text: Legacy Project: Purposeful Planning March 8, 2013 08:25 PM Tips to foster a career on the family farm For generations kids have tagged along with their parents as they worked on the farm—sometimes by choice and others times not so much. While kids do learn by osmosis, it's important to be intentional about establishing a path so children want to grow up to be farmers, says Kevin Spafford, Farm Journal succession planning expert. To nurture a planning culture in your children, Spafford offers the following 10 tips: Talk constructively about farming, the economy, regulatory pressures, etc. It's all right for kids to know farming is a challenging occupation; it's not OK if everything they hear is negative. Get them involved early to teach them responsibility. Farm kids have numerous opportunities to perform age-appropriate chores that have real life-and-death consequences. Demonstrate the behaviors you want to teach: community service, leadership, teamwork, goal setting and a burning desire to succeed. "Kids learn more from what you do than what you say," Spafford says. Arizona dairyman Paul Rovey is a firm believer that kids follow by example. "My father was very involved so that's probably what put it in my DNA," he says. It's no wonder his five children know that "involvement builds relationships and opportunities to learn and build the agricultural community," he says. Encourage them to participate in 4-H and FFA. Coach them and support these activities as you might a sports team. During the teenage years, visit about employment options in your farming operation and allow them to ask questions and nurture their interests in a particular path. Today, four of Rovey's five kids are involved in the farm operation in varying roles that cater to their strengths and interests, a process that started when they were young. With older teenagers, begin discussing business matters and options for diversification. Have mid-teen to young adult children help you write a family employment policy. Encourage young adults to participate in feasibility studies for optional enterprises. Encourage college or some form of higher education. After college, enforce your family employment policy and have your child work off the farm for a period of time before coming home to farm. Above all, don't force your kids to return to the farm. "The whole idea was, my dad never forced me into the ranching business," says California rancher John Lacey. "I made up my mind, my wife and I. We didn't force our kids into the ranching business either and we made that clear." Legacy Project Tools Tap into these succession planning resources made possible through a grant from Pioneer that supports the Farm Journal Legacy Project: Comprehensive Website More than 20 succession planning tools Case studies Legacy workbook Annual Legacy report Three seasons of "Legacy TV" Legacy workshop schedule and registration Check out the website www.farmjournallegacyproject.com Free Weekly eNewsletter Sign up at www.farmjournallegacyproject.com Check us out Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Recommended Reading All family businesses go through stages. John Ward's book "Perpetuating the Family Business" walks through the three common phases of a family business: the owner-managed business, the sibling partnership and the cousin collaboration. A framework of five insights and four principles are defined using 50 lessons that show how successful families position themselves to devise effective responses to the challenges they face. You can e-mail Katie Humphreys at email@example.com. Back to news


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and how often the predominant thought in your head is, "Holy shit, I need a goddamn heaven-delivered taco right fucking now".
Vote "None of the Above"
Seriously. I wonder how many votes it would take before they started to pay attention.
I also thought to vote for "Not Sure" but I feel that would be a little too prophetic.
"They better hope there is no hell because if there is, and I believe there is, there will probably be a special place for them."
That place will be the ticket booth, charging admission.
Our form of government (US) is still a good idea. At least the way it was first conceived by our founders. Unfortunately it has degenerated from who has the support of the populace to who could afford the most votes. Not to say that we are selling votes but we are selling candidates. I believe with enough advertising you can get anyone elected. Makes sense, we are a nation of consumers.
But I do agree with you. I think, or hope sometimes, that our way of life is nearing an end. The tender is being laid down. Soon all we will need is a proper spark.
Or we fat & happy Americans will sit on our buts because we are complacent with the status quo. They will sell us the idea that "all is well" or "this is the way it has to be" for the (children/terrorists/common good). And we will accept it because we have been conditioned that way.

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clojure refs are functions of their current value
I was cleaning up some code that looked like this:
(get-nested (:mappings engine) db-name mapping-name)
get-nested was a one-off utility function that returned the value two keys deep in a doubly nested map, like so:
(get-nested {:key1 {:key2 "value"}} :key1 :key2) ;; => "value"
There is a Clojure function that does exactly this, only with slightly different syntax,
(get-in {:key1 {:key2 "value"}} [:key1 :key2]) ;; => "value"
Imagine my surprise when replacing the original code with
(get-in engine [:mappings db-name mapping-name])
blew up in my face. I checked the definition of
get-nested to see if it was doing anything extra I wasn't aware of:
(defn get-nested [map key1 key2] (if-let [map2 (map key1)] (map2 key2)))
Nope. Looks pretty standard. It was at this point that my coworker informed me that
(:mappings engine) returned a ref holding a map. Now I was really confused. This explained why my
get-in form blew up, you can't get a value from a map if it's in a ref, you have to deref it first, but the
get-nested code had been working in our software in heavy use for weeks.
Turns out,
get-nested was very fortuitously written in a style that takes advantage of a little corner of Clojure I hadn't previously known about. When a ref is invoked as a function, it returns the deref'd value of itself.
It's not uncommon to write a form like:
({:key1 "value"} :key1)
The map is a function of its keys. Passing it a key returns the corresponding value in the map. This is a form I'm used to seeing. Turns out, this works equally well:
(def narwal (ref {:key1 "value"})) (narwal :key1)
Since a ref is a function of it's current value, it gives Clojure whatever object it's currently holding, and Clojure tries to call invoke on that. It is equivalent to writing:
(@narwal :key1)
But where the first form will always return "value", refs are updateable and over the course of your program,
:key1 could have any value or may not exist at all. The above form is not referentially transparent.
You can see that refs are IFns by:
(supers (class (ref {}))) ;; => #{java.lang.Object java.lang.Runnable clojure.lang.IRef clojure.lang.IDeref clojure.lang.IFn clojure.lang.ARef java.util.concurrent.Callable clojure.lang.IReference clojure.lang.IMeta clojure.lang.AReference java.lang.Comparable}
or dig into the Clojure source code on github and look at the implementation yourself.


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Please join us for a special session launching a Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology, including examples of national assessments that have taken place recently in Ghana, Mexico, Rwanda and Guatemala, among other countries.
The session is hosted by the Program on Forests, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the World Resources Institute, as a contribution to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration.
Live streaming of the event available form this link: mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/external-3
When: Monday 9 December, 15:00 -17:00
Reception to follow 17:00 – 19:00
Where: World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington DC 20433 13th Floor Boardroom (MC13 -121)
External visitors: please RSVP and request a visitor's pass by emailing Rosalie Trinidad at [email protected]
Recent developments have seen the restoration of forest landscapes move swiftly out of the wings and take center-stage, widely recognized as an important means of not only restoring ecological integrity at scale but also generating local-to-global benefits by boosting livelihoods, economies, food and fuel production and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
These developments include the 2011 launch of the Bonn Challenge to restore 150 million hectares by 2020 and the impressive response to this challenge as countries around the world are committing to ambitious restoration strategies.This is a real breakthrough moment for worldwide action on restoring the world's degraded and deforested landscapes. We know the potential is huge – a recent global assessment of restoration potential found more than two billion hectares of land that would benefit from restoration.
Realizing this potential requires honing in on where it counts – in countries. Supporting national efforts to assess forest landscape restoration potential is key here, as these assessments are an important first step in a country's restoration journey and can inform and drive national restoration strategies while contributing to achieving a suite of national development objectives.
The launch of the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology will draw on examples of national assessments that have taken place recently in Ghana, Mexico, Rwanda and Guatemala, among others. Each of these assessments has been tailored to national circumstances and this diversity is reflected in the methodology.
Participants are then invited to a "Restorative Reception" to mark the occasion, from 17:00 - 19:00, hosted by the World Bank.


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The word "eclipse" means much more than the vampire and werewolf thriller set to hit theaters on Wednesday. But "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," the latest film based on the popular vampire book series, is being released between two of nature's real-life eclipses – a recent partial lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse coming on July 11.
The study of eclipses has been a part of astronomy since its inception, since they are some of nature's most dramatic celestial shows.
The first lunar eclipse of 2010 occurred on Saturday, June 26, and was visible across parts of the Americas, the Pacific Ocean and eastern Asia. However, it was only a partial eclipse of the moon as it passed through part of Earth's shadow.
On July 11, the second solar eclipse of 2010 will occur, creating a total eclipse along a narrow corridor of the Earth's southern hemisphere.
Solar eclipses occur when the Earth, moon and sun are aligned on the same plane, and the moon comes between the Earth and the sun. [Solar eclipse photos.]
A lunar eclipse, on the other hand, occurs when the moon slips behind the Earth, which blocks the sun's rays from striking the moon. With a lunar eclipse, the moon, Earth and sun are again aligned (or closely so), with the Earth in the middle.
Mechanics of the moon, sun and Earth
The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the moon's location relative to its orbital nodes, which are the points where the moon crosses the sun's apparent path in the sky, explained NASA solar astronomer Mitzi Adams of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. A lunar eclipse typically lasts for a few hours, unlike a total solar eclipse, which usually lasts for only a few minutes, she added.
The longest total solar eclipse lasted about seven minutes, Adams said in a recent NASA webchat.
However, the first solar eclipse of 2010 – the Jan. 15 annular solar eclipse – did last longer, but was not total. That annular solar eclipse, in which the moon covers only a large portion of the sun, lasted over eight minutes over some parts of Asia.
Looking at a solar eclipse through a telescope, however, can be dangerous, Adams said.
"You have to have a proper filter," she added. "The safest way is through a method called projection, where you actually take the eyepiece out and project the image onto a sheet of paper behind the telescope, without looking at the sun. You move the sheet of paper back and forth until you get a focused image."
While skywatchers can expect the next solar eclipse on July 11, the next lunar eclipse won't occur until Dec. 21. That lunar eclipse should be visible across the U.S., and, while lunar eclipses can be viewed with a telescope, Adams says that it is not necessary.
"Looking at a lunar eclipse with a telescope is safe, but you don't really need a telescope – your eyes are better instruments in this case," Adams said. "One could walk into the back yard to see it, assuming there are no clouds. No telescope is required. Lunar eclipses are best viewed with the unaided eye. However, while the eclipse is going on, you could use a telescope to look at the craters and mountains on the moon."
Adams said that while a lunar eclipse should be easily visible anywhere in the night sky, the ideal location would be dark and away from city lights.
And all this can be seen without the hassle of ticket lines, overpriced popcorn, or any price of admission. All you have to do is know when to look up.


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Background of the Divine Mercy Devotion
St. Faustina
The Image
Feast of Mercy
The Chaplet
The Novena
Second Coming
The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy
is based on the writings of Saint
Faustina Kowalska, an
uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual
director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the
revelations she received about Gods mercy. Even before
her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had
begun to spread.
The message of mercy is that God loves us all of us
no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that
His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon
Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to
others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. It is a message
we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.
A Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach
Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and
asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon
the whole world.
B Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy
and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to
extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does
to us.
C Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know
that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our
trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will
The Divine Mercy Devotion
Devotion to The Divine Mercy involves a total commitment to
God as Mercy. It is a decision to trust completely in Him, to
accept His mercy with thanksgiving, and to be merciful as
He is merciful.
The devotional practices proposed in the diary of Saint
Faustina and set forth in this website are completely in
accordance with the teachings of the Church and are firmly
rooted in the Gospel message of our Merciful Savior.
Properly understood and implemented, they will help us
grow as genuine followers of Christ.
Merciful Heart
There are two scriptural verses that we should keep in mind
as we involve ourselves in these devotional practices:
1. "This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are
far from me" (Is 29:13);
2. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mt
It's an ironic and somewhat frightening fact that many of the
most religious people of Christ's time (people who were
actively practicing their religion and eagerly awaiting the
promised Messiah) were not able to recognize Him when
He came.
The Pharisees, to whom Christ was speaking in the first
quotation above, were very devoted to the prayers, rules,
and rituals of their religion; but over the years, these outer
observances had become so important in themselves that
their real meaning had been lost. The Pharisees performed
all the prescribed sacrifices, said all the right prayers, fasted
regularly, and talked a lot of about God, but none of it had
touched their hearts. As a result, they had no relationship
with God, they were not living the way He wanted them to
live, and they were not prepared for the coming of Jesus.
When we look at the image of the Merciful Savior, or pause
for prayer at three o'clock, or pray the Chaplet are these
things drawing us closer to the real sacramental life of the
Church and allowing Jesus to transform our hearts? Or have
they just become religious habits? In our daily lives are we
growing more and more as people of mercy? Or are we just
giving "lip service" to God's mercy?
Living the Message of Mercy
The devotional practices revealed through Saint Faustina
were given to us as "vessels of mercy" through which God's
love can be poured out upon the world, but they are not
sufficient unto themselves. It's not enough for us to hang The
Divine Mercy image in our homes, pray the Chaplet every
day at three o'clock, and receive Holy Communion on the
first Sunday after Easter. We also have to show mercy to our
neighbors. Putting mercy into action is not an option of the
Divine Mercy Devotion; it's a requirement!
Our Lord strongly speaks about this to Saint
I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of
love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always
and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to
excuse yourself from it (Diary, 742).
Like the gospel command, "Be merciful, just as your Father
is merciful," this demand that we show mercy to our
neighbors "always and everywhere" seems impossible to
fulfill. But the Lord assures us that it is possible. "When a
soul approaches Me with trust," He explains, "I fill it with such
an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within
itself, but radiates them to other souls" (Diary, 1074).
How do we "radiate" God's mercy to others? By our actions,
our words, and our prayers. "In these three degrees," he tells
Sister Faustina, "is contained the fullness of mercy" (Diary
742). We have all been called to this threefold practice of
mercy, but we are not all called in the same way. We need to
ask the Lord, who understands our individual personalities
and situation, to help us recognize the various ways we can
each show His mercy in our daily lives.
By asking for the Lord's mercy, trusting in His mercy, and
sincerely trying to live His mercy in our lives, we can assure
that we will never hear Him say of us, "Their hearts are far
from Me," but rather that wonderful promise, "Blessed are
the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
It is our hope that you will continue to read and reread the
information on this website and make the prayers, attitudes,
and practices presented a real part of your life, so that you
may come to trust completely in God and live each day
immersed in His merciful love thus fulfilling the Lord's
command to let your life "shine before people, so that they
will see the good things you do and praise your Father in
Heaven" (Mt 5:16).
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
A Super Hero contemplates 40
snagged on splinters, shredded by glass,
no longer flowing behind her in the wind,
faded from years of flying.
The shine rubbed off a long while ago.
Her sleek unitard has seen better days,
worn in several spots,
threadbare where she least needs it to be.
She doesn't look quite the same in it,
but it's black,
disguising flaws
and years of bad eating habits.
The thigh-high boots will have to go soon
though she doesn't know how low-heeled clogs will go with this look.
Her feet just aren't the same.
Her vision is failing.
She can't see through walls as she used to.
They stop her cold, she gives in too easily.
Her steely grip is weakening from arthritis,
easily dropping things she's been trying to hold on to.
Had Marvel or DC known her,
she would have remained beautiful, strong, powerful, young –
a force to fear.
In the mirror though, she is drained –
fine-lines earned from real work, long hours,
and endless worries.
She sighs, shrugs, downs her morning elixir,
brewed hot and strong,
and heads out, pulling at her tights,
fluffing out her long-flowing black hair,
(she still has that going)
and calls on her will to
get through another day.
3 comments:
- PuertoVallartaGirl said...
I like it, it really pulled me in. Probably because it wasn't at all like fantasy. That is how my feet are, inthe 80's I was all about high heels all the way through the 90's and now... just ... can't ... do it... for more then a few hours, every once in awhile. My 55 pair of shoe collection is now.. 5.
- November 23, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Robin Easton said...
Oh Cassy, this is so well written. I actually found it very moving and beautiful. Do you know why? Because it's REAL! I like REAL sentiments, real people and real Life. So many times as women, as people, we're taught to keep up the image and be flawless. The older I get the more sick of that I get. I don't want to do IT any more (not ALL the time). I just want to be who and what I am.
So much of American culture is constantly pumping out the idea that we as woman are supposed to perfect, flawless, ageless, tireless, and so forth. We are NOT supposed to have wrinkles, be tired, have any gray hairs, heaven forbid if we are not pencil thin, or our nails are not long, manicured and colored, heaven forbid if we aren't wearing sexy (and tight) clothing (regardless that it's uncomfortable), or wearing sexy high heeled shoes and boots, and our makeup is on and flawless, and on and on.
Sometimes that is fun or nice, once in awhile, but it is not me 24 hours a day, or even every week, or even every month.
Thank you for writing from your heart and soul. I LIKE it. And I admire you. This touched me deeply.
Thank you Cassy,
Hugs to you,
- November 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Nardeeisms said...
Cassy, you ARE Superwoman!
Alicia Keys sings it best:
- Nards
"Still when I'm a mess, still I put on a vest with an "S" on my chest...Oh, yes...I'm a SUPERWOMAN!"
- December 5, 2008 at 10:55 AM


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XSPF Wish List
This page is a place to file requests for features for XSPF. Any kind of feature can be entered here, please don't be bashful.
- Request: track start and end attributes. In many media players, a parameter, such as 'range' can be used for video files, to specify the start and stop positions of the content for the track.
Example: http://<myserverurl>/video.mpg?range=0-1145600
For large video files the specification of start and end positions within a track would relieve us from splitting or recoding videos just because we want to play just a part of the track.
Rather than specifying this as a parameter in the example URI above, include tags to denote the byte offset within the file for the track.
- Request: MIME type of linked media
- This would be parallel to the RSS enclosure 'type' attribute. It is for user-agents to use in guessing whether they would want to traverse some link.
- Proposal: a new extension element defined as the result of a HEAD on the link.
- Request: Semantics for M3U-like '#CURTRACK'
- Request: Track creation & last modified dates
- Request: playlist relativization: separate the base from the file locations relativized from the base. This apparently should be optional, because some (but i suppose not many) playlists might be desired to have entries with no common path entries. This will allow UI's to provide rebasing of playlists -- imagine a media set accessible locally, via FS, and remotely, via, say, HTTP.
- This idea taken further brings a related one: separate sublist blocks each with own base.
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Burnt Umber is a more intense reddish brown pigment that results from heating the clay pigment Raw Umber. It has medium to excellent tinting strength and high opacity, and it is quick drying in oil form. Burnt Umber is somewhat more transparent than Raw Umber. It has excellent color properties and can create a variety of subtle, clear tints when mixed with white. It can tend towards chalkiness in dark mixes in oil form, but overall it mixes well with other colors. To create a black color in oil form, mix Burnt Umber with Phthalo Blue or Ultramarine. To achieve a similar color in watercolor form, mix it with Ultramarine or Payne's Gray.
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Electronics Projects: How to Flash Multiple LEDs with a BASIC Stamp
This electronics project begins by connecting 6 LEDs to the breadboard in a BASIC Stamp HomeWork board and then continues by showing the programming necessary to flash all of the LEDs on and off. You can play with the programming to create different flash patterns.
Connect the LEDs
This project shows how you can build a test circuit that has six LEDs connected to pins 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 using components that come with the BASIC Stamp Activity Kit, which is available from most RadioShack stores. Note: You can also easily assemble this circuit with a Board of Education and your own LEDs and resistors.
Flash the LEDs
Keep in mind that if you can turn an LED on or off with a PBASIC program, you can control anything that can be connected to a BASIC Stamp I/O port.
Here is a simple program that flashes all six of the LEDs on and off at half-second intervals. This program uses nothing more than the HIGH, LOW, PAUSE, and GOTO statements. The program turns all six LEDs on, pauses 500 ms (half a second), turns the LEDs off, waits another half second, and then jumps back to the Main label to start the whole process over.
' {$PBASIC 2.5} ' {$PBASIC 2.5} Main: HIGH 0 HIGH 2 HIGH 4 HIGH 6 HIGH 8 HIGH 10 PAUSE 500 LOW 0 LOW 2 LOW 4 LOW 6 LOW 8 LOW 10 PAUSE 500 GOTO Main
The following paragraphs summarize the operation of this program:
' {$PBASIC 2.5} – This line indicates that the program is written in version 2.5 of PBASIC. Every program you write for the BASIC Stamp 2 should include this line. You can insert it automatically into a program by choosing Directive→PBASIC→Version 2.5 or by clicking the PBASIC Version: 2.5 button in the toolbar.
*' {$PBASIC 2.5} – This line indicates that the program will run on a BASIC Stamp 2, and it's required for every program you run on a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller. You can insert it automatically by choosing Directive→Stamp→BS2.
*Main: – The label Main: identifies the location that the GOTO statement in line 19 jumps to. Main is known as a label, which is simply a named location in your program. To create a label, you just type a name followed by a colon. For more information about creating value names in PBASIC.
*HIGH 0 – This line sets the output of pin 0 to HIGH, which in turn lights up the LED. The following lines (6 through 10) similarly turn on pins 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
*PAUSE 500 – This line pauses the program for 500 ms (one-half of a second).
*LOW 0 – This line and the five that follow set the outputs of pins 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 to LOW, which in turn extinguishes the LEDs.
*PAUSE 500 – This line pauses the program for an additional half second.
*GOTO Main – This line transfers control of the program back to the Main label in line 4 so that the program will repeat.


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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced the opening of the spring shrimp season in portions of Zone 1 east of the Mississippi River effective 6 am, May 31, 2010.
Spring Inshore Shrimp Season Opening:
- Pass Manchac east of the railway bridge
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Rigoletes Pass
- Chef Menteur Pass
- Lake Borgne
- Mississippi Sound: the portion of Mississippi Sound north of the Biloxi Marsh and west of 89 degrees 11 minutes 15.5 seconds west longitude at Isle au Pitre
On May 6, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission granted authority to the secretary to open the spring shrimp season in both inside and outside state waters within Shrimp Management Zone 1, based on biological date and the latest oil-spill trajectory. Field reports indicate that 50 percent or more of the brown shrimp crop in these waters will average larger than 100 count per pound.
To date, there have been no confirmed reports of oil in these areas
All other closures issued by LDWF remain in place
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Chinese Communist Party authorities have restored an 80-year-old house once used by Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), as changing relations with Taiwan transform an archenemy into a recognized figure.
Political differences were plastered over as Nanjing — once China's capital under the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) — spent US$4.9 million to renovate the three-story house at the base of a hill.
It was one of several houses used by Chiang and his wife Soong Mayling (宋美齡) before they fled to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese civil war.
Chiang led Taiwan as president until his death 26 years later, still proclaiming himself the rightful ruler of the whole of China.
For decades, the building was kept as a state guesthouse and closed to the public, but the doors were thrown open after a year-long renovation was completed in October.
"This renovation has a very important use for cross-strait cultural exchanges, so we considered that," said Liao Jinhan, deputy head of the Chinese government agency that administers the surrounding scenic area. "Our feeling is that the house is a very important cultural heritage landmark."
The chance discovery of an original architectural plan in a closet in the house allowed workers to faithfully restore the building, down to the basement coal room.
"We completely followed the blueprint from that time. You can see from photos of the time, it is exactly the same," property manager Zhou Zhongxing said.
"The renovation is significant for cross-strait cultural contacts as it shows the mainland's focus on preserving historical heritage related to the Kuomintang [KMT]," Shanghai Institute for International Studies research fellow Tong Liqun (童立群) said.
"To take relations one step further would mean exchanges in the field of politics, and that is where the two sides are having trouble," she said.
The historical sensitivity is such that officials commonly refer to the house as the "Mayling Palace" after Chiang's last wife, despite its status as the former residence of a Chinese head of state.
Soong Mayling was one of the three Soong sisters, who between them married two top Chinese leaders and a wealthy businessman who served as Chinese finance minister.
Few images of Chiang can be seen inside the property, although the study holds a portrait of Sun Yat-sen (孫中山), founding father of the Republic of China — who is revered by both Communists and Nationalists, and whose tomb is on the hill and visible from the house.
An exhibit on the couple's lives in Taiwan is called "Years on Taiwan island," highlighting the Chinese doctrine that it is not a country, but part of Chinese territory.
The house has Chinese features, such as the curved roof, but the interior is Western in style, reflecting Soong's education in the US.
The building also gives subtle hints about the couple's lifestyle.
Chiang had a room off the main bedroom where he slept, reflecting his military habit of rising early, while Soong Mayling required a Western-style oven, which still survives, and kept ashtrays in the rooms for smoking — a habit she picked up in the US.
A small chapel shows the couple's embrace of Christianity: Soong Mayling, who was Methodist, insisted that her husband convert to her religion.
"The manor is like its mistress: graceful and elegant, knowing both Chinese and Western style," a sign reads.


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Our team includes: Integrative Medicine physicians, Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture, Integrative Counseling and Psychotherapy, Integrative Bodywork, Therapeutic Yoga & Meditation and Herbal Medicine Counseling.
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Leslie Mendoza Temple, MDDr. Mendoza Temple is the Medical Director of the Integrative Medicine Program and an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She combines the tools of modern Western medicine with safe, evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine to achieve optimal health and symptom reduction. She believes that excellent nutrition and regular exercise are the foundation to good health, and she advises her patients on the specifics to set that foundation. When herbs, vitamins, homeopathy, acupuncture, counseling, guided imagery, massage, Yoga, prescription medications, or specialty referrals are needed, she makes precise recommendations with thorough, verbal and written explanation.
Dr. Mendoza Temple works collaboratively with her patients' primary care, specialty physicians and holistic practitioners to ensure safe and effective treatment plans. She sees adults, children and expectant mothers.
She received a B.A. in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Following medical school at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, she completed Family Medicine residency training at Northwestern University, serving as Chief Resident during the third year. She then completed a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Weil, internationally recognized as the lead pioneer of Integrative Medicine, concurrently finishing a two-year fellowship in Family Medicine Faculty Development at Northwestern University Medical School. She loves teaching medical students and residents the art of combining holistic practices with conventional medicine.
As Medical Director since 2006, she leads one of the largest, most established teams of holistic practitioners in the Midwest. Dr. Mendoza Temple is the mother of three vibrant young boys and somehow manages to also take care of herself.
Dr. Mendoza Temple sees patients at the Park Center in Glenview.
Mina Lee Ryu, MD, FACPDr. Mina Lee Ryu is a board-certified internist with a primary care practice in integrative medicine that focuses on preventative medicine and women's health. She believes that the healthy balance of mind, body and spirit are integral parts of healing and living well. Her practice combines modern medicine and proven healing traditions from around the world to safely and effectively achieve optimal health. After her internal medicine residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, she completed the Kennamer Fellowship in Internal Medicine at UCLA with a concentration in Integrative Medicine and medical acupuncture. She is a graduate of the Fellowship at the University of Arizona's Center for Integrative Medicine where she studied under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Weil. Prior to joining NorthShore in 2008, she had a successful practice at Cedars Sinai Medical Group in Beverly Hills.
Dr. Ryu sees patients at 1000 Central Street, Suite 640 in Evanston and at the Park Center in Glenview. Smita Patel, DO, Integrative Medicine, NeurologyDr. Smita Patel is board-certified in neurology and sleep medicine. She received her neurological training at Medical College of Wisconsin and Sleep Medicine training at the University of Chicago. Additionally, she enhanced her education by completing a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Weil.
Dr. Patel is passionate about helping people achieve their goals by fine-tuning their health and teaching patients the principles of wellness and personal transformation. She effectively combines her expertise in neurology and sleep with her proficiency in complementary and alternative medicine to develop tailored health plans for her clients. She has participated in clinical research studies in the area of sleep medicine and has written book chapters for several academic publications on neurological disorders.
Dr. Patel sees patients at Glenbrook Hospital and at the Park Center in Glenview. Geeta Maker-Clark, MD, Integrative Family Physician, Maternal Child HealthDr. Geeta Maker-Clark is a board-certified integrative family physician, who sees adults, children and expectant mothers. She is the coordinator of Integrative Medical Education for the University of Chicago and on the faculty at the University of Chicago NorthShore Family Medicine Residency program. Dr. Maker-Clark has always held the belief that any meaningful healing must involve the mind, body and spirit, and that whenever possible the most natural and least invasive intervention serves the highest good of the patient. She has pursued studies with traditional healers in India, midwives, herbalists and energy healers, and found that the practice of integrative medicine, combining the best of conventional medicine and alternative therapies, offers an opportunity for healing, wellness and disease prevention that neither modality can achieve alone.
She is a graduate of the University of Arizona Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, under the supervision and mentorship of Dr. Andrew Weil. Dr. Maker-Clark relies heavily on the use of food as medicine in her approach to healing, as well as herbs, botanicals, breath work, conventional medicines and healing practitioners in the community. She has been featured as an expert in widely viewed documentaries on family centered maternity care and the health of children of farm workers, and is deeply involved in the communities she serves. She has always been active in teaching students and residents, and feels that this is a very important part of furthering integrative medical work for the future. Dr. Maker-Clark is an active mother of three young children, strives to be mindful of the need to live more slowly, and encourages her patients to do the same.
Dr. Maker-Clark sees patients at 909 Davis Street in Evanston and attends births at Highland Park Hospital. Neha S. Shah, MD, FACR, Integrative Medicine, RheumatologyDr. Shah is a board-certified Rheumatologist with a special interest in Integrative Medicine. She has long believed in a holistic approach to wellness, integrating the best of scientific advances in the field of rheumatology and osteoporosis with complementary practices of nutrition, mind-body medicine, manual therapy, herbal medicine, spirituality, Ayurveda and other traditions of healing. Dr. Shah believes in working as a team with her patients to improve their quality of life. She is currently advancing her knowledge through the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Weil. Dr. Shah attended medical school at the University of Florida. She trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami, and completed her fellowship in Rheumatology at Stanford University. Dr. Shah is the joyful mother of two children. She enjoys gourmet cooking, Yoga, travel, music, dance and the outdoors.
Dr. Shah sees patients at Highland Park Hospital and at the Park Center in Glenview.
Pooja Saigal, MD, Integrative Family MedicineDr. Pooja Saigal is a board-certified family physician and a faculty physician with the University of Chicago Family Medicine Residency Program. A longtime Chicagoan, Dr. Saigal completed her undergraduate degree in psychology and her MD at Northwestern University. She subsequently completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Chicago, where she now serves as an assistant professor. She has completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Weil. Dr. Saigal offers comprehensive integrative medicine consultations to optimize disease management and overall well-being for adults and children; she also provides consultations during pregnancy and during cancer treatment. Dr. Saigal integrates alternative therapies into Western medicine in an individualized and evidence-based manner. She puts strong emphasis on nutrition and positive mental state as vital components of overall well-being; she also incorporates supplements, manual medicine, acupuncture, energy medicine, yoga, and various mind-body therapies, collaborating with other practitioners as needed. Dr. Saigal sees patients at the Glenbrook Family Care Center in Glenview.
Oriental Medicine and AcupunctureNicole Hohmann, MS, Dipl.OM., L.Ac., FABORMNicole has practiced acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for more than ten years. She studied Yoga and meditation through the Himalayan Institute and is a former teacher and clinic supervisor for Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Nicole is board-certified in Oriental reproductive medicine and completed a fellowship in Oriental reproductive medicine in Nanjing, China. She also has experience treating women's health issues, cancer, acute and chronic pain, infections/immune disorders, gastrointestinal problems, allergies/asthma, pediatric acupuncture without needles, anxiety and stress related conditions. Edgar Lim, MS, BS, Dipl.OM., L.Ac., ACI, NMT, NSCA-PTEdgar is a licensed, board-certified acupuncturist. He also is certified as an auricular-therapist, neuromuscular therapist, NSCS-personal trainer and massage therapist. He holds an MS in Oriental Medicine and a BS in Exercise Physiology. Edgar uses a combination of acupuncture, massage therapy and exercise to promote optimal holistic health to patients of all ages. He enjoys his free time with his family, playing sports, traveling and carpentry.Patricia Piant, MSTOM, Dipl.OM., L.Ac.Patricia is a licensed, board-certified acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. She holds an MS in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and is certified in Integrative Oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering. She currently mentors both medical and acupuncture residents and students. For many years, she worked in the pharmaceutical industry and holds certifications in shiatsu, Yoga, Reiki and energy healing. Patricia treats a wide variety of conditions with a focus on oncology, pain, women's health, stress reduction, digestive issues, migraines and healthy aging.David Vavrinchik, MSTOM, Dipl.OM., L.Ac.Dave is a licensed, board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist. He has an MS in Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in Chicago, where he also serves as a faculty member/instructor, and clinic supervisor. Dave treats a wide range of disorders including respiratory disorders, supportive cancer treatment, smoking cessation, stress, headaches, G.I. digestive problems, and muscle and joint pain. He has worked in health care for 25 years and is also a licensed Respiratory Therapist who worked in the areas of intensive care, home care, and as an evaluator of healthcare organizations for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).Rena Zaid, MS, Dipl.Ac., l.Ac. Rena is a licensed, board certified acupuncturist, graduating summa cum laude from Midwest College of Oriental Medicine. In addition, Rena has a BA in behavioral sciences and an MS in counseling, as well as certification in Traditional Chinese Nutrition, Mei Zen cosmetic acupuncture, Laughter Yoga, and is a Reiki practitioner. She has a special interest in supporting individuals with serious illnesses including cancer, auto-immune diseases and chronic pain syndromes, as well as helping people with anxiety, depression and other psycho/emotional concerns. Integrative Counseling and PsychotherapyMerikay Kimball, M.A., LCPCMerikay is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC). She holds a BA in psychology from Barat College and an MA in counselor education from Northeastern Illinois University. She received her post-graduate education at the Family Institute of Northwestern University. As a trained family systems psychotherapist, Merikay works with individuals, couples and families. She is particularly skilled at helping people manage the stress and anxiety of health-related changes. She holds a strong belief that all members of the family system are affected by individual change, and she seeks to educate and support patients undergoing life changes. In her work, she engages people to access their innate movement toward health, balance and well-being. Charlotte Walker, MSW, LCSW, LMT(See Char's bio under Integrative Bodywork)
Integrative BodyworkPaulette Brody, RN, BA, CFT, CMESPaulette is a registered nurse, certified personal fitness trainer, certified medical exercise specialist and certified aquatics instructor. She also holds the 1997 bodybuilding title of "Classic Ms. Midwest." Paulette works with clients with specials needs, such as limited motion, strength, endurance or balance issues. She teaches aquatic AI Chi and Qi Gong in the warm water therapy pool. She also teaches Tai Chi and Qi Gong to the Cardiac Rehab Phase III patients at the Park Center in Glenview. Paulette works with a holistic approach, addressing body, mind and spirit. John Chamness, LMT, NCTMBSince 1993, John has been applying the principles of Integrative Bodywork to a wide range of clients. He uniquely crafts every session to fit the individual's needs at the moment, using elements of stress reduction, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, stretching, self-care and energy medicine. The results can lead to powerful changes in the biochemistry of the body that facilitate healing and optimal function. John is especially adept at working with head and neck discomfort. In addition to bodywork, he also leads Integrative Medicine Laughter Workshops.Polly Liontis, LMT, AOBTA-CP, HITAPolly is certified by the American Organization of Bodywork Therapies of Asia as a certified shiatsu practitioner and is a member of the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association where she received her Yoga teacher certification. She is a graduate of the Ohashi Institute in New York City. Polly integrates Yoga and meditation practices within her bodywork sessions in order to address the mind-body-spirit connection. Her combination of modalities is often successful in relieving back pain, sciatica, neck pain, and in facilitating deep relaxation, cultivating greater energy, concentration, peacefulness, power and radiant health.Charlotte Royal Walker, MSW, LCSW, LMTCharlotte (Char) is an integrative psychotherapist who graduated from Loyola University's Master of Social Work School. She is also a certified massage therapist who graduated from Chicago School of Massage Therapy. She completed an advanced certification in Integrative Oncology from Memorial Sloan- Kettering. Char uses traditional psychotherapy methods including cognitive behavioral therapy, and combines it with mind/body techniques such as guided imagery and progressive relaxation as well as relaxing breathing techniques. Clients will have the opportunity to practice these techniques during her sessions. Char specializes in treating patients with anxiety, panic disorder, depression, cancer, and has many years of experience treating patients with chronic diseases such as heart issues, fibromyalgia, migraine headache and chronic and acute pain disorders.Therapeutic Yoga and MeditationPolly Liontis (See Polly's bio under Integrative Bodywork)Herbal Medicine CounselingJenna Otwell, CN, CHJenna attended the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies and is licensed as a certified nutritionist from the American Health Science University and the National Institute for Nutritional Education. She previously managed an integrative pharmacy in Boulder, CO, where she extended her experience with Western herbalism and nutrition. Jenna manages the Wellness Shoppe at Park Center, which is an integral part of the Integrative Medicine Program.


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Pope Benedict XVI has written a pastoral letter to Irish Roman Catholics on the issue of preventing and punishing sexual abuse of children by priests – but opinion here is divided on whether the church can ever regain its moral authority.
The papal letter, expected later today, follows a series of accusatory Irish government reports last year into pedophilia within the Irish Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict says he hopes the communication, to be made public Saturday, "will help in the process of repentance, healing, and renewal."
Garry O'Sullivan, editor of the Irish Catholic, a weekly newspaper independent of the church, says if it is to have any impact at all, the letter needs to address the church's culpability.
"The hope is it will have a fulsome apology. The victims want the pope to make a proper admission of a systemic cover-up, not just minimize it as a few problems," he says.
Cardinal embroiled in scandal over priest
The letter comes as Cardinal Sean Brady, head of the Irish Church, finds himself embroiled in a scandal surrounding the late Rev. Brendan Smyth. Father Smyth abused children from the 1940s onward, and was moved from parish to parish, including a stint in the United States, which was when the church became aware of it.
In 1975, Cardinal Brady, then a priest, was present when two of Smyth's victims were asked to sign an oath of secrecy. Brady did not inform the statutory authorities.
Speaking on the national radio program Morning Ireland, Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor Donal McKeown said Cardinal Brady made a 'bad decision' and regretted very much.
Calls for his resignation, including from Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, were met with refusal – Brady told BBC Radio he will only go if asked to do so by the pope. He says he was working in a clerical position at the time and that he appropriately discharged responsibilities by providing senior clerics with the information on Father Smyth.
Garry O'Sullivan says the "culture of secrecy" was a nationwide phenomenon at the time: "It was 1975 – the culture then in the guards [police], the church, and politics was one of secrecy. People went to the church [with allegations of abuse] because they believed the good bishop would sort out the dirty priest.
"That's where the real [systemic] error is: the good bishop didn't sort out the dirty priest. It's now up to the church to clear its decks," he says.
Reputation in tatters
Ireland, long a Catholic bastion, traditionally looked to the church not only for moral guidance but it was also entwined in all aspects of social and political life. Now in their second decade, the investigations and revelations of abuse have all but destroyed the church's institutional reputation.
Lorcan Price, a young practicing Catholic, says the papal apology is needed, but more important is confirmation that the era of pedophile priests being shielded from the courts is over.
"The new child protection plans are good, but confidence has been rattled by the scandals," he says. "People need to hear it will never happen again. The ordinary person is concerned about the culture of secrecy, something that has been confirmed by the drip, drip of revelations."
"People will be less inclined to listen to the church on a wide range of social issues now – I think that's a shame. You have to hear voices from all corners," he says.
Deregister as Catholics?
Paul Dunbar, who is involved in the Count Me Out project, which provides nominal Catholics with an easy way to deregister as Catholics, says the pope's letter will miss the point, regardless of what he writes in it.
"As a non-Catholic, I'm not sure I have the right to comment on the pope's letter. It is intended as a communication between the Vatican and Irish Catholics. However, herein lies a flaw, in my opinion: The pope should be addressing the Irish people as a whole and unreservedly apologizing for the cover-up and the failure of the hierarchy, in Ireland and elsewhere, to address the scourge of child sexual abuse crisis," he wrote in an e-mail to The Christian Science Monitor.
"The Roman Catholic Church has clearly lost sight of its Christian values and it will take more than a pastoral letter to right this wrong."
According to Count Me Out, 7,998 people have completed a "declaration of defection," signaling they have left the Catholic church.
Another cleric, retired canon lawyer Monsignor Maurice Dooley, was summoned to the archbishop's palace in Thurles this week after saying he would not report clerical abusers to the state authorities. He has been officially silenced on the issue by the archbishop.


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When you have an opportunity to meet someone or go somewhere special do you do it or just say na? I usually say na especially if it's going to be a small venue like a book signing or a meet and greet. I just figure there is going to be so many people and how close am I going to get to that person anyway, will I actually get to say hello…blah blah blah..
Well in October I had an opportunity to meet Annie Sloan in Montreal at the opening of a new store, Piorra Maison. However my partner in crafts and painting was not able to go with me. This was one of those times that I would have said forget it. I would have gone myself if she was coming to Ottawa but there was no way I was driving myself to Montreal!!!! I thought about it for a few days and then thought why should I miss it, get out of your comfort zone and go! So I called my husband and asked him if he would drive me there and find something to do for two hours. He said yes. So I was doing it, I wasn't sure how many other opportunities I would have had to meet her and she was coming so close home.
As time got closer plans changed for my girlfriend and we were now able to go together. I was pretty excited. Let's face it who was I going to oh and ah with if she wasn't there. She meet me at my work and we took my car….I drove…yikes! The drive there was great, it was the drive back that was a little nervy but a little more on that later.
We arrived in Montreal around 4 o'clock had a bite to eat and at 5:30 the doors to the open house opened. The place was beautifully set up and decorated with many chalk painted pieces of furniture of course and different gift items. One of the first pieces that caught my eye was this beautiful dresser.
Look at the details that popped so nicely with the stressing and I love the colour.
We headed to the back of the store where she had a display of painted pears done in Annie Sloan's colours. It was so dramatic on the black wall.
…and this beautiful display of appetizers with some great ideas for presentation using old wood windows.
here are a few different vignettes with everything displayed so beautifully.
oops, yes and there was wine.
loved these nesting tables and this table and tub chair done in Emperors Red. This colour looks so good with the dark wax! Love it.
Seriously, this sofa is painted with chalk paint and she says it will hold up for many years.
and finally she arrived. There was no screaming or pushing, you just turned around and there she was chatting with people and there was lots of picture-taking.
she then did a demonstration and answered a lot of questions. She was personable and funny, telling us to paint everything in the house while our husbands were out!
There you go. (as my girlfriend would say) We left the boutique around 8 and headed back to Ottawa. I got Pat to get out the GPS to help guide us back to the highway, even though she said she knew the way, it's always nice to have back up ready. ( I think) As we were driving on the commuter lane she's telling me "you're doing fine, you're doing fine, she could tell I was a little nervous. I then realize I have to get over and as I do a quick shoulder check all I see is a speed way of cars and an 18 wheeler. Everyone is going 110 kms at least and there is NO room for me to get in but my girlfriend isn't saying anything except "you're doing fine, just keep going" and I'm like yelling "do I not have to get over"? and she sort of says yes but then continues to say "you're doing fine, just keep going" and the next thing I realize is I'm veering off to the right and I'm pretty sure I should have merged left. So now I'm pointing to the GPS asking her if it is saying, re-planing route but she is not really answering me until we get to the light and I ask her again…"Was I not suppose to merge back there"? and she said "yes, but you were so nervous I didn't want to say anything" so she just kept me going on the same road to get off and go all the way around in a big loop to attempt to get on again. Thankfully it was at a different spot and the merge went smoothly. What a GREAT friend!


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text: Josh Rees admits that seeing some of his reserves team-mates get their chance in the Arsenal first team this season has given him hope for the future.The 18-year-old has been in impressive form for both the Under-18s and Neil Banfields side this term, catching the eye with a series of energetic, goalscoring displays.While he is happy to bide his time before making his breakthrough, Rees says seeing the likes of Nico Yennaris, Ignasi Miquel and Oguzhan Ozyakup in the first team is an inspiration to him.I have been playing with the likes of Nico since I was eight or nine so I am so happy when people like him, Ozzy, Chuks and Iggy get their chance in the first team, like they have this season, Rees told Arsenal.com.I want to get more reserve-team starts this season and add to the results that the team are gettng, and also get a good run with the Under-18s and aim for the Academy League title.I want to make as many appearances as I can leading into next season. Hopefully next year I will have a good pre-season and see if I can force my way into the boss's first-team plans.Rees admits he is not short on inspiration when he looks around the Club, and hopes to follow in the footsteps of another famous Academy graduate.I really admire Jack Wilshere, even though he hasn't played this season, he said. In terms of where he has come from, I can relate to that - he is a fantastic midfielder.I have been impressed with Mikel Arteta too, especially in the Tottenham game. I was watching it from a midfielder's point of view, and he has great workrate and the quality to match.


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Court Denies Rehearing of Its Earlier Ruling Allowing Systemic Hiring Discrimination Case and Overturning Award of Attorney's Fees; Cintas CEO Likely to be Deposed
WASHINGTON - In a second victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Cintas Corporation's petition to reconsider its earlier ruling that the EEOC was wrongly denied permission to litigate a lawsuit alleging Cintas engaged in hiring discrimination against a class of women in Michigan. The court's one-page order, issued Jan. 15, 2013, indicated that no judge had requested a vote on Cintas' suggestion for full court review. The case will now return to the district court for further proceedings.
With the order, the Sixth Circuit has now made final its ruling of November 9, 2012, in which the Court overturned the district court's dismissal of the EEOC's lawsuit against Cintas, reversed significant procedural rulings, ordered the district court to reconsider whether EEOC should be allowed to depose Cintas CEO Scott Farmer, and found "no basis" for the district court's ordering EEOC to pay Cintas $2.6 million in attorney fees.
"The court of appeals has confirmed EEOC's ability to use all the tools Congress provided in Title VII when EEOC challenges a pattern or practice of discrimination," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. He added that the Sixth Circuit's rulings, coupled with Friday's decision in EEOC v. United Parcel Service, where the district court for the Northern District of Illinois reversed its own ruling barring the EEOC from filing a class complaint without complete information on all possible bias victims, are a "tremendous victory for the EEOC's systemic litigation program."
The underlying litigation began in 2005 when the EEOC sued Cintas in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan alleging that it discriminated against women in hiring for its services sales representative position in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination. The EEOC sued under § 706 of Title VII, which permits the EEOC to bring a lawsuit in federal court.
During litigation, the district court ruled that since the EEOC had filed suit under §706 of Title VII and not under §707, which references suits to redress a "pattern or practice" of discrimination, EEOC could not use the so-called Teamsters proof framework, which allows the focus at the initial stages of litigation to be placed on whether discrimination was the employer's "standard operating procedure, rather than on whether the employer committed individual acts of discrimination. The Teamsters framework is named for a 1977 Supreme Court case (International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States).
The district court's ruling required the EEOC to shift its focus to individual acts of alleged discrimination, and away from what it alleged was an overall discriminatory practice that affected a class. The district court later denied EEOC's motions to expand discovery and to depose the Cintas CEO, and the district court ultimately ruled it must dismiss the EEOC's entire case because of a failure to meet the procedural requirements of investigation and conciliation. Following that dismissal, the court awarded Cintas $2.6 million in attorney fees and costs as the "prevailing party" in the litigation.
The EEOC appealed the district court's rulings to the Sixth Circuit (Serrano & EEOC v. Cintas Corp., Dkt. Nos. 10-2629/11-2057). The Sixth Circuit reversed the judgments of the district court and remanded the case for further proceedings. Significantly, the appellate court held that EEOC may use the Teamsters proof framework when it files a lawsuit under §706. The appellate court also held that the EEOC had met its obligation to investigate and conciliate the charges of discrimination, and that further discovery may well be necessary to give EEOC more information as EEOC "proceed[s] with its claims toward trial." The court addressed at length one particular area of discovery: EEOC's desire to depose Cintas CEO Scott Farmer. The court determined that Farmer's statements at a corporate meeting suggested "high-level-corporate awareness of Cintas's failure to hire females," and this awareness "goes to the heart of what the EEOC will seek to prove in proceeding with its claims toward trial."
Finally, the Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's grant of $2.6 million in attorney fees, holding that the district court abused its discretion when it awarded fees on the basis of what it termed "egregious and unreasonable conduct" by EEOC. The Sixth Circuit held that "[t]he EEOC pursued its claim within the bounds of professional conduct and in the good-faith belief that it had done what was necessary . . . ."Following the Court of Appeals' order, Cintas petitioned the Court for rehearing.
"We are pleased that the court of appeals initially recognized that EEOC's efforts to resolve the case at the administrative stage were adequate and that the $2.6 million fee award should be reversed, and that there was no reason to rehear the arguments or revise that opinion," saidJennifer Goldstein, EEOC Appellate Attorney.
EEOC's Indianapolis Regional Attorney Laurie Young added, "We look forward to the opportunity to focus on the merits of this case in district court, where we will now be able to present our evidence of a pattern of sex discrimination in hiring."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Members of the Dongria Kondh, one of India's indigenous tribes, would not normally climb to the top of the lush, green Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, eastern India, because they consider the mountains sacred.
But desperate times call for desperate measures. In late February, thousands of tribesmen and women made the 4,300-ft. ascent to pray, and leave an inscribed stone tablet that read: "Niyamgiri is ours. Vedanta beware. We are the Dongria Kondh."
Vedanta Resources Plc, a metals company based in Britain that is listed on the FTSE-100 index of the London stock exchange, is awaiting the Indian government's final clearance to start mining the Niyamgiri hills for bauxite – an ore from which aluminium is produced – which it needs for its alumina refinery close by. Its subsidiary, Sterlite Industries, which is co-owned by the Orissa government, will operate the mine.
A rising tide of protest – by tribal people and activists from around the world – has threatened the project, which has been repeatedly delayed since 2005. In March, in a further setback for the company, a government panel sent to the area submitted three reports saying Vedanta had begun work before receiving the final clearances.
The project has underscored a question of mounting importance in India: How the country should balance vital economic growth with the needs of local populations that are closely tied to the land.
Even remote areas of densely populated India are inhabited by unskilled, impoverished people who cannot easily diversify away from farming or forest-dwelling. But India's 1-billion-plus population – around 40 percent of whom live in poverty, according to the World Bank – needs the economic growth that only industrial growth will bring.
Tribal people are among India's poorest, scoring lowest on all economic and social indicators from income to literacy.
Tribal people's rights
Earlier this month, commenting on the government panel's findings, India's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, said Vedanta may have violated rights of the 8,000-member Dongria Kondh. "The letter and spirit of the Forest Rights Act of 2006 has not been implemented by Vedanta," he told journalists, referring to the law that governs rights of tribes on forest lands they inhabit.
Mukesh Kumar, chief operating officer of the project, denies that Vedanta has violated any rights. "This thing will not affect anything," he says, referring to the government report. "We expect the government to give us permission to start operations any day now."
He adds that no tribal people lived in the 721-hectare area covered by the mining lease. "Where there is bauxite it is totally barren; there will only be mining," he says.
But nongovernmental organizations and activists who oppose the mine say the project could have catastrophic effects on the local environment. It is feared the mine could dry up dozens of perennial streams and two rivers that run through the hills, while pollution could damage fruit orchards and plants said to possess medicinal properties.
"The Dongria Kondhi's identity and very existence is dependent on the hills around them," says Sarah Webster, an expert on tribal and indigenous people for the International Labor Organization, part of the United Nations.
Tribes like the Dongria Kondhi, which are listed by India's government as "highly endangered," have a special status under Indian law, which also protects their land.
Around 8 percent of India's population are tribal people, also known as adivasi. Traditionally forest-dwelling, they follow an animist religion rooted in nature, and their languages have no written form.
"The Fifth Schedule [of India's Constitution] which covers tribal areas in 10 states in India, supposedly guarantees prevention of land transfers in the form of mining leases to private companies," says Ms. Webster. "Yet such transfers to private and international mining companies continue unabated."
Giving back to the community
Vedanta argues that the tribal people opposing the mine are a minority. In a recent press statement, it said that the "vast majority of the local community in Orissa has welcomed and supported Vedanta."
It also said the project would "bring significant benefits to the local and national community by promoting growth in Orissa, developing local education, medical and other social infrastructure and furthering India's global economic competitiveness."
The state government has given its backing to Vedanta's plans, as has the central government, pending final environmental clearances. In 2008, the Supreme Court approved the project, after it asked Sterlite, Vedanta's subsidiary, to plow 5 percent of profits from its mines across India into developing the area.
In recent years, several big companies have faced serious – sometimes violent – opposition to attempts to buy land for industrial projects that they have claimed will provide local employment and opportunity.
In 2008, Tata Motors was forced to backtrack on its plans to build a factory producing low-cost Nano cars in the state of West Bengal after farmers protested against plans to buy their land.
Protest spreads abroad
The controversy over Vedanta's mine plans hit headlines worldwide last month when the Church of England and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust sold off their $5.7 million and $2.85 million investments in the firm, on moral grounds.
The company was dealt a further blow the same month when Amnesty International said Vedanta's alumina refinery – for which Niyamgiri's bauxite is destined – was causing air and water pollution and threatening the health of 5,000 people.
"Residents told Amnesty International that since mid-2007, when the refinery began operating, they have been suffering from a range of health problems," said the report.
"These include skin conditions like blisters and boils after bathing in the river, and respiratory discomfort, including coughing and breathlessness, which they believe are linked to inhaling of dust and other emissions from the refinery."
Vedanta plans to expand that refinery sixfold – but it cannot do so until it is mining bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills.


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The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government plunged into a fresh crisis on Saturday as a nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was sent to CBI custody after being arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh from a senior railway official for a top post.
According to the CBI, the senior post on the Railway Board was virtually up for grabs.
The CBI has charged Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla with striking a "deal for Rs 10 crore" to make senior Railway officer Mahesh Kumar Board member (electrical).
Mahesh Kumar has since been suspended from service.
Singla, a multi-millionaire businessman, is son of Bansal's sister. Singla is a major stake holder in a multi-crore upcoming commercial complex in the Chandigarh industrial area. He stays in a sprawling palatial house in Sector 28 in Chandigarh.
Singla's house is in close proximity to Bansal's house. According to sources, Singla is also a stakeholder in a hundred acre property purchased in a suburb near Chandigarh where a multi-crore housing project is intended to be brought up. Singla is close to several Congress leaders in Chandigarh.
Mahesh Kumar had asked Narain Rao Manjunath, managing director of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Ltd, to arrange Rs 2 crore to be allegedly paid to Singla. Manjunath's firm supplies electronic items to the Railways.
Manjunath could arrange only Rs 90 lakh, which was paid to Singla on Friday on behalf of Kumar, the CBI charged.
Sources have revealed that one Sandeep Goyal had informed Kumar and Manjunath (co-accused) that Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal would retire in June 2013 and Member (Electrical) Kulbhushan would succeed him. Goyal had promised that once Kulbhushan was appointed chairman, he could get Kumar the post through his contacts within the ministry, the CBI said in its first information report (FIR).
Goyal's firm Pyramid Electronics manufactures electrical equipment for Railways.
The FIR does not name the railway minister as accused. The FIR also revealed that Goyal had said that he would get the work done in lieu of pecuniary gratification.
Goyal was further in contact with "private persons" Vijay Singla and Ajay Garg of Chandigarh.
"Goyal demanded an illegal gratification of Rs 10 crore for this purpose; Rs 5 crore in cash before appointment and balance Rs 5 crore after the appointment. Kumar had agreed to Goyal's demand," the FIR alleged.
The premier investigating agency did not point out when the conspiracy was hatched. Kumar was the general manager of Western Railway, Mumbai, when he came in contact with Singla.
In the meantime, Kumar became member (staff) on the Railway Board, the CBI pointed out.
The agency said Kumar had requested Singla and his conduit that until he was appointed member (electrical), he should be given the additional charge of general manager, Western Railway and S & T(Signal & Telecommunication).
For that to happen, Singla is alleged to have asked for an immediate installment of Rs 2 crore and the balance after his appointment.
Kumar, said the CBI, started contacting businessmen and industrialists dealing with the Railways. Manjunath agreed to "arrange the money in lieu of official favours." He, however, could arrange only Rs 90 lakh, said the CBI which was keeping an eye on the deal.
CBI sleuths arrested Mahesh Kumar and Manjunath in Mumbai and Bangalore respectively. The other accused—Singla, Goyal, Vivek Kumar and Dharmendra Kumar—were also held.
The arrested have been remanded in CBI custody till May 8 by a city court .
The agency registered the FIR on Friday and named Mahesh Kumar, Narayan Rao Manjunath, Sandeep Goyal, Vijay Singla, Ajay Garg, Rahul Yadav, Samir Sandhir and Sushil Daga accused under various Sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.
Searches were conducted at various places, including the residence of member (staff) Railway Board in Delhi and Mumbai, and in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Bangalore and Delhi.
Incriminating documents have been recovered, the CBI added.
Plot thickens
* Bansal meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and presents his case in the Congress Core group.
* BJP demands his sacking, describing it a "copy book" case of corruption.
* NDA convener Sharad Yadav comes to Bansal's rescue; absolves him of any wrongdoing.
* Core committee decides not to press for Bansal's resignation. He too rules out his resignation.
* Bansal's nephew, other co-accused produced before special CBI court; sent to four-day CBI custody.
* Congress rejects demands for Bansal's resignation; says it has become a "disease" for Opposition to seek resignation.
* Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal denies any business link with his
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Mike Abbott's deep thoughts
FORTUNE — Mike Abbott is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm. As the former vice president of engineering at Twitter, he brought his experience to the firm in 2011 and now focuses on digital investments. He has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University and has completed coursework toward a Ph.D. in molecular biology/pharmacology from the University of Washington. We asked him 10 questions about his accomplishments at both work and home. Find out below how he gets his news, his biggest missed opportunity, and what he would rather be doing in Argentina and Nepal.
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1. What is the best advice you ever received?
"Just keep pushing." In short, it pays to be persistent. Life always presents challenges on many fronts, and focusing where you want to go can keep you stable when your world around you is spinning.
2. What was the last book you read?
Quiet by Susan Cain. Found it both helpful for areas that I struggle with personally, as well as to help me have more empathy.
3. What would you say to a group of young people looking to enter the tough job market?
Focus on just doing not talking. In the end, what matters are your core skills and how you communicate them to others. Go build things that help you in life — whether interacting with friends, family and/or co-workers.
4. What was your biggest missed opportunity?
My biggest missed opportunity was also the best decision I've ever made. I turned down the opportunity to be VP of engineering at Facebook (FB) several years ago in order to pursue the woman who is now my wife.
5. How do you get your news?
I primarily listen to folks that I have the privilege to meet with, the folks I follow on Twitter, and I read, in particular, academic journals, blogs, and the paper version of several periodicals. And then I contemplate while running and swimming.
6. What was the most important thing you learned in school?
The importance of intense focus. The ability to shut out external "noise" and apply your mind to one problem/thought is incredibly powerful. Frankly, I am finding this increasingly difficult to do in our attention economy.
7. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?
Patagonia, Argentina. I had the opportunity to trek, mountain bike, and river raft there a couple of years ago — it is an amazing part of the planet! However, returning to the Buddhist monastery in Tengboche in Nepal also is quite appealing.
8. What is your greatest achievement?
Fatherhood — without a doubt.
Professionally, I've had the chance to be part of multiple teams that have built products now in use by both consumers and companies. From building an enterprise business out of my house, Composite Software, which remained independent with over 100 employees for 12 years until recently Cisco (CSCO) acquired, to helping redefine, build, ship webOS at Palm, and to rapidly expand the engineering team at Twitter to stabilize the infrastructure — I have been very fortunate to have had these opportunities.
9. What business or technology person do you admire most? Why?
Bill Campbell. [The chairman and former CEO of Intuit (INTU) and current Apple (AAPL) board member.] Bill embodies deep empathy, deep experience, and deep care for people and companies. He is an amazing person and can provide insights and guidance unlike any other person that I have ever met. I am privileged to be able to call him a friend and mentor.
10. What technology sector excites you most?
Deep learning, which is a new approach to achieving artificial intelligence with applications in daily living, digital health, and other new use cases. Deep learning is a new area of machine learning research, which has been introduced with the objective of moving machine learning closer to one of its original goals: artificial intelligence.


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We know that only God should be worshipped. Only God demands worship, and only God deserves worship. The question of whether we should worship the Holy Spirit is answered simply by determining whether the Spirit is God. Contrary to the ideas of some cults, the Holy Spirit is not merely a "force," but a personality. He is referred to in personal terms (John 15:26; 16:7–8, 13–14). He acts as a Being with personality would act—He speaks (1 Timothy 4:1), He loves (Romans 15:30), He teaches (John 14:26), He intercedes (Romans 8:26), and so on.
The Holy Spirit possesses the nature of deity—He shares the attributes of God. He is neither angelic nor human in essence. He is eternal (Hebrews 9:14). He is everywhere present (Psalm 139:7–10). The Spirit is omniscient, i.e., He knows "all things, even the deep things of God" (1 Corinthians 2:10–11). He taught the apostles "all things" (John 14:26). He was involved in the creation process (Genesis 1:2). The Holy Spirit is spoken of in intimate association with both the Father and the Son (Matthew 28:19; John 14:16). As a Person, He can be lied to (Acts 5:3–4) and grieved (Ephesians 4:30). Furthermore, some passages in the Old Testament that are attributed to God are applied to the Spirit in the New Testament (see Isaiah 6:8 with Acts 28:25, and Exodus 16:7 with Hebrews 3:7–9).
A divine Person is worthy of worship. God is "worthy of praise" (Psalm 18:3). God is great "most worthy of praise" (Psalm 48:1). We are commanded to worship God (Matthew 4:10; Revelation 19:10; 22:9). If, then, the Spirit is deity, the third Person of our triune God, He is worthy of worship. Philippians 3:3 tells us that true believers, those whose hearts have been circumcised, worship God by the Spirit and glory and rejoice in Christ. Here is a beautiful picture of worship of all three members of the Godhead.
How do we worship the Holy Spirit? The same way we worship the Father and the Son. Christian worship is spiritual, flowing from the inward workings of the Holy Spirit to which we respond by offering our lives to Him (Romans 12:1). We worship the Spirit by obedience to His commands. Referring to Christ, the Apostle John explains that "those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us" (1 John 3:24). We see here the link between obeying Christ and the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, convicting us of all things—especially our need to worship by obedience—and empowering us to worship.
Worship is itself a function of the Spirit. Jesus says that we "worship in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). Those who are spiritual are those who are indwelt by the Spirit who testifies to us that we belong to Him (Romans 8:16). His presence in our hearts enables us to return worship to Him in the Spirit. We are in Him as He is in us, just as Christ is in the Father and the Father is in us through the Spirit (John 14:20, 17:21).[1]
[1] Got Questions Ministries. (2010). Got Questions? Bible Questions Answered. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.


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The proxy authorization method is a special form of authentication. A user that binds to the directory by using his or her own identity is granted the rights of another user through proxy authorization.
To configure Directory Server to allow proxy requests you must do the following:
Grant the administrators the right to proxy as other users.
Grant your regular users normal access rights as defined in your access control policy.
You can grant proxy rights to any users of the directory except the Directory Manager. In addition, you cannot use the Directory Manager's DN as a proxy DN. You need to exercise great care when granting proxy rights because you grant the right to specify any DN (except the Directory Manager DN) as the proxy DN. If Directory Server receives more than one proxied authentication control in the same operation, an error is returned to the client application and the operation attempt is unsuccessful.
Example.com wants the client application that binds as MoneyWizAcctSoftware to have the same access rights to the LDAP data as an Accounting Administrator.
The following parameters apply:
The client application's bind DN is uid=MoneyWizAcctSoftware, ou=Applications,dc=example,dc=com.
The targeted subtree to which the client application is requesting access is ou=Accounting,dc=example,dc=com.
An Accounting Administrator with access permissions to the ou=Accounting,dc=example,dc=com subtree exists in the directory.
For the client application to gain access to the Accounting subtree, by using the same access permissions as the Accounting Administrator, the following must be true:
The Accounting Administrator must have access permissions to the ou=Accounting,dc=example,dc=com subtree. For example, the following ACI grants all rights to the Accounting Administrator entry:
aci: (targetattr="*") (version 3.0; acl "allowAll-AcctAdmin"; allow (all) userdn="ldap:///uid=AcctAdministrator,ou=Administrators, dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI that grants proxy rights to the client application must exist in the directory:
aci: (targetattr="*") (version 3.0; acl "allowproxy- accountingsoftware"; allow (proxy) userdn= "ldap:///uid=MoneyWizAcctSoftware,ou=Applications, dc=example,dc=com";)
With this ACI in place, the MoneyWizAcctSoftware client application can bind to the directory and then send an LDAP command, such as ldapsearch or ldapmodify, that requires the access rights of the proxy DN.
In this example, if the client wanted to perform an ldapsearch command, the command would include the following controls:
$ ldapsearch -D "uid=MoneyWizAcctSoftware,ou=Applications,dc=example,dc=com" -w - \ -Y "dn: uid=AcctAdministrator,ou=Administrators,dc=example,dc=com" ...
If the client wanted to perform an ldapmodify command, the command would include the following controls:
$ ldapmodify -h hostname -p port \ -D "uid=MoneyWizAcctSoftware,ou=Applications,dc=example,dc=com" -w - \ -Y"dn: uid=AcctAdministrator,ou=Administrators,dc=example,dc=com" dn: uid=AcctAdministrator,ou=Administrators,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify delete: userpassword - add: userpassword userpassword: admin1
Note that the client binds as itself, but is granted the privileges of the proxy entry. The client does not need the password of the proxy entry.