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Robert R. Goodman 2/23/2011 2:37:45 PMHi Nadine,Looks like she have some fun.She is such a cutie and what a beautiful name she has.Absolutely wonderful my friend!!!! #1355675
Mike Clime 2/24/2011 11:23:28 AMThis is so cute, Nadine! #9259900
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 2/24/2011 6:47:13 PMAdorable, Nadine! :-) k #9260538
Datha Y. Thompson 2/25/2011 5:34:48 PMHi Nadine!! This is ADROABLE and a perfect fit for the MT :) #9262200
Nadine A. Lewis 2/26/2011 6:21:12 AMThank you so much, Bobby, Mike, Kitty, and Datha for your encouragement! <>< #9262772
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 3/20/2011 5:21:08 PM
Robert R. Goodman 3/20/2011 5:48:37 PMA big Congratulations,Nadine!!!! #9301823
Phyllis H. Burchett 3/20/2011 7:28:48 PMCongrats on this fabulous finalist Nadine! #9302574
Merna L. Nobile 3/20/2011 10:51:46 PMYes, you heard right! Congratulations you are a winner! Merna #9303356
Marijana Fajgl 3/21/2011 4:17:55 AMBig congratulations, Nadine on your wonderful finalist! #9304002
Ellen Hodges 3/21/2011 6:17:59 AMHuge congrats and very best luck, Nadine!! #9304577
ALLEN O. HOWARD 3/21/2011 9:45:05 AMExcellent theme entry and finalist Nadine! Congratulations!!! #9305350
Emile Abbott 3/21/2011 10:20:04 AMFantastic finalist Nadine and Congratulations. #9305462
John Connolly 3/21/2011 12:32:12 PMCongratulations on your finalist Nadine, a well deserved award! #9305759
Gina M. Savage 3/21/2011 6:04:59 PMCongrats, Nadine, what a cutie! #9306935
Nadine A. Lewis 3/21/2011 6:39:37 PMPeaches, Bobby, Phyllis, Merna, Marijana, Ellen, Allen, Emile, John, & Gina, thank you so much for your encouragement!!! <>< #9307071
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 3/22/2011 5:09:27 PM
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 3/22/2011 5:09:51 PMWTG on this wonderful winner!!! :-) k #9309906
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Phyllis H. Burchett 3/22/2011 6:34:48 PMCongrats on this WONDERFUL winner Nadine! #9310637
Ellen Hodges 3/22/2011 7:02:21 PMHuge congrats, Nadine!!! #9310803
Bojan Bencic 3/23/2011 1:16:52 AMCongratulations on your win, Nadine! #9311263
Tiia Vissak 3/23/2011 1:25:35 AMCongratulations! #9311298
Stefania Barbier 3/23/2011 3:52:24 AMgorgeous winner.... huge congrats! #9311519
frank w. degenhardt 3/23/2011 6:19:09 AMBrings back memories. So touching and fun. Congratulations on the Second Place Win my friend. #9312013
Emile Abbott 3/23/2011 7:01:25 AMCongratulations Nadine on your gold win. #9312132
Marijana Fajgl 3/23/2011 12:36:50 PMBig congratulations on your amazing winner, Nadine! #9312780
Mike Clime 3/23/2011 12:48:53 PMCongratulations on this great winner, Nadine! #9312819
Claudia Kuhn 3/23/2011 2:33:52 PMCongrats on your wonderful winner Nadine! #9313022
Kathy L. Clark 3/23/2011 8:33:01 PMThis is just too cute, congrats on your lovely granddaughter, and your awesome winner. #9313537
John Connolly 3/24/2011 3:11:36 PMCongratulations on your gold win, Nadine! Well done!
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 3/24/2011 8:52:52 PMBig Congratulations on your win Nadine!,
Usman M. Bajwa 3/25/2011 2:48:32 AMBeautiful capture, Nadine. CONGRATZ on the Second Place Gold!!!
Nadine A. Lewis 3/25/2011 10:59:43 AMPeaches, Kitty, Nancyj, Tammy, Phyllis, Ellen, Bojan, Tiia, Stefania, Frank, Emile, Marijana, Mike, Claudia, Kathy, John, Amalia, & Usman, thank you so much for taking the time to congratulate me. <>< #9316955
Datha Y. Thompson 3/26/2011 8:47:44 PMlol I JUST LOVE it Nadine.. Sure makes me smile!!!
Nadine A. Lewis 3/27/2011 11:51:04 AMThank you so much Datha!!! <>< #9320302
ALLEN O. HOWARD 3/29/2011 5:25:13 PMCongratulations to the winner! Way to go Nadine!!! #9324763
Robert R. Goodman 3/29/2011 6:54:22 PMCongratulations on your this beautiful Win.WTG my friend!!! #9324875
Irene Colling 4/4/2011 8:17:26 AMYou captured a wonderful moment Nadine; filled with excitment and fun.
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A resumit...thought it suited the Monthly Theme. Title by: Joanne McDaniel
My granddaughter Skylee
Shooting Date/Time 8/14/2010 2:03:05 PM, Shooting Mode Program AE, Tv 1/125, Av 5.6, Evaluative Metering, 100 ISO, Canon EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens, Focal Length 35.0 mm, Natural Light, White Balance Mode Color Temperature(5200K), AI Focus AF, AF area select mode Manual, Single shooting Drive Mode.
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Villa Sands is situated in Ilha De Mocambique ,Ilha de Mocambique is home to colonial architecture, bustling street markets and wonderful cuisine. In addition, there are long stretches of empty, pristine beaches with excellent snorkeling and diving mere minutes away. At three kilometers long and 500 meter wide, Ilha de Mocambique is a long slim ribbon of gold floating in a sea of emerald.
In 1991 Ilha de Mocambique was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to the unique richness of its architecture. For hundreds of years Ilha de Mocambique was a major trading post in intercontinental maritime trade. The result is a fascinating blend of African, Portuguese, Arab and Indian cultures. There are small traditional houses, churches and mosques spread out beyond an imposing fort. Old colonial style Portuguese buildings dating back to the sixteenth century grace the wide streets. The island once gave name to the entire country when Vasco da Gama arrived in 1498, and Ilha de Mocambique was made the Portuguese colonial capital in 1507. In 1898 the capital was moved to Laurenco Marques (now called Maputo).
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But in the big bookcase close by stood real books; one of these Godfather often read, and this he called the Book of Books; it was the Bible. In it was pictured the history of the world and the history of all mankind, of the creation, the flood, the kings, and the King of Kings.
"All that has happened and all that will happen is written in this book," said Godfather; "so infinitely much in one single book! Just think of it! Yes, everything that a human being has to pray for is entered there, and said in a few words in the prayer 'Our Father'! It is the drop of mercy! It is the pearl of comfort from God. It is laid as a gift on the baby's cradle, laid on the child's heart. Little child, keep it safely; don't ever lose it, however big you may grow, and you will never be left alone on life's changeful way; it will shine within you and you will never be lost!"
Godfather's eyes radiated joy. Once, in his youth, they had wept, "and this was also good," he said. "That was a time of trial, when everything looked dark and gray. Now I have sunshine within me and around me. The older one grows, the clearer one sees, in both prosperity and misfortune, that our Lord always is with us and that life is the most beautiful of all fairy tales, and this He alone can give us – and so it will be into eternity."


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LAS VEGAS -- Do you believe the auto industry can get the vehicle sales process completed within two hours?
That was the provocative question posed to a room full of lenders and dealers at the American Financial Services Association conference held in conjunction with the NADA convention in Las Vegas.
The room voted via electronic devices. The result: 73 percent said yes and 27 percent said no.
Clearly, the room was full of optimists.
A strong reason for the optimism centers on technology. As Scott Krenz put it: "Technology is usually well ahead of the human being."
Krenz is CFO of Asbury Automotive Group in Duluth, Ga., Asbury ranks sixth on Automotive News' top 125 U.S. dealership groups list with sales of 67,232 new vehicles in 2010.
Krenz believes there's no reason why the sales process can't be digitalized in the near future.
Digitalization means much of transaction could be done electronically, perhaps using e-contracts and e-signatures, similar to how you sign on the electronic device after you swipe your credit card it at the grocery store.
Krenz says digitalization eventually will have to happen on some level because digitalization would save customers time and save dealers a lot of money.
But there are some issues to address before digitalization can take full effect. One is compliance with various federal regulations. Some regulations require a customer to read a physical document and to sign documents in a particular order, making an electronic transaction challenging.
Then there's the problem of making salespeople and customers comfortable with an electronic process.
But going digital would benefit lenders as well as dealers. As Michael McConnell, vice president of sales, marketing and corporate planning for Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. noted, his company often quickly approves a loan application, but snags elsewhere in the process can sometimes bring the transaction to a grinding halt. He cited an example of this when he said a customer's sales transaction once took seven hours to complete.
Given the competitive nature of today's vehicle sales environment and the fierce competition among lenders for retail loans, a digital sales process makes sense.
While it would have to be adopted with caution, I bet whoever is first to do digital right, will reap the rewards.


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The past two World Series champions have had one thing in common: a Broward County native delivering key hits.
Anthony Rizzo is ready to accept the challenge of continuing the streak that Michael Morse started with the Giants and Eric Hosmer continued last month with the Royals.
"Yeah, no doubt," says Rizzo, the former Douglas High standout who helped the Chicago Cubs to the National League Championship Series this past month.
Granted, the Cubs haven't reached the World Series since 1945, and haven't won it since 1908, but Rizzo isn't one to be daunted by a difficult challenge.
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HIPAA Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) for Marketing
|HIPAA Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) for Marketing
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Effective: September 19, 2013
Revised: January 8, 2004; September 18, 2013
Transitioned from Interim to Permanent: July 17, 2014.
ECU HIPAA Privacy Officer, 252-744-5200
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Authorization to Use and Disclose Protected Health Information
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45 CFR 164 Subpart E: Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
"Modification to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules; Final Rule, 78 Federal Register 17 (25 January 2013), pp. 5566-5702.
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1.1. This regulation applies to East Carolina University's Health Care Components ("ECU Health Care Components") which create or maintain protected health information ("PHI"). Additionally, this regulation covers interactions involving uses and disclosures between an ECU Health Care Component and other areas of ECU that may receive PHI. The purpose of this regulation is to describe the manner in which PHI may be used for Marketing purposes.
2. Definitions
2.1. Marketing means to make a communication about a product or service that encourages recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service.
2.1.1. Marketing does not include a communication made:
22.214.171.124. To provide refill reminders or otherwise communicate about a drug or biologic that is currently being prescribed for the individual, unless any Financial Remuneration received by the ECU Health Care Component in exchange for making the communication is Reasonably Related to the ECU Health Care Component's cost of making the communication.
184.108.40.206. For the following treatment and health care operations purposes, except where the ECU Health Care Component receives financial remuneration in exchange for making the communication:
18.104.22.168.1. For treatment of an individual by a health care provider, including case management or care coordination for the individual, or to direct or recommend alternative treatments, therapies, health care providers, or settings of care to the individual;
126.96.36.199.2. To describe a health-related product or service (or payment for such product or service) that is provided by, or included in a plan of benefits of, the ECU Health Care Component making the communication, including communications about: the entities participating in a health care provider network or health plan network; replacement of, or enhancements to, a health plan; and health-related products or services available only to a health plan enrollee that adds no value to, but are part of, a plan of benefits; or
18.104.22.168.3. For case management or care coordination, contracting of individuals with information about treatment alternatives, and related functions to the extent these activities do not fall within the definition of treatment.
2.2. Direct Payment means Financial Remuneration that flows directly from the third party whose product or service is being marketed to an ECU Health Care Component.
2.3. Face-to-Face Communication means communication made in person. It does not include communications made over the telephone, or communications sent through the mail, message service or via email.
2.4. Financial Remuneration means Direct Payment or Indirect Payment from or on behalf of a third party whose product or services is being marketed. It does not include any payment for treatment of an individual.
2.5. Indirect Payment means Financial Remuneration that flows to an ECU Health Care Component from an entity on behalf of the third party whose product or service is being marketed.
2.6. Reasonably Related means costs that cover only the costs of labor, supplies, and postage to make the communication. It does not include financial remuneration received in exchange for making the communication that generates a profit or includes payments for other costs.
3. Regulation
3.1. ECU Health Care Components will comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") regarding the use of PHI for Marketing. Specifically, PHI will not be used or disclosed for Marketing purposes without the written authorization of the individual to whom the information relates.
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4.1.1. A Face-to-Face Communication made by an ECU Health Care Component to an individual; or
4.1.2. A promotional gift of nominal value provided by the ECU Health Care Component.
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5.1. ECU Health Care Components must obtain an authorization for any use or disclosure of PHI for Marketing.
5.2. If an ECU Health Care Component requires the use or disclosure of PHI for Marketing that does not fall under the two exceptions above, please contact the ECU HIPAA Privacy Office by calling 252-744-5200 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
5.2.1. An ECU authorization to use or disclose PHI must be obtained for marketing purposes. If Marketing involves Financial Remuneration to an ECU Health Care Component from a third party, the authorization must state that such remuneration is involved and the individual must receive a copy of the authorization.
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Stelter, Stan. "Wishek Family Helped Settlers." Bismarck Tribune, 16 February 1982, 11B.
ASHLEY- Max A. Wishek is the son of a pioneering German family in south central North Dakota.
He also hails from McIntosh County, one of the state's counties most populated by Germans. But the "Germanness" isn't as solid as it would appear on the surface.
For one thing, the first settlers in the McIntosh County area were almost entirely English - or Yankees - and Norwegians, Max points out. It wasn't until later that a great influx of German settlers converted it into an area heavily dominated by that ethnic group.
In addition, although Max is a descendant of a poor immigrant German family he has both English and French ancestry.
In spite of their German heritage, neither Max nor his father, John H. Wishek, a key figure in the settlement and development of McIntosh County, could speak German until picking it up later in life. Max says German wasn't spoken in his parents' home or the home of his grandparents, the Joseph Wisheks.
It was John H. Wishek, a tall, bearded man known as "Father" Wishek to many early residents, who led the settlement of the county. "In sum, the story of John H. Wishek was the story of McIntosh County," wrote Elwyn P. Robinson in "History of North Dakota."
John Wishek was one of three children of Joseph and Barbara Wishek. Joseph had immigrated to Pennsylvania from Baden, Germany, in 1848. His wife's family had come from France.
They moved to Ohio, where John grew up. He entered law school at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, using money he'd earned as a stone mason.
After graduation, John practiced law for some five years in Ohio before corning to Bismarck in 1884. He'd planned to visit a friend, continuing his search to the Lake Hoskins area southeast of Bismarck.
There he joined George Lilly and others who had begun promoting settlement of the vacant area after picking a site near the lake for a business center and county seat.
The enterprise founded by John Wishek and Lilly helped locate an estimated 10,000 people in McIntosh, Logan and Emmons counties in North Dakota and McPherson County in South Dakota.
John Wishek was the principal in developing, among others, the townsites of Ashley and Wishek and Pollock, S.D. He built up large holdings - reportedly up to 35 corporations at one time including land, banks, a lumberyard, implement firms and grain elevators.
He acquired much of the right of way for the Soo Line Railroad, which finally came to the county in 1898. The railroad, in turn named the settlement of Wishek in his honor.
John Wishek also was active in politics. For years, he served as registrar and state's attorney in the county and served in the state Legislature as part of the powerful Alexander McKenzie political machine.
It was in 1891 that John married Nina Farley, who had moved with her family to the area in 1887. Nina, the daughter of a Yankee family, had roots reaching back to William the Conqueror: or Williamus DeFalaise, one of 11 spellings of the Farley family name in England. Her family immigrated to Virginia in 1624, shortly after the trip made by the Mayflower.
Her father, Albert W. Farley, who grew up in Michigan, decided to make the move to the Ashley area after searching for better climatic conditions because of his asthma.
It was Nina Farley Wishek, a gifted artist, pianist and writer, who became the first schoolteacher in Ashley, a town that became the county seat after it was initially located at the settlement just to the west called Hoskins.
Max was born Aug. 29, 1901, in Ashley, the fifth of John and Nina Wishek's eight children. He remembers milking cows as a daily chore on the family "farm," a 160-acre parcel with the home located on Ashley's east edge.
His early life, Max recalls, was much like those of others growing up at the time, having work at home or going out to help shock and harvest at area farms.
"We had a close family life," recalls Max. "That was before radio. Everybody entertained themselves."
Max says his father was a strict man and very frugal. "Father was a very economical man. That was because he grew up poor."
"He had quite a temper. When things didn't go right, he let us know," adds Max. And, although he was not "highly religious," Max continues, John Wishek gave the sites for many area churches.
He was, however scholarly, building up a large personal library. "He would make us kids learn," notes Max, reciting a Macbeth line his father required him to memorize.
Because of the size of the family, several of the Wishek children were sent to the grandparents' home in Ohio prior to the building of the roomy family home in 1906.
Max says he decided to become a lawyer, taking his pre-law courses at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Following in his father's footsteps, Max entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1924.
He joined his father's practice, although the elder Wishek - then about age 70 - was less active. Eight years later, John Wishek died, leaving a legacy of many businesses, which Max noted required much effort to save in the Depression years.
Throughout his life, Max has been involved in politics, Republican through and through. He proudly recalls reports that cite McIntosh County as being the "most Republican" in the state and, at his wife's reminding, that it once was listed as the "most Republican" in the country for its size.
Elected county state's attorney in 1930, Max served six years in the job and again in 1939-40. After being defeated for the post in 1940, he retired from local politics but continued his interest in state politics.
Max felt he might have had the state attorney general's post under William Langer, who served twice as governor in the 1930s. But Max didn't see eye-to-eye politically with Langer then, despite being good acquaintances.
Max's interest in politics continued on the national level. He's served as a Republican delegate to national conventions and proudly points out he was one of the state's presidential electors voting for President Nixon in 1968.
Max and Viola Wishek
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Clinical Microbiology
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How steady is the business overhaul at First Solar ?
That\'s a key question investors want answered when First Solar reports fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon. Expectations have been steadily rising not just for First Solar, but for the sun power sector overall.
Since last August, First Solar shares have shot up 35%, compared with a 7% gain for the S&P 500 Index. Meanwhile, many short sellers — those betting that the stock will decline in value — have been flushed out.
Short interest in First Solar shares rose to a record high last summer of 37% of common shares outstanding. It's now at 21%, the latest FactSet data shows.
"First Solar remains a battlefield stock," Lazard Capital Markets analyst Sanjay Shrestha wrote Monday. He expects investors to trade off the company's cash flow projections and project bookings.
First Solar switched gears 14 months ago to focus on developing solar farms for utility providers.
This raised concern about the company's future earnings power. First Solar projects its gross margin structure will shrink to 15% to 20% by 2016. The margin used to run close to 50%.
Along those lines, Wall Street's 2013 profit estimates run the gamut. They call for First Solar to earn as little as $3.02 a share or make as much as $5 a share.
And there are rumblings First Solar will offer a disappointing forecast. Pacific Crest downgraded the stock Friday to underperform. Meanwhile, Lazard cut its street-high target from $50 to $45 Monday.
Here\'s what Wall Street estimates First Solar will do in 2013, according to the latest FactSet analyst survey.
- EPS: $4.10, excluding charges.
- Revenue: $3.58B
- Operating Cash Flow from Operations: $774M
- Free Cash Flow: $517M
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Working in pairs or small groups, students use construction paper to simulate cloud cover. They estimate the percentage of cloud cover represented by torn pieces of paper on a contrasting background and assign a cloud cover classification to the... (View More) simulations created by their classmates. Students gain experience estimating cloud cover, evaluating the accuracy of estimates, and using fractions and percentages. This learning activity is from the Atmosphere chapter of the GLOBE Teacher's Guide, and is supported by the GLOBE Cloud Cover Protocol. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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Though I can see the use of the construct in some cases, just applying <div> and <span> anywhere you want a layout change is bad practice.
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Care in Senegal by Juliette Chausson
I came to Senegal around mid September 2009 and stayed until the 21st of December. If it hadn't been for Christmas and New Years, and knowing that eventually I would have to go home and this was an ideal time, I probably wouldn't have left. Despite all of the struggles and adaptations, I felt like St. Louis had become my home, and I still feel this way now. I became part of a family, both at my host house, and at my work placement.
Before embarking on my journey, I had decided to do teaching. I taught for two weeks, and then, because the summer school I taught ended, I moved to a temporary renovation project, but after seeing the enthusiasm and passion of the volunteers at the Talibe Centre, I decided that Care was more for me. So, instead of going back to teaching, after having finished renovating the day care centre, I asked to transfer to the Talibe Care Centre. Talibes are children who beg on the streets.
Thankfully, Projects Abroad made the switch easy and painless. I began my work at the Talibe Centre soon after I requested the transfer and immediately plunged into it. I had never done any type of medical work before, but the other volunteers showed me what to do in which situations and would always help if I had any questions.
Every morning, we were split into work teams, and each team would go to a separate daara (and other daaras as well if time and amount of supplies allowed), to help treat the Talibes. [NB: Daaras are where the Talibes live and are taught the Qu'ran]. One group of volunteers would stay at the centre to do treatments there.
At the centre and in the daara groups, both Projects Abroad and Senegalese volunteers work together. This was an amazing collaboration and allowed for me to get to meet and connect with Senegalese people who were my age. Needless to say, we soon became friends. They were all really kind and funny, and I had an amazing time with them. On our long walks to the daaras, we would get to talk about Senegal, and it enabled me to learn about their culture and country on a deeper level. Sometimes, in the afternoons, if we didn't have much work, we would sit around on the roof of the centre making Senegalese tea and joking around.
A couple of water fights also broke out, but with the Senegalese heat, we all dried off pretty fast. The day of my birthday was especially memorable, because the Senegalese volunteers decided that I had to be "washed" and then went on chase me around with a bucket of water, catch me, drench me with the water and cover my face in flour. Then they rubbed charcoal on me to make me "black." It was hilarious and really made me feel like part of their family. My experience would definitely not have been as amazing without them. And quite honestly, they were necessary considering the Talibes didn't speak any French, mostly just Wolof or Toucouleur (two local tribal languages), so treating them without the Senegalese volunteers would have been near to impossible.
The work in daaras was difficult because daaras aren't exactly equipped for medical treatment. We sat on floor mats and carried with us a lunchbox full of medical equipment: scissors, gloves, cotton, gauze, band aids, betadine, Dakin etc, and we would do our best. The wounds we treated in daaras were more on the minor side of what we had to deal with. Our work there mostly consisted of treating infected cuts and ripping off scabies scabs in order to treat the open scabies wounds with medicine.
Occasionally we would also have shaving sessions where we would use blades to shave their heads because it was cleaner and stopped them from getting lice. It also allowed us to treat scabies if they had it on their heads. However, if the children had too much scabies, severe burns, or extremely deep cuts, we would send them to volunteers working at the centre where we had several rooms dedicated to treatment.
I ended up working quite a lot at the centre (instead of going to daaras to treat Talibes) when I had more experience with treatments and could treat wounds without outside help. We also had a playroom equipped with crafts so the Talibes could come and draw or play with puzzles. In addition, we had a large bathroom where we occasionally showered the Talibes to help keep them clean and prevent the spread of scabies.
On Friday afternoons, we had what we called, le goûter. All the volunteers would show up 10 minutes early to help prepare. Two designated volunteers would go to get baguettes, chocolate spread, and powdered milk that morning, and in the afternoon we would prepare snacks for the Talibes. Hundreds of them would come and we would have them line up and wash their hands and group them into 50 or 100 and serve snacks to one group at a time. Then, if we had leftovers, we would go to nearby daaras and give the leftovers to Talibes who hadn't come to the centre to get snacks. I think that it really helped them to know that every Friday they have a guaranteed meal since they don't always know for sure they'll have food every day.
I'm not going to lie and sugar-coat the work; apart from all of the fun with the volunteers, it was very hard. Seeing the conditions the children live in and the hardships they have to deal with is not something that most people in the U.S. or other first world countries are used to. And it's definitely not something that you can put out of your head when you leave the Care Centre. But the children have no one else to treat them, and even though our care wasn't hospital quality, there's consolation in knowing that you're helping however you can.
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Cindy Williams Stars in NUNSET BOULEVARD at Spencer Theater Tonight
"Nunset Boulevard," which stars the adorable Cindy Williams of TV's "Laverne & Shirley" fame, is the latest installment in the well-loved series of "Nunsense" musicals features the ever-popular sit-com star as Mother Superior, a somewhat naïve soul who takes her fellow Sisters (all from the original New York cast) to perform at the famed Hollywood Bowl...or so they believe.Oops, guess the gals aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer! Alas, they've actually been booked for a show at the Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama. But wait! Being good sports and all, they make the best of their circumstances and quickly learn of nearby auditions for a new musical about Dolores Hart, the famous movie star who kissed Elvis and then became a nun. Could this be their big break?Now enjoying a robust first national tour off Broadway, the Equity production appears center stage at the Spencer tonight, January 29 at 7 p.m. Excellent seats are available for $69 & $66. Call the Box Office at 575.336.4800 or go online to www.spencertheater.com for tickets.
Cindy Williams is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney in the television series Laverne and Shirley, which recently won the TV Land award for "Fan Favorite." In addition she was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame (2004). In April she won Best Actress at the L.A. Comedy Film Festival for the Indy film "Stealing Roses." Cindy is happy to be back with her cast mates from "Nunsense" as she reprises her role as Reverend Mother at the Spencer and dozens of other grand theaters across the country. Cindy's other stage credits include Mrs. Tottendale in "The Drowsy Chaperone" (Broadway); "Deathtrap" with Elliot Gould (National tour); "Moon over Buffalo"; and "The Odd Couple" with Joanne Worley. Cindy's film credits include "Travels with My Aunt" directed by George Cukor, "The Conversation" directed by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas's "American Graffiti" for which she received a British Academy award nomination in 1974 for Best Supporting actress. Unfortunately she was beat out by Ingrid Bergman, and evidently still wonders how the heck that happened! See the star work her comedic magic at the Spencer January 29th!
To buy tickets, visit the Box Office at the theater at 108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220, Alto, NM. Business hours are 9 a.m-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For tickets or information call (575) 336-4800 or toll free at 888.818.7872. Or go online at www.spencertheater.com. The site offers secure ticket ordering. You can also order via email: single tickets may be ordered at email@example.com and by mail: Donna Clarke, Box Office Manager, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, NM 88312.
Spencer Theater is a world-class performance hall located in the Sacramento Mountain settlement of Alto, about 12 miles north of downtown Ruidoso. Unique architecture, outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and excellent artistry are the Spencer's celebrated features. The elegant, award-winning hall, which first raised its curtains in 1997, seats 514, with no seats farther than 67 feet from the 4,770 square-foot stage. The Spencer also has a 964 square-foot outdoor stage that can seat 1,500. From its Spanish mica-flecked limestone face to the crystal lobby, the building itself is a work of art. Free public tours are offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year.


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Most critics agree, the Best Actress Oscar is likely to go to either Glenn Close or Meryl Streep on Saturday. But Close herself says that she's not counting her chickens and any rivalry between the pair is just wishful thinking.
'People would like to think so,' the six-time nominated actor told the Irish Times on the red carpet at Dublin's Savoy Cinema for a special screening of Albert Nobbs as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.
Close and Streep are both nominated for Best Actress next Saturday night – Close for Albert Nobbs, which she co-wrote, produced and starred in; and Streep for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady .
'I'm so thrilled for our team to be nominated, Close told the Times adding that she was delighted to be in Ireland. ';It would never be the movie that it is if it hadn't been done here,' she said.
Albert Nobbs is based on a 1918 short story by the Irish novelist George Moore and tells the story of a woman passing as a man in 19th-century Ireland. Nobbs takes the work as a waiter at Morrison's Hotel in order to secure a future for herself on her terms.
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Close originally played the character in a 1982 off-Broadway production where she was startled by the strength of the audiences reaction. Close added that in all that time the story lost none of its strange power and was still highly relevant to audiences today.
'Albert chose a very smart thing to disappear into, a profession in which you're supposed to be invisible, but you take the trauma with you,' she said. 'We all know more and more today about post-traumatic-stress disorder and what that does to you.'
Close added that women dressing as men in 19th-century Ireland was more common than people are aware of. 'It was one way a woman could actually work,' she added.
Also attending the screening were cast members Brenda Fricker and Bronagh Gallagher and longtime supporter of the arts President Michael D Higgins. The President, who attended with his wife Sabina, praised it as 'a wonderful movie and wonderful production.'
Speaking to the crowd after the screening, Close thanked the supporters of the film and the Irish Film Board 'from the bottom of my heart.'


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The report on the Magdalene laundries in Ireland is out.
Between 1922 and 1996 around 10,000 women are known to have entered Magdalen laundries, working for no pay in what were lonely and frightening places.
Senator McAleese and his committee were asked to outline the extent of state involvement and knowledge of the women in these laundries.
In each of the five categories it examined, it found evidence of state involvement. Most notably, 26% of the women who entered the laundries were referred there by the state.
The authorities also inspected the laundries, funded them, and registered the departures and deaths of the women there.
But it found that there was a legal basis for the state's involvement as many of the women were referred by the courts as a condition of probation, or under supervision after enrolment in industrial schools.
Many but not all. That means that some were there without due process. That means they were unlawfully held prisoner – in an institution the state was partly involved with. It's incredibly sinister.
The Irish Times presents one personal experience.
Her mother died when she was seven. At 14, her father remarried but she and a younger sister were unwelcome in the new family household, the only home they ever knew. Poverty was her only crime.
She was taken to the Good Shepherd convent in New Ross, her younger sister sent by train to the congregation's Limerick house. The Good Shepherds managed industrial schools for children at both locations and a reformatory school for girls in Limerick.
But the two sisters were put to work in the Magdalene laundry with its population of adult women workers. For the next five years she washed society's dirty laundry and received no pay. When she refused to work the nuns cut her hair as punishment. The hair grew back but to this day the loss of her education angers her. To her, it was a prison in all but name. There was no inspector, no child welfare officer. She was abandoned and no one cared.
She wasn't just abandoned. She was imprisoned and made to do forced labor for no pay. She was kept out of school. She was first abandoned (and rejected) and then imprisoned and enslaved.
…the women's testimony is compelling. It rebuts government claims that they entered these institutions "voluntarily". It contradicts the religious orders' assertion that women were free to come and go as they pleased. Some survivors describe their experience as tantamount to "slavery", living behind locked doors and barred windows.
They insist, moreover, that members of An Garda Síochána routinely brought women to the laundries and/or returned women who escaped – regardless of whether the State was involved in committing them in the first place, and in the absence of any statutory basis for doing so.
The women's testimony corroborates historical archives that disclose the transfer into the Magdalene laundries of children from State-funded residential institutions and unmarried mothers from State-licensed mother-and-baby homes.
There is no evidence to suggest the State made certain the release of these women and young girls. Some would remain to live and die behind convent walls.
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Pictured: The Crimson women's soccer team will face
seventh-ranked Boston College Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Photo courtesy: David Silverman Photography
Live Statistics
Complete Postseason Media Guide (PDF)
Harvard Wins Ninth Ivy League Title
Baskind Named Ivy League Player of the Week
NCAA Bracket
The Games:
Harvard opens the 2009 NCAA tournament by facing No. 7 Boston College, a two-seed, Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. In the other first-round matchup, Connecticut will face Boston University at 7 p.m. The second-round game will be held Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Coverage:
GoCrimson.com will provide live statistics for this weekend's NCAA matchups.
How They Got Here:
Harvard won the Ivy League championship, earning the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. This is the Crimson's second straight appearance in the NCAA postseason.
Boston College, a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, earned an at-large big to the NCAA tournament, as did Connecticut of the Big East Conference.
Boston University won the America East tournament, defeating Binghamton, 4-0, Nov. 7.
Ticket prices for this weekend's games are $7 for adults and $3 for students and children.
The Matchups:
The Crimson, winner of eight of its last nine games, has reached the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season after winning its second Ivy League title in as many years. Harvard will face seventh-ranked Boston College, who defeated the Crimson, 4-1, back on Sept. 18 in Newton, Mass. Katherine Sheeleigh netted the lone Crimson goal in the game, while goalkeeper Lauren Mann stopped 12 shots.
Connecticut and Boston University met on Sept. 19, with the Huskies taking a 1-0 overtime decision. Harvard lost at Connecticut, 3-1, Sept. 5, and fell to Boston University, 1-0, on the Fox Soccer Channel on Sept. 20.
Series History:
Harvard and Boston College have met 33 times on the soccer field, with the Crimson owning a 19-10-4 advantage in the all-time series which began in 1977. After winning three straight games from 2000-02, Harvard is 0-3-1 in its last four contests against the Eagles. During the 1999 NCAA tournament, Harvard was upset by Boston College in the opening round, falling to the Eagles by a score of 1-0.
Connecticut has taken six of the last seven games against Harvard, taking a 24-4-1 advantage in the series. Harvard stands at 0-2 in NCAA postseason play against the Huskies, having lost to Connecticut in 2001 and 2004. Even though the Crimson fell at Boston University earlier this season, Harvard boasts a 12-2-3 lead in all-time games against the Terriers.
Harvard in the NCAA Tournament:
The Crimson has now qualified for the NCAA tournament 12 times, the last being in 2008. Harvard owns an 8-10-1 record all-time in the tournament. The Crimson has reached the quarterfinal round three times.
Finishing Strong:
After starting the year with a 1-5-1 record, Harvard has won eight of its last nine games entering posteason play. The Crimson enjoyed a six-game win streak from Sept. 26-Oct. 20, and has won the last two games, defeating Dartmouth and Columbia to clinch the ninth Ivy League title in program history.
Around The Tourney:
Four of Harvard's 17 opponents this season are among the 64 teams in this year's NCAA tournament. The Crimson posted a 0-3-1 record against these four opponents, having tied San Diego State, 1-1, to start the season. Harvard dropped its matchups against Boston College, Boston University and Connecticut.
About Harvard:
The Crimson won its ninth Ivy League title after posting a 6-1 conference record, its best conference mark since the 1999 season. Harvard is also trying to reach the 10-win plateau for the third straight season, having won 10 games in 2007 and another 10 in 2008.
Last time out, sophomore Melanie Baskind scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime as Harvard topped Columbia, 2-1, to clinch the outright Ivy League title. Senior Lauren Mann played all 95:08 in goal, making four saves.
With 21 points on eight goals and five assists, junior Katherine Sheeleigh is Harvard's leading scorer. She also paces the team with four game-winning tallies and has a team-high 69 shots, including 28 on goal. Baskind ranks first on the team with six assists, while standing second with four goals, including two game-winning tallies, and 14 points. Harvard's over multiple goal scorers are junior Gina Wideroff, sophomore Patricia Yau, senior Lizzy Nichols, freshman Caroline Ablanese and senior Christina Hagner.
Mann has started all 16 games in net and is 9-6-1 with three shutouts. She owns a 1.36 goals-against average and has stopped 59 of 81 shots faced for a .728 save percentage in over 1,450 minutes of action.
Harvard holds a 25-22 advantage against opponents in goals scored, including a 2-0 margin in overtime. The Crimson is outshooting opponents, 237-222, and has 10 more corner kicks, 91-81.
Players to Watch – Boston College:
Victoria DiMartino is the Eagles' top offensive producer, amassing 14 goals and four assists for 32 points. She also has notched six game-winning tallies to lead the squad. Boston College boasts six other players with double digits in points, including Gina DiMartino (seven goals, six assists), Brooke Knowlton (seven goals, three assists), Kristen Mewis (five goals, six assists), Julia Bouchelle (four goals, six assists), Hannah Cerrone (two goals, nine assists) and Amy Caldwell (three goals, four assists).
Jillian Mastroianni has recorded 11 shutouts, while boasting a 15-3-2 record. She sports a 0.49 goals-against average, while owning a save percentage of .846 (55 of 65). Boston College has outscored teams, 50-10, including 24-4 in the first half. The Eagles have also been dominant in earning corner kicks, 140-55.
Players to Watch – Boston University:
With seven goals and six assists for 20 points, Farrell McClernon is tied with Jessica Luscinski (six goals, eight assists) for the team lead in points. Emily Pallotta (eight goals, three assists) is a close third with 19 points, while Megan McGoldrick has also had the scoring touch, netting five goals and handing out four assists. McClernon has a team-best four game-winning tallies.
Between the pipes, Janie Reilly has seen most of the action, going 13-4 with eight clean sheets and a 0.51 goals-against average. She has allowed only eight goals in more than 1,580 minutes. The Terriers have scored more than three times as many goals as opponents, 43-14, and have a large edge in corner kicks earned, 138-60.
Players to Watch – Connecticut:
The trio of Linda Ruutu (eight goals, four assists), Melissa Busque (six goals, six assists) and Jessica Shufelt (three goals, four assists) lead Connecticut's scoring attack. Busque and Ruutu have combined for seven of Connecticut's 10 game-winning tallies, as Ruutu has netted four and Busque has notched three.
Jessica Dulski has five shutouts this season, posting a 9-7-1 overall reecord, while sporting a 1.11 goals-against average. The Huskies have outscored teams by a 31-24 margin, including an 18-9 edge in the first half.
All CLASS:
Harvard co-captain Lizzy Nichols is one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for displaying both on-field and off-field excellence. Nichols is a three-time All-Ivy League selection, a double concentrator in history and literature and history of art and architecture and has been named to the Academic All-Ivy League and Academic All-District teams twice. In addition, she has worked with Habitat for Humanity and the Goals4Leaders program.
Success In The Classroom:
Senior co-captain Lizzy Nichols was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team, while junior Katherine Sheeleigh and sophomore Melanie Baskind garnered selections to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District third team.
Ivy League Soccer Goes Crimson:
For the first time since 1996, Harvard men's and women's soccer have a chance to both capture Ivy League titles. A win by the Crimson men Saturday afternoon against Penn at Ohiri Field would clinch the conference championship. The last time both programs were in the NCAA tournament in the same season was 2008.
When The Game's On The Line:
Katherine Sheeleigh paces the Crimson with four game-winning tallies. Melanie Baskind stands second with two game winners, while Lizzy Nichols, Taryn Kurcz and Caroline Kutler have netted one apeice.
Crimson Atop the Ivy League:
Katherine Sheeleigh led the Ancient Eight with 59 shots and ranked third with 21 points and fourth with eight goals. Sheeleigh was also second with four game-winning tallies to her credit. Melanie Baskind stood tied for second in the conference with six assists. Lauren Mann was third with 59 saves, while ranking seveng with a 1.36 goals-against average.
Rookie Dominance:
Crimson players have won the three of the last four Ivy League Rookie of the Year awards. Senior Lauren Mann won the award in 2006, junior Katherine Sheeleigh was so honored in 2007 and sophomore Melanie Baskind took home the award last season.
Harvard In The Bay State:
Harvard owns a 6-4-1 record in games played in Massachusetts this season. The Crimson posted a 6-2-1 record at home at Ohiri Field and Cumnock Turf and was 0-2 in road games in the Bay State, playing at Boston College and Boston University during the regular season.
Crimson Readies for NCAA First Round Matchup with No. 2 Seed Boston College
Pictured: The Crimson women's soccer team will face
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The team, a spawning ground for Olympians and national-team players, gets no respect. The newspapers don't print their results and they never turn up on "SportsCenter." Mention the name "Blades," and most fans think of the furry mascot of the Bruins.
But the Blades finished first in their league in the regular season, and on Wednesday they beat Toronto, 3-2, in Ontario in the opener of a round-robin tournament that will determine a champion.
Now in their third season, the Blades are in the wrong league. Literally. They are the only United States entry in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
They are professionally run, but they don't pay their players. Ticket prices are cheaper than admission to high school hockey games.
"We've got a real 'wow' factor," said legendary coach Digit Murphy, who was one of the winningest coaches in NCAA women's hockey history at Brown. "It's the best deal in town because right now we have 15 Olympians on our team. We are one of the top brands of hockey in North America. You're going to see fast, hard, athletic hockey.''
The Blades play their home games at Somerville's Veterans Memorial Rink, which boasts spanking new glass and boards. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 7 and up, and free for ages 6 and under.
"It's an environment where kids can come in and reach out and touch the players," said Murphy, who is also the team's general manager.
But Murphy acknowledges that they still have a long way to go, baby.
"It's still candy bars and raffle tickets, but we are developing women's sports," she said.
Besides leading the Blades, Murphy raises six children at home, and does consulting work and TV commentary. Her Blades salary is roughly equivalent to what she could make flipping burgers at McDonald's. Her Somerville office doubles as a skate storage room, when the referees aren't also using it. Murphy commutes from Rhode Island for twice-a-week practices in Somerville and buys her own gas.
"Its hard to make a living," she said.
At home games, the team squeezes into dressing rooms designed for Pee Wee leagues. Ice time is precious. Sometimes when the practices run late and the Pee Wees show up on time, the Blades change in the chill of the parking lot.
The travel is tedious. The Blades recently played a weekend series in Calgary, at the home of the NHL's Flames. They flew, but even so, they had to be on their second jobs Monday morning.
Forward Kate Buesser, who is also a medical assistant in the orthopedics department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, got back from one road trip at 3 a.m., then she caught a 7:40 a.m. bus to Harvard Medical School.
"I worked an all-day clinic with 65 patients and finished around 5:30 p.m., then came home on the shuttle bus, and quickly made dinner and then went to practice," said Buesser. "After practice was finished, I got home around 9:30 p.m. to catch a little bit of the news and then head to bed. Whew!"
Defenseman Caitlin Cahow, who attends Harvard Law School, said the wear and tear is worth it.
"It's a tough row to hoe, but I think that's what makes our hockey that much more special," said Cahow. "We do it because we love it. You can't possibly play in this league for the wrong reasons — everyone's doing it because they love the game."
Marketing issues
It is a different game than the NHL. There is no checking and no fighting. There has never been a fight in the five-year history of the league, but it's not for the faint of heart.
"It's a rough game," said forward Jen Schoullis, who also plays on the US national team and is just returning from a concussion. "It's still rough; there might as well be checking."
Forward Hilary Knight, a 2010 Olympian, said the league needs exposure.
"We need to get on TV and get some TV rights," she said.
Murphy knows that if these athletes were not wearing shielded helmets and padding, there would be more fan interest. But this is not beach volleyball.
"It's a tough line to draw between being sexist and exploiting them for being female," said Murphy. "We really care about the hockey. Because we are a Canadian league, the hockey really does sell in Canada.
"Sex sells here. It's a different mind-set. Maybe the league needs to make a rule that in warm-ups, you go without the helmets on."
The nonprofit league is starting to get some help from the big boys. Two NHL teams, the Flames and the Toronto Maple Leafs, have partnered with the CWHL to support women's hockey. League commissioner Brenda Andress confirms that talks with the Bruins are ongoing.
Murphy points out that the NBA started up the WNBA.
"I don't think the NHL technically needs us," she said, "but we're a group that should be embraced because we're a big part of the next generation of women's hockey."
The Blades have also played well against international teams. Last November, they beat the Russian national team with successive shutouts.
They are also fan-friendly. Before every game, they select young fans to be honorary captains who dress in uniforms with the team and are introduced at center ice. After every game, the players sign autographs.
What's not to like?
"I think in general there's a stigma against women's sports," said Cahow, "that it's not as high-octane as men's sports. You go to a men's game and what you're paying for is a lot of hitting and broken plays and fighting.
"If that's your thing, I totally respect that. But in the women's game, there's a lot more puck movement."
Emotional win
In the pregame skate before facing the Toronto Furies recently, Murphy does not like her team's energy. Sounding more like Yoda than her fiery, swearing, take-no-prisoners self, she asks the players to summon up the Force.
"The old me would have been upset," she tells the players in the crowded locker room. "I've got one condition: Promise me that when you step on the ice, you're going to have it together."
As Murphy fears, the Blades surrender the first goal. But they skate the last two periods as if it's the Stanley Cup Final and score two goals.
Eavesdrop on the bench during their furious shift changes and you'll hear things that would make Claude Julien blush.
Late in the third period, the Blades are whistled for too many players on the ice. Toronto also pulls its goalie for a two-woman advantage.
Blades goalie Molly Schaus, a US Olympian, is manic until the final buzzer.
But two minutes later, the redhead is hugging family members and signing sticks in the lobby.
Bob Varney of Melrose is the home game ticket manager. He has also become a fan.
"It's the way it's supposed to be played — passing and shooting and the sharing of the puck instead of all the clutching and grabbing," he said. "It's pure hockey."Stan Grossfeld can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The SU Community Garden and its Beauties
These photos come from work sessions and random candid shots of the produce and other garden denizens looking extra fabulous.
What's Growin' On?!?
Ripe for the pickin'
Broccoli, mustard greens, collard greens, spinach, daikon radishes, asparagus, arugala, lettuce, swiss chard, green onions, cabbage, kale, parsley, cilantro, purple sage, oregano, rosemary, mint, aloe vera, thyme
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"The Sidra tree, growing strong and proud in the harshest of environments, has been a symbol of perseverance and nourishment across the borders of the Arab world. What is the significance of this glorious tree? With its roots bound in the soil of this world and its branches reaching upwards toward perfection, it is a symbol of solidarity and determination; it reminds us that goals of this world are not incompatible with the goals of the spirit."
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
Qatar Foundation Chairperson, at the inauguration of Education City, 13 October 2003
The Sidra Tree
In the Qatari culture, the Sidra tree is the iconic symbol of the country's heritage. The Sidra has grown in the deserts of Qatar for generations. With roots that reach deep into the earth, fruit and flowers that nourish and leaves that heal, the Sidra became a beacon of comfort in the harsh desert environment, allowing life to flourish. The Sidra also provided shade and shelter to travelers and scholars, who would escape the desert heat, gather together and share knowledge.
Over time, the Sidra came to represent nourishment, strength and courage, as well as learning and growth. In the hearts and the minds of the people of Qatar, the Sidra tree exemplifies perseverance, solidarity and determination.
Qatar Foundation/ Qatar National Convention Center
For these reasons, the Sidra is featured as the logo of the Qatar Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1995 to develop people's abilities through investments in human capital, innovative technology, strategic partnerships and state of the art facilities. The Sidra inspired the façade of the Qatar National Convention Centre, a signature structure located in Education City, the educational complex built by the Qatar Foundation in Doha. The Sidra structure that fronts the building is 250 meters wide and five stories tall.
The Qatar National Convention Centre is the venue for COP 18/CMP 8, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This conference brings the international community together to formally discuss the multilateral response to the growing threat of climate change. It is only fitting that the Parties gather to determine the course forward under the inspiring Sidra tree.


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High School: Team captain and Co-MVP 2010 … IAAM A-Conference All-Star 2010 ... Baltimore Messenger First Team All-Star 2010 ...Towson Times Second Team All-Star 2009 and 2010 ... US Lacrosse Academic All-American 2009 and 2010 ... Led team to No. 32 ranking in the nation by LaxPower as a senior ... Starter for field hockey for three years, captaining team as a junior and a senior ... Led field hockey team to semifinals senior year ... NFHCA Academic All-American in field hockey ... Earned school's Amanda Lee Norris Award for the top scholar-athlete ... Valedictorian ... Cum Laude Society ... George M. White Memorial Award for academic excellence and fine character 2010 ... Excellence in Science Award 2010 ... State of Maryland Scholastic Award 2010 ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... AP Scholar with distinction 2010 ... Maryland Distinguished Scholar finalist ... Harvard Book Award 2009 ... Women in Mathematics Award 2009 ... AP Scholar with honor 2009 ... Mu Alpha Theta math honors society ... Four-year honor roll ... Cum Laude Paper Winner 2008 ... Sang with a capella group Semiquavers ... Worked on Red and White school newspaper ... Sports editor for Quid Nunc school yearbook.
Club Team: 2008 Capitol Cup champions with Sky Walkers.
Notes: Helped lead lacrosse team fundraiser that raised $1,200 for the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, organization dedicated to helping pediatric brain tumor patients ... USA Futures Field Hockey Program 2008 ... Also played club field hockey ... Volunteered at bioinformatics/autism research lab at Kennedy Krieger Institute ... Math tutor ... Member of Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools ... Researcher in pediatric hematology lab at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ... Brother Jack played lacrosse at the United States Air Force Academy ... Brother Andy plays lacrosse at Harvard.
Why Yale... "After setting foot on Yale's campus, I knew Yale was where I wanted to spend my college years. Yale has everything that I wanted for my collegiate experience: playing for a highly competitive Division I lacrosse team at an outstanding academic university. The opportunities at Yale in academics, in athletics, and in the community are endless. I also chose Yale because of the opportunity to join the program that Coach Phillips and her coaching staff are creating. She has such high goals for the program and I knew I wanted to be a part of something that will do great things very soon."


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A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research facility could help bring the U.S. closer to offshore wind energy development by helping to alleviate a major hurdle.
The new Reference Facility for Offshore Renewable Energy will be used to test technologies, such as remote sensing, designed to determine the power-generating potential at sites along U.S. shores, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) explains.
Questions about the accuracy of offshore data from new measurement technologies have made some investors hesitant to back offshore energy projects. Research at the new facility will help verify that the technologies can collect reliable data and help improve those technologies, which, in turn, will provide potential investors confidence when reviewing offshore wind development proposals.
Current plans are for the facility to be located at the Chesapeake Light Tower, a former Coast Guard lighthouse that is about 13 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va. Scientists representing industry, government and academia are likely to start research at the facility in 2015.
PNNL will shape and prioritize the research conducted there, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will manage the facility's remodeling and operations. PNNL will form an interagency steering committee to determine the facility's research priorities and procedures. The research will primarily focus on offshore wind but will also include underwater ocean energy and environmental monitoring technologies.
Part of NREL's renovation of the former lighthouse will include installing research equipment, including a meteorological tower that reaches 100 meters above sea level, which is the height of offshore wind turbine hubs.
The harsh environment and remote location of offshore energy sites make new technologies necessary in order to assess the power-producing potential of offshore sites. Strong winds and high concentrations of salt, for example, mean data-collecting equipment needs to be heavy-duty and extremely sturdy to operate offshore.
Whereas land-based wind assessment is often done by placing meteorological equipment on a tower, the challenges of anchoring similar towers into the ocean floor can increase costs substantially. As a result, offshore energy developers are looking at new ways to gather precise wind measurements at sites of interest.
Among the new technologies that are expected to be tested at the reference facility are devices incorporating light detection and ranging (LIDAR) to measure offshore wind speeds. LIDAR devices would be placed on buoys in the ocean. However, ocean waves move buoys up and down, which would also send the device's light beams in multiple directions. To avoid this problem, scientists have developed methods to account for a buoy's frequently changing position to collect the wind data they need.
That's where the reference facility comes in, PNNL says. Mathematically corrected data from buoy-based LIDAR will prove that the data collected is reliable and accurate. Wind assessment LIDAR devices would be placed both on buoys floating near the facility and on the facility itself. Wind data would be collected from both sources and evaluated to determine the buoy-based technology's accuracy.


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Advice From the Hungriest Man Alive
Adam Richman, the Travel Channel's most dedicated chowhound, dishes up tips for dining across the country.
Adam Richman eats food for a living. Lots of it. As the intrepid host of the Travel Channel's Man v. Food, Richman takes on feats of consumption—the country's hottest curry, a 72-ounce steak, a 10-pound super-stuffed pizza—in cities around the nation. It's both an exercise in indulgence and a showcase for the foods that separate Charleston, S.C., from Columbus, Ohio, and Austin from Atlanta. But Richman isn't just into volume: For the past decade, the 36-year-old New Yorker has cultivated strategies and techniques for nosing out authentic fare anywhere he goes.
You've just landed in an unfamiliar city. How do you zero in on the best food?
First, I'll do some recon before I leave. I'll send out an open question on Twitter and then check out Yelp, because I feel like you're getting "the people's" opinion that way. Once I get there, I avoid advice from concierges and cabbies, because they may have an ulterior motive to send you someplace. Instead, I go to the service-industry workers: the bellhops, the cleaning ladies, the guys who work in the parking garage.
So what's the last great recommendation you got from a bellhop?
I was in Baltimore for the show, and we were planning to eat crab at Obrycki's, a place everyone knows. I got into a conversation at my hotel with two bellmen and a housekeeper, and they told me about G&M, out in a suburb called Linthicum Heights. The crab cakes were a revelation; they had a texture similar to quiche (gandmcrabcakes.com, from $17). The waitresses were chill and friendly—not like at a tourist trap, where they just want to turn tables. It was Baltimore at its most real.
What's the most interesting food city in America?
It's a three-way tie. Austin, because it's a center of Tejano culture and Tex-Mex cuisine, as well as an amazing barbecue town. Portland, Ore., because of the fresh produce and seafood, the Saturday Market, which is the best food market in the country, and Voodoo Doughnut, where you can get a Bacon Maple Bar (a maple-syrup-glazed doughnut topped with bacon). And last, Charleston, S.C., because of the Gullah Low Country cuisine, which weaves seafood into classic Southern food better than anywhere else.
All travelers overeat once in a while—and pay for it later. How do you handle "the burn?"
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"My Last Meal"
I would start with a couple of stone crab claws from Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant in Miami Beach, Fla. (joesstonecrab.com); then some slow-roasted pork from Brasa in Minneapolis (brasa.us); and one link of Bahama Mama sausage from Schmidt's in Columbus, Ohio (schmidthaus.com). Man, this is tough...then some king crab from Alaska, like from Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse in Anchorage (humpys.com); the guacamole from Austin's Juan In A Million (juaninamillion.com); half of an Al's Italian beef sandwich in Chicago (alsbeef.com); and a taco from Lucha Libre in San Diego (tacosmackdown.com). Look, if it's my last meal, trust me, I will put all my eating challenges to shame. I'll eat for a week.
Man v. Food airs on the Travel Channel Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Follow Richman at twitter.com/adamrichman.


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Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction
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Language: English
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Thanks to hundreds of INEE members around the world, the Toolkit is made up of the most practical field-friendly tools, guidelines, checklists, case studies and good practices linked to specific standards in the categories of:
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The Toolkit will help users of the INEE Minimum Standards adapt the indicators to their local setting and contextualise the guidance notes, good practices and lessons learned that are codified within the handbook in order to realize the standards. There are also a set of tools that are particularly relevant to disaster preparedness and risk reduction as well as to the cross-cutting issues of human and childrens rights, gender, HIV/AIDS and disability.
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An INEE Minimum Standards Reference Guide has also been developed and will be distributed with the Toolkit. This easy to use pull-out tool is designed to be field friendly and damage-resistant for when a copy of the Handbook is not at hand. The Reference Tool is not meant as a stand-alone document, but should be used as a supplementary tool to complement the INEE Minimum Standards Handbook.
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WICHITA -- Kansas health officials say a resident of the Wichita area has died from West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease that affected 57 people around the state last year.
The Wichita Eagle reports the Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed Thursday the death of a Sedgwick County resident. It's the first West Nile death in Kansas this year.
No information about the victim or the date of death was released. Department spokeswoman Miranda Steele told The Eagle she could not provide details about specific patients.
Four cases of West Nile virus have now been confirmed in Kansas this year, including a second instance in Sedgwick County. The others were reported in Atchison County, located in northeast Kansas, and Rush County in the west-central part of the state.


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U.S. stocks rose, extending the Dow Jones Industrial Average's record high, as a private jobs report showed companies took on more workers than estimated and the Federal Reserve said the economy is growing.
Bank of America Corp. jumped 3% to pace gains among financial shares. VeriFone Systems Inc. rose 9.1% as the maker of credit-card terminals reported earnings that beat its forecasts. Sohu.com Inc., owner of China's second-largest online video website, slid 9.7% after saying it's not in talks to take the company private or delist its stock. Staples Inc. fell 6.7% after forecasting profit that was less than analysts estimated.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index increased 0.3% to 1,544.59 at 2:50 p.m. in New York. The Dow rose 63.65 points, or 0.5%, to 14,317.42. Trading in S&P 500 companies was in- line with the 30-day average at this time of day.
"The market's responding to some degree to fundamentals," Stephen Wood, who helps manage about $163 billion as New York- based chief market strategist for North America at Russell Investments, said by telephone. "The economy is growing, albeit at a frustrating pace," he said. "We're seeing housing begin to contribute rather significantly to the economy."
The Dow advanced to a record yesterday for the first time since 2007, erasing losses from the financial crisis as the bull market enters its fifth year. The S&P 500 is about 1.5% below its record high. The benchmark index has surged 128% from a 12-year low in 2009 as companies reported better- than-estimated earnings and the Federal Reserve embarked on three rounds of bond purchases to stimulate the economy.
Jobs Report
Companies added 198,000 workers in February, according to a private report based on payrolls. The increase in employment followed a revised 215,000 gain the prior month, figures from the ADP Research Institute showed today. The median forecast of 41 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for an advance of 170,000.
A Labor Department report this week may show private payrolls rose by 170,000 last month, according to the Bloomberg survey median. Orders to U.S. factories fell in January, weighed down by a slump in demand for military hardware and commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department reported.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke described the job market as "generally weak" in testimony to a Senate committee on Feb. 26. The U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace across most of the country amid rising consumer demand for homes and autos, the Fed said in its Beige Book report, a summary and analysis of economic conditions in 12 U.S. districts.
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David Cleavinger likes his options with dryland and irrigated wheat and the possibility of $8 per bushel prices. And with added income from grazing stockers he's banking on additional return from the crop.
The sky-high wheat price, plus lack of moisture across much of the winter wheat belt prevented many farmers from even considering a grazing option. But growers who have enjoyed reasonable snow or rainfall, or who have irrigation have run stockers over the winter. Cleavinger's family is among that group.
Along with managing his family's wheat, sorghum, sorghum silage, corn and sometimes cotton and cattle operation, Cleavinger, a Wildorado, Texas, producer, will be 2008 president of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). But crop management comes before tackling national wheat policy issues.
"When discussing whether to graze wheat or not, it's a risk one way or another," says Cleavinger, noting that growers could face hot, dry late spring weather that restricts wheat growth.
In the past his family bought stockers and took advantage of grazing opportunities from their wheat land. But with higher calf prices, they selected the leasing pasture route.
"In a normal year we lease pasture at $4 per hundredweight," he says. Stockers are usually placed on irrigated wheat in the fall at about 400 pounds. The stocking rate is about one calf per acre. The 400-pound calves generate about $16 per month per head, solid cash flow over the winter.
But does he have the cattle pulled or let them remain on pasture for another month and a half? High feed grain prices mean feedyards want heavier cattle to reduce feed costs. So more cattlemen want that extra grazing time.
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension economist, says farmers may give up four to five bushels of wheat in a full grazing program. That's $32 per acre lost at an $8 price.
With the stout wheat price, Cleavinger is choosing the March 15 or sooner rule of pulling cattle off wheat to allow for full grain development. Because of rapid plant growth in the spring, stocking rates can usually be doubled in a graze-out program. But the wheat cannot be harvested.
Also, in a graze-out program, cattle would be larger, about 600 pounds, putting the lease rate at $4 times 6 hundredweight times 2 animals, says Steve Amosson, Texas A&M Extension economist. That pushes the leased return to $48 per month, or $96 for the two months. That's a good return, but won't fly with $8 wheat.
For Cleavinger, it still wouldn't come close to covering what he would receive from producing a 50 to 60-bushel wheat crop, even if winter grazing reduces yields. However, he says there can be added risk in pulling them off early.
"Weather is the biggest factor, even with irrigation," he says. "If the wheat heads out too early and we get a freeze, we can really be hurt. It goes back to the individual farmer. What type of risk is he willing to take?"
He likes the winter grazing for the boost in cash flow. "Plus, if we get hailed-out in the spring, we still have some income from the wheat," says Cleavinger.
In a typical grazing program, stocking rates are usually one animal per 1 to 1.35 acres. If a producer owns the cattle and grazes them over winter, it's often been a cattle-before-grain situation.
That's different now, with the higher grain price. If the stocking rate is doubled to two head per acre and the anticipated gain is 2.3 pounds a day, then 60 extra days on pasture would produce an additional 276 pounds. If the value of the cattle is $1.08 per pound, that's about an extra $298 of income per acre, or $149 per head.
Compare that to pulling the cattle the first week in March and harvesting wheat for grain. A 50-bushel crop at $8 would gross $400 per acre (excluding harvest cost and other input). "If you own the cattle it's a little more interesting decision," says Amosson, "but you would still be giving up significant revenues by grazing-out at current wheat prices."
Of course, with the volatility in both wheat and cattle prices, there's no guarantee of either $1.08 per pound price when cattle are pulled in early May or $8 when wheat is harvested in June or July. So early marketing to lock in a good price may be warranted, says Cleavinger.
Planning for grazing next fall
The higher wheat and cattle prices will affect decisions for fall wheat planting. "Wheat intended for pasture should be seeded at a high rate — about 120 pounds of seed per acre — and planted early," says Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Extension agronomist.
Wheat for pasture is normally planted earlier, in August or September, compared to planting wheat for grain-only in October. Early-season insect problems like armyworms, flea beetles or Hessian fly can come into play. Shroyer says diseases like wheat streak mosaic can also invade fields early.
Unless fall weather is unusually warm late into the season, he says forage production won't be sufficient for pasturing cattle if it's not planted early.
"Cattle should not be put onto wheat pasture until there is crown root development to anchor the plants," says Shroyer. "Don't just look at top growth and assume that if the wheat is tillered, the crown roots have developed.
"Sometimes that's not the case. Check some plants to make sure there is good root development."
Cattle shouldn't be able to pull plants out of the ground as they graze. "In general, there should be 6 to 12 inches of top growth before pasturing wheat, but the true test of when the wheat is ready is to see if crown roots have developed enough that the wheat is hard to pull out of the ground," says Shroyer.
Plan to use extra nitrogen. "Cattle remove nitrogen in the wheat forage, so it's not uncommon to see nitrogen deficiencies in wheat after cattle have been removed," says Shroyer. "For every 100 pounds per acre of animal gain, producers should apply another 40 pounds per acre of nitrogen in order to maintain grain yields.
"Also, use split applications of nitrogen, with part going on in early fall and part applied as soon as the cattle are pulled off in late winter or early spring."
To prevent soil compaction during grazing, Shroyer says growers should have a dry area available to move the cattle onto when fields get wet.
Added input costs for more nitrogen, pesticides, and of course, a solid soil profile or available irrigation will always come into play in determining whether it's worth it to put cattle on wheat.


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Wayland Students to "Trick or Treat" for FISH
PLAINVIEW – Students from the Division of Fine Arts at Wayland Baptist University will be visiting homes around Plainview on Monday, Oct. 30, to collect donations for Faith in Sharing House, a local nonprofit food pantry.
Students will be "trick or treating" in costumes that evening, beginning around 5 p.m. and running no later than 9 p.m., hitting various neighborhoods around town. Those wishing to contribute that will not be home may bring donations to the circular drive outside Harral Auditorium (7th and Utica Streets) by 5 p.m. Residents may also leave donations on their porch, but Wayland requests a phone call for pickup since they will not be hitting every block in town.
Donations of non-perishable foods, such as canned fruits, vegetables, soups and meats, baby food, bagged rice and beans and others, are needed, along with toiletries, paper goods and laundry detergents.
The costumed collection effort is in its sixth year for Wayland students, started by theatre students. This year, however, students from music, art, speech and mass communication will also be participating.
To request a pickup of donations that night, call Marlene Reed at 291-1060.


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From October 2-11, the Warriors will hold training camp at their practice facility in Downtown Oakland. Each day, warriors.com will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the team and coaching staff as they practice and prepare for the upcoming season.
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Tim Roye's Journal
October 2, 2006
Davis showed up to camp in impressive shape and proved it to his teammates during sprints.
The Warriors hosted their annual Media Day on Monday at the team's downtown Oakland practice facility. And, if the first day of school revealed anything, it's that guard Baron Davis spent a good portion of his summer vacation in the gym or on a track in Los Angeles or Las Vegas, his two primary off-season residences. Davis, who was sidelined the last 19 games of last season due to a sprained right ankle, registered the best time of any Golden State player when Director of Athletic Development Mark Grabow put the entire team through a grueling session of wind sprints at the conclusion of Media Day. The 15 healthy players who took part in the test were required to run - sprint - four sets of 10 from baseline to baseline. Davis had the lowest average time of the 15 players and looked like he was ready and eager for the start of training camp, which begins tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. One Northern California writer, who has covered Davis dating back to his UCLA days, indicated that he thought Davis looked in better shape then at any point in his college or NBA career.
Prior to Media Day, Head Coach Don Nelson addressed the team for the initial time as a group. The 45-minute meeting set the tone for the season and focused on several elements, including team rules, what the coaching staff expected of the players, his vision for the team and other related subjects. Nelson had spoken to many of the players individually prior to Media Day and utilized the latter stages of the afternoon for one-on-one meetings in his office with two players whom he had yet to address - Davis and Monta Ellis.
During the team meeting, Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, also informed the players of who would serve as the team's captains this season. Jason Richardson, Baron Davis and Mike Dunleavy were hand-picked by the coach to fill the role as tri-captains during the 2006-07 season.
Andris Biedrins tried his hand at photography at one point during Media Day.
Media Day, which is held each season on the day prior to the start of training camp, was attended by roughly 80 members of the media and other invited guests, including a few Season Ticket Holders who were fortunate enough to win an opportunity to attend the "Ultimate Media Day Experience." Each of the 19 players on the Warriors' preseason roster were in uniform and escorted through a "media circuit" which included photos, TV promotions, radio reads, entertainment skits and interviews. During one specific photo shoot, Davis and Richardson sported Golden State's Hardwood Classic jerseys, which the team will wear on occasion (8-10 times) this season following a one-year absence (Gold jerseys). And, of course, there were the standard humorous aspects to Media Day as well, including center Andris Biedrins playing professional photographer as he zoomed in on teammate Zarko Cabarkapa and forward Chris Taft revealing his, ah, questionable singing skills during one specific interview. The only missing element from Media Day was Lucky, Coach Nelson's beloved dog who has become a fixture around the team's practice facility. Lucky, it seems, had other obligations and was not available for comment or photos.
Earlier in the day, the Warriors announced that they had signed three free agents (training camp invitees), Matt Barnes, Dijon Thompson and Anthony Roberson. The trio of players were members of various NBA teams last season in Philadelphia (Barnes), Phoenix (Thompson) and Memphis (Roberson).
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A Light Sensor generates an output signal indicating the intensity of light by measuring the radiant energy that exists in a very narrow range of frequencies basically called "light", and which ranges in frequency from "Infrared" to "Visible" up to "Ultraviolet" light spectrum. The light sensor is a device that converts this "light energy" whether visible or in the infrared parts of the spectrum into an electrical signal output. Light sensors are more commonly known as "Photoelectric Devices" or "Photo Sensors" because they convert light energy (photons) into electricity (electrons).
Photoelectric devices can be grouped into two main categories, those which generate electricity when illuminated, such as Photo-voltaics or Photo-emissives etc, and those which change their electrical properties in some way such as Photo-resistors or Photo-conductors. This leads to the following classification of devices.