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Start Date : 2016/05/23
Termination date : 2016/05/25
City : Marrakech
Country : MOROCCO
Website : http://www.csndd.org/csndd2016/
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The third International Conference on Structural Nonlinear Dynamics and Diagnosis (CSNDD'2016) is organized by the Nonlinear Dynamic Group of the University Hassan II of Casablanca and will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, May 23-25, 2016. The conference will provide a forum where scientists from different branches of applied mechanics and mathematics working in nonlinear dynamics and structural systems can meet to share ideas and findings of their research on methods and applications. The meeting is also a forum to discuss the latest achievements, to exchange experience in theoretical, numerical and experimental techniques for solving problems in structural linear and nonlinear dynamics, diagnosis and control.
The conference will cover, but not limited to, the following topics:
Structural health monitoring
Diagnosis and damage detection
Energy harvesting materials and structures
Dynamics of composite structures
Multi-scale, fast slow dynamics and applications
Experimental methods
Asymptotic methods in nonlinear dynamics
Active vibration control and smart structures
Passive control of structures via nonlinear energy sinks
Time-delayed feedback control: theory and application
Computational methods in vibroacoustics
Identification of nonlinear systems
Innovative sensors in applied mechanics
Nonlinear dynamics in MEMS/NEMS
Nonlinear dynamics in nanotechnology
Nonlinear PDEs and their dynamics
Vibro-impact dynamics and friction-induced vibration
Deterministic and stochastic dynamics and control of nonlinear systems
Nonlinear thermal instability
Linear and nonlinear phenomena in advanced physics


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Sunday, 28th April
Miss JasonMiss Jason has been entertaining audiences across the country for the past 13 years. Aside from cabaret work, Miss Jason has appeared in panto and on our TV screens in shows including The Weakest Link (drag queen special), Come Dine With Me, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Chocky-Wocky-Do-Dah.
Tanya HydeTanya first hit the scene at The George & Dragon, Greenwich, alongside the one and only Rose Garden in the presence of drag greats The Duchess, Miss Jason & Lee Tracy. Then and there "London's Youngest Bitch" was born...

Since then Tanya has performed at The Black Cap & The Two Brewers with Sandra, Dave Lynn, Rose Garden, Mrs Moore, Trindy & The Drag With No Name. She has written for The Times, Has a weekly residency at Trannyshack and went on to compete In and later win "Drag Idol 2008" resulting in a performance at The 2008 Clapham Street Party and featuring as a support act for pop icon Rozalla.
Tony SinclairMr Tony Sinclair, the voice of London, is a doyenne of drag. Continuously working for over 40 years all over the UK and abroad.with a huge repertoire and velvet tones he can mesmerise an audience. A truly great drag performer.

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Adolf Hitler's grandchildren are alive and living in France, according to an investigative report in the French magazine Le Point that's recounted today on MSNBC.com. And they want a share of the royalties from Mein Kampf.
The French magazine report focuses on newly found evidence supporting the claim by their late father, a French man who said he was Hitler's illegitimate son. The man, Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985, said his mother, a farm girl named Charlotte Lobjoie, had an affair with Hitler in June 1917 when the genocidal tyrant-to-be was a World War I German corporal serving on the Western front. She gave the child up for adoption but told him about his dad shortly before she died in 1950. Loret wrote about it in a 1981 utobiography that was widely dismissed at the time. The new evidence includes, among other things, signed Hitler paintings found in the mother's attic and confirmed reports that Hitler sent her envelopes of cash later in life.
Photos of Loret published in Le Point do bear a marked resemblance to Der Fuehrer. A lawyer for the grandchildren is quoted as saying they are entitled to a share of royalties from Mein Kampf. No indication whether they plan to sue Yad Vashem for a share of the box office.
The story adds a new layer of tragedy to [the story][3] of Hitler's three grand-nephews, sons of his nephew William Patrick "Willy" Hitler, who live on Long Island (for real). They never married or had children, reportedly because they wanted to make sure the Hitler blood line came to an end, since they were his only blood relatives (boy, is that a double entendre). Now that we know about their second cousins in France, it seems they might as well have gone out and sown their oats.
Nephew Willy was born in 1911 in Liverpool, son of Adolf's older half-brother Alois Hitler Jr. He spent much of the 1930s in Germany, working for Uncle Adolf. He settled on Long Island after the war and changed his name in hopes of burying the past. Oddly enough, the name he chose was William Patrick Stuart-Houston, which seems a fairly transparent homage to the British-born Nazi philosopher Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Neighbors on Long Island during the 1950s and 1960s recall the family being somewhat secretive and speaking German in the house. Maybe the boys will want to brush up their French now.
[3]: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/nyregion/24patchogue.html? ex=1303531200&en=7e22c43e4e0997e6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Report: Hitler Had a Son, Grandkids Live in France
J.J. Goldberg
J.J. Goldberg is editor emeritus of the Forward, where he served as editor in chief for seven years (2000-2007).


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Yes, the conference was held in Boston in January. But it was among the warmest two winter days, and no snow around. I remember it quite well, because I walked back to the New England Historic Genealogical Library in flats, not boots! The list of speakers is below, as well as a listing of some lectures. A few are quite similar in nature to the ones offered in February 2011 and you will recognize many of the speaker's names as well.
In 2002 there were no bloggers, no lectures about Google, Social Networking, Apps, Flip-Pals or any other recent products. Among the 2002 offered lectures were:
Using FamilySearach.org
Digital Cameras
How to Cite Your Internet Sources
Organizing and Time Management
Evaluating Web Resources
Credible Clues from the Incredible Internet
How to Create Your Own Genealogy CD Disks
Power Tools: The Power is in You, Not the Tool
Using Palm Pilot Computers
Mysteries of the Soundex


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Japan Jammin
By Gavin Joicius
Our current economic situation is getting pretty intense. "The worst financial crisis since the Depression???" Did I hear that right during the Presidential debates? Either way … I am no economist, but between all of the subprime loans and talk of a $700 billion Government bail-out, I have a feeling we're in for some tough times.
So while Wall Street spirals downward faster than greased lightening falls from the sky, we need to look up and remember one important fact. Wakeskating is still blowing the fuck up! Put it this way … if wakeskating were a stock option, it would be paying high dividends. If it were a financial institution, it would be handing out low interest loans. If wakeskating were a country, it would have a trade surplus and a solid reputation overseas. Why can't America be more like wakeskating right now? Hopefully, before long, it will be…
A few days ago, I was sent the attached photos from one of our team riders in Japan, and while I was worrying about whether my house would ever sell in this economy or not, the photos managed to bring a smile to my face. I thought to myself … "how awesome is it that wakeskating is really taking off around the world?" How cool is it that people in Japan are throwing their own backyard rail jams? In these grim times, it's good to know that the thing we hold most near-and-dear to our hearts is getting more popular overseas.
So … I figured that I would share these photos with you. Perhaps you may get a similar stoak from them that I did, or maybe you will just think … "holy crap, the Japanese love really wide hubba rails" or "holy crap, the Japanese wear trucker hats when they ride." Regardless, it's cool to see what other people around the world are doing. Who knows … if the financial situation continues to get worse, it might be good to take a few years off and move overseas to wakeskate while things clear up back home. Japan might be a good place to start.
Event Name: MOVEMENT
Date: Sept, 21 2008
Place: Ogawara lake in Japan
1st Shunji Mukouyama
2nd Daisuke "Daisk8" Noguchi
3rd (tie) Toshiaki "Yoda" Tokoyoda and "Babacchi"


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As local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything but high speed.
The city has been flirting with the idea of a citywide system since the late 1990s, when it installed a 36-mile "dark fiber" ring capable of delivering fast broadband service to the dozens of commercial customers who use it. Since then, it has conducted a pilot study to gauge whether such a system would be technically feasible for residents (it would) and commissioned a study to see whether residents would be willing to pay for the "last mile" connection (they wouldn't).
It had entered into an agreement with a private Internet consortium in 2008, only to see the deal collapse because of inadequate funding. It also lobbied hard to be selected by Google for the tech giant's "Google Fiber" project, only to see Kansas City, Mo., claim the prize.
But these failures hadn't deterred the city from trying again. So when the City Council's new Technology and the Connected City held its inaugural meeting Tuesday afternoon, the mood among council members was hopeful and optimistic.
With other cities jumping ahead of Palo Alto in creating citywide network and Palo Alto's fiber fund generating more than $2 million annually, the four council members on the committee agreed that the game has changed since the city's last failure and that it's time to try again.
In the coming weeks and months, staff will be gathering information about other cities that have built fiber networks, including Kansas City, Chattanooga, Tenn., and San Leandro to evaluate next steps for resuscitating Palo Alto's protracted effort.
Two council members, Vice Mayor Nancy Shepherd and Councilwoman Liz Kniss, will be taking a trip to Kansas City at the end of the month for a conference on fiber networks. City Manager James Keene will appoint a new citizens committee to work with the city on the newest effort. And the Utilities Advisory Commission, which a year ago voted 4-3 to stop exploring the "fiber to the premise" program, will once again roll up its sleeves and consider ways to make such a network a reality.
The moves reflect the council's new-found appetite for expanding the fiber network, which currently serves around 80 customers. In February, the council unanimously adopted "Technology and the Connected City" as one of its three official priorities for 2013, with fiber generally recognized as the main component of this priority. And later that month, Mayor Greg Scharff appointed the new committee, which includes himself, Shepherd, Kniss and Councilman Larry Klein.
On Tuesday, the new committee recapped the frustrating history of fiber in Palo Alto and unanimously authorized Keene to appoint a group of citizen advisers. The general sentiment among committee members was that this time, things would be different.
"We're restarting a process that's been ongoing now for 15 years in some form or another," said Kniss, who had served on the council in the 1990s and who was a leading advocate of constructing the fiber ring. "This is not groundbreaking. It's continuing and hoping that at this point we will reach a different ending point than we have in the past."
The fiber network has already undergone some changes since the city began to build it in 1996. In 1998, it was stretched from 36 route miles to 41. Since then, it was expanded to new parts of town, including the East Meadow Circle area. It is now in the process of being extended to 18 school facilities, said Jim Fleming, a management specialist in the Utilities Department.
Perhaps most importantly, it's making money. Fleming said the fiber fund now has $14.5 million in reserves and is projected to increase by $2.3 million in fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1. Councilman Larry Klein pointed to this factor as the main difference between the current effort and the city's doomed partnership with the Internet consortium in 2009. At that time, Klein noted, the consortium led by Axia Net Media wanted the city to have a greater financial stake in the $40 million project. The council, meanwhile, was adamant that the fiber network not present a financial risk to the city. Since then, times have changed, Klein said.
"We are continuing to make money at a rate of $2 million to $2.5 million," Klein said. "The financial leverage has really changed dramatically since we had our previous discussions with Axia."
Utilities commissioners voiced a similar sentiment at the Tuesday meeting. Commission Chair James Cook pointed to the commission's 4-3 vote last year to halt exploration of "fiber to the premise" as an indication that it did not have a clear signal from the council to pursue the project. The feeling on the commission, he said, was one of "collective frustration."
"We didn't feel like we had a strong indication from the City Council where to take this," Cook said. "I think that changed a lot from last year. That completely changed."
Utilities Commissioner Asher Waldfogel also pointed to technological changes that have taken place in recent years and argued that the city's commissioned analysis didn't consider the new ways to scale the technology when it concluded that the system is not economically feasible.
"There's been dramatic changes that potentially, pending more analysis and study, make it more feasible today than it would be in some of our view three, four or five years ago," Waldfogel said.


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"Bob's notes" are reports from CFCA President Bob Hentzen, who regularly accompanies mission awareness trip participants. You can see Bob's full update on his Facebook page.
It's a privilege and a joy to share this mission awareness trip with 32 fellow travelers and a dedicated Costa Rican staff. And it's great to have the youth with us.
"We would like to live this trip with a profound spirit of gratitude to the Lord of Life for having given life to CFCA," Villalobos said.
As soon as Cristina and I landed in San Jose, Costa Rica, on the afternoon of July 7, we learned that the evening before, July 6, our two CFCA staff leaders for this trip (Jean Carlo and Elizabeth) were hit by a car while riding a motorcycle.
After making a few final preparations for the trip, they were on their way home in heavy traffic. Both are hospitalized, with leg injuries serious enough to require surgery, but medical reports show that they will recover.
Cristina and I spoke with them by phone, thanking them for their courage and example. They are in our prayers, as we go forward with this trip.
Since its humble beginning in 1991, the CFCA program in Costa Rica has grown to include 6,785 children and youth along with 547 aging friends. At present we have 398 individuals on our waiting list.
Like other countries, those who walk the byways of the marginalized areas of Costa Rica come face to face with very difficult human situations.
The majority of families we visited are single-parent households with the mother as the primary caregiver.
They have few options, and they live in very vulnerable conditions. In the midst of heavy domestic violence, we want them to live in peace and solidarity.
The CFCA spirit of pilgrimage runs high in this group of travelers, as it does in any CFCA trip group.
They are filled with energy, life and creativity. They seem to recognize their own search. They have listened to the call. They can hear the symphony. What a hopeful harmony between sponsors and sponsored friends and their families.
My feeling is that this trip hit home. To date, 11 new children and one aging person have been sponsored by these trip participants.
Everyone seems ready to listen, learn and participate. The newly sponsored friends and their families were here and right up front. To see this resurrection from the doldrums of the streets we walked is very encouraging.
Every sponsored child in a family means contact with a loving and strong CFCA family, beyond the confines of a shanty in a dangerous slum.
Heavy rains during the night, and in the early hours of the morning, turned the roads and byways into very sticky mud.
At Los Chiles
We enjoyed ourselves and had a really good interaction and communication with these young, hard-working families. With only seasonal work, the CFCA livelihood projects take on a special importance.
Sponsors took on three new children from this area today. A mother of a sponsored child, Gabriela, shared some of her inspiring music. And then a three-hour bus trip to Limon.
At Limon
CFCA works in the mountains near Limon. The CabÈcar indigenous group forms the majority of the project here, with 241 sponsored children and 25 aging individuals. Sponsors have noted their quiet strength and deep faith.
In spite of mountain distances, these humble families express a good understanding of CFCA. Much like our trip to Los Chiles, we are returning to our base camp for the night muddy, sweaty and happy. All in all, a good CFCA day.
Thursday was reserved for sponsors and their respective sponsored friends and families, which is always in a community setting with the other sponsored friends and families and sponsors.
'Rise and Dream'
After the sponsored friends and their families had begun their return trip, we had our own premiere of "Rise and Dream." The impact I heard was compelling, profound, passionate, hopeful, inclusive and animated.
Several sponsors have already ordered a movie night kit to show at home or in their church.
This group of sponsors is keenly interested in helping to spread the word about the adventure of CFCA. I am very encouraged by their fire.
I hear expressions like, "This week has enriched my life," and "We can witness; people trust witnesses."
Now that the Costa Rica trip has ended, it's nice to have a few days at home in Guatemala before heading over to Nicaragua for another mission awareness trip. I look forward to seeing families, sponsors and colleagues there.
Please know of our love and thanks.
Bob Hentzen
Costa Rica
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Good Morning! All is well at the National Aquarium. Despite several strong wind gusts of between 60-70 mph through the night, our building and animal care facilities sustained NO damage! We are pleased to report that all of our animals and staff are safe and are getting back to their regular morning care routines. THANK YOU to our amazing, dedicated staff, especially the 21 staff who stayed overnight with our animals, and to Baltimore City Police and Fire for checking up on us and ensuring our safety. We are grateful to the community for sending us positive vibes! Hope everyone is safe this morning, and we are keeping our east coast neighbors in our thoughts today.
Our preparations for the weather began last week as our emergency team gathered managers from other essential departments such as biological programs and facilities. The larger team met to discuss our plans for the incoming storm. Many lessons were learned following our experience with Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
Even though the storm wasn't set to hit until Sunday/Monday, our team took immediate preventative actions starting on Friday, to prepare:
- Aquarium vehicles and boats were moved to high and dry areas.
- Flags and banners on our piers were taken down.
- Facilities topped off generator fuel for generator use, if needed.
- Outdoor equipment and materials, including construction items for our Blacktip Reef project, were secured or moved to safe internal areas.
- Buckets of water and ice were made and stored.
- Sufficient oxygen supplies were gathered and staged strategically throughout animal areas.
- We also worked closely with the Baltimore City Police and Fire departments. We were happy to see them frequently thought the day and night yesterday for coffee and conversation – all other Inner Harbor coffee cafes were closed.
At our Animal Care Center, our staff worked closely to determine all husbandry needs for both our quarantine animals and the Marine Animal Rescue Program (MARP) animals. Like at our main building, separate oxygen supplies were placed throughout the facility. Our team's main concern were our blacktip reef sharks and stingrays destined for our new Blacktip Reef exhibit opening in summer 2013. Detailed plans for monitoring and administering sufficient oxygen for these animals were in place in the case of loss of power or life support systems. Our lizards and turtles are a bit more forgiving in these situations because they are air breathers, but our team still had plans in place for them as well to continue their comfortable, temperature controlled environments.


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Guangdong Enterprises Tapping Belt and Road Opportunities: Kennede Electronics Steps Up Exports
HKTDC Research | 12 Jan 2017
Guangdong Enterprises Tapping Belt and Road Opportunities: Kennede Electronics Steps Up Exports
Kennede Electronics Co Ltd is one of the many businesses looking to capitalise on China's Belt and Road Initiative as a way of tapping the rapidly growing Asian markets. The company has hopes of exploring investment opportunities in a number of areas, including Africa, in a bid to reduce its production costs, while strengthening its market coverage in Asia and Europe. Additionally, in order to advance its production and global sales, Kennede Electronics is in the process to set up a company based in Hong Kong to take advantage of the city's professional services and trade facilities.
Belt and Road Markets Look Promising
Headquartered in Guangdong's Jiangmen city, Kennede Electronics is a specialist maker of backup lighting and electrical products. At present, the company is optimistic about the market potential of the Asian countries along the Belt and Road. It has plans to further develop its dealings with the major South Asian markets, notably India and Pakistan, as well as the Southeast Asian markets in Malaysia and Thailand.
A representative of the company told HKTDC Research that demand within the global lighting market is mostly stable at present. However, growth in the developed markets, such as Europe and the United States is relatively slow. Somewhat against the odds, then, over recent years the company has achieved impressive sales figures by developing new products, building new sales channels and opening new markets.
Since its inception in 2000, Kennede Electronics has focussed on production and overseas trade for its main exports. These exports cover major lighting series - rechargeable indoor and outdoor backup lighting; rechargeable flashlights; and fire emergency lights. They also include rechargeable desktop and floor fans. Kennede currently owns more than 600 series of products, marketing them to more than 100 countries and regions. In January 2014, the company was listed on the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Board in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Exploring Overseas Investment Opportunities
Kennede Electronics has comprehensive plans in place to expand its production capacity to match future business developments. These plans cover the increased application of standard modules, as well as altering product design to better suit its Jiangmen plant's automated production capacity.
The company also intends to explore investment in manufacturing plants within the central region of China. It is also studying the feasibility of setting up production lines in Africa. It plans to combine foreign labour and production resources in order to better control its overall production costs, and break into the African markets via local strongholds. In all, using Africa as an overseas production base could enable the company to service the European market more effectively.
When evaluating potential investment in production projects, the company believes that a number of major factors - other than labour supply and production costs - must be considered. The environmental protection requirements of investment locations, as well as other matters such as supply chain and production materials support, also need to be taken into account. Consequently, the company is looking to build its local knowledge prior to any potential investment in Africa.
Although Southeast Asia is geographically closer to China, the company reckons that the continuous inflow of foreign capital has prompted a surge in local production costs. As the labour supply is no longer abundant, some Southeast Asian countries have begun to tighten their requirements for foreign investment in production projects. As a result of this, the company is currently focused on African investment projects, and has reduced its focus on investment opportunities within Southeast Asia.
At present Kennede Electronics is in the process of setting up a company in Hong Kong. As an international financial centre, Hong Kong offers facilities for dealing with foreign exchange, collecting international payments and securing cost-effective capital to finance growing international business. The company also hopes to take advantage of Hong Kong's professional consulting services, amongst others, to undertake feasibility studies in overseas investment projects and early due diligence. This would enable it to control its investment risks and carry out appropriate tax planning to avoid the unnecessary burden of double taxation.
HKTDC Research would like to acknowledge the help extended by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and the Bureau of Commerce of Jiangmen City in conducting surveys and company visits.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - When stressed, about 30 percent of blacks hold onto too much sodium, the equivalent of eating a small order of fast food French fries or a small bag of potato chips, researchers say.
"This response pattern puts you under a greater blood pressure load over the course of the day and probably throughout the night as well, increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease," said Dr. Gregory Harshfield, hypertension researcher at the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health Sciences University.
In response to stress, they hold onto about 160 milligrams of salt, and the top number of their blood pressure - indicating the pressure inside blood vessels each time the heart beats - goes up about seven points more than normal and stays elevated about an hour longer, said Harshfield, who is presenting his findings Sept. 7 during the Behavioural Economics, Hypertension Session of the Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference in Prato, Italy.
Over the course of the day, this response adds a daily sodium load of about 500 milligrams on top of typically salt-heavy diets. The Institute of Medicine recommends a daily sodium intake of less than 2,300 milligrams - preferably under 1,500 milligrams - while average consumption is about 3,700.
"Everybody knows stress is bad for you and everybody has the perception that a high-salt diet is bad for you, and both are particularly bad for these individuals," said Harshfield who is trying to find an easy way to identify them. "Every time they are stressed, they hold onto as much salt as you get eating a small order of French fries and this can occur many times over the course of even a good day."
The worse news is this increased retention likely causes blood pressures to stay elevated even during sleep, which should be a recuperative time for the body, Harshfield said. Nighttime blood pressures often are considered the truest reading since they should not be impacted by stress.
In a handful of young blacks identified as sodium retainers through a complex research protocol, Harshfield has shown that the dangerous sodium load can be lifted with angiotensin receptor blockers, a common blood pressure treatment. Ironically these drugs are rarely used in blacks who tend not to have high levels of the powerful blood vessel constrictor angiotensin. However, Harshfield's group has evidence that sodium retainers would definitely benefit because they have a version of the angiotensin receptor gene that exacerbates problems with sodium handling. A truly low-salt diet likely would be beneficial as well.
Angiotensin increases blood pressure by directing the kidneys to hold onto more salt and by increasing levels of the hormone aldosterone, which also directs the kidneys to retain salt. The normal response to stress is to temporarily increase blood vessel constriction, which actually increases sodium excretion, Harshfield said.
His studies have long focused on the kidney and years ago found that about 30 percent of blacks and about 10 percent of whites tend to hold onto more sodium for longer periods in response to stress. Stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, which drives the - hopefully temporary - increase in blood pressure.
The latest findings come from a $10.6 million Program Project grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute focused on how the body regulates blood pressure in response to stress. Part of that grant includes a study in which half of 140 young adult sodium retainers take an angiotensin receptor blocker for about a week while the remainder take a placebo. Harshfield "un-blinded" a small number of study participants to collect data for a grant renewal proposal.
In the ongoing search for an easy way to identify sodium retainers, Evan Mulloy, a first-year student at the Medical College of Georgia, is working with Harshfield to collect urine samples from 7- to 21-year-old GHS Children's Medical Center patients being seen for hypertension. Using the doctor's visit as the stressor, they are looking at sodium levels in the urine before and after a visit. Harshfield also is working with MCG Molecular Geneticist Haidong Zhu to develop a genetic profile that could be used for screening.
One in three Americans is hypertensive, according to the NHLBI. The majority of sodium consumed is from processed and restaurant foods.


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Not everything in Anna Camp's life is "Pitch Perfect" these days.
The actress, 30, and "30 Rock" actor Michael Mosley are ending their three-year marriage.
Mosley, 34, filed the divorce papers with the Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 23, naming New Year's Day as the date of their separation and citing irreconcilable differences as the cause, According to court documents obtained by E! News.
Omg! has reached out to Camp's rep for comment.
Camp had a big year in 2012, from starring as the puking leader of the Bellas in "Pitch Perfect," to recurring gigs on "True Blood," "The Mindy Project," and "Vegas." Mosley, for his part, has appeared on multiple TV shows including "Revolution," "Happy Endings," and "Justified," to name a few.
The two thespians got engaged in September 2008 and were married on January 29, 2010. They have no children.
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Emma Thompson remains mute on Polanski
The actress Emma Thompson has made no public statement regarding her alleged withdrawal of her support for Roman Polanski.
Yes, a student has reported that Emma has told her that she would take her name off a petition supporting Polanski, but she has told no one else and she has released no statement indicating said withdrawal.
The Shakesville blog which had first reported on the student comment has had nothing to say on this since November 4.
Personally, the dankprofessor does not care what Thompson's position is on Polanski. I am not into the celebrity cult. But hardcore left feminists apparently are into said cult. They care about what Thompson says or not says on Polanski and they care about Polanski because he is a male and a celebrity.
I know the retort would be that they care about Polanski because they believe he is a rapist in the most ideal form. Now if they really cared about bringing rapists to justice they would be picketing the city hall in Los Angeles and other major cities because DA's do little or nothing about rape. They leave the rape kits in storage unexamined.
And there is little or no emphasis on rapists at large. Of course, the LA Times says that Roman Polanski is still a danger. They must know something that we don't know. Or maybe they have seen too many Polanski movies. Maybe they and others really believe that it was Polanski who slammed the kid in the face in THE TENANT.
Here is what the dankprofessor knows. The LA DA, the talking and writing heads all want to be on the Larry King Show which means they are "real" celebrities. As Celebrity Paris Hilton said on the Larry King Show, "you (Larry ) are a legend".
Now there are two people I know of who definitely don't want to be on that show- Roman Polanski and Sarah Geimer. They just want to be left alone. Ironic isn't it!
Enough said, at least for now.
On THE VIEW Emma Thompson silent on Polanski
The Emma Thompson scenario re Roman Polanski is getting more and more bizarre. As I indicated in a previous post, a number of feminist blogs and then the media in general reported that Thompson was to withdraw her name from a petition in support of Roman Polanski. Apparently Thompson indicated to a student at Exeter College where she was lecturing that her name would be withdrawn from the petition.
What the dankprofessor found to be strange was that there was no public statement by Thompson announcing said withdrawal. And to add to this strangeness, yesterday Thompson appeared on THE VIEW with an audience of a couple of million and said absolutely nothing about Polanski.
Such must have been disheartening to those avowed feminists who were very excited about Emma's apparent withdrawal. But as the dankprofessor has previously stated such is contradictory with feminism since these people are looking up to a power figure for validation, and, in this particular case, looking up to a celebrity.
And what also disturbs the dankprofessor is not that Emma Thompson signed or not signed or changed her mind about signing a petition, but rather that she finds signing to be sufficent. Is it too much to expect the Emma Thompson make a public statement indicating her reasons for signing or not signing? Signing a petition is easy, explaining why one signed is not so easy. Are the anit-Polanski crusaders going to give a pass to Thomspson because she is a celebrity?
Emma Thompson and Roman Polanski
Although I support the efforts of Roman Polanski not to be extradited to the United Sates, I am also generally sympathetic to those who speak out against any differential treatment of celebrities.
Celebrityhood should not make celebrities qualified for any kind of special treatment.
But we all very well know that such is not the case in America. Too many Americans worship their stars. Some do so to such a degree that if anything bad happens to one of their heavenly bodies they become psychologically unglued. Such was recently demonstrated when Michael Jackson died; there was massive mourning throughout the United States, and a media frenzy that even surpassed the trials and tribulations of OJ Simpson.
And now we have Emma Thompson, an accomplished actress and humanitarian, who has caused many people on the feminist left to go into seizures of despair and heartbreak, particularly see the Jezebel and Shakesville blogs.
And what did Emma Thompson do that caused such distress- she signed the Bernard Henri Levy petition in support of freedom for Polanski. Here we have one actress and one signatory of the petition. But what we also have is too many feminists treating Thompson as being the Ultimate one. She is treated with adoration just as all "true" celebrities are treated. Her falling from her scared superior position has caused much suffering by her worshipers.
But according to the Shakseville blog, all has not been in vain-
Last week, a reader named Caitlin e-mailed Shakesville blogmistress Melissa McEwan — who had written about being heartbroken by Thompson's decision to sign — with a proposal. Caitlin is a student at Exeter University, where Thompson was scheduled to speak last night, and knew she'd have the opportunity to meet the actor. In her e-mail, Caitlin wrote: "I have set up a petition online, in the hopes that I can hand her a list of names and comments next week from the online community (and my own university, hopefully) showing our dismay at her decision to sign the Roman Polanski petition."
The petition got 410 signatures and numerous comments, which Caitlin brought to her meeting with Thompson last night. In a follow-up e-mail to Shakesville, Caitlin writes:
Emma did not have much time between meetings, but she gave me all of the time that she had. I asked her why she had signed the petition, and she explained about how well she knows Polanski, how terrible his life has been, and how forgiving the survivor of the rape all those years ago now is. She said she thought the intentions of the judge were unclear, as were the intentions of those who arrested him recently. She told me that a lot of her friends had rung her up asking her to sign the petition, so there had been a certain amount of pressure. She said that she had already been thinking a lot about the petition, as others had expressed their dismay at her signing it.
I handed her our petition and the comments. She read them both through thoroughly, and came back to me. She said, while she supported Polanski as a friend, a crime is a crime. I don't know whether she had realised the extent of Polanski's crime, but she is now fully aware. She will remove her name from the petition – in fact, she said she would call today and sort it out. Even though, she stressed, Polanski has had some truly terrible experiences in his lifetime, experiences that we couldn't even imagine and which should not be taken out of the equation, she agreed that she could not put her name to a petition asking for his release.
Assuming that she will be true to her word, her name will be removed in the very near future. Hopefully the press will pick up on it.
She left me with this, to pass on to everyone who has signed the petition/raised awareness of this issue: "Know that I will remove my name because of you, and all of the good work that you have been doing. I have read your petition. I have heard you. And I will listen."
If she follows through, hooray for Thompson — and either way, hooray for Caitlin, who had the guts to use a brief meeting with a celebrity to do what many of us have wanted to over the last month: Ask what the fuck went through her head before she signed. And it sounds like the usual — he's suffered, he's charming, the victim wants it dropped, judicial shenanigans, all the cool kids are signing — minus any thought of what he actually did to the victim in 1977, before fleeing the country. Lévy conveniently left any mention about that out of his petition, but Caitlin did not. And that information is rather crucial to making a decision about whether to call for leaving poor old Polanski alone. I've been wondering the whole time how many of his supporters have taken a good look at it, and how many just got a phone call saying, "It's a witch hunt — sign this" and agreed.
Here's hoping not only that Thompson makes that call, but that her change of heart gets enough real media attention for other celebrity signatories of the Free Polanski petition to think twice about who and what, exactly, they agreed to stand up for.
Of course the Jezebel blogger comes out patronizing both Emma Thompson and all other signatories. They just couldn't know what they actually signed. I signed the petition and I knew just about all aspects of the Polanski case that have become public. And I assume that such was also the case for many of the other signatories.
What I find so terribly depressing is that apparently so many, (see the comments on the Shakesville blog )are so dependent on any power figure. Doesn't such dependency represent the antithesis of what feminism is all about?
Speaking only for myself, if Harrison Ford decided to remove his name from the petition I would be unfazed. What does Harrison Ford have to do with me? I speak for myself; Harrison Ford speaks for himself. Why should I or any body else petition Harrison Ford? If such petitioning would occur as it has occurred in reference to Emma Thompson, it just demonstrates the dependency and vulnerability of the petitioners.
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For this meditation, you'll exhale twice as long as you inhale. This can help settle your mind and nervous system before you get under the covers.
Let go of your day. Take a deep breath in and out. Now that your body is more relaxed, stretch yourself out long on the floor. Separate your feet, and lay your hands on the floor next to your hips, with your palms facing upwards.
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Extend Your Breath. Breathe so that your exhale is twice as long as your inhale. For example you could count to three on your inhale and six during your exhale. (If that feels uncomfortable, you can change it by counting 2 on your inhale and 4 on your exhale, etc.) The point isn't to hyperventilate or pass out. You want the breaths to feel comfortable, so that you'll stay with the practice. The counting will help you stay focused and relax your body at the same time.
- Breathe in slowly while counting to two.
- Pause for a count of one.
- Breathe out slowly while counting to four.
- Pause for a count of one.
- Once again, "Inhale, one, two, pause; exhale, one, two, three, four, pause."
- Continue to breathe this way. At some point it will feel natural to let the counting go and to allow your mind to rest in the direct experience of breathing.
- Eventually let go and just breathe however feels normal to you.
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CHINO VALLEY, Ariz. — Rusty Reed's home used to be always just over the next horizon. Now, it sits at the end of a country road.
He and his traveling companion Timber, a 4-year-old shepherd mix, are still adjusting to the palatial feel of their 700-square-foot single-wide mobile home, which sits where a one-lane dirt path disappears into monsoon-fed vegetation.
The 63-year-old military veteran can walk upright in the new house, a strange feeling after he spent so many years with his 6-foot-3 frame hunched over in the homemade camper shell on the back of his 1975 Ford pickup. And Timber can chase toys without the former limits of his leash.
The home, sitting amid trees and low shrubs, resembles many in this rural area. But it is the only one with the name "REED" written onto a metal sign tacked to a tree stump, a dog stretched along the front-window ledge.
Just a year ago, Reed was in quite a different place — on his knees in his camper, hands clasped, praying for Timber's return. The dog had disappeared as Reed camped near Loa, Utah, and when Reed had to leave the area due to encroaching wildfires, he felt sure he would never see Timber again. But thanks to caring strangers and the powerful reach of the Internet, the two would eventually be reunited in Boulder, Colo.
As Reed and Timber now settle into their new home, that time seems long ago. Reed is able to lease the two-bedroom, one-bath home by paying 30 percent of his military pension toward rent and utilities as part of a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Gone is the stress of living in his camper, moving every two weeks to adhere to no-loitering rules imposed on federal lands. Reed said his back feels better, his hands don't shake as much as they used to and his health is improving; his former diet consisted of foods that could keep for months.
When Reed learned in May he'd been awarded a voucher from the HUD-VA Supportive Housing program targeting chronically homeless veterans, he wasn't sure he was ready to put down stakes.
It has been 16 years, Reed said, since he's lived in one place for a year. He paused, overcome by bittersweet memories of a home shared, a love lost.
"We bought some land near Tombstone, built it together," he said. "But it just wasn't meant to be. And that's all I'm going to say on that."
But life on the road wasn't particularly easy. And the more Reed thought about it, the clearer his next step became. When he found out he could live in Chino Valley — a community that was not too large, not too hot, just right — Reed was convinced. And when VA caseworker Bob Gorelik showed him this unit, a modest mobile home surrounded by trees and hemmed in by corrals, Reed knew his days on the road were over.
As the current tenant showed them around, Reed envisioned a vegetable garden out front. He could fence in the area along the side, giving Timber the one thing all dogs love: a yard.
The two moved in a month later. All of Reed's worldly possessions barely filled the bookcase that was there.
The home came with things that most people consider essentials but that Reed really had never missed. A refrigerator (jars and cans had been just fine), a washer (all he had needed was a creek and a large, flat rock), and an electric stove (if fire restrictions did not allow him use of his wood stove, Reed would let his oatmeal or ramen sit in water for a few minutes).
There certainly are advantages. Fresh vegetables, for example. And the ability to cook meals with no regard to fire restrictions.
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And one of Reed's very favorite things about having a home — ice cream. He already had a gallon of it in the freezer, the only thing there besides ice cubes.
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He knew it would be better to adjust sooner rather than later, so Reed made the effort, sleeping somewhat uncomfortably on the dual-recliner couch in the living room. And when he spread Timber's blanket in a cozy niche between the couch and the wall, it felt more like home, especially when the shepherd mix curled up there to gnaw on a bone.
While Reed and Timber are the home's only occupants, they are not alone. Not really.
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"We were just heartbroken last year when we found out Timber was gone," Vicki Reighard said. "But to know how it turned out was so amazing. Now we're just happy to help them settle in. It was the least we could do."
The Reighards are among the thousand-plus regular visitors to rvsueandcrew.net, where retiree Susan Rogers shares stories of her life on the road. (The crew consists of Spike and Bridget, Rogers' two dogs.)
Rogers first met Reed and Timber while camping in spring 2012. It was later, around the Fourth of July holiday, when the dog was lost. A month or so later, Reed happened to tell Rogers that he had lost Timber, and she wrote about it on her blog. Her readers rallied to the cause and, by the end of that same day, would find Timber in Colorado with the man who had found him in the forest.
At one point, the blog received more than 10,000 hits as Rogers detailed Reed's reunion with his best friend.
"My blog readers love Rusty and Timber," Rogers wrote in an email.
Rogers and Reed have stayed in touch, and in fact were camping near one another when the VA contacted Reed about finding him a home.
"What a roller coaster of emotions Rusty rode as he tried to reconcile himself to the idea of leaving a life on the road to living in a stationary house," Rogers said. "Now he's like a kid at Christmas!"
Thanks to gift cards sent by Rogers' readers, Reed has been able to buy a small TV and a full-size bed. He sleeps in the smaller 8- by 8-foot bedroom, devoting the larger bedroom to one of his few hobbies — electric trains. It is nothing more than an oval track, but over time he hopes to add buildings, trees and a few homes to give it a lived-in look.
First on Reed's to-do list, however, is fencing the rear yard so Timber has a place to safely roam. Then, he'll plant a vegetable garden where weeds now grow.
Each day, the house is becoming more a home. Even Timber is starting to recognize it.
"Just the other day I said, 'Home, Timber, home,' and he went to the house instead of the truck," Reed said. "First time."
They say home is where the heart is, but Reed has a better definition.
"Wherever me and Timber are together," he said. "That's home."
HUD-VA Supportive Housing
What: Program aimed at providing housing and support to homeless veterans.
How it works: Regional Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing programs receive a certain number of housing vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Qualifying veterans pay a portion of their pension toward rent and utilities. Caseworkers work with veterans to arrange counseling, health care and other clinical services to aid in the transition from the streets to a house.
Results: From 2008 to 2012, 48,385 housing vouchers were issued, according to HUD (hud.gov).
Details: For more more information on the HUD-VASH program, visit www.va.gov/HOMELESS/HUD-VASH.asp. Homeless veterans in need of help may call 877-424-3838.


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How to Care for Sun Drenched Skin
As the bloom of Spring is upon us, with the sunlit days lengthening and summer fast-approaching, it is important to focus our attention on sun-care for the skin. The sun's energy is in some ways healthful, as it promotes the formation of Vitamin D, and many feel that getting some "color" washes away any remaining sallow traces of winter. Unfortunately, solar radiation in the form of UVA and UVB rays are extremely aging. The mechanism of "photoaging" is predicated on the formation of free radicals; hydroxide and superoxide radicals will bind to and damage the "youthful" proteins within the skin (collagen and elastin), and will consequently accelerate a tired, aged look. The short-term benefits of a deep tan are outweighed by the long-term detriment to the skin.
Does this mean that we should completely avoid sun? Of course not. We should simply embrace the sun with appropriate moderation and care.
Prior to sun exposure, sunblock should be the first and foremost consideration. SPF of 30 or higher with broad-band (UVA and UVB) protection is integral to pre-empt the sun's damaging rays. Sunblocks can be "chemical" screens, "physical" blocks, and combination chemical and physical sunscreens. Chemical sunscreens, such as Parsol 1789, and physical sunblocks, such as micronized zinc oxide and micronized titanium dioxide, can work alone or in concert to protect skin from the sun's damaging rays. Antioxidants – products that contain antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, green tea and others – work synergistically with sunblocks, and can effectively scavenge free radicals associated with sun exposure to minimize damage to the collagen and elastic proteins of the skin.
Following sun exposure, liberal moisture and antioxidants are important in maintaining skin hydration (to counter the sun's desiccating effects), and antioxidants will continue to scavenge free radicals.
When dark spots and hyperpigmented areas of the skin ensue after a season, or many seasons, of sun exposure, products that minimize and balance pigment such as hydroquinone, kojic acid and retinoids (derivatives of Vitamin A such as retinol and retin-A) will lighten hyperpigmentation (brown discolorations of the skin) and will promote collagen restoration.
Chemical peels that incorporate alpha and beta hydroxy-acids, TCA (trichloroacetic acid), phenol, and Jessner's solution help to both exfoliate the damaged outer layer of skin (the stratum corneum) as well as to lighten dark pigmentation associated with the effects of the sun.
Laser-Light Treatments such as Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is a no-down-time light-energy treatment that can dramatically decrease pigmentation due to sun damage.
Fractional Photothermolysis: CO2 laser treatments that are fractionated, known as fractional photothermolysis, treat sun-damaged skin with a much more rapid recovery than older laser modalities. Fractional laser treatments, such as Active FX, Deep FX and Fraxel, not only decrease brown spots and balance sun-associated discolorations, but produce a reorganization of the collagen layers of your own skin and result in a tightened and rejuvenated appearance.
Although plastic surgery is rarely indicated to directly treat sun damage, when the laxity and inelasticity resulting from sun damage is severe enough to have an architectural effect on the skin, plastic surgery procedures such as face lift, neck lift, eyelid lift, and fat transfer can restore youth and beauty to the face.
There are so many at-home as well as minimally invasive treatments that are both pre-emptive and therapeutic. Of course, an ounce of prevention is always more valuable than a pound of cure. When the effects of photoaging do manifest themselves, chemical peels, laser light treatments (IPL), and fractional CO2 laser are very effective at reinvigorating the skin and at minimizing the signs of sun-drenched skin. Enjoy the sun responsibly this summer!


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- 4 Beds
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Property TypeResidential – Duplex
SubdivisionThe Exception
Listing Date11/16/18
Year Built1988
Lot Size0.04 Acres (1,742 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
A gorgeous, mountain modern renovation highlights this exceptional home, located in EagleVail's most desirable community. Spacious, open floorplan with cathedral ceilings. Quiet, peaceful setting offers beautiful, forested views. Spacious two car garage with room for all of your mountain toys. The country club-like setting includes private, heated pool, tennis, and carefree professional management. Perfect either as second home or full time residence, and ready to enjoy from day one!
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About EagleVail
Situated between two world-class ski resorts, the community of EagleVail is one of the valley's most prime locations in terms of access. With an 18-hole golf course, par 3 golf course, tennis courts, community pool, hiking and biking trails, sporting fields, a community garden, local restaurants and more, this community has something for everyone. EagleVail serves as a basecamp for families, second-home owners and adventurous thrill-seekers alike. Wave hello to your neighbors on an evening stroll around the golf course, hang out at the community pool or ski home from Beaver Creek — whatever lifestyle you're looking for, EagleVail delivers the perfect setting for it. Real estate in the community includes a healthy mix of condominiums, townhomes, duplexes and single-family homes. In EagleVail, neighbors hang out together at the community garden, driving range, Turkey Trot or the pool. EagleVail is also just a bike ride away from Vail, Avon and Edwards, and multiple county bus stops in the neighborhood provide easy shuttle service to anywhere in the valley. With its commercial and residential zones, adjacent National Forest lands, beautiful green spaces thanks to the golf course and other pocket parks, EagleVail features alpine living without sacrificing any conveniences. It's also a community that offers pricing from entry-level to luxury buyers.
Area Market Data
We get asked this question a lot. Below is a tool that gives you the ability to see what the market is like in your community. Find out what homes like your own are selling for right in your back yard. Simply enter in your address, choose the proximity of the search and find out market data for other homes that are selling near you.
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The data relating to the real estate for sale on this website comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange program of the Vail Multi-List Service, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Vail Multi List, Inc. (VMLS). The information displayed herein was derived from sources believed to be accurate, but has not been verified by VMLS. Buyers are cautioned to verify all information to their own satisfaction. This information is exclusively for viewers' personal, non- commercial use. Any republication or reproduction of the information herein without the express permission of the VMLS is strictly prohibited.
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West Virginia (USA)
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian region of the United States of America, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast. The total area of the state is 24,230 square miles (62,755 km²) and the estimated population in 2007 was 1,812,035. In 2005, 96.01% of the population was Caucasian and 3.49% was African American. In 2001 religious affiliation was stated to be as follows: Baptist (30%); Methodist (15%); Other Protestant/General Protestant (15%); Non-denominational Christian (7%); Roman Catholic (8%); Not religious (13%); and a non-Christian religion (4%).
The territory of this state, located west of Virginia was a part of Virginia until 20 April 1863. On that date, West Virginia was declared a separate state by President Lincoln. This action was the result of the refusal of the northwestern counties of Virginia to accept the secession from the union decreed by the majority of the counties.
1959 Article
A few Mennonite Church (MC) families settled within the bounds of West Virginia near the close of the 18th century. These early settlements were made in Greenbrier and Rockbridge counties. Since the formation of the new state in 1863 the witness of the Shenandoah Valley Mennonite churches has been effectually brought to the people of Pendleton, Randolph, Tucker, and Hardy counties of West Virginia, which are over the mountains just across the Virginia border. In these areas there were in 1957 a total of 21 congregations, missions, or preaching points, with a total of 533 baptized members. The oldest of these was Salem at Needmore, started in 1868, with 113 members in 1957. These congregations were all Virginia Conference and were served by the bishops of two of the Shenandoah Valley districts. -- Harry A. Brunk
1990 Update
The population of West Virginia declined during the 1950s through the 1980s, especially in coal mining and lumbering areas. The exodus from the highlands encouraged several Mennonite congregations to consolidate. By 1987 there were 13 Mennonite congregations in West Virginia with a total membership of 384. Eight of these congregations were affiliated with the Virginia Mennonite Conference (MC), three with Southeastern Mennonite conference, and two with Allegheny Mennonite Conference (MC).
Mennonites in the Appalachian regions of West Virginia have promoted craft production, a medical clinic at Harman, a campground (Harman Mountain Farm), and, for a time, a Discipleship Center (also at Harman), sponsored by Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church).
Mennonite Disaster Service made a significant contribution following the flood disasters at Man (1971) and Petersburg (1985). -- Paul K. Kratz
2009 Update
|Anabaptist/Mennonite Groups in West Virginia, 2000
|Brethren In Christ Church
|Church of the Brethren
|Mennonite Church USA
|Mennonite; Other Groups
|Old Order Amish Church
ARDA: The Association of Religion Data Archives. "State Membership Report - West Virginia: Denominational Groups, 2000." http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/54_2000.asp (accessed 2 March 2009).
Horsch, James E., ed. Mennonite Yearbook and Directory. Scottdale: Mennonite Publishing House, 1988-89: 44.
Wikipedia. "West Virginia." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia (accessed 1 March 2009).
|Harry A. Brunk
|Paul K. Kratz
|Date Published
|February 2009
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Brunk, Harry A. and Paul K. Kratz. "West Virginia (USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2009. Web. 3 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Virginia_(USA)&oldid=113649.
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Brunk, Harry A. and Paul K. Kratz. (February 2009). West Virginia (USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Virginia_(USA)&oldid=113649.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 929-930; vol. 5, p. 928. All rights reserved.
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This is a Cross-Post by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens at Standpoint
Help JIMAS win a £5000 Co-Operative grant to continue its community work by signing up here and giving them your vote – it won't cost you a thing.
On March 7 2011, extremists burned down a large section of St. Michael's Church in Ipswich, which was in the process of an uninsured £300,000 renovation. The product of over 30 years of savings and donations from the local community, it was being turned into a community centre headed by Sheikh Muhammed Manwar Ali (also known as Abu Muntasir), the chief executive of JIMAS. It is unclear whether the arsonists were of the far-right or Islamist persuasion, though both have good reason to dislike him and his ideas.
Originally founded in the late 1980s, JIMAS (an acronym of Arabic words which translate to 'The Association to Revive the Way of the Messenger') is a very different organisation from what it was then. During its earlier years, it acted as one of the primary conduits of hard-core Salafi and Islamist thought in Britain, introducing a generation of young Muslims to the ideas of modern jihadi thinkers, including Sayyid Qutb and Abdullah Azzam. It organised regular lectures and classes with some of the main Western contemporary Salafi ideologues, and within the milieu it created could be found household names of the Western Salafi movement including Omar Bakri Mohammed, Abdullah al-Faisal and Anwar al-Awlaki. As Manwar himself would admit, JIMAS undoubtedly helped to form a pool of angry young Muslims who resented Britain and the West, and injected within them an Islamist zeal the consequences of which we are experiencing to this day.
Manwar has long since changed his ways, and the message of his group. JIMAS is now an organisation that, while remaining Islamic, goes far beyond sectarian and religious boundaries and promotes an integrationist, anti-Islamist agenda. Above all, the Sheikh expounds the importance of a truly national, rather than sectarian, identity with a liberal outlook reminiscent of medieval Islamic humanism (for more on this, see Lenn Goodman's Islamic Humanism). Through his planned community project at the Church, he wants to revive a piece of the local area's Victorian heritage and provide believers and atheists with a neutral discussion forum which will help people learn more about and, it is hoped, reject many of the ideas which create bigots and terrorists.
Having worked with numerous extremist Salafis and Islamists in the past, he is under no illusions about the harm they have done to British society, and has taken it upon himself to help reverse this damage. On the face of it, he may seem the perfect candidate to benefit from a Government Prevent grant, but he has refused to apply for it, though not for the reasons one might think. Whereas many Muslim groups reject the fund either because they don't trust the Government, or are concerned about losing legitimacy among the local Muslim community, Manwar has a novel (and noble) take on it: 'People like me should not take taxpayer money to do a job that is our duty', he told me over coffee in early February.
No single individual or group will succeed in defeating Islamic extremism in Britain; success requires the patience of many dedicated people who understand and believe in the values of this country. I have no doubt that Manwar should be counted among this group. Many on this blog may read this with more than a tinge of scepticism: the East London Mosque and its sectarian and extremist cohorts, for example, are often described in similar terms by naïve reporters and politicians. JIMAS is not the same – it is now the real deal.
Help JIMAS win a £5000 Co-Operative grant to continue its community work by signing up here and giving them your vote – it won't cost you a thing. They are currently in 3rd place out of a total of 152 organisations, and need at least 200-300 more votes.


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Washington, DC
Claudio Knizek joined Boston Consulting Group in January 2006. He coleads BCG's global work in lean and manufacturing. During his tenure at BCG, he has focused on a variety of organizational and strategic issues primarily in the consumer, pharmaceutical, industrial goods, and high-tech industries.
The majority of Claudio's work is focused on operations, but he also brings significant experience in strategy and organization.
His project work helping clients adapt lean approaches includes assisting a global pharmaceutical company in developing and implementing supply chain strategy, assessing the manufacturing network of an automotive supplier, improving operations and manufacturing for automotive plans in the US and Mexico, boosting manufacturing productivity in for a consumer goods provider, and development a low-cost-country sourcing strategy for a food manufacturer.
Prior to joining BCG, Claudio worked at A.T. Kearney, where he was involved in various strategic and operational projects.


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Here is a look at some creative minds at work. Portsmouth bridge fans have taken the picture with the removed bridge part and making their own renditions of the bridge. Here are a few of the ones they've posted on our Facebook page.
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Bathed in golden California sunlight and brimming with all the hope the West Coast can muster, "Bellflower" is a love story for the 21st Century, where boy meets girl, girl destroys boy, boy exacts swift and brutal retribution and all parties, including the audience, are left wondering WTF just happened?
"Bellflower" stars Evan Glodell (who also wrote, directed and produced the film) as Woodrow, whose "Mad Max"-inspired preparations for the apocalypse are derailed when he falls under the spell of a gorgeous blonde, Milly, whom he first meets in a bug-eating contest at a bar. A subsequent first date lasts days, crosses a number of statelines, and Woodrow finds himself falling hard.
As rich and real as the romance feels, as director, Glodell maintains a sense of doom that hangs over the proceedings, one established by a flash-forward montage at the film's outset. Composed of knives and blood and screaming, it makes clear that no matter how much you may be sharing the the glee of Woodrow and Mily's new love, an emotional doomsday is right around the corner. What starts out all kittens and daisies suddenly sneaks up on you and drops a four-pound hammer on your head.
"Bellflower" is also a stark meditation on Manhood, as Woodrow and his best friends Aiden rejoice in cars, flamethrowers, sideburns, whiskey, beer, bacon, motorcycles and the guy code. And yet, as focused as the film is on Manhood, it's totally devoid of any celebration of Macho nonsense. There's plenty of Macho, yes, but Glodell possesses the self-awareness to recognize it as nonsense.
Woodrow is not that much of a stretch for Glodell, as the character he is playing is essentially himself. But where plenty of people have failed at playing themselves, Glodell does nicely, transforming from shy Midwesterner to Lord Humongous to a man with a Herculean bout of Post-Romantic Stress Disorder. Tyler Dawson as Aiden, is the perfect high-energy sidekick, Tigger to Glodell's Pooh.
But it's Jesse Wiseman who gives the film its most crucial performance, as she makes Milly somehow sexy and likable, while also being wretched and vindictive.
Glodell spent eight years making this film (including building the camera with which it was shot), having started writing the script shortly after a rather unpleasant break-up in 2003. It's a testament to his gift as a storyteller and his maturity as a Man that the real-life "Milly" has seen the film and likes it. And if Milly can look past her own culpability to enjoy "Bellflower," surely you can, too.
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New Jersey ex-pat and fellow librarian Tom Bruno wrote a post recently entitled "Rock Stars and Superheroes" where he talks about the status of rock star librarians or celebrarians or whatever you want to call librarians that are known within the community. I'm flattered that he would call me out specifically and in such excellent company. Here's the money quote:
We're all so busy grinding through our daily workflows, monthly statistics, and annual reports that it's easy to lose sight of what makes our job so awesome: listening to people who are in need of information, navigating our library's resources in order to locate that one all-important thing, then sharing it, not for profit or personal advancement but for the expansion of human knowledge and the simple joy of sharing. If you can imagine that exact feeling I'm describing and consider it one of the most wonderful things in the universe, then you might just be a librarian yourself. Since then I've tried not to end my workday without finding a way to commit at least one random act of kindness, and I've found myself infinitely more energized as a librarian as a result. I dare you to try it yourself… there's always room for another library superhero.
(Emphasis mine)
It's a pretty timely post since I'm going to be making the case for the rock star librarian at the ALA virtual conference tomorrow at 11:30am (my co-speaker, Nancy Dowd, will be talking about librarians as advocacy deal makers).
While I don't want to spoil the talk I'm going to give tomorrow, I thought it would be a great question set to toss out there in general. So, without further ado:
When you hear 'rock star librarian', what do you think that means? How do you feel about the term and why? Is it a term for good, for bad, or does it need to be retired?
I'm looking forward to the comments on this one.
That's our starter topic for this open thread. Post away or talk about something else that's on your mind. Anonymous comments are certainly welcome.
(Consider reading Will Manley's American Libraries column for his take on library heroes.)