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King outpaces rivals in fundraising in US Senate race in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Independent Angus King has raised more than $1.1 million in the latest reporting period. That's roughly double the amount raised by Republican Charlie Summers and nearly 20 times the amount raised by Democrat Cynthia Dill in the closely watched U.S. Senate race in Maine.
Those figures don't include millions of dollars being spent by out-of-state super PACs.
Monday is the deadline for candidates to file reports to the Federal Election Commission covering fundraising and expenditures from July 1 to Sept. 30.
The reports showed that Summers had nearly $190,000 in cash on hand, compared to $464,000 for King, at the end of the reporting period.
Also in the race are three other independents: Steve Woods of Yarmouth, Danny Dalton of Brunswick and Andrew Ian Dodge of Harpswell.


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Canadian homeowners usually have to pay relatively high bills for internet access each month. A report provided by the CRTC has shown that an increasing number of Canadians now have access to very high speed internet services but at a relatively high rate. But if you can negotiate effectively with service providers, you will pay much less than the advertised price. The following tips will give some insight on how to get a substantial discount from your ISP.
Be Kind and Friendly
Talk to all customer service personnel in a courteous way. Remember that all customer care staff are human and they will respond to you as you treat them. You can help them to get into a good mood by appreciating their efforts and talking kindly to them. Many of the employees in the ISP call centre will need to answer several dozen calls every day and they could get angry or tired when customers yell at them.
When you are kind to the person who answers your call, you will encourage them to do a thorough check of your records in the company. If the person discovers that you have been a good customer in the past, you may be given a discount for your loyalty. Your case could be referred to the loyalty department so you can get a good rate reduction.
Choose a Different Internet Bundle Plan
Most bundle plans are not an attempt to swindle clients like some customers may think. The internet service providers Montreal residents subscribe to will usually create bundle plans that combine more than one service so their clients can have lower rates. For example, if you purchase a bundle plan or package that combines internet access, telephone and TV, you can have up to 30% or more. That is why you should look closely at the service options and examine each bundle to see how you can take advantage of lower rates, which most national service providers offer.
Choose a Long Term Plan
National internet service providers will almost always offer discounts for long term subscriptions. This shows your loyalty to the company and they will be glad to reward you for buying more at once. You can opt for a plan that will last for at least 18 months. Where possible, choose a plan that will last for up to 3 years. However, you should ensure that the company has a good track record and it is going to be providing top quality service in the near future. When you are convinced about this, call the client retention department and ask for a discount. If you are not satisfied with the rate you are given, you should approach their supervisor or department head.
Look for Another Service Provider
If you have negotiated for a lower rate without much success, it may be time to switch to another ISP. Look out for the rates and deals advertised by other highly rated companies that are offering service in your community. Call the customer service unit and tell them you want to switch over to their company and you want a lower rate. Many companies that are not as popular as the major ISPs can even give you better service and at lower rate if they are convinced that you will use their service for one year or more.
The best way to get a good discount on your internet service subscription is to negotiate effectively. Speak to the right person in the company, who is empowered to offer you a better rate to appreciate your loyalty.

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I'm practically paralyzed under a flood of ideas, none of which is particularly important, but all of which give me an initial sting of glee and, afterward, scheduling problems.
Of these, I think The Least Surprised is showing promise. It's just once a week.
I hate Moleskine notebooks. They ruined two months worth of writing. Did Van Gogh not see this coming? They are too small, too few of pages and the pocket always falls apart. I am left with the notebook equivalent of a condemned building. Fortunately, I have stumbled upon Xonex journals on ebay, which are a hearty 240 pages, wide and ruled and much sturdier. I know this notebook works because I just filled one up in the last little while. Filled with a myriad of incidents, short plays and large prosaic outlines. The Xonex journal I am using right now was given to me by a friend who left for Indiana so he could give his daughter better medical treatment.
The (Poignant) Guide is now moving forward with French and German translations. If you have any goodwill to offer in this respect, please consider joining the translators' list and go right ahead and announce your name. I'm going to work on translating the comics to German in these next few hours.
kjw, I'm checking out your RST tarball just now. You should also examine the un library, described at the very end of What's Shiny and New in Ruby 1.8.0? (Search for "-run".)


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Breakfast that's a little special isn't always simple to prepare, but sometimes it can be the simplest touches that are the most special.
Eggs, toast and bacon get a little facelift with these prosciutto egg cups served on toasted rosemary bread. They are easily prepared by placing slices of prosciutto, which could also be substituted with thinly sliced ham or Canadian bacon, in muffin pans, cracking an egg right in the middle, and then finished with a sprinkling of Parmesan, thyme and cracked pepper. Baked until set and placed on crunchy bread, they're crispy, creamy and salty. They take less than five minutes to put together and have everything I could want in a savory breakfast.
I made this one morning while Jamie was out of town last weekend, but it was so good, I promised I'd make it again for him.
Prosciutto Egg Cups with Parmesan and Thyme
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- 4 slices prosciutto (or substitute thinly sliced ham or Canadian bacon)
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 eggs
- fresh thyme sprigs
- salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 375. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray. Fit the prosciutto slices inside 4 muffin cups. Sprinkle half the cheese in the cups. Crack the eggs, taking care not to break the yolks, into the cups. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and thyme, and season with salt and freshly cracked pepper (go light on the salt; the cheese and prosciutto are already salty).
Bake for 15 minutes, or until the eggs are set to your liking (after 15 minutes, the yolks will be mostly set, and just slightly runny). Use a spoon to carefully remove the cups, and serve with toasted bread.
Yields 2-4 servings.
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How Health Care CIOs Can Support Value-based Reimbursement
To help their organizations thrive in the transition to value-based reimbursement, health care CIOs will need to drive the use of data analysis in decision-making and begin to deploy innovative technology.
The health care industry faces big challenges in transitioning to a value-based reimbursement system that rewards high-quality care and cost efficiency over greater volumes of service. Much of the work lands squarely in the laps of health care CIOs. This includes setting up sophisticated data analysis capabilities and deploying IT solutions to support what amounts to a fundamentally new way of operating. CIOs will also have to identify and provide the technology innovations that can help their companies profit and grow in this new environment, while educating their business colleagues on how to use these innovations to create value.
Harry Greenspun, M.D., senior advisor for Health Care Transformation and Technology at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, discusses ways health care CIOs can turn these challenges into opportunities. Named by Modern Healthcare in 2010 as one of the "50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Health Care," Dr. Greenspun has advised the Obama administration and Congress on health care reform. He is co-author of the best-selling book, Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery (FT Press, 2010).
The health care industry is moving from a volume-based business model to one based on value. What challenges face providers as they make this transition?
Greenspun: The industry is currently straddling the line between the old fee-for-service, volume-based world and the new and evolving value-based world. Many companies are struggling to understand the potential impact to their bottom lines of providing services at high quality and low cost while they are still operating in a volume-based world.
Which priorities should top the list for organizations making this transition?
Delivering high-value health care may depend largely on each organization's ability to collect, share, analyze, and manage health information throughout the health care value chain. Providers will need information from pharmaceutical organizations, payers will need information from providers and so on. On top of that, they'll likely need access to data on outcomes not directly related to health care. For example, some research suggests that a good predictor for hospital re-admittance is a patient's financial history. No health care company has that data.
How far along in the transition are most provider organizations?
According to recent interviews the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions conducted with CIOs from major U.S. health systems, many are at the beginning stage. They are taking foundational steps such as adopting electronic health records, building data warehouses, and setting up health information exchanges. Creating a data-driven business using advanced analytics and investing in new IT platforms may still be three to five years away.
Making this shift entails changing the culture as much as it involves embracing new technologies. Companies will have to adopt a different way of doing business—one based on collaboration and transparency. They will need to share information, working with other organizations inside and outside of health care, and engaging consumers in new ways using innovative technologies and health care platforms such as mobile health (mHealth). Moreover, many states are now publishing quality outcomes and rankings so their results with these efforts will be out there for all to see.
How can health care CIOs help their organization make this transformation?
First, CIOs can serve as trusted advisors, sharing how health IT can be used to support evolving service lines, develop collaborative business relationships, and engage consumers with innovative technology approaches.
Second, CIOs should be asking, "How can we cost-effectively apply technology innovations to the tasks of transforming into a data-driven business and operating under a pay-for-value system?" That means evaluating and prioritizing investments using a fundamentally different business case than in the past. Take investments in mHealth as an example. The technology to support mHealth has been around for decades; however, there was little incentive to invest in it under the fee-for-service business model. In a system that rewards service quality and value, the business case—and related ROI—for adopting innovative mHealth technologies changes drastically.
How can health care CIOs identify the "right" innovations for their companies and understand whether they are worth the investment?
Setting up a process to vet innovations and assess their ROI is a huge challenge for many. CIOs should aggressively evaluate a new technology in the context of the company's service lines, and ask: "Does it help us?" "Does it integrate with what we need?" "Is it scalable?"
One leading practice we saw through our interviews is to set up an innovation governance process. Step one entails articulating where the organization wants to go, setting up a road map to get there, and determining which technology innovations can help. An effective governance process will likely require active involvement by the CFO, CIO, chief medical officer (CMO), and CHRO—with each understanding the perspectives of the others.
I previously served as CMO for two large companies. When evaluating business cases for potential investments, I needed to understand the financial side in addition to the scientific and clinical sides. The same is true for CIOs. They need to make a point of understanding what's going on across the entire system and how it may be affected by proposed innovation investments. Given the disruptive nature of the transition to value-based reimbursements, blind spots are especially dangerous. CIOs should worry obsessively about what they don't know.
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Our cars tested: Fiat 500L hello
* Fiat 500L joins fleet * Mini MPV version of the popular 500 city car * Run by deputy production editor Melanie Falconer...
I took a deep breath when I was handed the keys to the What Car? new Fiat 500L long-termer. I'm not generally a 'small car' person, you see, and quirky retro styling isn't enough to impress me.
I can see the appeal though: a mini MPV that will allow owners of the regular 500 city car to continue with the brand when they need more space. You get some of style, just in a bigger package.
We've gone for the 1.6-litre diesel Multijet engine, as our road testers reckon there's not much difference between this and the two-cylinder Twinair petrol in terms of refinement, and you get more torque with the diesel.
The mid-level Pop Star trim we've chosen includes air-conditioning, a touch-screen infotainment system, six airbags and cruise control as standard.
We've also added a panoramic glass roof (500), which makes the already light and airy cabin feel even bigger, which has been great during the recent good weather. Front foglights 160); electric rear windows (200); special pastel paint (290); and 17-inch alloys (350) complete the extras list.
Initial impressions are fairly positive. The L is designed to offer family-friendly practicality, and while I do not have a family, I do need plenty of room and decent boot capacity to lug around lots of roller-derby equipment (a sport played by hard-hitting girls on skates), plus said derby girls.
So far, I've managed to get two lots of bulky kit - helmets, skates, pads, and wheels - into the boot, and the handy three-position adjustable boot floor is great for lifting heavy kit bags in and out.
The interior feels classy and the seats supportive and comfortable; the only slight cabin niggle so far is the analogue dials, which aren't the easiest to read and the chunky steering wheel partially obscures the speedo, too. I've now rectified this by raising the steering wheel height.
I've found the diesel motor to be quite noisy, especially when you put your foot down, but it pulls cleanly enough. However, with an official fuel economy figure of 62.8mpg, I've been getting nowhere near this on my stop-start urban commute every day. In my first couple of weeks, the Fiat's on-board average mpg read-out didn't get above 40mpg; however, I've now been getting around 45mpg, but it's still not dazzling.
On the up side, ride quality is good, with the plush-feeling suspension soaking up London's potholes well.
I now want to see how the 500L copes with longer journeys in terms of fuel economy and comfort, which I'll be doing in a week or so's time with a run down to the Kent coast.
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(CNN) - On this day 25 years ago, the nation learned Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman had been killed.
Then came the stunning news that her ex-husband, football legend O.J. Simpson, was the prime suspect.
Days after the killings, Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings led police on the slow-speed chase broadcast around the world. The white Bronco ride served as the spark for reality TV, some critics say.
Simpson's ensuing arrest, his criminal trial and civil trial were full of unforgettable moments.
Courtroom theatrics were constant, and pop culture stars emerged, including lawyer Johnnie Cochran.
Known as the Dream Team, Simpson's lawyers persuaded the mostly black jury to acquit him of all criminal charges in October 1995.
The victims' families were crushed, but one year later, Simpson was back in court facing civil charges for the deaths of Goldman and Brown Simpson. She had repeatedly accused Simpson of abuse.
A mostly white jury found Simpson liable, ordering him to pay more than $33 million to the families of the murder victims in 1997.
Simpson left the trials with huge debt but free. He moved to Florida.
He would get arrested again in 2007, after allegedly leading a violent raid on memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Ironically, 13 years to the day after being found not guilty of murder, a jury convicted Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping.
He served nine years in prison, getting paroled in 2017. He now lives in Las Vegas.
Copyright 2019 CNN. KTLA, KCAL contributed to the report. All rights reserved.


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You already know how obsessed I am with blazers. I think that it is one of my favorite pieces right now, and I'm looking for more (and lighter ones) to wear this season. The way I like to style them the most is with a belt around the waist and creating a beautiful V-neck. I think that looks so glamorous and flattening to the body.
This time, as per usual, I accessorized it with gold to make it even more glamorous looking. I wore my glasses (because I can't see without them), necklaces, my favorite bag and a gold watch from Cluse I wear every single day.
Remember you can have a free strap at Cluse when you buy one of their watches with the code "THEGOLDLIPSTICK" at the checkout. Honestly, I adore their watches so much, and it's something I never forget to wear.
How do you like to style blazers? What do you think about my gold watch? Definitely tell me so in the comments down below and I'll be glad to read!
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UH Campuses Celebrate International Education Week with activities aimed at global perspectiveUniversity of Hawaiʻi
External Affairs & University Relations
HONOLULU — University of Hawaiʻi campuses including UH West Oʻahu, UH Hilo, Leeward Community College, Kapiʻolani Community College and Honolulu Community College are celebrating International Education Week (IEW) through November 17, with activities ranging from exotic food sampling to foreign film presentations.
IEW is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education designed to recognize the global education exchange between the United States and other countries. This year's theme is International Education: Engaging in Global Partnerships and Opportunities. The week-long celebration is being observed in all 50 states.
In a proclamation endorsing IEW, Hawaiʻi Governor Linda Lingle stated that through participation in programs like IEW, "our young people develop a greater appreciation and respect for other people and their cultures. This increased awareness breaks down barriers to understanding and cooperation, which are vital to peace and prosperity."
A schedule of IEW activities at various UH campuses can be found at www.hawaii.edu/oie/events.php .
For more information on these or additional IEW activities, please contact:
UH West Oʻahu & Leeward CC — Dr. Melinda Wood, (808) 454-4750, email@example.com
UH Hilo — Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642, email@example.com
Honolulu CC — Brian Furuto, (808) 845-9187, email@example.com
Kapiʻolani CC — Dr. Carl Hefner, (808) 734-9715, email@example.com
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/oie/events.php?action=event&eventId=280.


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Your Jerseyville Public Library turned in a grant application on April 16, 2012. If chosen, the library will be able to add on and only pay 33 % as the grant will cover 67 %. Notification of grant recipients will be in August of this year.
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Dear all,
Probably someone can help me with a relatively simple question. I need to convert a matrix to a full symmetric matrix again, after using for example pdsyrk. So in general copying the upper triangular part of the matrix to the lower (or vice versa). Is there a simpler way then using pdgeadd and manipulating the diagonal again? If not, can I use pdgeadd with C==A to do this operation in place, so that I do not need the matrix twice in memory?
If someone has a suggestion it would be great.
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My sense is that the outcome of the District 22 GNT tournament last weekend may be an all-time first.
In the Open event, there were 7 teams. After the first day, a round-robin Swiss reduced the field to 3 teams. Sunday involved a day of 3-way matches to determine a winner.
Somehow, the team that was the leading qualifier from Saturday and won both of their head-to-head matches on Sunday did not win the event.
Stranger, the director in charge told two of my teammates that we won the event and the electronic screen at the tournament site also indicated we won the event.
Unknown to us, the last day was determined on a victory point scale. One team member, Walt Schafer, is adamant that he asked both the tournament organizer and the director about the format on Sunday: Walt says he was told by both that the winner would be the team that won both matches and, otherwise, quotient would be used. When I reached out to the tournament organizer this morning, he indicated that he did not say this to Walt. When I also contacted the tournament director to elicit his comment in this regard, he indicated he did not wish to review any aspect of this article for accuracy.
When we compared scores after the fourth quarter, we saw that we won both matches. There were minor score discrepancies in both matches. Given that we thought the point moot, we did not attempt to resolve the differences with the other two teams.
We believe we had beaten the team later deemed the winner by 5 IMPs (later realized to be 4 IMPs). The score that the director recorded was 3 IMPs. It turns out that we did not contest the score entered, believing that we had won the event. When the director tells two team members that you have won the event and the electronic scoreboard indicates you have won the event, you think you have won the event andthe margin of victory becomes moot. We also decided to drop 2 procedural issues in the fourth quarter against the team eventually deemed the winner – one of which our teammates viewed as egregious. Frankly, it was Sunday night and we wanted to get on the road.
Two of our teammates, not living in San Diego, stuck around after my partner and I had departed the venue. The tournament organizer said that, at this point, my teammates became aware this was a victory point event. However, because of the initial victory point scale used, my teammates left the site still thinking we had won. Therefore, they were not proactive in pursuing the score discrepancies or the two procedural issues during the auction in the 4th quarter (one allegedly based on hand signals in a keycard auction).
The tournament organizer has taken the position that the score turned in would be determinative, unless there was some concession from the other team. When the organizer asked the tournament director if the turned in score ticket had been retained, the tournament director said he did not retain the score ticket turned in.
It turns out the director was using one victory point scale when we determined our team to be the "initial winners." Later, he changed the victory scale to an alternate scale, deemed more appropriate for the length of the event, which produced a different winner.
When I asked the tournament organizer, what would have happened if even one of the 1-IMP discrepancies was agreed upon, he indicated that we would have won the event, even with the use of the second victory point scale, if our margin of victory over the "second winner" was 4 IMPs instead of 3 IMPs.
Annoying! How did we find out that there was a second winner? Hours later via ACBL Live. There was no initiated communication later Sunday night or Monday morning from either the tournament organizer or the director to any team member explaining the situation. Even more annoying!
We looked at the "Conditions of Contest" Silence on the format. What about precedent? Well, as somebody who has played on and off in D22's Open GNT over a 30-year span, I recall at least 4 different formats. I believe I am a pretty good resource on precedent since I have played on the final day 5 previous times. The fact that the tournament director did not correctly implement the supposed Conditions of Contest was more evidence as to the confusion in running the event.
One of my teammates called the ACBL Tuesday morning and was told this: "While it is highly unusual to have a 3-way scored as a Victory Point event, it is not illegal if specified in the Conditions of Contest." More silence from the "Conditions."
Yesterday, I asked the tournament organizer if there was any carryover from the Saturday qualifier. Earlier, Walt had asked the same question. In both cases, the answer was "no."
I have given both the tournament organizer (for whom I do have respect) and the director a chance to fact check and weigh in before this post. I am trying to achieve some sense of balance in this article.
In my conversation with the tournament director this morning, the director stated he explained the format – "many times" in his words. In which case, our team has significant and collective hearing problems. Was Walt somehow "confused" when he asked about the Sunday's format?
I have attempted to be as factual as I can. For those of you who like Peyton Place aspects to a story, there is one extra tidbit. A couple weeks ago, one member of our team was kicked out of the bridge club at which the event was held due to an alleged incident. I certainly hope this had no bearing on recent events.
If there are lessons to be learned from this fiasco, tournament organizers should be very specific about the Conditions of Contest ahead of time and clearly post the Conditions on the District's website. And, it goes without saying, effectively communicating said Conditions to all participants.
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*[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=43768&highlight= The Battle by the Eridanian River] from the Second Fey War
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*[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=47402 Destruction of the fifth Titanian camp]Nawen and 4 others are singled out by Lady Vanoviel for thier efforts.
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*[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=79985 The Star Lady]
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Race: Mixed Avlisian Elf and Moon Elf
Place of Birth: Brekon/ Dubunat Boarder Forest
Age: Between 290 to 315
Gender: Female
Complexion: Very Pale
Hair: Dark Red
Eyes: Light Purple
Height: 4foot9
Weight: around 70 pounds
Appearance: Petite and Graceful
Distinguishing Marks: Tattoos of a Jechran Roses covering her entire body in silver
Alignment: Neutral Good
Deity: Dru'El
Residence: Paradise,Elysia, Northern Residents (Exiled); Sonja Hoard, Zvidureth
Titles & Ranks:
- Woodmistress 6th Division Le'Nofathen'T'Nanshi
- Le'Nofathen'T'Nanshi Liaison to Elysian Forces
- Le'Nofathen'T'Nanshi Dress Officer
- Mistress of the Short Sword
- Princess Obvious
- Bow Maiden the of Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Shield Maiden thr of Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Arch Mistress of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Phoenix Valkyrie of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Matron of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Vanguard Valkyrie of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Curator Mistress of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Crafting Director of the Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Le'Nofathen'T'Nanshi
- Sisterhood of the Purse
- Partner in Loash Leheven of Zvidureth
- Owner of Paradise Boutique and Emporium of Elysia
- South Avlis Trade Federation
- Warrior Maidens of Dre'Ana (ret)
- Captain in the Elysian Defense Force (EDF) (ret)
- 1st Sargent Elysian Auxiliary Volunteers (EAV) (ret)
- Sederan'Elysia (defunct)
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Alchemy
- Herbal Remedies
- Woodland Artistry
- Domestic Arts
- Battle Philosophy
- Weapon Production
- Fashion
In the Beginning
- Nawen is the child of Caellian Amakiir and Nawen a Moon Elf of questionable history and honor. She was born at the family village that bordered the forest along Brekon and Dubunat. Years into her young life that she was taken away one night by her Grandfather Ariqueael during a great attack on the village by Orcs; she was to young to understand the events and still today has dreams of these events and has learned she wasn't an only child but had an older brother and younger sister that perished in the attack. Ariqueael took her to Le'Or where he placed her in the care of the Ael'nyon family to raise as they had no children on their own. She only learned about parts of her youth upon meeting Xandor Amakiir, her uncle and keeper of the Amakiir family lore.
- Nawen grew up in Le'Or as the pale skinned, red headed child of Elarovan and Sheae Ael'nyon; an elderly and childless couple that the only thing they shared were pointy ears. There she grew up in the safety of the Spiritland under their ever watchful eyes and strict rules. Over the decades as she grew into a young lady between Ariqueael visits, never revealing that he was her Grandfather. One day when he was expected to arrive, a young Nawen sat outside the house waiting. She waited for days and then weeks; spending all her free time waiting and searching for the sight of the old man that took such great interest into her life. One rainy day a young man came to the house and spoke to Elarovan for some great time. As he left he gave Elarovan a small pack and a staff then bid him farewell. Nawen was able to start putting things together when she heard that Ariqueael would never be visiting again.
- Shortly after the loss of Ariqueael, Elarovan and Sheae started to speak of marriage for young Nawen. Always talking about the available men about the Spiritland and how will she married one of them. This did not sit well with young Nawen as she had dreams of seeing the world outside of Le'Or. Inside the family home talk of events like the war with M'chek was not allowed. She was naïve and sheltered from real life. So, one night sneaking out the door hardly a thing with her, she said her goodbyes to those she knew as her parents and closed the door and walked into her new life. Upon slipping out the door and making her way out of Le'Or and to the forest floor, she was shocked at the vastness of the world. After thinking she knew what she was going to do and started walking along the path. Nawen was greeted by a lady with a giant sword and sung with a soft voice; started asking all sorts of questions of Nawen and being very naïve thought she was being robbed. So, she ran south following the well worn path and the lady chased her for some distance yelling stop. Finally, Nawen noticed the trees were no longer around her and the grass was no longer green. There were bodies discarded about the ground and the air reeked of death. Nawen had found the war and was right in the middle of it. She wondered south to afraid of the lady with the giant sword to travel north, she found a path and followed it. She slowly made her way to the city of Mikona.
- Her years in Mikona are something she has really spoken. Through she isn't ashamed of her life there some secrets should be guarded. After a series of events in Mikona, Nawen went by boat to Elysia seeking to better herself and mend her wayward ways. She left Mikona with carrying a book about Dre'Ana and ticket for a boat. She meet with Sala Te'Dwith and that day become a Warrior Maiden and faithful lady of Dre'Ana. For many years she searched within herself for her true meaning and asking for a sign of what she should do in her life. Then she found it one day, the day Sister Mowghina Del'Torhan placed a small sword in her hand and spoke of honor within the blade and honor in combat, in life, in action. Her path was clear and her mind made up. Nawen has seen inner peace in her life and for once a reason for her. She took up training in private and with her sisters and their friends. She became friendly and somewhat comfortable towards people. Letting people get to know her and letting Arena tease her often calling her the cute one when she introduce Nawen to people that were known well enough. She started to be known as prankster to her sisters and new found friends.
As a Warrior Maiden
- Nawen had come to Elysia and the war was knocking on the gate. She was a Warrior Maiden Initiate and learning tactics and combat styles the hard way through real combat. She quickly started to make a name for herself as one that didn't give up easy. She trained hard to maintain the image of Warrior Maidens as warriors and pushed herself further and further down the path to understanding the sword and herself. She fought in countless defensives of Elysia and impressed her sisters with the passions that she was promoted. In doing so, Nawen set a record for the fastest path for promotion in the history of Warrior Maidens. With her promotion she became an official member of the EDF, till then she had been helping where she could. She become one the Maiden scouts and worked alongside the EDF and her sisters in defending Elysia. She took part in many battles including the first outright victory Elysian forces had at the Eridanian River.
- Shortly later the EAV was born and while they prepared and trained; Nawen stayed with the EDF as a scout till the EAV was ready for action. She joined them and found herself no longer a scout which left her confused. She took to the bow and was for awhile most pleased with her service and actions as an archer. She arose in rank to 1st sergeant and was addressed by Lady Vanoviel along with four others that she served with. Was the last time she ever heard a kind word from anyone of rank during the war. Through she still fought on, she found herself becoming uncertain of who was really in charge after the death of Lady Vanoviel. After a rather tough defense of the city she was placed on guard duty by a higher ranking officer as the rest of EDF/EAV were honored by the Fey for their actions. She still fought for the defense of Elyisa and serving in Nanshi as the Elysian forces were asked to. In the end completely disillusioned by her commanders and what she was seeing she sought retirement. That retirement was granted and greeted with whispers of coward by those that never fought in heavy combat. The war ended between and people rejoiced. The City of Elysia was to thank those that served in a public ceremony and all that fought were sought to attended regardless of standing; expect word came from ranking officer that Nawen was not to attend due to her retirement.
- Soon enough she be called to duty as one day she awoke to learn that people were ill and the leaders of Elysia had sealed the city. All uniformed EDF were to protect the borders and stop all travel. She guarded as requested through during the exceeding long time it took to find a cure for this plaque tempers flared in Elysia and within the EDF. Nawen found herself more than almost drawing her blade against fellow officers accusing her of not following orders even through other officers were stating she was at her post. If the politics of war lead to her disillusionment in the war, the politics of peace shuck her to core at how people plotted. She also worked alongside her uncle Xandor in obtaining and handing out scrolls with the words written upon them that would lessen the plague. By the time the plague was cure and the guards were to allow travel again. Nawen slowly noticed that there was hardly a single Warrior Maiden about Elysia. She too would depart for newer lands on the plane of Yassgard where she meets the Crimson Amazons that would shape her views and yet remind her of those that taught her.
- During her time traveling between Elysia to help out when needed and attend Warrior Maiden matters which were quickly decreasing and spending her free time in Mithro Rest on the plane of Yasgard. She meet the one person that would capture attention and her undying friendship; Aria Ashby. Nawen was her body guard to protect her from assassins sent by the Lord of Night to kill Aria and steal something from her. Nawen fulfilled those duties and during those times the two became instant friends and inseparable. However, the magic that allowed us to walk the planes and travel to other worlds was starting to weaken. With the bonds losing their strength two more trips were made to see their friends and Crimson Amazons whom both were members of. On the last trip they said their fond goodbyes and stepped into the weakened magic bonds before they failed.
- With her return to Elysia and the refreshed attitude; she became more confident and more vocal in her desires. As she looked around herself she noticed that many of the notable sisters were not to be seen. Gone were the large gatherings and meetings with talk of planning for the future and how to help those around us. Instead meetings were turning into screaming matches and ego displays. Through she won't claim to be innocent as she showed her one in those meeting; including a meeting that detailed the Arch Mistress failed assassination of someone that needed to die. She walked away from and didn't return for some time. She left a letter resigning her position in the Maiden Lore Keeper and packed up her supplies she need then departed on her own path to finish her training with the blade. It had been decades since she took up the art of swordplay and there was still more to do before feeling comfortable with the training. She did stay in contact with one sister that watched over the Warrior Maidens and kept abreast of Nawen's whereabouts. Nawen received a letter stating the Arch Mistress had left the order and to return at once as she was needed. She did return and was elected by those present to become the seventh Arch Mistress the Warrior Maidens would have in Elysia.
- In her time as the seventh Arch Mistress she oversaw a rebirth within the Warrior Maidens. Those that severed alongside her were the best she had seen and it showed. Nawen was graced with more titles than anyone can remember and the order gained in honor and in strength. The deeds they preformed cover an immense area from aiding Fanos to rescuing sailors to even taking on a wayward boyer and even aiding a far off land across the planes just to name a few. She also drove deeper into the lore of Maidens and learned more about those that came before her and their actions. She wrote reports on them as long as books themselves which became a book itself detailing the history of the Maidens and their members from the first Warrior Maidens all the way to the newest ranking Warrior Maiden. Through events partly of her own making and of those around her that hide their ideals. She retired after a rather eye opening and nasty period of time in which she saw betrayal, lies and outright dishonor from many she thought a friend. She petitioned to become Phoenix Valkyrie and was award such becoming the eight one to achieve such a rank. It was during this time that Nawen was assassinated and an old rare sword stolen from her by Demaon in Elysia. Through proof was showing that a former Maiden was involved in plotting her assassination the leaders of Elysia never took action nor did the church of Dre'Ana. This would affect Nawen for longtime as to her views of both of those bodies.
- As of Phoenix Valkyrie it is expected that one takes on special duty to perform. Nawen had seen this when she saw four others promoted into the honored rank. Given that she seen the refuges from Jechran and heard the stories that troubled her she had spoken with High Priest of Elysia and accepted from her a special duty. That duty was to travel to Jechran and investigate the taint that overtook the land and was spreading. She agreed and with just a note left behind stating not to follow she departed for Jechran. Upon reaching Jechran the sight was unthinking as everything was dead; the land, the animals and the people that couldn't escape. Images of which still haunt her to this very day in her dreams but she did reach her target; an abbey between the border of Gados and the Jechran capital. There she found books of Maiden lore and most importantly the remains of a messenger carrying letters and orders. One of which was even address to herself at her former rank of Archmistress telling her to get ready for mass exodus from Jechran and to stay away from the land itself. Some described the madness of the taint and others the death. As she departed the death she took water, soil and bone samples along the way for others to study. As she was hurrying to escape before nightfall and to avoid spending the night within the taint; the sure footed and nimble Nawen tripped over a dead root and shattered her right leg. She crawled her way to an old farmhouse where she attempted to brace herself and rest. There she saw a sight that meant everything to her. In so much pain and memory of the events blur what happened isn't for certain but what is known is that she was found above the town of Visimontium in the high mountain passes by Vanar. He stated she was clutching a dragon bone as a crutch under one arm and wildly swinging one of her swords in the other hand as she screamed and yelled blindly moving about. He was able to get her to drop her sword and she collapsed moment later. The Maidens were sent for and a trusted sister came to escort Nawen back to Elysia. Where the healers ordered bed rest for her so her leg would heal; which lasted four years with another six years learning to walk again without her dragon bone crutch.
- As she healed and recovered she accepted a role from the new Arch Mistress to advise her and the order. She accepted it and the ideal of bringing all the Jechran Refugees came to mind. With the aid if the White, Ivory and Green orders a huge portal was enchanted and women came to Elysia to be with the rest of their faith. The portal would be Nawen's last task she helped with or saw after as a Warrior Maiden. Shortly after the portal tempers flared after some Maidens went against their Arch Mistress's orders and Nawen took that to heart by pointing it out. Now serving under the ninth Arch Mistress and fulfilling the same role as before she retired from the order completely. The last words she heard as she departed were "Fuck You, Nawen!" That sealed her thoughts of the Warrior Maidens as a whole for the most part outside of a few dear friends.
- Nawen walked right out the Maiden Keep and into T'Nanshi where she inlisted in the famed 6th Le'fayothen as a recruit to fight another war. However, she wasn't through with Dre'Ana yet. When not on patrol along the northern reaches she spent her time in her private shrine to Dre'Ana. Where she plead for an answer for days on end without acknowledgement from her beloved Dre'Ana about why things are as they are. Finally in a true fit of rage Nawen challenged her to answer her questions and explain why certain things happened the way they had or she walk away from her lady. Dre'Ana never answered and very next day lifted her love from Nawen in a display she won't forget. It was later explained by a few that serve everlasting to another god. That Nawen had hurt Dre'Ana deeply with her rage and passion on this certain topic. That in the same fashion Dre'Ana lashed out Nawen hurting her deeply. Some have said they fought each other and stumbled away; the goddess and her one her most passionate follower and each stopped before something unthinkable happened. Through Nawen offered apology she uncertain of its acceptance. Even Nawen said if she was her she wouldn't accept it yet.
Spiritland and New LIfe
- With the loss of Dre'Ana in her life, Nawen spun downward and would have fallen complete apart if not for Deamona; her dearest friend and housemate. Daemona who knows Nawen better than Nawen knows herself it seems. Helped her through the troubles simple by listening to her and letting Nawen find her own way. In time that path took her to Dru'El where she was accepted into his heart as one of his own. To which Daemona taught Nawen a new mart to focus herself.
I am the willow and not the oak
I bend and sway in the storm of battle
I do not stand unmoving to resist the blow
Feel the stinging whip of my branches
You will not feel the club of a fallen limb
I am graceful and fluid like the softly flowing stream
I am not the roaring river that rush past without sight
All things in life for me are a dance I thank the Father each day for what I am
- Then more darkness as all was starting to look bright for Nawen. The last of the dear friends made a choice. Deamona had gone to aid her granddaughter on a far off plane of islands. To defend those people from evil she had to accept life on the islands with no return to her homelands. By which she agreed to become bonded to a world stone and become the champion of the people that live there. Daemona was the last of the dear friends and the Order of Purse; which consisted of Aria, Trina, Nawen and Dae. Now Nawen is left with only her memories of them which she remembers fondly. Through as time passed she made new friends that are just as dear to her as her others were.
- Since then she has gone from a recruit to the Rank of Woodmistress and Liaison to Elysia. She fought alongside the defender of Elysia during the fall of Elysia. She even closed up her beloved Boutique and Emporium to prevent the sale of supplies to the Drotid Troops. These days she out in Nanshi working with Aiko and Sonja to form Loash Leheven when she not putting her talents in battle and tailoring to use on the Shaashek.
The Family Amakiir
- Nawen Meet her Uncle Xandor in Elysia and learned about the attacked upon the family village that took the lives of all that were there. Nawen and Xandor looked after each other and in time news reached them that Nawen was not the only one to survive the attack. Xandor's children had escaped with their mother who fell days later to her injuries as did a few other. Although not an Amakiir, Elong was the cherished friend of Xandor who spoke of her in words of being family; making her family to Nawen in her own eyes. Through this is just the family that broke away from T'Nanshi after the Great War and relocated to the Brekon/ Dubunat Boarder Forest. Amakiir's of different family lines stayed within T'Nanshi and Elysia and can still be found today through the bond isn't as tight as it once was due to politics mostly.
Family Amakiir that survived the attack on their village and found safety in the south.
- Heather Amakiir, Daughter of Xandor – Deceased through Unknown Causes
- Lu'win Amakkir, Son of Xandor – Whereabouts Unknown
- Nawien, Mother of Tamia – Deceased from Injuries sustained in a Sereg Attack within M'Chek
- Nawen Amakiir - Raised in Le'Or
- Tamia, Daughter of Naweien
- Tuilal – Whereabouts Unknown
- Xadnor Amakiir - Deceased on Venture into Brekon
- Most notable friends included the White Half-Dragon Sonja and the Blue Half-Dragon Aiko. Not to mention Green Order Pyromancer Vic.
Publicly Noted Events in Nawen's Life
- As Shaahesk and Titanians attack Elf Gate, a force of lizards came through the sewers.
- The Battle by the Eridanian River from the Second Fey War
- A public decleration of victory
- Destruction of the fifth Titanian campNawen and 4 others are singled out by Lady Vanoviel for thier efforts.
- Moon Tree Midnight Madness Drinking Contest
- The Maidens of Dre'ana rescue one of their Sisters
- The Star Lady
- Nawen takes the prize at the first Elysia Towers Duels
- The forth Maiden outreach to the warzone
- The tragic tale of Sevalaana
- A good deed
- A New Arch Mistress and a Heartfelt Thanks
- Birth of Loash Leven
- The Journal of Nawen Amakiir Ael'nyon
Recent Gossip About Nawen
- Some whispers place her in a heated affair with a lady of fey blood that she employs in the boutique and that the affair reaches further back than her ownership of the boutique; something about Merchant's Rest and special night. Through she been whispered about as entertaining both her dearest companions and even a certain Green Order mage. Nawen denies all but affair of with the lady of fey blood with a stern voice and the 'Frownie Face of Doom and Gloom'.


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Displays in the Visitor Center at the Arnold Arboretum read like a historical timeline of distinguished men who made the institution what it is today. Portraits of figures such as the Arboretum's Founding Director, Charles Sprague Sargent, and the famous collector of East Asian and North American plants, E. H. Wilson, grace the walls alongside tales of their daring voyages and botanical accomplishments. But where are the women in the history of this living museum?
A special exhibit opening this November brings the stories of four female historical figures of the Arnold Arboretum to the Visitor Center: Dr. Shiu-Ying Hu, Constance Tortorici Derderian, Beatrix Farrand, and Susan Delano McKelvey. Dr. Shiu-Ying Hu (1910-2012) was a former Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the Arnold Arboretum. From 1946 to 1949, Shiu-Ying Hu studied in America, pursuing a PhD in botany. She was, in fact, the first Chinese woman to ever receive a doctoral degree in botany from Harvard University, even though she was told that "Harvard didn't take girls." Shortly after graduating, she was hired to work at the Arnold Arboretum. During an interview about those early days, Hu said that "at that time, racial and sexual discrimination was very heavy, so my salary was about the same as a janitor's," but she nevertheless felt very passionate about "working for Chinese botany." In the 1950s, one of Hu's first projects at the Arboretum involved compiling content for the Flora of China project, and creating a card-catalogue consisting of 158,844 index cards of Chinese plant names.
Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) was a famous early landscape architect whose notable commissions include Dumbarton Oaks and the National Cathedral in Washington DC. She began her career at the Arnold Arboretum, studying many years under the direction of C. S. Sargent. He launched Farrand's career in the 1890s, providing her with a good recommendation whenever possible and helping her overcome many professional barriers that she faced because of her gender. She was eventually appointed as Consultant Landscape Gardener at the Arboretum when she was 75 years old, serving from 1946 to 1950.
Susan Adams Delano McKelvey (1883-1964) also studied landscape gardening with Sargent after 1920, working at the Arboretum washing clay pots and weeding plants as she learned her new trade. McKelvey's favorite plants were lilacs and yuccas, although she also reported that she was also "a cactus enthusiast—and an agave one." Early in her career in the Arboretum, she was especially interested in lilacs at a time when the lilac collection was just under development. She wrote The Lilac: A Monograph in 1928, a popular book that sold exceedingly well and won many awards. She also spent many years travelling to the US Southwest (especially Nevada, Arizona, California, and New Mexico) studying yucca plants and their relatives. McKelvey's masterpiece was a magnificently large book entitled The Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West 1790-1850.
Constance Tortorici Derderian (1921-1988) was a leading expert and promoter of subtropical bonsai in the Northeast US. She took the first bonsai course the Brooklyn Botanic Garden ever offered in 1954, and worked with Frank Okamura, Kan Yashiroda, Lynn Perry, and other leading bonsai specialists in New York. She also studied with Kyuzo Murata in Japan in 1967. Derderian was guest editor of the BBG's Bonsai for Indoors Handbook (1976), and a founding member of the American Bonsai Society in 1967, which she also directed for many years. She received the Gold Medal from The Massachusetts Horticultural Society for her outstanding work in bonsai in 1979. Derderian also taught bonsai classes at the Arboretum many years before she curated the Larz Andersen Bonsai Collection. The bonsai collection was greatly revitalized under her care between 1969 and 1984, and would probably not exist today without her efforts at reviving the plants.
These are only four figures among so many women who have worked and continue to work at the Arboretum today, making significant contributions. I chose these four women because of their fascinating life stories, the ways that they challenged and subverted gendered conventions of their day in the fields of botany and exploration, their substantial contributions to these fields, and because they are an inspiration to women everywhere, past and present. Hopefully this exhibit will educate visitors about how women have helped shape the Arboretum and its mission, and in doing so, lend them a more visible presence in our history.
—Miranda Mollendorf, Library Intern


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The terms global education and international education are used to describe strategies for:
- gaining knowledge of world cultures;
- understanding the historical, geographic, economic, political, cultural, and environment relationships among world regions and peoples;
- examining the nature of cultural differences and national or regional conflicts and problems; and
- acting to influence public policy and private behavior on behalf of international understanding, tolerance and empathy.
Global education and international education are complementary approaches with different emphases. The integration of both perspectives is imperative to develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for responsible participation in a democratic society and in a global community in the twenty-first century.
Global education focuses on the interrelated nature of condition, issues, trends, processes, and events while international education emphasizes specific world regions, problems, and cultures. International education encompasses studies of specific areas or regions of the world as well as the in-depth examination of a single culture or some aspect of that culture, such as its history, language, literature, religion, political organization, economic system, or current issues. it also includes cross-cultural studies that use a comparative approach in the examination of the characteristics of two or more cultures. Multicultural education is a closely related approach that explores the interactions among differing cultures within a political region.
Development of the Concepts of Global Education
In a social studies classroom, international studies targets the in-depth study of a specific area or region of the world to develop knowledge and understanding of another culture. In the elementary or middle school classroom, area studies focus on specific cultures or nations such as the Andean region or Zimbabwe, as a means of introducing students to the geography, history, economic relationships, and cultures of other countries. Such studies should also include an introduction to a nation's literature, music, folklore, visual arts, and popular culture. A comparative approach helps students understand similarities among cultures as well as the distinctive qualities of societies. At the high school level, global and international studies are integrated and folded into specific disciplines or areas of study such as geography, economics, history, political science, and current affairs. At this level, the causes and effects of international problems or conflicts are a major focus of study.
The concept of international education is not limited to the social studies classroom. An opportunity for the social studies teacher to engage in an interdisciplinary approach to international education can be found in the foreign language classroom. Here the primary object of study is language as a form of communication and as a powerful vehicle of culture and identity. The major goal of second language learning is the development of both the language skills and the cultural understandings needed to function in and to appreciate another culture. In addition to study of the linguistic structure, the second language classroom integrates experiences that focus on patterns of everyday living, such as social mores, occupations, and family life, as well as history, literature and the fine arts. Students are encouraged to compare another culture with their own in order to gain a better understanding of both. The international influences of the target language and culture are also examined. For example, students might identify and study the areas of the world where French or Spanish are spoken, explore the influence of Japanese culture in the visual arts, or the contributions of Germany in science, literature and music.
Global education as a concept has been more difficult to put into practice. Social studies efforts have fallen short by presenting a fragmentary view of the world. Global studies does not deal in isolation with a problem, an area of the world, or an aspect of a specific culture. Instead, the dynamic expressions and influences of that culture must be examined. An important characteristic of global studies is the analysis of problems, issues or ideas from a perspective that deals with the nature of change and interdependence. This perspective refers to the interlocking components of both human and natural systems. Change in one part of a system is likely to affect other elements of that system and related systems. Accordingly, a global perspective is attentive to the interconnectedness of the human and natural environment and the interrelated nature of events, problems, or ideas. It is important for students to understand that activities or decisions made by individuals or nations in one part of the world can have an important impact on both the local and world environment and on people in other parts of the world. In fact, such an understanding should be central to global studies.
For example, a global perspective on a topic such as population change might lead to and examination of the impact of this change on environmental quality and resource management. As a case study, these issues would be analyzed within the context of a specific nation or culture, and interactions with other areas of the world would be identified. Students would examine the cause and effect issues relating to population growth and movement in a specific area, nation or community. The impact of changes on life in near-by areas also would be explored, and comparisons could be drawn to world population patterns. The learning tools acquired through the in-depth study of this topic would then be applied to other topics or issues.
The integrative nature of global and international education can be seen in these examples. In order to understand problems or issues that are global in nature, a student must have a strong knowledge base from several disciplines. The skills to acquire and analyze information about specific cultures and regions of the world must be developed. Central to this process is the existence of a civic environment which permits the responsible exchange and debate of information and ideas.
Why are Global and Education and International Education Important?
Global education and international education are important because the day-to-day lives of average citizens around the world are influenced by burgeoning international connections. The goods we buy, the work we do, the cross-cultural links we have in our own communities and outside of them, and increased worldwide communication capabilities all contribute to an imperative that responsible citizens understand global and international issues.
In studying the traditions, history, and current challenges of other cultures, the perspective consciousness of our students must be raised and ethnocentric barriers must be addressed. The social studies curriculum should provide a forum for discussion of issues of inequity and unfairness, racism, and power in and among societies.
Multiculturalism is a component of interdisciplinary curricula, but it must be distinguished from global and international education. Multicultural issues focus on accepting people from many cultural backgrounds within a political entity, whereas global and international education move far outside of one'sown country. Studying the common threads and themes of daily life in other countries helps students see the human condition, clarifying their understanding that across the globe, people share common concerns, but find solutions in different ways.
The Internet is one tool. among a wide array of technological resources that is revolutionizing the access to up-to-date information that social studies teachers can utilize in teaching a global perspective.
Evidence of Globalization
In summary, the imperative of global and international studies is found in the following evidence of globalization characteristic of our planet.
- the technical developments of global systems of communication and transportation;
- the change from local, regional, and national economies into a global economy;
- the increased interaction among societies, resulting in a need for understanding the distinctiveness as well as commonalities of world cultures that coexist with an array of distinctive local, national and regional cultures;
- the world-wide political interdependence that is altering traditional boundaries between domestic and international politics;
- the impact of human activity upon the planet's ecosystem and the constraints on human activity imposed by limits of the system;
- the power of art and popular culture to communicate common affective and cognitive experiences around the globe;
- the perspective consciousness that expands our daily awareness that we are members of the global human species, with the world as our community;
- the changes in land use
Teaching and Learning Concepts
Social studies teaching and learning concepts that issue from the imperatives of globalization include;
- rapid change is operative and characteristic;
- there are an increasing number of corporations and jobs with international connections;
- the Information Age increases interrelatedness among all peoples;
- political changes across the world and increased interaction among governments require understanding of others' traditions and cultures. This is central to cooperative problem solving;
- interdependent global economy and internationalization of economies is a reality;
- there are problems as well as benefits related to globalization.
How Should We Teach Global Education?
The social studies should emphasize:
- That the human experience is an increasingly globalized phenomenon in which people are constantly being influenced by transnational, cross-cultural, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic interactions. Viewing human experience only in relation to a North American or European frame of reference is unrealistic given the globalized nature of American society today. Today, the social studies should include a world centered treatment of humankind. For example, the teaching of history can be improved by the use of a global approach to the study of our past and by the addition to the curriculum of more content focused on developing nations and domestic minorities.
- The variety of actors on the world stage. The dramatic increase in transnational interactions in recent years has produced growing numbers of individuals, groups, and agencies with international contacts and influence. The character and influence of multinational corporations, church groups, scientific and cultural organizations, United Nation agencies, and local, state, and federal agencies working with and serving the community deserve fuller treatment in the social studies curriculum.
- That human kind is an integral part of the world environment. The human-natural environment should be seen as a single system. This requires an emphasis on (1) the ultimate dependence of humankind upon natural resources; (2) the fact that natural resources are limited: (3) the nature of the planet's ecosystem: and (4) the impact of ecological laws on human culture.
- The linkages between past actions, present social, political, and ecological realities and alternative futures. Students should perceive the close relationships between past, present and future. The use of "historical flashbacks", for example, can add to students' understanding of the relation of past to present. Greater emphasis is needed on studies designed to improve student's ability to see present choices as links to possible alternative futures.
- That citizens' participate in world as well as local affairs. World affairs have been treated as a spectator sport in which only the "expert" can participate. The increasing globalization in the human condition has created additional opportunities and responsibilities for individuals and groups to take personal, social and political action in the international arena. The curriculum should demonstrate that individuals and groups can influence and can be influenced by world events. Furthermore, social studies curriculum should help develop the understanding, skills, and attitudes needed to respond effectively and responsibly to world events.
To become a more effective agent of citizen education in a global age, the school in general, and the social studies teacher specifically, needs to continue to expanded efforts to globaliz the curriculum and the classroom.
To engage students in global education, educators should:
- use an interdisciplinary approach within and beyond social studies and make links to multicultural education;
- take advantage of technology, including Internet and e-mail;
- utilize primary sources from other countries, from constitutions to literature to artifacts;
- include internationally experienced persons; students, teachers, parents, and others in the community;
- emphasize interactive methodology, such as a model United Nations and cross-cultural simulations and role plays;
- address global issues with an approach that promotes multiple perspectives and intellectual honesty and action;
- encourage new avenues for research in the international arena and encourage teachers to participate and/or make use of this research in their classrooms.
Marianna McJimsey Lecturer, Secondary History/Social Studies, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 1997-1998 International Activities Committee Chair
Becky Ross Teacher, Harrison County School District, Mississippi 1998-1999 International Activities Committee Chair
Sandra Young, Department Head, Social Studies Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawaii 1999-2000 International Activities Committee Chair


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CHINO — Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank and shot an officer Wednesday.
The suspect, wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying an assault rifle, took an undisclosed amount of money from California Bank and Trust, 5455 Riverside Drive.
He dropped some of the money in the parking lot, said Chino spokeswoman Michelle Van Der Linden.
As he was exiting the bank, a Chino police officer on patrol spotted him.
Four shots were fired, although, it was unknown if the officer returned fire.
The officer suffered at least one gunshot wound when the robber opened fire, Van Der Linden said, and drove himself to a hospital about a block away.
Michael Armijo, 48, of Eastvale was walking from the Post Office in the area when a police car pulled to the Chino Valley hospital.
"He must have been going about 70 mph," he said about the police officer who was driving.
Armijo said the driver slammed on his brakes and then accelerated, repeating this a few times before stopping right in front of the building.
"It was like he couldn't control it," said Armijo, who has a business in Chino.
The officer then threw open his door and started screaming, "Help me, help me, I've been hit."
Armijo ran to the car to assist the officer while another witness went to get a doctor.
"He kept saying 'I got shot in the leg, I got shot in the leg,' " said Armijo, who saw several multiple bullet holes in the car.
Medical officials pulled the officer from his car and placed him on a gurney then wheeled him in to the hospital, Armijo said.
"They told me the police officer was going to be OK," he said.
The unidentified officer was transferred to a different hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
Dispatchers received a report of shots fired and an officer down on Riverside Drive near 11th Street at 10:50 a.m.
Law enforcement from Ontario, Upland, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, the FBI and the California Highway Patrol came to the scene and began a manhunt for the shooter.
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Chino Valley Unified School District placed Anna Borba Elementary School, Walnut Avenue Elementary School and Chino High School on lockdown in response to the shooting, said district spokeswoman Julie Gobin.
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Dan Mitchell of LUMINOSITY is no longer blogging. Here is an excerpt from his final post:
I am leaving the paranormal/high strangeness field forever. While the history of this blog has been laced with various leaves of absence and returns, this will no longer be the case. This post is for the sake of progeny. I strongly suspect that present events are leading up to a "critical mass" that is now inevitable.On one level, this is a loss to me personally, because I found his ideas so intriguing. His writing was so different than anyone else I've ever encountered. My own ideas on what may be behind this elusive phenomenon were greatly expanded because of his introspective essays.
I owe the long time readers of this blog an explanation and I sincerely hope this post will be enough. I will begin by saying that on some level I suspect that during the writing of some of these posts that I had been inwardly compromised. Having gone over some of my older posts when everything began to come together last month, I was catching periodic errors and mis-judgments that were frankly not becoming of me or anyone else for that matter. Hence the need to ultimately take down all of my posts permanently out of fear of compromising others with ideas that may have not come directly from me as it were.
On another level, he was treading in dark waters. He was articulating malevolent ideas, brutal thoughts of a hostile nature. There were times I truly worried for his sanity.
He shared some experiences that fit cleanly into the UFO abduction lore, and I know he recognized that but he saw something much more sinister at play. He recounted some stories that were so terrifying and strange that it left me at a loss to even comprehend the source of what might have been happening.
I have a very intuitive friend, Anya Briggs, and she thought that some of his darker postings might have even contained an kind of alchemical incantation burred within the text. She saw the potential for nefarious magic within these posts.
Dan implies that his writings "had been inwardly compromised." What does that mean? Was he being compelled to write certain things from a source beyond himself? If so, I understand why he is ending this on-line presence.
I feel I can address this from my own experience.
On March 22nd, 2011 I read a post on LUMINOSITY in the morning. The events shared in that post absolutely amazed me. As I was reading, I felt totally compelled to record it as an audio essay. So I did.
I need to try to describe this feeling of being compelled. As I read it that morning, my first thought was that this would make for a dramatic audio essay, and that thought soon morphed into a desperate compulsion.
It was incredibly difficult to read those words, I stammered and fumbled when I tried to record it, and I needed to edit extensively to remove my shaky muttering. I wanted to walk away and do it later when I was less emotional, but I couldn't. I needed to push through and post it immediately.
When it was up and posted, I sent Dan an email where I wrote: "Why was i so weirdly obsessed with recording this thing???"
The essay is titled Approaching the Post Human Self, and it describes his first-person experiences with some higher intelligence. The event took place on the night of the 2011super-moon. I'll add that we are due for the super-moon of 2012 just five nights from now.
Below is Dan's email, where he gave me permission to read, record and post the essay.
Hi Mike,
I have to tell you that my previous post was incredibly difficult to write for many reasons. There is so much more to the experience than I have realized and even the present answer that I have (if it is an answer at all) is really only one minuscule aspect of the thing. My guess at this point is that the encounter experience as a whole is indeed transformative, but it caters to us individually for a reason. I have so much more to expound on this whole thing without putting forth a system or solid teaching. It seems to be the most personal thing in the world.
Please feel free to do the audio. Keep me posted.
Kind Regards,


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Greetings guys...
Found this on the ICC site this morning. While I personally think it is wonderful that Simon Taufel got the gig, does anyone have any ideas why Daryl Harper is there instead of Daryl Hair?? I personally think Hair had a better tournament!!
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ICC Umpire and Referee appointments for World Cup Semi Finals
ICC Media Release - 15 March 2003
The ICC today confirmed the umpiring and match refereeing appointments for the semi finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.
Officials for the matches in Port Elizabeth and Durban will be:
Australia v Sri Lanka, Port Elizabeth, Tuesday 18 March
Standing umpires: David Shepherd, England and Rudi Koertzen, South Africa
Third umpire: Billy Bowden, New Zealand
Fourth umpire: Aleem Dar, Pakistan
Match referee: Clive Lloyd, West Indies
India v Kenya, Durban, Thursday, 20 March
Standing umpires: Steve Bucknor, West Indies and Daryl Harper, Australia
Third umpire: Simon Taufel, Australia
Fourth umpire: Asoka de Silva, Sri Lanka
Match referee: Mike Procter, South Africa
David Richardson, ICC General Manager-Cricket said: "These appointments reflect the consistently high standards of decision making and match management achieved over the course of the tournament. All officials have been assessed on a match-by-match basis, and the eight umpires selected for the finals are the men who have performed best in the opinion of the captains, match referees and the ICC."
Officials for the ICC Cricket World Cup final at The Wanderers on Sunday 23 March will be announced after the second semi final. This will allow appointments to be made which are independent of both competing teams.


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Officials from Cybex International, Medway, MA, will appear before a NASDAQ Stock Market panel on Nov. 10 to present a plan to regain compliance with NASDAQ's listing rule, Cybex announced today.
A release from Cybex says that the company, which is traded on NASDAQ, received a letter from the stock market on Oct. 4 noting that Cybex had not regained compliance with NASDAQ's listing rule within 180 days from NASDAQ's April 2011 notice that Cybex was noncompliant with the rule. The rule requires that to be listed, a company's minimum stockholders' equity must be $10 million. NASDAQ had stated that Cybex would be delisted as of Oct. 13 if the company did not request a hearing before the NASDAQ Hearing Panel. Cybex then requested a hearing, which was granted, delaying the possibility of delisting until the panel makes a final decision.
The panel can grant Cybex a period of up to 180 more calendar days from the date of the determination letter, or April 1, 2012, to regain compliance with the listing rule.
The Cybex release blames the failure to comply with the listing rule on an accounting charge relating to the Barnhard v. Cybex International Inc. product liability case, in which Cybex was held 75 percent liable for a $66 million judgment related to an injury involving a piece of its equipment. Cybex CEO John Aglialoro has previously said that the Barnhard verdict was wrongly decided. The company has appealed the judgment. If the appeal is successful, Cybex says it will be able to regain full compliance with the listing rule.
However, Cybex still has one more battle to go to continue its NASDAQ listing. On June 16, Cybex received another letter from NASDAQ stating that the company had not complied with NASDAQ's requirement of a minimum bid price of $1 per share. Cybex has until Dec. 13 to regain compliance in this area.


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A real revoluntionary of the music business is gone.
Les Paul, inventor of the electric, amplified guitar and picker extraordinnaire passed away today from complications of pneumonia at the age of 94. Born in 1915 with a love of music, Les Paul began playing harmonica and guitar on the street, while still in his childhood. When a listener critiqued the volume of his guitar playing, Les was determined to find a way to increase the sound. While gainfully employed as a musician throughout his teens and early adulthood, Les continued to tinker until he created "The Log" — a 4″ X 4″ with amplified strings with a guitar body attached for asthetics.
As early as 1939, Les Paul brought his "invention" to Gibson Guitar company where he was summarily laughed off the property. However, they eventually worked with Paul to create the legendary solid-body design that caries his signature and name. Probably one of the most famous Les Paul models is "Lucille", B.B. King's infamous instrument.
Generations of guitarists have chosen the signature Les Paul Gibson as their axe of choice, including guitar greats Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler and Les Paul's close buddy, the late, great Chet Atkins. Chet's half-brother, Jim, was a member of the Les Paul Trio, who famously played throughout the 50s and 60s. Both Les and Chet have been major influences in the evolution of the guitar as a forefront instrument. They were good friends with a strong, mutual respect for each other.
The Birth of the Blues, Les Paul & Chet Atkins
Amazingly, Les Paul could not read music. However, his superb ear and creativity provided ingenuity in playing that basically made the guitar speak. He brought personality to guitar. He also brought it to the recording studio. Using his wife, Mary Ford's pure voice, Les Paul began over-dubbing and multi-track recording, revolutionizing how recordings were made and producing rich sound that resonates deeply within.
There are so many facets to Les Paul and the genius of his 94 years. I strongly encourage you to look him up on YouTube and Google and watch the documentaries and performances about this icon who literally changed the face of modern music.
Perhaps Guitar Hero will add a Les Paul version to honor the Original Guitar Hero. (They may need to add a looping accessory….)


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Dear friends, fans and followers:
Well it's been a year or so since I've written a post for Fit Chick Diaries and you deserve some sort of explanation. Last year was extremely tough for unexpected personal reasons and many, many changes happened. First off, I did not move to New York! I ended up finding a fantastic job in Madison, Wisconsin and now live here in this much smaller (but no-less incredible!) city. Second, I did not run ANY races last year. Boo. I know! I was extremely disappointed. But with all that was going on at the time (which I won't bore you with), my heart wasn't into it. In fact, it hit a dead stall and only within the last couple weeks have I had the desire to even lace up my running shoes. Third, I have added another passion to my life…TRAVELING. After dreaming of visiting another country for years, I finally had the money and gumption to just do it. I spent three weeks backpacking solo in Ireland and England last fall followed by a short trip to Germany last month. Traveling seems to offer the same benefits as running, in that it clears my head and allows me to truly test my comfort zone in a whole new way. The only problem? Drinking beer in Germany does not count as exercise.
Now that life has calmed down a bit and I'm falling back in love with running and adding new hobbies to my life, I've decided to create a new blog. I'm calling it Running Dust and Wanderlust – I would love to have some familiar blogger faces follow along! I'll still be blogging about running, fitness & recipes, but I'll be adding some bits about my adventures as well.
I've missed you all and hope to see you there!
P.S. I'll leave Fit Chick Diaries up for a while because I notice it is still receiving quite a bit of traffic 🙂