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A search for survivors of the incident is under way.
More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidised housing complex in the city of Reims, east of Paris, said officials.
Early pictures on the website of a local newspaper, L'Union L'Ardennais, showed heaps of debris spilling out of the building onto a grassy esplanade below, with two helmeted people perched up on a crane for a look inside.
Reims mayor Adeline Hazan told France's BFM television that "a very powerful explosion" had taken place, blowing out windows of nearby buildings.
She said the bodies of the two people killed remained under the rubble. Ms Hazan said the blast had the earmarks of a possible gas explosion but insisted only a thorough investigation would determine the exact cause.
Michel Bernard, the top government official in Reims, said one person was seriously injured.
He said the building dated to the 1960s and an official investigation was under way to determine the cause. He added that about 10 of the 40 or so apartments in the building were affected.
The precariousness of some buildings has come to light internationally in recent days following the collapse on Wednesday of an eight-storey building in a suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where at least 362 people have been confirmed to have died.
Officials there said three of the floors of that building, which had housed garment factories, had been built illegally.
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This letter is from SAID YOUSIF ALMUHAFDAH, a blogger and human rights activist from Bahrain.
Thanks in Advance
Date: 2011/4/26
journalist arrested in Bahrain
Dear Frineds
Please not that the police arrested the well known bloger and journalist in alwasatnewspaper mr haidar alnayme two days ago on 24-04-2011 , and we dont knwo his place , his family didnt get the chance to visit him or call him he is disapear
please find the below details from Committee to Protect Journalists
if you need any information about him or family contact let me know
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Bahrain center for human rights
New York, April 25, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Bahraini authorities to disclose the whereabouts of Haidar Mohammed al-Nuaimi, a columnist for daily newspaper Al-Wasat.Roughly 30 uniformed and plainclothes police raided al-Nuaimi's family home in Manama today, dragging him into the street and beating him, local journalists told CPJ.
Al-Nuaimi was then taken to an unknown location, according to the same accounts. A Facebook page in support ofAl-Wasat recountsthe same events in Arabic.
On Thursday, Amani al-Muskati, another reporter with Al-Wasat, was detained at the Bahrain International Airport upon her return from Egypt. Al-Muskati was later transferred to a Manama police station for interrogation and then released a few hours later, local journalists told CPJ.
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Give yourself permission to practice UX every day Progress takes practice. You have to work at it every single day. Regardless of your circumstances, when you practice UX every day, you: Build empathy with your colleagues Better meet your customers' needs Become more strategic in your approach Make more informed design decisions Resolve conflicts with [Keep Reading…]
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60-Second Stir-Fry: Leonard Lopate
These past few weeks, Leonard Lopate has been putting the "loco" in "locavore." He's been talking about eating, drinking and the politics of food during his show on the Food Fridays series by day, hosting "Lopate and Locavores" events in the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at night and is launching another "3-ingredient challenge" with chef Rozanne Gold.
Good. Leonard's hectic schedule would have him in a scatterbrained fog, I thought, a perfect time to spring a Stir-Fry challenge on him.
I was richly rewarded. The radio host known for grilling the likes of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the Nixon Administration's bombing of Cambodia was sporting some grill marks himself by the time I was through!
That "pretty good" restaurant in his old neighborhood of Chinatown that he couldn't remember? He recalled it later, when he was no longer in the hot seat. The "place on Elizabeth Street, the one with the live fish in the front," is Oriental Garden, 14 Elizabeth Street.
But Lopate clearly thinks Chinese food has seen better days in Manhattan's Chinatown. Foodies, you'd be wise to check out Sunset Park, Brooklyn or Flushing, Queens, instead.
Pantry necessities? Leonard recommended a "wide range" of spices, but then acknowledged that too many will end up unused and stale.
He was displaying his talk show host chops: the ability to see an issue from many sides, to see the unintended consequences in every decision or action.
Even his food travel fantasy had a bittersweet edge to it, a missed opportunity to dine at Ferran Adria's now-closed epic eatery in Spain, elBulli.
Slightly singed from the Stir-Fry, Lopate was in no mood to pretend he doesn't eat junk food or have a secret food shame, like some Stir-Fry guests. No cajoling necessary. He spilled the beans... or the potato chips, in this instance... readily. My day is complete. I got to interview Leonard Lopate and make him sweat. Sweet.


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i drive a 92 chevy full size pickup with a built 350. it was changed from tbi to a 600cfm edlebrock performer carb with a perfomer intake on top of some old 64cc 305 heads to bump up compression from the stock 76 cc. heres the problem. im running headman headers which are a pain in the *** if anyone every looks into buying a set for a truck like this, but recently i rebuilt the carb and put in new plugs and taloyr wires i cut to fit. its runs great, its got stong pull, but now its pumping out grayish blue smoke. blue smoke means burning oil. there are no visible leaks on the outside, so im guessing its an exhaust valve. im not sure but it smells like its running rich but i cant really tell. im going to run it this week then pull the plugs and see whats up, but for now ive got to deal with the carb possibly being rich. at idle it smokes a bit, but not much, and as u increase throttle it stays about the same, but once u let off it starts pushing out a good of smoke, and it smells pretty rich. again, ive tried backing off both of the mixture screws but it doesnt seem to do anything at all. at one point it was running good and was dripping water from the pipes, but since then i think ive thrown the carb out of wack by playing with it. any help would be much appreciate
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When you did the tbi to carb swap did you install a mechanical fuel pump or keep the electric? if you kept the electric you`ll need a fuel pressure regulator to get the pressure down to around 5 psi, anything more won`t let the needle stay seated and flooding is the result. Also when you did the swap did you install a older HEI with vacuum advance and mechanical advance? if not you`ll need to do this also. yes blue smoke usually means oil consumtion, but first if there`s a fuel pressure issue I`d address it first, then go from there. If there is no fuel pressure or fuel related problem my next guess would be the valve guides or valve seals.
I had a oil burning problem a few months back. I was driving and it looked like a fogger in the back. All coming out of the right bank. I thought I had broken a ring. I pulled the plugs but they all looked ok. I couldnt figure out how I could be burning that much oil and the plugs not showing it. My wife suggested that maybe the headers were loose and a small leak from the valve cover was draining into the headers. My response was that headers make noise when they are loose so theres no way that can be the problem. Just to keep the peace I got a wrernch and checked. Each bolt turned about 2 turns. No more burning oil. Fixed the valve cover leak also. Shes got a good head on her for motors. So the moral is check everything before you rip it apart.
i use a vacuum advance dis. and instead of using a pressure regulator i used a T joint in the line so what the carb doesnt use it goes to the return line. it worked before, i mean it sounds like it would dump the fuel in but it didnt, but it may be now. ill check the header bolts but i dont see any oil leaking from the outside and there is never a puddle under it. when you ran the engine with the hood up and then shut it off, did u ever see smoke coming up from the engine compartment. i get that once in awhile, but like you im somewhat skeptical about the headers being loose and not making noise.
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Ireland is a land of many attractions, and one of the most famous of them all is undoubtedly Blarney. It almost goes without saying that if youre going to be travelling to Blarney, you already know what the major attraction there is; its right there in the name, after all! Yes, the Blarney Castle is one of the preeminent attractions to visit in all of Ireland, and no trip to the country is complete without it. Therefore, you should make sure that your Ireland trip is all it can be by booking a discount Blarney hotel early with EasyToBook.com.We recommend starting your visit out in the Village Square, an area where many people gather in the summer to sell local wares and crafts. It makes for a great place to do some shopping, or pick up local stories about the magic of the Blarney Castle! After your appetite is piqued, head on over to the castle, where youll explore some of the most fabulous ruins in all of Europe, dating back to the 13th century. Of course, atop the roof of the ruined castle is the famous Blarney stone, which visitors have been kissing for hundreds of years, in hope that it will give them great luck and blessings. Will it work for you


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YouMail Updates iPhone App
Irvine-based YouMail, which develops enhanced voicemail service and related mobile apps, has rolled out a new update to its iPhone app. According to YouMail, the new app now supports new gestures for accessing voicemail messages quicker, a new navigation drawer, ways to add unwanted callers to its "ditch list", and other enhancements. YouMail offers up both iPhone and Android apps to access its enhanced voicemail services, which features things like voicemail sharing, personalized greetings depending on the caller, voice-to-email, and many other features.


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Lea Michele & Co. Celebrate Mohegan Sun's 15th Anniversary
Gathering together at the United States' second largest casino complex, a handful of Hollywood stars partook in Mohegan Sun's 15th Anniversary Celebration in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday night (October 22).
Leading the charge was "Glee" actress Lea Michele, who worked the arrivals area in a cleavage-baring black frock as she joined fellow guests including recently married couple Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo.
With plenty of action taking place including a performance by Jennifer Lopez, Miss Michele tweeted of the concert, Omg Jennifer Lopez is seriously AMAZING. She just killed it!!!!! She's gorgeous and so beyond talented!!!"
Also on-hand at the Mohegan Sun venue were celebs such as Jaime Pressly, Tinsley Mortimer and Kelly Bensimon, who posted a message reading, "Happy bday #mohegan sun. @jlo concert was amazing: everyone deserves to be loved."
Aside from the much talked about J. Lo show, other happenings at Mohegan Sun's anniversary fete included appearances and book signings by renowned Chefs, Bobby Flay and Todd English, So You Think You Can Dance's Mary Murphy, Buddy Valastro, The Cake Boss and others.
To cap things off, late night revelers were treated to a DJ Kiss spun after party in Mohegan Sun's newest restaurant and lounge, Ballo.
Enjoy the pictures from Mohegan Sun's 15th Anniversary Celebration (October 22).
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:10pm
With all the excitement of March Madness going on, it is a little early to think about that with lacrosse, but it certainly interesting with all the back and forth action.
Right now Northwestern and Maryland are the clear #1 and #2 based on their play. Northwestern's ranking is partially based on last year's season but they have defeated two ranked opponents and their offense looks just as efficient as ever. Their biggest test yet will come this weekend as they head to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse. Admittedly, I have not seen Northwestern play yet this season, but so far most of their scoring, 70 of their 120 points, is coming from their attack core of Katrina Dowd, Danielle Spencer and Shannon Smith, and normally the Wildcat offense has a few more solid scoring options. But Northwestern is continuing to roll with over 18 goals a game, so it is not an issue right now, plus their defense has been very solid to start.
Maryland is very close to catching them right now, and two of IL's poll voters believe they are #1. I've seen them twice, when they played Virginia and this past weekend against New Hampshire. In talking with Coach Julie Myers and Michael Daly, both commented on how the Maryland ride was very effective, keeping the Terps offense in control of the game. The Terps have shown they are very fast with depth, averaging over 16 goals a game despite playing four ranked squads out of their six games. I have not changed my #1 vote yet, but these two teams are very close to each other.
Virginia got a huge win over the weekend after defeating North Carolina in overtime 13-12, coming back from down 4-0 in the first three minutes and 6-1 after the first six-and-a-half. The Wahoos got some help from Ainsley Baker, who scored five goals, which was one more than she had scored in her first five games this season. Even though they are a young team, they are a talented a well-coached one. Virginia looks like they have settled themselves now, going with Lauren Benner in the cage for now after recovering from surgery in the offseason, and this win is big for them.
For Carolina, it is a loss, but not a critical one. They have a well-balanced team that played well on the road against a strong team. On a team that returned 10 starters from last season they are finding great production from Becky Lynch and Laura Zimmerman, two sophomores who came off the bench last year, and Logan Ripley is continuing to play strong in the cage.
The two best teams of the America East both took major hits this week, with Boston University falling to Duke and Vanderbilt and New Hampshire falling to Harvard and Maryland.
For BU, it's clear the offense misses Sarah Dalton's presence and production, averaging ten goals a game. Traci Landy is their leading scorer with 14 goals, including all three game-winners. They have played two ranked teams so far and their schedule will not be easing up much in the near future, so the Terriers will need to figure things out soon, but they are still a favorite to win the America East, especially as the Terriers have put together strong play towards the end of the year the past few seasons.
For New Hampshire, they are a young team getting used to a new system as well as finding replacements for Sarah Von Bargen's production. Coach Daly mentioned that the team may have gotten complacent after the 4-0 start, but that can improve with experience. The Wildcats have gotten good leadership from sophomore Hayley Rausch, who has put up 22 points so far after being injured last season; Coach Daly describes her leadership as like "having a coach on the field at attack." The Wildcats will have a match against Florida this week.
As the teams in the rankings continue to change, we voters become hard pressed to figure out who should go where. Where should we put teams based on record, strength of wins/losses and/or preseason reputation is difficult. In the spirit of bracketology, let's take a look at three squads and some of their criteria (Note: This is not meant to promote/downgrade anyone nor fight for a ranking, it is just to have a look at voting and some things the NCAA Committee will look at in May):
Team A:
--Current Record: 2-2
--Conference: Ivy
--Preseason Ranking/2009 Record: #9, 14-4
--Ranked Teams Defeated: None
--Losses: #3 Duke, (RV) Rutgers
--Strength of Schedule: Strong
--Average Margin of Victory: +0.75
Team B:
--Current Record: 4-3
--Conference: Big East
--Preseason Ranking/Record: #14, 11-6
--Ranked Teams Defeated: #6 Virginia
--Losses: #11 Penn State, Denver, #10 Towson
--Strength of Schedule: Very Strong
--Average Margin of Victory: +3.58
Team C:
--Current Record: 7-1
--Conference: CAA
--Preseason Ranking/Record: unranked, 8-9
--Ranked Teams Defeated: None
--Losses: #4 Penn
--Strength of Schedule: Below Average
--Average Margin of Victory: 3.86
Obviously there is something to take from each team. Team A has the preseason credentials along with all of their losses against strong teams, but they have no ranked wins yet and a .500 record. Team B has a big win over Virginia which could be countered with its loss to Denver, and a 4-3 record with a strong schedule. Team C has a solid record with no bad losses, but no ranked wins either plus from a non-major conference. Many teams that are around the 15-30 range in terms of ranking are in the mix, and eventually the preseason credentials will be used less from rankings, but in is hard to rank all these teams, and if the season continues like this the committee will have a hard job. The normal criteria the committee has used in the past are record, strength of schedule and solid wins, with margin of victory normally being a tiebreaker of sorts. (For those who are interested, Team A is Princeton, Team B is Loyola, and Team C is Drexel, all who had mention in this week's rankings.)
--Towson at Syracuse, March 17th at 3:00 PM
--Georgetown at Maryland, March 17th at 7:00 PM
--North Carolina at Georgetown, March 20th at noon
--Notre Dame at Boston University, March 20th at noon
--Northwestern at Syracuse, March 21st at 1:00 PM ET


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I approach the subject of Ballet West with deep personal affection, having served the past year as the dance company's board chair. But the past few weeks have validated my love and admiration for Utah's premiere dance company.
Due to critical acclaim, Ballet West was selected to stage "The Nutcracker" at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5-9. We were so proud to have been selected to perform at what is arguably this nation's premier artistic venue.
The 2,300 seats in the Kennedy Center's Opera House were full on opening night and for each performance of the sold-out five-day run.
I wish all Utahns could have been there, not only to witness the stunning performance of our artists but to see the beaming faces of some Ballet West Board members who were in attendance.
The New York Times' dance critic was effusive regarding Ballet West's "Nutcracker," calling it "one of the best productions I've ever seen."
The thunderous applause of the full house and the audience's standing ovation patrons who are treated to the best of the best year-round is another indication of how fortunate Utahns are to have Ballet West in our community.
These artists regularly bring joy, grace and beauty to our lives, and now our nation's capital has had a taste. (In a generous display of true corporate citizenship, Zions Bank hosted a reception prior to the opening-night performance.)
As if that weren't enough, Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times' dance critic, in a Dec. 11 piece about male dancers in various ballet companies' productions of "The Nutcracker," wrote the following about Ballet West dancer Rex Tilton: "Watching Ballet West, based in Salt Lake City, on Thursday, during its just concluded 'Nutcracker' [choreographed by Willam Christensen] at the Kennedy Center in Washington, it struck me that Rex Tilton may well be the most versatile young male dancer in America."
Those are words every artist dreams about reading from the nation's most influential critics and dance aficionados. Utahns can see Rex perform, regularly, in Salt Lake City. But I must add that, in my humble opinion, all of Ballet West's dancers are at the pinnacle of artistic talent and deserve similar praise.
But The Times' critic wasn't the only national voice who was impressed. The Washington Post's Sarah Kaufman hailed Ballet West's production, too.
"Ballet West's production, which opened Wednesday at the Kennedy Center, fairly bursts with comfort and joy. … This bright-spirited production, from Salt Lake City's exceedingly handsome ballet company, is sanctified by history, and deservedly so," she wrote, judging, "From end to end, this 'Nutcracker' was put over with an effervescent touch."
Coming on the heels of the six-episode BBC Worldwide Production series "Breaking Pointe," which starred Ballet West and was watched by almost 1 million viewers each week, the past year has been artistically rewarding for the company.
We hope our fellow Utahns will continue to support Ballet West, which is now being recognized as one of the nation's finest dance companies.
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Women Gets Fired, Receives Death Threats After Marathon Victim Costume
The 22 year old women who dressed up as a Boston Marathon Bombing victim, then posted the picture on Instagram has been fired from her job, and was the target of cyberbullying, including death threats,
Alicia Ann Lynch posted a photo of herself wearing the costume on Instagram and Twitter last week, and the online criticism began soon after. The backlash went further, however, with some finding her home address and other personal information online that they used to further harass her. Racy photos of Lynch were found and circulated online and death threats were sent to her, her parents and her best friend.
Lynch told BuzzFeed that she'd lost her job because of the costume, and said of the harassment, "I've had voicemails where they want to slit my throat and they want to hang me and tear off my face. I'm just like, I don't even know how to respond to this right now." She also said of her costume, "I wasn't a dead person, I wasn't being disrespectful. I was a survivor of a marathon. And it's not like I was walking around with a fake leg or my arm torn off or something like that. . . . It happened, I made a mistake. I just have to learn from it. I'm not a terrible person."


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Social skills and neurocognitive individualized training in schizophrenia: comparison with structured leisure activities.
Authors: Galderisi S, Piegari G, Mucci A, Acerra A, et al.
Year: 2010
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 260(4):305-15.
Abstract: Available at PubMed
Institution: Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138, Naples, Italy. email@example.com
Language: English
Subject headings: Adults, Behavior, Behavior modification, Classification systems, Cognition, Dementia, Etiology, Females, Follow up, Leisure, Pilot projects, Psychiatric disabilities, Psychological aspects, Rehabilitation, Research methodology, Schizophrenia, Social skills, Youth
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From November 29-December 03, 1999 the attention of the world focused on Seattle and the meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This normally secretive assortment of drab fiscal bureaucrats and negotiators were thrust into the forum of public opinion amidst a backdrop of massive street demonstrations and dramatic footage of police attacking demonstrators with tear gas, pepper spray and plastic bullets. The intent of this meeting was to set the so-called "Millennium Round" of negotiations for the WTO expected to lead to a world wide free trade zone by 2010. The intent of the protests was to focus attention on the lack of protections for labor rights, environmental safeguards, and human rights within tribunal rulings made by the WTO – rulings which are binding on the member states. Demonstrators called for the inclusion of "civil society" in the WTO to ensure a greater level of accountability. This call was reinforced by a march of 50,000 people organized by international labor. U.S. President Clinton, who owes a heavy debt to organized labor, was quick to speak out for the inclusion of "civil society" in the WTO and for a more democratic process. WTO President Michael Moore, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, seemed not to understand the demonstrator's concerns and in one testy interview exclaimed that all poor countries wanted "was a chance to compete"! At the end of the week it appeared the protests had accomplished something. The WTO negotiators did not emerge with a clear agenda for the next round of trade talks. However it must be noted that there was much division going into the meeting and a lack of consensus and agreement already on several key issues so this may have been the case anyhow. One thing that was definitely accomplished by the demonstrators was to publicize the existence and role of the WTO. However what must be kept in mind in assessing the impact of The Battle in Seattle is that most of the work done by the WTO, and the most significant work, is done by tribunals who rule on specific trade disputes and this will not change in the absence of a clearly defined agenda for the next few years. The scope will be more limited than it might have been otherwise. Some working groups have been established such as a group on the status of genetically modified foods in Europe and this work will continue apace. There is also been a successful shift of some areas of concern within the WTO and a move to deflect dealing with labor concerns by shifting these over to the International Labor Organization – this has been accomplished with the participation of the Civil Society Forum. There is also significant work continuing in collateral forums and bodies which aid and abet the work of the WTO and the advance of the neoliberal agenda such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), patenting discussions and Bio-safety protocols under TRIPS, and ongoing discussions on benefits-sharing at the Convention on Biological Diversity meetings
One of the concessions made by the WTO prior to their meetings was to convene a "civil society" Forum. This process was very problematic in that there was no clear process for accreditation for the meeting, no attempt to clearly communicate about it with a wide variety of stakeholders, and an intense security screening process for participants, which excluded many of the natural opponents of neoliberalism. The Civil Society Forum was actually composed at 66.4% business and commercial organizations, 8.5% environmental groups, 4.1% human rights groups, 3.3.% foundations and 2.6% labor representatives. Of these 44.7% were from the United States, 8.8% from Canada, 6.5% from Belgium, and 5.8% from France. In this equation the interest of the Third World and of Fourth World Nations, where many resources are concentrated, can only be marginalized
Besides the obvious problem of the preponderance of friendly interests in the Civil Society Forum in Seattle there is a larger problem of exclusion from this rubric of indigenous peoples. Civil Society as conceptualized by Gramsci and others visualized modalities within state structures creating avenues of discourse and change with a view to transforming the body politic. It assumes a vested interest in state structures (and perhaps in a contemporary sense trans-state structures) and thus by definition excludes Indigenous nations who neither find their legitimization in the state and who more often than not choose voluntary exclusion from the economic, social, cultural and political structures of the state. Many of the players in Civil Society are also vested in a worldview rooted in universal assumptions based on the definition of rights as inherent in the individual and thus at odds with nations who define their rights on a collective basis. While Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's), organized labor, faith groups, environmental groups, and others in Civil Society have a clear role to play in defining the public interest of their constituents they must realize that their constituency does not include Indigenous Nations. For example; defending environmental rights is not the same as defending Indigenous rights and this assumption has led to many instances of grave tensions and rifts between environmental groups and Indigenous people from the blockades of Temagami and Lyell Island, to the Makah whale hunt, to the demarcation of Indian lands in the Amazon
In articulating the difference between their concerns and for the assertion of their rights on a different basis than the Civil Society participants Indigenous leaders are asking for a separate and parallel forum for their concerns and interest to be negotiated under international agreements, be this economic., social, cultural, environmental or political. Many of the resources which will fall under the aegis of the WTO are in the lands and in the bodies of Indigenous peoples. From our DNA, to our labor, to our water and lands, we have consistently stated that we are not for sale. We cannot entrust our survival to anybody other than ourselves. There was no opportunity in Seattle for Indigenous people to speak of their concerns and there was no space provided in the Civil Society Forum. The result of this has been a tacit complicity between the forces of neoliberalism and the Civil Society participants to continue the pattern of exclusion and disenfranchisement of Indigenous people that has existed in the Americas for the past 500 years. This cannot continue any longer and we invite those who truly want change to join with us in righting this situation.


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Airush Brasil Demo Tour!
Airush Takes 3 out of 4 Podiums
Katja Roose wins PKRA Mexico on Monaro V4
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My eyes water every morning I drive in to work and I don't bother with any over the counter meds. Non-drowsy ones aren't strong enough and I can't risk using stronger drowsy meds while driving my ebike or at work so I just suffer though it each year...and thats just seasonal allergies from pollen. Cat dandruff...if my allergies were any stronger, it'd be fatal. Takes a mere 10-15mins of exposer for it to start and easily lasts a whole day.
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Wind River Systems Inc. couldn't have picked a worse week for a stock offering. The Alameda (Calif.) software company was scheduled to issue 3.3 million new shares on July 11--right in the middle of a market correction in which tech stocks took their hardest hit in years. Nearly two dozen technology deals expected during the week were delayed or killed. Yet on that tense Thursday, Wind River's bank called every American insitutional investor it knew and was able to place every share. The bank made money on the deal, too.
A miracle pulled off by one of Wall Street's wizards? No, this was Germany's Deutsche Bank, sweating out its first job as lead manager for a new technology issue in the U.S. The deal was a watershed for Frank P. Quattrone, the tech guru Deutsche had lured from Morgan Stanley & Co. just three months earlier with a multimillion-dollar pay package that raised eyebrows throughout the financial community.
Deutsche Bank will need many more such victories. After resisting change for most of its 126-year history, the $471 billion-asset bank is remaking itself from top to bottom. Under the leadership of Chairman Hilmar Kopper, Deutsche is trying to forge a new identity as a global contender in the cutthroat field of investment banking.
It's a strategy that Kopper and his colleagues call inevitable. It's also the riskiest one the bank has pursued since its postwar reconstruction. Conservative to a fault, Deutsche built its franchise in the cozy world of relationship banking, lending to German companies in which it also often held shares.
Now, Deutsche Bank, along with its Continental rivals, knows that the old banking culture is doomed. Heavyweights from Wall Street and the City of London are muscling in on European privatizations and mergers. And the European banks can no longer rely on collecting fat fees from thousands of midsize companies by acting as their personal lender.
So Kopper, who had masterminded his bank's acquisition of London's Morgan Grenfell PLC back in 1989, 15 months ago pulled Deutsche's worldwide investment activities under the Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG) umbrella. More acquisitions may be ahead. Recurrent industry gossip has it that Deutsche could target a major U.S. house, such as Lehman Brothers Inc. or Salomon Brothers Inc. Says Kopper: "I would not exclude it, but it's not for this century. It'll take three years to get DMG up and running fully."
LOUSY ODDS. Deutsche is fighting on many fronts. At home, Kopper is slashing costs of domestic operations while taking on giant, Munich-based insurer Allianz for domination of the German financial-services industry. In Asia, the bank is pitting new talent against old-line British banks with former colonial connections, as well as burgeoning Chinese banks, the Japanese, and the Americans. In the U.S., Kopper is trying to break the run of bad luck that other European banks have had in cracking the "bulge bracket," or top rank of Wall Street firms.
The odds seem stacked against Deutsche. A Japanese assault on the U.S. banking market in the 1980s cost the newcomers billions as they tried to win new business by accepting paper-thin margins. The Japanese never made a dent, and no European bank has ever fared better on its own.
Controlling a global investment bank is a lot harder than keeping tabs on a staid commercial bank. Last month, Deutsche had to cough up $280 million to make good on losses in two mutual funds run by DMG's Morgan Grenfell Asset Management unit in London. And on Sept. 25, Moody's Investors Services put Deutsche's AAA rating under review, citing "business and balance-sheet risks resulting from the group's aggressive global expansion strategy."
Such scrutiny makes cutting costs in domestic retail banking even more urgent. Deutsche is the least efficient of Germany's Big Three banks, with costs that run about 70% of net income. Its return on capital is around 9%, compared with an average of more than 20% for U.S. banks.
So the bank is undergoing a thorough domestic restructuring. By the end of this year, Kopper will have shed 20% of the 52,600 domestic staff it employed at the end of 1992. About half its 18 regional superbranches, classic baronies in the old Deutsche, will soon close. Back-office work for all branches has already been concentrated in just four regional technology centers.
LOGICAL FIT. To signal his seriousness about maintaining Deutsche's position at home, Kopper on July 10 announced that the bank has taken a 5.2% stake in Munich-based Bayerische Vereinsbank, Germany's fifth-largest. The ploy gives Deutsche a decisive voice in how the widely anticipated consolidation of Germany's banking industry will unfold. Vereinsbank and Deutsche are a logical fit. BV's branches are concentrated in southern Germany, where Deutsche is weaker, and it has business strengths that Deutsche lacks. For example, it is a European market leader in real estate finance. The relationship "makes a lot of sense," says Manfred Piontke, banking analyst at Bank Julius Baer in Frankfurt.
But Kopper's problem is that the huge hiring costs at the investment bank are swallowing up the savings from domestic cutbacks. Indeed, Deutsche's high compensation has rivals howling that Deutsche is driving up costs for the entire industry. Competitors also claim Deutsche is "buying" deals, Japanese-style, by severely underpricing its services. DMG Chairman Michael Dobson admits that, like competitors, the bank will sacrifice margins to clinch a landmark privatization, for example. But he says Deutsche is also often undercut.
Indeed, the bank in 1995 ranked No.11 in European initial public offerings, after Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch & Co. Meanwhile, as the bank spends billions on its transformation, its shareholders have watched Deutsche Bank stock bump along sideways even during a blazing bull market (charts).
Yet the 61-year-old Kopper claims the bank has no alternative to taking drastic steps, no matter how expensive or controversial. Like the other Continental "universal" banks, which unlike their Anglo-Saxon counterparts do merchant, investment, and commercial banking, Deutsche Bank risks becoming dangerously unprofitable if it continues to rely mainly on its commercial business.
That's why, in the two years through the end of 1996, Kopper will have spent an estimated $730 million--about half of last year's $1.4 billion consolidated net profit--to hire staff and install high-priced technology around the world. Making this costly bet pay off will be a Herculean task. In the U.S., says Carter McClelland, chairman of Deutsche Bank North America Holding Corp. (DBNA), investment banking revenues will be up substantially this year from a "very modest" base in 1995. Yet a former New York-based DBNA executive claims that North America is losing $100 million per year, before adding back earnings from pre-existing businesses and the commercial finance unit acquired from ITT Corp.
Kopper and his lieutenants stand squarely behind their strategy. He insists DMG is paying compensation only 3% above market averages. Says North America's McClelland, who has pumped up the U.S. head count by 600 this year, to 1,800: "It's far cheaper to build than buy." That may be true in the long run. But banking scuttlebutt has it that some of DMG's top-dollar hires in London from Wall Street have kept their families and houses in the U.S., ready to head back home once their bonus guarantees run out.
Deutsche Bank can't afford a revolving door in investment banking. New revenues take time to build: six months to a year in capital markets and a year or two in other lines, according to McClelland. Kopper is caught in a vise between fast-rising costs and revenues that are improving slowly at best. One Hong Kong rival puts it bluntly: "How long are they going to be willing to run at a loss out here? And what kinds of events will cause them to rethink their approach?"
None so far. With only a few years left before retirement, Kopper is understandably in a hurry to make his mark on the bank and on Germany Inc. Despite the high risks, he maintains--with perhaps a hint of the old Deutsche arrogance--that his strategy can succeed. If it does, Kopper will be remembered for changing the face of global investment banking.


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A well-maintained lawn can help beautify our environment, reduce water runoff, and reduce water and air pollution. In 1991–92, 3.3 million acres of grass were grown as home lawns in Florida, making home lawns the largest acreage crop in the Sunshine State. For grass, just like any other crop, pest management is crucial for proper plant health. Plant-parasitic nematodes (Figure 1) are among the least understood and most difficult pests to manage on turfgrass in Florida.
Nematodes are unsegmented roundworms, different from earthworms (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/MISC/Earthworm.htm ) and other, more familiar worms. Nematodes living in soil are very small, and most can only be seen with the aid of a microscope (Figure 2). Many kinds of nematodes live in the soil under any home lawn. Most of these soil nematodes are beneficial, feeding on bacteria, fungi, or other microscopic organisms found in soil (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/nematode/soil_nematode.htm ). In addition, some nematodes can be used as biological control organisms to help manage important turf insect pests (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in468 ). Unfortunately, other nematodes are harmful to plants because they feed on plant tissues and cause plant damage.
All plant-parasitic nematodes have a stylet or mouth-spear (Figure 3) that is similar in structure and function to a hypodermic needle. Plant-parasitic nematodes use their stylet to puncture plant cells, to inject digestive juices into them, and to ingest plant fluids. All of the plant-parasitic nematodes that are important turfgrass pests in Florida feed on or in roots. Some plant-parasitic nematodes, called ectoparasitic nematodes, remain in the soil and feed by inserting only their stylet into roots (Figure 4). Other plant-parasitic nematodes, called endoparasites, use their stylet to puncture an entry hole in the root and crawl inside the root tissue to feed (Figure 5). Among the major nematodes that cause damage to turfgrasses in Florida, sting, stubby-root, ring, and spiral nematodes are ectoparasites, while root-knot, lesion, and lance nematodes are endoparasites.
Plant-parasitic nematodes damage roots as they feed, reducing the ability of the grass to obtain water and nutrients from the soil. Roots damaged by nematodes may be abnormally short and stubby (Figure 6), or they may appear darkened or rotten (Figure 7). Root galls or knots associated with certain nematode damage to other crops are usually not evident on grasses. When nematode population densities get high enough, or when environmental stresses such as high temperatures or drought occur, aboveground symptoms may become evident. These symptoms include yellowing (Figure 8), wilting, browning, thinning (Figure 9), or plant death. Weeds such as spurge may increase as the grass cover thins (Figure 10). Nematode damage usually occurs in irregularly shaped patches that may enlarge slowly over time (Figure 11). Be aware that similar conditions may be caused by other factors such as localized soil conditions, fungi, or insects.
All types of grasses are affected by nematodes to some extent. However, certain nematodes are more problematic on some grasses than others. The most common nematodes that damage each type of turfgrass used in Florida lawns are:
St. Augustinegrass - lance nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in390) and stubby-root nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in617).
Zoysia - sting nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in395), root-knot nematode, and lance nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in390).
Bermudagrass - sting nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in395) and lance nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in390).
Centipede – Ring nematode and sting nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in395).
Seashore Paspalum – spiral nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in973) and sting nematode (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in395).
Bahiagrass is the most nematode-tolerant turfgrass and rarely has nematode problems.
With any plant problem, an accurate diagnosis is important to address the problem and to avoid wasting effort and applying unnecessary pesticides. The most reliable way to determine whether plant-parasitic nematodes are involved in a turf problem is to have a nematode assay conducted by a professional nematode diagnostic lab. The Florida Nematode Assay Lab (http://nematology.ifas.ufl.edu/assaylab/) is the University of Florida nematode diagnostic facility. This lab will diagnose nematode samples for a cost that is currently $20 for each sample from within Florida, and $25 for each sample submitted from outside Florida.
Nematode analysis is a separate procedure from soil analysis or plant disease diagnosis and requires different sampling guidelines. Consequently, when a plant disease sample is submitted to most plant diagnostic labs, a nematode analysis is not normally performed unless it is specifically requested. Nematode analysis often requires separate payment and the samples may be sent to a different address from plant disease samples. Familiarize yourself with the procedures required by the lab where you intend to submit a sample.
The accuracy of the diagnosis depends on the quality of the sample that you submit. Following the guidelines below will help ensure that the lab's diagnosis is accurate:
1) Take soil from 10–15 locations to a depth of 3–4 inches and combine it to make a single sample. Nematodes are not evenly distributed in a lawn. Populations tend to clump into "hot spots" and may be high in one area and low just a few feet way. Sampling from numerous areas increases the chance of getting an accurate estimate of nematode numbers in the affected area(s). Combine the soil from the different locations into a single sample from each lawn. A total volume of about a pint of soil from each lawn is adequate.
2) Take samples from areas where the grass is sick, but not dead. If your lawn has patches of dead grass, sample near the margins of these areas where the grass is declining but not yet dead (Figure 12). Nematode numbers will decline in severely damaged areas because they have nothing left to eat. If damage occurs in a number of areas in one lawn, take a few cores from the border of several affected areas to make the sample. When taking samples from turf that does not show symptoms, or if you sample the ground before planting, sample in a "zig-zag" pattern across the area (Figure 13).
3) Put the combined soil from each lawn into a plastic bag and seal it. Do not use paper bags.
4) Keep the samples out of sunlight and in an air-conditioned room until you ship them. Nematodes are sensitive to high temperatures and UV light. Leaving samples on the dashboard of your car or in the back of a pickup truck can kill them quickly and negatively affect accuracy of the diagnosis.
5) Submit the sample right away. Next day delivery is best to obtain accurate results and diagnosis.
The staff at the Florida Nematode Assay Lab (http://nematology.ifas.ufl.edu/assaylab/) or other lab will make a determination on whether or not nematodes are a problem in your lawn based on what kinds of nematodes are found and how many of them are found. Not all plant-parasitic nematodes are equal in their ability to harm grass. For example, one sting nematode can cause damage equal to hundreds of individuals of some other types of plant-parasitic nematodes. The number of each type of nematode in 100 cc of soil from the sample that you submit will be compared to established "thresholds" for these nematodes. Your lawn will then be identified as having low, moderate, or high risk of nematode damage based on these findings.
Many of the highly effective nematicides used in the past are no longer available because of their risks to humans and the environment. There are a number of products available for use on home lawns that are marketed as "organic," "biological," or "non-toxic" that claim to be suppressive to plant parasitic nematodes. However, for many of these there is no field effectiveness data conducted by credible scientists that indicates they work. Nematologists at the University of Florida have tested many of these products for effectiveness, generally with disappointing results. Two bionematicides that have shown some degree of effectiveness in University of Florida research trials are Nortica and MustGrow Invest.
Nortica: The active ingredient in Nortica is the bacterium Bacillus firmus strain I-1582. This bacterium colonizes the root system of the turf and produces compounds that protect the root system from nematode feeding and damage. Nortica is a solid formulation that disperses in water and is sprayed onto the turf surface before being moved into the soil with irrigation. University of Florida research has shown this biological agent to be effective in protecting turfgrass roots from nematode damage when it is applied properly. However, to achieve good results timing is critical with this product. An application schedule map for Florida counties is available from Bayer Environmental Sciences at http://www.backedbybayer.com/nortica. The map should be consulted when scheduling applications. Since Nortica has more of a root-protecting mode of action than a nematode-killing one, it works better when it is used in the early season to prevent a nematode problem. It will not be as effective if you use it to "fix" an existing nematode problem.
Organic amendments such as compost, mulch, municipal sludge, and manure can help the grass tolerate nematode damage by improving plant health. Remember that anything that can be done to improve root health will help plants tolerate nematode damage. In addition, some organic amendments may stimulate soil microbes that can help suppress nematodes in some situations.
Some of the best practices for managing nematode damage in home lawns are targeted at avoiding other stresses on the grass. Grass that is given proper watering and fertilization can often withstand higher levels of nematode infestation than grass suffering from drought or nutrient deficiencies. Following the guidelines presented in Fertilization and Irrigation Needs for Florida Lawns and Landscapes (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep110) should ensure a properly cared-for lawn.
If you are considering replanting your home lawn and have had a history of nematode problems, choosing a different type of grass may help. Bahiagrass is generally more tolerant of plant-parasitic nematodes than are other common lawn grasses and is often a good choice. Deed restrictions in some parts of Florida require that bermudagrass lawns be used. University of Florida research has shown 'Celebration' bermudagrass to be more tolerant to certain nematodes than some other bermudagrass cultivars, indicating that it might be a good choice in nematode-prone landscapes. In some cases, turf can be replaced with an alternative groundcover such as perennial peanut (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep135) that will not be damaged by the nematodes.
At present, the best management strategies for nematodes in the home lawn are aimed at increasing the ability of the grass to tolerate nematode damage. These strategies include avoiding stress, promoting root vigor, and choosing tolerant grasses. Researchers at the University of Florida are continually looking at new management options. Some of the options being investigated include 1) testing of new safer products that are effective and can be used on home lawns, 2) screening of turfgrass varieties to look for varieties with better resistance or tolerance to nematodes, and 3) finding ways to use the nematodes' natural enemies to suppress them below damaging levels. The University of Florida is committed to bringing you the most current information possible. Consequently, this document will be modified with each breaking development. The most current version of this document may be obtained at your county Cooperative Extension office, or found online at the University of Florida's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ng039.
For additional information regarding nematodes, nematode management, or help interpreting nematode assay results contact:
Dr. W. T. (Billy) Crow, Landscape Nematologist. Phone: (352) 273-3941. Email: email@example.com. Website: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/lab/people/crow/.
For information on submitting samples to the Florida Nematode Assay Lab or to check on the status of a sample you submitted contact:
Florida Nematode Assay Lab. Phone: (352) 392-1994. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Website: http://nematology.ifas.ufl.edu/assaylab/
This document is ENY-006 (NG039), one of a series of the Entomology & Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Revised March 2007, April 2013 and January 2014. For more publications related to horticulture/agriculture, please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/.
William T. Crow, associate professor, Entomology & Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. UF/IFAS does not guarantee or warranty the products named, and references to them in this publication do not signify our approval to the exclusion of other products of suitable composition. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow directions on the manufacturer's label.
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other UF/IFAS Extension publications, contact your county's UF/IFAS Extension office.
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Elizabeth Price, 46, who went to a Luton comprehensive and quit her pop music career because she was too shy on stage, has joined the likes of Anish Kapoor, Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry by winning the Turner Prize.
Price collected the £25,000 prize from actor Jude Law at Tate Britain last night for her video installation show which included a film inspired by a fatal fire in a Woolworths store in Manchester that she remembers from news bulletins in her childhood.
The film, The Woolworths Choir Of 1979, features archive footage from the blaze that gutted the city centre store and left 10 people dead, mixed with architectural designs, film of a 1960s girl group and music.
Price said being nominated had brought her work to a wider audience and the money would allow her to "carry on working and make new ambitious things".
Price was one of four artists on the shortlist, which included fellow film-maker Luke Fowler, performance artist Spartacus Chetwynd and Paul Noble, who produced a series of drawings of a fictional city called Nobson Newtown. The shortlisted artists each get £5,000.
Presenting the award, Law attacked the "cultural vandalism" of the Government over the introduction of the English Baccalaureate, which he said would take "arts, design and music" out of schools.
Price also criticised the Government and praised her education at Putteridge High School, in Luton, a comprehensive. "It's incredibly depressing listening to the comments people made earlier that a young girl from Luton going to a comprehensive might not be able to imagine being an artist and might not have the opportunities I've had," she said, adding that her career would be "unimaginable" without public support for the arts.
Bradford-born Price started out as a singer with 1980s indie pop band Talulah Gosh. She said she was currently working as an artist in residence at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didco and told reporters that her next work involved "looking particularly at thermal and photographic images of the sun" - but admitted she did not know what she was going to do with them.
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Wayne Community College's Early Childhood Education program has earned national accreditation.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation has granted accreditation to WCC associate degree program in early childhood education.
"This is not just an honor, but also a validation that our Early Childhood Education program is as good as we believe it to be," said Dr. Kay H. Albertson, president of the college. "National accreditation means our instruction and our instructors stack up to the best in this country, and our graduates will provide a level of care that any parent should want and, we hope, will seek, for his or her child."
"Early Childhood Education has a special place in my heart because it is where I got my start. That not only makes me biased, but also a qualified critic. So when I say I am proud of WCC's program, I mean it thoroughly," Dr. Albertson said.
To earn NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation, programs conduct a rigorous self-study process in collaboration with stakeholders, culminating in a report demonstrating how the program meets the NAEYC Professional Preparation Standards within its community context. The program hosts an external peer review, and findings are presented to the Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation for an accreditation decision.
WCC was fortunate to have received a N.C. Community College System grant that funded its year-long self study and the onsite visit by the peer review team, Instructor Sherry Granberry said.
The site visit involved meetings with stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and advisory committee members, and observation of classes, as well as tours of practicum sites.
"The purpose of the self study and site visit is to determine if the program meets the standards, to prove that we are committed to those standards, Ms. Granberry said.
The result was that "they were impressed with everything," said Ms. Granberry. But, for the faculty at WCC, the evaluation process is ongoing. "There were some things we will change as a result of the self study."
The accreditation report noted that "the program is held in high regard in the community" and "is valued by many community partners."
"The campus child care center was also noted as a program strength by students, faculty, administrators, and community partners. The program faculty, who are well qualified, are another program strength," the report also stated.
"We demonstrated that we know what quality is," Ms. Granberry said. "This shows the level of our commitment. Raising the quality of teacher education increases the quality of the early childhood programs serving young children."
"We're proud of our program and proud that the students can say they came from an accredited program," Ms. Granberry said.
That pride is shared by WCC's community partners. "The Partnership for Children is extremely proud of the collaborative work that they are doing with Wayne Community College Early Childhood department," said Valerie Wallace, Partnership for Children of Wayne County's assistant executive director.
"Many good endeavors have transpired over the past several years," Ms. Wallace said. "Knowing that the WCC Early Childhood Department meets high accreditation standards is reassuring that students are receiving the most current and developmentally appropriate information that will benefit them in their future endeavors. We look forward to the continued success of this department and more collaborative ventures."
WCC's degree program leads to an associate in applied science in Early Childhood Education. Students are qualified to receive the N.C. Early Childhood Credential. The college also offers Early Childhood Education, Administrator's, Special Needs, and Infant/Toddler Care certificates.
Federal Head Start regulations require an associate degree or higher for teachers, and many states include early childhood associate degrees in their Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for child care and preschool programs. NAEYC's professional standards for early childhood degree programs provide a high measure of quality by which teacher education programs can be evaluated.
WCC's accreditation brings the total number of NAEYC accredited programs in North Carolina to 25 and 193 in 30 states since the launch of the accreditation system in 2006.
For more information about the NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation System, go to www.naeyc.org/ecada/.
Founded in 1926, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has nearly 80,000 members worldwide. The Association is the largest and most influential advocate for early care and education in the United States.
The NAEYC Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation awards accreditation to associate degree programs that demonstrate evidence of meeting the Professional Preparation Standards. Accreditation provides a framework for self study, external evaluation and improvement in the quality of teacher preparation programs.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.


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Burnham-Robinson Wins AVCA National Pairs Championship
Trojan duo sweep Long Beach State pair in final.
USC Women's Sand Volleyball Advances To AVCA Championship Tourney Final Four
Women of Troy to play No. 2 Long Beach State in Saturday's semifinals.
Burnham-Robinson Duo Wins Exhibition Tourney With USA Junior Beach Team
Full-Sary finish fourth, Duddridge-Fournier are fifth
USC Women's Sand Volleyball Team Selected For National Championship Tourney
Women of Troy to compete in Gulf Shores, Ala., May 3-5
Two USC Women's Sand Volleyball Teams Finish As Runnersup At USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge Pairs Tourney
Burnham-Robinson (gold division), Hirschmann-Siljkovic (bronze division) get to finals.
Sand Volleyball: Spring Break Road Trip (Day 3)
The Women of Troy completed a 5-0 sweep over Saint Mary's College to cap a 2-0 week in Northern California.
Sand 2013: A starting outside hitter the past 3 years on the indoor team, Fuller now concludes her Trojan career as a senior in 2013 with her second season on the sand.
Sand 2012: As a junior in 2012, she and Natalie Hagglund played in the No. 2 and then No. 3 pairs spots, posting a 20-12 record.
Indoor 2012: Fuller was second on USC in kills with 384 (3.28 kps, hitting .240) and points (438.5, 3.75 pps), plus she added 23 aces (0.20 saps), 252 digs (2.15 dps) and 63 blocks (0.54 bps) while starting all 36 matches as a senior opposite hitter in 2012...She finished in USC's Top 10 list for career points (1,115.5) in her four years...She was named to the AVCA All-American third team, AVCA All-Pacific Region Team and All-Pac-12 honorable mention...She made the NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament team...She also received All-Tournament honors in each of USC's 4 pre-season tourneys, including two MVP awards...She won USC's Best Attacker Award.
Indoor 2011: Fuller recorded 328 kills (2.83 kps) as a starting outside hitter in her 2011 junior season with a .257 hitting percentage, 21 service aces (0.18 saps), 197 digs (1.70 dps), 54 blocks (0.47 bps) and 375.5 points (3.23 pps)...earned 2011 AVCA All-Pacific Region honorable mention and All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention recognition.
Indoor 2010: She started on the outside as a 2010 sophomore, recording 220 kills (1.86 kps) for a .232 hitting percentage with 10 assists (0.08 aps), 21 service aces (0.18 saps), 136 digs (1.15 dps), 61 blocks (0.52 bps) and 272.0 point (2.31 pps).
Indoor 2009: She made two starts in 16 matches during her 2009 freshman season.
High School/Club: She was a 2009 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection... was a three-year letterwinner at La Costa Canyon High in Carlsbad (Calif.)...earned Under Armour All-American High School Volleyball Team first team honors in her2008 senior season and played in the inaugural 2008 Under Armour All-America High School Volleyball Match and Skills Competition in Omaha, Neb...also named Mizuno and MaxPreps All-American...member of La Costa Canyon squad that was named national champions by Prep Volleyball and MaxPreps in her senior season...team captain for the CIF Division I state title team as a senior, along with being named to the State All-Tournament team...earned San Diego Union Tribune All-Area, All-Avocado League and All-CIF Division I first team honors as a senior...as a 2007 junior, she earned North County Times All-County and San Diego Union Tribune All-Area first team honors, as well as San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic honors...named La Costa Canyon's Most Valuable Player as a junior as the team won the CIF San Diego Section championship...earned All-CIF Division I second team honors as a 2006 sophomore as her team won the CIF San Diego Section championship...she started her club experience with one year for Solana Beach VBC (Solana Beach 12's) before spending six years with WAVE...named to the U17 All-Tournament Team at the 2008 USA Junior Girls Volleyball Championships...team finished third at the Junior Olympics...named to the 2007 U.S. Junior Olympic 16 Open Division All-Tournament team.
Personal: She was born on July 14, 1991...both of her parents are USC graduates...she is majoring in communications.
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Despite the fact that hip-hop star Kanye West was nominated in six different categories – and won three of them – he decided to forgo the music industry's biggest night in order to spend some quality time abroad with his baby mama, Kim Kardashian, over the weekend.
Perhaps feeling that Staples Center was going to be filled with a few too many celebrities, the attention-hungry couple instead planned a vacation to Brazil for Carnival weekend. The international jaunt including a walking tour of the city of Vidigal on Sunday, when the two looked like average American tourists as they took in the sights with a camera in hand. Well, except for the fact that Kardashian was wearing a low-cut dress and high heels, West was donning some sort of kimono-style top, they were trailed by fellow tourists and paparazzi, and were accompanied by bodyguards as well as megastar Will Smith. But other than that, they totally looked like your average American tourists.
And just because the reality star is pregnant, doesn't mean she can't party. Later that day the 32-year-old tweeted, "In the car heading to carnival here in Rio! Good thing there's all this traffic so u can look up all these hot Grammy looks!" Speaking of hot looks, she donned one the day before when she and West, 35, headed off to see one of Rio de Janiero's most famous sites, the statue of Christ the Redeemer.
Today's Outfit- Hot Pink & Hot Yellow #JuanCarlosObando #Louboutin #Brazil instagr.am/p/Vg9kXiOS48/— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) February 9, 2013
Awww just waking up in Brazil, seeing Kanye won 3 Grammy's last night!!! That makes a total of 21!!!! That's just so insane! Soooo proud!!!— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) February 11, 2013
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If you are a Hillary backer, you won't even see the bus coming when it rolls over you and your candidate.
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Isbn-10: 0007146752 | Isbn-13: 9780007146758 | Publish date: 04/07/2005
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New Fred Meyer gives residents a sinking feeling
Presentations by an architect, hydrogeologist and an engineer at a March 11 meeting did little to quell neighbors' fears that the construction of the new Greenwood Fred Meyer would have dire consequences on surrounding properties.
Half of the site for the new Fred Meyer at 100 N.W. 85th St. is located on a peat bog, one of the largest in the Seattle area.
GeoEngineers' Michael Kenrick, working for Fred Meyer, said it is important to not disturb peat because it is sensitive and compressible. If you take water out of the peat, it will shrink, leading to settling buildings, he said.
"Nobody wants their building to settle because it causes so much damage," Kenrick said. "It basically condemns the building."
The March 11 meeting was a chance for the Fred Meyer development team to explain how it is dealing with soil and groundwater issues on the site and for the Seattle Department of Planning and Development to received public feedback before deciding on whether an Environmental Impact Study is warranted for the project.
Kenrick said they drilled 30 monitoring wells – a large number for the size of the project – to get information about groundwater and the bog, which is made of glacial till, silt and peat.
The wells allowed the developers to slightly alter the mapping of the bog's boundary within the site and determined that groundwater is at 255 feet above sea level at its highest point.
Barghausen Consulting Engineers' Hal Grubb, also working for Fred Meyer, said the site is currently almost entirely covered by impervious surface. Storm water is collected from the Fred Meyer's roof and parking lot and rerouted to the city's system and into the Puget Sound, he said.
In order to better deal with runoff, the new Fred Meyer project proposes two areas that will introduce water back into the ground in a measured way, Grubb said.
One of these areas will be below the parking garage on the northeast corner of the site. It will put as much water into the ground as the ground can handle, and the rest will be sent to an underground vault to be put into the city's system to prevent overflow, Grubb said.
The second area will be along Third Avenue Northwest where the soils are good for introducing water into the ground, he said. That area will also be hooked up to the underground vault.
According to plans, these two areas will mostly deal with water coming off the roofs of the parking garage and residential units. Runoff from the majority of the site will be fed directly to the vault.
Many of the Greenwood residents at the meeting felt the plans for the new Fred Meyer development – a 170,000-square-foot, mostly underground Fred Meyer, 26,300 square feet of additional retail, 250 residential units and a three-level parking garage – will disrupt the bog, causing sinking and damage in the surrounding neighborhood.
Kate Martin, a citizen activist in Greenwood, said she became interested in the peat bog when the new Safeway was built and caused her house to start sinking.
"Greenwood has been sinking and will continue to sink," she said.
Peat does not accept new water, and the Fred Meyer development is being enabled by legislative loopholes and a lack of good science, Martin said.
She said the project should be redesigned to give it a smaller footprint and not sink it into the bog.
Another neighborhood resident wanted to know what the city will do to help her when the new Fred Meyer causes her house across the street to sink and forces her to move out of the city.
One resident, who said his yard was already sinking, asked what assurances the Fred Meyer development team could give them that, unlike Safeway, they wouldn't cause damage to neighboring property.
Kenrick said there is an ordinance and requirements that have been put in place since Safeway to prevent damage to nearby property.
The Fred Meyer project is taking a conservative approach to groundwater and will not be removing it from the site, he said.
Grubb said the existing site has no protection against flooding. The new development's underground vault will release less water into the city's system than the current site and could also contain a treatment system to filter out harmful chemicals, he said.
"If you do things right on the project, there should be no offsite impacts," Kenrick said.
A show of hands asked for by one resident indicated that a majority of neighbors present would like the project to undergo an Environmental Impact Study.
The Department of Planning and Development will decide whether to ask for the study or issue a Determination of Non Significance before the project is given a Master Use Permit to get underway.
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New Fred Meyer - MUST have an Impact Study
I never imagined Greenwood, or this area of it, was a peat bog! Given comments presented in the article, I believe the project must have an Environmental Impact Study done; to not do it would be criminal.
Over 15 years ago I helped a friend plant a tree in her front yard on the east, 'hill' side of Palatine Ave. near 65th Street. Lo and behold, after digging down about two feet we hit EMPTINESS - at least another foot or two of SPACE below the hole we'd dug. Very, very scary. I don't recall how we 'refilled' this hole, but we did plant the tree. And somehow it survived - it roots must've grown laterally, avoiding the void below.
Nothing happened to her property (it didn't cave in) while she lived there another 4-5 years, and I see it's still standing on the same block. But I absolutely believe it's only a matter of time - perhaps hastened by projects such as this if scientifically proven measures are not taken to eliminate any possibility of further sinking - before many homes and other structures suffer permanent damage.


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Crotched Mountain School is situated on acres of protected forest, open fields of wild blueberries and heather, and wetlands teeming with wildlife. Our highly accessible buildings and classrooms are equipped with everything from environmental controls to adjustable desks and assistive technology unique to each student's needs. Within this setting, we offer the highest quality educational, vocational, therapeutic, residential and recreational opportunities.
Many people with disabilities have never been able to spend time in nature. For that reason, Crotched Mountain has developed a network of safe and accessible mountainside trails - the longest such trail network in the U.S. Now our students can enjoy the outdoors with friends and family, learn about the natural world, and experience the deep beauty of our forests and fields. The trail is also used for educational experiences such as maple sugaring and exploring earth science, biology and ecology following the scientific method. It is also open for the public to enjoy.
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Crotched Mountain's natural woods setting allows for a wide range of outdoor experiences. In summer, our lakeside waterfront is used for therapeutic recreation, swimming lessons and other activities. An accessible playground provides recreational opportunities for all children. And in winter, a nearby ski mountain allows students to enjoy snow sports.
The assistive technology experts at Crotched Mountain assess and create custom solutions for communications, seating, environmental controls, mobility and daily living supports. They also provide equipment repair onsite, significantly reducing the time students typically wait when equipment is shipped to manufacturers for repair.
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Our fully accessible theater boasts a stage and full audio visual capabilities for events and big-screen movies. It is used for school gatherings, movies, plays, talent shows and performing arts.
At Crotched Mountain School, students are encouraged to explore as many interests as possible. Our greenhouse and outdoor gardens are part of the science curriculum and provide an ideal setting for students to experience the sense of accomplishment that comes from harvesting vegetables and flowers that they have planted and cultivated from seed to maturity. To complete the cycle, students prepare vegetables for meals and flowers for beautiful arrangements for themselves and others at Crotched Mountain.
Students at Crotched Mountain have the rare opportunity to acquire academic and vocational skills while connecting with their environment through our farm school. In addition to the activities at the greenhouse and outdoor gardens, they can raise and tend chickens on campus, and tap sugar maple trees in our forest. In this setting students learn to use tools, connect with their environment, relate to and care for animals, and other activities that help them learn vocational and academic skills in a practical setting.
Crotched Mountain may be the only special education school with its own bowling alley. A favorite with the students, this space is used almost daily for fun and Special Olympics training. Students interested in additional sports activities can take advantage of our full-size gymnasium for adaptive activities such as basketball, physical education and dance.
Our multi-media library is a warm and welcoming place for students to gather, study and relax. A custom floor plan provides access for all students to read or hear books and newspapers, watch movies in the mini-theater, access satellite TV, go online and use our video conferencing technology. Assistive technologies from switches to eye gaze typing allow all students to participate in their curriculum. Students have access to iPads and iPods and can use email and Skype to keep in touch with their families and friends. The breathtaking views from our two-story windows add to the center's inviting ambience.
Living on campus helps students foster close friendships and a true sense of belonging. Each student's individual needs are thoughtfully considered in selecting the most appropriate residential setting, whether it be in a group home, apartment, shared living with the staff or at Crotched Mountain Specialty Hospital. In addition to supporting each student's health care needs, every residence is designed to nurture students' personal growth and development.
Students receive high-quality rehabilitative therapies in our fully equipped therapy gyms and fitness room. Highlights include weights, sensory activities, bicycles, a bolster swing for practicing balance and elevated platforms for therapies.
The Skills Center at Crotched Mountain provides students with vocational education, work exposure and career development and supports our Life Skills Curriculum. Students experience a genuine workplace environment - supporting the management of our campus - while learning valuable skills they can transfer to jobs in their communities.
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My Mommy & Daddy brought me home a "friend", that's what they call him, but I think he bothers me. I want Josie back, so I am just waiting because I don't believe he is gone forever. Josie was good to me and wouldn't jump out from nowhere and scare me like this "friend" does. Kobi, as they call him, hangs around me and wants me to play with him, but I am a mature 4 year old and he plays rough. So, I hiss at him and tell him to relax, and he does. I don't know why, but he still likes me, maybe with some time I will allow him to be near me.
Sulley isn't as completely fond of our Kobi as we are, but he is warming up! Kobi loves Sulley, but.....you know how the introduction goes! Kobi is a second Josie, he has so many traits as Josie did, but Sulley seems to be a one love kind of cat. We will continue to help our boy to accept Kobi as his friend, no hurry...hopefully we will have a lifetime!
So much love to both of our boys, Sulley & Kobi!
Friday, August 1st at 8:00 pm central time we had to let our 6 year young boy, Josie, enter the gates of heaven. He had been suffering for two months with a disease that we only got the diagnosis for the day before we had to let him go. He had Feline Infectious Peritonitis FIP, a very fatal disease with no cures right now. Sulley has never known life without Josie, so last week we adopted a little boy from the local Humane Society, and today we get to pick him up. We are truly hoping that Sulley accepts Coby as well as Josie accepted Sulley when we brought him home. Josie was 2 when we gave Sulley to him as a kitten, 6 weeks old. So we will be leaving soon to go pick up our new addition. Sulley is not as easy going as Josie was, so I am a bit concerned! I miss my Josie so much, it hurts so much to lose one of your children, and these boys truly are our children.
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