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Wauwatosa police chief discusses gift donated by Jennifer Sebena's family
A stuffed teddy bear sits in the office of Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber -- a warm, comforting reminder of fallen officer Jennifer Sebena.
"It was something that Jennifer -- she really loved teddy bears, and so now we call these our Jenny bears, and they wanted everybody to have a teddy bear to remember her," Weber said.
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Weber said Sebena's mother and younger brother come into the department often, usually bringing meals or just to talk with the officers.
"She's one of our family, too," Weber said. "She and Jacob have been here a lot and we have a lot of connection with them. So we feel like they're part of our family."
But this week, Violet Gerhat brought something different: a bunch of teddy bears. She wanted to give them as a gift for all the support and well wishes she received from the department after her daughter's death.
She told Weber that Jennifer enjoyed collecting the stuffed animals for fun.
"Knowing that Jennifer liked them made it easy for us to accept," he said. "It's one more connection to her. This was something she really liked, so we feel honored. We stay close and we are happy about it."
Sebena's husband is accused of shooting her on Chistmas Eve morning while on her overnight patrol. Weber said her fellow officers are slowly dealing with their grief.
"We'll never forget," Weber said. "We are forever changed and not always in a bad way. We are strengthened by that."
Benjamin Sebena changed his plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect because of his post-traumatic stress disorder. His trial is set for July 8.


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Evolution and why chimps can't throw a baseball (or poop) at 90 mph
What do human evolution and baseball have in common? Pretty much everything, according to a new Harvard study.
While anybody who's ever watched a chimpanzee fling poop at the local zoo can confirm that our primate cousins will sometimes nail an unlucky target, it's also quite obvious that their throwing style will not land them any major league pitching contracts.
According to a study published recently in Nature, the evolutionary and biological seeds for today's 90-mile-per-hour fastball were sewn roughly 2 million years ago. That's when a variety of evolved anatomical features began to coalesce in early humans, giving them the ability to hurl projectiles overhand at greater and greater speeds.
This ability, according to lead author and evolutionary biologist Neil T. Roach, vastly increased early man's ability to kill large prey -- and defend it from scavengers. At the same time, it allowed our ancestors to become part-time carnivores and set the stage for other critical developments.
"If we were not good at throwing and running and a few other things, we would not have been able to evolve our large brains, and all the cognitive abilities such as language that come with it," Roach said in a press release. "If it were not for our ability to throw, we would not be who we are today."
In a series of experiments involving Harvard baseball players, researchers used a variety of braces and other contraptions that they strapped to the athletes' limbs to isolate key movements in the throwing process. In many cases, the devices were intended to impede the players' ability to throw, essentially turning back the evolutionary clock.
What they found was that optimum throwing ability was associated with low, wide shoulders; a long flexible waist and the ability of the upper arm, or humerus, to rotate during the throw. They also found that the tendons and ligaments in modern humans store energy as they are stretched in the shoulder region -- such as when a pitcher cocks his elbow -- and allows for an explosive release of power.
Our chimp cousins lack most of these anatomical features, leaving them with an underhanded softball-like throwing style that would get them laughed off a little league baseball field. (Some chimps can throw overhand, but the results are even less impressive.)
Roach and colleagues say the combination of throwing features first appeared in Homo erectus and were refined as a result of natural selection.
Skilled throwing abilities were particularly important considering that stone tipped spears date back to just 500,000 years ago, the authors note. For most of early man's hunting history, stones and sharpened sticks were the only weapons available.
While the study sheds light on aspects of human evolution, it may also serve as a warning to young athletes today, who spend large amounts of time perfecting their throwing style.
"To successfully learn to throw and use that ability to hunt, our ancestors would need to throw often, but nothing like the 100 or more high-speed throws that some baseball pitchers throw now in the span of hours," Roach said.
"Athletes are overusing this capability that gave early humans an evolutionary advantage, and they're overusing it to the point that injuries are common."
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The spiny dogfish, spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order. While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by having two spines (one anterior to each dorsal fin) and lacks an anal fin. It is found mostly in shallow waters and further offshore in most parts of the world, especially in temperate waters.
The spiny dogfish has dorsal spines, no anal fin, and white spots along its back. The caudal fin has asymmetrical lobes, forming a heterocercal tail. The species name acanthias refers to the shark's two spines. These are used defensively. If captured, the shark can arch its back to pierce its captor. Glands at the base of the spines secrete a mild venom.
Males mature at around 11 years of age, growing to 80–100 cm (2.6–3.3 ft) in length; females mature in 18–21 years and are slightly larger than males, reaching 98.5–159 cm (3.23–5.22 ft).[2] Both sexes are greyish brown in color and are
Reproduction is aplacental viviparous, which was before called ovoviviparity. Fertilization is internal. The male inserts one clasper into the female oviduct orifice and injects sperm along a groove on the clasper's dorsal section. Immediately following fertilization, the eggs are surrounded by thin shells called "candles" with one candle usually surrounding several eggs. Mating takes place in the winter months with gestation lasting 22–24 months. Litters range between 2 and 11 but average 6 or 7.
Spiny dogfish are bottom-dwellers They are commonly found at depths of around 50-149m, but have been found deeper than 700m.[3]
Life span is estimated to be more than 100 years and their gestation period is 18 to 24 months, which may be the longest of any known animal.[4]
Spiny dogfish are fished for food in Europe, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Chile. The meat is primarily consumed in England, France, the Benelux countries and Germany. The fins and tails are processed into fin needles and are used in less expensive versions of shark fin soup in Chinese cuisine. In England this and other dogfish are sold in fish and chip shops as "rock salmon" or "huss", in France it is sold as "small salmon" (saumonette) and in Belgium and Germany it is sold as "sea eel" (zeepaling and Seeaal, respectively). It is also used as fertilizer, liver oil, and pet food, and, because of its availability, cartilaginous skull, and manageable size, as a popular vertebrate dissection specimen, in both high schools and universities. Reported catches in 2000–2009 varied between 13,800 (2008) and 31,700 (2000) tonnes.[5]
Bottom trawlers and sink gillnets are the primary equipment used to harvest spiny dogfish. In Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England fisheries, they are often caught when harvesting larger groundfish, classified as bycatch, and discarded. Recreational fishing accounts for an insignificant portion of the spiny dogfish harvest.[6]
Once the most abundant shark species in the world, populations of Squalus acanthias have declined significantly. They are classified in the IUCN Red List of threatened species as Vulnerable globally and Critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic, meaning stocks around Europe have decreased by at least 95%. This is a direct result of overfishing to supply northern Europe's taste for rock salmon, saumonette or zeepaling. Despite these alarming figures, very few management or conservation measures are in place for Squalus acanthias.[1] In EU waters, a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) has been in place since 1999, but until 2007 it only applied to ICES Areas IIa and IV. It was also set well above the actual weight of fish being caught until 2005, rendering it meaningless. Since 2009 a maximum landing size of 100 cm has been imposed in order to protect the most valuable mature females. The TAC for 2011 was set at 0t, ending targeted fishing for the species in EU waters. It remains to be seen if populations will be able to recover.[7]
In the recent past the European market for spiny dogfish has increased dramatically, which led to the overfishing and decline of the species. This drastic increase led to the creation and implementation of many fishery management policies placing restrictions on the fishing of spiny dogfish. However, since the species is a late maturing fish, it takes a while to rebuild the population.
In 2010, Greenpeace International added the spiny dogfish to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."[8] In the same year, the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS; also known as the Bonn Convention) listed the species (Northern Hemisphere populations) under Annex I of its Migratory Shark Memorandum of Understanding.[9]
In recent years however, the US has implemented fishing controls and opened up the fishery. The current proposed quota for 2011 is 35.5m lbs. with a trip limit of 4000 lbs. This is a gain over past years in which the quota has ranged from 5m lbs. to 20m lbs. with trip limits from 2000 to 3000 lbs.[10] In 2010, NOAA announced the Eastern US Atlantic spiny dogfish stocks to be rebuilt[11] and in 2011 concerns about dogfish posing a serious predatory threat to other stocks resulted in an emergency amendment of the quota with nearly 15 million pounds being added.[12]
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Nixon Sets August Vote for Vacant Mo. House Seats
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon has set an Aug. 5 special election to fill three vacant Missouri House seats.
Nixon announced the House election dates Friday, but he did not call for a vote to replace Sen. Ryan McKenna, who he appointed in December as the state labor director.
The 120th House District has been vacant since Republican Jason Smith, of Salem, resigned in June upon winning a special election to Congress.
The two other House seats opened up in December. Democratic Rep. Steve Webb, of Florissant, resigned while facing criminal charges. Republican Rep. Dennis Fowler, of Advance, resigned when Nixon appointed him to the state Board of Probation and Parole.
The special election announcements come as Nixon is facing a lawsuit seeking to compel him to call the elections.


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Your trip will begin at the Sitka Alaska Outfitters fly shop in downtown Sitka where you will meet your guide and be outfitted with waders and gear for the day. This is also a good time to purchase a sport fishing license if you have not already(license not included in trip). It is a short walk down to Crescent Harbor where the boat is ready and waiting to take you to the river. There are several rivers in the Sitka Area that have Steelhead so where to fish is a game day decision, this way we have the advantage of the most up to date information about runs and conditions. The boat ride is quite scenic and you may also spot wildlife like Humpback Whales and eagles along the way. Run times to the rivers vary but it is normally less than an hour travel time to the river. Once at the river you will disembark the boat and your guide will lead the way as you wade and fish. Your guide will have all gear, safety equipment required to have a fun safe day on the water. The rivers are relatively small and easy to wade and do not require standing in deep water for extended periods of time. You will enjoy approximately 6 hours at the river and cover approximately 1 miles of water round trip from the estuary. A pack lunch is provided and normally eaten streamside if you can pry your fly rod from your fingers long enough to down a sandwich. All Steelhead fishing is catch and release. Your guide will assist you with netting your catch and taking pictures so you can take home pictures and memories.


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Since a few days I use the serviio server to manage my music. Also I have the app serviidroid installed on my smartphone. The serviidroid functions also as long as I am in the WLan at home, I leave the WLan and try to access the serviio, I always get the message no route to host. With the web browser I can access the Mediabrowser and stream the music.
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Few agencies are more steeped in tradition than the National Archives and Records Administration. That's why a project it undertook last year to move to a cloud-based email and collaboration system has been more disruptive – and transformative – than most. Responding to a 2011 Presidential memo on government records management, NARA had a broad set of requirements to meet that included cloud email functionality (email, calendar contacts, etc.), mobile device management and support, as well as robust archiving and records management capabilities. One of the unique technology aspects of the project was the integration of multiple clouds into a single system presenting a unified solution to the end user.
Ultimately, the agency gained a state-of-the-art suite of email, collaboration, archiving and records management with full search capabilities and seamless integration with NARA's authentication system. The solution is 100 percent cloud-based, built on open standards, with 99.9 percent up-time. For email, the NARA cloud showed its high-performance capacity from the outset.
The scalable system, which serves 4,500 users, is built using Google Apps for Government, which meets NARA's requirements for FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation while supporting IPv6 and Trusted Internet Connection requirements. It requires two-factor authentication, but then provides a direct connection to Google, with 25 GB of storage per user, automatic archiving, accommodation for BlackBerrys and DOD 5015.2-compliant electronic records management.
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Cuomo Aide: No Timetable on Health Department Fracking Review
There is "not a timetable" on a newly added layer to the state's review of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
Last week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation asked the Department of Health
to review its analysis of the health impacts of hydrofracking and gas drilling, likely delaying a final decision on whether to allow the technique in New York.
In a radio interview Monday, Director of State Operations Howard Glaser said the Health Department's review is a preemptive move, in part to help prevent lawsuits. The DEC has been criticized extensively by environmental groups, who have said two draft versions of permitting guidelines and regulations for high-volume hydrofracking didn't do enough to analyze potential health effects.
The state received close to 80,000 comments on drafts of its policy document -- known as the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement
-- and many called for a more extensive look at medical side effects, Glaser said.
"In order for the document -- whatever its ultimate decision -- to be protected against legal challenge, it has to respond to these comments and you have to show that you've done a reasonable job of responding to the comments," Glaser said on Albany's WGDJ-AM.
The state first began studying large-scale hydrofracking in 2008, and a decision on whether to allow it in New York has been pending ever since.
Glaser suggested that the decision would have waited even longer without the Department of Health being asked to review it.
"If you have a legal challenge on the health impact and the work has not adequately responded to, then you have a longer -- you have a bigger problem, which is you're subjected to challenge and protracted litigation," he said.
Exactly what the Department of Health is assessing, however, remains unclear. In a statement last week, DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens said the state's health commissioner will tap outside experts to assist him in the department's review.
When asked about the review, DEC spokeswoman Lisa King said Health Commissioner Nirav Shah will assess "all relevant portions of the final draft SGEIS and additional related material."
"The details of the review will be developed in the near future," she said.


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"What do you mean?" I asked. "You know - like the flower story you tell me but without the flower."
That was an interesting surprise since prior to that I wasn't sure how much she was getting that this was our story. See Lexie was given a hooded bath towel from "Aunt" Amy, Angie's best friend, shortly after we came home and even today Lexie still insists that she must use this towel after every bath. Lexie has had skin issues since returning home with scabies (fun times) so I am religious about putting Aveeno lotion on her every time she takes a bath. It's actually a wonderful ritual where we talk about her day or when she was younger I would sing to her or tell her stories. It was one of those lovely times a year or so ago that I made up a story about a lady looking for the perfect flower for her garden. The lady looked at tulips in La Conner Washington. They were very nice but just not the right flower for her. Next she went down to Texas to look at the blue bonnets. Again, really pretty flowers but still they didn't seem to be the flower meant for the lady. Then she heard about the perfect little pink rose all the way in Kazakhstan and she just had to go see this rose. So the lady flew all the way to the other side of the world to Kazakhstan. When she finally saw the rose...the sweetest tiniest pink rose well she just knew her search was over. She'd found the perfect flower for her. So she gently removed the rose from the hot desert sand of Aktau Kazakhstan and flew all the way back home to carefully plant that dainty pink rose in her window sill. There the rose got lots of light and the lady gave her just the right amount of water and sprinkled a little plant food on her soil. And most important of all she loved that little rose more than anything. Sure enough, that baby rose grew and grew and her pedals slowly opened and it was hard to believe but she became even more beautiful with all the lady's love and attention. The lady also felt the love coming from the beautiful rose which made the lady so very glad she went in search of the perfect little flower for her. And they lived happily ever after.
Sorry for the rambling post but as you can see adoption talk is happening a lot around the house. It's all good. I'm just wondering when other adopted children really started talking about it and if there is anything else I can do or say to make her feel more comfortable with who we are as a family.


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Happy Opening Day!
Okay, so nobody actually exchanges cheesy greeting cards for Opening Day, but we really should. Hear me out. Opening Day should absolutely be a national holiday, complete with paid time off from work and the whole nine yards. National pastime, national holiday.
…Yeah my boss, awesome though he is, wasn't buying it either.
But here's the thing, what do many national holidays have in common? That's right, cheesy greeting cards. Hallmark is clearly the power lobby in the holiday business. They have even created holidays just for the purpose of selling more cheesy greeting cards. All we need to do is supply Hallmark with another cheesy greeting card money maker and *poof* I'm telling you, national pastime, national holiday. Seriously. You're reading this on the internet. So it has to be true, right? 😉
Oh well, cheesy greeting card filled national holiday or not, it's Opening Day. Very, very early on Opening Day as I post this to be sure, but still. Opening Day! Even if your team doesn't start playing until tomorrow, if that thought alone doesn't make you giddy to the point where your smiles and good cheer just come bubbling out at random moments, then I don't know what would.
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After lots of waiting, Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion is open - sort of. The park's grand opening is Dec. 6, but the expansion had its soft opening Monday, which means guests can experience Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid, Be Our Guest restaurant, Enchanted Tales with Belle, Ariel's Grotto, Gaston's Tavern and a gift shop.
Keep in mind these are just previews of the attractions, so while you can get into the new area, the hours could be limited.
The $425 million Fantasyland expansion continues with the opening of Princess Fairytale Hall in 2013 and the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in 2014. Those will join the Little Mermaid ride, a continuously moving attraction similar to Epcot's Finding Nemo ride in which guests travel through movie scenes in giant shells, and Enchanted Tales with Belle, a tour of her childhood home and an encounter with the magic mirror that transports guests into Beast's Castle, where they are greeted by Beauty and the Beast characters.
If you haven't been to the park this year, you'll also find a new Storybook Circus section where the old Toontown used to be, with a Casey Jr. Splash and Soak Station, and two Dumbo rides. That area opened in July.
We managed to get a sneak peek at the Fantasyland attractions, including dining at the new Be Our Guest restaurant. The lunch and dinner spot takes the counter out of walk-up service and gives it a more relaxing sit-down meal feel - with a bit of Disney magic thanks to GPS technology.
Guests order meals on a touch screen and are given an electronic rose that has a glowing Mickey on the side. Touch that Mickey to one on the screen and the meal is registered. Take the electronic rose and choose a seat anywhere in the castle's three rooms and servers follow tracking devices to magically deliver the order.
At a visit to one of the park's first soft openings in early November, the rolling carts took a toll on the decor, chipping some pieces of tile out of ornate rose-patterned floor mosaics an hour and a half after the castle doors opened.
The lunch at Be Our Guest ranged from about $9-$13 for options including a steak sandwich, turkey breast sandwich, quinoa salad, seared tuna and vegetable quiche. That's about the price of a counter service meal elsewhere in the park. The kids menu is not your typical kids fare, including grilled steak, grilled fish, rice pilaf and whole-grain macaroni.
For dinner, the restaurant will serve rustic French cuisine that includes Cornish hen and ratatouille, and make history as the first restaurant to serve alcohol inside the Magic Kingdom.
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One of the challenges of seeing the new Fantasyland is crowds. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are just about the busiest times of the year at Disney.
The website touringplans.com, which tracks park attendance and recommends when to visit, ranks the dates to visit Disney World on a scale, with 1 being the least crowded and 10 being most crowded. For example, Sunday, Dec. 9, is a 3, and the Tuesday and Thursday after that (Dec. 11 and 13) drop to a 2. Starting Dec. 15, most days rank a 5 to 7 with a solid 10 for every day from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1.
Keep in mind that Thanksgiving week is also one of the park's busiest, but veteran Disney-goers know that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are a sweet spot during which the decorations are up, but there are less crowds.


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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and writer-director Rian Johnson collaborated on one of the best indies of the past decade, "Brick," and have joined forces again for the sci-fi thriller "Looper."
The film stars JGL as an assassin whose sole job is to kill people from the future who are sent back in time, a great gig until one day he finds his target is his future self, played by Bruce Willis. Gordon-Levitt were on hand at WonderCon this weekend to unveil some pics and debut the trailer, which isn't on line yet.
If you're wondering what's up with Gordon-Levitt's chin, the guy sat for three hours of make-up every day to make himself look like a more believable younger version of Willis.
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In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels. Ram Bergman and James D. Stern produce.
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Ken Block's dropped his latest crazy-cool clip and he's driving around LA in the Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle (H.F.H.V.). The multipurpose racecar that's been dubbed the "manic beast" can compete in stage rally, rallycross and gymkhana events — and it's street-legal. So why not take it to the streets for the day, eh?
But the cool part of the video's at the end, where they redo the ladder-fall shot from the last Gymkhana video. Only this time, the guy back-flips off the ladder. Insane!
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Elix Skipper Shoot Interview DVD
Shoot Interviewwith "Primetime" Elix Skipper on 3/25/05 in Totowa, NJ to talk about his life and career up to this point. We talked about his early days and what it was like to train in the WCW power plant. He talks about how he got spotted by Vince Russo and what it was like in the WCW locker room as a green rookie. He talks about working with all the greats from this time like Billy Kidman, Rey Misterio Jr, and Kevin Nash. We talk about all the top names in WCW and how they treated him. Elix was there went the company folded and he talks about what went down at the last Nitro show. He talked about team Canada and teaming with Lance Storm and Mike Awesome.
Elix also talks about getting signed by the WWE and why he was sent to HWA and his feeling on it. He holds nothng back in this shoot. We then talk about his leg injury and how he ended up going to work for All Japan thru Great Muta. Elix talks about how he got into TNA. We talk about Low Ki, Chris Daniels and the XXX group. We discuss the booking in TNA with Vince Russo and Dusty Rhodes. We talk about all the latest rumors about TNA and all of his feuds in TNA. This is our first interview with anyone from the TNA era so this is a great look into the company of TNA. Here is a list of some questions that we asked Elix:
- How did you get started
- Were you a fan growing up
- Talk about your high school and collegiate football career
- What was the party scene like in the CFL
- Did you play with anyone notable
- How did your experiences as a professional football player help you in wrestling
- How did you develop your sense of balance and timing
- What brought you to the Power Plant
- Did you train anywhere else before that
- Who was in your training class
- What was the school like
- Thoughts on Buddy Lee Parker as a trainer
- Do you think that the WCW school should have had someone with more credibility than a Buddy Lee Parker as their head trainer
- Thoughts on Pez Whatley and his passing
- Thoughts on Jody Hamilton
- How often did Eric Bischoff or anyone in management come to the school
- Take us through the day you were told you would be called up
- What was it like the first time you showed up at Nitro
- Memories of your debut match with Prince Iakea
- How did the other wrestlers treat you
- Did anyone rib you or give you a hard time
- Did anyone take you under their wing
- Did you do anything wrong that you can remember the first night
- Initial impressions and thoughts meeting Bischoff
- Initial impressions and thoughts meeting Vince Russo
- Memories of your first PPV and the match with Alan Funk
- What were the politics in WCW like then
- Who were your traveling partners
- Did you experience any racism
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In Africa, poverty and environmental degradation are inextricably linked. If we want to talk about long-term sustainable solutions, we cannot address one without the other.
I live in an area of rural Kenya where people cut down indigenous trees to process and sell as cooking charcoal. Every morning, I see men riding into town on rickety bicycles weighted down by large, overstuffed bags. These 50-kilogram sacks were once filled with food aid donated by Western governments but are now used to transport illegally produced charcoal into urban centers like Mombasa and Nairobi.
Known as the local "poverty industry," the informal charcoal trade exacerbates East Africa's dangerously high levels of deforestation and threatens agricultural livelihoods. For families living on less than $1 per day, the immediate need for income far outweighs the long‐term consequences of deforestation. In fact, the industry is only growing more enticing. As Africa's population quickly rises and urbanization intensifies, there is a massive and increasing demand for wood products, making deforestation even more profitable in the short term for the world's poorest communities.
Rural subsistence farmers living in semi-arid regions are among the most neglected, hardest to serve people on Earth. Low, erratic rainfall coupled with degraded, infertile soil presents near‐insurmountable challenges. Because soil quality is so poor and drought so persistent, traditional food crops often fail—forcing communities to rely on foreign assistance and charitable organizations. As we have seen in recent years, below-average rainfall can push these families to the brink of starvation; many villages in rural Kenya are still recovering from the severe drought experienced in 2009 after four consecutive deficient rainy seasons.
When trees disappear, biodiversity is lost at an astonishing rate—the loss of ground cover and root systems in these already fragile regions leads to soil erosion and, ultimately, desertification. Out of desperation, some farmers in these villages cut down roughly one tree per week. That is more than 2,000 trees destroyed over each farmer's lifetime. Multiply this by the millions of people throughout Africa who are forced to make the same choice between plundering the land or earning less than is required for survival. Through this cycle of extreme poverty and environmental destruction, thousands of acres of indigenous tree cover have been lost. Farmland is becoming ever‐more infertile and natural environments are eroding.
From Science to Social Entrepreneurship
Before I continue, let me back up and explain how I ended up in Africa.
As an undergraduate student in neurobiology at Brown University, I engaged in a variety of scientific research projects. In 2002, my academic pursuits brought me to Kilifi, Kenya, a small coastal city of about 40,000 people, where I conducted malaria immunology research at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. During my years at Brown, I frequently returned to KEMRI, splitting my time between Kilifi in the summer and Providence, Rhode Island, during the academic year.
As I spent more time in Africa, I began to better understand the root causes of its social and economic problems. When local residents spoke of their daily challenges, they would tell me they simply did not have enough money to purchase what most of the world takes for granted: food, water, shelter, education, and health care. It was always a matter of income.
Realizing the remarkable potential and entrepreneurial spirit of the community, I launched a nonprofit social enterprise in early 2006 called KOMAZA (Swahili for "promote development and encourage growth"). Based in Kenya, KOMAZA seeks to create income-generating opportunities for smallholder farmers living in infertile and drought-prone regions by encouraging small-scale tree farming—we call it microforestry. By integrating poverty alleviation with environmental conservation, microforestry eases market pressure on indigenous forests, restores degraded landscapes, and helps Africa's farmers—the majority of whom are women—make life-long investments in their families' futures.
I decided to focus the initial implementation of our microforestry model in areas with dry, semi-arid climates. In these regions, poor agricultural conditions have left families that have several acres of unused land with few options for productive farming. We have found a way to turn this unproductive land into a source of income, allowing Africa's poorest families to lift themselves out of poverty.
Our solution is centered on helping rural families establish half-acre microforests of approximately 300 fast-growing trees. Currently, we provide farmers with drought-resistant varieties of eucalyptus and Melia volkensii trees. These trees transform previously fallow land into flourishing tree farms and provide an unprecedented source of income when harvested. To accomplish this, we are building a complete, vertically integrated forestry value chain—from seed to market. We work directly with rural farmers and provide them with agricultural inputs and tools on credit, such as seedlings and fertilizers; on-farm training and support; post-harvest processing; and market access opportunities.
In order to ensure the survival of our trees, maximize the value they create for our farmers, and protect the land where we plant, KOMAZA works with farmers to promote agricultural best practices throughout the entire planting, maintenance, and harvesting process. During our initial land surveys, we make sure that each potential plot is not being used for any other purpose and that existing trees will not be adversely affected. We strictly forbid KOMAZA farmers from clearing native forests to expand their tree farms. And our farmers' trees must be at least 100 meters away from any wetlands so that they do not negatively affect water sources. Field staff members teach farmers how to produce and use compost and, while planting, to add fertilizer, a nontoxic pesticide, and a natural, biodegradable polymer to enhance the seedlings' water absorption. Our farmers then create small basins around the bowl of each seedling and add mulch to keep moisture in the soil and prevent erosion. Farmers are also taught to weed only within one meter of their trees, thereby allowing other plants to grow and maintain topsoil. KOMAZA farmers quickly apply these soil amendment practices to their subsistence crops as well. Because of these and other farming practices, the vast majority of KOMAZA farms experience tree survival rates exceeding 90 percent.
In order to further refine agricultural practices for our dryland farmers, we operate three experimental farms with more than 180 research plots across 25 acres. We also collaborate with forestry experts at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) as well as the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI). This ongoing research has demonstrated the viability of tree crop production in semi-arid environments while helping us develop the experience and systems necessary to scale our model to eventually serve tens of thousands of farmers.
Most other agriculture development programs fail to consider entire value chains, making it difficult for their farmers to reach high-value markets. Even if growing conditions were ideal, rural farmers cannot afford quality crop inputs, are unfamiliar with agricultural best practices, and are completely cut off from markets for selling their yields. Recognizing this challenge, KOMAZA has created an inclusive model. We do not stop at providing crop inputs to increase production. In fact, the majority of our work occurs during the post-harvest, value-added processing, distribution, and marketing phases.
Microforestry is one of the few sustainable development interventions that can be highly successful in semi-arid regions. It is a low‐risk, high‐profit investment ideally suited for the environments where our farmers live. When sustainably harvested over a 10- to 12-year cycle, our farmers' crops provide immediate increases in annual income and generate record lump-sum capital for families to invest in major life improvements. KOMAZA's latest market-research estimates project that each farmer will double his or her annual income within 6 years, triple it within 8 years, and receive unprecedented annual income of nearly $3,000 by year 10. While that may not seem like a lot, consider the fact that most rural African farm families today make only $300 per year. Successful tree farms can open doors to improved health care, better education, and new economic opportunities. Since KOMAZA's trees regrow after being harvested, a single planting will yield several decades of high-value trees.
Commercial trees planted in small, family-owned plots avoid the environmental consequences of the large, contiguous plantations that provide most of the world's wood. By providing a model that is sustainable, profitable, and scalable, microforestry can reduce deforestation at the national and regional levels. Benefits even exist globally, since forests sequester significant amounts of atmospheric carbon, thereby playing a key role in the global response to climate change.
After spending several years in rural Kenya, witnessing how reliant communities are on their land and seeing how past development programs have failed, I believe that helping Africa's farm families grow high-value crops and get them to the market is the single greatest intervention for creating and sustaining household wealth. It is widely understood that revitalizing global agriculture can also have a significant and positive impact on nutrition, environmental conservation, female empowerment, and overall economic stability.
Lessons Learned
While science initially brought me to Africa, social entrepreneurship has kept me here. To date, KOMAZA has helped 1,000 farmers—two-thirds of whom are women—plant more than a quarter million trees across semi-arid lands. And by intercropping leguminous vegetables, such as cowpeas and green grams, throughout the farms, rural families have earned the equivalent of over $20,000.
Although KOMAZA is in its early stages, we are now entering a critical time in our development. By the end of 2012, we plan to partner with nearly 10,000 smallholder farmers throughout coastal Kenya.
However, our microforestry model is not without its challenges. For most of the rural communities we work with, the idea of tree planting is initially confusing and sparks many questions, especially regarding harvesting, payment, and land rights. For this reason, we work closely with community leaders—such as village chiefs, subchiefs, and women's groups—to gain their support early on, especially as we expand to new locations. Their approval is key to gaining the acceptance of the entire community.
Additionally, real-time communication, reporting, and evaluation can be challenging given that we work in remote areas. Field staff often have to travel long distances on roads that are barely drivable. Poor literacy also remains a major obstacle. To overcome these challenges, KOMAZA is exploring opportunities to adopt mobile-phone-based technology solutions, such as farm-level GPS mapping and SMS reporting, which would provide us a constant and accurate stream of performance data in both English and Swahili.
Our early-stage plantings have taught us that there are four critical components to successfully executing microforestry at scale: comprehensive operational systems and tools, active community leadership, proper logistical sequencing, and task ownership. However, the most important factor in KOMAZA's model is what we call the Field Extension Network—a decentralized group of over 75 full-time local employees who form the backbone of our rural operations. Hired directly from the communities we work with, the Field Extension Network comprises staff at various levels—facilitators, field officers, field managers, and field directors—who meet with partner farmers on a regular basis to provide training and ongoing maintenance support.
A Nonprofit That Thinks Profitably
From Davos to Doha, there is an ongoing and increasingly vigorous debate among economists, politicians, aid workers, and even celebrities about how to improve the lives of the nearly one billion people living on less than $1 per day.
Too often, the top-down approaches to development created in Washington DC, New York, and London fail to consider the on-the-ground realities of the people they are trying to help. What is worse, decades of failed development policy have in some cases undermined the livelihoods of those in need by importing Western-designed strategies, thereby pushing local, small-scale farmers out of business, manipulating the true market price of food crops and other commodities, and creating an inescapable culture of dependency, where only a fraction of each dollar actually reaches the people it is intended to assist.
I believe there is a better way to achieve long-term, lasting development through social entrepreneurship, a nascent field of thinkers and doers who reject traditional models of development and embrace high-impact, evidence-based approaches that are both scalable (i.e., they can reach millions of people) and financially sustainable (i.e., they are not entirely dependent on charitable contributions or grants). Matthew Bishop of The Economist describes it as "philanthrocapitalism." Bill Gates coined the phrase "creative capitalism." Whatever you call it, there is a heightened awareness and growing consensus that efficient market-based solutions play a vital role in poverty alleviation. It is a guiding philosophy for how we operate KOMAZA.
We are scrapping the idea of handouts to "beneficiaries." Instead, our microforestry model empowers some of the world's poorest farmers to act as producers of high-demand wood products. We are bringing them completely into the process and designing a social enterprise around them.
To build a truly sustainable organization, we structure our not-for-profit intervention as a social business. Upon selling our farmers' products, we recover our costs and earn a profit from each farmer we work with. By achieving per-farm profitability, KOMAZA will become a financially self-sustaining, permanent partner for development. And by reinvesting in program expansion, KOMAZA will become self-scaling—expanding to eventually reach farmers throughout Africa.
Tree farming is an inherently front-loaded investment with long-term, but very attractive, returns. For KOMAZA, donor funding and other methods of outside financing are necessary in the short and medium terms as we expand and build capacity, but we must ultimately become independent of philanthropic support. We have built this into our revenue model since our inception—at scale, KOMAZA will be able to completely and indefinitely fund its own operations and their expansion.
Guided by locally driven, market‐oriented solutions, KOMAZA applies the principles of the business world to the needs of Africa's farmers. By reducing burdensome start‐up costs, helping smallholder farmers grow more productive, high‐value crops and connecting them with new markets, KOMAZA aims to transform the forestry value chain to make it work for the poor—a paradigm shift that replaces aid and charity with investment and entrepreneurship and that has the potential to generate large‐scale and lasting change for those who need it most.


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Debate Time: Ubisoft Says DRM Is Needed, Valve Says No It Isn't.
from the don't-hate-your-fans deptIt's not every day you get two diametrically opposed views on DRM from two high profile companies in the video game industry, yet that is what happened recently.
While both were speaking to different gaming news sites, their conversations have an almost debate-like feel. So I think we will let the two execs duke it out on the debate floor. In one corner we have Martin Edmonson of Ubisoft Reflections speaking to Eurogamer. In the other corner, we have Gabe Newell of Valve speaking to Kotaku (thanks to Matt for being the first of many to send this in).
We will let Martin have the opening statement:
You have to do something.Gabe shoots back:
It's just, simply, PC piracy is at the most incredible rates. This game cost a huge amount of money to develop, and it has to be, quite rightly - quite morally correctly - protected.
If there was very little trouble with piracy then we wouldn't need it.
We're a broken record on this. This belief that you increase your monetization by making your game worth less through aggressive digital rights management is totally backwards . It's a service issue, not a technology issue. Piracy is just not an issue for us.Martin responds:
DRM is not a decision taken by us as a developer at all. It's a purely a publisher decision. The publisher has every right to protect their investment.Gabe shares a story of how Valve protected their investment, in Russia no less:
It's difficult to get away from the fact that as a developer, as somebody who puts their blood, sweat and tears into this thing... And from the publisher's point of view, which invests tens and tens and tens of millions into a product - by the time you've got marketing, a hundred million - that piracy on the PC is utterly unbelievable.
When we entered Russia everyone said, 'You can't make money in there. Everyone pirates.'Ok, so it wasn't a long debate, but I think the point is clear. Ubisoft and many other developers and publishers are under the impression that those who pirate games are doing so just to get free games. Yet, Valve has learned that piracy is a symptom of a greater problem: unmet customer needs. It learned that Russians pirated games to get a better quality localization than what the publishers provided. It didn't respond by upping the DRM. It responded by providing high quality localization.
When people decide where to buy their games they look and they say, 'Jesus, the pirates provide a better service for us.'
The best way to fight piracy is to create a service that people need. I think (publishers with strict DRM) will sell less of their products and create more problems.
So rather than fight your fans and treat them like criminals, why not embrace them and provide them with the product they want? It's amazing that anyone needs a debate to figure that out.


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Keep in mind that these changes are not reflecting the order in which you should buy items. However, if the most expensive item is displayed first you can still buy the next affordable item with the quickbuy hotkey. Same for secret shop components. If you are able to purchase a Vitality Booster for your Vanguard because you have 1100 gold and are at the secret shop, then the game should give you that Vitality Booster and not a f*cking Ring of Health etc.
My suggested changes to the item component order:
The objective of my suggestion is to improve the item component order to avoid situations in which players buy the wrong item component or have to resort to individually click buy components instead of using the quickbuy hotkey. Buying the wrong components before you die can make you lose a lot of gold, see clip below!
Since it's impossible to make it perfect for any situation instead the system should be tweaked so that it offers the best solution in the majority of cases.
I have looked at all upgraded items and their recipes and identified 12 (+10 debatable) cases in which the item component order is counter-intuitive.
These changes focus in the following rules sorted by their display order priority:
1. Secret shop components
2. (usable) non-basic components, example: Yasha in Manta Style, Soul Ring in Bloodstone etc. & (usable) basic components. Usable components are given an extra bit of priority over normal components (with similar cost).
3. Recipes
Rule #1 is the most important rule since when you press that quickbuy button AND you or the courier are at a secret shop location you are going to want to buy that secret shop component.
And for sorting inside these categories themselves:
1. Sort items with similar prices by attribute priority order: STR > INT > AGI (affects Ogre Club etc. & Belt of Strength etc.)
2. Sort by other stat priorities for similar prices: HP regen > Mana regen; flat HP bonus > flat Mana bonus (Point Booster > Vit Booster > Energy Booster; Ring of Health > Void Stone)
3. Sort by early game practicability, e.g. Boots always first: Boots have higher priority than Gloves of haste for Power Treads; Morbid Mask has higher priority than Mithril Hammer for Satanic; Ogre Club has a higher priority than Mithril Hammer for Black King Bar; Broadsword has higher priority than Claymore for Battlefury since very similar cost but Broadsword can be bought at the side shop! This is most important for recipes that consist of very low cost items, like Mekansm. Generally the headress regen is more useful for laning and less expensive to get compared to buckler.
4. Sort by price in descending order
I will now present some example situations:
- Item component order for Poor Man's Shield & Magic Stick & Aghanim's Scepter & Soul Booster (propagates to items built from Soul Booster) are just annoying to deal with. The component that you want to buy first for these items is just wrong and using quickbuy button ends up buying trash. You want Magic Wand instead of Circlet for Magic Stick; you want stout Shield instead of Slippers for Poor Man's Shield; you want Point Booster instead of Vitality Booster for Soul Booster. Note: If you think Energy Booster for Soul Booster instead because of Arcane Boots + disassemble then just queue up Arcane Boots and multi-quickbuy (shift+ctrl+Lclick on items in the shop) Bloodstone/Octarine Core.
- In the vast majority of cases players will want to build Dragon Lance first when pursuing to buy Hurricane Pike and not Force Staff!
- You have Skull Basher in quickbuy with 1500-1949 current gold and you are about to die: https://gfycat.com/CheeryUnhappyJenny . As you can see you are not using up your unreliable gold and you end up losing a lot of gold by dying. Instead of buying Javelin and losing 125 gold you ended up buying Belt of Strength and losing 852 gold! That's a difference of 727 in gold lost.
- You have 1 free inventory slot, you intend to upgrade your Skull Basher to Abyssal Blade, your current gold is 1100-1974 and you are at the secret shop: https://gfycat.com/DeafeningGlamorousIndianpangolin . With all these constraints it should be obvious that you want to get the Vitality Booster but quickbuy will buy the Ring of Health (which ends up in your stash too..) and instead you can no longer afford the Vitality Booster.
Now if we change the component order for Vanguard to Vitality Booster > Ring of Health > Stout Shield this would not happen.
But I am sure someone is gonna think "But when I rush Vanguard in lane I want to buy the Ring of Health first!". However that does not matter because unless you have 1100 gold AND you are at the secret shop the quickbuy will still buy your beloved Ring of Health: https://gfycat.com/YearlyBaggyBittern . As you can see Ring of Health is 3rd component for Battlefury yet it is no problem to buy it with quickbuy in a laning scenario!
You can always buy cheaper components first with quickbuy if you cannot afford the more expensive components! Also you can always buy non-secret shop components first with quickbuy if you (or your courier) are not at the secret shop!
What do you think about this, does my suggestion make sense? Would love some feedback.
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Scottsdale Company Offers Free Matchmaking Service for Seniors with Caring Providers
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Dec. 5, 2016 – Scottsdale, Ariz.- based Assisted Living Locators announced today it has exceeded the 50th franchise mark. The milestone comes off of consecutive years of positive growth trends since the company first began franchising in 2006 as the first placement and referral franchise business in the U.S. The company has now signed 62 franchisees throughout greater Phoenix area and in 19 states across the U.S.
Assisted Living Locators offers "free service" for seniors and their families providing expert advice on short-term and long-term care options including in-home care, assisted living, memory care and retirement apartments. It generates revenue from the fees paid by the assisted living facilities per placement and from in-home care referrals.
The company touts itself as the "E-Harmony of senior living providers," trademarking its tagline, "Matchmaking Seniors with Caring Providers for Over a Decade™."
"Assisted Living Locators fulfills a huge, untapped niche in the senior support landscape," said Angela Olea, registered nurse and CEO of Assisted Living Locators. "Our pace of signing new franchisees and exceeding the 50 franchise milestone shows the tremendous opportunity in this market.
The growth rate in the assisted living industry is unprecedented," she explained. "Revenues are currently at $12-15 billion per year with no end in sight to an exponential increase in numbers. Every day in America, there are tens of thousands of families searching for assisted living homes and communities for their elderly parents. To date, our franchise team has helped place more than 2,000 clients in senior care communities."
According to the Assisted Living Federation of America, factors contributing to the growth of the industry include:
• Seniors eight-five and over represent the largest growing population segment in our nation.
• There are currently 40 million seniors in American and it's expected to grow to 60 million in the next decade.
• By the year 2020, one in four Americans will be over the age of 65.
• Average life expectancy has increased 15 years since the founding of the Social Security System in 1935
"There are over 35,000 assisted living communities in the United States and that number easily doubles when you start to add in the other types of senior living communities, said Olea. "With so many amenities, services, and possibilities to choose from, we can help you navigate through the maze of senior living options at no cost."
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"We are committed to expanding Assisted Living Locators services into new markets all over the U.S. and we encourage those interested in a franchise to apply," Olea added. "Franchisees train at the company's headquarters in Scottsdale and then replicate the company's operations in their city or state. The franchise fee is $49,500 with a monthly royalty fee at $500 per month or 8%, greater of the two for the 1st year."
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With its theatrical release still 30 days away, Tom Hooper's Les Misérables is already being touted as an Oscar contender for Best Picture.
The movie musical screened for the first time on Friday afternoon at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York, where The Hollywood Reporter was on hand to report on general reactions.
Although Anne Hathaway's role as Fantine in the film is brief, she makes an "indelible impression" especially during "I Dreamed a Dream," THR writes.
Hathaway – who told attendees she spent four months working with a vocal coach before the cast assembled for nine weeks of rehearsal – was willing to cut her hair short for the role, even though it meant she'd "be almost bald" for her September nuptials toAdam Shulman.
"When I eventually looked in the mirror I just thought I looked like my gay brother," she said at the screening.
Hathaway has not been shy in divulging how she transformed into Fantine. She recently spoke candidly to Vogue about her extreme dieting to prepare for the role.
The Academy Award-nominated actress, 30, began the process with a strict cleanse, resulting in a 10-lb. weight loss. Then, she lived off two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day for two weeks, causing her to lose 15 more lbs.
"I had to be obsessive about it," she said in the magazine's December issue. "The idea was to look near death. Looking back on the whole experience – and I don't judge it in any way – it was definitely a little nuts. It was definitely a break with reality, but I think that's who Fantine is anyway."
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Posted by: Dennis Coplin - March 14, 2013 08:13 AM
Ms. Fritz
While I certainly understand the need for this law for those who do not have a system in place the is equal to or better then what you have requested in your sick leave standards, the language for opting out is not clear.
I would like to have an opportunity to work on this board that will decide the language for the application of this new policy.
I am the Director of Political and Legislative Affairs for over 4000 members of our Union, Local 290 Plumbers and Steamfitters. Many of whom reside and work in Portland.
If we could have an ability to have some imput we may be able to reach an agreement on the application that would be fair to all. But with the existing language and contracts that we have that have been negotiated we may have to seek legal recourse to prevent this policy from having an affect on our members and Union Contractors.
Dennis J. Coplin Sr
Director of Political and Legislative Affairs
UA Local 290 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Posted by: Amanda Fritz - March 18, 2013 12:11 AM
Thank you for your comment. There is no "language for opting out" that is not clear, in our adopted Code. There is no opting out. It's like minimum wage - everyone is entitled to it. Employers who already provide substantially equal or better paid time off that may be used for emergency health needs are in compliance. Employees who are not scheduled to work on a shift when they are ill are not eligible to receive Sick Pay. The Code does not affect Union contracts except where those contracts do not provide equal or better benefits, in which case the standards in the Code will apply.
I will convene a group of stakeholders to work on Administrative Rules after the Legislature decides whether to enact statewide standards that provide substantially similar benefits. I would be glad to talk with you before then.
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Ruler Of Your Own World (2002) is a Korean television drama (K-drama) from the South Korean network MBC. It consists of twenty hour-long episodes. The series is similar to the common K-drama format with highly intense melodramatic content, complete with love triangles, some deception, fatal illnesses, and dirty family secrets. However, while the show has some pretty over-the-top, soapy material, it never feels like too much. The drama is expressed through the characters and their relationships in an addictive manner. After watching Ruler Of Your Own World, it will be apparent that it is topnotch drama. It has solid writing, great characters, and presents a storyline that is engaging, entertaining, and emotionally powerful. Overall, it is a K-drama I would recommend to K-drama fans and newcomers alike. It is fantastic.
In the beginning of Ruler Of Your Own World, the general premise is setup. The main character is Ko Bok-Su (Yang Dong-Geun). He has had a difficult life. When he was a child, his father left him at an orphanage for several years. He also never had a good relationship with his mother. Jumping into the future, Bok-Su has recently been released from prison. From his troubled past, he developed a nasty habit, pick pocketing. Even after spending time in jail, he continues to lead a life of petty crime. He steals wallets whenever the opportunity strikes. One of his early victims is Chun Kyung (Lee Na-Young, Please Teach Me English).
Kyung is one of two leading females. She comes from a wealthy family and is a very sweet character with an open heart. She goes against her parent's will by pursuing a career in music. In the show's beginning, Bok-Su steals her wallet -- which is how they first met. The other leading female is Song Mi-Rae (Gong Hyo-Jin). Mi-Rae is Bok-Su's girlfriend and has a very different personality to Kyung. She is a professional motivator (cheerleader) and loves Bok-Su to death. They met years ago when he stole her wallet and afterwards fell in love. She encourages him to change professions, but loves him despite it. She is louder and more outspoken than Kyung.
Bok-Su's life was cut and dry before stealing Kyung's wallet. After the deed, his life slowly began to change. The first realization came after a trip to the hospital. The doctor informed him that he had a brain tumor. Bok-Su responded to this news with anger and dismay. But he soon started to accept it. The second major realization came from learning about the consequences of his actions. When he stole Kyung's wallet, he did not know the effect it would have on her friend's life. Kyung was taking the money to pay for her friend's surgery. Without the money, her friend passed away. After Bok-Su goes through these two realizations, he decides to change his life and try to make things better for everyone around him.
The realization of Bok-Su is the show's primary premise and biggest draw. It is an endearing aspect and developed very well through Bok-Su's character. He attempts to right the wrongs in his life, but he encounters roadblocks along the way. For instance, he patches things up with Kyung. However, their meeting only complicates matters. Bok-Su is persistent to get on Kyung's good side, but she will have nothing to do with him. Eventually, they develop romantic feelings for each other. This situation is problematic because of Bok-Su's relationship with Mi-Rae. At the same time matters are messy when Han Dong-Jin (Lee Dong-Gun, Stained Glass) enters the picture. Dong-Jin is a well-to-do music journalist. He meets Kyung and decides he wants her to be his girlfriend. He falls for her, but she feels for Bok-Su.
There are other aspects of Bok-Su trying to make the lives of everyone around him better. His relationship with his parents has never been great. While he lives with his dad, he knows his profession causes him sorrow. Bok-Su finds another path. As for his mother, Bok-Su's relationship is awful. She acts like she could care less about him. But Bok-Su is persistent and manages to make her life better.
From the start of the series, Ruler of Your Own World provides an intensely emotional viewing experience. As mentioned the main point of interest is watching Bok-Su develop as a character. His interactions with those close to him make for some really moving moments. At the same time, the situations are complicated because he is not a perfect person. His feelings get in the way and sometimes he hurts the people he is trying to care for.
Overall, I had a great time watching Ruler of Your Own World. When I first started it, I was not sure what to think. Bok-Su was released from prison and immediately went back to his old habits (pick pocketing) that put him there in the first place. However, the main premise quickly developed and the show became so intense that I could not stop watching. As it developed, I really felt for the characters (all of them). In short, Ruler of Your Own World is a great example of a powerful K-drama. While the content can be soapy and melodramatic, it is never too much. The series has a solid storyline, a great cast, and fantastic character development. It is a show that K-dramas fans and newcomers to the genre should experience.
The DVD
This release is given in 1.33:1 ratio full frame color. The picture quality is good, providing a clear and clean picture with minor color distortions and compression artifacts. Both dark and bright colors are represented very well.
The audio is given in Korean 2.0 stereo sound. The track is dialogue driven and has limited use of the surround/stereo capability. The music sounds good; it is dynamic and vibrant. For non-spoken language options, there are English subtitles.
The entire first episode for the K-drama Damo is included.
Final Thoughts:
Ruler of Your Own World is an engaging and riveting K-drama about a man who decides to make his final days count. In twenty episodes, the main character develops in a way that is almost hard to describe. It is engaging and emotionally powerful to watch him spend his final days making life better for those around him. In the end, Ruler of Your Own World is a topnotch production with a great cast and storyline. K-drama fans and newcomers alike will want to give it a watch.


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Las Vegas, Nev. (March 12, 2013)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® today announced that it has extended its agreement with CPI Card Group as an ICBA Preferred Service Provider (PSP). As part of the agreement, ICBA-member community banks will continue to receive exclusive pricing to CPI's credit and debit card manufacturing services. The announcement was made during the 2013 ICBA National Convention and Techworld® at the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.
"ICBA is pleased to continue its relationship with CPI Card Group, which shares our goal of giving community banks the best tools possible so they can continue to be competitive in this space, all while ensuring that their customers receive secure debit and credit services," said Dan Clancy, executive vice president of services at ICBA.
CPI Card Group is a global, full-service manufacturer that focuses on the unique needs of community banks. Since becoming a PSP in 2007, CPI Card Group has provided millions of debit and credit cards for ICBA member banks. CPI utilizes high-definition printing technology, employing sophisticated hardware, software and print knowledge to ensure crisp images and vibrant, consistent color. CPI also offers complimentary design services, helping member banks to reinforce or refresh their brand. Through the online Web tool Card Designer™, bankers may design their own credit and debit cards using custom bank imagery or stock images with CPI's templates as a launching point. Additionally, CPI is an industry leader in the switch from magnetic stripe to smart cards and continually educates community bankers on this industry transition.
"CPI Card Group is a trusted partner of our bank," said Samuel Neese, member of ICBA's Bank Services Committee and CEO of Highlands Union Bank in Abingdon, Va. "Credit and debit accounts represent a core product offering for the bank, and CPI's outstanding customer support, quick delivery, and consistent card quality enables us to provide exceptional service to our customers."
CPI Card Group is excited about their continued opportunity as an ICBA Preferred Service Provider. "We look forward to assisting community banks in offering high quality products and services to their customers," said Steve Montross, president and CEO of CPI Card Group. "As the US market migrates to the use of smart cards, we are ready to provide ICBA members with any additional assistance that they may need in order to ensure a smooth transition."
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The Independent Community Bankers of America®, the nation's voice for nearly 7,000 community banks of all sizes and charter types, is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education and high-quality products and services. For more information, visit www.icba.org.
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CPI, a global leader in financial, commercial and identification card production and related services, offers a single source for cards and other form factors, from financial and gift to EMV chip and mobile and fulfillment services. CPI offers the largest secure and commercial production network in North America and the UK. CPI's production sites include: Denver, Colo.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Colchester, England; Liverpool, England; Petersfield, England and Toronto, Canada. For more information, visit www.cpicardgroup.com.


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Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
"America's best novelist" (The Denver Post) and "the reigning champ of nostalgia noir" (The New York Times Book Review) introduces his most evil character yet in the twentieth thriller in the bestselling Dave Robicheaux series.Louisiana Sherriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux and his longtime friend and partner Clete Purcel are vacationing in Montana's spectacular Big Sky country when a series of suspicious events leads them to believe their lives—and the lives of their families—are in danger. In contrast to the tranquil beauty of Flathead Lake and the colorful summertime larch and fir unspooling across unblemished ranchland, a venomous presence lurks in the caves and hills, intent on destroying innocent lives. First, Alafair Robicheaux is nearly killed by an arrow while hiking alone on a trail. Then Clete's daughter, Gretchen Horowitz, whom readers met in Burke's previous bestseller Creole Belle, runs afoul of a local cop, with dire consequences. Next, Alafair thinks she sees a familiar face following her around town—but how could convicted sadist and serial killer Asa Surette be loose on the streets of Montana? Surrette committed a string of heinous murders while capital punishment was outlawed in his home state of Kansas. Years ago, Alafair, a lawyer and novelist, interviewed Surette in prison, aiming to prove him guilty of other crimes and eligible for the death penalty. Recently, a prison transport van carrying Surette crashed and he is believed dead, but Alafair isn't so sure. Says The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), "Already designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, Burke should get another title, say, for sustained literary brilliance in his Dave Robicheaux series." Light of the World is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced.


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The Orientation Week for RWTH first-year students is once again being held for the 2019/20 winter semester. This time from October 1 to 4, 2019. The student representative councils collaborate with the faculties, departments, and university administration to put on the orientation week so that new students can go to their first lectures well equipped.
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The goal is to successfully start student life, getting to know fellow students in addition to the university and city of Aachen, and to enable the best possible start to studies. Additionally, tutors from higher semesters, happily answering all types of questions, accompany the first-year students during the first week at RWTH Aachen.
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Additional information is available on the following subpages:
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There is also a Facebook page for ESA team and an official first-year student group on Facebook. The Facebook page includes additional information about the planning, preparations, and people involved in teh orientation week. All important information can be found on the RWTH webpages.
Welcome Week for International Students
Starting with the 2017/18 winter semester the International Office will offer an additional welcome week for international students. This will be held one week before the orientation week. This offer is in English and is intended to facilitate the entry into the university for the new international students.
Students with Disabilities or a Chronic Illness
First-year orientation is for all students. That means students with a disability or chronic illness – such as autism – are welcome to attend! If necessary you can always turn to the officers for the concerns of disabled and chronically ill students if you have questions or need support during the event and beyond. Additional information has been put together here.
Looking Back at the 2018 Rally
The annual rally is the core of the orientation week. First-year students work through different fun stations from all 18 student representative councils and the central institutions with the goal of not only exploring the city and university but also meeting fellow students in small groups. The event is made possible through the close collaboration among the student representative councils, the Central University Administration, the Faculties, and the City of Aachen.
The video below and the photo gallery provide a good impression of last year:
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Ditch the diet and change your lifestyle
It's one of the most common New Year's resolutions: to go on a diet, but we need to get rid of the term 'diet', according to GP Dr Jill Gamberg of Double Bay Doctors.
"Diets do not work," something you'll already likely know if at the start of each new year you're back on the diet train.
"Diets are restrictive, [often] difficult to follow, cause stress to the participant, and may end up causing disordered eating and/or nutrient deficiencies.
"If losing weight is your ultimate goal, then dieting will likely help you lose weight in the short-term.
"[But] as soon as you 'go off your diet'…, the weight will be gained back…Most dieters gain back the weight in the long-term," Gamberg said.
The key to losing the weight for good? Make changes you can stick to.
A balanced diet based on wholefoods – food in its most natural state - is a good place to start, and is not really a diet but a way of life, Gamberg said.
Some simple 'rules' to go by:
Eat the rainbow: "A variety of fruits, vegetables [and legumes] contain [a significant amount of the] nutrients, vitamins and minerals needed for optimum health, and keep meals interesting," Gamberg said.
Don't diss carbohydrates: They're the brain's primary fuel source, which is why low carb diets have such a high dropout rate. For slow-burning fuel and to keep appetite at bay, choose quality carbohydrates such as wholegrains (like quinoa and brown rice) and sweet potatoes instead of refined and processed carbohydrates like white bread, chips, and baked goods.
Choose the right fats: With its well-rounded, lingering mouthfeel, fat is highly satiating; include a little in each meal and you may find you eat less – provided you opt for good fats. Gamberg recommends seeds, nuts, avocado, olive oil and oily fish instead of fried foods and rich desserts, which encourage overeating.
Drink more water: Thirst is often mistaken for hunger, so aim for at least eight glasses of water per day, or 1.5 to 2 litres," Gamberg says.
Include good quality protein: To help stablise your blood sugar and keep appetite at bay. Be it fish, eggs, poultry, lean meat or legumes, protein only needs to comprise about a quarter of your meal size, Gamberg said.
Avoid packaged foods containing more than 5 or 6 ingredients: "Anything [with] too many ingredients is bound to be processed and contain chemicals and preservatives," as well as added sugars and undesirable fats.
Add flavour to your foods with herbs and spices: Try cinnamon on your porridge instead of sugar, and fresh rosemary on your roast vegetables instead of a heavy sprinkle of salt.
Don't deprive yourself: "Have treats by all means, but only sometimes; maybe limit these to celebrations like birthdays or holidays," Gamberg said.
Make meals relaxing and distraction-free: An effective measure for preventing overeating, "sit down and eat with your family or friends, using no devices, at least once daily."
Get moving: "The other really important component of maintaining a healthy weight is the need to move more. We need physical activity in our lives every day," Gamberg said.
Remind yourself of the bigger picture: "Making these changes will set you up for a healthier life, reducing your risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and many different cancers.
"This new year, by all means lose weight if you need to, but do it in a sustainable way by changing your lifestyle and making better choices for your health," Gamberg said.
- For more information visit HealthShare, a joint venture with Fairfax to improve the health of regional Australians. Or you can find a specialist near you using the health tool below.