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Saturday I drove up to Pensacola for SQL Saturday #22. Me and several others from Baton Rouge, including my two kids left Baton Rouge around 3AM.
We arrived at SQLSat22 around 7:30AM. We registered and had a few donuts. Then Patrick Jr. (9), Kalyn (5) and myself headed to Steve Jones's 7:30 am Session, Basic SQL Server. After that, I realized that the image for my 10:15 session,Introduction to SharePoint 2010 BI and PowerPivot, was not working. As a result, I needed to find Karla Landrum (SQLSat22 fearless leader) to let here know that I needed to change the session.
So instead of attending a session I went through a few of my presentations and narrowed the list to two. I allowed the room of attendees to vote between Introduction to SQL Profiler or SQL Server Compression. It was unanimous, the Profiler. I had given the presentation a couple of times so it went off without a hitch. Well at least until my little girl, Kalyn, decided that she wanted to co-present. Good times for all, that's all I can say.
Next I attended, Chris Skorlinski, session Introduction to Change Data Capture. This was a great session. I was able to take information from his session to improve my second session. I did not have time to make the changes before my session, but the changes will be added before I give it again. After that it was time for a vendor session and lunch. I attended the FusionIO session, and it was very interesting.
Finally, it was time for the best session of the day, CDC+SSIS=SCD. I quote my good friend Tim Mitchell, "the most entertaining hour of the day". To my surprise there were more speakers in the session than attendees. They waited for me to fail, but to their disappointment it was a complete success. I have to say thanks to Tim Mitchell for saving the day, when my little girl interrupted again,"Dad my tooth fell out". He helped me by helping her rinse it out and wrap it in some tissue for the Tooth Fairy. I am going to make the presentation even better in the weeks to come. If you did not have a chance to join us, I have submitted it to PASS and hopefully it will be selected.
This was my second time Speaking at SQL Saturday in Pensacola and it was a great event. Karla and her team did a great job. There were several well known speakers at the event, Brad McGehee, Kevin Kline, Steve Jones, Trevor Barkhouse, Joe Healy, Troy Gallant, Devin Knight, Barry Ralston, Tim Mitchell, Joe Webb and many more. This was a great event for our Technology Community in Baton Rouge, We had four speakers (William Assaf, Cody Gros, Brian Rigsby, and myself) that made the trip to Pensacola. Unfortunately, I had to leave when my session was over, but I am sure the remainder of the day was awesome.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Joint MDB Adaptation Finance Tracking Workshop on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held from 14 to 25 May in Bonn, Germany. The MDBs discussed the adaptation concept that they will adopt, as well as the high level principles of the joint methodology, and a roadmap to test and disclose the methodology by the 2012 UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) in late November.
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Food logs. Could annihilation be added boring? Probably. Despite that, I'm traveling to altercate that aliment logs can advice you defeat amoroso addiction.
Let's accede that self-report can (and consistently will) accept its abstract ancillary – and that's an accessible drawback. Yet it's still a lot added authentic than a exact account of foods.
Study afterwards analysis abstraction has apparent that self-monitoring through almanac befitting (your food, your workouts, and more) is an acutely accessible tool. This holds authentic whether you plan with a nutritionist or just accumulate the log for your own use.
And you don't accept to do it forever! Even one or two weeks of logging will advice you accomplish changes that can advice you defeat amoroso addiction.
Why not just eat and achievement for the best? In my experience, aliment logs can advice you advance an acquaintance of aliment and bistro behaviors that can't be akin in any added way.
"I Consistently Anticipation I Ate Added Vegetables"
My audience may anticipate they apperceive absolutely what they eat, but they can be wrong. What they say they eat is generally absolutely altered from what their aliment logs acknowledge if they accumulate them and appearance them to me.
Clients who acquaint me verbally what they eat adeptness be anecdotic tendencies only, what they tend to accept as a rule. Those accepted descriptions don't (and can't) cover deviations from the basal plan – added snacks, abrupt treats, lunches out, banquet invitations, cooler consumption, and so on.
Food logs will generally be added accurate. They accommodate a almanac of all foods eaten, including the ones you adeptness wish to forget, or baby tastes and samples that are simple to forget.
Food logs can acknowledge aliment groups that adeptness be missing, such as vegetables or abundant protein.
Important aliment facts cover added than just which foods you eat. They cover if you eat, allocation sizes, and breadth of time amid meals.
An authentic log will aswell appearance allocation sizes. Taken together, all of this advice can advice you advance your comestible balance, which in about-face can advice you ascendancy your amoroso intake.
Logging Shows Patterns That Accomplish You Stumble
Food logs can appearance patterns. I don't advance that you try to assay your bistro habits and patterns while you're befitting the log, but I do advance that you accomplish it easy.
One applicant kept his log on his phone. Anniversary page had alone one meal at a time. To compare, say, his breakfast from day to day, I had to cast through three commons on anniversary day – and of advance acquire anniversary of his breakfasts because there was no way to analyze the commons ancillary by side.
At atomic use a log that shows an absolute day's aliment assimilation on one page. Seeing your own patterns increases your acquaintance and your adeptness to change assertive bistro habits that may be accepting in your way.
Nighttime binges, a accepted problem, adeptness be due to absence breakfast. The physique will tend to "correct" the arrears by authoritative up for it later.
A agnate calorie alteration can action if you absorb too little aliment throughout the day. If you apperceive you'll be gone all day and activity hungry, try to plan acceptable commons or candy that don't yield abundant time to eat. Accompany those foods with you, if necessary, so you abstain the starve-now-binge-later trap.
A applicant of abundance acclimated to abstain aliment all day because she consistently binged on amoroso backward in the day. She anticipation it would advice her cut down on her calories overall. Of course, her circadian "fast" was one of the affidavit she binged later. Addition acumen was what she ate during the day.
Nighttime binges can aswell be acquired by academician chemistry. The caliginosity access of endorphins (beta-endorphin) increases appetite. That may accompany with end-of-day accent relief.
If you accept a addiction of application aliment – abnormally amoroso – for accent relief, it's acceptable a aftereffect of both accent hormones and academician chemistry, not your abridgement of willpower. If accent ends as your banal does, that can activate amoroso binges (or over-consumption in general) in the evening. It adeptness abide for several hours.
Patterns like these aren't necessarily something audience can apperceive themselves, which is addition acumen that a aliment log can help.
Logging Reveals What You May Be Hiding
Food logs can aswell acknowledge smokescreens – whether they're advised or not. This is best illustrated with some absolute examples.
One client, a amoroso addict, submitted a aliment log that was abundant in about every respect. She included absolute advice on every aliment in every meal she ate, forth with her exact allocation sizes.
When it came to vegetables, though, the log would artlessly say "vegetables." She never defined which ones – or how abundant of them she'd eaten.
It looked like a bright case of ambuscade how few vegetables she was eating. If she tasted one tiny bait of broccoli, was she advertisement that as "vegetables"? Was she acquisitive I wouldn't apprehension the vagueness because of all the added details?
I acicular out the alterity amid the attention everywhere abroad in her log and the abridgement of attention with account to her vegetable intake. She seemed confused. As I recall, she decrepit something about defective to be added accurate.
Did she absolutely not apperceive what she was doing? Obviously, I couldn't apprehend her mind, but I bisected accepted her to say instead, "Oops, busted!"
Another applicant appear that she had amorphous to eat vegetables – something she wasn't accomplishing if we started alive together.
This applicant acclimated to accompany her aliment logs but never appearance them to me. One day, I asked if I could see the log for that week. She looked afraid but let me attending at it. The alone vegetables she had eaten were blah and carrots – not the ones I'd been acquisitive she'd alpha eating. I consistently advance green.
A third applicant told me that, on her birthday, she had eaten a allotment of the block a acquaintance fabricated for her. Her aliment log showed that she had eaten block every day for 5 days.
Logging Can Stop a Affair In Progress
Logging your aliment can change what and how you eat. Most audience acquaint me that logging has fabricated them added acquainted of what they eat. Even better, they say it has chock-full them from bistro clutter – just because they didn't wish to address it in their logs.
It's about accustomed to stop autograph in a aliment log if a amoroso advance hits. I'd advance that you abide to accumulate your log – even if you don't like it. Maybe abnormally if you don't like it. It can stop the amoroso advance cold.
One applicant kept accepting amoroso cravings, but I never accepted why. Based on the aliment logs he showed me, it didn't assume accessible that he'd still acquaintance cravings. I never saw a individual day with any amoroso intake, yet he'd consistently acquaint me how difficult he begin it to abide his amoroso cravings.
I said they'd go abroad in time, but he seemed surprised. (That should accept been a red banderole for me.) Finally, he accepted that he chock-full logging whenever he ate sugar.
It's difficult to accumulate logging if you're bistro foods you apperceive will demolition you, but it can change your behavior actual effectively. The afterward archetype shows the change.
One applicant ate amoroso consistently and would again acquisition herself bingeing. That arrangement happened frequently. She would aswell stop logging as anon as the affair started.
We agreed that she would accumulate logging. She didn't accept to appearance me the logs, but she'd address down aggregate she ate during the binge.
When she did that, her binges got smaller. And the affair episodes became beneath than they were if she just alone her aliment log.
Logging Helps You Clue Your Amoroso Attack
A aliment log can advice you clue triggers for a amoroso attack. Did you eat amoroso aboriginal in the day? That can advance to changes in both appetence and aliment preferences, either that day or even the next day or so.
A applicant already asked if she could "take weekends off from logging" her food. Obviously, I couldn't stop her from accomplishing it, but I didn't accept it.
It was assertive to animate her amoroso addiction. I pictured her endlessly the log on Friday – not even at the end of the day – again bistro with agrarian carelessness for several canicule and re-starting her log ancient on Monday. Or even Tuesday.
We would accept no almanac of her aliment during those off-log days. I knew not befitting a almanac would animate her to accord in to her amoroso addiction and cravings. With no log, there would be no albatross and (in her mind) no consequences.
Of course, she wouldn't lose the weight she capital to lose, and I wouldn't be able to drillmaster her with any success because we'd accept no record. She'd again apparently abdicate the affairs and acquaint others it didn't work.
Well, she did yield those canicule off from "logging" for a while. She fabricated no improvements during that time. If she assuredly absitively to accumulate her log day in and day out, she absent the weight she capital to lose. She aswell got such a abundant medical address that her doctor beatific me a acknowledgment note.
Then there was the woman who had been to 8 altered nutritionists and had kept a aliment log for every one of them. She told me I was the alone nutritionist who in fact apprehend the logs. Yikes.
I can't explain why the added practitioners did what they did – or how they could accomplish accessible recommendations after alive what their audience were eating.
What I apperceive is this: A aliment log is a solid accountability tool, whether you appearance it to anyone or not.


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What!? Look at plans for compulsory sterilization, abortion
Former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson says 'we were not allowed to talk about it'
By Michael F. Haverluck
A stunning Planned Parenthood document that includes radical ideas such as compulsory abortion and sterilization; special "permits" to have children; penalizing parents; and encouraging homosexuality dovetails with some Obamacare mandates, according to a former Planned Parenthood director.
Abby Johnson, who left her position after helping with an abortion and writing about her experience in "unPLANNED," said the document has been around for 40 years but has been virtually ignored.
"When I worked at Planned Parenthood, there was something that we were not allowed to talk about," Johnson said. "If we didn't talk about it, then maybe no one else would either. It was called the Jaffe Memo."
The document is a memorandum about population control
to Population Council President Bernard Berelson from Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood.
It suggests fertility control agents in the water supply; applying a "substantial marriage tax" as well as a "child tax"; taxing married couples more than singles; eliminating maternity leaves or benefits; removing child care facilities and then requiring women to work; compulsory abortion and sterilizations; and a "stock certificate type permit for children."
Johnson explained that in 1969, the federal government asked Planned Parenthood to offer ideas to address overpopulation."
"They did just that," she said. "What is in the memo as a 'solution' to overpopulation is astonishing. And, I'm sorry to say, it looks like the Jaffe memo is starting to show its face in our culture."
She said she found out something during her current pregnancy that spurred her to try to bring attention to Jaffe's work.
She said she found out that not only did her insurance plan exclude maternity coverage, she could not find any private insurance companies offering such coverage.
Their answers were not only alike but alarming, she said.
After calling 18 insurance companies, each gave her the same reply: "When Obama enacted his 'health care reform,' he mandated that maternity coverage not be available to any private insurance company."
This made Johnson question if Obamacare is part of the agenda to discourage pregnancy, an agenda that her former employer apparently tried to conceal for decades.
The memo includes:
- Social Constraints: 1) Restructure Family – postpone or avoid marriage, alter image of ideal family size; 2) Compulsory education of children; 3) Encourage increased homosexuality; 4) Educate for family limitation; 5) Fertility control agents in water supply; 6) Encourage women to work
- Economic Deterrents: 1) Modify tax policies – substantial marriage tax, child tax, tax married more than single, remove parents tax exemption, additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school; 2) Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits; 3) Reduce/eliminate children's or family allowances; 4) Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing; 5) Pensions for women of 45 with less than N children; 6) Eliminate welfare payments after first 2 children; 7) Chronic depression; 8) Require women to work and provide few child care facilities; 9) Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans and subsidies to families with more than N children
- Social Controls: 1) Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; 2) Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three; 3) Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults; 4) Stock certificate type permits for children; 5) Housing policies – discouragement of private home ownership, stop awarding public housing based on family size; 6) Payments to encourage sterilization; 7) Payments to encourage contraception; 8) Payments to encourage abortion; 9) Abortion and sterilization on demand; 10) Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically; 11) Improve contraceptive technology; 12) Make contraception truly available and accessible to all; 13) Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element
Four years after the report was published in 1969, abortion was legalized in the U.S. Since then, some 54 million unborn children have been aborted, which averages about 3,000 babies being killed every day.
Also, today there are more women than men in the American workforce. And from the year of the report through this year, the unwed birth rate has increased 300 percent, while the unmarried domestic partnership rate from that time through the turn of the century escalated almost six-fold. Since 1970, marriages have declined 30 percent, while divorce has increased by 40 percent.
Homosexual indoctrination also is becoming prevalent in schools, and many times children are offered free contraception without their parents' knowledge.
"Scary, isn't it?" Johnson asked. "What is scarier is that some of these things are happening … and they have begun to happen under Obama's reign. … 'Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits.' Sound familiar?"
Johnson is all too familiar with the so-called "progress" Planned Parenthood has made since its inception nearly a century ago and emphasizes how the abortion provider took in $1 billion in revenues last year alone.
"They are pushing for no restrictions on birth control and abortion," Johnson asserted. "And guess who is right alongside them leading the charge? Our commander in chief, Barack Obama."
And Johnson warns against Planned Parenthood's front as a family friendly "healthcare provider" that claims to look out for the welfare of the nation's women and children.
"Don't be naïve," Johnson urged. "This memo is still Planned Parenthood's ultimate desire. Abortion and contraceptives on demand … that is their goal. They will do anything to make it happen … including coercion, breaking the law, underhanded deals, and dirty politics."
Johnson's position on abortion took a drastic shift two years ago after seeing an ultrasound of a 13-week-old preborn baby struggling for life inside the mother's womb before being killed. She witnessed the scene as a director at one of Planned Parenthood's facilities in Texas and later turned pro-life. The abortion provider initially got a gag order on her to keep her from disclosing inside information about the questioned organization's practices.
But Johnson is not content to merely point out what Planned Parenthood and the government are doing.
"It is time to fight back," she said. "I do not want to live in a communist country. That, of course, would be no problem for Planned Parenthood. … They would end up on top in a communist regime."
Widespread infanticide currently is taking place in communist China, where mothers are allowed to have only one child. In Russia, 73 percent of all pregnancies end up in abortion.
"Just think of what could happen in the next 50 years if pro-lifers don't stand up against this organization," Johnson said. "Forced abortion … it could happen. Limits on children … another possibility."
Johnson offers ways to battle the abortion industry and save innocent lives:
- Spread this message to other people who value life
- Show people what Planned Parenthood is really about
- Go pray at a clinic
- Reach out to abortion clinic workers
- Only vote for candidates who clearly state they will remove funding from Planned Parenthood.
"This memo is real … and it is really happening in our country," Johnson emphasized. "This is not just a fight we have on our hands … it is a war. Let's put on our armor. Truth still matters."


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I have a friend emergency to tend to, so I will be out of all internet contact for at least a couple of days. Teresa or Sharlene (email@example.com) can probably get in touch with me by phone in dire need, but I´m hoping that pinta, lynx, evangeline, and the others will be able to help most of the cavy questions. I´m sure they can handle it.
If it isn´t urgent, you may still email me, but be aware it may be some time before the email is answered.
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- Thanks for the Memories
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I hope everything will be ok. Talk to you soon.
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Whew! That was fast! I am home already. I thought I was going to be gone for at least a couple more days, but there is good news. My friend went in for an emergency C-Section on Valentine´s Day and she and the baby (5 weeks early) are doing well. I was taking care of the house, dogs, and a couple of kids. Dad came home to relieve me. I´m glad the outcome was so good. Except for a small body size and no body fat, the baby is doing remarkably well for his age.
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Thanks. It´s nice to have it all over. We all knew it was a high-risk pregnancy and my friend was on strict bed-rest and eating habits due to gestational diabetes. Despite all of the work I know she did, her blood sugar was still too high and the baby was not moving well or growing, which is why they did the c-section.
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A Medieval bronze Vessica seal matrice for MARRTINI D FONTANESO depicting Christ or a saint on horseback above a praying figure, old identification tag, 37mm.
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Andrew's career began in 1989 after a work experience position led to a post with a regional firm involving weekly general and monthly fine art sales. He conducted his first auction sale at the age of 18 and went on to win the West Midlands Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers 'Young Auctioneer of the Year' award in 1994, going on to represent the region in the national finals. He joined Fieldings in 2005 dealing with probate and estate work within the company, involving his interests in 20th Century design items, furniture and collectables. Some of Andrew's favourite finds include a bronze 'Head of Albert Einstein' by Sir Jacob Epstein that sold for £56,000, an early 19th Century targe shield that sold for £9,200 and a Chinese bamboo brush pot that achieved £6,800.


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April 16th, 2011 marks Foursquare Day around the globe. Now in its second year, more than 150 cities are participating in a global group-hug check-in to the platform with more than 8 million users.
Why April 16th? According to founder Dennis Crowley, "Since four-squared equals 16, it would be great to check into Foursquare and create Foursquare Day on the 4th 16th of the year, otherwise known as 4/16 or April 16th."
In addition to the special Foursquare Day badge, several other social media powerhouses are jumping on board, not the least of which is McDonald's.
After posting a 33% increase in checkins on Foursquare Day last year, the company had pledged to join in the fun once again. This time they've come up with a creative offer that shows off one of our favorite characters — among foursquare users, at least — Mayor McCheese.
100 people (they will be randomly selected) who become the mayor of their local McDonald's on Foursquare Day will get a unique, vintage Mayor McCheese shirt.
In addition, Untappd the location based mobile web application that lets you share your favorite beers, as well as where you're enjoying them, has created a special badge you can earn via linkage to your Foursquare Day check-in.
Here in Toronto, where I'm based, an event MC'd by the fabulous Lauren O'Nizzle is planned with sponsorship support from the likes of Virgin Mobile, Chapters Indigo, Love Sewing, Canadian Stage, and TIFF.
Also, the folks from Mill Street Brewery will be out between 8:30-9:30 pm for a 4SQDayYYZ beer tasting! Did I say beer again?
Over at the Location Based Marketing Association, we're pumped to be the official promotional sponsor for the day. The event is being held at the Firkin on King and folks can join the meet-up here: http://www.meetup.com/foursquare/Toronto-CA/
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Larry Hockensmith—a licensed power pilot for over 40 years, but still a student glider pilot—was flying over the Cleveland National Forest, a few miles southwest of Lake Elsinore, CA, when he executed a rather dramatic and unfavorable outlanding, effectively "totaling" his Schweizer 1-26 sailplane, valued at $8,500.
The entire event was captured in eery, HD silence—the GoPro video providing an invaluable after-the-fact learning aid, from which Hockensmith and fellow pilots can watch and determine what went wrong and how better to handle a similar such situation in future, should that ever become necessary.
The admirably eloquent write-up accompanying his YouTube post appears in full below:
Complacency has no place in soaring. I was trained better than to have lingered on the lee-side of a ridge over rough terrain. The dramatic outlanding was due to my actions exclusively.
While tight turns over roofs, brushing treetops and dodging street signs are not desired flight maneuvers, they do make for interesting viewing. An almost perfect (for a power pilot and plane but not a sailplane) landing until an unnoticed mailbox catches the right wing of the sailplane about 8 inches from the tip.
The original is 16 minutes of Full High Definition Video and shows every second of the events leading to this out-landing/ crash. It has been closely reviewed and much learning has taken place. My instructor, safety officer, FAA and NTSB were all outstanding professionals in helping grow skills from this experience.
More videos on this are coming. See if you can spot how the differences between a power pilot's training and a glider pilot's training could have contributed to this outcome.


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Essential Tips for Working Remotely: Expert Phil Montero Provides Insight and Advice
Working from home is more prevalent and more widely accepted than ever. With 26.2 million teleworkers in the U.S. in 2010, the virtual workforce is expected to grow in coming years.
In a survey of senior leaders and hiring managers of Fortune 500 companies with at least 5,000 employees, more than half believe the virtual workforce will steadily or greatly increase at their company (see more amazing stats on this Teleworking infographic). If you are part of the teleworkforce, there are things you need to know to succeed. The free webinar is called Three Secrets to Turning Your Office into The Anywhere Office.
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Business as usual no longer involves working in a centralized office at set times. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, telecommuter or remote worker, modern workflow is far more dynamic and individual. There are smart ways to work (and lead) without an office.
Phil Montero, the founder of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com and recognized expert in cloud computing and mobile work, has created a blueprint for "virtual work" that he calls The Anywhere Office. In this webinar, Phil shares three secrets to mobilize your workstyle and make your business and projects more flexible.
These simple steps will allow you to work wherever and whenever you want. Phil will show you how to:
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Managing the Challenges of Alzheimer's: Part Two
The following, from the Home Instead Senior Care® network and Vickie Dellaquila, certified professional organizer and author of Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash, are 10 reasons seniors can't or won't give up their stuff and what to do about it.
• The Sentimental Attachment
The beloved prom dress represents the history and memories of the event; it's not the dress itself. Save only a piece of the dress to make a quilt or display in a shadow box. Scrapbooking and converting photos to DVDs are other ways to save trea-sured keepsakes without all the extra mess.
• The Sense Of Loyalty
Older adults who've received gifts from family and friends may be reluctant to part with them. Encourage your loved one to give unused gifts back to the giver or grandchildren.
• The Need To Conserve
Seniors are the original green people. Appeal to a senior's desire to help others. "You went through the Great Depression, now it's time for you to let go and help someone else." Counter a senior's inclination to conserve by appealing to their desire to give back.
• The Fatigue
A home with a lifetime of memories can easily become too much for an older adult to handle. Help seniors manage clutter by establishing online bill paying. Also, get your senior off junk-mail lists, which can put them at risk for identity theft. Buy them a shredder.
• The Change In Health
Seniors who have suffered a brain trauma or stroke, who are wheelchair bound or who are experiencing dementia may no longer be able to man-age household duties, which could contribute to clutter. If you see a health change, encourage your senior to visit his or her doctor and consider a pro-fessional organizer and caregiver to help your loved one.
• The Fear
Seniors often fear what will happen if they give up their stuff, like the older adult who saved three generations of bank statements. Use logic and information to help seniors understand it's okay to let go.
• The Dream of the Future
Those clothes in the closet don't fit anymore, but your loved one is sure that some day she'll lose enough weight to get into them. Ask seniors to fill a box with clothing they don't wear much and make a list of the items in the box. Agree that if they have not gone back to the box in six months to wear the item, they will donate that to charity.
• The Love of Shopping
Today's seniors have more money than any other previous generation of older adults and they love to shop. Clutter can become so bad seniors can't find things and they repurchase items they already have, contributing to the clutter cycle. Try to convince seniors to cut back and to say "no" to free stuff.
• The History And Memories
Keepsakes represent history and memories. Encourage se-niors to take old photos to a family reunion and share with several generations. Let seniors know they can contribute to the history of their time and leave a lasting legacy by donating to museums and historical societies, a theater and library or churches and synagogues.
•The Loneliness
Stuff can become a misplaced companion. Loneliness may also lead to depression, which makes it difficult for seniors to get organized. Consider the services of a professional organizer and caregiver. For more information, go to the National Association of Professional Organizers at www.napo.net or visit www.homeinstead.com.
Other experts contributing to these tips include Katherine "Kit" Anderson, CPO-CD, president of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization; University of Kansas Professor Dr. David Ekerdt, who is coordinating a "household moves" project to determine the role that posses-sions play in older people's housing decisions; and University of New Mexico Researcher Dr. Catherine Roster.


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Hostages 101: Here's What Happened All Season to Prep You For the Finale
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Were you one of those people who tuned in for the Hostages premiere and promptly tuned out? Well, the season finale is Monday and you may be among those who are curious to find out what happened, but are afraid you won't understand a darn thing. Luck… Read more


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It's got everything going for it. Deep virgin forests, gurgling brooks, breath-taking campsites, miles of undulating meadows, snow and ice, and the taste of a great adventure as you climb from 8,000 ft to 17,000 ft in 4 days.
Your trek starts at Lohajung (8,600 ft), a tiny pass, that slips in through the Gwaldam face of the mountain and into the Wan valley.
Lohajung is the last stop for replenishing supplies. It is not a supermarket, but you get your usual potatoes, onions, and everyday vegetables. Even film rolls. Stock yourself well and book yourself a room at the GMVN rest house or the FRH (Forest Rest House). K S Danu, the caretaker is helpful and will arrange guide, porters and mules for the trek as well.
Getting porters isn't difficult and they are usually hovering around the bus stop. If you want a helpful guide who looks after you well, ask specifically for Narendra. All contact numbers are alongside.
Taking mules for the trek makes more sense than taking porters. Mules eat grass (plenty available on the trek) and not food (so saves you food costs on porters). Mules carry more load than porters and finally, they don't give you any trouble. The flip side: mules cost Rs 350 per day. Porters Rs 225. Guide: Rs 450 (updated rates as on September 2010). Check to see that you negotiate on a per day basis and not on 'padav' basis. 'Padav' rate is on per camp and not on per day. So if you advance two camps in one day, you'll pay for two camps.
Roopkund trek: GMVN guest house, Loharjung. It will cost you about Rs 150 per person per day (approximately), less if your group is larger.
Roopkund trek: Patwal Tourist Lodge, Loharjung. It will cost you Rs 250 per room (twin sharing). A cleaner and brighter place to stay in Loharjung.
Roopkund: Day 1. Loharjung to Didna (4½ hrs. Level: Easy initially, moderate climb at the end).
From Loharjung, just behind the bus stand is a trail that takes you to Raun Bagad, an iron bridge, just below Didana village. This is a well marked descending trail through mixed forests.
Alternative, follow the road that leads to Wan. It's a 6 km easy walk to Kulling village and then descend to Raung Bagad.
Whatever route you take, it is a good way to flex your hamstrings before you start your climb to Didana Village.
All along your walk to Raun Bagad/Kulling you hear the whistles of the thrushes, the soft chirps of the swallows amongst the Rhododendrons. Below, the Wan river tumbles about as it rushes to meet the Bedni Ganga and seemingly out of the depths of the river, you'll spot Lammergeiers, their massive wings stretched out catching the eddies.
It is not uncommon to spot the yellow throated marten on this section. Martens have a yellow and black head and back, a deep canary yellow throat, and a bushy black tail. Though it is a bit clumsy on the ground, it climbs trees very well. We spotted one crossing and recrossing our path for a while. The locals don't like them and shoo them away with a pellet of stones. Martens are good stealers and often grab a hen from the villages.
If you have taken the route on the road, Kulling village springs out on you at a bend (6 kms from Loharjung, 8,200 ft). A cluster of white set against the emerald green of stepped hills. Kulling is a cluster of not more than 20 houses. Count them in the picture below. This is the entire Kulling village.
Roopkund trek: Kulling Village. Catch the trail that leads out from the bottom of the village like a tail. That's the trail you have to take. Click on image for a larger view.
From the Kulling village, it is quite a descent to the Wan river. You drop height and you don't like it, knowing in a while you'll have to climb all the height lost on the other bank.
If you have taken the trail through the mixed forest, then it is a gradual descent to the river and you don't feel it.
2 hours out of Loharjung, you reach an iron bridge over the river. This is Raun Bagad, a grassy bank on the river -- a good place to camp. Think about this if you reach Loharjung early and looking for a camp site that gives you a head start.
The trail starts to climb right after you cross the river. It is a zig-zag climb to Didna. The climb's moderate but your legs tire easily. You aren't used to it and your body's mechanism rebel. Breathing hard, you'll reach Didna in about an hour and half's time. Stretch it to two if you are out of condition.
Didana village can be a bit confusing with many trails running into it. Stick to the trails that go around the village on the outer peripheri -- they lead directly to the Didana camp site, a clearing 200 ft above the village.
Didna camp site is a grassy field just 10 minutes above the village. An ideal spot with a clear stream running down to its right. The campsite gazes across the valley. Loharjung, Kulling and Wan span left to right in a sweep. Behind you through the Oak forest, high above is your destination for tomorrow -- the twin meadows of Ali and Bedni Bugyal.
Roopkund trek: Didana Camp site
Roopkund Trek facts:
There are two ways to reach Ali Bugyal from Didna. If you are looking across the valley (like in the photograph), to your left is Tolpani a cluster of shepherd's hut 3 kms away and 1,000 ft higher. The trail to Tolpani moves away from the general direction of Ali Bugyal. At Tolpani it veers a sharp left, traverses across the mountain side, high above the Didna camp site and joins the trail to Ali.
An alternative route is to climb directly to Ali without going to Tolpani. My suggestion: If you reach Didna early, take a side excursion to Tolpani. It is a good climb through some of the densest oak you'll see. Under you is a never ending brown carpet of leaves. The climb to Tolpani is refreshing, helps you acclimatise and gets your limbs ready for the next day's tough climb to Ali Bugyal. Don't camp at Tolpani, but return to your Didna camp site. Didna to Tolpani and back can be done in 3 hours. Next day, climb directly to Ali Bugyal.
Day 2
Roopkund: Didna to Bedni Bugyal (via Ali Bugyal) (4½ - 5 hrs. Level moderate: Stiff climb at the beginning, easy walk at the end).
Start early from Didna. You want to get most of the climb behind you before the weather closes in sometime in the afternoon. You'll miss your best views of Ali bugyal with Trishul forming the backdrop if you get to Ali too late.
The trail's just to the right of the Didna camp site, hanging over the shoulder of Didna village. You cross the village and immediately afterwards the trail veers right and gets steep. Soon, you are amidst oaks and you can catch glimpses of Didna's rooftops below you. 10 mins later you come across a stream. Stop to catch your breath and fill in your water bottles. This is the last water point and there isn't any water source until Bedni, 4 hrs away. The water's cool and crisp and feeds the Didna village.
The climb through the dense oak forest is seductive. Sun beams light up the moss laden bark of the tress. A brown carpet of leaves marks the trail. The air is cool enough to make your sweat cold. Around you is a dense foliage of green, and as you climb the sweet smell of moist earth lingers around.
It is a 2,500 ft climb from Didna to Ali. Quite a bit if you are not used to climbing. Take it nice and slow and enjoy the views. It is perhaps one of the best that Himalays has to offer through dense oak forests.
The forest starts to thin after about 2½ hrs of climb (make it 3 if you are slow)Suddenly, abruptly, the oak falls behind you and stretched in front of you is a largest, greenest rolling carpet ever laid out for you. You've arrived at Ali Bugyal.
All tiredness forgotten, you soak in the mesmerising sight of the undulating meadows of Ali Bugyal. You are on the top of a ridge that spreads in every direction. Acres and acres of green meadow scooped out of the mountainside.
Clouds drift in from below, glide over the ridge and slide down the either side, all in a slow swift motion. You watch countless horses grazing on the bounty of nature. Foals tearing themselves across the turf in an uninhibited abandon, just being themselves.
The climb over, leisurely walk your way to Bedni Bugyal, 5 kms away and more or less at the same level. If you are tempted to take off your shoes and allow the feel of the carpet on your toes, just go ahead and do it!
Roopkund trek: My favourite picture. Just as I had composed the flowers on my viewfinder, the horse looked up and set up a perfect shot.
Towards the end of Ali Bugyal there's a short steep climb of 10 minutes before the trail leads you to Bedni Bugyal. The weather fluctuates in these parts and you can have moments of wild sunshine followed by anxious cloud cover. Keep your raincoat handy. Sometimes it rains for a few minutes leaving you frustrated, at times it could rain for a few hours.
A "L" in the folds of the mountain, and the Bedni Bugyal campsite unfolds below you, another heavenly strip of green overlooking the western valley. There's a tea house that serves up some much welcoming warm tea after your exhilarating climb to Bedni. You can get a bed here too, but chances are that some trekker would have already booked it. The GMVN rest house at Bedni can be booked in advance at Loharjung or online.
Roopkund trek: The Bedni Bugyal camp site (11,500 ft). If you want a perfect setting for camping in the Himalays, then Bedni would be among the top in your list.
Roopkund trek: Day 3
Bedni Bugyal to Bhagwabasa (4 - 4½ hrs. Level moderate: Easy assent at the beginning, gradual decent followed by a stiff climb in the middle. Easy walk at the end).
There's is a big change in the days trek. You start at the meadows, gradually climb out of them, make a steep dash to gain height and finally camp on the snow line. The day's trek will also see you climbing from 11,500 ft to 14,500 ft. For the first time on the trek you will feel the effects of altitude and thin air.
Start your day early again. You want to be in Bhagwabasa as early as possible to acclimatise yourself to the altitude before your final push to Roopkund. The trail to Bhagwabasa climbs out of the Bedni campsite in a gradual, easy meander. From your Bedni campsite you can follow it with your eye for 3 kms before it disappears into a saddle in the mountain.
It makes sense to break the day's trek into smaller stages. Stage one: Bedni Camp site to saddle on the mountain, where the trail crosses over. Stage two: Gradual decent to Patal Nachauni over the Ghora Lotani meadows. Stage three: Steep climb to Kalu Vinayak. Stage four: Gradual decending snow line walk to Bhagwabasa.
Stage one: There are two ways to catch the trail to Bhagwabasa. The easier option is to retrace your steps of yesterday to the point where you left the main trail to get into the Bedni campsite enclave (5-7 mins walk backwards). Get on the Roopkund trail and carry on your hike up and above the Bedni Camp site. Another option is to start from your camp site, skirt the Bedni Kund from the right, climb up the slope behind the Kund, and climb up to the trail from any direction you deem fit. This will save you half an hour to 45 mins of trekking time, but can leave you breathless.
Roopkund trek Bedni Bugyal to Bhagwabasa: In the picture below, the route marked in yellow is the regular trail. The one in green are the short cuts that you can take. Let the picture not fool you. It is quite a climb to reach the 'yellow' trail. Click on the picture for a bigger view.
Stage Two: When you cross the saddle, the trek exposes you to the other side of the ridge. The scenery is differently mesmerising. For the first time you also see remnants of the winter snow on the mountain flanks (on the other side). It is still meadow country and below you are the meadows of Ghora Lotani, the last stop for the horses. Beyond Ghora Lotani the meadows merge into the mountain side.
Ghora Lotani makes an excellent camp site. In fact an additional day spent at Ghora Lotani will help to acclimatise to the altitude, plus offer you great views. Not much has been written on Ghora Lotani but think of camping here either on your way to Roopkund or on your way back. It offers as good views as Bedni and has the added bonus of a strange sense of isolation. You can just about camp anywhere at Ghora Lotani, but ideally look to camp near the end of the meadows. A clear stream spews out of the side of slope and makes for a very good water source.
Roopkund trek: The Ghora Lotani camp site. Remarkable in its isolation. 12,500 ft
It takes about ½ hr to traverse over the Ghora Lotani meadows, before you reach the second saddle. Here, on your left you can see a trail that heads down to Bhuna (and further on to Sitel and Suthol). Upwards is your climb to Kalu Vinayak. The saddle signals the end of the meadows.
Take a break here, swig a bottle of water, tighten your straps and ready yourself for the climb to Kalu Vinayak
Roopkund trek: Patal Nachauni. The legends are more impressive than the location, but take a look before you start your climb to Kalu Vinayak.
The climb to Kalu Vinayak is a steep zig-zag up the mountain side and will take you to 14,500 ft. The distance isn't much, and the zig-zag trails makes you gain height very rapidly. Climb this section very slowly.
There really is no hurry and even if you are the slowest on the team you can reach Bhagwabasa in comfortable time. Take 10 minute breaks every 15 minutes. This is a cruicial height where most climbers feel the thinness in the air. You get breathless very soon and sometimes even feel dizzy. This would be ok, if you did not have to do the Roopkund climb the next day. Most folks climb this section like any other climb and find it difficult to acclimatise to the Roopkund altitude later on. Treat this section as the most crucial bit of your trek. In climbing time it takes around 1½ hrs to climb to Kalu Vinayak. Stretch it to 2½ hrs, even if you can climb quicker. By doing this, you'll find your body adjusting to the increased height and the lack of oxygen.
Climbing to Kalu Vinayak is a thrill and everytime you look up and take a bend on the trail, the ridge line gets closer, drawing you, inspiring you. Around you are the green, sheer mountainside. Below, you can follow the trail that you took from the first saddle over Ghora Lotani and finally to Kalu Vinayak.
Roopkund trek: Half way up to Kalu Vinayak, looking down over Ghora Lotani. You can follow the trail all the way from the first saddle to up where I am. From this height everything looks tiny.
Kalu Vinayak gets its name from the black Ganesh idol enclosed in a stone shrine just as you finish the climb from Ghora Lotani. Lots of temple bells and a large plate for you to make a donation. Everyone offers a prayer here for a safe pilgrimage to Roopkund. A donation of Rs 10/- is standard. Some offer biscuits instead! Choose!
Roopkund trek: The Kalu Vinayak Shrine. You touch snowline here.
Beside the Kalu Vinayak shrine and right next to it you hit your first patch of snow. You are at the snow line.
The trail from Kalu Vinayak to Bhagwabasa is easy and gently sloping downwards. Bhagwabasa is 2 kms away and you can see the Bhagwabasa huts if you follow the trail with your eye. The trail meanders through snow patches.
Be careful on these snow patches. In June, by mid-day, they get soft and you can find yourself sinking to your knees in them. Step gingerly, quickly and skip your way across them. Better still, skirt around them.
Bhagwabasa is a cluster of stone huts put up by enterprising locals. The charge is on a bed basis. It could be Rs 150 to Rs 200 per bed depending on the season. On lean seasons the rates could go down to Rs 50. If you are staying at Bhagwabasa the locals will also cook for you at an additional cost. Carry your own sleeping bag -- the nights are extremely cold.
If you are carrying tents, then don't pitch camp at Bhagwabasa. Move ahead for another 5 minutes and you get a camp site on your left. This is Hunia Thal, a small clearing. There's space enough for 4 tents and no more. The place is rocky, but you don't have much of an option.
Roopkund trek: The Hunia Thal campsite. Just room enough for 4 tents. Note the rocky terrain. 14,500ft
At Bhagwabasa, night's turn extremely cold. Inside tent temperatures dip to 1°C. Outside I measured at -2°C at 2.30 in the night. These are mid summer temperatures. In September-October temperature will dip further to -5°C or -6°C. Bhagwabasa is windy too. In the wind chill the -2°C feels like -6°C. You need to put on all your warm clothings and then get inside your sleeping bag to brave the night.
Day 4
Roopkund trek: Bhagwabasa to Roopkund. Further up to Junargali. Return to Ghora Lotani via Bhagwabasa (2 - 2½ hrs to Roopkund. Level Moderate-Difficult.)
You need to start your push to Roopkund at 5.00 am. The sooner the better. Most trekkers cannot make it to Roopkund because they start late. The snow becomes soft and your feet start sinking in. You need to climb up to Roopkund while the snow is still hard. There's plenty of snow even in the middle of summer.
From Bhagwabasa it is about 5 kms to Roopkund. The stretch isn't long, but the entire bit is on snow patches. At some parts the slope is steep but most parts are easily trekkable.
(A side note here: we were the first group to trek to Roopkund in the summer of 2007. All earlier groups had turned back because they could not negotiate the snow patches. It is not crtical, but carrying an ice-axe could make a big difference. It did to us, because we could cut steps ahead of us. The groups following us had it relatively easy -- they just followed our steps.)
Roopkund from Bhagwabasa. The route is marked out in yellow. Where the trail ends in a fold in the mountain is Roopkund. Trishul towers over in the background. Click on image for a bigger picture.
It takes about 2 hrs to climb up to Roopkund. Make it 2½ if you are slow. Ideally, if you have started at 5.00 am then you are going to get to Roopkund by 7.15. The climb is deliriously exhilarating. The last stretch of climbing over the rocky flank on the left, requires some clambering, but is over in 10 mins. The final bend on the snow shoulder will get your hearts pounding. Roopkund is right over the edge, two minutes away and yet you can't see it unless you get there.
Roopkund is like a crater on the side of the mountain face, a dip at the cusp of the mountain. It is much bigger than what most internet pictures suggest. All around are snowy flanks of the mountain. You have to actually climb down 50 ft to reach the edge of the lake. In late summer 2007, when we trekked, the entire lake was frozen and you could walk across from one end to another. And yes, there aren't any signs of any skeleton. Not a single one. Most of them are inside the lake (and no one in their right mind will venture to put in a toe in the frozen lake). The skeletons around the lake have disappeared as souviniers.
All over the internet, Roopkund is reported at 16,500 ft. GPS reading of a fellow trekker and our common sense suggest that Roopkund cannot be more than 15,500 ft. Whatever the altitude, you will feel the thiness of the air getting to you. Climbing a few steps take your breath away.
Getting to Roopkund is meaningless if you don't climb up to Junargali. From Roopkund, the sharp ridge line that towers above you is Junargali. After which it is a 3,000 ft drop to Shila Samudra. Junargali is about 500 ft higher than Roopkund, and it doesn't take much time to get there. The route is over snow that gently inclines upwards until it reaches the face of the mountain. After which it is a steep clamber on the mountain face to reach Junargali. The climb isn't for long, perhaps 200 ft. Gets over in perhaps 10-15 minutes. You just need to rest every few minutes, allowing your breath to get back.
Roopkund trek: Climbing up to Junargali. Roopkund is at the bottom of the picture and Junargali is the ridge line. Mt Nandagunti forms the background. Click on image for a bigger picture.


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Facts & Figures
President: Rafael Correa (2007)
Land area: 106,888 sq mi (276,840 sq km); total area: 109, 483 sq mi (283,560 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 15,654,411 (growth rate: 1.37%); birth rate: 18.87/1000; infant mortality rate: 17.93/1000; life expectancy: 76.36
Capital (2011 est.): Quito 1.622
Largest cities: Guayaquil, 2.287 million (2011)
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
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- President Rafael Correa Wins New Constitution and Seeks to Establish Internal Stability
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- Ecuador Grants Asylum to Julian Assange
- President Correa Begins His Third Term
Ecuador, about equal in area to Nevada, is in the northwest part of South America fronting on the Pacific. To the north is Colombia and to the east and south is Peru. Two high and parallel ranges of the Andes, traversing the country from north to south, are topped by tall volcanic peaks. The highest is Chimborazo at 20,577 ft (6,272 m). The Galápagos Islands (or Colón Archipelago: 3,029 sq mi; 7,845 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean about 600 mi (966 km) west of the South American mainland, became part of Ecuador in 1832.
The tribes in the northern highlands of Ecuador formed the Kingdom of Quito around 1000. It was absorbed, by conquest and marriage, into the Inca Empire. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered the land in 1532, and throughout the 17th century a Spanish colony thrived by exploitation of the Indians. The first revolt against Spain occurred in 1809. In 1819, Ecuador joined Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama in a confederacy known as Greater Colombia.
When Greater Colombia collapsed in 1830, Ecuador became independent. Revolts and dictatorships followed; it had 48 presidents during the first 131 years of the republic. Conservatives ruled until the revolution of 1895 ushered in nearly a half century of Radical Liberal rule, during which the church was disestablished and freedom of worship, speech, and press was introduced. Although it was under military rule in the 1970s, the country did not experience the violence and repression characteristic of other Latin American military regimes. Its last 30 years of democracy, however, have been largely ineffectual because of a weak executive branch and a strong, fractious Congress.
Peru invaded Ecuador in 1941 and seized a large tract of Ecuadoran territory in the disputed Amazon region. In 1981 and 1995 war broke out again. In May 1999, Ecuador and Peru signed a treaty ending the nearly 60-year border dispute.
The Arrival of El Nino Ushers in a Period of Economic Instability
In 1998, Ecuador experienced one of its worst economic crises. El Niño caused $3 billion in damage; the price of its principal export, oil, plunged; and its inflation rate—43%—was the highest in Latin America. In 1999, the government was near bankruptcy, the currency lost 40% of its value against the dollar, and the poverty rate soared to 70%, doubling in five years. The president's economic austerity plan was protested with massive strikes in March 1999.
President Jamil Mahuad was overthrown in Jan. 2000, in the first military coup in Latin America in a decade. The junta gave power to the vice president, Gustavo Noboa. Faced with the worst economic crisis in Ecuador's history, Noboa restructured Ecuador's foreign debt, adopted the U.S. dollar as the national currency, and continued privatization of state-owned industries, generating enormous opposition. In Feb. 2001, the government cut fuel prices after violent protests by Indians, who are among Ecuador's most disadvantaged people. Within two years, Ecuador's economy had rebounded from the brink of collapse. The economy grew by 5.4% for 2001, the highest rate in Latin America. Inflation was 22%, down from 91% in 2000, and the budget was balanced. But chronic corruption among senior government officials, as well as among the courts and the judiciary, has continued.
Lucio Gutiérrez, a leftist colonel best known for orchestrating the 2000 coup against President Jamil Mahuad, was elected to the presidency in 2003 on an anticorruption platform. He became Ecuador's sixth president in seven years. His attempts to introduce austere fiscal reforms, however, quickly alienated his political base, and numerous national strikes took place throughout 2003. In April 2005, Gutiérrez was ousted by the Ecuadoran Congress, after replacing much of the supreme court with his allies. Polls at the time indicated that just 5% of the people supported him. His estranged deputy, Alfredo Palacio, took over as president. In 2006, huge nationwide protests took place concerning a potential free-trade agreement with the U.S. In the Nov. 2006 presidential runoff elections, Rafael Correa, a left-wing economist, won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating conservative businessman Alvaro Noboa. Correa took office in Jan. 2007.
President Rafael Correa Wins New Constitution and Seeks to Establish Internal Stability
Correa immediately set out to boost economic growth and root out corruption in the country's political system. In an April 2007 referendum, voters overwhelmingly approved his call to rewrite the constitution. He hoped the new constitution would weaken Congress, which has been called inept and corrupt. Correa's critics accused him of trying to consolidate power, with moves reminiscent of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. In September 2008, 64% of voters approved the new constitution that increased presidential powers and allowed Correa to run for two more consecutive terms.
In March 2008, Colombian forces crossed into Ecuadorean territory and killed FARC rebel leader Raúl Reyes and 20 other rebels. In response, Venezuela and Ecuador broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia and sent troops to the Colombian borders, although both countries denied any ties to FARC. In an attempt to help cool the diplomatic tension between the three countries, the Organization of American States approved a resolution, which declared that the Colombian raid into Ecuador was a violation of sovereignty. On March 6, Nicaragua broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia to demonstrate unity with President Rafael Correa of Ecuador. On March 7, 2008, during a summit meeting in the Dominican Republic, the leaders of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Nicaragua ended their diplomatic dispute over Colombia's raid into Ecuador.
In September 2010, police protesting Correa's plan to end bonuses and reduce other benefits for the force fired tear gas at the president and then held him captive in a hospital for more than 12 hours. He was rescued by special forces, but five people were killed in the operation and nearly 40 were injured. Correa accused the officers of attempting a coup and declared a state of emergency.
A package of ten constitutional amendments tackling judicial and media reforms went to vote on May 7, 2011. President Rafael Correa's "Yes" campaign won all the questions with an average just over 47%. Correa claimed the referendums were needed to support the police and eliminate corrupt and inept judges; opponents say the reforms were a presidential power-seeking move.
Correa Pardons Four in Libel Case
In late February 2012, President Correa pardoned three newspaper executives and one columnist in a libel case. The pardon wiped out a three year prison sentence and $42 million in fines for the men and El Universo, the country's leading opposition newspaper. Correa said in a statement after the pardon, "The abusive press has been defeated." The pardon came months after Correa sued El Universo. The lawsuit was over a columnist accusing him of ordering troops to fire on a hospital during an uprising in September 2011. Correa denied giving the order. The courts ruled in his favor.
Correa, who has battled the media since he took office, maintains that he is fighting a media that favors businesses and people who own the media companies. Meanwhile human-rights groups say that Correa uses his position to silence criticism of his government.
Ecuador Grants Asylum to Julian Assange
On August 16, 2012, Ecuador announced that it was granting political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange had been seeking refuge at the country's Embassy in London while waiting for the decision. The decision further strained relations between Ecuador and Britain. The night before the announcement, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño reported that British officials had threatened to invade Ecuador's embassy. In response to the threat, Patiño said, "We are not a British colony." On the morning of the asylum announcement, President Correa tweeted this message on his personal Twitter account: "No one is going to terrorize us!"
Patiño announced the asylum at a news conference, where he said, "The government of Ecuador, faithful to its tradition of protecting those who seek refuge in its territory or in its diplomatic missions, has decided to grant diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange." Patiño added that Assange could face the death penalty if tried in the United States. Britain continued to reject the request for Assange to be moved to Ecuador from the embassy in London. Britain maintained its legal obligation to extradite Assange to Sweden. In Sweden, Assange was still wanted for questioning over accusations of sexual assault.
President Correa Begins His Third Term
On May 24, 2013, President Rafael Correa began his third term. Correa's third term started with his popularity extremely high and with more than a two-thirds majority in Congress. Correa also had a stable economy to work with as well as a weak and divided opposition.
Correa was re-elected in February 2013, when he received three times more votes than his closest competitor. According to Ecuador's current constitution, he would not be able to run for another term.
See also Encyclopedia: Ecuador .
National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) (In Spanish only) www.inec.gov.ec/ .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Ecuador


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The Grifting Wing vs. The Governing Wing
While the Tea Party is busy lining its pockets, the rest of the Republicans are actually trying to get things done.
Vocabulary.com defines a grifter as: A grifter is a con artist—someone who swindles people out of money through fraud. If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: Someone who cheats someone out of money.
Historically, grifters have taken many shapes. They were the snake-oil salesmen who rolled into town promising a magical, cure-all elixir at a price. The grifter was long gone by the time people discovered the magical elixir was no more magical than water. They were the sideshow con men offering fantastic prizes in games that were rigged so that no one could actually win them. They were the Ponzi scheme operators who got rich promising fantastically high investment returns but returning nothing for those sorry investors at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Over the last few years we have seen the rise of a new grifter—the political grifter. And the most important battle being waged today isn't the one about which party controls the House or the Senate, it's about who controls the Republican Party: the grifting wing or the governing wing.
Today's political grifters are a lot like the grifters of old—lining their pockets with the hard-earned money of working men and women be promising things in return that they know they can't deliver.
Political grifting is a lucrative business. Groups like the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the Tea Party Patriots are run by men and women who have made millions by playing on the fears and anger about the dysfunction in Washington. My former House colleague Chris Chocola is pocketing a half-million dollars a year heading the Club for Growth; same for Matt Kibbe heading up FreedomWorks (and I don't think Kibbe's salary includes the infamous craft beer bar that FreedomWorks donors ended up paying for). The Tea Party Patriots pay their head, Jenny Beth Martin, almost as much. These people have lined their pockets by promising that if you send them money, they will send men and women to Washington who can "fix it." Of course, in the ultimate con, the always extreme and often amateurish candidates these groups back either end up losing to Democrats or they come to Washington and actually make the process even more dysfunctional.
Just look at what happened this past week, when hard-right House members with extensive ties to these outside groups, egged on by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, snarled up a sensible effort to pass a bill that would at least begin to address the crisis of undocumented children at the U.S.-Mexico border. It was an embarrassing display of congressional dysfunction, and it showed that the grifting wing has learned nothing from last fall's shutdown fiasco.
The grifting wing of the party promises that you can have ideological purity—that you don't have to compromise—and, of course, all you have to do is send them money to make it happen. The governing wing of the Republican Party knows that's a damn lie. Our Founding Fathers set up a system of government that by its very nature excludes the possibility of one party or one ideological wing of one party getting everything it wants. Ted Cruz, who quotes the founders almost every chance he gets, ought to know this.


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The arrival of four new tenants at an iconic commercial building on East Putnam Avenue has filled the 18,000-square-foot property.
GHP Office Realty, owner of the multi-story structure at 79 E. Putnam Ave., said it has signed new leases totaling 4,850 square feet of office and retail space. The 18,000-square-foot mixed-use building, also known as the Outdoor Traders Building, has added Canaan & Co., Natalia Huang Piano Studio, Torrence Capital and Davidoff Tobacconist Cigar Lounge as its newest tenants.
"The Outdoor Traders Building is a landmark address in the Greenwich Central Business District," said Jamie Schwartz, executive vice president of GHP, in a statement. "GHP's capital investment to refurbish the common areas, both inside and outside the building, have resulted in the building being 100 percent occupied. The building boasts ample street and on-site parking, as well as retail spaces that have great visibility on East Putnam Avenue (Route 1)."
As reported this week by Hearst Connecticut Media, Davidoff Tobacconist Cigar Lounge is expected to move into the building by the end of July. It will operate a membership-only lounge in a 2,650-square-foot space and feature a meeting room, big screen televisions and a large selection of Davidoff cigar products and other brands.
Ron Brien, principal in Alliance Commercial Property, represented the tenant.
Canaan & Co., a specialist in global enterprise Internet technology and analytics, has leased 1,114 square feet of office space on the second floor.
Natalia Huang Piano Studio, a piano teaching school which has a studio in New York City, rented 685 square feet on the second floor of the building for its second school. Peter Simpson of Greenwich Land Co., represented the tenant.
Torrence Capital, a financial investment firm, leased 551 square feet of office space on the second floor.
GHP Office Realty was formed in 1999, and is headed by its principal owners Andrew Greenspan, James J. Houlihan, James G. Houlihan and Howard Parnes.
The building is located in the Central Greenwich Business Retail Zone and has been designated by the town as an historic property, said Brien, who helped locate Mountain Financial Services there several years ago.
"It was probably built in the 1800s," he said. "It's a beautiful historic building, and it's got a prominent position on East Putnam. Because of its historic status, its exterior cannot be altered without approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Historic District Commission. It would have to go through a rigorous process. It's a real asset to the town and has a lot of character. It reminds people what Greenwich used to look like."
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