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Reihan Salam / Slate:
We Never Should Have Left Iraq — A U.S. military presence could have mollified Sunnis and prevented the new civil war. — The United States made a grave mistake by invading Iraq in 2003. Yet it also made a grave mistake by withdrawing its military forces in 2011.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Telegraph, neo-neocon, National Review, Patterico's Pontifications and Foreign Policy
Barney Henderson / Telegraph: Iraq crisis: al-Qaeda militants push towards Baghdad - live
Michael Auslin / National Review: If Obama Does Anything in Iraq, It Will Be From the Sky
Michael Knights / Foreign Policy: Iraq War III Has Now Begun
New York Times:
Prime Minister Maliki Panics as Insurgents Gain — What's happening in Iraq is a disaster and it is astonishing that the Iraqis and the Americans, who have been sharing intelligence, seem to have been caught flat-footed by the speed of the insurgent victories and the army defections.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Obsidian Wings
Georgia Logothetis / Daily Kos: Abbreviated pundit roundup: Chaos in Iraq, still analyzing Cantor's defeat and more
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon: FLASHBACK: Obama Team Predicted Rosy Future for Iraq in Congressional Testimony
Russell / Obsidian Wings: and the wheels come off....
Daily Mail:
ABU DUA: IMPRISONED BY THE US, THE MAN WHO HATES THE WEST MORE THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN AND IS THE DRIVING FORCE BY ISIS … Marauding ISIS militia beheading their way to Baghdad: How jihadist group so extreme even al-Qaeda has distanced itself threatens to take Iraq three years after America left
Discussion: The Federalist, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Riehl World News, TalkLeft and Belmont Club
Robert Tracinski / The Federalist: Obama's Wish-Fulfilling Prophecy in Iraq
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post: ISIS, beheadings and the success of horrifying violence
Joseph / CANNONFIRE: Iraq in hell: Blame the necons! (Plus: the secret history of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi)
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show: Mark Steyn Blasts GOP House Conference Move Towards Kevin McCarthy
Richard Fernandez / Belmont Club: The Day of Reckoning — Ernest Hemingway observed …
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Who lost Iraq? The Iraqis did, with an assist from George W. Bush — It is becoming increasingly likely that Iraq has reached a turning point. The forces hostile to the government have grown stronger, better equipped and more organized. And having now secured arms …
Discussion: National Review and The Federalist
Greg Pollowitz / National Review: Fareed Zakaria Blames George W. Bush for 'Losing Iraq'
David Harsanyi / The Federalist: Was The Iraq War A Complete Waste?
Shane Harris / Foreign Policy:
Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies — First Crimea, now Iraq. Why does America's $50 billion intelligence community keep getting taken by surprise? — GOOGLE +
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico, Vox Popoli, The Long War Journal, Business Insider and National Review
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: US intel caught by surprise by ISIS sweep in Iraq?
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico: Why Barack Obama can't get out of Iraq
Patrick Megahan / The Long War Journal: Iraqi military's lack of airpower enabling ISIS's advance
Patrick Brennan / National Review: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Deployed to Iraq
New York Times:
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Issues Call to Arms — BAGHDAD — Iraq's senior Shiite leaders issued an urgent call to arms on Friday, telling all able-bodied Iraqis to assist the government's fight against the Sunni militants who have seized broad stretches of Iraqi territory, in a sign …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Insurgents Continue Advance Toward Baghdad
Leslie H. Gelb / The Daily Beast:
Iraq Is Vietnam 2.0 And U.S. Drones Won't Solve The Problem
Iraq Is Vietnam 2.0 And U.S. Drones Won't Solve The Problem
Discussion: National Review and Washington Post
Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
How effective is Isis compared with the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga?
How effective is Isis compared with the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga?
Discussion: Firedoglake and Vox
Zack Beauchamp / Vox: The one sentence that explains why Iraq is falling apart
Two Arab countries fall apart
Two Arab countries fall apart
Discussion: Washington Post, Belmont Club and TheBlaze.com
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post: U.S. companies pulling contractors from Iraqi bases as security crumbles
Richard Fernandez / Belmont Club: On The Subject of Last Helicopters
Farnaz Fassihi / Wall Street Journal:
Iran has deployed Revolutionary Guard forces to fight al Qaeda-inspired militants in Iraq, Iranian security sources said
Iran has deployed Revolutionary Guard forces to fight al Qaeda-inspired militants in Iraq, Iranian security sources said
Lucy Schouten / American Spectator: Iraq's Deadly Geography
Paul Szoldra / Business Insider: Iran Is Deploying Experienced Fighters To Beat Back Militants In Iraq
Daniel Pipes / National Review: ISIS Rampages, the Middle East Shakes
Brendan Bordelon / The Daily Caller: Report: Iranian Troops Already Battling Terrorists Inside Iraq
Frau Katze / Blazing Cat Fur: Breaking: Iran Deploys Forces to Fight al Qaeda-Inspired Militants in Iraq
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: Iran Is Already Fighting In Iraq
Jon Terbush / The Week: Will U.S. troops head back to Iraq?
GOP on Iraq: We told you so
GOP on Iraq: We told you so
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: RAND PAUL, YOUR THOUGHTS?
Repair Man Jack / RedState: Al Qaeda On The Run - From People Even More Savage Than Themselves
Adam Weinstein / Gawker: What's Happening in Iraq and What May Come Next, Explained
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Cassandra: The Perils of Playing Tin God
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian: Obama contemplates military action as US tensions rise over Iraq crisis
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Iraq, cracking, as new version of shock and awe sends nation's army into retreat
Business Insider: Here Are The Archaic Rules Enforced By The Al-Qaeda Offshoot Taking Over Iraqi Cities
Dexter Filkins / News Desk: In Extremists' Iraq Rise, America's Legacy
Alexis Simendinger / Real Clear Politics: Obama: U.S. Military Help Likely in Iraq
Ralph Peters / Fox News Insider: 'Yes, U.S. Sacrifices in Iraq Were All For Naught'
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Baghdad Bob, Meet DC Sue
Washington Post:
Iraq disintegrating as insurgents advance; Kurds seize Kirkuk
Iraq disintegrating as insurgents advance; Kurds seize Kirkuk
Discussion: The Week, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg View, PandoDaily and National Review
Hart Williams / The Moderate Voice: A Hard Reign's Gonna Fall
Greg Pollowitz / National Review: Kurds Take Kirkuk; ISIS Advances Toward Baghdad
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Repent or die: al-Qaeda forces announce rules for Iraqi territory they now control
Repent or die: al-Qaeda forces announce rules for Iraqi territory they now control
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Seth Richardson / The Daily Caller: The Syrian Civil War Has Merged With Iraq
Obama warns of U.S. action as jihadists push on Baghdad
Obama warns of U.S. action as jihadists push on Baghdad
Discussion: Mediaite
Iraqi Kurds Seize Oil-Rich City Of Kirkuk As Sunni Militants Surge Toward Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds Seize Oil-Rich City Of Kirkuk As Sunni Militants Surge Toward Baghdad
Discussion: CNN, Reuters, ThinkProgress, Vox Popoli and The Huffington Post
TIm Lister / CNN: ISIS: The first terror group to build an Islamic state?
Michelle Nichols / Reuters: UN official tells Security Council: No immediate Baghdad threat
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post: Fox News Hosts Really Want The US To Attack Iraq
Washington Post:
The Middle East's mounting danger
The Middle East's mounting danger
Discussion: Bloomberg View, Gatestone Institute, American Spectator, Power Line, New York Times, Israel Matzav and Betsy's Page
Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg View: Who's to Blame for Iraq? Wrong Question
Khaled Abu Toameh / Gatestone Institute: ISIS Threatens to Invade Jordan, 'Slaughter' King Abdullah
Micah Meadowcroft / American Spectator: A Sunni State in Iraq?
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Obama successes in the Middle East? The Washington Post can't find them
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web — Tom Bevan has some intelligent comments …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
The absurdity of electing Kevin McCarthy to replace Eric Cantor as House majority leader — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2014 ELECTIONS ERIC CANTOR KEVIN MCCARTHY DAVE BRAT — If House Republicans respond to the shocking primary defeat of Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va. …
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Wall Street Journal
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: The absurdity of leadership fights in an era of populism
Kate Milani / Wall Street Journal: Capital Journal Daybreak: Cantor's Exit Triggers House GOP Fight | Iraqi Drama Catches U.S. Off Guard
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Odds With Congress: Bad to Worse — WASHINGTON — One day in April, President Obama called Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, to wish him a happy Passover. However the call started, it went downhill from there. By day's end, both sides were arguing …
Discussion: thenation.com/blogs/163253
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Anarchy in the GOP: The End of Authority in the Republican Party
Anarchy in the GOP: The End of Authority in the Republican Party
Discussion: New York Times, Liberal Values, The American Conservative and NY Daily News
Josh Barro / New York Times: Eric Cantor Is Not a Reform Conservative
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative: Cantor and Reform Conservatism
David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
When Will Republican Leaders Fight Back?
When Will Republican Leaders Fight Back?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Washington Monthly
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Pas D'Ennemis A Droite
Chris Christie / CNN:
Chris Christie, Jimmy Fallon dance around testy issues — (CNN) - Gov. Chris Christie danced with Jimmy Fallon around testy issues such as the George Washington Bridge controversy, which has cast a shadow over the Republican governor and his administration, his weight, House Majority Leader …
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Topaz / Politico: Dancing Chris Christie joins Jimmy Fallon
Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Popularity Drops to 52% as 2016 Edge Shrinks — Hillary Clinton's popularity continues to slide as she takes on a more political posture and Republicans raise questions about the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya on her watch. — Fifty-two percent of Americans view …
Discussion: Hot Air and Weekly Standard
John McCormack / Weekly Standard: Bloomberg Poll: Hillary Losing Steam
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Bush 43 now on par with Obama
CNN/ORC Poll: Bush 43 now on par with Obama
Discussion: Hot Air, Townhall.com, Scared Monkeys, Power Line and Politico
Guy Benson / Hot Air: CNN poll: Obama now as unpopular as Bush
Daniel Doherty / Townhall.com: Poll: Obama, Bush Share Same Disapproval Rating
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Three crises — Islamic extremists are overrunning major cities …
Kendall Breitman / Politico: Poll: Obama ties Bush unfavorability
Tim / America Rising:
Hillary Clinton Snaps At Radio Host In Defensive, Testy Gay Marriage Interview — In an interview this afternoon on NPR, Hillary Clinton gets testy and defensive about her and her husband's gay marriage record. — After 6 minutes of questioning, Clinton attacks host Terry Gross for pressing …
Discussion: Hot Air, Business Insider, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Fun, fun, fun: Hillary clashes with NPR host about why she opposed gay marriage for so long
Hunter Walker / Business Insider: Does Hillary Clinton Have A 'Deal' To Avoid The Press?
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Ms. Hillary says — NPR's Terry Gross ("Fresh Air") …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: HILLARY CLINTON SNAPS at NPR Radio Host Over Gay Marriage Record (Audio)
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
10 Times NPR's Terry Gross Tries To Get Hillary Clinton To Explain When She First Supported Marriage Equality
10 Times NPR's Terry Gross Tries To Get Hillary Clinton To Explain When She First Supported Marriage Equality
Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, NewsBusters, Mediaite, The Other McCain, OnPolitics, The Huffington Post, The Week and Poynter
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton Interview Turns Testy Over Gay Marriage
Tim Graham / NewsBusters: NPR Star Shocker: Ten Needling Terry Gross Questions on Gays Cause Hillary to Snap 'You're Playing With My Words'
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite: Hillary Clinton Snaps at NPR Host for Questions About Gay Marriage Evolution
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: If Hillary Can't Even Handle NPR ...
Catalina Camia / OnPolitics: Hillary Clinton gets testy in exchange about gay marriage
Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton Has Awkward Exchange Over Her Position On Gay Marriage
Matt K. Lewis / The Week: Hillary Clinton spars with NPR's Terry Gross over gay marriage
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Hillary Clinton criticizes Terry Gross for being 'persistent'
Hillary Clinton: The Fresh Air Interview
Hillary Clinton: The Fresh Air Interview
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Althouse, Fox News and Refinery29
Elon Musk / Tesla Motors:
All Our Patent Are Belong To You — Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.
Discussion: Washington Post, CleanTechnica, The Hill, The Verge, Hit & Run, Grist, The Daily Caller, Re/code and The Week
Justin Moyer / Washington Post: Why Elon Musk is not Henry Ford
Chris Ziegler / The Verge: BMW confirms that it met with Tesla this week to talk about electric cars
Ed Krayewski / Hit & Run: Tesla Motors Opens Up Its Patents
Giuseppe Macri / The Daily Caller: Elon Musk Releases All Of Tesla Motors' Patents
James Temple / Re/code: Tesla Opens Up Patents to Promote Electric Vehicles
Miles O'Brien / New York Magazine:
Life, After — An accident in February cost the TV reporter Miles O'Brien his left arm. He soon discovered that every movement, no matter how small, requires rethinking. — Denial is powerful. It can be a crucial coping tool when experiencing loss or trauma, but it also can unmoor you from reality.


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The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology presents the "Book of Life." The series of videos includes segments on DNA Basics, Variation, and Personalized Medicine. The first video in the series includes identification of the structure and function of DNA, RNA and protein, recognizing heritable characteristics of organisms and relating normal patterns of genetic inheritance to genetic variation.
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You can back up directory data by exporting the contents of a suffix in the LDIF format. Exporting data can be useful for doing the following:
Backing up the data in your server
Copying your data to another directory server
Exporting your data to another application
Repopulating suffixes after a change to your directory topology
The configuration information cannot be exported.
Do not stop the server while an export operation is in progress.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Use one of the following commands to export a suffix to an LDIF file:
If your server is local and stopped, type:
$ dsadm export instance-path suffix-DN LDIF-file
The dsadm export takes only offline backups.
If your server is running (local or remote), type:
$ dsconf export -h host -p port suffix-DN LDIF-file
The dsconf export takes only online backups.
The following example uses dsconf export to export two suffixes to a single LDIF file:
$ dsconf export -h host1 -p 1389 ou=people,dc=example,dc=com \ ou=contractors,dc=example,dc=com /local/dsInst/ldif/export123.ldif
The ldif file will be created on the machine running the server instance not on the machine running the dsconf command.
The dsadm export and dsconf export commands can also be used with the --no-repl option to specify that no replication information is to be exported. The default is that the replicated suffix is exported to an LDIF file with replication information. The resulting LDIF file will contain attribute subtypes that are used by the replication mechanism. This LDIF file can then be imported on the consumer server to initialize the consumer replica, as described in Initializing Replicas
For more information about these commands, see the dsadm(1M) and dsconf(1M) man pages.


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All lost and found items will be kept in a secure location until the owner claims them. Neither Public Safety, nor Saint Xavier University are responsible for lost and found items that are not logged into the lost and found logbook. Report an item lost or found.
Items turned in to an academic department must be forwarded immediately to the Main Switchboard located in the Warde Academic Center, or the Shannon Center's facility manager or Public Safety. Listed below are procedures to be followed:
- Turn lost items in to lost and found as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the business day on which they were found. Lost items found in the Warde Academic Center should be turned in at the switchboard area located at the main entrance.
- Items of value such as wallets, purses, keys, backpacks and electronic devices will be immediately forwarded to Public Safety located at the Campus Service Center, Room 100. If the lost item includes any identifying information, staff from the Public Safety Office will attempt to contact the owner directly. Unclaimed property and unidentifiable property will be logged in the lost and found logbook.
- Items of lesser value such as notebooks, umbrellas and articles of clothing will also be entered into the logbook and placed in a locked location.
- Lost and found items will be stored in a locked location.
- Unclaimed student IDs will be forwarded to Student Affairs, L-103, after one week. If unclaimed from Student Affairs the IDs will be destroyed. Other unclaimed IDs such as driver's license or state IDs will be mailed to the designated address after one week.
- To attempt to ensure lost items are returned to the rightful owners, persons claiming items will be asked to describe the items and to provide identification. Claimants must sign for items before the items will be released to them.
- Items in lost and found, which are not claimed by the end of each semester, will be donated to a local charity.


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It feels so good to be finally back in the USA! How's everyone been doing?!? Oh I miss you all soooooo much!!!! September was a BIG Month for us and it was truly Special being able to spend some quality time with my "Lil Familia"
Here's some Postcard Pictures from our Mexico Vacation on the Carnival Inspiration Cruise…
Always desire to learn something useful.
You never know what will motivate you.
I'm privileged to grow up having both my parents in the Travel Agency Business for over 20 years.
At an early age, my sister, Brother, and I got to experience international traveling first hand.
My desire to Learn and See all the many Different Cultures and Languages has increase over the years and I'm glad I am able to blog my Travels with You – WORLD WIDE.
"Expect problems and eat them for Breakfast."
- Alfred A. Montapert
Life isn't always a Vacation…
it takes a whole lot of Planning and Work to get where I am at today… It not easy; learning how to Balance being a New Young Mom and still maintain a Loving Relationship is more Stressful than I bargain for! That's why I take pride in seeing the two people that matter most, HAPPY, Smiling, and Laughing.
"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down." - Mia Hamm
My New and Improved Aspiration: to be more grown-up, more together, and more focused.
"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." – John F. Kennedy
Our Carnival Room Service was AWESOME! Naomi loves coming back to our cabin to see what new Animal she got every day! Special Thanks to Ronnie for his crafty skills and keeping our room sparkling clean & Glen for hooking us up with all the Fine Food! The staff were super nice and their service was excellent! [[♥ ♥ ♥]]
Lobster & Shrimp, Prime Rib, and Pepperoni Pizza for dinner every night will defiantly make you bring back some extra baggages!
(NOTE TO SELF: When on Vacation… There's no such thing as Work-Out-Plan)
"Only the educated are free." - Epicetus
About the 2nd Day we arrived in Ensenada, Mexico and was ready to go exploring!
Who needs Dora, when you have Naomi & Philly as your Tour Guide
Estero Beach Resort in Ensenada
We walked off the deck and down towards the Town and asked a random Taxi Driver to take us to the beach. He told us it'll be 15-20 minute commute and a $20 cab fare and it'll be well worth it… Gracias Amigo! He was Right!
It was just like Heaven…
Pina Coloda on the Beach + Chips & Salsa + Shrimp Ceviche + Authentic Carne Asada + Fish Tacos = Long Relaxing Nap! (PLUS GAS)
After a long day of Feasting, Swimming, & Tanning, we headed back on the ship for a Quick Game of Chess… Naomi won.
"I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that can mine to support himself and to succeed in life."
- Dean Koontz
The Carnival Inspiration Cruise loved our Mother / Daughter Stand-Up Act that they let us Open for their Comedy Show!
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." - Abigail Van Buren
If you ask Naomi what her favorite food is… she will say Spaghetti!
Oh man… I swear I just got hungry… I'm glad to be back in the City of Portland because I was sure missing my "Home Cooked Meals!"
Attention Passengers: we are now boarding all passengers going to PDX from LGB! We've reached the end of Trip and would like to Thank you for Traveling with Juicy Airlines! You have arrived at your final destination and free to unfasten your seatbelt.
Remember kids… Always FLY Safe! [[♥]]


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Public Comment
New: Complaint Filed with Berkeley's Fair Campaign Practices Commission Regarding Yes on T's Illegal/Fraudulent Endorsements
In an effort to stem the rampant dishonesty of the campaign to rezone West Berkeley to profit a few big developers, as reported in the Berkeley Daily Planet and on berkeleyside.com, on October 17 I filed two complaints with the City of Berkeley Fair Campaign Practices Commission (FCPC).
First, the Yes on T campaign cites the Telegraph Avenue Property & Business Improvement District as an endorser. According to City Attorney Zach Cowan, business improvement districts are City entities and as such (except for the council) cannot legally endorse in elections. This endorsement is illegal.
Second, the Yes on T campaign cites Berkeley SEIU Local 1021 as an endorser on its webpage and on a mass mailer. In fact, SEIU Local 1021 opposes Measure T, as indicated on the Endorsements page from the union's website. (The union has repeatedly asked Yes on T to remove SEIU's name from the campaign website; as of this writing, the union's name still appears there; by now, it may be gone.)
Individual chapters of the union cannot take positions contrary to those held by the union as a whole. This endorsement is fraudulent.
The FCPC's next meeting is Thursday, October 25, 7 pm, at the North Berkeley Senior Center, Classroom C. My complaints about Yes on T should be on the agenda. I invite Berkeley citizens who value fair and honest elections to attend and voice their protest.
Even if the commission sustains my complaints and penalizes the Yes on T campaign, the damage has been done: the endorsement cannot be removed from the mailers that have gone out to thousands of voters. Many voters may have already sent in their absentee ballots.
Moreover, as detailed by the articles in the Planet and Berkeleyside cited above, illegal or fraudulent endorsements are just a tiny sample of Yes on T's dishonest claims. I hope Berkeley citizens see through this Rovian campaign and vote no on Measure T.


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Some panel discussions in the last cycle seemed aimed at increasing the comfort level of building officials using the NEC. The idea appeared to be a response to the forthcoming unified building code, under which building officials control all major construction codes except the NEC. Some thought if NFPA did this on its own, building officials wouldn't go after the NEC. I said many of the proposals were ill advised and whatever was done, the building officials would simply move the goal posts afterward. They just did.
In the May issue of NFPA News, a front page article announces the end of cooperative negotiations between NFPA and the International Code Council (ICC), the umbrella organization of building officials. NFPA had been working hard over the past year to promote collaboration. So why did it end the talks? Because the ICC just filed suit against NFPA for copyright infringement over the term "International Electrical Code," which appears on the front cover of the NEC! They filed the lawsuit on the same day they responded to NFPA's latest cooperative proposal.
The NEC has become the operating electrical code in many countries, which account for 40% of electric power consumed in the world. The ICC appears to want exclusive rights to the term. However, these rights would certainly come in handy should it gain control of the document. That would mean the end of the NFPA consensus process on our Code, with incalculable consequences to our industry.
What does the future hold? Wars usually happen because one side misreads the resolve of the other. I suggest our industry convincingly prepare for the forthcoming confrontation. It's time to choose sides. All interest groups in our industry should decisively declare support for NFPA, as it defends its stewardship of the NEC. We don't lack weapons. Thanks in part to an amicus brief submitted by NFPA Associate General Counsel Maureen Brodoff, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the rights in copyright of a standards developer, even after such a standard enters the public domain through government adoption of that standard. Now, we need to summon the political will to use them.


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Our mission is to be the best in the world in micro hydro electric and water resource management: by evolving innovative damless hydroelectric and water transfer technology. We create Today's Tall Tree Nurseries to support Micro Finance for women farmers and their families using the Carbon Tax Fund, a new form of renewed foreign aid for a Renewed Burkina Faso. We export Mechanization for more productive agriculture.
Stage 1 Agricultural Mechanization of Africa
Stage 2 Today's Tall Trees Nursery: Carbon Tax Fund
Stage 3 Micro Finance & Landlord Cooperatives
Stage 4 Irrigation in Remote Areas using kinetic energy from moving water.
Stage 5 Electricity Created in Remote Areas using moving water without the use of a dam.
Here is how we begin our REVOLUTION.
Stage 1 Agricultural Mechanization of Africa
The main objective of farm mechanization is increasing agricultural production.
If agricultural equipment is sent to an African country, like Ivory Coast, it has a value of $200,000 if it was brand new. The nearly new equipment has a real value of $100,000 hypothetically. The agricultural equipment dealer or farmer working with the dealer receives a tax refund benefit at the rate of the last $1000 owed to the government; say 30% of 100,000 or $30,000 from Living Water Micro Finance Inc., a non-profit company.
The new owner, Living Water Micro Finance Inc. , will sell the equipment in question in Africa and will feel indebted to the previous owner, the equipment dealer or the farmer. This indebtedness will be 50% of the net selling price. This indebtedness will be resolved in our hypothetical example, by the purchase of additional new equipment from the dealer.
If a farmer were to donate his or her used equipment there would be a large tax refund receipt and a cash credit from a third party, Coop Eau Vivante in Africa to a dealer of his or her choice or some other similar arrangement.
More important there will be a real contribution to poverty and famine in an underdeveloped country. We are talking about increased needed efficiency in the agricultural field, which will lead to more employment as well.
Leave a Comment at LivingWaterMicro Finance.org for more information.
Stage 2 Carbon Emission to be Solved
The world leaders must find a way to absorb carbon dioxide emissions that is in our atmosphere now. Trees and soils are the only way to absorb the present glut of CO2 in your world.
Presently these funds are improperly managed because they attempt to make the tax neutral by redirecting the fund for tax rebates to working families, cutting sales tax and reducing the tax on manufacturing. All this is very admirable but it doesn't solve the high concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, which is presently causing global warming.
The Funds to Finance Rehabilitation
There are two sources of funds based on two different methods of absorbing carbon emissions: one from biochar in soils and the other from planting of trees.
On one hectare of farm land of 500 trees:
- Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund for BIOCHAR IN SOILS
LND Fund seeks to mobilize US$2 billion annually; they estimate that the average cost of land rehabilitation is $100- $150/ha. In Africa, five countries have voluntary committed to LND including Senegal, Algeria, Chad, Ethiopia and Namibia..
- 500 trees/hectare will yield 50 tons of Carbon from branches and weeds or (50 tons x ⅓) 16.7 tons of CO2 emission absorption from the production of
- The value of the capture of carbon in the form of Biochar is $250/year at the tax rate of $15/ton. (The LDN Fund offers $150/year based on $10/ton of carbon emissions.)
- The Carbon Tax Fund for TREES: the fund can support 500 trees for a total cost of $200/year for a period of 25 years plus an initial $750:
- There will be 500 trees with a NPV of $0.50/tree: at the rate of $15/ton, the Net Present Value (NPV) is $200/year.
- Add $1.00/tree for reporting and auditing for 25 years (that's a one-off total – not per year): $500 to be monitored by Living Water MicroFinance Inc. for 25 years.
This part of the fund will support each 1.5 acre farm that will have access to $150/year n the form of micro finance assistance complements of the Carbon Tax Fund. Each $150 will be recycled nine times for a total of $1,350.
This micro finance will be made available to women farmers and their families who need support before the orchards become productive after 18 months: they will maintain this agroforest farms by planting vegetable like yam in between the new tree seedlings. The micro finance loan will be due after the harvest.
The tree farm is supported by a Today's Tall Tree Nursery managed by Living Water MicroFinance Inc. in order to reduce the cost of tree seedlings. The fruit and nut tree seedlings along with nitrogen fixing trees are supplied by Today's Tall Tree Nursery.
The reporting and auditing of trees for 25 years at the rate of $1.00/tree will help finance a Today's Tall Tree Nursery to service over 100 hectare (beginning with 50,000 tree seedlings). The estimated fixed cost is $80,000. This decentralized system is preferable to the present centralized nurseries that have costly transportation costs for very vulnerable tree seedlings.
This calculation does NOT include income streams from the fruit and nut produce, which are reserved for the women farmers and their families. Later, irrigation can be added for a remunerative 275% crop improvement.
There will be a stipulation that all biomass on the 1.5 acre farm will be converted to Biochar every year. Creating Biochar on a farm involves incentives: the women farmer and her family will receive $150 based on the carbon tax rate of $15/ton for a total of 34 tons/year of carbon sequestered.
Living Water MicroFinance Inc. will arrange partnerships with African landlords (who provide a long term lease) for woman farmers and their families.
Leave a Comment below if you wish to have more information.
Stage 3 Micro Finance & Landlord Cooperative
What better way to direct carbon tax funds: planting trees that are well maintained by African women farmers, which
- Absorb carbon dioxide in our world environment
- Adapt poor farmers to unstable climate change
- Untie the shackles of unconditional foreign aid
Burkino Faso Living Water Micro Finance Fund
Living Water Micro Finance Inc. , a non-profit company, uses agroforestry for improved land use systems.
What is Agroforestry?
Agroforestry can help to achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation while at the same time providing livelihoods for poor small holder farmers in Africa.
Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies in which woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately combined or inter-cropped with herbaceous crops and/or animals.
Crops are combined with tree species with little negative effect. In general, inter-cropping can enhance soil organic matter, and thereby carbon (C) sequestration, can increase resilience to drought in sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to climate change mitigation.
If you grow quality cocoa and coffee and buy American wheat and corn in exchange, you end up with ten times the food you would have had growing your own corn and wheat.
Living Water Micro Finance Inc. , a non-profit company, has a mission to support African women farmers and their families and to support agroforestry, which integrates trees into their farming systems.
The Micro Finance Revolution
Stage 4 Irrigation in Remote Areas using kinetic energy from moving water.
Irrigation and Fertilizer changes everything!
No matter how great their yield potential, plants still need water to survive: every year could be a drought year for much of the globe.
New Farmers' problems start with climate change; they cannot plant on time as the rains are unpredictable and too much attack on crops from pests and diseases and unpredictable climate conditions lead to high post-harvest losses. Irrigation is the only solution.
Living Water Micro Finance Inc. provides the wings of innovation for irrigation. The inexpensive HUG pumping system accelerates the velocity of rapids or waterfalls, providing pumped water with HUG large dimension pipelines for much longer distances than prior technology without the use of electricity.
Stage 5 Electricity in Remote Areas created from moving water without the use of a dam.
* HUG is an innovative new patent to create energy from fast moving water without the use of a destructive dam. It relies on the phenomena of the power of the vortex . This power can be easily seen as the water leaves your bathtub. This new energy source can be used to power water pumps for irrigation at a long distance from the fast moving water source.
HUG is moving from a centralized energy system to a next-generation distributed energy system.
One HUG: 74 kW = 518 MWh/yr. x 80% usage= 414 MWh/yr.
Six HUGs: 2484 MWh/year can support 100,000 households annually@ 150 kWh per household.
Average electricity consumption in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, is only about 150 kilowatt-hours per capita.
HUG (Helical Unique Generation) is an innovative new product, which could put clean, river-friendly power within reach of everyone.
HUG is modular, relatively easy to install and highly scalable. It is perfect for remote areas of the country with fewer transmission lines.
This development is an exciting breakthrough in green energy. Small batches of HUG turbines can be installed in only a short period.
Don't leave it to someone else: Do your share NOW!
Sunnyup.net provides wonderful opportunities offered by IT (Information Technology). Helping to raise charitable funds can also be lucrative through our website, SUNNYUP.NET.
Agroforestry could help solve Climate Change.
New Trees are the only solution to soaking up Carbon Dioxide:
Here is how we begin OUR REVOLUTION.
- A Micro Hydro Electric System: no dams: HugENERGY.us
- An Irrigation System: NORTHydro.com
- A Rabbit and Fish Farm: AfriCAPITALISM.us
- The Charitable Arm: SunnyUp.net
- Living Water Micro Finance: LivingWaterMicroFinance.org
- Thunder of Justice: ThunderofJustice.com
- Deliverance Is: Deliveranceis.com
- God Love Letters: GodLoveLetters.com
- Living Water Is: LivingWaterIs.com
Christianity is not a philosophy, but it is a relationship with God, your Creator, in Christ TODAY. It is not knowledge of abstract principles.
Some Christian disciples use deliverance to deliver away evil spirits influencing people. These evil spirits cause depression, addictions and illness through all forms of stress.
After you have been delivered from evil influences, you will have a definite physical experience of a complete sense of peace.
Once you experience a physical sense of peace because of deliverance, you know that you will be healed. This helps you build up your faith, which is very crucial: No faith! No healing!
Some Christian disciples have the gift of healing. Only the Name of Jesus Christ makes healing and deliverance possible.
In the end, one Christian conversion will benefit the whole family. The gifts of the Holy Spirit of healing and deliverance will help the whole family. A prayer of deliverance of evil spirits will leave any member of the family with a complete sense of peace immediately. A prayer of healing from a Christian disciple produces 80% healing. The remaining healing comes from continued prayer of praise and thanksgiving until all the healing is complete. This healing comes from the Holy Spirit through the power in the Name of Jesus Christ. No other god or deity or doctor uses this power. This proves the TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY.
God divinely inspired the BIBLE . How do we know? Each of eight accurate predictions shows a high probability mathematically. The probability of one individual fulfilling eight prophecies have odds of 1 in 10 17 (1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000). Jesus Christ fulfilled all prophecies, therefore the Bible MUST BE TRUE.
The Old Testament indicates another 40 astonishing predictions.
Christianity experiences stunning growth—from approximately 3.8 million adherents in China in 1956 to an estimated 87 to 100 million Christians today.
Jesus is alive today! He heals today (through His followers) and in many cases it is realized immediately. How else can you explain the explosion of Christianity, the world's largest religion, on earth: 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31 percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth.
Christians know and feel His Presence; they communicate with Him personally; Christian prayers are always answered.
This author has been given the Gift of Healing only because he is a Christian Lay Missionary, who travels two to three places every year. On his last trip to Columbia he successfully transferred his Gift to his Spanish translators, who were able to heal as he did. He has healed Muslims to their great surprise.
He also delivers away evil spirits along with their healing. All those who are delivered from evil spirits feel a complete physical sense of peace.
God can give a message to those non-Christians to change their heart. God knows faith will be developed eventually. God will come to you in the form of dreams or visions. So be sensitive to any dreams or visions, when you ask God for it earnestly.
- Christians don't shout, "I live a clean life!" Christians whisper "I feel lost, but now God found me and God forgives me."
- Christians don't speak with pride. They confess that they stumble and need Christ to be their guide.
- Christians don't say," I'm strong." They say they try to be strong because they need strength.
- Christians don't brag about success, but they admit that they fail and they need God to clean the mess.
- Christians don't claim to be perfect, but God still believes in them.
- Christians still feel the sting of pain. They have their share of headaches but they still call upon His Name.
- Christians are not holier than others. They are simple sinners who receive God's unbelievable Grace.
Christianity on a Table Napkin:
"If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
God the Father will wipe every tear from our eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, crying out or pain. We will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is The Holy Spirit will have made all things new. Eternal joy will begin. "For the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is His name." Luke 1: 49
Are we not like Barabbas who was justly condemned for murder, but saved by the innocent Jesus on the cross? Are we not like the adulterous woman, deserving of death by stoning, to whom Jesus says, "I do not condemn you"? And Jesus saved them both. In fact, Jesus came to earth specifically to look for and save those who were lost, like you.
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool". Isaiah 1:18
You may need some counseling with a pastor, priest or competent Christian worker, who will introduce you to a Short Course on Who is Jesus? Start by reading a short biography of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. Read several verses before going to bed and read the same verse upon arising. He will defend you from attacks of the enemy when you ask Him.
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- Deliverance from Prison
- Deliverance PowerPoint
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- Do you Know an Alcoholic?
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- Gluttony is Not Merely Overeating
- God's Protection and Blessing
- Healing and Deliverance General Information
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- Healing Hands: Father Melvin Doucette
- Healing of Relationships
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- The High Stakes of Gambling Addiction
- Three Ways of Self-Deliverance
- Ungodly Soul Ties
- Ungodly Superstitious Beliefs
- Your Part
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We want to make sure that everyone has access to this helpful new document (available in a short version and a longer version) from the Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC) on how to get ahold of anti-HIV drugs (and hepatitis treatment too!) if you don't have coverage in other ways.
As many of us sadly know, going through patient assistance programs sponsored by the drug companies can be a confusing, time-sucking maze -- so the FPC has negotiated easier routes that they spell out in this document.
It's well known that the vast majority of people living with HIV seek to protect their partners to prevent further transmission of HIV. And having an undetectable viral load makes it MUCH less likely (and some would say, impossible) to transmit the virus to others. So it's vital that people have sustained access to these drugs not just for their own health but to help them in their efforts to stop transmission to others. That's one of the many reasons that access to safe, affordable treatment is an HIV prevention justice issue.
Please spread this document far and wide so it gets in the hands of any and all who could use it!


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Knox, Colin and Borooah, Vani (2017) Inequality, segregation and poor performance: the education system in Northern Ireland. Educational Review, 69 (3). pp. 381-336. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2015) The Economics of Schooling in a Divided Society: The Case for Shared Education. Palgrave Macmillan. 208 pp ISBN 9781137461865 [Book (authored)]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2015) Segregation, inequality and educational performance in Northern Ireland: problems and solutions. International Journal of Educational Development, 40 . pp. 196-206. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2014) Access and Performance Inequalities: post primary education in Northern Ireland. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 22 (2). pp. 111-135. [Journal article]
Knox, Colin and Borooah, Vani (2014) Inquiry into Shared and Integrated Education:. Northern Ireland Education Committee Northern Ireland Assembly. 13 pp. [Research report (external)]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) 'The Contribution of Shared Education to Catholic-Protestant reconciliation in Northern Ireland: a third way?'. British Educational Research Journal, 39 (5). pp. 925-946. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) The Future of Education in Rural Communities. Rural Network News, Rural Community Network, 3 pp [Internet publication]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) Inquiry into the Education and Training Inspectorate and School Improvement Process: University of Ulster. Northern Ireland Assembly EducationCommittee. Hansard Official report. 15 pp. [Research report (external)]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) Inquiry into the Education and Training Inspectorate and the School Improvement Process. Northern Ireland Assembly Education Committee. 21 pp. [Research report (external)]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) Public Consultation on Area Education Plans. In: Shared Education Conference, Riddel Hall QUB. University of Ulster. 17 pp. [Conference contribution]
Borooah, Vani and Knox, Colin (2013) Raising Standards through Shared Education. [Scholarly edition]
Borooah, Vani (2012) Social Identity and Educational Attainment: The Role of Caste and Religion in Explaining Differences between Children in India. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (7). pp. 887-903. [Journal article]
Arun, Thankom and Borooah, Vani (2011) The Gender impact in Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, 2 (2). pp. 71-80. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2011) Floreat Scuola: An International Analysis of Parental Satisfaction with Schools. Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 11 (3). pp. 157-174. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2011) Racial Disparity in Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27 (4). pp. 453-473. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani, Dineen, Donal and Lynch, Nicola (2011) Health, Employment, and the Quality of Life in Ireland. Irish Journal of Sociology, 19 (2). pp. 144-169. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Mangan, John (2011) Mistaking Style for Substance: Investor Exuberance in the 2008 Indian Premier League Auction. Journal of Sports Economics, 152700 . [Journal article]
Bailey, Mark and Borooah, Vani (2010) What Enhances Mathematical Ability? A Cross-Country Analysis Based on Test Scores of 15-year Olds. Applied Economics, 42 (29). pp. 3723-3733. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2010) Gender Differences in the Incidence of Depression and Anxiety: Econometric Evidence from the USA. Journal of Happiness Studies, 11 . pp. 663-682. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2010) On the Risk Associated With Belonging to Disadvantaged Groups: A Bayesian Analysis with an Application to Labour Market Outcomes in India. In: Handbook of Muslims in India. (Eds: Basant, Rakesh and Shariff, Abusaleh), Oxford University Press, pp. 199-220. ISBN 978-0-19-806205-9 [Book section]
Borooah, Vani (2010) Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion. In: Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination in Modern India. (Eds: Thorat, Sukhdeo and Newman, Katherine), Oxford University Press, pp. 179-207. ISBN 978-0-19-806080-2 [Book section]
Borooah, Vani (2009) Comparing Levels of Job Satisfaction in the Countries of Western and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Manpower, 30 (4). pp. 304-325. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2009) Terrorist Incidents in India, 1998-2004: A Quantitative Analysis of Fatality Rates. Terrorism and Political Violence, 21 . pp. 476-498. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2009) The Role of Maternal Literacy in Reducing the Risk of Child Malnutrition in India. In: Gender and Discrimination: Health, Nutritional Staus and Role of Women in India. (Eds: Pal, Manoranjan, Bharati, Premananda, Ghosh, Bholanath and Vasulu, TS), Oxford University Press, pp. 141-162. ISBN 978-019-806029-1 [Book section]
Borooah, Vani, Dineen, Donal and Lynch, Nicola (2009) Language and Occupational Status: Linguistic Elitism in the Irish Labour Market. Economic and Social Review, 40 (4). pp. 435-460. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Mangan, John (2009) Home is Where the Hurt is: An Econometric Analysis of Injuries Caused By Spousal Assault. Applied Economics, 41 (21). pp. 2779-2787. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani (2008) Deprivation, Violence, and Conflict: An Analysis of "Naxalite" Activity in the Districts of India. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2 (2). pp. 317-333. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Bailey, Mark (2008) Decomposing the characteristics of undergraduate student attrition. Applied Economics Letters, 16 (9). pp. 993-937. [Journal article]
Borooah, Vani and Mangan, John (2008) Education, Occupational Class, and Unemployment in the Regions of the United Kingdom. Education Economics, 16 (4). pp. 351-370. [Journal article]
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A Zumbathon, benefiting the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas at Parkland Health and Hospital System, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Fireside Recreation Center, 8601 Fireside Drive, Aug. 10. Proceeds will be used to purchase child safety seats that the IPC provides to families.
The IPC works with the community to reduce injuries and deaths from car crashes, burns, falls, child abuse and other injuries. One of its successful initiatives is a car seat inspection program offered free of charge to Dallas area residents.
Registration fee can be paid at the door. Space at the Zumbathon is limited to 200 participants.
For more information about the Zumbathon, call 214-791-2504. For more information about IPC, visit http://www.injurypreventioncenter.org.
The number of students who graduated from Dallas ISD in June 2013 reached its highest level in 31 years.
The district had 7,302 students earn diplomas in June, up 345 from 2012 and more than 1,600 graduates, despite a relatively stable enrollment, since 2007.
"More students graduating from school means more opportunities for each of them to be successful with their lives," said Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles.
In addition, the district's four-year graduation rate rose for the fifth straight year. Figures released by the Texas Education Agency show that 81.3 percent of students in the Class of 2012 graduated in four years up 19 points from 62.5 percent in 2007. The completion rate rose for a fifth straight year to 88.8 percent, an increase of 15 points since 2007. The rise in graduation and completion rates corresponds with a similar decline in the percentage of Dallas students dropping out of school. The district's dropout rate fell by more than half since 2007 from 25.8 percent to 10.8 percent. The decline in the dropout rate extends to every ethnic group in DISD.
African American students dropping out in the last five years has dropped 13.3 percent while the percentage of Hispanic students decreased 16.8 percent.
For more information, visit http://www.dallasisd.org.
The Dallas Independent School District is estimating its fund balance will reach an all-time high of approximately $275 million. Dallas ISD is in the process of closing its books for the 2013 fiscal year with an audit by Deloitte and Touche LLP.
"This is excellent news for Dallas ISD and for the taxpayers of the city," Superintendent Mike Miles said.
The district's financial team has garnered several awards for their outstanding work. The most recent was the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting awarded by the Government of Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. The award is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.
Last week, State Rep. Marc Veasey, representing the newly created 33rd Congressional District, hosted a small business forum with Metroplex small business owners, local chambers and stakeholders to connect them with the resources that help small business owners on the path to becoming certified for set-aside and sole source contracts with federal agencies.


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After years of research, writing, and careful curation, we are excited to share our first-ever book -- available now at shop.bluegrass.com, many fine booksellers around Colorado, or from .
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 40 Years of Festivation is a gorgeous 216-page, elegantly hardbound collector's edition book (just 5,000 copies in print). The book features more than 350 photos; essays by Sam Bush, Chris Thile, Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Winston Marshall (of Mumford & Sons), and several dozen others; gorgeous full-page reproductions of each year's art poster; complete festival lineups; and year-by-year accounts by our 29-year festival MC Pastor Mustard.
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The book went onsale at the Country Store inside the 41st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. We still have some copies of the book which are available online at shop.bluegrass.com or at Amazon.
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- Between the Covers (Telluride)
- Explore Booksellers (Aspen)
We have only printed 5,000 copies of this limited hardbound edition, so the book will only be available while supplies last. (10,000 Festivarians attend Telluride Bluegrass every year, so you can do the math.)
Coverage in the Press
- The book has been honored with some wonderful reviews, including Huffington Post, Marquee Magazine(5/5 stars!), No Depression, Relix, Boulder Weekly, The Bluegrass Situation, and Listen Up Denver.
- Read Pastor Mustard's complete introduction in the print and online editions of Denver Westword.
- Check out several interviews with the book's author Pastor Mustard (aka Dan Sadowsky) in the Denver Post, Telluride Inside & Out, and Aspen Public Radio.
- View a gallery of posters from the book at Colorado Public Radio
|Updated photo credits page
Thanks to the many photographers who have focused their artistry on capturing the magic of Telluride Bluegrass. We've worked hard to credit each of the contributors to this 40-year collection, but there were a few we weren't able to properly credit in the initial printing.
View the listing of all photography credits including the latest additions and corrections. Or download an updated "Photo Credits" page (26k PDF) to print and include in your copy of Forty Years of Festivation. Our deepest gratitude goes out to everyone who has chronicled this Festival's rich visual legacy.
Sneak Peek
Each festival year features: a gorgeous full-page reproduction of the festival artwork opposite an essay by Pastor Mustard, the year's complete festival lineup, and stunning photos curated from dozens of photographers over the festival's 40 years. Interleaved throughout the years are personal essays from over two dozen festival artists and crew, as well as break-out spreads on unique Telluride Bluegrass institutions including the tarp run, the House Band, and the mythology of Festivarians and Planet Bluegrass.
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Lake Conroe Conservation Efforts Receive State, National Recognition
ATHENS—Lake Conroe has suffered more than its share of ups and downs over the years—pun intended.
The lake north of Houston has been plagued with infestations of exotic vegetation damage to native vegetation by an overpopulation of grass carp introduced to get rid of the exotic vegetation, a degraded watershed, lack of shoreline habitat for fish and dissension over what to do about all the problems.
Finally, in 2006, a coalition of public and private organizations, local businesses, community residents and anglers was formed to find a more holistic way to develop a balanced aquatic ecosystem while managing invasive species and expanding biodiversity through native plant introductions.
The coalition's efforts were recognized May 1 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), which named the Lake Conroe Habitat Improvement Project Coalition the 2013 winner of the Texas Environmental Excellence Award in the Civic/Community category.
Lake Conroe has also been listed as a 2013 Waters to Watch by the National Fish Habitat Partnership. The list recognizes water bodies that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition.
In short, Lake Conroe is on the road to recovery.
The road has not been short and smooth, but it has been traveled by a committed group of more than 200 individuals and organizations determined to make the lake better. "Large-scale reservoir habitat restoration efforts are larger and more costly than any one agency, state or federal, can undertake on its own," said Jeff Boxrucker, coordinator for the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership.
"This project is important to Texas because it is one of the first reservoir stakeholder coalitions to form in this state, demonstrating how a diverse mix of caring people can connect resources and expertise in route to a better quality of water, habitat and life," said Dave Terre, chief of research and management for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Inland Fisheries Division.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries biologist Mark Webb is one of the leaders of the Lake Conroe project. He stressed that the project's success was due to the leadership of the San Jacinto River Authority and their concerted efforts along with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to involve all interested stakeholders—anglers, property owners, businesses and government agencies—and to address the multiplicity of problems plaguing the lake. "By utilizing the principles of adaptive management toward common goals, the strengths of multiple cooperators will continually improve the Lake Conroe ecosystem into the future," he said. "This project benefits the environment by reducing harmful exotic vegetation in a sustainable manner, increasing sustainable native habitat for fish and other wildlife, sequestering harmful nutrients, reducing bank erosion and stabilizing bottom sediments. Fish, wildlife and everyone who uses the lake will benefit from the improved water quality."
One of the greatest benefits of the project has been the bridges built between various interest groups in the community, from property owners to businesses to anglers. "This project has brought a wide range of stakeholders closer together, which has been a positive for the angling community," said Ron Gunter, Assistant State Conservation Director for the Texas B.A.S.S. Nation. "Agendas have been established that take into account the best interests of the reservoir and its fishery. New partnerships have developed, and this has brought an influx of fresh ideas, assuring that the fishery will be protected now and in the future."
Approximately $1 million has been spent on the project so far. Five miles of shoreline have been planted with native vegetation, and four acres of fish-attracting structures have been placed into the lake. A nursery has been built to provide plants for expansion of the introduction of native plants. Planned future projects also include the placement of more fish-attracting structures into the lake, creation of a constructed wetland, creation of a watershed protection plan and publication of a Lake Conroe recreation guide.
Partners and sponsors of the Lake Conroe project include the San Jacinto River Authority, Seven Coves Bass Club (which is also the Lake Conroe Friends of Reservoirs chapter), B.A.S.S., Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership, Texas B.A.S.S. Federation, Dock Line magazine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station and Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Black Bass Unlimited, Texas Association of Bass Clubs, Lake Conroe Association, Toyota Texas Bass Classic, Entergy, Bass Pro Shops, U.S. Forest Service/Sam Houston National Forest, Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas.
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The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give, according to Red Cross officials.
Donations through the Red Cross are down approximately 8 percent over the last 11 weeks, resulting in about 80,000 fewer donations than expected. The number of donors continues to decline, and the shortfall is significant enough that the Red Cross could experience an emergency situation in the coming weeks.
In addition, the Independence Day holiday falling on a Friday reduced the number of blood drives scheduled in early July. Many sponsors did not hold drives because people took vacations either over the long weekend or for the entire week. In an average summer week, about 4,400 Red Cross blood drives are scheduled, compared to Independence Day week when only 3,450 drives occurred.
"Hospital patients continue to need lifesaving blood this summer, and they're relying on the generosity of volunteer donors to give them hope in the days and weeks ahead," said Scott Caswell, CEO for the Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region. "Please, consider giving the gift of life. Each day donations come up short, less blood is available for patients in need – and you never know when it could be your loved one needing blood."
Eligible donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative blood are especially needed at this time. Type O negative is the universal blood type and can be transfused to anyone who needs blood. Types A negative and B negative can be transfused to Rh positive or negative patients.
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The summer can be among the most challenging times of the year for blood and platelet donations as regular donors delay giving while they take vacations and participate in summer activities. When school is out of session for summer break, donations from those who normally give on campus tend to drop by more than 80 percent.
Every day this summer is a chance to give hope to patients in need and their network of family and friends. July 13 marked the half-way point for the Red Cross campaign "100 Days of Summer. 100 Days of Hope." Blood and platelet donations are needed now and for the rest of the summer. Individuals who donated blood earlier this summer may now be eligible to donate again and help patients such as accident victims, heart surgery patients and children with blood disorders.
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TALKING TO MYSELF - December, 2015 - "Santa Claus"
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I spotted Santa Claus sitting in a large easy chair as soon as I entered our church's back foyer. It doubles as a fellowship hall on Sundays between services, and it's a popular spot where talk flows along with the hot coffee.
Although he was disguised in a white shirt and tie and a khaki windbreaker, I knew who he was. His long white beard gave him away.
"Santa Claus!" I called out, making my way toward him through the crowd of Methodists wolfing down doughnuts. He was chatting with one of the homeless men who attend services at our downtown Lexington church. Interrupting them, I blurted out,
"Do you remember me? Georgia Stamper? We knew each other in Ashland when I lived there. How wonderful to run into you here!
He has family in Lexington, he said, as he looked up at me with his blue eyes, a little milky now with age. Then he took my outstretched hand in both of his. I was startled that his felt so boney. Didn't he used to be fleshier?
"I brought my daughters to visit you every year at Hills Department Store. That would have been in the late 1970s. I never bothered taking them to any of those imposters from central casting. They only talked to you."
He smiled and nodded as though he did recall my little girls, mothers now themselves.
I burbled on as people will do with the very old so that Santa wouldn't have to talk if he didn't want to, if he were too tired, if he didn't remember me
"My oldest grandson is in boy scouts, now, for almost a year, and it's been a life changing experience for him." Not many people know that Santa has been in scouting almost as long as it has existed. Once, on Scout Sunday back in Ashland, I heard him talk about meeting Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the scouting movement, at one of the early World Scout Jamborees
"That's fine news about your grandson," he said in a quiet voice. I believed he meant it, as if he were as concerned about the boy's well-being as I am.
Then, abruptly returning to our earlier subject, he said, "Those years at Hills were good ones. I'd just retired from forty years on the railroad and was looking for a way to be useful. I went to every store in Ashland and Russell, all the big places like Sears and J. C. Penney and Parsons, but the only one that would give me the time of day was Hills. One incident -- I've never forgotten."
He paused and stroked his beard as if considering how best to tell me this story. I wondered what could be so unusual that it would hang in Santa's memory for decades. Remembering the bizarre incidents in David Sedaris' "SantaLand Diaries," I prepared myself for something funny.
"A little girl came to see me one day. She could have been as old as nine, a tall child on the chunky side, but I suspect she was large for her age because she had the manner of a child about six." Santa shuffled the cane propped against his knee and looked away from me as though he were clarifying her image in his mind. After a few moments he looked back at me and went on.
"One half of her face was the most beautiful chocolate color I've ever seen. The rich brown color ran on a diagonal line from her upper left hairline, across her nose, and ended on her lower right jaw line." Santa sliced his face into two imaginary triangles with his hand so that I would understand.
"But the opposite half of her face, following the same diagonal slant, was splotched with many colors, white, purple, blue, and it was bumpy with growths." In a quiet way, Santa also swept his hand over this triangle of his face to help me visualize what he had seen.
"We chatted a few minutes about what she wanted for Christmas. And then, as I did for every child who came to talk with me, I kissed her on the cheek and gave her a peppermint candy cane. Then I lifted her off my lap, and she took off running.
I was stationed in the rear of the store in a wide center aisle that allowed me to see all the way to the front entrance. And so I could see her running down that long aisle, nearly the length of a football field, to where her family stood near the front of the store, and I could hear her shouting to them as she ran --
'Santa Claus kissed me on the cheek! He kissed me on the cheek!' she yelled out to them, over and over and over."
Santa stopped speaking, and stared at something I could not see. We sat in silence as others bustled past us, in a hurry now to finish their coffee and settle themselves in the large sanctuary of our church for the eleven o'clock service. Minutes passed. I reached for his hand and squeezed it gently to say good-bye. The old man acknowledged my leaving with only the slightest nod of his head.
I confess that I didn't hear the choir sing that morning or anything the minister said. I sat in my padded pew thinking about the little girl with the Joker face and wondering who she might be now, over thirty years later.
This then is my Christmas message to you, by way of Santa Claus and with words borrowed from the poet Emily Dickinson:
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
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ROCHESTER — The Spaulding High School boys basketball team improved to 9-1 in Division I with Tuesday's 76-65 win at Concord. Dominic Paradis and Nick MacGregor led the Red Raiders with 19 points each, while Seth Fogg fired in 17.
The Red Raider led 51-28 after three quarters, but the Crimson Tide (1-9) exploded for 37 points in the fourth quarter to make it interesting.
Spaulding plays at rival Dover Thursday.
The Red Raiders needed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by MacGregor, but the Red Raiders got the job done with a 43-40 Division I win on Friday night over Exeter.
MacGregor was also the Red Raiders' leading scorer with 20 points, while Fogg added nine.
'Toppers handle Tiger girls
FARMINGTON — The Somersworth girls basketball team rolled past Farmington in Division III on Tuesday night by a score of 65-42.
Rachel Hill led the Hilltoppers (9-3) with 24 points. For Farmington (7-6), Ashley Lambert led the way with 13 points and Shannon Cardinal scored nine points with nine rebounds. Farmington visits Sanborn on Thursday.
The Tigers suffered a 48-28 loss at Gilford (8-4) in D-III action Friday.
McKenzie Lloyd led the Tigers with six points and Lambert added five.
Pittsfield rolls by Nute girls
MILTON — The Nute girls basketball team fell 58-39 at home against Pittsfield (10-3) in Division IV action on Tuesday.
Abby Flanagan and Erin St. Lawrence each scored eight points for Nute (3-8), which hosts Derryfield Wednesday past deadline.
The Rams were a 47-24 winner over rival Portsmouth Christian (1-12) in Division IV on Friday.
For Nute, Alissa Mitchell scored 14 and Michelle Guindon scored seven. For Portsmouth Christian, Kim Gendron scored 12.
Masse leading Spaulding bowlers
ROCHESTER — The Spaulding bowling team is in eighth place in the NHIAA standings out of 11 teams with 11 points. Pinkerton is in first with 24.
David Masse is one of three Red Raiders bowlers ranked in the top-32 with an average of 182.14. He is fifth. Anthony McGee is 21st (164.50) and Madison Goldstein is 31st (156.42). Other top bowlers for Spaulding are Spencer Lindsay (152.10) and Colton Castonguay (139.92).
Men's hockey: Seacoast back in first
ROCHESTER — Seacoast Kettlebell moved back into first place in the Rochester Men's Hockey League standings with a convincing 8-3 win over DeNiro Development on Monday.
Zach Joy had four goals for Seacoast (9-5-1), while Steve MacIsaac added a goal and two assists. Also scoring were Marc Behan, Bill Hopkins and Zach Cobb (assist). Steve Riker added two assists and Keith Mackenzie made 40 saves.
For DeNiro (7-4-4), which fell out of first, Brett McKay, Lyle Marelli and Dan Houston lit the lamp. Pat Giguere stopped 22 shots.
RSA Realty edged Towle Pallet 3-2 as Derek Ceppetelli scored twice, including the game-winner.
Pater Keilty also scored for RSA (6-5-4), while Giguere stopped 32 shots.
Scott Brown and Geoff Negm scored for Towle (6-7-2). Dan Trepanier made 31 saves.
Merrimack Mortgage picked up a much-needed victory, topping Finishing Touches, 8-6.
MM (3-10-2) was led by Mark Lawrence with five goals. Doug Colwell (assist), Jay LeDuc and Steve Fowler also found the back of the net. Derek Colwell made 32 saves in goal.
For FT (6-6-3), Nick French had a hat trick, while Tom Tabb (assist), Tim Puls and Chris heath also scored. Ethan Baker stopped 37 shots.


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Titled Fiction and Identity Politics, and featuring the speaker in a Mexican sombrero as shown at right, the keynote speech began this way, leaving no doubt how it meant to go on:
I hate to disappoint you folks, but unless we stretch the topic to breaking point this address will not be about "community and belonging." In fact, you have to hand it to this festival's organisers: inviting a renowned iconoclast to speak about "community and belonging" is like expecting a great white shark to balance a beach ball on its nose.
The topic I had submitted instead was "fiction and identity politics," which may sound on its face equally dreary.
But I'm afraid the bramble of thorny issues that cluster around "identity politics" has got all too interesting, particularly for people pursuing the occupation I share with many gathered in this hall: fiction writing. Taken to their logical conclusion, ideologies recently come into vogue challenge our right to write fiction at all. Meanwhile, the kind of fiction we are "allowed" to write is in danger of becoming so hedged, so circumscribed, so tippy-toe, that we'd indeed be better off not writing the anodyne drivel to begin with.The reaction began before the speech was over, with some listeners walking out and blogging about their reasons why later. Conference organizers disavowed the message and set up a "right of reply" session for those attendees wishing to speak in rebuttal to the controversial keynote.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, one of the attendees, noted "Her question was — or could have been — an interesting question: What are fiction writers 'allowed' to write, given they will never truly know another person's experience?" She writes about waiting for Shriver to subvert the argument made humorously at first, only to conclude that the speech was a "poisoned package wrapped up in arrogance and delivered with condescension."
Just because a speech is famous--and this one surely is now--doesn't make it the best example of greatness. Here's what you can learn from this famous speech, or really, some questions to ask if you are considering such a tactic:
- Is your respect showing? There are plenty of speakers who make their mark by being gadflies, people who poke conventional thinking in the eye. It's a provocative and memorable approach, whether you agree or disagree with the content. And it's a bold stroke, one that few speakers attempt. But better might be an approach that balances the bold questions with some demonstrated respect for the audience and the organizers. When listeners in the hall see your speech as arrogant and condescending, you have missed this mark.
- Do you get at the interesting question, or just the glib one? Abdel-Magied posed the tougher question that could have been answered by Shriver's talk: "What are fiction writers 'allowed' to write, given they will never truly know another person's experience?" That's more on-point for a writers conference, for starters, and would have required some philosophy to get beyond the protest.
- Are your examples one-sided? Certainly, many speakers cherry-pick their examples to make an extreme point. Playing solely to one side of the argument dismisses your opponents, but also excludes a large portion of your audience. A better (and likely better received) talk might have found many other-than-biased examples to illustrate the complexity of the issue and how authors (aka, the audience) have thought about them through the ages. The talk, for example, put me in mind of Jane Austen, who includes no scenes of men speaking to other men without women present, because it was outside her own experience. Yet she's considered one of the greatest novelists. How does that fit into this discussion?
(Photo of Lionel Shriver shared by Dr. Kristin Ferguson on Twitter)