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we just bought a stationary bike so i'm hoping to get healthier this 2013. maybe 30 minutes on the bike, 3x a week would be a doable resolution (i did it while watching the news). and post something on my blog at least 2x a week. hmm, i don't know if that's doable, we'll see.
Resolutions for 2013
Like many of you one of my goals is to be healthier in all aspects of my life - physically, mentally & spiritually - I know working on this will make me happier overall.
Another goal I have is to finish some projects that I started!
My resolution this year is to loose weight! I had thyroid cancer a few years ago and now take levothyroxin to suppliment the hormone, but I forget to take it some times and it leaves me wiped out! so I've been trying to come up with a system to where I'll remember (haven't found one yet that works, since I'm supposed to take it in the AM), but I'm having a hard time finding a weight loss supplement that will work with the medication
I finally found a work out that I got last night that proves to be awesome!!! It's the Insanity Work Out DVD's! A lot of good reviews! So I'm going to be starting that here soon and eating more veggies and fruits and less soda's! I've already cut out fried foods and I don't really like candy as I've got bad teeth from having cancer 3 times and the treatments I had endure. So there's a plus! No Candy
My resolution is to learn to use Photoshop! I so glad that I found this site!
Remember how I initially said that my 2013 resolution was to make no resolutions (because I figured it was one resolution I could keep); and then later on (maybe a few days later) I finally came up with a something that I could work toward -- improving my health. Well, little did I know how much that was going to ring true or how much work it was going to take... I was just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes on Friday... A lot of things are going to have to take a backseat now (like digiscrapping, for instance) as I learn how to come to terms with/deal/manage this... I'm not taking it very well.......especially because I already have enough health problems I'm dealing with (some of which you are already aware of, so I won't go into them again), and this just feels like the "straw that broke the camel's back," if you know what I mean... Any prayer would be greatly appreciated...
So sorry to hear that Lizanne. I will keep you in my prayers.
Thank you, Marisa - you don't know how much I appreciate that...
*Hugs Liz*
This is so sad I have to tell that, on those months of virtual knowing, I alredy like you so much I don´t really know what to say, but wanted to post to share some love....
Realy want to join you on this thought, defnitely a healthier lifestyle!!!
Aww... thanks so much for the hug, Lorien - I like you a lot, too.
At first I wasn't sure if I should post anything about it (as it's kind of a depressing subject), but I thought people might want to know why I may be missing at times or why I may not be as active in here as I once was (didn't want people thinking something had happened to me, that I didn't like the site anymore or anything like that). Figure it could take a while before I get the hang of things & what not. It's gonna be a whole new way of life for me and my family - a lot of changes...
Right now I'm in wait mode - waiting for the nutritionist to call me & set up a time to discuss all things diet... If I haven't heard from her by the end of the week, I'm going to call my doctor's office & ask them for the nutritionist's name and number so I can call them. After I've implemented whatever dietary changes they suggest, my doctor wants to meet with me and talk about Step 2 - unsure what that will be at this time, but it may involve glucose monitoring? All I know is she is thinking I won't have to take any meds or insulin at this time based on my A1C result - she thinks a change in diet & exercise should get my glucose levels where they need to be (hope she's right).
The diet part sounds like it's going to be a lot of work from things I've read - besides removing certain things from my diet & adding others, I know there will be a lot of package studying, and probably food journaling so I can make sure I don't go overboard & mess up my glucose levels. I have a feeling it's going to cause me to look at food in a different way, too - like certain vegetables won't be considered vegetables to me anymore & might be off limits (i.e. potatoes), and for everything I eat I'll be having to look up things like how many carbs are in it, how many sugars, what the portion sizes should be, and how much of that food I am allotted for each meal/per day. Makes my head spin just thinking all about it... I hope I can find some sort of local support group and/or mentor - it would probably help me cope better...
Good luck with the new food lifestyle! It seems encouraging that it's something you can monitor and control yourself, with enough practice. Let us know if we can help by recommending recipes, etc!
@Lizanne You might want to Google "Paula Deen" - I believe that she was diagnosed last year and had to change her lifestyle drastically - Southern cooking "queen." I just today saw a magazine at the store and I guess she has lost 40 lbs and her two sons almost that much. As she is a chef and well know foodie, my guess would be that she might have new recipes regarding diabetes. Oh, I just looked it up, here's the link:
I wish you the best in all this and my prayers have been an will be with you. Please feel free to share your progress with us as we are concerned for you!
Thanks so much Marisa & Janet.... Will definitely be checking out that link, for sure!
My resolution has been to focus more on friendships. I was out of the country for 2 years ... and lost touch with many of my friends. So its time to get back in touch and make new friends.
One of my resolutions was to make a birthday card for everyone in our Emergency Room for their special day. So far, so good. I'm a little ahead!
@ Lizanne... how about drinking some herbal remedies first? It's not working directly like medicines but it have some micronutrients and antioxidants that can help our metabolisms and make us healthy...
Maybe you can discuss with your nutritionist first... For your information, my uncle have diabetes too and he also drinks noni fruit juice and got some improvements for his glucose levels...
This is information about noni fruit from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda_citrifolia
Thank you, Scarlett! I'll look into that...
My big goal was to get back to losing weight after a rut over christmas, it's hard to find motivation to keep going though when all you want is a chocolate bar lol.
I hate New Years and the resolutions that go with them.


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MIAMI – The National Hurricane Center upgraded Hurricane Rina to a Category 3 storm on Thursday, increasing the number of major storms in 2011.
The 2011 hurricane season was the third most active season on record, tied with 1887, 1995 and 2010 with 19 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 4 major storms after Rina was upgraded.
Each year after hurricane season ends, the NHC conducts post-storm analysis of all systems that developed during the season. This year they found enough information to upgrade Hurricane Rina from a Category 2 to a Category 3 storm, making it a major hurricane.
A major hurricane is classified as a category 3 or higher. A category 3 has winds from 111-130 mph; Rina peaked at 115 mph.
Rina formed on October 23rd in the western Caribbean Sea and moved toward the Yucatan Peninsula before quickly weakening to a tropical storm prior to landfall. The storm dissipated rapidly and the last advisory was written on October 28th.
According to the post-analysis, Rina reached Category 3 status on Oct 25 and peaked the following day with winds of 115 mph.
The upgrade is based primarily on a NOAA SFMR (Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer) of 103 kt on October 25th with another SFMR reading of 98 kt taken a few hours later by the Air Force Reserve.
At the time, the peak SFMR reading was flagged as questionable, so a more conservative flight level wind adjustment factor that supported 95 kt was used. The post-analysis revealed that the SFMR data were not contaminated and Rita was upgraded to a Category 3.


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This winter a team of VetEx veterans went to the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. We went with big plans of new partnerships and quality time with long time partners. Keen set us up in their booth Wednesday through Friday of the show. We interacted with Keen staff, Keen customers, and show goers all day long in the booth. Things started to heat up for pint sales and happy hour. Keen donated all of the proceeds to VetEx. Thanks for the continued support Keen.
VetEx veterans had the pleasure of hanging out and talking with Wade Davis after his talk at the Conservation Alliance Breakfast. Wade is the author of Into the Silence, a spectacular book on World War I and the military veteran climbers who took on Everest, Mallory included. This book is a must read for the veteran climber. Mr. Davis writes of war in such detail and accuracy. The reader can defiantly draw comparisons to then and now. Those veteran climbers paved the way for VetEx today. Many of those WW I vets were unemployed and looking for peace and a future in the outdoors.
Wade talked with our group about his book, Into the Silence, and his current effort to save his homeland in The Sacred Headwaters. A story of the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass in Northern British Columbia. The knowledge, subject matter, and passion Mr. Davis has on these subjects is impressive. I have never spoken with a better speaker and story teller. We will make sure that VetEx vets will have opportunities in the future to speak with this amazing man and all he has to teach and tell us.
The VetEx leadership team had the chance to speak with Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell. It was great to speak with Sally about all her job entails. Fascinating woman working hard in service to this countries wild places and open spaces.
We attended the Mountain Hard Wear lunch and got updated on all the new designs and specifics for their new line.
We wrapped up the show at the Kahtoola booth. Kahtoola was our first sponsor in 2010 when most folks would not give us the time of day, Kahtoola wanted to make sure our veterans were in their snowshoes and microspikes. We will always be loyal supporters of Kahtoola as they have been very loyal to VetEx.
We attended the National Geographic Adventurers of the Year party on Thursday where Stacy Bare and Nick Watson (VetEx Co-Founders) were presented with the 2014 Adventurers of the Year honor. Thanks National Geographic for recognizing our veteran run, veteran led trips and expeditions nation wide.
It was a great show for VetEx as we got to meet so many new faces and hang out with old partners to talk about future trips and the future of veterans outside. Thank you once again Keen, Kahtoola, and National Geographic for making our show so eventful.
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I admit it: I feel a bit nerdy confessing I collect stamps.
I'm not sure how it all started, but I think it's my father's fault. He used to travel a lot for work, so he had friends all over the planet. And occasionally these friends would send us a letter, like this one:
Within a few years I'd amassed maybe a dozen such first-day covers, and I'd saved several hundred stamps from my father's correspondence. (I especially looked forward to Christmas each year.)
Before long I was saving my allowance for the local stamp-swaps and mail-order offers. I'm sure I got swindled a few times (I was only eight or nine). But still, it was fun.
Then my collection sat idle for a few years, largely forgotten while I attended college and married and started a career. It wasn't until last year, in the aftermath of The Great Flood
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State and State College Borough are ramping up efforts to improve safety as the annual State Patty's Day drinking holiday nears.
Since its inception in 2007 through social media, the annual event has brought an increase in emergency room visits and crime, making downtown State College inhospitable and damaging the reputation of the student body.
Since Jan. 15, the State Patty's Day Task Force has held weekly brainstorming sessions targeting the holiday. The task force is a town-gown collaboration, drawing input from the likes of University and borough leaders, law enforcement, students and downtown business owners.
"The ill effects of State Patty's Day are pervasive, and we've been committed to a community-wide response," said Borough Manager Tom Fountaine. "It's not just a campus problem, it's not just a borough problem, it's not just a neighborhood problem. Only by working together will we bring an end to this."
This year's event is set for March 1. In 2013, police from State College and the University reported 247 arrests and citations compared to 394 in 2012, a 37 percent decline. Emergency room visits for alcohol overdoses decreased by 31 percent.
The participation of 34 downtown establishments in an alcohol-free zone played a significant role in last year's gains. Those businesses agreed to close or prohibit the sale or serving of alcohol on State Patty's Day 2013.
This year, a four-tier compensation system will be offered to individual establishments based on the occupancy levels of each:
-- Businesses with occupancy of 350 or more: $7,500
-- Businesses with occupancy from 250-349: $6,000
-- Businesses with occupancy from 100-249: $5,000
-- Businesses with occupancy levels less than 100: $2,500.
Funding will come from University resources other than tuition, state appropriations or private gift dollars. Last year, money came from revenues produced by campus parking operations on previous State Patty's Days. This year, funds will likely again come from auxiliary enterprises such as parking.
Restaurant owners who intend to serve have pledged to adopt restrictions to curb excessive drinking, such as higher cover charges.
State College and University police will be heavily mobilized throughout the weekend and be supported by officers from the Pennsylvania State Police, Liquor Control Enforcement and regional police forces.
As in years past, students are a driver in efforts to mitigate the holiday's detrimental impact on the community and campus. This year, Penn State Interfraternity Council banned social functions during the State Patty's Day weekend, and the Panhellenic Council adopted a no-guest policy for sorority floors at residence halls for the weekend.
"We have recognized how detrimental the event is to the Penn State community, and it is our hope that other students follow our lead and refrain from taking part in State Patty's Day festivities," said Meaghan DeMallie, president of the Panhellenic Council. "Instead, we urge students to join us in the State Day of Service and work to better the community on March 1st."
Students from Greek-letter organizations are expected to be a large presence during the State Day of Service, the annual student community service event coinciding with the drinking holiday. Approximately 1,000 student volunteers are expected to lend a hand at 835 locations in the State College area March 1.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, click here.
Also, from Friday to Sunday, roughly 320 volunteers will be working with the borough on trash cleanup downtown. A group of student leaders are also at work on a safety initiative aimed at informing students on the University's medical amnesty policy, which offers certain protections from disciplinary measures for students who report a medical emergency to authorities.
In the week before State Patty's Day, the Off-Campus Student Union will mobilize students to urge those living in high-density student housing downtown to be responsible during the party weekend. In January, The Daily Collegian ran an editorial urging an end to the holiday that "forces both the university and State College Borough to pay for the destructiveness of the weekend."
For the 2014 State Patty's Day weekend, multiple activities will be taking place at University Park, providing students with a diverse lineup of alcohol-free alternatives. Among the events are women's and men's basketball games against Michigan on March 1 and Wisconsin on March 2, respectively; and the student-organized TEDxPSU event, which will present 14 speakers covering topics from science to technology March 2.
Other anti-State Patty's Day efforts by the task force include:
-- Local court officials will be urged to again impose maximum fines during the weekend and immediately process out-of-town violators.
-- On Feb. 11, State College Police Chief Tom King met with a group of apartment owners, many of whom agreed to ban parties March 1 or notify tenants that parties are discouraged. A letter urging party restrictions is also being drafted to the holders of the borough's roughly 10,000 rental unit licenses. King and Danny Shaha, senior director of the Office of Student Conduct, will be composing a letter discouraging partying and warning of potential disciplinary measures that apartment owners can distribute to tenants.
-- With State Patty's Day attracting college students from throughout the state, administrators at other institutions will be asked to discourage participation and discipline students who are arrested or cited in State College within their own off-campus discipline policies.
-- After the first three hours of parking at normal rates, the fees in downtown parking garages and off-street parking lots will increase to football game day rates. Higher event parking rates also will be in effect on campus.
-- Director of Athletics Dave Joyner will encourage student-athletes to avoid State Patty Day parties and to participate in the State Day of Service. Informational packets provided to visiting athletic teams will also include information discouraging State Patty's Day involvement.
-- The Alumni Association will advocate for avoiding the drinking holiday in emails and social media aimed at the alumni network.


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Send announcements, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 703-917-0991. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call Matthew Razak at 703-917-6457. For additional listings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com.
La Voz of Loudoun, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, received a $1,000 donation to support the English and Family Integration Program from Dominion Virginia Power. The program provides English language instruction, life skills instruction and information to the parents and family members of at-risk youth. The program helps to provide encouragement and support to recent immigrants as they integrate into the Loudoun Community and is the result of a collaboration between La Voz of Loudoun, the Loudoun Community Services Board (LCCSB) After School Program and the Fields of Leesburg Management Company.
The Virginia Commission for the Arts has awarded more than $71,000 in grants to arts organizations in Loudoun County. Recipients of the grants include the Bluemont Concert Series, the Loudoun Arts Council, the Loudoun Symphony and the Master Singers of Virginia.
Mothers First-Ashburn/Leesburg is a nonprofit support organization dedicated to helping women transition from careers to at-home motherhood. Meetings are the second and fourth Tuesdays at 10:15 am. This month's meeting will be Aug. 28 at Ashburn Park, 43645 Partlow Road, Ashburn. Contact 703-827-5922 or www.mothersfirst.org.
CCC MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will be meeting Aug. 28, at 9 a.m., at Trail Side Park on Claiborne Ave., for an ice-cream social with the children. Call 703-349-2536 for more details. All mothers with at least one child younger than kindergarten are welcomed. Call 703-421-3103 or 703-669-3977.
The Loudoun Walking and Volkssport Club invites the public to check out its self-guided year-round walks. The club offers eight walks in the county that can be done any day at just about any time. Each has a choice of distance, 5 and 10 kilometers. The club offers these walks as part of its community outreach efforts. Contact Bob Wright at
703-737-2175 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling, has a walking club, which meets Thursday mornings, at 10:30 a.m. Walks take place outside, so wear loose comfortable clothing and sneakers. In case of inclement weather, walkers will be transported to the Dulles Town Center to walk around the "track."
Help Save Loudoun meets at 7 p.m., the last Wednesday of each month at the Cascades Library, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Visit www.helpsaveloudoun.com.
The Ashburn Ruritan Club is a 501©(3) nonprofit community-service organization focused on community service, fellowship and goodwill. The club aims to improve the Ashburn community by providing merit-based scholarships and support for under-funded educational programs. To join or attend a meeting, contact the club at 866-670-5984 or at email@example.com. The meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month in the Ashburn Library.
The South Riding Lions Club, which focuses on helping the vision and hearing impaired in Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, South Riding, meets the first Thursday of each month at the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, 43987 John Mosby Highway, Chantilly. New members welcome. Call Jim Vertrees, 703-327-3538.
Crochet Club, at the Leesburg Senior Activity Center, 215 Depot Court, Leesburg. Meets Fridays, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Call 703-737-8039.
Walking club, at the Leesburg Senior Activity Center, 215 Depot Court, Leesburg. Meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Free. Call 703-737-8039.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish-Catholic fraternal organization, visit cunninghamaih.com. Its two main goals are to preserve Irish heritage and to nurture Catholic faith. The club meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Sterling Ruritan Club. Contact Bob Anderson at 703-858-7167 or Ned Woisard at 703-724-0524.
MOMS Club of Ashburn Village Area, an organization offering support to mothers and children holds meetings on the third Monday of each month. Thhe group also covers Ashbrook, Regency, Cameron Chase, Belmont Country Club, University Center, the Courts and Ridges and more. The club offers playgroups, activities, field trips, Moms' Night Out and more. Prospective members always welcome. E-mail email@example.com or visit http://www.geocities.com/ashburnmomsclub.
The Ashburn-Sterling Masonic Lodge meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m. for dinner at the lodge, located at 43881 Waxpool Road, Ashburn. Visit www.AshburnLodge.org or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 703-470-2188.
The Loudoun County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m., at the Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn. Call 703-777-0368 V/TTY or visit www.lcpl.lib.va.us.
Ashburn Assembly No. 11, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Ashburn-Sterling Masonic Lodge. Contact the mother advisor, Clarissa Jones, at 703-724-0675 or e-mail email@example.com.
The Salvation Army of Loudoun has opened a store and drop-off center at 10 B Cardinal Park Drive, Leesburg. Store hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., call 703-771-8905; donation drop-off hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., call 703-779-2301.
The Loudoun County NAACP meets at 7:30 p.m., on the third Monday of every month, at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 216 Loudoun St., S.W., Leesburg. Contact 540-687-8230 or 703-777-8270.
Countryside Quilters meet the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at the Community Lutheran Church, 21014 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Guild activities include book and fabric exchanges, workshops, speakers, field trips and community service projects. Call Leanne, 703-304-6721.
MADD Loudoun announces the new MADD Loudoun Victim Support Groups for families/significant others who have been impacted by a drunk-driving crash. The group is for families, significant others who lost a loved one, for injured survivors and their families. The MADD Loudoun Victim Support Group will meet on the third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at 210 Wirt St., Leesburg.
The Ashburn Ruritan Club is collecting used TI-83 calculators to donate to Ashburn high schools. To donate, contact the club at 866-670-5984 or at email@example.com.


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In all of the stores that we visit and rate each week, Peachfrog, the Williamsburg mega-discounter, continually leaves a lasting impression from the time you enter until you are bid farewell.
Located on 136 N. 10th Street, Peachfrog is the best discounted discounter in all of New York – we swear. This gargantuan mega-liquidator creates the best sales and carries the lowest prices on anything you can think of. Inventory includes (but is not limited to) the following: women's, men's, baby, home, intimates, shoes, accessories, perfume and much more.
The customer service is above and beyond what you would expect for a store of this caliber. Upon entry you can count on Howard or his business partner to meet you at the door, shake your hand and greet you with a cheerful intro. To get to the main level you'll have to go through the "peach pit", which is where the already marked down items are slashed even lower.
After you're welcomed, you are encouraged to visit the candy rounder, with jars that are filled to the rims. While you're picking your favorite candy please feel free to use the bathroom or leave your bags at the counter while you shop. Also, don't forget to give Hei Hei the, Peachfrog wonder dog a hardy pat on the head as you walk by.
When not sleeping under the piano, Hei Hei might follow you around the store while you shop, gently nudging toys into your leg pleading you to throw something fetchable.
Peachfrog is easily a bargain hunter's dream turned reality. When you round each rack, carefully examine the price tags. You'll do a double take when you compare the original price to the asking price.
Prices are anywhere from 50-90 percent off each and every day.
They carry high quality designer goods for exceptionally low prices. The store is saturated each day with new spring merchandise from the hottest upscale designers. Designers include Vans, Paper Denim and Cloth, Betsey Johnson, L.A.M.B. by Gwen Stefani, and indie designers Mark and Estel and Gestuz from Denmark.
It's the only place to shop if you're on a shoestring budget. They'll welcome you with open arms will be happy to assist you in your next designer discount bag of bragging rights.
It's a forever sample sale that NEVER ends.
For more fashion information, style education and bargaining inspiration, please visit www.thedressrecycler.com.
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Series: 50 Years of the New York Film Festival
Venue: Walter Reade Theater
An NYFF regular from relatively early in his career, Hou Hsiao-hsien made his seventh festival appearance with this ravishingly beautiful chamber drama that follows the intertwined fortunes and intrigues of four "flower girls" serving in the opulent brothels of fin-de-siècle 19th-century Shanghai. The great Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Happy Together, In the Mood for Love) stars as the melancholy Master Wang, torn between his affections for the jealous, demanding Crimson (Michiko Hada) and the more eager-to-please Jasmine (Vicky Wei), and gradually realizing that he is looking for love in all the wrong places. In Hou's first film set outside of his native Taiwan, the artificial decor is Sternbergian, as are the long-buried passions and masked despair of the beautiful people who meet in the brothel's airless compartments—each with a pool of golden lamplight at its center—to measure out their lives in gambling, saki cups, rich food and pipes of opium.
"At once a tale of sexual intrigue and a portrait of a patriarchal culture, this exquisite Eastern chamber-piece is as radiant as Vermeer, as refined as Henry James, as deadly as Dangerous Liaisons." —NYFF36 program note
"[An] emotionally shattering masterpiece…Flowers of Shanghai is one of the most sublimely beautiful films I've ever seen, and one of the most unbearably sad. To watch these characters break one another's hearts, and then to have your own broken, is to experience something that the movies rarely grant us–perfection." —Manohla Dargis, LA Weekly
"With Shanghai, his first genuine period picture, Hou has refined realism into the ultimate artifice, has demonstrated that the elusive bloom of love that persists in all his bleak melodramas is inevitably crushed by our elaborate means of possessing it. But as a final, cryptic image of a man and a woman and an opium pipe suggests, these flowers are perennials." —Peter Keough, The Boston Phoenix


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > July 2003 > Wayland-Anchorage dean participates in seminar
Wayland-Anchorage dean participates in seminar
Dr. Jeff Anderson, dean of the Wayland Baptist University campus in Anchorage, was one of about 50 scholars chosen worldwide to participate in the Enoch Seminar, an invitation-only gathering of experts in the Intertestamental Period held recently in Venice, Italy.
Anderson, who completed a book on the Intertestamental (or Second Temple) Period just last year, received an invitation to the seminar from Gabriele Boccaccini, professor of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the University of Michigan, after reading his book.
A professor of religion for Wayland as well as campus dean in Anchorage, Anderson said he was the only representative from a Baptist university in the group of scholars, which included participants from eight countries. He said most of the other participants were from state or national universities - though a few seminaries were represented - including several Ivy League schools.
During the four-day event, individuals participated in panel discussions according to specific interest areas, with each participant making two presentations to the group. The group then spent time discussing each presentation and sharing ideas.
"It was great to visit firsthand with other scholars in the field who are much more published than I am. They had a mixture of big-name leaders in the field and other lesser-known scholars," Anderson said. "I was really lucky to get a chance to go."
In between their more scholarly activities, the group also got to visit some historical sites in Italy, including the Cathedral of San Marcos, one of Venice's most famous cathedrals, and the Jewish Ghetto from the middle ages, the first recorded in history, and some synagogues there.
"The churches have these beautiful murals and painted ceilings," Anderson recalled. "One of the cathedrals we went to had a number of paintings by the famous Italian painter Jacopo Tintoretto."
Anderson said besides the opportunity to share with other experts, he came away from the event with a renewed appreciation for his university.
"It really made me pleased to be part of Wayland and to represent the school in that way," he said. "So many of these folks were unhappy where they are teaching, but I have so much more freedom."


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The folks at IGN have run a couple of news items the last day or so regarding Sony PlayStation Network accounts that have had irregular activity and received request from Sony to have the passwords reset. For anyone that went through the great Sony PSN hack-a-thon back in 2011 when over 100 million accounts were exposed, there may be a sense of Deja-vu occurring and I am sure this isn't the type of news one would want to read. That hack job led to a five-day shutdown of PSN, Qriocity and other SOE services while Sony tried to assess the damage and lock down the service to prevent it from happening again.
Unfortunately, almost nothing is hack-proof and it appears that PSN accounts have once again been exposed. The bad part is that IGN reported today that there appears to be a link between those accounts that Sony asked to have passwords reset and fraudulent activity involving FIFA . While this may not be on par with the 100 million, those of us that were hacked on the Xbox 360 back in 2011 and had our Microsoft Points drained by FIFA 11 DLC mongers may cringe a bit. While this story with Sony keeps developing, take this simple Public Service Message to heart, do not link a credit card or debit card to any of your consoles or game accounts. Always use pre-paid cards if possible to ensure that thieves cannot get away with anything more than the balance you have in your online account.


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Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:56 pm
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I think there must be a cross-cultural instinct for hot, spicy soups when you are under the weather. Personally, my thoughts turn to strong peppery rasam when I'm suffering from a cold.
There are many varieties, but it's generally a tamarind and tomato-based soup, flavoured with black pepper, cumin and mustard seeds. The tomatoes and tamarind give it tang, but also a hint of sweetness to offset the spice. Kind of like Tom Yum. You can even add a bit of unrefined sugar to kick up the sweetness, but even then, it tends to pack quite a spicy punch. It's generally eaten with rice but can be drunk alone too. I have a big batch in the fridge that I'm slowly making my way through right now.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:57 pm
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I agree about there being a cross-cultural instinct for spicy soup as medicine (I know I crave tom yum when I've got a bad head cold) but I think the one for bland, soothing soup is just as strong. I've not been able to avail myself of Jewish penicillin for years now (I turned veggie at the age of 12) but as I still eat fish I've moved onto 'Japanese penicillin', i.e. miso shiru!
As to medicating with alcohol... my boyfriend swears by whisky (just a small amount, mind you!) for flu and colds. Last time I had a bad cold the only whisky-like thing in my house was Bailey's, and it did actually make me feel a bit better... but you should have seen the look on his face when I told him the next day!
(Men and Bailey's - apparently never the twain shall meet!)
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:33 am
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I adore a nice, steaming mug of Miso as well- Trader Joes used to have instant miso packets I tucked into my lunch bag at the hospital, for those ice cold nights on call when the OR is kept at meat-locker temperature. I miss it...I also used to get corn tea, believe it or not, from a Korean place in downtown Portland- smelled like summer sweet corn, clear as flaxen afternoon sun, tasting light and slightly nutty. A supersized cup of that, and it was like a corn chowder without the calories!
Rasam- something I have never heard of, but it sounds like I desperately need to head off that direction! I am intrigued by Tamarind, seen it in many forms (dried, paste, etc.), but never had the opportunity to sample it. Nima, if you care to share , can you shoot me a recipe of the batch in your fridge? Would love to try it, as I am not improving, and its too early to open up that brand new bottle of Sandeman Armada Sherry.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:14 am
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Hot and sour soup for me. If I am feeling too miserable to cook I buy a tinned one from the chinese supermarket which hits the spot just fine !
And I like stewed apple with honey and spices if I feel like something sweet. It has to be very hot !
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:22 pm
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ooh - they all sound good 0 tho somehow when im sick i like plain food - so as not to upset my tummy - and seeing as i cannot taste much, it goes down well too...
Miso soup is a staple at our house- eat it all the time, so dont crave it
sick foods:
KOrean abalone rice porridge - simple but deeply satisfying!
KOrean chicken soup - spatchcock stuffed with rice, jubejubes, garlic, sweet chestnuts and cooked until tender in a ginseng broth - medicinal and warming... just perfect!
Or an eggy chicken broth rice porridge with smashed up kim, sesame oil and soy sauce
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:19 pm
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There are many different kinds rasam. You can consider it a distant cousin of Rainey's gorgeously seasoned mulligatawny soup, which appeared in the lentil soup thread.
For a fairly basic recipe, follow this thread:
Though, if I were to make, I'd make a few modifications to this author's recipe. Most often, you find dried blocks of fruity tamarind pulp in the market. Avoid the tamarind paste--it tends to have less flavour, and is so dark, it overwhelms all the other ingredients, turning your dish black. From a dried block, break off a walnut-sized piece and soak it in half a cup of hot water to reconstitute. Then push it through a sieve to remove any seeds or fibers. You can find block of tamarind in South Asian groceries, Mexican groceries, Southeast Asian groceries, etc. To the reconstituted tamarind pulp, I would add about 3 cups of water, and about 3 small tomatoes, chopped, and a green chili or two, slit.
Then grind together a half a spoon of peppercorns, half a spoon of whole cumin and a spoon of coriander seeds (I have a coffee grinder set aside for this--I just don't have the patience for a mortar and pestle).
Set the tamarind mixture on the stove and allow it to come to a boil. Add the powdered spices, a spoon of jaggery (or brown sugar), and salt to taste (keeping in mind that this is a savoury dish not a sweet one). Then simmer for a 10 minutes.
In a separate small frying heat a small amount of oil (the author of the thread above suggests just a drop, I don't mind a smidge more because the oil acts as a conduit for the spices). Add a half a spoon each of mustard seeds and cumin seeds, and a few curry leaves. If you can't find curry leaves in your area, leave them out, but they really are unbelievably fragrant. If you ever see them in your Asian grocery store, don't pass them by. You can store them in your freezer until you are ready to use them. To this mixture I would add a clove of garlic, cut into 2-3 pieces. Heat this mixture until the mustard seeds start to pop. Raw mustard seeds are very sharp and pungent, but when they are "popped" they become mild and nutty. Just stand back while doing this, since you don't want to get hit by popping mustard seeds.
Add the contents of the small frying pan to the tamarind soup, and allow to simmer for a few more minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. As I mentioned, you can either serve this with soup with steamed rice, or drink it separately.
And if you can't find tamarind, you can even substitute diluted lemon juice, to help replicate the tang. Simmer it with chilies, salt, tomatoes, ginger, a spoon each of ground cumin and ground pepper, a pinch of turmeric, and a pinch of brown sugar for balance. Add the "poppu" (the spices browned in a bit of oil--garlic, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves). Simmer for a few more minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.
Jen, I hope you get better soon. Wish I could airmail you some rasam
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:25 pm
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And I think the recourse to alcohol must be cross-cultural too
My fathers swears that brandy, with honey and grated ginger, sipped and savoured slowly is a great cure for a cold.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:07 pm
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When I get a cold I usually medicate myself with tons of orange juice and then I make homemade bruschetta with tons of garlic. It makes you stink but it works lol. As for the coughing black chocolate should do it. When you keep coughing and coughing the doc will give you Codeine. Studies have proved that black chocolate is more effective than codeine in reducing cough.
From Wikipedia:
Research indicates that chocolate may be effective at preventing persistent coughing. The ingredient theobromine was found to be almost ⅓ more effective than codeine, the leading cough medicine.[16] The chocolate also appears to soothe and moisten the throat.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:02 pm
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Chocolate would have fewer side-effects than codeine too.
I vote for chocolate!
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:03 am
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Wow you keep hearing more and more good things about chocolate...do you have that research on hand for us to look at? and how much theobromine do you need for it to have an effect? and what is that percentage in chocolate?
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:24 am
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Things on my nite table:
Inhaler (for coughs)
Codeine (for coughs)
Dextromethorphen (for coughs)
Luden's Wild Cherry (for effect)
Roll of T.P. (For conveniece after the tissues ran out)
Lip gloss (For vanity)
Thermometer (for looks)
Z-Pack of Azithromycin (for sneaky suspicions this is bacteria from Arkansas)
One bar of Trader Joes 71% swiss dark chocolate, fair trade. (for comfort, and now, thanks to everyone's advice, great for coughs, too!)
I would be very thrilled to bag the pharmaceuticals and stick with chocolate, being on a one-year long project to seek out the best bean and bar for our household. The best combination, by far, must be the Moonstruck Variado bar, with three kinds of chiles, fine dark chocolate, a great percentage and a sexy little afterheat that sneaks up on you like a ray of spice covered sunshine.
Now, if only they could come up with a nice, spicy chocolate martini, although today's NY Times fashion pages does have a nice Dominicana recipe, but it lacks kick.
Next time I get home to Portland, its off to the Uwajimaya store for tamarind, spice seeds and curry/lime leaves. I failed to do that last visit, I spent too much time at the farmers market. Drat!
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:32 am
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How nice to know! I am allergic to codiene so, I am out of luck when I have a bad cough. Chocolate rocks.
Those Montana winters can be so harsh! Keep warm and feel better soon! Oh, and it's always nice to have another fellow Northwesterner around.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:10 pm
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aguynamedrobert wrote:
Wow you keep hearing more and more good things about chocolate...do you have that research on hand for us to look at? and how much theobromine do you need for it to have an effect? and what is that percentage in chocolate?
A lot of info is out there on the internet. Here are a few links:
A cough is a healthy, protective reflex part of the bodys way of protecting and healing itself. But sometimes coughs can interfere with other important paths to health, such as sleep. Sometimes kids cough more or longer than useful for them, and parents turn to cough medicines to seek relief. In the United States alone, more than $2 billion dollars are spent each year on over-the-counter cough remedies. The evidence that the benefits of these outweigh the side effects is inconclusive. When stronger relief is desired, parents often turn to prescription cough medicines containing codeine or a similar compound. Wouldnt it be interesting if dark chocolate were even more powerful? Researchers at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London gave a series of disguised capsules to healthy volunteers. One week the capsules contained 60 mg of codeine, one week they contained 1000 mg of theobromine, an ingredient in chocolate, and one week they contained an inert placebo. The volunteers then inhaled increasing amount of capsaicin, an ingredient in red peppers used to stimulate coughing in research subjects. The codeine was effective at preventing coughs, but the cocoa ingredient was 33 percent more effective, preventing cough effectively for 4 hours, and had no side effects. The same results were seen in coughing guinea pigs, and when looking directly at the guinea pig and human vagus nerve, a nerve that triggers coughing.
How much chocolate would this be? Chocolate preparations vary widely, depending on their cocoa content, but dark chocolate often has up to about 450 mg of theobromine per ounce. Milk chocolate has far, far less. Two ounces of dark chocolate was about the amount of theobromine used for the adults in the study. Half that may be plenty for kids (but of course there is still a lot to learn about this marvelous food). Will that much chocolate keep them awake? Even though theobromine is structurally related to caffeine, studies have shown it doesnt interfere with sleep at those amounts.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:16 pm
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No side effects??
How about warm fuzzies, inner happiness, soothed hormonal urges and such?
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:47 pm
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Of course chocolate is good for you. It's one of the major food groups. ...Well it's one of MY major food groups...hmm, this may explain why friends call me a chocolate junkie!
I VOTE CHOCOLATE! ... or, wot Jen said!
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In knuckleball duel, Wright flawless vs. Dickey
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Red Sox roughed up Blue Jays ace R.A. Dickey for two runs over two innings en route to a 4-2 victory on Monday afternoon at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.
The game featured a rare matchup of knuckleballers, with Dickey on the hill for the Blue Jays and Minor Leaguer Steven Wright getting the call for Boston.
It marked Dickey's first appearance in a Blue Jays uniform since being acquired in a December trade with the Mets. His afternoon got off to a rough start, as a pair of seeing-eye singles put two on and nobody out in the first.
Boston's Jarrod Saltalamacchia then came through two batters later with an RBI single to right field. The second run came around to score when a Dickey knuckleball bounced away from catcher J.P. Arencibia, which allowed Jackie Bradley Jr. to trot in from third.
Dickey came back out for the second and allowed another leadoff single, but he was eventually aided by an inning-ending double play, which was turned by Jose Reyes and Lance Zawadzki. Dickey was charged with both runs on four hits and one walk while throwing 24 of his 34 pitches for strikes.
Wright was relatively flawless and likely made a strong impression on Tim Wakefield, who was in attendance for the game and will be traveling to Fort Myers on Tuesday to begin a working relationship.
"I was a little nervous," Wright said. "I was not scared, just a little nervous, because you want to do your best in general but to have guys with a keen eye for the knuckleball. ... Once I got out there, I felt pretty good."
The 28-year-old Wright allowed just two hits while striking out three over two innings of work. He threw 25 of his 40 pitches for strikes and allowed just one batter to reach scoring position.
Left fielder Melky Cabrera led the way on offense for Toronto. He went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles while driving home Reyes in the third with a liner down the left-field line. Edwin Encarnacion got into the action in the sixth with a solo homer of J.P. Durbin on a 3-1 count. It was his first home run of the spring.
Up next for the Red Sox: Free-agent acquisition Ryan Dempster will make his first start in a Boston uniform in Tuesday's 1:35 p.m. ET home game against the Cardinals. Several bullpen mainstays will follow Dempster in that game, including Junichi Tazawa, Joel Hanrahan, Andrew Bailey and Andrew Miller.


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Thanks again to everyone who has been spreading the word about the site move. I got a good three dozen emails on Sunday from folks who had just "discovered" the site from various links -- and it was great to read the excitement in their tone. Some folks seem particularly excited about the RSS feed, some about the larger strip sizes that load faster than Comics.com...but most everybody seems to be excited about the six years of strip archives.
And I can tell not just from the e-mails, but from the site logs. In the first five days of operation, the site has logged in the ballpark of 2.5 million pageviews(!) as folks churn through the free archives. I mean, I assume it's "folks"...it could just be my mom reading the archives over and over again. And if it is, she'll tire out sooner or later...she can't keep up that pace.
Amid all the e-mails, a few questions keep coming up, so I thought it would be best to answer them all at once:
1.) Why are Sheldons still appearing at Comics.com? The answer is that some Sheldon readers paid through November to get Sheldon via Comics.com, and the right thing to do is to get them what they paid for.
2.) When will the free, daily deliveries of "Sheldon by E-mail" start? I signed up, but it hasn't arrived yet. This is the result mostly of an overburdened cartoonist, and I apologize. Dumbrella Hosting has everything in place and ready to go with the free, daily Sheldon deliveries, but I need to tweak a few things in the e-mail's "design". My goal is to have the daily e-mails going out by the end of the week. But go ahead and sign up now, and you'll be rarin' to go when the first one is sent out.
3.) When do pre-orders start on the second Sheldon book? Either at the end of this week, or the beginning of next week. More news on that in the next few days.
4.) Why do birds, suddenly appear? Everytime, you are near? I believe it's because just like me, they long to be...close to you.
Thanks all, for continuing to get the word out about the site move. High fives all around.


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*Important update: A few days after this story appeared in the BDN print edition, the owner of the Quarry Trail property on Mount Waldo contacted me on Monday, Nov. 19, to inform me that the trail and the property is currently off limits to hikers. While in past, the owner has not objected people hiking or biking on the property, the property has recently been designated off limits to the public because of a dispute over a renewable energy project between the owners and the Frankfort review board. The owners have informed the town officials that they intend to open their property to the public again for traditional uses when the town either revokes the ordinance blocking their renewable energy project or modifies the ordinance's scope.
In the meantime, the owners intend to post new "No Trespassing" signs around their property to avoid any confusion. (When I visited the property, I assumed I was allowed to enter because the sign read: "No Trespassing between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m." and I was starting my hike at 11 a.m.) There will be no trespassing at any time until this issue is resolved and the owners announce that the property is open again and take down the signs.
I will post a link a story from the Bangor Daily News about this current issue when it has been written.
When the trail is back up and running, here is the information:
Difficulty: Easy to moderate, depending on the trail you take and the time of year. In the winter, the trails can be icy. They can also be difficult to follow closer to the summit of the mountain, where they are marked by cairns instead of blazes on trees.
How to get there: Three trails reach the summit of Mount Waldo. These trails start at three different trailheads. To reach all three, start at the junction of Route 1A and Loggin Road (Route 139) in Frankfort, drive 0.3 mile south on Route 1A. Turn right onto Old Belfast Road.
One trail is found at the end of Tyler Road, (Google Maps: Tyler Lane) first road on the right. The second trail is found at the end of Mt. Waldo Road, which actually intersects Old Belfast Road. Make sure to turn right onto Waldo Road if coming from the north. The third trail is found at the end of Murray Lane, the fifth road on the right, after Laffin Road.
Information: Mount Waldo rises 1,064 feet above sea level in the small town of Frankfort, making it a major landmark in a relatively flat area of the Maine. The mountain was once the location of Mount Waldo Granite Works, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The quarry officially opened in 1853, but it wasn't until 1880 that the business Mount Waldo Granite Works as incorporated, according to the exhibit "Waldo County Through Eastern's Eye" created by several historians and historical societies of Waldo County for the Penobscot Marine Museum of Searsport.
"[Mount Waldo Granite Works'] specialty was cutting paving stones. Oxen were the first means of hauling granite from the quarry to the wharf on the Penobscot River, and they were eventually replaced by railway," stated the exhibit.
The granite blocks were carried to a wharf on the South Branch of Marsh Stream at the present site of the boat launch, according to the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition. Fort Knox in Prospect was built with stone from this quarry.
According to the Penobscot Marine Museum exhibit, in the spring of 1916, Mount Waldo Granite Works filed for bankruptcy, and in 1923, a fire destroyed the buildings and cutting sheds. In 1930, the property was purchased by an Italian immigrant, Bruno Grenci, and his partner Thomas Ellis. A new railway was laid, and the plant employed close to 100 men. During WWII, the company was forced to close due to lack of steep for saws, and the buildings were dismantled and shipped to South Portland for the war effort. New buildings were built in 1945, and the business continued until 1966.
Mount Waldo is now a popular hiking destination, and the summit is the site of communications towers and equipment.
Quarry Trail: This trail is about 1.8 miles from the start to the summit of Mount Waldo. Where Mount Waldo Road is gated off, park to the side of the road and walk through the gate, which reads "No trespassing from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. The hike follows the old railroad bed half a mile to the old quarry.
Caution should be taken on the cliffs around the quarry pond. Do not jump or dive into the pond. Several deaths and injuries have occurred over the years from diving into unseen boulders.
There's a bit of disconnect between the road and the woodland trail. The safest route is to veer left right before reaching the old quarry (with pond). A wide trail clearly leaves the road. This trail will turn sharply to the right and climb to a viewpoint of the quarry before turning towards Mount Waldo. (I reached a fork not long after turning away from the quarry and took the right path, which looked slightly more worn. It was correct).
The wide trail (perhaps an old woods road), marked with the occasional orange blaze or pink tape, soon connects with the Quarry Trail, which is maintained and easier to follow. The trail makes a gradual ascent over bare ledges and through beautiful evergreen forest. Total elevation gain is 950 feet, according to the coalition.
South Trail: This hike varies in length (1-1.9 miles from start to summit), depending on how far you want to drive down the rough Murray Lane. At 1.3 miles on Murray Lane is a small parking space on the right, where the trail starts. If you don't make it that far, park to the side of the road. At first, the trail is a steep climb through woods filled with boulders, according to the coalition. Near the top, the trail travels through blueberry barrens to the exposed summit. Total elevation gain is about 800 feet, according to the coalition.
North Trail: This is the shortest trail, and sometimes vehicles will drive up it. On Tyler Road, turn left at a 90-degree corner onto a dirt road. If the road gets too rough, park off to the side and walk. Two miles in on the left, the trail up the mountain is a wide path of smooth granite. From there, it is about 0.8 mile to the top. Total elevation gain is about 550 feet, according to the coalition.
Personal note: From talking to friends and family, it sounds like the South Trail is the most popular route to the summit of Mount Waldo, and it may be a wiser choice, especially if you don't want to wander around too much trying to locate the Quarry Trail at the end of Mount Waldo Road.


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Australia's male contingent could barely have fared worse at the Australian Open tournament draw after Bernard Tomic was matched with Rafael Nadal in the first round and Lleyton Hewitt was drawn with 24th seed Andreas Seppi of Italy.
Tomic's clash with world No.1 Nadal is a guaranteed feature match for either Monday or Tuesday night at Melbourne Park with Hewitt drawn in the same quarter of the draw as his younger compatriot.
Nadal missed last year's Open with a knee injury, but the 2009 champion finished 2013 in superb form, amassing 10 titles for the season.
Tomic's only previous meeting with Nadal came in the third round of the 2011 Australian Open with the champion Spaniard winning that clash in straight sets.
Tomic, 21, has bowed out of the past two Opens at the hands of Roger Federer of Switzerland.
Hewitt, who won the Brisbane International after reaching his first final on these shores since the 2005 Australian Open, holds a 3-3 record against Seppi with the Italian defeating the veteran at last year's ATP World Tour Masters in Shanghai.
The news got worse for Australian tennis officials with wildcard recipient James Duckworth paired with 17-time grand slam winner Federer. The task is also in front of one of Australia's in-form players Marinko Matosevic, who has been drawn with Japan's 16th seed Kei Nishikori. Should Matosevic somehow advance beyond his clash against Nishikori, a potential all-Australian meeting with Hewitt looms in the third round.
Of Australia's nine men in the main draw, six have drawn seeded players. Matthew Ebden will meet Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.
Former world No.1 Boris Becker, now coach of defending champion Novak Djokovic, said the Nadal-Tomic clash would be a must-watch encounter.
"There is never an easy match, but Bernard is playing well in Australia, against the No.1 player in the world, it will be something everyone is glued on television to," Becker said.
Should the top players advance based on seedings, the men's semi-final match-ups would see Nadal take on Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Djokovic confront Spanish third seed David Ferrer.
In the women's draw, Australia's 17-year-old Ashleigh Barty fared just as badly after being dealt the daunting first round assignment of confronting Serena Williams of the United States.
Sam Stosur has got a favourable draw after Australia's highest ranked female was paired with Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic. Beyond that a third round meeting with Ana Ivanovic of Serbia is on the table along with a potential meeting with Serena Williams in the round of 16.
Casey Dellacqua has got a tough opening assignment, drawn with Vera Zvonareva of Russia.
Wildcard recipient Jarmila Gajdosova plays ninth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany, while Storm Sanders meets Italian Camila Giorgi and Olivia Rogowska will take on Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino.
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Scott Spits is a sports reporter for The Age


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- Sources%3A Ford C-Max placed last in the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study
- Ford says it is %22still reviewing the data%22 about the C-Max
- It had almost twice as many problems reported in the first 90 days of ownership as average
One heavily touted model has the worst quality of any single nameplate in the auto industry's most closely watched index for problems in the first 90 days of ownership, USA TODAY has learned.
It's the Ford C-Max, a five-passenger crossover that comes both as a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid, according to three independent sources who have access to the full list of models in J.D. Power and Associates' Initial Quality Study. The C-Max had 222 manufacturing flubs or design flaws per 100 vehicles in the survey, nearly twice the industry average of 113.
Ford sold 16,996 C-Max hybrids in the first five months of the year, Autodata reports. It debuted in the U.S. late last year as an alternative to vehicles like Toyota's Prius V wagon. While it is not unusual for new models to have quality problems, C-Max had been made for years in Europe as a conventionally powered model. In bringing it to the U.S., Ford hyped it as the vehicle to "headline its transformed lineup."
As one of Ford's most advanced models, the Michigan-made C-Max came in dead last in a survey that is sensitive to consumer complaints about confusing or poorly functioning technology. C-Max not only comes with the advanced powerplant, but has the MyFord Touch infotainment system that has been key source of complaints about it being distracting or difficult to operate. The vehicle also has other tech touches like a tailgate that opens or closes when someone waves their foot underneath the rear bumper.
Ford said late last year that fuel economy was the top reason for buying a C-Max. But Consumer Reports wrote last December that it was unable to achieve the hybrid's EPA-gas mileage rating of 47 miles per gallon. The magazine said its gas mileage was 37 miles per gallon overall in 2,000 miles of testing.
J.D. Power ranks all auto brands on quality, but lists only the top models in 26 categories. The complete model list and their scores are available only to subscribers and is not available to the public. When asked about the C-Max, J.D. Power spokeswoman Syvetril Perryman said she didn't have access to the complete list.
A Ford spokesman says the company is trying to pinpoint why the C-Max fared poorly. "We are still reviewing the data and cannot comment on specifics at this point." says spokesman Wes Sherwood. "We remain absolutely committed to top quality for our customers with every new vehicle, including C-Max."
One issue that tripped up C-Max was complaints about the voice recognition not always been able to understand speech, but that the issue is being addressed. Ford, he added, is only one of several automakers facing the same issue, but another MyFord Touch is due later this year.
Ford is, after all, the brand that once had "Quality is Job 1" as its advertising tag line. But as a brand, Ford performed poorly overall on J.D. Power's survey, released Wednesday, landing in 27th out of 33 brands on the list, about the same place as last year. Porsche was first and Toyota's Scion was dead last. (Ford's Lincoln brand was in the middle of the list.)
Lately, Ford has been dogged by a series of embarrassing recalls, including those involving some of its most important models and its much-advertised EcoBoost turbocharged engines, calling into question its quality reputation.
Getting the C-Max, which starts at $28,365 for the hybrid before delivery charges, out of the quality doghouse may not be easy.
J.D. Power says two-thirds of the reported problems in the Initial Quality Study are related to bad design, instead of factory goofs. A manufacturing mistake can usually be fixed, but design problems are much harder to quickly remedy.
But Ford has been trying to act on complaints. On Monday, Ford said it is going to put old-fashioned knobs on its MyFord Touch touch-screen infotainment system, as a way of making it easier to use.
A J.D. Power official says that overall, Ford is improving on quality. "MyFord Touch is getting better," says Dave Sargent, vice president of global automotive. With that and other changes, "I suspect Ford will start to improve."


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OBITUARY for JAMES L. MCCLURE
PORT ROYAL - James L. McClure, 78, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at his home.
Born on April 1, 1934, in Turbett Township, Juniata County, he was a son of the late T. Furman and Frances E. (Dysinger) McClure. On June 22, 1957, he married his surviving wife, Sandra (Shade) McClure, with whom he spent more than 55 years of marriage.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by: three daughters, Melanie M. Berrier and her husband, Scott, Mylene M. Zimmerman and Marian M. Mark and her husband, Richard, all of Port Royal; grandson, Jared G. Berrier and his wife, Brittany; one granddaughter, Jillian E. Mark; an "adopted" granddaughter, Sydney Sheaffer; one sister-in-law, Edna McClure; a brother-in-law, William Lepley; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
One son-in-law, Edward A. Zimmerman Jr., and one sister-in-law, Beulah McClure, preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, L. Carl McClure and T. Harvey McClure, and one sister, Pauline Lepley, making him the last of his generation.
Mr. McClure was a 1952 graduate of Patton Trade School and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. In earlier life he worked as a machinist for the Telegraph Press, Harrisburg, for 25 years, after which he owned and operated McClure's Flowers, Port Royal, from 1977 until 1984. He was also a former co-owner of Mid-State Litho, Harrisburg, and from 1963 until the present owned and operated McClure's Evergreens, Port Royal.
James was a member of the Port Royal United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Turbett Grange 781, Union Lodge 324 F& AM, Mifflintown, Tall Cedars, of Lebanon, Juniata Valley Forest 88, Crawford-Brubaker Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5863, American Legion Post 298, both of Mifflintown, the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association, the Herringbone Hounds, member of the director emeritus Board and former member of the advisory board of the First National Bank of Mifflintown and a member of the director emeritus board of the Juniata County Agricultural Society.
Jim loved spending time with his family, grandchildren and friends. He also enjoyed riding his golf cart and spending summer evenings at the family pavillion. He and his entire family spent many Thanksgivings in the cabin that he built. His lifelong passion was his tree farm on the Herringbone Ridge, where he spent countless hours tending to his Christmas trees. He also liked hunting with the Herringbone Hounds.
His greatest joy came from knowing he made your holidays ... "Evergreen."
A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at the Port Royal United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Kitzmiller officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at Brown Funeral Homes Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown, where a Masonic service will be accorded by his lodge at 7:45 p.m. There will be no viewing at the church.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made in Mr. McClure's memory to Hospice: The Bridge, 305 Fourth St., Lewistown, PA 17044, or to The Edward A. Zimmerman Jr. Scholarship Fund, c/o F.F. Co. 1, P.O. Box 274, Port Royal, PA 17082, or to the Juniata County Food Pantry, P.O. Box 44, Mifflintown, PA 17059.
Online tributes and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.brownfuneralhomes inc.


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Wild wind city, pitiless with blizzards—
And black blues, never whited out, but wailed—
Authentic—like freight trains, those steel lizards
That, loco, veer Prairies, where settlers trailed.
Métis capital—backed with Fort Garry,
Saint-Boniface—where Louis Riel was jailed
Solely by his soul's work: To see, starry,
All First Nations flourish, none assailed.
Thus, Winnipeg's revolutionary:
The Golden Boy capping the parliament
Mirrors France's Bastille statuary.
(That 1919 Strike had Commune intent?)
Guess Who's a citizen of Winnipeg?
All fighters, who'll not, for civil rights beg.
Wheat Board and Credit Union city, sweet
Hoard of gold grain and gold-heart socialites—
And socialists! Where forking rivers meet,
And mosquitoes torque to deliver bites
As hurtful as long bombs a Blue Bomber
Hurls, touching down as hard as Jets alight,
Slapping shots round goals. Not a bit calmer
Is ballet—where gravity's put to flight—
Royally, of course. Where bison congregate,
No hunter's hatred has em in his sights!
Where poets and folk singers legislate,
A museum consecrates Human Rights.
Winnipeg is citizens, Indigenous
And not, but striving all to live Justice!
That was written by George Elliott Clarke , seventh Parliamentary Poet Laureate, 2016-17.


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Videos | November 21, 2006
Rover Flight Director Report
Spirit is moving away from its winter haven and Opportunity is reaching new vistas.
Transcript:I'm Jake Matijevic from the Mars Exploration Rover project and I'll be giving the flight director report for today, November 17, 2006. It is sol 1022 at Gusev Crater where Spirit is located. It has recently completed the large panorama of the area where it is positioned. That pan, the McMurdo pan was transmitted during the past several weeks. Today, Spirit will be moving on from it's location here at the winter haven site in Gusev Basin to a location where an outcrop of rocks will be avialble for in-situ measurements.
On the other side of the planet, its sol 1001 on Opportunity, which is currently moving to another location in its campaign of remote imaging of "Victoria Crater". This pattern of motion around the crater to so called vista locations where opportunity can take pictures of the crater and parts of the rim area. (This) is all apart of a campaign which Opportunity will continue for the next several months.
Both vehicles are healthy. It's the late winter going into early spring on Mars and that's the report from Mars today.


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Building a swimming pool is not a big deal these days, but building a luxury swimming pool is clearly the 'in' thing in today's times. Although there is no particular term known as technically a luxury swimming pool, the basic intention when one refers to one is the fact that it's very expensive, and looks that way too. Not only is it solving the purpose of swimming a reason for which such pools are built, but equally important for the owners of such wonders is the fact that these should look really expensive. But to make sure that the style and sophistication does not lack in the basic sense, that is what should be the purpose of creating a luxury pool.
The first and foremost thing is the design. While traditional pools are more likely to be in the shape of square or circle, an upgraded version ca be in numerous different shapes, like that of the first letter of your name, or a pound sign, or a heart shaped pool for a new couple. The basic idea is to be as unconventional as one can be, and the rest of the magic can be done by the builder.
However, while a luxury pool design is the first thing that strikes anybody, there are many more components explained below. The second thing is the tiles you would be placing in the pool. In order to get that extra edge over conventional pools, you could go for multi coloured, marble or even glass tiles. While these might be quite an expensive proposition, you can be sure of one fact, they will look super-stylish, and super envious for your peers!
The next in line in temperature control. This facility has been available for quite a long while now, but many prefer not to use it, primarily for the fact that hardly anybody uses the pool in winters. However, this is where you can store that extra edge. Install a pool temperature system that lets you regulate the temperature at the click of a button. While this facility might be the best used in case of and indoor pool, an outdoor temperature controlled pool would not be so bad either.
Then there is the placement of the pool. There are primarily only two options available with you. Indoor and outdoor. While an outdoor pool does make sure that people take notice of your newest style accessory, it's the indoor one that grabs instant attention, mainly due to its unconventionality. Having a swimming pool is an element of style, but having a luxury swimming pool is what you would be truly wanting, with exclusive tiles, water temperature control and other fancy and luxurious attachments.


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Veterans from across the country descend on DC this weekend
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
October 11, 2013
Veterans from across the country are prepared to go to jail as they plan to storm barricaded memorials and monuments this weekend in a forceful rebuke to the government shutdown, setting up a potential confrontation with National Park Service employees who have been ordered to "make life as difficult for people" as possible.
One of the defining moments of the backlash against the shutdown was when veterans stormed past barricades at the World War II Memorial in DC last Monday. The federal government subsequently ordered that the barricades be reinforced and wired shut [1].
Similar scenes are set to be repeated over the next few days as vets from numerous states descend on memorials built in their honor and prepare to remove anything or anyone that gets in their way.
The federal government has indicated that some barricades will be opened to allow the veterans access, but other sites will remain closed.
– Honor Flight veterans from New York plan to break through barricades that have been placed around the Iwo Jima Monument [2] near Arlington National Cemetery. They have asked for help from attendees of the Million Vet March, a protest taking place in DC on the same weekend which will demand the monuments be kept open.
– Las Vegas veterans plan to visit the DC Memorial on Saturday. 90-year-old World War II veteran Ed Turken says he is prepared to "go to jail" to see the monument if feds try to block access. "If I'm going that far, and it's just a couple hundred feet from looking at it, why shouldn't I be able to go in? It is the country's monument," Turken told the Las Vegas Review Journal [3], adding, "We won the war. Now the guys we put into office for crying out loud aren't doing their jobs. Their job is to help us, govern us, and they're closing everything that we worked for."
– 89-year-old World War II veteran John Domino will leave from Palm Beach International Airport to visit DC for what he believes is his last chance to see the memorial. Asked what he will do if feds try to block access, Domino told CBS 12 [4], "I don't know. If I can climb over the fence, I would climb over it. I would like to see it," adding, "The whole thing doesn't make sense. We have such a beautiful country here, and its not run properly."
– Veterans with the Kansas Honor Flight left on Wednesday for a "battle with the barricades" in Washington DC. "For them to block it off and keep these veterans who freed this country is just totally ridiculous," said Honor Flight Executive Board Member Tom Demayo [5].
– East Tennessee veterans will also visit the nation's Capitol to see the DC memorial. "They're the reason we're free and they're the reason that these memorials are there to honor them," Sen. Rusty Crowe told Johnson City Press [6].
– Veterans from East Texas will visit the main DC memorial as well as the Vietnam, Korean, and Lincoln Memorials. "Trip organizers say they are hopeful the veterans will be able to keep their full itinerary despite the shutdown," reports KLTV [7].
– Veterans from Northeastern Wisconsin will visit Washington on October 17 to see the memorials. "We don't want any surprises," organizer Diane MacDonald told the San Francisco Chronicle [8].
Many have charged that the administration has set about vindictively using the government shutdown as an excuse to punish the American people. An equal amount or even more resources than would normally be needed to keep national parks, canals, hiking trails and memorials open has been put into closing and policing them.
Although the White House claims the national parks were closed because there was no money to fund their operation, Park Rangers have been deployed to patrol them "around the clock" and are now arresting people [9] for trespassing, while treating the tourists who remained in the parks up until the shutdown was announced more like terrorists [10].
The total cost of closing national parks amounts to around $750 million in lost revenue, underscoring how their shutdown has nothing to do with saving money and everything to do with the Obama administration playing spiteful political games.
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Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
(Directorate of School, Out-of-School and Higher Education/Higher Education and Research Division)
Code of Good Practice
in the Provision of Transnational Education
(adopted by the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee
at its second meeting, Rīga, 6 June 2001)
The Parties to the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (the Lisbon Recognition Convention),
Conscious of the rapid development of transnational education, characterised by those arrangements and partnerships between institutions and organisations in which the students are located in a different country to the one where the institution providing the education is based, and of its impact on higher education globally, but also specifically in the Europe Region;
Conscious in particular of the challenges posed by transnational education institutions and programmes operating outside of the framework of any national education system;
Being aware of the fact that transnational higher education is rapidly expanding, due mainly to the growing and seemingly limitless uses of the new information technologies in providing educational services in a world of borderless higher education;
Convinced that national systems of higher education are, and will continue to be, entrusted inter alia to preserve the cultural, social, philosophical, and religious diversity of the European Region while also being expected to promote various forms of international and global co-operation;
Attaching great importance to the academic quality of study programmes and degrees awarded by higher education institutions engaged in transnational education;
Considering that, regardless of the procedures adopted for establishing and providing educational services, higher education institutions should comply with those standards of performance in teaching and learning that are required by the present and future development of knowledge, technology and the labour market;
Acknowledging that facilitating the recognition of qualifications awarded through transnational arrangements will contribute to promoting both the mobility of students and that of study programmes between higher education institutions and systems;
Having regard to the Council of Europe/UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region that provides an overall normative framework for dealing with academic recognition matters;
Having regard also to the Codes of good practice developed and monitored by some of the major providers, such as:
§ Code of Ethical Practice in the Provision of Education to
International Students by Australian Universities, Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee;
§ Quality Assurance Code of Practice: Collaborative Provision,
United Kingdom Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education;
§ Principles of Good Practice for Educational Programs for Non-
U.S. Nationals;
Mindful that such Codes provide working frameworks from the perspective of the sending institutions/systems of higher education, and that they have to be complemented by the perspectives of the receiving institutions/systems;
Having regard also to the Diploma Supplement developed jointly by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO and aiming to provide supplementary information facilitating the assessment of qualifications;
Confident that ethical principles and values should closely guide the international and global cooperation between higher education systems and institutions;
Conscious of the need to find commonly agreed solutions to practical recognition problems in the European Region, and between the States of this Region, and those of other regions of the world, in an ever more global space of higher education;
Conscious of the need to permanently update the implementation mechanisms of the principles and provisions of the Lisbon Recognition Convention, thus keeping up with the pace of new developments in higher education cooperation;
Have agreed on the need for:
§ A Code of Good Practice in the provision of higher education study programmes and other educational services by means of transnational arrangements;
§ Recommendation on procedures and criteria for the assessment of foreign qualifications, with a view to implementing the Code of Good Practice and to facilitating the recognition of qualifications awarded following completion of transnational study programmes/courses of study;
§ and for these to be considered as fully complementary and mutually supportive documents.
Section I. Terminology
Terms defined in the Lisbon Recognition Convention are not mentioned here again and shall, for the purposes of this Code of Good Practice, have the same meaning as in the Convention. The following terms, listed in alphabetical order, shall have the following meaning:
Third parties, such as brokers, facilitators, or recruiters, that act as intermediaries between awarding and providing institutions for establishing transnational educational arrangements. An agent is not usually involved in the provision of educational services.
A document agreed formally by the partners that contains all collaborative arrangements made between the awarding and providing institutions.
Awarding institution
A higher education institution issuing degrees, diplomas, certificates or other qualifications.
Educational services
Any study programme, course of study or parts of a course of study that leads, after successful completion, to a qualification. This also includes services such as preparatory/introductory modules to facilitate access to a course of study, or training modules that lead to professional development.
The awarding and providing institutions involved in transnational arrangements.
Providing institution
An institution or organization which is delivering all or part of a study programme.
Transnational arrangements
An educational, legal, financial or other arrangement leading to the establishment of (a) collaborative arrangements, such as: franchising, twinning, joint degrees, whereby study programmes, or parts of a course of study, or other educational services of the awarding institution are provided by another partner institution; (b) non-collaborative arrangements, such as branch campuses, off-shore institutions, corporate or international institutions, whereby study programmes, or parts of a course of study, or other educational services are provided directly by an awarding institution.
Transnational education
All types of higher education study programmes, or sets of courses of study, or educational services( including those of distance education) in which the learners are located in a country different from the one where the awarding institution is based. Such programmes may belong to the education system of a State different from the State in which it operates, or may operate independently of any national education system.
Section II. Principles
1. Transnational arrangements should be so elaborated, enforced and
monitored as to widen the access to higher education studies, fully respond to the learners' educational demands, contribute to their cognitive, cultural, social, personal and professional development, and comply with the national legislation regarding higher education in both receiving and sending countries. In the case of collaborative arrangements there should be written and legally binding agreements or contracts setting out the rights and obligations of all partners.
2. Academic quality and standards of transnational education programmes
should be at least comparable to those of the awarding institution as well as to those of the receiving country. Awarding institutions as well as the providing institutions are accountable and fully responsible for quality assurance and control. Procedures and decisions concerning the quality of educational services provided by transnational arrangements should be based on specific criteria, which are transparent, systematic and open to scrutiny.
3. The policy and the mission statement of institutions established through transnational arrangements, their management structures and educational facilities, as well as the goals, objectives and contents of specific programmes, sets of courses of study, and other educational services, should be published, and made available upon request to the authorities and beneficiaries from both the sending and receiving countries.
4. Information given by the awarding institution, providing organization,
or agent to prospective students and to those registered on a study programme established through transnational arrangements should be appropriate, accurate, consistent and reliable. The information should include directions to students about the appropriate channels for particular concerns, complains and appeals. Where a programme is delivered through a collaborative arrangement, the nature of that arrangement and the responsibilities of the parties should be clearly outlined. The awarding institution is responsible for and should control and monitor information made public by agents operating on its behalf, including claims about the recognition of the qualifications in the sending country, and elsewhere.
5. Staff members of the institutions or those teaching on the programmes established through transnational arrangements should be proficient in terms of qualifications, teaching, research and other professional experience. The awarding institution should ensure that it has in place effective measures to review the proficiency of staff delivering programmes that lead to its qualifications.
6. Transnational education arrangements should encourage the awareness and knowledge of the culture and customs of both the awarding institutions and receiving country among the students and staff.
7. The awarding institution should be responsible for the agents it, or its partner institutions, appoint to act on its behalf. Institutions using agents should conclude written and legally binding agreements or contracts with these, clearly stipulating their roles, responsibilities, delegated powers of action as well as monitoring, arbitration and termination provisions. These agreements or contracts should further be established with a view to avoiding conflicts of interests as well as the rights of students with regard to their studies.
8. Awarding institutions should be responsible for issuing the qualifications resulting from their transnational study programmes. They should provide clear and transparent information on the qualifications, in particular through the use of the Diploma Supplement, facilitating the assessment of the qualifications by competent recognition bodies, the higher education institutions, employers and others. This information should include the nature, duration, workload, location and language(s) of the study programme leading to the qualifications.
9. The admission of students for a course of study, the teaching/learning activities, the examination and assessment requirements for educational services provided under transnational arrangements should be equivalent to those of the same or comparable programmes delivered by the awarding institution.
10. The academic work load in transnational study programmes, expressed in credits, units, duration of studies or otherwise, should be that of comparable programmes in the awarding institution, any difference in this respect requiring a clear statement on its rationale and its consequences for the recognition of qualifications.
11. Qualifications issued through transnational educational programmes, complying with the provisions of the present Code, should be assessed in accordance with the stipulations of the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
Explanatory Memorandum
STATUS OF THE DOCUMENT: Adopted by the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee at its second meeting, Rīga, 6 June 2001.
1. Introduction
The Code which follows is designed to present the perspectives of both sending and receiving countries regarding the provision of transnational education. Its contents are to be seen as complementary to the Lisbon Recognition Convention thus providing a normative framework to be taken as reference by the national recognition bodies in their specific undertakings.
2. The objectives of the Code
In order to promote good practice in the area of transnational education - with particular reference to the quality of the provision of study programmes and the standards of qualifications issued by the Parties to the Council of Europe/UNESCO Lisbon Recognition Convention, the Code is intended:
§ to meet the expectations of both the sending and the receiving countries with regard to transnational arrangements in higher education;
§ to provide a source of reference on issues relating to the quality assurance and evaluation of programmes provided and qualifications issued through transnational arrangements;
§ to offer "consumer protection" for students, employers and others who may be concerned with qualifications awarded through transnational arrangements;
§ to facilitate the recognition of qualifications awarded through transnational arrangements in higher education.
3. Implementation of the Code
The Code includes a set of principles which should be respected by institutions or organizations involved in the provision of educational services through transnational arrangements. These principles are presented in the form of statements with a normative value. For implementing the provisions of the Code, mainly with regard to the recognition of qualifications issued through transnational arrangements, the ENIC network shall apply the procedures outlined in the Recommendation on procedures and criteria for the assessment of foreign qualifications. Therefore, the Code and the Recommendation are fully complementary and mutually supportive documents.
4. The Scope of the Code
The Code refers particularly to those transnational arrangements which lead to the provision of study programmes and to the issuing of qualifications. Consequently, reference is made to:
a) institutions and programmes involved in concluding any type
of transnational arrangement whereby an institution provides educational services outside its country of origin;
b) teaching staff, regardless of their country of origin, who work in
an institution/study programme established through a transnational arrangement;
c) students, regardless of their country of origin, who are registered, for a course of study or parts of it leading either wholly or in part to a higher education qualification, in an institution/programme established through a transnational arrangement;
d) agents, that are third parties, acting as brokers, facilitators or recruiters in transnational arrangements;
e) other stakeholders, like employers and the public at large, interested in the quality of higher education qualifications.