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Skier Turned Researcher Brings Life Experience into the Lab
By Anna Fiorentino
February 2014 • Thayer By Degrees: PhD
PhD student Carolyn Stwertka '17 developed a deep understanding of snow and ice through years of experience from multiple vantage points: taking materials science classes at Dartmouth, digging avalanche pits in Utah while earning an MS in atmospheric sciences, and hitting the slopes.
"Since I have been skiing practically my entire life, I have a visceral grasp on the nature of snow—what snow looks like and how it changes over time. Now I'm learning the science behind it all," says Stwertka who conducts her research at the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) approximately two miles from Thayer School.
"I hope to help understand the nuances of how sunlight absorption feedbacks are contributing to accelerated climate change in the Arctic," she says. "From what I've been told, the strongest researchers are those who can physically understand what a system looks like from having been there and also sit down at a computer and crunch through building a model because they understand what is physically possible. I strive to be this type of researcher."
Under the direction of two Dartmouth engineering graduates turned adjunct assistant professors—Chris Polashenski 07, Th'07, '11 and Zoe Courville Th'02, 08—Stwertka is going out in the field to measure the albedo (the reflecting power of a surface) feedback mechanisms that control the enhanced melting of ice caps and sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere.
Her first research trip, part of the multi-institutional Sunlight Absorption on the Greenland ice sheet Experiment (SAGE), will be a five-week, 1700km snowmobile traverse in Greenland. Her mission is to gain an understanding of what controls the spatial and temporal variability of the albedo on the ice sheet.
"We're interested in how snow absorbs and reflects sunlight over time in Greenland," says Stwertka. "This is closely controlled by how the snow grains themselves metamorphose over time, a process I first encountered as a backcountry skier learning about the processes controlling avalanches."
Her second five-week excursion will be aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY going from Dutch Harbor, Alaska through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea.
"We are funded to study light availability underneath the sea ice and how it controls primary productivity in the ocean," says Stwertka, who began her PhD last fall. "In the Chukchi Sea we will be studying albedo feedbacks on sea ice using a portable spectrometer that I was awarded with the Goetz Fellowship."
Stwertka and the team will also use an unmanned aerial vehicle to map the surface characteristics of the sea ice in order to validate algorithms used to retrieve similar metrics from satellite imagery of the arctic.comments powered by Disqus


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Charity Ball goes with a swing!
Projects Abroad former volunteer, Ruth Charlton, would like to thank everyone who came along to the Refihlile School Trust Charity Ball back in November.
Ruth says," Thank you for making it such a great party and for helping to raise a fantastic £1170.63 for the children of Refihlile School, South Africa.
"This was much more than I'd even hoped for and it will all go directly towards our plans to take the children on a trip of a lifetime to the seaside next Easter. Each of the volunteers involved in the trip will be supporting themselves and so this is over half of the total that we need for the children."
Ruth sold around 150 tickets to friends, family and former volunteers who have been impacted by Projects Abroad and Refihlile School (a small under-funded farm school in South Africa) or to those who simply wanted a good night out!
The Ball went with a swing with live music from the incredible band, Jazzbomb, who's repertoire (ranging from numbers from the Brat Pack to Jungle Book!) got absolutely everybody dancing.
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ARM has announced the launch of the ARM Development Studio 5 Community Edition, a suite of Eclipse-based tools that are designed to aid Android application developers who use the NDK to write native code. The tools will simplify the debugging of native ARM code in Android applications and provide visibility into performance characteristics to help developers optimize their native code for the ARM architecture.
Android applications are generally coded in the Java programming language and compiled to run on the platform's Dalvik runtime environment. There are some rare cases, however, in which the performance penalty makes managed code impractical on a resource-constrained mobile device. That is why Google launched the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) in 2009.
The NDK provides a convenient way for third-party application developers to incorporate native libraries coded in C or C++ within their Android applications. The NDK is useful in a number of contexts, such as game development, that involve intensive computing. The new tools from ARM will ameliorate some of the standing technical challenges faced by application developers who use the NDK to wring more performance out of their software.
Although the toolkit will undoubtedly be welcomed by developers who rely on the NDK, it's worth noting that this might not be the best time to start building architecture-specific Android applications. Android is getting increasingly comfy on the x86 architecture due to Intel's growing commitment to the platform. Android applications that rely on native code compiled for ARM aren't going to work out of the box on future Intel-based Android devices and current ones like the newly app-enabled Google TV products.


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text: This course will help you 'up' your game and develop the advanced level skills and techniques that elude even some of the most experienced virtual teachers. We will examine the pitfalls beginning teachers run into and learn how to overcome them by focusing on the fundamentals that have the greatest impact on student learning in a blended or online environment. Throughout the course, you will be challenged to assess your own skills and apply what you are learning by creating a guide, assignment, or resource that you will be able to use in a class that you teach or hope to teach someday soon. By the end of the course, you will not only have a better understanding of the basics, you will be able to put them together like a pro and empower your future students to be voracious learners who are ready to go out and make the world a better place to live. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Meet your students' needs and craft a better virtual learning experience for them 2. Set up the learning environment so you get to know your students and they get to know each other 3. Personalize learning by providing feedback using a variety of online tools 5. Identify at-risk students and employ effective strategies for teaching them 6. Compare and contrast online and face-to-face learning communities 7. Apply strategies to make virtual courses more human


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Here is the second comic in the Google Places False Negatives Series from Margaret Shulock. Google's update on reviews was the inspiration for this comic. The snippets to share this and the previous cartoon on your site is below.
"I Can See the Future of Your Google Reviews"by Margaret Shulock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at blumenthals.com
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Certificate, Buffalo City, Kansas Territory, One Town Share
Author: Buffalo City Town Association
Date: February 21, 1857
This printed form was made out to Charles Blakely, illustrated and completed by hand. Several towns were named Buffalo or Buffalo City during and after the territorial period. This particular Buffalo City was planned in Doniphan County near Eagle Springs. On February 11, 1857, John W. Geary, Kansas territorial governor, approved an act incorporating the "Buffalo Town Association of Kansas Territory" into Davis County. Neither town has survived.
Location of Original: KU Call Number: RH MS P339
Item Number: 101546 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Blakely, Charles; Buffalo City Town Association; Buffalo City, Kansas Territory; Chadduck, G.B.; Doniphan County, Kansas Territory; Frazer, B.B.; Land acquisition; Town development; Town settlement; Town shares
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Undocumented immigrant Oscar Rodriguez, right, originally from Mexico, watches with Yenny Quispe, center, who is from Peru and recently received her Green Card, during a watch party for President Barack Obama's speech on immigration on Jan. 29, 2013 in New York City.
The debate over how to deal with the approximately 11 million individuals living in the United States without authorization - including the argument over whether to call them "illegal" or "undocumented" - is perhaps the most politically tricky aspect of the sprawling immigration policy overhaul effort.
So who are the 11 million? And how do we know how many there are?
It's difficult to count people who by definition are unlikely to disclose their actual immigration status to the government, so demographers use what's called the "residual method" to determine about how many undocumented individuals are in the country.
Starting with Census Bureau data, the Pew Hispanic Center examines the total number of foreign-born individuals in the United States and subtracts those whose records or characteristics indicate they are here legally as naturalized citizens, Green Card holders, residents on temporary visas, or refugees.
"For those who say they are not a U.S. citizen and that they are foreign-born, we can, by looking at other characteristics -- like how long they have lived in the country and what job they hold -- determine whether the person is in the country legally or not," says Mark Lopez, the associate director at the Pew Hispanic Center.
The "residual" means those who are left over.
Census data tends to under-represent certain groups, so Pew and others also try to fill in the gaps by adjusting for Census under-counts. Demographers also factor in departure data like the number of deportations and apprehensions at the border.
Based on those demographic calculations, Pew estimated in 2011 that there are 11.1 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.
That number is statistically unchanged from estimates in 2010 and 2009, but has dropped significantly since 2007, when it spiked at 12 million.
Also in 2011, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics placed the number at 11.5 million, slightly higher than the Pew study.
Another study by former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service demographer Robert Warren and University of Minnesota professor John Robert Warren pegged the total at around 11.7 million in January 2010. But all three data sets found a significant reduction in the population over the past decade.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., a member of the Gang of Eight immigration reform group, joins The Daily Rundown to talk about immigration reform talks, the budget battle taking place on The Hill, North Korea and touches on the investigation regarding Dr. Salomon Melgen.
The Warren study concluded that, between 1990 and 2009, an estimated 7.5 million unauthorized immigrants left that population, either because they gained legal status, were removed by DHS, left voluntarily, or died.
Analysts attribute much of the decline since 2007 to the recession, particularly the burst of the U.S. housing bubble.
"The Great Recession had a big impact, particularly on unauthorized immigrant workers, many of whom were in construction," Lopez notes. "So, many of them may have returned home."
Advocates for undocumented immigrants emphasize that, while the stereotype of the "illegal Mexican construction worker" has some basis in reality, that's hardly the whole picture of the population.
According to DHS, while younger undocumented immigrants are more likely to be male, women make up 47 percent of the total undocumented population and a majority of those older than 45.
And, while about 1.6 million undocumented immigrants have arrived in the United States since 2005, a majority of them -- 56 percent -- first came to the country before 2000.
(While it is difficult to calculate how many of those undocumented immigrants entered the country via illegal border crossing versus how many came on a visa that expired, Pew estimated in 2006 that about 45 percent of new undocumented immigrants were in the latter category.)
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Latinos protest in favor of comprehensive immigration reform on the West side of Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2013.
Pew hasn't done a deep data dive on the 2011 data, but its in-depth analysis of 2010 numbers showed that Mexicans made up 58 percent of the undocumented population. Individuals from other Latin American nations account for another 23 percent, and Asians for 11 percent.
Those numbers are similar to the findings from DHS, which found that individuals born in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador made up a combined 70 percent of the undocumented population in 2011.
While each data set uses slightly different methodology and yields slightly different estimates, analysts say the most important data point for public policy isn't the overall number of undocumented immigrants, but the trends that show a decrease in the population overall.
"There may be some fluctuation in the numbers but what's most important are the trends," says Jeanne Batalova, a demographer at the Migration Policy Institute. "The number definitely is not growing as fast as it used to be."


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Invading American troops are one thing. Invading wealthy tourists are another. And the path to a tourist invasion is in place on the sleepy Caribbean island of Grenada as developers seek to create ``a new St. Bart's'' for the high-end travel set.
Invading American troops are one thing. Invading wealthy tourists are another.
And the path to a tourist invasion is in place on the sleepy Caribbean island of Grenada as developers seek to create ``a new St. Bart's'' for the high-end travel set.
British entrepreneur Peter de Savary is leading the way, making a multimillion-dollar investment, including a redesigned harbor for the capital, St. George's, so his new Port Louis marina can welcome yachts - very, very big yachts.
The attitude is build-it-and-they-will-come - the businessman envisions a place of luxury hotels and villas, eco spas, restaurants, shops and other niceties geared toward a chic set that includes his friends (he is an unabashed name dropper, peppering conversations with mentions of Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger and the like). The marina will be able to accommodate yachts of up to 300 feet.
With a population of about 102,000, Grenada has previously held a low-key position on the tourism map. In fact, the English-speaking West Indies island nation may be the last of the truly authentic places in the Caribbean.
Once a favorite of sailors as a gateway to the Windward Islands, there hasn't been much of a tourist trade of late beyond small hotels and resorts. Most businesses cater to locals rather than tourists, though a new cruise facility is attracting visits by cruise ships on Southern Caribbean itineraries.
Grenada serves up white-sand beaches, deep-blue waters, mountains, rainforests and much lush greenery - one-sixth of the land is protected as national parks.
Yet it is best known as the place where Ronald Reagan sent troops in 1983 - following a coup and amid increasing coziness with Cuba and the Soviet bloc - to ``rescue'' American students attending the island's medical school. The country has had a stable democracy since 1984.
The economic mainstay for generations was nutmeg, with one-third of the world's production coming from the ``Spice Island.''
Then came Hurricane Ivan, the 2004 storm scoring a direct hit, destroying about 85 percent of the structures on Grenada and stripping most of the nutmeg crop.
It takes nutmeg trees about 10 years to regenerate. So island officials took a serious look at tourism and opened the door to more development, with de Savary leading the way. He is known as the developer of the St. James's Clubs in London and New York, the Abaco Club in the Bahamas, Skibo Castle in Scotland and Bovey Castle in England. Tax incentives were part of the deal.
Grenada currently has only 1,500 hotel rooms. But with de Savary's plans for villas and luxury hotels, and the unrelated construction of a Four Seasons Resort and other small projects, that number is expected to double by 2012.
Grenadians see their island as ``the sweetest island in the world,'' according to Junior Cuffie, harbormaster for de Savary's Port Louis marina. And they want to keep it that way, at the same time welcoming the opportunities development provides. Tourism officials are quick to point out the emphasis is on luxury and lesser projects have been turned away - the floodgates are not open.
At de Savary's Mount Cinnamon, a boutique resort, 21 luxury villas sold out in a matter of months last year. A second phase is under way with two- and three-bedroom villas priced from $795,000. Nightly rentals, available after March 1, are from $500 per night.
The white-walled complex occupies a hillside above Grand Anse beach, Grenada's main beach, with two blissful miles of white sand and not a high-rise in sight - though you can see the colorful Georgian buildings of St. George's harbor in the distance.
Elsewhere, the coast - Caribbean on one side and Atlantic on the other - is rippled with fjords and isolated tiny beaches, some accessible only by boat.
The scenery is stunning, and so is the unspoiled local charm.
In little villages, there is dancing in the street, literally, especially on weekly Fish Friday, centered in the northern village of Gouyave.
Visitors will see donkeys and goats crossing small winding roads. Some locals still wash their clothes in streams and you may see women carrying goods on their heads.
In one town, Victoria, a bridge just went up a few months ago to connect a main road to the school. Before that, the children, in full school uniform, would cross stones in a roaring stream to get to school.
Traffic lights have only been a factor on Grenada for the last decade, and there are still very few.
Will this all change with the upcoming development? Probably.
But, promised Cuffie, ``We don't want to spoil it. We don't want it like Barbados and those places. We want it like Grenada.''Getting to know Gre-NAY-dah
Here are some of our favorite ways to enjoy the island:
1. Sit on a quiet white sand beach.
2. Visit the monkeys and hike the trails at the Grand Etang rainforest.
3. Take a dip in a waterfall at Annandale Falls.
4. Go game fishing for marlin, tuna and sailfish.
5. Dive to see the Bianca C, an Italian cruise ship that sank off Grenada in 1962.
6. Take in the sights and sounds of the bustling open-air market in St. George's.
7. Stop by the Westerhall Rum Distillery for a taste and tour.
8. Learn about nutmeg, coffee and cocoa production at the Belmont Estate (www.belmontestate.net).
9. Visit Fort George, built in 1706, and center of the island's Oct. 19, 1983, political disturbance when Maurice Bishop, and part of his cabinet, were executed by the people's Revolutionary Government. It's now police headquarters.
10. Try curried goat, callaloo soup and other West Indies dishes at restaurants including BB's Crabback (www.bbscrabback.com) on the St. George's waterfront.If you go
WHERE IS GRENADA? The island nation is in the southern Caribbean, 100 miles from Venezuela. To the south is Trinidad and Tobago and to the north is St. Vincent and The Grenadines.
GETTING THERE: American Airlines (www.aa.com) offers connecting service through San Juan.
STAYING THERE: Mount Cinnamon (www.mountcinnamongrenada.com) offers villas overlooking Grand Anse beach. All units are done up in bright tropical decor and have kitchens. The property is home to the poolside Savvy's restaurant and has a small spa and fitness club among facilities. Rates are from $500 per night for two (special rates apply in early March).
For a low-key experience, the Bel Air Plantation (www.belairplantation.com), is a nice hillside hideaway overlooking a secluded bay, with 11 cottages and villas, all with ocean views and kitchens. There's also an open-air restaurant. Winter rates from $350 per night.
BOATING THERE: For information on the Port Louis marina and available slips, visit www.portlouisgrenada.com.
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NEA Standing Strong Theme Song
Representative Assembly Has a New Theme Song
July 02, 2011
By Cindy Long
At the official opening of the 2011 Representative Assembly this morning, hearts were thumping and blood was pumping, and not just from RA excitement. The new RA theme song, "NEA Standing Strong," inspired and energized delegates with a message that, after a very tough year, was literally music to their ears.
"Standing strong, standing proud, standing tall…Standing up for what is right and true, NEA is standing up for me and you!"
Chris Bodden, whose company has been running the RA from behind the scenes for years, was also behind the music and lyrics of NEA Standing Strong.
"NEA has been under attack, and the organization has to restore its honor," Bodden said. "We wanted a song that reminds everyone that there is no organization greater than NEA that looks after public education and all it stands for."
The song title and lyrics follow the theme of the RA that was chosen by President Dennis Van Roekel: Standing Strong for Our Schools, Our Students, And America.
"We wanted the song to show the great work NEA is doing, how they're fighting the good fight, and how the members are impacting the lives of so many students in so many ways," Bodden said.
The Standing Strong chorus from the music video showcased five children from New York City's Young People's Chorus – Chloe Bodden (Chris Bodden's daughter), Christopher Hall, Anesa Folkds, Brian Sussman, and Alphea John – all of whom go to public schools.
"The voices of the children really make the message hit home," Bodden said. "I've worked with the NEA for many years, and have worked on a lot of projects, but this was by far the most meaningful. When I heard those voices singing those inspiring words, the hair on my arms literally stood up."
The delegates also stood up when they heard the voices. In fact, they jumped to their feet, clapped their hands, and sang along to their new song that captures the pride of every educator who is standing up for what is right and what is true.


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If you thought "Dancing with The Stars" put together a great field for the upcoming season, you should see the folks that said no thanks.
Jamie Lee Curtis declined in order to spend more time with her family. Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg, fresh off being named the most influential person in the information age by Vanity Fair, was apparently too busy to cut a rug on TV. Ditto for "Expendables" star Sly Stallone, whose throwback action flick was a surprise summer hit.
Former Secretary of State Condi Rice and conservative pundit Ann Coulter both declined to participate, which is unfortunate, given that that former cast member and U.S. Rep. Tom "The Hammer" DeLay left a fairly low bar for members of the chattering class to vault over.
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Other well-known stars who reportedly decided to keep their wallflower status were "Home Improvement's" Tim Allen, actress Suzanne Somers, Erin Brockovich and business mogul Richard Branson.
"DWTS" executive producer Conrad Green seemed undeterred by the big names that got away.
"We've approached a lot of people over the years," he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, which first publicized the list. "People say no for a variety of reasons. Some people like the show but think they suck at dancing. It's a lot easier to say no than it is to say yes."
The hit ABC show announced Monday that the upcoming season's lineup will consist of singers Michael Bolton and Brandy, "Dirty Dancing" actress Jennifer Grey, comedienne Margaret Cho, ex-"Baywatch" hunk David Hasselhoff, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, "Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, ex-Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, former-"The Hills" star Audrina Patridge, ex-Laker Rick Fox, "Brady Bunch" mom Florence Henderson and "That's So Raven" actor Kyle Massey.
Season 11 starts Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. EST.
Selected Reading: Hollywood Reporter, New York Daily News, Access Hollywood.


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Event to take place June 20 to 24 in Chicago
The American Water Works Assn. opened registration to attend the 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE10), June 20 to 24, in Chicago.
The organization advised participants to take advantage of Super-Saver rates on ACE10 registration through March 27. New registration options this year include two group registration packages: Utility Group Discount, where utilities can receive one free full-conference registration--submit five paid full registrations from the same utility and receive the sixth full registration free--and Complimentary Professor Registration, where professors can receive a free full-conference registration: Submit five paid student registrations and receive a full-conference registration for the professor.
Denis Hayes will be the highlighted speaker at the Opening General Session on June 21. As the national coordinator of the first Earth Day, Hayes has been at the core of the modern environmental movement since its launch, the organization said. He speaks about the major environmental challenges and opportunities confronting us such as global warming, expanding renewable energy, protecting our oceans and natural resources and the roles everyone can play in ensuring a sustainable future.
ACE10 features:
• 14 interactive workshops;
• A professional program with more than 100 sessions comprising more than 550 presentations, representing the work and knowledge of more than 1,000 water community experts;
• See firsthand how local facilities handle their operations, with eight tours from which to choose;
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ITC Hotels' initiative for a Green World
ITC Hotels is actively committed to the environment. As responsible corporate citizens, we recognise our commitment towards maintaining a greener and healthier environment. WelcomEnviron is our vision for a green world. It's a multi-faceted programme started in order to propagate environmental causes in the cities where ITC Hotels are located. The guiding principle is 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle'. Each hotel has its own programme, encompassing local participation, creating awareness among employees and internal conservation through energy-saving gadgets and environment-friendly material. Our guests are also encouraged to be a part of our campaign, 'Give back as much as you take from the environment'.
ITC Green Centre
The ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon is the physical expression of this commitment to sustainability - Ecological, Social and Economic. The building was awarded Platinum rating by the US Green Building Council LEED.
Greening Of The Supplying Chain
ITC Hotels made a humble start in the'Greening' of the supply chain (GSC) recently, with the clear intent of attempting to work towards'creating a sea of excellence' as opposed to an'island of excellence' in the economic domain through industry initiative, by inducing our suppliers to adopt cleaner & greener production (C & GP) practices.
This is a useful tool for all SME's (Small & Medium Enterprise) related to industry. The same has been translated 8 Indian languages in order to break the language barrier and faster dissemination of simple knowledge. "The chain which strives to flag ecological solutions"
Greening Of The Supply Chain(English)
Greening Of The Supply Chain (Hindi)
Greening of the supply chain Specific Inputs
ITC Hotels pursues a policy of beyond compliance in its journey in SD - Sustainable Development. In this process it has aligned itself with its supply chain to help all. The first steps have to be taken by all the concerned vendors in putting all their data in the illustrative format for self scrutiny and self motivated actions.
Once this exercise is initiated it will help all the supply chain partners to start taking simple steps to rectify the systems and procedures and work towards cleaner production practices.
With rapid globalization it is in the interest of all SME's - Small & Medium Enterprise to raise their own sustainable development bar by using the following formats:
Tips for Thermal Energy Conservation
Energy Management Questionnaire
Eco Educational Games
Welcomenviron is our vision for a green world. A multifaceted programme established by ITC Hotels, to practice the principles of conservation - to create a safe, harmonious and ecologically balanced environment for our guests and employees.
In line with our above philosophy, we have developed a stimulating games on contentious issues which needs everyone's participation to optimize the use for our ever increasing population.
Many children are not aware that only 1% of fresh water is available for human use which is disproportionately distributed globally. By chasing our water tables down since 1950, our water table has gone down from a depth of 30' to 350' on average across the country leading to increasing use of energy for our routine needs which is not sustainable.
It is to sensitize all our stakeholders in a playful fashion that Welcomenviron has devised this family engaging game to internalize the simple methods of conservation of water and energy.
"Happy playing" with your family, with an existing dice and coloured coins available in every home with a ludo set.
Food Warrior at Home - Board 1
Eco Educational Toolkit
Environment repairs and maintenance is a big job which needs to be conducted on a large scale. Many of the steps are very simple to implement, it is such a collection of these ideas that ITC Hotels intends to share with all stakeholders. Use of these tools will help to mitigate the challenges on water energy, and poverty related issues.
Unintentional Wastage of Water
Introduction to Nature Holidays
How easily we forget that only a few years ago wilderness had a completely different meaning.
There were few people in the past and wilderness was something that stood in our way. We fought, cursed and feared it. Not until recently ,with civilization crowding what little wilderness remains ,did we decide wilderness has other extremely deep values.
Health is the capacity of the land for self renewal. Conservation is our collective effort to understand and preserve this capacity.
A wilderenes ethic should not be deemed as a big burden .It should come spontaneously, just as concern and responsibility for those whom you love comes as you mature.
Firstly we must learn about our wilderness and how to travel softly on them.
The intent of this nature code in the website is help arm travelers to such eco sensitive areas ,to apprise themselves and their family members about the simple do and don'ts while travelling.
WelcomEnviron Eco-Rating For Schools
A self help toolkit to make the school resource efficient and environmentally responsible.
Energy Saving
Climate change is modern man's creation and a challenge of a size which is difficult for all of us to understand and act upon speedily. It requires actions at international, national and individual levels. The beauty of addressing this global challenge is that when individuals take simple steps in their own eco system, it results in cost savings, besides taking responsibility for our future generations. The methods of saving energy are simple to implement.
ITC Hotels has been pioneering in eco responsible practices in its own domain and would like to share best practices with all stakeholders.
Elegant, Eco Conscious Event Design
The environmental changes are taking place very rapidly on a global scale, and all stakeholders have to think of new ways of doing old things, whereby through every activity of ours the eco footprint is reduced by changing products, processes and our daily lifestyle, by elimination of waste of different kinds innovatively. With this perspective we request all our stakeholders to actualize the new service design developed by ITC Hotels for conferences and other public events, so that all our future events become eco responsible, which will be another small step in mitigation and adaption approach to the multiple challenges which stare at us everyday.
"We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to" Terri Sweringen. Water is more precious than gold and diamond and yet this fact is realised only when the same is not available. India was a water surplus country some fifty or sixty years back. Today it is bordering on becoming a water stressed country.Just to give a sense of the scale of the problem in 1947 each Indian had 6000 cubic meters of water available per person per annum. Today with increase in population, industrialization and higher aspiration for water use in all forms, the water availability has come down to approximately 1600 cubic meters per person per annum! The solutions are simple conservation and judicious use of water.Moreover there is a need to harvest rain water to create decentralised storage facility. The PDF below gives illustrative form of water harvesting along with table of how much can be harnessed in different regions of the country co-related to the size of the roof top.
Rain Water Harvesting - Educational Tool Kit
Water Management
Water is blue gold and this precious resource needs to be used with great care as eloquently stated by Premier Begin of Israel, when he visited India in 1992, quote "We use water like you use eye drops". ITC Hotels started water management in 1990 and since then has reduced more than 40% water use by innovative design expression and we are constantly raising the water productivity in our chain of hotels. With this back drop some our hotels have already achieved the distinction of becoming 0 water discharge, by swapping our treated water for horticulture needs of the local municipality and immediate neighbours.
Environment Renewable energy - educational toolkit
Current environmental challenges are complex and universal in nature. They call for visionary and ambitious action grounded in sound science and objective analysis. India is a sun drenched country with very high solar radiation many of our energy challenges can be addressed with new and emerging solar technologies for small as well as big enterprise. The enclosed cookit is an example of low cost solution for cooking, which is healthy, as slow cooking does not wipe off the nutrients from the cooked food, as opposed to cooking food at high temperature.The cookit can be made at home at a cost of approximately Rs 50/- or 1$ ! ITC Maurya has installed perhaps the world's 1st largest solar concentrator for steam generation based on the principles of the cookit.
Green Banqueting
Banquets turn business and celebrations into fun, inclusive events, where people come together to interact, work with one another, share ideas and rejoice. Green Banquets allow you to effect positive change in your business and life, without hurting the environment.
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives of ITC Hotels
"The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities". James Allen
ITC Hotels in line with it ITCs triple bottom-line philosophy initiated actions on the social front, in a miniscule way, two years back .
Rising to the challenge ITC hotels is making an effort to accommodate the people with disabilities and draw them to mainstream of life as far as possible.
Individual Social Responsibility
Sustainable development, implies care for ecology and for vast number of marginalised people who live on a $ a day. Inclusive growth requires contribution of many organisations including industry. Keeping the scale of the challenge in perspective especially the millennium development goals of UN, it is apparent the targets cannot be achieved by 2015 of reducing poverty by half from the existing base. Keeping this perspective in focus large number of the privileged section of the society has a role to play in assisting the marginalised. With this backdrop new tools need to be developed which will help to bridge the gap through the individual efforts of the well off quadrant of society, hence introducing the concept ISR - Individual Social Responsibility!
Universal Design Guide
A Guide for Creating Accessible Building Infrastructure for Persons with Disability
Creating Employment Opportunities
I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.- Helen Keller
Sharing our experiences with the rest of the corporate world and laying down a step by step guide to demystify the perceived complexities around employing persons with disabilities.
Domestic Help (DH) Value Addition Programme
Every home has its own individuality and specifics but there are some rules and duties that a Domestic Help (DH) needs to know. These programmes are an attempt to help the Lady of the House train her DH as well as highlight those issues that are pertinent to the DH, while keeping in mind some of the intricate details we normally don't seem to keep track of.
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The US Defense Department has prepared plans for a smaller presence in Afghanistan after the White House insisted on examining the option of leaving fewer troops in the country after 2014 than was initially proposed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper said the plans now prepared by the Pentagon call for leaving roughly 3,000, 6,000 or 9,000 US troops in the country.
Those troops would launch strikes against militants and continue training the Afghan army and police, who will be responsible for national security more than a decade after a US-led alliance ousted the Taliban regime in 2001.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the slimmed-down force would focus on preventing Al-Qaeda, which was sheltered by the 1996-2001 Taliban government, from regaining a foothold in the war-shattered nation.
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Celeste Wong gives us a quick review of The Mess Hall in Melbourne City.
By Celeste Wong
Breakfast in Melbourne city. I haven't done that in awhile as I moved out of the city many years ago and driving all the way in for just breakfast really seems like a waste of time. Plus, everybody knows there's a ton of other Melbourne brunch places that are way more exciting anyways. Right? RIGHT?
I ended up in The Mess Hall for brunch one morning, not entirely by choice. I was there because I had just been to Cumulus and was told that I had just missed their breakfast hour. Taking pity on me and my disappointed face, the helpful waiter directed us to The Mess Hall, which was how I ended up there.
The Mess Hall is an italian food restaurant that had signage that I couldn't see. I nearly walked straight past it but the patrons sitting outside in the lazy morning sun clued me into the fact that a restaurant must be around the place somewhere.
Once inside, we were greeted with friendly smiles that lead very quickly to a table and menus.
Service however was a little slow. After what felt like forever, our food finally arrived: Hollandaise eggs with ham, spinach, hollandaise & dukkah on a sweet bun and Corn fritters served with avocado, cherry tomato, cream cheese and chilli.
The food was pleasant enough, though I wasn't overly taken by the Hollandaise sauce. It seems nobody can beat homemade hollandaise sauce yet (made by Sefie, not me), ah well. The eggs were well poached, the corn fritters tasty.
Would I head back? I doubt it. While everything was pleasant enough, it just didn't pack enough wow factor into the place, service and food to warrant a re-visit especially since I have moved out of Melbourne and am now one of those annoying tourists who tries to cram too much eating into one stomach. Oh wait, that's really everybody. Never mind.
The Mess Hall
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For $172,000 in cash, Bristol Palin finally has her own pad! The Dancer-with-the-Stars and daughter of Sarah Palin, will be moving to Maricopa, AZ, presumably to attend university there while raising her son, Tripp. The town is close to Phoenix. The house has five bedrooms and little charm, but it's not too shabby for a 20-year-old!
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Posted by kurokei at 7:36 PM 1 comments
*stratches head*
Oh well. A few more minutes till work. I guess I still can blog awhile.
Anyways, I added a new toy in my car - a huge strawberry soft toy! LOL. My sis kept on kicking it off the bed so I might as well bring it to my car.
I'm so tired these days. x.x Don't know why. Maybe it's because of all the things that are going through my mind. Lol or maybe I just need more sleep.
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Game #68: Nats at Jays pregame
Washington (29-39) at Toronto (33-34)
at 1:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Christian Guzman, SS
Ronnie Belliard, 2B
Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
Dmitri Young, DH
Austin Kearns, RF
Brian Schneider, C
Tony Batista, 1B
Robert Fick, LF
Ryan Langerhans, CF
PITCHING: LHP Micah Bowie
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Curtis Thigpen, 1B
Jason Phillips, C
Adam Lind, LF
Royce Clayton, SS
PITCHING: RHP Josh Towers
NOTES: If everything goes according to plan, RHP A.J. Burnett will make his next start on Saturday against the Rockies. … Other than that, it's John Gibbons necktie giveaway day here at the ballpark. Gibbons was asked if he actually wears ties. His response: "That's like putting earrings on a pig."
UPDATE: Contrary to what I wrote in the pregame notes, it looks like Burnett is headed to the DL. After the game, Gibbons said the pitcher still felt pain in his shoulder and would not start on Saturday. Someone will be called up from the Minors and more info will be available on Tuesday.
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Well, Burnett's off to the DL. This really hurts us at a time it looked like we were gathering momentum. The Jays web site states he threw 372 pitches in his previous 3 starts. That means in his previous 4 starts the number was likely close to 500.
I said it previously and I'll say it again, leaving him out there that long 3-4 games in a row is stupidity.
Way to go Gibby!!!
The one before the 372-pitch span was 103 pitches, and the one after was 82 before he pulled himself from the game.
gsummer you are so right . Gibbons is an idiot. Watch the strutt when he goes to the mound to remove the pitcher . So full of himself it's disgusting !
Whenever talk of work-horse pitchers comes up, I can't help but think of Dave Steib (and the not-so-lifetime Jay Jack Morris). Between '79 and '85, Steib amassed 84 complete games in 220 games started (1 CG per 2.6 GS). Of course, he wasn't the fireballer Burnett is; my point is there has to be a fine line between keeping pitchers on a count for their safety and letting the pitcher choose.
Well, now we find out Burnett's got a shoulder strain, that sounds like 6 to 8 weeks to me.
Burnett has pitched 90 innings in 14 starts this year averaging close to 6.5 innings per start. We also have two of our number 1 draft choice minor league pitchers out on the DL, Rickie Romero and David Purcey-who just went on the DL recently.
I think it's time JP took all these managers aside and advised them how to take care of the most precious commodity a major league team has.
It certainly isn't sending them out for 475 pitches in 4 outings. That is stupidity
The whole A.J. thing is starting to look similar to the B.J. Ryan situation in that the Jays don't seem to be fessing up how long it might really take.
Hopefully it is just the d.l. stint.
Wow everyone is jumping on Gibsons again. I am shocked. True he maybe should have pulled Burnett and not let his pitch count get so high but, AJ is a man. He should know when something is phtiscally wrong with him and should know his limitations. I think AJ is alot more to blame for his injury then Gibbons. Right??
enigma-I agree with you. Clearly it's going to take longer than 15 days-I expect 6 to 8 weeks before he pitches here.
mcdanny-Gibby is the manager not Burnett-the decision to leave him in or pull him is Gibby's not Burnett's.
Hey, I like Gibby-don't get me wrong. BUT he needs to understand how to handle the pitchers-cause you sure don't handle them like he's done here.
I do agree with you there gsummer, I was just saying that the injury is not solely Gibby's fault but AJ's as well. Shoulder strains don't just appear out of thin air. I've dislocated my shoulder throwing and have had a few strains. There's something different you feel first, before things get that bad that you need a month or so off.


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MetOp launch campaign resumed
With the launch of MetOp now set for 7 October at 18:28 CEST, the MetOp satellite is out of storage and preparations for launch are well underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
MetOp's planned launch from Baikonur on a Soyuz/ST launcher, originally planned for 17 July, had to be called off after three consecutive attempts because of technical issues relating to the Soyuz's ground system. However, the problems have now been solved and a review of the overall ground system validation process is now underway. In addition, the Soyuz launcher has been completely refurbished and has been transported back to the launch site from the manufacturer's facilities in Samara, Russia.
After the aborted launch attempts, the MetOp satellite had to be prepared to go into storage until the new launch date was set. Among other things, this meant that the solar array Kevlar deployment cables, which have to be tensioned before launch, had to be released. During the storage period the satellite and the Fregat had daily check-ups to ensure that they were maintained in a safe state.
This included monitoring the temperature and pressure within the Fregat propulsion system and keeping a check on the nitrogen gas flushing system that was needed by some of the instruments under storage conditions.
The launch campaign officially resumed on 29 August and the team are back in Baikonur to carry out the pre-launch procedures. This time there are even more safety constraints as the MetOp satellite remains fuelled from the previous launch attempts and checks for any leaks are continually being carried out.
So far, the main activities have been concerned the de-mating and removal of the Fregat upper stage, and then with the start of the satellite preparation with unlocking and re-locking the solar array drive mechanism, and replacing the solar array Kevlar cables – all of which have been successfully completed. Checks have been completed on the umbilical cable for the launch vehicle adapter and Fregat upper-stage. The HIRS (High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder), the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and the GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2) instruments have all been cleaned and inspected.
The satellite is scheduled to be mated with the Fregat upper-stage on 22 September and encapsulated in the fairing on 28 September. The Upper Composite, which is the encapsulated satellite and Fregat upper-stage, will be integrated onto the Soyuz rocket on 30 September and rollout to the launch pad will take place on 4 October followed by launch on 7 October.


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Tricome v. Ebay, Inc., 2009 WL 3365873 (E.D. Pa. October 19, 2009)
Everyone who signs up to use eBay has to assent to the terms of eBay's User Agreement. Among other things, the User Agreement contains a forum selection clause that states all disputes between the user and eBay must be brought to court in Santa Clara County, California.
After eBay terminated plaintiff Tricome's account, Tricome sued eBay in federal court in Pennsylvania. eBay moved to dismiss or to at least transfer the case, arguing that the forum selection clause required it. The court agreed and transferred the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Plaintiff had argued that the court should not enforce the forum selection clause because it was procedurally and perhaps substantively unconscionable. The court found the agreement not to be procedurally unconscionable because Plaintiff did not have to enter into the agreement in the first place — he only did it to increase his online business. Furthermore, eBay did not employ any high pressure tactics to get Plaintiff to accept the User Agreement. Moreover, eBay had a legitimate interest in not being forced to litigate disputes all around the country.
The court likewise found the User Agreement was not substantively unconscionable either. It would not "shock the conscience" for a person to hear that eBay — an international company — would undertake efforts to focus litigation it is involved with into a single jurisdiction. Furthermore, having the forum selection clause would conserve judicial and litigant resources, in that parties and the courts would know in advance where the appropriate place for disputes concerning eBay would be heard. Finally (and rehashing an earlier point regarding procedural unconscionability), Plaintiff had a meaningful choice — he could have decided not to do business on eBay in the first place.
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Beetdigger runners braved the frigid elements on a snowy Saturday morning during the Patriot League cross-country meet held in Lyons, but all the frost the mountains could muster were no match for head coach Jeff Marcus' 20 diligent Diggers as the girls squad came out with a third place, and boys with a fourth place finish among over 11 various teams and nearly 200 individual runners.
Brush's own Anthony Thomas fell just shy of his usual first-place finish, running a 16:38.2 just under first placer Paul Roberts, who hailed from the host team of Lyons and earned top honors with his 15:57.7. As a freshman, Roberts was able to set a new course record at Lyons High School with his time, breaking the previous record set by his older brother Andrew Roberts. The meet turned into quite the family affair, in fact, as Lyons cross-country head coach Mark Roberts, the father of Paul, churned out yet another top runner as his daughter Miriam managed to take second overall in the girls race.
For the Lady Diggers, their third place overall feat was lead by a fourth place run by Sheyanne Warboys who ran in a time of 20:45.4 and Mercy Bowen turned out another top-10 performance, coming in sixth with her time of 20:51.8.
All-Conference honors were awarded post-meet to Anthony Thomas, Mercy Bowen and Sheyanne Warboys, with an All-Conference Honorable Mention being dished out to Ryan Dollerschell.
Next up for the Digger cross-country squad is the Wiggins invite, set tentatively for Saturday, October 13. They'll then move on to race in Lyons once more during Regional action there on Thursday, October 18, with the state meet slated in Colorado Springs on Saturday, October 27.
Brush Individual and Team Placings
BOYS – Team Results: 1. Lyons 2. University 3. Estes Park 4. Brush 5. Sterling 6. Frontier Academy 7. Eaton 8. Platte Valley 9. Strasburg 10. Highland 11. Valley.
Individual Results: 2. Anthony Thomas (16:38.2), 13. Ryan Dollerschell (17:47), 21. Zacc Winn (18:59), 42. Joel Schmer (19:43.7). 53. Pablo Gutierrez (20:47.9), 52. Reid Hall (21:19.1), 69. David Giffin (21:33.1), 89. Caleb Dory (22:59.7), 91. Kendrick Schmer (23:05.1), Daniel Villanueva (25:41.1).
GIRLS – Team Results: 1. Estes Park, 2. Lyons, 3. Brush, 4. Frontier Academy, 5. Platte Valley, 6. Strasburg, 7. University, 8. Sterling, 9. Highland.
Individual Results: 4. Sheyanne Warboys (20:45.4), 6. Mercy Bowen (20:51.8), 16. Faith Bowen (22:13.8), 17. Kaelyn Araujo-Vuittonet (22:16.2), 31. Cori Volk (23:36.4), 37. Cecilia Guerra (24:13.6), Morgan Marcus (25:04.3), Danielle Stewart (25:04.7), Devin Richter (27:41.6), Rose Bentley (29:12.7).


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Primary endpoints MACE, TLR—time to relapse at 1 year
Conclusion DCA followed by aggressive PTCA results in significantly increased lumen diameters and decreased rates of restenosis at 6 months than PTCA alone; despite angiographic improvement, rate of clinical events at 1 year is not significantly different between optimal DCA and PTCA
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Q. I love to travel in this boat Anyone knows, what makes this happen? I am in my first trimester and I am happy with my pregnancy and so far it's been a smooth sailing boat. I love to travel in this boat till I reach the destination. But one thing that troubles me is that I tend to sleep more. Anyone knows, what makes this happen, please give some input….
A. Hey! It's a good sign that you tend to sleep more. It is a common symptom among majority of the pregnant women and that too in the first trimester. The need for excess sleep is caused by the newly raised levels of progesterone, which is normal during pregnancy. This hormone helps to regulate the reproductive cycle. This hormone generally makes you drowsy and is the need for extra nap. Enjoy with your pregnancy. Your are perfectly alright. Remember to grab short nap whenever you can and it is absolutely harmless. You will have a different sleeping pattern while in the 2nd and 3rd trimester.More discussions about BOAT


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Wine Tasting - New Jersey (2010)
|Sean, Jolie and Portia C. welcome State Senator Richard Codey (D, NJ) to their home.
Sean and Jolie C. opened their home in West Caldwell, New Jersey to family and friends on October 2 for their 2nd Annual Wine Tasting event. The open house event was a great way to share an afternoon together, creating awareness about ichthyosis while raising funds for FIRST. This event, which raised more than $1,300.00, was close enough for FIRST Program Director, Moureen Wenik, to attend. Moureen had the opportunity to meet Sean's and Jolie's friends and family and to share the mission of FIRST. New Jersey State Senator Richard Codey also attended the event to show his support for Jolie and Sean. The family has built a relationship with the Senator thanks to Jolie's chance meeting with him in November 2008.
Friends gather with Sean to support the event.
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Country crooner Mindy McCready, who insists she did not kidnap her 5-year-old son, is reportedly expecting twins.
A Florida judge ordered McCready to return Zander by 5 PM Eastern Time Thursday after the troubled country singer took the boy without permission from his father's house on Tuesday.
McCready does not have custody of the child, her parents do, but she does have visitation rights.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Now, a rep for McCready tells People that the singer, 36, is five months pregnant with twins. The father of the babies is unknown.
McCready told Access Hollywood she is working with lawyers to get things involving her missing son "straightened out." According to The Associated Press, a missing persons report was filed by police. But Lt. Tony Sizemore of the Cape Coral Police Deparment told E! News they were not searching for McCready and her child.
McCready took to her Facebook page Tuesday in an attempt to clarify the situation.
"My son is not missing," she wrote. "[The] police established that this afternoon via Skype."
She went on to give some clues as to why she absconded with the boy.
"I have been fighting the Florida court system to protect my son, and bring him home," she posted. "Please do not worry."
Earlier today, she emailed Access Hollywood, claiming she's "working with lawyers to try to get all this straightened out" and further refuting the report that police were calling it a missing persons case.
"I did not steal my child, as it would be impossible for me to kidnap what already belongs to me!" she continues. "There never was any missing persons report and never an Amber Alert."
The 36 year-old McCready has a history of personal problems, including drug and alcohol abuse, rehab stints, and an alleged suicide attempt. She was also involved in a scandalous, headline-grabbing relationship with baseball star Roger Clemens. Allegations were made that Clemens began cheating on his wife with McCready when she was 15 years old. McCready later confirmed that she and Clemens were close during that time, but the relationship did not become sexual in nature until several years later when she was older.
In 2005, Billy McKnight, the father of McCready's son, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating and choking McCready.
McCready has had 12 singles on the Billboard Country charts, including the number one hit "Guys Do It All the Time," as well as "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)."
Selected Reading: MSNBC, People, Access Hollywood


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This week on an all-new "1st Look," host Audrina Patridge is getting ready for the first ever iHeartRadio Music Awards. Since music and fashion go hand in hand, Audrina pays a visit to Jeannie Lee, stylist and owner of Los Angeles' Satine boutique, to get ready for the awards show. Jeannie says, "The kind of (fashion) risks that musicians take are kind of fun." Jeannie puts fashion and music lover Audrina in three different looks inspired by some of her favorite musicians and celebrities. Which look is your favorite?
Don't be afraid of a little volume. Want this look for yourself without breaking the bank? Try pairing this Nasty Gal pleated crop top with a full A-line skirt from Zara.
Celebrity influences: Taylor Swift, Katy Perry
Skirt: Rochas / Top: Alexander Wang
Fringe is totally fun! Dare to take this fashion risk? We found a Parker sheer panel top that is an unexpected but perfect match for this leather fringe skirt by Tamara Mellon for a similar look to Audrina's high-end ensemble.
Celebrity influences: Pink, Rihanna, Madonna
Skirt: Rodarte / Top: Rodarte
This look is perfect for any festival lover. For a similar look, we're in love with the Betsey Johnson for UO vintage lace floral dress finished off with a Topshop floppy felt hat.
Celebrity influences: Kate Moss, Sienna Miller
Dress: MSGM
Tell us which look is YOUR favorite in the comments below! And, don't forget to watch an all-new "1st Look" Saturday after "SNL" on NBC!


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Josh Clark has wanted to be a professional writer since his third-grade teacher told him a short story he wrote was kind of good. He's written ever since. At HowStuffWorks.com, he's a senior writer and co-host of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Josh lives with his wife, Umi. The pair really, really enjoys traveling, solving mysteries, having pizza parties and visiting museums (both renowned and obscure). Josh has been to the real-life house that served as the Robin's Nest on "Magnum, P.I." and is on an indefinite hiatus from being a jerk.
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Tag: Pastor David Brown
After hearing his story, a large Texas church is helping a passionate but cash-strapped pastor continue his ministry.
Pastor David Brown is a circuit preacher. Once called called circuit riders, these preachers went from town to town in 19th-century America to spread the Gospel. They've gone from horseback to car, but they're still around. No one knows just how many there are, but they serve the same purpose they always have–to bring a religious message to people with no fulltime preacher of their own.


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ROCHESTER — At Thursday night's regular Rochester School Board meeting, the group motioned to unanimously accept the Building Committee's proposal regarding design and construction options for the East Rochester School based on the district's "space study."
EDITOR'S NOTE: A story on the Rochester school district space study, which ran in Friday, Nov. 9's issue, focused on the most recent Building Committee meeting held last Thursday, Nov. 2. This story is a recap of the Thursday, Nov. 9 meeting, where the Building Committee's proposal was accepted by the full board.
ROCHESTER — At Thursday night's regular Rochester School Board meeting, the group motioned to unanimously accept the Building Committee's proposal regarding design and construction options for the East Rochester School based on the district's "space study."
The primary schools space study was commissioned by the district last spring and was completed in October 2011. Recommendations include altering the East Rochester School building, where the city's preschool is located, and adding a sizable addition to the Chamberlain Street and William Allen schools. Another space study is being considered for Spaulding High School and other secondary schools, as well.
According to provided documents, the East Rochester School was built in 1968 with a new addition in 2000. Parking is short and condensed to about 25 spots, according to the architectural firm Lavallee & Brensginer, with classroom acoustics "totally inadequate" and student pickup interfering with community traffic patterns.
Last Thursday, Nov. 2, School Board member Audrey Stevens motioned for "Option D" in the project layout presented, which entails a two-story design to include one more classroom for the school in a more traditional layout, according to Superintendent Michael Hopkins. The option selected for construction would require some renovation of the current space, some demolition work in part of the school, and new construction for the back area of the school and its proposed classroom space. The estimated cost for the project from the school department is approximately $7.87 million.
Board member James Gray voted against the motion last week, proposing his own plan with an estimated $10 million price tag for a few more classrooms that would involve using the existing East Rochester structure, rather than tearing parts of it down. He echoed the same sentiment at the Thursday, Nov. 9 meeting, though this time he said he would vote in favor of the "Option D" plan. He said in the future, he hopes the committee will consider how costly it will be to take down existing structures without weighing other uses for them.
"Tearing down the old school and not doing anything with it … takes away an opportunity to get more square feet at the most reasonable price," he said. "… We've got to look at the bottom line … There is a lot of money that (could) be expended on these buildings … Keeping that cost down is part of that motivation. We want to provide quality space for the education to happen."
Chairman of the Building Committee and School Board member Caroline McCarley said she agreed with Gray, that all those options needed to be considered going forward.
"We all acknowledge that what we want to come out with is the most high quality school we can and that we can also do it in a way that is, if possible, the least disruptive to the learning environment to what could be two years (of construction work) for our children. And so, that's one of the competing difficulties we've come up with as we look at this plan."
She noted she believes it is the unanimous view of the Building Committee that the options presented for the East Rochester School are the best for its future.


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Anniston, Alabama: In-Depth
Pollution, Contamination, Betrayal
The story of Anniston is a cautionary tale. Monsanto's internal documents, many of which are being posted here for the first time for the world to finally see, uncover a shocking story of corporate deception and dangerous secrets. As The Washington Post revealed [Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution" (front page, Jan. 1, 2002) and "In Dirt, Water and Hogs, Town Got Its Fill of PCBs" (Jan. 1, 2002).], Monsanto hid its advanced knowledge of the health effects and vast PCB pollution problems from the public and - most importantly - from its closest neighbors, the people of Anniston. While the documents provide a glimpse into Monsanto's corporate culture, a spokesperson for a Monsanto spin-off corporation, Solutia, has repeatedly asserted that the company is "really pretty proud of what we did" and that Monsanto "did what any company would do, even today."
The Monsanto-Solutia public relations propaganda being used to counter these revelations is replete with assertions that press coverage has been unfair, based on comments from its documents "taken out of context."
Now, the world can read the story of Anniston, in context, and in Monsanto's own words.
When big companies get enough bad publicity what do they do? They change their name, of course ... or do they?
Which Monsanto is the real Monsanto?
(try saying quickly)
The old President of the old Monsanto is the new president of the new Monsanto but he says the new Monsanto isn't the old Monsanto, so if the new Monsanto isn't the old Monsanto and the old Monsanto isn't the new Monsanto but the real Monsanto is the new company ...
Which Monsanto polluted Anniston, AL?
The Story on Monsanto
In its aggressive attempt to distance itself from the toxic skeletons in its closet, the "new" Monsanto Company claims that it's not the Monsanto Company that polluted the community of Anniston, Alabama and other communities. While its current parent company, Pharmacia, prepares to spin off Monsanto into an independent company, the ghosts of Monsanto's past continue to haunt it. This begs questions about the credibility attributed to any company daring enough to sport the name.
Chronology of Monsanto's Evolution and (Supposed) Extinction
|Monsanto is born in St. Louis, MO.
|Abernathy v. Monsanto Co., Owens v. Monsanto and several other lawsuits are filed in state and federal court in Alabama, over Monsanto's pollution of people in Anniston
|September, 1 1997
|Solutia, Inc. is spun off from Monsanto Co. and assumes all control over (and liability for) Monsanto's chemical operations
|March 31, 2000
|Monsanto merges with Pharmacia and Upjohn, forming Pharmacia. Almost 100 years after it was created, Monsanto ceases to exist, in name anyway ... at least for a little while.
|October17, 2000
|Pharmacia creates an agricultural subsidiary, naming it Monsanto Co. Then, Pharmacia spins off 15% of the subsidiary in an initial public offering. (Pharmacia currently owns 85% of Monsanto Co.) Notably, the new Monsanto states in its 2001 proxy statement that the new Monsanto (not Pharmacia) is responsible for the liabilities of Solutia, Inc.(Old Monsanto's subsidiary) in the event Solutia, Inc. cannot meet its obligations. In the Monsanto prospectus, see bottom of page 16 and pg 17 for information about Monsanto's liability for damages Solutia is unable to pay. In the proxy statement, see page 5 and Appendix A.
|November 29, 2001
|On the eve of the old Monsanto Co.'s 100th anniversary, Monsanto's parent company, Pharmacia, announces plans to make the "new" Monsanto a fully independent company by the end of 2002.
Pretty confusing stuff.
Despite this self-induced identity crisis surrounding the company name Monsanto, a quick look at the people involved reveals that essentially the same cast of characters has been with the (chemical) company since it was (old) Monsanto, including some executives who've worked for the company for decades.
- Monsanto's (biotech) President and CEO, Hendrik Verfaillie, has been with Monsanto since 1976 in a variety of positions primarily overseeing the company's herbicide products. Despite his recent assertion in published letters to the editors of several papers that Monsanto is "a new company under new management" Verfaillie himself was the President of the old Monsanto before he became President of the new Monsanto.
- Another Monsanto Executive, Robb Fraley (Chief Technology Officer) has been with Monsanto since at least the 1980s.
- Carl Casale, new Monsanto's Vice President of North America, was old Monsanto's Managing Director.
- Brett Begemann, new Monsanto's Managing Director of Asia Pacific, was old Monsanto's Vice President of U.S. markets.
- In fact, as a St. Louis Business Journal article from September 4, 2000 explains, "Hendrik Verfaillie, chief executive of the new Monsanto, will have 10 veterans of the old Monsanto ... on his management team." It includes a list of the Monsanto veterans.
- New Monsanto's Board of Directors also has many old Monsanto names on it. This includes John Reed, who joined Monsanto's Board in 1985, and Michael Kantor, who's been with Monsanto since at least 1997, according to press reports.
It seems as if the "new management" isn't so new after all. Furthermore, Monsanto's chemical spin off, Solutia, also has several executives who came from the old Monsanto, including several who have been around since the days of Monsanto's peak PCB production in the U.S.
- Solutia's President and COO, John C. Hunter, has worked for Monsanto since 1969 (when Monsanto still produced PCBs) in a variety of chemical marketing and engineering positions. He was named Solutia's President and COO when the new company was created in 1997.
- Robert Kaley, Solutia's oft-quoted media spokesperson on PCB issues, has been with Monsanto (the chemical company) since 1973, when Monsanto still produced PCBs. Before "leaving" to become the Director of Environmental Affairs for Solutia, Kaley was Director of Environmental Affairs for Monsanto.
Apparently, Solutia is just as confused as we are. In March, 2001, the company posted its history on its website, saying "Although Solutia was created just a few years ago, it has a century-long history."
Wasn't it Monsanto that just celebrated its 100th anniversary? But wait, today, the same page on Solutia's website states that: "Solutia was founded in St. Louis in 1901 as Monsanto Company."
Almost the entire corporate leadership of Solutia has worked for Monsanto (the chemical company) since the days of PCB production, and the others have been with Monsanto since at least before the Abernathy v. Monsanto suit was filed in Anniston:
- Hunter (President and COO) joined Monsanto in 1969
- Barnickol (Senior VP, General Counsel, and Secretary) joined Monsanto in 1970
- Miller (Vice Chairman) joined Monsanto in 1965
- Belle (Vice President/General Manager, Specialty Chemicals) joined Monsanto in 1966
- Clausen (Senior VP and CFO) joined Monsanto in 1969
- Holt (VP and General Manager, Performance Films) joined Monsanto in 1979
- Saucier (VP and General Manager, Integrated Nylon) joined Monsanto in 1979
- Hayden (VP Corporate Services) joined Monsanto sometime in the 1970s
- Feldman (VP Human Resources and Public Affairs) joined Monsanto in 1991
- Greer (VP New Ventures and Digital Strategy) joined Monsanto in 1996
Another attempt by Monsanto to put distance between it and its past was communicated by the CEO of both the old and new Monsanto Hendrik Verfaillie. He wrote in a letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch that the Monsanto (biotech) Co. "is a different company," "with new management" that "simply took the Monsanto name."
He also claims that "as a new company, we also committed ourselves to doing business in an open and transparent way ... embodied in the New Monsanto Pledge, our commitment to earn the trust of the communities we operate in."
What the CEO failed to mention is that the Monsanto Pledge was actually written back in 1990, when Monsanto (the chemical company) needed some fresh public relations to defend itself from bad press about its pollution problems. The pledge was virtually identical to the "new" company pledge issued in 2000, only it focused on chemicals instead of biotech. It included lofty promises such as:
- "Ensuring no Monsanto operation poses any undue risk to employees and neighboring communities."
- "Keeping Monsanto plants open to their communities and involving the community in plant operations."
- "Managing all corporate real estate, including plant sites, to benefit nature."
Even more disturbing is Verfaillie's statement in his widely distributed letters to newspaper editors asserting that the new Monsanto is not connected to the trial in Anniston. However, Monsanto's 2001 proxy statement, states:
"We have assumed the following liabilities from Pharmacia . . .all liabilities from Monsanto that were assumed by Solutia or any of its subsidiaries on September 1, 1997 in connection with its spinoff from former Monsanto, to the extent that Solutia fails to pay, perform, or discharge these liabilities."
Monsanto's 2001 Proxy Statement, Appendix A.
Despite all the new (or old) company's best efforts, the name Monsanto will forever be synonymous with toxic chemical pollution and betrayal of trust for the people of west Anniston, Alabama and other polluted communities worldwide. As the Birmingham News editorialized on January 3, 2002:
"There's not a spin doctor alive who could hide the truth about Monsanto's wanton poisoning of the water and land in west Anniston."


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- 16 ounces sliced sourdough bread with crusts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 14 cups)
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- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 pound onions, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 4 medium parsnips (about 15 ounces), peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 large bell peppers, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 1 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 10 tablespoons butter, melted
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- 2 1/2 7.4-ounce jars whole roasted chestnuts, quartered (about 4 cups)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 large eggs
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- Canned low-salt chicken broth
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place bread in large roasting pan. Bake until golden, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Transfer bread to very large bowl; cool. Maintain oven temperature.
Spray 2 large rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Combine onions, parsnips, peppers, mushrooms, rosemary, and 4 tablespoons butter in large bowl; toss to coat. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Divide vegetable mixture between prepared baking sheets. Roast until vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, stirring every 10 minutes, about 35 minutes total.
Add roasted vegetables to bowl with bread. Add chestnuts, parsley, and remaining 6 tablespoons melted butter; stir to blend. Season stuffing to taste with salt and pepper. Mix eggs into stuffing.
To Bake Stuffing in Turkey:
Loosely fill neck and main cavities of turkey with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten slightly (1/4 to 3/4 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish along side turkey until heated through, about 25 minutes. Uncover stuffing. Bake until top of stuffing is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 minutes longer.
To Bake Stuffing in Dish:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish, depending on recipe. Add enough extra broth to stuffing to moisten (3/4 cup to 1 1/4 cups). Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake until heated through, about 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is slightly crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.


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Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and oh, yes send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don't advertise is spy on you. As long as you don't leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go a record the government can then get from your telephone company.
The law is unclear about how easy it should be for the government to get its hands on this locational data which can reveal whether you've been going to church, attending a Tea Party rally, spending the night at a date's house or visiting a cancer-treatment center. A federal appeals court ruled last week that in some cases the government may need a search warrant. And while that's a step forward, it's not good enough. The rule should be that the government always needs a warrant to access your cell-phone records and obtain data about where you have been.
When you carry a cell phone, it is constantly sending signals about where you are. It "pings" nearby cell-phone towers about every seven seconds so it can be ready to make and receive calls. When it does, the phone is also telling the company that owns the towers where you are at that moment data the company then stores away indefinitely. There is also a second kind of locational data that phone companies have, thanks to a GPS chip that is embedded in most smart phones now. This is even more accurate unlike the towers, which can only pinpoint a general area where you may be, GPS can often reveal exactly where you are at any given moment within a matter of meters.
There are some good reasons for this, which is why the government is actually forcing the phone companies to do a better job of knowing where you are. In the name of improving emergency services, the Federal Communications Commission will require phone companies to meet benchmarks in 2012 for how closely they can pinpoint a caller's location. "About 90% of Americans are walking around with a portable tracking device all the time, and they have no idea," says Christopher Calabrese, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office.
Not surprisingly, law enforcement has found this sort of data extremely handy. Prosecutors are increasingly using cell-phone records to show that a suspect was near the scene of a crime or not where he claimed to be.
The federal government's position is that it should be able to get most of this data if it decides it is relevant to an investigation, with no need for a search warrant. If the government needs a warrant, it would have to show a judge evidence that there was probable cause to believe that the cell-phone user committed a crime an important level of protection. Without this requirement, the government can get locational data pretty much anytime it wants.
It is not hard to imagine that the government could also one day use cell-phone data to stifle dissent. Cell-phone records could tell them who attended an antigovernment rally. It could also tell them who is going into the opposition party's headquarters or into the home of someone they have questions about. Cell-phone data may be the most efficient way ever invented for a government to spy on its people since people are planting the devices on themselves and even paying the monthly bills. The KGB never had anything like it.
And, indeed, the U.S. government already appears to be sweeping up a lot of data from completely innocent people. The ACLU recently told Congress of a case in which, while looking for data on a suspect, the FBI apparently used a dragnet approach and took data on another 180 people. The FBI has said that if it does happen to gather data on innocent people in the course of conducting an investigation, it keeps that information for as long as 20 years.
Last week, the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit pushed back. A federal magistrate judge, in a good and strong decision, had ruled that the government must always get a warrant if it wants cell-phone data. The appeals court scaled that back a bit, ruling that magistrate judges have the power to require the government to get a warrant, depending on the facts of the particular case.
The fight over cell-phone tracking is similar to one now going on in the courts over GPS devices specifically, whether the government needs a warrant to place a GPS device on someone's car. (The courts are sharply divided on the question.) Cell-phone tracking is of far bigger consequence, however, because there is a limit to how many GPS devices police are going to put on cars. Nine out of 10 of us have cell phones that will do the tracking for the government.
The House of Representatives has been holding hearings on this issue and related ones, and a Senate hearing next week is likely to consider it further. It is time for Congress to act. It should amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to make clear that information from our cell phones about where we are and where we have been is deeply private and that without a search warrant, the government cannot have it.
Cohen, a lawyer, is a former TIME writer and a former member of the New York Times editorial board. Case Study, his legal column for TIME.com, appears every Wednesday.


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Johannesburg - There is no place for foul play in rugby, Springbok captain Jean de Villiers said on his arrival from Argentina, at OR Tambo in Johannesburg on Monday.
VIDEO: Etzebeth biting incident
VIDEO: Eye gouge on Francois Louw
"These are things, I believe, which are not part of rugby and I would like them to be sorted out," De Villiers said.
Two Argentinean players, Leonardo Senatore and Pablo Matera, were cited for alleged biting and eye-gouging incidents during their Rugby Championship match in Mendoza over the weekend.
The first incident occurred 45 minutes into the encounter, which the Springboks won by a shaky 22-17, when Bok flank Francois Louw claimed Matera had made contact with his eye.
However, television match official (TMO) Marshall Kilgore could not find any evidence of the incident at the time.
A furious Eben Etzebeth then told referee Steve Walsh that Senatore had bitten him on the arm.
When De Villiers asked Walsh to refer the bite incident to the TMO, the referee could not make contact with the television official.
"At that stage, there had already been one incident where one of our players said there was a finger in his eye. Then Eben came with bite marks on his arm," De Villiers said.
"Those are things that you don't want to be sorted out afterwards - you want the benefit during the game.
"It is out of our hands now. I just tried to put pressure on him (Walsh) to take care of it on the field and, unfortunately, at that stage the lines of communications weren't there."
De Villiers said while they were disappointed with their below-par performance, it would serve as a wake-up call ahead of their tour of Australasia.
"It is important for us to put everything in perspective and see that we still have a lot to do, to get to where we want to be," he said.
"There is still a lot of hard work ahead of us. We get together again on Thursday and we will be preparing well for the trip abroad."
The Springboks made too many errors, he said, while Argentina also denied them of quick ball to attack from.
"The ambition was there for us to play a bit of rugby but there were too many handling errors, and too many mistakes at the breakdown.
"From their part, they slowed the game down -- the ball was maybe only 29 minutes in play and that is not a lot of rugby. It was stop-start all the time."
It may not have the best of games, but it was, nevertheless, the Boks' eighth victory on the trot and their first away triumph in the competition since 2009.
In the corresponding match last year, the Springboks got out of jail in Mendoza with a 16-16 draw against Argentina.
"It shows progress in the way we adapted in the end although it was disappointing, from a team point of view, the way we played," he said.
"But to get a different and positive result this time around means the team showed character and proved we are growing as a team."
The Springbok squad will assemble in Johannesburg on Thursday ahead of their third match in the championship against Australia in Brisbane next Saturday.


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Survey Data
You can find survey data in the Engineering Records Center and Survey Office on the 47th floor of the Seattle Municipal Tower. Survey data includes:
- Coordinate maps in NAD27
- Quarter Section maps of the City of Seattle
- Large Scale Profiles: approximately from 1900 to 1960
- Survey field books which contain street monumentation information, monument ties, stationing data, level notes, topographic notes, cross-section notes, profile notes, easement locations, construction notes for paving, curbs, storm and sanitary sewers, water mains, light poles, bridges, and miscellaneous structures.
The types of books available are:
- Seattle Public Utilities (Index in vault)
- Seattle Engineering Dept: pre-1998 (some also in microfilm - Index in vault)
- Seattle Water Department: pre-1998 (Index in Survey Office)
- Seattle City Light Department: pre-1998 (Index in Survey Office)
- Seattle Engineering Dept Land Survey Records
- Water Dept Land Survey Records
- Seattle City Light Land Survey Records