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Zimbabwe: Building resilience key to solving food insecurity
The image of Grace Mahembe, an elderly solitary figure hunched in a sandy field against the blazing heat of rural Mutare in Manicaland, paints a bleak picture of Zimbabwe's food situation.
At the end of October, Grace was the only person working in the fields, ploughing in the hope of a miracle, although the planting season had not started and there was no sign of rain.
"The hunger in my house has forced me to get out and do something," she said as she plucked and planted grain from a dried maize cob. "The last season was not kind to me so I could not afford maize seed. This is all I have," she said, adding that successive droughts had eroded her seed stock while depriving her of a harvest. The rudimentary hoe in her hand, with a rag tied to the handle to protect her hands from blistering, tells a story of a resilient, diligent woman whose efforts have been frustrated by climatic conditions.
Successive droughts and subsequent poor harvests have left some regions of Zimbabwe vulnerable to food insecurity, pushing people into reliance on food aid. According to a recent assessment, more than 1.6 million people - about 19 per cent of the rural population – are expected to need food assistance during the peak of the hunger period from January to March 2013. The report estimated that in October, 1 million people were already food insecure and in need of urgent assistance, compared to 650,000 at the same time last year.
The World Food Programme notes that food insecurity in Zimbabwe in 2012/13 is worse than the last three years, while cereal prices remain high. By July, partners involved in food assistance were reporting high prices, empty granaries and negative coping strategies like selling livestock. Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South, parts of Mashonaland, Midlands and Manicaland provinces were worst affected.
Some people, like Grace, had nothing to sell. At face value, Grace -- a landowner -- does not appear to be food insecure and does not qualify for humanitarian assistance programmes. Grace herself does not want food handouts.
"Handouts can never satisfy anyone, they make one dependent on other people for survival," she says with pride, adding that she prefers to work to earn her keep. Her son, Fungai Tsarwe, added that he thought the best way to offer hope to people who were food insecure was to improve access to water.
"We are in between two rivers but we cannot access water," said Fungai. "If we could get assistance to bring water closer to the people we would not have problems with hunger," he said.
Government officials and NGOs have noted that Zimbabwe's greatest challenge is access to water as farming activities are highly dependent on rainfall while some areas are arid. Climate change has altered rainfall patterns, creating the need for longer-term solutions like irrigation schemes.
"Water is a priority need and irrigation schemes and boreholes are what communities have highlighted during rural appraisals," says Oppah Rukara, Programmes Coordinator of Caritas Masvingo Diocese. Mikia Majatame, acting Chief Executive Officer of Chiredzi Rural District Council, argues that irrigation schemes have worked before in Zimbabwe so the infrastructure is already in place, but is in need of repair.
Experts says irrigated agriculture produces substantially higher yields than dryland agriculture and brings a range of benefits including increased and more stable income flow; increased land values; better opportunities and higher wages for farm labourers; reduced migration from rural areas and increased rates of return; lower food prices and better nutrition throughout the year; and more water for non-agricultural uses, including domestic uses that improve hygiene and health.
As Zimbabwe faces the effects of climate change and with droughts forecast to become more frequent, there must be a greater focus on irrigation schemes as part of a broader vision of sustainable solutions that build resilience.
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The other night I was asked by my good Scouting friend in Green Bay to be a guest on his New podcast.
Shawn is a Unit Commissioner in the Voyageur District of the Bay Lakes Council, as well as the Dad of a couple Cub Scouts and a little cub buddy.
Shawn maintains a good blog which address's issues that are effected by the Commissioner corps, mainly units.
I was glad to hear that he decided to get into the podcast arena, as there are really no Scouting podcasts that center its focus on commissioner issues.
Shawn had another guest on the show, he friend and ADC of his District, Keith. Keith is a worldly Scouter and has experience in the program that makes us all look like rookies.
The shows topic was Webelos to Scout transition. A subject near and dear to me.
It looks like we went long, and so Shawn is running it in two parts, or at least making two shows out of it.
You can give it a listen by clicking on the link. The Commissioners Corner Podcast.
You can also check out his blog, if you have not already done so at The Commissioners Corner Blog.
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What's the first thing you do when waking in the morning? Turn on the lights? Brush your teeth? Or maybe fire up your laptop to check the morning's emails? Much of the activity we perform is tied to a web of interconnected systems that allow us to function throughout our day. But what happens when systems critical to our daily living stop working? An example is noticeable on the East Coast, where many of our fellow students and faculty recently dealt with the effects of the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy and hazardous winter conditions.
Interested in adding a Project Manager Professional (PMP) designation to your career toolkit? Recently, I reached out to PMP and friend, Fahad Usmani, to gain his insight on the PMP certification process.
LinkedIn recommendations will never replace a traditional reference check, but they certainly can't hurt. They can speak to your credibility, while giving your LinkedIn profile a boost. While recommendations are important, it's important not to overdo it. Quantity matters less than quality in many cases.
In my 12 years as a writing instructor, I recognize the negative feelings people have toward writing. I see the anxiety students have at the thought of putting proverbial pen to paper. Some are even adamant that they'll never need writing skills for their chosen profession. Yet it's hard to dispute that we live in a time more dependent on writing than ever before. Ultimately, effective writing depends on how well you analyze and address your audience.
The best leaders are also great visionaries. Being a visionary is not just about having great dreams. It's about having the passion to transform those dreams into reality.
This week's Top 5 blogs: From hot cybersecurity jobs to the role of true grit in accomplishing goals, here's a sampling of this week's most popular posts.
Recently, I came across the idea of "true grit," or the ability to persevere through the greatest of odds and succeed. This resonated with me because of its relation to my thesis topic on resiliency and cultural expectations where I assessed how cultural upbringing affected resiliency in children.
Virtually all government and business databases and operations are digitized. Most are linked through communications networks, with many accessible via the Internet. Since information, from national security secrets to trade secrets and daily business operations, is housed in computers and their networks, it's not surprising that cyberattacks are a major threat to the cyberworld. Within cyberspace, attacks motivated by criminals, hostile governments, terrorists, ex-employees with grudges and hackers have become an epidemic problem.
For data to truly be an asset, there must be processes, procedures, systems and ownership that insure the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the data. If data does not have these attributes and capabilities, then why should we be concerned with protecting it? This reveals an obvious front-end requirement of the spectrum of data protection.
In previous blogs, we looked at how criminals are using social media and what they're doing with the information they find online. We also discussed how law enforcement uses social media to track and ultimately prosecute criminals. Now let's look at how social media is impacting the courtroom.
Most people share their challenges, yet few give as much attention to their success. Of course, we can grow and learn from challenges, but there is just as much growth and learning available when we examine our success.
This week's Top 5 blogs: From nuclear attack threats to business ethics scandals here's a sampling of this week's most popular posts.
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Hands down, cloud technology is changing the IT landscape whether we're ready for it or not. The cloud offers businesses and their IT functions greater flexibility and at a more cost-effective rate, so we can expect this trend to become a mainstay, especially in health care related businesses.
The CTU Distinguished Lecturer Series continued with Dr. Ingo Böbel, a published author and scholar who has had a profound impact on industrial organization research.
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Gold has dropped back below $1400 today–and its fall is taking South Africa's miners with it.
The price of gold has dropped 2.4% to $1,382 today, a move that has erased what had been a 1.7% gain at Thursday's close. My colleague Brendan Conway blames the lukewarm jobs report for the drop, and who am I to argue?
With the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) down 2% at $133.81, the miners are taking it on the chin, as the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has fallen 4.1% to $29.06. South Africa's miners look even worse. Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) has fallen 6% to $4.08, Gold Fields (GFI) has dropped 4% to $6.08 and AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has dipped 5.6% to $16.86. Even Sibanye Gold (SBGL), which gained 12% yesterday after a Goldman Sachs upgrade, has ticked down 2.1% to $3.69.
Even the rand isn't doing South Africa's miners any favors today. A weakening currency is seen boosting the earnings of South Africa's miners. Today, however, the rand has gained 0.4%, providing none of the tailwind that had helped slow the miners' fall.


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Troopers: Man rolls car on I-90, seatbelt keeps him safe
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A man has hit seat belt to thank for keeping him safe, after rolling his car on Interstate 90 Friday morning.
Just after 4 a.m., a man was driving westbound near the Argonne exit, when he fell asleep. He crashed his car into a concrete wall on the right side of the freeway, rolling his car onto its top.
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Federal Perkins Student Loan
Malone University is the lender for this loan. The Federal Perkins Loan may be awarded to students with exceptional financial need based on the FAFSA results. The interest rate is 5%. Repayment of principal and interest are deferred until nine months after or when enrollment ceases to be at least half time. Awards range from $500 to $2000 per year. Perkins Loan is funded from limited resources, therefore, March 1 is the application deadline for consideration of eligibility. All new borrowers must complete and sign the Federal Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN).
Malone Student who have been awarded a Federal Perkins Loan may complete their Master Promissory Note (MPN).
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Subsidized Federal Direct Stafford loan eligibility is determined by the FAFSA results and the Financial Aid Office. The Subsidized Federal Direct Stafford loan is a need-based loan. The government pays the interest while the student is in school at least half-time and during a six month grace period after the student leaves school or drops below half-time attendance. Payment of principal is deferred during enrollment and during the grace period.
Unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford loan eligibility is determined by the FAFSA results and the Financial Aid office. The unsubsidized loan is not a need-based loan. The awarded amount is in combination with the subsidized loan and the total is limited to grade status limits. You are responsible for interest accrued while in school. However, interest payments are "capitalized" which means they accrue interest to the principal that you owe. At repayment time, the principal owed will be increased by the interest that has accrued. Future interest payments will be based on both the original principal and any capitalized interest. Payment of principal is deferred during enrollment and during the grace period.
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Additional unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford loan funds are available to independent students or students whose parents have been denied a PLUS loan. Annual loan limit is $4,000 for freshman and sophomore grade levels, $5,000 for remaining undergraduate years.
The interest rate for the Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Stafford loan is 4.5% for loans disbursed on or after July 1, 2010 and before July 1, 2011. Annual loan amounts are typically divided equally between each semester enrolled.
Malone awards Federal Direct Stafford loan, subsidized or unsubsidized, based on eligibility. The new borrower must complete the on-line Entrance Counseling session and do the on-line eMPN in order for Malone to receive loan disbursements. For subsequent years' loan awards, borrowers will receive loan disbursements based on the original eMPN for up to 10 years.
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Stanford University's Middle Grades Life Science Project began in 1986 with the vision of David A. Hamburg, M.D., then President of Carnegie Corporation of New York. A new wave of science education reform was gathering momentum following the release of A Nation at Risk by the United States Department of Education and Educating Americans for the Twenty-First Century by the National Science Board. Dr. Hamburg brought together the concerns of scientists and science educators over the watered down, vocabulary laden life science curricula that were typical of middle level science courses at that time, with broader public concern over large and increasing numbers of young adolescents who engaged in high risk behaviors leading to school failure, teen pregnancy and other health problems. Because of his leadership in developing Stanford's undergraduate Program in Human Biology and his interests as a physician and scientist in the major physiological and behavioral transitions in the lives of children, Dr. Hamburg believed that a rigorous middle grades life science curriculum focused on human biology, and where possible on the adolescent, would not only greatly improve the science taught at this level, but through its relevance would capture the interest of this age group.
Initial work on the Human Biology (HumBio) Middle Grades Life Science Curriculum brought together faculty, staff and students from Stanford's Program in Human Biology and its School of Education, with local middle and high school teachers. The curriculum development team was enriched in 1991 by twelve interdisciplinary teams of middle level teachers from diverse test site schools across the country. These teams became our most valued collaborators. The teachers attended annual two week summer institutes at Stanford between 1991 and 1994, and used the draft curriculum units in their classes between 1991 and 1995. The teachers and their students provided extensive formative evaluation data on the field test materials, which has shaped the final student and teacher versions of the units that comprise the HumBio Curriculum. Using HumBio units as a starting point, many teams also created their own innovative, interdisciplinary materials, which they taught across the middle level curriculum in their schools.
The Project's Advisory Board provided insightful advice on the development of the curriculum from the unique perspectives of the professional associations, institutions, and the fields its members represented. We are grateful to all of those who served for periods of time during the past seven years. We also would like to express our appreciation to the education consultants from universities, the National Middle School Association, and the California State Department of Education who made presentations and worked with the teacher teams during the summer institutes at Stanford. C. Stuart Brewster served with great distinction as our advisor on publication. We are indebted to him for his keen insights and good advice.
The Project faculty, the staff, and the teachers contributed more to the development of the HumBio Curriculum than anyone could have imagined before this work began. Their expertise, determination and dedication to improving the education of young adolescents were inspirational. Supporting the curriculum development team and the test site teachers were wonderful groups of Stanford undergraduates from the Program in Human Biology. They helped to ensure a productive and pleasurable working environment, which was an essential part of the success of the summer institutes.
To be sure, none of this work would have been possible without funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation and most recently The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. On behalf of the entire Project team we would like to thank these foundations and the Program Officers who have worked with us over the years for their support. As always, the final content of this curriculum is the sole responsibility of the Stanford University Middle Grades Life Science Project and does not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation, or The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
H. Craig Heller, Principal Investigator
Mary L. Kiely, Project Director
January, 1998. Stanford, California
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Posted February 28, 2005; 04:14 p.m.
Claudia Johnson, the Murray Professor of English Literature, will present the third and final talk in this year's President's Lecture Series when she discusses "Jane Austen and War" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in 101 Friend Center.
A specialist in 18th- and early 19th-century literature, with a particular emphasis on the novel, Johnson has written extensively about Jane Austen. In her lecture, she will discuss the author's great popularity during World Wars I and II.
"It seems self-evident nowadays that Jane Austen is a woman's novelist who writes about manners, tea parties and delicate things," Johnson said. "But what I have discovered is that Jane Austen was adored as a man's novelist, and particularly during times of World War, as a soldier's novelist, and that this was so not because her fiction seemed to represent a quiet world to escape to, but rather because it has so much to teach us about enduring."
While much of her lecture will address Austen's stature as a war novelist, Johnson also will discuss the more general capacity of literature to console and to strengthen people during times of national crisis.
The series was started by President Tilghman in 2001 to bring together faculty members from different disciplines to learn about the work others are doing in a variety of fields. The lectures are Webcast live.


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Influenza and Pneumonia Mortality Trends 2000-2007 DS 10-10000
Number of Events – The number of events provides a description of how a disease affects a population, but it is not useful for examining trends or comparison across groups because the number of events largely depends on population size.7
Crude Rates, Age-Specific Rates, and Age-Adjusted Rates – The crude death rate (number of deaths per population size) is a widely used mortality measure.7 This rate represents the average chance of dying during a specified period for persons in the entire population. However, crude death rates are influenced by the age distribution of the population. As such, crude death rate comparisons over time or between groups may be misleading if the populations being compared differ in age composition.
The age specific death rate is defined as the number of deaths occurring in a specified age group divided by the population of the age group, usually expressed per 100,000 population. Age-specific death rates allow one to compare mortality risk among groups or over time within a particular age group. Although effective in eliminating the effect of differences in age composition, age-specific comparisons can be cumbersome, because they require a relatively large number of comparisons, one for each age group.10
To control for the effect of age on death rates and provide a single measure, age-adjusted death rates are used.7 Age-adjusted rates are computed by separating deaths into their respective age groups based on the age of the decedent, and computing age-specific rates. These age-specific rates are then weighted according to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population, and are summed to produce the age-adjusted rate. Age-adjusted death rates are highly effective for making comparisons among population groups and among geographical areas because they remove the effects of dissimilar age distribution.
Three important caveats apply when using age adjusted rates. First, the age-adjusted death rate does not reflect the mortality risk of a "real" population. The actual risk of mortality is represented by the crude death rate. The numerical value of an age-adjusted death rate depends on the standard used and, as a result, is not meaningful by itself. Age-adjusted death rates are appropriate only when comparing groups or examining trends across multiple time periods. A comparison of age-adjusted death rates among groups or periods over time will reflect differences in the average risk of mortality.
Second, age adjusting may mask important information if the age-specific rates between comparison groups do not have a consistent relationship. As an example, Anderson and Rosenberg (1998)7 demonstrate that the trend in the age-adjusted death rate for cancer does not reflect the complexities in the underlying age-specific rates. As averages, age-adjusted rates, like other averages, may be misleading, especially when age-specific rates reflect divergent trends over time. However, usually age-specific rates move roughly in parallel. Thus, age-adjusted death rates are a widely accepted and useful convention for analyzing trends.
Finally, because age-adjusted death rates are averages, they represent merely the beginning of an analytical strategy that should proceed to age-specific analyses, and then to an examination of additional sociodemographic, temporal, and geographical variables.
Data Sources – Numerator data are taken from California Department of Public Health death records, and denominator population data are obtained from the Department of Finance 2007 race/ethnic population estimates with age and sex detail, July 2007. The 2000 U.S. Standard Population was used for calculating age-adjustments in accordance with statistical policy implemented by NCHS.7 Age-adjusted death rates are not comparable when rates are calculated with different population standards, e.g., the 1940 standard population.
Variability of Rates – Rates are sensitive to size variations in both the numerator (the number of vital events that occurred) and the denominator (the estimated population at risk). For example, in small counties a numerator variation of only a few cases might cause a relatively large shift in a rate, while in a large county such a small change possibly will cause no difference in the rate. Likewise, a minor revision in a small county population estimate may cause a relatively major change in a county's vital event rate. Therefore, caution needs to be exercised when analyzing small numbers, including the rates derived from them.
Age-specific rates that have fewer than 20 deaths are considered unreliable (Tables 2a-2c). These rates are not shown and are indicated with an asterisk (*). Unreliable age-adjusted rates by race/ethnicity and sex (Table 3) and county of residence (Table 5), are displayed with an asterisk (*) and are provided only as a point of information for further investigation. Events based on no events are denoted with a dash (-).
Sampling Error and Vital Statistics – Vital events are essentially a complete count, because more than 99 percent of all vital events are registered. Although this number is not subject to sampling error, it may be affected by nonsampling errors in the registration process.
Nevertheless, the number of vital events is subject to random variation and a probable range of values can be estimated from the actual figures, according to certain statistical assumptions. This is because the number of vital events that actually occurred can be thought of as one outcome in a large series of possible results that could have occurred under the same (or similar) circumstances.
A 95 percent confidence interval is the range of values for a measurement that would be expected in 95 out of 100 cases. The confidence intervals are the highest and lowest values of the range. Confidence intervals tell you how much a measurement could vary under the same (or similar) circumstances.
Confidence intervals based on 100 deaths or more – When there were 100 deaths or more, a normal approximation was used to calculate confidence intervals.
Confidence intervals based on fewer than 100 deaths – When there were fewer than 100 deaths, a gamma distribution was used to calculate confidence intervals.
Detailed procedures and examples for each type of calculation are given in Technical Notes of Deaths: Final Data for 2006; National Vital Statistics Reports; National Center for Health Statistics, 2009. 6
Cause of Death – One of the most important uses for vital statistics data is the study of trends by cause of death. Vital statistics trend research yields valuable information about population health status, emerging public health problems, and at-risk populations, which can be used to develop strategies and allocate resources to improve public health.
Cause-of-death statistics are derived from the medical information reported on the death certificate by the certifying physician or coroner. The medical portion of the death certificate has fields for up to four causes of death (immediate, two intervening, and underlying) plus additional fields for recording contributing causes of death. Up to 20 causes can be entered onto a single death certificate. The cause-of-death field selected for coding and tabulation in this report is the "underlying cause of death." This is generally defined as the disease, injury, or complication that initiated the morbid events sequence leading directly to death.
Deaths by Place of Residence – Mortality data analysis in this report are based on records for all California resident deaths occurring in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, US territories, and Canada; all other worldwide resident deaths are excluded. Deaths to non-California residents were excluded from analysis.
Age Groups – The following age groups were used to compute age-specific and age-adjusted rates: under 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, 65-74 years, 75-84 years, and 85 and older.
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) – Beginning in 1999, cause of death has been reported using ICD-10. 11 For more information, see the National Center for Health Statistics ICD-10 page at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd.htm.
Race/Ethnicity – Beginning in 2000, the federal race/ethnicity reporting guidelines changed to allow more than one race to be recorded on death certificates. California initiated use of the new guidelines on January 1, 2000, and collects up to three races per certificate. To be consistent with population data, current reports tabulate race of decedent using all races identified on the certificate.
To meet the U.S. Office of Management and Budget minimum standards for race and ethnicity data collection and reporting, and with the population data obtained from the Department of Finance, this report presents Hispanic and the following non-Hispanic race/ethnic groups: American Indian, Asian, Black, Pacific Islander, White, and Two or More Races. Hispanic origin of decedents is determined first and includes decedents of any race group or groups. Non-Hispanic decedents who were reported with two or three races are subsequently placed in the Two or More Races group. Single non-Hispanic race groups are defined as follows: the "American Indian" race group includes Aleut, American Indian, and Eskimo; the "Asian" race group includes Asian Indian, Asian (specified/unspecified), Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese; the "Pacific Islander" race group includes Guamanian, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Other Pacific Islander; the "White" race group includes White, Other (specified), Not Stated, and Unknown.
Caution should be exercised in the interpretation of mortality data by race/ethnicity. Misclassification of race/ethnicity on death certificates may contribute to underreporting of deaths in American Indians, Asians, Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders.12This could contribute to artificially low rates for these groups and the Two or More Races group. Race groups' data that are not individually displayed on the tables or figures due to unreliable rates are collectively included the state data totals.
Trend Analysis – In this report, linear regression was performed to establish the presence of statistically significant trends over the period examined. The trends identified in the report as statistically significant are those for which an F test yielded a p-value less than or equal to .05 and had R-square values greater than .50 unless otherwise specified. Trend analyses were not performed in cases where rates for one or more years examined were unreliable.
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Rebuilding laptop again. I did something stupid with partitioning because I wanted to test out QNX. QNX was nice but I got tired of it and I didn't feel like coding anything to really try it out and I needed the space it was taking up. Plus I made a mess of my Debian installation trying to meet the various requirements of our (the Linux community's) audio software.
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I'm still trying to perfect calculating the sound that I am creating during synthesis. I'll post mixes from GDAM this week hopefully.
Thus far I can say that I have enjoyed making beats under Linux.