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Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Alicia Keys were among the musical stars headlining an all-star benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, in what producers promised was "the greatest line-up of legends ever assembled on a stage."
Organisers said the "12-12-12" concert at New York's Madison Square Garden was being distributed to nearly 2 billion people worldwide through television feeds, radio and online streaming.
"How do I begin again? My city's in ruins?" Springsteen sang. He was joined by Jon Bon Jovi for "Born to Run," ushering in what was to be a night of musical duets.
Next up, Roger Waters performed alongside Eddie Vedder, and later in the evening Paul McCartney was due to jam with Dave Grohl.
"This has got to be the largest collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden" Mick Jagger told the crowd. The Stones performed "You Got Me Rocking" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
To help with the fundraising, celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Kristen Stewart, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chelsea Clinton and Billy Crystal took part in a telethon during the concert, which was expected to last four to five hours.
Comedian Adam Sandler took the stage for a Sandy-themed spoof on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," rhyming the title with "Sandy, Screw Ya!"
Backstage, actress Susan Sarandon recounted losing power in her New York home but said that was a small hardship compared with the real victims who lost their homes.
Steven Van Zandt, guitarist of the E Street Band, scolded "the oil companies" and "Wall Street guys" for not doing more to help.
"Even with the music business not what it used to be ... we are proud to be here," he said.
Before the concert, Sykes said $32 million had already been raised from ticket sales and sponsorships. Organisers are hoping to raise tens of millions more.
It is being broadcast live on television, radio, movie theaters, on Facebook and iHeartRadio and streamed on digital billboards in New York's Times Square, London and Paris.
More than 130 people were killed when Sandy pummeled the east coast of the United States in October. Thousands more were left homeless as the storm tore through areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, causing billions of dollars in damage.
Throughout the show, celebrities shared memories of growing up in New York City or the Jersey Shore, and offered shout-outs to first responders.
"Watching my hometown get pummeled was devastating to watch," said actor-comedian Crystal, who grew up on Long Beach, Long Island. "It's a helpless feeling of what's in store for us maybe in the future."
Sykes was also involved with "The Concert for New York City" after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which raised more than $30 million for charity.
He said technological advances over the past decade have exponentially changed the reach of fundraising.
"We have both traditional and new media behind us in a way that we've never had before, and that is really going to be the 'x-factor' on how much money we can raise for the victims."
Donations raised from the one-night concert produced by Clear Channel Entertainment and The Weinstein Company, will go to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which will provide money and materials to groups helping people hardest hit by the storm.


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Book clubs always get us reading books we wouldn't normally pick up. That's what happened with this short lyrical novel set in WW 2. It beautifully describes the horrors of war from the relative comfort and serenity of an idyllic English country farm, sort of like refracted light.
In the spring of 1941 Gwen Davis leaves the chaos of wartime London to go to Devon. There her new job is to tend a neglected garden at a country house and to take charge of some Land Girls. Their job is to grow potatoes for the war effort. There's also a house full of handsome soldiers in the house up the lane and a white wisp of a ghost flitting about. Gwen Davis at age 35, is completely unprepared for this assignment because as a horticulturalist, she relates better to parsnips than people. "They are truly more reliable. The stupidity of vegetables is preferable to the unpredictability of people." She discovers a lost garden, but also many things inside of herself that she never knew were there, like the capacity to love.
This is a beautifully written little gem by this Canadian author and poet, deceptively simple, subtly comic, yet with layers of depth.

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Noah's Birth Story, Part One
October 11, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 3:15 p.m.
diana: how are you feeling?
amalah: braxton-hicks-ish
diana: excellent
amalah: ugh, they suck
diana: maybe they're real?
amalah: they hurt and there's absolutely no pattern to them
amalah: hoping they turn into something, but so far they're just duds
Famous last words.
All day, the contractions came and went. Jason came home from work and I whined about how crappy I felt. I started to feel the contractions in my back and I could no longer talk during them. Still, they were all over the place and I dismissed it all as false labor.
We ordered Indian food. I did laundry, clipped the dog's toenails and brushed the cat's teeth. Then I MacGuyvered up the iron so it fit in the holder I bought months ago using packing tape.
20 minutes apart.
I realized the contractions were coming regularly sometime during Survivor. Jason started timing contractions during The Apprentice.
(Yes, all major life milestones can be measured by reality television.)
At 10 p.m. we took Ceiba for a walk. The contractions kept coming. We started to let ourselves get excited. Could this be it? Was it really going to happen?
Nine minutes apart.
Jason started taking inventory of everything we had left to pack while I smugly informed him that the contractions were getting pretty painful, but I could totally handle them.
Seven minutes apart.
We came back inside and I took a shower. Jason started to gather up the camcorder, camera, cell phones and the four frillion chargers and spare batteries that went with each.
I debated whether or not to put makeup on, although I still kind of expected everything to come to a screeching halt because me? In labor? For real? Nah.
My doctor told me to call him when the contractions were five minutes apart for at least two hours. By 11 p.m., they hit five minutes. By midnight, they were four minutes apart. I still waited another hour, despite Jason's belief that we should just call the doctor NOW, because I Follow Instructions To The Point Of Ridiculous.
At 1 a.m., the contractions were three minutes apart. Shiiiit. I called the doctor, who 1) was totally asleep and 2) had no fucking clue who I was ("This is your second baby, right?"). He gave the all-clear to get to the hospital and to see if I was dilating at all.
We were off.
And we were already hopelessly disorganized. What to do with the dog? Leave food down for the cat! Tape a key to the front door for the contractor! On second thought, maybe scratch that last one. And pack the snacks! All the books said to bring snacks! Send email! Tell boss I won't be working tomorrow! Update the Internet!
Jason: "Amy, step AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND GET IN THE DAMN CAR."
I called my mom and in-laws on the way to the hospital. Jason drove and periodically quizzed me about my contractions. "Are they still happening? Is this really it? Should I turn around?"
We got to the hospital around quarter of two, about an hour after EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN IN THE DC METRO AREA ARRIVED. They were completely full and I was left out by the reception desk for a good 40 minutes. (At least no one made me give up my chair.)
Finally a nurse came and took me back –- to the fucking recovery room. They still had no birth suites available so I was stuck on a super-uncomfortable cot in a big huge room with a dozen other beds separated by curtains. There was no privacy and no toilet paper in the one communal bathroom. There was another couple two beds down hovering around their newborn so walking around the room was out, as I was still holding on to some shreds of my modesty at this point.
Two nurses (as in, one sort-of inept nurse and her terrifyingly inept trainee) came and hooked me up to the various monitors and asked me stupid questions that they then couldn't figure out how to put my answers into the computer. Oh, and at first they put the monitors on backwards and upside down.
They asked if we'd taken any childbirth classes. I said no and started to tremble a little. What were we thinking? How could we not have taken any childbirth classes? I have no fucking clue what I'm doing and these contractions are getting bad and ow ow ow.
Then Terrifyingly Inept Trainee could not find my cervix. Sort-Of Inept Nurse found it and announced that I was three centimeters dilated and I could officially be admitted. Which meant Terrifyingly Inept Trainee needed to draw blood and hook me up to an IV.
I gave Jason a glance of sheer terror because I AM NOT SO SURE THIS IS THE HOSPITAL FOR ME AFTER ALL AND I DON'T CARE THAT THERE ARE JACUZZIS IN THE BIRTH SUITES BECAUSE THESE CLOWNS ARE GOING TO HAVE ME GIVE BIRTH IN THE HALLWAY PROBABLY. AND WHO GAVE THIS TEENAGER A NEEDLE?
The next hour or so was the longest of my life. The contractions quickly went from an uncomfortable tightening in my abdomen to shooting pain through my back and pelvis. The bed I was on was horrible and with the stupid monitors I could do nothing more than lie on my back, grip the mattress and moan and kick my legs like a child throwing a tantrum. Jason managed to get me on my side so he could rub my back.
Terrifyingly Inept Trainee watched Jason apply perfect counterpressure (while trying to figure out how to get my contractions to show up on the monitor before announcing that "I don't think this is the kind of monitor that can do that") and said bullshit, we'd obviously taken childbirth classes. Jason said no, but he did have this thing called "the Internet" and learned about it there.
It wasn't long before the contractions were so close together that one would barely bottom out before another one started. I tried to breathe deeply but couldn't and started to get a little hysterical. Jason pulled out the tennis ball. I swatted him away through gritted teeth, and then sobbed for him to come back.
I got out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom multiple times, dragging monitor cables behind me and no longer caring about the other people in the room or about the absolutely disgusting trail of bloody mucus plug that I left in my wake.
Terrifyingly Inept Trainee offered me a Nubain shot for the pain around 3 a.m. I was torn. I'd planned to forgo narcotics, but I'd also planned to be in a fucking ROOM where I could walk around freely (without showing my ass to an audience of new parents) and soak in a whirlpool tub at this stage of labor. I miserably accepted the shot.
"I'm sorry," I said to Jason. "I didn't want to do Nubain. I really didn't." Jason looked at me and back to the contraction monitor and then back at me. He probably said something comforting about being so proud of me, but his face clearly read: You are insane. Take the damn shot.
It was all pointless, anyway. The Nubain was fucking useless. It sort of helped with the back pain (that I was managing just fine with the help of Jason and his Magic Tennis Ball) (and are you getting just how awesome of a labor coach Jason was?) (he was so incredibly awesome), but I was still in way more pain than I expected.
By the time my room was ready, the contractions were extremely intense and extremely close together. I could barely catch my breath before another one would start ramping up. Yet no one checked my cervix again -– they kept mentioning how I'd seen the doctor the day before and hadn't been dilated at all. The assumption was clear –- I was going to be laboring forever.
I did, however, get assigned a Real Live Nurse in my real room –- and I realized that Sort-Of Inept and Terrifyingly Inept were just kind of floating glorified candystriper help. They set up a delivery tray in my room and brought me ice chips but a Real Live Nurse took over the important duties.
Like getting the plastic thingie for the toilet to measure my urine output. Except that she broke her finger while getting it and left me stranded in the bathroom for a good 15 minutes.
No, seriously. She helped me into the bathroom (where I looked longingly at the whirlpool tub, knowing deep down that I was past the point where that would help anything) and then told me to wait until she found a plastic thingie.
I waited.
I contracted.
I yelled and howled and squatted down on the edge of the tub.
Jason came running in and I yelled at him to get out because GOD, I was not peeing on his shoes or something. He ignored me.
A different nurse flew in, plastic toilet thingie in hand. My nurse slammed her hand in a cabinet while getting it and had broken her finger. Or something. The point is: She completely forgot about the laboring, full-bladdered woman she'd left behind.
I got back in bed. I knew I should walk around or sit or stand or SOMETHING, but I was exhausted. I lay on my side, clutched the bedrail and suddenly started shaking from head to toe. My teeth chattered. The contractions forced out involuntary yelps and sobs. At some point I was given an oxygen mask because the baby's heart rate was dropping.
I buzzed the nurse and asked for an epidural. It was 6 a.m. No one had checked my cervix since the initial check around 2 a.m. To the shock of everybody except me, I was over seven centimeters dilated and in transition.
"We, uh, better get your doctor in here." Replacement Real Live Nurse said.
Jason found a laminated poster explaining the stages of labor (in Spanish) and handed it to me. "This is you," he said, pointing at the last in a series of smiley faces demonstrating the pain level associated with each stage. The seven-to-10 centimeters face was red and angry and had lightening-bolt-like lines of symbolic pain shooting around it.
Through the pain, I was suddenly and enormously proud of myself. I'd assumed I'd be crying uncle and demanding the epidural by the time I got to the hospital. I never imagined making it to seven centimeters relatively unmedicated. (I refuse to count the Nubain because GOD, SO USELESS.)
And I briefly thought about not having the epidural. Not because I suddenly felt like Superwoman or because the contractions weren't the Worst Thing I Have Ever Felt (they so were), but because I suddenly felt like a big fucking chicken about the whole needle-in-the-spine thing. The contractions were awful, but at least I knew what I was dealing with at this point. Needle-in-the-spine? Extremely scary all of a sudden.
Then another contraction hit and I was suddenly terrified that the anesthesiologist wouldn't get there in time.
I also realized that the worst and hardest work was still ahead of me: actually pushing the kid out. I felt the contractions in my back, which suggested that the baby was still posterior, despite all my efforts to get him to roll over. His head was still high and the nurse estimated that I would be pushing for two to three hours. There was no way I could do that unless I got some sleep and stopped the horrible shaking and blinding pain.
My doctor arrived at 6:30 a.m., in a suit. I was standing by the bed, bent over with my face buried in a pillow to muffle my howling. Jason rubbed my back with all his might, holding my hips while my legs shook and buckled beneath me. I lifted my head long enough to give my doctor an exhausted, deranged look before dropping back down to the bed. "Let's go see about that epidural," he said cheerfully. I moaned in response.
Jason leaned over and whispered in my ear to breathe and to not smother myself in the bedclothes.
Later he would tell me that, while it was scary and difficult for him to watch me go through everything, he was hit with a twinge of jealousy for what I got to experience. I completely understood, because even through the pain, I still understood that this was one of the most important things I would ever, ever experience. I kept repeating, silently and to myself, I'm in labor. I'm in labor. This is it.
The epidural arrived. I sat on the edge of the bed and clutched a pillow, trembling with fear and cold. No, hot! No, cold! Goddamn, contraction!
I felt the need to announce each contraction in case the anesthesiologist attempted to insert the needle during one, all but guaranteeing permanent paralysis or something because I couldn't stay still.
The next thing I knew, the needle was in. I had one more contraction…and then nothing. I barely felt the needle at all. I don't know if this was due to the Nubain or just the relative ease of a big motherfucking needle in comparison to the contractions, but honestly, it hurt less than the IV needle.
Jason and I watched the next contraction on the monitor in amazement. I felt absolutely nothing.
We were both asleep within minutes.
My doctor came back in around 7:30 and checked my cervix. Nine centimeters. Holy shit. He had a scheduled c-section at 8 a.m. but decided to break my water anyway, figuring I wouldn't be ready to push until he was back.
I had a new nurse, who finally was both Competent and Contained No Broken Finger Bones. She broke the first bit of baddish news to me -– the amniotic fluid was full of meconium, and the baby was definitely posterior. No big deal, really –- a pediatrician would be on hand for the delivery to make sure the baby didn't breathe in any meconium, but it's a fairly common hiccup during labor. (I knew this from watching hours and hours of those When Childbirth Attacks! shows on TLC and Discovery Health.) The posterior position meant a lot of pushing and a need to try alternative pushing positions to ensure my pelvis opened up enough.
Jason and I both slept until 9 a.m. when my doctor returned and pronounced me fully dilated and ready to push. Everybody seemed kind of amazed at how quickly I'd progressed and congratulated me like I had something to do with it, which RIGHT. If I had the ability to force my cervix to bend to my will, I'd have had this baby WEEKS AGO.
After making sure that I couldn't see my reflection in the television or in the viewfinder of the camcorder Jason set up in the corner of the room, I pulled my legs back and tried to wrap my mind around the idea that a baby was set to come out of my vagina.
Pushing with an epidural was bizarre. I couldn't feel anything down there and had no idea if I was actually doing anything at all. I worried that I would poop and thought about reminding Jason of the solemn vow to Never Discuss The Pooping On The Delivery Table I'd made him make months earlier. My nurse assured me that I was moving the baby and that I was an awesome pusher and couldn't believe this was my first baby and blah blah blah.
I pushed three or four times per contraction. She let me relax in between and kept praising my efforts. I pushed through three contractions and was trying to catch my breath when my doctor came in.
"I don't like how this is going." He said.
My jaw dropped. What did he mean? I was doing awesome! Was awesome pusher! Ask the nurse! She will tell you of my awesomeness!
It was at this point that Jason and I noticed the baby's heart rate on the monitor just past my doctor's head. It was bad. Crazy bad. Every time I pushed his heartbeat would practically stop and he was still in obvious distress in between pushes. With hours of pushing still ahead of me and a posterior baby and a narrow pelvis and meconium in the fluid, my doctor gently took my hand and broke the news.
"I think you need a c-section. And I think you need it now."
I blinked back tears and my ears started to buzz. Hell no. I'd made it so far. I felt so close. He was wrong. Everything was fine. Just give me another hour.
Then I looked back at the baby's heart rate and nodded. "If that's what you think, then I trust you."
And suddenly, everything moved into crazy fast-forward mode. Jason was given scrubs and just a few minutes to change and grab the camcorder and camera. My nurse shaved me and told me it was okay to be disappointed. I nodded, let a couple tears out and then took deep breaths and said I just wanted the baby to be okay.
They wheeled me to the OR and moved me to the operating table. (After asking me if I could move myself, to which I could only stare at them all, I haven't felt my toes in three fucking hours so you? Are moving me onto that damn table yourselves.)
My arms were placed straight out, all crucifixion-like, as a new anesthesiologist started work. I was naked from the chest down and really, really wanted them to put the drape up so I wouldn't feel so exposed. The nurse started rubbing my massive belly with iodine and I asked about the drape. She said yes, there would be a drape. I asked if the drape could be put up immediately. She looked confused. "This is just iodine," she reminded me. I said yes, I know, please put up the drape.
I was much more comfortable with the drape. I don't know why.
I stared at Jason. He said everything was going to be okay. I nodded but kept staring at him. "You're my focal point," I told him. "The books told me to have a focal point and you're it. So don't throw up or something."
Jason nodded but suddenly looked unsure of himself.
I didn't feel the incision. They mentioned feeling some pressure. I didn't feel that either.
Then suddenly I realized that the surgeon assisting my doctor was practically SITTING ON MY CHEST while they struggled to get the baby out. I gasped in pain because hello! Lungs! Ribcage! Other assorted vital organs! OWWWWWWWW.
"Look at that big head!" My doctor called out.
Some random nurse suddenly told Jason to stop videotaping for some reason. I muttered that we'd signed a form and they said it was okay, but Jason decided now was not the time to bring up forms and permission slips, as apparently? There was a hell of a lot of blood gushing out of me.
The initial incision wasn't been big enough for the baby's shoulders. ("We've got a baby linebacker in there," my doctor quipped.) They cut me further and then there was more of the lung-crushing pressure and then there was a baby crying.
And then I was crying, because there was A BABY CRYING AND IT WAS MY BABY.
My doctor peered over the drape. "Wow. That's a really big baby."
"He's PERFECT," Jason told me. "PERFECT."
The nurses announced his weight and the entire room gasped. "You're so TINY!" squealed my labor nurse.
At some point my doctor informed us that, besides the obvious problem of that massive baby never, ever fitting through my pelvis, the umbilical cord had been wrapped around his neck. Each push had been pulling it tighter and tighter, which is why his heartbeat practically stopped every time I pushed. He took my hand and said we'd made the right decision.
Jason appeared behind him holding a tightly swaddled bundle.
I weakly reached out and touched his face. He was round and alert and looked just like the 4D ultrasound. His hair was damp and curly like Jason's.
"Oh my God." I said, "He is SUCH a Noah."
"I know," Jason said. "Look at how gorgeous he is."
I looked.
I cried.
And my newborn son grabbed my finger and didn't let go.


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Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, invites applications for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, commencing in 2014.
Eligibility : Candidates must have a bachelor's degree with 50% of marks from any of the recognised universities.
Selection procedure : Candidates will be selected based on CMAT score card, group discussion and personal interview conducted by the university.
To apply : Candidates have to fill the application form online in the official website of Central University of Kashmir.
Application fee:Rs 500/- for general candidates.Rs 250/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
Last date for the submission of application form is July 05.
GD and PI will be held on July 21 and 22.
Contact :
Central University of Kashmir,
Transit Campus,
Srinagar - 190004.
Tel: 0194 - 2468357.
For more information visit : http://cukashmir.ac.in/


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Bump day
Bugs, Siverton NSW, home of Mad Max.Cheers,
This is a nice one!
This sits regularly in the local clinic's parking lot; medical clinic, I add. The conclusions you draw are your own!Rob C
Always intriguing when the photog invites you to draw your own conclusions.
I think this one needs a tune up, and maybe a paint job. Available real cheap!
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CU-Boulder student inventions to be demonstrated Saturday at Engineering Design Expo
A deployable fire hose stand designed for the Longmont Fire Department and a heat-resistant mask designed to protect firefighters and fire victims from poisonous fumes will be among more than 90 student inventions showcased at the University of Colorado Boulder's Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, April 26.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature a wide range of student-built devices including adaptive technology for people with disabilities, Rube Goldberg machines and even hovercrafts.
The Design Expo will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory on Regent Drive south of Colorado Avenue. Projects will be exhibited both indoors and outdoors on the adjacent plaza.
The annual event is a popular educational activity for families and will showcase the work of about 350 students, including first-year engineering students as well as graduating seniors and local high school students.
Volunteers from industry, government and the community serve as judges for the Engineering Design Expo, rating each project on its originality, craftsmanship, grasp of engineering principles, effectiveness and presentation. An awards ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m., and prizes will be given to the best project in each category. Attendees can vote for their favorite project to win the "People's Choice" award.
Free parking is available across the street in lot 436. For more information, call 303-492-7222 or go to http://itll.colorado.edu.


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - February 2012
|New information material
|New titles
|All Pages
UN Secretary-General – redesigned website
English: http://www.un.org/sg/
French: http://www.un.org/fr/sg/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/sg/
Equal parts diplomat and advocate, civil servant and CEO, the Secretary-General is a symbol of United Nations ideals and a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor and vulnerable among them. The current Secretary-General, and the eighth occupant of the post, is Mr. Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea, who took office on 1 January 2007.
The Secretary-General's Five-Year Action Agenda
English: http://www.un.org/sg/priorities/index.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/sg/priorities/index.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/sg/priorities/index.shtml
On 25 January 2012 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined a series of actions he believes the global community must take over the next five years to build "the future we want."
In a speech to the General Assembly last September Mr. Ban presented five imperatives – or generational opportunities – that must be addressed to ensure a better future for the world's people. These are sustainable development; preventing and mitigating conflicts, human rights abuses and the impacts of natural disasters; building a safer and more secure world; supporting countries in transition; and working to engage the talents of women and young people.
Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing; Report of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
Overview also available at http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/gsp_report_overview
Now more than ever, leaders need to focus on what matters most - the long-term resilience of people and the planet - the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability urged in its report presented on 30 January 2012 to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Addis Ababa. The 22-member Panel, established by the Secretary-General in August 2010 to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity, was co-chaired by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma. The Panel's final report, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing," contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy as quickly as possible.
UN Pulse has moved to Tumblr
The UN Pulse weblog of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library has moved to Tumblr (http://un-library.tumblr.com/). Follow DHL as they continue to alert you to selected just-released UN on-line information, major reports, publications and documents.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 January 2012 (DPI/1634/Rev.129, February 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/bnote010101.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/bnotepkf.pdf
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: January 2012 (DPI/2166/Rev.103, February 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf
21 Issues for the 21st Century: Results of the UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues
Report & ExecutiveSummary: http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/foresightreport/
The UNEP Foresight Report contains a description of the 21 emerging environmental issues identified through the UNEP Foresight Process, including food, land, freshwater, marine, biodiversity, climate change, energy, waste, technology, better environmental governance, human behavioral change towards the environment.
Adaptation Private Sector Initiative database (UNFCCC)
The secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has launched a new online tool that showcases how businesses and communities can adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change. The new Adaptation Private Sector Initiative database features climate change adaptation activities pioneered by leading private companies.
GEO-5 Summary for Policy Maker (UNEP Global Environment Outlook)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.unep.org/geo/GEO5_SPM.asp
The United Nations Environment Programmme (UNEP) released the GEO-5 Summary for Policy Makers on 20 February 2012 as a prelude to the full report. The Summary, which was negotiated and endorsed by governments on 31 January 2012, warns of the continued deterioration in the state of the global environment, pointing out that internationally agreed goals have only been partially met. It calls for policies that focus on the underlying drivers of environmental change (such as the negative aspects of population growth, consumption and production, urbanization) rather than just concentrating on reducing environmental pressures or symptoms.
Green Economy in a Blue World (UNEP / UNDP / FAO / IMO / DESA / IUCN / WorldFish Center /GRID-Arendal)
Healthy seas and coasts would pay healthy dividends in a green economy, according to a report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners that highlights the huge potential for economic growth and poverty eradication from well-managed marine sectors. The report argues that the ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems, which are currently in decline around the globe, can be boosted by shifting to a more sustainable economic paradigm that taps their natural potential - from generating renewable energy and promoting eco-tourism, to sustainable fisheries and transport.
ICPD Beyond 2014 – new website
ICPD Beyond 2014 is the official website for the UNFPA-led global review process of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action. This site details the progress of the Cairo vision to improve the lives of all people. ICPD Beyond 2014 aims to consolidate comprehensive information and personal reflections about the continuing relevance of the PoA. The site is open for engagement and contributions from our partners, stakeholders, and the general public.
Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging sexual and gender-based violence in institutional setting (UNFPA)
This report – released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - documents the work of one such effort, the Mobilising Men initiative, led by the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex in Britain) with support from UNFPA. Through partnerships with civil society groups in India, Kenya and Uganda beginning in 2009, the initiative trained men to be team activists in seeking gender balances. By immersing the participants in a programme of dialogue and action that challenge the inherent nature of male privileges and power structures in society – government, academia and workplace – the men learned a lot about themselves and how they can begin to address inequities.
World Youth Report: Youth Employment: Youth Perspectives on the Pursuit of Decent Work in Changing Times
A lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, vulnerable working conditions and insufficient government investment are some of the main concerns of young people around the world, according to a United Nations report on youth published on 6 February 2012. The latest World Youth Report, released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for the first time included inputs from young people – with many participating in an online discussion on youth employment.
Analytical study on the relationship between human rights and the environment: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/19/34)
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/19/34
This analytical study examines the key components of the relationship between human rights and the environment, with emphasis on the following themes: the conceptual relationship between human rights and the environment; environmental threats to human rights; mutual reinforcement of environmental and human rights protection; and extraterritorial dimensions of human rights and the environment.
Thematic study by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities (A/HRC/19/36)
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The present study focuses on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities. It analyses relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlights good practices in the field of participation of persons with disabilities in elections and in the conduct of public affairs, and identifies the main challenges that still prevent or limit the equal and effective participation of persons with disabilities in the political and public life of their countries.
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Pope Benedict: Renewal of Faith Must Be Church's Priority
The Holy Father said the Year of Faith seeks to awaken humanity at a critical moment Jan. 27.
VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA)—The upcoming 2012-2013 "Year of Faith" seeks to awaken humanity at a critical moment, Pope Benedict XVI said as he addressed the Church's highest doctrinal office on Jan. 27.
"In vast areas of the earth the faith risks being extinguished, like a flame without fuel," the Pope told assembled members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who met in a plenary session.
"We are facing a profound crisis of faith, a loss of a religious sense which represents one of the greatest challenges for the Church today."
Pope Benedict hopes the Year of Faith, which will run from Oct. 11, 2012, to Nov. 24, 2013, will contribute "to restoring God's presence in this world and to giving man access to the faith, enabling him to entrust himself to the God who, in Jesus Christ, loved us to the end."
"The renewal of faith," the Pope announced, "must, then, be a priority for the entire Church in our time."
His remarks to the doctrinal congregation came two days after the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the final day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The Pope spoke about the quest to reunite all Christians, as he acknowledged that ecumenical efforts had not always served to strengthen believers' faith.
Along with the "many good fruits that have emerged from ecumenical dialogue," there are also "risks of indifference and of false irenicism," which give the appearance of unity without regard for truth.
In today's world, the Pope observed, there is an "increasingly widespread" perception "that truth is not accessible to man,and that, therefore, we must limit ourselves to finding rules to improve this world."
"In this scenario," he noted, "faith comes to be replaced by a shallow-rooted moralism," which can cause the dialogue between Christian groups to become superficial.
"By contrast, the core of true ecumenism is faith, in which man encounters the truth revealed in the Word of God."
Pope Benedict told officials of the doctrine congregation, the office he led before his election to the papacy, that controversial issues cannot be downplayed or ignored in talks between the Catholic Church and other Christian churches and communities.
Matters of faith and morals, he said, "must be faced courageously, while always maintaining a spirit of fraternity and mutual respect. … In our dialogues we cannot overlook the great moral questions about human life, the family, sexuality, bioethics, freedom, justice and peace."
By defending the Church's authentic tradition, he observed, "we defend man, and we defend the creation."


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DeKALB – John Rey saw pedestrian bridges under construction to an urban renewal area.
Doug Baker saw a farmer's market three blocks long filled with community and university members, musical acts, survey research projects, a community living room of sorts, not far from campus.
The weekend of Sept. 14, Rey, DeKalb's mayor, and Baker, Northern Illinois University's president, saw these things on a trip to Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Baker was provost there before taking the NIU job.
With the NIU football team playing that weekend in Moscow, Baker saw an opportunity to further strengthen an already-strong friendship between himself and Rey. Through presentations with city and university officials, a bus tour and a trip to the farmer's market, Baker wanted to show Rey how Moscow, a community about half the size of DeKalb, and the University of Idaho worked together.
Then they watched the Huskies' football victory.
"[Moscow's farmer's market] became a place where you can see community being built and strengthened," Baker said. "I think those are things we can build on, those kinds of activities."
It was another step in Rey and Baker's early partnership as they attempt to alter the area's town-gown relationship with their mostly-shared vision of collaboration.
"I guess the teamwork that I saw present in Moscow is something I hope to build here in the DeKalb community," Rey said. "A can-do attitude was expressed from everybody that presented to us, and I realize they were showcasing their community, so I'm sure they were showing the positive edge of that, but a real can-do attitude and values from that community were seen in that community."
Rey said that when he first met Baker, he thought NIU's new president had a serious commitment to building a relationship between the community and the university.
"He acknowledged that is a part of his, being, if you will, in terms of focusing the university," Rey said. "I learned very quickly that, that concern from Doug is very sincere and heartfelt."
The feeling was mutual, and the two say they've become friends in the early parts of their tenures in their respective positions.
"It turned out we had a lot of shared ground," Baker said.
Baker's hire was approved in April, and he started at the end of June; Rey was elected in April. Both acknowledged that there were some inherent advantages of two new faces coming to the table with a fresh set of eyes and new ideas for a town-gown relationship that at times has been strained.
NIU Vice President of Public Safety and Community Relations Bill Nicklas has been on both sides of the town-gown relationship. He was Sycamore's city manager for 13 years and DeKalb's city manager from 1992-97 among various other city government positions.
Nicklas said it's important that both sides are willing to work together, and that tone is set at the top.
"What I hope is that both the city residents and businesses and all units of the university understand, and I think I'm seeing this, that this is a key moment," Nicklas said. "This is a moment unlike any that we can remember, to move together."
One key area of common interest Baker and Rey are pushing for is the "Communiversity Commons" portion of the DeKalb City Center plan that was adopted by the DeKalb City Council. The commons would stretch from the Kishwaukee River to First Street, an underutilized area between the NIU campus and downtown DeKalb.
Rey said he's in the process of forming a project management team that will oversee the city center plan, while Baker is focused on the strategic planning from the university side.
Baker said it will take time to conceptualize a design and then build support before any construction begins. He wants to get community stakeholders involved and get ideas and designs down on paper before the concept begins to take hold.
"So it will take a little time, but it's not an idle fancy," Baker said. "It's something we're really thinking about."
It all adds up to what the two hope will be a fruitful partnership with frequent collaboration that benefits the university and the city.
"They enjoy talking with each other," Nicklas said. "They kick around ideas. They're both idea people."
And with similar ideas, thus far, on what the town-gown relationship should be for this area.
"Really, Northern's future is DeKalb's future, and likewise DeKalb's future is Northern's future," Rey said. "The two are intertwined."


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You'll never have to break out the TV trays or ask your dinner guests to dine off their laps with Ozzio's beautiful transforming coffee table. One moment it's sitting low to the ground making it the perfect accessory for your living room set. And the next a gas lifting device brings it up to dining height while an expanding surface provides enough capacity for what looks to be at least ten guests.
It might not have quite enough table space for an entire Thanksgiving day spread, but given it will set you back $2,600+ you'll probably be dining on simple finger foods for a while anyways while you work to pay it off. [Ozzio via HomeChunk]


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A local board of health is a policy-making and enforcement body charged with protecting the public's health.
Under New Jersey state law, every municipality must provide for the functions of a local Board of Health. Most Boards are comprised
of private citizens appointed by the elected officials of their municipality and are charged with the responsibility for their
jurisdiction's public health. There are two categories that New Jersey Boards of Health fall into: Autonomous and Advisory.
An autonomous Board of Health has the legal authority to set health policy for its community by passing ordinances and adopting
codes on issues of public health. They also ensure that their municipality is in compliance with New Jersey's Local Health Services
Act and the NJ Public Health Practice Standards of Performance, the set of statutes and codes which lay the framework for public health
activities and assure every citizen has the right to a minimal level of public health protection. The Bernards Township Board of Health
is autonomous.
An advisory Board of Health has none of the legal powers of an autonomous Board. Basically, an advisory Board's function is just what
the name suggests -- to advise. Their recommendations are taken into account by the actual policymakers who might be the town council or
another unit of government.
Bernards Township Board of Health Members and appointment terms:
Additional Facts About the Board of Health:
The Board of Health meets the 2nd Thursday after the 1st Monday at 8pm January-June and September-October and then they meet the
1st Thursday of December at the Bernards Township
Health Department at 262 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Health of the Township of Bernards will meet to discuss or act upon public
business at 8:00 pm on each of the dates set forth below at the Bernards Township Health Department located at 262 South
Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
For more information please visit http://www.bernardshealth.org/ or Contact the Bernards Township Health Department at 908-204-2520.
The Bernards Township Health Department is located on:
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13 April
Events that occurred on 13 April.
[edit] On Earth
- 1902 - Voice actor Godfrey Kenton is born.
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 12.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 60.
- 1970 - Tom Shippey receives a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention.
- 2000 - Another edition of Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia is published.
- 2005 - German translator Wolfgang Krege dies.
[edit] In Arda
- Eorl the Young and the Éothéod travel towards the Field of Celebrant.
- Gandalf examines Bilbo's Ring and determines from its inscription that it is the One Ring. He tells Frodo of the Ring's history and Frodo volunteers to leave the Shire in order to secure the Ring.


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Cullen v. Pinholster
|Docket No.
|Op. Below
|9th Cir.
Nov 9, 2010
|Apr 4, 2011
Holding: Review under the federal habeas law is limited to the record that was before the state court which ruled on the claim on the merits. Moreover, on the record that was before the state court, Pinholster was not entitled to federal habeas relief.
Plain English Holding: When an inmate challenges his state death sentence on the grounds that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to present adequate mitigating evidence, a federal habeas court may only consider the evidence the inmate presented in support of that claim in the state courts. The Ninth Circuit erred in concluding that, on the basis of the state record alone, the inmate was entitled to habeas relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim.
Judgment: Reversed, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas on April 4, 2011. The Chief Justice and Justices Scalia and Kennedy joined the decision in full; Justice Alito joined the decision as to all but Part II of the Court's opinion; Justice Breyer joined the decision as to Parts I and II, and Justices Ginsburg and Kagan joined the decision as to Part II. Justice Alito filed a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment; Justice Breyer also filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, which Justices Ginsburg and Kagan joined in part.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- This week at the Court - in Plain English (Lisa McElroy)
- Opinion recap: Limits on new evidence in federal habeas proceedings (Matthew Seligman - Guest)
- Argument recap: Court considers role of (possibly) new evidence in federal habeas proceedings (Matthew Seligman - Guest)
- Argument preview: A Tale of Two Williamses (Matthew Seligman - Guest)
Briefs and Documents
Merits Briefs
- Brief for Petitioner Vincent Cullen, Acting Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin
- Brief for Respondent Scott Lynn Pinholster
- Reply Brief for Petitioner Vincent Cullen, Acting Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin
Amicus Briefs
- Brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the States of Pennsylvania, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the American Civil Liberties Union in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the Disability Rights Legal Center in Support of Respondent
Certiorari-Stage Documents
- Opinion below (9th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner's reply (unavailable)


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11/13/2012 | By Carisa Chappell
Hap Stein, chairman and CEO of Regency Centers Corp. (NYSE: REG), received the 2012 NAREIT Industry Leadership Award, and Bob Steers, co-chairman and co-CEO of Cohen and Steers, received the 2012 NAREIT Industry Achievement Award at REITWorld 2012: NAREIT's Annual Convention for All Things REIT in San Diego.
The awards were given on Nov. 12 to industry members who have "made outstanding contributions to the REIT industry and to NAREIT's own programs," said W. Edward Walter, president and CEO of Host Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: HST) and 2013 NAREIT Chair, at the awards ceremony.
Stein received the Edward H. Linde Leadership Award, named after the late CEO of Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP). Stein was honored for "consistently giving generously of his time to participate in NAREIT's Washington Leadership Forum events and providing leadership and support for NAREIT's Investor Outreach program," Walter said.
Stein served as NAREIT's chair in 2008, vice chair in 2007 and on NAREIT's executive committee from 2003 to 2010. Stein was also credited with making Regency Centers an industry leader in sustainability initiatives.
"I'm especially honored to have an award named after Ed Linde, one of my heroes," Stein said. "On behalf of the great people at Regency Centers whom I work with, a wonderful team, I accept this award."
Steers received the E. Lawrence Miller Achievement Award, named in honor of past NAREIT chair Lawrence Miller, the former CEO of Bradley Real Estate Trust, one of the industry's first REITs. Steers was recognized for helping to take REIT investments into the mainstream by explaining REITs to investors unfamiliar with the role that REITs play.
"Bob's tireless advocacy of REITs did much to put REIT investment on the map," Walter said.


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Illinois Beef Association: Working Together
DENVER - November's beef council profile is a conversation with Reid Blossom, executive director of the Illinois Beef Association, which operates on a "two-hat state" structure.
Q. How is the Illinois beef industry faring today?
A: Evaluating the state's industry now can't be done without acknowledging the drought our producers have faced for the last two years. Many of our cattlemen have been forced to sell cows, buy feed and take other steps necessary to deal with the consequences of being 10 inches to 20 inches behind on rainfall. Despite this, the Illinois cattle industry has some of the sharpest cattlemen in the country. We are one of the few states east of the Mississippi River to have every segment of the production chain, from cow-calf to harvest. Additionally, some of the most recognized and successful seedstock operations are located in the Land of Lincoln.
Q. What is the state's beef checkoff history?
A. The checkoff in Illinois has a long history, tracing back to one of the oldest state promotion programs, which started in 1963. Today, checkoff dollars are spent in Illinois in a variety of areas from producer-led BQA certification efforts to large scale consumer gatherings like the Illinois State Fair and various events in the Chicagoland area. It's the country's third largest metro area, with a population of more than 9.8 million people. Among IBA's 2013 program priorities are to continue educating cattlemen on how to be better stewards of their land and animals – and giving producers more opportunities to talk about their beef operations to consumers and thought leaders.
Q. What kinds of advantages do you think the two-hat organizational structure provides to your fellow cattlemen and the state industry?
A: Certainly IBA's checkoff work is a benefactor of our operating status as a two-hat state. Our statewide board of checkoff directors meets in conjunction with our dues directors as two divisions of our IBA's board of governors. The checkoff directors and their representatives on our executive committee independently make all decisions on funding and budgeting of checkoff dollars. A benefit to our checkoff-funded work surfaces when local affiliate leaders and other interested cattlemen, some of whom sit as dues directors on our board, are able to plug themselves in to volunteer with promotion activities. Simply put, more cattlemen sitting down to talk about what we can all do together benefits us all.
Illinois at a Glance
Visit: www.illinoisbeef.com
Illinois Beef Association's Board: "More cattlemen sitting down to talk…benefits us all," says IBA Executive Director Reid Blossom. The two-hat IBA board includes officers and directors for both the checkoff and policy divisions, as well as at-large directors and ex officio non-voting members.


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A Reading for Easter
Reading 5749-12 Given March 24, 1940
Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Florence Edmonds, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller, Helen and Marsden Godfrey, Myrtle Demaio, Minnie and C. A. Barrett, and Hugh Lynn Cayce.
Gertrude Cayce: On this Easter day of 1940 we seek a discourse on the significance of the Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ.
Edgar Cayce: In giving that as might be significant in the experiences of those present, it is well that there be considered those conditions which exist in the world of thought, as well as in the political and economic situations throughout the world—if there is to be a practical application of the significance of the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ.
The life, the death, the resurrection of Jesus are as facts, in the hearts and minds of those here. The resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, is a significant fact to each individual only according to how he applies same (as it is significant to him) in his daily life, experience and conversation with his fellow man.
Then, in a material world—a world of hate, of divided opinions—what is the course that you each will pursue, in relationships to your fellow men?
Is it the course outlined by the tenets, the principles which He, the Teacher of teachers gave as respecting the manner of life, of activity, that you each would give in your dealings and relationships with your fellow men?
We know, and only need to be reminded, that the whole law is in Him. For, as He gave that which is the basis, the principle, of the intent and desire and purpose which should prompt our activity, so we in our own world—as we live, as we speak, as we pray—are to let it be in that tempo, in that way and manner which was prompted by Him, as He taught His disciples how to pray.
Then, as we analyze this prayer in our experience, we see what the life, the death, the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ—who is the way, the truth, the light—must mean in this period in the experience of man.
Think not that He, God, will be mocked. For, whatsoever a man soweth, that must he also reap. This was truly exemplified in the life of the Man of Galilee. For, in Him we all live, we all move, we all die. So, in Him we are all made alive.
Put away hate, malice, jealousy, or the taking sides with any that stir up strife.
Be ye rather on the Lord's side—knowing that no man is in any position of power or might save by the will of the Father, that there may be fulfilled that which has been promised of Him, by Him, and through that advent of the man Jesus into a material world.
Then, as ye meditate upon the meaning of the resurrection of this man of God—know that the way is open to thee to approach the throne of God; not as an excuse, not as a justification, but rather in love, in harmony, in that which brings hope for a sin-sick world.
Each individual, then, may act, may live, may pray—in his or her own little sphere of activity—in such a manner as to bring peace and harmony, even among those who appear to be at variance to the cause of the Christ in the material world.
Let not thy heart be troubled, then. Ye believe in God; believe also in Him—who came to bring peace, and the way to the Father, exemplifying same in the ability to take away death - that is as sin in the experience of man.
And thus may he (man) indeed love the Lord with all his heart, and his neighbor as himself.
We are through.


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Margot Adler
This is the third revised and updated edition of your seminal book "Drawing Down the Moon". Do you think there will come a point where you will no longer desire to update and revise the work? Is this a life-work or do you think you'll come to a point where the book is "finished" and you won't feel the need to do more revisions or updates.
When I first wrote Drawing Down the Moon, I had no idea that it would become the main history of Paganism in the United States, and continue to be regarded as such a resource. The first serious revision which was done in 1985 and was published in 1986 was necessary because the movement had changed so much due to the festival phenomenon, the emergence of new groups like the radical faeries Now, it seemed necessary to revise again because the movement has probably tripled or even quadrupled in size; some festivals are huge; the movement has mainstreamed and opened itself to families and children. Also, the internet has brought huge changes to the movement. There are probably more than 5000 Pagan websites and there are people who come to Paganism completely through the internet, for good and bad. I could go on and on. So, I have no idea if this will be the last update or not. What might happen is that in a few years I will put out a new resource guide as I did in 97, with no other changes.
Despite the explosion of Pagan publishing since 1979, your work is still pretty unique. Did you expect the book to remain so important to our communities (and to outsiders looking in), and do you think with the growth of modern Paganism that such a work like "Drawing Down" would even be possible in today's communities?
As I said, I never expected the book to have, as it were, a movement behind it to fuel its success. I do think it would be possible to do a completely new book today, but it would take even more time than my original work took, and that was three years. And remember that was the 70's. You could actually live on a $7500 advance with a part time job. That would be impossible today. So the book could be written today, but it would be much harder to survive and do it.
One area that receives a sizeable update is reconstructionism. How have your feelings changed about religions like Asatru? Do you have much contact with other reconstructionist faiths like the Celtic, Hellenic, and Kemetic reconstructionist communities? What role do you think such movements play in the larger modern Pagan context?
My feelings have changed about Northern European Paganism, or Heathenism, including Asatru. I started with a pretty negative view about it, stressing the groups that were racist and so forth. But I have really come to see the movement as incredibly diverse, and growing! I have met Heathens from all kinds of ethnic origins, and gay Heathens. Heathenism is incredibly complex, with different strains philosophies, and shamanic practices. As for Hellenic Paganism, remember that was my first love, and is still really the deep Paganism of my heart. If Wicca hadn't been the only thing in my back yard in 1971 and 1972, I would have ended up in a Greco-Pagan group, if such had been available. I have had very limited encounters with Kemetic groups, only a few contacts, so far.
You have listed yourself as not only a Pagan, but as a Unitarian-Universalist. Your book "Drawing Down the Moon" is listed in the Unitarian Universalist Association Ministerial Fellowship Committee Reading List (and is in fact the only book on modern Paganism in that list), and Pagan and "Earth-Centered" spiritualities make up around 20% of the UUA. What role do you see congregational religion playing in modern Paganism? Is our involvement with bodies like the UUA a positive thing? Where do you see that relationship developing?
I became a Unitarian-Universalist through the back door as it were. I was put on the board of CUUPS, the Pagan UU organization, and then from there sort of joined a church, and even was a delegate a couple of times to their General Assembly. But I am not a church goer, I may go to my local UU church a couple times a year at most. I mainly associated myself with the organization to fight for the sixth source, to have earth-based spirituality included as an important part of Unitarian-Universalism, and that fight was won. But I am not an organization type. I think having a congregational part of Paganism is mostly very good, particularly for people in small communities where Paganism is still in the closet; it provides a respectable cover for feminist spirituality, men's spirituality, rituals, etc.
Are there trends and movements within modern Paganism that you wish you could have added to the updated edition of "Drawing Down" but couldn't due to time or space constraints?
I think I did pretty well on some of trends, particularly on the changes in festivals which I think are huge… Some festivals are now so large, and there is so much new music and ritual, that we are fragmenting a bit which is complex. Once everyone knew the same chants, that's impossible now. If I had had more time I would have expanded some of the sections, included more traditions and visited more festivals and groups to get a sense of what is new. And the 300 groups, festivals and newsletters in my resource guide would have been more than 600.
What are your current frustrations with the modern Paganism movement? What one piece of constructive criticism would you give our communities today? Have your frustrations changed over the last 30 years or are many of them the same?
Actually, many of my frustrations with Paganism are the same as always. Isaac Bonewits once said that the basic principles of a polytheistic outlook make certain abuses less common, but it doesn't mean they don't happen. I still find egos, guruism, arbitrary rules, "by the book" attitudes in a religion that is supposed to be in contrast to the religions of the book, and so forth. On the other hand, Paganism now has real leaders, people who are doing real work to heal the planet, real nature sanctuaries, seminaries, charitable organizations, and that was much less true when I started out. Also, the large Pagan organizations – places like Circle, EarthSpirit, that is something no one anticipated when all of us thought entirely of circles, covens and groves. There are now people who come into Paganism through these organizations, that is a new difference.
Which voices within modern Paganism today do you feel are shining a light towards our future? Who are we not listening to that we should?
I really don't know how to answer this. I think we are beginning to have real elders, people who have been in this movement for 40 years, and some of them have re
al wisdom to impart. Then there are young people, often the third generation and second generation Pagans are a really interesting phenomenon, and some of them are dynamite!!!! I also love that there are actually books that are deeper than mine at this point…I started out when there were few books around, except for Murray, Gardner, Graves, Lethbridge, Justine Glass, and a few others. "Triumph of the Moon" is utterly brilliant! I think we have to keep true to the anti-authoritarian, pluralistic spirit at the heart of contemporary Pagansim. It is truly an antidote to the authoritarian religions of our time.
Do you think you'll ever write another book on Paganism, or do you feel that "Drawing Down" is your definitive statement and contribution?
I might well write a totally different kind of book on Paganism. But first I have to stop being a wage slave and get my 10th grader into and through college.
Since the first edition of "Drawing Down" academic works about(and by)Pagans have expanded considerably. Do you keep up much with current scholarship within Paganism? If so, what works have impressed you?
Triumph of the Moon by Hutton, some of Chas Clifton's works, there are many works I like that are recent, including "Witching Culture" by Magliocco and "Coming to the Edge of the Circle," by Bado-Fralick, in fact my bibliography is about double the size it was last time. But Triumph is my favorite book.
Where do you see yourself within the world of modern Paganism? How has that conception changed since 1979? As one of the most "famous" modern Pagans, what role do you envision for yourself in the years to come?
Heavens! I don't have a clue! I hope to keep a bit of humor and humility, and tell people that this is a hugely important movement for changing the world and ourselves but that doesn't mean we should take ourselves overly seriously. I think some of the things I emphasize in speeches, that the sacred is in the hear and now, that you don't have to die to "get the good stuff," that everyone's ancestors way, way back were Pagan, and that every person in the U.S. had their ancient traditions torn from them, whether through slavery, colonialism or by assimilation, and that it is possible to combine ecstasy and rationality, body and mind, and that reality is like a jewel, more paths mean a richer deeper reality, those are the kinds of things I have always emphasized and continue to. Other than that, I am still a minstrel, singing, chanting, doing ritual and believing in the polytheistic vision, and being involved in less magic and more earth reverence.


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Bisons start homestand strong
Nick Evans delivered a seventh-inning two-out base hit to give the Bisons the lead and the win over Norfolk at Coca-Cola Field on Friday Night, 4-2.
Bubba Bell slapped a single into right-field with one-out in the seventh, after Luis Figueroa flew-out Evans strolled to the plate. Bell managed to steal second, and then move to third on a wild-pitch. The stolen base was Bell's second on the year.
Evans drove a single through the gap in right-center-field scoring Bell easily from third. The single extended Evans hit-streak to 14-games, the Herd's longest active streak.
"It's a, 3-2, count, I think the pitcher threw him a slider and Evans stayed on it and delivered once again," manager Tim Teufel said.
The Bisons got on the board first in the bottom of the first-inning when Zach Lutz drove a home run over the right-center-field wall. It was his fourth homerun of the season and pushed his average to .326 in 27 games with the Bisons. In 14-games since being activated off the disabled list Lutz has hit .340 (17-50).
"That homerun to right-field was kind of majestic in a way because it was against the wind, it was high and it was far. Lutz put a really good swing on it," said Teufel.
Lutz left the game after taking a pitch in the head during the fourth inning.
"It hit him in a good spot, right near the ear and there's not much padding on the helmet there," Teufel said. "He still has a little headache but we'll be able to tell better tomorrow."
Pat Misch worked six innings of two-run ball only setting the side down in order during the sixth and final-inning he pitched. Misch managed to catch one-runner attempting to steal in the fifth-inning with a great pick-off move to first.
"Pat did a great Job," said Teufel. "He was around the plate the whole night. This is back-to-back outings where he's pitched well, he's very successful when he pitches down and in the knee area."
The only runs Misch allowed came on a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and then a leadoff homerun in the fifth inning.
Misch set down a season high seven Norfolk batters on strike-outs. He struck-out six batters in his first start of the season on an April 4, loss to Pawtucket. Misch left with a no-decision in his seventh start of the 2011 season.
"Tonight he had a really good fastball and he was elevating it and getting some strike-outs, but then he went back to the curveball and I think that's a key pitch for him," Teufel said.
Fernando Martinez added the fourth-run of the game with his fifth-homerun of the season. Martinez drove the ball into left-center field to give the herd a two-run lead.
Jason Botts ended the game by making a sliding catch in short left-field to retire the final Norfolk batter and give the Herd the win in the first game of a 10-game homestand.
Game Notes: Zach Lutz continued to be hot at the plate since returning from the disabled list driving a homerun over the wall in right-center-field during the first inning, Lutz left the game after being hit by a pitch in the helmet during the fourth inning…Pat Misch worked through six innings striking out seven Norfolk batters, and giving up two-runs, one coming on a homerun I the fifth inning…Nick Evans continues his hot-streak hitting in his 14th consecutive game.


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The Morgan Library
The Morgan was founded by Pierpont Morgan in 1906 and made a public institution in 1924, serving as a scholarly research library as well as a full service museum.
The historical and architectural significant buildings of the Morgan were, the 1906 American Renaissance building by Charles McKim of McKim, Mead & White, the 1928 Annex, designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris and the nineteenth century townhouse, known as the Morgan House.
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The new steel and glass structures by Renzo Piano preserves the historic buildings and creates three new modestly scaled pavilions. The pavilions are joined to the massive stone buildings by vertical slots of glass.
The new main entrance, facing Madison Avenue, leads to the heart of the design,
a fifty-two-foot-high glass roofed courtyard, inserted between the J.P. Morgan house, the original library building and its annex, from which all other museum and library activities radiates.
Located in the largest of the three pavilions, the glass enclosed courtyard give visitors a view of the side and back of the McKim Building, never before publicly accessible, and of the neighborhood prewar apartment buildings through a towering window at the rear. The other two pavilions, containing a gallery and offices, complete the three sides of the light-filled atrium.
A café and a couple of ficus trees, planted in circular cuts in the wooden floor, give the courtyard a piazza like feeling. Glass stairs and an enclosed elevator connects to the upstairs landing and the Reading Room, located in a naturally lit space above the main entrance.
Piano placed half the project below ground to gain additional space without eclipsing the historic buildings or compromising the neighborhood's architectural integrity.
An atrium below ground leads to the 280-seat Gilder Lehrman Hall, clad in panels of burnished red cherry wood, and a three-level subterranean vault, containing the Morgan's extensive collection.
The new exhibition spaces are located in both the new structure and the 1928 Annex.
The small 20 x 20 x 20′ cube gallery, between the library and the annex, is the only gallery that admits diffused daylight through the glass roof.
New landscaping surrounding the Library enhances the fully enclosed, park like setting.
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GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WBAL/CNN) - A Maryland man opened fire on two men during an early morning break-in.
Authorities say Thomas Fisher was returning from his chicken coop when he saw his fiancée struggling with intruders.
Fisher grabbed a shotgun, chased the intruders out of the house and shot one of them in the leg.
"The only reason I have guns is most of them are old guns that was left for me by family members that just lay around in case anything ever happens," Fisher explained. "I'm always trying to make sure I'm prepared like everybody should. I mean, these guys, they could have had guns themselves."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Adolf Hitler's last known album of artworks stolen by the Nazis during World War II is being donated to the National Archives to mark the anniversary of the war's end in Europe.
The leather-bound "Hitler Album" joins dozens of others recovered by the U.S. Army to identify and return stolen art. The album being turned over to the archives Thursday catalogued French collections.
The story of the Army's effort to trace and return looted art was made famous by the movie "The Monuments Men" starring George Clooney and Matt Damon.
The Monuments Men Foundation is donating the album to the archives with one of the last surviving "Monuments Men" who was part of the real recovery team.
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You have all the high scores on the Rock Band leader boards, and you have spent hours with your friends creating the best possible avatars. Your logo, your characters, and your vision of your band's image are perfect, but now what? With Rock Band 2, you'll be able to log into the official site, pull up images of your band, and then order posters, T-shirts, and other merchandise with your logo or images of your band.
The Harmonix booth had examples of the interface: you can pose your characters, add filters and special effects, and then create custom posters and T-shirts. If that isn't enough, you'll also be able to order action figures of your custom characters showing off all your hard work. Basically, you can create and market your own virtual band.
It's an interesting idea, and the shirts and posters that Harmonix showed us looked great, but are people really ready to wear the logo of a band they created while playing musical instruments? That's an open question, but I'm looking forward to seeing what my own avatar looks like with my custom guitar and tattoos.


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IAPB's 9th General Assembly, held from 17-20 September 2012 in Hyderabad, India was arguably the biggest gathering of eye care professionals covering every aspect of eye health. With more than 1600 registered delegates from 86 countries, IAPB's quadrennial event lived up to its theme, "Eye Health: Everyone's Business".
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The level of tuition fees you are liable for is based on your fee status, which we assess based on government regulations. The criteria we use are listed in our Fee assessment guidance notes [pdf], and other useful information is available from the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).
The UK Government has confirmed that students with an EU fee status who are commencing or continuing their studies in the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years will continue to pay the Home rate of tuition fees for the duration of their course.
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Eating Outdoors Poses Food Safety Risks
Learn how to avoid spoiling the summertime party
Eating outdoors in the summer is something to look forward to for family reunions, barbecues, picnics and dinners al fresco on the patio. But food-borne bacteria, which thrive in hot weather, can put a damper on outdoor dining. Follow a few simple rules of food handling and you will enjoy delicious burgers and potato salad rather than a bellyache.
See also: Cut cancer risk from grilling meat.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises basic sanitary food handling practices such as washing your hands, cooking meat and poultry thoroughly, and avoiding cross-contamination of utensils and platters. When transporting food from the refrigerator to the picnic table, it is critical to keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot.
Cold foods:
- Cold perishable food should be kept in a cooler at 40 degrees F. with ice or frozen gel packs until serving time.
- Clean fruits and vegetables with running water and dry with a clean cloth or paper towel before packing them in the cooler.
- Foods like chicken salads or desserts in individual serving dishes should be placed on ice in a shallow container.
- After everyone has been served, do not keep food out for more than two hours — and make that only one hour if the temperature exceeds 90 degrees F.
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- Hot foods should be kept at 140 degrees F. or above.
- Store hot foods in an insulated container until serving.
- As with cold foods, hot food items should not sit out for more than two hours, or one hour when the temperature is over 90 degrees F. If food has been left out longer, throw it away to be safe.
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Safe grilling tips:
- Marinate meats, poultry and seafood in the refrigerator or properly stored at 40 degrees F. in a cooler.
- Keep raw foods separate.
- Do not use a plate or utensils that previously held raw meat, poultry or seafood without washing them in soapy water first.
- Cook food thoroughly and bring a thermometer to be sure.
The tantalizing aroma of meat on a sizzling hot grill may be among the best things about summertime. But grilling is not only for carnivores. If your food preferences lean toward vegetables and grains, we have recipes for you too. So fire up the grill and try a few of these dishes today.
Even the reluctant vegetable eater will savor the smoky sweetness of zucchini, eggplant, peppers, corn and potatoes cooked on the grill. This recipe calls for a balsamic marinade, but grilled vegetables are also delicious brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with a bit of kosher salt before placing on a hot grill.
Grilled Pizza With Pancetta, Porcini and Fontina
Use this recipe to learn how easy it is to grill a pizza. Once you have the basics, add the toppings that you like. Californians love barbecued chicken pizza and ham and pineapple is popular everywhere. If you prefer cheese and vegetables only, spinach and feta cheese. Fresh pizza dough is available now in most supermarkets deli cases of make your own if you have the time.
Don't be put off by the title of this recipe thinking this is too low-brow for your next backyard barbecue. The meat will be so tender it falls off the bone.
Lamb Burgers with Yogurt Cucumber Sauce
Grilled ground meat patties are a constant on the world's barbecue trail. Greek grill masters use ground lamb instead of beef. These lamb burgers buzz with Greek flavors—garlic, oregano, and mint. A refreshing tzatziki—yogurt cucumber dip—is the sauce. To complete the Greek theme, serve the burgers on pita bread instead of buns.
These ribs were inspired by a popular appetizer common in Chinese restaurants, dark, shiny, and supernaturally crimson, with a candy-sweet crust and a meaty but tender inside. The ribs combine the sweetness of five-spice powder and hoisin sauce against the earthy taste of roast pork. These are some of the tastiest ribs on the planet.
About 4 minutes on a side will be enough for most fish steaks such as salmon or other firm fish. There isn't a faster meal this delicious and good for you.
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This strange, silvery sausage drifted over New Jersey yesterday, prompting fears that a UFO might be menacing the Garden State.
According to the New Jersey Star Ledger:
Somerville Police Lt. Donna Young said authorities were not sure what the object was, but said it caused no problems other than tying up police phone lines shortly before noon.
"We have no idea what it was but it did not cause any problems here in Somerville," she said. "We are under the impression that it might be a weather balloon or something like that, but regardless, it did not cause any problems whatsoever."
The Air Traffic Control Tower in Morristown did not have any pilot reports of the object, nor did officials at Solberg Airport in Hunterdon, Somerset Airport in Bedminster and Blairstown Airport in Warren County.
Though some Jerseyites were obviously alarmed, others responded with the attitude that has made this state famous the world over. Groused a commenter on the Star Ledger website:
Are people really this stupid? Why would you flood 911 with calls on this. Even if it were a secret spaceship, what the hell is 911 going to do.
That's a good question.
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