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Chemistry Carnival: Your Favorite Chemical Reactions!
Welcome to Your Favorite Chemical Reaction chemistry blog carnival!
A total of 22 entries were received since C&EN Online Editor Rachel Pepling put out the call for posts earlier in the month. The writing was superb, the science spot-on, and the personalities of the bloggers on full display. Anyone who thinks that chemists are just a bunch of stodgy old folks mumbling to themselves at the fume hood will have the stereotype turned on its ear after reading this batch of fine writing.
For those of you who might be reading a carnival for the first time, we'll introduce the blogger with a link to their blog frontpage first so that you can get a sense of the overall blog gestalt and, we hope, bookmark it for future reference. Some of these bloggers may be new to you and one goal of any carnival is to give greater exposure to some of the rising stars in the blogosphere. Then within our description of the chemical reaction post, there will be a hyperlink to the post of interest under the name of the reaction.
So let's get the show on the road!
An Oversight (updated October 11)
I feel absolutely terrible that I missed an entry by organic chemist-turned-journalist Sarah Webb at her Webb of Science Blog. Dr. Webb gave us, Seeing the forest for the Birch reduction on, well, the Birch reduction. Hearty apologies to Sarah for missing this and not getting to it for so long!
Simple But Powerful
Sharon Neufeldt at I Can Has Science? took the high-altitude view to reactions by giving us the o-chem standard, the SN2 reaction. Her detailed teaching examples of the SN2 illustrate why it is "the treasure trove of organic chemistry principles." The cancer pharmacologist in David also gives Sharon extra points for the historical treatment of nitrogen mustard chemotherapy.
Carmen Drahl provided the entry from The Haystack blog with a multitude of humble but useful reactions for amide bond formation. Anyone who reads her C&EN or blog with Lisa Jarvis, knows that Dr. Drahl has a personal attachment to the Mizoroki-Heck reaction. Always the community-minded writer, Carmen
drahls draws from fellow blogger See Arr Oh's med-chem toolkit. And Carmen leads the pack contributing to her gallery of hand-drawn structures, the chemist's personality test pointed out by Chemjobber.
Chemical Oscillations
When it comes to favorite reactions, particularly for engaging public audiences or groggy undergrads, nothing can quite compete with oscillation reactions. First, our own Jyllian Kemsley at The Safety Zone safely holds forth on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, discussing the history and the ten (!) equations underlying this magnificent reaction. The video she provides of the BZ reaction occurring in a Petri dish is superb.
Next, the grand dame of scientific ethics, Janet D. Stemwedel, harkens back to the work for her first PhD (see her tattoo) at her new Scientific American blog, Doing Good Science. Yes, folks, before she did her PhD in the philosophy of science, the San Jose State University professor was entrenched with the chlorite-iodide reaction. But in reflecting on the reaction mechanisms, Janet distills seven major lessons for any student of science. The beauty of Janet's writing is that she always nails the science but teaches us the greater messages we should take from our work.
Here, Smell This
Chemistry professor and science writer Rebecca Guenard was so excited about restarting her new blog, Atomic-o-licious, that she offered two posts. She first speaks in The Smell of It of befouling herself with short but stinky carboxylic acids as a University of Florida graduate student prepping for the esterification undergrad laboratory. But she doesn't hold it against her students, as in her second where she describes her love of the Grignard reaction and "the pimp daddy of all reagents." Both posts have quite a few nice metaphors that would be useful and humorous interludes for lectures – and two words of wisdom for the organometallics lab: dry glassware.
Hey, what's that smell? Oh, it's just Christine Herman making waves at Just Another Electron Pusher. What do you get when you mix ammonium thioglycolate, hydrogen peroxide, and keratin? All I can say is that her Mom has beautiful hair!
More satisfying chemistry, and definitely one with mouth-watering olfactory delights, comes from Matt Hartings at ScienceGeist who tells us about a low-percent yield process that's conducted in the kitchen: the Maillard reaction. Like Stemwedel and Guenard, Matt shows why he's such a great teacher, complete with a passage "for the electron-pushing crowd." Dr. Hartings, I like mine medium-rare.
SeeArrOh at Just Like Cooking got us dreaming of steamed crustaceans until we realized that he was talking about an alkyne reaction, the Crabbé reaction. His description of the autumnal colors seems quite appropriate for the end of September (in the Northern Hemisphere, that is).
The Most Important Reaction?
Ash Jogalekar at The Curious Wavefunction comes in with his typically lush writing for his entry on, "a reaction so elementary that it will occupy barely a tenth of the space on a napkin or t-shirt and which could (and should) be productively explained to every human being on the planet." Which he then does. Go read.
Stuart Cantrill at Chemical Connections (and the Chief Editor of Nature Chemistry) reflects on his two years at the Mecca of Metathesis, Cal Tech, with 2005 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Bob Grubbs. But he didn't choose a metathesis reaction. Instead, he chose the making and breaking of imines. The word azeotrope is certainly beautiful one, Stu. And it seems you share some fans of the Dean-Stark trap.
And Chemjobber should be fortunate that Stu didn't pick Grubbs' work. Why? Because our dear CJ chose to hold forth on the Grubbs' ring-closing metathesis reaction. CJ also shares his own story on a connection to Grubbs' Nobel. Happy anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. CJ!
STEM_Wonk is "a chemistry PhD navigating the world of science policy." In ROMPing around the Carnival, they take a different approach to metals, this time as catalysts for ring-opening metathesis polymerization. I don't know why but we had the urge to go make some popcorn after reading the post.
Shannon Morey at chembites submitted a nice alkyne reaction: the azide alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition. Her post concisely covers ground from the history of the reaction to modern applications (semi-synthetic natural products!) and its relative ease: "It is almost too good to be true, though I know I don't feel that way when I'm doing the dishes…"
Shannon also mentioned that the Diels-Alder reaction always tends to steal the show when discussing cycloadditions. So, it's no surprise that Azmanam at ChemistryBlog comes in with his characterization of the legendary reaction: "No reaction is more elegant, more heartwarmingly satisfying." As with several of our entries, Azmanam also satisfies the reader with a lovely collection of hand-drawn examples and beautifully detailed explanations – he must be great in the o-chem classroom.
Who Doesn't Love A Good Polymer Story?
Polymerization reactions are also a great starting point for showing anyone the utility of chemistry in daily life.
John Spevacek, the lion-tamer at It's the Rheo Thing, shares with us his love for the thiol-ene polymerization reaction. He's used the reaction to rapidly create a floor coating, "using just a lamp plugged into a 120 VAC outlet, not a souped-up unit drawing enough electricity to power half of Tokyo." John, I could use a little help with my garage floor.
Mana Sassanpour at Advancing Green Chemistry shares with us a nice epoxidation reaction to go from oranges to plastic. While we don't yet have consumer products made from limonene polymerization, this is great example of the potential of green chemistry.
And while not necessarily a polymer story, the lecturer at Endless Possibilities v3.0 leads us through the end-of-summer reflective thought process leading to her carnival entry. And while not necessarily a polymer story, the Michael addition reaction of methyl acrylate and ethylene diamine in methanol leads to dendrimers.
Not Quite A Reaction
Of course, we received entries from excellent chemists who were not necessarily synthetic organic chemists. C&EN Associate Editor and "un-chemist" Lauren Wolf reminisced at the Newscripts blog about her days in the dark doing laser chemistry. In My Favorite Reaction's Not A Reaction, Dr. Wolf sings the praises of the HeNe laser (not HeLa for you biology types) and it's superiority to the Nd:YAC laser for physical chemists possessing long hair.
Jessica Morrison at I ♥ the Road comes in apologizing that she's not a chemist but rather a crystallographer-in-training. Did you know about the natural nuclear reactor at Oklo in Gabon, Africa? Yes, a naturally-occuring nuclear reaction from history.
Paul at Chembark bemoaned blog carnivals but broke down and gave us a reaction without a name that caught his eye over a chicken curry. So, he gave it a name: the Mukiyama thioester synthesis. Dare we say that Paul found quite a bit of pleasure in participating in the carnival?
Breaking It Down
Finally, C&EN Senior Editor Bethany Halford also joined in at Newscripts to post on "the destructive beauty" of ozonolysis. Dr. Halford, I personally find the reaction a great conversation starter, although it does leave me a bit blue.
So there you have it. Twenty-two posts from 21 of the finest chemistry bloggers out there. A huge thank-you to everyone who participated and responded to the call. More details will follow on how posts will be selected for an upcoming issue of Chemical & Engineering News.
Happy reading and may all of your reactions be satisfying and high-yield!


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"All it does is it turns more people against the US"
Steve Watson
July 23, 2012
Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) has slammed the US policy of targeting militants in Pakistan and elsewhere with unmanned drone strikes, declaring that terrorists only benefit from such actions.
In an interview with the Pakistan Daily Times, Khan, a former high profile cricket champion, said that drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and any other part of the world are insane, immoral, illegal and counterproductive.
"Of drones I think two words" Khan said. "It's immoral and it's insane. Immoral because you cannot justify eliminating suspects and insane because it's counterproductive. All it does is it turns more people against the US, hatred grows and the beneficiaries of this insanity are the militants."
"It is too criminal to justify these acts, which are a violation of all humanitarian laws." Khan added. "You can't eliminate suspects, their families, their children and anyone else who is killed and pass it off as collateral damage. All it does is aid the militancy," he added.
Khan noted that there was absolutely no evidence to show that drone strikes are effectively breaking up militant networks, and that US authorities never provide the names of the people killed in such strikes because to do so would highlight its engagement in war crimes.
"I don't know how anyone presses buttons and eliminates human beings on information that might or might not be correct. How can this be civilised?" he said.
"Einstein defined madness as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Eight years we've been bombing them and what are the results? This is not the way. The way to do it is to win the people to your side," Khan added.
Khan has vowed to take a convoy of journalists to Waziristan on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in September, along with thousands of his supporters.
"Things have gone from bad to worse. The only way to resolve the problem is to withdraw the drones, pull the Pakistani Army out of the Tribal Areas and let the people who live there weed out the alQaeda extremists and other foreign militants," he added.
The PTI or "movement for Justice" leader hopes to shed more light on the issue by introducing the world's media to some of the families of those who have been killed by drones over the past eight years.
Khan's party has exploded in popularity over the past year and is expected to make significant gains in national elections against the two mainstream political parties in Pakistan later this year or early in 2013.
The Obama administration has been heavily criticized for moving to block the release of information relating to its overseas drone assassination programme, and will not even acknowledge that it exists, despite countless public references to the programme and the proven existence of an official "kill list".
It is common knowledge that the Obama administration has exponentially increased the use of drone missile attacks in countries such as Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The president has referred to the programme several times in public, as have officials such as counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan.
Earlier this year, the New York Times ran a major piece on the programme, revealing that the White House has asserted the right to carry out state-sponsored assassination anywhere in the world without having to provide any evidence or go through any legal process.
Furthermore, the Times revealed that Obama adopted a policy that "in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants."
The administration merely has to state that the target is a terrorist and it doesn't matter whether they are an American citizen or not, as we saw in the case of American-born Anwar al-Awlaki and his son, who were both killed last year.
In December of last year, Obama administration lawyers reaffirmed their backing for state sponsored assassination, claiming that "U.S. citizens are legitimate military targets" and do not have the right to any legal protection against being marked for summary execution.
During a CBS 60 Minutes interview in January, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta revealed that Obama himself personally approves the policy to kill American citizens suspected of terrorism without trial on a case by case basis.
Perhaps the real reason that the administration wants the details of the programme kept under wraps is that, as reported by Propublica recently, the programme is potentially much bigger in scope than anyone had previously thought.
The administration's figures do not add up, they are chock full of contradictions and discrepancies, and there can be little doubt that there have been many many more civilian deaths as a result of drone attacks than have been publicly acknowledged.
Experts, including UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns, as well as Pakistan's UN ambassador in Geneva, Zamir Akram, have described the drone assassination programme as a violation of the international legal system, saying that some attacks may constitute war crimes.
Akram, who noted that US drone strikes had killed more than 1,000 civilians in Pakistan, also said "We find the use of drones to be totally counterproductive in terms of succeeding in the 'war against terror'. It leads to greater levels of terror rather than reducing them.
Many also contend that the attacks infringe the national sovereignty of Pakistan and constitute an act of war.
In 2010, a report by Washington think tank The New America Foundation found that 32% of the more than 1,200 people killed since 2004 in Pakistan, or around 1 in 3, were innocent bystanders rather than dangerous terrorists.
While the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has stated that the Pakistani government is actively facilitating the attacks by providing bases from which to launch the drones, Pakistani authorities have consistently voiced opposition to cross border missile strikes, which have been ongoing for years, but have accelerated since day one of Obama's presidency. During Obama's first year in office, there were 53 reported drone missile attacks; more than were carried out during the entirety of George W. Bush's two four year terms in office.
Reports from 2009, drawn up by Pakistani authorities, indicated that close to 700 civilians had already perished, with just 14 wanted Al Qaeda leaders killed in the attacks.
The ACLU estimates that US drone strikes have killed as many as 4,000 people in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia since 2002. Of those, a significant proportion were civilians.
Last week it was revealed that the families of three US citizens killed in drone strikes in Yemen last year – including al-Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaqi – have filed a civil lawsuit against top US officials.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Amanda McCavour creates incredible images with thread. She describes how she does it on her website:
In my work, I use a sewing machine to create thread drawings and installations by sewing into a fabric that dissolves in water. This fabric makes it possible for me to build up the thread by sewing repeatedly into my drawn images so that when the fabric is dissolved, the image can hold together without a base. These thread images appear as though they would be easily unraveled and seemingly on the verge of falling apart, despite the works actual raveled strength.
The images above are from an installation called "Living Room," in which McCavour made life-sized drawings of all the stuff she once had in her living room.
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West Brom stuns Liverpool 2-0 in Premier League
West Bromwich Albion punished Liverpool for an inefficient display at Anfield on Monday, soaking up 80 minutes of pressure before scoring two late goals for a 2-0 victory and its first Premier League win since December.
Steven Gerrard looked set to finally provide the breakthrough for a dominant Liverpool when the hosts were awarded a penalty in the 77th minute, but goalkeeper Ben Foster dove to his left to palm his spot kick away - one of several key saves that kept the visitors in the game.
Minutes later, West Brom made sure the miss was costly.
Gareth McAuley headed home a corner in the 81st to give the vistors an unlikely lead from their first effort on target. As the disbelieving hosts looked for an equalizer, Romelu Lukaku put the game away on a counterattack in injury time.
It was the Baggies' first league win since Dec. 26, and lifted them above Liverpool into eighth place.
''It's a terrific win for us. Since the turn of the year, things haven't gone our way,'' said West Brom manager Steve Clarke, whose team has struggled after a surprisingly strong start to the season. ''We've always been just one result from kick-starting our season again. Hopefully that result came tonight and we can start chasing the teams above us.''
With West Brom having beaten Liverpool 3-0 at home on the first day of the season, the Baggies completed their first league double against the Reds since 1966-67.
It didn't look likely as Liverpool dominated proceedings for much of the game, and it only seemed a matter of time before the first goal would come.
But Foster saved efforts from Jordan Henderson, Daniel Agger, Stewart Downing and Fabio Borini to keep the game scoreless, and again came up big to stop Gerrard's spot kick.
The situation that led to the penalty is likely to renew the debate about Luis Suarez and his perceived penchant for diving, as the Uruguay forward collided with defender Jonas Olsson in the area and fell to the ground dramatically, then immediately rolled around with his hand up in the air looking toward referee Jon Moss, who pointed to the spot.
Clarke called the decision ''a little bit worse than harsh,'' but Foster made sure it didn't matter.
''Their goalkeeper made some fantastic saves tonight, he's kept them in the game,'' Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. ''We just couldn't make the breakthrough. ... But I can't fault the players. I thought they gave everything today. It was just one of those games where we needed the first goal.''
Instead, that goal came at the other end as Chris Brunt swung over a right-wing corner and McAuley got away from his marker in the area to power home a header.
With Liverpool chasing an equalizer they left themselves exposed to counterattacks, and Lukaku took full advantage by breaking into the area and calmly slotting home the second goal.


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Photokina 2012: Full-Frame Goes Entry-Level
Two weeks after IFA ended, interest of technology buffs is back in Germany, this time in Cologne, where Photokina 2012, the biggest global imaging fair, will officially commence on Tuesday. Photokina is a biannual fair and, in fact, the only remaining manifestation of its kind in the world, after PMA merged with CES last year. Thus, the interest of photography enthusiasts and professionals for this year's Cologne show is bigger than ever.
Compared to CES, IFA or MWC, Photokina is a far calmer show, from which we cannot expect spectacular way of introducing new devices. Many of the major manufacturers have already announced their star products these past few weeks — products with which they will be fighting for the visitors' interest (Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Pentax). Still, there are a few manufacturers whose announcements are expected Monday, September 17, when the Photokina Press Day will take place, an event closed to the public.
From everything that has been revealed so far, as well as those things that are just rumors, it has been hinted that three market trends would dictate the atmosphere of this year's Photokina.
The first, which has been current since the last Photokina, held two years ago, is the rising flood of mirrorless cameras, i.e. compact system cameras, whether it is with Micro Four-Thirds, APS-C or some other sensor size. Thus, visitors will have the opportunity of trying Canon's EOS M for the first time, which was announced a month ago and will finally take the Japanese photo giant to this market segment. This Canon model has an 18-megapixel APS-C sensor and a 3-inch LCD.
Similarly, visitors will also have to opportunity of seeing Nikon 1 J2, which was announced a month ago and is the successor of the exceptionally successful Nikon 1 J1 model that comes with a 1″ sensor, a 10-megapixel resolution and a 3-inch LCD. This is one of the most miniature CSCs in the world, but German Leica hinted that it would present convincingly the smallest camera with an interchangeable lens at Photokina — M10.
Visitors will also see Pentax's Q10, while rumors suggest that Olympus will present several new PENs during Press Day. Details are still not clear, but there are multiple websites publishing rumors that the E-PL3, a year-old model, will be replaced with an E-PL5 and that the successor of an even smaller Micro Four-Thirds model, E-PM1 could be called E-PM2.
The second hot trend will be a somewhat fresher market novelty, thus the devices which will create it will be the biggest stars of the show — entry-level DSLR cameras with full-frame sensors. These will cost significantly less than the professional full-frame DSLRs, of course. Nikon revealed its wild card of the class several days ago. The D600 packs a resolution of 24.3 megapixels into a body that is 16 percent lighter than Nikon's D800, which records Full HD video clips with noise reduction in real time.
Sony has also announced that it would have such a device at Photokina — the Cyber-shot DSC-RX1. It comes with a 24.3-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor, a body just 4.5 inches wide and a fixed Carl Zeiss T*t f/2 35mm lens. Of course, we will see the much awaited mid-class Sony DSLT, A99, as well as mirrorless Alpha NEX-6, which doesn't have a full-frame sensor but is part of the popular E-mount family of mirrorless cameras.
Still, Canon is expected to unveil another interesting novelty, which will hold a vast five-hour event a night prior to the official fair opening. PowerShot G15 is rumored to be presented, the long-awaited successor of PowerShot G12 from the highly successful advanced compact series by Canon.
The third trend is a result of the extinction of cheap compact cameras due to the swarm of smartphones with improvingly better options, and it was hinted by Samsung during IFA, as it presented the Galaxy Camera — a hybrid between a smartphone and a 16-megapixel compact with 21x of optical zoom.
Apart from Samsung's booth, other manufacturers are not likely to unveil such futuristic devices, however, those who still have the courage to create innovative compact cameras will bring their models which will at least be able to connect to the Internet, with software that enables automating photo editing and posts them on social networks. "Wireless connectivity" will be in the limelight when it comes to consumer cameras — this is the key feature that smartphones posses and most compact cameras do not.
Stay with DigitalCameraReview.com where I will be reporting live from Cologne in the upcoming days with the first impressions of the most interesting new cameras.


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Hydraulic Wedge Grips
Instron hydraulic wedge action grips may be used in static or dynamic materials testing applications, interchangeable wedge-shape grip faces accommodating either flat or round specimens.
The grips maintain a constant gripping force on the specimen regardless of the test forces acting upon it, as long as there is hydraulic pressure to the grips.
Principle Of Operation
Each grip functions independently of the other, an external hydraulic supply providing pressure to both open and close the grips.
When gripping pressure is applied, the relative vertical position of the specimen/jaw faces remains unchanged to prevent specimen load generation during the gripping process.
Once the grip faces contact the specimen the hydraulic pressure produces a vertical force on the grip head. The grip force will remain constant as the design automatically compensates for specimen thickness changes.
Application Range
- Type of loading: Static or dynamic, reverse stress.
- Specimen material: Metallics, plastics, composites.
- Specimen geometries: Round and flat section using appropriate optional jaw faces.
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2019: the economy of gallo "pinto"
2019: the economy of gallo "pinto"
I told you these "covers" of yours would be a little heavy
GIEI Briefing, criminal investigation of La Chamuka
OAS Interamerican Democratic Letter
Those of the cat
We have suppressed the coup d'état
Awakening Citizenship
Ready. It's covered.
The arms of his militia (badness)
Animal domestication
International credibility
The acute economic crisis of Nicaragua obliges us to think...
of an urgent plan of "rationalization."
Look at the good side: The good "friends" will be with you to the grave!
Toward international isolation
International "tolerance"
"Pure noise, keep holding on!"
The Singer
Solis, "The Godfather"
The only roadblock that has worked against the Chamuca dictatorship
I'm sorry, Staying Monkey-Boss, but a job is a job...
Denunciation Ortega/Murillo dictatorship
Hired man
But before everything, I respect the "self-extermination" of the people of Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Prez. of Mexico) The Mediator
The earthquake of Magistrate person Solis?
No, the massacre of the illiterate fool La Chayo and his cops.
"The development of the European conscience is slower than the advance of concrete reality."
- Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher
Its own grave
Repression, human rights violations
Ortega Murillo dictatorship
According to Chamu's astral signs, mo more human sacrifices... for now. So that the Euro-deputies can enter.
Human rights, state of rights, over 300 killed
Usurped power
Down with Maduro
Why is Maduro's fall imminent?
21st Century Socialism
A struggling people
Camilo Egana meets his nightmare of interviewing the dictator Chamuca.
"Seeing your appearance, one realizes why you were able to say, 'Let's go with everything'."
Everything is under control. The commander and the companion have ordered you to put on the fiscal reform mask to oxygenate the public finances.
Light a light... the light of Jesus, that will bring liberty to Nicaragua
Miguel Mora, heroic journalist
The Ortega/Murillo dictatorship will fall
Fiscal package
This is to "protect the rights and well being of workers."
And this is to caress
And this is an angel from heaven
Everyone should take a moment to read the tax package. La Prensa has it by the numbers,, and it translates automatically on your phone with google.
It's a very short sighted effort,, and will drive the gross product back to where it was in 1990. Only problem: There are a lot more people to feed off that number,, and expectations have been raised.
This mis-management is what the Sandinistas were famous for when they took over. This will pit campo against urban poor,, as they did before, in an attempt to control the selling prices of corn and beans. The Sandis will never acknowledge it, but their forays into the campo is what started the Contra conflict. The US didn't join the effort until two years later.
Interesting is the retreat from taxing remittances,, which would have generated a significant revenue.
But,, the Orteguistas are now on record saying that it was NEVER their idea,, it was the Golpistas sowing more "hate".
We have Trump; Nicaragua has the three stooges running the show.
Daniel, Raul, comrades, see you later!


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While police knew one Mötley Crüe fan was telling the truth about why he was recently speeding, it didn't spare him a hefty fine.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba recently shared an image via Facebook of a radar readout in which an officer clocked a motorist at 145 kilometers an hour — or about 90 miles per hour — before a recent traffic stop.
In the caption, the police said the man told the mountie he was speeding because "Kickstart My Heart" was on the radio.
"Funny enough, our officer knew he was telling the truth, since he was also listening to it — just at a much slower and safer speed," the post read.
Unfortunately for the "Too Fast for Love" lead foot, the officer showed no mercy and wrote a ticket for $639 CAD, which amounts to about $482 U.S. dollars.
Fortunately no one was hurt.
Mötley Crüe has no plans to get back on tour in the future, but the band revealed this past fall that it will be releasing new music along with its The Dirt biopic, which is coming to Netflix this spring.
Singer Vince Neil announced in September that he and his band mates had recorded four new songs with producer Bob Rock.
Bassist Nikki Sixx later confirmed the new material, adding that "Everybody is playing like mad and the new songs crush."
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Apple offered Samsung a patent licensing deal at $30 per smartphone after warning the South Koreans they were infringing its fruity designs, a court heard.
One of the iToy maker's witnesses revealed the snubbed settlement in public on Friday when he mentioned it during the companies' patent trial. Samsung stands accused of ripping off the Apple iPhone for its own products, and denies wrongdoing.
Samsung was warned in August 2010 that its Android-powered gadgets infringed Apple's patents and copied the iPhone, the jury was told. The Cupertino company added: "Many more Apple patents are relevant to the Android platform [and] Apple has not authorised the use of any of these patents."
Then in October that year, Apple sent over a presentation outlining how Samsung was ripping off its stuff and how much it should pay. The fruity firm offered a licence fee of $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet.
"Samsung chose to embrace and imitate Apple's iPhone archetype," the company told the court. "Apple would have preferred that Samsung request a licence to do this in advance. Because Samsung is a strategic supplier to Apple, we are prepared to offer a royalty-bearing licence for this category of device."
Apple also said it would offer discounts on the licence price for various categories of phone if Samsung cross-licensed its patents back to Cupertino. The South Korean company would get a 20 per cent discount for a cross-licence, a 40 per cent discount if the operating system on the phone or tablet was already licensed to Apple, and another 20 per cent off for phones that also had non-proprietary features.
In 2010, Apple reckoned Samsung had already clocked up $250m with its allegedly infringing phones.
Samsung refused the licensing deal. The trial continues and is expected to conclude at the end of the month. ®


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UNC tapped as training center for the state's HIV health care providers
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been selected as the new home of the North Carolina AIDS Training and Education Center.
Media contact: Lisa Chensvold, 919-843-5719, firstname.lastname@example.com
Monday, Nov. 21, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been selected as the new home of the North Carolina AIDS Training and Education Center. The NCATEC, federally funded through the Ryan White CARE Act, will be responsible for the education and training of the state's health care providers in HIV treatment and prevention.
"UNC is an excellent place to house the NCATEC. We provide care to thousands of HIV-infected North Carolinians and have worked to establish cooperative relationships with health care providers across the state," said David Wohl, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, which houses and administers the center. "HIV medicine has become a very dynamic field and our mission is to keep all North Carolina clinicians on the cutting edge of treatment and other HIV health topics," said Wohl, who directs the center.
UNC will draw on its long-standing reputation as a national and international leader in HIV medicine and research. Providing training and resources for providers is crucial to enhance the quality of HIV care in the state.
Over 35,000 people in North Carolina are HIV-infected and the state ranks tenth in the nation in terms of AIDS diagnoses and eighth in terms of HIV mortality. While the Triangle area and major cities like Charlotte have nationally recognized HIV medical care and research centers, many of which are affiliated with UNC, the southern epidemic is becoming increasingly rural, and the providers serving them face additional challenges. The NCATEC will work to keep all North Carolina doctors, nurses and other HIV providers current and connected by focusing on remote learning technologies such as webinars and blogs to link health care providers and to share developments in the field.
"North Carolina providers, like those in other southern states, face a number of challenges unique to our part of the country. It's not just about keeping current on treatment regimens, it's about recognizing and addressing real-world challenges faced by providers and patients," said Becky White, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at UNC who will conduct trainings at the center.
Training activities will be tailored to address local needs with an emphasis placed on interactive, hands-on training and clinical consultation to assist providers with complex issues related to the management of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Although training is targeted to providers who care for the medically underserved in Ryan White CARE Act-funded sites, all HIV providers are served by the program.
"We have so many dedicated and engaged professionals in North Carolina who are eager to care for those with HIV," said Michele Bailey, the NCATEC program coordinator. "Our job is to make sure they have the skills they need to do that and do it well."
The center is also responsible for a Minority AIDS Initiative grant, which aims to expand the number of minority and minority-serving providers in the HIV system of care.
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program of the Ryan White CARE Act currently supports a network of 11 regional centers (and more than 130 local performance sites) that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for healthcare providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS.
More information about the program can found on its new website, www.med.unc.edu/ncaidstraining


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EVENTS: 15th Annual All Toyotafest, Part II
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November 16, 2012
Construction Update for Week of November 19
Posted in: CHCP Updates, Construction News
Construction is ongoing for the new combined heating, cooling, and power (CHCP) plant next to CarParc Diem. The installation of the precast concrete panels will be completed by Wednesday, November 21. Additionally, please be aware of the following:
- On Monday, November 19, the construction in parking Lot 17 will extend across Blanton Road cutting off vehicular traffic on Blanton Road. Please refer to the construction map for the current conditions.
- Webster Road behind the Red Hawk Diner and north of Lot 17 will be reopened.
- Delivery traffic and official vehicles will continue to access Webster Road from Yogi Berra Drive. They will proceed up Webster Road behind the Red Hawk Diner and turn left onto Quad Road to access the Student Center. They will also exit using the same route in reverse.
- There will continue to be a pedestrian traffic lane up Webster Road toward University Hall.
- The path across Lot 17 that travels up behind the Red Hawk Diner will be reopened.
- Pedestrian traffic coming up the stairs from CarParc Diem and Lot 25 will have to either turn right up Webster Road toward University Hall, left toward Blanton Hall or proceed through Lot 17 to the path that travels up behind the Red Hawk Diner.
- The installation of piping adjacent to the Speech Building is in progress and will continue to extend across toward Schmitt Hall. One of the north/south passageways will remain open between Life Hall and Schmitt Hall during the piping installation.
All roadways and pedestrian routes will be clearly marked so the campus community can navigate around the construction areas easily. All building will remain open and accessible.
We will continue to issue regular updates on the progress of the construction by email and on our website.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and support with our effort to improve the University infrastructure.
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When UFC 149 goes live on Saturday night from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Urijah Faber and Renan Barao will keep everyone's attention inside the octagon during the main event.
Outside the cage, however, all eyes will be on Ultimate Fighting Championship's popular octagon girl Arianny Celeste. Prior to Saturday's card, the cover girl for Playboy, Maxim, Shape and others went 1-on-1 with Postmedia News mixed-martial-arts reporter Dave Deibert, discussing horror movies, life as a nerd and the art of the kiss-and-wave …
POSTMEDIA: On your Twitter feed, you describe yourself as 'Not That Cool.' What's the nerdiest thing you've done recently?
CELESTE: (Laughs) I think all around my personality is just really goofy and nerdy. I read all the time. I like playing video games. I like watching Family Guy. I'm just a goofball.
POSTMEDIA: You're always dancing in your seat cageside as the fighters make their walks to the cage. If you were to switch jobs, what would your walkout music be?
CELESTE: It would be Loca, by Shakira.
POSTMEDIA: It's commonly accepted that lovely ladies virtually never have to wait in line at a club. So, when was the last time you had to wait to get in somewhere?
CELESTE: (Laughs) For a club? When was that? The last time it was in Miami. It's all about who you know in Miami.
POSTMEDIA: If you were to appear on Jeopardy, tell me a random category that you would absolutely clean up in.
CELESTE: Probably movies and music.
POSTMEDIA: You're a self-described fan of horror movies. What was the last really good one you saw?
CELESTE: There hasn't really been a lot lately. They're kind of cheesy now a day. I like The Ring. I like the classics like Jason and Freddy Krueger.
POSTMEDIA: When you're in the check-out line at grocery stores, what's the magazine you can't resist buying?
CELESTE: Shape and Cosmo.
POSTMEDIA: With all the travelling you do, how long can a plant survive in your home?
CELESTE: Probably a week (laughs).
POSTMEDIA: Best concert you've ever been to.
CELESTE: Jay-Z and Kanye West.
POSTMEDIA: The Fourth of July just came and went. What's your favourite holiday?
CELESTE: Christmas because it's all about family.
POSTMEDIA: You appear on UFC's The Ultimate Fighter all the time. But name another reality-TV show you'd love to appear on.
CELESTE: Something with food and travel. Nothing crazy.
POSTMEDIA: So something like The Amazing Race?
CELESTE: I don't know what that is. I'd just want to travel, learn about culture and food.
POSTMEDIA: Where do your eyes go during weigh-ins?
CELESTE: Wherever they want. Depends on what's in front of me.
POSTMEDIA: When you were first hired as an Octagon Girl, did you go home and immediately start practising your smile-and-wave and smile-and-kiss in front of a mirror?
CELESTE: No. I don't practise anything. I just went for it. It was super awkward and twitchy at first, but I got used to it (laughs).


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Light plane crash: one dead, one missing: UPDATED
4.53PM UPDATE: Police say they cannot confirm the identity of a man who died when a light plane plunged into the water off Barlings Beach on Sunday.
The two local men, both in their 60s, had set out at 11.30am on an Australian-made light plane to conduct an annual flying assessment of one of the men's skills.
"The plane came down within the hour. We're not sure yet, but it looks like something might have come loose off the plane and they lost control and went into the water," Sheldon Jones, chief pilot at the Moruya Aeroclub, said.
The man being assessed was a retiree and former retailer from Mossy Point and the other man was an active flying instructor from Moruya, who had many years of experience and flew a few times a week, according to Mr Jones.
"One of the men was extremely experienced and the other man was very experienced," Mr Jones said.
One of the men is confirmed dead while the search for the other man has now been suspended due to poor light. Mr Jones said the men's deaths would be a "big loss to the aviation community".
Police divers will attend the scene tomorrow to search the wreckage.
3.54PM UPDATE: Police have called a 4.30pm press conference following a light plane crash near Barlings Beach.
The media briefing has been moved from the operations centre at Tomakin to Marine Rescue at Hanging Rock, Batemans Bay.
It is likely the search will have to be suspended as light begins to fade.
3.30PM: Authorities have confirmed it was a middle-aged man who died in Sunday's light plane crash off the NSW South Coast.
Emergency services were called to Barlings Beach, south of Batemans Bay, shortly after midday following reports that a light plane had plunged into the ocean.
The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter, based at the nearby Moruya Airport, was on the scene within minutes and located an oil slick and debris floating on the surface of the ocean, about 1 ½ kilometres offshore Mossy Point.
The helicopter crew began searching for survivors and, a short time later, they located the body of a man floating on the surface.
A Rescue Crew Officer was winched into the water and he rescued the man and they were both winched aboard the helicopter.
The middle-aged man was flown to the Westpac Life Saver helicopter base where they were met by police and ambulance officers, however he was unable to be revived.
A search involving local police, surf lifesavers and Marine Rescue NSW is still underway, searching for the plane wreckage and any other survivors.
2.53PM: The flight route of a plane that has ditched into the ocean off the NSW South Coast has still not been confirmed.
Police, at this point, say they are unable to confirm where the aircraft was coming from or where it was headed when it crashed into the water off Barlings Beach shortly after midday Sunday.
Rescue services are still on site searching for the missing plane and a person presumed on board. The body of a second person has already been recovered from the scene.
2.05PM: Police have confirmed the body of one person has been recovered following a light plane crash off the NSW South Coast.
Emergency services responded to reports of a plane in distress about 2.4km off Barlings Beach, near Tomakin, around 12.10pm.
Police from Far South Coast Local Area Command have confirmed the plane crashed into the ocean.
The body of one person has been recovered.
A search-and-rescue operation is now underway, involving police from Far South Coast Local Area Command and the Marine Area Command, along with Royal Life Saving and Marine Rescue NSW.
A brief will be prepared for information of the Coroner.
1.20PM UPDATE: Marine Rescue is on scene and five boats are searching for the person missing after a light plane went into the sea off Barlings Beach Sunday.
Divers are on their way to the scene. They only have a limited window of opportunity to find the missing aircraft before it completely sinks in very deep water.
Two couples reported seeing the plane go down around 12.10pm.
A rescue helicopter is also at the scene.
A plane has been located at sea near #GuerillaBay@nswpolice are leading the search of people on board @asnsw paramedics now on stand-by— NSW Ambulance (@ASNSW) July 6, 2014
1PM: A full scale search is underway after a light plane crash on the NSW South Coast Sunday.
The plane went down around 12.10pm and one body has already been recovered from the water off Tomakin, south of Batemans Bay.
A second person is still missing.
Police and Surf Lifesavers are on the scene.
More details as they come to hand.
#RESCUE Lifesaver 3 attending a plane crash at Barlings Beach- 1 km offshore)1 person recovered - all emergency services attending— Westpac Life Saver (@Lifesaverhelo) July 6, 2014
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Gold bugs love fiscal cliff fearsNovember 13, 2012: 12:44 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
If Congress and President Obama hurl America over the fiscal cliff, some fearful investors may clutch tightly to gold on the long way down.
Stocks have been hit hard since Election Day as fiscal cliff concerns dominate the daily market chatter. But it's been a different story for gold, which has rallied more than 3% in the past week.
It makes sense to a certain degree. Gold is often viewed as the classic fear trade and it's also a hedge against inflation. And gold is not the only metal that's heading higher as a bet that politics as usual will lead to economic stagnation in 2013. Silver and platinum have also moved higher in the past week.
Even if some deal is reached in the next few weeks, experts are not holding their breath for a so-called Grand Bargain that would solve the nation's debt problems for good.
Related: What's in the fiscal cliff?
The fact that President Obama won re-election and the make-up of Congress remains mostly unchanged can be viewed as a signal from voters that they are not interested in the kind of tax hikes and spending cuts that would be required to truly get the deficit under control.
"I think many people feel that the can will continue to get kicked down the road. The outcome of the election seems to show there is not an appetite for major tax increases or meaningful cuts in spending," said Christopher Blasi, president of Neptune Global Holdings LCC in Wilmington, Del. "So even if there are compromises to avoid the cliff in the short-term, the fundamentals are still there for gold to keep rallying."
Blasi thinks it is a real possibility that gold will hit $2500 an ounce -- which is nearly 45% higher than current levels -- sometime in the next two years.>
And while some remain worried about the possibility of a partisan stalemate regarding the fiscal cliff, one thing seems fairly certain. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other central bankers may try to offset some of the negative effects of a U.S. recession, caused by falling over the cliff, with even looser monetary policy -- even though it's somewhat hard to fathom how the Fed and ECB can ease even further.
I argued a few months ago that the Fed's QE3 could be viewed as a likely preemptive strike in case Congress and the White House screw up and end the year without a fiscal cliff deal. And even though inflation is not a problem at the present time, all this liquidity sloshing around the markets thanks to the Fed should eventually lead to a weaker dollar and more inflation. That's a positive for the precious metals.
"Central governments could step up their purchases, giving some additional lift to the prices of both gold and silver. With interest rates continuing to remain at low levels and stimulus still being pumped into the global economy, owning an inflation hedge definitely seems prudent," wrote Chris Gaffney, vice president with St. Louis-based EverBank Global Markets, in a note to clients Tuesday.
Related: Did Ben Bernanke really coin the term 'fiscal cliff?'
Along those lines, one money manager believes that all the talk about the fiscal cliff is causing some investors to lose sight of the real positive for gold. No matter what happens with the fiscal cliff, the U.S. economy is still weak. And Obama's victory ensures that a dovish Fed led by Ben Bernanke (and his eventual successor) is going to keep printing money for the foreseeable future.
"The fiscal cliff might actually be overrated," said Axel Merk, president of Merk Investments, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based money manager that focuses on currencies and gold.
"The key thing about the election that is really boosting gold is that it provides clarity about the Fed. If Romney won, Bernanke would have been a lame duck. Even if Bernanke steps down after 2014, we'll likely have someone like him as the new Fed chairman," Merk added.
In other words, the forces that have helped lift gold from about $800 to $1730 in the past four years aren't going to change anytime soon.


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The Civil War as Revolution – Part I
[Note: This post is part of a series on The Civil War as Revolution which is available at the following links: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, The Revolutionaries of the American Civil War, and Cogitating on Abraham Lincoln as Revolutionary.]
Earlier this month, I posted some thoughts on Abraham Lincoln as revolutionary. It ties to one of the topics we were asked to consider this term, whether the Civil War should be considered the second American revolution. I suspect it is an essay question in many American history programs dealing with the Civil War. I'd like to explore this over the next several posts. A proper place to start is with the question, what is revolution?
According to William A. Pelz in his study on the history of German social democracy, "revolution" comes from the German word "Ugmwälzung" which means "rotation," as in the turning of an axle. He posits that "in the socio-political realm, revolution means the displacement of a state, governmental, social and economic system by another, higher, more developed state, governmental, social and economic system… Two things are essential to the concept of revolution: that the rotation (Ugmwälzung) be comprehensive and fundamental–that everything old and antiquated be thrown out, weeds torn out by their roots; that a higher and better state replace that which has been done away with. Both conditions must be maintained."[i] Thus social revolution results in nothing less than transformation.
Pelz offers two examples of undisputable social revolution. The first, not surprisingly, is the French Revolution, "…the revolution par excellence…that swept away the last remains of medieval feudalism and created the foundation of modern bourgeois society."[ii] The second example – though hardly resembling the first – was none the less more profound. It was triggered by "the introduction of machine work, which fundamentally altered the nature of work and thereby the basis of state and social life. Every sphere of human existence was penetrated by this revolution (Umwälzung). These two organically related revolutions (Umwälzungen) born of the same impetus, only manifesting themselves differently, are probably the most important revolutions known to history. They toppled and purged from top to bottom and brought humanity forward with a violent jolt."[iii]
Revolution in politics has been described as "fundamental, rapid, and often irreversible change in the established order."[iv]
Revolution involves a radical change in government, usually accomplished through violence[,] that may also result in changes to the economic system, social structure, and cultural values. The ancient Greeks viewed revolution as the undesirable result of societal breakdown; a strong value system, firmly adhered to, was thought to protect against it. During the Middle Ages, much attention was given to finding means of combating revolution and stifling societal change. With the advent of Renaissance humanism, there arose the belief that radical changes of government are sometimes necessary and good, and the idea of revolution took on more positive connotations. John Milton regarded it as a means of achieving freedom, Immanuel Kant believed it was a force for the advancement of mankind, and G.W.F. Hegel held it to be the fulfillment of human destiny. Hegel's philosophy in turn influenced Karl Marx.[v]
Historian James McPherson offers the following as a "common sense" definition for revolution: "an overthrow of the existing social and political order by internal violence."[vi] With this as background the question becomes, does the American Civil War qualify for revolution status? Was it sufficiently transforming?
More in tomorrow's post but let me leave you with this quote from Mark Twain.
No people in the world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk and moral suasion: it being immutable law that all revolutions that will succeed must begin in blood, whatever may answer afterward.
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Copyright © 2007 Rene Tyree
[Addendum: This series on The Civil War as Revolution continues at the following links: , Part II, , Part III,, Part IV, Part V, The Revolutionaries of the American Civil War, and Cogitating on Abraham Lincoln as Revolutionary.]
[i] Pelz, William A. and William A. Pelz, eds. Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy: A Documentary History. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994), 264-265, Book on-line. Available from Questia, http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=15096547. Internet. Accessed 13.October 2007.
[ii] Ibid., 265.
[iii] Ibid.
[iv] Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2007
[v] Ibid.
[vi] James M. McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 16.


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Cinquain (pronounced "cin-kain") is a five-line poetic form, using a wavelike word count of two-four-six-eight-two. In this lesson, sample cinquains are read aloud as a class, allowing students to familiarize themselves with the form. Students then write simple cinquain of their own as a follow-up to a subject they have been exploring in class. Although students can write about any subject, graphic organizers and other resources are available to support units on animals, community, fairy tales, healthy foods, picture books, and rainforest/habitats.
Apple Graphic Organizer: One of several themed graphic organizers included in the lesson, this resource includes a sample cinquain, as well a step-by-step guide to creating on original cinquain.
In Apol and Harris's article "Joyful Noises: Creating Poems for Voices and Ears," one of the ways teachers build interest in poetry is by using magnetic words to create original poems. This exercise is one of several scaffolding experiences that the teachers use to "lead students beyond a superficial encounter to a deeper understanding and appreciation of poetry" (316). Through reading cinquain and then writing their own, students move from simply reading the poems to analyzing the poems and, ultimately, composing their own poems that match the format.
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Apol and Harris. "Joyful Noises: Creating Poems for Voices and Ears." Language Arts 76(4) (March 1999): 314-322.


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I'm wary of starting a debate based on opinion, so I lifted my title from this question which seems to be doing fine. I'm also worried about offending MapGuide enthusiasts so please understand I am simply trying to avoid unwise strategic decisions.
When I try to install, use, develop with, ask questions about, or otherwise entertain MapGuide OS I get the feeling that starting a new project with MapGuide is too risky:
- API documentation has not been updated for years and developers are asked to use 2.0 docs for the 2.2 and 2.4 product
- It took several months from the time 2.2.0 was released for http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ to recognise that 2.1.0 was not the latest stable release, suggesting that no one is actively maintaining the site
- Install documentation is spread wide and thin. I recently spent the best part of a week trying to install on 64-bit linux for use with Oracle and ultimately had to give up (then installed GeoServer in less than one hour)
- Forum threads regularly end unanswered or stumble along with hopeful suggestions only to end with an unanswered question from the OP
- I personally have never managed to get a .NET map viewer up and running due to compile errors that others have reported but had no luck fixing
- It seems like a lot of the effort that goes into MapGuide comes from a very small number of people (especially Jackie Ng) which doesn't bode well should they ever get too busy or lose interest in the project.
Someone recently asked a similar question on the MapGuide forum but it took a decidedly ambiguous tone and ended with no clear answer.
I appreciate that a lot of work has gone into the project, and also that it provides functionality I can't find elsewhere (this is a big part of the problem I have), as it can provide a complete viewer experience in short order. However in addition to the list above I have other issues:
- Dependency on stateful sessions and associated load balancing considerations
- Requirement for a configuration tool or web service to create opaque configuration files / databases that can't be edited or viewed easily
- PHP web viewer's need for a specific version of PHP which is unlikely to be compatible / ideal for other PHP applications on a shared server
- Distinction between IE and other browsers in the viewers due to ActiveX
Yes, I know that this is an Open Source project and so if I think it needs improving I should get involved, but honestly I would much rather donate my time to other projects like GeoServer or OpenLayers as these products have both made my life much easier and have well defined roadmaps.


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Ideas for Choir Appreciation Sunday/ Music Ministry Sunday
Sunday, January 8th, 2012, was set aside as as the first National Choir Appreciation Sunday. However, since appreciation, thankfulness, and encouragement are always appropriate at every time of year, such an event is a good reminder for those who lead in Music and Worship Ministry to also demonstrate leadership in expressing their thankfulness publicly for the volunteers who give so much of their time and energy to participate in Choir and other Music Ministry organizations.
See the Facebook page for this event at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/National-Choir-Appreciation-Sunday/250302075020204?sk=info
Remember that the designated date for Choir Appreciation Sunday is not the only time that you can plan an appreciation event for your choir or for all of your music ministry participants. January may not be the best month for such an event at your church. It can be difficult to come back right after Christmas and plan a large musical event within the month. So, if you want to plan an Appreciation Sunday event for your Choir(s) or for all of your Music Ministry volunteers (musicians, tech team, drama group, etc), good planning is essential. Here are some suggestions and ideas that you may want to consider or implement.
1. After you have formulated some plans in your mind and before you do any publicity, share your plans with your Pastor and at Staff Planning Meeting. Your Pastor and fellow Ministers may have some ideas that will be helpful guidance for you in selecting the best date to have such an emphasis and also some ideas about how to proceed with planning that may give a boost to your own creativity. The primary thing that you need to stress is that you want to say "thank you" to these faithful Music Ministry participants without taking the focus off of our mighty God, who is the Source of music, the Giver of gifts, and the reason we sing. Remember that you do not have to stick to the January 8th date if that does not allow enough time for preparation right after the Christmas holidays or work well for your church, your groups, or your calendar. Flexibility is key.
2. In doing your planning to prepare for meeting with your Pastor and Ministerial Staff, pray for direction. For example, you need to determine whether to make this a Music Ministry Appreciation Sunday or whether to just make the Choir your focus. You may have other groups that you want to include in this time of thanksgiving, such as accompanists, orchestra, handbell choirs, age-group choirs (from pre-school choir to Sr. Adult Choir and everything in between), praise teams, rhythm section, tech teams, etc.
If your focus is to be for all of the Music Ministry groups, you could use a "Celebration Sunday" approach, with several groups sharing messages in song or performing together, keeping the focus on worship. At some point, you could direct the attention of the congregation to the fact that God is the Source and Giver of Music and musical talents, that He sings over us, and that He has blessed your church with some incredible volunteers in Music Ministry. You could ask the congregation to join you in thanking God through prayer for the gifts that He has given and the privelege of singing (and playing) music for His glory. Applause in thanksgiving would also be appropriate, again directed at God. At the conclusion of this focus time, I would recommend a brief statement, encouraging your congregation to verbally express their thanks to the people who are involved as volunteers in Music Ministry in your church whenever possible. stating that we all need to encourage one another, and saying that verbal encouragement to anyone who serves in any capacity within the fellowship lifts the body of Christ and draws our hearts closer to one another. Then, get back to praise and worship of the One who gives us a reason to serve, to sing, to play, to teach, and to love.
Your Pastor may want to tie his message to the focus for the day, perhaps preaching about encouraging one another or about worship in general, but this is not absolutely necessary. However, your planning and communication with him gives him the opportunity to do this if he feels led in this direction.
3. Combine Choirs and include groups of all ages! Plan to have the Youth Choir and Senior Adult Choir join the Adult Choir in sharing a message on our special emphasis Sunday. This is the sort of thing that requires advance planning for all of the groups' schedules as well as a little bit of extra rehearsal time, so repertore decisions and decisions about which groups to include need to take place in the early stages of planning. (Note: see a couple of repertoire suggestions at the end of this blog poat.) At our church, these 3 groups could sing a song that our Senior Adult Choir already knows and has just shared at our statewide Senior Adult Choir festival. In rehearsal times, invite your Senior Adult Choir into the Youth Choir rehearsal to help the young people learn the song. Most churches have some very lively and fun-loving Senior Adults, so this should be an energetic and enjoyable time for all. Then, plan a joint rehearsal with all three groups, along with accompanists or orchestra and rhythm section, prior to the special emphasis Sunday. Here are some additional ideas (some that would work best for an All-inclusive Music Minstry Celebration Sunday, and several that would work well for a Choir Appreciation focus) to consider during your planning:
a. If you have worship banners that are not up in your Sanctuary or Worship Center all the time, consider using these to add to the celebration (of giving thanks for God's gift of music and for the musical gifts within your volunteer musical groups) in your service that day. Or, you may want to use several weeks to focus on the attributes of God before the focused Celebration Sunday comes to pass. For example, if you have a banner that says, "Lamb of God," make this your focus on a particular Sunday. Sing songs and read scripture that relate to the sacrifice of Jesus as the Lamb of God. Then, if you have another banner that says, "King of Kings," make that your focus on another week. Save your "Jesus" or "Lord of Lords" or "Mighty God" banner for the final week of Celebration emphasis when you will express thanks for your faithful Music Ministry volunteers but primarily focus on the God who has formed them, gifted them, saved them, and called them to serve.
b. You could also have a few Music Ministry volunteers give a brief testimony, one each week, in the weeks leading up to your special emphasis Sunday. They could tell what the opportunity to serve in this way means to them and how God speaks to them through music.
c. Enter singing praises! You could begin the special service by leading a worship chorus with only your accompanists and rhythm section on the platform or in the loft area. Then have your choir come in (from the back of your Worship Center) near the end of that song or during a second, more upbeat, worship song or hymn, singing as they come down the aisles. If you involve multiple choirs, this could be especially effective; and banners that relate to worship and praise could be carried in at the front of each group. Perhaps each Adult or Senior Adult Choir member could walk beside a child from your childrens choirs, making sure that 'their' child winds up standing where the Childrens' Choir is supposed to be (perhaps on risers or just in a group in front of the Youth and Adult Choirs). You could even ask the congregation to stand in worship of our mighty God and join your choirs and/or musicians in lifting praise to Him. Then, you could have an excellent trumpet player play a short but majestic fanfare just prior to the song or hymn that is used for the choir's entrance. Fanfare guidelines: if someone else (your trumpet player, for example) chooses the fanfare that will be played, make sure he/she knows what key will work well with the hymn or chorus that is to follow, make sure that it is not a familiar fanfare (such as the well known ones used for the Olympics), and listen to it being played to give your final OK. For the choral procession, I would suggest "Worthy of Worship" as a great hymn choice or "Sing to the King" if you prefer to use a chorus.
d. If you want to use your banners or media to focus on the attributes of God, you could build excitement leading up to the special Sunday by focusing on one attribute or name of God (Lamb of God, Bread of Life, Holy, or whatever your banners say) in each of several Sundays leading up to the planned special Worship Ministry Sunday. During each of these services where you are focusing on a specific attribute or name of God, have each song that is shared by whatever group focus on that attribute or name, ending with the most significant attribute(s) or name(s) (such as Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Savior, Mighty God) being used on the special Sunday, with appropriate music choices. You can also use all of your banners on that one Sunday by focusing each song or scripture reading on a different attribute or name of God (having that banner carried in during the appropriate song), ending with a "Lord of Lords" or "Mighty God" banner and focus. You could even have various lay leaders help you to end the time of musical praise by having each person emphatically state the name for God or for Christ on one of your banners; and when all the names have been pronounced, say that this is why we worship Him. He is worthy of our praise.
e. You could choose to have a Choir Reunion or Music Ministry Reunion be a part of your special day. If there are former members that you could contact who live within driving distance and could join you for a special Sunday emphasis, this could be very meaningful. Be sure to give them a few weeks notice in your invitation to come. This could also serve as a reminder of the ultimate Choir reunion that will take place someday in Heaven.
f. Use your media capabilities to the fullest. Have pictures of your groups (in rehearsal, from special productions, serving in various ways on mission trips, etc.) that are shown on the screen as you speak about them or when they join together to sing (and play) a special worship song.
g. Do some research and study about the use of choirs in worship and praise (in the Bible and throughout the history of the church) so that you may be able to share some specific scriptures or brief facts during your service. (Note: See our page entitled "Lift Your Voice (worship scriptures)" for a great worship scripture reference from both the Old and New Testaments. Here is the link: http://www.worshipsounds.wordpress.com/lift-your-voice/
h. Remember that this is a special day of encouragement and thankfulness for the people of God who use their talents to glorify God, and then ultimately direct all praise toward God Himself, who is always worthy of our thankfulness for every good thing.
i. You could have a special dinner after the morning worship service for your Choir(s) or for all Music Ministry volunteers (at your church or at a restaurant). This dinner could end with a prayer of commitment to continue to use our gifts in His service.
j. Attempt to keep the focus on worship of God and Jesus and off of yourself as Worship Leader, Minister, or Pastor. Worship is the privelege of every Christian, and you could even have a couple of teachable moments for your congregation (about 24/7 worship, seeking to glorify Him in all that we do) woven into the fabric of your focused worship time. To help emphasize the point that worship is so much more than just singing or hearing a song, if you use a bulletin, make sure that it utilizes specific worship headings, such as"
"Worship through contemplation" (prelude)
"Worship through proclamation" (song of proclamation of who God is, His power, what He has done…)
"Worship through giving" (tithes and offering)
"Worship through testimony" (spoken or sung)
"Worship through exhortation" (a message or song of challenge or encouragement)
"Worship through thanksgiving" (sung, spoken, or prayed)
"Worship through prayer"
"Worship through praise"
"Worship through the spoken Word" (scripture reading)
"Worship through the proclamation of the Word" (sermon)
You get the idea. All that we do is worship when done with the motivation of glorifying God.
For help with ideas for communicating a theology of lifestyle worship, see our page entitled "Lifestyle Worship" at http://www.worshipsounds.wordpress.com/lifestyle-worship/
k. Use a meaningful reading at some point, such as excerpts from David Nassar's book, "Glory Revealed." Begin reading on page 30, chapter 2, (titled " Glory Revealed Through Conversation) under the bold print heading, "…every song we sing to the Lord is a duet and not a solo." Read through the end of the chapter (slightly less than 3 pages). You will probably want to make some cuts in the text, such as the section on lullabies, for use in congregational worship; but this is a very meaningful passage that can change the outlook of individuals regarding worship for the remainder of their lives. Decide whether to have one person read this or to divide the lines up between 2 readers, and make sure this is well-prepared in order to be most effective.
Here are a few suggestions for your repertoire on Choir Appreciation Sunday or Music Ministry Appreciation Sunday:
1. "Sometimes I Hear God's Music"
lyrics by the late J. Paul Williams
music by Joseph M. Martin
If this piece is already in your library, you may want to consider re-purchasing it in the updated version released as part of the "Legacy" series honoring well-known lyricist J. Paul Williams. The arrangement has been updated by composer Joseph M. Martin, and a new orchestration has been written for this piece by Stan Pethel. This piece is now available for SSA and TTB in addition to the SATB voicing. For more information, here is a link to the publisher's info page:
To listen to the updated version of "Sometimes I Hear God's Music" in SATB voicing, with the new orchestration, use this link: http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/sometimes-i-hear-gods-music/141068/
2. "The Music of God"
lyrics by John Parker
music by Mark Hayes
Also published by the Harold Flammer division of Shawnee Press (now under Hal Leonard)
This piece is arranged for SATB choir (though much of the part writing is in SAB), with children's choir, congregation, and flute obbligato. It has an excellent text and beautiful melody. It also encorporates the familiar hymn melody known as Ellacombe ("I Sing the Mighty Power of God") for congregational singing. I could not find a listening sample in my web searches, but you can obtain a free browser copy of this anthem on Mark Hayes' website at this link:
3. "Sing a Song to the Lord"
lyrics and music by Travis L. Boyd
published by Shawnee Press (see info on our websites 'Published Music' page at http://www.worshipsounds.com )
This is a more upbeat choral praise anthem, in SATB voicing, with a contrast in styles between the legato verses and the rhythmic chorus. Here is the Publisher's description: "Travis Boyd is fantastic at up-tempo rhythmic pieces and this youthful expression of praise is no exception. Use as a call to worship or as an intergenerational moment incorporating youth and adult choirs. The creative transition section builds to an impressive crescendo that is very exciting to sing and hear. Exhilarating!"
To listen to this anthem, use this link: http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/sing-a-song-to-the-lord/335710/
"Sing a Song to the Lord" is available from:
* Stanton's (hear complete demo, price $1.75) @ http://listeninglab.stantons.com/search/?v=Travis+Boyd&t=composer&x=67&y=17
* Pine Lake (complete demo for listening, info about accompaniment track, price $1.75) at this link: http://pinelakemusic.com/Results.aspx?search=Travis% 20Boyd&toc=false
* Sheet Music Plus (with complete demo and sample pages, no mention of trax, price $1.40) at this link: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?q=Travis+Boyd
* Music Mart (price 1.75, no demo) @ http://www.musicmart.com/Search.aspx?k=Travis%20Boyd
* Music 44 (price $1.75, no demo) @ http://www.music44.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=6064E0ACEA8A57A23CE7B0B96DBF8E2A&Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=X&ArtistSearch=Travis_Boyd&Pg=2&SortBy=1&PerPg=12&PgChange=1
* From original publisher, Shawnee Press (price $1.75, no demo), at this link: http://www.shawneepress.com/search/search.do?subsiteid=204&keywords=Travis+Boyd
* And from Hal Leonard (price $1.75, no demo) at this link: http://www.halleonard.com/search/search.do?subsiteid=5&keywords=Travis+Boyd&searchcategory=00
4. "Let the Trumpet Sound"
lyrics and music by Travis L. Boyd
SATB Choral with piano accompaniment and Trumpet Obbligato (obbligato can also be played on organ or keyboard)
This anthem has a classical type sound. It has been sung, in an SSAA arrangement, by The Singing Churcwomen of Oklahoma, then under the direction of Dr. Bill Green, and was used at the beginning of the group's worship concerts. This anthem is available on our WorshipSounds website's "General Use Anthems" music page. Click the photo at right to go directly to our Worship Sounds Music website.
5. "For the Glory of God"
lyrics and music by Travis L. Boyd
SATB Choral anthem with an upbeat message of praise, also available in SSAA and TTBB voicings
This anthem is in the current repertoire of the Georgia Baptist Convention's Jubalheirs, a choir made up of women who are active in Worship ministry throughout the state of Georgia, under the direction of Dr. Jon Duncan. It is also available in SSAA. "For the Glory of God" can be found on our website's "General Use Anthems" music page. Click the Worship Sounds Music church photo above to go directly to our Worship Sounds Music website.
6. "Much More Than a Song"
lyrics and music by Travis L. Boyd
SATB Choral, also available as a Vocal Solo (in 3 keys for Low, Medium, and High voice)
This anthem has been sung in a TTBB voicing by The Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma, then under the direction of Dr. Bill Green, and by the Georgia Baptist Convention's Jubalheirs, under the direction of Dr. Jon Duncan. It is a lovely ballad with a thoughtful and inspiring message about choosing to praise God in every circumstance. "Much More Than a Song" is available on our website's "General Use Anthems" music page. Click the Worship Sounds Music church photo above to go directly to our Worship Sounds Music website.
7. "Praise God"
lyrics and music by Travis (L.) Boyd
SATB Choral, published by the Glory Sounds division of Shawnee Press (now with Hal Leonard)
A lovely setting of the traditional Doxology lyrics with a flowing piano accompaniment, this choral anthem incorporates a portion of the hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty".
You can hear this anthem in its entirety on our SoundCloud, and then there are links in the information about the anthem that will lead you to distributors who offer it. Here is the link to the publisher's choral demo on our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/#travis-l-boyd/05-praise-god-copyright?in=travis-l-boyd/sets/publishers-demos-of-my-choral
"Praise God" is available from Sheet Music Plus at this link: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?q=Travis+Boyd
8. "All the Praise"
lyrics and music by Travis (L.) Boyd
Published by the Lorenz Corporation
SATB Choral
Available from the Lorenz Corporation, with all related products (Brass & Rhythm Score, Acc. Trax), complete demo and sample pages at this link: http://www.lorenz.com/Results.aspx?page=1&rpp=25&title=Travis%20Boyd&voicing1=&div=&producttype=*&usage=&level=&pop=False&pod=True&bnew=True&bbest=False&sortorder=ASC&composer=&acap=False&series=&SearchOpt=&biblebook=&biblechapter=-1&bibleverse=-1&divwiseproduct=False
9. Magnificent Praise
lyrics and music by Travis (L.) Boyd
Published by the Lorenz Corporation
SATB Choral
Available from the Lorenz Corporation, with all related products (Brass & Rhythm Score, Acc. Trax), complete demo and sample pages at this link: http://www.lorenz.com/Results.aspx?page=1&rpp=25&title=Travis%20Boyd&voicing1=&div=&producttype=*&usage=&level=&pop=False&pod=True&bnew=True&bbest=False&sortorder=ASC&composer=&acap=False&series=&SearchOpt=&biblebook=&biblechapter=-1&bibleverse=-1&divwiseproduct=False
* If this blog post has been helpful to you, please take a moment to comment to that effect on the referring web post or social media site so that others will know that reading it is worth their time. Please share this blog post link with others who might not see it without your referral.
* If you have additional ideas for a Choir Appreciation Sunday or Music Ministry Appreciation Sunday, please add them as comments to this blog so that others can benefit from your creativity and inspiration. Thank You!
* Be sure to bookmark this blog post so that you can refer back to it as you are doing your planning. There may be additional ideas from fellow Ministers of Music and Worship that will work wonderfully for you as well.
Blessings to you and to your Church and Music Ministry as you plan a special emphasis to say "thank you" to the fine people who help you share the message of God's love and mercy through music. For more inspiration, check out our blog page entitled "Creative Worship Ideas."
Travis and Cindy Boyd
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