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Thomas E. Reynolds, Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality (Brazos Press, 2008), 256pp [Review Copy Courtesy of Brazos Press]
A Guest Review by Elizabeth Lynch
This book sets out to reflect theologically on the kind of place the church should be in the light of the kind of human vulnerability that is manifest in disability. Reynolds claims, in the introduction, "disability is an often overlooked and contested 'site'", and argues that it has the potential to raise
issues of difference, normalcy, embodiment, community, and redemption. For this reason, disability has theological power (p. 13).
Reynolds' book makes the case that in a context of social injustice and exclusion, God's (and, by extension, the church's) response is one of solidarity, characterised as sympathy, compassion, vulnerability, relationality, hospitality and inclusion.
While not wanting to argue against this, my concern is that it only tells part of the story. Reynolds presents God and the church as absorbing the suffering caused by injustice, but at no point does he discuss God's (or the church's) condemning and resisting that injustice. Is there not very good reason to argue that God is, and the church should be, a protesting presence as well as a sympathetic presence? And would this not be a more genuine solidarity?
A brief survey of the first four chapters will position us for a closer reading of his theological arguments found later in the book at which time I will expand on my critique.
Methodogy (Survey of chapters 1-4)
Reynolds' discussion in his first chapter of the methodological issues encountered when thinking theologically about disability raises interesting issues and questions about how disability might be, and often is, understood theologically. He also argues for the importance of a critical self-awareness on the part of the theologian working in this area, not just in order to safeguard against encouraging any of those views that denigrate disability, but also to avoid the instrumental use of disability as a means to lead the theologian to new understandings of Christian values and community, "Employing disability for mere theological gain is something to be vigilantly guarded against" (p. 40). In chapter two, he turns to discuss the experience and meaning of belonging, examining its psycho-social roots, and how the need to belong has been made manifest in the Western world in a way that has led to a marginalizing of people with disabilities, who challenge what Reynolds terms the "cult of normalcy" that shapes common understandings of belonging. Chapter three then explores how this "cult of normalcy" operates; the particular ideals it seeks to uphold in its functioning definition of personhood. In chapter four, he begins his challenge to this community rule that prizes individuality, self-fulfilment and personal gain, arguing that communities are "extended matrices of interdependent relationships by which we belong to each other" (p. 129). This marks the point of departure for the theological reflection that makes up chapters five and six.
Disability and a Theology of Creation
In chapter five Reynolds puts forward his case and method for reframing disability with reference to a theology of creation. Reynolds argues that central to the theology of creation are the themes of relationality and vulnerability. God's creative power is seen in his sharing of that power, and in his loving creatures into being. The vulnerability of creation is understood in terms of its interconnectedness; each human creature seeking and requiring recognition of its value simply as one who exists, (p. 139). These events of mutual recognition are ways in which human creatures share in the creative power of God, but this power is understood in terms of fragility, as these events also reveal the connections between parts of creation, and testify to its interdependence and essential relationality, "Created things are fashioned not as sufficient and complete unto themselves, but as finite parts of a larger, interconnected whole, the fabric of which is relational through and through" (p. 161).
Reynolds contends that changing the framework in which disability is understood effects a transformation, leading away from disability being seen as a tragedy within a framework dictated by the cult of normalcy. Seen within the framework built on this theology of creation, in which relationality and fragility are the situations in which creative love and power are experienced, disability is seen as circumstances for this to be experienced in a particular way. Reynolds does not want to present a view that denies the very real difficulties often associated with the fact of disability, conceding, "If we are realistic, we must admit that, even as it is a gift, existence is also vulnerable and tragic" (p. 170). But in a different framework, tragedy is not the only, or the dominant, possibility (p. 169).
Disability and Christology
Chapter six examines these statements in the context of Christology. The stated aim of this chapter is to "unpack and extend such a vision by attending to the question of what it means to be human and saved by God through Christ" (p176). Reynolds presents the person of Jesus as "the icon of a vulnerable God" (p198), arguing that the themes of vulnerability and relationality take on particular meanings in the contexts of Jesus as "the examplar of the fully human life" (p. 199). Reynolds argues that Jesus "embodies God's loving regard for – and gratuitous solidarity with – humanity precisely in its incapacity, vulnerability, and indeed its brokenness" (pp. 199-200). In the later part of the chapter, the emphasis is on the cross and resurrection as the place where the alternative framework that Reynolds was arguing for in earlier chapters is displayed, "The cross is the supreme example of a God who draws near, not to conquer or vanquish suffering and tragedy, but to engage it and open it up anew to the promise of love built into creation" (p. 203).
Reynolds asserts then (with reference to Moltmann), "the cross becomes a vehicle of hope", presenting the cross as God's solidarity and compassion with the oppressed, and the location at which "New possibilities are unleashed, not in achievement and power, but precisely in the depths of anguish" (pp. 204, 206). That the risen body of Jesus is "impaired" is taken as a further sign of God's solidarity with humanity, and that Jesus' embodying disability in his resurrected body suggests that "disability indicates not a flawed humanity but a full humanity" (p. 207).
In chapter 7, entitled "Being Together: Love, Church, and Hospitality", Reynolds argues for the church's practising hospitality and solidarity based on the principles he claims we see in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus: "The marginalized and oppressed…find liberation through Jesus's presence…[T]hey find liberation not by sheer power and might, which Jesus intentionally avoids, but by love's vulnerable solidarity" (p. 229). The church is called to be an inclusive home – the "strange household of God" (p. 233) – the place in which those marginalized by the cult of normalcy are welcomed into the presence of Christ.
As I said earlier, I have some concerns about Reynold's proposal. Vulnerable Communion makes the case that in a context of social injustice and exclusion, God's (and, by extension, the church's) response is one of solidarity, characterised as sympathy, compassion, vulnerability, relationality, hospitality and inclusion. While not wanting to argue against this, my concern is that it only tells part of the story. Reynolds presents God and the church as absorbing the suffering caused by injustice, but at no point does he discuss God's (or the church's) condemning and resisting that injustice. Is there not very good reason to argue that God is, and the church should be, a protesting presence as well as a sympathetic presence? And would this not be a more genuine solidarity?
While Reynolds' presentation of the vulnerable and suffering God who shares in his people's suffering may be right, it is questionable whether solidarity means simply suffering with the "marginalised and oppressed". Might solidarity not also require fighting and resisting the structures that created that suffering in the first place? In his keenness to present Jesus as the epitome of compassion and gentleness, Reynolds misses the possibility that the "The marginalized and oppressed…find liberation through Jesus's presence" maybe partly because Jesus is not silent in the face of oppression. Reynolds states, "God calls the people to care for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow" (p. 199). And while his statement is not wrong (he references Lev. 19:34), it is illustrative of the narrow way that he characterises this call; there is no mention of the call to speak out against injustice, to defend those silenced by oppression (Prov. 31:8-9). In changing the framework in which we see disability, Reynolds wanted to resist the view that tragedy is the only possibility, but the result of his approach is that now sympathy is the only possibility. While sympathy in the face of oppression might have its place, it is an empty and rather patronising gesture if not accompanied by moral outrage at those structures and practices that give rise to oppression.
It is regrettable that the sociological critique that Reynolds conducts in chapters two through four is not developed theologically, and that the presence of God and of the church is characterised as a quiet, gentle, sympathetic presence, at the expense of moral outrage and protest, as if the two responses were mutually exclusive.
Vulnerable Communion is a useful book, in that it does conduct a detailed theological examination of issues around human vulnerability and the place of the church with relation to this. It is a helpful contribution to the theological discussion on disability. However, I would argue that his book ends up telling only part of a story that needs to be told alongside a theology of moral indignation, which is the less vulnerable side to God's, and the church's, reaction to injustice.


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When Jim and the late Joan Donahue started the Donahue Corporation 50 years ago in Durham, they started with a single product, the Farm Implement Carrier.
The company has broadened its product selection considerably since then, to include stock trailers, flatbed trailers, even hydraulically operated expanding trailers.
But none of those can match the peak of popularity of the original Farm Implement Carrier. Sales manager Mike Stika said the original has sold about 58,000 units over the years. Even with more advanced models, the company still sells 50 to 60 each year.
"It's interesting, that's what started it," Stika said.
The original manufacturing plant was in Durham, but the Donahue Corporation moved northeast of Durham in 1972 into a larger facility.
Stika said every product has been field-tested on the Donahue ranch. Most trailers are sold via a coast-to-coast network of dealers, but the company sells directly to local buyers. Stock trailers and flatbeds are in the most demand right now, Stika said.
One of the newest additions, designed by Jim Donahue just like the original Farm Implement Carrier, is an 8.5-foot wide trailer that can be expanded to 12.5 feet wide with the push of a button. The expanded width is big enough to handle a swather, but when it is at its narrowest it doesn't require "wide load" accommodations.
Stika said it is more difficult lately to keep fully staffed than to sell trailers. The company is currently operating with a skeleton crew of about 15 people.
"Right now the crew we have, we keep some stock out in the yard, but we're just keeping up with orders," Stika said. "We really couldn't do with any less (employees).
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Last week, Congressman Albio Sires (NJ) introduced legislation to create more parks and recreation space in our nation's urban centers. H.R. 3734, the Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act would provide federal grants to states, local governments and community-based non-profit organizations to construct new parks and recreational facilities or rehabilitate existing ones in urban communities. Grant recipients must provide a thirty percent local match and submit a five-year action plan.
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Akron Law Cares
Saturday, September 19, 2015
8 a.m. - Noon
Thank you to all of you who participated in Akron Law Cares. It was a great day for Akron Law!
We had 133 participants who volunteered at 11 different sites.
Of the 133 volunteers, 117 were law students, 8 were professors and administrators,
and 9 were our law school alumni. Please click here to see more photos.
Another community service event is coming in the spring semester. Check back for more details!
The Akron Law Family volunteered at some of the following sites:
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- Mobile Meals
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- City Hope
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"On behalf of the Mobile Meals staff, and especially our drivers who are delivering in shiny, clean vehicles today, please extend our sincere gratitude to the students who volunteered here on Saturday. We appreciate their hard work and cheerful smiles and that Mobile Meals was selected as one of the agencies for your service day on Saturday. It is important that our vehicles reflect a professional image to the community that is in line with our mission of fighting hunger and reducing isolation for our clients. Thank you to you and your students for supporting us in delivering that message."
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Yamazaki 12 yo (old official bottling)
Another review by Serge Valentin. I am taking a bit of a punt with the photo because Serge does not have access to images of the original bottles from which his samples came. I am guessing that this old official bottling is one from the period when Suntory liked to calls its single malts "Pure malts" and bottled a Yamazaki 12 at 43 per cent under that flag.
Review by Nonjatta contributor - Serge Valentin
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"Yamazaki 12 yo (43%, OB, bottled in the 1980's)
Colour: Gold.
Nose: Drier and more phenolic than the more recent 15yo. Tea, sandalwood, cedar wood, patchouli… Gets maltier after that. Hints of olive oil, waxed paper, fresh almonds. Less sexy, I'd say. No OBE yet on the nose.
Mouth: We're extremely close to the 15yo now, with roughly the same profile. Same rather big dryness. Grassy. Bigger spiciness arising, though (pepper, mustard.) Not an easy whisky. Finish: long, peppery, liquoricy and a little resinous.
Comments: Very punchy and very, very spicy old Yamazaki.
SGP:362 – 80 points." (Serge`s scoring system is explained on this page.)
3 comments:
- JC Skinner said...
I've just come into ownership of a bottle exactly like the one you have illustrated.
I very much enjoyed the current 10 yo Yamazaki and was wondering, to your palate, how it differs.
Also, if I find I really, really like this, is it very hard to find more of it?
I know the current 12 yo Yamazaki is, well, current. But are there pockets of stocks of this old bottling still knocking around? I won't find any more where I found this one.
- November 14, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Serge was actually the reviewer of this whisky (you might want to go to his site, the excellent whiskyfun.com, because he is just now running a lot of these Yamazaki reviews there (after previewing them at Nonjatta), and ask him about the comparison.
Yes this Yamazaki is sporadically available but it is obviously down to luck whether you can find it. I saw it once in a rural Japanese alcohol store but nowhere else. Sorry not to have been much help on both your questions.
- November 14, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- JC Skinner said...
Yikes. I do quite like it, and it seems like I had better take it easy as I won't be finding any more any time soon (if ever).
To me, it edges the current Yamazaki output. More balanced.
- November 23, 2008 at 2:59 AM


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Joe Biden and Sarah Palin weren't the only ones duking it out on Washington University's campus last week. So were two punching robots created by engineering students at the school and appropriately marked for the occasion with photos of the VP candidates affixed to their steel heads.
The bots, which are made of machine parts, did battle on the main courtyard of the St. Louis campus for about six hours Thursday as the candidates prepped for the much-anticipated faceoff inside. Not to be left out, the presidential candidates got a swing, too, with John McCain and Barack Obama's mugs getting swapped in and attached to the heads with magnets for matches of their own.
Students took turns manning the red and blue robots, whose arms operate via pulleys attached to straps. Two cables connect to a control bar, which can be pointed back and forth to make the bot move right and left. A good punch to the opponent's chest causes its spring-loaded head to fall off, which nets the aggressor a point.
"Someone complained that there were no third-party candidates," said Lee Cordova, an undergraduate in biomedical engineering who built the bots with fellow engineering undergrads Matt Watkins and Sam Wight.
Cordova was quick to point out that the 1 1/2-year-old red and blue bots had recently been retrofitted to make them more equal in capability, ensuring, in essence, a non-partisan pairing. Nonetheless, "we actually kept track and the blue did a little better than the red," (the blue, naturally, being Biden), Cordova reported.
Cordova said last week's VP debate marked the first political battle for the rock-'em sock-'em robot toys, which have appeared at an annual spring festival on campus and also make their rounds at local schools as part of an engineering outreach by the creators.
"Little kids love to play with them," Cordova said. "I think we inspire new engineers."
The bots will not be making the trek to Nashville's Belmont University for Tuesday's second presidential debate (be sure to catch CBS News' live Webcast on our site), and are instead getting some much-needed rest after last week's melee.
"They're back in the engineering school," Cordova said. "We were pleasantly surprised nothing broke or wore down."
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The 2001 AS720, AS1020 and AS1220 Apache sprayers now feature an all-new cab, chassis and product fill options, and an improved powertrain.
The machines are outfitted with a four-point mounted cab with improved visibility and larger floor plate. The all-new, custom cab features a 12% increase in overall floor space. The new Apaches feature a rear-hinged door and larger catwalk. With the engine and exhaust moved farther from the operator, the in-cab noise has been reduced 9%. HVAC adjustments have been placed in the steering column and the electronics are CAN-ready.
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Ceramics Show Features Works Created in New Studio
Works created by students and faculty members in WCC's new ceramics studio will be exhibited at the College's Gallery One from June 15 through July 17. The show is titled "New Beginning: Ceramics at Washtenaw Community College."
An opening reception and lecture will highlight the exhibition on June 17. The reception will be in the gallery from 4:00pm to 6:30pm, and the lecture will be in room 175 of the Crane Liberal Arts and Sciences building at 5:00pm.
The lecturer is renowned ceramicist Robert Piepenberg, who will give a slide presentation titled "Cultivating Your Creativity." Piepenberg has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and teaches at Oakland Community College. He's especially known for his work using raku, a Japanese firing method. Piepenberg has written a number of books, including "Treasures of the Creative Spirit," "Raku Pottery," "The Spirit of Clay: A Classic Guide to Ceramics," and "The Spirit of Ceramic Design: Cultivating Creativity With Clay."
WCC's new ceramics studio has 20 pottery wheels, computer-controlled electric and gas kilns, and a huge spray booth for more than 50 glazes. "The facilities are fantastic here," said Ricardo Benavides, a 22-year-old art major. "I love to watch something form from underneath your hands—suddenly it's a bowl or a plate. It's cool to watch my own hands and see what they can do."
Ceramics student Hannah Shiff is pleased that her vase is in the show. "I was disappointed not to be able to take it home right away, but I feel good that it was chosen to be exhibited," Shiff said.
Gallery One is located on the first floor of WCC's Student Center building. It's open Monday through Thursday from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. For more information call 734-477-8512.
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Assume a process that samples uniformly at random from the range $[1,\ldots,n]$. I am interested in the expected time to find a duplicate given only that the sampling process is pairwise independent. That is I would like to find the expected time until a sample matches one of the samples taken before.
One way to compute the expected time is $$E=\sum_{x=1}^\infty P(X \geq x).$$ Here $X$ is a random variable that represents the time at which the first duplicate is found.
If the samples were fully independent then we would have that $$\sum_{x=1}^\infty P(X \geq x) = \sum_{x=1}^\infty \prod_{i=1}^{x-1} (1-i/n).$$ We can bound this quantity using the fact that $e^{-2x} \leq 1-x \leq e^{-x}$ when $0 \leq x \leq 0.5$ and then bound the resulting sum using an integral. This gives an asymptotic bound of $\Theta(\sqrt{n})$ steps.
How would you perform a similar analysis where we only have pairwise independence and also preferably get an asymptotic result rather than just an upper bound?
EDIT: Following Henry's great reply, I would really like to know a lower bound as well as the upper bound he has given. In particular, does the lower bound for fully independent sampling of $\Omega(\sqrt{n})$ also apply to this pairwise independent case? Or alternatively, can anyone think of a pairwise independent process that has mean less than order $\sqrt{n}$?


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Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog
Scientific Discovery and Social Analysis in the Twenty-First, by Harry Collins
Roughly 50 kilometers east of Baton Rouge, La., lasers ricochet off mirrors that dangle at the ends of a 4-kilometer-long, L-shaped vacuum tube. A nearly identical facility sits almost 3,000 kilometers away in Washington state. The research stations — part of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO — are designed to sense gravitational waves, minuscule ripples in the fabric of space. Unlike the recently detected waves from the Big Bang (SN: 4/5/14, p. 6), the waves LIGO picks up will most likely come from black hole or neutron star collisions.
In 2007, and again in 2010, the mirrors at both sites appeared to tremble in unison. Was this the first direct


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The U.N. is demanding the immediate release of 21 peacekeepers seized by members of the Syrian opposition in the disputed Golan Heights area between Syria and Israel.
Here's a statement from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon:
"The Secretary-General condemns the detention of 21 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeepers by armed elements in the vicinity of Al Jamla in the area of limitation and calls for their immediate release.
"The Secretary-General reminds all actors in Syria that UNDOF is mandated to monitor the Disengagement of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria. UNDOF's freedom of movement and safety and security must be respected by all parties."
The U.N. Security Council also demanded the "unconditional and immediate" release of the peacekeepers.
A U.N. spokesman said that the peacekeepers had been detained by about 30 armed fighters.
Here's more from The New York Times:
"A video uploaded on YouTube by a group that identified itself as the Martyrs of Yarmouk claimed responsibility and said the peacekeepers would be held until Syrian government forces withdrew from the area around Al Jamlah, the site of the weekend clashes. The video does not show any of the captives, but United Nations vehicles are visible.
"A speaker in the video warns in Arabic: 'If the withdrawal does not take place within 24 hours, we will deal with those guys like war prisoners. And praise to God.'
"The threat underscored the widening risk that the Syria conflict is destabilizing the Middle East, and raised new concerns about the agendas of some Syrian insurgent groups, just as Western nations, including the United States, were grappling over whether to arm them."
The capture of the peacekeepers comes a week after a member of the force was reported missing.
U.N. peacekeepers in the area monitor the 1974 disengagement accord between Syria and Israel after the 1973 Yom Kippur War between the two countries. The Security Council extended the mission's mandate in December 2012 for another six months, until June 30.
The development comes as Syrian rebels, over the past several days, have made significant gains in their campaign against the regime of President Bashar Assad.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced last week that the U.S. would provide $60 million in direct non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels.


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The Need for Self-Reliance
Feel the joy of leading your friends to the Saviour as you share the message of the restored Gospel.
President Thomas S. Monson helps priesthood holders understand the duty and responsibility they have in bearing this sacred authority.
Elder Quentin L. Cook describes the blessings of preparing an ancestor's name for vicarious ordinances in the temple.
Elder Ballard encourages the Young Adults to raise the bar and become the greatest generation the church has ever seen.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks helps us to develop the Christ-like attributes required for sharing the Gospel.
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles encourages us in our efforts to follow the objectives of the Europe Area Plan
Denise, a young single adult from Germany, shares the experiences of her grandfather as a refugee during the war and how that helps her today.
Ana and her family apply self-reliance principles to manage their budget.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf outlines the many blessings we can show gratitude for because of the Restored Gospel.


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I was a little disgusted at this comment from Jillian Michaels. I love her and I love the show the Biggest Loser but this can be a very hurtful comment to those of us who have had children. In a recent interview she expressed her desire to adopt instead of having children due to the impact it has on a woman's body. Well, yes my body is nothing like before I got pregnant. After my first daughter I did go right back to my old size. I have a ways to go after my second but that is my own emotional eating and stress that has caused my weight issues not the birth of my peanut. I would definitely take my girls and my now body than my skinny self and no children!
She is a fitness trainer. She would know how to stay fit during pregnancy and she could go right back to it after. She is not saying much about her skills if she thinks that. I have seen many a mother go right back to their pre-pregancy body by staying healthy during pregnancy and continuing that after. I do applaud her for adopting but before she counsels people on body image she may want to seek counseling herself!


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TOKYO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The number of Japan's nuclear plants could dwindle to zero in the future, Japanese Industry Minister Yoshio Hachiro said.
Based on Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy of not building new nuclear power plants and decommissioning aged ones, "it would be zero," Hachiro told reporters when asked whether the number of nuclear plants in the country would be reduced.
Noda replaced Naoto Kan, who stepped down a week ago amid criticism over his handling of the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
Noda has suggested Japan will eventually phase out nuclear power generation in the resource-poor nation, Asia's second-largest economy.
Hachiro said it would be "difficult" for Japan to go ahead with plans to build nuclear plants on which construction hasn't started.
"Public opinion is generally united in reducing (nuclear plants), instead of increasing them," he said.
Under Japan's previous energy plan, prior to the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power had been set to meet more than half of demand by 2030, up from about one-third.
Only 12 of Japan's 54 commercial power plant reactors are in operation following the shutdown last week of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s second reactor at its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima prefecture for a three-month scheduled inspection.
Regarding the resumption of reactors idled for regular checkups, Hachiro said the prime minister has approved a plan to seek safety assessments from the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of the government-imposed nuclear stress tests introduced in July.
But if none of Japan's reactors get the go-ahead to restart in the coming months, Japan could lose its nuclear output completely next April or May, Platts news service says, because of a Japanese regulation that requires nuclear power plants to perform scheduled maintenance on reactors every 13 months.
In an interview with Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun published Tuesday, Kan said, "I thought nuclear plants were safe as they were supported by Japan's technology but I changed my mind after the experience of the March 11 disaster."
"When I think of safety not being outweighed by risk, the answer is not to rely on nuclear," Kan said.
Immediately before his resignation, Kan had pushed through a feed-in tariff law creating preferential pricing for large-scale renewable energy projects.
Renewables, including hydropower, account for about 10 percent of Japan's energy mix.


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 25, 2013) - C.A. Bancorp Inc. ("CAB" or the "Company") (TSX:BKP) and CDJ Global Catalyst LLC ("CDJ") today announced that CDJ has commenced its offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the "Shares") of the Company for cash at a price of $3.20 per Share (the "Offer"), and mailed the Offer and take-over bid circular to the Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders"). The directors' circular of the Company's board of directors (the "Board") has been mailed concurrently with the Offer and take-over bid circular.
After careful consideration, the Board determined unanimously, upon the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors, and after consultation with the Company's financial and legal advisors, including its receipt of a fairness opinion from MPA Morrison Park Advisors Inc., that it is in the best interests of the Company to support and facilitate the Offer, to enter into a support agreement with CDJ in respect of the Offer (the "Support Agreement"), and to recommend that Shareholders deposit their Shares to the Offer.
The Offer will be open for acceptance until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on March 4, 2013 (the "Expiry Time"), unless extended or withdrawn. The Offer is subject to the condition, among others, that more than 50% of the outstanding Shares held by Shareholders (other than CDJ and its affiliates and Shareholders over whose holdings CDJ or its affiliates exercise control or direction) shall have been deposited or tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn at the Expiry Time. CDJ does not intend to proceed with a second-stage transaction to acquire any Shares not tendered under the Offer. Full details of the Offer are contained in the take-over bid circular of CDJ and the Company's directors' circular, copies of which are available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
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21 Favorite Albums of 2010: 1-11
1. Frontier Ruckus - Deadmalls and Nightfalls
So this is it, our favorite album of 2010. Since it's July release I've kept coming back to this beautiful, affecting album by Michigan's Frontier Ruckus time and time again. On Deadmalls and Nightfalls Matthew Milia's songwriting is at the forefront as he eulogizes forgotten places, people and memories of a suburban wasteland. There's a certain nostalgia in abandoned stripmalls that I can relate to - maybe it's something about being a product of early-90s suburbia myself.
Milia masters the Dylanesque feat of cramming a seemingly impossible number of words into each song, while still making each one count. The words act not only as a vehicle for the stories that form the album's core, but in many cases act as an another instrument altogether, each syllable a note plucked from Matt Milia's quivering vocal chords; dancing with banjo strings, fighting for space alongside acoustic guitars.
Musically, the album is as rich as anything I've heard this year - a distinctly midwestern blend of folk, bluegrass and southwest horns. Banjo, trumpets, the occasional singing saw or fiddle, strummed and picked acoustic guitar and various percussion. You get the feeling that these songs were truly composed, not your average verse-chorus songwriting-by-numbers - tempos change mid-song, instruments make appearances then disappear; truly a complete, fully-realized piece of art. There were other albums that I loved this year, but none that spoke to me in quite the same way as Deadmalls and Nightfalls. I came back to it throughout the year in various moods and situations, and each time it gave me exactly what I was looking for, and often revealed something new.
Frontier Ruckus - The Upper Room
2. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Titus Andronicus' 2009 debut The Airing of Grievances was a ragged album of Jersey bar-band-punk that only hinted at the potential they fully relized on The Monitor. I remember a fully intoxicated listening party the weekend after the album came out, blasting at full-volume as a small group of revelers sat around exchanging "whatthefuck" looks of amazement. The album's spot on this list was probably cemented that night, but this album reveals more and more over time. It is the definition of ambitious - a loose concept album based on the Civil War that quotes both Springsteen and Walt Whitman. It is epic - a punk album with 8 songs over 5 minutes long. And it works. It's a masterpiece of literary punk-rock that's neither pretentious nor naive.
Titus Andronicus - Four Score And Seven
3. The National - High Violet
The National are one of the most consistent bands in indie-rock today. While their early albums show flashes of brilliance but are somewhat inconsistent, they found their groove with 2006's Alligator and haven't looked back. 2007's Boxer topped many year-end lists, so the expectations were even higher for High Violet. It doesn't disappoint on any level as the band returns to the well of dark, boozy, often obtuse ruminations on love and relationships. The trademarks are there, moody ("Lemonworld", "Sorrow") pretty ("Runaway", "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks") and anthemic ("Bloodbuzz Ohio") and even though The National have done it well before, it just doesn't get old.
The National - Afraid Of Everyone
4. The Walkmen - Lisbon
As I wrote earlier in the year, The Walkmen have taken a strange path to becoming one of my favorite bands. For years I knew that they should be my favorite band, but for some reason I never really let myself fall in love with them. This was the year that changed. Truthfully, You & Me was the album that changed my mind, but Lisbon was the first time I embraced a Walkmen release as an event. The album does not disappoint. Where their earlier albums felt to me like New York City on a cold, windy, drunken night - this one feels warmer, sunnier, laid back. There is a comfort where there was once abrasion. "Juveniles", "Stranded", and "Lisbon" are among the most beautiful songs the band has recorded - this is the sound of a band that has found their place.
5. The Love Language - Libraries
I have a soft spot in my music that incorporates equal parts soul, early rock n' roll and garage rock. That pretty much defines The Love Language, and as you'd expect, they have been one of my favorite bands since their fantastic self-titled debut was released last year. Truth be told, though, I was a bit nervous about follow-up and Merge debut Libraries before it was released. Rumors had me worried that the band's sound would be sterilized - afterall, the lo-fi production was one of the previous albums' charms. No need to worry. Libraries sees Stuart McLamb and company clean up their sound without losing the ragged edge, and takes their garage-soul blend to epic new levels. To these ears, this is pretty much perfect music.
The Love Language - Heart To Tell
6. Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
Josh Ritter has already established himself as one of the most important songwriters making music today. Five albums in, one could forgive Josh Ritter if he were to play things safe, settle into a groove and coast. On the contrary, So Runs The World Away is full of risks. A song about the complicated relationship between a mummy and his archeologist/lover (in waltz time) could be a horrific disaster in lesser hands. Here it's beautiful and believable. "Another New World" is an epic tale of adventure and loss. A stunning piece of prose set to a sweet, soft tune. There are still the traditional folk moments you'd expect, but the willingness to take chances and the songwriting chops to pull them off put Josh Ritter head and shoulders above most of his contemporaries.
7. Spoon - Transference
Following an album like Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is no easy task, I would imagine. Rather than try to one-up the ragged pop and grand statements of their breakthrough, Spoon took a different route with Transference and delivered a more challenging record - one that hides its charms deeper, below the surface. Gone are the glockenspiels and horns - replaced with disorienting rythms and backwards tape-looped keysboards. It's like they took pop music and turned it upside down - still recognizable, but not the same. That isn't to say that there aren't windows-down singalong rock songs - "Trouble Comes Running" is as straightforward of a song as there is, and its a ton of fun. Overall, Transference is a welcome curveball and a fantastic album.
8. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
The hype surrounding Local Natives' debut Gorilla Manor preceded it, but the record rose above the buzz and achieved something much, much bigger. Pounding rhythms + soaring harmonies, often-obtuse subject matter, a Talking Heads cover - the album seemed almost too audacious at times, yet it worked. The album captured wide-eyed wonder of youth better than any album in recent memory. The band took the songs to the road for nearly a year of constant touring - winning more converts with each stop. Seeing the band at a packed Great Scott and then, just a few months later, an overflowing stage at Sasquatch it's impossible to ignore the reach of Gorilla Manor. An amazing triumph for a young band from L.A. and hands-down best debut of 2010.
9. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The biggest indie band in the world got a lot bigger in 2010 - debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and collecting a Grammy nod for Rock Album Of The Year. So how did the Arcade Fire maintain their indie cred alongside such monumental mainstream success? They put out a brilliant record of varied, complex music that references disillusionment while never getting weighed down by it. They turned a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden into a worldwide event by asking Terry Gilliam to direct a live internet webcast. Their Spike Jonze-directed video for "The Suburbs" was another art-meets-accessibility success. As for the music, it's the most fun Arcade Fire album to-date, touching on genres from art-rock to disco and addressing serious themes in an often-playful way. Brilliant stuff.
10. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
"Excuses" exploded out of nowhere in early 2010 like a blinding ray of summer sun cutting through the cold winter. It is without question my song of the year - a huge pop song swathed in reverb, 60s R&B and big, dense Phil Spector-esque production. Oh, and the rest of Big Echo is damn good too. Operating somewhere between the layered creations of Grizzly Bear and the laid-back pop of Real Estate, The Morning Benders stepped-out in a huge way this year. I enjoyed the band's debut Talking Through Tin Cans, but it barely hints at the level of songwriting, arrangement and maturity that Big Echos. This was my feel good record of the year - it's impossible for me to listen to these 10 songs and not feel warm and fuzzy.
11. Blake Mills - Break Mirrors
I'll be honest - I hadn't heard of Blake Mills until earlier this year when a friend tipped me off to his music shortly before the release of Break Mirrors. I soon found that he had contributed to some of my favorite albums of the past few years, toured with Band Of Horses, Jenny Lewis and many more - oh, and he's only 23. You could see the fantastic Break Mirrors as a man stepping into the spotlight. Many sidemen and session musicians are relegated to the shadows for a reason - not so with Blake Mills. He demonstrates songwriting, musicianship and confidence far beyond his years. From catchy pop to understated folk, Break Mirrors is a varied, complex and just plain phenomenal album that hints at an exciting future for Blake Mills.


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In The Economist Intelligence Unit's survey for CEO Briefing 2014, commissioned by Accenture, insurance executives share the confidence of their peers regarding the prospects for the global economy, their home country and their own industry.
"I'm confident we have a few good years ahead of us with regard to the economy, and that will be helpful to the insurance industry," states Kurt Karl, chief economist at Swiss Re, one of the world's biggest reinsurers.
For some, the next 12 months will certainly bring new opportunities. Robert Benmosche, president and CEO of American International Group (AIG), a multinational insurance company, is among those who are upbeat on their firm's prospects. "Global demand looks strong, and right now we're seeing demand for new products and geographical expansion overlapping in many ways," he says.
The industry's view that emerging markets hold opportunities for growth is a big contributor to the general optimism. Insurers are more upbeat than executives in other industries, with most seeing strong or stable growth in these markets. While 43% of all respondents see a slowdown in major emerging markets in the year ahead, only 33% of insurers believe this will be the case, with 67% predicting strong or stable growth for these markets (compared with 57% overall).
For Mr. Benmosche, the opportunities vary. "Looking at emerging markets is a lot like looking at a weather map in which there are positive and negative situations," he says. He favors Latin America, owing to its economic growth and the expansion of its middle class. While China has good prospects, he sees its ageing population as a challenge. "And the Middle East has to be capable of reinventing itself without depending on oil. In short, everything is changing, and it is necessary to know which way the tide is going."
Among emerging markets, insurers in Asia have benefited from the fact that the region has experienced little recessionary impact. With most of its major economies continuing to grow, many insurers are attracted to this region.
In both developed and emerging markets, insurers are looking to woo new customers with new products and services. More insurance industry executives point to this strategy than those in other industries. Outside their home market, the largest proportion of insurance industry executives (61%) say that they plan to sell new products and services to new customers in emerging markets, far more than their colleagues in the banking sector (45%).
For insurers, the pressure to move forward is mounting. With new market entrants ready to take a slice of insurers' market share—and one-quarter of insurance industry respondents cite this as a risk—the stakes are high. Therefore, the question for an industry that is by its nature cautious is: how quickly can it rise to meet these challenges?
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I've started offering otedama sets again. The first of the improved sets is a cute spring green, white, and eggplant purple with tiny flowers, geometric shapes and ginkgo leaves. If you're not familiar with otedama - it's a traditional Japanese juggling and jacks type game.
Otedama set available for sale here.
I made small sets for my child's class, and found making the sets and playing the game quite addictive.
Traditionally the bean bags are filled with beans, but I used stone in case the bags got wet. (Case in point - I gave a set to a friend. The first time trying her set, she plopped a bean bag into her drink. So to make sure the bags last and can be gently washed, I used a natural material that could get wet.)
Other colors and patterns available upon request. <(^.^)>
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Since I've sold every otedama set that I've listed in the last year, I started a little etsy store dedicated to them. Nice break from always working on stationery. ;) The new store is Ojami at http://ojami.etsy.com.
The current set I'm working on is pink and green pastel with magenta accents and has a bunny as the larger bean bag for the Hawaiian version of the game.
Here's a picture of the post popular set I have in the store right now.
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2019 - Recycled ECO Tawny Owl Boxes
The Barn Owl Centre are very pleased to announce the launch of our ECO Tawny Owl Nest Box.
Our new Tawny Owl Nest Box adds so much more to the range of timber nest boxes we make & supply UK wide.
The huge benefits are that it's a lighter Owl Box & the main structure of the box is made from quality & durable recycled plastic that has superior thermal insulation and heat retaining properties.
With a well thought out & constructed design put in by our experienced conservation team, they have produced a great Tawny Owl Box.
Here's a list of great benefits to our specially designed ECO Tawny Owl Box
- Robust in design & lighter than timber or plywood Tawny Owl Boxes.
- ECO friendly, durable, washable & longer lasting, which means the Owl Box will not rot.
- Waterproof & well ventilated to combat the harshest of UK weather conditions.
- Superior thermal insulation to keep the Owl Box cool during hot weather conditions.
- Breathable floor design that offers great airflow to combat moisture build up from Owl Pellets or any condensation issues.
- Made from quality & durable recycled plastic that has superior thermal insulation and heat retaining properties.
- Our conservation team have professionally tested this Recycled Tawny Owl Box over time against any drawbacks relating to heat & condensation, the results gained proved hugely positive to support the welfare of Owls & their young.
- Recycled materials used are chemical free, making it non toxic to Owls & all wildlife.
- Requires no protective treatment or staining!
- Comes with a 'robust' fixing bracket system.
- Easy to install.
- Comes with a well designed inspection hatch plus a detachable roof for easy access & cleaning.
- Supported with our 'solid timber' entrance porch that has been specially designed to protect the entrance hole from driving wind & rain. This provides a natural entrance point into the box
- Each ECO Tawny Owl Box is sent out with its unique ID number, this means you can record the Tawny Owl Box back to us or to a local project near you. (Recording is Optional)
- Also & most important, our Owl Conservation team are always on the end of the phone from 9am to 9pm daily to offer important support as & when required. (Tel: 01452 383999)
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Obama's $3.6 trillion spending and tax plan is the biggest effort to shift the federal government's role in the economy since Reagan's in 1981. But instead of rolling back government, Obama advocates growing it. ....Shudder.... If Congress declines to raise taxes on carbon emissions, or other areas, it will force the deficit even higher. Likewise, should all his tax increases pass, that could slow the economy even more, and the deficit goes higher still.
I might be for raising taxes if I thought for one minute the Gov would use it to pay down the deficit like Bush I and Clinton did, but I don't trust Obama to do that. He's got way to big of a social agenda and seems to lack a basic understanding of economics. (Clinton also did not control federal spending, considering it increased by almost 30% during his tenure. What saved him was the dramatic increase in tax revenues from a healthy economy created in the tech and other sectors during that time.)
Want to see just how much Obama want's to borrow from your children, watch this:
Politicians, R's and D's alike, just can't resist spending your money, and mortgaging your children's future. The national debt is already nearly $11 TRILLION, that's $35,000 for every person living in America, and this all BEFORE Obama starts with his crazy spending!
The stock market clearly isn't liking what they are hearing from Obama. It's down 20% in the short time since Obama's inauguration and down nearly 40% from the time it was evident that Obama was going to become President. Ouch!
Look at what CNN's Mad Money host Jim Cramer has to say about Obama's policies.
According to a recent poll, over a quarter of those who voted FOR Obama now regret it.
Obama's DISapproval rating has increased from 10% to 26% in just over a month as more people, like me, who had hoped that Obama would be different, have learned about his same-old higher taxes and bigger government programs.
So, what's to be done? How do we get our economy back on it's feet?
I would encourage everyone to read Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman. (A 10-part TV series was also made along with this book.) If ever there was a time for people to understand how our economy works, it's now, while Obama and the Democratic-controlled congress try to reshape our country into the great society.
Milton Friedman, he was was an American economist, statistician and public intellectual, and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Even though this book and his ideas are from a few decades ago, they remain true principles that seem to have been lost.
If you're not familiar with Milton Friedman or his beliefs, you can find several good video interviews with him on YouTube. Here is one small sample of him being interviewed by Phil Donahu.
Get this book, read it, and see if it doesn't make a lot of sense, and if it does, is Obama putting us on the right track?


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Violinist Ernest Salem will perform at Hope College on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Salem will also hold a masterclass on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium in Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited to both events. Admission is free.
Salem is currently professor of music at California State University, Fullerton. He has performed in concerts and recitals across the United States and presented master classes at various universities and colleges. Active as a freelance musician in the Los Angeles area, he has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra, Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Asia American Orchestra and South Coast Symphony.
Formerly concertmaster of the Wichita and Las Cruces Symphonies, Salem has also served as principal second of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and assistant concertmaster of the Texas Chamber and Texas Opera Theater Orchestras. As a chamber musician, Salem has been violinist with California State University, Fullerton's Premiere Trio, first violinist with Wichita State's Fairmount Quartet, a member of the College of St. Benedict's Chamber Ensemble "Pastiche," and violinist with New Mexico State's Delphian Trio.
Currently, he performs regularly as a chamber musician throughout Southern California. In addition to performance activities, Salem has been published in the "American String Teachers' Journal" and the "Long Island Historical Journal."
Salem holds degrees from Michigan State University, the University of Houston and the University of Minnesota. Included among his teachers are Yfrah Neaman, Fredell Lack, Walter Verdehr and members of the Juilliard Quartet.
Alison Edwards will be accompanying Salem for the performance. Edwards is active as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher of piano and piano pedagogy. She has appeared with several orchestras, including the Peninsula Symphony, the Rio Hondo Symphony and the Marina-del Rey/Westchester Symphony; and as a chamber musician with Peter Marsh, violinist and director of chamber music studies at USC, and internationally recognized Korean cellist Young-Chiang Cho.
Edwards' distinguished piano teachers have been Earle Voorhies, Daniel Pollock and Stewart Gordon. She has been a faculty member at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, and presents master classes and lecture-recitals throughout the region.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Sounds good, hit me up when you are ready. I've known Abhi for a while now, so i messaged you, seeing that you guys have played each other before.
Hi Shikha, wanted to know if you'd like to hit sometime next week. Either Thursday or the Saturday evening after 5pm?
I find the e-mails a bit cumbersome to set something up...my cell is below..call at your convenience... Ed
Hi...my cell is 202 494-4843. Are there available courts at CJ at that time...Ed
Sounds good. I'll see you then.
I have other plans on Wednesday, but Thursday would be good for me. Would you mind pushing it back to 7 though?
I work in DC and am usually back home by 7 pm...I can hit this week around 7:30 at Cabin John.. For this week, I can do today, thursday or even friday...Let me know what works best for you..My cell number is 816 785 3276
4.0 in Rockville...Let me know if you wanna hit sometime - Abhi
Are you available to play this coming Saturday morning, 3/31? I'm always interested in meeting new players.
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US Gov't Continues Indicting People For File Sharing; 5 Indicted For NinjaVideo
from the best-use-of-resources? deptAs lots of people have been submitting, the Justice Department, in coordination with Homeland Security's ICE group, have indicted five people associated with the site NinjaVideo.net, claiming that together they represented a "conspiracy" to commit criminal copyright infringement. I will say this: compared to the laughable Rojadirecta case, in which the government fails to even show any actual criminal copyright infringement, the indictment here seems a lot stronger -- and unless they got something in the indictment totally wrong, I would predict that these five people are going to lose and lose badly in court.
Unlike the Rojadirecta case, the indictment suggests that NinjaVideo hosted content itself. It also suggests that these admins were very much directly involved in seeking out and distributing infringing content, and profiting from it. The fact that the feds are charging admins and uploaders together as "a conspiracy," is an interesting move, and one that is probably intended to get around the huge problem in the Rojadirecta case: which is that they show users sharing content, but not making money from it, and they show the site admins making money, but not uploading content. You have to show both by a single party for criminal copyright infringement to have happened. So, in this case, they're trying to link the five people together as a conspiracy. From the indictment, which is obviously one-sided, they make it appear that the two major uploaders were closely aligned with the admins. Whether or not that's actually true may be a big part of determining whether or not this case works. Also, it's not clear from the indictment how the hosting setup worked, and if NinjaVideo itself really hosted the material, but that also will be a key point in the case. Assuming that what's in the indictment is accurate, and not taken out of context, however, I just don't see NinjaVideo standing much of a chance in court.
One really interesting factoid in the indictment for all the Google-haters, who insist that Google is the major supporter of these kinds of sites: Google pretty quickly killed the AdSense account that the NinjaVideo folks had opened, telling them that it was because the site appeared to be distributing infringing works. Google-haters keep insisting that Google never shuts down such accounts, but this appears to be a case where they spotted the site pretty quickly and shut down the account.
TorrentFreak also points to a video made by Hana Amal Beshara, an admin for NinjaVideo who went by the name Phara. The video suggests that she and the others had some serious problems communicating with their lawyers, but that's really not going to matter much.
I still think it's a bit silly for the Justice Department and Homeland Security to be doing this -- as it really should be a civil issue. It seems like Neil MacBride -- the former "anti-piracy" VP for the BSA, and now a US Attorney who was heavily involved in the indictment -- is paying back some favors to the copyright industry he came from. But, this way Hollywood gets taxpayers to pay for these kinds of lawsuits, instead of having to cut back on their own excesses. I also still question the legality of the original seizure of the domain name prior to any adversarial hearing. But, on the whole, these actual charges appear to have a lot more meat to them than what we've seen before in some of the other cases. It won't stop people from infringing, of course. And it won't stop similar communities -- though they'll probably drive those groups a bit further underground, making it more difficult for MacBride and his friends to track them down. But I guess as long as they feel they're "making a difference...."
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On April 3, Pakistan's Express Tribune newspaper published an article, Virtual world, real dangers that summarises how ICTs are used in Pakistan to commit violence against women.
The article quotes Fariha Akhtar, a Take Back the Tech! campaigner and women rights activist who says that women shouldn't respond to this threat by not using information and communications technology. Instead, women need to be careful and be aware about what, and how, they share information online. The article then gives a list of do's and don'ts for women to stay safe online.
To read the article, please click here. And for more information, please read APC's fact sheet, How technology is being used to perpetrate violence against women – and how to fight it.


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Emmy Nominations
Congratulations to Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranski, Martha Plimpton, Dylan Baker, Michael J. Fox, and Mark Saks. Julianna Margulies is nominated for Oustanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series. Archie Panjabi and Christine Baranski are both running for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series. Martha Plimpton is nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series. Dylan Baker and Michael J. Fox are running for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series. Mark Saks is nominated for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series. The Primetime Emmys will be handed out Sunday, Sept. 23.


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I want one with me on it
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You noticed he only puts good cricket players on, yet?Originally Posted by Swervy
Correct. For this reason, the requested 'Ian Harvey' banner has still not been produced.Originally Posted by steds
Damn... There goes my SA requestOriginally Posted by Zeke
you should see me bat when I am in form and dont think I can belt the living dayligts out of every ball that is bowled to me (this is a very rare event at the moment)Originally Posted by steds
Oh, and Brad Haddin will never get a banner!
What about Stuart Law? The super (aussie) batsman who wields his willow for the mighty Lancashire every match
Some suggestions for the England team
THE England team:Andrew Flintoff
The Wheeliebin:Ashley Giles
Crap in ODI's: M Vaughan
The Oval Bully: Trescothick
Todays Chip Paper Wrapping: James Anderson
Tomorrows Chip Paper Wrapping: Steve Harmison
...Originally Posted by Swervy
Hippy hair: Matthew Hoggard
Useless Yorkie: Anthony McGrath
Really A South African: Andrew Strauss/Kevin Pietersen
Who Ate All The Pies?: Robert Key
Stewy is a has been. He's not good enough for the Past Master Series, either. He is lost forever in the vacuum that is English County Cricket!Originally Posted by steds
Blimey, could we have a Devil Ducky's Diary rival?
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Three years later, Haiti still recovering
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti three years ago permanently impacted the work of the Norwich-based Haitian Health Foundation, even though its clinic, school, food and economic development programs are centered in a town 100 miles from the quake's epicenter.
Today, as the island nation marks the third anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010, quake that killed 316,000 people and displaced 1.5 million others, the mood is subdued, according to press reports. Reconstruction of the vast destruction in and around Port-au-Prince has been slow, and only about half of the $5.3 billion pledged by donors has been released. An estimated 350,000 people who lost their homes are still living in camps.
"Absolutely, the country is still recovering. A lot of it still looks pretty bad," Marilyn Lowney, executive director of the foundation, which noted the third anniversary on its website, said Friday. "We know there is Haiti fatigue, but we try to tell our donors not to look at the big picture of Haiti, but to look at the person you're helping. We count our successes one person at a time."
In the immediate aftermath of the quake, the population of Jérémie, the town where the foundation is based, swelled, as refugees came to stay with family and friends. In response, the foundation increased distribution of food and put its school on double sessions. When the cholera epidemic swept the country in the months after the quake, the foundation shifted its preventive health care services to deal with the immediate needs, and maintains an ongoing public education program to help prevent a resurgence of the highly contagious disease, Lowney said.
Today, the town that once had a population of 200,000 is about 230,000, many of them former Port-au-Prince residents who've permanently relocated and have now joined the many other residents who depend on the foundation's services, Lowney said. The foundation helped 700 women who were refugees, who came with only the clothes on their backs, set up as street vendors, selling food, clothing and household items in Jeremie, she said.
In October, Superstorm Sandy struck the poor island, causing widespread damage that was virtually overlooked by much of the world as its attention was turned to the heavy damage to the Northeastern United States, Lowney said.
"Haiti got really slammed," she said, "but we continue our work."
In Jérémie, one of the most severe effects of the storm was the destruction of the subsistence gardens many people depended on. "There's talk of famine," she said.
In addition to continuing to distribute food, feed some 1,100 children daily at its school and several hundred others at a meal site, the foundation has also begun working on a longer-term project that will help residents feed themselves and protect the fragile island environment at the same time. It recently began a tree nursery, Lowney said, that is giving out orange and avocado trees. Fruit from the trees will help feed the population and provide a source of income for the farmers, while the trees themselves will prevent soil erosion that has plagued deforested areas of the country. The foundation is also giving out female breeding goats to provide another source of income.
"The people of Haiti realize the rest of the world is trying to help," she said. "It's a very day-to-day mentality there. We're trying to bring hope."
For information about the foundation, visit: www.haitianhealthfoundation.org.
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As we suspected, the New York Jets' "very exploratory, informal discussions" regarding former Oakland Raiders draft bust JaMarcus Russell were severely overblown.
A source with knowledge of the Jets' plans told Conor Orr of The Star-Ledger, which had the original report, that the team isn't interested in Russell after all. As a matter of common practice, the personnel department of an NFL team performs due diligence on all available free agents. The Jets' interest never advanced beyond that level, according to the report.
It's only natural that a team without a long-term solution at quarterback would at least discuss the feasibility of signing the No. 1 pick from the 2007 draft, once thought to possess all of the physical traits of an elite passer. But why would any team take Russell seriously as a viable comeback project if he can't even bother to drop his weight below 300 pounds?
Russell's arm talent never was in doubt. It always was his commitment level, accountability and maturity that held him back.
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For any space $X$, the first Steenrod square cohomology operation $$Sq^1\colon H^\ast(X;\mathbb{Z}_2)\to H^{\ast +1}(X;\mathbb{Z}_2)$$ is a derivation, meaning that $Sq^1\circ Sq^1 = 0$ and $Sq^1(a\cup b) = Sq^1(a)\cup b + a\cup Sq^1(b)$ (there are no signs since we are working in characteristic two).
Hence we may form the $Sq^1$-cohomology of the space, $$H\left(H^\ast(X;\mathbb{Z}_2),Sq^1\right)$$ which will be a graded algebra over $\mathbb{Z}_2$.
I am looking for references on this object. From McCleary's "User's guide to spectral sequences", I know that this is related to the Bockstein spectral sequence. More specifically, I would like to know:
- What is the precise relationship between the $Sq^1$-cohomology of a space $X$ and $2$-torsion of higher order in $H^\ast(X;\mathbb{Z})$?
- Is there a reference with specific calculations of the $Sq^1$-cohomology of the Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces $K(\mathbb{Z}_2,n)$?
- Are there any canonical references I should know about (besides McCleary and Mosher-Tangora)?