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On Sept. 19, Dr. Jerry Campbell, president of the Claremont School of Theology; Dr. Helene Slessarev Jamir, professor at the Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Lincoln University; Father David Starr of St. John's Church in San Bernardino; Stephen Padilla and Francisco Garcia, graduate students in religious studies and ethics preparing for ordained ministry; and Rev. Eugene Boutilier, retired minister of the United Church of Christ, attempted to visit the warehouse where workers are on strike in Mira Loma, California to independently check whether or not workers' safety concerns have been addressed.
Here is the clergy members' account:
We arrived at the NFI Industries' distribution center in the Mira Loma area of Jurupa Valley the morning of Sept. 19. We were stopped at the gate where we explained that we had come to meet with Ed Jankay, the facility director.
We explained we wanted to meet with Mr. Jankay to make our assessment about the current status of working conditions at the warehouse. We are concerned about claims made by NFI, the warehouse operator, and by Walmart in the news media claiming that health and safety concerns have been addressed. Workers report that the problems have not been fixed. We wanted to make an independent assessment of the facility as we are very concerned about potential labor law violations.
We were denied access and refused an appointment with the facility director.
We asked to see Warestaff, the temporary staffing agency that employs the warehouse workers, administrator Alejandra Herrera and were told she was not at the site that day.
When we continued the conversation with security personnel, they made more phone calls while we waited. We were then told we would meet Tom Garner, regional security official for NFI. Our 15 or 20 minute conversation with him was polite, although at one point he stated that should we decline to leave he would call the Sheriff and have us removed. Garner said that Cal/OSHA had been to the warehouse and "had found nothing wrong." (Note: Cal/OSHA is currently investigating claims at the NFI facility in Mira Loma. Comprehensive inspections such as the one at the NFI facility in Chino, California that led to more than $250,000 in citations in January often take up to six months. The ongoing inspection of the Mira Loma NFI facility opened in July 2012 and has not been closed.) We suggested that if there was "nothing wrong," then NFI must have made some changes because we had heard direct testimony from dozens of workers about many health and safety hazards. He replied, "we haven't done anything."
Mr. Garner assured us we could return for an escorted visit, and only an escorted visit, if we had a prior appointment. We assured him we would seek an appointment.
Clergy members called Sept. 20 and asked to speak with Ed Jankay. They were told he was "in a meeting." Mr. Jankay has yet to follow up or to set an appointment.
Clergy members called Sept. 21 and asked to speak with Ed Jankay. They were transferred to a voicemail, left a message for Mr. Jankay and have yet to hear back.


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The Poles of the Dwarf Planets
As of June 2009 there are officially five dwarf planets. They are Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makemake.
Pluto, Eris, Haumea and Makemake orbit far from the Sun. That makes them very, very cold places. They are even colder than the North and South Poles on Earth. The interiors of planets like Earth and Mars are made of rock. The interiors of Pluto, Eris, Haumea and Makemake are made of ice instead. Their surfaces are also covered with ice.
It is so cold on these dwarf planets that even the "air" freezes. The ice on the surface isn't just normal ice made of water. Pluto's surface has ices made of nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide and maybe ethane. The surface of Makemake is coated with methane, ethane, and maybe nitrogen ices. The surface of Eris has methane ice. On Earth at "normal" temperatures, nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, and ethane are all gases. On these cold dwarf planets, the gases freeze and turn into solid ice! Haumea is a bit different. It is covered with water ice. Its surface is as bright as snow.
What are the poles of the dwarf planets like? We don't know much, since most of them are so far away. They are hard to see even with big telescopes. We can't see Makemake, Haumea and Eris well enough to tell whether they are tilted or not. Pluto is tilted a lot, about 120°. It is basically lying down, with its poles on its sides. Ceres is only tilted 3°. Its poles are almost perfectly straight up and down.
Haumea spins really fast. The fast spin makes Haumea bulge out at the equator and squash down at the poles. The diameter of Haumea at its equator is 2,000 km. However, from Haumea's North Pole to its South Pole its diameter is only about 1,000 km. That is only half as far!


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In recent years, much creditable scientific study has been given to dog training and behavior modification methods and their respective efficacy and consequences. The preponderance of the evidence shown by these studies indicates that the implementation of training and/or behavior modification protocols predicated upon "dominance theory" and social structures ("alpha," or "leader of pack"), usage of physical or mental force, intimidation, coercion or fear are empirically less effective and often create as a consequence "fallout" behaviors – behaviors which may be dangerous to the human and animal involved.
Some of these methods – specifically corporal punishment, choke chains, prong collars, shocking with an electronic collar, leash jerks, bark collars and verbal punishment – are often used in reality television programming. The Pet Professional Guild appeals to all programming organizations to re-evaluate any decision to showcase forceful, painful and aversive training methods and equipment. Despite warnings on the television for viewers not to attempt the methods displayed at home, such methods will be attempted by pet owners and may lead to extremely dangerous situations. The Pet Professional Guild respectfully requests television channels to replace this programming immediately with competent, progressive and force-free, formally-educated trainers and/or behaviorists.
The scientific data, in addition to the moral and ethical concerns about mental and physical damage to animals subjected to methods using force, fear and/or pain have moved numerous organizations to advocate for the banning of forceful and painful animal training methods and/or equipment. This movement has been successful in several countries. The Pet Professional Guild is but one of many international organizations that have taken public stands advocating for force-free animal handling and training.
It is the mission of the Pet Professional Guild to promote the current and ongoing research and knowledge in animal behavior and training to those in the animal profession. Further, it is the goal of the Pet Professional Guild to provide the resources, education and mentoring process to all professionals who are committed to following the science and research which irrefutably indicates that positive training methods are more humane and effective than aversive methods. The Pet Professional Guild proudly counts amongst its ranks many "cross-over" trainers who have successfully abandoned outdated, aversive training methods in favor of humane and effective positive training methods. Many serve as mentors for others wishing to do the same, and the "force-free" movement is becoming a powerful movement impacting the entire pet industry.
As part of that mission, the Pet Professional Guild respectfully submits that showcasing training methods that use force, fear or pain are morally and ethically wrong as well as damaging to the animal, damaging to the human-animal bond, and potentially create hazards for the pet-owning public that may attempt to use such methods. Showcasing such methods creates significant danger for animals and humans and perpetuates training methods which science does not support as effective and which the Pet Professional Guild deems unethical treatment of animals.
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Hamor RE, Gerding PA, Ramsey DT, et al. Evaluation of short-term increased intraocular pressure on flash- and pattern-generated electroretinograms of dogs. Am J Vet Res 2000;61:1087-1091.
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The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) Position Statement on The Use of Dominance Theory in Behavior Modification of Animals. Click here to read the full statement
Steinker, A. (2007). Social–Psychological Dynamics in Dog Training: The Power of Authority and Social Role Designation and its Possible Effects on Dog Training. Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behavior, 1(1), 7-14. Click here to purchase this article
Steinker, A. (2007). Terminology Think Tank: Social dominance theory as it relates to dogs, Journal of Veterinary Behavior 2, 137-140. Click here to access this article
John W.S., Bradshaw , Emily J., Blackwell , Rachel A., Casey. Dominance in domestic dogs -- useful construct or bad habit? Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, May/June 2009, Pages 135-144 Click here for the abstract
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court has cleared the way for thousands of workers to be compensated for medical treatment for exposure to crude oil or chemical dispersants during the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' action Tuesday involves a settlement approved by a federal judge in January 2013 between BP, workers and some coastal residents who said they were injured or sickened during the spill cleanup.
Objections by some members of the settlement class were withdrawn over the past year, resulting in the formal dismissal of appeals. The medical settlement is separate from a larger economic damages settlement still being appealed.
Neither the plaintiffs nor BP had an estimate of how much money might be paid out in medical claims.
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Tuesday 30 October 2012
More on climate change and budget deficits
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I'm not following this at all. The ppl who will be most affected by CC aren't even born yet. If the gov't issues bonds today, whom will they be sold to? I guess you could put them into a side account and just declare that future generations will have an obligation to pay for the bonds, but I don't think investors will value the bonds as such.
Also, you have the issue of making financial decisions for ppl who aren't even born yet, which greatly infringes on freedom. Not saying it's not the just thing to do, but rather that you're going to get a lot of pushback from the freedom-fighter (i.e., libertarian) crowd.RepliesYou should read the earlier posts on how debt transfers income between generations (or the examples provided by Nick Rowe). There is no reason why the bonds will not be valued - investors get their money back.
On your second point, its my turn to not follow. Why is raising the global temperature in the future not infringing on the freedom of those not yet born? So no pushback expected.I'm not disputing the fact that investors will get their money back; I'm simply saying it would be a stretch to assume that investors wouldn't combine the new bonds with the government's overall debt stock. For example, if the government said today that it was going to issue $5 trillion in debt to fight climate change and that the debt would be paid for by future tax revenues, I reckon that investors would see the net effect as a surge in the government's debt-to-GDP ratio, which may lead to higher borrowing rates, crowding out, weaker growth, etc...
I agree with you in principle on the freedom point. I'm just saying that it would be a tough sell in standard CBA philosophy, in which preferences for future generations are more or less left out because of the inability to calculate willingness to pay (CBA Boardman, et. al.).
"incurring the costs of mitigating climate change today will raise the utility of future generations by more than it reduces ours"
How exactly do you compare different persons' utility?RepliesIt's true that many economists do that, but I can't see a rigorous justification. In microeconomics textbooks you will find the notion that utility is ordinal and not interpersonally additive. Note that adding utility is not exactly the same as doing a cost-benefit analysis, Kaldor-Hicks style.
- Anonymous31 October 2012 at 11:23
This discussion is based on the assumption that we're not stopping climate change because of the cost. But that's wrong, the cost is only an excuse. The real reason is vetted interest: there are very powerful people and companies, who would be very much affected by programs to stop climate change, running a powerful and very successful denial campaign.
ReplyDelete Simon: Yep, this makes sense to me. I think it's interesting to compare it to the case where we build schools that will benefit future cohorts using deficit finance. Should we have paid the cost of the schools ourselves? Maybe it depends on whether future cohorts will be richer than we are. Or do future cohorts "own" the right to schooling in the same way they "own" the right to a clean environment? Coase theorem and the allocation of property rights and all that, except that we are negotiating with the unborn.
ReplyDeleteThis article is based on the climate change that e are not stopping because of the expense. It's totally wrong, the expense is only a reason. The actual fact is checked out awareness, there are very impressive peoples and companies, who would be a very much suffering from applications to stop climate change. operating a highly effective and very successful refusal strategy. The highly effective argument to the debts remedy, which is that years to come have to pay for something that this creation is doing. This makes the debts remedy unfair or unjust. Market Research Reports
ReplyDelete- Anonymous3 November 2012 at 12:15
The whole discussion seems misdirected to me. The true cost of global warming mitigation is the real resources devoted to it. If, for instance, a coal-fired power plant is replaced as a power source, the manpower and material used for that cannot be used for something else. That is the cost.
Any financial manipulation of any kind is just about who has claims to things now and in the future. Future generations cannot make new productive resources available in the present, no matter who owes what to whom.
I speak without prejudice; I strongly favor incurring any costs needed to resolve the problem. I just don't kid myself about who will pay.
Unfortunately because of spam with embedded links (which then flag up warnings about the whole site on some browsers), I have to personally moderate all comments. As a result, your comment may not appear for some time. In addition, I cannot publish comments with links to websites because it takes too much time to check whether these sites are legitimate.


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Before we start, be prepared to experiment! The calculator will get you close (or spot on if you're lucky), but there are so many variables. You can use an antenna analyser to easily find if you are too long or short. Tuning can be done by adjusting the 1/4 wave stub length and the feedpoint position. To bring the resonant frequency up, shortern the 1/4 wave stub. To bring the resonant frequency down, lengthen the 1/4 wave stub. Bandwidth is much narrower than a centre fed dipole due to the tuned matching section, which makes building the antenna more critical. Tuning should be done out in the open and away from the ground, or the final mounting position if possible. OK, now thats out of the way, lets continue...
This calculator can be used to design a Slim Jim or a J Pole antenna. The Slim Jim, designed by the late Fred Judd, G2BCX, can be a great portable 'roll up' antenna, if made out of 300Ω or 450Ω ladder line / twin feeder. Add a loop of string to the top, and hang it on a tree branch, use it with your handheld transceiver, then roll it up and put it in your pocket when done! A Slim Jim for 2m (145MHz) will be 1.5 metres long, and 70cm (433MHz) will be 0.5 metres. Alternatively, for permanent installations, the copper tube or aluminium J-pole is a good choice. I have had good success with both, but regularly use the balanced feeder Slim Jim mounted on a 9m fibreglass pole, as can be seen in the photo at the bottom of the page.
It is recommended to use some sort of choke at the feedpoint. Three turns (for 145MHz) of the coaxial cable around a 40mm former (PVC pipe etc), or taped up and hung freely is adequate. Five turns, 6cm diameter for 70MHz. I have also used a clip on ferrite or two for VHF. As with any balanced feed antenna, this will help prevent the braid of the coaxial cable from radiating, and becoming part of the antenna, and therefore affecting SWR and performance. You can check the effectiveness of the choke by touching the coax below the choke and if the SWR changes significantly, your choke is inadequate.
The spacing between elements, I have shown as 45mm on 2 metres. This is not critical. It will have some effect on where the 50Ω feed point is, but i'm sure you'll find it! The critical lengths are B, C, and E then adjust the feedpoint to find a perfect match. Ignore B and E if building the "J pole". All dimensions should be between the closest metal to metal (inside), not centre to centre. a 1.0:1 SWR will be possible when the antenna is working perfectly. If you cant get it perfect, the length of the elements may need adjusting or the choke is not adequate. Just remember, when adjusting elements, 1cm shorter on 'C' would equal 3cm shorter off 'A'!
*Velocity Factor: I have added the ability to select the velocity factor of your conductor. It is set by default to 0.96, which is for bare copper or bare aluminium. If you use balanced feeder such as 300Ω or 450Ω, adjust it to 0.9 (or set to the cable manufacturers specification if available). The diameter of the elements will also slightly affect the length.
50Ω feed point: The 50Ω feed point is a starting point and should be adjusted up and down until you get a 1.0:1 SWR (or as close as possible) with your antenna. You could even use a 4:1 coax balun and feed it higher up the matching section. If you can't find the 1:1 point, the elements are either too long or too short. This is where an analyser comes in handy. Tuning can be done by adjusting the length of the 1/4 wave stub 'C'.
I made one for 4m (70MHz) which is 3 metres long. The quarter wave matching section can be made horizontal, with the half wave radiator section vertical, 90° to it if space is an issue, although this will affect radiation pattern slightly. Just remember the whole antenna needs to be in the clear, away from any objects, especially conductive objects!
So, how does this thing work?
The Slim Jim, similar to the J-pole, is in fact a half wave end fed dipole, in the Slim Jim's case, an end fed folded dipole. As with all folded dipoles, the currents in each leg are in phase, but in the matching stub they in phase opposition, so little or no radiation occurs from the matching section. You may think how can you say this is a dipole, when its just one element? Well, contrary to popular belief, the dipole is so named because it has two electrical poles, not two physical poles. Wouldn't that be a di-element!? Just like a magnet has two magnetic poles, a North and a South, we have two electrical poles, a Positive and a Negative. Being a half wave, there is always two opposite poles on the tips at each half cycle. Any half wave antenna is actually a dipole.
To help explain this, I have drawn above what happens to the voltage on a half wave element during one cycle. You can see, there are 2 poles, one positive and one negative at each half cycle. Hence, 'dipole'. As its a half wave element, the wave is opposite at each end. Unlike the full wave example on the right, where the wave will join up if you imagine placing it on top of itself.
Hopefully, this explains things, and shows that the Slim Jim is actually a half wave dipole. A dipole, is usually fed from the centre, where the impedance is about 70Ω. This provides a reasonable match to 50Ω coaxial cable, and is why the centre fed dipole is so widely used. A dipole can be fed anywhere along its radiator, for example, the windom is 'off centre' fed at the 200Ω point, and an end fed half wave will give a very high impedance of up to around 5000Ω.
So, we are feeding this half wave antenna from a high impedance point, which needs to be matched to 50Ω coaxial cable, and is where the 'J Integrated Matching' (JIM) quarter wave matching section (λ/4) comes in. With the Slim Jim, you have the option to select the exact impedance you want, typically 50Ω. With the centre fed dipole, you have an impedance of around 70Ω.
The matching section is just a matching section and does not radiate significantly. The 'equal' but opposite currents can be seen in the EZNEC model of the J Pole above, however, as one end of the matching section is not connected, it will have an infinite impedance. The other end of the matching section is connected to our radiator and although this is a high impedance point, it is not infinite, which is why some slight radiation of the matching section is inevitable. The more perfect the antenna is operating, the less this will be an issue as we will have the highest possible impedance at the base of the λ/2 radiating section if it is a perfect half wave.
The 50Ω point can be found once you have built the antenna to the correct dimensions. Have the antenna out in the open, then move the feedpoint up and down small amounts, and when a 1:1 SWR is found, fix them there. An example of what the different impedance points may look like are shown on the image to the left. The calculator above will give you a good starting point, although spacing between the elements, velocity factor and other differences will have an effect on where this actually is.
Slim Jim vs J Pole
There are many rumours on the Internet, claiming that the Slim Jim has better performance than the J Pole. Simulation (and common sense) suggests that they are practically identical. John Huggins KX40 covers this question on this page. It is likely that any real world tests that show the Slim Jim to have better low angle gain than the J Pole is due to the (sometimes) poor way people tend to mount the J Pole by grounding the base to a mast or not choking the feedpont, as opposed to the Slim Jim usually being mounted freely. I build my J Pole antennas as a J and mount them insulated from any mast.
Here is a working 4m Slim Jim constructed out of 450Ω feeder, the stuff with the solid core. I have built two of these and it should be easily reproducible and work 'straight out of the box'!
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Dave M0TAZ using a 450Ω feeder Slim Jim on 70MHz.
Below is a J Pole that I built for 70cm. SWR is <1.5:1 from 430MHz to 440MHz.
I hope this has been of help to you. If you decide to build any of these, I'd like to know what you think of it and how you got on. Please leave a comment! Thanks, 73 John.


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BERLIN – Although designs are complete for the eagerly anticipated Flower St. sidewalks, the town will need to rush to finish the project before the end of November grant funding deadline.
The project has already received one extension. A second extension on the funding is unlikely without mitigating problems, like major storms, preventing the completion of construction before the deadline.
"Everything would have to go very smoothly," said Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary. "The extension was to the end of November. We'll be cutting it close."
Councilman Dean Burrell inquired about the status of the project at Tuesday night's Town Council meeting.
"It's getting more complicated every day," replied Berlin Mayor Tom Cardinale.
Bambary said the project has not been without its obstacles.
"We have the design drawings and we have identified properties that will have trees or shrubbery removed, more than the disturbance of the sidewalk area," said Bambary. "We thought we had enough easement area that already existed, but once they engineered it they discovered there's not enough width."
Bambary estimated that 47 properties would be affected.
Before the town approaches property owners to purchase easements, officials will meet with outside utilities, such as cable, telephone, and gas, to discuss improvements to be made while the ground there is torn up and whether current easements are adequate.
Letters will then be sent to property owners detailing the impact of the work on the particular property and offering compensation.
A neighborhood meeting on the project will be held at an undetermined point in the future
Sufficient funds for the project are in doubt with additional stormwater work not anticipated earlier found to be necessary.
"We know we're going to be overbudget," Bambary said.
The town budget, to be passed in two weeks, includes funds for the overrun, she said.
The town will be holding its breath against snags in the easement purchases, problems with contractors and anything that could delay the work.
A community development block grant of $183,000 was awarded to fund the project, which was expected to be complete months ago.
The sidewalk will be constructed along 3,369 feet of the south side of Flower St.
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Note: This challenge is now closed to new cop submissions. This is to ensure that no one can post submissions that only remain uncracked because there aren't enough robbers interested in the challenge anymore.
In this game of cops-and-robbers, each cop will write a simple program to give a single output. They will then make public four things about their program:
- The language
- The program length
- The desired output
- A scrambled-up version of the source code
Then, the robbers must unscramble the source code so that their program functions like the original.
Cop Rules
You are to write a simple program, which the robbers will try to recreate.
Your original program must have a simple functionality: upon execution, it outputs a single string/number and halts. It should give the same output regardless of when/where it is run, and should not depend on extra libraries or the internet.
Your program and output must use printable ASCII (newlines and spaces allowed). The output should be no more than 100 characters long, and the program should take less than about 5 seconds to run on a reasonable machine. You are also not allowed to use hashing (or other cryptographic functions) in your program
Then, you provide a scrambled-up version of the source code and the required output. You can scramble up your source code however you may like, as long as characters are conserved.
Your score is the shortest program you have submitted which hasn't been cracked. After a period of one week, an uncracked submission will become immune. In order to claim this immunity, you should edit your answer to show the correct answer. (Clarification: Until you reveal the answer, you are not immune and can still be cracked.) The lowest score wins.
Simple Example Cop Answers
Perl, 20
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Hello World
Perl, 15
Robber Rules
Robbers will post their cracking attempts as answers in a separate thread, located here.
You have one attempt at cracking each submission. Your cracking attempt will be an unscrambled version of the source code. If your guess matches the description (same characters, output, and of course language), and you are the first correct guess, then you win a point. It is important to note that your program does not have to exactly match the original, simply use the same characters and have the same functionality. This means there could be more than one correct answer.
The robber with the most points (successful cracks) wins.
Simple Example Robber Answers
Your program was
print "Hello World";
. (Althoughprint"Hello World" ;
could have also worked.)Your program was
Safe Submissions
- ASP/ASP.Net, 14 (Jamie Barker)
- Befunge-98, 15 (FireFly)
- GolfScript, 16 (Peter Taylor)
- CJam, 19 (DLosc)
- GolfScript, 20 (user23013)
- Perl, 21 (primo)
- Python, 23 (mbomb007)
- Ruby, 27 (histocrat)
- SAS, 28 (ConMan)
- Ruby, 29 (histocrat)
- Python, 30 (mbomb007)
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Here's a level-headed article by Virginia Postrel, who finds that cancer comes in more shades than pink. Who knew?
And here are a few more images to finish out the month. It's Halloween–and what could be sexier and scarier than breast cancer? If you hurry, you may still be able to run down to Walgreen's drug store and pick up one of these babies:
And if you need to hold something in place, just use your handy breast cancer stapler (these really do have awkward resonances, don't they?)
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Union Tries to Stop Industry Takeover of Poultry Meat Inspection
US - The union of poultry meat inspectors is asking law-makers to support an amendment preventing the industry from taking over poultry inspections.The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is calling on House lawmakers to prevent the US Department of Agriculture from implementing a new poultry inspection system that would jeopardize worker and food safety and put the American public at risk.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut has introduced an amendment to the fiscal 2015 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that would prevent the USDA from spending any money to finalise and implement its proposed poultry inspection rule. AFGE strongly supports the amendment and encourages all lawmakers to vote for it when it comes to the floor.
"The current poultry inspection system certainly has its flaws. But the USDA's cost-cutting plan would transform an imperfect system into a potentially lethal one," AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. said.
The USDA proposed rule, which was first proposed in January 2012 and has been stalled ever since, would remove most federal inspectors from the slaughter line and turn over inspection activities currently performed by federal inspectors to untrained employees hired by the poultry processing plants. The proposal also would allow plants to increase their line speeds up to 175 chicken carcasses per minute, meaning that the lone remaining federal inspector on the slaughter line will have one-third of one second to examine each chicken carcass for disease, infection and contamination.
Mr Cox added: "The USDA officials who came up with this plan need to go to Las Vegas. If they can keep a straight face while claiming that their plan will make our food safer, they could clean up at the poker tables. There is no question that the American public will be at greater risk for foodborne illnesses and outbreaks if this proposed rule is finalised and becomes law."
The chief goal of this proposal is to save money, not to increase safety for consumers or workers, Cox said. The plan would save USDA about $90 million over three years, while poultry plants would reap more than $250 million a year in profits from increasing line speeds, according to the agency's own documents.


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Is there a difference in a fire rated Timely frame and a non-rated frame?
With the exception of the fire label there is no difference. The only difference is that we apply the required fire label.
If a customer orders a single swing labeled frame with no strike prep, what must we include and why?
A labeled frame with no strike prep will require a TA-12 reinforcement plate. Since all labeled frames must be self-latching, the absence of a strike prep indicates the use of a rim panic device. The TA-12 is the required reinforcement and is factory applied to the stop of the frame for installation of a rim panic device strike.
If a wall is rated one hour, what label can we put on our frame?
Depending on the occupancy and code restrictions, the openings are normally 45 minute rated or 20 minute rated smoke doors
If the wall is two hour, what label must we put on our frame?
A 90 minute label.
Why do lighter gauge frames perform better in fire tests?
Because of the light gauge steel, heat transference from one side of the frame to the other is much quicker, which greatly reduces bowing common with heavier gauge frames.
Does Timely have a reference number for International Conference of Building Officials (I.C.B.O.)?
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If a customer has a fire rated frame with steel casing installed, and wants to remove casing, clips and flatten the casing clip tabs to apply wood casing, is our frame still fire rated?
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The new report, submitted by a panel of sanctions-monitoring experts to the Security Council's Iran sanctions committee, said the panel investigated three large illegal shipments of Iranian weapons over the past year.The following video from Agraba, Damascus, shows a very rare example of evidence that supports those accusations
"Iran has continued to defy the international community through illegal arms shipments," it stated. "Two of these cases involved (Syria), as were the majority of cases inspected by the Panel during its previous mandate, underscoring that Syria continues to be the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers."
Here we have a unexploded 107mm rocket, typically launched by Type-63 multiple rocket launchers, a system used widely by both sides in the conflict. It's claimed in the video that this has been fired by government forces, and appears to be fully intact.
107mm rockets are manufactured in a number of countries, but the markings on this example strongly indicate it was manufactured in Iran. First here's reference images of the 107mm rocket manufactured by China and Iran
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The Syrian Opposition's Latest Missiles and Rockets
New Anti-Tank Weapons From The Former-Czechoslovakia Appear In Syria
Evidence Of Jabhat al-Nusra With Croatian Weapons
Croatian Weapons Arrive In Homs
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Educational technology advocates may call it a bold step forward or an idea long overdue.
But no matter what their interpretation is of a new collaborative grant program that will funnel tens of millions of dollars to K-12 and higher education technology initiatives, most ed-tech experts agree on this much: With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation unveiling an initiative in the ed-tech arena for the first time in nearly a decade, people will take notice.
"They've been around a while, but they've really begun to play a bigger role" and garner more attention from educators, said Helen Soule, an education consultant. Her state received grant money in 2002 from the foundation's last major ed-tech foray when she was Mississippi's education technology director. "And I think people do watch them, for better or worse," she added.
It's still unclear exactly what they'll be watching over the next months and possibly years as the Next Generation Learning Challenges program—co-funded by the Gates foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to boost college readiness and completion—begins to take shape. (Both foundations also help support Editorial Projects in Education, the nonprofit publisher of Education Week.)
With the involvement of the Seattle-based Gates Foundation, built on wealth generated from the Microsoft fortune of Bill Gates, there is perhaps an added pressure to underwrite programs that both achieve the goals of the initiative and are scalable.
"They're a technology mogul, and here is their specialty," said Gary G. Bitter, a professor of education technology at Arizona State University in Tempe. "I think it has tremendous potential. I just hope that whatever we come up with, these innovative learning models, that once it comes out, that there's some mechanism to reach the world."
The first of several waves of grants—worth up to $20 million—include stipulations for applicants, whether government, nonprofit, or commercial, to show evidence of efficacy and scalability of the idea in their submissions. Those programs will all be focused on postsecondary education and must also demonstrate the ability to increase the use of blended learning models that mix face-to-face and online-only teaching and learning, open source software, and data analytics to increase student engagement.
A second wave will be geared toward K-12 projects, which Mr. Gates said will be released during the first six months of 2011. It will include similar stipulations, according to collaborators on the project, as will presumably additional waves of funding that Mr. Gates said could push total spending for the program between K-12 and higher education into the $60 to $80 million range. Experts said those waves of funding could help bring the spheres of K-12 and higher education together.
"There's not a black and white dividing line between [K-12 and higher education], because a lot of the math- and reading-type skills that [students] aren't getting in high school are huge challenges" for postsecondary institutions, Mr. Gates said.
There's also the questions of how and why now for the foundation's first direct education technology grant program since a $100 million, three-year leadership-development program that commenced in 2002. Even officials from nonprofit postsecondary education technology advocates EDUCAUSE, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), and the Council of Chief State School Officers said they're curious to see what kind of focus the second wave of programs and beyond will bring.
"There's certainly a great deal of deliberation, but I think when Wave 2 comes out, I think it will be very responsive to some of the most [difficult] problems of practice in K-12," said Linda A. Pittenger, the interim chief operating officer of the CCSSO.
Student Engagement
Some experts, both within and outside the effort, said they see a shifting focus in education policy not only toward pushing students to enroll in postsecondary programs, but also to ensure completion of them. While that might sound like a higher education issue, EDUCAUSE President and Chief Executive Officer Diana G. Oblinger said it's really about the connection between secondary schools and colleges.
"The issues for high school students are very similar if not identical to the issues you run into in higher education," said Ms. Oblinger, whose organization will direct the venture. "It's [about creating] student engagement, flexible learning environments, and the ability of teachers and faculty to have really good courseware to build that engagement."
Anthony Picciano, the co-author of a recent survey on principals' attitudes toward online education by the Wellesley, Mass.-based Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College, suggested such a thrust may be in the best interest of Mr. Gates and other technology moguls. "I think a lot of people in the corporate areas, particularly those who are into technology services, would buy into that their workers should be skilled beyond the high school level," Mr. Picciano said.
Susan D. Patrick, the president and chief executive officer of Vienna, Va.-based online education advocate iNACOL,said the program's biggest potential may be to help erase old, ineffective structures within the education system, including those that segregate K-12 from higher education.
"Innovations cannot always be measured in their success by old metrics," Ms. Patrick said. "The performance metrics that we should be asking is around the question, 'Are students prepared for college and life?' "


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Thank you to the graduates and members of the faculty and administration for selecting me as New College of Florida's 44th commencement speaker. I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak here today in such a beautiful setting. It's nice to be back.
Earlier today, I had the pleasure of meeting a few of you—in a smaller setting—to hear about your plans for after graduation; or should I say, tomorrow. I am very impressed with the high caliber of graduates in your class. I also had a tour of the campus today, which I must say has changed a lot in the past 30 years. One thing that hasn't changed, however, is the Palm Court—or as you all so affectionately call it, the "center of the universe."
I have very fond memories of my time at New College, aside from those great Palm Court parties. I received a terrific education and made some life-long friends. I hope the same has been true about your New College experience.
I am especially grateful for the support from the faculty over the years—both while I was a student and afterwards. There are two people I would particularly like to highlight:
Jan Van der Veen—Jan was the professor who really got me started in economics.
Bob Bennedetti—Bob agreed to a contract in which I would get a semester of college credit mainly through working on the 1972 presidential campaign in the California primary election and in Ohio for the general election. Probably learned more from that experience than anything else I have ever done in higher education. I would encourage all of you—Republicans, Democrats and Independents—to get involved in public service at some point in your careers.
I have many memories of New College—some about people such as Jan and Bob, and others about events and experiences. For example, one of the most remarkable events I have ever witnessed occurred here one night in December 1972—the first Apollo spacecraft night launch. I remember staring out from the top of a dormitory roof not far from here across the horizon looking at the star specks —wondering, is that the rocket? When it actually came up over the horizon it truly was amazing. I remember it as no bigger than a half-inch gap between your thumb and index finger at arm's length. And as the liftoff proceeded and the vapor trail started to decline over the horizon following the curvature of the Earth—I really could see clearly that the world was truly round. Maybe that's a good metaphor for my New College experience!
My only truly unpleasant memory here was one literature course (student taught, I might add) in which I received an evaluation that essentially noted that I could not read, write or think. I like to think that was a bit harsh, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion!
New College truly is a special place. I like to call it "graduate school for undergraduates" because it really is a place that encourages students to intellectually engage, learn, think and communicate.
The unstructured format of evaluations and contracts rather than grades is not for everyone—some folks need more structure. But I see that you have made it through and I congratulate you for that—it is an important milestone in your life.
Today, I want to talk about two issues: the economy you face as you graduate, and some advice—call it "lessons learned"—that might have some value to you as you contemplate what you are going to do with the rest of your life.
The Economy You Face as New Graduates
The U.S. economy is recovering and we are now seeing the first signs of significant employment growth. Thus, this is a better year to graduate than last. However, finding a job will not be easy—the unemployment rate is much too high—nearly 10 percent. And the recovery seems likely to be more sluggish than we would like.
The economy is suffering from the hangover of the real estate and consumption boom that ended a few years ago. That boom collapsed beginning in mid-2007. The result was a very deep downturn from which we are now only emerging.
Although the Federal Reserve has been aggressive about easing monetary policy to support economic activity, the recovery is not likely to be as robust as we would like for several reasons.
First, households are still in the process of deleveraging. The housing boom created paper wealth that households borrowed against. This pushed the consumption share of nominal gross domestic product to a record high of about 70 percent. When the boom turned into a bust, those paper gains evaporated. In fact, many households now find that the value of their homes is less than the amount of their mortgage debt. This has created a difficult time for many families and has caused the hangover to last longer.
Second, the banking system is still under significant stress. This is particularly the case for small- and medium-sized banks that have significant exposure to commercial real estate loans. This stress means that banks have been slow to ease credit standards as the economy has moved from recession to recovery.
Third, some of the sources that have supported the nascent recovery are temporary. The big swing from inventory liquidation during the recession back to accumulation will soon end as inventory levels come back into better balance with sales. And fiscal stimulus from the federal government is subsiding and will soon reverse.
Coupled with the benign outlook for inflation, these headwinds to growth and employment explain why the Federal Reserve is keeping short-term interest rates unusually low. We want to do all we can to support more rapid economic and employment growth, subject to keeping inflation low and stable, and inflation expectations well anchored. The situation has improved and total employment is now growing—for example, U.S. payrolls rose by 290,000 last month. But we are still far from where we want to be.
In this environment, finding a job will be tough, but when you hit the pavement remember that the job market is improving. Don't get discouraged. Get your foot in the door by doing something productive, even if it may not be exactly what you want to do for the rest of your life. Gaining knowledge and experience is what is important at this point. The first job out of college is a foot on the ladder—the job doesn't have to be perfect to be valuable to you.
A Bit of Advice
In terms of your career, my first bit of advice is: don't rush. There is plenty of time for your careers to unfold. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. I didn't really start my career until I went to work for the Federal Reserve Board at 28 after graduate school and didn't begin working on macroeconomics until I joined Goldman Sachs when I was 33.
When I entered the job market from New College in the fall of 1974—the economy was in recession. I interviewed for many jobs, and I was told that I was overqualified for a few and under qualified for many. I eventually got a job as a methods analyst, which is essentially an internal efficiency consultant. It wasn't much, but it was a start and I went from there. My second bit of advice is to take the time to find out what really interests you. This means you may want to try a few different things before settling on a particular career path. When I left New College I certainly didn't know where I was headed. I only made the decision to become a professional economist two years later when I was deciding between law school and economics. And I didn't decide to opt for more policy-related work rather than become an academic until I entered the job market from Berkeley five years later.
The important point is that if you like what you are doing, you almost certainly will be successful at it.
My third bit of advice is to be true to yourself. It is a lot easier to keep things straight and be happy if your public persona and private persona are not in conflict—you are one integrated person.
Being true to yourself also means facing up to problems and mistakes early. Early on in my career as a professional economist, I got involved in writing a paper about tax reform with the head of the firm's research department. The night the paper went to the printers, I woke up with complete clarity that there was a mistake in the paper. The mistake did not affect the conclusions of the paper. It just slightly changed all the numbers and was obscure enough that no one would probably catch it.
What to do? I decided to take my medicine. I walked into the office of my co-author the next morning and said that we needed to throw out the 10,000 copies of the paper that had been printed. The head of research—Leon Cooperman—was known for his—let me say this delicately—strong personality. But rather than blowing up at me, he said fine, let's fix it.
Facing up to the error must have actually worked in my favor since I won his respect. A few months later, he introduced me to Robert Rubin—who, as you know, went on to become the U.S. Secretary of Treasury. And through Robert Rubin I met all sorts of interesting people in the Clinton administration.
My fourth bit of advice is to continue to build your human capital. That means seeking out jobs and opportunities that give you new experiences and skills. Keep up with your mentors and continue to cultivate relationships and build your network. Education isn't just about college course work, it should be a lifelong experience. If your employer asks you do something new—don't shy away from it. Instead, think of it as a wonderful deal: Your employer is going to pay you to deepen your skills and knowledge base. You will be paid to become more valuable.
For me, the ability to build my human capital has happened—in spades—several times. The first occurred here at New College and at Berkeley for graduate school. Here I learned to really read critically and how to write—the one literature course that I mentioned earlier notwithstanding.
The second was the opportunity early on in my career to become involved in macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis. Up to that point, I had been a regulatory economist. I had only taken one course in macroeconomics in graduate school and it was the only course on which I received a "B" grade—I had not revealed any great affinity for that subject. At first, the work was stressful. When people asked me questions, I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to know the answers or not. At first, I felt quite ignorant, but eventually that passed.
The third was when I was asked to head the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the beginning of 2007. It was an unexpected opportunity for public service after spending the bulk of my career in the private sector. The Markets Group is the operational arm of the Federal Reserve System. It helps to have an economics background, but it was a very different task managing 300 people who worked in many complex businesses ranging from Treasury auctions to providing services to foreign central banks. And, when the financial crisis began in earnest in August 2007, the learning curve accelerated sharply.
And the fourth was when I had the opportunity to succeed Timothy Geithner as president of the Bank in January 2008. Now it is 3,000 people, not 300 to manage and a much wider set of responsibilities.
Some of the most interesting parts of the job have been getting troubled financial institutions onto a stronger footing so that these firms could provide greater credit and support to the U.S. economy. Obviously, working closely with Chairman Ben Bernanke and my Fed colleagues at the Board of Governors and around the other 11 Reserve Banks has also been particularly rewarding.
Each time, the opportunities helped me broaden my knowledge and skills. My career benefited as a consequence.
In implementing this advice, it also helps to have lots of good luck. In that regard, I have been blessed. Think of the chain of events for me to get my "dream job"—head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. I had to decide to leave Goldman Sachs at the end of 2005; be asked by Timothy Geithner to be head of the Markets Group in 2006 and be smart enough to take him up on his offer; Barack Obama had to win the presidential election; Tim had to be selected to be Treasury Secretary; and the Board of Directors of the Bank in collaboration with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., had to agree on me as Tim's successor. If you ever thought that train of events was even remotely likely, I think you would have been considered delusional!
My final piece of advice is the most important one: Don't forget all that they have taught you here about thinking critically and speaking up.
So, let me sum up. Go into the job market with enthusiasm and don't be daunted by the inevitable rejections. That's part of the process of getting started. Don't feel in a rush to figure out all the details of your career. If you are true to yourself, continue to build your human capital and don't forget everything that they have taught you here, I know that you will meet with every success.
Thank you and, most importantly, good luck!


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Choosing A Better Path: Stewardship of The Metolius River
The Metolius River draws people from all over the country for its scenic beauty and world renowned recreational opportunities. The Metolius is also an inspiring outdoor classroom, providing accessible environmental educational experiences that are perfect for Elementary students, Middle Schools and beyond. Further, from a fishing and fisheries perspective, this cold and clean river system is an ecological stronghold for native Oregon fish species, including threatened bull trout, redband trout, kokanee, and reintroduced Chinook and Sockeye salmon (first time they are back in 50 years). It is a special place that requires careful visitation and stewardship practices to keep it healthy for the future.
Stewardship and educational opportunities along the Metolius River matter to our community on many levels. This spectacular natural resource is truly an Oregon gem for fly fishing and hiking. Recreation boaters, birders, naturalists, and vacationers seek out the healing waters of the Metolius River for the diversity of premier outdoor opportunities it offers. The local economies of Camp Sherman and Sisters thrive on the visitors that the river and its surrounding area draw every year. As Oregonians, particularly those residing in Central Oregon, it is our responsibility to step forward and restore the trail, banks, and riverside forest of this ecological stronghold for the immediate future, but also to develop a mindset within the community of the need to preserve this special place for generations to come. In other words, our Stewardship Project is not just about improving a trail and stream side vegetation, but we're striving to create a community of stewards committed to preserving this great place for years to come.
Like many of our projects, we are lucky to have strong partners to help us meet the diverse needs of this project. The Deschutes National Forest provided a baseline survey and identified 75 river access sites requiring restoration attention. Fisheries Biologist Nate Dachtler documented over 15 miles and scattered sites on both sides of the river in need of restoration. As he walked along the river and trail, the following trends and impacts were apparent:
- Sites were soils were smashed and de-vegetated, leading to a loss of riverbank stability and the release of harmful fine sediment into the river
- Along the trail and next to the trail, there was a lack of trail definition, leading to additional erosion and siltation problems
- There was a loss in riparian forest diversity and cover needed for song birds and fish swimming along the margin of the river
To fix these problems and trends, we have been working with the Forest Service road and trail crew, as well as recreational users and locals to help restore the trail, stream banks, and riparian forest conditions for this river system today and into the future. We have been working closely with other organizations like the Friends of the Metolius and Central Oregon Flyfishers to engage a diversity of Metolius recreationists for the design, implementation, and monitoring of our work. Our restoration methods include: re-routing trails to prevent harmful erosion and sedimentation; defining trails using rocks and logs to develop consistent usage; native species plantings at sensitive riparian areas; and lastly, monitoring efforts both before and after the extensive restoration work has taken place. Each individual site requires specific methods to design and implement our restoration. To design the sites effectively, and to include a diversity of users who can help us care for these sites into the future, we are engaging a diversity of audiences to meet our goals.
Trout Unlimited (TU) is best known for our watershed restoration work, we however have staff expertise and a strong network of educators and mentors to provide outstanding outdoor experiences that foster an improved understanding of our natural systems. This Metolius Project blends two strong efforts, restoration design and implementation of 75 degraded sites through the Metolius River Trail and Habitat Restoration effort, and the integration of our service learning curriculum and school groups (The Metolius Stewardship Project). We are tackling restoration and stewardship today and in the future, by empowering recreational users and our community in the design and implementation of the restoration methods.
To develop a sense of place, which is needed for recreational users of today and the stewards of our future, we have made sure to include students in the restoration process. Each classroom joins us for a field trip, and we break them up into small learning groups to carefully explore the river system. Students and teachers work with our TU educators to study conditions and impacts, help to implement our solutions through planting native vegetation, placing natural debris to stabilize the river banks, and defining areas for recreation and areas to protect and restore. The Forest Service has a wealth of professional biologists, trail crew, and restoration practitioners, and most have the abilities to be outstanding educational mentors. Our service learning curriculum includes a "hands-on" project that will provide a unique opportunity for participants to hone their problem-solving skills through authentic studies of a beautiful and engaging river. Participants are then better prepared to make their own choices about how they interact with the environment and society. By integrating proven service learning methods with watershed restoration, we can empower students, teachers and mentors to directly study this special river system, and become stewards to support the ecological, community and economic health.


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I started Reel Girl on December 27, 2009 in a post Christmas pink haze. It was my first holiday season with three daughters, my youngest child was nine months old. I was amazed by how gendered all their Christmas presents were. Truly amazed. Even the little one had a stack of all pink toys and clothing. But it was Polly Pocket who drove me to blog. Those teeny-weeny clothes. I can't even deal with organizing all the clothing for my own kids, not to mention Polly's ugly, shiny outfits. It wasn't just Polly, of course. So many toys given to my kids had to do with getting dressed: magnetic dress dolls, paper doll cut out coloring books, Barbie dolls, on and on and on. Talk about training your daughters to be obsessed with clothing and appearance.
In the two years that I've been blogging and paying a lot of attention to this issue, have we made progress limiting the 'genderfication' of childhood? (I'm using 'genderfication' instead of 'gendering' to highlight the mass-market, artificial drive to segregate kids)
Movies and TV seem worse than ever. Girls are half our kid population but show up only as a tiny minority on the big and small screens. In 2010, Disney switched the title of "Rapunzel" to "Tangled" and announced it would make no more princess movies. Who cares, right? Princesses suck. But the complex problem is, tragically, if a girl character gets top billing in a film at all, chances are she's a princess. It's kind of like if you want to win a Miss America college scholarship, first you've got to parade around in your bathing suit. By saying no more princesses, what Disney was really saying was: coming soon, even fewer girl stars! At that time, in response to Disney's blatant sexism of switching a title to hide a girl and publicly announcing that decision, hardly a parent made a peep.
And toys? Also, only worse. To me, the new Legos for girls that just went on the market hit an all time low in the genderfication of childhood.
But on the positive side, parents are getting pissed off. Hundreds (can I say thousands yet?) are going to Lego's Facebook page and complaining.
There's other evidence parents have had enough. Early this year, Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter came out and became a best-seller. Melissa Wardy's Pigtail Pals, a company aimed at creating empowering clothing for girls, grew enormously, in part when posts Wardy wrote about JCPenney's sexist T shirt "I'm too pretty to do my homework so my brother did it for me" went viral. JCPenney pulled the shirt.
The Geena Davis Institute released an in depth study about the sexism in kids' media. Other organizations doing great work as far as activism around these issues include Powered by Girl, SPARK, About Face, SheHeroes, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Princess Free Zone, 7Wonderlicious, Achilles Effect, Pink Stinks, New Moon Girls, and more. In the past two years, I've discovered some great blogs that monitor the sexism marketed to our kids including Balancing Jane, Mama Feminista, The Twin Coach, Blue Milk, Hoyden About Town, and many more.
In two years, Reel Girl has grown as well. Reel Girl posts have been featured, written about, or linked to major sites around the web including The Week (best opinion a couple times), Jezebel, Blogher (Spotlight Blogger), Forbes.com, Wall Street Journal, Adweek, Ms., Common Sense Media, and many more. Reel Girl is also cross posted on SFGate.
Reel Girl guest poster Melissa Spiers wrote about a sexist ad from ChapStick. Her post received over 25,000 page views and the company ended up taking down and discontinuing the photo of a woman's ass.
This summer Pixar is coming out with Brave, the animation studio's first film ever to star a female protagonist. It's kind of unbelievable that we've had to wait this long for one girl, but I'm excited to see her. I hope people go in droves and take their sons as well. This whole issue is really about the parents, and I'm happy they're taking more action.
But there is a kid who is really pissed off and telling the world about it herself. Her name is Riley and the youtube video showing her smart observations on the gendered aisles, toys, and colors forced on kids is going viral as I post this. If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch it here. It's awesome.
And finally some exciting news around here: my husband and I are writing a Middle Grade book inspired by a story he started telling our daughters. It's a fantasy adventure. Here's one sentence about it: "Legend of Emery: The Battle for the Sather Stone is the story of how Nessa, a Frake, and Posey, a Fairy, overcome a history of mutual prejudice to become great friends, working together to stop a war by recovering the stolen Sather stone, the source of all magic, and returning it to its rightful owner, the Fairy Queen Arabel."
Here's to hoping we take many more giant steps forward in 2012.


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Ohio Chemical Company Cited After Vapor Release
< < Back toFederal workplace safety officials have cited a chemical company for dozens of violations and propose $545,000 in fines after a vapor release temporarily closed a northeast Ohio plant and a nearby highway.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday it cited Dover Chemical Corp. for 47 health and safety violations. They include not fixing deficiencies found in compliance audits and having inadequate information about the hazardous effects of inadvertently mixing chemicals.
The company can challenge the findings. Its office said the company president was unavailable for comment Wednesday.
Officials opened an investigation after hazardous materials were released in May after a breach in a piping system at the plant in Dover, about 45 miles south of Akron. No injuries were reported.
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The Undertakers Wife
by Loren D. EstlemanPublishers Weekly: The Master Executioner, his 2001 tour de force, Estleman picks an unpopular profession and draws from it two compelling characters, and a memorable love story as well. Circa 1900, retired undertaker Richard Connable is pressed back into service by a cabal of powerful men who want him to work his "invisible art" on the corpse of a major financier who has committed suicide (the men want to disguise the cause of death and thereby avert economic panic). In his absence, Richard's estimable wife, Lucy, sensing the approach of her own death, recalls their story: the adventures that took them toMichigan, San Francisco, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere; Richard's professional development and friendship with Wild Bill Hickock; and the death of Richard and Lucy's only child. Well researched and meticulously detailed, offering a vivid picture of Victorian America, the novel is also marked by moments of grace and wit. The last third of this bittersweet love story, though, is a truncated summary of the rest of the Connables' lives, and the last 30 pages are rushed, losing depth and quality. Even so, the novel offers a superlative love story and a fascinating look at a misunderstood vocation. (Aug.)
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The NBA D-League conducted its expansion draft today, allowing the league's three new teams to add the rights to 12 players apiece. The league's previously-existing 19 teams had been permitted to retain the rights to 10 players each, leaving the rest of their players unprotected and free to be drafted, as Chris Reichert of UpsideMotor.com explained earlier today.
As we noted on Tuesday, the D-League's three new franchises this year are affiliates for the Nets (Long Island Nets), Hornets (Greensboro Swarm), and Bulls (Windy City Bulls).
The players those three teams added today won't necessarily play for them this season — in fact, it's somewhat rare for expansion draftees to suit up for their new clubs, as D-League Digest tweets. Many of those players will try to catch on with an NBA team or will end up playing overseas. Still, the expansion draft gives the D-League's new teams some assets as they start to build their rosters for the coming season.
Per Reichert, here are the results of today's expansion draft. The player's former D-League team is noted in parentheses, and picks are ordered by round. The teams will hold their players' rights for the next two seasons:
Long Island Nets (Twitter link)
- Gary Forbes (Grand Rapids Drive)
- Carrick Felix (Santa Cruz Warriors)
- Jamaal Franklin (Los Angeles D-Fenders)
- Akil Mitchell (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
- Peyton Siva (Delaware 87ers)
- Alex Kirk (Canton Charge)
- Austin Freeman (Westchester Knicks)
- Kendall Gray (Iowa Energy)
- Lazar Hayward (Los Angeles D-Fenders)
- Dwayne Polee Jr. (Reno Bighorns)
- Matt Bouldin (Fort Wayne Mad Ants)
- Lewis Jackson (Salt Lake City Stars)
Greensboro Swarm (Twitter link)
- Josh Davis (Austin Spurs)
- Abdul Gaddy (Maine Red Claws)
- Tony Bishop (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
- Scotty Hopson (Sioux Falls Skyforce)
- Toure' Murry (Sioux Falls Skyforce)
- Rodney Williams (Oklahoma City Blue)
- Josh Huestis (Oklahoma City Blue)
- Ralston Turner (Grand Rapids Drive)
- Keanau Post (Raptors 905)
- Damien Wilkins (Iowa Energy)
- Kris Joseph (Westchester Knicks)
- Dee Bost (Raptors 905)
Windy City Bulls (Twitter link)
- Wesley Saunders (Austin Spurs)
- Kiwi Gardner (Santa Cruz Warriors)
- Ralph Sampson III (Maine Red Claws)
- Booker Woodfox (Texas Legends)
- Jerel McNeal (Northern Arizona Suns)
- Akeem Richmond (Reno Bighorns)
- Casey Prather (Northern Arizona Suns)
- Jon Octeus (Canton Charge)
- Justin Dentmon (Texas Legends)
- Jamal Jones (Delaware 87ers)
- Xavier Thames (Fort Wayne Mad Ants)
- Ian Chiles (Salt Lake City Stars)


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Lamar Jackson, Oklahoma Duo Headline 2016 Heisman Class
Louisville's Lamar Jackson headlines a Heisman class that could be one of the most wide-open in recent years. For weeks, it seemed that Jackson was going to run away with the award after an early season stretch that saw him rack up 45 touchdowns and a slew of highlight reel plays in his first nine games. But the sophomore had slowed down the stretch, throwing just four touchdowns to go with three interceptions as the Cardinals lost two of their final three games of the season. As such, he'll have plenty of company in New York with five finalists and no one really sure who will take home the hardware.
Two Oklahoma Sooners will be making the trip as quarterback Baker Mayfield and receiver Dede Westbrook both made the cut. Mayfield, who has already announced he will be back next year, has completed over 71 percent of his passes this year for nearly 3,700 yards and a 38/8 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Many of those receiving touchdowns have gone the way of Westbrook. After a slow start (just 154 yards in his first three games), the senior exploded for 1,311 yards and 16 touchdowns in his last nine games.
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, who finished third in last year's Heisman voting, will be making a return trip to New York after leading the Tigers back into the college football playoff. The junior has thrown for more than 3,900 yards and 37 touchdowns, including five in a 42-36 win over Jackson and Louisville in early October.
Rounding out the list of finalists is Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers, the leader of a Wolverine defense that was second nationally in both total and scoring defense and first against the pass. But Peppers is a do-it-all player who leads the nation in punt return yards and has been used on offense as a tailback. He is the first defensive player to get a Heisman invite since Notre Dame's Manti Te'o in 2012.
Jackson certainly lost momentum down the stretch. The question is did anyone else do enough to catch him? We'll find out when the Heisman Trophy is awarded Dec. 10.


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The 501(c)3 non-profit organization has now expanded to Houston, TX where they will be bringing their youth development programs in partnership with the City of Houston.
Avengers Mentoring Youth Development & Athletic Center will be opening the doors to its Houston chapter on April 10th, 2021, which also marks the 11th year anniversary for the organization. The occasion will be celebrated through a Grand Opening and a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at the new location.
Avengers Mentoring Organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit which began in Detroit, MI in 2010. The organization has since provided youth development programs to the local community including entrepreneurship training, financial literacy, mentoring, youth development, sports, athletics, community service, and youth jobs. Through their new location, Avengers Mentoring will be seeking to provide the same platform for the community of Houston.
Scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 10th, the event will carry out between 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM, whereas the Ribbon Cutting ceremony will take place between 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. It has also been reported that Councilmember Robert Gallegos will be a part of the ceremonies. The event includes basketball, live DJ, gaming, giveaways, BTDT boxing, and food all free of cost. Registration is currently open for limited seats.
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[conclusion of my presentation on the CHIME panel at the 5th Rhythm Changes international jazz conference, Amsterdam, 3 September 2017. Other speakers from the project: Walter van de Leur, Tony Whyton, Loes Rusch; panel chaired by Francesco Martinelli]
… The relationship between the festival and the city is really intimate. It can never be separate. It's the Kongsberg Jazz Festival, not the Wherever Jazz Festival. Martin Revheim, Kongsberg, Norway director
Yet, writing about 'urban spectacles' and celebrations which include the jazz festival, the 'paradox' of the touristic festival is that, according to Kevin Fox Gotham, 'whereas the appeal of local celebrations is the opportunity to see something different, celebrations that are designed to attract tourists seem more and more alike'.
Nicola MacLeod's argument about the 'placeless festival', as she terms it, does warrant attention, particularly in a jazz music context. For MacLeod, the authentic space or significant situatedness of a festival location is actually often today displaced or dislocated, as a result of globalisation. In this critical reading, international festivals feel the same, are homogenised—'placeless'. MacLeod even compares the touristic global festival to the airport lounge, its necessary other, in the sense that 'festival formats may now be replicated in a series of international venues around the world'. Such a reading is a useful counter to more celebratory claims of festival, local space and community offered by many festival publicists, say.
Arguably such a critical view of the festival has further resonance in the context of jazz music, because jazz itself is sometimes accused of a homogenising worldliness, whereby either it all sounds kind of the same, or the same headline acts are seen across the continent's international festivals in a single festival season. Catherine Tackley and Pete Martin are more polite than MacLeod, perhaps, but all three seem to point to the danger of (airport) lounge music:
concerns have been expressed about the consequences of presenting jazz on the festival platform…. It has been argued that this leads inexorably to a routinisation of performances and to musicians becoming risk-averse.
However, I do want to end on a rising note. The importance of the curatorial role of the festival director is articulated by British organiser Nod Knowles, drawing on his programming experience at Bath Festival, as a means precisely of creatively disrupting the lounge, of vitally re-sounding the festival. For Knowles,
a festival should be an opportunity to do things that don't otherwise happen. It's no good just presenting, like so many festivals do, your touring band 'rent a festival—we've seen them, they're on tour so they're in the festival'. So the idea [is] to present what doesn't happen.… [It']s the discovery of things that you never knew about…. I really think that a festival is no good if it's just a bunch of gigs that you could have heard anywhere.
So, after 60 or 70 years what more is there to this thing we call the jazz festival? Beyond its role in tourism, urban regeneration, economic impact, social inclusion agendas, repetition year on year? Surely there is more, or why do we still go, why do we remain interested, hopeful?
We can do worse than reflect on the wise words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., from his opening address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, addressing European festival-goers and drawing on civil rights to present an understanding both of jazz music and, more importantly for us I think, of the special gathering of the jazz festival itself. 'Jazz,' King told the Berlin festival crowd in 1964,
speaks of life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties,… [and m]odern jazz has continued this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence…. And now, Jazz is exported to the world…. Everybody has the Blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy.… In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.
We talked in the Call For Papers for this Re/Sounding Jazz conference about wanting to 'celebrate' jazz, we hoped for papers that could be 'celebratory'. 'What are the achievements—the resounding successes—of jazz?' we asked. Could we say, in festival (or—carpe diem—on a sunny Sunday morning by the side of the Amstel), alongside escape or transcendence, cyclicity and cycling, the history of being the first and second lining, that we might just find or hope to find a little meaning … a little love… clap hands … be happy.


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