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Used 2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid
Pros & Cons
- Confident driving dynamics
- high-class interior
- impressive equipment roster
- powerful and fuel-efficient powertrain options
- high towing capacity.
- No third-row seat
- middling cargo capacity
- spongy brake pedal feel
- upper trims get costly.
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The newest VW Touareg offers an available gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain and more passenger room, greater performance and higher fuel economy than its precursor. If you don't need three rows of seats or class-leading cargo capacity, the Volkswagen Touareg deserves a look.
Vehicle overview
The 2011 Volkswagen Touareg represents the luxury SUV's first full redesign since it debuted a decade ago. In a nod to the on-road preferences of most crossover SUV owners, VW did away with the heavy and complex dual-range transfer case for off-roading. This contributes to a weight loss this year of nearly 400 pounds, which along with the new structure's increased rigidity notably sharpens on-pavement performance.
Under the hood, the new VW Touareg offers a choice of three engines. Two are carry-over: V6 gas and V6 turbodiesel. But rather than a gas-guzzling V8 at the top of the ranks, there is now a hybrid model sporting a supercharged V6 along with a battery-powered electric motor. This powertrain has been developed in conjunction with Porsche, and indeed it is the same hybrid powertrain that powers the Porsche Cayenne Hybrid.
Volkswagen's first-ever hybrid is as close as you'll get to a "cake and eat it" experience, as it provides the performance of a V8 but with better fuel economy than a V6. Along with a net output of nearly 400 horsepower that allows the Touareg Hybrid to sprint to 60 mph from a standstill in just 6.2 seconds according to Edmunds testing, the hybrid powertrain provides a combined fuel economy estimate of 21 mpg. That's 40 percent higher than the 15 mpg combined the V8 version offered a few years ago. A new eight-speed automatic (standard for all trim levels) also helps improve the fuel economy of both the V6 gas and turbodiesel models.
The 2011 Touareg's exterior styling is taut and crisp, with more pronounced character lines and wheel arches. Up front is VW's new corporate face, while out back there are distinctive LED taillights. The Touareg is still a midsize crossover with seating for five, but those in back are particularly well served now, with more rear legroom and a backrest that reclines to three different positions. With rich wood, metallic accents and high-quality materials throughout, the Touareg's cabin gives nothing away in terms of luxury ambience to more prestigious nameplates.
All things considered, the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg lineup not only compares favorably in terms of luxury and performance against respected rivals like the Acura MDX and BMW X5, but also has what it takes to compete against cutting-edge hybrid rivals like the Lexus RX 450h and Mercedes ML450 Hybrid.
2011 Volkswagen Touareg models
The 2011 Volkswagen Touareg is a five-passenger midsize SUV that's available in four main trim levels: Sport, Lux, Executive and Hybrid. All but the Hybrid can be had with either gasoline V6 ("VR6") or turbodiesel ("TDI") V6 power.
The Sport comes well equipped with 18-inch wheels, bi-xenon headlights, power tailgate, rearview camera, dual-zone automatic climate control, eight-way power/heated front seats, leatherette upholstery, a navigation system, Bluetooth and an eight-speaker audio system with CD player, satellite radio and iPod integration.
The Lux adds 19-inch wheels, a huge "panoramic" power sunroof, heated sideview mirrors, walnut cabin accents, leather upholstery, 12-way power front seats (with power lumbar support for the driver), driver memory presets and power rear seat releases.
Moving up to the Executive adds a corner office (just kidding), 20-inch wheels, a heated steering wheel, heated rear seats, keyless ignition/entry, rear park assist and a Dynaudio premium sound system.
The Hybrid comes loaded with all the aforementioned along with a power-adjustable steering column, passenger memory presets, passenger power lumbar seat support and metal door-sill plates.
Options are few and include a Towing package, carpeted floor mats and the Protection package (which consists of rubber floor mats, a rubber cargo area mat and mud guards).
2011 Highlights
Performance & mpg
An eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive are standard on every 2011 Volkswagen Touareg. The VR6 versions have a narrow-angle 3.6-liter gasoline V6 that makes 280 hp and 265 pound-feet of torque. The TDI versions feature a 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 good for 225 hp and a whopping 406 lb-ft of torque. The Hybrid features a supercharged, direct-injection 3.0-liter V6 gasoline engine paired with an electric motor. The two combine to generate an impressive 380 hp and 428 lb-ft of torque, enough to catapult this Touareg from a standstill to 60 mph in just 6.2 seconds according to Edmunds testing.
EPA fuel economy estimates for the VR6 stand at 16 mpg city/23 mpg highway and 19 mpg combined, while the TDI is rated at an impressive 19 city/28 highway and 22 combined. These represent improvements of 2-4 mpg over the previous Touareg VR6 and TDI. The Hybrid rates 20 city/24 highway and 21 combined.
Properly equipped, the Touareg (any trim level) can tow 7,700 pounds, which is more than most competitors.
Every Volkswagen Touareg comes standard with antilock disc brakes (with brake assist), stability and traction control, hill hold assist (to prevent roll-back when you stop on a steep incline), front-seat side airbags and full-length side curtain airbags.
In crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Touareg earned the agency's "Top Safety Pick" award by acing all of the tests, including frontal-offset, side-impact and roof strength.
Although the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg does without the formerly standard low-range transmission feature for driving off-road, this utility vehicle still has a fair measure of ability in the dirt thanks to its minimal front/rear overhangs, decent ground clearance and compliant suspension. But even if you never venture off the beaten path, this is one satisfying SUV from behind the wheel. Steering response is particularly sharp, though the effort level is perhaps too light for some tastes.
The VR6 engine is refined and adequately powerful, but the V6 TDI diesel is well worth the extra cash, providing superior torque and fuel economy. The Hybrid is impressively quick while returning good fuel economy, though its $60K price tag is rather dear. Regardless of engine choice, the eight-speed automatic transmission's shifts are barely noticeable. At speed, the Touareg feels unflappable, devouring highway miles while cosseting its passengers in a cocoon of quiet luxury.
The Touareg's handling and ride dynamics are similarly refined, with a solid, composed feel in the corners and over the bumps. Though the brake pedal feels somewhat mushy with its long stroke, under hard braking, the brakes themselves are powerful enough. We recorded a good 121-foot stopping distance with the heaviest Touareg, the Hybrid.
The only real difference between the Touareg's cabin and, say, the BMW X5's is the big VW badge on the steering wheel. Most surfaces in the Touareg's interior are soft-touch, and the hard surfaces feel smooth and substantial. The navigation system boasts crisp graphics and an intuitive touchscreen interface. At higher trim levels the Touareg is decked out like a Range Rover, what with the Dynaudio stereo and the upgraded styling cues and interior materials.
While many other midsize SUVs offer a third-row seat, the Touareg does not, limiting passenger capacity to only five. However, the second row is roomy enough, with a higher seat cushion than you'll find in the X5. Cargo capacity is 32 cubic feet with the rear seats up and 71 cubic feet when they're folded. Sure, that's useful but not particularly impressive given that a humble Honda CR-V has more maximum storage space.
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September 13, 2013 Robin Lovin to Discuss the Shrinking Moral Vocabulary in Politics, Oct. 10
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Religion scholar Robin Lovin, in the annual Maguire lecture at the Library of Congress, will argue that contemporary politics is plagued by a shrinking moral vocabulary and will examine ways to reverse the trend.
Lovin will speak at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10 in room 119 on the first floor of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the John W. Kluge Center, the lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.
From February to June, Lovin held the 2013 Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Kluge Center. He returns for the annual Maguire lecture, a major address at the Library by the chair holder. Lovin is the eighth scholar since 2001 to hold the Maguire Chair.
"Religious aspirations, prophetic indictments and even the concept of the common good have been pushed to the margins of public reason," Lovin said. "At the same time, the institutions that shape lives and connect persons to the wider society—schools, museums, congregations, community organizations—tend to disappear from political consideration."
In his lecture, Lovin will discuss how the shrinking moral vocabulary came about and how renewed attention to the role of certain institutions might help to expand one's thinking about ethics in politics. Lovin will argue for the return in politics to a unified moral vocabulary.
Lovin is the director of research at the Center of Theological Inquiry and an emeritus professor at Southern Methodist University. He has written widely on 20th-century Christian social ethics. His most recent publication is "An Introduction to Christian Ethics," a volume designed for students and general readers. His 2007 book "Reinhold Niebuhr" surveyed the life and work of the famed protestant theologian. The Library of Congress holds the Reinhold Niebuhr papers.
Lovin began his career at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and spent 13 years as a faculty member at the University of Chicago's Divinity School. He is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A.) and Harvard University (B.D. and Ph.D.). Lovin is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church.
The Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History was established to explore the history of America with special attention to the ethical dimensions of domestic economic, political and social policies. Cary Maguire is chair and president of Maguire Oil Co. and Maguire Energy Co. and chair of Components Corporation of America and Staco Inc. Maguire is a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress.
Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, the Library of Congress established the Kluge Center in 2000 to bring together the world's best thinkers to stimulate and energize one another, to distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources, and to interact with policymakers in Washington. For more information about the Kluge Center visit www.loc.gov/kluge.
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Though Konkani is written in 5 different scripts, namely – Kannada, Roman, Devanagari, Perso-Arabic and Malayalam – the Sahitya Akademi (Central), since the very beginning, has been awarding Awards, Assignments and Projects only to the literature in the Devanagari script. Despite the fact that Devanagari is only the 3rdmost prolific script (after Kannada and Roman), the Akademi has been squarely ignoring and neglecting Konkani literature in other scripts. When innumerable pleas and countless representations against this gross injustice evoked no positive response, Eric Ozario and 2 others (Vally Vagga, Mysore and Marcel D'souza, Mangalore ), on behalf of all Konkanis, have approached the honourable High Court of Karnataka, with a Writ Petition – WP. No. 35120/2011(GM-PIL) dated 8-9-2011.
The Writ Petition prays the High Court – 'to issue a direction to the Sahitya Akademi, Respondent no. 1 herein, to recognize all the 5 scripts of Konkani Language viz., Kannada, Roman (English), Devanagari, Arabic and Malayalam as eligible for grant of Awards, Research funding and all other incidental works, for which assistance is rendered by the Akademi'.
While the High Court is considering this Petition, the 'Karnataka State Konkani Linguistic Minorities Institutions' have filed an application to implead them in the case and have pleaded to consider 'only Devanagari for recognition'. Together, they have issued a Press Statement (published on l2-6-2012) with false information.
Their statement claims that –
1. 'Devanagari is the official script of Konkani'.
2. 'The Constitution has given prominence to the Devanagari script'.
3. 'Konkanis use only the Devanagari script and not Kannada or Malayalam'.
4. 'If any script other than Devanagari is recognized, it will be detrimental to Konkani Langauage'.
Jagotik Konkani Songhotton (JKS) condemns these statements and wishes to expose the truth –
Official Script –
(i) Who decides which is the official script of a language? Does Devanagari become the official script, just because the Devanagari lobby declares so? Such a decision has to be taken in a democratic process, at an assembly of representatives of all scripts. Such an assembly has never been convened in Konkani.
(ii) Moreover, this is not a question of the 'Official script'. The Question is whether the Sahitya Akademi's mandate is to honour and support the 'literature' of a language or the 'script' of a language. If it is literature, then how can the Akademi pamper and patronize the literature in one script alone and completely ignore and disregard the literature in other scripts?
'The Constitution has given prominence to the Devanagari script' – totally untrue. Articles 14 and 29 of the Constitution of India read as follows –
(i) Article 14 – Equality before law – "the state shall not deny to any person equality before law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India".
(ii) Article 29 – Protection of interests of minorities – 1. 'Any section of the citizen residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own, shall have the right to conserve the same'
a. The Constitution of the Sahitya Akademi is very clear as to the script issue – the Constitution of the Sahitya Akademi – clause 3, sub clause 9 (a) 'To improve and develop the various scripts in which the languages of the country are written'.
b. Not only that, in its reply to our Petition the Sahitya Akademi has admitted to the honourable High Court that – ' The mandate of the Sahitya Akademi is – fully to recognize and support the literary traditions of the given language". The literary traditions of Konkani being that it is in 5 scripts, the Sahitya Akademi has no option but to recognize and support literature in all 5 scripts of Konkani.
'Konkanis use only the Devanagari script and not Kannada or Malayalam'. This is the pinnacle of falsehood. The truth is – According to the2001 Census, of the total Konkanis in India, 31.82% Konkanis live in Goa. 31.73% live in Karnataka. All Konkanis living in Karnataka read and write Konkani in the Kannada script. Goa is divided between Roman and Devanagari. A Study conducted in 2011 reveals that only 12.7%Konkanis in India use Devanagari script; the remaining 87.3% use other scripts. The use of Kannada script is the highest – 58%.
'If any script other than Devanagari is recognized, it will be detrimental to Konkani language'. Our Response –
(i) Our fight is not against Devanagari. We are not demanding that Devanagari be neglected. Our demand is that the other 4 scripts also be considered, along with Devanagari.
(ii) Their attempt is to destroy all script variety in Konkani and impose their variety on everyone. This is detrimental to the unity and development of Konkani. We condemn this and seek legal remedies.
Variety in Konkani is not in script alone. There is plenty of variety in dialect, religion, caste, traditions, customs, practices, folk-arts, cuisine, costumes, festivals, rituals etc. etc.. In the midst of so much variety to seek unity by destroying these varieties and by imposing one's variety on all, is utter folly. 'Unity in diversity' is the mantra of our nation's unity. 'Unity in diversity' is also the formula for Konkani unity and future.
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One of the aspects I love the most about our fine city Louisville is its amazing diversity. Derby night parties were a perfect example of this fact. In one night I could attend an event at one of oldest social clubs, a hip boutique hotel, and a very historic venue hosting a gay party! All Louisvillians should be proud to live in a community that is supportive of the "real" collective world.
The Pendennis Club started our night off in grand fashion. The historic elegance of the club set the perfect stage for members and guests to have a great time even though they were a little camera shy! At Hotel 21C, I was met with an whimsical circus themed extravaganza in their modern art gallery space which made for an unforgettable experience. It was chic, fashionable, fantastic and proved to be my favorite event I attended! I closed Derby night at the historic Louisville Water Tower. That night the tower could be perceived as a large phallic symbol for the fabulous event "Down and Derby". Gay, Straight, Transgender, Drag Queens, and just plain 'queens' set aside there "tierra titles" and had a blast closing Derby season along side the Ohio river.
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Confirming assumptions.
Today, however, I was scrolling through CCP_Diagoras tweets. Lo and behold, back on May 10 of this year he had this gem:
John Turbefield @CCP_Diagoras
Mining numbers! Average mined per day for the 7 days before escalation: High (2.7bn m3), Low (9.3m m3), Null (696m m3), WH (97.7m m3).
For every m3 mined in Lo-sec we see over 10 come from wormholes, 77 come from null-space, and a whopping 300 come from hi-sec.
Now, I've read several EVE bloggers who complain about all the players who just play in hi-sec, never risking the PVP for which EVE is famous. And even though I'm a carebear myself, I agree. The nature of EVE is such that players should face risk. Heck, the nature of most MMO gaming is that they should face at least some risk.
However, there has to be reward to justify the risk. There has to be a reason for players who are highly vulnerable to put themselves out where they can be shot, where they have to learn at least how to avoid, evade, and escape unwanted attention.
At the same time, there's a push by a lot of players to make hi-sec even safer — to create a true safe-haven. And a lot of players is a lot of money; they are not going to get ignored. My opinion, they SHOULDN'T be ignored. Just… not allowed to win every angle of the agreement.
Obviously this means I disagree with the players who say CCP should make hi-sec even less safe instead of safer. I'm not convinced roiling the waters will push players into rougher seas. Instead I think it'll just push them out. As I said, I think the key is to pull instead of push.
There are some players who suggest making ores dependent on security levels. In some ways this is tempting. It pulls players out if they want anything but Veldspar. The downside is the stratification. And, in my opinion, the fact it doesn't play hard enough on the greed button. It's also a major disruption from what was to what is. Yes, this happens with every revision. But suddenly never having Veldspar in lowsec or nullspace? It's a bit much, I think, to require SOVspace to pay for miners in high-sec just for the most used minerals.
My recommendation is to play the quasi-reality card. After all this time hi-sec mining is reaching a point of diminishing returns. Reduce the amount of ore that can come from any asteroid belt – "simply" change a number of hi-sec mineral asteroids to something else. Or extend the reset timer. Or reduce how much is available per asteroid. Or a mix and match of the above, with extras.
In simple keep Hi-Sec as safe as it is (or even safer) but reduce the potential for mining wealth. Make the real money, the real gains, in null, WH, but especially lo-sec space. I think the churn will be more fun for everyone in the long run.


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As you know, I'm a momocrite who has plenty to say about moms who tweak my vibe. This ranges from infant edumoms to strident athleti-moms to humorless twitmoms to perky dullmoms to smug multimedia moms and so forth. All that said, I reserve my greatest judgment for those moms who see fit to judge badmoms most harshly.
Yes, yes, the irony is not lost on me. But let me make a distinction: I think it's good to bash moms who think they're on top. But bashing moms who are down? Not for me. I don't want to talk about Britney here. I want to talk about this freaky woman named Nancy Grace who heads up this insane so-called "news" show, which I have insanely been watching while stashed temporarily in my father's vacation apartment in Crabtown during the course of my move. And in this my father's apartment television is available to me and anyone who knows me well knows that when I see television I become insanely addicted to it and cannot believe it and must simply talk about it as much as possible while in the throes of its miserable and shamefully delightful clutches.
Meaning that every night now I flick on the Teevs for vast blocks of time. I might start with Rock of Love, and then I tune in for a bit of Flavor of Love, this indescribable piece of nonsense involving onetime Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav, a tiny little whacked out man waving chicken wings at various potential love matches. Only one thing stops me from watching Flavor Flav for too long: when he starts making out with gigantic Brigitte Nielsen (whom he calls Bridget), I look for something else. *Those of you who have seen this guy: Did you know: Flavor Flav is a classically trained pianist? Freaktastic!
BACK TO THE POINT: Last night I couldn't stomach seeing Flav and Bridget, so I ended up on watching this incredibly nasty and graceless Nancy Grace woman unfolding her incredibly nasty little show before my disbelieving eyes. I am probably the last person on the earth who had not known of NG prior to last night's TV marathon. For anyone else still blissfully unaware of her: she is this witchy little ball of anger with a furiously shellacked head of golden hair that seems itself to send messages of ZERO TOLERANCE and HOT DAMNIT I'M A REPUBLICAN! and so forth. Moving on to what really ticked me off:
Last night Nancy spent about thirty minutes on a BREAKING NEWS STORY about a woman who went out to ostensibly buy birthday presents for her 9-year-old boy and instead spent the night out, drunk, and only returned in the morning to find policemen waiting for her. Apparently her little boy had called 911 and though he hadn't said anything on the line, the cops came anyway to find him looking after his 2-yr-old sister. Or something.
Okay. So OBVIOUSLY this is a horrible story. And OBVIOUSLY this drunk woman is a freak show and a menace and a bad parent in this particular moment of her surely quite miserable life. But there's another dark side to this and it's the shellacked demonhead dispensing fury and judgment from the seat of her news show. Seriously, I could not believe the venom with which this Nancy Grace judged the wayward mother. She went completely ape, and more or less uttered a stream of wounded outrage for half an hour because it's all deeply personal to Nancy Grace. From what I can see Nancy is or was some kind of lawyer. Maybe even a judge. Which would make sense for she sat at her desk fulminating and frothing at the mouth over this BREAKING NEWS STORY and passing lavish judgment on the shamed losermommy for a good half-hour, without pause. She had a panel of experts on the show too, but whenever they started speaking about rash legal judgments or not taking children away from the mother quite yet because they didn't have enough facts and the woman had never done this before, yadda yadda, Nancy interrupted and practically levitated with anger. I firmly believe that had she been within physical range of this sad pathetic woman, Nancy herself would have personally throttled her. Because Nancy is a new mother, a point to which she alludes to throughout her show.
Which brings me to my very long-winded point: self-righteousness and outrage at bad mothering. This is what makes me most ticked off of all. Ayelet Waldman wrote about this phenomenon far better than I can. And it is a phenomenon: this desire mothers have to cast blame onto those who are down. This need of "good" sanctimommies mothers to fall upon "bad" mothers with such devoted impassioned glee.
Nancy Grace pointed out correctly that the children in this case were endangered by their mom's reckless, selfish, etc. etc. act of abandonment. I am sure that mom will be prosecuted. I am sure she will lose her children. Maybe she deserves it, maybe not. But does this need to make the news and be dissected by a professional white-collar upperclass conservative SANCTIMONIOUS mother, complete with call-ins from similarly outraged mothers? Why? To what end? People, nothing actually happened to these children. Something could have happened, yes, but it didn't. In other words, nothing happened that ought to make it to the top of a news show on CNN no less, and be dissected for thirty minutes. This is the sad miserable crappy story of one family in this country, a story to be hashed out in the miserable small town where it happened. National news? I don't think so.
Here's an irony: maternal love does not make us soft. Love for our children brings out a hardness in us. Or, at least, some of us. Through the process of loving our own children we come to hate those who don't do right by their own. But is it really their children the Nancy Graces of this world are fighting for? Or is it simply that NG and her ilk enjoy kicking a dog when it's down? Because it makes them feel good and right and moral and on top of it. Pa.The.Tic.
This episode reminds me of a conversation thread I participated in a while back on a blog called, ironically, Slackermoms-R-Us ("where moms are cut some slack"). For the record I like this blogger and don't find fault with her post. It's the comments that took me aback. Maybe some of you remember the case of the Missouri pediatrician whose child died of overheating in her car seat? A terrible, appallingly weird accident where the two doctor parents each thought the other had dropped the child at daycare. If I remember correctly the mom had the dad meet her at the hospital where she worked; she was late and wanted dad to drop baby at daycare and park her car. Dad never got the message right; he picked up the car but did not know the baby was in it. The baby died.
A ghastly story. Which the blogger was simply reporting. But the comments! Ohhhh the sense of superiority and certainty with which women weighed in on the mother, on how negligent, how screwed up her priorities etc! Few of these people saw room for human error and absurdly dreadful but plausible misunderstanding between father and mother. Few of these commenting mothers saw room for mitigating facts (that maybe the baby was asleep and in a rear-facing car-seat and thus the father did not know she was in the car; that maybe the part of the mother's cell phone message about dropping off the baby at daycare before parking the car had not made it through to Dad). Mostly the commenters stroked their own maternal egos, and passed judgment, and swore such a thing could never happen to them because, you know, they are good mothers. Unlike this woman. One might read in their words that this woman whose child had just died deserved to have this happen to her. Because she was a bad person who did not care enough about kids. Like that makes any sense. A pediatrician who doesn't care about kids. Especially her own.
Just unbelievable. I think only I (posting as someone called "Amanda") and one or two other chicks tried to stick up for the poor bloody woman. Just imagine her life: First, she loses her child under circumstances so cruel and devastating as to be almost surreal. Second, she has to face the smug mothers of America. The Nancy Graces in houses everywhere. So for this mother, it's a double dose: I'm sure she blames herself. And just in case she doesn't, we'll do it for her.
As you can see, the mood is light here in the Crabcorner. I blame it on watching that toss, NG. Because when I see other mothers beating a mom when she's already in the gutter, I don't know about you, but I feel for the target. Even if she's a bad mother. If anything I identify with the bad mother more in these circumstances because I don't want to and can't connect to the good mothers strapping the badmommy to the ducking chair. If it means choosing between Nancy Grace and the bad side, I know where I'm headed. Heck, maybe that drunkmommy was watching Nancy Grace that night and thus simply had to dash out on her kids and drink herself into a coma.
Sorry to be a titch humorless today and a lot verbose. It's all this moving, man. And the TV. Get me away from the TV! It's like a car accident. I have to look. Especially when it gets late. But tonight I'm skipping all depressing news shows, from Barack's losing his big edge to NG's losing it in general. Instead I think I'll watch something worthy. Like Charles Bronson in Deathwish 4: the Crackdown.
Anyone else feel the self-righteous twinge of self-righteous anger when self-righteous moms get all...self-righteous on each other?
New post today at the bloglet: Help me answer the question, "Mom, when am I getting a baby sister?" Because my first answer ("When your dad gets another wife") isn't really working well for Crabtot.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Judging Mommy (or Shweesh! One Dang Long Post!)
As you know, I'm a momocrite who has plenty to say about moms who tweak my vibe. This ranges from infant edumoms to strident athleti-moms to humorless twitmoms to perky dullmoms to smug multimedia moms and so forth. All that said, I reserve my greatest judgment for those moms who see fit to judge badmoms most harshly.
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- Matter Of Fact Mommy said...
i don't think anyone has commented BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO READ THE ENTIRE POST... jeez, that was a long one! but i'm with you 100%. i remember a story last spring/summer, i think - where a woman left her baby in the car all day and the kid died (pretty sure it was a different story than the one you reference) and i was the ONLY mother in my office to STICK UP FOR neglectfulmommy.
anyway, awesome post. reading this post reminded me of how you inspired me to start blogging. to give all non-sanctimommies a place to chat and stuff.
as far as the baby sister question... you had better get started, you don't want a screwed-up only child, DO YOU?! ;)
- March 5, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- workinthatpreppy said...
tell her...she's so perfect, she's all you need? i wrote a post yesterday about over doing it, but edited to say count my blessing...i need to get real...
- March 6, 2008 at 5:10 AM
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- March 6, 2008 at 5:11 AM
- jwoods said...
My take on the crazy-judgmental-mom (Nancy Grace, in this case) is that it's the only way she can deal with the scariest part of motherhood: the knowledge that her kids are vulnerable, too. "If I do everything right and am totally completely perfect in every way, nothing bad will ever happen to my kids--bad things happen to kids with bad mommies, not kids with perfect mommies like me." That's the thinking.
But here's the thing: we have friends whose 5-year-old boy died of cancer. They are excellent parents, good people, take good care of their kids, and he died anyway.
I think mothers like Nancy Grace just lack the cojones (or, if you prefer, emotional maturity) to understand that we're all human, we all make mistakes and that horrendous things happen to people whether they make mistakes or not.
Whoa, sorry to bring down the mood here. But the NGs of the world really get to me...
- March 6, 2008 at 5:52 AM
If you're tired of self-righteousness, the whole Deathwish cycle of movies might be one to skip.
- March 6, 2008 at 7:44 AM
- Crabmommy said...
you HILARIOUS beast! You caught me at my most self-righteous.
- March 6, 2008 at 8:22 AM
Nancy Grace makes me absolutely crazy. I am pretty sure she isn't a mother, however, if she were ... her children most likely would abandon her for a night on the town.
It is not her point of view that bothers me most but the manner in which she delivers it. She speaks as though she has some sort of 'all knowing powers' into the minds and motives of others.
The term 'alleged' has been stricken from her vocab.
While were beating up on CNN anchors, OH MAN would I love to kick Lou Dobb's arse!
- March 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- Emily L. said...
Love your blog!
On a Tv bender myself, but rescued by Mo'nique! She was doing stand-up at a women's prison and saying "I am one step away from being you"..."one bad decision away.."
Going to try to apply this to all the mommy-nesses that bug. Let's make it a game! Figure out what it would take to put you in their shoes. --- Especially diverting when you want to spank THEIR kids.
- March 7, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- kpmac said...
Nancy Grace is vile, as are others of the same ilk. But what passes for news in general these days is not much better. On that subject, I enjoyed reading this.
I don't have much to add. You've said it all. Love your blog and bloglet. So glad I've found you.
- March 8, 2008 at 7:36 AM
- tonypark said...
Random observation #2...
The word S(CH)WAG was used in a movie I was watching on a business flight the other day. The movie, Juno, about a teenage pregnancy, was a bit boring, but the SWAG reference related to stuff new mothers get at baby showers.
My observation is this...when you hear a new word (courtesy of the crabmom in this case), why do you then start hearing it everywhere?
Is it a word that is being increasingly used or have my brain and ears simply become attuned to it and are now searching it out?
- March 8, 2008 at 6:41 PM
I've never seen NG or heard of her until now, but now I have no desire to know any more! God she sounds like horror on wheels. I'm with you on the tendency of santimommies to jump on the holier-than-thou bandwagon. Sickens the hell out of me. I usually end up sticking up for the beaten down one, and then get these looks and comments...ooooh!
[Just realized you had your own special little blog outside of the cookie one...I'm quick on the uptake!)
- March 10, 2008 at 7:55 PM
- Mary Anna said...
I LOVE to HATE Nancy Grace. I oftentimes catch her during the 2 a.m. feeding with my little leech. Apparently she won fame during the OJ trials or some BS like that and now that she finally found a hubby and had her twins, she's the best mother ever. In fact, she invited you to nominate other good moms like her to be profiled on her website!
Anyhoo, I do a killer NG impersonation - it's too bad I haven't put one up on youtube yet.
I think we have all done something that other mommies would find appalling and we all need to remember that we're not as perfect as our children think we are (nor are we as bad as our mothers think we are!).
- March 14, 2008 at 9:31 AM


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A presentation detailing how municipal governments are dealing with the Marcellus Shale natural-gas boom will be offered by Penn State Extension from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 6.
"Marcellus Shale Development: The Pa. Municipal Experience to Date and Possibilities for the Future" will provide a venue for officials to share their breadth of experiences and knowledge. The registration fee for this program is $25. Preregistration is required to participate. The registration deadline is Dec. 3. To register or for more information, visit the Web at http://psu.ag/s1Nnjb or call toll-free 877-489-1398.
"By hearing about the lessons learned and actions taken by local officials, participants will be able to draw upon the experience of others when facing issues and considering decisions," said program coordinator Neal Fogle, extension educator based in Snyder County specializing in economic and community development.
"Utilizing video teleconferencing and panels of local officials representing northcentral and southwest Pennsylvania, this program will provide insight into how select municipalities have reacted to and are planning for items such as land use, roads, budget and finance, communication needs, community cohesion and the stresses of public office."
Program panelists include Raymond J. Stolinas Jr., Bradford County planning director; Ron Reagan, chairman, Athens Township supervisors (Bradford County); Joseph Reighard, president, Lycoming County Supervisors Association; Jim Morrison, chief administrator, municipality of Murrysville (Westmoreland County); Thomas Stull Jr., 1st vice president, Westmoreland County Supervisors Association; and Rich Ward, manager/zoning officer, Robinson Township (Washington County).
Jointly funded by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania counties, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program -- which has been submitted to the American Planning Association for 2.5 AICP CM credits by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association -- will feature a question-and-answer session following the facilitated discussion.
"Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania has resulted in local municipalities having to make decisions and take actions on issues such as infrastructure, municipal services, regulatory controls and community planning," Fogle said. "Municipalities throughout Pennsylvania have experienced various levels and stages of development as well as the community issues that result.
"These experiences have provided municipal officials with a unique perspective on how to more effectively address municipal and community needs and concerns related to natural-gas issues."
The program will be offered at the following locations via video teleconference (contact the locations for directions):
--Beaver County: Penn State Extension, 2020 Beaver Ave., Suite 200, Monaca, 724-774-3003, http://beaver.extension.psu.edu/;
--Bradford County: Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development Commission, 312 Main Street, Towanda 888-868-8800, http:www.northerntier.org;
--Centre County: 217 Forest Resources Building, Penn State University Park campus, 814-223-9028, http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/print/;
--Clearfield County: Penn State DuBois, College Place, DEF 202 & 204, DuBois, 800-346-7627, http://www.ds.psu.edu/Information/directions.htm?cn716;
--Lackawanna County: Penn State Worthington Scranton, Dawson 10, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, 570-963-2500, http://www.sn.psu.edu/Information/directions.htm?cn7;
--Lycoming County: Pennsylvania College of Technology, 1127 W. 4th St., Room 133, Williamsport, 570-327-4775, http://www.pct.edu/campuses/main_routes.htm;
--Potter County: Penn State Extension, 24 Maple View Lane, Suite 1, Coudersport, 814-274-8540, http://potter.extension.psu.edu;
--Somerset County: Penn State Extension, 6024 Glades Pike, Suite 101 , Somerset, 814-445-8911, Ext. 7, http://somerset.extension.psu.edu/;
--Susquehanna County: Penn State Extension, County Office Building, 81 Public Avenue, Montrose, 570-278-1158, http://susquehanna.extension.psu.edu;
--Tioga County: Penn State Extension, Courthouse Annex, 118 Main Street, Wellsboro, 570-724-9120, http://tioga.extension.psu.edu/;
--Washington County: Penn State Extension, 100 West Beau Street, Suite 601, Washington, 724-228-6881, http://washington.extension.psu.edu/;
--Westmoreland County: Penn State Extension, Donohoe Center, 214 Donohoe Road, Suite E, Greensburg, 724-837-1402, http://westmoreland.extension.psu.edu/.
For more information on Penn State Extension Marcellus Shale programs, visit Extension's natural gas website at http://extension.psu.edu/naturalgas.


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UNITED NATIONS - Brazil's president delivered a stinging rebuke yesterday to the United States over its surveillance program that has swept up data from billions of telephone calls and emails that have passed through Brazil —including her own.
Addressing the UN General Assembly on the first day of its annual meeting, President Dilma Rousseff accused the US of violating Brazil's sovereignty with what she called a "grave violation of human rights and of civil liberties."
"In the absence of the respect for sovereignty, there is no basis for the relationship among nations," Rousseff said. "Friendly governments and societies that seek to build a true strategic partnership, as in our case, cannot allow recurring illegal actions to take place as if they were normal. They are unacceptable."
Last week, she shelved an upcoming state trip to the US in a show of anger over the US National Security Agency program.
Brazil is an important hub for trans-Atlantic fiber optic cables. The NSA, tasked with intercepting potential terror communications, also reportedly hacked into the computer network of state-run oil company Petrobras.
Rousseff said the NSA also collected economic and strategic corporate data, as well as messages by Brazilian diplomats, including to the United Nations, and from her own office.
She said Brazilian citizens' personal data "was intercepted indiscriminately."
"The arguments that the illegal interception of information and data aims at protecting nations against terrorism cannot be sustained," Rousseff said. Brazil "knows how to protect itself. We reject, fight and do not harbor terrorist groups," she added.
Rousseff said she has demanded an apology from the US and assurances that the electronic snooping will stop.
The Obama administration has said its surveillance program does not examine the context of the intercepted messages without evidence they are suspicious.
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In the not so far away future, elementary age students in a science class will be able to access Australia's night sky from a telescope located on the campus of Northeastern Junior College (NJC).
As a matter of fact, students in 11 other locations across Colorado, the nation, and the world, may study the sky via the web using photos taken from the same telescope. And in turn, local students will have access to the galaxy's nightly landscape from 11 other locations.
One of the 12 telescopes designed for satellite tracking and characterization was recently installed in Sterling as part of the Falcon Telescope Network research project being put in place by the United States Air Force Academy (AFA).
The Falcon Telescope Network will eventually provide Northeastern students and area K-12 students with the opportunity to explore space, access raw data and do original research that will contribute to the overall body of knowledge known about space.
Funded by a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to the United States Air Force Academy's Center for Space Situational Awareness Research, the Falcon Telescope Network will further research by the USAFA on characterizing satellites through simultaneous observations taken from multiple telescope sites.
The telescope network will form the basis for the cadets' education and research program in space situational awareness, which is a critical national security issue. The cost of the observatory is approximately $165,000. Northeastern was responsible for the basic structure to house it, which was estimated at costing in the neighborhood of $22,000.
Dr. Francis Chun, the director of the USAFA's Center for Space Situational Awareness Research, was at Northeastern last week, along with a few other individuals to help oversee the construction of the dome topped observatory which now sits on the college's North Campus and houses the telescope.
According to Chun, NJC is one of 12 sites from across the world where 20-inch telescopes will be placed.
The telescopes are housed in clam-shell observatories with all the technology to look through the telescope and monitor activity housed in a nearby location. The sites were strategically chosen to provide the best eyes into all of space at any given time.
"This is not the kind of telescope that you look through the lens," explained Chun. "With this telescope, students will use computers and view objects on computer screens to identify and track objects in space.
"Everything we capture with the telescope will come to us as a digital image and thus can be viewed and analyzed just like any other photographic digital image," he said.
Chun explained that the 20-inch telescope is powerful enough to look at existing planets, refine orbits, search for planets and track objects in real time. "The sky is really the limit with this telescope; we don't know yet what all can be seen with this piece of equipment."
The purpose of the collaborative project, and multiple global locations of sites, is to help the USAFA research and track over 22,000 objects that are currently known to be in orbit around the earth. To achieve a true picture of what is in orbit; simultaneous coverage is required from many angles.
"We will combine the data received from all 12 locations, looking at the different angles and different spectrums to determine shape, size, what material the object is made of and the orbit of the object," said Chun.
"Without knowledge of what is in orbit around the Earth, all satellite systems from the International Space Station to GPS and Direct TV satellites will be more vulnerable to collisions and natural space weather hazards," explained Chun.
"The Air Force routinely tracks over 22,000 objects on a daily to weekly basis, but we believe there are hundreds of thousands of space objects in orbit that are too small for our current sensors to detect.
"Over time, space will only get more congested and as more countries launch satellites, more collisions are likely to occur if there is not a good system of monitoring. If those events happen, we all will experience negative impacts on our lives that would include, but not limited to banking, weather forecasting, navigating and com-munications."
Chun said that because all of the objects that are being tracked are 'public domain' and are not 'classified' by the nation's military, this opened up the opportunity for USAFA to partner with the educational institutions where the telescopes are being placed and offer educational opportunities for the students at those institutions and their surrounding communities.
The telescope network provides some huge opportunities for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) instruction and engagement with local and area school districts.
In addition to Northeastern's campus and the USAFA, three other Colorado colleges are part of the Falcon Telescope Network, including Fort Lewis College, Durango; Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction and Otero Junior College, LaJunta.
The other partners in the project from the United States will be Penn State in University Park, Penn., and Kauai Community College in Hawaii.
In addition to incorporating the Falcon Telescope Network into the university's astronomy program for education and research, Penn State has already put in place an extensive K-12 outreach program throughout the state of Pennsylvania to allow students of all ages the opportunity to explore space in 'real time' and have access to raw data that is collected.
For example, a high school chemistry teacher from Bellefonte, Penn. plans to use the Falcon Telescope project at her school.
By developing grade-level curriculum that ties into state standards, teachers there plan to incorporate the telescope project into their classes and build multi-disciplinary ties into other subjects.
This will be done through field trips involving hands-on experiences and science-related events surrounding the use and discoveries of the Falcon Telescope Network.
Stanton Gartin, Vice President of Academics at NJC, said that as the network progresses and then is finished, area school districts will be invited and encouraged to utilize the observatory.
Northeastern will also be incorporating the observatory into some of its science and math related curriculum.
Dr. Chun explained that the USAFA in Colorado Springs would be the hub of operations when the project is fully operational in August 2014.
The Cadet Space Operations Center will be the central node and will establish a usage schedule for the telescopes for the other users.
He said that even when NJC is not using the telescope exclusively, students will be able to monitor in real-time what users at the USAFA, Penn State or other sites across the world are doing.
In addition to the five sites in Colorado and Penn State, the other worldwide sites currently planned will include one site in Chile, up to three sites in Australia, one site in South Africa and one site at the International Space University in France.


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JOB POST: CBR Officer, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Kenya
*_Position_** : CBR Officer ( Prosthesis & Orthotic) _Responsible to _: CBR Coordinator*
*_Location_** : Dadaab Refugee Camp (Garissa) _Family Status_ : Non Family duty Station*
*_Closing Date_** : Open *
HI began its operations in 1992 as an emergency support programme in Garissa (North Eastern Province). Currently, HI is operating a medical referral project for refugees in this region in partnership with the UNHCR. HIV and AIDS activities are also being provided for the local community.
In 1994, HI launched another emergency support programme for internal displaced persons (IDPs) following inter-ethnic clashes, in Trans Nzoia District (Kitale town). Today, we are running in Kitale the most comprehensive HI Programme on HIV and AIDS in Kenya.
In 2002, in Nairobi we began disability activities with local partners (community-based organisations) focusing on support to networking, inclusive education and access to resources.
In April 2005, we have started a Mine Risk Education (MRE) project for the refugees living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp (near the Sudan border).
*_Rehabilitation project in Dadaab refugee camp:_*
Dadaab Refugee Camps, located in Garissa district, are the main settlement for Somali refugees, with a total population of 170,000 refugees, with a recent new influx^^[1] ^ due to the latest political events and severe drought in the southern parts of Somalia. To date some basic services have been developed to meet the refugees with disability needs. UNHCR, CARE International and other implementing partners working in Dadaab refugee camps raised a concern about the critical situation of the refugees with disability and scarce services provided to them. Therefore, UNHCR solicited Handicap International to support and contribute to develop initiatives towards disabled refugees in Dadaab camps.
An assessment carried out by HI from in February 2007 defined HI intervention with focus in two main areas:
(i) */To develop access to adequate rehabilitation services for persons with disability/*, with particular attention to be paid to technical aids and prosthetic production and rehabilitation and counselling services for children with intellectual disability and/or cerebral palsy; and
(ii) */To facilitate access to humanitarian aid and community development for persons with disability/*, through information sharing, counselling and sensitization of staff and agencies in charge of food distribution, sheltering, health, watsan and construction works, education, community development services and livelihood, etc.
The Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Project Team will consist of 1 x Project Manager, 1 x CBR Coordinator , 1 x Mainstreaming Officer, 3 x CBR Officers (with technical expertise in differing but complimentary areas), 6 x rehabilitation workers, 6 x technical aids workers (leather work/shoe making and carpentry), and 30 x CBR workers.
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Under the responsibility of CBR Coordinator, the CBR Officer (Prosthesis & Orthotic) will offer technical support to the CBR team in ensuring quality production and fitting of prosthetics, esthetics, & other orthopedic devices to persons with disability among refugees and host communities. She/he will also build capacity of the local technicians and rehabilitation staff and take lead in the referrals and follow ups of patients.
*S\he will be responsible for :-*
*1) Supervision and management of mobility aids workshops*
· Supervise operations in all mobility aids workshops present in all the three camps including Dadaab workshop.
· Closely monitor and arrange procurement of equipment and materials as required for workshop – production.
· Provide advice on installation of equipment in the workshops including workshop planning and utilization of workshop consumables
· Ensure P&O workshops' set up are all up to standards and accepted specifications
· Ensure mobility aids workshops are barrier-free for the easy access to persons with disabilities.
· Ensure all safety measures are observed within the workshops to reduce hazards in the operation of various machinery and equipment.
· Develop proper workshop management systems to ensure effective and efficient P&O workshop management.
· Carry out regular monitoring of workshop activities, technicians' performance and manufacture of devices.
*2) Capacity Building*
· Identify and provide on-the-job training to local technicians in Prosthetics and Orthotics.
· Develop training curriculum for on-the-job training of local technicians.
· Conduct regular evaluation of the on-job training.
· Provide basic orientation to community CBR workers on the maintenance and repair of devices in the field.
· Train P&O Assistants in Workshop Management and information systems.
*3) Supervision of P&O Assistants*
· Develop job descriptions for the P&O Assistants/Technicians.
· Together with the team, develop weekly work plan for the P&O Assistants/Technicians.
· Carry out induction and appraisal for the P&O Assistants/Technicians.
· Monitor P&O Assistants/Technicians performance and production.
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*4) Referrals and Physical rehabilitation*
· Ensure persons with disabilities receive good quality and appropriate prosthetic and orthotic devices and services from the workshops as well as in the field and from Garissa/Kangemi.
· Develop a good and effective patient's follow up mechanism for patients who are fitted with P&O devices from Garissa general hospital and Kangemi.
· Maintain individual file for each person with disability receiving P&O devices and carry out regular follow up as per the requirement of the particular person.
· Maintain all records pertaining to service delivery.
· Ensure required gait training is provided to the clients after prosthetic and orthotic fitments.
· Ensure that the clients receive rehabilitation therapy as required, e.g. release of contracture and healing of stump edema before fitting devices.
*5) Coordination and networking *
· Maintain necessary coordination with Rehabilitation Therapists.
· Work closely with the Physiotherapist and Occupational therapist for patient treatment, follow-up and evaluation.
· Liaise with Technical Advisors for various technical matters and training programs as necessary.
· Represent the organization at forums, workshops and conferences in the areas of Prosthetics and Orthotics as may be required.
*6) Reporting*
· Produce updated reports at regular intervals as required by the project in terms of donor and organizational requirements.
*7) Others*
· Advice Management on various costs related to P&O materials, equipment, maintenance, training and service delivery.
· Capitalize on new areas of learning in P&O or any specific case histories for internal learning and for external dissemination when required.
*/ /*
*Qualifications and experience required:-*
· Diploma in Orthopaedics with 2 years of experience
· Knowledge of CBR implementation and management
· Ability to work in and lead a team
· Good report writing, presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
· Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge through informal and formal trainings
· Computer literate with Knowledge of Word, Excel and Internet
· Experience with an International NGO is an added advantage
Living conditions in Dadaab camp may be challenging (remote area, climate very hot), although facilities are offering minimum of comfort.
R&R leave of 7 days will be provided every 8 weeks of continuous accommodation within Dadaab.
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV(including 3 referees) by email to the Human Resources Officer : firstname.lastname@example.com
*NB: Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews conducted until the appropriate candidate is selected.*
*The email subject line should be marked: "Application for CBR Officer – Dadaab position"*
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*Please do not send your academic certificates and other testimonials they will be requested at a later stage.*
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
*Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females and Persons with Disability are encouraged to apply ***
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52 Responses to "JOB POST: CBR Officer, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Kenya"
i will keep in tourch .thank you so much.
i will be glad if you send me more vacancy opportunities .thank you.
I am a Prosthetist and orthotist from India,having working experience with Handip International,interested to work in this Project.
i was working CBR dadaab kenya (IFO) for almost 5 years current iam living USA and i have experince with CBR jobs
How do i get the jobs advertised at dadaab.Am interested in working at dadaab Kenya
I wish to get a job in Dadaab, Kenya
are there organaization in daadab that help disabled refugees
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i passed the BPO in svnirtar,orrisa.
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I'm interested in working with humanitarian organizations such as Dadaad. I hold a BA (Anthropology) degree and would wish to join Dadaab. During my two-month attachment, I worked at AMPATH centre Eldoret. Kindly inform me of any opportunity that suits me.
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Iam a kenyan man who is an occupational therapist by proffession i completed my basic diploma in 2008 and at the moment i have one year experience as a home based occupational therapist in Nairobi i would like to be informed on any job related to occupational therapy or rehabilitative medicine or community based rehabilitation
Am an Occupational Therapist interested in working with handicap international. please notify me when there are job alerts
I am a CPO. I have done my graduation from University of Peshawar. (Pakistan) in 2001. Now I am working as In charge CPO at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar (Pakistan) since May 2009 onwards. I can send you my CV to you for your kind review. I want work in your organization as an In charge or Manager CPO. I wish to work in HI. I will wait for your response. Thank You
applying post of cbr officer.reply via email.
I havea Diploma community development as well as
disaster and conflict management.Am interested to work in Dadaab. Please nitify me when vacance arises.
I am an occupational therapy practitioner, with a two year experience interested to work in Dadaab,Pliz notify me if thre is a vacancy
am interested with cbr,am a prosthetist,orthotist leaving in kenya
is there any it vacancy
I have diploma in enveromental health science from kenya medical training college and very much interesred in workig with careinternationl and Oxfam Gb which are running sanitation programme in Dadaab.I hail from dadaab please consider me.
Am an orthopaedics technologist from Nairobi. Is there any vacancy as per now? Please notify me through my email.
construction jobs these days are on demand because the construction business is booming again:;*
I will appreciate to be in touch with you especially when I receive your email alerts of new posts
i would like to work in your organisation as a volunteer am a3rd year student in bugema university and from may this year i will be waiting for graduation thanks for your services
i am physiotherapist seeking a job at handicap interantional interested in CBR, preferably in africa
i will be happy to hear from you
hi my name is farhiya and ilive in usa and ihave completed my health programe in 2008 and iam also cna and i have my dibloma and cpr certificate, i can actually speak soomali and english both fluently and ihave been to kenya and refugees for almost 8years and i know their situation and the reason why i lear health is becouse of them,you and me imean to help my people so actually i need this positionso please help me with this position or health jobs thank you i apreciate for you information
I would love to be part of an organization that will help solve the current food shortage.By offering my skills as a planner and an environmental consultant at any given time and volunteer in any way to help the people in Dadaab leave a better life.
Lets unite as kenyans and make it work….kenya for kenyans
Hi, am nyandieka Dancan searching for a physiotherapist job in Dadaab, great if i will hear from you
If you're looking for someone who can work in Dadaab,Marsabit,Turkana,Lodwar in Kenya,then Iam that person.Iam ready for deployment at any given time.
P1 teacher looking for ajob at arefugee camp
I've watched you through email and i've seen your nice job.i would be happy if you allow me to work with you.
Am at garissa i've trained in secretarial how do i get job there
I am a Physiotherapist with five (5) and wish to offer my services to your organisation.You are a really helping hand to the distressed communities. God bless you always
I have complited masters in Clinical Psychology from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Now I am working in a refugee camp (coxs bazar, bangldesh) as a Psychologist in Mental health unit about 1 year and 7 months. Now I want to build up my career in foreign refugee camp. Please notify me when mental health jobs will available in any country.
iam currently working with mission hospital in kenya after completion of my diploma in KRCHN ..two years ago ..am highly interested in working in the camp .i believe iam flexible enough to work in hard situations and also competent ,i will highly appreciate your response concerning the availlable opportunity .thank you in advance
currently working in a mission hospital with 2 years experience in obsstetrics,KRCHN,intrestred in working in the camp,flexible and competent
,ready for deployment.
Ihave a diploma in community based rehabilitation and am ready to workwith you
I am Frankline Odongo,a p1 teacher,i wish to help advance education in Dadaab refugee camp,i teach English,Science,social studies and Music.
I am a physiotherapy, I will be glad if you send me vacancy opportunities.


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Team Rubicon's "DC Response Team" clears a tree in the Capitol Hill nieghborhood. Left to right: Lourdes Tiglao, Neil Landsberg, Kiara Baginski, Dan Pick.
Up to his armpits in flood water, flanked by darkened buildings and submerged vehicles, Iraq veteran Peter Meijer felt oddly at home Monday night as he trudged through the streets of Brooklyn at the height of Sandy's fury: "The right place at the right time with the right mission."
With a fellow veteran at his side, Meijer had driven a van from a Brooklyn high school-turned-evacuation shelter to the Gerritsen Beach neighborhood, stopping only when the van's tires met the storm surge. From there, the pair went on foot. With 911 phone lines down, the Army reservist was trying to reach and rescue a man who had climbed into his attic with his dog to escape the rising tide. Back at the shelter, the man's wife — who had been on the phone with him — pleaded Meijer to try to save him.
A team of volunteers who were also hit hard by the storm, put their needs aside to help neighbors with first aid and food. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
"She said the water was up to his knees, then it was up to his waist. Nobody could reach the police. We were 15 minutes away. I peer-pressured my partner, Marvin Avilez, into going out there," said Meijer, 24, who served in Iraq during 2010 and 2011. "When the road ended, we hopped out. On the way, we found a dude wading in the water, pulling a row boat. He was a former Marine recon guy, going house to house to rescue folks.
"It was during the brunt of the storm. There were eerie moments when the wind was blowing 70 miles per hour, then where it went down to nothing, then back to 70. Water up to my chest. Cars under water. It was like 'End of Days' stuff out there."
Meijer is one of 50 veterans dispatched this week into storm-battered areas from Team Rubicon — a nonprofit, 4,000-member, all-volunteer army composed almost entirely of former military members who served after 9/11, many of them in combat. They typically join forces with federal and local authorities to help during natural catastrophes such as the April 2011 outbreak of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Ala., that killed more than 340 people.
The multiple ways in which the military is helping New Jersey and New York recover from Hurricane Sandy. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Loosely formed in 2010 to aid earthquake victims in Haiti, Team Rubicon quickly melded into a tightly run disaster-relief machine with a military style and sharp focus, said Matt Pelak, the organization's director of strategic partnerships. He was deployed to Iraq in 2004 with the U.S. Army.
"In Haiti, they realized they were onto something," said Pelak, now a full-time firefighter and paramedic in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. "They were realizing: We're home from war and we have these skills and we're good in that environment.
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Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast.
"In Tuscaloosa, a ton more veterans showed up than we expected. At end of day, we got around the campfire and talked about our deployment experiences. We realized we're not just helping other Americans, we're also helping each other, giving each other self confidence, giving direction."
In the wake of the superstorm, people are banding together across New York City and New Jersey, offering power, food and even Halloween fun to their neighbors who have been devastated by wind and floods. NBC's Jenna Bush Hager reports.
Team Rubicon has engaged in roughly 50 more missions since the tornadoes. The group says it has "a good relationship" with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and with local authorities, emphasizing that it "doesn't freelance."
"We have our little niche and that's what we stick to," Pelak said. "We utilize military-style plans and military-style leaderships to be more effective with less overhead and less bureaucracy, to be fast. Our teams are good at improvising and adapting. That's what veterans do best."
Team Rubicon had a pre-existing relationship with the New York City Office of Emergency Management, which asked the veterans to help staff the city's command center and to problem-solve issues at some rescue shelters: lack of food, no power, people not getting along, Pelak said. Team Rubicon members arrived from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Connecticut to help storm victims access their homes, help towns do damage assessment, and help clear debris from roadways and yards — in New York, Washington, D.C., and other eastern towns.
NBC's Katy Tur reports from Hoboken, N.J., where water is covering much of the city.
Meijer, who lives in Manhattan, joined his Team Rubicon colleagues on Saturday in New York. By Wednesday, he estimates that he'd since had about eight total hours of sleep.
While helping smooth out operations at a Brooklyn shelter, Meijer met the frantic woman who told him about her trapped husband — a man in his 60s who has hip trouble.
"The whole reason you get involved in an organization like this is to not sit on the sidelines," Meijer said.
Drenched and peering through the darkness, they eventually found the couple's house in Brooklyn.
Once inside, they saw that the flowing water already had topped the kitchen chairs. The man was indeed tucked into a crawlspace but debris from the storm surge was blocking the attic door. The veterans yanked the door open and freed the man and his dog. They eventually put him into the Marine's row boat and pulled him back to drier streets where he stepped into the van.
"We were able to bring him to the hurricane shelter to be with his wife and puppy," Meijer said. "It was cute."
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Developers and IT professionals frequently use Visio to design and document software and database systems. They recognize the benefits of visualizing complex systems to understand relationships and dependencies, and Visio makes it easy to communicate and socialize designs across the team. As a result the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Database diagrams in Visio are widely used today by an enthusiastic audience, and our developer and IT community provide invaluable feedback on these diagram types. We have addressed this feedback in the new Visio with a significant refresh of the UML and Database templates.
A fresh start
This release marks a new approach to software and database diagramming in Visio. First, the diagrams have been completely modernized. Our UML diagrams lagged far behind the current UML standard, and both sets of diagrams looked old and tired. In this release we are introducing all new shapes that look great and allow you to create modern, professional diagrams. The UML diagrams match the UML 2.4 standard, and templates are available for the five most popular diagram types: Class, Sequence, Use Case, Activity and State. The database diagrams have a new look as well, and there are four diagram templates to choose from: IDEF1X, Crow's foot, Chen's & UML notations. Chen's & UML are new notational formats this release.
Next, we wanted to make it easier to work with the diagrams directly on the diagram canvas. This has been a consistent point of feedback from customers. Previously, diagrams were manipulated through a complex set of wizards and dialogs, and much of the normal editing and formatting in the diagram was locked. The new diagram templates in Visio emphasize the on-canvas experience. We made it easy to build, modify and format your diagram without launching a bunch of dialogs to enter information. We've unlocked the shapes so that you can utilize all the productivity improvements in Visio to get your work done faster. An upcoming post will describe the new editing experience for software and database diagrams in more detail.
Sharing and collaborating
People often create software and database diagrams in Visio to share information across the team. The new Visio makes it easy for multiple people to collaborate on a document through capabilities such as coauthoring and commenting. If the document is stored on SharePoint, everyone can quickly view and comment on the diagram in their browser thanks to Visio Services. The collaboration features in Visio and Visio Services allow a team to effortlessly get feedback on ideas or communicate the latest design.
It seems only natural that developers would want to write code to automate their use of Visio diagrams, and we heard many requests to allow all the diagram information to be extracted. Where the previous diagrams maintained a data model behind the scenes that was inaccessible, the new software and database diagrams fully expose their details through Visio's API. The shapes on the canvas directly define the design. Developers can programmatically walk the diagram to understand the objects, properties and relationships defined by the shapes. It is also possible to create or modify a diagram through code.
The new software and database diagramming capabilities in Visio represent a departure from the capabilities of previous versions. We place a strong emphasis on diagramming and sharing instead of rigorous modeling. Specifically, there is no ability to generate a diagram from existing code or a database definition. Also – just like in recent releases – there is no ability to go from diagram to code or database. Existing UML and Database diagrams can be opened in the new Visio, but they are effectively frozen for editing since the previous feature set has been removed. The behavior of existing diagrams is equivalent to the experience you get today when opening them in Visio 2010 Standard.
With such a large and varied set of customers using Visio for software and database diagramming, we know that reactions to the changes in the new Visio will be mixed. Many customers have asked for modern, simplified diagramming experiences, while other customers want richer modeling capabilities. We are delivering a modern diagramming experience to everyone, but we are not building in modeling and conversion capabilities. However, we've made it possible for enterprising developers to add those modeling capabilities through the extensibility mechanisms provided.
The refreshed UML and Database templates in Visio let developers and IT professionals quickly create and share information about their complex systems. The diagrams look great and now can take advantage of the full Visio feature set – productivity improvements on the canvas, collaboration features in Visio and Visio Services, and extensibility through the Visio API.
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Fourteen passengers were killed when a tour bus returning from Mohegan Sun at daybreak Saturday tipped on its side on Interstate 95 and slammed into a pole that sheared it nearly end to end.
Fourteen passengers were killed when a tour bus returning from Mohegan Sun at daybreak Saturday tipped onto its side on Interstate 95 and slammed into a pole that sheared it nearly end to end.
The bus had just reached the outskirts of New York City on a journey from the casino when the crash happened. The driver, Ophadel Williams, 40, of Brooklyn, N.Y., told police he lost control trying to avoid a tractor-trailer.
Police said eight passengers were in serious condition.
The bus, operated by World Wide Travel, was one of scores that travel daily between Chinatown, in Manhattan, and Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Many of the passengers on the bus were from Chinatown.
Montville Police Lt. Leonard Bunnell Jr. said Saturday night his department has received no word from New York police and is confident no local casino workers or residents were on the bus. Police said blood had been drawn from the driver for analysis and that state police were working with authorities in Connecticut and Mohegan Sun officials to determine what the driver's activities were before the accident.
In a statement released Saturday, Mohegan Tribal Chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum and Mohegan Sun President and CEO Jeff Hartmann called the accident "tragic."
"Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the families of all those involved," the statement said.
Mohegan Sun has estimated a fifth of its business comes from Asian spending and caters to Chinese-American gamblers.
The crash happened at 5:35 a.m., with some of the 31 passengers still asleep. The bus scraped along the guard rail for 300 feet, toppled and crashed into the support pole for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway.
The pole knifed through the bus front to back along the window line, peeling the roof off all the way to the back tires. Most people aboard were hurled to the front of the bus on impact, fire chief Edward Kilduff said.
The southbound lanes of the highway were closed for hours while emergency workers tended to survivors and removed bodies.
Police say witnesses have told investigators the bus driver was driving at a "high rate of speed."
New York State Police Major Michael Kopy says authorities are interviewing the driver and are conducting the investigation as if it were a criminal matter. No one has been charged.
The driver was taken to a hospital, where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Chung Ninh, 59, told The New York Times and NY1 News that he had been asleep in his seat, then suddenly found himself hanging upside-down from his seat belt, surrounded by the dead and screaming. One man bled from a severed arm.
Ninh said when he tried to help one bloodied woman, the driver told him to stop, because she was dead. "Forget this one. Help another one," he said the driver told him. He said he and other passengers who were able climbed out through a skylight.
Kopy, of the state police, said Saturday night that police were interviewing the driver of a tractor-trailer that was in the area at the time of the crash.
Limo driver Homer Martinez happened on the scene moments after the wreck and saw other drivers sprinting to assist the injured.
"People were saying, 'Oh my God. Oh my God,' holding their hands on their heads," Martinez said. "I saw people telling other people not to go there, 'You don't want to see this.' "
Capt. Matthew Galvin, of the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit, was one of the first rescuers on the scene. He said when officers clambered into the wreckage, they found "bodies everywhere."
"People were moaning and screaming for help," he said. Some of the dead were tangled up with the living.
Though dazed, about seven people were able to walk away from the wreck on their own, he said. Galvin said that in his 22 years on the job, "It's probably the worst accident I've ever seen in terms of the human toll."
The southbound lanes of I-95 were still closed Saturday afternoon. The wreck also closed the northbound side of the highway, but those lanes were open again by midmorning.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team of investigators.
After the crash, firefighters took out seats and cut through the bus roof to reach a handful of passengers pinned in the wreckage. Kilduff called it "a very difficult operation."
World Wide Travel said it in a statement that the company was "heartbroken" and cooperating with investigators.
"We are a family-owned company and realize words cannot begin to express our sorrow to the families of those who lost their lives or were injured in this tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with them," it said.


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'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Conrad Bain Dead at 89
Like his co-star Gary Coleman before him, Conrad Bain, one of TV's most beloved icons, has sadly passed on. The long-time star of legendary TV sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' is reported to have died this week of unknown causes at the age of 89. No details of Bain's death have been released to the public as of yet.
'Diff'rent Strokes' fans and admirers of actor Conrad Bain's body of work have reason to grieve today, as TMZ reports that the '80s sitcom star died Monday in Livermore, California, of as-yet-unreleased causes. Bain is survived by his three sons and one daughter, the latter of which told reporters, "He was an amazing person. He was a lot like Mr. Drummond, but much more interesting in real life. He was an amazing father."
Known mostly for his father figure role Phillip Drummond, Bain portrayed this 'Diff'rent Strokes' character from 1978-1986 on both NBC and ABC, later reprising the role for both 'The Facts of Life' and the series finale of Will Smith's 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.' He was also well known for his role as Dr. Arthur Harmon of 'Maude.'
We'll certainly miss Conrad Bain, so feel free to leave your respects and memories of such a beloved TV star in the comments.


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Indeed it has, Ski. How ya been?MLubinski wrote:It has been a long time since the days on the Jolly Dolly.
Met a guy, worked with him a while. Said he knew you from a different boat, don't remember which one. He was M Div, name was Ed Hinson.
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Indeed it has, Ski. How ya been?MLubinski wrote:It has been a long time since the days on the Jolly Dolly.
Heh. I can tell you, Russ was the easiest SPCP qual that ever lived. Hilarious watching him in the door during drills, counting the seconds until our guys had the TGs back up (he could hear them come on the governor, etc). He'd point at me at the EPCP when the phone would yelp from the ERS... Some guys were terrified of the EPCP, especially after we'd point out four switches that would put us in the dark, but Russ was a natural. Too cool!RussBrentnell wrote:Russ Brentnell,
"M Division. Came onboard in 1980 [Feb 19th] while the ship was in drydock in NNews. I was there for the last 27 months of the 18 month refueling and D5 conversion overhaul. While we were on the barge, I spent a lot of time playing cards, drinking and partying. IMHO, I think the hardest thing about the yard, overall, was having to qualify watchstaions with sometimes no equipment there and of course not being able to operate anything. I was told many times, "They should be installing that right there....." After we got going, I too was ERS, but 1 patrol I was SPCP b/c we were short on electricians. I think it was just 1- I can't remember anymore . Hell, I don't remember squat of the last 2 patrols. We had 5 or 6 EWS's, so those of us that were ERS didn't even have to work on quals for it, so I never bothered trying.
Chief, I am delighted to say and show the planet something you told us newbies over 30 years ago: once upon a time, you were pictured in a national magazine stuffing daisies in the rifles of the National Guard while in college.MLubinski wrote:It has been a long time since the days on the Jolly Dolly.


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HELENA, Montana (Reuters) - Many if not most of Montana's 4,800 medical marijuana suppliers will be forced out of business within two months under a newly passed overhaul of the state's 7-year-old law legalizing pot for medicinal purposes.
The state legislature approved the bill last week in answer to critics who said loopholes in the original 2004 medical marijuana law enacted by ballot measure were being exploited by some as a pretext for recreational pot smoking and large-scale drug trafficking.
But medical marijuana advocates say the regulatory reform bill was deliberately crafted to make it unworkable. Tom Daubert, head of the group Patients and Families United, called it "repeal in disguise."
Last month Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed an outright repeal sent him by the Republican-controlled legislature.
Schweitzer, a Democrat in his second term, said he was unhappy with the new legislation but would allow it to become law without his signature — it takes effect on July 1 — because he feels the status quo is worse.
The number of Montana residents carrying cards allowing them to lawfully possess and use pot for treatment of one ailment or another has jumped from 4,000 in 2009 to nearly 30,000 this year.
Meanwhile, medical pot-growing facilities and dispensaries, many of them operating under one roof, have swelled to 4,848 statewide, according to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Over half the growers supply just one or two patients, the agency said. But all operate with little state control other than a quota that limits them to six plants per patient.
Last month, federal agents raided marijuana growers and distributors in 13 cities across Montana in a crackdown prosecutors said was aimed at supply operations that were using the medical marijuana law to conceal narcotics trafficking.
Some lawmakers have said it was their goal to sharply curtail the number of legal medical cannabis users.
"The bigger the thing gets, the more likely we are to have seizures and arrests," said state Representative Cary Smith, a Republican from Billings.
"The smaller we keep it — where you have a person growing for their self, the less likely we are to run into a problem."
The new law tightens limits on cultivation to no more than three patients per grower and four plants per patient. It also bans all advertising and promotion of medicinal pot and abolishes storefront dispensaries altogether.
It further outlaws any profits in the supply of medical marijuana, barring growers from even charging to recoup the cost of cultivating the drug.
Supporters say this was aimed at ensuring that those who cultivate a substance still listed under federal law as an illegal narcotic do so strictly on the basis of compassion. But critics say such restrictions make it difficult for some legitimate patients to obtain their medicinal pot.
"If I was a man in my 70s living in eastern Montana, first of all I don't know who I would ask to grow my medical marijuana for free, or that I would know how to do it myself," said Democratic Representative Ellie Hill of Missoula.
Schweitzer and some lawmakers faulted the bill for failing to establish a registry of growers so elderly patients living in a rural part of the state could find legitimate suppliers.


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