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There are many ways to protest in societies in which citizens have the rights to do so. In the turbulent 1960s in America, many groups staged "sit-ins" to protest things like the Vietnam War, equal rights and other issues.
In 2011, The Occupy movement staged another version of such opposition by camping out in parks and government buildings.
In the wake of Atlanta-based fast food chain Chick-Fil-A's CEO Dan Cathy's statements in opposition to gay marriage last week, political activist Carly McGehee decided to stage a newer, more amorous kind of protest.
It's called "National Same Sex Kiss Day," and the event encourages same sex couples to go to a Chick-Fil-A restaurant this Friday night at 8 p.m. and kiss.
Cathy's statements set off a firestorm of controversy with opposing groups threatening boycotts and events in support of Chick-Fil-A.
The Mayors of Chicago and Boston made public statements that the popular chicken fast food restaurants were not welcome in their respective cities. Republican politicos like former Arkansas Gov. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have jumped into the fray in support of Chick-Fil-A.
"We're calling on, not only same-sex couples, but couples all around the country to show up at their local Chik-fil-a restaurant and have a smooch with their same-sex partner, their friend, their boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, to show our — sarcastically — thanks for their continued support of love, equality and the "real" definition of family," McGehee said.
With a flurry of criticism — as well as support — it's impossible to ignore possible safety risks. Same-sex marriage and LGBT rights issues create passionate responses from people on both sides of the issue, so what is Wednesday's controversial lip-lock results in something much darker?
McGehee said she isn't concerned.
"This is a time for us to go and kiss someone. This isn't a protest or a way to distribute hate from either side," she said. "We're going with a peaceful mindset and we hope our opposition maintains that peaceful mindset as well."
Deputy press secretary for Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group in DC, Charlie Joughin said he and the Human Rights Campaign support the efforts of young activists like McGehee.
"Anything that we can do, that our community and supporters can do, to raise awareness of Chik-fil-a's anti-gay statements and contributions is terrific," he said. "This is a company that's given...millions of dollars to anti-gay causes and I think that consumers and Americans should be aware of where they're spending their money if they do decide to frequent Chik-fil-a."
Joughin later quipped, "We applaud anybody who is truly able to make a difference, one kiss at a time."
National Same Sex Kiss Day is on one hand about conscious consumerism, but it's much deeper than marriage equality — it's life equality.
"Outside marriage equality, [it's about] things like workplace equality -- in 29 states you can be fired for being gay and in 34 states for being transgender — so this is not just the issue of marriage," Joughin said. "The organizations that Chik-fil-a is giving money to … are really actively seeking to make life miserable for LGBT people."
He added that he doesn't think Americans "put up with discrimination" and, according to Joughin, 53 percent of Americans have voiced support of same-sex marriage in recent polls.
Same-sex marriage has been a controversial and deeply personal issue for many, especially in California when in 2008, Proposition 8 was passed by a small percentage of difference. But while legislation continues to make rounds in political offices and courts, there are people like McGehee who have chosen to take an alternative route to facilitate change.
"We're voting with our feet, we're voting with our money," she said. "Corporations like Chik-fil-a need to know the LGBT community is here to stay and we are a force to be reckoned with and we want our equality."
But what happens after 8 o'clock Wednesday? After couples fill Chik-fil-a booths and share a kiss, where does McGehee take National Same Sex Kiss Day?
"I define myself as a political activists...so for me this fight is never over until I can marry the woman I love in all 50 states. Until I don't have to worry about being fired in 29 states, until I have the same protections to live my life and have a family as every other person in this country. Although this may be one battle, the war's not over yet and I'm gonna keep fighting."
How has a fast food chain become another front in the gay rights culture war? What will the 'kiss in' accomplish?
Carly McGehee, political activist and creator of the National Same Sex Kiss Day event planned at Chick-Fil-A restaurants for Friday
Charlie Joughin, deputy press secretary for Human Rights Campaign, a Washington D.C.-based organization that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights on a national level


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Hello Testers!
I'm happy to announce a new Mac Public Preview version is ready for testing. This fixes a number of bugs, listed below.
To install this test version over your existing installation, follow these steps:
- Download the test dmg here: http://edist.bibleworksllc.com/macse...rks-9r3-11.dmg
- Run the BibleWorks 9 Mac Public Preview installer dmg that you just downloaded.
- It will instruct you to drag and copy the BibleWorks package to the OS X Applications folder. Click on theBibleWorks icon in the window and drag it onto the Applications folder in the window. When it says "An item named BibleWorks already exists..." , select Replace.
- Once the update is finished installing, close the installer window.
- Run BibleWorks as usual.
- Apply the latest EXE patch.
Bugs fixed in r11:
- Minimized window can't be restored by clicking the main icon in the Dock or Launchpad
- Use Tab: With Use Tab active, click Version radio button. Move mouse over Browse Window text. The Use Tab updates for the first word under the mouse, but not subsequent words.
- Large dropdown listboxes: With Browse Window in JOS, Jwr, when you click on the verse dropdown, the listbox is not placed onscreen.
- Related Verses Tool and Phrase Matching Tool, Xref tab: all of the drop down lists (when opened) are sized too small (should be as large as the window) and no scrollbars appear
- Large HTML pages take very long time to load e.g. In CHM files, large HTML pages take very long time to load (see Resources | Background | Rodkinson)
- Editor, Notes: Pasting selected text from the Editor into Word produced inverse coloring in Word. Copy NAU Rom 8:2-3 from Browse Window to Editor tab, then from Editor tab to Mac Word. Also occurs with Notes tab.
- Search Window crash:BGT search for ".ton", Click gen 1 1, Wtt, Scroll search results and click Rev 20:10, Crash (msg beep?)
- CL morphology helper not forwarding keys to Command Line: WTM [ret] .dbr@ || Typing n or p or x should copy the keystroke to the CL. Focus is jumping to the dropdown menu instead of the CL. Same for BGM, SCM, etc.
- Mss tab: zoom 50%, mousing over a verse reference tag pops up the verse, but the image under the verse popup is not redrawn when the verse disappears. Same redraw problem when menus or context menus are opened over the image area, and when other windows are moved over the image.
- Hebrew in RTF, HTML controls: a) Unicode Hebrew vowel points and accents not aligned with consonants in all RTF controls, and all HTML controls (e.g. all CHMs, Daily Light, Editor, Notes, PMT, RVT, Verse Tab, Mss HTML Viewer). See also NET bible CHM in gen 1:1; b) highlighted Hebrew words are displayed out of order; c) English verse reference displayed out of order (See Phrase Matching Tool using WTM, Gen 1:1). d) Help | Daily Light | Greek/Hebrew: All of the September entries have garbage for the first (last) Hebrew word. e) Also the Hebrew vowel pointing is not correctly aligned; f) Garbaged char in NET Hos 1:4, fn 19. g) Selecting mixed English and Hebrew blanks out areas of the text h) In the Notes Tab and in the Editor Tab, when Hebrew mode is activated (clicking the aleph button) the font should switch to a Hebrew font (it does) and typing should be entered right-to-left (it does not). Also, when Unicode Hebrew mode is activated (clicking the aleph button with the yellow dot) the font should switch to a Hebrew font (it does) and typing should be entered right-to-left (it does not) in Hebrew (it does not). j) Copying selected search result for WTT from the Search Window to the Editor (notes window) cuts off the first character of the verse when right justified. k) The same thing happens when you hit "return" when the cursor is in the little biblical passage selection window in the Notes Tab toolbar. "Return" pastes the passage into the notes area, but cuts off the first letter of the passage when right justified. L) loading Gen 12:4 into Editor produces garbage character after pressing return (See video)
- Browse Window: With Verse Tab open, when I clicking that verse up/down button in the Browse window, the Verse Tab does not update until I press it a *second* time (or, it advances the Verse Tab more than one verse). Also in multi-version mode in the Browse Window, the verse up/down button stays DOWN after it is clicked.
- Verse Tab: In CNTTS click on link to anchor further down on page, click the left arrow (back) button. Crash. (also note the link had to be clicked twice before registering)
- Printer support: Crashes when called in Editor. From Flashcards and Diagrammer, job is trapped in print queue and requires manual intervention/login (Printer is network printer requiring auth.)


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The fourth anniversary of my husband's death is coming up in March this year. It seems like such a long time when it's written down like that, but really they're the fastest years I've ever lived through. I can just barely remember a few things from the first year after he died, like when I watched the entirety of the Sopranos in three days with the curtains shut, smoking in the dark. Otherwise there's just blankness, like someone else took my body to work and to the grocery store and all those things that bodies do while my mind slept.
And now I find that I've been dating someone for two years and that I love him. This isn't a huge shock to me; it's been coming for awhile. But it's hard to reconcile that with the fact that I'm still grieving and that I still miss my husband, that sometimes I can miss him so much I feel like my heart will fall straight out of my body, but that I can love this new person too. It's like a betrayal to both of them, never being fully present for either.
And often I realise that I'm grieving more for myself, for my old life and my old brain. I still feel broken in ways I never expected. I thought that I would become a stronger person, more independent (we married so young that I had never lived on my own) and with a deeper sense of identity. I thought that my loss would teach me to appreciate everything more deeply. I thought there might be a silver fucking lining somewhere, some deep life lesson that would make me a better person like in the movies - but instead I'm less than I was, more anxious and fearful and lonely. I grasp too hard at the things I'm afraid of losing now that I see they can be truly lost. I've seen that I'm not infallible and that all those things that I believed happened only to other people - sometimes they happen to you too.
I never imagined that grief could last this long. I thought I would be my old self by now, that I'd snap out of it and return to the land of the living. But it's impossible to ever return in that way. Things are getting better, I am healing and I can become stronger, but I can never be the person that I was. Early on, when I read on forums that some people felt their third, or fourth, or fifth year was the hardest I refused to believe it because I couldn't imagine it getting any harder than it was in those dark early days. And I can see now that part of what's harder is that, over time, more and more of the people around you expect you to be fine again. And when they see that you're no longer weeping on the bus or during lunch or at any other inconvenient time or location that presents itself to you, they think that means you're back to normal. But grieving isn't just being sad, it's also about that process of becoming a new you, of finding your place in the world without the person who is no longer with you. It doesn't end when you turn back into your old self, it's a continuous metamorphosis. And while transformation carries with it tremendous possibility, it is often also horribly scary and painful.


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You've probably never heard of painter Fred F. Scherer. If you've ever been to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, though, you may have seen his paintings — probably without realizing it.
Scherer died at age 98 a few weeks ago. His art — those big murals you see behind taxidermic animals in museum dioramas — deserves a closer look.
We visited the AMNH to photograph some of the installations containing his paintings, and spoke with Stephen C. Quinn, who recently retired as an artist from the museum, and knew Scherer well.
"Fred worked at the museum at the golden age of diorama production," Quinn says. "He started at age 19 and worked as an apprentice on the famed Mountain Gorilla diorama."
Most of Scherer's paintings were created between the 1940s and '60s — at a time when city-dwellers may have had little access to nature. Museum artists like Scherer worked to bring nature alive indoors.
According to Quinn, Scherer was one of many working in this genre that went back decades — "to a time that preceded really good photography."
Around the turn of the last century, Quinn says, "it's safe to say that people saw animals and nature as a vast resource that could never run out."
But with the Industrial Revolution underway, and the crowding of city centers, "the only way to really to connect people with the wonder of nature would be to recreate it inside the museum — and the diorama was the medium of choice."
In other words: To get people to care about nature, someone would have to bring nature to people. That's when museums as we know them today began to spring up. "No longer just the collections of wealthy travelers," Quinn says, but institutions with intentions to teach science and an appreciation for nature.
Field work was an important practice not only for scientists, but also for naturalist artists like Scherer, who "worked directly from the landscape to interpret values and light and shadow," Quinn says.
"So he was very much a very academic and renaissance man in what he understood about art and nature."
Fast-forward to today: Are these paintings out of vogue? Do museum artists still exist? Is the original mission of bringing nature "to the people" more easily accomplished with photos and videos?
"You can look at the great landscape and wildlife painter of the past," Quinn says, "and there's something in their art that you can't find in the new generation of artists. Because it comes not from a technical process, but it really comes from the heart and soul of the individual being so in love with nature — that their work is imbued with that nature."
"Facts are interesting and important," Quinn says, "but ... as these early curators, artists and scientists realized, to really motivate and generate concern, it's got to be based on data, but you've got to touch the heart and passion of the person."
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. We recently learned of the death of Fred Scherer. Now, you may not know his name but if you visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, you know his work. He painted the famous dioramas for many of the scenes of animals and birds there.
Stephen Quinn, who is also a diorama artist for the museum, joins us now. Thanks so much for being with us, Mr. Quinn.
STEPHEN QUINN: Thank you, Scott. It's a great honor to be asked to speak on Fred's behalf.
SIMON: What were some of his signature works that people might have seen in the museum?
QUINN: Fred worked at the museum during the golden age of diorama production, so his work appears in all of the major, top diorama halls in the museum.
SIMON: What are some scenes we might recognize?
QUINN: Well, he started as a young man - about 19 years old - and worked as an apprentice in the famed Mountain Gorilla diorama. His solo works, though, are down in the North American Mammals Hall - the white-tailed deer diorama, which is a spectacular scene depicting Harriman State Park. He also painted, on his own, the Colobus monkey diorama, which depicts mountain region in Africa known as the Aberdare National Park. And in North American Birds, he did several of those smaller dioramas that feature game birds and waterfowl.
SIMON: What set his work apart?
QUINN: He based all of his paintings on accurate and thorough field study and working from his field sketches. He studied under James Perry Wilson, who was a famed American museum background painter; and understood from Wilson that the human eye perceives color differently from a camera, and is rendered differently by the artist than on film and also, worked directly from the landscape to interpret values and light and shadows. So he was very much an academic, and a renaissance man in what he understood about art and nature.
SIMON: What was he like - Fred Scherer?
QUINN: Fred Scherer was a remarkable person. He was a very kind, gentle, humble man; and very willing to share all of his methods and techniques with us younger guys that were hired in later on.
SIMON: Did he influence your work, do you think?
QUINN: Oh, absolutely. Definitely. When I started, I started work in 1974 through a New York State Council on the Arts program. And Fred had just retired but would visit the museum and come by, and he was always held in high esteem. And all of us new artists would seek him out and ask for help and advice in how to plot distortion, or how to work with color and how to paint outdoors. So he was always a very kind resource for us.
SIMON: Is this kind of art disappearing, in an age of IMAX film and other video technologies?
QUINN: When I had first started in 1974, it was the end of the period where natural history museum designers had viewed dioramas as old-fashioned and passe. But as it turned out, nothing really does what the natural history diorama does as effectively. So for a while there, it was perceived as old-fashioned but thankfully, at least the American museum realizes the rich resource and unique works of art they are. And they're taking steps now to conserve and protect them, and also still producing them.
SIMON: Stephen Quinn, naturalist and artist for the American Museum of Natural History. Thanks so much for being with us.
QUINN: My pleasure, Mr. Simon.
SIMON: And just 11 days after the death of Fred Scherer, his wife and fellow artist, Cicely Aikman Scherer, died. They met and fell in love at the American Museum of Natural History, where she worked as a librarian; and they married in 1969. If you visit our website today, you can see beautiful photos that were taken of some of the late Fred Scherer's work, dioramas of mountain gorillas and waterfowl. That's at npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Producing great content that appeals to people beyond your established audience is an increasingly vital part of the marketing mix. But contrary to what some might have you think, doing it successfully doesn't have to be big budget and it doesn't have to be massively time consuming.
Here are five ways small businesses can produce and promote great content.
1) Make the most of your meetings
Meetings of all kinds produce a wealth of interesting content which is often cast aside after it has been used for its original purpose. However, with just a little bit of re-purposing it can be given a new lease of life.
If someone makes a presentation on how they managed to generate a 30 per cent increase in organic traffic, why not take their slides, tweak them if need be, and then upload them to a service like Slideshare so other people can learn from your expertise?
Success stories of any kind always attract views and shares. You just have to decide how much you want to tell people.
2) Promote content via your existing network
A large part of a successful content marketing campaign is finding people who are willing to share what you have to offer. But most small businesses already have a network of contacts who only need a little encouragement to pass on your wisdom. It's just a case of making it worth their while.
The best way to do this is flattery. To go back to our first example, if your SEO success was achieved with the help of a particular tool, let the company in question know about the slideshow you've created and that it mentions just how great their product is.
This means they'll be more likely to share it with their audience, exponentially increasing the reach of your presentation.
If you can create valuable content that is relevant to your all your business partners, then you should make some big gains that are hard to beat.
3) Share your internal stories
Want international media coverage and thousands of websites linking to you? All you have to do is fall down a sinkhole and then have your wife write about it like the crew at Golf Manna.
Admittedly, that's a little bit drastic but it goes to show you never know how interesting what happens in your company will be to other people.
Don't expect everything you do to go viral, but what might seem like an insignificant event in your company's day-to-day life can often be turned into something more interesting.
If you're running a charity event, make sure you tell the local press about it. You might end up with some coverage (be sure to ask for a link back to your website if they run the story online) but you'll also gain a valuable contact in the form of a local journalist who can promote your future successes.
You can also contact the charity you're raising money for and offer to provide them with photos of the event so they can feature them on their site.
None of this may feel like marketing in the traditional sense, but it is a valuable way to increase awareness about your company.
4) Learn to love free tools
If you don't have the budget to invest in monthly subscriptions for the leading content marketing tools, track down the free alternatives and make the most of them.
Buzzstream, a package which allows you to identify people who might be interested in publishing contact you've created and track your relationship with them, offers a wide selection of free tools which can be used to start a basic content marketing outreach programme.
The SEOMoz toolbar, which is also free, can be used to evaluate whether it is worth your time trying to get a site to link back to you. A guide on how to use the metrics you'll see can be found on the SEOMoz site, as can a huge archive of valuable tips and how-tos.
These free tools can be used in a very basic way – to help you track down people who might be interested in promoting your content and to see how powerful their site is, both vital parts of content marketing.
5) Avoid shortcuts
Content marketing can be made easier, but it can never be made simple. There are a huge number of pitfalls awaiting the unwary small business taking its first steps into the world of content marketing.
Stay away from lost cost packages that promise cheap articles or a huge number of links – they'll do you more harm than good. You should be proud of the content you create and promote and if you're not then you shouldn't expect other people to be interested in it.
Companies that have met with success on any scale have a lot of useful information to share and it's this, rather than articles that cost a penny a word, that will help extend your reach as a business.
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text: Best remembered for a string of mid-'80s hits including the MTV staple "And We Danced," Philadelphia rockers the Hooters were led by singer/keyboardist Rob Hyman and singer/guitarist Eric Bazilian, whose longtime creative partnership also yielded hits for artists including Cyndi Lauper and Joan Osborne. Hyman and Bazilian first teamed in the group Baby Grand, which also included future producer Rick Chertoff; after a pair of LPs for Arista, the band dissolved in 1978, with the Hooters forming soon after. Also including guitarist John Lilley, bassist Rob Miller, and drummer David Uosikkinen, the group honed an eclectic blend of rock, folk, and ska, taking their name from the melodica, or "hooter," which lent their sound its distinctive edge; while the Hooters earned a devoted cult following at home in Philadelphia, Hyman and Bazilian also enjoyed busy careers as composers and session players, most notably contributing extensively to Cyndi Lauper's 1983 blockbuster She's So Unusual. The album was produced by Chertoff, who co-wrote the oft-covered ballad "Time After Time" with Hyman. The Hooters' debut LP, Amore, appeared on the tiny local imprint Antenna in 1983 as well, and the group issued its major-label debut, Nervous Night, in 1985 upon signing to Columbia. The record fell just shy of the Top Ten on the strength of a series of chart hits including "All You Zombies," "And We Danced," "Day by Day," and "Where Do the Children Go"; the follow-up, 1987's One Way Home, also went gold, although no more hits were forthcoming (at least at home; the single "Satellite" was a smash overseas). Despite their initial success, the Hooters' fortunes continued to dim. After 1989's Zig Zag failed to reach the Hot 100, Columbia dropped the group, and only in 1993 did they resurface on MCA with the little-noticed Out of Body. The following year's The Hooters Live would precede a lengthy hiatus for the group, although Hyman and Bazilian continued their busy writing and arranging careers, appearing on albums from artists ranging from Sophie B. Hawkins to Jon Bon Jovi. In 1995 the duo composed much of Joan Osborne's breakthrough, Relish, including the Grammy-nominated "One of Us." The Hooters eased back into action early in the 2000s, first playing a local radio gig in Philadelphia before mounting a full reunion tour of Germany in 2003. For the few years, the Hooters played regularly, resuming their recording career in 2007 with Time Stand Still. Over the next ten years, the group continued to play gigs but didn't record another studio album until 2017's Give the Music Back. ~ Jason Ankeny


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Net neutrality - the idea that the internet should be universally accessible to everyone without internet service providers deciding on levels and speeds of access - is shaping up to be an important media activist battle, especially for those of us who rely on the internet to produce alternative, independent media such as this very blog you're reading.
SaveOurNet.ca, the grassroots group working to keep the internet free from corporate interference, is holding a series of town hall meetings in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver to bring folks together to discuss the issue of net neutrality and the future of the internet. The meetings will be streamed live at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 8, at theREALnews.com, rabble.ca, TheTyee, Beyond Robson, and SaveOurNet.ca.
If you'd like to attend in person, see the details for each meeting, below (plus, there's a dance party in Vancouver!)
The Future of the Internet: Access, Openness, and Inclusion A Town Hall Discussion
Open Internet Town Hall Meeting Monday June 8, 2009, 7:00pm - The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. West, Toronto)
Speakers include: Mark Surman - Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation Olivia Chow - Member of Parliament (NDP) Steve Anderson - Co-founder, SaveOurNet.ca Rocky Gaudrault - CEO, Teksavvy Solutions Inc. Derek Blackadder - National Representative with CUPE
Special Guests: * Jesse Brown - Search Engine * David Skinner - Communications Professor, York University * Kim Elliot - Rabble.ca * Mark Kuznicki - remarkk consultant, Dan O'Brien - ACTRA * Ben Lewis - Canadian Federation of Students, *Wayne Mcphail - w8nc
Open Internet Town Hall Meeting Wednesday June 10, 2009, 7:00pm - Ottawa Public Library Main Branch (120 Metcalfe St)
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Solving Sudoku : Swordfish
This is very similar to using X-Wings, in that it will allow you to use knowledge about rows to remove candidates from columns, and vice versa.
Make sure you're happy with why X-Wings work before moving on to Swordfish!
The complexity here is that you're using knowledge from 3 rows at the same time – and that's what makes them harder to spot. Unlike X-Wings, they don't form a simple rectangle.


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Marking International Day against Homophobia, senior United Nations officials today drew attention to laws around the world which discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and called for equality and the repeal of such laws.
"When I raise these issues, some complain that I'm pushing for 'new rights' or 'special rights' for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But there is nothing new or special about the right to life and security of person, the right to freedom from discrimination," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in a statement.
"These and other rights are universal… enshrined in international law but denied to many of our fellow human beings simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity," she added.
While not an officially observed UN day, the majority of which have been established by the UN General Assembly or designated by UN specialized agencies, the International Day against Homophobia, observed on 17 May, has become an important day for millions of people around the world to pause and remember the victims of homophobic violence and discrimination, and to make the case for genuine equality for LGBT people.
According to the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), close to 80 countries, territories and areas still have laws that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults.
"We cannot let these abuses stand. We know what needs to be done," Ms. Pillay said. "States must repeal discriminatory laws and ban discriminatory practices: punish violence and hatred… not love."
In connection with the Day, a UN spokesperson said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on States to tackle violence against LGBT people, decriminalize consensual same-sex relationships, ban discrimination and educate the public – and he "supports the High Commissioner's message: 'We are all human and we all deserve the same rights.'"
The spokesperson said Mr. Ban is distressed by the fact that LGBT people are discriminated against in the labour market, in schools and in healthcare, and are even abused and disowned by their own families.
"He is outraged that they are singled out for physical attack, even murder," the spokesperson said. "And he has called for a repeal of laws, now on the books in 76 countries, that criminalize loving relationships between people of the same sex."
In March, the UN chief told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council that he had not grown up talking about these issues, but had learned to speak up "because lives are at stake." In 2010, he lauded the "courageous" decision by President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi to pardon a gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison, and, more recently, he stressed the need to ensure the rights of LGBT people during a visit to Zambia.
The head of UNAIDS, the lead United Nations agency dealing with the global HIV/AIDS response, said the laws are serious barriers to an effective AIDS response and are driving LGBT people underground where they cannot access life-saving services.
"A society's value should not be based on money or power. It must be measured by the way it values people, regardless of their sexual orientation or social status. A prosperous society is one that ensures inclusiveness and respects all people," said UNAIDS' Executive Director, Michel Sidibé. "To our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender friends, UNAIDS stands with you."
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The NHL fined Chicago coach Joel Quenneville $10,000 on Thursday for criticizing officials following the Blackhawks' overtime loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night.
Quenneville criticized the game officials for failing to call a penalty on Raffi Torres after the Phoenix forward left his feet and hit Marian Hossa in the neck and head area in Game 3.
Hossa was carried off the ice on a stretcher and is out indefinitely. The NHL suspended Torres indefinitely Wednesday for the hit.
"It was a brutal hit," Quenneville said after the game.
"I saw exactly what happened. It was right in front of me. How four guys missed it was hard. The refereeing tonight was a disgrace."
Quenneville also was fined $10,000 during the 2009 playoffs for criticizing the officiating after a roughing penalty against the Blackhawks gave Detroit a power play in which they scored.
"I think we witnessed probably the worst call in the history of sports there," Quenneville said after that game. "Nothing play. ...They ruined a good hockey game and absolutely destroyed what was going on the ice. ... Never seen anything like it."


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In 2000, University of Maine graduate student Amanda Leland began a seemingly straightforward restoration project. She transported 24,000 young sea urchins, which are native to the Gulf of Maine, to an area where overharvesting had caused them to disappear. She expected to watch them thrive and repopulate. But something else happened: An army of Jonah crabs arrived and, within a month, the hand-sized predators had devoured the urchins.
Ms. Leland repeated the experiment the following year. But this time she transplanted the urchins in spring, months before the crabs' fall migration. They thrived as expected – until August when the crabs showed up. By Sept. 1, they were gone. Leland thought she knew why. With cod and other groundfish gone, Jonah crabs were four times more abundant than in times past.
"There really aren't many crab predators left," says Leland, now the Environmental Defense Fund's national policy director of oceans in Washington. "They have been released from predation control."
Scientists have documented versions of this story around the world. Overfishing has shifted entire ecosystems with often surprising, and occasionally unpleasant, results. In the tropics, seaweed often dominates where coral once reigned. Around the world, jellyfish and algae proliferate where finfish previously dominated. With big predators often gone or greatly depleted, organisms lower on the food web grow more abundant, reducing their own prey in turn.
Some say this is worrisome evidence of a greatly changed and simplified marine ecosystem. Like investment portfolios with few holdings, simple ecosystems are prone to collapse; and collapsed or rearranged ecosystems don't necessarily provide what humans expect. Increasingly mindful of marine ecosystems' complexity – and wary of their collapse – some people are calling for a holistic approach to managing ecosystems, one that aims to manage for the health of the entire system rather than that of a single stock.
Just 4 percent of the world's oceans remains free from human impact, according to a 2008 study in the journal Science. Forty percent of this is heavily impacted.
Where intact ecosystems remain, scientists are often astounded by what they find. On the remote Palmyra Atoll in the equatorial Pacific, for example, large sharks and predatory fish dominate the reefscape – an "abundance of toothy things," says Callum Roberts, a professor of marine conservation at the University of York, England. Unlike terrestrial ecosystems, which are dominated by a few apex predators, pristine marine ecosystems support a large biomass at the top.
"Today's oceans have got far less in the way of biomass than they used to," Professor Roberts says. "We're altering ecosystems in a way that reduces the level of productivity they can support."
By one estimate, only one-tenth of the sharks, tunas, cods, and other large predatory fish that once swam the oceans remains. And their absence has ripple effects throughout marine food webs.
In the eastern US, one study found that the loss of large predators (sharks) let medium-sized predators (skates) increase in bays and estuaries. They, in turn, decimated the bay scallop fishery.
In tropical reefs, scientists think that fishing has removed fish that eat starfish. Starfish graze on coral. Eighty percent of Caribbean reefs have disappeared in the past 30 years. (Reefs in the Pacific are faring slightly better.)
Around the world, loss of fish, combined with increased nutrient inflow from pollution, has caused a bloom of primitive organisms in the ocean: the same algae, bacteria, and jellyfish that dominated the seas before the explosion of complex life 600 million years ago. Jeremy Jackson, a professor of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., has dubbed it "the rise of slime."
"You remove all the fish, and [coral reefs] look like a sewer," he says. "They're green and slimy and covered with all this stuff the fish used to eat."
In the Gulf of Maine urchin experiment, another feedback may have been at work. Without urchins, the ecosystem's major grazer, seaweed grew thickly, providing more cover for crab populations.
"We're left with an oddly stripped ecosystem here in the Gulf of Maine – absent our apex predators and absent our herbivores," says Robert Steneck, a professor of oceanography at the University of Maine's Darling Marine Center in Walpole, and Leland's adviser on the urchin experiments. "We've steered this ecosystem to a place for which there is no evolutionary history."
Scientists value diverse ecosystems for their redundancy. Redundancy – lots of species doing the same thing – equates to more ability to withstand natural or man-made shocks, from an El Niño to global warming. In the tropics, scientists have found that reefs with intact ecosystems recover faster from such disturbances.
They've also found that areas off-limits to fishing have greater species richness compared with fished areas, and they experience less fluctuation in fish biomass when disturbed – findings with implications not only for fishermen but also for climate change.
As stocks of bigger fish have grown scarce, fishermen have moved down the food web, chasing invertebrates and small fish. (In Asia, marketers are trying to develop a market for jellyfish, a growing share of their catch.) In parts of eastern Maine where cod and other finfish once ruled, 90 percent of fishermen now rely on lobster. If lobster stocks crash, eastern Maine lobstermen would have nothing to fall back on.
"[Lobsters] are relatives of bugs, and these populations go up and down rapidly," says Robin Alden, executive director of the Penobscot East Resource Center in Stonington, Maine. "We've got an economy here that's terrifyingly dependent on lobster."
Ecosystems have proven that they can recover. Since various protective measures were instituted in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in the past decade, some stocks have rebounded. Herring are doing well, as are haddock. But cod, once a mainstay, remain depressed.
Some fault the loss of the big, old females, often the first to be caught. A lone 28-pound red snapper can produce 9.3 million eggs. By one calculation, it would take 212 fish weighing 2-1/2 pounds to produce the same quantity.
Others point to new imbalances: "If you look at the total mass of fish out on Georges [Bank], it's very stable," says Steve Murawski, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Fisheries Service. "There's a lot of species, just not the ones you want to put on your white tablecloth."
Perhaps those newly abundant species are eating young cod. Fishermen up and down the New England coast fault the dogfish, a kind of shark. Scientists say dogfish don't eat cod, but Jon Grabowski, an ecologist at the Gulf of Maine Resource Institute in Portland, Maine, says that dogfish need not eat cod to influence cod behavior. When dogfish are present, cod tend to disperse, he notes, a phenomenon known as "risk effects" or, more dramatically, the "ecology of fear."
"One lion is only going to eat one wildebeest every couple of days," says Grabowski. "But it's going to induce a herd of wildebeest to move."


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The Global Nutcracker Called Peak Oil
By Jan Lundberg
Essay on the consequences to the world's economy when the realization finally strikes home that global oil production has begun its inevitable decline
February 20, 2005
Mr. Lundberg is the former publisher of the oil industry Lundberg Letter, from which he resigned to pursue a less fossil-fuel intensive lifestyle. He directs the efforts of Culture Change, a grass-roots effort to wean America off its over-dependence on oil and the automobile.
The end of abundant, affordable oil is in sight, and the implications are colossal. About now in our hydrocarbon phase of human history, we have pulled out of the Earth approximately half of the available petroleum (crude oil and natural gas). The other half still in the ground is harder to extract and may not - as assumed - fuel the global economy or even provide a transition to another phase.
To hope for an increase in discoveries is to turn a blind eye to the world trend in declining oil extraction which has been relentless for the past four decades. The approximate bell curve of petroleum extraction cannot be changed by any one big new discovery. Yet, the idea of "the Caspian" or any other mega-field du jour is an example of the constant hope for perpetual energy for high living in contradiction with nature.
The same can be said of the dominant assumption that petroleum will be replaced by other "technologies." This ignores the overwhelming petroleum-based infrastructure we have, and neglects to account for the lesser return on energy from non-petroleum sources of energy. But, "they" (scientists, leaders, corporations) will "think of something." Another common assumption popular among "radicals" is that "the ruling elite will refuse" to allow the global economy or the lucrative capitalist system to collapse.
If peak oil means we are at a half-way point, does this mean we now have years to either plan energy use or get used to recession, as claimed by many a writer on peak oil? Before the reader makes assumptions on how society may utilize the remaining store of petroleum, let me repeat what I told The Institute of Petroleum in London two years ago (on February 17, 2003):
"What the world went through in 1979's oil crisis, which my former company warned of in the U.S., based on our projection of a 9% shortfall in gasoline deliveries, can happen again. The difference will be that global production of oil will be falling instead of increasing."
This means that the next tough oil shortage, even if it is not acknowledged as a post-peak oil extraction phenomenon of diminishing supply, will cripple the globalized economy. Understanding of both the economics and social dynamics of collapse is rare, and even when it is present there is an absence of taking into account the "market factor" in ushering in collapse.
Despite the need to be prepared for imminent, final energy shortage - which could happen now or in several years at the latest - people persist in focusing too much on the likely date of the passing of the peak. It is already clear that the oil industry and OPEC numbers on oil reserves are suspect. So we can simply offer a range of oft-quoted peak-oil arrival times: 2005-2012. Some more distant figures such as 2020 are based on infinite technological improvements on extraction and removing the problematic sulfur, for example. Factoring in the "irregular" petroleum sources, the peak year of world oil extraction is to be 2007, according to the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas.
A flurry of peak oil stories hit last fall. But in general, the price of oil is deliberately about where the main players want it, as it is so profitable. So let us not look at the $50 price neighborhood as proof of peak oil being here now - although it may be a factor.
Taking peak oil doctrine further
The bell curve of oil "production" was devised by Marion King Hubbert, a Shell Oil and U.S. government geologist. Although Hubbert has on the whole been borne out except in the minds of fundamentalist-classical economists, what he did not factor in was collapse. Therefore, the curve will be truncated to a cliff just as the gap between supply and demand is felt and hits.
The scenario I foresee is that market-based panic will, within a few days, drive prices up skyward. And as supplies can no longer slake daily world demand of over 80 million barrels a day, the market will become paralyzed at prices too high for the wheels of commerce and even daily living in "advanced" societies. There may be an event that appears to trigger this final energy crash, but the overall cause will be the huge consumption on a finite planet.
The trucks will no longer pull into Wal-Mart. Or Safeway or other food stores. The freighters bringing packaged techno-toys and whatnot from China will have no fuel. There will be fuel in many places, but hoarding and uncertainty will trigger outages, violence and chaos. For only a short time will the police and military be able to maintain order, if at all. The damage that several days' oil shortage and outage will do will soon wreak permanent damage that starts with companies and consumers not paying their bills and not going to work.
After an almost instant depression seizes the modern industrialized world, and nation-states break down, the frantic attempts of people to feed themselves, stay warm and obtain fresh water (pumped presently via petroleum to a great extent), there will be no rescue. Die-off begins. The least petroleum-dependent communities will survive best. These "backward" nations will be emulated by the scrounging survivors of the U.S. and the rest of the "developed" world, as far as local food production will be tried - in a paved-over, toxic landscape by people who have lost touch with the land.
What about renewable energy and other alternatives? They are not ready, and will never be as long as oil is king. This is something not acknowledged by the boosters of the technofix. When oil abdicates, no one can fill the shoes. (See Culture Change Letters on the Technofixsuch as #77)
However, there will be replacement societies, starting with bands, tribes and rural communities that will start cooperating with each other as never before. The age of the bioregional country, based on cooperation and mutual aid will begin. A main job-category will be restoration of the land so as to provide a semblance of the diversity of food that Earth provided prior to petroleum farming. Social structures will no longer lend themselves to overcrowded workforces dependent on the dollar to buy goods and services from huge, distant and unaccountable corporations. Argentina may be a guide to post collapse society, with its egalitarian and worker/citizen controlled systems.
Awareness of the expected peak in global oil extraction is on the rise, but a debate on when the peak will hit has drowned out larger questions: How hard will the loss of abundant oil hit the economy? Can the consumer culture continue if the collapse includes die-off?
The reasons for not asking those questions in polite corporate company - on the mainstream news or in foundation-funded reports - include the blind faith in renewable energy as a cure-all, and the lack of understanding of petroleum's hold on daily lifestyles. Even if these factors are recognized, a news organization does not want to appear alarmist, and at the same time wants to cling to society's myths of progress and order forever.
The prospects of mitigating peak oil or avoiding collapse are almost nil. U.S. petroleum demand in 2004 grew at its strongest rate in five years. In December the daily consumption of refined oil was 21 million barrels in the U.S, a quarter of world use. The U.S. leads the industrialized world in population growth, part of a domestic policy to assure more car and oil sales.
More evidence of insanity by the world's biggest consumer, the U.S., is that the breaking point is flaunted: refinery utilization rate last year was the highest annual rate in six years at 92.8 percent of capacity. Lower 48 output of crude oil extraction declined the most ever in 2004 since 1999, and Alaskan production experienced its largest drop since 2000, declining 5.5 percent - peak oil "production" happened in the U.S. over three decades ago.
With the worldwide oil industry emulating these trends of maxing out, the still surging demand - China is the leader - strains production and hastens the day when the system can no longer accommodate growth. The Earth cannot, as of the world oil peak in extraction, give up ever greater quantities of black gold. Most of the world exporting companies are now reducing extraction rates due to fewer discoveries and depleted fields. Oil production in 18 producer countries has passed its peak and is declining faster than previously thought: at about 1.14 million barrels a day.
"International Energy Agency figures put the total spare capacity of all 11 countries in OPEC at just 330,000 bpd (down from 6 million bpd in 2002). Conventional Saudi spare capacity is zero... An IEA report from August 2004 indicates Saudi Arabia needs up to 800,000 bpd of newly discovered oil each year just to offset declining fields and maintain its current production level." [Al-jazeera] - this can't happen, so watch for the ensuing energy crisis.
More evidence that demand is out of control and pushing up the day of peak oil: "There is no spare refinery capacity, demand has outstripped all expectations." - Deborah White, Societe Generale bank, Paris
The world needs to produce another 2,723,530.2 barrels per day by the end of 2005 just in order to stand still, even by the IEA demand figures considered low by analysts.
We live in strange times: global warming from petroleum and other fuels is acknowledged as a certain and extremely grave threat, but we allow "policy" to continue holding above all else the maximum burning of petroleum. More roads are built for the guzzling coffins on wheels, even though road-repair funds (and library funds) go lacking as a result. The viciousness of the invasion of Iraq and the attempt to foil the designs of the great powers should serve to wake people up to wean themselves off petroleum. Nothing may finally tip public sentiment over to abandoning the oil life. People have already forgotten the huge oil spill off Unalaska Island, Alaska. But neither genocide, climate distortion, nor loss of wildlife habitat and fisheries - or that more nebulous concept of peak oil - have people thinking far ahead in the dominant culture, except in terms of self-aggrandizement. Fortunately, the loss of petroleum will probably mean the loss of the global culture of plastic materialism.
Petroleum is the Great Leveler, in the sense of "leveling" or flattening oil civilization. But petroleum will also be the Great Leveler in terms of equalizing everyone: People will go through a final, grasping petroleum grab with whatever funds and connections they have, before the attempt fails for good. Then all people will have no choice but to work together or perish. Until then, we have skewed values: for example, when a kindly old lady drives to a shop and has her charitable concerns, the use of oil makes her a killer of the planet and she is not pursuing a sustainable form of transportation. Meanwhile, a mean old man who scowls at little children who walks to the shop might be a much more valuable citizen in a practical fashion that matters to the world.
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The narrator's performance is fine save for inflections that are a little insulting and corny. After we hear about Hank and Dagny's superior moral constitutions and Hank's fidelity to his marriage vows in a strident proud tone we hear in shy, dulcet tone "then they made love" as Hank throws his marriage contract under the bus, or should I say train, and does "it" with that other paragon of individualist virtue, Dagny. There's plenty of this.
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It's a great listen when you can't being yourself to waste precious days reading 1200 pages of a horrible one dimensional deluded screed by a psychopath. It gives you character breakdowns and reduces some of the rehashed and profoundly boring text to the essential message--corporate power, awesome, public governance, evil! Cliffs is a quality product. Side note: Professor Bernstein (not surprisingly) is a "radical for laissez-faire capitalism." as per his website.
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Beshear Lists Top 10 Kentucky Accomplishments in 2013
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced what he has called his top ten accomplishments of 2013, including the expansion of Medicaid and implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in the Commonwealth which has been heralded as a national model through many media outlets.
Beshear, completing the second year of his second term, also cited a record-breaking year for auto manufacturing in the state, 12,000 new and protected jobs, national recognition for education achievement, and more.
"Every day, we have an opportunity to strengthen Kentucky's people, support Kentucky's businesses, and create a better community for our families. I'm extremely proud of the work we have done this year – from providing access to affordable health coverage to 640,000 uninsured Kentuckians, to attracting thousands of new jobs and fostering meaningful conversation about the future of eastern Kentucky," said Gov. Beshear. "Every day, we remain focused on the goals we brought into the administration – to create new jobs and keep them here, to manage taxpayers' money wisely, and to champion initiatives to improve public health, education and workforce development. It's the work we will carry on in 2014 and beyond."
Here is the full list as released by Gov. Beshear's Office:
"The ability for every Kentuckian to get affordable, accessible, and reliable health insurance is not just the biggest accomplishment of the year," said Gov. Beshear. "It will be the most significant single improvement for Kentuckians' lives for a generation."
Gov. Beshear has guided Kentucky into the national spotlight as the state with a sterling track record for implementing the new federal Affordable Care Act and providing access to health care for the 640,000 uninsured Kentuckians.
Since its launch Oct. 1, Kentucky's health benefits website, kynect, has been hailed as a national model for its reliability and ease of use. Approximately 85,000 Kentuckians have used the website or the kynect call center to enroll in affordable health insurance – and for many of them, it's the first time they have had health coverage. Thousands more are expected to apply before the end of the open enrollment period on March 31.
"These people – the uninsured – are not strangers to us. They're our friends and neighbors, even our own family members," said Gov. Beshear. "And most of them work but can't afford health coverage. So they roll the dice every day, hoping they won't get sick or hurt, knowing that bankruptcy could be just one bad diagnosis away."
In May, Gov. Beshear announced Kentucky would expand eligibility for Medicaid – allowing some 308,000 of Kentucky's uninsured – mostly the working poor – to enroll in the program.
The other 332,000 uninsured Kentuckians can access affordable coverage through kynect, the state's online insurance marketplace.
Kentucky's successful rollout and implementation of the new health care law has garnered praise and press coverage from major media outlets both in the U.S. and abroad.
Kentucky's flexible economic development incentives and friendly business climate continue to attract more new and expanding companies to our state. 2013 was an outstanding year for job growth with the announcement of 217 projects representing more than 12,000 projected new jobs. Those critical job creation projects represent a more than $3.1 billion investment across the Commonwealth.
Exports of Kentucky-made products and services are on pace to top last year's record of $22.1 billion. Through the first 10 months of 2013, export totals for the Commonwealth reached a record $20.8 billion, a 13 percent increase. Kentucky's percentage increase is second highest among the states.
To streamline and bolster business development in the Commonwealth, the Cabinet for Economic Development created the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Cabinet's Department for Business Development. The office enhances existing efforts to help startup businesses every step of the way.
Multiple national organizations have recognized Kentucky's prowess supporting and growing businesses, including:
· Site Selection magazine ranked Kentucky's business climate ninth in the nation in 2013 – up two spots from 2012.
· Kentucky ranked 10th in this year's Site Selection magazine's Governor's Cup Award for having the highest number of qualifying industry locations and expansions. Kentucky has the smallest population of any state in the top 10.
· Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc. – a national leader in corporate site selection – named Kentucky one of America's Most Improved States for Business in 2013. The report indicates Kentucky's status reflects state political leadership that has come to grips with new international competition for jobs and business investment.
· Business Facilities ranks Kentucky's Automotive Strength third best in the country.
Major jobs announcements in 2013 include:
· U.S. Bank Home Mortgage in Owensboro - $15.2 million investment, 332 jobs
· Custom Foods in Owingsville - $44 million investment, 200 jobs
· Bilstein in Bowling Green - $120 million investment, 90 jobs
· PTC Seamless Tube Corp. in Hopkinsville - $102 million investment, 283 jobs
· Kayser in Fulton - $17.5 million investment, 121 jobs
· Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products in Bowling Green - $66 million investment, 100 jobs
· Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems Inc. in Russell Springs - $30 million investment, 155 jobs
· American Stave Company in Morehead - $10 million investment, 70 jobs
· Groupon in Hebron - $12 million investment, 115 jobs
· L'Oreal USA in Florence - $40 million investment, 200 jobs
· Alpla in Bowling Green - $22 million investment, 72 jobs
· Mubea in Florence - $60 million investment, 150 jobs
· eBay in Louisville - $45 million investment, 150 jobs
· Vangent in Winchester and London – $30.5 million investment, 1,300 jobs
· Whitehall Industries in Paducah - $13 million investment, 150 jobs
· Bingham McCutchen in Lexington - $22.6 million investment, 250 jobs
· Precision Resource Inc. in Mt. Sterling - $4.8 million investment, 15 jobs
· Lubrizol in Louisville - $108 million investment, 24 jobs
· Gibbs Die Casting Corp. in Henderson - $26.8 million investment, 160 jobs
Kentucky motor vehicle exports witnessed a banner year – up 43.2 percent through the first three quarters. Kentucky exported more than $3 billion in motor vehicles, and is expected to exceed $4 billion, ensuring that 2013 will be a record for the industry.
This year, Kentucky is the third-highest auto-producing state in the country – surpassed only by Michigan and Ohio.
Toyota announced that the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) will be the first-ever U.S. production site for the Lexus ES 350 model, the top-selling Lexus sedan in the world. The Lexus project will include a $531 million investment in the Georgetown plant and will create 750 jobs. TMMK will produce about 50,000 Lexus vehicles a year starting in 2015.
The investment is the second-largest ever made by Toyota in its Georgetown plant and the largest since the $800 million addition of Plant 2 in 1991, more than 20 years ago.
Adding to that success, Ford announced plans to produce the all-new 2015 Lincoln MKC model at the Louisville Assembly Plant.
Kentucky continues to earn national recognition for education reform and improvement efforts.
For the first time, Kentucky stormed the top 10 in an annual national education assessment. Kentucky's position on key education indicators rose four places since last year, making it 10th in the nation for its efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement and many other variables related to public education.
Each year, Education Week (a national publication that focuses on P-12 education) produces a special issue, "Quality Counts." The report tracks key education indicators and grades states on their policy efforts and outcomes. Since 2010, Kentucky has risen 24 places in this annual report.
A recent Harvard study, Achievement Growth: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance, echoes the Commonwealth's progress, with Kentucky ranking eighth in student performance improvement in the last two decades. Another study, The New State Achievement
Gap: How Federal Waivers Could Make It Worse – Or Better by Education Sector Reports, says Kentucky has recorded better-than-expected gains and is leading the way as a high-performing state among those receiving waivers from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
In 2013, Kentucky was the second state to adopt Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These new standards define what students should know and be able to do in science at each grade level. They are more rigorous than previous standards, are comparable with international standards, are research-based and aligned with expectations for college and careers.
For the first time, every Kentucky kindergartener is screened for school readiness – the results of which will provide a vast amount of valuable information to assist teachers, schools, families, child care providers and preschools in preparing Kentucky's youngest students for success. The Brigance Kindergarten Screener is to assess students' developmental readiness for kindergarten, based on the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness definition approved in 2011.
For 2013, preliminary figures show Kentucky posted an 86 percent graduation rate. This year Kentucky is using a more accurate way to measure the number of students who graduate – the same way nearly every other state measures graduation rate. Compared with the most recent data available from other states (2011), even accounting for their improvement, Kentucky's rate is among the highest.
Calling it "one of my most satisfying acts as Governor," Gov. Beshear signed into law the Graduation Bill (Senate Bill 97), which will keep Kentucky students enrolled in school until they turn 18.
Gov. Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear joined educators and child advocates to fight for this bill's passage for the past five legislative sessions. A late-session compromise among legislators led to the approval of SB97, which allowed school districts to opt in to the higher dropout age immediately. Once 55 percent of school districts (96 districts) adopted the policy, all remaining districts must then adopt the standard within four years.
To encourage school districts to accept the new policy immediately, the Governor and First Lady launched the Blitz to 96, an effort to get the needed 96 districts to force statewide adoption. School districts responded quickly and enthusiastically – 96 districts approved the policy within two weeks. To date, 139 districts have adopted the new graduation age standard.
Kentucky's bridges are critical components of our state's economic activity. That's why Gov. Beshear and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have worked hard to build new bridges where needed and repair existing bridges quickly.
In June, Gov. Beshear and Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez and other dignitaries gathered on the Kentucky bank of the Ohio River to ceremonially break ground for the Downtown Crossing – the Kentucky half of the long-awaited Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project. At an estimated $1.3 billion, the Downtown Crossing is the single largest transportation construction project in the history of the Commonwealth.
Just this month, the financing of the Downtown Crossing of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project was completed with sale of $728 million of revenue bonds and notes. The low-cost loan from the Federal Highway Administration for the project, valued at $452.2 million, closed last week.
This summer, Gov. Beshear ceremonially opened the U.S. 60 Tennessee River bridge – better known as the Ledbetter Bridge – at the McCracken-Livingston county line. The project was completed nearly 11 months ahead of schedule.
On Dec. 9, Gov. Beshear joined Congressman Hal Rogers to host a landmark summit – SOAR: Shaping Our Appalachian Region. More than 1,700 people gathered in Pikeville to share ideas and strategies to move Kentucky's eastern and southern region forward.
"Eastern Kentucky is a brilliant, storied region that enriches the fabric of our Commonwealth," said Gov. Beshear. "Yet for several decades, the region has seen a decline in growth and development, hampered by a lack of infrastructure and other resources that communities need to grow and thrive. We know that government alone cannot solve these issues, and that is why Congressman Rogers and I launched this summit – we believe that to make real progress in eastern Kentucky, we need the input, collaboration and involvement from the people who live and work hard there every day."
Summit attendees listened to panelists discuss the importance of investment, entrepreneurship, and education, and then offered their own ideas for a successful region in multiple breakout sessions addressing topics such as tourism, public-private partnerships, leadership development and lifelong learning. Gov. Beshear and Congressman Rogers agreed that the SOAR summit is only the first step in a long process of planning and action that will heavily involve the people of eastern and southern Kentucky.
In June, Gov. Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear, along with trail enthusiasts and local officials, opened the first 18-mile section of theDawkins Line Rail Trail. The former railroad line is the newest adventure tourism attraction in eastern Kentucky for hikers, horseback riders and cyclists.
The first 18-mile leg of the trail, from Hagerhill in Johnson County to Royalton in Magoffin County, features 24 trestles and 662-foot Gun Creek Tunnel. Another trailhead is located at Royalton in Magoffin County.
"The natural beauty and rolling hillsides are perfect for hiking, cycling and horseback riding," said Mrs. Beshear. "There's a great demand for new trails and I believe the Dawkins Line will become very popular very soon."
This spring, Gov. Beshear led weeks of bipartisan negotiation which resulted in the passage of bills to stabilize and modernize the state's pension system. The legislative package created funding to pay the state's full recommended annual pension contribution without threatening key state services like education and public safety. The increased cost to fully fund the actuarially required contribution to the Kentucky Retirement Systems is estimated at $100 million per year from the General Fund.
"The looming pension liability threatened to gut funding for education and all other priorities. It demanded our immediate and bipartisan cooperation," said Gov. Beshear. "No matter our political philosophies, none of us were willing to put our kids at risk of a stripped-down education."
The Governor has achieved balanced budgets both by cutting spending and by demanding greater efficiency from all state agencies. In June, the Justice Cabinet announced it would not renew a contract with a private prison in Marion County when the current contract expired. The decision meant that for the first time in nearly 30 years, Kentucky would have no inmates housed in private prisons.
During his administration, Gov. Beshear shrank state government to its smallest size in a generation, and continues to find ways to improve government efficiency with fewer taxpayer dollars.
A key component of attracting economic development to Kentucky is a skilled and ready workforce. Kentucky continues to strengthen its workforce, beginning even before students graduate high school.
The college-and career-readiness rate, a measure of whether students are prepared to be successful after high school graduation, is up 20 percent from 2010. While only about a third of high school graduates were considered ready three years ago, initial data now show more than half – 54 percent – are ready to take the next step into credit-bearing college courses or a postsecondary training program.
Setting the stage for new opportunities for Kentucky's businesses and workforce, Gov. Beshear unveiled the Kentucky Career Center, the newly overhauled workforce development system in the Commonwealth.
The new Kentucky Career Center website features a new free-to-use, online job-matching portal called Focus Talent for employers and Focus Career for job seekers. It uses the latest technology to match skilled workers with employers in need of those skills. Focus Talent allows employers to post job advertisements and search for resumes and offers employers quick and easy access to a large repository of relevant talent. Focus Career provides job seekers both a professional resume builder and a path to job registration.
The Kentucky Work Ready Communities program momentum is growing as more communities learn about the certification and how it can help them achieve a higher level of competiveness among business and industry. In addition to the 30 counties that have achieved certification as a Work Ready Community or Work Ready Community in Progress, another 48 are working on applications.
Photo: Beshear cuts a ribbon as jobs expand in Covington's RiverCenter last week/RCN file


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Browsing Research Centers by Title
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Consumer Direction in Ohio : Findings From Two Demonstration Projects (2009-04-20)This report provides findings from evaluations of two consumer-directed home care programs in Ohio. Results suggest consumer direction provides a good alternative to agency-managed home care services.
Consumer-directed home services : issues and models (1997-07-01)
The costs of triple jeopardy : aging, developmental disabilities, and Ohio's impending care shift (2003-03-01)State policy makers and legislators are paying attention to issues related to the aging of Ohio s population, namely, the impact of increasing longevity on the current older cohort, and the coming swell in the older ...
Criminal Offenders in Ohio Nursing Homes: Facility Practices, Prevalance and Problems (2012-03-12)This brief report presents findings from the 2009 Ohio Biennial Survey of Nursing Facilities. Respondents answered a brief series of questions about practices related to prospective residents with criminal backgrounds and ...
Crossing the digital divide : family caregivers' acceptance of technology (2002-10-01)The purpose of this pilot project was to collect data on how electronic technology might be used to assist family members who are caring for a relative with dementia at home. In Phase 1, we conducted five focus groups with ...
Delivering Long-Term Services to Ohio Elders: Good Progress, but Challenges Await (2013-05-07)This study describes the changes in Ohio's approach to delivering long-term services that have occurred in the last 20 years.
Describing and Assessing Leadership for Person-Centered Care: Final Project Report (2015-01-22)This report provides brief highlights from a study of leadership in nursing homes with a person-centered or traditional approach to care.
Developing Specifications for the Competitive Bidding of Intake, Assessment & Case Management Services (2008-04-02)This report provides information about the elements of case management, intake, and assessment programs that are often specified in current standards or bid specifications. Observation of current practices, a literature ...
Disability in Ohio : Current and Future Demand for Services (2008-05-19)In an effort to project the size of Ohio s Medicaid long-term care expenditures between now and the year 2020, this report first projected the size of the population with severe physical and/or cognitive, intellectual ...
Disability in Ohio : Long-Term Care Providers & Programs (2009-02-25)This report describes the range of options used in the long-term care system in Ohio. For each provider or program, we report the eligibility requirements, consumer characteristics, capacity, utilization rate, average ...
The economics of long-term care in Ohio (1992-11-01)In 1990, the State of Ohio spent more than $1 billion to finance long-term care services to older Ohioans, and as a result, the Medicaid budget is seen as perhaps the greatest challenge facing state policy makers. But ...
Educating caregivers about caregiving : an evaluation of the Council on Aging Learning Advantages Program for Informal Caregivers (2005-06-01)This report describes the evaluation of the Council on Aging Learning Advantages program; a training program for informal caregivers. Nurse trainers conducted individualized training tailored to fit the circumstances of ...
End-of-Life Educational Needs of State Tested Nurse Aides in Ohio Long-Term Care Facilities This research brief shares the findings of a qualitative research study that solicited the opinions of current State Tested Nurse Aides (STNAs), registered nurses (RNs), and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to gain an ...
Ending Slavery (2007-08-30)
Enhancing the Performance of Local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs in Ohio: Chartbook (2008-06-01)This is a state-level case-study of the performance of local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs in Ohio. In surveying all of the local program directors in Ohio, along with a group of key informants, we identify major ...
Enhancing the SCSEP Network: Collaborations, Innovations, and Promising Practices (2015-01-08)Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought to identify innovative and promising practices in providing employment and training services to older workers. Given current economic and demographic realities, understanding ...


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Rosberg facing 'consequences' for crash - Wolff
Toto Wolff says Mercedes may go beyond a "slap on the wrist" for Nico Rosberg after his collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Rosberg made contact with Hamilton on lap two at Les Combes, giving Hamilton a puncture and dropping him out of contention for points - with the Brit later saying there was little Mercedes could do to reprimand his team-mate. It later emerged Rosberg had admitted he wanted to "prove a point" by leaving his nose in at the corner and Wolff admits the team has harsh punishments it can implement on its championship leader if it feels the need to.
"A lot," Wolff said when asked what Mercedes could do to rectify the situation. "I'm not going to comment on this right now. Today we've seen the limits of the slap on the wrist. Maybe the slap on the wrist is not enough. If Lewis has said that it's going to be a slap on the wrist, and that there's going to be no consequence, then he's not aware of what consequences we can implement."
Mercedes has been largely praised this year for letting its drivers race each other but Wolff admits the incident at Spa-Francorchamps means it has to re-assess that policy.
"Unfortunatly, yes," Wolff said when asked if the collision could spell the end of Mercedes' approach. "It would be too early to elaborate in detail because the devil lies in the detail in that case. We haven't decided that yet. We are all fans, and we owe it to ourselves and everybody out there to let them race. Today that philosophy has ended in Mercedes losing many, many points and we don't want to end up in Abu Dhabi with a season where we lost a championship - constructors' or drivers' - because we were too much race fans.
"We have probably not hit the self-destruct button yet but there is a lot at stake. If you don't manage this properly now it could end up at that point. Obviously it's one thing enjoying great races and letting them fight each other hard but you look like a fool at the end of the season if you haven't won anything."


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Gramps 4.1 Wiki Manual - Reports - part 3
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This section describes the Book report available in Gramps.
The Books Report allows you to create a genealogy book containing a collection of Gramps textual and graphical reports in a single document (i.e. a Book)
The only report available under this report is the Books Report.
When you select Reports-->Books... from the menu, the Book dialog appears.
The Book name text entry field shows the name of the current book. It may be used to save the book (a set of configured selections) for future use, in which case you may first alter the field to contain whatever name you want. If you load a saved-away book (see below) it will show that book's name -- which may then be changed if you want to save a slightly-different configuration.
The top pane Available items lists the items available for inclusion in the book. The bottom panel Current book lists the currently selected items in the order they will appear in the book.
The left two of the horizontal set of buttons by the Book name field operate on the whole book. Click the Clear button ("clear the book") to clear all items from the current book. Click the Save button ("save current set of configured selections") to save the current book (under the name typed in the Book name text entry field) for future use.
Save configuration
Saving the book also saves the configuration for each item.
The right two of the horizontal set of buttons by the Book name field enable operations upon the whole set of previously-saved books. Click the Open button ("open previously created book") to invoke an Available Books window which shows all your previously-saved books. In that box either double-click on a particular book name or first select it and then hit OK to then load the book.
Or click the Edit books button ("manage previously created books") to invoke a slightly different Available Books window which shows an editable list of available books, in case you want to delete a book you already saved away.
The vertical set of buttons to the right of the bottom pane operates on a selected book item. Click the Add button ("add an item to the book") to add the selected item from the top Available items list to the current book. Double-clicking the (top list's) selected item will also add it. Click the Remove button ("remove currently selected item from the book") to remove an item from the bottom Current book list. Use the Up button ("move current selection one step up in the book") and the Down button ("move current selection one step down in the book") to change the item's order in the current book. Click the Setup button ("configure currently selected item") to configure the options of the selected item of the current book -- but you must select the item first. Double-clicking an item will also start a configuration dialog.
The configuration dialogs invoked by Setup are item-specific. If you choose not to configure the item, some defaults will be used for all needed options. The common option for almost all book items is the center person: the person on whom the item is centered. Thanks to this option, you can create a book with items centered on different people (e.g. your mom's and dad's ancestors as separate chapters). By default, the center person is set to the Active Person.
If all selections of the reports to be included have been made, and possibly configured (or reconfigured) click the OK button. This will invoke another Book Report window.
There is one tab with available Paper Options where you can change the Size and Orientation for the Paper Format, and all Margins. A click box is available to use metric values instead.
In the lower part of the window you can change some Document Options:
- Output Format: drop down menu let you choose between: Open Document Text, PDF document or Print.... Click box is available to open in LibreOffice Word Processor
- Filename: if you choose Open Document Text the default value is /yourhomedir/book.odt, while if you chose PDF document the default value is /yourhomedir/book.pdf instead.
You can edit the name (and directory) to be whatever you want, or you can click the Save as button to invoke a Save As window where you can change the file name settings in the usual way.
Available items
Almost all items available for inclusion in the book are textual or graphical reports, and are therefore available in the form of standalone reports (see Index of Reports for their individual documentation). The exceptions are the two following items which are only available as book items, in a book report:
Title Page
- If you selected the Title page item and clicked the Add button to put this item in your book and you click Preferences button (Configure currently selected item) you will get a Title Page window.
Two tabs are available: Text and Image. In the Text tab you have three text input fields available where you can change the Title, the subtitle and a Footer (default Copyright 2014).
The lower window part shows some Document Options: here you can choose the Style. You can choose the default style or click on the Style Editor... button. This brings up a Style Editor window where you can add and remove Styles. For more details see also style editor.
In the Image tab an image can be optionally placed between the subtitle and the footer. There is Preview facility and with the from gallery... button you can select via the Select Media Object dialogue the image you want. You can also change the Size
Because of you can configure the various elements , this item can be used to create title pages for the whole book, its chapter, or even a single item.
Custom Text
- This item produces a page with three paragraphs, each containing custom text: Initial Text, Middle Text and Final Text. The text input fields are expandable so you can really put all the text you want in there.
The lower window part shows some Document Options: here you can choose the Style. You can choose the default style or click on the Style Editor... button. This brings up a Style Editor window where you can add and remove Styles. For more details see also style editor. This item was meant to be used for epigraphs, dedications, explanations, notes, and so forth.
Alphabetical Index
This item produces page(s) with an alphabetical index of people noted into selected textual reports.
Table of contents (TOC)
For the generated book this item produces a list of the parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear.


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Cycling in the Black Forest with no hills to climb? On the Southern Black Forest Cycle Route, rated four stars for quality by the German Cyclists' Federation, you can enjoy idyllic scenery without over-exerting yourself.
On the Southern Black Forest Cycle Route it's about using the hills to your advantage. The only real climb can be done by train, after which it's downhill to the southern Black Forest. Along the way you can enjoy a number of scenic highlights such as Wutach Gorge, the Markgräflerland region and, with a detour to France, the 'Petite Camargue' nature conservation area. The many small medieval towns, as well as Basel and Freiburg, provide interesting cultural accents. A train takes cyclists up the hill from Himmelreich to Hinterzarten, traversing the beautiful Höllental or 'hell valley'.
Terrain: the cycle route goes right around the Southern Black Forest nature reserve with very few climbs. Mainly asphalt paths that are virtually traffic-free. Some short stretches run through Switzerland and France.
Scenery: the Upper Black Forest is a varied landscape of mountains, moors and a mix of forest, mountain pastures, vineyards, centuries-old Black Forest farmsteads and farmland.
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