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Twentieth session
4 - 22 May 1998
157. The
Committee considered the second periodic report of Guatemala (CAT/C/29/Add.3)
at its 324th and 325th meetings, on 7 May 1998 (CAT/C/SR.324 and 325),
and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations.
158. Guatemala
acceded to the Convention on 5 January 1990. It has not submitted
the declarations provided for under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
159. Guatemala
is also a State party to the Inter-American Convention to Prevent
and Punish Torture.
160. The
report was submitted on 17 February 1997 and covers the period between
31 July 1995, when the first report was submitted, and 30 August 1996.
During the Committee's consideration of the report, the Guatemalan
delegation gave updated information in its oral presentation and submitted
an addendum containing information covering the period between 1 January
1997 and 31 March 1998.
161. The
Committee's work was complicated by the fact that the report does
not adhere to the general guidelines adopted by the Committee on the
form and content of periodic reports, which stipulated that reports
should follow the order of the articles of the Convention (arts. 1
to 16).
162. The
Committee is pleased to note the following positive aspects:
(a) The
Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace, signed on 29 December 1996,
which ended the prolonged armed conflict;
(b) The
elimination of all State-promoted policies that violate human rights;
(c) The
stated wish of the State authorities to promote a thorough reform
of the administration of justice and of public security, with a view
to rectifying the shortcomings of the Judiciary, the Public Prosecutor's
Office and the National Police;
(d) The
demobilization of the Voluntary Civil Defence Committees, whose members
were reported in the past to have committed the most serious violations
of human rights;
(e) The
restriction of military jurisdiction to essentially military crimes
and misdemeanours and the consequent transfer to ordinary courts of
all proceedings against members of the armed forces for ordinary crimes
and similar acts;
(f) The
demilitarization of the police forces and the start made on restructuring
them into a single National Civil Police with the disbandment of the
Mobile Military Police and the professionalization of the police function
through the establishment of the Police Academy where anybody wishing
to join the force, obtain promotion or specialize must undergo training.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the training of members
of the police will henceforth include, as a priority subject, the
study of human rights and the analysis of the principal international
instruments in this sphere, in accordance with the provisions of article
10 of the Convention;
(g) The
implementation of intensive training programmes in substantive criminal
law for serving judges and the strengthening of the College of Legal
Studies to ensure that posts are filled by the best-qualified judges,
through a selection process based on objective technical criteria;
(h) The
process of purging the National Police and the Financial Police through
the dismissal of members suspected of involvement in human rights
(i) The
raising of the minimum age for bearing firearms to 25 years;
(j) The
numerical reduction in the strength of the armed forces.
(a) Continued
grave qualitative and quantitative weaknesses in the Judiciary, the
Public Prosecutor's Office and the Police, which are the State institutions
responsible for ensuring the safety of persons and laying the foundations
for the functioning of a State which will respect and guarantee human
(b) The
repeated instances of intimidation of judges, prosecutors, witnesses,
victims and their relations, human rights activists and journalists,
which largely account for the absence of decisive action by the bodies
that should investigate and try crimes and for the continuance of
impunity. Article 13 of the Convention makes States responsible for
the protection of victims and witnesses;
(c) The
delay in putting into operation the Service for the Protection of
Persons involved in Proceedings and Persons connected with the Administration
of Justice;
(d) The
inadequacy of the funds allocated by the State to the Human Rights
Procurator, which limits his activities in the investigation of alleged
human rights violations by State agents, and in the promotion of a
culture of tolerance and respect for these rights, at a time in the
country's history when particular importance should be attached to
those functions;
(e) The spread in Guatemalan society of a deep- rooted culture of
violence, which it has not proved possible to reverse.
164. The
Committee is concerned about the following:
(a) The
persistence of impunity for crimes, particularly grave human rights
(b) The
fact that, although the number of reports of torture has declined,
there are still problems resulting from incompetence in the Public
Prosecutor's Office, the Judiciary and the Police, which are the State
bodies responsible for investigating such reports, identifying and
arresting the perpetrators and bringing them to trial;
(c) The
increase in the number of reports of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
by State agents;
(d) The
proliferation of the unlawful possession of weapons by private individuals,
which is largely responsible for the high levels of criminal violence
that seriously jeopardizes the safety of citizens and undermines confidence
in the institutions of the rule of law;
(e) The
faulty definition of the crime of torture in article 201-A of the
Penal Code, which is not consistent with article 1 of the Convention.
165. The
Committee recommends to the State party that the following actions
be taken:
(a) Intensification
of efforts to elucidate past grave violations and to ensure that such
situations do not recur. Articles 11 and 12 of the Convention require
the State to proceed ex officio to a prompt and impartial investigation
of any report of torture;
(b) Completion
of the process of setting up a single National Civil Police, with
the disbandment or demobilization of the Financial Police;
(c) Continuation
of the process of reducing the number of permits to carry firearms
to the strictly essential minimum;
(d) The
putting into operation as soon as possible of the Service for the
Protection of Persons involved in Proceedings and Persons connected
with the Administration of Justice;
(e) The
allocation to the Human Rights Procurator of the necessary funds for
effectively carrying out, throughout the national territory, the functions
and duties assigned to and enjoined upon him under the Constitution
and the law;
(f) Harmonization
of article 201-A of the Penal Code with the definition of torture
contained in article 1 of the Convention;
(g) The
prompt submission, if possible during the coming year, of the third
report, the form and content of which should comply with the previously
mentioned guidelines on the presentation of reports.
166. The
Committee reminds the State authorities that their representatives
informed it, during its consideration of the initial report, that
the process of preparing the declaration referred to in article 22
of the Convention had been initiated and that in their view no obstacles
existed to completing the process.


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SAVANETA, Aruba, April 22. THE first night of action at the Carifta Games featured a handful of meet marks taking a tumble as the top age groupers of the Caribbean took to the water.
Aruba's Jordy Groters and Bahamas' Dustin Tynes battled in the boys 200-meter breast with Groters emerging with the Carifta record, 2:20.18 to 2:22.10. Groters owned the previous mark with a 2:22.68 set back in 2012. Aruba's Mikel Schreuders gave the locals a happy 1-3 podium to cheer for with a 2:27.56 for third. Bahamas' Laura Morley topped the girls 200-meter breast in 2:39.06 with Jamaica's Leanne McMaster (2:49.64) and Martinique's Solene Foy (2:53.73) finishing second and third.
Trinidad & Tobago's Kristin Julien downed the meet mark in the girls 50-meter back with a 29.84. That performance undercut Kimberlee John Williams' 2012 record of 30.05. Suriname's Brienne Renburm took second in 30.59 with Guadelupe's Charlotte Backovic taking third in 30.62. Another meet mark fell in the boys 50-meter back with Trinidad & Tobago's David McLeod posting a 26.31. That effort beat Christian Horner's 2010 record of 26.70. McLeod's compatriot Jabari Baptiste took second in 27.51 with Bahamas' Dionisio Carey claiming third in 28.01.
Barbados' Zabrina Holder cruised to the win in the girls 100-meter fly with a 1:04.94 with Aruba's Rebecca Maduro taking second in 1:06.44. Jamaica's Danielle Boothe touched third in 1:06.63. Suriname's Zuhayr Pigot raced to a 54.85 in the boys 100-meter fly, dusting Dylan Carter's 2013 record of 55.00. Jamaica's Sidrell Williams finished second in 56.36 with French Guyana's Dorian Pedro-Leal earning third in 56.60.
Trinidad & Tobago's David McLeod (53.17), Joshua Ramkissoon (54.67), Jeron O'Brien (55.39) and Jabari Baptiste (52.58) snared the boys 400-meter free relay in 3:35.81 with Aruba's Daniella van den Berg (1:00.33), Andrea van den Berg (1:02.29), Ginayla Arends (1:01.04) and Rebecca Maduro (1:00.38) winning the girls 400-meter free relay in 4:04.04.
Bahamas' Albury Higgs snared the girls 200-meter breaststroke title in 2:41.04 with Barbados' Rebecca Lashley finishing second in 2:48.78. Bahamas' Victoria Russell placed third in 2:48.79. French Guyana's Carl-Gustave Delor won the boys 200-meter breast in 2:31.59 with Barbados' Luis Sebastian Weekes earning second in 2:33.18. Bahamas' Tyler Russell took third in 2:37.45.
Jamaica's Angara Sinclair topped the girls 50-meter back in 31.02 with Cayman Islands' Lauren Hew taking second in 31.23. Guadelupe's Mathilde Jean finished third in 31.78. Trinidad & Tobago's Justin Samlalsingh won the boys 50-meter back in 28.42 with Antigua & Barbuda's Noah Mascoll-Gomes finishing second in 28.82. Aruba's Patrick Groters wound up third in 28.89.
Guadelupe's Lesy Celini clipped Aruba's Keeley Maduro, 1:06.40 to 1:06.86, for the girls 100-meter fly, while British Virgin Islands' Elinah Phillip placed third in 1:08.82. Bermuda's Jesse Washington crushed the field in the boys 100-meter fly with a 58.77. Guadelupe's Samuel Marinette (1:00.07) and Trinidad & Tobago's Kael Yorke (1:00.61) earned second and third.
Aruba's Anahi Schreuders (1:01.87), Junice Martin (1:02.52), Keeley Maduro (1:01.55) and Florence Kock (59.80) set a meet record in the girls 400-meter free relay with a 4:05.74. That beat Aruba's meet mark of 4:07.88 from 2010. Jamaica's Joseph Black (54.94), Jordan Hines (1:00.24), Jesse Marsh (57.70) and Christian Alberga (54.11) topped the boys 400-meter free relay in 3:46.99.
Curacao's Chade Nersicio won the girls 200-meter breast in a 2:47.93, downing the existing meet record in the process. That time beat the 2:49.73 set by Danielle Boothe back in 2009. Chloe Desclos of Martinique (2:53.95) and Kadydja Voisin of French Guyana (3:01.22) took second and third. Izaak Bastian of the Bahamas won the boys 200-meter breast in 2:39.63 with Aruba's Brandon Cheong taking second in 2:46.48. Barbados' Nkosi Dunwoody placed third in 2:46.60.
Bermuda's Emma Harvey bested Barbados' Danielle Titus in the girls 50-meter back, 31.93 to 32.02, as both beat Angara Sinclair's meet record of 32.26 from 2012. Trinidad & Tobago's Jada Chai finished third in 32.79. Suriname's Yael Touw Ngie Tjouw raced to a 29.80 in the boys 50-meter back, clearing Timothy Winter's 2009 meet record of 30.29.
Trinidad & Tobago's Jada Chai snagged the girls 100-meter fly title in 1:08.31 with Bermuda's Emma Harvey taking second in 1:08.60. Aruba's Elisabeth Timmer placed third in 1:10.47. Touw Ngie Tjouw claimed his second win of the night with a 1:02.40 in the boys 100-meter fly. That downed Dylan Carter's meet record of 1:03.48 set back in 2009. Bahamas' Samuel Gibson finished second in 1:05.83 with Jamaica's Nicholas Vale placing third in 1:06.89.
Trinidad & Tobago's Deshor Edwards (1:07.38), Jahmia Harley (1:04.16), Vrisnelit Faure (1:09.14) and Jada Chai (1:02.05) won the girls 400-meter free relay in 4:22.73, while Martinique's Heindrick Champrobert (1:00.46), Loris Elie (1:02.43), Louis Drogo (1:01.46) and Julien Berol (1:00.09) topped the boys 400-meter free relay in 4:04.44. Notably, Touw Ngie Tjouw kept up the strong night with a 57.15 anchor for Suriname.

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Sick of these tech companies delaying the 4K
There are already rumors for the new Sony One smartphone will have 4k video recording. After the success of new GoPro, there should be a lot more cameras including DSLR shooting 4k in the coming few years.
There are a very few issues concerning the 4k though, mainly the storage capacity of the new medium, equipments updates and the TV broadcasting.
The so called 4k TV marked up really ridiculously pricy so they can make huge profit every single time for this "Revolutionary" upgrade whereas the technology was already there back in 10 years ago.
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I was woken up around 8am by Jessica. It was a little peculiar meeting someone for the first time like this but we soon became well aquainted as the day went on. After some eggs and toast, we drove out to an organic farm Jesse works on. This is another farm that distributes veggies and fruits weekly throughout the community. Jesse introduced me to some of the other workers and then we got into harvesting leeks, turnips, and beets. The sun came out shining after a foggy morning and luckily our work day was cut short after lunch. I played some hacky sack with one of my co-workers during our lunch break and also when we got ready to leave. Jesse and I bailed out on a plan to go hiking with a couple workers and decided to chill out and spend time at her place. When we got to the house, we were visited by a couple neighborhood kids, Mike and Jajuan. They wanted to jump around on the trampoline. After looking through some of Jesses travel pics of Jamaica, we all got in on some trampoline action. Mike did some crazy back flips but Jajuan wasnt as comfortable. We had to deal with a small accident, Jajuan biting his tongue, but it turned out to be fine. After the trampoline, we all went out in a nearby field and played Frisbee for a while. It was a lot of fun. Jessica had a soccer game later tonight so we got ready to leave. We drove into town and got some fresh blended juice to sip on before heading to the park. While Jesse played her soccer game, I watched many other activities going on in addition to the soccer like rugby and Frisbee. The soccer was entertaining but I wished I could have been involved in some kind of activity to stay warmer. After the game, we went to the University District and got a great East Indian meal from a restaurant called Cedars. I ran into my friend Melissa from observing at the restaurant and we did a little catching up. I explained how I was leaving tomorrow and it was unfortunate we couldnt hang out. After a nice dinner, Jesse and I went back to Kims and had some tea and conversation with Kim and Kristen. It turned out to be quite a nice day of fun activities in nice weather and I made a couple new friends. Before going to bed, I said thanks and goodbye to Kim and Kristen as Id probably not see them tomorrow before I left. They had been super hosts and I enjoyed staying in such a cozy place during my time in Seattle.
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by Thomas B Hoffer, Scott Sederstrom, and Deborah Harper[1]
Mandatory retirement in postsecondary educational institutions ended in 1994. In this paper, examination of retirements in 1993 (just before the end of this practice) and again 10 years later shows that by 2003, the age distribution of doctoral scientists and engineers working in postsecondary institutions had shifted, with a larger proportion being older than 56 years of age, compared with 1993. However, this is not solely due to changes in the propensity of the older age groups to retire.
Retirement among scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees has important consequences for the science, engineering, and health (SEH) labor force. Retirements can mean loss of significant amounts of human capital, depleting an organization's ability to carry out its work; however, retirement of older individuals opens opportunities for younger scientists and engineers. Debates over the pros and cons of later retirement have been particularly evident within higher education. Federal legislation prohibiting mandatory retirement was passed in 1986, but postsecondary institutions were given a special allowance to maintain the practice for tenured faculty aged 70 and older until 1994 (Clark and Hammond 2001).[2] This allowance was sought by many leaders in higher education because of concern that the tight academic labor market of the late 1980s would become even more severe, with a resulting loss of new hires from deferred retirements as well as increased salary costs (Ehrenberg 2001). More than a decade after the end of mandatory retirement, the concern persists—rightly or wrongly—that retirement ages have increased while the proportions of new doctorate recipients taking postdoctoral or temporary faculty appointments have grown (Beckham 2003, Fogg 2005).
Tracking retirement is a challenge because many individuals continue to work in another capacity after officially retiring from one job, and others move in and out of retirement in the same type of job. In this report, retired individuals are those whose most recent employment was in a postsecondary institution and are not working because they have retired, and those who have retired but are working part time in any sector.[3] It does not include individuals who retired from a postsecondary institution and later returned to full-time employment in any sector.
The number of SEH doctorate recipients employed by postsecondary institutions increased by 26% (from 221,790 to 279,550) between 1993 and 2003. As shown in figure 1, this growth was accompanied by a change in the age distribution such that the 2003 doctoral labor force in the education sector had higher percentages in the oldest age levels (age 56 and older), with an offsetting reduction in the middle-age levels (ages 36 to 55).
Figure 1 Source Data: Excel file
The greater representation of older doctorate recipients reflects both growth in their numbers and changes in their propensity to retire. Retirement rates among those aged 56–75 are shown in table 1.[4] Among individuals 70 years old and younger, the retirement rates in each age cohort group since 1993 have fluctuated but have generally edged upward. In contrast, for those aged 71–75 the retirement rate dropped about 4 percentage points between 1993 and 1995 (the end of mandatory retirement was in 1994) and stayed between 82% and 85% from 1995 to 2003.
Table 1 Source Data: Excel file
Individuals' decisions about when to retire are likely to be affected by various aspects of their current employment situation, future prospects, and the type of institution where they are employed. The most widely used classification system for colleges and universities is the Carnegie classification,[5] which defines a distinct class of such institutions based on institutional mission and organization.
Work demands, particularly the balance of research and teaching responsibilities, generally differ among institutional types. Salary and benefits also have been shown to vary among types of institutions (Cataldi, Fahimi, and Bradburn 2005). These differences likely factor into individuals' retirement decisions and may show up in retirement-rate differences among types of institutions.
One hypothesis is that the end of mandatory retirement in higher education would have the greatest impact on retirements among faculty at research universities. This is based on the idea that faculty who tend to be the most engaged in autonomous research work and its reward system, tied to publication, would be the most likely to continue working beyond the usual retirement age (Clark and Hammond 2001, p. 4). On the other hand, faculty at research universities tend to be the highest paid members of academia and would be the best able to afford retirement (Cataldi, Fahimi, and Bradburn 2005).
Age-specific retirement rates for the doctoral SEH labor force from the three largest types of academic institutions and all other postsecondary institutions are shown in table 2. In both 1993 and 2003, SEH doctorate recipients currently or previously employed in research universities had lower retirement rates within each age grouping than did their counterparts in other institutions, but the differences were generally not statistically significant at the 5% significance level. Among the 71–75 age group, the 2003 retirement rate was lower than in 1993. There were no significant differences between 1993 and 2003 for the 71–75 age group by type of institution.
Table 2 Source Data: Excel file
Another aspect of academic employment relevant to retirement decisions is likely to be the individual's field of doctorate. Fields have different labor markets, compensation levels, and mobility options. They also differ in the organization and technical infrastructure required to conduct research, and such differences could be factors in retirement decisions. Scientific fields not requiring large teams and laboratory equipment may be more conducive to rewarding participation by older individuals.
Retirement rates by field of doctorate are examined here only for individuals currently or most recently employed in research and doctorate-granting universities and only for 1993 and 2003. The results indicate that the overall decline from 1993 to 2003 in retirement rates among the 71–75 age group was not concentrated within one or another of these broad disciplinary groupings (table 3). Among all retired individuals between 56–75 years of age, there was a statistically significant drop in the retirement rate between 1993 and 2003 only for biological, agricultural, and health sciences doctorate recipients (from 39.8% to 33.7%).[6]
Table 3 Source Data: Excel file
Another possible source of difference in retirement rates among scientists and engineers working in educational institutions is their sex. From a financial standpoint, women may find it more difficult to retire due to having average career earnings lower than those of men (National Science Foundation 2006). Some women also may delay retirement relative to men because of better health and longer life expectancies, or because they have a later schedule for career goals than their male counterparts as a result of family-related commitments made at earlier career stages (Mason and Goulden 2004).
In 2003 the percentage of men over the age of 55 who had retired was about 10 percentage points higher than the comparable percentage of women (table 4). In 1993 the difference was 4 percentage points. The larger difference in 2003 compared with 1993 between men and women in the over-55 age group reflected in part a higher representation of women in the youngest age cohort, where retirement rates are lower.
Table 4 Source Data: Excel file
This InfoBrief uses data from the National Science Foundation's Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). The SDR is a biennial survey of doctoral recipients in science, engineering, and health that began in 1973. The focus of this panel survey is on the labor force experiences of this population and how those experiences change over the course of individual careers and across historical cohorts.
The 1993–2003 SDR surveys were administered to a nationally representative sample of about 40,000–50,000 science, engineering, and health doctorate recipients from U.S. universities who were residing in the United States. The sample frame for the SDR is built from the Doctorate Records File (DRF), which includes all research doctorate recipients and information on their educational and demographic characteristics from U.S. universities from 1920 to the present. Since 1958 the DRF has been updated annually with data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), a census of new doctorate recipients sponsored by NSF and other federal agencies. The SDR sample is augmented every 2 years with members of the new U.S. doctorates cohorts surveyed by the SED, and sample members are retired from the study after age 75. The 1993–2003 SDR surveys had response rates between 80% and 87%. More detailed information on the SDR can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctoratework/. Some data from the 1973–1991 SDR surveys were incorporated into this analysis, in order to find and identify postsecondary employment information on individuals who reported being retired in the 1993–2003 SDR surveys.
[1] Thomas B. Hoffer is a principal research scientist, Scott Sederstrom is a research scientist, and Deborah Harper is a survey specialist at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. For further information, contact Nirmala Kannankutty, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965, Arlington, VA 22230 (email@example.com, 703-292-7797)
[2] Universities were not forced to impose mandatory retirement on tenured faculty aged 70 and older, but the special allowance permitted it. Some universities opted not to use the allowance, and many implemented incentive programs to encourage voluntary retirement among older faculty (Clark and Hammond 2001).
[3] Postsecondary institutions include 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities, medical schools, and university-affiliated research institutes.
[4] Past employment sector of those currently retired was determined on the basis of the last job reported before retirement, obtained from earlier rounds of the SDR.
[5] There are multiple versions of the Carnegie Classification system available (see http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/). This analysis uses the 1994 classification.
[6] The tests of statistical significance for the 1993 to 2003 differences by field of study used the Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Beckham M. 2003. The not-so retired scientist. The Chronicle of Higher Education 23 March. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Not-So-Retired-Scientist/45130/.Accessed 20 August 2010.
Cataldi E, Fahimi M, Bradburn EM. 2005. 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF: 04) Report on Faculty and Instructional Staff in Fall 2003. NCES 2005-172. National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, D.C.
Clark RL, Hammond PB. 2001. Introduction: Changing retirement policies and patterns in higher education. In Clark RL, Hammond PB, editors. To Retire or Not: Retirement Policy and Practice in Higher Education. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Ehrenberg RG. 2001. Career's end: A survey of faculty retirement policies. Academe July-August. http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2001/JA/Feat/ehre.htm. Accessed 20 August 2010.
Fogg P. 2005. Advancing in age: As the number of old professors at one university increases, so do the challenges. The Chronicle of Higher Education 3 June. http://chronicle.com/article/Advancing-in-Age/31009/. Accessed 20 August 2010.
Mason MA, Goulden M. 2004. Do babies matter (part II)? Closing the baby gap. Academe November-December. http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/04ndmaso.htm. Accessed 20 August 2010.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2006. Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2003. Detailed Statistical Tables NSF 06-320. Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06320/.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics
The End of Mandatory Retirement for Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in Postsecondary Institutions: Retirement Patterns 10 Years Later
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kdsm.com has uploaded a new video from ISU's spring practice where the media was allowed in to shoot the practice and interview coaches and players. The video is about 30 minutes long. Great chance to see the players and coaches in action.
To view: go to KDSM FOX 17 Des Moines click on the raw video icon below their video player and accept that you are 18 and then click on the video icon "ISU Spring Football Starts"
it looks like Franklin is pretty decent. They seemed to show a lot of him. Hopefully he becomes a weapon this fall...
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Since we moved to Zimbra our accounting software is crashing when we initiate an e-mail through its interface. If I remove Zimbra outlook connector the system e-mails just fine. The message we are getting is:
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Rothenburg, Eric, The CPA Journal
The May 2006 CPA Journal's theme of Social Security reform was timely and relevant. It addressed the Social Security insolvency problem, noted the issue of the fund's being insolvent earlier than most government economists had forecast, and discussed possible solutions. However, the articles were somewhat unbalanced. They were skewed toward high-net-worth individuals and ignored the lower and middle classes.
First, one must understand why Social Security was created. As a direct result of the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent collapse of the U.S. banking system, many people were left with nothing. Their stock market investments, as well as any depository accounts they might have had, evaporated. The government realized that many retired people were left penniless. Social Security was formed primarily for the people who had not saved enough for retirement or who had seen their retirement "wealth" evaporate. Social Security was not formed for the top 20% of people in the United States who earned income and held wealth. It was for the other 80%.
In the same respect, following World War II, the GI Bill and places like Levittown, Long Island, were not intended for the superwealthy. They were intended for middle- and lower-income individuals. Keynesian policy was used for the masses and not for one economic class.
The Rise of 'You're on Your Own' Government
Unfortunately, many of our government officials today believe in the classical school of economics. If we look at the recent federal tax cuts, we see capital gains and dividend reductions that basically cater to the upper class. We do not see an interest-income deduction that would help middle- and lower-income Americans. In addition, more and more post-Keynesians, including renowned economist Jared Bernstein, have suggested that government tax policy and Social Security policy essentially say "you're on your own" to the middle class. Remember, in the 1950s through the 1970s, it was the middle class that made the United States an economic world power via productivity gains, consumption patterns, and the like.
The supply-side theory that many government officials now follow will only cause larger income gaps between upper- and lower-income groups. The middle class is quickly evaporating in the United States. (By middle class, I refer to people in urban areas of the United States whose adjusted gross income is between $40,000 and $150,000.)
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On the internet there is a whole host of websites offering "DIY Divorce" for a sum of money, usually far below what it would cost for a solicitor to handle your divorce. We have not tried any of them, so we do not know how far promises of "solicitor's help by email" extend.
This page has free information on:
There is no law in England and Wales that says that parties have to have a solicitor in their divorce or civil partnership dissolution and both parties can represent themselves. Often, especially if both agree, only one former partner has a solicitor usually the one who starts the divorce or dissolution.
First, you can get all the forms and guidance notes for free from any branch of the Family Court or the Court Service website (see panel on the right), so there is no need to pay someone for it.
Secondly, the adverts may not tell you that you still need to pay court fees of £410. Please note that you may qualify for a total or partial fee remission. Again, the explanatory leaflet and the form are available online or from the court. The leaflet explains which benefits entitle to automatic fee remission and the income limits to qualify for fee remission if you are not on benefits.
You will need to find a branch of the Family Court near your home or work (or you can choose one anywhere in England or Wales). Branches of the Family Court in smaller towns are sometimes less busy and the process may be dealt with faster than in the large urban centres or at the Central Family Court in London. The Ministry of Justice Court Finder section lets you choose "divorce" or "civil partnership" in the box "Search by areas of law", which then shows you a list of branches in your area. For a civil partnership dissolution previously only the courts in the following locations were authorised and it is possible that if you try to hand in your application elsewhere, the court staff will ask you to go to one of these branches:
Of course any branch dealing with divorce must accept a divorce petition to dissolve a same-sex marriage.
Court staff cannot give you legal advice (and they have no legal training), although we have come across some who tried (and failed), but they can check whether you have all the forms you need together when you hand them in. Otherwise you could post them.
Even if you have agreed to make no financial claims against each other, there is no form you can use when you represent yourself to achieve a financial clean break between you and your former partner, to stop either of you from applying to the court for financial provision from the other later on. Please note that there is no limitation period for financial claims and if you do not get the court to dismiss the claims, your former partner may be able to come back for financial provision years later. See also the financial section for the dangers.
Theoretically you could pay the £255 court fee, make a financial application, each complete the 28-page disclosure form, "Form E" and then come to the first appointment 12-16 weeks later and ask the judge to draft a financial order for you. This would be a lot of work by comparison to getting a solicitor to draft a clean break consent order for you and completing a short financial information form. If you send a consent order to the court, the fee is also only £45.
There are a number of reasons why you may prefer to get a solicitor. Here are some:
If you cannot agree on finances, the fastest and cheapest way to come to an agreement is mediation.
For advice on your specific circumstances contact Andrea Woelke at Alternative Family Law: ring us on 020 7407 4007 (+44 20 7407 4007 from abroad) or email us (stating your full name, the full name of the other person in your case and your telephone number on which we can call you).
Please note that we do not have a contract to take on cases on legal aid. To check if you may be able to get legal aid please go to this government website and contact a solicitor who has a legal aid contract.
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Fresh Android Apps for Aug. 2: Mizuu Movies Lite, Platinum Air Hockey (Pro), Deflecticon Lite, Tap-Tap Rockets Lite
by Ian Black
It's debt ceiling day. Has America run out of cash?
Plan your mental escape with a triple feature of movies with Mizuu Movies Lite, then play out your frustrations on a prehistoric air hockey table in Platinum Air Hockey (Pro), a TRON-like ping pong room in Deflecticon, or in outer space with Tap-Tap Rockets.
Mizuu Movies Lite (Free)
Own a tablet and love movies? Look no further. Mizuu Movies lets you create a database of your films using the vast wealth of knowledge known as IMDb in an app created specifically for Honeycomb platform-based tablets.
The app recognizes movies in a wide variety of formats and will automatically look up their details in IMDb. You can search your list, share with others using social networks, or create a sub-list of favorites.
Platinum Air Hockey (Pro) ($1.08)
You may have seen air hockey apps for the phone but this one is a little different. First, it was designed for Android Tablets and second, it features crazy themes like prehistoric, casino, and basketball.
Play against the tablet, another player using your tablet or against someone else over Wi-Fi. For an extra challenge, make the game harder using by adjusting the difficulty setting.
Deflecticon Lite (Free)
Pong was the original arcade game – a strangely addictive 2D ping pong battle. Deflecticon harkens back to those innocent days with a 3D twist.
You hold a paddle in front of you and must hit a bouncing ball past your opponent at the opposite end of a long rectangular room. Use the sides, top and bottom of the room to angle the ball and shoot it past your challenger. The wall behind the opponent is a grid of blocks – hit the same block behind him twice and you'll level-up.
A rocking soundtrack completes this blast from the past.
Tap-Tap Rockets Lite (Free)
This asteroid game comes with a new spin. Literally, a 360 degree circle motion drives the game.
You command groups of ships circling in small orbits at different points on the screen. Killer asteroids are rolling in from all angles. Tap the circles to release the missiles at just the right angle to destroy the space boulders and raise your score. Use OpenFeint to taunt your friends into the action.
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13-10-30 HTC v Nokia Public UK Judgment EP0998024 by Florian Mueller
Sources: UK High Court, Mark Bell, Dehns Patent and Trademark Attorneys, CNET, Telegraph
quote: Getting sued for using Qualcomm chips? How could they have seen that coming! It's ridiculous. It shouldn't be allowed!
quote: Yeah they "stole" the rectangle and gestures human beings have made with their hands since we were cave men.How criminal. Call the police, this is a clear cut case of "IP theft".LMAO you're too much. That you constantly try to legitimize such a clearly broken system is very telling.Only an idiot doesn't see that something is very wrong here.
quote: Cave Men and society swiped to unlock what before touch screen devices?
quote: Even though Apple has filed its share of patent suits, they are far down the list of mobile patents held
quote: That's because Apple doesn't do anything.
quote: Wow an OS. Nobody's ever done that! The world is just in awe at Apple's technological achievements.
quote: Instant eco system?
quote: Samsung sabotaged HTC with a smear campaign against the HTC one on social media
quote: Qualcomm should be the one to blame but Nokia for sure doesn't want to mess up with Qualcomm...
quote: Actually they did do that. The article wasn't clear about who won but Qualcomm now has a license to that IP. So they produced it legally, sold it legally but HTC somehow can't use it legally.


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Jokhang Temple (built 647 onward)
The Jokhang or �House of the Lord,� Temple in Lhasa is the most revered and intensely spiritual holy site in Tibet. It is the destination for pilgrims from all over the country and from different sects of Tibetan Buddhism, or Lamaism, and provides continued evidence of a tradition that had its beginnings over a thousand years ago. Pilgrims prostrate themselves in prayer in front of the main entry. Some come hundreds of miles in a continuing prostrate position, body length by body length.
There is much legend, and many conflicting accounts connected with this early Tubo period of history, King Songtsen Gampo, his wives, and the Jokhang Temple. This brief entry will not attempt to summarize or reconcile the different and confusing legends and traditions.
The Jokhang had its beginnings in the 7th century with King Songtsen Gampo (r. 617-649 or 650), one of Tibet�s most significant rulers. Songtsen Gampo was the first emperor of a united Tibet. He also became a strong proponent of Buddhism, built many temples and was instrumental in the creation of the Tibetan written language. The king had at least five wives. Two were important to the development of Tibetan Buddhism and in the founding of the Jokhang Temple. In the early 630s the king married the Nepalese Princess Bhrikuti (or Bhrituti, Tritsun), the sister of the Nepalese king. She brought as part of her dowry a statue of the Buddha. In 641 he married Princess Wencheng, the niece or daughter, of the Tang Taizong emperor. She also brought a statue, the �Jowo Shakyamuni,� a life-size (1.5 meters tall) statue of the Buddha at age twelve (some suggest age eight). Frequently regilded and bejeweled, it is a rare treasure and a priceless element of Tibetan Buddhism. Here the legends differ, though both queens contributed to the development of the Jokhang. Actually two temples were built, Queen Bhrikuti founded the monastery to house the statue, while Queen Wencheng chose the location, purported to be the best location based on the traditions of geomancy. It was built on a pool that was a witch�s heart; this would exorcise the evil she brought to the region. Another temple, the Ramoche Temple, was founded about the same time. The former was originally built to house the Sakyamuni brought by Princess Wencheng, but shortly thereafter was moved to the larger Jokhang Temple (this story also is very complex).
The main building is four stories and combines architectural styles and techniques from Nepal, China and India, as well as Tibet. The temple is dark and mysterious and filled with smoke from incense, candles, hundreds of votive lamps and from a variety of offerings, including yak butter. Numerous devotees visit to pray, using the series of large bronze prayer-wheels or the smaller individual hand-held prayer-wheels. There are numerous chapels with vivid historic murals of sutras and other stories, and many statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The main hall of the temple houses the Jowo Shakyamuni. The temple has often been expanded and remodeled or reconstructed, and today is a labyrinth of rooms, chapels and external corridors that cover an approximate area of 25,000 square meters. There was extensive reconstruction in the seventeenth century, though many of the beams and rafters are original, as determined by carbon dating. Mongols sacked it on several occasions and there was damage during later times as well. The roofs are covered with gilded bronze tiles and also support gilded birds, bells and a variety of other figures. It is from the roofs that one can see the complexity of the structure, the Barkhor path below and also view the breath-taking Potala Palace in the distance.
Text by Robert D. Fiala, Concordia University, Nebraska, USA
All images copyright 2007 by Gilbert and Bonnie Daenzer, Seward, Nebraska, USA. The images were taken in September, 2006.
Kapstein, Matthew T. The Tibetans (Peoples of Asia)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. Oxford
Ma Linhua. Old Lhasa: A Sacred City at Dusk
Foreign Languages Press., 2003. Beijing
Schell, Orville. Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood
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Crowds, a little rain, ticketing snafus, Bob Dylan — how Bumbershoot managed on its 40th anniversary.
After tepid threats all weekend, rain finally arrived at Bumbershoot early Monday afternoon. During the first two days of the music and arts festival, overcast days and cool evenings prevailed, monotone Seattle skies that provided a quintessential backdrop for Bumbershoot's 40th go-round.
On both those days, the festival sold out all 22,000 tickets to Memorial Stadium, according to Mikhael Mei Williams, marketing and communications director for festival organizer One Reel.
"This was the first time the main stage had the potential to sell out ahead of the festival," Williams said at Seattle Center on Monday, referring to a new two-tiered ticketing system that charged a premium for mainstage access. "That allowed us to provide a reduced rate for people that weren't interested in going [to the headlining acts]. It was an attempt to try to please both sides of the festival experience.
"It was new, it was an experiment," based on years of feedback from attendees, she continued. "I think at the end of the festival, when we look back at how things worked, then we'll be able to tell if it was a success or what needs to change."
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Williams said she knew of no arrests and no public-safety concerns this year, but there were some early ticketing snafus.
On Saturday, several thousand attendees were forced to wait in long lines to pick up tickets from the will-call window of the box office. Williams explained that there was an unprecedented number of last-minute ticket purchases — perhaps due to an extension of the pre-sale discount period — 4,800, up from the usual 1,800.
In response, the festival beefed up its ticket-fulfillment department, building seven additional ticket windows and hiring extra customer-service agents.
On Sunday, Bumbershoot's ticket-fulfillment software crashed at the same time that Ticketmaster's online "print your ticket at home option" went down, again creating unexpectedly high demand for will-call pickup.
"It was the perfect storm at will call," Williams said. "We threw extra resources at it — more computer terminals, an outside box office — but it wasn't enough. It was really unfortunate and not something we'd want people to have as their first step into the grounds."
Williams said she e-mailed a personal apology to everyone affected and issued a public statement.
If nothing else, these struggles and successes demonstrate that, even in its 40th year, Bumbershoot remains a fluid festival, determined to adapt to maximize the value and experience for every attendee. Along with more ticket options and discount prices this year, the age for free children's admission was raised from 5 to 10.
On Monday, rain looked as though it might be factoring into the day's attendance. Parking lots near Seattle Center were not full, and foot traffic on the grounds flowed freely. But no overall attendance figures had yet been tallied. Bumbershoot typically attracts 40,000 to 65,000 people a day.
"Until you get behind the scenes you really don't know how much planning is involved," Williams said. "As much as [Seattle Center] is a wonderful location because it's in the city and easy to access and navigate, there are inherent challenges for the same reasons."
One major coup this year was the booking of Bob Dylan as Saturday's mainstage headliner. That night Memorial Stadium was packed to the rafters, one of the biggest crowds many have ever witnessed at Bumbershoot.
"Chris Porter, the programming director, was saying we've been trying for years to get him to come, so it was a big deal for us to start the 40th festival," Williams said.
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The following announcement was read this morning on Michigan Public Radio: Michigan Radio is partnering with Calvin College and the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies to host an event that will explore Michigan's diverse Muslim population. The Muslims in Michigan Community Conversation will take place on Wednesday, April 12, at 7 pm at the Calvin College Commons Lecture Hall | Read More »


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Posted By Jim On 01/25/2009 @ 12:01 pm In Banking | 7 Comments
On a recent trip home, my Dad told me about how he sent a co-worker to my website a few months ago. It turns out that that his co-worker had taken one of those 0% financing offers from a major electronics retailer for twelve months. What they didn't know was that if they didn't pay off the entire bill in full, they would be subject to all the interest due from the 0% period. I warn against this common fine print "gotcha" in my warning on 0% financing offers [3].
Anyway, the period was about to expire, his co-worker was about to get socked with a big interest payment and a higher rate, and they didn't know what to do. My dad told them about 0% balance transfers [4] and they were able to secure a twelve month reprieve, now paying it off regularly as they should've done in the first place. My dad told me that he had no idea how my site was popular until that point because he saw it help someone and how happy they were to find a five-minute solution to a problem they've had for weeks.
I had the same experience in watching a video about peer to peer lending service, LendingClub [5]:
The video really opened my eyes to peer to peer lending the same way my dad's experience with his co-worker opened his eyes to my website. This is a site that is helping people when they have no where else to turn to. The two minute video profiles an Army medic who found himself owing his employer four years in pension payments in one lump sum payment (not sure how that works but that's how they described it, awfully nice of his employer!), and he needed to find $16,000! Through LendingClub, he was able to get a loan.
The amazing part about the entire story was the graph charting online lending's progress. In 2005, online lending was a $118 million market. In 2008, it's 1.55 billion. Yes, BILLION. They believe it will go to six BILLION by 2010. Regardless of what it gets to in 2010, it's clear that this isn't some fad that will fizzle away in a few years.
I want to start lending but it turns out Maryland isn't on the list of places eligible to invest in notes. Shucks!
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11 Aug 2011 12:51 PM #1
Unanswered: How should ext.direct work with the new sencha build tool?
I had sencha create set up and working without ext.direct using this command:
sencha create jsb -a index_devel.html -p app.jsb3
<script type="text/javascript" src="direct/api"></script>
the direct/api file is generated on the fly by my php backend. Do I need to change that so it is a static file that sencha create can find?
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Did you ever find a solution to this?
I'm encountering the same problem.
1 Nov 2011 6:43 AM #3
for me it worked like this :
sencha create jsb -a htp://www.mysite.com/index_devel.html -p app.jsb3
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Not really. Since my backend api doesn't change often, I just get a copy from the server and store it in a local file which I reference vi Ext.require in my app.js.
At least that way I can do a build without having to have the code running on a server somewhere, but it's still less than ideal.
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The hard drive on our on board computer crashed March 17th the day before we left Zihuatanejo! Yikes!
So today I went to CostCo in Acapulco and I picked up a new computer but it is a spanish computer so I am struggling through, but hope to be back on line soon.
The most important part of the onboard computer is for use with our ham radio for email at sea and getting weather reports underway, so once we reach Huatulco we will get everything all set to go for our trip to the Galapagos!
We left Acapulco for the 2 day trip to Huatulco today at noon right after I got back from CostCo.
Having some time on my hands and a good internet connection, I decided to upload the pictures we've been taking the past couple months (yes, we left La Paz over 2 months ago!).
I've added albums for Carly & Ryan's Visit, Assorted pics from Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa and one of my favorites: The Cocodrilario at Playa Linda (near Ixtapa). That crocodile sanctuary was like looking at a hidden picture page in a Highlights magazine! At first glance you would just see jungle and swamp, but then all of a sudden you'd see iguanas, birds, turtles, and of course, crocodiles!
To take a look just click the little photo gallery link under our picture to the right.
Terry woke up feeling great this morning -- well, at least way better than anytime in the past few days. Temperature was down to almost normal and no headache.
So we went in to the Port Captain's off office to check out -- on mainland Mexico you need to get a paper from the port captain that you're leaving because they want to see it when you arrive at the next port. We wanted to check out today (Friday) so we'd be all set to go this weekend.
Shortly after we got back to the boat he started feeling bad again and his temp shot up, so we decided to go in to the Dr. that we'd gotten a reference for in town. It was a short visit because it was an easy diagnosis -- he's got an intestinal bug that his body is fighting causing the fever and headache. We didn't suspect that because he didn't seem to be having any of the usual GI problems (like diarrhea ;( ) But the doctor -- who speaks excellent English -- felt his abdomen and didn't have any doubt that it was a result of some bad water or unclean vegetables.
We don't really know where or when he picked it up but the prescription should take care of it within a couple days -- we hope.
So we've checked out of Zihuatanejo, but don't know yet when we'll be able to leave.......
Once we start on our longer passages -- the first one being Hualtulco to the Galapagos -- we will also start checking in to SSB and Ham nets daily. It is a nice way to stay connected to our fellow travelers, get weather info and even let people back home know where you are.
We plan to participate in 2 formal nets on that passage. First will be the Pacific Seafarer's Net on 14300 LSB at 0330 UTC. That's one we've joined before while doing long passages and it's a great group of land based ham operators that run the net and even post your positions on the internet for anyone who wants to follow your progress.
The second one is the Pacific Puddle Jumper's Net on at 0200 UTC starting on SSB channel 8A but if there is a problem with propagation they will switch to 8B then 6A. This is a net set up for and run by participants in this years Pacific Puddle Jump Rally. We listened in last night and heard the few boats that have already started on their way to the Marquesas.
One safety feature of joining a net is that if you don't check in one day they get concerned and if you miss a second day they will initiate search and rescue procedures for you. That is great if you really are in dire straights, but it's also a bit worrisome if it's just a problem with your radio or electrical system -- which is much more likely to be the problem.
Our time at the marina is coming to an end -- tomorrow we'll go back into the anchorage in Zihuatanejo where we'll spend a few days with final preparations for our trip south.
We plan to make a stop in an anchorage just south of Acapulco (so we can hit the nearby CostCo!) before we head on to Huatulco, Mexico. There we will wait for our friend Vicky on her "Inspiration at Sea" (she's waiting for crew to fly in here on the 17th) and also look for a good weather window to set off for the Galapagos! We hope to begin that leg anytime between the 23rd and the 28th of March.
Our good friends Steve and Yolanda Essig, along with Allen R. Smith and Chuck Jonkey, came down to La Paz last year and filmed this great video while cruising up the Sea of Cortez aboard the Safari Quest. I just got a copy of it yesterday and it brought back fond memories of the beautiful Sea of Cortez -- a wonderful film whether you've been in the Sea or just dreaming of heading there.
Check it out at Dreamquest Productions!
well we're sitting on the bow of the boat (to catch the breeze) and talking about when we'll go into the marina in Ixtapa and how we have to keep an eye on Rosie when we're there because they have crocodiles there. And what should appear at the side of our boat?
Yes, a crocodile!! Casually swimming between the boats..... WOW!
By the time I got the camera he was a ways away, but the lumps in the water that you see are his snout. Yikes!
We went for a walk along Playa La Ropa yesterday to check to see if they still had crocodiles down by The Mangelar Restaurant. Well we didn't get a glimpse of any crocodiles this time, but on the way there we passed one of the fenced off areas where they take the turtle eggs and were treated to seeing some fresh hatchlings.
In an attempt to protect the different species of turtles that come on to these beaches to lay their eggs, hotels will sponsor these hatching pens so that when the little turtles hatch and struggle to the surface of the sand, someone can be there to help them get safely to the sea. Normally the little turtles come up and go directly to the ocean, but many do not survive the trek down the beach due to all kinds of hazards like birds and dogs. But when they hatch in the controlled environment, they are collected and kept in water until nightfall when they can be released to the sea with much better chance of survival.
Yesterday we were lucky enough to be passing one of these pens when 4 little turtles crawled their way out! What a sight to see!
Here's the collection of little guys swimming, swimming, swimming awaiting their release to the sea. In addition to protecting them from predators, holding them till later gives them a chance to get stronger which will help them stay alive longer once they're in the ocean.
Sailfest in Zihuatanejo has always been a big draw to the city. Not only do cruisers come here to take part, but many tourists plan their vacations around the event to enjoy the fun. And all the fun is for a good cause as it supports Por Los Ninos which builds schools and classrooms, provides scholarships and school supplies and more for the children of Zihuatanejo.
Here's how it's described on the Por Los Ninos website:
"Zihua SailFest. SailFest is a six-day annual festival that combines fun and games, heart-felt volunteerism and an outpouring of international friendship. Although the tone of the event is light-hearted, the cruisers' goals are serious - to raise funds for the education of Zihuatanejo's poorest children. These caring members of the International sailing community have raised more than $3,000,000 pesos to help our deserving kids."
Some of the events we will have this year as in years past are a Chili Cook Off, Kids Day at the Beach, A Boat Parade and a Sailboat Race. There will be auctions and we'll sell t-shirts and visors. It promises to be a fun event and will once again raise lots of money for a very good cause.
So far its a small group of cruising boats in the bay -- there are about 12 of us. The smaller boats in the distance are the local fishing boats.
With only a couple weeks till the big Sailfest event its surprising there aren't more boats in here. They usually draw at least 25 - 30 boats, with the largest group of over 100 boats in 2006!
We've heard more boats are on their way, so we should have a good turnout in the end. At the first planning meeting for Sailfest yesterday there were more land based volunteers than boaters and they seem to have things well in hand. We have offered to help out as it is a very worthy charity event raising funds for the children of Zihautanejo.
We went into shore this morning for a short walk around town and a nice lunch and I've posted an album of the pictures we took as we walked around the waterfront area.
01/21/2012, Zihautanejo, Mexico
The first time we sailed to Mexico in 1999 we were looking forward to reaching Z-town -- we'd heard so much about it and it sounded like the ideal cruising destination. As things turned out on that cruise, we only made it as far south at Manzanillo, nearly 200 miles north of here, before it was time to turn north.
Since that time we've been to Zihautanejo several times -- but by airplane for vacations with family and friends and once on a cruise ship! We've stayed in hotels here, but more often traveled about an hour north of here to the beautiful beaches of Troncones.
So when we finally sailed into Zihautanejo on our own boat yesterday it was a dream fulfilled -- and since we have been here before it was a comfortable entry -- we already knew the lay of the land and what to expect as far as the anchorage.
We plan to be here about a month preparing for our journey to the Galapagos. I will fly back to Gig Harbor for 10 days in February and Carly and Ryan will be flying down here for a visit at the beginning of March and good friends will be in Troncones at the beginning of March and we hope to visit up there, too. So it will be a busy quick month!
I'm posting some pictures from our 5 day voyage from La Paz to Zihautanejo in the photo gallery to the right. Enjoy!
01/19/2012, Off of Manzanillo
The picture above shows the display on our radar/chart plotter when we had ships coming at us from both directions -- we're the one in the middle with the circle around us (it's a two mile radius that easily shows us how far away things are)
Once we came south along the mainland coast we started seeing lots of cargo ships -- going both north and south. It's always a bit disconcerting to see the lights of a very big ship looking like its heading straight for you. A lot of that worry has been taken away now that in addition to radar which helps you spot the ships and gives you a good idea of where they're heading, we now have AIS that picks up a transmitted signal and gives us all the information we could possibly want : type of vessel and size, destination, heading, speed, time to closest contact and how close it will be. It also gives the vessels name and MMSI number so it is easier to make contact with the ship in question than in years past.
We have called on the VHF to two of the ships we've seen -- when they showed that they would pass relatively close to us -- just to check with them to make sure they were aware of us and what their intentions were (which side they'd pass us. So AIS is definitely on our list of "things that work" and we'd highly recommend it for any boat that will spend any time near shipping lanes (like the Straits of Juan de Fuca back home).
We're still seeing lots of ships today, but they're much less mysterious during daylight when you can actually see them.
We've had a mix of weather today -- the biggest surprise being the 20 knot winds on our nose along with a 3 - 4 foot swell to beat into. The forecast called for much lighter weather, but you get what you get. The biggest worry was that it would slow us down to much so we'd be out an extra day because we need to time things right so we reach Zihautanejo during daylight hours. Only time will tell, but right now we think it looks good to get in late tomorrow afternoon.
The wind and seas continued to build yesterday, as expected, so we haven't had to turn the engine back on in the past 24 hours! There is a 6 foot swell with some wind chop, winds gust between 18 and 28 and we're moving along under our storm main sail and a reefed Genoa.
We chose to use the storm sail over the reefed main in these conditions for two reasons: 1st, the wind is straight behind us and our storm sail isn't attached to the boom so there's no danger of accidental jibes and secondly it is less sail area than our reefed main so it doesn't block the wind from the Genoa. If the winds got nasty we would roll in the Genoa completely and put up our storm trysail -- that's a good combination on this boat if the winds are 35+.
We are doing a bit of rocking due to the sometimes confused swell, but all and all it isn't bad -- it's a good shake down cruise as we'd hoped.
I think Rosie is a little displeased with all the motion -- she chewed up the edges of a chart when we weren't looking -- I think she isn't getting enough play time right now.
If the forescast is correct we will have these same conditions this morning and then we should get far enough down the coast for things to settle down. Hang in there Rosie!
Last night was a nice smooth night, though winds were so light we used the engine to keep us on our way. That's a luxury we have on this passage because we know we can buy fuel in Zihautanejo. On a long ocean passage you must restrict your engine use so the fuel can stretch as far as possible.
This morning as the sun rose the winds began picking up and we've enjoyed a very nice sail all day with our trusty Monitor windvane doing all the steering. The winds and seas are predicted to pick up even more by tomorrow, but we've got a good sail configuration and expect it to be a good passage.
We've always said the first 3 days of any passage are the hardest as your mind and body have to adjust to all the constant movement, so if that holds true our last couple days should be quite nice.
Rosie is still doing great, but she seems a little more bothered by the movement today and has been sleeping even more than normal -- if that's possible!
I've always said the hardest part of cruising is saying goodbye to places you love and the friends you've made there. Dock 3 has been our home for the past 3 winters and we've enjoyed the company of a wonderful bunch of cruisers celebrating Christmas, New Years, watching football games, going out to eat, doing "walk abouts" in town, hiking the mountain, playing cards, having coffee and of course, our famous Dock 3 Dock parties.
They made our departure lots of fun with a great send off dock party with lots of gifts and then last night when we went out to dinner they filled our boat with lots of fun little surprises -- funny toys stuck into every nook and cranny -- bows and stars and a Canadian flag tied over our American flag!
So it was tempting to stay put and enjoy the comfortable life on Dock 3, but we managed to tear ourselves away and now we're spending a nice evening at a cozy little anchorage with plans to get up early and begin the 633 mile trek to Zihautanejo.
The Friday excursion to pick up the blood serum from the vet, package it, take it to customs to be stamped then to DHL to be shipped to Kansas went extremely well so we were finally free to leave La Paz!
Our first leg was a short one and we just traveled about 10 miles to an anchorage just north of La Paz to anchor for the day and get everything ship shape to set out on the long passage to Zihautanejo in the morning.
Well the cat blood serum adventure continues!
When we checked with DHL last week about arranging to ship the serum to the States as quickly as possible, we thought we had everything in place..... but today we found out that they only ship out of the country once a week (Friday afternoon at 5)! That would have really made a mess out of things if the samples had to sit in the office till Friday and the ice packs would have been all melted even before it was on it's way.
Luckily our veterinarian, Dr. Tomas, knew they didn't ship everyday and recommended we go check with them before we take the blood sample there. And luckily there was a guy working that spoke good English and we got the information we needed -- plus another tidbit that they hadn't told us last week: we have to take the unsealed package to the customs office down the street to be sealed and stamped by them before shipping. It would have been another big fiasco if we'd just taken the package to DHL in time for the 5:00 shipping because customs closes at 4:00!
So it seems La Paz has its hold on us and now we're just hoping to get out of here this coming Saturday. But like I said before: La Paz isn't a bad place to be stuck :-)
Wow! 2012! Hard to believe.
We woke up to a beautiful sunny day to start the New Year and will enjoy a day free of boat projects, having completed the last major one yesterday. And it was a doozy -- replacing seals on our Lectra San.
It was one of those projects that wasn't on our pre departure check list, but got added to the list when a little water started leaking out of it a week ago. It wasn't a project we really wanted to tackle -- but much better that it showed up while we were here in La Paz and not out in the middle of the ocean where we wouldn't be able to take care of it.
The Lectra San is basically a miniature sewage treatment plant that uses high amperage to neutralize waste so it is safe to discharge overboard and eliminates any holding tank smells. So it is not a critical piece of equipment, the boat can function fine without it, but its something we are happy to have. It is right up there on my list of "things that work".
When Terry identified the parts needed from Raritan (the manufacturer) we were afraid it might delay our departure from La Paz, because getting things shipped into Mexico can often take a very long time. We were very surprised after ordering the repair kit on Tuesday that it was delivered to the Marina on Thursday afternoon!
So Friday morning Terry tackled the project and removed the Lectra San from it's confines under the bathroom sink and disassembled it (on the dock) and then put in the new seals. That makes it sound like a short easy job, but as anybody with a boat knows nothing is ever as quick and easy as it sounds -- even when it all goes well. So he spent the major part of the day getting it all put back together and now it works perfectly again.
So today we'll enjoy relaxing and watching football games, then tomorrow I will begin the last phase of our preparations: Provisioning.
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Amherst, Mass. - The men's and women's swimming and diving teams dominated against Army in their first home meet of the season. This win was the first ever against Army for the men's team in four all-time meetings, as they defeated Army 174-126, while the women's team took their fourth all-time win in three meetings against Army as they won by a score of 187-94.
Senior Christa Narus (Stony Brook, Mass.) and sophomore Elizabeth Walsh (Marshfield, Mass.) led the women's team past Army with two individual wins apiece as the Minutewomen won 13 of the 16 events on the day. Narus placed first in the 200 free (1:55.19) and the 200 fly (2:06.84) as she and Walsh also took first in the 200 medley relay (1:50.01) swimming the third and first legs respectively. Walsh won both of her individual events as she competed in the 100 back (1:00.00) and 200 back (2:10.03).
The Minutewomen showed their team depth against Army sweeping many events and placing numerous swimmers in all events. The women brought home top three finishes in the 100 breast, 200 fly, 50 free, and the 200 medley relay.
The women's team's youth also stood out against Army as freshman Chelsea Downing (Hatchville, Mass.) finished first in the 1000 free (10:45.04) and second in the 500 free (5:18.68) in her first career meet, and sophomore Meghan Nowak (Medway, Mass.) took first in the 200 breast (2:29.14) and second in the 100 breast (1:10.47).
Divers Anne Fogerty (Allentown, Pa.) and Karen Upperco (Titusville, N.J.) split both of their events as Fogerty won the one-meter dive with a score of 252.22 and placed second in the three-meter (241.27). Upperco finished first in the three-meter dive (277.80) and took second in the one-meter dive (248.16). Senior Sarah Hortsmann (Hockessin, Del.) rounded out the top three with a score of 221.31 in the three-meter dive.
The men's team took home 12 of the 16 events on the day, three of those going to freshman Joey Sbordon (Franklin, Mass.). Sbordon had an outstanding performance as he won all three of his individual events, the 1000 free (9:45.40), the 200 free (1:42.39), and the 500 free (4:40.68) while also helping the 400 free relay team to a second place finish.
Juniors Juan Moliere (San Juan, P.R.) and Mike Berthaume (Hampden, Mass.) also had a day of top finishes as they both won their two individual events and were members of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:35.47). Berthaume competed in the 100 fly (51.88) and 200 fly (1:56.08) while Moliere dominated his usual 50 free (21.16) and 100 free (47.23).
Max Butler (Duxbury, Mass.) was also a member of the first-place 200 medley relay team, swimming the first leg of the relay and also won the 200 back (1:55.61). As a consistent point contributor in the win, Butler added a couple of third-place finishes in the 100 back (54.49) and the 200 IM (2:01.37).
Freshman Jason Cook (Amherst, Mass.) dominated the board today as UMass took the top three spots in both diving events. Cook took first in both dives scoring 295.98 in the one-meter dive, and 297.83 in the three-meter dive. Junior Byron Johnson (Taunton, Mass.) took second in both events scoring 267.00 and 27.43 in the one-meter and three-meter respectively. Sophomore Adam Duffield (Brookfield, Conn.) evened things out as he took third in both events with scores of 236.63 in the one-meter and 269.40 in the three-meter.
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The University of Washington has slipped a few places on the much-watched U.S. News & World Report college rankings, to 52nd place among 201 schools. But it remains in the top 20 for all public universities in the nation.
Most other colleges and universities in Washington ranked about the same as in last year's report.
Washington State University ranked 128th, down from 125th last year. Western Washington University ranked second among public regional universities in the West — up by one from last year — and The Evergreen State College ranked fourth among regional universities, also up one from last year's ranking.
The magazine's college rankings are the most widely read in the country, serving as a kind of shorthand for placing a college's quality on a continuum with that of other schools across the nation. But some critics say the rankings have contributed to a kind of arms race, rewarding colleges for spending more money and shutting out all but the most privileged students.
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One of the most vocal critics is Washington Monthly. That national magazine's college rankings reward schools that enroll low-income students, help them graduate and offer a good deal for the price. In Washington Monthly's list, which came out last month, the UW ranked 13th among all universities.
In the U.S. News list, the highest ranking ever reached by the UW was 41st — a spot it achieved in the magazine's 2011 rankings, which were released in fall 2010.
The magazine's editors tweak the formula a little each year, but the top five schools rarely change, just switching places on occasion. This year, in order of ranking, they are: Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Stanford.
Between fall of 2010 and this year, some universities that ranked lower than the UW have now moved ahead on the list. Among those schools that ranked lower in the 2011 list, but rank above the UW today, are Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Florida, Boston University and Yeshiva University in New York.
In the measures used by the magazine's editors, the UW has changed little since fall 2010. Its freshman-retention rate and graduation rates are very similar to 2010's numbers, as are its alumni-giving rate and its acceptance rate.
UW officials said it appeared that U.S. News predicted a higher graduation rate for the university than it predicted the previous year, and that might have caused the ranking to fall, even though the graduation rate itself did not change
When the list is winnowed down to just public universities, the UW ranks 16th.
Among regional universities in the West, public and private, Western moved up from 27th on the list to 22nd. Regional universities are defined as schools that offer a full range of undergraduate majors and master's programs, but few, if any, doctoral programs. They are divided by region and ranked by their peers.
Washington's top-ranked regional is Gonzaga University, ranked fourth. Other rankings: Seattle University, 6; Whitworth University, Spokane, 9; Seattle Pacific University, 14; Pacific Lutheran University, 15; The Evergreen State College, 27.
Among national liberal-arts colleges, Whitman College in Walla Walla ranked 41st. The top school on that list was Williams College in Massachusetts.
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