials, as well as Clark basketball players, student council members, and staff.
Top Ten List: Early Learning
On February 23, Secretary Duncan participated in the Education and Workforce Committee session, "Supporting Governors' Innovation in Early Childhood Education," at the National Governors Association's (NGA) Winter Meeting. In his remarks, the Secretary referenced a handout in governors' binders, highlighting those states that are making rapid progress in early learning, K-12 education, and higher education. He also presented a Top Ten list of why he thinks it is "inevitable" that states and the nation are going to see a dramatic expansion of high-quality early learning over the next few years. "Now, I absolutely applaud the tremendous, bipartisan leadership the governors have shown on early learning," he stated. "And, I want to encourage each of you to take the next step. Please continue to invest and speak frankly about the need to expand high-quality early learning. There are real, practical challenges that states face in expanding access and improving quality. However, as a nation, many of the challenges that we face in the early learning space require political courage and willingness to challenge misinformation, as much as anything else."
In his own remarks to governors gathered at the White House, President Obama also referenced early learning: "While Congress decides what it's going to do on making high-quality pre-K available to more kids, there is bipartisan work being done among the folks in this room. You've got governors like Robert Bentley [Alabama], Jack Markell [Delaware], Susana Martinez [New Mexico], and Deval Patrick [Massachusetts] all expanding funding or dedicating funds to make that happen in their states. We want to partner with you. This year, I'll pull together a coalition of philanthropists, elected officials, and business leaders, all of whom are excited and interested in working with you, to help more kids access the high-quality pre-K that they need."
Also, the public comment period for Preschool Development Grants is now closed480 comments are onlinebut the Department will be providing additional opportunities for input in the near future.
Completing the FAFSA
In a February 26 letter to the nation's superintendents, Secretary Duncan outlined new resources from the Department that are designed to increase the number of students filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA completion correlates strongly with college enrollment, especially among low-income students. The FAFSA takes an average of only 23 minutes to complete online, and it is entirely free and secure.
The FAFSA Completion Tool was created to help financial aid professionals, school administrators, and practitioners track and increase FAFSA completion. The toolupdated bi-weekly through the springprovides every high school in the U.S. whose students have completed five or more FAFSAs with information about how many applications were submitted and completed for the 2014-15 application year, as well as comparison data from the 2013-14 application year. And, coming online soon will be a resource for states to provide counselors with information to see if particular students have completed their FAFSA.
And the Financial Aid Toolkit was designed to assist counselors, educators, and others by consolidating financial aid resources in one place, making it easier to find and access information to help students and parents understand the financial aid process, apply for aid, repay loans, and generally prepare for college. For example, there are tips on how to host a FAFSA completion workshop. There are also sample tweets, Facebook posts, videos, blog posts, infographics, and other resources that can be used to encourage and help students and parents.
In a separate blog post, the Secretary makes the case for College Signing Days to honor the students who continue their education after high school.
Also, in related news, three different negotiated rulemaking committeesProgram Integrity and Improvement, Gainful Employment, and Violence Against Women Actare working on various changes to Higher Education Act (HEA) Title IV regulations.
English Learners as Assets
In a recent op-ed published in the Los Angeles Daily News, the Secretary and Assistant Deputy Secretary for English Language Acquisition Libia Gil identify the estimated 4.6 million students learning Englishthe fastest-growing student population in American schoolsas a "valuable yet untapped resource." "These students come to school already speaking a variety of home languages, most commonly Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, or Hmong. These languages are significant not only to our economic competitiveness but also to our nation's security," they explained. The Department is encouraging innovations in English learner education, in part by making it a priority under the Investing in Innovation (i3) program. "We challenge our schools and communities to invest in our future leaders with bi-literacy and multi-literacy skills."
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Magician's Village : The Prelude, written by Kaja Blackley and illustrated by Alison Williams. Mad Monkey Press (Toronto): 1995. 176 pages. Black and white. $10.99.
Snuffles has gone into mourning; alas, the Shady Bookstore Down the Street, where both he and I buy our comic books, has closed its doors. I admit this is a great tragedy, though it is greater for him than for me: he has a philosophy that every manga purchase should be an impulse buy, but it's hard to buy on impulse over the Internet. Besides that, I won't let him use my credit card.
Before the doors closed, I did my best to take away whatever treasures I could find, and one of the treasures I found was Magician's Village : The Prelude. This is a gem of a graphic novel, but I can only wish you good luck if you want to get your hands on a copy. It appears to be rare, and I have had a good deal of difficulty getting information on it, its creators, and its publisher (though here's Kaja Blackley's brief bio). Another Kaja Blackley comic, Dark Town was turned into the movie Monkeybone, a colossal flop. I have been unable to find any information at all on the illustrator, Alison Williams, which is a crying shame, since her artwork does a good deal to carry the story.
As the title suggests, this is the beginning of what is supposed to be a much longer series, but if the subsequent issues have been produced, I have been unable to find them. If they exist, they too are rare--very rare.
But you shouldn't allow that to stop you from getting your hands on Prelude, one of the most enjoyable reads I have had in a while, even if I will never know how it ends. It proposes that, somewhere in New York's Central Park, is an entrance to a magical otherworld called Magicians' Village, which is full of wizards, fairies, trolls, and anthropomorphic animals. The protagonist is ten-year-old Timothy Rackham, whose busy, widowed mother has little time for him. With the help of a magic-using hot dog vendor and a six-foot talking mouse with a shady reputation, Timothy soon finds himself in the Magicians' Village, where he learns his dead father was a powerful wizard and that an evil sorcerer named Daedelus wants him for some unknown purpose. Timothy's journey into the magical realm won't prove entirely escapist, however: a girl with a crush on him and an obnoxious bully, both from his school, soon make their way into the Village as well.
This is a strong beginning for a fairy tale and its incompleteness is nothing short of tragedy. Williams's carefully detailed and somehow nostalgic artwork is astounding, and Blackley's swift yet developed storytelling is highly engaging. The rendering of the Village itself is quite clever: quaint and old-fashioned and full to the brim with eccentric and lovable characters, it nonetheless contains numerous modern artifacts and articles of clothing to remind the reader that it's attached to New York.
Alas, what more can I say? Without the complete story, my commentary must be limited. Blackley's tale is wholesome and evinces, in some subtle ways, a strong sense of decency. His characters are engaging, and his situations, though not entirely original, are compelling. This is worth adding to your collection, and if you happen to know of any subsequent work related to it, be sure to tell me about it.
Content Advisory: Contains action violence, some blood, and oblique references to sex.
The Sci Fi Catholic's Rating for Magician's Village : The Prelude:
Myth Level: High (evokes the great fairy tales)
Quality: High (with only a few minor bumps, contains an intriguing story combined with excellent and unique artwork)
Ethics/Religion: High (no objectionable content, some briefly touched-upon positive themes)


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PORTLAND, Ore. — When Dwight Howard's trade request became public, the superstar center pledged he would play as hard as he could and remain focused while he remained with the Orlando Magic.
It appears Howard has kept that promise.
The win Sunday over the Sacramento Kings provided a case in point.
Midway through the third quarter, Howard sat on the Magic bench with four fouls, no points and no rebounds and his team trailing 70-66. Howard could have tuned out, but he didn't. When Glen Davis drew a charge against J.J. Hickson, Howard jumped off his seat as if a bungee cord had pulled him upward. Howard pumped his right fist.
"The only thing that I can control is how I play and how I respond to my teammates and how I treat them," Howard said before the game tipped off. "You can go around the room and ask the guys how I've been this year. I think I've been more vocal and a better leader on and off the court for my teammates."
The way Howard and his teammates interact always has been a critical Magic storyline, but never more than this season. With his trade request on the table, with speculation rampant about his future, the situation could have devolved quickly into dysfunction. But it has not.
"He's obviously in — all-in and committed — and wants the team to do well, playing his [butt] off," coach Stan Van Gundy said. "He's been great with the other guys. He couldn't be any better. The issue's still there. It's still there. And we all know it's still there. But in the meantime, you've got to play."
More difficult tests loom ahead.
Although Orlando have started its season 6-3, each win came against teams that have losing records. And in two of the losses, the Magic lost convincingly to elite teams, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Chicago Bulls.
The schedule will grow tougher Wednesday night, when the Magic face the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden, the site of one of Orlando's ugliest losses last season. After his team fell 97-83 on Dec. 9, 2010, in Portland, Howard could not contain his frustration, saying, "Until everybody steps up on the team and mans up, then teams are going to throw their best punch at us and we're going to fold."
Van Gundy insists he has spoken just once with Howard about Howard's long-term future. Van Gundy said he explained to Howard that he would not try to recruit Howard and that he would leave the issue between Howard's agent and the Magic front office.
The situation also was discussed once in a team meeting before the regular season started, but that was part of a larger discussion about how everyone would attempt to deal with distractions.
"I know it's harder than most, but the bottom line is that every team in this league is facing some issue, some sort of distraction," Van Gundy said after the win over Sacramento.
"So you can either make excuses about that and get distracted about it, or you can overcome it. Now, ours is a little tougher because it's drawn a lot of attention, and it's not like your ninth man being [ticked] off about playing time."
So far, the Magic appear have overcome the distraction.
Howard always has been someone who can get distracted temporarily. His outgoing nature practically compels him to interact with fans, even during games.
On Jan. 1, in the middle of the third quarter of the Magic's home game against the Toronto Raptors, Howard responded to a heckler after teammate Jason Richardson was fouled by DeMar DeRozan.
As Richardson stood at the foul line, Richardson interjected by saying calmly, "Hey. Us. Us."
And Howard immediately regained his focus.
Howard played the entire fourth quarter — scoring six points, collecting four rebounds and blocking two shots in the period — as Orlando overcame a 13-point deficit.
Howard kept his pledge.
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At 90, Uri Avnery is still lobbying for peace
Activist and former MK was perhaps the first prominent Israeli to promote a Palestinian state. Today, he has low expectations
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Having just turned 90, Uri Avnery still finds himself firmly outside Israel's national consensus.
For more than six decades, the tabloid publisher, member of parliament, author and peace activist has lobbied for establishing a Palestinian state as the only way to secure peace for a democratic Israel with a Jewish majority.
Avnery was perhaps the first prominent Israeli to promote the idea, taking on successive Israeli governments and once, in 1982, sneaking across four battle lines in Israeli-besieged Beirut to talk to Israel's then-nemesis, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat.
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Avnery's views are a measure of how far Israeli public opinion has come: Palestinian statehood was a fringe idea as recently as a generation ago, but is now a principle accepted by a majority.
Yet the nonagenarian renegade with the white beard and full head of white hair still finds himself in a minority because, he says, most Israelis believe reaching a deal with the Palestinians is impossible — in his view, a dangerously complacent and self-serving attitude.
Avnery says his job is to persuade fellow Israelis that doing nothing and allowing Israeli settlements to spread on occupied lands the Palestinians want for their state will lead to a catastrophe — either an Israeli-ruled apartheid state with a disenfranchised Palestinian majority or a bi-national state with equal rights for all where Jews find themselves once again in a minority.
"I feel we are on the Titanic, sailing straight toward an iceberg," Avnery said in an interview on the eve of his 90th birthday last week.
"We have the chance to change the course any moment, but if we are stupid, if we go on sailing, we shall meet the iceberg, inevitably," he said, sitting in a rocking chair in his small apartment overlooking the Mediterranean and Tel Aviv's sparkling skyline.
Avnery's life has been rich in contradictions.
Born into a well-to-do bankers' family in Germany, he grew up poor in Tel Aviv after he and his parents left his native land following the rise of the Nazis in 1933. As a 10-year-old immigrant, he eagerly embraced Hebrew language and culture, hoping to eradicate what came before, but remains fluent in German and acknowledges also being shaped by the humanist traditions of pre-Nazi Germany.
Avnery is a member of Israel's founding generation, having fought in the 1948 war over its creation, and had the ear of prime ministers, even while shaking up the establishment with his tabloid weekly, Haolam Hazeh (This World), a mix of hard-hitting exposes, gossip and photos of nude women.
His unwavering convictions have won him respect from political rivals such as Geula Cohen, a long-time advocate of Jewish settlement in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, lands captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a state.
"He is the political father of the (idea of) the Palestinian state," Cohen, 87, a former member of parliament, said of Avnery. "He is the first one who raised it politically. I don't accept his ideas, but I admire his strength to continue to fight for his ideas."
And even firebrand Cohen appears to have budged a bit in Avnery's direction, saying she could now countenance the idea of a Palestinian state, provided Jerusalem remains in Israeli hands.
Avnery came by his beliefs early on, saying that even as a young man in pre-state Palestine, during the period of the British Mandate, he was convinced that "the Arabs will never be satisfied with less than we are satisfied with, namely freedom and independence."
Last month, Israelis and Palestinians launched a third attempt since 2000 to reach a deal on the terms of a Palestinian state, but Avnery has low expectations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "a superficial person with superficial ideas," he said. "If he has any principles at all, it's the principle of … covering Palestine with settlements."
Avnery is one of the few constants in Israel's "peace camp," increasingly fractured and politically sidelined since the 1990s when the Labor Party under then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin led talks with the Palestinians on interim peace deals.
Peace efforts were slowed by Rabin's 1995 assassination and Netanyahu's first term as prime minister, but Avnery reserved his biggest scorn for Ehud Barak, who succeeded Netanyahu in 1999.
Avnery said Barak rushed into an ill-prepared US-hosted peace summit in 2000, made an offer that — while seen by many in Israel as generous — fell short of what the Palestinians could accept, and upon his return claimed that Israel had no partner for peace.
"When this is said by the self-styled leader of the peace camp in Israel, it has a destructive effect, from which the peace camp has not recovered until today," he said, speaking English with a German accent.
Netanyahu is 'a superficial person with superficial ideas,' Avnery said. 'If he has any principles at all, it's the principle of … covering Palestine with settlements.'
Avnery acknowledged that Palestinian shooting and bombing attacks during the uprising that followed the failed summit created mistrust among Israelis, but stopped short of holding Palestinian leaders of the time responsible, blaming the violence on a lack of serious peace efforts.
For the past 20 years since Haolam Hazeh folded after a 40-year run, Avnery has taken his struggle to the streets, as founder of Gush Shalom, or "Peace Bloc," a group of several hundred activists.
The movement has staged hundreds of protests, often side by side with Palestinian activists.
Photos on the movement's website show Avnery after he was knocked to the ground by an Israeli water cannon at a West Bank protest, and ducking truncheon-wielding Israeli troops in east Jerusalem.
Avnery believes that a movement like Gush Shalom can turn the bigger wheel of Israeli public opinion. "We say what we think is right, and then we say it loud and clear, and then we drive bigger things," said Avnery, who writes a weekly column for the Gush Shalom website.
Over the years, he has also written several books, including two about the 1948 war, and collected peace prizes and awards, several from Germany. Some of the awards hang on the wall of his living room, next to books and a 1994 photo of him and Arafat in Gaza.
His birthday was Sept. 10, but his present to himself is a symposium he is arranging for next month on whether Israel will exist 90 years from now.
"It's a great question," he said. "I am the son of a long line of optimists, and I believe we should change course in time, before it is too late. But I am not sure."
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