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On the first day of the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing addressed the press. Deputy Special Envoy Pershing highlighted the progress made a year ago in Copenhagen, as well as the importance of moving forward to address climate change in Cancun now.
He said, "The United States arrives here eager to work with our international partners, to take another important step forward in our collective efforts to meet the growing climate challenge. Throughout the year, our sights have been set on trying to find a way to build on the progress made last year in Copenhagen -- and in particular in the Copenhagen Accord. In Copenhagen, through the direct participation of many of the world's leaders, including President Obama, progress was made on all key elements of the negotiations.
"At the heart of the Accord, on the one hand, was a crucial agreement among both developed and developing countries to implement a set of mitigation targets or actions, and to do so in an internationally transparent manner. On the other hand, there were critical provisions for financing for developing countries in order to support, mitigation, adaptation, technology, forest protection and preservation, known as REDD in this context. Taken together these two pieces reflect and create a landmark, balanced agreement which accommodated and created broad support.
"What we are seeking here in Cancun is a balanced package of decisions that will build on this agreement. Such decisions, which preserve the balance of the Accord, will be a positive and very meaningful outcome. If Parties here are prepared to take the necessary steps forward, I think we can achieve this goal.
"Specifically, I think that if countries take a determined and pragmatic view, we can make progress on anchoring mitigation pledges; we can make progress on putting in place a system of measurement reporting and verification, including international consultations and analysis; we can make progress on creating a Green Fund; we can make progress on creating a new technology mechanism; and we can make progress on adaptation and on REDD. Balanced advances in all of these would be an important contribution to dealing with the climate change problem. However, as we have said all year, moving ahead on a few issues deemed by some to be easy, or holding off on others deemed by some to be difficult, is not a path for success.
"A balanced package is within our reach. To grasp it we must be pragmatic, we must be flexible, and we must stand behind the underpinnings of what our leaders agreed to last year. The United States is standing behind the commitments we made in Copenhagen. We remain committed to President Obama's pledge announced in Copenhagen last year, for a working reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in a range of 17 percent below the 2005 levels by 2020. We are also aggressively working to deliver on our fast start commitment, beginning with our 2010 financing. We have worked to secure a large package of funding with a total contribution in 2010 fiscal year of about $1.7 billion. This represents an enormous increase of climate finance to help developing countries with projects ranging from adaptation activities in small island states to helping Andean nations address the impacts of tropical glacier retreat, to clean energy programs in Africa. This funding is one example of how we are holding up our end of the balance.
"We expect to have a number of high-level officials participating in the session and attending here in Cancun. The head of the delegation at the high-level session next week will be U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern. The U.S. will also be represented by the Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu, the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley. These individuals will be participating in events that underscore our own collective and their agency's specific role in transitions to clean energy economies and securing a comprehensive global response to this challenge.
"So let me repeat, we are extremely eager to make progress here in Cancun, and we are determined to do everything we can to ensure that happens."
You can read Deputy Special Envoy Pershing's complete remarks here.
Become a fan of the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science on Facebook and follow all of the action at COP-16. You can find press releases, program events, transcripts and more on state.gov/cop16.
Jen in Virginia writes:
I look forward to seeing the progress made in Cancun. Best of luck to the U.S. delegation and all of our international partners!
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
It is heartening to see the US taking such an active role in protecting the enviroment while still keeping jobs.
Anne in Pennsylvania writes:
Wonderful to see this kind of diplomacy! Looking forward to hearing about the convention and its effect on climate change.


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Leonardo DiCaprio Wears Green On His Sleeve And Flies Commercial
Contributing Monkie GreenChef Staff Monkies
Topics of Interest Flying, Leonardo DiCaprio
Published on January 8, 2008
Section Pop Culture / Celebrities
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When Leonardo DiCaprio was in Cannes promoting his new documentary film The 11th Hour, at the press conference one of the reporters put him on the spot grilling him about his own environmental impact from flying around so much to promote his movies. DiCaprio answered the reporter smoothly by saying that he tries to fly commercial as much as he can. It is kind of odd how all these celebrities and personalities in the spotlight are doing the "green" thing simply by not flying in private jets.
Meanwhile the rest of us are pushed to feel guilty about our occasional flights on commercial airlines. Just goes to show how relative this whole being greener thing is. What or whom do we measure it by? We really can't compare everyone. Just start where we are and try to do better and better. There are a lot of jobs, even ones promoting green lifestyles and global issues that require a lot of traveling. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos

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As an education consultant since 1980, I have watched fads come and go and educational priorities wax and wane. But despite the shifting strategies of the adults around them, children have remained the same! They still need to physically experience concepts to fully understand them, and their preferred modes of acquiring knowledge have always been, and still are, movement, play, and active learning.
My work – whether it's in the form of presentations, consulting, curriculum design, books, articles, or radio interviews – is primarily dedicated to the understanding, now confirmed through brain research, that the mind and body are connected and interdependent.
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We scored the biggest and best stash of vintage Chanel ever—and we're sharing. Shop over a hundred statement pieces from decades past: logo-print blouses, oversized trench coats, mini-skirt bouclé suits, jewelry and bags, bags, bags. Everything's distinctly vintage Chanel, and perfectly Nasty Gal.
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USAID representatives joined the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), members of Parliament, health officials, and the international community on April 6, 2011, to celebrate World Health Day in Kabul. Under the theme "No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow," the event highlighted the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance and called attention to the need for policymakers, civil-society and patient groups, health practitioners and prescribers, pharmacists and dispensers, as well as the diagnostic and pharmaceutical community, to develop a comprehensive plan to minimize health risks from exposure to microbes.
Antimicrobial resistance, and its global spread, threatens the continued effectiveness of many medicines used today to treat infectious diseases. Antimicrobial resistance is not a new problem, but one that is becoming more dangerous. Urgent and consolidated efforts are needed to avoid regressing to the pre-antibiotic era.
For World Health Day 2011, the WHO is calling for intensified global commitment to safeguard antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines for future generations. USAID Senior Deputy Mission Director Robert Hellyer said, "USAID is proud to be working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health to strengthen pharmaceutical systems, and promote rational medicine use and good dispensing practices."
Around Afghanistan, USAID is supporting national and provincial hospitals in developing drug and therapeutic committees, training pharmacists in modern pharmaceutical management practices, and raising public awareness of the importance of proper medicine use. This week, USAID's Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems project began regional training workshops on good dispensing practices for 112 pharmacists working at the Ministry of Public Health. Good dispensing practices include the delivery of the correct drug to the right patient, in the required dosage and quantities, in a package that maintains acceptable potency and quality, and with clear drug information. Training will take place in Balkh, Hirat, and Kabul provinces and will continue through the month of April.
For more than 20 years, the world has celebrated World Health Day on April 7. This day was chosen to commemorate the adoption of the WHO constitution on April 7, 1948. Around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of good health for productive and happy lives.
Mack in the U.S.A. writes:
I hope the people of Afghanistan look at food in the way we in the USA look at obesity and related health concerns like diabetes and gout and lack of exercise and eat healthy superfoods instead of conveniently copying western cultures fast foods bad habits. If not there will be ensuing chronic sickness to follow.
T.J. N. in the U.S.A. writes:
"Urgent and consolidated efforts are needed to avoid regressing to the pre-antibiotic era."
I believe we are still in the antibiotic era. Physicians and pharmaceutical companies rely on revenue generated by the distribution of antibiotics. We see it all the time, we bring a child in the a runny nose and the slight fever, antibiotic are prescribed. Our immune systems are requiring more or stronger antibiotics that really only treat the symptoms than actually approach the illness at the core for natural healing.
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What "big ideas" do people discuss at ideas festivals? At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival (which runs through tomorrow), some people are discussing how to measure imagination and creativity. According to Scott Barry Kaufman, director of the Imagination Institute, we are failing to identify creative students; some get labeled as learning disabled.
Before continuing, I must admit to two things: serious doubt that "big ideas" ultimately carry the day (I generally favor medium-sized ideas, though I consider the quality of an idea more important than its size), and occasional fascination with some of them. Overall, I favor pursuing these ideas but not jumping to conclusions about their applications and implications.
For instance, this passage (from an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education) struck me as interesting, though not revelatory, since it meshes with my own experience:
Meanwhile, Mark Beeman wants to unpack epiphany. One thing Beeman, a cognitive neuroscientist at Northwestern University, has found is that, before a sudden insight, people show increased activity in several parts of the brain including an area known as the anterior cingulate cortex. Also, before an insight, people tend to be focused on something other than the problem they're trying to solve, like playing with their kids or taking a shower.
But I would be wary of a pedagogical approach that involved steering students onto another topic in order to produce an insight about the topic left behind. "Ok, everyone, stop what you're doing and draw a tree!"
Identifying creative students is a worthy goal, but creativity comes in many forms, and I doubt one test, or even a "battery" of tests, could detect them all. The Chronicle article notes the limitations of current creativity tests:
The tools that we now have to measure creativity are fairly crude. A researcher might ask someone to list alternate uses for a bowl and then count the number of ideas he or she comes up with. That's interesting, but it doesn't get at the deep creativity necessary to become a brilliant physicist or a mind-blowing sculptor. Something else is going on there, and it's worth figuring out what it is.
Amen. Too often I have seen creativity equated with brainstorming, and they are not the same.
One possibility–not mentioned in the article–is that "deep creativity" has something to do with deep involvement in a particular subject or medium. That is, you aren't "creative" in a vacuum; it's your relation to the subject that draws your creativity out. Also, there's a doggedness that goes with creativity. It isn't a static trait.
Thus, even if we had better creativity tests, there's still a good chance that people would get mislabeled. It's one thing to show some traits that are generally associated with creativity; it's another to do something with them.
There's much more to say on this subject–but since I'm traveling today, I'll leave it at that.


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Met up with FlyedPiper today for a Kzoo tea meetup, todays theme Bai Hao. One of the three we had was the Bai Hao Cake from this OTTI.
While we did not take detailed notes, I will say Seth's brewing of this one was pretty good. We both sort of noticed a slight Sheng like aroma from the leaves after the rinse, so Seth decided to treat it like a Sheng. I will say that must have worked, because based on everyone else's reviews I was expecting it to not be that great. Seth used about 7 grams in my Large Tea Gallery Gaiwan, which is memory serves me right is somewhere between 160 and 180 ml, but then brewed it how he would brew a young Sheng.
It did not turn out bitter at all, though you could tell it definitely had the ability with the slightly drying astringency that was slightly noticeable. Though that being said it was not all that exciting of a tea. A definite easy drinker, and good as something to drink while otherwise busy ( with a nice price to match).
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Heli-One, Eurocopter Launch Team NORDSAR
Norway has formed a new SAR venture with Eurocopter and Heli-One in Team NORDSAR (Nordic Search and Rescue). Eurocopter will provide a custom-built EC225, with special modifications for Nordic region SAR missions. NORDSAR's EC225 will also be entered into the Norwegian All Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter (NAWSARH) competition.
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Not Exactly a Landslide
The Presidential election of 1860 was a four-way race among Republican Abraham Lincoln, Democrats Stephen A. Douglas and John Breckinridge, and Constitutional Union party nominee John A. Bell. Lincoln won only 40 percent of the popular vote. But as this list shows, he won 180 out of 303 electoral votes, including most of the North. Douglas came in second, but garnered only 12 electoral votes.


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About the Author: Nell Triplett serves as Alternate Representative, U.S. Delegation to the Organization of American States.
There is but one word that has dominated the world of the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) for months: Cuba. With all the talk surrounding whether or not the OAS would be able to reach consensus to lift the 1962 suspension on Cuba's participation in the regional organization and, if so, with what conditions, there was heightened interest throughout the hemisphere in the 2009 OAS General Assembly.
During the sometimes chaotic and challenging two days of negotiations in San Pedro Sula, Honduras – punctuated by aftershocks from the previous week's 7.1 earthquake; screaming motorcades accompanying presidents, foreign ministers, and ambassadors; and heavily armed security forces patrolling every downtown street corner – all eyes were on the Cuba issue. The participation of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, and President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay only increased the attention given to this General Assembly.
The sense of excitement and urgency was palpable as delegates rushed in and out of the plenary and working group rooms. And yet as an Alternate Representative working on social and development issues, not political issues, I tended to the other discussions and motions that will not be making news but rather that are the routine items of a regular General Assembly. It was business as usual for those of us negotiating the last set of resolutions, as we sat in the U.S. chair, listened to simultaneous translation, took the floor, and caucused on the sidelines to reach consensus on language for resolutions concerning potential support of member states for the recapitalization of the Inter-American Development Bank if deemed necessary by the bank's board of governors; support of the democratic institutional system in Guatemala amid current challenges; and fundraising for peaceful settling of territorial disputes.
Some colleagues and I kept busy in the General Committee while hundreds packed into the plenary sessions next door in order to watch the hemisphere's leaders in action. As we made urgent calls back to Washington to clarify U.S. positions, cameramen and reporters set up in front of us. As we debated with other missions to try to reconcile our different national positions on a host of development issues, we saw our U.S. Ambassador to the OAS, Hector E. Morales, moving urgently between the Cuba working group room and spontaneous meetings on the side. And lastly, as we finalized closed resolutions through the Style Committee to ensure there were no errors, the news everyone had been waiting for broke – a consensus had been reached to lift the suspension on Cuba and establish a process for Cuba, should they choose, to make the next move for a return to the OAS, including compliance with the principles of human rights and democracy enshrined in the OAS' fundamental instruments.
As the General Committee adjourned, the rest of us quickly grabbed a bite to eat before discussion of the next agenda item began.
Ron in New York writes:
Couldnt in 1963....Now, we can.
Throw the World's Doors open and let the fresh air of freedom fill the House. Cuba is just the beginning. Let the other closed regions see the change; and watch prosperity, peace and security take hold.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to Hillary Clinton
my first interesting of politic was unfair treatment to labors. i want to solving this by politic. but, my category is ....................................
not solving, i want to advocate my need.. but, i`m not polician. even, little educated.
how can? do have any advice?
James in New Jersey writes:
Consider my opinion to be extreme, since it probably is.
But Cuba should not have been banned from participating in the OAS to begin with.
How do you claim a diplomatic organization, with the intent of unifying a region (whether it be the Americas or the World) when you readily exclude members? It is the antithesis of and a disgrace to diplomacy when you engage in the sort of bullying and marginalizing that diplomacy seeks to reduce or eliminate.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
It was reported today that president Arias has a case of the swine flu and is working from home in quarantine.
So I'd like to offer my best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.
As for the situation in Honduras, I can see only one possible solution that makes sense, whether this administration supports the ousted president's return or not.
Even if he takes up the reigns of office tommorrow, he has less than 6 months to remain in office, and I wonder how effective he could be with the opposition he would face from lawmakers.
Talk about a "lame duck", it would present a new definition of the term.
So the only logical thing I can see is a situation whereby he steps aside for the good of the nation, is granted amnesty by the "de facto" regime in return, to return home to continue life as a private citizen , and not get involved in politics again.
Assuming the "de facto" regime is intent on preserving constitutional order and holding free and fair elections, (which have been moved up to October), then I believe this admin. should support that as being in the Honduran people's long-term interest.
By the time the talking is done, a new president will have been legitimately elected, at the rate things are going with mediation and OAS intervention.
It appears to me this admin has been backing a "reckless" horse that has blinders on. And it will hurt our relations with the Honduran people if we back someone willing to incite violence for the sake of his ego and a return to power.
I have nothing against Zelaya personally or politically, but his actions should dictate how we proceed to resolve the crisis.
I hope what I've just said makes sense to all concerned.


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There are three main visitor centers, each offering a slightly different perspective on the story of the catastrophic 1980 blast and how the landscape is renewing itself.
Mount St. Helens Visitor Center. 5 Miles east of Castle Rock, WA on State Highway 504 near Silver Lake. Phone: 360-449-7800.
The Center has walk-through interpretive exhibits and award-winning theater programs to educate the visitor on the tale of events that lead to the 1980 eruption. Nearby nature trail and and the Silver Lake wetlands provide opportunities to observe waterfowl, wildlife and native vegetation against the backdrop of Mount St. Helens. West of Mount St. Helens.
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43 miles east of Castle Rock, WA on State Route 504.
Discover how plants and animals, and even people, have re-colonized the blast zone via a video-wall theater program, interpretive exhibits, and nearby self-guided trail. Enjoy panoramic views of the volcano, newly formed lakes, and the debris-filled Toutle River Valley. Operated by the Forest Service. Northwest of Mount St. Helens. Open daily 10 AM to 6 PM May through October. Winter hours and days are reduced.
Johnston Ridge Observatory. 53 miles east of Castle Rock, WA at the end of State Route 504. Phone: 360-274-2140.
Spectacular views of the lava dome, crater, pumice plain and the landslide deposit. A wide-screen theater presentation and interpretive displays teach visitors about the sequence of geologic events that changed the landscape. Discover the art and science of monitoring an active volcano and predicting eruptions. Read eye witness accounts from eruption survivors. Five miles north of Mount St. Helens (closest).
The video is a "must see". Be sure to stay for the final scenes! Open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM May through October. Closed in winter.
Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station. 10024 Highway 12, Randle, WA 98377.
Phone: 360-891-5000; TTY: 360-891-5003.
East of Mount St Helens. Information on trails and facilities.
Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument Headquarters. 42218 N.E.
Yale Bridge Road, Amboy, WA 98601. Phone: 360-449-7800; TTY:
Information on traveling, road conditions and permits is available here. South of Mount St Helens.
Pine Creek Information Station
Staff will help you with travel directions, picnic spots, camping, trails and ideas on how to make the most out of your visit. A short movie will get you ready for adventure into the Monument. South of Mount St Helens.
Woods Creek Information Station
Has visitor information materials. Across the road is the Woods Creek Watchable Wildlife Site. East of Mount St Helens
Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center. Northwest of Mount St. Helens.
Offers exhibits, pictures, gift shop, helicopter tours and Llama rides - entry is free. The building is a mortise-and-tenon solid wood and peg construction and is reported to be the largest building of this type constructed on the West Coast since Mt. Hood Lodge was built in the 1940's. Constructed by Cowlitz County with the interior built and furnished by the concessionaire, Foodmasters Inc. of Longview, Washington.
The Charles W. Bingham Forest Learning Visitor Center. Located on Highway 504 northwest of Mount St. Helens within the blast zone of the May 18, 1980 eruption .
The Charles W. Bingham Forest Learning Center is a partnership between Weyerhaeuser Company, Washington State Department of Transportation and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The center is open to the public from May to October free of charge.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 10600 N.E. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682. Phone: 360-891-5000; Fax: 360-891-5245.
Mt. Saint Helens/Cowlitz County Department of Tourism. 105 Minor Road, Kelso, WA 98626. Phone: 360-577-3137.
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Unless you've been asleep at the wheel the past month or two, you know that SCHIP is right around the corner. This bill is placing a heavy tax on all cigars, and will result in higher prices starting 4/1. Some manufacturers are using this tax as a vehicle to introduce price increases that, in some cases, go above and beyond the level of the tax. In several cases, manufacturers have …Read More


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The Outliers Creative Writing Club Meeting
Category: Classes and WorkshopsCategory: Teens
High schoolers from any school are invited to join The Outliers, New Canaan's teen creative writing club. This meeting will be held at NCHS on November 26 in room 221 from 5:30 to 7:30.
Questions? Email Gretchen, the Teen Services Librarian.


text: To celebrate the opening of his latest New York restaurant, Boulud Sud, Chef Daniel Boulud is launching a pop-up version in the Brazilian Court. The restaurant will be open from July through September and will present a culinary tour of the entire Mediterranean region, from the shores of France, Italy and Spain to Morocco, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey. With dishes like octopus a la plancha with marcona almonds (below) and chicken tagine with turnips, spinach and preserved lemon on the menu, we'll be getting our foodie passport stamped all summer long. Palm Beach (561-655-6060, danielnyc.com)


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Winter Reading List
Hot off the presses are a number of books by Mississippi College professors on a variety of topics, from historical accounts to contemporary issues.
Race, Ethnicity & Disability: Veterans & Benefits in Post-Civil War America
by Larry Logue
Growing up in Pennsylvania, Larry Logue once helped lead the Harrisburg Bicycle Club around the Gettysburg battlefield near the site of President Lincoln's famed Gettysburg address. Decades later as a Mississippi College professor, Logue penned a book examining pensions for thousands of Civil War veterans. Logue teamed with Syracuse University professor Peter Blanck to write Race, Ethnicity & Disability: Veterans & Benefits in Post-Civil War America. They studied data from more than 40,000 Union soldiers. Published in April 2010 by Cambridge University Press, "our book finds that pension administrators treated black and foreign-born veterans differently from native-born whites," Logue said.
The Cult of Imperial Honor in British India
by Steven Patterson
History professor Steven Patterson explores the British Raj, the period of British Colonial rule in South Asia between
1858 and 1947, in his new book, The Cult of Imperial Honor in British India.
"As a code, 'honor' condoned and sanctioned imperial violence and attempted to make imperial rule virtuous," Dr.Patterson said. "Honor therefore disguised the brute force of the British Raj."
A 1990 Mississippi College graduate, Patterson received his doctorate at the University of Memphis. He taught European history for six years at Lambuth University, where he was named the Tennessee school's outstanding educator in 2008.
Tough Talk for Tough Times: Real Conversations for Real People About Money and Finance
by Nancy Anderson
Readers of Nancy Anderson's new book will find answers to help them cope with America's recession. Tough Talk for Tough Times: Real Conversations for Real People About Money and Finance was published in December 2009 by Quail Ridge Press of Brandon. In it, the MC business professor and small-business owner provides sound money management advice. You can also catch Anderson giving sage advice to listeners statewide every Tuesday morning on "Money Talks," the Mississippi Public Broadcasting radio show. The Mississippi College graduate is also a regular guest on Thursdays on WLBT's "Midday Mississippi" program.
Just Call Him "Mr. President"
Mississippi College School of Education Dean Don Locke will be installed as the 60th president of the 45,000-member American Counseling Association (ACA) in July 2011. The ACA is the national organization for professional counselors. As its president-elect, the MC alumnus is traveling to meetings this fall in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia. Dr. Locke is also on top of key issues in Washington, including deep budget cuts reducing the number of counselors in schools and mental health centers nationwide.
"The members have placed a lot of confidence in this former school counselor from Mississippi," Locke says. "I also hope to put in plugs for Mississippi and Mississippi College in all my travels."
Psychology Department Chairman Stephen Southern edits not one, but two prestigious national journals on the Mississippi College campus. The Family Journal features authors from Spain, Malaysia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and other areas worldwide. Recent articles spotlighted topics including problem gambling and its impact on families and home-based therapy for children in low-income families. Dr. Southern also serves as editor of The Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, which last year published a special issue on spirituality. Dr. Southern is president of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC). The Family Journal is a publication of the IAMFC.
On the Hunt for New Ways to Learn
Professor John D. Hunt was one of 20 educators nationwide and the only educator from Mississippi chosen for the Face the Nation program promoted by President Obama and the National Science Teachers Association. Professor Hunt traveled to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate his techniques for making learning science fun at the National Mall on October 24.
"Over the past nine years, Professor Hunt has worked with more than 18,000 students in grades three through eight and taught physics concepts to over 3,000 parents," says Ruth Rudd, president of the Association of Presidential Awardees for Science Teaching, the group that selected Hunt to participate in the program. "The work John has been doing is just the type of activity that President Obama wanted to demonstrate for families on this day."


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In spite an old saying, sometimes you can teach an old dog new tricks. Microsoft DirectX 11 application program interface (API) due later this year will enable support of compute shaders 4.0 version on DirectX 10-class graphics chips, giving them additional programmability and simplifying implementation of the new technology.
General-purpose processing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is gaining popularity slowly, but surely. Unfortunately, at present there is only one standard application programming interface – OpenCL - that supports all graphics chips available today. But apparently, DirectX 11, which will enable GPGPU, physics, artificial intelligence, etc. programming via compute shaders, will also be able to take advantage of present GPUs, albeit with some limitations.
In order to popularize compute shaders (CS) among developers, the DirectX 11 includes not only compute shaders 5.0, but also compute shaders 4.0 (for Direct X10 hardware) and 4.1 (for DirectX 10.1 hardware), which are not supported by DirectX 10. Compute shaders 4.0/4.x have a number of limitations compared to version 5.0, including maximum number of threads per group (768), thread group shared memory (16KB vs. 32KB in CS 5.0), absence of atomic operations or append/consume and so on. CS 5.0 will also offer better interaction with graphics pipeline (e.g., it can output to textures), double precision and so on.
The main aim of compute shaders 4.x is to allow game developers to practice with compute shaders technology, enable GPGPU via DirectX as well as let game developers to use CS for complex rendering-related tasks instead of pixel shaders so to gain performance.
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Are Missouri Dog Breeders Feeling the Effects of 'Prop B?'Posted Friday, November 9, 2012, at 4:43 PM
Over the last few years, I have had several columns highlighting issues dealing with the Proposition B of 2010, the Human Society of the United States (HSUS) and the "Missouri Solution." If you have not been following the issues, make sure to check out my column from late last year to get a quick recap.
Many Missourians realized that "Prop B" would do little to fix the problems in the dog breeding industry and would only do further harm to the properly licensed and inspected breeders. So, in turn, the "Missouri Solution" was passed to fight back against HSUS and attempt to resolve many of the problems with "Prop B" that would hurt responsible dog breeders.
It has been a relatively quiet year in the Legislature regarding issues of this nature. It has not been as quiet in recent months for Missouri dog breeders.
Even though "Prop B" was revamped by Missouri legislators, there are signs that its influence is hurting the Missouri dog breeders. Many of you may know that I love dogs, especially our bloodhound, "Duke." However, I believe some folks think that it is fundamentally wrong to raise animals of any kind for the purpose of selling their offspring. I do not agree.
Throughout Missouri, dog breeders seem to be giving up and are not willing to fight new overzealous inspections and regulations. Breeders are coming forward and raising concerns about the malicious and hostile environment that state inspectors are creating. The Missouri Department of Agriculture's Animal Health Division is in charge of handling commercial dog breeder inspections under the Animal Care Facilities Act Program (ACFA). I am hearing from dog breeders around the state that the inspectors are not being fair and consistent with their inspections. There is a lack of care for dog breeders shown by the inspectors and the unpredictability shown in the handling of violations is unacceptable.
One of the worst examples is one breeder being reprimanded for a piece of dog food in their water bowl. Another was fined for having a small bit of plant life, a Morning Glory, growing on the side of one cage.
The fact is that no one wants dogs to be mistreated or have inadequate care, but is it right for inspectors to be intimidating dog breeders by making it nearly impossible to become properly licensed and for their facilities to pass inspection? The operations that are giving up are legitimate small breeders that are fed up with the harassment by inspectors and have decided to throw in the towel. Many of these smaller operations are owned by people who do care for their dogs and raise dogs because they enjoy animals.
The question is: If these attacks on dog breeders continue and the humanely operated dog breeder facilities continue to shut down, where are Missourians going to buy their families pets? If politicians are "creating jobs," why are they killing one industry at a time with regulations? When you or your family want to buy a dog in the future will you even be able to do so in the state of Missouri? These are questions that will be answered in the coming years here in the Show-Me State. I believe we have not heard the last on this issue.
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Not wanting anyone to be put out of business, but Missourians can "buy" their pets at the local animal shelter. At a much lower cost than from a pet breeder. And save many animals from being put to sleep.
-- Posted by cmasretire on Fri, Nov 9, 2012, at 9:40 PM
Paying hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a dog, which is what many breeders charge, is just plain stupid. I have to agree, there are many animal shelters and rescue operations that offer perfectly fine animals for a fraction of the cost.
-- Posted by Echo 9 Hotel on Mon, Nov 12, 2012, at 10:08 PM
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The $100 billion windfall for education in the stimulus bill may divide Democrats, writes Richard Lee Colvin in Education Next.
One side (of the party) backs strong accountability through reforms such as performance pay for teachers and more support for model charter schools that practice longer school days and longer school years. The other side looks to augment the current system with more support programs such pre-kindergarten, afterschool and summer programs.
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AMHERST, Mass. - The No. 13 UMass women's lacrosse team held off a second half come back attempt by George Washington on Sunday afternoon for a 10-9 win at McGuirk Stadium to remain undefeated in league play this season. The Minutewomen blocked a free position shot with seven seconds left to hold on for the one-goal win. UMass' Katie Ferris had three goals and three assists in the game to tie the program's all-time career points record of 226 alongside Jackie Lyons.
The Minutewomen improve to 11-2 overall and 3-0 in the Atlantic 10, while George Washington falls to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in league play. For UMass, the win marked the 23rd consecutive victory over Atlantic 10 foes and the 17th straight home win at McGuirk Stadium.
Along with Ferris' six-point effort, UMass was led by Sam Rush and Ellie Bullitt who each had two goals in the game. Lauren Terracciano also had a goal and an assist to lead the offense. Kelsey McGovern and Kelsey Sheridan anchored the defense with three caused turnovers and three groundballs each, while McGovern also added five draw controls.
George Washington was led by Rachel Mia who had three goals and an assist. Jamie Bumgardner had four assists, while Alli Rash had two goals and two assists. Goalie Jess Hicks took the loss after making six saves.
UMass outshot the Colonials 24-to-13 and held a 22-to-14 advantage in groundballs. Both teams played tough transition defense as UMass was just 5-of-13 on clearing attempts and the Colonials were 8-of-12.
The Minutewomen took a 7-3 lead into halftime thanks in part to a Terracciano goal with four seconds to go in the first half. The Colonials regrouped at halftime and scored just eight seconds into the second half before adding another score just over four minutes later to pull within 7-5 with 25:21 to go.
After Rush's second goal of the game put UMass back up by three, the Colonials scored three straight and held the Minutewomen scoreless for 15 minutes to tie the game 8-8 at the 19:11 mark.
Ferris scored back-to-back goals at the 17:43 and 5:23 marks to put the Minutewomen up 10-8.
George Washington won the ensuing draw control, but Sheridan forced a turnover giving possession back to UMass who looked to run time.
The Minutewomen were aided by a yellow card to Lindsey DiAntonio with 3:23 to go putting the Colonials a man-down.
With 1:14 to go, Terracciano took a shot on the doorstep of the crease, but Hicks made the point-blank save. That set up a goal by Mia pulling the Colonials within one, 10-9 with 47 seconds to go.
Julia Lawson won the next draw control for George Washington advancing the ball into the Colonials offensive zone. She ripped a shot just left with 32 seconds to go, however, GW backed-up the shot to keep possession. With 11 seconds left, Mia was sent to the 8-meter line for a free position shot after drawing a UMass foul. She charged in from the left hash mark, but three UMass defenders quickly closed from her left hand side blocking her shot which went left of the goal.
Neither team was able to regain possession of the loose ball as time ran out.
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Defining Shin Splints
According to a case study by Dr. Bernard J. Krenner, DC, a chiropractor in Woodbury, Minnesota, "shin splints" is any lower leg pain as a result of activity. Probably the most widespread cause of shin splints is medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), a hard-to-define condition with many possible causes, such as repetitive motion involving impact forces. Hmm ... sounds like running. MTSS is often associated with early season downhill running or progressing too fast in training (e.g. upping weekly running mileage too quickly on rugged terrain).
Dr. Debbie Craig, PhD, ATC, of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, describes MTSS as "one of the most common leg injuries in sports," accounting for up to 50 percent of lower-leg running injuries. Dr. Craig emphasizes that "experts do not agree upon the cause of MTSS," as studies thus far have been limited and inconclusive.
Shin splints can arise acutely, become sub-acute and trend toward becoming chronic if not properly treated. In extreme cases, surgery, such as a posterior fasciotomy (incision through fascia surrounding a muscle), may be warranted but is never a guaranteed cure. If you begin to feel shin pain on either side of your tibia, including posterior discomfort, from running, get the problem diagnosed right away.
"I'll see a sudden increase in shin splints at two major times in Western State College of Colorado distance runners," says Tim Poppe, MPT, Clinical Director of Physiotherapy Associates in Gunnison-Crested Butte, Colorado, "once at the start of cross-country season after summer training and again at the start of track season after winter break." Poppe, of course, is blaming a sudden increase in mileage at both times as a possible cause of shin splints.
According to Drs. Robert Galbraith and Mark Lavallee, sports-medicine physicians from South Bend, Indiana, "a thorough history and physical exam are usually sufficient to make the diagnosis of MTSS." An athlete will most likely feel pain on the medial-posterior region around the shin, especially when palpated by a clinician and, according to Janine Pleau, ATC, at Western State College of Colorado, "high-impact-sport athletes may also feel pain around the lateral or anterior area of the shin, but by far the most common symptom of `shin splints' is in the medial tibial region."
The pain may persist during training along with noticeable swelling afterward. If a shin-splint sufferer does not improve with conservative treatment, imaging tests, such as X-ray, bone scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests may be warranted in order to rule out stress fractures or other issues.
Conservative shin-splint treatment consists of rest, ice and analgesics (e.g. ibuprofen) during the acute phase, normally lasting a few weeks to a year, according to Poppe. "If I diagnose a runner with early onset shin splints, I may shut them down completely if the tibial region is really inflamed," says Poppe. "Then it's time for iontophoresis (a way to electrically propel a drug across the skin barrier), ice, possibly soft-tissue mobilization or massage and NSAIDS."


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It's Black and Blue division throwdown time in the NFC North this weekend. On the undercard, the Chicago Bears head north to play the Minnesota Vikings, the second time in two weeks they will face each other.
The Bears are on a six game winning streak against the Vikings after putting them away early in their last game with a 25-3 lead at the half on their way to a 28-10 win. It's the Bears only win in the last four games.
The main event bout takes place on Sunday Night Football when the Green Bay Packers host the Detroit Lions, the second time in three weeks they have challenged each other.
The last time they played the Lions held a 20-14 lead in the fourth quarter but couldn't hold on. A 22-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Randall Cobb with two minutes left in the game put the Packers ahead 21-20 in a game they won 24-20.
The scene is set, the trash talking, what little there has been of it is finished here are five things to look for in an all NFC North Week 14.
1. The Lions haven't won in Wisconsin in over 20 years.
In Week 16 of 1991 Erik Kramer threw two touchdown passes, Barry Sanders rushed 27 times for 85-yards and Mel Gray ran back a punt 78-yards for a touchdown to give the Lions a 21-17 victory and improving their record to 11-4 for the season.
Last season a Week 17 win by the Lions would have allowed them to avoid a Wild Card Round match-up against the Saints in New Orleans. The Lions played Matt Flynn into $10 million of guaranteed money from the Seattle Seahawks in a 45-41 loss. As an aside, Flynn has yet to play a down this season after Russell Wilson seized the starting quarterback job in training camp for the Seahawks.
The Packers have won six of their last seven games and are back in first place in the NFC North along with holding down the No. 3 seed in the NFC after beating the Vikings last week.
Aaron Rodgers continues to throw the ball at a high level, exceeding a 100 Passer Rating five of the past six weeks. He's accomplished that despite continuing to be the most sacked quarterback in the NFL.
The Packers are also doing an excellent job at shutting down opposing quarterbacks. They're No. 9 on defense in Real Passing Yards per Attempt, No. 8 in Defensive Real Quarterback Rating and No. 6 in Defensive Passer Rating and facing Matthew Stafford, who has been very inconsistent with his accuracy this season.
2. The Lions would be playing spoiler in a big way if they can win.
After clawing their way back into playoff contention with a 4-4 record the Lions have been de-clawed, losing four games in a row, the last three by a combined total of nine points. If the Lions can win it would drop the Packers' record to 8-5 and push them into a potential tie with the Giants for the No. 3 NFC seed.
The puzzling part of this Lions' losing streak is that Calvin Johnson has been playing his best football of the season the past five weeks. Johnson's lowest yardage total during this stretch was 129 against the Jaguars. He's caught 4 TD's in four weeks after scoring one in the first eight weeks of the season.
The weakest link in the Packers' offense is their offensive line play. They are ranked No. 21 in the Offensive Hog Index mainly due to being No. 26 in Negative Pass Plays allowed and No. 22 in Rushing yards per Attempt.
The Lions climbed nine spots in the Defensive Hog Rankings to No. 16 after the constant pressure they put on Andrew Luck last week. Defensive Tackles Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh are becoming a force in the middle of the Lions' defensive line and are capable of exploiting the Packers' offensive line weakness.
The Lions are also improving with their run game over the past two weeks. Without the return of Jahvid Best it seemed like the Lions' offense the entire season would hinge on the arm of Matthew Stafford.
While Mikel Leshoure has run strong this season, Joique Bell has taken advantage of his playing time, gaining 10.7-yards per carry in his last two games. The Packers are No. 24 on defense in Rushing Yards per Attempt which gives the Lions a vulnerable area they can exploit.
3. The Packers will be calling fans out of the stands for tryouts.
Not really, it only seems like they're getting to that point. Clay Matthews and Charles Woodson are still out on defense. Greg Jennings is finally able to return just in time for Jorday Nelson to tweak his hamstring again and Donald Driver to injure his thumb.
The Packers bring in Cedric Benson, begin to show signs of a running game then lose him to a foot injury. James Starks begins to get in gear and run with a purpose and he's now on IR with a knee injury after last week's game against the Vikings. The Packers are at a point where they've reached back into their past to sign Ryan Grant. Who's next, Samkon Gado and John Brockington?
Speaking of injuries, the Lions have been taken a beating in their secondary going back to last season now. Maybe Lem Barney can be persuaded to grab his No. 20 jersey, lace up the cleats and help out the defensive backfield.
4. They're all must games in December but the one in Minnesota is "muster" than most.
The Bears are suddenly sliding. They played the Texans tough before losing and got pummeled by the 49ers but the home game against the Seahawks was banked in the win column before the preseason started. The worst part of last week's loss is that the Seahawks have closed to within the "blind spot" of the Bears' rear-view mirror.
In the meantime, the playoff run by the Vikings this season is has slid from surprising to improbable and is closing in on impossible after each frustrating week. They're now grouped with the Redskins, Cowboys and Buccaneers with a 6-6 record.
One problem for the Bears is, after 12 games they're still playing offense like the training wheels are still tightly attached. The good news for the Bears is they still play defense like Kurt Busch trading paint with Ryan Newman on a NASCAR track.
Despite their inability to shut Russell Wilson down in the fourth quarter and overtime last week they're still No. 4 in Defensive Real Passing Yards per Attempt, No. 1 in Defensive Quarterback Rating and No. 1 in Defensive Passer Rating.
5. This game comes down to the Bears' one dimension against the Vikings' one dimension.
Adrian Peterson runs the football like few in NFL history have ever run it. True this is an obvious statement like the Sun rises in the east, water is wet and beer is nutritious. The ridiculous thing to consider is he keeps getting stronger at it as the year goes on.
Peterson rushed for 210-yards against the Packers last weekend and gets to work against the No. 22 defense in Rushing Yards per Attempt this week, a defense that will be without Brian Urlacher at the middle linebacker position for the rest of the regular season.
If the Vikings didn't have Peterson they would have to forfeit on offense the rest of the season. With Percy Harvin just placed on injured reserve this week Christian Ponder has Kyle Rudolph and a group of position fillers to throw to. With one of the biggest free agent busts of 2012 on the field to throw to, that would be Jerome Simpson, is it any wonder that Christian Ponders' Passer Rating is dropping to Sanchez levels.
As for the Bears, Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall are tighter BFF's than they ever were in Denver. Brandon Marshall is No. 3 in the NFL in Targets with 138, which is almost 40 percent of Cutler's attempts.
The Vikings are ranked No. 31 in Real Passing Yards per Attempt and No. 25 in Defensive Passer Rating which should play right into the Bears' strength. If it does then the Bears' one dimension will win.
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Topic: Some reasons flash[:error] may not get reset???
I was doing well with Rails for a few days here and now I've hit a massive brick wall.
I'd post the code for this but I'm tweaking the Login_Sugar and trying to make that damn thing work the way you want it a bear. All the cryptic helpers make it really hard to provide example code.
Basically, I have an 'edit' user action and a 'change password' action.
I've split them out into two pages, but whatever I do, if I "submit" an empty change_password
form, my password validation errors carry over in BOTH forms until I log out. Any time I click on a link or go directly to the user/edit or user/change_password pages I get the two validation errors: Password too short & Password can't be blank.
I thought this was the point of "flash" was to last just for the next page.
I'm looking for some general reasons why this might be happening so I know where to start in debugging this sucker. Any info at all would be helpful.
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Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit
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DETROIT – Bassist Christian McBride and his quintet, narrators representing four icons of the Civil Rights Movement, J.D. Steele and the Second Ebenezer Majestic Voices, the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, and more than 2,000 people gathered in one mega-sanctuary Sunday night for The Movement Revisited, McBride's jazz opus, presented for free by the Detroit International Jazz Festival for Black History Month.
The first reading was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s opening address "On the Importance of Jazz." for the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival with the theme that "This is triumphant music." Anthony L. Brock Jr., a student at the Detroit School of the Arts, delivered it -- short and meaningful. (Link to text below)
Following the "Freedom / Struggle" overture, poet Sonia Sanchez spoke words of Rosa Parks, whose refusal in the mid 1950s to move back in a city bus launched the 381-day boycott in Montgomery, AL. Parks later lived in Detroit. Willis Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Voice from the University of Michigan, spoke Malcolm X's words; Malcolm Little grew up in Lansing, became known as Detroit Red. Dion Graham from The Wire spoke Muhammad Ali's words; Ali now lives near here. Bishop Edgar L. Vann II of Second Ebenezer re-created the "I Have A Dream" speech. King delivered the first known version at Cobo Hall on June 23, 1963. According to the Civil Rights Timeline in the printed program, 125,000 people marched on Woodward Avenue that day. The organizer was Rev. C. L. Franklin, Aretha's father.


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Disney World has filled its dance card with the celebrity narrators for the annual Candlelight Processional, an Epcot holiday tradition.
The event, held three times nightly Nov. 26 through Dec. 30, features a mass choir, live orchestra and a reading of the Christmas story in the theme park's America Gardens Theatre.
Scheduled to appear are:
•Nov. 23-25 — Geena Davis
•Nov. 26-29 — Neil Patrick Harris
•Nov. 30-Dec. 1 — Whoopi Goldberg
•Dec. 2-4 — Andy Garcia
•Dec. 5-7 — Blair Underwood
•Dec. 8-9 — James Denton
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Seniors who don't have any grandchildren may find that adding a canine companion to their home can help them feel more fulfilled. According to CNN, the trend of "grandpuppies" is on the rise, and many seniors are even making bonds with their adult children's pooches.
"For years we didn't have any grand children, and my daughter's dog, Mr. Moose, was all we had," Eileen Williams, a 63-year-old resident of San Francisco, told the news source. "You take what you get in life and make the most out of it, and we've been pleased he has been a huge part of our family over the years as our grandpuppy."
The popularity of grandpuppies is likely due in part to the fact that many women are waiting until they are older to have children. Older folks who are yearning to nurture may find that pet adoption can fill that need.
Some seniors even go so far as interacting with their children's dogs online, through social networking sites or on Skype.
According to the human society, there are nearly 77.5 million dogs who have owners in America. Nearly a quarter of dog parents have two canines.


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It's about the 2 guys who started one of those internet travel websites...and sold it for like 150 million a few years later...then put up 50M to buy 1/3, and controlling interest, of an older downtown casino, The Golden Nugget. It's kind of entertaining.....Mark Burnett is behind it, so it's done pretty well, as far as that genre goes. Dusk and his band are the lounge act, and he is a pretty good singer, in the Sinatra style. But he should probably stick to the standards, really. I have not listened to this, dont really care to, but I'll listen to him sing a Sinatra tune.kylestyle wrote:What's "Casino" all about? Is it another reality show? Like they line up some 'hot' stud who is a lowly casino attendant and 16 bimbo catty women and as they get eliminated, they really discover the guy is a millionaire or something like that?
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I first interviewed Jaroslav Pelikan at Yale a decade ago. "Jary" speaks in full paragraphs, his friends said to me. He is considered by many in the universe of Christian scholarship to be one of the greatest minds of his generation. His five-volume opus about Christian tradition is his defining work, and a subject most moderns would not dare to approach in such a comprehensive way.
So I was fascinated when I learned that in his eighth decade, Jaroslav Pelikan had taken on another monumental topic, the history and importance of creeds in the Christian church. He set out to collect a representative sample of Christian creeds from biblical times to the present, and from across the globe. He has written a dense, wide-ranging historical and theological guide to accompany that.
I was pleased, as I delved into this work, that Pelikan acknowledges what a difficult thing creeds can be for modern people. He affirms modern suspicions that the original formulation of creeds had, as one effect, the consolidation of powerboth of church authority and of Christian empire. But he insists on capturing a sense of the profound and positive reasons Christianity, alone among the major traditions, seemed to require creeds.
The history of the global spread of Christianity and of the translation of the Bible into now more than 2000 languages, as Pelikan describes it, "is the history of how one sought in a new setting not to speak the same thing but to say the same thing." And creeds meet a deep human need. The singing of a creed is a way of indicating a universality of the faith across space and time, Pelikan says. As he speaks, I realize how his generous sense of space and time helps him internalize the original impulse of creeds and communicate their meaning to the rest of us.
In a lifetime of worship, Pelikan has come to cherish the fact that the creed he recites in ordinary worship is the same one that was sung in the Phillipines that same morning and recited by the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century and Thomas Aquinas in the 13th and intoned by his own grandfather in the 20th century. This experience resonates tangibly to the very foundations of his faith. As he says in our interview, "The only alternative to tradition is bad tradition." This is a view unpopular in our age, but worth dwelling on.
As always when I write these newsletter reflections, there's so much I don't have space to dwell on. Pelikan makes compelling observations about what happens when we abandon creeds and how creeds will become more necessary, as our world becomes more pluralistic.
But I'll share one lovely image that has stayed with me. Attempts to make creeds modern and contemporary often seem to lose something in depth and grace. Pelikan compares this, interestingly, to the language of love. We can try to be creative and unconventional, but there aren't terribly many ways to say "I love you." Again and again most of us fall back on those well-worn words and find that they more than suffice.
Having noted that, one of the most poignant moments of the conversation and the program is when Jaroslav Pelikan recites one of the newest creeds he discovereda creed written by the Masai people of Africa in 1960. They have taken the barebones summaries the great creeds represent and enlivened them with the vocabulary of their lives. Pelikan the great scholar reads this Masai creed, which includes mention of hyenas and safari, with reverent passion and an almost child-like delight.
In the course of our conversation, I told Jaroslav Pelikan of an illulminating image I once received from a scientist, Lyndon Eaves, about the great creeds of the church. He proposed that we think of them as operational hypotheses, the best formulations we have of things we know we can not perfectly comprehend. In response, Jaroslav Pelikan left me with a wonderful statement of St. Augustine. I think about this sometimes in the context of what we're doing with Speaking of Faith. We're putting words around human experiences of ultimate truths and ultimate mysteries, which is quite presumptuous and doomed to imperfection. St. Augustine, apparently, experienced his own theologizing in this way as well. But we resolve to speak of these things nevertheless, he insisted, not in order to say something but in order not to remain altogether silent on matters so important to humanity.


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This morning I am posting the first of what will be multiple job postings for USA Team Handball. This is the easy one - a Marketing/Office assistant to help Amir Haskic and I at the home office in Salt Lake City (which unfortunately is still in a home, not in an office). In coming days and weeks, we'll post information on regional coaches and directors.
I've been extremely fortunate to hire some outstanding individuals over the years - men and women who are now in management positions in the corporate world, ad agencies, Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, Women's Professional Soccer and major universites - just to name a few. I consider these people my friends and partners in the growth of sports in America, the focus of which for me is now USA Team Handball.
This is a roundabout way of saying we have incredible opportunities for young, hungry, smart, motivated, savvy men and women who want to make a difference in the growth of a sport. It is required that this first position be based in Salt Lake City - there will be others that will be located around the country. I look forward to hearing from candidates.
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Budget panel approves mining bill
Panel approval sets up votes in full Senate, Assembly
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee has approved a Republican bill that would overhaul the state's mining regulations.
The Joint Finance Committee's 12-4 vote Monday sends the bill on to the full Senate and Assembly. All the Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted in favor of the bill, and all four Democrats on the committee voted against it.
Passage is all but certain. The GOP controls both houses and Republican Gov. Scott Walker has touted the bill as his signature job creation plan.
The measure is designed to clear the regulatory path for Gogebic Taconite's plans for a huge iron mine near Lake Superior. Republicans maintain the mine would create hundreds of jobs for the region.
"If the mine is approved, then what we'll see is a lot of jobs," said Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills. "There's going to be a huge economic revival in this area. There is. And we're not going to do it at the expense of the environment; that's not what we're going to do."
Democrats vowed to continue fighting the measure.
"It might be a great deal for that mining company, but it's a raw deal for Wisconsin citizens," said Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine.
Democrats and environmentalists contend the bill would open the door for pollution that would devastate the pristine area.
"We really, really only have one shot to do this right here in this state and this bill before us is not it. There is overwhelming opposition. The process has been flawed. This bill is flawed. This is a bill that's been written by the special interests," said Sen. Jennifer Schilling, D-La Crosse.19081596
The Senate is expected to take up the measure on Wednesday. The Assembly is expected to follow next week.
Local And Regional News
- Detectives seek help identifying burglar in surveillance pics
- Bill would limit influence of unions on public project bids
- Dane County inmate who was AWOL 10 days back in custody
- Lawmaker wants Milwaukee County sheriff removed
- State Democrats defend abortion access with resolution
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August 15, 2005 WIC Update
SUBJECT: Program for Dietetic Interns (PDI)
SUBJECT: Healthy Steps - Free Resource from WEB
SUBJECT: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention NewsLEADer
SUBJECT: Violence Prevention Program
SUBJECT: FY06 LAP Reports
- The Program for Dietetic Interns (PDI) is taking applications for the 2006 - 2007 class year. A few changes are being made to the Program for this class year.; First, up to four interns will be selected from the pre-select option, instead of only two as in previous years. This is advantageous for employees of LWPs, who are eligible to participate in the pre-select option. The deadline for the pre-select option is Dec. 31. Second, there is no fee for those interns who, upon graduation, agree to enter into or resume employment with the LWP for a minimum of 18 months. A fee will apply to all other interns. Third, the "new" application form is required. See attached. For more information, visit our website at dietetic interns.
- The following information is for free resources: FREE "HEALTHY STEPS" RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE - The "Healthy Steps for Young Children" program, developed by the pediatrics faculty at Boston University School of Medicine, provides materials for parents and health professionals to promote child development and preventative care. To make these materials more widely available, the Commonwealth Fund now sponsors free access to some of these resources online, in both English and Spanish. These include check-lists and prompt sheets that prepare parents for well-child visits and provide child-rearing advice; parent handouts that cover a wide range of medical, developmental, and practical issues; and quick check sheets for clinicians, covering developmental and behavioral issues. To learn more, visit http://www.healthysteps.org.
- Please enjoy the summer issue of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention NewsLEADer. This may also be found on our website at lead. Thanks and Enjoy!
- The Injury and Violence Prevention Program is honored to share with Missouri WIC providers the No Means No Poster. The No Means No poster was developed as a visual reminder that there is NEVER an excuse or invitation to rape. Women and men do not "ask" to be raped. Please share this poster with clients, employees, and the general public. Copies of the poster may be requested from the Injury and Violence Prevention Program by calling 573-751-6215 or emailing April Thornsberry at email@example.com. In addition, a PDF file is attached so that the poster may be printed locally. The Injury and Violence Prevention Program requests that the program be credited on any reproductions. Victims of sexual assault may access information and referrals through the national sexual assault hotline, 1-800-656-HOPE, or through the department's TEL-LINK line, 1-800-TEL-LINK. Facts about sexual assault:
- Today, 4 people in Missouri are going to report a rape. Those 4 people are going to be just like you and me. In fact, they could be you or me. Rape has nothing to do with who we are. Rape has nothing to do with the way we look. Rape has nothing to do with how old we are. Rape has nothing to do with what we wear.
- Rape is coerced sex achieved against someone's will, regardless of any existing or previous relationship between the rapist and the victim. Knowing, dating, being related to or marriage is not a license to rape.
- In 2004, 1332 rapes were reported to law enforcement in Missouri.
- One Missourian is raped every 6½ hours.
- 61 % of rapes are NOT reported.
- 70% of females and 74% of males who are raped know the perpetrator
- 1 in 6 (17%) victims of sexual assault is under the age of 12.
- 14.4% of Missouri high school senior girls reported they had been forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to.
- 1 in 7 American women and one of every 33 American men has been a victim of sexual assault.
Please contact the Injury and Violence Prevention Program for more information about sexual assault prevention at 573-751-6215. See attached No Means No poster
- There have been numerous calls asking what run dates were used for the reports for the FY06 LAP Needs Identification Worksheet. Below is a list of the reports and run dates used for obtaining the state's information listed on the Needs Identification Worksheet for your FY06 LAP:
HWICE 895-01 Run Date 7/8/05
HWICE 855-01 Run Date 7/7/05
HWICE 865-01 Run Date 7/8/05
HWIAC 425-01 Run Date 7/2/05
HWIIS 010-01 Run Date 7/1/05
For information in completing the Needs Identification Worksheet on your FY06 LAP for Report HWIIS 010-01 and HWIAC 425-01, please use the most recent version that your agency has available of those two reports.


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Long and Bouncy Brown Hairstyle
This classy hairstyle looks fabulous as this woman has her hair very long and curly. The hair has lots of volume from tip to bottom. A small side part and bangs styled onto the forehead look very nice. The overall look is romantic.The hair for this style has been cut long.This hair colour is dark brown with lighter brown highlights.
Passion Beauty Hair Plus Volume 2 Photograph Courtesy of Passion Beauty Company: SO.CAP. USA Hair Extensions ~ Texas Salon: Asberryâ??s Salon, Austin, TX Hairstylist: Kimberly Asberry Haircolorist: Kimberly Asberry Hair Extensionist: Kimberly Asberry Makeup: Nicki Behrens Photographer: Scott Bryant


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Pennsylvania Gun Shows
Find all Pennsylvania gun shows using this calendar. We've made it our goal to make it easy to find gun, knife and sporting expos in your area. Each listing provides as much promoter information as possible. Vendors and attendees are able to quickly contact show promoters.
Warning: Although the Pennsylvania gun show list is updated daily, show information can change without notification. If there is incorrect information please notify us.
Regions for Gun Shows in Pennsylvania
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Spring brings with it a number of concerns for pet owners, as dogs are likely to spend more time outside among fleas, ticks and mosquitoes during the warmer weather. Grooming may not seem like it needs to be on the top of a dog owner's to do list this spring, but keeping your dog clean may be key to its overall health this summer.
Shedding that winter coat
If you have a medium or long-haired dog or one with a thick undercoat, grooming can prevent overheating and heat stroke this summer, according to an animal hospital in Georgia. Now is the time to remove the thick coat of dogs like poodles or other breeds that get shaved regularly, but owners of other breeds must keep an eye on their dogs' coats as well.
Dogs like Newfoundlands and golden retrievers might be more comfortable in hot weather if they are shaved, and even medium-haired breeds like Labradors can benefit from a scrub down that will remove loose, dead hairs from the undercoat that kept it warm all winter. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, healthy dogs should be bathed about every six to eight weeks. Dogs who experience heavy seasonal shedding should also be bathed at these times in order to remove loose hair. Additionally, dogs should be bathed any time you notice they have been rolling in something, if their coat is visibly dirty, or if they develop an odor. Speak to your veterinarian if you find you need to bathe your dog frequently as they may recommend a gentler soothing shampoo to avoid over-drying of the skin or coat.
Keeping an eye out for insects
As your dog romps around the woods, field and even your backyard this spring, it is much more likely to encounter disease-carrying insects like ticks, mosquitoes, or fleas. Ticks can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in dogs, while mosquitoes can transmit heartworms to dogs. When you groom your dog regularly - through brushing or baths - you can inspect it for bugs it might have picked up outside. Nail clipping and ear cleaning are some other good times to look for these critters, since ticks like to hide in crevices like those between the paw pads and around the ear flaps.
Spring is an important time to pay attention to flea control for dogs to prevent itching in dogs or an allergic reaction to the flea's saliva.
"Every month I meet pet owners who don't realize the importance of grooming for their pet's fitness and longevity. And especially with the hot summer months almost upon us, it's more important than ever to educate pet owners about how an animal's coat, nails and teeth need to be cared for in order to avoid heat stroke, as well as parasites, infections and even more serious conditions," said Georgia veterinarian Dr. Mike Wanchick.


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Mind-Body Connection - Page 4
Develop a Mental-Skills Training Program
- Anxiety. Pinpoint what causes stress and anxiety in your training. Practice even breathing and exhale your stress and anxiety.
- Control. Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Jot down what you can control inside the circle and what you can't control outside the circle. Seeing these variables on paper will help you separate them in your mind.
- Imagery. Imagery is the practice of visualizing an event, employing as many senses as possible. Before your race, imagine your race plan, how the course looks, how you feel positive and in control, etc.
- Self-Talk. Develop a mantra to repeat to yourself when workouts are difficult.
- Routines. Developing a healthy pre-race routine (like jogging, light stretching, can bring a sense of consistency to your performances.
For more tips, visit the Association for Applied Sport Psychology on the web at www.appliedsportpsych.org.


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*Effective September 1, 2013, Optum is now responsible for management of the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan, which includes outpatient mental health and substance use services for adults and children who are enrolled in Idaho Medicaid. Questions regarding eligibility, coverage, and services can be addressed by accessing their website at www.optumidaho.com or calling their member number at (855) 202-0973.
One of the most important things to remember about mental illness is people can and do recover.
Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with a mental health problem to live a meaningful life in a community of his or her choice while striving to achieve his or her full potential (SAMHSA statement on Recovery).


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If you're interested in chatting, but you don't know what it is all about, you can start with indivia's web interface. If you find IRC chat interesting, you can try some more sophisticated client such as Xchat, Pidgin or Gaim.
The main information you need for chatting is the following:
- configuration parametres;
- the channel where you wish to chat (channel names begin with the # symbol, e.g.: #indymedia or #etc). You can choose whatever channel you prefer. The most popular channel on irc.autistici.org is #hackit99, but the network hosts italy indymedia's channel as well, #indymedia; You can find A/I collective members on our channel to pester us with questions we will not answer, #ai
- your nick, that is the name you want to use while chatting (you can use your real name or a nickname you like). If you want to be sure that your nick isn't used by someone else, register it (if you want to know more about this and other services, read this manual).
The main commands you'll need in IRC -- contained in specific menus in graphic clients such as Xchat -- are the following:
- /nick followed by the nick you want to use for changing your nick
- /join followed by the name of the channel you wish to access (e.g. /join #hackit99);
- /part followed by the name of the channel you wish to log out from;
- /quit to quit IRC;
- /msg followed by someone else's nick in order to start a private conversation (a socalled 'private message' or 'query') with her.
There are of course many more commands: if you wish to learn more, you'll find several howtos in the Web.
A/I's IRC server offers some additional services called 'IRC Services'. To learn more about them, read this manual.
Technical Info
|Server address
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|SSL user port
You can also connect to the server via the SSL-encrypted 9999 Port.
If you are using the TOR network, the IRC server hidden service address is: wi7qkxyrdpu5cmvr.onion
For client configuration, read the howtos on X-Chat, Pidgin, Gaim (for Linux e Windows), Irssi (Linux command line) and xchataqua (for Mac OS X).
Since the mufhd0 network is managed together with ECN and Indivia, should the A/I servers have problems you can connect to these other servers.
Contacts about IRC
If you have any problems or questions about our IRC service and/or about the possibility of linking other servers, write to: email@example.com.


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Jarrow Formulas, Certified Organic, Green Tea, 500 mg, 100 Tablets (Discontinued Item)
Shipping Weight:?0.24 lbsShipping WeightThe Shipping Weight includes the product, protective packaging material and the actual shipping box. In addition, the Shipping Weight may be adjusted for the Dimensional Weight (e.g. length, width & height) of a package. It is important to note that certain types of products (e.g. glass containers, liquids, fragile, refrigerated or ice packed) will often require protective packaging material. As such, these products will reflect a higher Shipping Weight compared to the unprotected product.
- Product Code: JRW-17024
- UPC Code: 790011170242
- Package Quantity: 100 Tablets
- Dimensions: 2.1 x 2.1 x 3.9 in, 0.2 lbs
- Water Extracted
- Antioxidant Protection
- Supports Cardiovascular and Immune Health
- Certified Organic by CCOF
- Dietary Supplement
- Vegan
- USDA Organic
- Suitable for Vegetarians/Vegans
Jarrow Formulas Organic Green Tea is water extracted and consists of 50% polyphenols, including 35% catechins, approximately 20% of which is the important EGCG fraction. The polyphenols in green tea are potent antioxidants and support cardiovascular and immune health.
Suggested Use
Usage: Take 1 tablet per day or as directed by your qualified healthcare professional.
Other Ingredients
Organic acacia, organic sesame, citric acid and silicon dioxide.
No wheat, no gluten, no soybeans, no dairy, no egg, no fish/shellfish, no peanuts/tree nuts.
Note: If you have a medical condition are pregnant, lactating, trying to conceive, under the age of 18, or taking medications, consult your healthcare professional before using this product.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Keep out of the reach of children.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 1 Tablet
|Servings Per Container: 100
|Amount Per Serving
|Organic Green Tea, water extract (Camellia sinensis) (leaf) (50% polyphenols [35% catechins])
|500 mg
|* Daily Value not established.
|Jarrow Formulas Organic Green Tea (water extract) contains the following approximate profile of antioxidants:
|Total Polyphenols
|EGCG (Epigallocatechingallate)


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