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Jednota českých matematiků a fyziků (JČMF) - the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists is one of the oldest extant learned societies in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1862 as the Verein fur freie Vortrage aus der Mathematik und Physik (Club for Free Lectures in Mathematics and Physics) in 1869 and renamed Jednota českých mathematiků (Union of Czech Mathematicians).
From the very beginning the Union aimed at the improvement of physics and mathematics education at all school levels and types, and support for the development of these sciences. The Union expanded in 1912, and together with the new statutes adopted the present name Jednota českých matematiků a fyziků (In the years from 1921 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1993 used the name Jednota československých matematiků a fyziků - Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists). Among its members were associated many of the teachers of secondary schools, but also university professors and scientists.
Throughout its history, the Union devoted great care and attention to the publication of professional literature. Already in its 10th anniversary (1872) began issuing Časopis pro pěstování matematiky a fysiky (Journal for Cultivation of Mathematics and Physics), probably the first of its kind in Austro-Hungarian monarchy. A year later, the Union started publishing textbooks and scientific monographs. After the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia it became de facto the only qualified publisher of textbooks, professional books and journals in the fields of mathematics and physics. In 1922 it issued the magazine Rozhledy matematicko-fyzikální (Perspectives of Mathematics and Physics), which was established as an addendum to the Časopis pro pěstování matematiky a fysiky.
At the beginning of the 50s the Unity had to transfer assets in favor of the newly established Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, and became a learned society at the Academy. The mathematical part of its library became the basis of the library of the Mathematical Institute of the Academy. Journal published by the Union was replaced by two titles - Časopis pro pěstování matematiky (Journal for Cultivation of Mathematics, since 1991 Mathematica Bohemica) a Československý časopis pro fyziku (Czechoslovak Journal of Physics). Since 1956 the Union publishes also the journal Pokroky matematiky, fyziky a astronomie (Advances in Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy), which became the member magazine.
The support of and interest in the education in mathematics and physics led to the foundation of the journal Matematika a fysika ve škole (Mathematics and Physics at School) in 1948; succeeded in 1991 by the magazine Matematika – Fyzika – Informatika (Mathematics - Physics - Computer Science). JČMF also initiated the Mathematical Olympiad (in 1951) and Physics Olympiad (in 1959) in the Czech Republic.
Fyzikální vědecká sekce (Physical scientific section) of the JČMF, established in 1968, became a collective member of the European Physical Society. Analogously, the Matematické vědecké sekce (Mathematical scientific section) was a founding member of the European Mathematical Society.
In 1995, the publisher Prometheus, spol. s r. o., has been founded with the participation of JČMF. This publisher focuses on math and physics textbooks for all types of schools.
[1] | L. Pátý, J. Veselý (eds.): Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists, JČSMF, Praha, 1984. |
[2] | L. Pick: The Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists, EMS Newsletter, March 2002, pp. 20–21. |
[3] | M. Bečvářová: Czech Mathematicians and Their Role in the Development of National Mathematics in the Balkans, in M. Bečvářová, Ch. Binder (eds.): Mathematics in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Proceedings of a Symposium held in Budapest on August 1, 2009 during the XXIII ICHST, edition Dějiny matematiky, volume 41, Matfyzpress, Prague, 2010, pp. 9–31. |
[4] | M. Bečvářová: Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists, Notices from the International Society for Mathematical Sciences, Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae, January 2011, pp. 1–9. |


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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's cultural and financial capital unveiled a memorial Friday honoring gays and lesbians persecuted by the Nazis, the first specific recognition in Israel for non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Tucked away in a Tel Aviv park, a concrete, triangle-shaped plaque details the plight of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people under Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. It resembles the pink triangles Nazis forced gays to wear in concentration camps during World War II and states in English, Hebrew and German: "In memory of those persecuted by the Nazi regime for their sexual orientation and gender identity."
The landmark joins similar memorials in Amsterdam, Berlin, San Francisco and Sydney dedicated to gay victims of the Holocaust. While Israel has scores of monuments for the genocide, the Tel Aviv memorial is the first that deals universally with Jewish and non-Jewish victims alike and highlights the Jewish state's rise as one of the world's most progressive countries for gay rights.
"I think in Israel today it is very important to show that a human being is a human being is a human being," Mayor Ron Huldai said at the dedication ceremony, where a rainbow flag waved alongside Israel's blue-and-white flag. "It shows that we are not only caring for ourselves but for everybody who suffered. These are our values — to see everyone as a human being."
Israel was born out of the Holocaust and its 6 million Jewish victims remains seared in the country's psyche. Israel holds an annual memorial day where sirens stop traffic across the nation, it sends soldiers and youth on trips to concentration camp sites and often cites the Holocaust as justification for an independent Jewish state so Jews will "never again" be defenseless.
But after 70 years, Tel Aviv councilman Eran Lev thought it was time to add a universal element to the commemoration. Lev is one of many gays elected to public office in Tel Aviv, a city with a vibrant gay scene that has emerged as a top international destination for gay tourism.
"The significance here is that we are recognizing that there were other victims of the Holocaust, not just Jews," said Lev, who initiated the project during his brief term in office.
As part of their persecution of gays, the Nazis kept files on 100,000 people, mostly men. About 15,000 were sent to camps and at least half were killed. Other Nazi targets included communists, Slavs, gypsies and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Unlike their persecution of Jews, however, there was no grand Nazi plan to exterminate gays. Nazis viewed being gay as a "public health problem" since those German men did not produce children, said Deborah Dwork, director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
"The idea was to change their behavior, not to eradicate them, not to murder them," Dwork said.
The policy was far from sweeping — as evidenced by the rampant homosexuality among the ranks of the Nazi Party's SA paramilitary wing, which helped pave Hitler's path to power. The most famous gay Nazi was Ernst Röhm, one of the most powerful men in the party before Hitler had him executed in 1934.
Later, the Nazis outlawed homosexuality and the Gestapo set up a special unit targeting homosexuality. In the Buchenwald concentration camp, the Nazis carried out experiments to try and "cure" homosexuality. Those sent to the camps were forced to wear pink triangles, compared to the yellow stars that Jews bore on their clothing. Gay Jews wore an emblem that combined the two colors.
Today, Israel is one of the world's most progressive countries in terms of gay rights. Gays serve openly in Israel's military and parliament. The Supreme Court grants a variety of family rights such as inheritance and survivors' benefits. Gays, lesbians and a transsexual are among the country's most popular musicians and actors.
Moshe Zimmermann, a professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the memorial project's historical adviser, said the Tel Aviv monument marked a big step in Israel by ridding itself from what he called a monopoly of victim hood.
"We are finally shedding the load of being the lone and ultimate victim," he said. "We can learn from this that by recognizing the victimhood of others, it does not diminish the uniqueness of your own victim hood."
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How Donald Trump Has Destroyed The Republican Party
The Republican Party is dead in its current form. The coalition of classical liberals, country club business types; and since Reagan religious conservatives, neocons, and populists, has been irrevocably broken. The man who gave it its final coup de grace is a toupeed billionaire blowhard named Donald Trump.
Trump has run a campaign that more resembles the National Front of France than anything else that has been in American politics for decades. Ben Domenech at The Federalist says that Trump could transform the GOP into a party based on identity politics for white guys. He's right and it's terrible for the country.
Over the next few months, even if Trump fails to win the Republican nomination, three parts of the old Republican party coalition: classical liberals (whether they self-identify as conservative, Constitutionalist, or libertarian), religious conservatives, and the country clubbers; will have to decide if they can be a part of a Trump-influenced party. Trump's xenophobic populism is anti-free market and anti-Christian.
Let's first examine how we got here. Since the Cold War ended, the Republican coalition lost a sense of purpose. It briefly got it back in the 1990s with the Contract With America, but the election of George W. Bush in 2000 knocked the party off track. The party that believed in limited government spent more than LBJ. The party that was once skeptical of foreign interventions launched a war of choice in Iraq. The party that claimed federalism as a principle expanded the role of Washington in everything from education to gay marriage. With the failures of the Iraq War and an economic crash on the minds of Amerians, Democrats were able to easily take control of the entire Federal government.
In the Obama era, we've seen even more Federal government intrusions in everything from the food we eat to religious freedom. The Tea Party was inspired as a backlash against the intrusive Federal government of both the Obama and Bush eras. Meanwhile, some Republicans saw it as an opportunity to rebrand from the disasterous Bush era. Still much of the opposition to Obama took on an ugly racial overtone that was a prelude to the current culture war.
Which brings us to the end of the prequel of this terrible tale. The country has erupted in a cultural cold war. The left, which is now fully embracing cultural Marxism, is pushing the politics of racial and cultural grievance. They're not only content to defeat what they see is white, conservative privilege but they also want to shoot the wounded survivors of the battle. We see this with Christian wedding businesses who refuse to service gay weddings for example. Much of the reason why people support Trump is because they want to take part in a backlash against the uber-PC, cultural Marxist crowd. They see a Republican Party and conservative movement that is not defending their freedom and not fufulling their campaign promises. They're angry and they're going to Trump because "he fights."
But when you delve into the substance of Trumpism, it's fascism. Classical liberals will not go along with it. Religious conservatives are more interesting. There is definitely an age divide. Older religious conservatives may go along with Trump, but I have a hard time believing younger ones will. Polls show that younger evangelical Christians are more politically tolerant, even if they're still socially conservative. As the Southern Baptist Convention's Russell Moore points out, there's not a lot of evangelical support for Trump. Finally, I have a hard time believing my neocon and country club friends will buy into a man who wants to retreat America from the world.
What could this anti-Trump coalition look like? An anti-statist movement that rejects nationalism, but still believes in a strong America playing a leading role in the world. History shows that a liberal democratic society can only exist if it is protected by a great power. It will be unapologetially for free markets, anti-crony capitalist, and a realistic approach on immigration. It will be federalist in nature returning as much power as possible from Washington D.C. and to states, communities, and individuals.
Whether this anti-Trump coalition will be a new political party or built upon the ruins of the Republican Party is yet to be determined. Who could be attracted to it are classical liberals, non-statist religious conservatives, some neocons who can see limits on American power but still want America to play an active role in the world, and many others who were previously not a part of the Republican Party such as independents, moderates, and perhaps some of the old left.
I think that Trump will kill the Republican Party as we know it, but in its place could be something that could be bad for American politics or it could be the birth of a new classical liberal movement. Only time will tell which one will it be.


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By Michael Shank and Rep. Raul Grijalva
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Editor's note: Michael Shank is director of Foreign Policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The views expressed are their own.
August 29, 2013 - The Americans don't want it. The Germans don't want it. And the Brits don't want it. The overwhelming consensus of public opinion in the Western world is that a war with Syria would be a bad idea. This now gives President Barack Obama some flexibility to back away from his red line, save political face, and do what's necessary to prevent further violence in Syria.
But before spelling out ways we can help bring peace to Syria, it's worth first identifying some problematic trends in America's tack towards war. This is not unique to President Obama and was visible in past presidents' penchant for war. There is a precedent here.
First, the idea that America can be "precise" and "limited" and "strategic" while attacking another country is completely misplaced. It inevitably leads to further or escalated violence. It always has. We wanted to be brief, precise and strategic in Iraq by bombing Baghdad, thinking "shock and awe" would intimidate the country and its recalcitrant leader into submission. This is not dissimilar to how we are now thinking that a "punitive" strike on Syria would send a stern message that President Bashar al-Assad, one to which he would be responsive.
Never mind the fact that al-Assad has made it clear that he's not operating from a rational place, and would never respond rationally to punitive measures – there is no way that a strike on Damascus would last only three days, as the Pentagon has predicted. The responsibility for the ensuing chaos – from scores of civilians dead to increased likelihood of chemical weapons use – would fall on the United States. We would be embroiled in an unraveling that would beckon more missiles, more troops, and more air and sea support. Observe every major U.S. intervention over the last 15 years. This is exactly what happened, despite the rhetoric of precise, limited, strategic and brief action.
More from GPS: All or nothing Syria
Second, the idea in Washington that an attack, strike, or punitive action, is not an "invasion", is an absolute fallacy. This is a relatively new definition promulgated by Washington's defense community, and the think tanks that support it. It's a convenient semantic reframing so that America is not perceived as the "evil Western invader" – or part of some, to quote President Bush, "crusade" – but rather seen as a short-lived intervener, a savior who will exercise discretion while quickly getting in and getting out.
The problem with this attempt at a reframe is that the rest of the world – especially those being bombed by America – doesn't consider it anything less than an invasion, whether by air, sea or land. Boots on the ground is not the only kind of invasion. There are air invasions, with air raids (see Iraq) or drone strikes (see Yemen or Pakistan or Somalia). There are sea invasions, with Tomahawk missiles launched from ship (see Libya and the same plan for Syria). And there are ground invasions, with massive troops on the ground (see Afghanistan).
Third, the idea that we must act in haste, and bomb quickly without Congressional approval or authorization, is a dangerous undermining of the checks and balances instituted by our founding fathers. Most presidents, when planning for war, impress upon the American people the urgency of now, of invading immediately, because we don't have time for Congressional oversight. Syria is an excellent example of this. With some 100,000 dead over nearly a two year time span we've had plenty of time for talk between the executive and legislative branches. The estimated 355 dead from the alleged chemical weapons attack, while absolutely deplorable, shouldn't have created a new urgency that wasn't already there. We should have been talking about preventing mass atrocities years ago, not after the house of Syria was nearly burnt down.
So what to do now? Invasion is the wrong course because it merely inflames the violence further, both within Syria and without. We must exhaust the following paths first before seeking a military course of action. Convene all the stakeholders who have a say with Syria's al-Assad and who can put pressure on the president. That means more than just Russia, our go-to on the Geneva II peace talks. That means everyone from Iran, Lebanon, and Hezbollah, to the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. These are the entities that have entry into the Syrian president's inner circle. If we truly want al-Assad to act differently, we have to talk to those who have sway.
Then, if the diplomatic track fails to work, and after it has solidly been exhausted, we must engage the U.N. Security Council in a conversation about the International Criminal Court and an indictment of Assad for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. This path is consistent with America's support of international law and the ethical frameworks undergirding the Geneva Conventions.
Throughout this process, we must continue work with the United Nations to not only ensure weapons inspections are executed properly over the coming weeks, and weapons flows and arms trafficking are stopped or slowed, but that we ramp up humanitarian aid for the millions of refugees inside Syria and in neighboring countries. This is essential if we care about saving Syrians.
This is the path we must pursue and the only way forward. It is time for something preventive before we press play on the punitive.


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In the kitchen of her rental home in northwest Washington, D.C., Shelly, a mom of two, points to the sink. "We had a fungus, a mushroom, growing out right here. They fixed that," Shelly says.
That mushroom was just one sign of the mold that once pervaded the house. Shelly lives in the home with her 7-year-old daughter. She says the mold issues often set off the child's asthma. "She really couldn't breathe during those tough times," Shelly says.
(NPR is only using Shelly's first name to protect her from potential retaliation from her landlord.)
Her daughter frequently ended up in the emergency room. "It's devastating. It's given me anxiety. It's taken away a lot of her education," Shelly says.
This summer, doctors at Impact DC, the asthma clinic at Children's National Hospital, decided Shelly's daughter needed a different kind of specialist to address this health problem – a lawyer.
That's how attorney Lacia Japp ended up touring Shelly's home in late September to check that mold and other health hazards were being fixed. Japp works for Children's Law Center, a D.C.-based nonprofit legal service organization that fights to improve kids' health. She's part of the center's Healthy Together Program, a medical-legal partnership that works with several D.C.-area clinics.
Japp points to places throughout the house – on the basement walls, in the bedroom and bathroom – where signs of dark green mold and water leaks have now been removed. "It looks much better," Japp says, though she notes the repairs aren't finished.
Doctors call in the lawyers from the Healthy Together program when a low-income family needs help with housing conditions that are harming kids' health. Often, it's asthma.
In D.C., a child with asthma who lives in a low-income community is 20 times more likely to end up in the emergency room than a child in a more affluent neighborhood. Similar disparities in the burden of childhood asthma occur throughout the U.S. One major driving factor is poor housing conditions.
"It could be mice, infestation, rats, roach infestation – it could be a lot of water damage that creates mold and all of that. All of those are allergens and that can exacerbate the child's asthma," says Tracy Goodman, a lawyer who has directed the Healthy Together Program since its launch more than two decades ago.
When housing is a medical issue
Goodman says lawyers start off by documenting health-harming conditions in a home and sending a letter to the landlord informing them of their legal obligation to make fixes.
The lawyers try to push landlords to make repairs and address infestations voluntarily. "And the hope is the landlord will then fix everything. And occasionally that happens. But that's very rare," says Ashley Close, another lawyer with the program.
If the landlord doesn't comply, they'll take them to a special housing conditions court to force them to make repairs.
And there's research to back that up. Data collected by the Children's Law Center found that after a legal intervention, kids with asthma experienced fewer trips to the ER and fewer hospitalizations.
In fact, some insurers and hospital systems have been subsidizing these legal interventions through grants and other payment arrangements. One plan, AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia, a Medicaid plan, now directly reimburses Children's Law Center after successful legal interventions. Karen Dale, the plan's CEO, says connecting low-income patients with legal assistance is good medicine, because social needs like substandard housing play a critical role in influencing health.
"There's so much evidence that shows that what happens in a doctor's office, in the seven to 10 minutes that someone spends there, is not the best predictor of their overall health and wellbeing – that it is all the other things that occur that impact their health," Dale says.
The concept of medical-legal partnerships to help improve health outcomes and address persistent health disparities has been around for a few decades, but interest has exploded in recent years, says Bethany Hamilton, co-director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She says about 500 such partnerships exist across the country.
Just last month, Kaiser Permanente announced it was ramping up a program that offers grants to legal aid groups so they can assist its health plan members in fighting evictions. "Sometimes I'm like, why isn't [the model used] everywhere?" Hamilton says.
And legal interventions can also be cost-effective. Dale co-authored the research with the Children's Law Center that found that, in the 18 months after a legal intervention, her managed care organization spent an average of $10,000 less on health care for kids with asthma, mostly due to reduced hospital visits. For children with the most severe asthma, the savings were around $60,000.
Cockroaches, rodents and finally, a new apartment
Sometimes an unhealthy living situation can be a critical medical crisis. That was true for Kanna Bowen's 5-year-old daughter, Deveah, who was admitted to the hospital dozens of times while living in substandard housing.
Bowen moved to D.C. when Deveah was an infant so she could get specialized care at Children's National Hospital for her severe asthma. Bowen says her first apartment in the city had spiders and mouse infestations that triggered Deveah's asthma.
"She was sick a lot there," Bowen says. At one point, Bowen says, Deveah was being hospitalized every three to four weeks. "It was real bad."
It was a "potentially life-threatening" situation, says Dr. Dale Coddington, one of the pediatricians at Children's National who treated Deveah during this time.
Coddington referred Bowen to Children's Law Center. They helped her find a second apartment through the subsidized housing program she relies on, but it turned out to be even worse. She says the outside looked like an abandoned house. Inside, there was lots of visible mold, water stains from leaks, rodents and roaches everywhere.
"It was like a pile of roaches – and one in my refrigerator," she recalls. She says they bit her while cooking and infiltrated her bed. "It was bad."
Bowen says she tried to get the property manager to fix things but her requests were ignored. So her attorney at Children's Law Center, Ashley Close, took the landlord to court. A housing inspector found extensive problems. Close says carrying out the repairs would have required Bowen to move out of the unit.
A lawyer for Bowen's former landlord told NPR in an email that "the landlord did not know that there were repairs needed until the tenant filed a court case." The lawyer said the landlord took action to remedy the situation.
Close says the landlord offered to either put her client in a hotel or settle the case. They took the settlement because Kanna Bowen was able to move into another subsidized rental unit.
Tracy Goodman of the Children's Law Center says it's often cheaper for landlords to risk paying a fine from the city than it is to make repairs. She says some landlords create shell companies that make it harder to trace them or name them in lawsuits.
"We also see that there are instances of owners that are essentially wanting to push out the low-income residents so that they can redevelop and then rent at higher rates or sell the properties for great profit," Goodman says.
She says like many other urban areas, D.C. has a shortage of low-cost housing, which makes it all the more important to make sure that when clients do find a place they can afford, it's actually livable.
Kanna Bowen says her daughter, Deveah, is in better health since they moved into their new apartment last year. While she still has severe asthma, Bowen says her daughter hasn't been hospitalized in about a year. "She's doing way better," Bowen says.
On the day I visited Bowen's apartment, Deveah was outdoors playing ball with her dog, Teddy – just like any happy, healthy 5-year-old kid.
Editing and layout by Carmel Wroth. Radio story edited by Jane Greenhalgh.
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Shy, well-read Laura Horsley faces unemployment when the book shop she works in closes down, but she is persuaded to help run a literary festival at a stately home in the country and is expected to entice famously reclusive Irish author Dermot Flynn out of his self-imposed isolation to attend the event. There you have the general gist of Love Letters, by Katie Fforde, but there's more to it than that for this is a comedy of errors and misunderstandings in which Laura learns about life and love as she discovers emotions and feelings for herself, rather than acquiring knowledge through the pages of her favourite novels.
She's an engaging heroine, whose quiet, self-contained manner contrasts with the other characters. There is Grant, her gay colleague, who is determined to make Laura live a little; feisty, uninhibited Monica, the singer in an all-girl swing trio, and Eleanora Huckleby, the outrageous, flamboyant agent. Then, of course, there is the charismatic Dermot Flynn himself, and a host of minor characters, including some snobby book group ladies who are very dismissive of Laura and her views - until they realise she has actually met the famous Irish author.
The characters are well drawn, the settings are credible and the story moves along at a cracking pace as girl meets boy, girl runs away, boy finds girl, and everyone lives happily ever after in the tradition of all good fairytales. It's light, frothy, and very enjoyable, but there are other issues here: Laura – and some of the other characters – must decide whether to take a risk on the future, or stick with the comfort and safety of what they know. And there are more serious problems to be considered, like unemployment, independent book shops' struggle for survival, and the difficulty of preserving historic homes for the future.
Above all, Love Letters is well written. Romantic fiction has a bad name, and 'serious' bibliophiles are usually very dismissive of the genre, so all I can say is read Katie Fforde and see if she changes your mind ... please!


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This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
Today we have the second of two reports explaining how to prepare fish by drying or smoking them.
We talked last week about the first steps of cleaning and salting freshly caught fish. The directions can be found on our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.
To dry fish, you will need either a drying table or a place to hang them. If a table is used, it should have a top made of wire screen or thin pieces of wood with space between each piece.
Lay the cleaned and salted fish, still wet, on the table. Do not let them touch each other. Be sure that air can flow around the fish from all sides, including the top and bottom.
Build a small smoky fire under the drying table for the first day to keep the flies away. After that, you can keep the flies away by covering the fish with a thin cloth. Do not let the cloth touch the fish.
Fish taste better if they are out of bright sunlight while they are being dried. For best results, put the drying table under a tree. Turn the fish over every other day. Small fish will dry in about three days if the air is dry. Large fish will take a week or ten days to dry.
After the fish have dried, place them in a basket. Cover them with clean paper or large leaves. Then put the basket in a cool, dry place off the ground.
Make sure as much of the saltwater as possible is removed before you smoke the fish.
The smoking can be done in a large, round metal container. Remove the top of the drum and cut a small opening on one side at the bottom.
Cover the top with a strong wire screen. This is where you put the fish. Build a small fire in the drum by reaching in through the opening at the bottom.
Wood from fruit trees makes good fuel for your fire. The wood will give the smoked fish good color and taste. Hardwoods such as hickory, oak and ash also burn well.
It is important to keep the fire small, so it does not burn the fish. You want a lot of smoke but very little flame. One way to get a lot of smoke is to use green wood, not dried wood.
You should smoke the fish for five days or longer if you plan to store them for a long time. After you finish smoking the fish, remove them and let them cool. Then wrap them in clean paper. Put the fish in baskets and keep them in a cool, dry place off the ground. Dried fish must be kept completely dry until they are eaten.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.


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I wanted to use the hen of the woods mushrooms in a vegetarian dish, and Jaffrey's Israeli couscous sounded perfect. I make several variations of pasta with sauteed vegetables, but for this dish, I followed along with the instructions to try a different approach. Something I make pretty regularly for weeknight meals is broccoli with penne. For that, I blanch broccoli and then saute it with sliced garlic, a lot of extra virgin olive oil, and black pepper. When the penne is added to that, it receives some butter, and it's served with a snowy cap of shredded parmigiano reggiano. Delicious, yes, but there's lots of oil and butter. For this couscous dish, Jaffrey suggested sauteing garlic and shallot in some olive oil and then adding the mushrooms and then the chopped asparagus. This cooked briefly before a half cup of stock and a quarter cup of vermouth were added. The saute pan was covered, and it was left for a couple of minutes. Then, almost-fully-cooked couscous was added, it was stirred to combine, and then parmigiano reggiano and parsley were incorporated.
The result was a lighter dish in which the stock and vermouth were absorbed by the pasta pearls. The parts of this simple dish worked together exactly correctly. The vegetables were left crisp tender and fresh tasting, and the flavor of the maitakes was superb. The amount of vermouth used was enough to add another layer of flavor but not enough to leave it boozy. The vermouth and stock together was just the right amount of liquid for the couscous to absorb without making the dish like soup. I added a bit more garlic than what was listed, I usually do that, and combined with the shallot, it was fantastic. This would work nicely with orzo and other vegetable combinations too. Now I have one more delicious, and lighter, way of preparing pasta and vegetables.


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Here's a little gossip but only for illustration purposes. ;-)
A couple of weeks ago, I asked Nora about her babysitter, her husband Carlos' cousin, just trying to get an idea if this was a permanent solution to her babysitter problem or whether she would be leaving again next week.
(Oh, by the way, Nora was sick the entire week before Christmas. I kept expecting her to show up each morning, but she never did, and then she decided it was time for her two week vacation − again, without a word to me! Incredible!*)
The cousin came to stay with them and is basically 'vacationing' but plans to find her own place eventually. (I assume that means that she will be looking for work, but it wasn't mentioned.) Nora not only cooks for her but also washes the cousin's clothes by hand − somewhere, because they have no running water or electricity in their one room, dirt-floored house that they share with their three children.
Nora said, with a kind of 'between me and you' attitude, that the cousin has said that she will babysit the children, but that Nora will have to pay her for babysitting. For example, if Nora works three days a week, the cousin will charge L.100. She said she won't clean or do anything else except prepare dinner the days that Nora comes home late. Okay, L.100 is not much, BUT WTF! I was shocked. What happened to the Hispanic culture of families helping each other out in times of need? What happened to everyone pitching in for the good of the family?
Nora told me that the cousin doesn't contribute a centavo to their already more than tight financial situation. Carlos hasn't been working regularly because of the weather and Nora has given me the impression that they have literally gone hungry. Nora certainly looks much skinnier than she did a couple of years ago (when Carlos was working for us) and a couple of her teeth have fallen out even though she's only about 30 years old. Apparently they have burned their credit bridges with the local pulpería (neighborhood food store) because Nora said that if she doesn't have money, they don't get food. They really are in dire straits.
I could not help myself and said, "Nora! That's not right. She should at least pay for her own food if you are going to pay her." Nora shrugged and said simply that "Nadie ayuda a nadie" (nobody helps anybody) and that she doesn't make an issue of it because she doesn't want to cause problems with Carlos' family.
Not only that, she said, but Carlos' brother has been living with them for some long period, something like two years. He usually doesn't work. He doesn't even help around the house. Nora buys his food and cooks it for him and washes his clothes. When Carlos' has enough work with his yard care business, he hires his brother and pays him. The brother keeps that money and doesn't contribute to the family food budget! And, of course, the brother has a cell phone.
Whaaaat? No, this can't be. I know El Jefe's family would never be like that. They always help each other. Even when it doesn't look to me like one family member is in a position to be able to help another one, they always pitch in together and find a way.
So I asked El Jefe about it. He didn't believe me at first, thinking I must have misunderstood. I assured him that Nora stressed that she HAD to pay the cousin. He said that Nora must have offered to pay her. Nora didn't mention that, but I said that perhaps she had offered, assuming that the girl would say, "Oh, no, you are providing me a place to live and food to eat so of course I wouldn't charge you." No such luck if that was the case. As soon as she has enough, I guarantee you that the cousin will be buying a cell phone. I'm 100% sure of that. I'll be sure to casually ask Nora that in a couple of weeks.
I don't think this situation represents a cultural difference. I think it represents a deterioration of the Honduran culture, where the trend seems to be look out for oneself and everyone else be damned.
* I'll have to write more about this another time.


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Referral – What to Ask
Lead generation can be achieved through ample channels and tactics and among the top are networking, exhibitions/tradeshows, referrals, and digital marketing strategies.
The development of Referral Partners is perhaps the most underused aspect of networking. Referral Partners are a trusted resource and positioned to readily refer business – they are your top lead passers. Your referral network is an integral component to the success of your business development and overall sales efforts.
There are many reasons for the understated importance of Referral Partners, and all can be overcome by recognizing their value and creating good habits. First, you have to ask!
Ask: Will You Refer Business?
People generally love helping others, and especially when they have experienced authentic and valuable customer service. Research has uncovered that 91% of clients would gladly give referrals, but only 11% of salespeople ask.
You've worked hard to provide a value to your clients, vendors, and other professional relationships. Don't assume that your work is done here - that they will graciously spread the good word about your services, and exemplary client management. There is nothing to fear; confirm their trust and satisfaction with your company and simply ask the question, "Will you keep us in mind when you hear that your clients/colleagues need assistance or are struggling with their payroll processing?"
Some say that asking for referrals is a numbers game much like cold-calling, networking, and exhibiting. The fact of the matter is, when you have provided exemplary service you can have a handful of strong referral partners that will maximize their, and your sales effortlessly. Keeping this in mind, there are many effective and respectful tactics that can be used to ask for referrals.
Face-to-face is a powerful approach because it adds a sense of accountability and sincerity. There are several opportunities in which you can ask in person.
1. When you close the sale or have a final meeting, and everyone is raving about the customer service you have provided, this is an opportune time to say thank you and ask for referrals. Determine which questions are most comfortable for you to ask, write them down, practice asking, then apply.
2. Sometimes a gentle wait is in order; people can be more open to making referrals once they've had some quality time with your products and services – a trial and error period. In these cases, wait a month, and then present the question.
Letters, emails, and drip campaigns are equally as effective. If asking for referrals hasn't been a consistent practice, you have missed opportunities. In these instances, employ a scripted approach.
1. Handwritten thank you letters are powerful, and show thoughtfulness, and will also work when asking for referrals. It conveys a sense of detail, care, and that they are worth your time and effort.
2. Emails can be crafted with sincerity and a direct tone that works well with colleagues and companies with which you've built trusted relationships.
3. Now that you've asked, you'll want to maintain a top-of-mind presence. A well timed, crafted series of emails scheduled to touch base with your network serves as a reminder that you are here and interested in receiving referrals. A best practice for this tactic is once quarterly.
Leaving behind business cards is an effective way to ask for a Referral Partner to pass along your information, which will also create a physical presence and reminder to your contact. Our line of sight is a powerful persuasion tool.
Make asking for referrals a habit. The more you ask, the more you'll receive in turn. In making The Ask a habit, you are creating a best practice within your business process. The Ask will:
1. Drive sales dramatically
2. Foster healthy relationships
3. Remove the fear of no
4. Compliment all sales and business development efforts
Assumptions don't fill our databases, build lead sources, or supply us with sales. The simplicity of asking a question is an indispensable way to substantially increase sales, build and maintain relationships, and implement a known operative business skill.
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