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Battling agriculture's criticsTwo recent experiences have left me shaking and scratching my head about how farmers battle critics and phantoms.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
FARGO, N.D. — Two recent experiences have left me shaking and scratching my head about how farmers battle critics and phantoms.
First, I recently was invited by the North Dakota State University collegiate organization of the North Dakota Farm Bureau to cover guest speaker Greg Peterson, one of the three farming, cattle-raising brothers from central Kansas who have become internet sensations. The Peterson Brothers produce farming parody videos, with such hits as "I'm Farming and I Grow It."
Peterson, a good-natured Kansas State University agricultural communications graduate, and his brothers have used their musical talent and sense of humor to entertain YouTube viewers with their bale-jumping, cattle-feeding antics. The Petersons also produce more educational videos and some purely "entertainment" snippets that are simple sight gags.
A whopping 30 million people have viewed these internet pieces. About 15.2 million hits came on "Farmer Style," that parodied "Gangnam Style," a South Korean pop culture sensation in 2012. Peterson spends about a third of his time on the road speaking. He sells T-shirts and this summer will hold farm tours. A sense of humor goes a long way.
NDSU students listening to Peterson referred to the animosity the public has about farmers, and how they can fight the negative images in the media today, including an internet animation called "Scarecrow," promoted by Chipotle.
A week later, I was in an invitation-only viewing of the movie "Farmland," a documentary-style, 77-minute production. It featured six 20-something farmers from around the country, including one from southwest Minnesota and one from Nebraska.
This movie is financed by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, a collection of some 80 agricultural commodity groups and other biggies such as technology and seed powerhouse Monsanto. The USFRA has been trying to use social media and various "dialogue" efforts to engage or re-engage ordinary Americans.
It's unclear who the audience is for this piece. (Who Googles the word farmland? Urbanites?)
Regardless, "Farmland" promotes some of the stereotypically fine qualities in farmers — the family heritage, the hard work, the lifelong body of knowledge. The farmers themselves talk about things in the news — GMOs, organic-versus-conventional and animal welfare. I blogged about the movie (positively) and caught disappointment from the movie promoters when I suggested — figuratively — that it was a good advertisement for farmers.
What did "real" movie critics say? The Los Angeles Times: "comes off like lobbyist propaganda;" Variety: "good looking 77 minutes of propaganda is heavy on sugar-coating and light on nutritional value;" Christian Science Monitor: "too much of this film is as dry as a high school classroom presentation."
I'm no movie critic, but I'll speak directly to my many farmer friends: Relax. Don't believe everything you read on the internet about the "negativity" surrounding "conventional" agriculture, even from some of the hired guns who are paid to protect you. And watch what your customers do, not what they say.
If you're a conventional farmer, remember that organic sales (sold at a premium) account for about 4 percent of U.S. food sales by value. If you're in the livestock biz, remember the U.S. is the fifth-leading meat consumer on the planet. Vegetarian Journal says only 3 percent of Americans never eat meat, and only 1 percent are vegan. That means they won't eat dairy, eggs or honey.
For anyone psyched out about a three-minute Chipotle ad, here's something to think about: A Washington Post columnist said the restaurant's "depressing" message made a friend feel like they wanted to "never eat again." I don't see how that sells burritos, but it makes me feel better about the movie "Farmland."
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Luanda — The Angolan Cabinet Council last Wednesday in Luanda approved a contract to restructure and increase the water reserve capacity of the Water Supply Centre of Luanda's Cazenga Municipality.
This is a project which aims at increasing the supply of drinkable water to the residential and industrial zones of Cazenga and its outskirts.
According to the final communiqué of the meeting chaired by the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, the Cabinet also approved the contract to rehabilitate the water supply systems for the municipality of Calai, in the south-eastern Kuando Kubango Province, as well as the Matala Municipality, in the southern Huila Province.
The meeting equally approved a contract to build the Technological Park of Camama ward, in Luanda Province, among other relevant diplomas.
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Idaho State University Professor Maschner co-edits book on 'The Northern World, AD 900-1400′
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Idaho State University anthropology Research Professor Herbert Maschner has co-edited the book "The Northern World, AD 900-1400," released in December 2009.
Maschner is also director of the ISU Center for Archeology, Materials and Applied Spectroscopy.
"The Northern World, AD 900-1400" examines rapid and catastrophic climate changes and social networks in the region of the Arctic from the Bering Straits to Greenland from A.D. 900 through 1400. Maschner and his colleagues acknowledge scientists see the region of the Arctic as a critical modern laboratory for investigating the long-term impact of global warming. The cultures and lives of indigenous people during this time span are examined to understand historical and modern climate and social impacts.
The book details the medieval period as a time of dynamic and variable change in Arctic climates. It challenges preconceived notions that the people indigenous to the northern world were geographically and socially isolated. It explores two great human migrations that occurred in the period, between The Medieval Climate Anomaly (an unusually warm period) to the Little Ice Age, which saw remarkable human and species adaptation to climates. Archeological records reveal the adaptation of both human and species in the continuum of such harsh environments.
Further, the book discusses the indigenous peoples' remarkable adaptation to climate and social systems of the time. It argues the period was highly active in warfare and hunting, the rise and fall of widespread cultures and the appearance of hemispheric trade networks.
Maschner's co-editors include Owen K. Mason and Robert McGhee. Mason is editor of Alaska Journal of Anthropology and board member of the Alaska Anthropological Association. He is currently a research affiliate with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado.
McGhee is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Arctic Institute of North America. He has been awarded the Massey Medal by the Royal Canadian Museum of Civilization.
This book is part of the Anthropology of Pacific North America Series. The cloth-bound edition of the book is now available for $55. The International Standard Book Number is 978-0-87480-955-8.


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NEW YORK: Two religious groups will hang ads urging tolerance alongside anti-jihad advertisements in New York City subways that equate Muslim radicals with savages.
The ads by Rabbis for Human Rights - North America and the Christian group Sojourners will go up Monday.
The New York Times reports that they'll hang in the 10 Manhattan subway stations where the anti-jihad ads implying enemies of Israel are "savages" appear.
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Borneo's most elusive feline photographed at unexpected elevationJeremy Hance
January 11, 2012
The elusive bay cat, taken by motion-triggered camera-trap in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Copyright: J. Brodie & A. Giordano.
"We've never known conclusively whether the bay cat occurred at this high an elevation" said Jedediah Brodie, a Fulbright Research Scholar, who helped conduct the study. "Our record is an important contribution to existing knowledge of this unique and elusive species, and to this amazing ecosystem".
Top: Sunda clouded leopard also caught on camera trap in Pulong Tau National Park. Bottom: sambar also photographed in Pulong Tau National Park. Copyright: J. Brodie & A. Giordano.
"Although Borneo's lowland forests are without question a primary regional conservation concern, we are only beginning to learn the wealth of biodiversity that these highland regions harbor," Anthony Giordano, the founder and director of S.P.E.C.I.E.S., a new carnivore conservation organization. "The fact that we now know the bay cat occurs here could change the way we approach future efforts to locate it."
The conservationists warn that although the cat was photographed in Pulong Tau National Park, the park is only protected on paper.
"This is a 'paper park' for sure, currently with no budget, no infrastructure, and no staff, including no park rangers" explains Brodie. "Given that we have recorded such a rich mammal fauna, we urgently need to see that it receives the additional scientific attention and protection it deserves."
The camera trapping expedition also recorded several other endangered species including the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata), banded civet (Hemigalus derbyanus), sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), sambar (Rusa unicolor), bearded pig (Sus barbatus), pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), Hose's langur (Presbytis hosei), tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis), and Bulwer's pheasant (Lophura bulweri), all of the above of which are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.
Captive bay cat. Photo by: Jim Sanderson.
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Artisans, galleries and stores based in Alameda are having special sales and offering plenty of holiday treats to encourage Alamedans to shop locally for locally made items.
At the Redux Gallery Studio & Gallery, part of the St. Vincent de Paul shop (near Lincoln Avenue and Oak Street), shoppers can find unique gift boxes made from old record sleeves, as well as handmade gift tags and wrapping paper.
There's also plenty of jewelry, like pendant necklaces made from dominoes, soy-based candles, wallets crafted from the remnants of vinyl signs and banners, knitted items, stationary and other gifts, such as vintage posters.
"We have original screen prints made by Manuel Valensuela, and miniature mixed-media collages made by Maureen Shields," said Chris Rummell, creative reuse and recycling manager of the gallery. "And there's a series of origami-inspired vases, pet sweaters made from reclaimed yarn, pillow shams crafted from upholstery samples and lots of other fun gifts."
Redux is having a 25-percent-off sale this weekend and is hosting a workshop for residents who want to learn to make their own gift wrap from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The event requires pre-registration and will be led by Alameda artist Emily Bonnes. (The store is open from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.)
Other merchants and galleries around the Island, of course, like Bead Inspirations on Park Street and the Sewing Room & Style Lounge on Webb Avenue, feature handcrafted gifts, as well. In addition, many offer classes for Alamedans who want to get ready for the next holiday season by learning how to make their own presents.
In addition, the Frank Bette Center for the Arts (on Paru Street at Lincoln Avenue) is hosting its eighth-annual holiday boutique through Dec. 24. More than 20 artists are selling handcrafted items, and proceeds benefit the art center.
For instance, Helen Calhoun has made a series of colorful aprons, tote bags, hot pads tea cozies, covered hangars and toaster covers. "I love sewing and have done it for years," Calhoun said."
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Painter Tatiana Secu, who takes classes and volunteers at Frank Bette, has made some small reindeer from paper-mache objects. They can go under the tree or on a coffee table, for instance.
Other handmade items for sale at Frank Bette include jewelry, cards, bookmarks, bowls, plates, coasters, clocks, paperweights, quilts, lotion, jewelry boxes, fridge magnets, computer cases and cat toys. Frank Bette is also selling its 2013 calendar, which features images for its Plein Air Paint out, for $15.
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'One Man, Two Guvnors': British farce works splendidly on Broadway
James Corden, the affable, nimble and hilarious star of "One Man, Two Guvnors," reminds us that live theater is an adventure that happens but once.
The fast-paced British farce, which begins with a band, The Craze, warming up the audience, has him asking for help from the audience, clearly part of the play. He asked two men to carry a trunk that his character, Francis Henshall, couldn't and that led to a series of pratfalls. This went fine.
A little later, Henshall, perpetually starving and eating, is feeling a bit peckish. So he asks if anyone has a sandwich. The Music Box Theater, one of Broadway's old gems, is a place where carrying anything other than a purse in is considered gauche.
When he assures the audience he is serious, two men offer food.
"You do know this is the theater?" Henshall asks.
This leads to a few minutes of complete hysteria when one of the offerings is a hummus sandwich. Corden ( "The History Boys") seems to break character; he's on the ground, telling the audience that this break has messed with the plot. By this point, the band is cracking up.
However, being as agile with improv as he is running about the stage, Corden regroups. Later, someone who saw this production in London tells me this, too, is part of the play and changes depending on what the audience has snuck in.
The band, called The Craze, is supposed to resemble the Beatles, and this takes place in Brighton, England, circa 1963. The story is not completely logical, but that's part of its appeal.
An ex-con, Charlie "The Duck" Clench (Fred Ridgeway), has offered his dim-bulb daughter, Pauline ( Claire Lams, "EastEnders"), as a bride to a man we never see. But Pauline is in love with Alan Dangle ( Daniel Rigby), an actor who struts about posing and overacting.
The guy to whom The Duck betrothed Pauline was murdered but his twin sister, Rachel Crabbe ( Jemima Rooper, "Kinky Boots"), pretends to be him. Wait, it gets far more involved.
Meanwhile Henshall, the bumbling, hungry center of the show, takes jobs -- two, in fact -- hence the two guvnors, which is old-fashioned British slang for employers. One is the woman pretending to be her brother. The other guvnor, the nasty Stanley Stubbers ( Oliver Chris, the U.K. version of "The Office"), killed Rachel's brother and happens to be engaged to Rachel.
Yes, it is ridiculously complicated and there are many other layers and side stories. In between, the band comes on stage, actors perform musical interludes, there's lots of running around, pratfalls and nonsense. And, it's a fun example of pure commedia dell'arte.
Doors fly open, and people get hit by doors, kicked and knocked out Befuddled Henshall, who wants to be a player and isn't a very good criminal, keeps everything running.
There's a hysterical scene in a club restaurant, where Henshall is trying to serve his two guvnors. An ancient waiter, Alfie ( Tom Edden, "Doctor Who," a brilliant physical comedian), with many health problems, including shaky hands and a spotty pacemaker, continuously gets knocked out. It may not sound particularly entertaining to hear about a very old man getting clocked repeatedly, yet the charm of this show is that it is.
As is a man who can't keep his two employers' needs straight or stop fixating on food. The audience, however, leaves satisfied, and it's a given that by the next show, when Henshall asks if anyone has a sandwich, an entirely new scene will unfold.
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The MLS is still going through an awkward growing phase in the USA and is yet to inspire significant numbers at the stadium or on the TV.
But a number of ambitious recruitment projects have given hope to the few soccer fans in North America.
David Beckham worked wonders at L.A Galaxy while Thierry Henry still enjoys star status at New York Red Bulls.
Jermain Defoe has recently signed for the FC Toronto, representing another signal that the league is growing.
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Removal & Installation
1. Remove or disconnect the following:
Negative battery cable
Accessory drive belt
Air cleaner assembly
Lower radiator hose
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Fig. Water pump mounting
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1. Position a new water pump housing gasket on the water pump sealing surface using gasket sealant to hold the gasket in place.
2. Install the water pump and tighten the bolts in the following sequence: tighten the center bolt to 35 inch lbs. (4 nm), loosely install the outer bolts, retighten the center bolt to 18 ft. lbs. (25 Nm), tighten the outer bolts to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
3. The remainder of the installation is the reverse of removal.
4. Fill and bleed the cooling system.
5. Connect the negative battery cable.
6. Start the engine and check for leaks.
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Oscar Tabarez is not worried about who his Uruguay team may play in the next round of the FIFA World Cup™ despite a potential South American derby against Argentina being on the cards.
La Celeste are on the brink of securing a place in the last 16, and a point against Mexico in Rustenburg tomorrow will ensure their progress. It will also keep them in the number one position in Group A and help avoid a meeting with their continental neighbours, who are on course to top Group B.
However, Tabarez said: "I'm not even thinking about future matches," he said. "It's not a question of wanting to play with this team or that other team and I'm certainly not praying to do that or lighting candles.
"I've participated in prior World Cups and I know you have to come to a World Cup not thinking about this. We know which rivals we're going to have to play months in advance and all the possible permutations. What we want to do is qualify for the next round and in addition we want to top the group if we can, but not because we want to avoid Argentina. So I've certainly not stopped to think about this."
Like most of the South American teams in South Africa, Uruguay have also impressed. After a goalless draw against France to kick-off the tournament, they followed that up with a 3-0 drubbing of the hosts that made many observers sit up and take notice.
I'm not even thinking about future matches.
It was their first win at a finals for more than 20 years, with the last one having come in Italy in 1990 against Korea Republic. There was just one appearance in the global showpiece in between at Korea and Japan in 2002 where they lost one and drew two of their games.
"It's 20 years now since we won a World Cup match and the time has come," Tabarez said. "Statistics are there to create tendencies, but sometimes these trends come to an end. We haven't come here to break records, though. We've come here to play a good World Cup."
But Uruguay's record against the Mexicans is not a good one, having won just three times in 17 meetings - with seven draws and seven losses. Asked why they had such a woeful record against their opponents, the coach responded: "Because Mexican football is very good indeed.
"Mexico have always been good rivals, given the characteristics of their players. It's a great side with excellent players, an excellent coach, who has experience also in Europe. They are very quick and very nimble, but I think we can be a difficult rival for them as well. We'll have to see what comes out of this."


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Abolitionist Theodore Parker said the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice. In certain moments we have the power to bend that arc more quickly if we act together.
Greenpeace's solar demonstration vehicle, The Rolling Sunlight, powers the media center at Occupy Wall Street with solar cells.
The world is alive with activism — the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Madison, Wisconsin — in reaction to the over-reach of corporations, corrupt politicians and an economic system that enriches the few while leaving our environment and our retirement accounts depleted.In a time of economic hardship, the Arab Spring caught fire when a crooked police officer demanded a bribe from a street vendor. People rose up against corruption and for a more democratic society.In the U.S. wages have declined since 1973 due in large part to corporate globalization and the rise of productivity. College grads can't find jobs. A deep sense of cynicism about the ability to make change has swept our nation, in part due to the shameful over-reach of the Supreme Court that opened the floodgates to corporate money in politics. A generation of Americans worked hard and played by the rules, only to find the rules of the game had been rigged by a small group of corporate leaders like the Kochs.Detractors of the Occupy movement complain that there's no unified demand. What I hear are people – first Americans and now across the globe – saying to multinational corporations: "You're paying out bonuses while jobs are an endangered species. You've taken the American Dream – for the first time in generations might leave our kids a worse life and a worse world to live in. You own the courts and have corrupted our Congress, so we're here at your doorstep."The Occupy Wall Street movement is a response to the economic and democratic crises. You can't have a democracy without a middle class, and the corporate-right has used its might to eliminate unions and ship jobs overseas, contributing to the four-decade decline in wages. You can't have a democracy if the Supreme Court views corporations as people and allows corporations to spend unlimited money to elect or defeat politicians, threatening to overpower citizen groups and initiatives.The warning cry of the peaceful Occupy Wall Street protests is for the future of democracy. Greenpeace in the U.S. has always recognized we cannot have a healthy planet without citizens who are willing to collectively raise our voices and participate in a functional political process. When decisions are made only for the good of the few, human lives and ecological health are put in peril.We stand – as individuals and an organization – with Occupiers of all walks of life who peacefully stand up for a just, democratic, green and peaceful future.
Phil Radford is an American environmental, clean energy, and democracy leader serving as the Executive Director of Greenpeace USA. He was a co-founder of the Democracy Initiative, served as the Founder and Executive Director of Power Shift, and is a board member of Green Corps.He has a background in grassroots organizing, corporate social responsibility, and clean energy.
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THANK YOU, Occupy Wall Street. Thank you for being out there FOR US - day after day, night after night , in the rain and cold and wind of a New York C...
THANK YOU, Occupy Wall Street. Thank you for being out there FOR US - day after day, night after night , in the rain and cold and wind of a New York City autumn. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really do matter, and for helping open our eyes to what's really going on in this country. Thank you OWS, for standing up for the workers, and for those looking for work, and for those that will graduate and find no work. Thank you OWS, for standing your ground, and for enduring senseless illegal beatings, while still maintaining your cool and your pride, and holding your head up high. Thank you OWS, for protecting and expanding our right to free speech and peaceable assembly. You, my friends, you are the true patriots. Thank you OWS, from all of us who can't be there in person, from all of us who are working two and three jobs just to keep up, from all of us struggling to raise our children, or caring for our elderly, or just trying to live with some dignity.....while all the while the rich become richer and more powerful, at our expense. The 1% are running this economy. Indeed, they're running it right into the ground - with their get rich schemes, and their tax evasions. Hell, if they don't want to pay their fair share, then let's call their bluff. Let them leave. ...cause they've already shipped their jobs overseas anyway. The REAL "mobs" are not the hardy souls of OWS - they are the public-be-damned Tea-publicans- who are blocking everything in Washington , trying to prevent Obama from doing his job. We may not be there physically with you OWS , but we are with you in spirit . You inspire and motivate us and strengthen us, and we're damn PROUD OF YOU!
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This is very good news. A natural step for the greens as they have always been supportive of our planet and against those who wish to destroy it throu...
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Hooray, Greenpeace! Check out www.democracyisforpeople.org and for a working model of how to DEMOCRATIZE THE GRID and start that ENERGY REVOLUTION G...
Hooray, Greenpeace! Check out www.democracyisforpeople.org and for a working model of how to DEMOCRATIZE THE GRID and start that ENERGY REVOLUTION Greenpeace talks about, look at Jeremy Rifkins new book, The Third Industrial Revolution. An interview with the author is available at http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-09-27/jeremy-rifkin-third-industrial-revolution/transcript.
We are working hard here in Charlotte on the Quit Coal-Go Solar campaign in conjunction with Occupy Charlotte!
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Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Majuro: Norman Barth
Dr. Norman Barth is the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Prior to coming to Majuro in August 2013, Norman spent four years at the U.S. Embassy in Suva, Fiji as the Regional Environmental Officer (REO) for the Pacific. On two occasions he led U.S. delegations to the annual meetings of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme. Before his work as REO in Suva, he worked in the Office of Global Change in the State Department's Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science in Washington. He was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the UN climate talks in Nairobi (2006) and Bali (2007) where he was the lead U.S. negotiator on issues under Article 6 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Norman holds a doctorate in physics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's Degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, his research career of twenty-five years in the United States and Europe included work on gravitation, physical oceanography, and climate modeling. He has numerous peer reviewed scientific publications and one book.
He has lived outside of the U.S. more than twenty-five years. His other Foreign Service postings have been to the Dominican Republic and Mexico. He is accompanied in Majuro by his wife Pamela and their two daughters.


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Made a collegiate church in 1406, James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, enlarged it in 1477 and probably built the Scottish late-Gothic style chancel. Work on the chevet stopped in 1590 and the nave and transept remodelled in the mid-19C. The 16C Morton Monument, in memory of James Douglas and his wife, is located in the roofless choir. The effigies of the couple, worn smooth with the passage of time, show them in rich costume with lions at their feet.
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Did Trista and Ryan Sutter Date a Year Before The Bachelorette?!
Crazy Days And Nights is known for its blind items, and from January 1-2 the site celebrated Gossip Christmas by revealing the subjects of many juicy blinds.
Here's one Bachelorette-related item that made our eyebrows dance:
"How about a nice easy one? This reality show couple have always been unique. They have stayed together when countless others have tired and failed at the same game. Why did this one couple have so much luck and success when others have failed? They made millions in the process and to date no one else has been able to match their luck. The reason? Prior to their "meeting," they had already been dating for over a year."
The reveal? "Trista Rehn & Ryan Sutter"
CDAN is a legit site, but this is pretty hard to believe. How would Trista and Ryan have kept their relationship a secret for a year before going on The Bachelorette? Where did they meet? Do you think this is really the case?
Well, Trista aimed to set the record straight via Twitter on January 3, 2012. When asked by a fan if this blind item reveal was true, she replied: "that wasn't about us. It was some English couple I believe??? I met Ryan when he stepped out of the limo."
Okay then... So which English couple could it be?
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Holidays are Filled with Tempting Treats that Can Spike Blood Sugar
Washington Hospital Seminar Offers Tips for Seasonal Success
The holidays can be a difficult time for people with diabetes. The next three months will be filled with food minefields. Soon it will seem like candy, baked goods, and other high-carb foods are everywhere for the taking. But just like the rest of the year, people with diabetes have to be diligent about keeping their blood sugar levels under control despite the temptations.
"For so many people, the holidays are all about eating," said Anna Mazzei, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at Washington Hospital. "Food is everywhere, and that can be a problem for people with diabetes. But if you have diabetes, there are some steps you can take that will increase your chances of surviving the holidays without putting your health at risk."
Mazzei will offer tips for keeping your diabetes under control when she presents 'Seasonal Success for Diabetes Meal Planning' on Thursday, October 3, from 7 to 8 p.m. The seminar is part of Washington Hospital's free monthly Diabetes Matters education series and will be held at the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium, 2500 Mowry Avenue (Washington West), in Fremont.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or is not able to use it properly. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert sugars and starchy foods into energy. When this process doesn't work properly, glucose (sugar) in the blood can get too high and lead to complications.
What You Eat Matters
"Everyone with diabetes knows that what you eat impacts blood sugar levels," she said. "That's why proper meal planning and portion control are so important."
Mazzei said it's important to plan the meals and snacks you eat all year long. But with so many temptations during the holidays, it becomes much more critical.
"Don't use the holidays as an excuse to overeat," she added. "Set up your home and work environments so they support your efforts. Don't keep tempting treats around, and have healthy snacks on hand so you have an alternative to the high-carb, high calorie foods that are available during the holidays."
One way to avoid overeating at parties and other holiday gatherings is to eat something before you head out. If you arrive hungry, you are more likely to overeat, she said.
"Don't hang out around the buffet table," Mazzei added. "It's also a very bad idea to skip meals so can overdo it later. That will wreak havoc on blood sugar."
She recommended checking blood sugar levels more often during the holidays, particularly if you are eating foods you don't normally eat. That way you can monitor how the extra eating is affecting your diabetes and determine what you can and can't get away with.
If you do plan to indulge, step up your physical activity to help keep blood sugar under control, she added. Find ways to incorporate physical activity into your holiday plans.
Focus on What is Important
Another important theme of Mazzei's talk is the need to focus on what is important during the holidays, whether it's a particular food that is a special treat or managing expectations to keep stress levels down.
"The holidays can be a stressful time, which often leads to overindulging in food and alcohol." she said. "Evaluate what you want to accomplish during the holidays and be reasonable about what is really possible. Manage expectations. You can't do it all."
When making food choices during the holidays, only eat the special treats that are important to you. Don't eat food you could get any other time of the year.
"Don't eat it just because it's there," Mazzei added. "Spend your carbs wisely. Stick to the special holiday foods you really enjoy."
She will also talk about recipe modifications that can help you avoid overindulging. For example, you can reduce the amount of sugar in some recipes by using dried fruit or other sweeteners. Substituting low-fat dairy products can help cut calories and fat from many recipes.
"The holidays should not undo all your good efforts during the rest of the year," she said. "You can enjoy the holidays and still not overdo it. Eat a few treats you enjoy, but be selective. Stay focused on spending quality time with family and friends. Take a hike together or go ice-skating rather than just sitting around eating all the time."
To learn more about Diabetes Matters and other diabetes programs at Washington Hospital, visit www.whhs.com/diabetes.


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IT'S a fact too easily overlooked: vaccines are huge life-savers. They prevent up to 3 million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization. That's pretty impressive, and there is much more to come. Advances in biotechnology are giving vaccine research a shot in the arm, increasing the opportunities to develop new vaccines – and careers.
As Edward Jenner discovered more than 200 years ago, exposing people to a harmless pathogen can offer them protection against a dangerous, related one. Back then, Jenner injected people with cowpox to protect them against the much more harmful smallpox. In the intervening centuries, we became adept at making vaccines from dangerous microbes that we had first made harmless.
"It was a very simple approach. You attenuated or killed the pathogen, and that was your vaccine," says Margaret Ackerman at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. "When that worked as a vaccine it was great, but when it didn't, it was hard to know where to go next."
Today, we do have somewhere else to go. Biotechnology is opening up new avenues for vaccine development – what Julie Louise Gerberding calls, "the new vaccine frontier". "We're really in an environment where we can look forward to a complete modernisation of the whole vaccinology process," says Gerberding, who leads the vaccine division at pharmaceutical company Merck.
One approach that has emerged over recent decades is to create proteins in the lab that mimic those found in pathogens. These proteins – or antigens – are often found on the surface of microorganisms and can be used to prime a person's immune system to destroy the invaders.
Ackerman, who trained as a protein engineer, is trying to make proteins that trigger fierce immune reactions by taking the antigens already expressed by pathogens and tweaking them. "Using protein engineering tools, we can look at a million or a billion variants of an antigen and pull out variants that we think would make a better vaccine," says Ackerman.
Knowing the genes of pathogens and the proteins they express has really helped in these endeavours. "We finally have the toolkit – computationally and genomically – to do this much more effectively and rationally," says Ackerman. The people who will be best placed to make use of that toolkit are those with training in bioinformatics and computing, as well as genetics, she says. "Those are all skills that are in demand."
Ackerman's team is one of many working on a vaccine for HIV, a virus that kills several million people every year and for which, as yet, no effective vaccine exists (see "World's most wanted vaccines"). Malaria, another big killer, is one of the targets under investigation at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The pharmaceutical company is part of an international collaboration that has developed a potential vaccine for the disease.
GSK Vaccines is recruiting team members at its research and development centre in Brussels, Belgium. "At the moment there is hiring going on at all levels – from people who are just leaving university, up to the new leaders and vice-presidents in the organisation," says Ingrid Kraaijbeek, talent acquisition leader at GSK Vaccines. The company tends to see a lot of applications from people who have worked as pharmacists and doctors. "People say: 'I've been on the treating side and I want to move into the preventing side'," says Kraaijbeek.
Other groups are attempting to create vaccines solely from strands of DNA that code for a target pathogen's antigens. Human cells take up these strands and produce the foreign antigens themselves. The antigens provoke a protective immune response against the pathogen. "We are seeing a lot of progress in this area," says Shan Lu, an immunologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and president of the International Society for Vaccines.
Gregory Poland, founder of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group in Rochester, Minnesota, hopes the use of genomic technologies will lead to the development of personalised vaccines. "We can figure out what genetic variations an individual has that might pose an obstacle to protective immunity, and then reverse-engineer a vaccine candidate around that obstacle," he says. Poland reckons doctors will be able to use the technology to predict whether a person is likely to respond to a vaccine, or if they are at risk of side effects.
Many vaccinologists these days, including Poland, are also developing vaccines for pathogens that do not pose an immediate threat. "I work with the US Department of Defense to help devise countermeasures to bioterror," says Poland, who is working to improve vaccines for smallpox and anthrax.
Biodefence research has received huge funding in recent years. Last year alone, the US Department of Health and Human Services allocated $400 million to three centres for producing vaccines against potential bioweapons. "There's a large amount of money in the US, the UK and other European countries" for such research, says Poland. "We only have two licensed vaccines against bioterrorism agents – anthrax and smallpox – and that's it. There's a lot of work to do." In the UK, much of this work is done by the UK government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down in Wiltshire.
At DSTL, microbiologist Petra Oyston leads a team developing vaccines against the bacteria that cause plague and tularaemia. "We work on things that appear on threat lists – things that cause unpleasant diseases, and that have historically featured in nations' offensive programmes," she says.
"Vaccines have an advantage over antibiotics in containing an outbreak," says Oyston. "If you can vaccinate around an outbreak you can contain it." Some of these diseases are untreatable, making vaccines vital. "By the time people show symptoms with pneumonic plague, for example, it's almost impossible to rescue them with antibiotics," says Oyston.
DSTL looks to employ immunologists, vaccinologists, statisticians and clinically qualified people. "The scientific civil service is almost a halfway house between industry and academia," says Oyston. "You get to do some really interesting, really innovative work, and at the same time you've always got to be thinking about the application, and what you can give to your customer."
Whether the work is done at government institutions, universities or drug companies, the biotechnology boost to vaccine research is creating new opportunities to do vital work. And as Poland puts it: "I can think of no other area of scientific endeavour that has had as profound an effect on human health."
Case Study: Humanitarian work
You might remember some of your childhood immunisations – perhaps a nurse came to your school or your parents took you to the local clinic. In many developing countries, delivering vaccines to people is often a much bigger challenge.
"The current vaccines that we have were developed for industrialised countries, where certain infrastructure and logistical challenges are not a problem," says Kate Elder, vaccines policy advisor at humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In order to stay potent, for example, many vaccines need to be kept refrigerated in what's called a "cold chain". "In Chad, for example, where there is intermittent electricity and poor infrastructure, it's very difficult," says Elder.
Elder works within MSF's Access Campaign to overcome such hurdles. "I work to gather the experience of my colleagues in the field, who are vaccinating, and I take that feedback and use it to advocate for better products," she says. MSF vaccinates as many as 10 million people a year.
"We know that vaccine manufacturers have a lot of thermostability data, so we're pushing them to make that data available," says Elder. Then she works with vaccine manufacturers, the World Health Organization, and other stakeholders to try to improve such traits in the next generation of vaccines.
Elder's role also includes responding rapidly to global crises. "Right now in South Sudan there's a large crisis and there are refugee populations in a number of camps," says Elder. "Earlier this year, MSF conducted a large oral cholera vaccination campaign to prevent an epidemic that could potentially strike that already very vulnerable population."
After earning a degree in international relations, Elder moved to Botswana to research HIV, and worked at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, before pursuing a second degree in international health. She then worked at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, Switzerland, before taking on her role at MSF. "Public health is one of the most dynamic, fascinating and rewarding professions, and humanitarian organisations are some of the best places to put your learning to practical use."
Case Study: Medical chemist-turned-patent attorney
With a chemistry degree under her belt, Berni Hambleton started a career as a medical chemist at healthcare company Roche. But she soon discovered that lab work was not for her, and so decided to apply her scientific training to patent law.
Patents offer legal protection to new inventions, deterring others from copying them without permission. These can include new drug formulations and novel methods of drug delivery, for example. Patent attorneys write up and file patents, protect existing ones and sometimes mount legal challenges against those that stand in the way of a client's research.
"The day-to-day is fantastic because you get to talk to scientists, and that's my favourite part of the job," she says. "The nice thing about patents is that it's always the cutting-edge stuff." For example, Hambleton worked with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline on a malaria vaccine that's undergoing clinical trials. "It's fantastic, it's really exciting," she says. "It's hard, it's complicated and we work long hours, but you feel like you make a difference and you really help people."
Thinking like a lawyer can be challenging for scientists, at least at first, says Hambleton. "In science, the answer is often right or wrong, black or white, whereas in law there's a lot more grey – a lot of argumentation and reasoning."
The decision to move into law should not be taken lightly, as legal training is a long process. On top of her chemistry degree and a Master's in management of intellectual property law, Hambleton had to complete a three-year legal course before she could practise law.
She insists it is worth it. "It's a very hard profession to get into, but there's always, always demand for good people," says Hambleton, who has now started her own company. "It's a hard job, but it's rewarding. I wouldn't change anything."
Case Study: Getting the word out
As the tag line of the movie Contagion puts it: nothing spreads like fear. That is why there is a need to keep the public well informed about vaccines.
During her five years as the head of global communication for immunisation at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Heidi Larson's main role was crisis management. "We would go into countries and try to put out fires of misinformation," she says.
Iran was one country that asked for UNICEF's assistance. Its health ministry was launching a measles vaccination campaign and wanted to avoid a repetition of events it had experienced with a tetanus vaccination years earlier. Then, a group of treated girls had developed a psychogenic movement disorder. Although only 10 girls were affected, and their physical test results were all normal, the impact on local public opinion was huge.
"It was a panic syndrome – nobody was hurt," says Larson. "The important thing is that, when there is a problem, it gets managed and contained to prevent the viral spread of panic."
The UNICEF team's advice was to educate and engage with the public about the vaccine. "It's about trying to get as much advance understanding to the public about what, why, when and where," says Larson, "and having full transparency about the benefits and risks."
Larson, who initially trained as an anthropologist, now heads the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The group has developed a system to track global press and social media to identify and map any changes in sentiment towards vaccines. "We can try to anticipate problems in their emergent stage before they become more serious," she says.
The team is trying to avoid a repeat of situations like the northern Nigeria boycott of the polio vaccine, which was based on a fictitious rumour and led to the retransmission of polio to 20 countries.
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Philadelphia -- The Philadelphia Eagles' Oct. 15 date with the Minnesota Vikings was not your basic Monday night out at Veterans Stadium.
It was something several Eagles never will forget.
"It'll be a long time before we erase that kind of stuff from our minds," said free safety Wes Hopkins. "You want to say you've put that stuff behind you, because we're professionals, but sometimes you can't. I know I can't, and I'm not alone."


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Approximate Running Time: Three hours 20 minutes, with 1 intermission
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By Speight Jenkins
The centenary of Franklin Roosevelt's birth passed in 1982 with very little notice; few if any even know what year Napoleon was born, and even fewer when such business icons as John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie first drew breath. Yet an odd milestone, the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has caused extraordinary notice all over the world. All this is happening in an era when "classical" music is supposed to be in decline. The world, however, does still recognize artistic genius, and genius in music becomes reality as the compositions are played. Though many of us revere musicians from Claudio Monteverdi through Beethoven to Ravi Shankar, almost everyone agrees that there was never a musical genius to equal Mozart.
In what did he have his greatest successes? As an opera person, I think it was in the four operas for which he is the most famous: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte (all with a brilliant librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte) and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). But pianists might say one of the sonatas or perhaps one of the 27 concertos. Those who revere symphonic form will praise the familiar 40th Symphony or the shockingly revolutionary "Jupiter" Symphony, his last. Others may find in his chamber music the greatest spark. Wherever one looks Mozart composed not only works that have won equal praise from audiences and critics but works that highlight almost every instrument. Is there a greater clarinet concerto? Is there a richer and more rewarding piece for violin and viola than the Symphony Concertante? And so on. His virtuosity as an artist was unlimited.
There are many who deplore his death at the age of 35. I for one don't. I feel that no matter how great the genius there is only so much that a human can do, and Mozart was a comet that crossed the musical sky, changing the world as it passed. His Requiem, sadly not completed, is fitting as his last work. But the treasure of what he did for us will never completely be exhausted.
This month Seattle Opera celebrates his 250th with Così fan tutte, his last opera with Lorenzo da Ponte as librettist, a work that was completed in the next-to-last year of his life. It is to me fitting because Così illustrates better than most other works the composer's timelessness. Composed in the late 18th century, unappreciated in the 19th and half of the 20th century, Così is as modern in its thinking as the most outrageous new play on Broadway and as real as relations in a dormitory at a Seattle university or college. The young people in Così do not belong to Naples (where the opera is supposed to take place) or to Vienna or anywhere else precisely. They are simply young people in their 20s, consumed with their own desires, thinking of the moment and not imagining that the world can teach them anything. Mozart understood human nature, and nowhere does he portray the foibles, fun, and weaknesses of young people better than in Così. He even is so clever as not to specify the real lesson. Così does not end with a solution; Mozart and Da Ponte leave it up to those who present the work to determine how it ends, almost unbelievable in the theater of the time. But then he was Mozart.
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A PC Built Inside a Keyboard: Cybernet's ZPC-D5
Cybernet's ZPC-D5 PC has an Atom processor, 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and runs Windows 7 Professional. And it's all contained within a keyboard. For $650, you get a small, portable PC that saves space without compromising too much.
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Julia Mae Cousin, age 93, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Appalachian Christian Village Nursing Home.
She was born March 27, 1918, in Birmingham, AL.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Cousin; parents; sister, Katherine Foster; and brothers; Albert, Jessie, Percy and Frank Harris.
Julia Mae was a member of Grace Temple Church Eternal Life Center, where she participated in various capacities. She was an honorary member of the House of Representatives for the State of Tennessee during Gov. Ned Ray McWherther's term. She was a previous President for Women's Christian Temperance Union.
She was well known for her civic and community leadership and a mother to all who knew her.
She is survived by her daughters, Hattie (Tommy) Barkley and Bertha Swepson; sons, Samuel D. (Dana) Stuart, Willie James (Gail) Stuart and Charles Edward (Ann) Stuart; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren; special extended family members and life-long friend, Mrs. Pinky Horton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Grace Temple Church Eternal Life Center in ℅ Julia Cousin Memorial Library, 208 Garden Dr., Johnson City, TN 37604.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 PM Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Grace Temple Church, 208 Garden Drive, with Dist. Elder Mark Redd officiating.
Graveside services will be held at 10 AM Monday, January 9, 2012, at the V.A. National Cemetery, Mountain Home.
The family will receive friends from 6 PM until 7 PM Sunday prior to the services at the church.
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My food and health advocacy background:
Leah Lizarondo Shannon is the Chief Veghacker, recipe creator and curator at The Brazen Kitchen, where she writes about food and food policy. She is also the founder of FullWell, an Integrative Nutrition Counseling and Food Education practice. She received her training in Health Counseling from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and has trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute, both in New York City. She received her Certification in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University and she works with the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine as a volunteer Food for Life Instructor, teaching cooking classes for cancer and diabetes prevention and survival. She is currently completing her Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher Certification at Yoga Matrika.
Leah received her Masters Degree in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University graduating with Highest Distinction and is an advocate for urban farming, healthy food accessibility, food safety policy and sustainability.
She serves as one of the Trustees at the national Awesome Foundation: Food, serving with leaders and creative innovators in food and at Awesome Foundation: Pittsburgh. Leah is a member of the Association for the Study of Food & Society .
Leah and her recipes have been featured in print and online publications including Edible Allegheny, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PopCity Pittsburgh, Our Region's Business, KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live, NPR and on Oprah.com. She writes a weekly food column for Pittsburgh Magazine Online. Media coverage can be found here.
More about Leah on LinkedIn and About Me.
– I aspire to be an urban farmer. We moved here from NYC to be near Wild Red's Farm — the last zoned farm in the City of Pittsburgh. It is owned and collectively run by the Shannon family. We wrote all the houses adjacent to the farm asking if they want to sell and one did. We bought it. The farm is our backyard. Working at the farm (not nearly enough) has given me awareness and MUCH respect for the work that farmers do. It has brought me closer to the land and consequently more appreciation for the food I eat everyday.
– I love food, tech and policy and any permutations and combinations of the three. At Carnegie Mellon, my favorite subjects dealt with Urban Policy, Technology; Economic Development and Artificial Intelligence — I was the only non-computer scientist in the class peppering discussions on NLP and heuristics with behavioral economics. Herb Simon is my hero.
– I'm a feminista. I worked as a Director at Catalyst, a New York-based nonprofit and the premier resource for research and information on women and business. Most recently, I was the CEO of Dress for Success Pittsburgh, whose mission is to support low-income women returning to the workforce. I am also the Managing Editor of BizChicks, a volunteer-run online magazine for professional women.
– I'm passionate about doctors who believe in nutrition who tell you to try eating more plants first before you resort to popping pills.
– I'm passionate about creativity and catalyzing change through awesome ideas. I'm a trustee at The Awesome Foundation: Food and The Awesome Foundation: Pittsburgh.


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Unforgivable Text Ad Mistakes from Local Businesses (Part 2)
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Adam Root
An intelligent, passionate, and articulate tech entrepreneur with an old-school gentleman's flair, Adam Root is the co-founder and CTO of SocialCompass, a patented SaaS platform that utilizes social listening and marketing automation to help businesses find quality leads on social networks, share offers, and incentivize referrals. Recently, SocialCompass was ranked 60th in Entrepreneur's "Best of the Net 100."
Adam co-founded SocialCompass in 2008 as an interactive agency called Root & Madison.
As a former web developer for Farmers Insurance and the founder of Getawebsite, a website design and development tool, Adam has worked in interactive development for Fortune 500 companies, midsize agencies, and startups.
Adam graduated from Oklahoma Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in corporate media and is currently finishing a master's in information technology at Harvard University. Additionally, Adam has advanced certifications from Google, Adobe, W3, and Pragmatic Studio, as well as a social media marketing certification with honors from HubSpot's Inbound Marketing University.


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We've redesigned the photos section on GDA, getting rid of the old 3rd-party system we had for the 'picture vault' and made something that's better integrated and I think easier to navigate.
Here's a post about it on GDA.
Quick Tip: When you're viewing an album (example) or a single photo you can use your keyboard's left and right arrows to browse back and forth between the pages/photos in that album. A nice and quick way to check out everything inside an album.
Huge thanks to BeachBum and Lindsay who have been uploading hundreds of photos with stuff we didn't have before, better quality photos, and helping organize and give this section some much needed love.
Let me know if you guys have any suggestions or comments about how we could improve it!.


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Last week, Ericsson released a study on the Networked Society and it's impact on education. Presenting the study, Mikael Eriksson says that there are two billion Internet users, who upload eight years of content on YouTube every day.The study is targeted at the education sector in Africa and was presented to Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa via video conference from Ericsson offices in Stockholm, Sweden.
The telecommunication vendor has been connecting schools in Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi through its Ericsson Connect to Learn program. The program is done as a model with the hope that government and other players in the education sector can learn from. The schools are provided with a cellular connection and are able to access learning material via the Internet on Ericsson's cloud.
Ericsson also shared a number of ways in which technology was disrupting learning.
Electronic book sales have surpassed physical book sales while 80 percent of the global population is connected at least to a mobile phone. On the mobile side, 3G ios now a different case compared to what it was 10 years ago, when it was launched. Then, it didn't support business or individual needs.
Young-Shim Dho, Korean Ambassador to the United Nations says that her country is the 14th largest economy in the world, without any natural resources, a fact attributed to an educated populace.
Societal evolution started with agricultural society where resources were isolated and decentralised. This then became the industrial society where resources were centralised and standardised. In the networked society, all resources are interconnected and therefore accessible to all.
Books, which were once only accessible through libraries are now available everywhere, including on mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Wikipedia has over 22 million entries in 85 languages. "As soon as you get connectivity, the situation changes," explains Eriksson, adding that connectivity provides equal opportunities for people to access the same resources.
When technology is introduced in learning, the role of the teacher changes to that of a guide, from that of a bearer of information. Technology also reduces the need for people to know and remember lots of stuff, as this is accessible at their fingertips. Instead, analytical skills become more important in the need to sift through lots of information.
The use of technology in learning is also said to have "individualised learning". While one has access to a variety of learning material online, including courses from Harvard and MIT, the United States only has two Algebra books for primary school (K1 to K8) students.
However, online learning material comes with its own pitfalls. Eriksson explains that a study a few years ago found that Wikipedia had more errors than Encyclopaedia Britannica. The errors were however corrected as soon as it was highlighted.


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'NCIS': Tony and Ziva visit Paris together
Of course, the truly important thing about that whole paragraph is the notion of the trip to Paris. It was Ziva and Tony who went to Paris together in order to pickup a whistleblower and bring her back to D.C. I know it wasn't a vacation, but sending those two to the City of Love is another one of those tantalizing hints the show gives us about where the could-be couple are headed. Or, perhaps, the couple has already gotten there.
There were definite indications tonight that the two slept together, but nothing concrete was actually said. For instance, We know that they spent the night in the same room, making the first question we have to ask - why that was the case. As I have to assume that our government could pop for a room for each agent, and Ziva gave our whistleblower a look when Tony indicated the hotel was full, it seems as though they chose to spend the night together.
So, where then did they sleep? Tony was definitely lying at the end of the episode when he stated he slept on the couch - Ziva called him out on that. Was she also lying when she told the whistleblower that she had spent the night on the couch? After Ziva called out Tony for lying, Tony did the same to her, and while I think we all want to believe that Tony was referencing her saying she slept on the couch, that certainly wasn't made explicit. In point of fact, Tony could have meant any number of statements Ziva had made during the flight.
I want to push for both sleeping on the couch claims to be a lie, so let's go back to that conversation at the café in Paris. When Tony mentioned that Ziva looked to have been sleeping well the previous night, she gave a Tony a glance that indicated that something may have occurred. She certainly wasn't giving him a "how dare you have been looking at me while I was asleep, what sort of perv are you" look. No? Am I reading too much into that? I don't think I am, or, at the very least, I don't think I'm reading more into it than the show wants us to read into it.
One more point on the relationship possibilities - those two were definitely off their game on the plane, and I think it may be because they were too concerned with one another. They repeatedly left the whistleblower alone to go chat, check out the dead Air Marshal in the bathroom, and/or accost the obviously-too-weird-to-be-the-assassin man back in coach. One of them should have been with the whistleblower at all times, especially because it was quite obviously the flight attendant who was the assassin. It's always the flight attendant.
Another good rule of thumb for murder mysteries - while it's not always the fiancé who tries to have their would-be spouse killed, they tend to be a pretty good place to start when looking for someone pulling the strings on a murder for hire. That fiancé tonight seemed dirty from the moment he sat down with Gibbs. They should have been on to him way sooner.
Okay, so you have my theories on Tony and Ziva and their possible relationship status, what are yours?Bits and pieces:
- So Tony is on Team Edward? I would have thought that even if Tony wasn't involved in the story he would still be on Team Tony.
- I like that the show put Tony and Ziva in business class for the flight. Too many series try to pass off that much leg room as being coach and it always seems foolish when they do. The bathroom however was twice the size of the largest airplane bathroom I've ever seen.
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