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Psychoactive drugs in our drinking water could be triggering autism notes biology professor
Steve Watson
June 7, 2012
A new scientific study has uncovered evidence suggesting a link between low levels of anti-depressants and other psychoactive drugs in drinking water supplies and the triggering of Autism.
The New Scientist reports that the study, undertaken by professor of evolutionary biology Michael Thomas of Idaho State University in Pocatello, found that just traces of selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as prozac, a common anti-depressant medication, had significant effects on the neurological activity of fish.
Thomas exposed fathead minnows to the drugs for a period of just under three weeks in doses comparable with the highest estimated environmental levels, and found that the exact same genes turned on in people with autism were also triggered in the fish after exposure.
"While others have envisioned a causal role for psychotropic drugs in idiopathic autism, we were astonished to find evidence that this might occur at very low dosages, such as those found in aquatic systems." Thomas said.
Thomas notes that his findings could indicate that residues of psychiatric medications found in the drinking supply may be a cause of autism in humans.
The study notes that its findings dovetail with previous research indicating that pregnant women who take SSRIs are more likely to have autistic children. It also adds weight to research that has previously found a link between Psychiatric drugs and autism-like symptoms in rats exposed to the medicines.
The study has been published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.
Thomas says that before any conclusions can be drawn further tests need to be carried out on mammals. His team of researchers plans to spike the drinking water of pregnant mice with the same pharmaceuticals to observe the effects.
They also intend to study drinking water supplies across the nation with the highest concentrations of the drugs, in order to determine whether fish and people in the areas are exhibiting autism-like gene expression patterns.
"An environmental cause is really not on the radar for a lot of people," Thomas told reporters. "My sincere hope is that this opens the door to a new question and allows people to look into that possibility."
As Thomas notes in his study, anti-depressants can easily work their way into the drinking water supplies because up to 80 per cent of each drug passes straight through the human body without being broken down. Filtration of waste water supplies does not adequately remove the substances. "They just fly right through," Thomas notes.
Of course, a huge number of Americans are already being mass medicated against their will through the water supply by the artificial addition of sodium fluoride, from which one of a myriad of debilitating health effects includes lowered IQ and increased docility. Indeed, as Joseph Borkin documented in his book The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben, the first occurrence of artificially fluoridated drinking water on Earth was found in Germany's Nazi prison camps. The Nazis explained that the reason for mass-medicating water with sodium fluoride was to sterilize women and coerce the victims of their concentration camps into calm submission.
In addition, health authorities are actively pushing for drugs that have been found to deepen depression and cause memory loss to be added to public water supplies, in a chilling throwback to how the population in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World were mass medicated with Soma to keep them docile and easy to control.
Studies have shown that the dangers of statins have been deliberately underplayed by drug companies.
Statins are taken by tens of millions of people worldwide, a boon for drug companies like Merck, whose chief executive Henry Gadsden back in 1975 dreamed of being able to sell a drug to people who had no immediately identifiable illness, or as Mike Adams writes, "They needed a way to sell drugs to healthy people." Statins were born and the financial windfall for Big Pharma quickly followed.
Drug companies claim that statins have been proven to lower cholesterol and help prevent heart disease and strokes, leading many health experts to insist that they be artificially added to public water supplies, but dangerous side-effects buried by drug companies conducting statin trials have now come to light, in addition to the fact that "for three quarters of those taking them, they offer little or no value."
A study published in the Cochrane Library, which reviews drug trials, examined data from 14 drugs trials involving 34,000 patients and found evidence of "short-term memory loss, depression and mood swings," that had been deliberately underplayed by the drug companies funding the research.
The researchers warn that, "Statins should only be prescribed to those with heart disease, or who have suffered the condition in the past. Researchers warn that unless a patient is at high risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, statins may cause more harm than good."
However, despite the fact that statins have also been linked to a greater risk of liver dysfunction, acute kidney failure, cataracts and muscle damage, health authorities have been pushing for the drug to be added to public water supplies as part of a mass medication program that is not only illegal without consent, but also threatens a plethora of unknown consequences.
George Lundberg, MD, the editor of MedPageToday, which is a mouthpiece for the American Medical Association, recently wrote an op-ed entitled, Should We Put Statins in the Water Supply?
In May 2008, renowned cardiologist Professor Mahendra Varma called for statins to be artificially added to drinking water.
Putting statins in the water supply was also considered during a November 2008 discussionwhich featured Robert Bonow, M.D., of Northwestern University in Chicago, Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Anthony De Maria, M.D., of the University of California at San Diego.
Also in November 2008, CNBC aired a segment lauding the effectiveness of statins, after which one of the hosts remarked, "Why don't they just put statins in the water supply," to which CNBC's medical expert replied, "A lot of people have said that and they are in the water in fact."
In December 2009, we reported on how Japanese health authorities were considering adding trace amounts of lithium to public water supplies as a "mood stabilizer" in a bid to lower the suicide rate. Fox News medical expert Dr. Archelle Georgiou gave the concept tacit approval when she labeled the study an "interesting concept" and refused to even mention the moral aspects of mass drugging people against their will.
In his 1977 book Ecoscience, current White House science czar John P. Holdren also advocated adding sterilant drugs to the water supply as part of a program of "involuntary fertility control".
Of course, the water supply is just one of a myriad of factors to consider when studying disorders such as autism. As we have previously noted, cases of autism have exploded with the increase of childhood vaccinations.
Cases of autism in the U.S. have now increased by over 2700 per cent since 1991, which is when vaccines for children doubled, and the number of immunizations is only increasing. Just one in 2,500 children were diagnosed with autism before 1991, whereas one in 91 children now have the disease, up from one in 150 in 2003.
Multiple studies have found a direct link between the use of the mercury based preservative thimerosal and a dramatic rise in cases of autism. however, such findings have been consistently dismissed by the CDC.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Members Named for Mo. Senate Medicaid Committee
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Seven Republicans and three Democrats have been appointed to a Missouri Senate committee that will study potential changes to the Medicaid health care program for the poor.
The panel could be one of several looking into a Medicaid overhaul or expansion, because the House also is forming committees on the subject.
Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey appointed the following members to the Senate Interim Committee on Medicaid Transformation and Reform:
- Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington, chairman.
- Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, vice chairman.
- Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla.
- Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff.
- Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph.
- Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau.
- Sen. Jan Wasson, R-Nixa.
- Sen. Joseph Keaveny, D-St. Louis.
- Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence.
- Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis.

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An EPS grid or plasma grid was a component of the electro-plasma distribution network on Starfleet vessels from the 22nd century onwards. In the event of an emergency, the grid may be shut down to avoid an overload. By the 24th century maintenance was performed on the grid at regular intervals.
In 2151, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed bypassed the EPS grid to receive power from Enterprise NX-01's impulse drive to get the phase cannon online, Trip Tucker denied this possibility, but later allowed it. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")
When the Enterprise crew were locked in their quarters by Suliban forces in 2152, Tucker rerouted the comm signal through the EPS grid, enabling him to talk to anyone on B Deck. (ENT: "Shockwave, Part II")
Not long after, the impact of a Romulan mine caused an overload in Enterprise's EPS grid. (ENT: "Minefield")
Days later, the automated repair station faked a situation in which Travis Mayweather appeared to have died trying to tap into the EPS grid in launch bay 1. (ENT: "Dead Stop")
In August of 2152, while under the influence of radiation emanating from a nearby singularity, Malcolm Reed requested Tucker's assistance in preparing an emergency shutdown procedure for the EPS grid. (ENT: "Singularity")
In 2153, the presence of dark matter caused a surge in the EPS grid aboard an Enterprise shuttlepod. (ENT: "First Flight")
In 2154, following severe damage to Enterprise as a result of a Xindi attack, a surge in the EPS grid on A Deck was reported to Captain Archer only moments before it exploded. (ENT: "Damage")
In 2370, Donald Kaplan jibed Geordi La Forge that by cleaning the USS Enterprise-D's plasma grid they might match the power conversion level aboard Kaplan's vessel, the USS Intrepid. (TNG: "Force of Nature")
In 2371, the magnetic wake produced by space-dwelling lifeforms caused a huge fluctuation in the USS Voyager's EPS grids as it was pulled along. (VOY: "Elogium")


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For more on Xtext, see Creating Your Own Domain-Specific Language and Generating Code from DSLs.
Everybody seems to be talking about Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) these days. Martin Fowler just released his new book on that topic and popular frameworks such as Spring Roo, Apache Camel, and Grails make heavy use of these specialized little languages that are tailored to a particular purpose. These examples illustrate that there are sweet spots for DSLs in commonly used frameworks. However, the real power of DSLs is unveiled when they are developed for real-world projects and used to describe main view points of specific systems and problem domains.
An important question to consider is whether developing and maintaining a dedicated language is worth the effort? Isn't language design something complicated that only parser-gurus can handle? And what about IDE support? Today's sophisticated programmers demand top-notch editing facilities, so even if we can afford to develop a DSL, can we provide effective IDE integration?
Eclipse Xtext is a framework that makes developing DSLs much simpler. It facilitates agile, iterative evolution; and the output is not only the infrastructure to parse the files of your newly created language, but a sophisticated IDE with code highlighting, code completion, and error checking for the new DSL. Xtext is the framework used by Maven 3, Eclipse, and other products for the generation of their DSLs.
In his book, Martin Fowler the example of a small DSL that handles the command for operating a hidden compartment in a house. In this article, we will demonstrate how to implement Fowler's secret-compartment state machine using Xtext.
An Example
Imagine you are running a company, that specializes in developing security systems for secret compartments. Because you have many customers, you want to be able to easily define and reconfigure the security systems for different compartments. You need a concise way to define such security systems, such as a DSL.
Mrs. Grant's security system, for instance, might look like this:
events doorClosed D1CL drawerOpened D2OP lightOn L1ON doorOpened D1OP panelClosed PNCL end resetEvents doorOpened end commands unlockPanel PNUL lockPanel PNLK lockDoor D1LK unlockDoor D1UL end state idle actions {unlockDoor lockPanel} doorClosed => active end state active drawerOpened => waitingForLight lightOn => waitingForDrawer end state waitingForLight lightOn => unlockedPanel end state waitingForDrawer drawerOpened => unlockedPanel end state unlockedPanel actions {unlockPanel lockDoor} panelClosed => idle end
This code contains a list of the events and commands (with coded names after them), and a list of the various states.
To unlock her panel, Mrs. Grant needs to first close the door. Then, she opens up a certain drawer and turns on her bed light. This triggers a secret mechanism that unlocks the panel. Note the resetEvents section, which is invoked if the door is opened. (The whole system is then reset back into idle state.) The cryptic codes after the events and commands identify the binding to the target platform. Imagine that the controllers can only understand such cryptic names. This kind of name mapping is a typical pattern when integrating DSLs into target software systems and very similar to a mapping of SQL data types to Java or C# types.
The Grammar Definition
To begin, we have to create a parser that is capable of reading the cryptic input-files and instantiating an in-memory model, based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework, that represents the parsed state machine. Fowler calls these typed objects a "semantic model." Common parser generators allow you to describe the syntax of documents, but don't provide abstractions to describe strongly typed structures for the semantic representation of their content. Xtext's grammar definition is different. It allows you to describe the concrete syntax as well as the mapping to a semantic model in a clean and concise way:
grammar org.eclipse.xtext.example.FowlerDsl with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals generate fowlerdsl "http://example.xtext.org/FowlerDsl" Statemachine: {Statemachine} 'events' (events+=Event)* 'end' 'commands' (commands+=Command)* 'end' (states+=State)*; Event: (resetting?='resetting')? name=ID code=ID; Command: name=ID code=ID; State: 'state' name=ID ('actions' '{' (actions+=[Command])+ '}')? (transitions+=Transition)* 'end'; Transition: event=[Event] '=>' state=[State];
Even though you may not be familiar with grammars in general, you'll be able to make sense of this. Without going into a detailed explanation (which can be found in the Xtext documentation), there are two especially noteworthy constructs: the assignments and the cross references. The assignments describe how the parsed values should be stored in the semantic model, and the cross references (in square brackets) define how the objects should be interlinked. These constructs are unique features of Xtext's grammar definition language.
Aside from the parser, there is much more that Xtext derives from the grammar. For example, there is infrastructure for linking and scoping, as well as for static analysis (validation), based on the semantics of the language. You even get an "unparser," which allows you to instantiate or modify semantic models in memory and write them back as text using the very same syntax defined in the grammar. Even whitespace and comments are preserved, and you can also define formatting rules.
One of the best things about Xtext is the rich Eclipse integration that is available for every language. Based solely on the aforementioned grammar definition, Xtext provides a fully functional Eclipse editor. It supports all the features that you'd expect from other mature IDEs, such as on-the-fly validation and error indication, syntax coloring, content assist, and code navigation. You can find references to your semantic elements, look them up in a global index, and share concepts across different languages.
Modularity Concepts
As soon as you build a language to develop a fair-sized system, you'll have to think about modularization. It's a good idea to split logically different things into different physical files. Xtext supports this requirement. By means of the scoping and visibility rules of your language, references across file boundaries are resolved by the framework based on the names of the semantic elements (instead of concrete file references). As with many other service implementations in Xtext, this follows the lessons learned from programming languages of the past. The defaults are quite similar to the "namespace" concept of C# and Java. Behind the scenes, Xtext uses an index in the IDE to ensure scalability for languages with a large number of artifacts. This index is used for various other features, too. Like the "Open Type" dialog used with Eclipse's Java tooling in order to find and open Java types anywhere in the workspace, Xtext provides the ability to lookup arbitrary semantic elements in your IDE, as well as a global "Find References" capability to identify other objects that refer to a particular element. The index is maintained by an Eclipse builder that automatically picks up any changes in your text files and revalidates the affected files in the background.
The same data is used to trigger processing components such as compilers or code generators. They can participate in the build process and generate or update other files such as Java code that is derived from your model files. The Xtext framework provides a dedicated customization hook for that purpose and bundles the Xtend language, which is specialized for code generation.
The snippet in Figure 1 illustrates a small template that creates an interactive state machine to test the logic of secret compartments:
Some people don't like code generation, presumably because it adds complexity to the development process and makes turnarounds longer. Although Xtext works perfectly well with interpreters, the tight integration with the Eclipse infrastructure enables code generation to be done transparently in the background, so a longer development turnaround time is easily absorbed. But again, it's up to you whether you want to use code generation or an interpreter to process your DSL scripts.


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Shelly posted a question asking for some guidance as to scheduling real life with running. This is a question that I am asked frequently so I will try to offer some tips.
When I first began to run Troy was 1 and Tyler was 5. I bought a treadmill and placed it right in front of the living room TV so that I could run on it when the boys were up or when they were napping. When I wanted to run outside it had to be very early in the morning, on weekends, when Steve was home. I wanted to be home by the time the boys woke up and I didn't want any resentment while I was gone by giving all of the morning parenting duties to Steve. I would leave by 4 AM and run with a flashlight/headlamp, returning in time for them to awake. I didn't have Topaz at this time and I didn't know people ran on trails. All of my running was treadmill or asphalt. Mostly treadmill.
Now the boys are 13 and 17 and I just love to be home in the morning when they wake and I like to fix them breakfast, so I always leave early. When they were little my long run was probably 2-3 hours, not the 5-8 I am doing now.
With my much longer weekend runs that I am now completing I usually leave by 4 and return about 9, which is about the time they wake up these days. When I have a full day of hills I am usually not home until lunch and I let them know this the night before when we go to bed.
As for scheduling my regular week work days, well…it has become a smooth oiled machine over the years. Although, I must say that the change from AM runs to PM runs is not a change I have enjoyed. I truly love my summer vacation and my morning runs for that 10 week period. I am definitely more of a morning runner and I find my afternoon runs after work to be more difficult than running first thing in the morning.
Here is how I plan out my day currently:
Because it has been in the 80's the last two weeks and that is too warm for Topaz to run in the afternoon with me, I've been getting up at 4 AM so that I can run 5 miles with him in the cool darkness of 50F where he can enjoy himself and not overheat. We get home by 515 and I can jump in the shower, I'm dressed, made up and downstairs by 600. I quickly put together my juice breakfast by juicing kale, spinach, lemons, apples, celery and ginger. I pull out the salad I made the night before for my lunch and put it into my cooler along with a couple pieces of fruit, some mixed nuts and dried fruits. This goes into the car along with my gym bag that I packed the night before with shorts, run shoes, run bra, hair tie and top.
At 615 I wake up Troy and Tyler and ask for their breakfast choices. Troy will usually say pancakes and Tyler will say bagel and peanut butter. Now, I realize they are old enough to wake themselves up and old enough to make their own breakfasts. They know this too but I am home and I enjoy doing it so I do. I won't always be able to do this, they will be out of the home before I know it. I begin their breakfast and my coffee. Both are ready by 640 which is when they are showered, dressed and downstairs. Boys don't take very long to get ready! They eat, I drink and we talk about the day.
I usually prepare a few days worth of pancakes on evenings and then I can just reheat in the morning. No sweat.
Troy and I leave at 710 for the school and Tyler leaves a bit after us for his classes and work.
I work from 730-3. With my workday ending at 3 I have quite a bit of afternoon/evening time available. With the hot afternoons lately and with Troy playing football until 430 I have been changing into run clothes after work and running 5 miles around the lake in town since it has been too hot on the trail for Topaz. I then go to the gym for 30 minutes of lifting before I pick up Troy at 430.
At 500 we are eating dinner. Sometimes it is something that I placed into the crock pot at breakfast time, sometimes it is leftovers from the night before. I ALWAYS cook enough for two meals. ALWAYS. Maybe enough for three meals. The other night I made burritos. I browned 3 pounds of hamburger and a pound of refried beans. I was able to make 21 burritos. They ate them for two days. When I make lasagna or manicotti I prepare 3 pans. They usually eat a pan and a half during one meal and I have enough for another meal the next day. I add a fresh salad and homemade bread and everyone is happy. Nobody in my home ever complains about leftovers. They love leftovers as they warm up quickly and they are able eat right away. Steve doesn't get home until near 7 so he has to eat alone. There is no way we could wait that long to eat dinner. We'd be snacking until dinner and that would not be good.
My evenings are pretty open. If I don't have a meeting or if I'm not coaching a running class I am getting my house work finished, laundry, preparing tomorrow's lunches and dinner, hanging out. I don't mind 2 or 3 evenings without anything going on, but more than that, and I am looking for something to do.
I always have tomorrow's work outfit, shoes and jewelry ready the night before. Everything is ironed and ready to wear. I always have my gym bag packed and ready to go. I may be able to fit in a run or a workout at the gym on the way to the grocery store, Troy may have a late practice so I can run a wide block around the schools while waiting for him. Before Tyler bought a car I was driving him back and forth to work, I would leave home 90 minutes early to pick him up so I could work out at the gym beforehand.
I go to bed early. I am in bed by 9 and I read until 930. Yes, weekends too as I get up at 4 on weekends as well.
Sunday I woke up at 4, ran 15 miles with Topaz, came home by 730, cleaned house. The boys woke up at 9 so I made them French toast. Steve and the roofing crew were working hard and I wanted to feed them dinner. I made sloppy joes and put them in the crock pot. I and the boys ate breakfast, I then went grocery shopping, hitting the gym on the way to the store. I had to buy ice cream and didn't want it melting in the car. After grocery shopping I did our laundry. I was back home at 2 and really didn't have anything else to do. I went outside to ask Steve if I could help out by picking up shingles/tar paper that was all around the house. Of course I could. I got out the wheelbarrow and hauled over 20 loads of shingles and paper to the roll off container. The guys were impressed. I didn't have anything to do Sunday afternoon so I was able to help out. It was beautiful outside, I couldn't swim at the pool as it is closed, I had already run enough and Troy didn't want to play croquett or bocce ball. By 730 they guys were done, the boys were doing their homework and Steve and I were relaxing on the couch…I was having my sore calves rubbed. Plenty of time for everything! We were all in bed by 9.
Some days get busy…I sit on the Orrock Township Board, the Sherburne Planning and Zoning Board, I'm a member of book club, I coach running classes, I work,, I go to the boys games..I just schedule everything out. It works. There is time enough for everything.
If the boys have a practice before their game I will drop them off and run during the practice, return for the game, and if it is cool I'll bring a change of clothes while I sit and watch the game. I bring spare clothes everywhere.
Many times I grocery shop during my lunch hour. I only have 30 minutes, but the store is only a few minutes away. My sister and Mom are amazed at how quickly I can get through the grocery store. Even when I have more time I fly through because that is what I am used to and I really despise grocery shopping but I do it often. I have two growing teenage boys who are starving all of the time and I seem to need fresh fruits and veggies every three days!
I write my grocery list so that the items that I am going to purchase are in order as I get into the store. This helps for a quick shopping. Sometimes I may have to shop two days in a row if I need a lot of food, but if I don't have time on the weekend then this is how I get it done. It works!
I run errands to the post office, the pharmacy, etc. during my lunch hour as well. I don't like to sit at work during my lunch break, I like to get outside to feel the sunshine and air plus it is a good break from the office. If I have time I will then shovel my salad down my throat in my car after my errands or I will just eat at my desk but most of the time I am not running errands..I'm sitting at a picnic table enjoying the sun and fresh air..unless it is winter. Blech.
I do suffer during the winter months. I am going to look for one of those lamps before the days are dark at 5 PM.
In the winter I run on my treadmill for 3-4 miles each morning and then after work I snowshoe with Topaz from 330-5 or so. I don't have any coaching classes during the winter months and only a few meetings; the boys don't play winter sports so it is very boring for me on week night evenings. I am not gardening, I am not swimming in the pool. I get so tired of darkness at 5 PM and feeling like I should put on my pajamas and go to bed at 7 as there is nothing else going on. In fact, I am now negotiating with a retailer for a position within their 'floater pool'. I will be able to schedule myself when I am available and will be on call when others call in sick. I would like to work a few evenings here and there and obtain a nice discount as well. I really don't like having free nights upon free nights..I really do become bored and a girl can only run, bake and clean so much.
I do love a good portion of the weekend at home, however. We are all relaxed, low key, just enjoying home.
This is how I schedule my days and it seems to work. I never feel stressed or like I can't get everything in that I want to. I feel as though I have plenty of time to do all that I want to do.


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Schuler gets raise in 6-1 vote
The Kaneland school board gave a 10.7 percent raise to Superintendent Jeff Schuler Monday night, over the objection of board member Tony Valente.
"Eleven percent was an astronomical raise, for me," Valente said Tuesday.
In July, Schuler's pay will go from $158,000 to $175,000, under the agreement approved Monday. In July 2014, his pay will be increased by the rate of inflation or 3 percent, whichever is lesser, and the same will happen in July 2015.
Valente was the only "no" vote. He said he voted against it for several reasons, including that the district has asked teachers in their most recent contract "to take very little raise," and because he is not pleased with the district's progress on improving standardized test scores. But mainly it's the money, he said.
"I thought that it was hard to ask the community to pay more," he said, when the district has cut programs and services, such as activity buses and staffing for school libraries.
Valente acknowledged that Schuler, who became a superintendent in 2010, is probably on the lower end of pay for superintendents. But Schuler, 40, became a superintendent at a young age, Valente said, and will likely receive salary increases for more years than other superintendents. And $175,000 isn't enough to keep Schuler from taking a job in a district that pays more, such as those in Naperville, Valente said.
"We cannot raise it to the point where he'll never leave," Valente said.
Valente was an assistant principal, then principal, at Kaneland High School when Schuler was assistant superintendent for human resources. Valente is now principal of Proviso East High School in Maywood.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Oakland Athletics can win a lot of different ways, as evidenced by their two-year hold on the AL West division title.
Yoenis Cespedes proved he can play through a hurting right heel, giving Scott Kazmir and the A's a spark with a pair of RBIs that helped spoil the Minnesota Twins' home opener with an 8-3 victory on Monday.
"When we're swinging well, we feel like we have a deep lineup," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
Cespedes has been hobbling around the last few days with the injury, but the team wasn't worried enough about it to hold him out. The Cuban slugger followed a leadoff walk to Brandon Moss by crushing a double in the second inning for the first run against Kevin Correia (0-1) and hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Moss added a two-run single in the third and Derek Norris homered in the sixth.
"Everyone knows their strengths and they don't go outside of their game, and I think that's what makes us a great overall ballclub and very deadly down the stretch of the whole season," Norris said.
Jed Lowrie hit what the A's believed was a home run down the right-field line in the third inning, but the call on the field was a foul ball and the umpire-initiated review, which lasted more than four minutes, upheld the ruling. Lowrie took a walk instead and later scored.
Kazmir (2-0), who stymied with Twins in five starts against them last season for Cleveland, completed six innings with six hits, three runs and four walks allowed. He struck out five, and RBI doubles by Aaron Hicks and Jason Kubel were the only damaging hits against him. This wasn't his best, but Kazmir got enough quick outs to stay in there.
"Not very efficient with my pitches, but there's going to be days like that so I need to be able to battle. To get six out of that, that's something you can build on," he said.
The 30-year-old Kazmir dazzled in his A's debut with 7 1-3 scoreless innings last week against his old team, the Indians. He did the same against the Twins in 2013, going 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA in 31 innings with 36 strikeouts.
With Jarrod Parker, a 12-game winner last year, out for the season following elbow ligament replacement surgery and A.J. Griffin not yet ready because of a spring arm injury, the rotation took a hit. Kazmir, then, is that much more valuable.
Oh, and so is the lineup.
"All the way through, guys are taking quality at-bats and really working the starting pitcher early in the game. That goes a long way as far as getting the win," Kazmir said.
Correia came out with two outs in the sixth. He yielded nine hits, six runs and two walks while striking out three.
"He started pounding inside a bit better and his last couple innings were better because of that," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "But you can't just stay out and over the plate on these guys."
Alberto Callaspo and Josh Reddick also drove in runs for the A's, who played without center fielder Coco Crisp because of a sore left wrist. Norris, Callaspo and Josh Donaldson each had two hits.
"I just threw a couple bad pitches in situations where I had a chance to get out of a jam," Correia said. "That's what I've been able to do the last couple years."
NOTES: Lowrie was hit by a pitch on the lower right leg in the seventh inning and was in too much pain to stay in the game. Nick Punto, who played seven seasons for the Twins, entered as a pinch runner and eventually scored on a balk by Sam Deduno. … The Athletics made a bullpen shuffle before the game, reinstating RH Ryan Cook from the disabled list and sending RH Evan Scribner to Triple-A Sacramento. Cook, who was out with shoulder tendinitis, struck out two in a hitless ninth. … Attendance was announced at 35,837, more than 3,000 below official capacity. …. The Twins had left fielder Josh Willingham (left wrist) and right fielder Oswaldo Arcia (right wrist) both out of the lineup. … The three-game series resumes on Wednesday afternoon, with RH Jesse Chavez (0-0, 1.50 ERA) pitching for the A's against Twins RH Phil Hughes (0-0, 7.20 ERA).
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In the spirit of the upcoming holiday, our experts (and animal residents) will be sharing what they're thankful for this year!
Our first "Week of Thanks" post comes from the Aquarium's Curator of Fishes, Holly Bourbon:
This year, I'm extremely thankful for the successful opening of our newest exhibit, Blacktip Reef.
As I'm sure you can imagine, the process of opening an exhibit (especially one with hundreds of animals) involves a tremendous amount of planning and work. Over the course of the last year, my team and I have:
- Transported animals out of the old exhibit space
- Received and cared for a variety of species, including 20 juvenile blacktip reef sharks
- Monitored the creation and execution of the new exhibit space, ensuring it was a perfect replica of a reef habitat
- Successfully introduced 700+ animals into their new home!
While the grand opening of Blacktip Reef back in August was a huge milestone, we're still hard at work every day making sure that all of our animals are happy and healthy as they continue adjusting to this brand-new environment.
New exhibits require a lot of time and work. I'm thankful that we've all had the opportunity to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our guests and learn a lot about our new neighbors in the process!
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the process, start-to-finish, of creating Blacktip Reef:
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By steve nelson
I'd like to offer some perspective on the Nov. 13 Tribune article "Utah governor weighing options to Snake Valley water standoff."
We've conducted research on the Spring Valley and Snake Valley groundwater system and recently published our findings in Hydrogeology Journal, an international academic publication.
Should Utah sign an agreement with Nevada on exportation of water to Las Vegas?
Before any pact is entered, it is in the best interest of Utah that the way groundwater moves is understood by the parties involved and affected.
The traditional view, the so-called interbasin flow model, maintains that the fractured limestones that make up much of the bedrock beneath the desert mountains and valleys of western Utah and eastern Nevada allow water to flow quite freely. In other words, water can flow beneath multiple valleys, and the mountains that separate them, as long as there is limestone to flow through.
The interbasin flow model views limestone as one enormous aquifer. This view has two implications for Utah. First, water beneath Spring Valley, Nevada, should flow into Snake Valley, Utah; thus, water development in Nevada can impact water availability in Utah.
Second, water development in such a large aquifer is like sucking water through little straws from a very large cup. You can "drink" for a long time.
Although the technical details are beyond the scope of an op-ed piece, our research strongly suggests that the interbasin flow model is largely wrong. Each basin behaves more-or-less independently. Water development is more like sucking water through straws from many small cups.
Even a 2011 report by U.S. Geological Survey scientists generally supports our view, although this federal agency has been a chief proponent of interbasin flow for decades.
The water beneath Snake Valley is, in many areas, much older than the water in Spring Valley. Whenever groundwater is extracted faster than it is replenished, it is being mined. Exploiting older water only worsens impacts of groundwater mining as the natural system replenishes it only very slowly.
Although some development in Spring Valley, Nevada, might be sustainable and have little impact on Utah, large-scale water development in Snake Valley could rapidly deplete groundwater resources. Although Snake Valley is largely in Utah, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has had its eyes on Snake Valley. Due to the antiquity of its water, large-scale development from Snake Valley should be vigorously resisted.
Our work also suggests that monitoring declining spring flows and water levels in wells as a safeguard against excessive development is fundamentally flawed. If it takes decades of pumping for spring flows to decline, it will take centuries for those flows to recover on their own once pumping stops even if the climate does not change. And really, who believes the pumping will stop once started?
Depending on your point of view, our research offers both good and bad news for water resources in Snake Valley. Given my environmentalist bent, part of me wishes that the development of water in Spring Valley would clearly and immediately impact Utah, providing direct leverage to put a stop to the whole boondoggle.
However, that is not my chief concern at this moment, which is that the whole SNWA proposal may be based on a faulty view of how groundwater moves in this part of the world.
The impacts of water development cannot be anticipated until the way in which water moves, how much of it there is, and how long it has been in the ground are understood.
Until that day, Gov. Gary Herbert should not sign anything.
Steve Nelson is a professor of geochemistry at Brigham Young University.


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ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement with Erie County and the state on a lease deal for the Ralph Wilson Stadium that will keep the NFL franchise in western New York until at least 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and team officials said Friday.
The agreement includes $130 million in renovations for the nearly 40-year-old stadium, with the Bills providing $35 million and the state and county covering the other $95 million.
Cuomo told a packed news conference at the team's headquarters in Orchard Park that the lease keeps the Bills in Orchard Park at least through the first seven years of the 10-year pact. The team would have to pay a $400 million penalty to leave earlier.
Cuomo, who spoke via a satellite television hookup from New York City because stormy weather Friday prevented him from flying upstate, also said the state and local government and the team will explore the possibility of building a new stadium in the future if that is "financially feasible."
The Bills' current lease expires July 31. The agreement was first reported Friday by The Buffalo News.
The deal was reached after months of talks involving the Bills, county officials and the Cuomo administration. A major sticking point determining how to divide up the costs for renovations and upgrades the Bills are seeking for their home field.
This is regarded as a major step in keeping the Bills in western New York.
Concerns had been raised of the Bills being targeted for relocation. They're a small-market team based in the United States' 56th largest television market. Another issue is the status of team's Hall of Fame owner Ralph Wilson, who turned 94 in October and whose health is slipping.
Wilson spent about a week in hospital in late August due to an undisclosed illness.
Though committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo during his lifetime, Wilson has not made any commitments regarding the team remaining in town following his death. Wilson has made clear that he intends to have his heirs sell the franchise, opening the possibility of the team being purchased by someone interested in relocating the team.
The deal was reached after significant progress was made in talks earlier this week.
Talks had reached a standstill in September, which led to the three sides discussing the possibility of having to reach a one-year extension in order to provide more time to negotiate a long-term lease.
After negotiations picked up, Cuomo and state officials had to divert their attention to preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of the East Coast in October.


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Engineering Application of MBR Process to the Treatment of Beer Brewing Wastewater
According to the characteristics of beer brewing wastewater, Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Bed and Membrane Bio-Reactor integrated technics (UASB+MBR) was applied. This paper investigated various operating parameters during the process of wastewater treatment in MBRs. The sludge loading and the membrane fouling were analyzed by detecting the sludge concentration and sludge characteristics. The results showed that when CODCr,NH4-N, T-P and T-N concentrations of the feed water were 500~1000mg/L, 20~30mg/L, 0.6~14mg/L and 19.5~41.1mg/L, respectively, it got some conclusions in the process.(1)The CODCr , NH4-N , T-P and T-N of MBR effluent could reduce to 40mg/L, 2.3mg/L , 0.3mg/L, 3mg/L, respectively. The quality of the effluent water in this system met the reuse of urban recycling water—Water quality standard landscaping water according to GB/T18921-2002; (2)The DO of the aerobic pool should be controlled at the range of 2~4mg/L, which could increase the removing efficiency of the NH4-N. (3)Appropriate adjustments to the volume of sludge and maintain the sludge concentration of membrane pool at 6~8g /L, which could reduce the velocity of membrane fouling. (4) With 1000mg/L of sodium hypochlorite and 2000mg/L hydrochloric acid alternate cleaning, the recovery of membrane flux can maintain above 95%.
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Register of the Robert Harbold McDowell Papers, 1940-1969
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McDowell, Robert H.
The Key Strategic Role of the Serbs and Their Leader, General Mihailovich, in Southeast Europe During World War Two
Memoirs: Provisional Outline and Summary
Problems and Opportunities in U.S. Foreign Policy: Selected Intelligence Papers and Other Studies, 1940-1968
An Evaluation of the Yugoslav Regime, undated
The Role of Yugoslavia in the Second World War, undated
A Statement by the Ann Arbor Committee for National Defense, R. H. McDowell one of the 14 signatories, undated
McDowell, Robert H.
Summary of Background, undated
German Penetration in the Balkans, June 20, 1940. Includes related correspondence dated September 12, 1940 and September 21, 1940
A Statement of Belief, late 1940 or early 1941
The Balkans and the Near East, (early?) 1941
Rackym - The Developing Battlefront in the Caucasus and in Iran, November 23, 19
McDowell, Robert H. - Report on Trip to Aleppo, 23 July to 6 August, 1943
Copies of Paraphrased Cables, September 1943
JICAME Report, Allies, Neutrals and Enemy Information, October 29, 1943
McLean, F. H. R. - Report on Partisan Effort, Military Organization and Political Complexion, December 27, 1943
St. Sava Conference in the Free Mountains of Yugoslavia, January 1944
JICAME Reports
Yugoslavia--Alleged Conditions Among the Refugees at Bari, Italy, January 4, 1944
Yugoslavia--Alleged Hostile Views of Royalist Officer, January 29, 1944. Report prepared by Robert H. McDowell
Yugoslavia--Partisan Army Corps Commanders, January 29, 1944. Report prepared by Robert H. McDowell
Yugoslavia--The Croat Peasant Party and the Partisans, February 3, 1944
Yugoslavia--Alleged Data on Background of Tito, February 3, 1944
Yugoslavia--Nationalities in the Partisan Forces, February 3, 1944
Yugoslavia--Serb Orthodox Church and Partisan Movement, February 4, 1944
Yugoslavia--Character of Internal Dissension, February 8, 1944
Yugoslavia--Official Russian Statement on Treaty Overtures, February 9, 194
Yugoslavia--Croat-Serb Quisling Polemics, February 10, 1944
Yugoslavia--Internal Evidence of the Domestic Conflict, February 10, 1944
Yugoslavia--Conflict Between Partisans and Serbs, February 16, 1944
Yugoslavia--Estimate of Political and Diplomatic Situation, March 4, 1944. Report prepared by Robert H. McDowell
Yugoslavia--Defense of Serb Passivity, March 9, 1944
Yugoslavia--Bulgarian Estimate of Mihailovich Movement, March 15, 1944
Yugoslavia--Croat Estimate of Chetnik Movement, March 17, 1944. Report prepared by Robert H. McDowell
Croatia--Principal Puppet Gendarmerie Officers, March 29, 1944
Observations on Partisan Forces by an Italian Artillery Officer Who Was Fighting With Tito's Forces Until April 1944, May 5, 1944
Markham, R. H. - Best American Liaison Officer, May 8, 1944
Harold E. Pride to T. E. Roderick, May 20, 1944 (1 letter); June 8, 1944
K. W. Jones to D. S. Rice, May 23, 1944
Extracts from PICME, The National Liberation Movement of Yugoslavia, April 1941-March 1944, June 1944
McDowell, Robert H.
JICAME Report, Balkans--Some Notes on British Policy in Greece and Yugoslavia, June 5, 1944
Proposal for Establishment of U.S. Intelligence Mission with the Yugoslav Nationalist Forces in Serbia, June 6, 1944
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Sentiment Among Serbs and Chetnik Leaders, June 6, 1944
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Collaboration of Chetniks with Axis Forces, June 6, 1944
JICAME Report, Southeastern Europe--Allied Special Operations and Intelligence Organizations, June 10, 1944
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Appreciation of Present Partisan Situation and German Intentions, June 10, 1944
Estimate: Yugoslavia, the Partisans, June 16, 1944
JICAME Report, The Balkans--Intelligence Coverage by the British Force 133, June 17, 1944
Markham, R. H. - Memorandum to W. Carroll on Situation in Slovenia, June 21, 1944
McDowell, Robert H. - JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Lack of Evidence to Support Partisan Claims, June 22, 1944
Political Branch, MID, Political Estimate of Yugoslavia, June 26, 1944
McDowell, Robert H. - JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--British Forces for Use in the Balkans, July 14, 1944
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Proclamation by Partisan Wing of the Croat Peasant Party. Forwarding cover prepared by R. H. McDowell
McDowell, Robert H.
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Letters Illustrating Conditions in Serbia, July 18, 1944
JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--Strength of the Partisan Army, July 21, 1944
Disintegration of Yugoslav Partisan Organization, August 4, 1944. By McDowell or Markham
Yugoslav Political Situation, September 12, 1944
Alleged Use of American Arms and Equipment in Civil Strife Within Yugoslavia, September 22, 1944 (date of letter of transmittal; accompanying report dated September 7, 1944)
McDowell, Robert H.
Memorandum for the Record: Conversations at Allied Headquarters, Caserta, Italy, November 1944
Report on the National Resistance Movement in Yugoslavia as Observed in Serbia and Bosnia in the Summer and Fall of 1944, November 22, 1944
Milodragovich, John R. - Intelligence Report (covering 26 August-24 October 1944), November 22, 1944
Rajacich, Michael - Field Reports from Serbia, November 22, 1944
McDowell, Robert H. - JICAME Report, Yugoslavia--An Examination of Yugoslav Nationalism, November 27, 1944
Mihailovich, Draja - Who Collaborated with the Germans? August 12, 1945
Report of Commission of Inquiry of the Committee for a Fair Trial for Draja Mihailovich, May 24, 1946
The Significance to the United States of Developments in the Balkans Since the War, May 1947
McDowell, Robert H.
Possible Shifts in the Strategic Situation in the Balkans, 1949
Evaluation of the Yugoslav Regime, September 28, 1950
Holograph Notes from The Campaign of Truth, Operations Report as of December 31, 1951, State Department Document
The Nature of the Treat; The Target Audience for our Doctrinal Warfare (2 paragraphs), 1952
McDowell, Robert H.
Some Comments on U.S. Conduct of Foreign Policy, 1953
Problems of Soviet Communism: The Significance of the Beria Affair, July 1953
A Statement of Basic U.S. Objectives in Domestic and Foreign Affairs, February 12, 1954
The Role of Yugoslavia in European Affairs, February 23, 1954
U.S. Exploitation of Dissension in the Soviet Leadership, February 1955
Some Comments on Soviet Vulnerabilities and their Exploitation in "Cold War," 1957
A Concept for U.S. Unconventional Warfare Operations in a Situation of General War, April 29, 1957
A Concept for Unconventional Warfare Field Operations in the European Theater, August 20, 1957
A Concept for Unconventional Warfare Field Operations in the European Theater: A Study Prepared for the Chief of Special Warfare, 1958
The Introspective Mood of the Soviet Elite: Basis for Successful U.S. Foreign Policy: A Memorandum for the Record, 1958
Summary of Notes on U.S. Foreign Policy: The Soviet Union, March 18, 1958
What Is Wrong With American Foreign and Military Policy? 1960-1965
Russian Revolution and Civil War: A Grass Roots View, 1967
Dimitrov, Georgi M.
Draza Michailovich, July 1968
Comments on Gen. Mikhailovich, July 1968


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Some have questioned the financial wisdom of homeownership and, especially, Black homeownership. This is understandable because the mortgage crisis dealt heavy blows to Black homeowners. One concern is that home values may not appreciate as much where Blacks purchase homes. We examine how Black homebuyers fared compared to White and Latino buyers in terms of home appreciation during the 2012 to 2017 recovery. We examine appreciation rates by race and ethnicity across 15 metros.
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Music consumption imbues a city's neighborhoods with a character all their own, contributing to a vibrant and dynamic map of urban cultures. Brick‐and‐mortar music retailers remain an important site for this consumption, persisting despite challenges posed by digitization. But the landscape of contemporary cultural consumption has been shaped by urban inequality over time.
Social Streets are groups of neighbors who want to recreate convivial ties having noticed a weakening of social relationships in their roads of residence. Social Streets start as online Facebook groups to materialize in offline encounters, using conviviality to create virtuous bonds. These are carried out through practices of sociality, inclusive and for free. The main focus of this article is analyzing sociodemographic data of the "Streeters" and of the neighborhoods to understand where they produce conviviality in urban neighborhoods.
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World Design Days
The 12-15 April World Design Days Is a Special Period For Designers and Creative to Celebrate and Promote Design
Every year, the time period between 12 and 15 April is celebrated as the World Design Days. The purpose and idea behind these four days is to create awareness for design for all ages throughout the world. World Design Days aims to promote design for a better, brighter future where good designs serve to mankind through improvements in the quality of live by socio-cultural, economic, and environmental innovations.The World Design Scheme was announced by AOD – Association of Design and A' Design Awards on 30 December 2012, as a gift to all creative, innovators, inspiring people and designers. The schema was communicated by a press release and conference to invited media members. World Design Days is an important opportunity to highlight the role of design and creativity in the world.World Design Days is a four day period annually, each day focusing on a different demographic and theme. The four days are indicated as 12 April - Design Futuristic Day, 13 April - International Creativity, Inspiration and Imagination Day, 14 April - World Design Day and 15 April – Designers' Day.The first day, April 12th is highlighted as; Design Futuristic Day : A Day designated to celebrate conceptual and futuristic design works; this day is perfect for organizing design workshops and activities revolving around futuristic design themes, the target audience is youth and young adults. This day is intended to be a colorful event where concept designs and inspirational projects are praised.The second day, April 13th is marked as the International Creativity, Inspiration and Imagination Day: A very special day when creativity is praised; this day is an ideal excuse to make creative activities with kids and primary school children. This is a day, in which parents are suggested to teach design and creativity culture to kids, through activities such as drawing pictures with them, playing building blocks or brick games, or by visiting innovation themed museums.April 14th was decided as the World Design Day where the aim is to create awareness and drag attention to design value and issues. This day targets a mature audience and suggested activities include lectures, workshops and seminars. Finally, the last day; April 15th is announced as the Designers' Day; the purpose of this day is for designers to highlight and promote design as a profession and also to provide designers a day to celebrate and enjoy their profession more.Every year, between 12 and 15 April, AOD – Association of Design, invites all interested parties to organize events and initiatives around design to promote World Design Days. There are many suggestions for both institutions and individuals. Buying Designers gifts or throwing them parties in the 15 April, is one of my favorites.AOD also created a page called World Design Days' Contributions Page, where they expect to publish your World Design Days poster designs, photos from activities, proclamations, acknowledgements, and anything else that you think is relevant. They are especially waiting forward to receive: Design a World Design Day poster designs in A3 Format - 420x297mm (4961x3508 pixels), Design World Design Day comics, jokes and fun drawings that could be shared with others .Suggested Events and Activities for Institutions are listed as: • Support this day by announcing it in your corporate website or magazine; logos and visual communication material are provided free of charge without any licensing fee requirements for this purpose. • During these four days, museums and paid-entry enterprises are suggested to provide free entrance or discounts to the visiting designers and their family. • Design Schools are suggested to organize a 4 day student exhibition to celebrate the World Design Days, art galleries and museums are suggested to provide space for designers to showcase their works. • Host and organize; lectures, workshops and seminars focused on design practices and principles; highlight the value of design, the role of design within society and provide know-how. • Municipal governments are suggested to officially declare 12 - 15 April as World Design Days, this could be done by the city mayor through a proclamation. • Participatory design activities, local talks, lectures, presentations, workshops and debates could be organized to create both awareness and as a cultural activity to promote design. • Design studios, universities, and design centers could organize open door days and tours during the World Design Days. • Organize local design competitions, contests and awards to promote design and to support young and upcoming designers through award prizes as subsidies • Create and publish a press release regarding the activities you would organize during the World Design Days. • Government entities and universities are suggested to distribute communicative and instructive materials regarding design value or place advertisements during these days. • Radio and television networks are suggested to prepare programs to highlight the importance of design and provide talk-shows or documentaries to educate the population. • Commercial entities and businesses are suggested to provide special discounts and packages that are available during the World Design Days. • Press members are suggested to provide more coverage within their magazines for articles, news and interviews regarding designers and their works. Suggested Events and Activities for Individuals include: • Spread the word through your own ways; announce the World Design Days at social networking sites, your webpages, your newsletter, at your workplace etc. • Buy a present or throw a party for your designer friends for the 15th of April – Designers' Day, and share your events to inspire others.• Use the World Design Days logos during your events • Take your kids to a design or arts museum on the International Creativity, Inspiration and Imagination Day at 13th of April. • Design a World Design Day poster in A3 Format - 420x297mm (4961x3508 pixels) and send to us by email, so that we could list your contribution.• Design World Design Day comics, jokes and fun drawings that we could share with others - the theme is: Design, Designers and everything else.. - This is especially one of my favorite points to get some fun, and I think this could help the viral spread of the world design days through social networks.Furthermore, To create further awareness, and to spread the fun, AOD has also created an online store that lists official merchandise for the world design days. There are some cute t-shirts, mugs and mouse pads that you might like.Identity and Logo package for The World Design Days contains 5 high-resolution logo icons with transparent backgrounds in PNG file format. In addition, uniquely made gray-scale versions are also provided in the bundle. Furthermore, the package also contains smaller size icons for web usage, optimized for file size. All the icons and logos are provided free of charge for editorial and news purposes. Right to make merchandise or commercial use is reserved and might require permission. Your contributions, questions and comments for World Design Days should be sent to the AOD - Association of Design, via email or through their contact form at worlddesigndays.com . They are especially looking for ideas to spread the word, and your event pictures among with any posters you might design for the world design days.We wish that the list of events held around the globe during World Design Days would continue annually to raise awareness about design worldwide from different perspectives, generations and demographics. If you wish to participate in these days, simply visit worlddesigndays.com and start by downloading the identity kit or by following the provided suggestions.Exerpt:Every year, the time period between 12 and 15 April is celebrated as the World Design Days. The purpose and idea behind these four days is to create awareness for design for all ages throughout the world. 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June 22, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) yesterday sent the following letter to President Obama regarding his upcoming meeting with King Abdullah.
June 21, 2010
The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), I am writing to you regarding your meeting with the King of Saudi Arabia when he visits Washington, DC at the end of this month.
In May, Saudi Arabia"s top religious leadership, the Council of Senior Ulema, issued a fatwa condemning the financing of terrorism as a criminal act in the country. This was a very important and most welcome development, and the Saudis should be commended. For the objective of this religious edict to be realized, however, it will be necessary for the Saudi government to implement effective strategies for preventing people from embracing violent extremism in the first place. They will need to focus on reforms that ensure that intolerance has no place in their culture. Despite the Saudi government pledging to the United States nearly four years ago that it would undertake such reforms, very little progress has been made. In this regard, we appeal to you to raise three important issues: revising the Saudi government-controlled curriculum and textbooks; reining in the government-funded Commission to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice (CPVPV), or religious police; and releasing Hadi Al-Mutif, the longest serving religious prisoner in Saudi Arabia.
In July 2006, the Saudi government confirmed to the State Department that it would revise textbooks, within one to two years, to remove intolerant references that disparage Muslims or non-Muslims or promote hatred toward other religions or religious groups. This promise remains unfulfilled. The Saudi government"s ideology of extreme religious intolerance, including violence, is propounded in Saudi textbooks and other educational materials. Saudi Arabia makes these publications available on the internet and through their distribution internationally. USCIRF found earlier this year that textbooks posted on the Saudi Ministry of Education"s website continue to teach hatred toward other religions and, in some cases, promote violence. In addition, the most recent State Department reports on human rights and religious freedom confirm that inflammatory content remains in the textbooks.
Regarding the role of religious police, in July 2006, the Saudi government confirmed to the State Department that members of the CPVPV would not detain or conduct investigations of suspects, implement punishment, violate the sanctity of private homes, conduct surveillance, or confiscate private religious materials. Nearly four years later, members of the CPVPV regularly overstep their authority with impunity and are not subject to judicial review. Despite the fact that the CPVPV is not permitted to engage in surveillance, detain individuals for more than 24 hours, arrest individuals without police accompaniment, or carry out any kind of punishment, its members have been accused in recent years of killing, beating, whipping, detaining, and otherwise harassing individuals. Saudi government officials claim to have dismissed and/or disciplined members of the CPVPV for abuses of power, although reports of abuse persist and no details have been provided demonstrating that CPVPV members are, in fact, held accountable.
The case of Mr. Al-Mutif, an Ismaili Muslim from southwestern Saudi Arabia, also warrants attention. He has been in prison for more than 16 years for an offhand remark he made as a teenager in 1993 that was deemed blasphemous by a Saudi court. In 1996 he was convicted and originally sentenced to death for apostasy, despite the fact that he remains a Muslim. Lawyers and experts familiar with the case have said that the judge was biased against Ismaili Muslims and that Mr. Al-Mutif"s trial was neither fair nor transparent. Mr. Al-Mutif has alleged physical abuse and mistreatment during his 16 years of incarceration. USCIRF repeatedly has raised this case and was told by Saudi government authorities that there would be a resolution. More than three years after such assurances, Mr. Al-Mutif remains in prison, much of the time in solitary confinement, where he reportedly has attempted to commit suicide because of the dire situation. Mr. President, USCIRF recommends that you urge King Abdullah to immediately and unconditionally release Hadi Al-Mutif on humanitarian grounds.
We are most grateful for your considering our request that these important issues be raised in your discussions with King Abdullah.
Leonard Leo
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Ambassador Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs, National Security Council
Puneet Talwar, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Gulf States, Iran and Iraq, National Security Council
Click here to view the pdf version of the letter.
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. USCIRF"s principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.
To interview a USCIRF Commissioner, contact Tom Carter, Communications Director at firstname.lastname@example.com or (202) 523-3257


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The fifth-largest green roof in the nation was installed on top of the Target Center in Minneapolis. Spanning 115,000 sf, the roof uses Georgia-Pacific's DensDeck Prime roof boards—chosen for moisture and fire resistance, durable and economical installation, and high-wind uplift values—and will capture nearly 1 million gal of storm water annually.
City officials collaborated with architect Leo A. Daly, Stock Roofing of Tecta America, Inspec Inc., The Kestrel Design Group, and Georgia-Pacific Gypsum on the project. Other products used include: Electronic Field Vector Mapping grids, G476 Sika Sarnafil PVC waterproofing membranes and Millennium Weather-Tite foam adhesives.


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Digg Down Deep and You'll Find Steve Ballmer's Not Monkeying Around
It is no secret that Microsoft has a serious case of Google envy when it comes to the online ad business, after the typically dominating tech giant has continued to lag behind the search king in the lucrative business.
But it should also have become crystal clear by now that Microsoft–and especially its famously aggressive CEO Steve Ballmer–is going to do anything to change that equation.
Case in point: its recent deal to be the exclusive company for Digg's display and search advertising.
"This move gives us an advertising partner with a larger organization and a more scalable technology platform to keep pace with Digg's growth," Digg founder Kevin Rose wrote yesterday in his blog. "It's important to say that we're as focused as ever on a great user experience. So, no dancing-monkey ads, and the design will remain uncluttered."
No dancing monkeys perhaps, but perhaps a little celebratory jig at the news site for the opportunity to play Google and Microsoft off each other and reap the rewards.
Under the three-year deal, Digg, which claims more than 17 million unique visitors a month, will likely get a big wad of guaranteed cash, much in the same way–though probably a lesser amount–Microsoft handed it over to social-networking site Facebook in the wake of Google's $900 million deal with MySpace.
The move appears to be a blow to Google, which lost the contextual ad business it had had with Digg, as well as Yahoo, which can't seem to get some skin in this pricey game.
Nonetheless, as with Facebook, it is not entirely clear exactly how profitable such arrangements are for Microsoft, even if they are a windfall for Web phenoms like Facebook and Digg.
Neither of these sites, for all their popularity, has yet proven itself as being able to deliver effective ad results for marketers.
But Microsoft seems willing to foot the bill for the experimentation, which could turn out to be a little less fun than a barrel of dancing monkeys.
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google.


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"Hey dad, what new books should I get?"
"Why don't you post a status online asking your friends for their suggestions?"
8 minutes later: "Woah, Ben, Ally, and Nora all suggested the same book. It actually sounds really great. That's the winner right there. Can I get it?"
…A post-holiday conversation I did not personally have with my daughter, but perhaps similar to one many of you may have had with your own sons and daughters: whether your kids were on a quest for a new book, or movie, or help on their math homework.
As dad to three daughters and Acting Special Representative to the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, I often find there are themes that are consistent throughout my day, no matter the setting. One of these themes centers on encouraging a crowd-sourcing mentality to find potential solutions for emerging questions or challenges. Whether I am at home with the kids on a Saturday afternoon or surrounded by colleagues on a Thursday morning in the office, I'm constantly learning from those around me and ever-cognizant and humbled that I may not have the perfect recommendation to my daughter's hypothetical question on what she should add to her reading list (though like any good dad, I would, of course, have some recommendations ready to offer); nor do my colleagues and I alone hold the solutions to what we should do about the world's most pressing diplomatic and development challenges.
However, other individuals, organizations, universities, and companies just might have the unique expertise and tools necessary to provide the right answers. I've come to realize—and hopefully my kids have started to as well—that raising the question or challenge out loud usually initiates a conversation. With a conversation sparked and each participants' strengths brought to the table, a solution may be well on its way.
Within the State Department, we've embraced working with NGOs and the private sector to build partnerships that address diplomatic and development challenges. However, we've also become acutely aware that by including the public at large into the conversation fold, we're more inclined to find innovative ideas and solutions that we in the USG and our partners may not have thought of otherwise. To better underscore the benefits of crowdsourcing, let's bring Joy's Law to the forefront: the management principle that no matter who you are, the smartest people won't be working for you (as much as I appreciate my colleagues' intelligence and daily hard work)! I've realized that once the competition opens up to others outside of my regular daily sphere, the floodgates open for un-traditional recommendations to start rolling in for how to best tackle whatever the issue at hand may be.
At this point, perhaps you're thinking: "Okay, okay, I get it and I agree, but what tangible steps can I take to crowdsource solutions on a large scale?"
From our experience at the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships, we've had luck with the following three model examples which are just a sampling of the various ways outside solutions can be obtained:
- Partnering with universities: engaging and garnering students' novel and influential ideas on diplomacy, national security, and development by providing specific case studies for them to work on. See Diplomacy Lab.
- Setting up a hackathon "franchise" model: obtaining volunteer technologists' tangible solutions by building a framework for a weekend-long global hackathon in multiple cities while giving each host site the flexibility to individually mold its hackathon. See Fishackathon.
- Creating a digital video challenge: asking filmmakers and the general public to submit short digital videos that address what democracy means to them, thereby raising a conversation and enabling the USG to better incorporate the public's input into the USG's missions. See Democracy Video Challenge.
We've also learned that these crowdsourcing mechanisms are more effective if you consider the following when crowdsourcing solutions:
- What—Keep your subject matter concrete. In order to increase your chances of receiving innovative and useful solutions from the public, ensure your problem statements are clear and focused on addressing a concrete set of issues.
- When/Where—Center your crowdsourcing initiative on a specific day or event. Announce its launch or have it take place on a day or at an event that aligns with the specific subject area. For instance, if you're seeking solutions for a matter that revolves around our armed forces, you'll get more visibility and traction if you hold the event on Veterans Day (November 11) or at a Memorial Day event, on the last Monday of May.
- Who—Think about who your champions or high-level supporters may be and try to get them plugged into your cause. More visibility for all of you is a win-win. For example, we're holding a #Goal17 Twitter Challenge in conjunction with Global Partnerships Week (March 6-12). Five tweets. Five days. A week of innovation, impact, and partnerships. The #Goal17 Twitter Challenge is meant to inspire and inform the public on how public-private partnerships (#P3s) are crucial to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Corporate, government, and civil society leaders (though the challenge is open to all) will compete for the top tweet of the day regarding their work on public-private partnerships and the SDGs. The challenge will run March 6-10, 2017 through Global Partnerships Week.
- March 6 — SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- March 7 — SDG 5: Gender Equity
- March 8 — SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- March 9 — SDG 4: Quality Education
- March 10 — SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
The event will take place on Twitter at #Goal17 and will be amplified through Global Partnerships Week promotional sites. Winner gets bragging rights!
- Why—Identify and remember the reason for launching your crowd-sourcing endeavor. Are you seeking tangible, deliverable solutions for a problem (a solution-driven incentive)? Or, are you more concentrated on raising the profile of a specific issue, hoping to bring about conversation that could ultimately lead to the development of solutions (a public diplomacy-driven incentive)?
For a step-by-step guide on bringing a crowdsourcing project to life, check out: www.crowdsourcing-toolkit.sites.usa.gov.
Asking saves a lot of guesswork, and the right questions spark conversations that can lead to solutions.
For more on the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships, visit: https://www.state.gov/s/partnerships/index.htm


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André Leon Talley
Books Are a Man's Best Friend
I remember the first book I read and loved as a child: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert. Then I read Germinal. I was around ten years old. Of course by the time I was in my early teens I was more fascinated by reading articles in magazines and newspapers like Vogue and the New York Times, which I did every Sunday afternoon.
I don't have any critera for selecting reading matter. I learned early that to read is to be illuminated. To read is to be empowered. Knowledge is power. Therefore I will choose any book on any subject (except perhaps natural sciences, chemistry, or psychology)—history, biographies, novels, great authors—it does not matter.
In high school I would walk the stalls of the library and read the titles on the book spines. What struck my eye is what I selected. Today, I'll make a spontaneous selection at a bookstore or if I read an article by Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times—I run to buy anything she reviews. I never read on an electronic device; I tried a Kindle—it just didn't make it for me. I need to crack open a book and turn a page.
To borrow from "Diamonds are a girl's best friend," books are a man's best friend.
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Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who's who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
In this creative workbook you'll discover fresh ways to connect with color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, explore color theory while playing with paint through a balanced blend of color experiments and loose color meditations. This inspiring workbook will change the way you relate to color
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
"From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor's tattooed arms where the numbers just don't add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry." — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America's first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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The co-chair of the Accountability Review Board wants to assure CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson that the report on the Benghazi attack was not a whitewash for Hillary Clinton. However, Thomas Pickering didn't bother to interview the former Secretary of State about the systemic security failures surrounding the attack on the consulate. Oh, and his co-chair Admiral Mike Mullen also took some time out to advise Clinton on her testimony to Congress — while he was pursuing .
But hey, other than that, the ARB was totally independent. Right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiight:
Allahpundit mentioned Stephen Hayes' Twitter take on yesterday's grilling of Pickering and Mullen by the House Oversight Committee, and Hayes has a more formal analysis today for the Weekly Standard. The hearing was an utter debacle for the ARB's credibility, Hayes concludes:
Among the revelations:
*Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handpicked the two leaders of the ARB who were given the job of investigating her department.
*Cheryl Mills, the chief of staff and senior counselor to Secretary Clinton, was intimately involved with the ARB panel from the beginning. She called the leaders at Clinton's behest to ask them to serve, she was briefed regularly on the investigation as it unfolded and she received a draft copy of the report before it was finalized.
*Several senior Clinton advisers were provided draft copies of the ARB report before it was released to the public.
*The vice chairman of the ARB testified that he called Mills to warn her that an impending appearance of Charlene Lamb before Congress would be problematic for the State Department. Lamb had done poorly in her interview with the ARB, Mullen said, and he called Mills because he was worried that a poor performance before Congress would cause problems for the State Department and its leadership. When Representative Jim Jordan asked Mullen if he would have placed the call to Mills if Lamb had performed well, he said no.
Is that what an "independent" investigation does — warn its subjects about testimony in advance so they can prepare a rebuttal/response? And do they water down a report when the subjects demand it? Apparently so. But it's not a whitewash!
*The chairman of the panel acknowledged at least one instance in which language in the report was softened after an early draft was sent to Clinton and her top aides. "The draft, as I believe it went to her, said the security posture was grossly inadequate for Benghazi, period. And we made the editorial correction recognizing that there was certainly a very real point that 'grossly' was probably not applicable to Benghazi in light of the changes that the State Department had made, but it was clearly applicable to dealing with the specific circumstances of the attack."
The consulate was sacked, the ambassador assassinated, and three other Americans got killed trying to defend a retreat from it, all after State decided to rely on local militia for security and failed to recognize the danger that prompted all our allies to flee the city earlier. If that's not "grossly inadequate" without qualifiers, then the phrase has no meaning at all. But it's not a whitewash!
As for Mullen's declaration that the "physics" of a military response prevented the DoD from defending Americans during the attack, the process of making that determination skipped quite a few people in position to know:
*The ARB did not speak with nine key military officials on the ground in Libya or Germany who were deeply involved in the US response to the attacks. Among those who was never interviewed: Lt. Colonel Steven Gibson, who was on the ground in Tripoli and whom State Department official Greg Hicks has testified was on the receiving end of the "stand-down" order that Obama officials have repeatedly disclaimed.
But it's not a whitewash!