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Worldwatch Institute Travels to Doha, Qatar for COP18
Panels and roundtables will address the state of global climate negotiations and renewable energies development; solutions to increase energy access; creating low-emission economies; and sustainable energy roadmaps in small island nations.
At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, informally known as the Earth Summit, 154 countries signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). By ratifying this treaty, these signatories demonstrated their commitment to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. As of May 2011, the treaty had an additional 194 parties.
|Click here for the official COP18 Side Events and Exhibits program
Since 1995, the parties to the convention have met annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to evaluate their progress in combating climate change. This year's event, COP18, will bring government representatives, international organizations, and civil society leaders to Doha, Qatar. Here, attendees will work to advance the mandates of the original Convention, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the 2011 Durban Platform, and further develop various COP action plans implemented in previous years.
Worldwatch Climate and Energy Director Alexander Ochs and members of his team will participate in several events at the conference. They will offer insights from their experiences advising governments around the world in their transitions to sustainable economies. Their upcoming work will take them to countries throughout Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, China, Europe, India and North America where they will help key policymakers identify feasible low-emissions development strategies.
On Saturday, December 1, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will host a Roundtable Discussion addressing government policies which provide incentives for a shift towards a low-carbon economy, and the possible trade- and trade policy implications thereof. Panelists will discuss whether the current rules provide the flexibility countries need so as to design effective policies for climate change action. Worldwatch's Alexander Ochs will draw upon the recent REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2012 and share insights from policy assessment work that Worldwatch has conducted with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as well as individual countries when working with them on their energy strategies.
Also on Saturday, December 1, the International Climate Initiative (ICI) will host a networking and knowledge sharing workshop bringing together representatives of projects financed by ICI that supports climate mitigation around the world. Participants will share experiences among the ICI project community, discuss ideas, approaches and open questions, reflect on challenges and technical developments as well as identify good practices and recommendations. Ochs will share lessons learned from Worldwatch's Sustainable Energy Roadmap projects in the Caribbean.
On Wednesday, December 5, the Climate Institute, along with other partner organizations including the UN Foundation, the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, the World Bank, and the Worldwatch Institute, will host a panel to showcase some of the leadership initiatives by island nations, and programs by the international and regional organizations in support of these island economies. Ochs will share insights from Worldwatch's Sustainable Energy Roadmap work in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica, as well as for Caribbean Community and Common Market.
Ochs will also be taking part in meetings hosted by the International Climate Initiative where he is a member of the International Advisory Committee, the Low Emissions Development Global Partnership (LEDS-GP) where chairs the Energy Platform, as well as the Climate Knowledge Development Network and the International Council for Sustainable Energy.
The following is the full list of events in which the Worldwatch Institute will be participating:
Government Provided Incentives for Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy - Trade Implications
When: Saturday, December 1 – 9.00-11.30 a.m.
Where: Retral Al Rayyan Hotel, Dafna, Diplomatic District, Doha, Qatar
Who: Alexander Ochs, Climate and Energy Director, Worldwatch Institute
Organizers: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (RSVP required)
Developing Building Blocks of a Global Mitigation Architecture
When: Saturday, December 1– 14:00 – 18:30
Where: Hotel InterContinental Doha (room "Al-Diwan") on Al Istiqlal Street, Doha, Qatar
Who: Alexander Ochs, Climate and Energy Director, Worldwatch Institute
Organizer: International Climate Initiative of the German Ministry of the Environment (RSVP required)
What: Sustainable Energy for Island Economies - A High Impact Opportunity
"Sustainable Energy for Island Economies" has been identified as one of the High Impact Opportunities of the UN Secretary General's Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. This UN initiative seeks to achieve the goal of Sustainable Energy for All by 2030 by meeting three inter linked global targets: universal access to modern energy services; doubling energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in world's energy supply.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise a group of nations with potential to meet and exceed the targets of SE4ALL, and in some cases achieve up to 100% renewable energy in the power sector. A number of SIDS and island economies have set ambitious targets for themselves, some with time lines of 2020 or sooner. In addition, a number of island economies and territories within bigger nations are working on plans to develop their renewable energy resources and become models of sustainability.
This event is the second in a series of outreach efforts to showcase some of the leadership initiatives by island nations, and programs by the international and regional organizations in support of these island economies. It is also an effort to build a coalition of partners at the SE4ALL platform that share a common vision – that through leadership initiatives in select pilot nations, and concerted and coordinated actions by international community, it is possible to fast track several small island nations to achieve independence from imported fossil fuels by 2020. This would not only result in economic development on these participating islands but also set examples for others to follow, and help accelerate the progress on achieving the global energy access and sustainable energy goals by 2030.
When: Wednesday, December 5 – 11:30 – 13:00
Where: Side Event Room 8, Qatar National Convention Center, Doha, Qatar
- Introduction – VISION 20/30, Nasir Khattak, Climate Institute
- Sustainable Energy for All, Pradeep Monga, UNIDO
- Tonga Energy Road Map, Mr. Mahe Tupouniua, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tonga
- Province of Bohol as a Sustainable Energy Island, Senator Heherson Alvarez, Philippines
- Energy Road Map of Dominican Republic, Omar Ramirez, Secretary of State and Vice President, National Council for Climate Change and CDM, Dominican Republic (invited)
- MOZA Project, Qatar, Tom Hawat, PANGAEON
- SIDS DOCK, David Payton, UNDP
- Energy Road Maps in the Caribbean, Alexander Ochs, Worldwatch Institute
- Private Sector Solutions, Harry Verhaar, Philips Lighting
Organizers: Vision 20/30, in partnership with Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL), United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the Worldwatch Institute, and others.


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ShopRite - Partners in Caring
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Hunger is a serious issue in our country, one that seems to be overlooked far too often. I, myself, have been hungry and had to go to various community resources to feed myself and my children. Therefore, this subject is very close to my heart and I was very eager to be involved in this project.
ShopRite - Partners in Caring is an organization that helps fight hunger and has been doing so for 10 years. Learn more about the organization below.
ShopRite Partners In Caring & General Mills: A Partnership for Caring
Since the inception of ShopRite Partners In Caring (SRPIC) in 1999, General Mills has been one of the program's most supportive vendor partners, helping to fight hunger in communities across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
For the last nine years, General Mills has honored ShopRite store associates and people in the ShopRite trading area who help fight hunger in their communities by featuring them on the iconic Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios boxes. The people who have appeared on these limited-edition boxes through the years are true hunger-fighting heroes. The box has featured ShopRite associates who help raise funds and awareness of the issue of hunger, food bank directors who are on the front lines of the fight against hunger, and community heroes, both children and adults, who go above and beyond to help provide food for the needy. Athletes, movie stars and celebrity faces may appear on other cereal boxes in supermarket aisles, but Cheerios is reserved for those who are engaged in the fight to end hunger.
Once a year, all 217 ShopRite stores are asked to take part in a special contest. The stores compete against each other to raise money for ShopRite Partners In Caring and to promote awareness about hunger. At the end of the contest, judges from General Mills and ShopRite select the top ShopRite stores, who nominate two associates from their store to appear on a limited-edition Cheerios box.
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of ShopRite Partners In Caring, four Cheerios custom boxes were created and sold exclusively at ShopRite stores. The first hit store shelves in September, 2008 to announce a search for ten community heroes that have given their all to help fight hunger. The second, in stores in January 2009, honored food banks in the Northeast for their endless support of those less fortunate. The third box, which was available in March, featured ShopRite store associates and the ten winning hunger-fighting heroes of the September 2008 contest. The fourth, a Honey Nut Cheerios box, will be in ShopRite stores in January, featuring bloggers who use their influence to spread the word about hunger and help raise awareness about the issue.
ShopRite Partners In Caring - How It Started
The ShopRite organization recognized the pervasive problem of hunger experienced by so many people right in the neighborhoods served by their stores. It's a problem that not only exists during the holiday season, when attention is focused on charitable giving, but it also exists throughout the year. ShopRite had already been helping to fight the problem of hunger for more than 20 years through its support of the Feeding America network (formerly America's Second Harvest) and through participation in the Checkout Hunger program, but wanted to do more.
In 1999, ShopRite conceived and began its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, a year-round, community based hunger fighting initiative. With the help of more than 50 manufacturers, the program is committed to helping to feed and meet the nutritional needs of families and the elderly who may otherwise go without. These generous companies are a major reason why ShopRite Partners In Caring has been such a success.
Today, the ShopRite Partners In Caring program supports 23 regional food banks and more than 1,400 charitable agencies with food or meal components. With a $2 million annual donation, more than $20 million has been donated since 1999 in the fight against hunger.
How It Works
Companies that have joined ShopRite in the fight against hunger are marked in stores with the ShopRite Partners In Caring shelf label. By choosing these products, ShopRite customers support manufacturers who contribute to the program.
Each of the 217 ShopRite stores in the six states that ShopRite serves (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland) selects qualified local organizations to benefit from the program. These local food charities use their designated funds to acquire supplies at a food bank.
Who Is Served
More than 36 million Americans go to bed hungry every night – 12 million of them are children. They could be your neighbors, people you know in the community or maybe somebody you said "hello" to this morning. ShopRite is committed to making a difference in the lives of its neighbors. That's why ShopRite Partners In Caring dollars ultimately service a variety of organizations with feeding capabilities including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child care centers, battered women's shelters, senior programs, drug rehab centers, programs for the mentally and physically disabled, after school programs and other organizations that support those in need in ShopRite communities.
Every time a customer purchases products with the ShopRite Partners In Caring shelf tag, they support the brands that support the fight against hunger. At ShopRite, customers are not just filling a grocery bag; they are helping to fill empty bowls for thousands of hungry families in your community.
ShopRite Partners In Caring is the Recipient of the Following Awards – among others:
• Good Neighbor Award – Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
• Retailer of the Year Award – America's Second Harvest/Feeding America
• Outstanding Achievement Award – Hudson Valley Food Bank
• Crystal Toque Award – Philadelphia and South Jersey
• Outstanding Spirit Award – Monmouth and Ocean County Food Bank
• Connecticut Food Bank – Bill Liddell Award
• Corporate Excellence Award – Food Bank for New York City
For more on the program, visit www.ShopRitePartnersInCaring.org
*If you comment on this post, General Mills and ShopRite will donate one box of cereal to a food bank in ShopRite's trading area for the first 30 people who comment on this post.

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text: Business Matters: The Power of Collaboration February 28, 2012 09:19 PM The well-known adage "two heads are better than one" bolsters the value of collaboration. Large companies often collaborate in specific areas to improve the overall quality and value of their products. The resulting economic efficiencies can lead to business consolidations, further improving profit opportunities for both companies. For example, even though Steve Jobs (Apple) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) were competitors, they worked together on various fronts, yielding large financial gains with mutual benefits. As technology plows into agriculture at breakneck speed, there will be significant challenges and opportunities ahead. Who will you collaborate with? Opportunities. One compelling fact about farmers is that the average age is pushing 60. The transitional changes during the next 10 years, coupled with any economic challenges, have the potential to be massive. Many senior producers have yet to determine a successor; some have no family members interested in returning to the farm. Conversely, there are young farmers looking to get their foot in the door or expand their operation. This dynamic presents a unique opportunity for young and old alike to collaborate. Why? Improving one's quality of life is a significant motivator in collaboration efforts. In particular, most senior producers place a high value on time, and they want to enjoy life more as their career begins to wind down. Younger producers also value time with their family and children. Creating a better work–life balance can translate into higher levels of productivity on the farm. Researchers define quality of life as: "Contentment with everyday life; the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced in everyday life." You might also consider money as a component of quality of life; however, in my experience with collaborations, those who collaborate for the sole purpose of monetary gain are destined to fail. Economic Benefits. Bottom-line economic improvements can be huge with the proper structure and design of a collaboration effort. We each have our own niche or competency. The key is to align ourselves with others who complement our strong points and fill our gaps or bottlenecks. Placing more emphasis on what you're good at and allowing your partners to do the things they're good at can produce immediate results. For example, you might do a poor job of marketing grain, while your potential partner might be very effective. You might be a good mechanic, while your potential partner has always taken his equipment to the dealership for repairs. Another consideration is that when two or three producers join forces, they can be overloaded with equipment. This presents a win-win opportunity for consolidating and updating an equipment fleet that fits everyone involved. Additionally, there might be some in your alliance who would prefer to have more capital available for operating or other expenditures. This allows for a specialization structure where one party owns the equipment and another party invests capital in other areas, such as grain storage or land. There are also obvious tax advantages for the senior members to transition their equipment value over a period of time. This gives the younger producer access to higher-quality equipment at a lower financial risk while at the same time improving net worth. Managing your farm operation will continue to increase in complexity in the years ahead—and viewing other farmers strictly as competition could lead you to leave potential benefits on the table. Growing your farm business is not always about doing more. It's really about always doing better! Learn about the Top Producer Executive Network. Chris Barron is director of operations and president of Carson and Barron Farms Inc. in Rowley, Iowa. He is also a farm business consultant and the author of the AgWeb.com blog "Ask a Margins Expert." To submit questions and comments, e-mail Chris at firstname.lastname@example.com. Back to news


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Preston Hildebrand
As an International Studies major, I haven taken an array of classes in an increasingly varied range of fields: political science, history, economics, anthropology, sociology and languages. In a similar trend, I have had the pleasure of traveling more than most students. I spent my junior year in Washington, DC and in Hong Kong. During my senior year I competed in a Central Intelligence Agency simulation and spent a week in Japan. These experiences have solidified my love of Asia and my passion for security policies.
During the fall of 2011, I attended a program called the Washington Semester at American University. Two days a week I interned at the State Department and then devoted the other three days to attending policy meetings and think tank panel discussions, and reading intensively. I attended WSP for American foreign policy. As an intern at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, I was able to debrief returning Foreign Service Officers, particularly those returning from the Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq. What they told me in their interviews has taught me much about soft power and the impact our policies have on those in other nations.
The following spring, I attended Lingnan University in Hong Kong. I finally had the opportunity to take courses focused heavily on Asia and security. I took advantage of this. I also took advantage of my ability to travel so easily around Asia, an opportunity I will not have for some time in the future. I was able to visit China (Chengdu, Shanghai and Beijing) several times, South Korea and the Philippines. Seeing, smelling and tasting my way around these countries was an experience I can never forget. It forged the passion that has made me determined to work in the field.
During my senior year I was invited to join the team representing Washington College at the Tri-State Central Intelligence Agency Undergraduate Simulation at Georgetown. The simulation involved receiving "intelligence traffic" and, with the aid of actual CIA analysts, create briefings for senior analysts. Not only did Washington College walk away with the victory, but the simulation confirmed my decision to pursue a career in the intelligence community.
Most recently, I was given an incredible chance to return to Asia. Washington College's Japan Politics and Foreign Policy class received a grant from the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership. In addition to visiting museums, shrines, an onsen bath and a traditional inn during a Spring Break trip, we were able to meet with Japanese politicians and government workers at the national and local levels. While we spent the vast majority of our time in Tokyo, we traveled to Matsushima, where we presented the funds Washington College had risen in response to the Triple Disasters of 3/11 and also donated children's books to a new village library. We also volunteered in the areas believed to be a safe distance from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, still a source of unsafe levels of radiation. By the time I returned to the United States, I had already promised myself I would return to Asia as soon as I could.
By combining all these experiences, I ensured I had a firm grasp of how the foreign policy community functions. My time in Asia through study abroad and the trip to Japan fortified my love of Asia, while my time in DC with WSP and the simulation reinforced my desire to serve the United States in a capacity I know I can do well in and enjoy: the intelligence and foreign policy communities. Those introduction courses in International Studies at Washington College started this process and I can only thank them for instilling in me this desire that will carry me far into my first career.
Campus Involvement
- Major: International Studies
- Concentrations: Asia (China in particular) and strategic studies
- Languages: English and French
- Presidential Fellows
- Internship: Washington Semester Program (Fall 2010)
- Jazz Combo
- Jazz Ensemble
- Study Abroad: Spring 2011, Hong Kong (Lingnan University)
Summer Study Abroad Session
Looking into graduate programs for post-undergrad. Also looking into getting a job with the US government or a think tank/policy institute.
Future Plans
I am interested in strategic studies, which is a unique blend of political science, military policy, foreign policy, economic development and peace/ conflict resolution. China is a country that is on the rise in the international community, and it is a nation the United States cannot afford to overlook, which is why I am interested in pursuing a future career studying and working with China. Their perception of how a superpower should act in a global community is different than ours (Eastern vs. Western doctrine).


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Talented after dinner speakers can inject something extra special into what might otherwise be just another humdrum event. Get the right person for the job and the whole thing will come together with a speaker who can deliver something that's not only memorable and inspiring for your audience, but is also relevant to the very reason you've got all those people gathered together.
A celebrity speaker will add a touch of glamour to your event and may attract higher numbers to attend. Journalists and TV presenters have fascinating insights to pass on as they lift the lid on what goes on behind the scenes, once the cameras stop rolling. And who wouldn't be intrigued to learn about the inner workings of the political process from someone who's spent years in Westminster? Or the way in which great drama is crafted, along with the mishaps and triumphs that are part and parcel of an actor's life? There are many great sportsmen and women who will share the secrets of their success and tell the story of how they got to the top, including the reality of hard work, dedication and personal sacrifices made along the way.
At a corporate event you may consider engaging a sporting after dinner speaker from the world of commerce and there are plenty of high profile business leaders who can really inspire your audience. The important thing is to get someone who's a good match for your company and for the particular event you have in mind. Many speakers will work with you and spend time researching your company and tailoring their words to hit just the right note.
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Late last night, the story broke that President Obama would be sending 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan for an extended, nation-building stay in the region:
"Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term.
The president still has more meetings scheduled on Afghanistan, but informed sources tell CBS News he intends to give Gen. Stanley McChrystal most, if not all, the additional troops he is asking for."
But White House National Security Advisor James Jones strongly insists that this is not true, that the President still has absolutely know idea what he's going to do about Afghanistan, that he hasn't even reviewed his final options for what to do in Afghanistan, and that the Administration hasn't even put together such options to be reviewed in the first place:
"Reports that President Obama has made a decision about Afghanistan are absolutely false. He has not received final options for his consideration, he has not reviewed those options with his national security team, and he has not made any decisions about resources. Any reports to the contrary are completely untrue and come from uninformed sources."
Very telling, no?
The Administration not only admits, but fiercely insists that it has no idea what it's going to do about Afghanistan, and hasn't even really put together its final options. Are you doing anything over there, Mr. President!?
Anything other than aggressively debasing our currency, I mean? Think you can pencil in our dying troops and hemorrhaging military budget somewhere between trips to Copenhagen and playing with lightsabers on the White House lawn?
We elected Barack Obama a year ago. You'd think by now, he would have been able to figure out what direction to take in Afghanistan. This is just another of the many ugly faces of our new President.
We've seen Savior-in-Chief Obama, Commander-in-Thief Obama, Celebrity-in-Chief Obama, and now we've got Ditherer-in-Chief. But it's not so funny when people are dying.
Where has the anti-war movement gone? Where are the people who carried signs for the last eight years? Where are you people? Speak up because this is getting ridiculous.


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How to Keep Your Skin Healthy When it's Cold Outside
Maylin Rodriguez-Paez, RNEven though you may be enjoying the fall weather yourself, your skin probably isn't.
Why? Because humidity levels drop during the season and typically leave your skin more vulnerable to dryness and flaking.
Dry skin isn't only aesthetically frustrating, it's unhealthy as well. Fortunately, a couple of changes to your skin care routine and your diet can make a world of difference.
By taking the right measures, your skin can stay well-moisturized and healthy in the colder seasons. Below are some tips to help you accomplish just that.
Drink More Liquids to Hydrate Your SkinColder air holds less moisture, leaving your skin dry. So, one of the most fundamentally important things that you can do is to drink more water.
Simply put, drinking water hydrates your skin. It also nourishes it and improves its overall appearance.
Also, consider limiting caffeinated drinks and alcohol, as they can actually encourage dehydration.
Use Moisturizing Creams to Lock in MoistureUse a moisturizer right after a shower. This helps to lock in moisture that you've gathered when showering. Also, don't rub your skin dry to towel off. Instead, blot it to help retain moisture.
Definitely avoid moisturizers that contain alcohol — they dry out your skin. Instead, choose products that contain hyaluronic acid. This actually helps to attract water to your skin and "plump it up."1
Instead of using lotions, go for creams — they're usually more effective at keeping moisture in. Other good ingredients to look out for in products include jojoba oil, apricot kernel oil, and avocado oil.
Omega-3 Fats Also Help with Dry SkinDry skin can definitely be a product of cold weather, but it may also indicate an omega-3 deficiency.
In fact, studies show that people with eczema, a condition associated with dry, flaky skin, had improvements after taking 5.4 grams of DHA (an omega-3 fatty acid) daily for two months.2
Add this to the growing list of omega-3 fat benefits as another reason to be sure to get enough every day.
GLA Eases Inflammation that Leads to Dry SkinGLA, an omega-6 fatty acid found in borage oil, also helps to trap-in skin moisture.3
In a clinical study, elderly people reported less dryness after just 2 months of supplementing with 360 mg of GLA daily.4
Scientists think GLA works by easing inflammation which could cause dry skin, but the exact mechanism is still unclear.
Skin Loves CeramidesCeramides are fatty substances that are naturally found in the skin. They act as a natural "sealant" to lock in moisture.
A study showed 200 mg of wheat ceramides improved skin moisture in 95% of participants.5 Dermatological testing also revealed less flaking.
Rice, konjac root, and wheat are all natural sources of ceramides, but it's hard to get enough through diet alone. For this reason, the easiest and most effective way to obtain ceramides is by taking a high quality supplement.
Virgin Coconut Oil is Great for Your SkinVirgin coconut oil is a seriously great moisturizer. In fact, one study showed that it was just as effective as mineral oil.6
One of the extra benefits of coconut oil is that it contains monolaurin, which protects skin from disease-causing bacteria.7 This is extremely helpful, as dry cracked skin is far more susceptible to infection.
The Bottom LineYour skin doesn't have to suffer this fall or winter. In fact, it can look great if you make a few subtle changes to your daily routine.
Please try some of these suggestions as we head into these inevitably chilly winter months and find out for yourself. What have you got to lose?
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Friday, 18 April 2014 11:28 AM
The religious-themed demonstrations are the latest tactics in anti-government protests since early February that have convulsed the South American OPEC nation and led to 41 deaths.
But enthusiasm among opposition supporters for the street protests appears to be waning, with numbers dropping from previous months and Maduro's position seemingly safe despite his constant references to coup plots against him.
"We may be fewer, but we are staying on the street!" vowed law student Nicole Gonzalez, who joined hundreds in Caracas at a barefoot march on Wednesday and a staging of Jesus' "Via Crucis" walk with the crucifix on Thursday.
"These events symbolize the suffering we Venezuelans are enduring," added Gonzalez, 18, who gave up a planned Easter holiday with friends on Margarita island to protest instead.
About 500 demonstrators joined Thursday's enactment of the Christian tradition of the Stations of the Cross, where Jesus was said to have stopped on his way to being crucified.
Each stop symbolized one complaint, with placards reading "devaluation," "censorship" and "insecurity" for example. Police, though, blocked them from completing all 15 stops.
Nearby in the Chacao district of Caracas, about two dozen masked youths briefly took over a bus on Thursday, before battling with police, Reuters witnesses said. Residents fled during a two-hour standoff between militant protesters throwing petrol bombs and officers responding with teargas.
Students also planned mock crucifixions for Good Friday, and to burn puppets of Maduro and the government's powerful No. 2 Diosdado Cabello, in a twist on some Catholics' custom of symbolically burning Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
Student activists have effectively broken with Venezuela's moderate opposition leadership, who have begun talks with Maduro and his top officials in order to defuse the crisis.
Two rounds of formal talks, mediated by the Vatican's envoy in Caracas and foreign ministers from the South American bloc Unasur, have yielded few concrete results though they have calmed emotions around the country.
While both sides have agreed to form a truth commission to analyze recent events, the government has not acceded to opposition calls for an amnesty for opponents in jail.
The students, and hardline opposition figures like jailed protest leader Leopoldo Lopez and legislator Maria Corina Machado, oppose the talks unless all opponents are freed.
"This is not a dialogue. They haven't given anything, the government hasn't conceded a thing," said mother-of-two Carolina Fernandez, 48, carrying a cross with the word "Justice" emblazoned on it during the barefoot march in Caracas.
"We have achieved nothing yet. We have to keep fighting. I'm here to support these kids, to let them know they're not alone," added Fernandez, walking with her husband and son.
Frustrated by successive election losses, the protesters took to the streets from early February demanding solutions to Venezuela's rampant violent crime, soaring inflation, and shortages of basic goods from milk to car batteries.
Hardliners had hoped for a "Venezuelan Spring" that would oust Maduro, but they failed to bring millions onto the streets as they had wanted. Crucially for the president, the armed forces appeared to remain squarely behind him.
Some of the largest rallies drew tens of thousands, though, and sporadic protests continue around the nation.
Maduro says protesters, encouraged by the U.S. government and international media, are seeking to topple him as happened to his predecessor Hugo Chavez during a brief coup in 2002.
Those killed in daily street clashes around the country have included both government and opposition supporters, and members of the security forces. Most were shot dead.
More than 650 people have also been injured, and more than 100 people remain behind bars of some 2,000 arrested.
Dozens of students are camping outside the U.N. offices in Caracas, their colorful tents blocking a highway. Used teargas canisters are stacked on the floor as a symbol of repression.
"We're not moving until everyone's out of jail," said Efrain Barreto, 19, a languages student from the provincial city of Maracay. "They say we are fascists but this is a peaceful protest. They say we are bourgeoisie but look at us - we all come from humble families and can hardly pay our studies."
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Maduro, who calls himself the "son" of Chavez, has just celebrated the anniversary of his April 14 election last year. He wants to preserve the OPEC state's popular welfare policies while tinkering with his predecessor's statist economic model.
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Just as saying too much can be a speaker problem, so can the opposite. While all coaches advise brevity, giving someone room to ask a question or add a point, and keeping your remarks limited and focused, it's entirely possible that you're a speaker who needs to offer more words, rather than fewer. Here are seven situations where I'd like to hear more from you, if I'm in your audience:
- Answering a question: A simple "yes" or "no" don't work for me. I want to hear more, even just a little bit. Help complete the thought for me and reinforce the point that's being made. So if I ask whether you enjoyed speaking in Italy at a major conference, don't just say "yes." Tell me why. Describe something. Use the opening to tell me more. (Media interview tip: Answering more than yes-or-no is essential in a news media interview, and will help get your answer into the story--just keep it brief.)
- Agreeing or disagreeing: Likewise, if you're going to agree or disagree--whether it's with an audience member, the speaker who preceded you or a fellow panelist--tell me why. Add some data, share perspective, and use the opportunity to enlighten me. Please don't assume that I know, or that your point is obvious.
- Telling me a personal story: Personal stories can rivet an audience--if you give them room to do so. Think through the pacing and the plot. What hints can you drop early on that let me get the moral of the story later? What makes it funny or touching? Don't skimp when telling an anecdote.
- Telling me a technical story: Sometimes, explaining the technical will talke longer, or more words. In that case, just be sure to give it to me in manageable bites, if I'm part of a non-technical audience. Start with three key points, then elaborate on them one at a time.
- Explaining why speaking here matters: It may be just a formal stop for you: cutting a ribbon, opening a new facility, marking the organization's anniversary, an historic event. Make it sing for me by telling me why your being here today is significant to you, or better yet, to all of us in the room. Are you at my chapter meeting on a special anniversary? Tell me what else was going on in history the year my chapter launched. Give me something to make the experience even more meaningful.
- When my question is circumspect: Maybe I'm a shy questioner, or just don't want to take up too much time, or I don't want to give away my position up front. If you're not sure where I was headed, talk to me before you answer, and use the time to ask me some questions about my question. I guarantee we'll both get more out of the experience.
- If I don't normally hear much from you: The quieter you are normally, the more I'll want to hear from you as a speaker--and the more power you'll have, because I probably will sense that you choose your words with care. Give me more now, and you can keep mum later.
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Jeffrey Lewis, the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at The Middlebury Institute talks to Christiane Amanpour in Singapore about what the outcome of the Trump-Kim summit means for denuclearization. Chung-in Moon, Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University, discusses the South Korean response to the meeting.
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Fight back, you bums, fight back!
Last night was embarrassing. Let's face it. The Yankees, who had just taken two out of three from the Los Angeles Angels, came home to face their hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Having won six of their last seven games, the Bronx Bombers were stopped dead in their tracks, losing 6-4 to Boston.
But the Yanks didn't just lose. They brought it to a new level.
In the first inning, Yankees' starter Freddy Garcia surrendered three runs, putting the Bronx Bombers in a quick hole. Already down in the game, Boston starter Jon Lester beaned Mark Teixeira in the right knee cap, forcing the Yankees' hottest hitter out of the game.
Later in the frame Russell Martin was hit, as Lester had no control at the outset of the game.
Luckily for the Yanks, Teixeira's x-rays were negative. There is a contusion on his knee and he will be reevaluated today. As for him playing tonight, Yankee manager Joe Girardi said, "probably not."
Were the bean balls intentional?
No. Lester was going to his cutter and it wasn't cutting.
Could it have cost the Yankees if the injury had been worse?
Absolutely. If Teixeira had broken his knee cap, the Yankees would be in serious trouble.
At the end of the inning: two hit-batsmen and no retaliation. OK.
The Bombers scraped one run across the plate in the bottom of the first, receiving an RBI single off the bat of Robinson Cano. They blew their chance to break out and erase the three-run first however, leaving the bases loaded to end the first inning.
Down 4-1 in the top of the fifth, David Ortiz stepped up to the plate with Adrian Gonzalez on first. Reliever Hector Noesi threw an inside pitch (middle-in) that brushed Ortiz off the plate.
Big Papi looked a bit flustered, but clearly there was no intent.
The next pitch, Ortiz crushed over the right field wall. Instead of just dropping his bat and running, he flipped the bat in a rather cocky manner, as if to show up the young Yankee pitcher.
So now: two hit-batsmen, an act of cockiness, and the Yankees were losing. Perfect grounds for retaliation and the Yanks did not respond.
May I ask why?
After Ortiz's bat flip, one thing came to my mind; I thought back to the worst movie in the Rocky series, Rocky V. In the final fight scene, Tommy Gunn and Rocky Balboa were fighting in the streets. Balboa knocked Gunn down, then Gunn's manager, George W. Duke, screamed at his protégé, "Fight back, you bum, fight back!"
My sentiments exactly. The Yanks should have fought back.
In the bottom of the fifth, New York got two runs back and cut the lead to 6-3. Nick Swisher, who had grounded out in the first to leave the bases loaded, came around and clubbed a two-run double.
The Bombers made one last ditch effort to win the game in the bottom of the ninth. Brett Gardner walked, but Captain Derek Jeter, now 12 hits away from 3,000, lined out to right field.
Curtis Granderson struck out, setting up Jorge Posada, who replaced Teixeira at first base. Gardner took second on defensive indifference and scored on a single by Posada.
Up came Alex Rodriguez, the tying run, 0-for-4 on the night. He made it 0-for-5 with a strikeout to end the game.
But there was plenty of blame to go around; enough goats in this game, other than A-Rod.
Granderson was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and left three men on base. Quietly he has gone into a little slump, and his batting average has dipped to .269.
Andruw Jones was another non-factor, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. He stranded three men on base. Girardi started Jones because he is a right-handed hitter and Lester is a lefty; he hoped Jones would have an advantage, righty vs. lefty, on the Boston hurler.
I guess there is no such thing as an advantage against Lester.
What bothered me the most about the game was not retaliating against Boston following Ortiz's showboating. There was no reason for the conceited bat toss and no reason the Yanks should not have responded to it. It seemed as if the Yankees were just laying down for Boston without caring.
Plus, if they couldn't beat them on the scoreboard and they're showing off, beat them with the ball. Show some gumption and some fight by hitting back.
I couldn't help but think of May 23, 2006, when the Red Sox hosted the Yanks at Fenway. Manny Ramirez belted a long, three-run home run, but before he ran the bases he stood in the box and admired his shot.
The home plate umpire even had to intervene, telling Ramirez to get out of the box and run.
Did the Yanks fight back then?
Nope. They just let it slide.
After the game Girardi let the media know that he was not a fan of the bat flip and he took offense to it.
"I didn't care for it," the Yankee skipper said.
"I don't know if Ortiz was upset that he (Noesi) came in hard at him. I never had a problem with David; he has always played the game hard. I'm just protecting my young kid."
Ortiz's comments on the matter:
"That's Papi style," he said with a smile on his face.
"It's not the first time and it's not my last one. I'm a home run hitter. It's not like I do it all the time. What can I tell you? Just another homer for Papi."
The whole situation could mean retaliation tonight, but if history repeats itself and they just let it go as they did in '06, they won't do anything back.
Yet tonight's starter A.J. Burnett (6-3, 3.86 ERA) has a history of being wild. Whether he means to or not, there's a good possibility a Boston batter could get hit with a pitch tonight. He is 2-0 with a 3.44 ERA and 15 strikeouts in his last three starts, and it will be his first start of the season against the Red Sox.
The Yanks will face 44 year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (2-1, 4.40 ERA) who took the spot in the Boston rotation left by Daisuke Matsuzaka, who needs Tommy John surgery. Over the last 10 years alone vs. New York, Wakefield is 7-13 with a 4.58 ERA – and he's been around longer than 10 years.
The Yanks have had a good amount of success vs. Wakefield, but in turn Boston (34-26) has handled Burnett in the past.
It could be a wild one in the Bronx tonight, but only if the Yankees (33-25) show some fire; if they show some hustle. If they show they won't lay down in front of their arch-rivals.
If they show some fight.


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UnNews:First MS-Tres development screenshots released!
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20 October 2006
REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Today, IBM released its first developmental screenshots of its new operating system, MS-TRES. The operating system has been in deveelopment since early 1928, and was suspected to be the "Windows-blower"--the one operating system to rule them all, all that jazz.
The announcement first appeared on Bill Gates' MySpace (the announcement has been since removed), where Bill began discussing "Project OST-W-LIST" (Operating System That Works Like It's Supposed To) and how it was becoming ready for release.
IBM soon followed his announcement with an announcement of their own. This morning IBM officials released information that MS-TRES is now nearing release. To prove it, they released a screenshot of the user GUI (right).
By analyzing the screen shot, it is easy to see that the GUI is simplistic and somewhat reminiscent of MS-DOS. The top portion of the screen contains a text box where commands are entered much in the style of the previous DOS OS's. Here, the "bad command or filename" message has been replaced by an artificially intelligent "intellibuddy", who reacts to commands naturally and gives compassion to users without lives.
On the left of the bottom portion of the screen, one can see a tech box, which contains statistics and info about the way the computer is currently running. A box at the bottom of this section can be used to jack into The Matrix.
Icons on the desktop link to security centers and porn, but access to these icons is at the computer's descretion. For example, if you've used the porn icon more than three times today, the icon will be blanked out. Instead, another icon will appear, with a link to eHarmony.com.
Other confirmed functions of MS-TRES are the ability to:
- Order pizza
- Send anonymous email routed through Sweden
- Get Deja vu
- Multitask at the speed of light
- Remove internet explorer
- Create viruses with the click of a button
- Fire Steve Jobs at the push of a button
- Get Deja vu
- Enter the Matrix (Note: Entering the matrix does not necessarily mean that you will be able to get a sexual relationship with Trinity.)
However, the OS is already being criticized. Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple Computers, gave a lecture this morning about the demonic nature of MS-TRES. "Think about it," he said, shaking his fists at the audience, "What's next? MS-CUATRO? And then what? I'll tell you. After Cuatro comes the Spanish Inquisition!" He did not notice that his 'audience' had deserted the auditorium during his opening words.
When contacted about MS-TRES, Bill Gates sent an IM to this reporter with one line: "Steve Jobs is like the toast LOL."
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- Caroline McMurty "Bill Gates' Myspace". MySpace, Oct 20, 2006
- Smedly Iberia "Official MS-TRES site ". Time Magazine, Oct 20, 2006


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On Feb. 7, 1984, "astronaut Bruce McCandless ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut had ever been," notes the caption to the above photo on NASA.gov. "This space first was made possible by a nitrogen jet-propelled backpack, previously known at NASA as the Manned Maneuvering Unit or MMU. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above [Space Shuttle] Challenger . . . McCandless went 'free flying' to a distance of 320 feet away from the orbiter."
Thirty years later, the photographs of McCandless' breathtaking, first-ever untethered space walk during the fourth Challenger mission still stun. (McCandless was joined on his historic walk by Col. Robert L. Stewart, but it is the stirring photos of McCandless—made by Challenger's pilot, Robert "Hoot" Gibson—that have endured.)
McCandless was a Navy aviator in the early 1960s—he graduated second in the Naval Academy's class of 1958, earning a master's degree in electrical engineering—and in 1966 was one of 19 fliers selected by NASA for astronaut training. He was instrumental in designing and testing the MMU jet pack, and for 18 years before the Challenger mission that would, in a sense, immortalize him, McCandless played a role in some of NASA's greatest triumphs: he was, for example, the Capsule Communicator, or CAPCOM, during the Apollo 11 mission.
Forty-five years after Apollo 11's lunar mission, it's only right that we take a minute to celebrate another astonishing, hair-raising NASA first. Namely, that moment, 15 years after Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon, when McCandless briefly broke free, at-once minuscule and momentous—the human form sharply etched and intrepid against the limitless, indifferent void.


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I've always pictured EM radiation as a wave, in common drawings of radiation you would see it as a wave beam and that had clouded my understanding recently.
Illustration on the simplest level:
Which obviously would not make sense (to me), as electrons would collide more likely moving as such.
For example, in a 10 meter (kHz) radio wavelength, do
particles electrons move forward and back ten meters? If so, in which direction, and if in one why not any others?
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Has anyone tried feeding Jelly Deli by Reef Brite?
I am looking for dry foods that don't need to be refrigerated to use in an auto feeder when I go on short vacations. I wouldn't use this long term because it probably isn't as nutritious as baby brine shrimp/enrich brine shrimp. I am considering mixing the Jelly Deli with some decapsulated brine shrimp eggs but I can't find much information on the Jelly Deli food. If the Jelly Deli doesn't pan out, I am also looking into Reef Chili (or something similar) mixed with decapsulated brine shrimp eggs. I assume since Reef Chili is small enough for corals it would be small enough for jellies too. It contains phytoplankton, copepods, and a few other things too. Any thoughts?


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MARTINEZ — Unable to reach a deal with its labor unions, Contra Costa County has abandoned plans to operate a new state health insurance exchange call center, a move that will cost 214 new county jobs.
It's unclear if the state will open the center on its own in Contra Costa or look outside the county for another government operator.
The supervisors were scheduled to select a site in either Concord or Richmond on Tuesday and both communities were heavily lobbying for the nod.
But county Administrator David Twa told the board of supervisors that operating costs would exceed what the state would reimburse. Supervisors are unwilling to subsidize the operation out of the county's general purpose funds.
The higher costs were driven by demands from , two of the four unions that would represent the new workers. The labor groupswanted more lucrative health insurance benefits and more liberal work rules in exchange for their signoff on the deal.
"We could still save the jobs if the unions come to us and say they will accept the new employees under their current contract provisions," said Supervisor John Gioia of Richmond. "But we are running out of time."
The state wants the new center staffed, tested and operational by July 1, a timetable county staff considered ambitious even if supervisors had chosen a location Tuesday.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1021, which would have represented 180 of the 214 employees, demanded the county split health insurance premiums with the new workers on a percentage basis — 80 percent paid by the county, 20 percent paid by the employee. SEIU also wanted its members to set their own work hours.
As a cost-cutting measure during the recession, the county two years ago capped contribution toward worker health premiums for most of its employees at 2011 dollar levels. The dollar cap also helped the county lower its unfunded liability for retiree health care costs as pensioners receive the same benefits as active workers.
Contra Costa Supervisor Karen Mitchoff has described the union move as an attempt to influence upcoming negotiations. SEIU's contract expires in June.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 512 requested a 12.75 percent shift differential and work rules that allowed employees to stay one hour after the center closed in order to qualify for the additional money.
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Welcome to Oklahoma's eGovernment News Report providing you with up-to-date information on Oklahoma's eGovernment achievements.
14,000 Professionals Can Now Renew Narcotics Registrations Online
"The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is committed to streamlining our processes and making the registration cycle efficient and fiscally responsible. We will eliminate cumbersome paper handling issues that plague all of government. The Bureau works tirelessly with our medical community and registrants to make a safer Oklahoma. OK.gov has been a tremendous conduit in facilitating our online registration endeavor and should be applauded for their partnership and efforts," commented R. Darrell Weaver, Director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control.�
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Registered voters need only to enter their last name, date of birth, and Zip Code and the locator produces a list of possible matches. The voter selects his or her name from the list and receives the name and address of the assigned polling place as well as a list of his or her Congressional, State Senate, State House, and County Commissioner Districts.
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"Go Green Oklahoma" Initiative Showcases How eGovernment Reduces the Carbon Footprint
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Kathryn Leemhuis
American mezzo-soprano, Kathryn Leemhuis, is widely gathering acclaim for having "a large, beautiful, dark instrument, intelligently used, and spot-on dramatic timing" (St. Louis Today). Her voice has been described as having a "sweet, penetrating vocal timbre and refined fit" (La Nacion Line), that is "stunning in its combination of musical and dramatic nuance" (Living at the Opera).
The 2012-2013 season will find Ms. Leemhuis singing the mezzo solo in Haydn'sMissa in Angustiis with Chicago's Music of the Baroque, singing the mezzo solo with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago in Handel's Messiah, and performing one of her staple roles, Hänsel, in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel with the Macon Symphony Orchestra. She will return to DuPage Opera as Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and will perform Berlioz's Les nuits d'été with the Richmond Symphony. The 2011-2012 season found Ms. Leemhuis returning to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as an alumna of the Ryan Opera Center to understudy the role of Giulietta in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann. She made her role debut as Suzuki in DuPage Opera's production of Puccini'sMadama Butterfly, and sang the mezzo solo in Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. She also returned to Opera Theatre St. Louis as Dorabella in a new production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte to great success.
Ms. Leemhuis' 2010-2011 season included her role and company debut as Amaltea in Rossini's Mosè in Egitto at the Chicago Opera Theater. The performances proved a success as Opera News praised her for delivering "an excellent Amaltea, biting off her consonants like a scrappish piranha and coursing through the queen's volatile writing with precision and flash." She also sang the role of Paquette in Bernstein's Candide both with the esteemed Ravinia Festival and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Making her DuPage Opera debut, Ms. Leemhuis sang the role of Zita in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and rounded off her season as Zerlina in Opera Theatre St. Louis' production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. In the 2009-2010 season, she continued in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center, where she sang the roles of Giovanna in Verdi's Ernani and Glasa in Janácek'sKát'a Kabanová. She also covered the roles of Marguerite in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust, Siebel in Gounod's Faust, and Varvara in Janácek's Kát'a Kabanová. Ms. Leemhuis made two large role debuts; Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, both in Ryan Opera Center productions. Ms. Leemhuis joined the Ryan Opera Center for the 2008-2009 season in which she performed the roles of Javotte in Massenet's Manon and Kunstgewerblerin in Berg's Lulu. During that season, she covered the roles of Kate Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Lola in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Ms. Leemhuis is a 2012 National Semi-Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She is also the first place winner of the 2010 Musicians' Club of Women Competition, the 2009 American Opera Society Competition, the 2009 Union League Civic of Chicago Competition, and the 2007 Opera Columbus International Vocal Competition. She is the recent second place winner of the 2011 Gerda Lissner Foundation Vocal Competition, the 2011 Bel Canto Vocal Competition, and the 2010 Fort Worth McCammon Competition. She is the third place winner of the 2010 Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition, and the 2009 Florida Grand Opera Competition. Ms. Leemhuis has also received prizes from the Sullivan Foundation and the George London Foundation. She is a native of Columbus, Ohio.


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Great little read and photos. Thanks for sharing!!!
Went out today and checked out the Skookum Coal Mine area and remnants. I have the photos and info posted at the website below.
Great little read and photos. Thanks for sharing!!!
Nice write up,and great pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Very nice photos and narrative - Thanks for posting.
I hope I'm doing this right. I just started using this.
Wilkeson as in just south of carbonado?
Could you give some directions for me to go there? I'm starting a "Ghost town adventure" book and I would love to explore this one. Also, that cage over the mining entrance; Was that metal or wood?
P.S. Great pictures!
Wilkeson is actually North of Carbonado.
Take Highway 410 to Bonney Lake. From there go South East to Wilkeson on Highway 165.
Wilkeson is between Bonney Lake and Carbonado. Hope this helps!!!
And welcome to the forum.
Once in Wilkeson, drive east on Railroad Avenue past the Wilkeson School and ovens, both of which are interesting sites of their own accord, and keep a lookout for some large ruins in the woods on the right side of the road. Stop there, and if you proceed to the river behind the ruins (which are likely old loading bins) you'll be able to see the mine entrance.
Good luck, and welcome,
Easily distracted.
Current distraction: Railroad Depots
That was my mistake. I know where Wilkeson is. Would you be able to direct me to the skookum slope mine? What part of the woods is it in? I'm hoping to go there and explore at the end of this month.
Thank you. =)
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Ms. Adventure, find it? I haven't but have a better idea where to look.
Question to anyone (anyone out there?) how many feet from the coke ovens is the mine?
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Thanksgiving kind of snuck up on us this year, didn't it? It seemed like only yesterday that we were carving pumpkins and planning Halloween costumes. Now it's time to prepare oneself for a massive turkey-centric feast.
Earlier this week, to get into the Thanksgiving mood, I decided to make a big batch of turkey and mushroom dumplings. And when I make dumplings, I like to make a good number. I use up an entire back of 50-or-so dumpling wrappers and a pound of meat. While I wrap them, I put on a good podcast or catch up on a week's worth of The Daily Show, and kind of zone out. The whole process is all very Zen.
While pork is often the default meat for Chinese dumplings, I find that turkey is a great option for somewhat lighter but still meaty dumplings. (They're also great if you're cooking for family or friends who don't eat pork.) I also throw in a healthy amount of chopped shiitake mushrooms, which has a great umami-ness that pairs well with the flavor of the turkey.
You can serve these dumplings as a non-traditional Thanksgiving appetizer. Or if you're trying to use up leftover turkey after Thanksgiving, substitute the ground turkey with an equal amount of juicy well-shredded dark turkey meat (which won't dry up when you cook the dumplings like white turkey meat will.)
I ended up having these turkey dumplings for four consecutive meals. And I'm still looking forward to the big juicy bird for dinner next Thursday night. Which goes to show how much these dumplings, as non-traditional as they are, can get you in the mood for Thanksgiving.
Turkey and Mushroom Dumplings
Makes 40 to 50 dumplings
- 10 to 12 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 pound ground turkey (preferable not too lean), or finely shredded leftover cooked dark meat turkey
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 pack store-bought round dumpling wrappers
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Soak the shiitake mushrooms in warm water for 15 to 20 minutes, until softened. Drain the shiitakes and squeeze out the excess water. Finely chop.
- In a large bowl, mix together the chopped shittake mushrooms, turkey, soy sauce, and sesame oil. The turkey filling should be a bit moist but not too wet.
- If you're just starting out with dumpling folding, follow this step-by-step guide that shows a basic method with 3 pleats per dumpling. If you'd like to work your way up to 5 pleats, start in the middle and do 3 pleats towards the middle from one direction and and 2 pleats toward the middle from the other. (See these photos for reference.)
- Pan-frying*: Have about 1/3 cup water, a large skillet, and a lid for the skillet handy. Heat the skillet with the remaining 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil over high heat and swirl the oil around the pan. Wait about 1 minute for the oil to heat up. (You can also use a small piece of extra dumpling wrapper or piece of bread to test whether the pan is hot enough; it should sizzle immediately upon being placed in the pan.) Once the pan is hot, place the number of dumplings you want to cook smooth side down in the pan. Allow them to sear for about 1 minute, until the bottoms turn golden brown.
- Add the water, cover immediately with a lid, and let the dumplings steam for another 3 to 4 minutes. Uncover the lid to allow any extra water to evaporate before turning off the heat. Loosen the dumplings with a spatula and transfer them to a plate. (Whatever you don't cook can be frozen for later. Dumplings can be put on the pan frozen, no defrosting required. Just add one extra minute of steaming.)
- Transfer to serving plates, and serve with alone or with soy sauce.
*Note: To boil the dumplings instead, bring a pot of water to boil. Add dumplings and simmer for 3 minutes. Drain well.
More post-Thanksgiving turkey dishes:
- Leftover Turkey Pho from Healthy Green Kitchen
- Turkey Noodle Soup from Wishful Chef
- Next Day Turkey Vegetable Soup from Back to Her Roots
- Turkey Chow Mein Casserole from Foodess
- Thai-Style Ground Turkey with Chiles and Basil from Apple a Day
- Turkey and Sweet Potato Croquettes from The Galley Gourmet
- Turkey Vegetable Hash from An Edible Mosaic
- Sweet and Spicy Turkey Curry Soup from Good Life Eats
- Turkey Barley Soup from Kalyn's Kitchen


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How to Create a User Account on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Creating an account is the first step in setting up Mac Snow Leopard for multiple users. One great use of accounts is to create an account for your children so you can set parental controls. You can limit a specific user's access to certain files and Web sites and limit who can change passwords and monkey with other settings. It all begins in the Accounts pane
2Click the New User button.
An empty user record sheet is created.
If the New User button is disabled and you can't click it, click the lock at the bottom left of the System Preferences pane and provide your password to unlock the Accounts pane.
3Select the access level for this user from the New Account pop-up menu.
By default, the user receives a standard level account. You can also choose an Administrator account, or a managed standard account with Parental Controls already enabled.
4In the Name text box, type the name that you want to display for this account (both in the Accounts list and on the Login screen) and then press Tab to move to the next field.
Mac OS X automatically generates a short name for use as your screen and Buddy name in iChat and various network applications. The short name is also the name of the folder that Mac OS X creates on the computer's hard drive for this user. You can keep the default short name or type a new one, but it must not contain any spaces.
5Press Tab again.
You will be given the chance to create a password for the account.
6Type the password for the new account.
Click the button with the key icon next to the Password field, and Snow Leopard is happy to display the Password Assistant, complete with a suggestion. Click the Suggestion pop-up menu to see additional suggestions. You can choose the length of the password and select among several types: letters and numbers, numbers only, memorable, completely random, or even government-quality. The Assistant automatically copies the current password you're considering to the Password text box.
7Press Tab, type the password in the Verify text box, and press Tab twice to continue.
If you decide to use the password hint feature, you can enter a short sentence or question in the Password Hint text box. The hint is displayed after three unsuccessful attempts at entering the account password.
Any hacker could type in anything three times to get your hint to pop up! If you do use this option, at least make sure that the hint is sufficiently vague!
8(Optional) Select the Turn On FileVault protection check box.
Snow Leopard offers a feature called FileVault, which provides Home folder encryption that prevents just about anyone except the NSA or FBI from gaining access to the files in your Home folder.
9Click the Create Account button to finish and create the account.
The new account shows up in the Accounts list and in the Login screen.


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|Elizabeth "Lizzy" Nunn and Louis Siebert - June 25, 1905
Genealogies of the Agard, Nunn, Hardenbrook, Wortman, Doyle, and Tucker family lines.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Matrilineal Monday - Elizabeth Nunn and Louis Siebert Wedding Photo
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Elizabeth is beautiful. She looks very easy-going in the photo, very tender and gentle. It was funny to learn that when she reached her "limit" she dumped the bowl. I wish I knew the rest of the story: did he apologize and thereafter chang ehis attitude? Did she apologize? Who cleaned up the mess? Thanks for sharing the photo and story, Mary.ReplyDelete
Way to go Lizzy! What a strong and loving woman she must have been. You are really lucky to have photos and stories about this period in your family's history :)ReplyDelete
Thank you both for your comments. I agree, she is beautiful, inside and out. I loved that story, and Nancy, you ask some good follow-up questions. I shall see if her grandchildren know the answers. Hoping for more stories.ReplyDelete


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MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday said Alabama will not create a state insurance exchange under the federal health care law, nor will it expand Medicaid as it currently exists.
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday said Alabama will not create a state insurance exchange under the federal health care law, nor will it expand Medicaid as it currently exists.
Bentley, speaking in Birmingham, said both options are too expensive. "I am not going to set up a state-based exchange that will create a tax burden of up to $50 million on the people of Alabama," he said.
An exchange that allows shopping for health insurance is a component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare.
Bentley said, "The Affordable Care Act is neither affordable nor does it actually improve health care," and he's intent on challenging it with other like-minded governors. He plans to attend a Republican Governors Association meeting this week.
"Congress and the president have said they want to work together to solve the fiscal crisis facing this country, and I suggest they start with this health care bill," Bentley said in a statement.
Bentley has said that the Affordable Care Act is "the single worst piece of legislation to be passed" in his lifetime.
He also said he won't expand Medicaid "under the current structure that exists" because Alabama "simply cannot afford it."
Bentley established a commission to reform current Medicaid financing and delivery. The Legislature also has a reform committee.
Medicaid will cost the state $600 million this year and will require at least another $100 million next fiscal year if not changed.
Bentley had until Friday to tell the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services whether Alabama will apply for a state exchange or let the federal government create one. The deadline for applying is Dec. 14.
Bentley argued that while the federal government will begin paying 100 percent of an expanded Medicaid program in 2014, Alabama will have to start paying a share by 2017.
"We're disappointed that the governor is rejecting both of the major components of state participation in the ACA, but we're hopeful Alabamians won't lose out entirely," said Jim Carnes, a spokesman for Arise Citizens Action Project.
Carnes said at least 350,000 more Alabamians would have been able to enroll in an expanded Medicaid, a joint state-federal medical coverage plan.
House Minority Leader Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, said Bentley is playing politics by appearing to fight Obamacare. He said the state is leaving millions of dollars on the table by not expanding Medicaid and "more importantly, we are leaving thousands of Alabamians without health care."
House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said the Nov. 6 vote on an "anti-Obamacare" constitutional amendment "clearly signaled they agree with these beliefs."
Hubbard said Bentley and about two dozen other governors want to "push back against" Obamacare.
"Implementing Obamacare would bloat the size of government and place Alabama on the same path to fiscal disaster that the federal government is already traveling at breakneck speed," Hubbard said.
Bentley has asked constitutional law experts for advice on the health care bill and legal options the state has, his legislative director, Blaine Galliher, said on a social media site.
"I have been speaking individually and in group settings with governors from all over the country, and I feel that a significant number of these governors will take a similar stand," Bentley said. "That will send a clear signal to all of our elected leaders in Washington that the health care bill should be changed."
The National Conference of State Legislatures said 11 other states have declined to create a state exchange.


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