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Editor's Note: At the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona in July, science was practically dead. Politics was in. It seemed the doctors felt that research is useless if you can't use it to save lives. The movement that began in full force with the last international conference two years ago in Durban, South Africa, towards saving the countries that are dying, continued to get stronger. In his plenary address to the Barcelona conference, South African activist Zackie Achmat, of the Treatment Action Campaign, brought us up to date on how much progress has been made since Durban. Achmat delivered his talk by video because of a bacterial lung infection that kept him from traveling. He is a person living with AIDS who refuses to take antivirals until they are widely available in his country. An edited version of his speech follows.
But it is not only the activists and the advocates acting as a force for change. In his opening talk, Dr. Stefano Vella, the out-going president of the International AIDS Society, which organizes the international conference, talked about the growing advocacy role of medical providers. "I never saw in other fields of medicine this growing 'scientific activism' and the inclusion of the [concept of] universal access to health care in the scientific agenda of the most relevant AIDS research institutions of the world. Indeed, scientists progressively understood that they should take the lead with the idea that the advancements of medicine cannot be reserved to small numbers of people ... If there is anything that should be globalized, it is the right to a healthy life."
And in his talk at the closing ceremony, incoming IAS president Dr. Joep Lange said, "A specific issue close to my heart is access to decent HIV care, including antiretroviral therapy, for the millions and millions of infected people in developing countries who need it. The world can simply not afford to let them die, from a humanitarian perspective, from a developmental perspective and from a security perspective. And it is possible to do something about it -- it is actually quite simple. It is going to require enormous effort, yet it is simple. Do not be fooled: People make simple things complex to condone their inertia, and the inertia of those who are living off this epidemic. Or maybe not inertia, but simple lack of imagination.
"We need to be creative. For instance, you do not need a lot of infrastructure [clinics, labs, etc.] to deliver HIV/AIDS care. You do not need complex regimens. You do not need doctors and nurses to deliver the care in every remote corner of Africa. If we can get cold Coca-Cola and beer [delivered by truck] to every remote corner of Africa, it should not be impossible to do the same with drugs.
"Bad government and lack of leadership has actually killed more people with HIV than anything else." As for the money, Lange said, "I am actually convinced that the 10 billion dollars that is often quoted is an underestimation of what is needed. But even if it were 25 billion dollars per year, it would still be peanuts. Do you know how much the England-Argentina World Cup football match cost the UK [United Kingdom] economy? Two billion dollars. It just takes five to 12 football matches and a concerted global effort to really do something about HIV/AIDS. What are we waiting for?"
The international conference has spoken. As one report noted, "Discussions here have shifted from the feasibility of antiretroviral therapy for individuals in resource-poor countries to how quickly this can be accomplished." Leaders are demanding the world's political will to combat the epidemic. -- Enid Vázquez
When we last met in Durban we had hope and we had arguments about HIV treatment. Today we have facts. In Khayelitsha, outside Cape Town, Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) have illustrated that people with HIV/AIDS, a majority with a non-existent or serverely damaged immune systems, could recover life, health and dignity with antiretroviral therapy.
Treatment Works
The majority of MSF's patients who started ARV [antivirals] at a primary health care level had fewer than 48 CD4 cells and viral loads greater than 170,000 copies. Over six months, the majority achieved undetectable viral loads, and more importantly were able to re-constitute their immune systems. This follows on the success of Paul Farmer, Partners in Health, and the people of Haiti. So today when we speak to you of ARV therapy access in poor countries, we speak not only with arguments, not only with hopes, not only with desperation, but actually with facts and the lives of the people themselves.
The Durban Effect
The global community decided to campaign for affordable medicines and ARV access for poor countries and communities in the wake of the Durban 2000 conference. That campaign has given many of us the hope and the will to survive. Our movement has achieved many successes and met many challenges over the last few years. I want to highlight some of these successes and challenges.
In the constitutional court judgment on the issue of the mother to child HIV prevention, the court quotes the South African government's assessment of HIV and AIDS as an "incomprehensible calamity." Although the facts and arguments I will use are rooted in South African realities, in many instances the arguments elsewhere are similar, or they can be used to illustrate the differences.
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Morbidity and Mortality
The Department of Health stated last September that 24% of all public hospital admissions were due to HIV/AIDS. This demand for hospitalization will increase steadily every year in the absence of significant alternative interventions. We would like to ask, what are these interventions?
To us this is not only a matter of the cost to the state, but the lives of mothers, the lives of women, the lives of children and the lives of men. Many of us in our productive years, many of us who have not yet have reached the prime of our lives. Central to all our work on HIV prevention and treatment are the issues of life, dignity and access to health care.
HIV prevention and treatment cannot be separated. Not to treat HIV effectively will destroy the already weakened health care systems in poor countries.
Combine Prevention and Treatment
From a purely public health care perspective, it is shortsighted not to treat HIV, to say that we must focus on prevention and exclude treatment. On the other hand, it is unconscionable, because what we are speaking of are not cold statistics, but our lives. Our lives matter, the five million people in South Africa with HIV matter and the millions of people throughout the world already infected with HIV, their lives matter. And so, it is not simply the question of the cold statistics that we are putting to you, but a question of valuing every person's life equally. Just because we are poor, just because we are black, just because we live in environments and continents that are far from you, does not mean that our lives should be valued any less.
It is critical that every treatment activist also becomes a prevention activist. Active prevention of mother and child transmission, assisting rape survivors, all these issues and above all, the use of condoms for everyone who is positive. Making clear to people with HIV that they should use condoms -- such a prevention message is critical to all our treatment efforts. Therefore the dichotomy between prevention and treatment is one that this conference should lay to rest immediately. We need to stop this counter productive debate.
Let us return to practical concerns. What are the practical obstacles to getting the vision of the World Health Organization that three million people should be on treatment by the year 2005?
Voluntary Licenses for Generic Production
The partial price reductions and insufficient donations by drug companies will not assist in the long term to deal with the epidemic in a sustainable and an effective manner. What is required is generic competition and therefore we appeal to all the drug companies with brand name medicines to issue non-restrictive voluntary licenses at between 3-4% royalty, to ensure that poor countries and communities have access to ARV therapy. This will eliminate the unnecessary conflict between the activist community, government and drug companies.
Health-Care Essential for Development
To be able to deliver drugs to people, to be able to save the lives of the millions with HIV and AIDS, we need effective public health care systems. We can only start by endorsing both Amartya Sen and the World Health Organization's Commissions on macro-economics report that regards health care as an essential public good. Not only for dignity and life, but as a component of a sustainable development strategy for most developing countries. We therefore endorse the request for additional funding for health care systems across the globe by the World Health Organization to ensure that public health care systems are effective and that they deal with HIV and AIDS, with TB, with malaria and with all the diseases of poor people.
Support the Global Fund
A necessary element to enable public health care systems to deliver ARV therapy in poor countries is the funding of the Global Fund on AIDS, TB and Malaria. It is unfortunate that the fund has not received the necessary amount of between seven and 10 or 11 billion dollars called for by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. We believe that the United States, Europe, Japan and countries like South Africa and Brazil all have an important contribution to make to that fund, to ensure that all poor people get access to treatment with ARV. We appeal to you to step up the activism in your countries to ensure that the Global Fund has the money that it needs.
Political Will and Denialism
There is an additional element essential for all of us to get access to life saving treatment and that is political will. Many of you know the South African government's position on HIV and AIDS was not only scandalous, did not only reduce many of us to despair, did not only take away the hope of many thousands of people in our country, but it also threw health care workers and our health system into disarray. That position has now fortunately changed. However, we still believe that we all have to be vigilant, that we should encourage the South African government and all its officials to maintain a position that HIV does in fact cause AIDS. And more importantly, that HIV can be treated as well as prevented.
Unfortunately, our government has not yet committed formally to a national treatment plan, in a country where nearly 300,000 people will die this year of AIDS-related illnesses. However, it is not only our government that is lagging behind.
Private Sector Responsibility
Regrettably, the richest corporation in our country, the Anglo-American Corporation, cancelled its pilot ARV programs to treat gold miners and miners who have suffered, who live in single sex hostels on their mines far from their families and who have HIV. We appeal to them to reinstate those programs and to treat those workers. Those workers have sacrificed their bodies and their families, allowing the company to make the enormous amounts of profit it does on the world market for gold and other minerals. We appeal to the entire private sector to make it possible for people to be treated, including companies such as Coca Cola, Ford Motors and Daimler Benz who have done a superb job. We appeal to all of them to work together to ensure that people across the globe have access to treatment, their workers in particular.
We have seen many successes. A tremendous example to all of us has been the Brazilian program. We commend the Brazilian government for an effective program. As all of you will know, TAC supported MSF in importing generic ARV into South Africa for the program in Khayelitsha. We will continue to support that action because we are opposed to patent abuse by the drug companies and we want to set an example that can work. However, we appeal to the Brazilian government to lead a political campaign to enable them to export its drugs to other countries in Latin America and Central America. There are many poor people in Ecuador, Nicaragua and other countries of that region who need these medicines urgently. This will sustain the Brazilian program in the long run because of economies of scale and cost effectiveness. But most importantly, it will give hope to the region itself.
On our doorstep in Botswana, the government has committed itself to a comprehensive treatment program for its people. However, its president, Festus Mogae, mentioned that he is not sure how sustainable that program will be. We appeal to the Gates Foundation, to the Merck Corporation and to the government of the United States to ensure that Botswana is able to use generic ARV to lower the prices and to be able to make its program sustainable, so that more than one third of its population who are already infected will be able to have treatment in a sustainable and an effective manner.
Treatment Literacy
A critical element to be able to deliver treatment to people will be treatment literacy programs. Everyday in our communities we are able to educate people in workshops about nevirapine [Viramune], about AZT [Retrovir] and about side effects. We are able to sing songs about these drugs, we are able to educate people about fluconazole and cotrimoxazole. These are medical terms and pharmacological names that none of us knew when we were first diagnosed, or even much later. But fighting for our lives has made it essential and necessary for us to learn these things. Everyone can learn them. In our communities we have done workshops with people who have never opened a pharmacological textbook, but most of our people can speak eloquently and articulately about the medicines that they need to take, their side effects and how to look after themselves.
We believe that by working together -- nurses, doctors, scientists, patients and government -- all of us -- we can achieve the necessary required treatment literacy that will make our adherence possible.
Over the last few years, it has been the power of ordinary people that has held drug companies accountable, made governments accountable and made the global community accountable.
The TAC thanks the Health GAP Coalition [Global Access Project, Philadelphia], MSF, Gay Men's Health Crisis [New York City], all of our African comrades, our Brazilian comrades, Pela Vidda and people across Asia and Europe -- you have made our work much easier. We hope our work at home will be of some assistance to you. In the words of the labor movement, "an injury to one is an injury to all."
Born in 1962, Zackie Achmat joined the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa during the 1976 uprisings. He was detained and imprisoned on more than five occasions as a youth activist. He also organized for labor, health and community organizations. He was a founding member of the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality, which campaigned for the equality clause in the country's Constitution. He is still an active member of the African National Congress. Achmat was also director of the AIDS Law Project between 1994-97. He has researched, written, and directed numerous television documentaries.
In December 1998, he launched the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). At the risk of arrest, Achmat volunteered for TAC's Defiance Campaign against Pfizer's patent to bring life-saving treatment for opportunistic infections into South Africa. TAC also opposed the HIV denialist positions in government and campaigned for access to antivirals for pregnant women with HIV. Achmat is also completing a master in philosophy of law at the University of Capetown.


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DES MOINES, Iowa — Azy and Indah are heading to school this week -- a unique experience for two clever orangutans whose classroom will eventually encompass more than 200 acres of lowlands, river forest and lakes.
On Tuesday, the inquisitive primates will become the first residents of the Great Ape Trust of Iowa. While there, researcher Rob Shumaker and a team of scientists will study the behavior and learning capabilities of the apes.
Azy, 26, and Indah, 24, who are brother and sister, have never lived in the wild. They were born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where they have been part of a research program, the Orangutan Language Project, since 1995.
Shumaker developed the program, which allows the long-haired apes to communicate by selecting symbols on a computer monitor.
"The opportunities that lie ahead for them and this world-class research center are limitless," said Shumaker, the trust's director of orangutan research.
Construction of the Great Ape Trust began in 2003 at the site of a former sand and gravel quarry. Besides orangutans, the Des Moines campus also will house bonobos, chimpanzees and lowland gorillas. Some consider the site the most comprehensive ape research facility in the world.
"Only 30 acres are under development now," Shumaker said. "We've just scratched the surface. This project will be growing for a number of years."
Azy and Indah will arrive at a sanctuary being built south of downtown Des Moines after a 2 1/2-hour charter flight from Washington, D.C.
Shumaker hopes to begin working with the orangutans as soon as Wednesday. Part of what he finds so intriguing about them is their individuality and how they learn.
"Working is one of the most familiar and comfortable things for them," he said. "Starting up with that right away is one of the very best things to make them feel at home."
Both are gentle and even-tempered animals, but Azy -- the male -- is more contemplative. Indah, however, is more impulsive.
"Both eventually learn the same tasks, they understand, they comprehend," Shumaker said. "But how they get to it is very different."
The center also will help promote the conservation of great apes, whose numbers are threatened by habitat destruction and, in the case of mountain gorillas in central Africa, by political unrest.
Orangutans live only in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra in southeast Asia. Scientists predict they will become extinct in Sumatra in the next five years, and in Borneo within the next 10 to 20 years.
Sumatra has about 7,000 orangutans in the wild. An estimated 35,000 to 50,000 live in Borneo, where 10 percent of their habitat disappears every year, Shumaker said.
"Once people begin moving into forests to transform them for other reasons, then you have immediate conflict with apes -- shooting, poaching, taking infants for the pet trade," he said.
Visitors will be allowed in the center from time to time to tour the facilities and watch research.
While it is not necessarily a tourist attraction, it is still a plum for the city, said Greg Edwards, president of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"I really do think that any project of this magnitude is going to have an impact on us," Edwards said. "It shows we're a progressive city and we're open to economic development such as projects like this."
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Yesterday @russgoerend tweeted: So most conferences have Sessions. Some have Conversations. Who wants to lead some Actions?
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Sheriff's Log: Carson man arrested on suspicion of battery of a police officer
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The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent unless proved guilty in court:
• 2:29 a.m.: A 55-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 2400 block of North Carson Street on suspicion of violation of pretrial conditions. Bail was set at $3,000.
• 9:59 p.m.: A 75-year-old Carson City woman was arrested at the Carson City Jail on suspicion of trespassing. Bail was set at $150.
• 11:40 a.m.: A 49-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the 700 block of Basque Way on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and revoked license-DUI. Bail was set at $2,000. Also arrested was a 32-year-old Winnemucca woman, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a hypodermic device. Bail was set at $2,000.
• 12:07 p.m.: A 34-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 7700 block of U.S. Highway 50 East on a probation-violation warrant. Bail was set at $1,000.
• 11:50 a.m.: A 63-year-old Carson City man was arrested at the Carson City Jail on two contempt-of-court warrants. Bail was set at $6,000.
• 5:57 p.m.: Joe Ervin Swanson, 39, of Carson City was arrested at Fifth Street and Carson Meadow Drive on suspicion of two counts of battery on a police officer, obstructing a peace officer with violence, DUI-drugs first offense, no valid driver's license, turn signal required, fail to stop at stop sign and possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. Bail was set at $8,175.
• 4:41 p.m.: Kasey Harger of Silver Springs was arrested at Fifth and Mary streets on suspicion of hit-and-run, following too closely, driver's license not valid, no proof of insurance and failure to report. Bail was set at $1,775.
• 11:55 p.m.: Robert Leiter, 56, of Carson City was arrested at Ormsby Boulevard and College Drive on suspicion of a felony parole and probation violation and an arrest warrant for possession of stolen property. No bail was set.
• A 22-year-old Dayton man was arrested in the 800 block of East William Street on suspicion of basic speeding, driving with a suspended license and violation of pretrial conditions. Bail was set at $3,545.
• 11:55 a.m.: A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested at the Carson City Jail on a contempt-of-court warrant. Bail was set at $207.
The Nevada Appeal only names people arrested on suspicion of felonies, violent crimes and DUIs. Carson City Secret Witness will pay up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people committing crimes. Anyone with information is asked to call 775-322-4900. The School Secret Witness number is 775-283-1799. Callers remain anonymous.


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(CNN) -- A storm has killed at least 16 people on the Italian island of Sardinia, with two people unaccounted for and fears the death toll will rise, officials say.
Confirming the deaths to CNN affiliate Sky TG24, Regional President Ugo Cappellacci described the situation as "dramatic" and "critical."
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta held a Cabinet meeting to declare a state of emergency in Sardinia. He told reporters the government has allocated 20 million euros ($27 million) in immediate aid to the Mediterranean island.
The money will be used to help save lives, assist the displaced and repair roads, he said.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano issued a statement expressing solidarity with the affected communities.
Civil Protection Agency spokeswoman Francesca Maffini said that the two missing people were a farmer and a woman who lived alone. Both were in the province of Nuoro, she said.
Maffini told CNN the island had received six months' worth of rainfall -- 450 mm (more than a foot) -- in 12 hours.
Addressing lawmakers in Italy's Parliament on Tuesday, Environment Minister Andrea Orlando said the area had an average rainfall of 1,000 mm, and a similar deluge had not occurred there in centuries.
CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said that while the worst weather had moved on from Sardinia, the island will still experience some showers and gusty winds over 50 kph through Wednesday as the storm system moves east in the Mediterranean Sea.
Italy's state news agency ANSA reported that flooding from the storm -- named locally as Cleopatra -- forced many people to flee their homes, with thousands seeking shelter in public facilities such as gymnasiums.
ANSA said a Brazilian family of four was among the dead: a mother, father and two teenage children drowned when a flash flood hit their ground-floor flat in Arzachena, near Olbia.
Olbia's councilor for tourism, Marco Vargiu, told CNN that the storm had been "a disaster" for the town of about 70,000, with authorities saying 13 people had died in the broader area.
Vargiu said the dead included two young babies. In one case, a father aged 35 and his 3-year-old son had died in flood waters near the town, he said.
"The worst conditions are here in Olbia. There are rivers of water in the town. In lots of houses the ground floors are full of water, one or two meters of water, and a lot of families have lost everything -- their house, their car, their clothes, the furniture."
Vargiu said the houses were filled with a mixture of water, sand and rubbish. "We have electricity, but the streets, the bridges have been washed away."
"My house has no damage, but just 15 meters away there are friends that have lost all their furniture, their car, because they were carried away by the rivers," he said. "Disasters like this have never happened. We don't remember a disaster like this."
But Vargiu said a lot of ministry staff and emergency workers had come to aid the town, and there were many volunteers helping its inhabitants.
"In Olbia there is a very, very good solidarity," he said. "We have two hospitals working hard overnight and today because they had a lot of people asking for help. There were a lot of accidents in cars, in houses, and some walls fell down."
Vargiu said a lot of money would be needed for Sardinia to recover from the storm, with many families and businesses affected.
The amount offered by the government might be enough to restore some of the town's connections to the rest of the island, he said, but it was not enough long term.
"It's very difficult to count the financial cost to the town, the houses. The economy of the town has received a big damage. I don't think it's enough."
Italy's Civil Protection Agency said 2,500 people have been displaced and more than 10,000 people are without electricity. The agency is still trying to reach all the areas affected, it said in a statement.
Widespread flooding and landslides have blocked roads, and the agency urged motorists to drive only when necessary and to check road conditions before beginning a journey.
The agency said the bad weather started in the Campidano area, in southwestern Sardinia, then spread across the rest of the island, with the worst affected provinces Olbia and Nuoro.
Olbia's port remains operational, and the airport is partially open, it said.
The coast guard said there had been reports of flooding in other parts of Italy, particularly near the city of Catanzaro, in the southern region of Calabria, and in Venice during the high tide.


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Outstanding Educators
May 15, 2014
Our faculty have long been known for their innovative approaches to instruction and ongoing commitment to working closely with students. This spring a number of professors were honored with the latest in a string of awards highlighting Lewis & Clark's commitment to excellence in teaching and research.
Lorry Lokey Faculty Excellence Award Winners
Professor of Biology Kellar Autumn, Professor of Philosophy Rebecca "Becko" Copenhaver, and Assistant Professor of Music Katherine FitzGibbon have received recognition for their inspired teaching, rigorous scholarship, demonstrated leadership, and creative accomplishments.
Established by a grant from philanthropist Lorry Lokey through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, this honor helps sustain the college's commitment to recruiting, retaining, and rewarding outstanding faculty through public recognition and financial support.
Teacher of the Year
Students have named Assistant Professor of Mathematics Paul T. Allen the 2014 Teacher of the Year for the College of Arts and Sciences. The award has been bestowed on faculty by the undergraduate student body since 1993.
Learn more about our exceptional educators below.
Paul T. Allen
Allen, who joined Lewis & Clark's Department of Mathematical Sciences in 2010, specializes in geometric analysis and mathematical relativity. He earned his bachelor of science degree at the University of Puget Sound, and his M.S. and PhD at the University of Oregon.
Kellar Autumn
Autumn's research focuses on the intersection of biology (biomechanics), engineering (contact mechanics and materials science), and physics (intermolecular and interfacial forces). He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and his PhD in integrative biology at UC Berkeley. Autumn joined the faculty of Lewis & Clark's biology department in 1998. The recipient of a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, he has published over 60 scientific papers and has received worldwide acclaim for his research on adhesion in geckos and the discovery of the world's first dry self-cleaning adhesive.
Rebecca "Becko" Copenhaver
Copenhaver, who specializes in 18th-century British philosophy, instructs students in Lewis & Clark's first-year core curriculum program, Exploration and Discovery. In the philosophy department, she also teaches courses such as Introduction to Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, and Philosophy of Language. Copenhaver joined the faculty at Lewis & Clark in 2001. She holds a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and earned her M.A. and PhD at Cornell University. She is the author of numerous research publications and was named Teacher of the Year in 2013.
Katherine FitzGibbon
FitzGibbon conducts the Lewis & Clark choirs, teaches music history and conducting, and serves as chair of the music department. She is also the artistic director of Resonance Ensemble and head of faculty at the summer Berkshire Choral Festival. FitzGibbon has presented her research at both U.S. and international conferences. In 2012, she received a Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst fellowship (the German equivalent of a Fulbright) to conduct further research in Berlin on the use of historicism and German nationalism in requiems by Brahms, Reger, and Distler, and the links between monumental choral music and the Third Reich. In 2012 she also led Capella Nova, the college's premier mixed choir, on a tour of Egypt.


text: Simplify your Visual Studio 2010 Toolbar and Free Your Mind March 12, '11 Comments [34] Posted in Tools | VS2010 Sponsored By You aren't using those toolbar buttons. Certainly not all of them. In fact, ScottGu once bet a group that they couldn't name every button from left to right. In some cases toolbars get added, then added and forgotten about. But they are there, up there in toolbar-space and they are taking up not only pixels, but also mental space. Go ahead and take two minutes. Free your mind and clean house. Go setup your virtual development workspace and make it fresh and personal. Close all your toolbars (or at least try and make a good effort) Close as many pinned Toolboxes as you can Get a fresh font and color theme for Visual Studio from http://studiostyl.es Change your colors and even make make the Visual Studio 2010 IDE colors look like Visual Studio 2008 if you want. Personalize. Get a nice Visual Studio Wallpaper (or three) from this collection of dozen of VS 2010 Wallpapers submitted by the community. Doesn't that feel better? Here's my Visual Studio after cleaning house. It feels faster (it's not) and it looks cleaner and it imposes less psychic weight on me. Right click on your Toolbar and remove the ones you don't use. Even better, while you're in customize mode, grab just those commands that you use (maybe ones that aren't on your toolbar even though you use them) and get rid of ANYTHING you don't use every day. Now, all those docked/pinned Tool Windows? Close the ones you don't use every day. Ah, to use a Rob Conery-ism, it's like rolling up the window in you car while driving on the freeway. Next, head over my friends at http://studiostyl.es and get a nice Visual Studio Color Scheme and then a new Wallpaper from http://vs2010wallpapers.com. Or, get creative and submit your own creation to both sites! Enjoy and be happy. Related Links Visual Studio Programmer Themes Gallery and http://studiostyl.es/ The Best Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools, Power Commands and Extensions Make the Visual Studio 2010 IDE colors look like Visual Studio 2008 with the Visual Studio Color Editor http://vs2010wallpapers.com for some lovely Community-Built Visual Studio wallpapers « NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.1, Setu... | Blog Home | Figuring out why my SVCHOST.EXE is at 10... » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [34] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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The European Commission will continue to prioritise funding for children in humanitarian emergencies, despite the economic challenges, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, assured UNICEF's Executive Board.
Her speech marked the first time a European Commissioner has addressed the UNICEF Executive Board. The European Commission is one of UNICEF's key partners working together in 27 countries affected by emergencies or in post-crisis. The partnership between UNICEF and European Commission dates to 1992 and last year the EC provided more than €70 million to UNICEF for its humanitarian work worldwide.
The Commissioner emphasized that European citizens support funding programmes to assist the most vulnerable children, citing a recent poll that revealed nine out of 10 respondents consider humanitarian aid vital.
"It is encouraging to note that even when so many European citizens themselves are facing economic challenges, their commitment to children in crises remains firm," said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director. "We share with the EU the importance of investing in children and their communities, to assist when disaster strikes and help prepare for future emergencies."
Globally UNICEF is the EC's largest partner for nutrition-related programmes. This support has helped stave off the worst effects of child malnutrition in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel.
"Thanks to our working together these last twenty years the lives of millions of children around the world have been saved while the health and well-being of many more have been improved," said Ms. Georgieva. "At this moment in Yemen, for instance, together we are helping more than 100,000 severely malnourished children and more than a million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and their young ones. Results like these are what count for the citizens of the European Union and that's why our solidarity in Europe with those less fortunate in the world remains unwavering."
In the past week the EC and UNICEF signed the following three funding agreements:
The new UNICEF/EU partnership web portal will be a multi-media site for new content on development and humanitarian work and common goals. Visit http://www.unicef.org/eu/
Source: UNICEF Press Release
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Just a little tidbit for Theme Thursday which I will be taking over as of this week. To start my time inTheme Thursday, I will have 20 copies of one fantastic theme that I have been running for a few days now.
Without saying much, it has phenomenal battery and memory stability, is aesthetically nice and the transitions are something different. as well as a new screen when your in landscape view.
I will also be starting something new for Theme Thursday. I will be letting everyone know about a code word that I will be using. Starting in December, once someone sees that code word and is the first member to PM (private message) myself, the correct code word, they will automatically win the first copy of that theme.
So remember to read my first post this Thursday and remember the code word. I will be doing one giveaway a month for themes, and it will not be the same week each month.
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What's the sign of a good recipe?
When you make it twice in one week. (And kind of wish you had the ingredients to make it again as you're blogging about it.)
My friends, this is that kind of recipe.
And it's for chocolate chunk cookies.
I didn't think there was anything revolutionary about chocolate chip cookie recipes. (Barring, of course, the New York Times one that pretty much everyone has tried, except me. One day, I will try this. It's the same day I have a fridge large enough to store a bowl of cookie dough for a minimum of 24 hours. One day.) I was mistaken.
These are chewy delights of soft cookie with melty bits of dark chocolate. They are cookie perfection.
I just really wanted to make some cookies one night last week, but had not put any thought into what kind. I innocently tweeted out I had a hankering to bake and my friend Robyn suggested I make these cookies from Anna Olson. I was intrigued by the addition corn starch, which Olson says gives the cookies a chewy centre.
And, perhaps more importantly, I knew I had all the required ingredients, including an assortment of dark chocolate bars that I wasn't quite sure what to do with. One of the ones I ended up using was a more traditional thin, flattish bar, while the other was about a 1/2-inch thick.
I used my awesome cookie scoop to portion out the dough, which made these nice rounded, perfectly portioned balls of dough. What surprised me when they baked, though, is that there really wasn't very much spread. They remain nicely thick and I'm sure that contributes to the chew.
I ate a couple that night, then took some in for work where people devoured them.
So, when it came to attending my first tailgate on Saturday (I know, I know, but I'm from Vancouver; we're not really tailgate people), I knew exactly what I wanted to bring. And not just because I really wanted to eat some myself. But, yeah, that was part of it.
This time, I used two flat, thin bars of 70 per cent dark chocolate. I broke them into smaller pieces with my meat tenderizer. Let me tell you, that was oddly satisfying. And the end result was really nice. The pieces melted into strata of cookie and oozing chocolate. It was heavenly.
And for that, this is my new go-to cookie recipe.
Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
This is, essentially, exactly as Anna Olson dictates, but I've made a few changes to the instructions and called for dark chocolate instead of bittersweet.
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces dark chocolate, cut or broken into chunks
Preheat oven to 350F.
Cream butter and both sugars until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until just blended. Fold in chunks of chocolate.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop cookie dough by spoonful onto the lined sheet and bake until just golden brown around the edges, between 8 and 10 minutes.


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Online Pharmacy Store in Johannesburg – Is it The Answer to Your Drug Medicine Problem?
Many South African residents now order their prescription drugs online from South African pharmacies. The number of prescriptions filled this way had increased steadily for about 5 years but over the last couple of years has decreased somewhat. Many people find that purchasing prescription drugs online has certain advantages. Some of the potential benefits are: ease of price comparison between various pharmacies, cost savings, privacy protection, and convenience if you do not have a retail pharmacy close to you or if there are physical limitations which make it difficult to visit a community pharmacy.
All therapeutic classes of drugs are available online: medications for depression, pain medications, drugs to treat high blood pressure and more. There are dozens of legitimate online pharmacies located in the U.S. and Canada that can safely fill your prescriptions, usually at a real cost savings. Many U.S. residents are pleasantly surprised when they find that they can often save hundreds of dollars every year just by ordering their drugs online.
Sometimes when you hear someone talk about an online pharmacy what they actually are referring to are the large mail order pharmacies that many employers now force their employees to use. But what we mean by online pharmacy is the type that anyone interested in saving money can use to buy their prescription drugs. This type of independent online pharmacy will treat you as a real customer and patient not just another number.
How Do You Tell A Licensed South African Pharmacy From A Fake Internet Pharmacy?
There has been a growing concern regarding fake internet pharmacies. In fact, the growth in the number of fake internet pharmacy websites has been termed as a "global disaster" by the pharmaceutical industry.
There are two things to stress here.
First, there are definitely unscrupulous con-men operating fake internet pharmacy sites. You must take care in verifying the validity of any online pharmacy before you order your medications from them.
Secondly, you need to take reports from the pharmaceutical industry with a grain of salt. Big Pharma wants Americans to continue to buy "inflated and overpriced" pharmaceuticals from their local pharmacy. It is in Big Pharma's best interest (more profits) that you pay top dollar for your medications locally rather than buying your medications affordably from a licensed Canadian pharmacy. Therefore, they use fear to scare you away from Canadian pharmacies and Canadian prescription drugs.
Other than checking out the above items on the pharmacy's website you should also make sure that the pharmacy requires you to provide a prescription from your doctor. Any website that does not require you to provide a prescription is not a legitimate Canadian pharmacy.
Follow these simple rules and you can feel safe knowing that you are safely ordering your medications online from a real, licensed South African pharmacy.
Copyright (c) 2007 Jeremy Cockerill
Illegal Online Pharmacies - Consumer's Worst Identity Theft Nightmare
Not a day goes by when our email inboxes do not fill with advertisements for prescription drugs. Many of these emails promise to deliver drugs of all classes by overnight courier without a prescription. While there are legitimate online pharmacies, and the practice of telemedicine or cyber-medicine is gaining acceptance, this change in the way medicine is being practiced is rocking the foundations of the medical establishment. Being able to consult a doctor online, and obtain prescription drugs delivered to your doorstep by UPS has broad social and legal implications. The Internet facilitates making drugs available to those who may not be able to afford to pay US prices, are embarrassed to see a doctor face-to-face, or are suffering from pain, the treatment of which puts most doctors in direct conflict with the 'war on drugs' but on the other hand there is the question whether these pharmacies make drugs available to recreational drug users without the oversight of a licensed medical practitioner.
The Need for Alternatives
Medical care in South Africa has reached a point where it is expensive and impersonal which has caused the consumer to become generally unsatisfied with the medical establishment as a whole. Examples include the huge differences between the cost of drugs in the US and Canada, long wait times in US pharmacies, and poor service in general. Perhaps realizing this, US customs appears to tolerate the millions of Americans that visit Johannesburg every year to buy their medications, as for the most part, these 'drug buyers' are elderly American's that can't afford the high cost of filling their prescriptions in the US.
Rather than to travel to Canada or Mexico millions of Americans are now turning to the Internet for both their medical needs. Telemedicine (or cyber medicine) provides consumers with the ability to both consult with a doctor online and order drugs over the Internet at discounted prices. This has resulted in consumers turning to online pharmacies for their medical needs, and in particular pharmacies with a relationships with a physician, which allow the consumer to completely bypass the traditional brick and mortar pharmacies, with the added benefit of having their physician act as an intermediary between the consumer and the pharmacy. According to Johnson (2005) this is as a result of consumers becoming very dissatisfied when it comes to dealing with both brick and mortar pharmacies and medical practitioners. As Johnson, notes, "Consumers are more likely to know the name of their hairdresser than their pharmacist." When Johnson (2005) rated the various professions within the health care system, he found that pharmacists had the lowest interaction with their patients than did any other group. Today, as a result of this "consumers are buying 25.5 percent of their prescriptions online, opposed to 13.5 percent of which are picked up at a brick and mortar pharmacy" (Johnson 2005).
Drugs and Society
What has brought so much attention to online pharmacies is that it is possible to obtain just about any drug without a prescription online. Many of these prescriptions are for legitimate purposes purchased through an online pharmacy because the buyer is too embarrassed to visit the doctor or for other reasons including the unavailability of FDA approved drugs to the consumer. These drugs may include steroids that due to their misuse and being classed as a classed a category three drugs, are seldom prescribed by physicians. These drugs have a useful purpose to those suffering from any wasting disease such as AIDS, they also play a role in ant-aging (FDA, 2004).
The Doctor Patient Relationship
Today a visit to a doctor is generally brief, much of the triage it is done by a nurse or a nurse practitioner with the doctor only dropping in for a few minutes, if at all. In many cases the patient is seen by a nurse practitioner. One of the arguments against telemedicine or perhaps a better term is cyber-medicine, is that the doctor does not have a physical relationship with the patients and thus is in no position to make a diagnosis, and thus can not legally prescribe drugs.
Ironically when one compares the work up that one has to go through to consult with an online physicians and compares this to a face-to-face visit with a brick and mortar doctor, one finds that the online physician, in many cases, has a better understanding of the patient's medical condition than does the doctor who meets face-to-face with the patient. In most cases before an on-line a doctor prescribes any type of medication they insist on a full blood workup they may also require that one has additional tests performed, for example.
Registered Pharmacists, Can You Earn Your Pharm D Online?
Transactions initiated in around the year 2000, online pharmacies are the similar to community pharmacies with the only dissimilarity that you purchase your essential drugs through the internet. These days' consumers are more convenient with a click on the websites of medicine instead of going to a nearby drug store. The reason is that no aforementioned prescription is required for the purpose of this transaction. This is most important for getting greater attention of consumers towards drugstore available on internet. Additionally, there is a huge selection of the popular medicines for antibiotics, allergies, blood pressure, anxiety, birth control, pain relief, skin care and so many different drugs at your removal.
Why do consumers usually go for online pharmacy instead of local drugstore?
Consumers are now getting more attracted towards online pharmacies for the most obvious reason that no prescription is required for shopping medicines. You have been told all the benefits that you get through online pharmacy but the reason why people go for internet drugstore is mostly because you do not require any prescription of doctor for buying a medication that you need. It is a rapid, easier and common way for you to get your requirements whenever you need it.


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Golden Lane by Daliborka Tower, Prague Castle
The famous Daliborka tower can be accessed from the lower end of the Golden Lane through a staircase in house no. 1/12. This artillery bastion of cylindrical shape forms part of late Gothic, Jagiello outer fortifications above the Stag Moat, was built in 1496 by B. Ried and originally had an extra floor. The walls are up to 2.5 metres thick. Inside the tower there is a 7 metres deep dungeon used until the end of the 18th century for the most serious criminals. First of them was Knight Dalibor of Kozojedy, accused of providing shelter to rebellious serfs from a neighbouring estate, and later executed for this serious breach of Medieval law. According to a legend, in the prison he learnt to play violin in such a touching way that he made his living that way ( the Czech word husle, from which housle – Czech for violin - has been derived, referred to a torture rack, a horrible instrument, that really made everyone give out noises). Daliborka Tower is connected to the New White Tower through a defence passage way above the Stag Moat, it is also connected to the Black Tower by the Old Castle Steps through fortification wall passages.
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Today is My Rare One's and my 10th anniversary! So I thought I'd tell you all how she came by her name. It's from the chorus of one of my favourite Scottish folk songs called The Tiree Love Song:
Happy Anniversary, My Rare One! *smooch* I love you!
Happy Anniversary! May your next ten years together be as blissfully wonderful as the last! :0)
p.s. Love the Celtic Heart!
Happy Anniversary!!!
Yay! Happy Anniversary! And oh what a super cool story behind the name. Awww..
Happy Anniversary! The song brought a tear to my eye-what a lovely tribute to your Rare One.
happy anniversary to you and the rare one! wonderful song!
Happy, happy Anniversary! Beautiful, haunting song!
Ah! Happy Anniversary to you both!
Health and happiness for another ten, Debra.
Congratulations to you both and best wishes for the future, Debra!
What a lovely song and goodness Happy happiest Anniversary to you and your Rare One. xoxo Oma Linda
big congrats to you and your loved one, Debs!
That's a beautiful song!
Happy Anniversary, for I'm so happy for you both!
happy anniversary to you
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! Many more to come
Happy Anniversary!!! The folk song is beautiful. I love that there is a connection to your loved ones nickname.
Happy anniversary and what a beautiful song. I've seen the lyrics somewhere before but had not heard it.
Happy Anniversary to you both!
Happy Anniversary! I hope that you guys have something wonderful planned for the day. :)
10! Congrats. Is that tin? That is a beautiful song and sung beautifully.
Happy 10th Anniversary and wishing you many, many more!! Have a lovely day!
Happy Anniversary darlin, and may you both have many more.
Happy Anniversary!
What a lucky day to make an uncommon stop. Cheers to you both!
Awww...is this ever sweet :) Happy anniversary to both of you! May you both enjoy many more healthy and happy years together!
So happy to wish you a wonderful anniversary! Cheers to another 10 great years, and then 10 more... :) Lois
Oh that's so lovely.
A very happy anniversary to you and your rare one! Here's to many more years of love!
Ahh, congrats- 10 years is special. Enjoy!
Happiest of Happy Anniversaries! Such a beautiful song for Your Rare One.
**happy smiles** Deb
Happy Anniversary! I hope you have a great day! 10 years is a great milestone in a life together
I'll send you my favorite card...
that is lovely, Happy anniversary to you both, I love that you call her that, such a romantic name,
May your love continue through the decades. Much love
Happy Anniversary to you both! May you have many more happy and fulfilling years together! Loved the beautiful folk song ~ what a perfect and loving tribute to your "Rare One!"
Happy Anniversary! Many more blessed years to come ;o) Just yesterday, I was telling my mom, what you call your loved one. She and I agree, that it's so special! I truly love the connection with the song!
……….. •*¨`*•.☆ .•*¨`*•…………..
Wishing You the HAPPIEST Anniversary ever!!
✿•*¨`*•. (¯`v´¯) (¯`v´¯) .•*¨. . . ✿•*¨`*•.¸ (¯`v´¯)¸.•´*¨`*•✿ . . . .
….………………….. •.¸.•………………………
I love the term, My Rare One. That brought tears to my eyes.
Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary to both of you! Love that beautiful song. Had never heard it before. Hope you have many more happy years together.
Happy Day, to both of you!
Happy Anniversary!!!!!! Ten in the can already! I so glad you explained yourself about the Rare One, I have wondered why you called her that. My ex called me his rare one, but for different reasons!! Now break out that wine Miss Moorecock, we have a toast to make tonight!
Happy Anniversary! What a wonderful story... and a wonderful song!
Ten years, cool beans. Just coming up on that myself next week.
Love the heart, we have Celtic wedding bands.
Woo hoo, ten years.... CONGRATS!
Sweet! Happy anniversary! :)
Congratulations!!! I first read Scotch Love song, I thought how interesting. All the best!
Congrats! Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary to you both! May you have many more years of love and joy!
Happy Anniversary! Be happy :)
Happy Anniversary and many more!!!!
a gorgeous song, beautifully sung. Love song for a lovely occasion.
Happy Anniversary!
Happy congratulations on your love and 10-year anniversary. May you enjoy a lifetime of love and happiness together. Lovely, lovely song.
A very happy 10th anniversary to you and your Rare One! A milestone in love. Big congrats!
Happy anniversary!
I'm woefully behind as usual. Happy BELATED Anniversary! Here's to the next 10 years--and beyond!
wow... gratz guyz! :)
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary many days late. You are lucky to be so in love and to have found such a rare one! Many more to come! Mazel Tov!
SWEET! Such a romantic you are Debra!!
Happy Anniversary to you both! Here's to the next 10!!
~happiest of happy belated anniversary wishes and blessings to you and your rare one...may you celebrate a lifetime together filled with only love and joyful moments to fill your heart...gorgeous song you have shared...funny how songs inspire "names"...much love light and blessings be with you and yours~
ps...hope your visit with your mum is going well...
sweet! congrats!
Congratulations! 10 years! Here's to many many more.


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Friday sentencing could give jail time to former official who illegally traded town-owned riding mower
FALL RIVER — A jury has convicted former Westport Highway Surveyor Harold "Jack" Sisson of larceny over $250 for illegally trading a town-owned Cub Cadet riding lawn mower and its attachments to a Millbury equipment company without first putting those items through the state's open-bidding process.
Sisson, 60, of 277 East Briggs Road, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning in Fall River District Court. He is looking at possible jail time, authorities said.
Jurors deliberated for about an hour before reaching their verdict Thursday afternoon. Sisson was allowed to leave the courthouse with his family and friends.
Westport Police Detective Jeff Majewski, one of the lead investigators in the case, credited the work of other police detectives and Assistant District Attorney Michael Cahillane, who prosecuted the case.
"Everybody did solid teamwork," Majewski said. "This was a case that impacted the town of Westport, the town being the victim in this case."
During his closing arguments Thursday, Cahillane told jurors that taxpayers have a right to transparency.
"They have a right to know people like the defendant aren't doing back-room deals, side deals or bartering," Cahillane said.
Authorities said Sisson conspired with former Westport Highway Department mechanic John Kennedy in October 2012 to trade in, without proper documentation, a town-owned mower and attachments to a Millbury equipment supply company that later transferred the mower to Kennedy at Sisson's request, according to a criminal complaint.
Westport police alleged that Sisson traded the property without soliciting a proper bid, and that he later asked 146 Supply Center, the Millbury equipment supply company, to give the mower to Kennedy for free, according to court documents.
Sisson said he did not intend to do anything wrong, and added that he offered to retrieve the equipment from 146 Supply Center when police and town officials said he violated the state's open-bidding statute. Defense attorney Emile Morad, in his closing arguments, said witness testimony during the two-day trial proved that it was not uncommon for Westport town officials to trade in or sell equipment outside of proper procedures.
"This is the way the town does business. This was nothing new," said Morad, who argued that Sisson never benefited from the trade-in and that Sisson had tried only to benefit the town by getting rid of unused equipment.
Morad called upon current Westport Highway Surveyor Christopher Gonsalves to testify. Gonsalves described Sisson as "a great person, great man," which prompted a quick objection from prosecutors. However, Gonsalves also said under oath that he had shared his concerns with police about the Highway Department's procurement procedures.
In 2011, the state Inspector General's Office released a scathing report that alleged Sisson gave away town materials, failed to follow state bidding laws and exercised poor judgement in authorizing town employees to remove boulders from a former selectman's private property. Michael Coughlin, the former Westport town administrator, requested the inspector general's report in December 2010.
In August 2011, the Westport Board of Selectmen forwarded the inspector general's report to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, which deferred the matter to the Westport Police Department.
The police investigation into Sisson's case began in October 2012, when Majewski said he saw a truck — registered to 146 Supply Center — removing equipment from the Westport Highway Department at 820 Main Road. After obtaining a search warrant, police said they found the alleged stolen mower and its attachments outside Kennedy's residence at 174 Forge Road residence in Westport.
Kennedy subsequently resigned from the Westport Highway Department. He was also charged with larceny, receiving stolen goods and conspiracy. He pleaded to sufficient facts on the charge of larceny over $250 and was placed on probation for one year, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.
According to police reports, Sisson had previously been warned about transferring town property outside proper bidding procedures. In an interview with police, Sisson said he was responsible for the unauthorized transfer, and told detectives that the town administrator had talked to him about the procurement law. However, Sisson also told police detectives that he did not like paperwork, and said, "I'm getting older," according to police reports.
In April 2013, Westport residents voted 665-611 to change the highway surveyor's job from an elected to an appointed position. Morad told jurors during Thursday's closing arguments that the town's debate over whether to change the job to an appointed position was a factor in Sisson being criminally charged and having to appear in court.
"He didn't intend to deprive the town of any property... His clear intent was to benefit the town," Morad said in a motion for a required finding of not guilty. Morad argued that prosecutors had "not met their burden" to warrant a conviction, but Judge Julianne Hernon denied Morad's request.
Cahillane said Sisson "had no right whatsoever" to sell or trade town property on his own. Cahillane also said that the proper procedure would have been to offer the surplus equipment to other town departments, and then open it up to public bidding if no other department wanted the mower or its attachments.
"He doesn't want to do that," Cahillane said. "He wants to take care of his friend."


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I've been photographing the weather vanes in the historic area of Nutfield, New Hampshire. Nutfield used to be where Derry and Londonderry are located today, but also covered Windham and parts of Hudson and Manchester, New Hampshire. Today's weathervane is in Windham.
Do you know the location of weathervane #49? Scroll down to see the answer.
Today's weathervane is located at an old farm on Londonderry Road in Windham, New Hampshire. It was built in 1815 by Deacon Silas Moore. In 1853 it was sold to John W. Noyes, and then owned by the following families: Hills, Burns, McDaniels, Robie, Holmes, Jenness, Lord, Emery, Bonazoni, Snow, Fedas, and Rennard in 1974. The Windham Historical Society has no record of the present owner. The weathervane is a three dimensional horse with a two wheeled sulky and rider.
From page 632 of the History of Windham in New Hampshire by Leonard Morrison :
1. Timothy McDaniel1, was b. in the Highlands of Scotland; settled in Portland, Me., and owned a large amount of real estate; was a teacher of note; was an officer in the Revolutionary army. He m. Mary Winslow. Their son,
2. Washington-Shirly2, also of Portland, then of Saco, then of Freedom, N.H. m. Polly Woodman. Their son,
3. Ephraim3, of Windham, was b. in Freedom, Aug. 23, 1819; was a weaver 37 yrs; enlisted as a drum-major, Oct. 28, 1861, in Fifth Regt. N. H. Vols.; discharged Oct. 26, 1862; was severely injured during the seven day's fight and retreat in front of Richmond, from which he has never recovered. He. m. Sarah-A., dau. of Kendall and Martha (Keyes) Swallow, of Dunstable, b. March 27, 1829. He now owns the Dea. Silas Moore farm in the north part of town. Children:-
4. Maria4, b. Lowell, Mass., Sept 23, 1843; m. Samuel Houghton of Fulton, Ill.; music-teacher.
5. William-Wallace4, b. Lowell, April 9, 1853; m. Emma-F. Stearns of Lowell, b. Chelmsford, Nov. 11, 1853. Ch.: Edward-W.5; res. Lowell; overseer in mill.
6. Roscoe4, b. Freedom, N.H., Aug 18, 1857; musician; res. Lowell."
Thank you to Joan Normington of the Windham Historical Society for the information on this house.
The History of Windham in New Hampshire, by Leonard Allison Morrison, Boston, MA: Cupples, Upham & Co., 1883.
Rural Oasis, 1883 - 1975, by the Windham, NH Town History Committee.
Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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"It's no secret that most of our bar takes a back seat to our expansive tequila selection, but our wine list is worthy of its own attention," said Matt Baumayr, Managing Partner of SOL Cocina. "From a culinary standpoint, the spices and citrus found in Mexican dishes pairs beautifully with fine wines, and ours has been carefully chosen to complement our Coastal Mexican menu."
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Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va -- The call comes in over the radio and Marines spring into action. The section chief shouts coordinates as his Marines prepare to fire. One Marine hauls a 155mm round up to the feed tray arm and, as the arm drops into place, the round is placed into the breech. Two Marines rush forward with a ramming bar, pushing it into the cannon with a distinct "THUNK." The charge is set behind the round and the breach is sealed, ready to fire. The firing lanyard is placed and with a swift tug – BOOM - a round weighing about 100-pounds rockets off to its target.
More than 20 Marines with Artillery Instructor Battery, Combat Instructor Company, Instructor Battalion, The Basic School brought out the big guns to Range 4 for a call for fire exercise Nov. 28.
"This is the culminating event in the indirect fire package at TBS," said Staff Sgt. Michael Mahaffey, Operations Chief for AIB, "as instructors, we're trying to sell artillery to the lieutenants."
At this point in their training, the freshly minted officers are expected to decide what career path they want to walk. According to Mahaffey, the fast paced, high impact life of artillery is a hard life to pass up.
"This is our chance to impress these lieutenants before they make the choice of what [millitary occupancy specialty] they want to be. This is our chance to show them what we do. I want to impress them and make a lieutenant want to be an artilleryman," said Mahaffey, whose former battery commander decided he wanted to be an artillery officer during the same evolution that he now oversees.
Beyond trying to produce the next generation of artillery officers, the work AIB does with the lieutenants builds better enlisted-commissioned relationships and, in turn, officers are better equipped to lead.
"That's what enlisted instruction at TBS is all about," Mahaffey said. "It gives these junior officers a chance to ask about the noncommissioned officers' and platoon commander's relationship."
The most asked question, according to Sgt. Zachary Myers, Gun 2 section chief, is what is expected of a good platoon commander by his enlisted platoon. Myers, who has had four years of experience in the Fleet Marine Force, gladly answers questions like this, because it gives him a sense of responsibility.
"I'm setting up fellow NCOs and fellow Marines with great lieutenants," said Myers. "I know what makes a good platoon commander. When they come down to the gun line I like to pass that knowledge."
Sgt. Jeffrey Williams, one of the Marines servicing Gun 2, feels similar to Myers about his instructor duties.
"I get to see my product when I get back to the fleet," Williams said. "As an NCO, I reap the benefits of what we do here when I get back out to the fleet."
The Marines of AIB showcase the powerful weapons of the Marine Corps arsenal while teaching the new lieutenants about effective leadership. Not only are these artillerymen the kings of battle, but they are one of the first stepping stones of leadership.


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His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York was the first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia from 1964 until his death on November 21, 1985.
George Nicholaevich Voznesensky was born on March 22, 1903 in Kursk, Russia into a family of a priest, Father Nicholas Voznesensky and his wife Lydia Vasilievna. In 1909, his family moved to Blagoveschensk on the Amur River in Siberia. In 1920, George graduated from the local gymnasium. Later in 1920 in the midst of the Russian Civil War, his family moved to Harbin, Manchuria. In 1921, his mother died, and his father accepted tonsure as a monk with the name Dimitri. Dimitri later became Archbishop of Hailar. He died in 1947 shortly after he repatriated to the Soviet Union.
Living in Harbin, George entered the Russo-Chinese Polytechnic Institute from which he graduated in 1927 as an electromechanical engineer. He then began studies in pastoral theology in what became the Theology Department of the University of St. Vladimir. In 1930, George was ordained a deacon. In 1931, George graduated from St. Vladimir University. Also in 1931, he was tonsured a monk with the name Philaret. In 1932, he was ordained a Hieromonk. In 1937, he was elevated to Igumen and to the rank of archimandrite. During this period he was also a professor of New Testament, Pastoral Theology, and Homiletics at St. Vladimir University.
In mid 1945, after the Communist Chinese and Soviet forces took over Manchuria at the end of World War II, Archim. Philaret remained with the Orthodox believers in Manchuria, but he firmly rejected all attempts to get him to accept a soviet passport. Further, he fearlessly denounced the atheistic communists. His overt position against the soviets placed him in great personal danger. Their hatred of him resulted in an attempt to burn him alive in his monastic cell. He escaped, but suffered severe burns.
In 1962, the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was able to acquire an exit visa for Archim. Philaret that allowed him to reach Hong Kong. From there Archim. Philaret quickly traveled to Brisbane, Australia where many of his former flock from Manchuria had settled. After his arrival in Brisbane, his followers petitioned the Synod of ROCOR to appoint him their bishop.
On May 24, 1963 The profession of faith by Archim. Philaret was received in the Archbishop's Chapel by Abp Sava of Sydney, Bp Anthony of Melbourne and Bp Dionysios of Nazianzos (GOA).
With the active support of the ailing Abp. Sava of Sydney, Archim. Philaret became Bishop of Brisbane, vicar of the Australian diocese. Archim. Philaret was consecrated by Abp. Sava and Bp. Anthony of Melbourne on May 26, 1963. Due to protests from committee members of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Bp Dionysios was asked not to participate in the consecration.
In 1964, Bp. Philaret represented Abp. Sava at a meeting of the Council of Bishops of ROCOR in which the first hierarch Metr. Anastassy announced his resignation. As the youngest bishop among those at the council, the Council elected Bp. Philaret the successor to Metr. Anastassy. Metr. Philaret was enthroned first hierarch of ROCOR on May 14, 1964.
Metr. Philaret served as the first hierarch of ROCOR for twenty one years. He reposed on November 21, 1985 and was buried in the cemetery of the Church of Dormition. In November 1998, the Synod decided to transfer Metr. Philaret's relics to to a new vault under the altar of Holy Trinity Cathedral at Jordanville, New York. When his tomb was opened, his relics were found to be incorrupt.
Нe was canonized by the number of non-canonical church groups, derive his succession from the ROCOR.
On May 19 – 20, 2001 Metropolitan Philaret was glorified by the True Orthodox Church of Greece ("Boston Synod").
On April 30, 2003 Metropolitan Philaret was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church.
On November 20, 2008 Metropolitan Philaret was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under Metropolitan Agathangel (Pashkovsky).
On October 23, 2009 Metropolitan Philaret was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad at Holy Transfiguration Skete.
These glorifications have not been recognized by other Orthodox groups, however.
TROPARION, Tone 4:
As one equal to the Apostles. and enthroned among the hierarchs of Russia O Godly-wise cultivator of the Russian diaspora, zealot of Orthodoxy, confessor of Christ's love, O hierarch father Philaret pray to Christ God, to establish unity of mind in the Church of our fathers, and to save our souls.
KONTAKION, Tone 4:
The hierarchs of Christ today stand in the assembly of the saints, and with the angelic choirs pray to God for us; together with them also the hierarch of the Lord Philaret, a canon of faith and icon of meekness, who appeared to his flock as a teacher of continence, having acquired by humility things lofty and by poverty riches, he intercedeth for our souls.
Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York
|Preceded by:
Athanasy (Martos)
|Bishop of Brisbane
|Succeeded by:
Constantine (Essensky)
|Preceded by:
Vitaly (Maximenko)
|Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
|Succeeded by:
Vitaly (Ustinov)
|Preceded by:
Anastasy (Gribanovsky)
|First Hierarch of ROCOR
|Succeeded by:
Vitaly (Ustinov)
- Biography of Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)
- Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of New York, the New Confessor
External links
- Metropolitan St. Philaret of New York (+1985)
- The Early Years of Our First Hierarch Metropolitan Philaret by Archbishop Nafanail (Lvov)
- The Main Goal of Man is to Save his Soul for Eternity by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)
- The Free Part of the Russian Church, interview of Metr Philaret given to the West German Catholic weekly Publik
- The Vestments and Staff of His Eminence Metropolitan Philaret Are Given to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy
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