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I think it's very important that we understand history. Otherwise, history get's re-written, and eventually it becomes what everyone believes.
The following information was taken directly from the book: Vaccine Safety Manual. By: Neil Z. Miller, medical research journalist and Director of the Thinktwice Global Vaccine Institute. The chapter on Polio comes referenced with 316 citations.
What is Polio? Polio is a contagious disease caused by an intestinal virus.
How is Polio contracted? Polio can be spread through contact with contaminated feces (for example, by changing an infected baby's diapers) or through airborne droplets, in food, or in water. The virus enters the body by nose or mouth, then travels to the intestines where it incubates. Next, it enters the bloodstream where "anti-polio" antibodies are produced. In most cases, this stops the progression of the virus and the individual gains permanent immunity against the disease. Many people mistakenly believe that anyone who contracts polio will become paralyzed or die. The truth is 95% of everyone who is exposed to the natural polio virus won't exhibit any symptoms, even under epidemic conditions.
Injections also increase the susceptibility to polio. Researchers have shown since the early 1900's that paralytic polio often starts at the site of injection (when diptheria and pertussis vaccines were introduced in 1940's, cases of paralytic polio skyrocketed). This research has been confirmed in numerous published studies for decades, including a 1992 study, published in Journal of Infectious Diseases, showing that children who received DPT (diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis) injections were significantly more likely than controls to suffer paralytic polio within the next 30 days. According to the authors, "this study confirms that injections are an important cause of provocative poliomyelitis". In 1995, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that children who received a single injection within one month after receiving a polio vaccine were 8 times more likely to contract polio than children who received no injections.
Nutritional Deficiencies: A poor diet has also been shown to raise susceptibility to polio. In 1948, during the height of polio epidemics, there were documented links between polio and excessive use of sugars and starches.
The Polio Vaccine: In 1952, Jonas Salk, an American physician and microbiologist, combined three types of polio virus grown in cultures made from monkey kidneys. Using formaldehyde, he was able to "kill" or inactivate the viral matter so that it would trigger an antibody response without causing the disease. That year he began his initial experiments on human subjects (school children). In April 1955, the nation's first polio immunization program was launched. Shortly thereafter, 70,000 school children became seriously ill from Salk's vaccine- the infamous "Cutter Incident". Many of these children contracted polio from the vaccine, were paralyzed and died. Apparently, Salk's "killed-virus" vaccine was not completely inactivated. The vaccine was redeveloped, and by August 1955 over 4 million doses were administered in the United States.
These were the "Polio Pioneers". The children received a certificate of membership for taking part in the first national tests of a trial polio vaccine conducted in 1954.
In 1957, Albert Sabin, another American physician and microbiologist, developed a live-virus (oral) vaccine against polio. He didn't think Salk's killed-virus vaccine would be effective at preventing epidemics. He wanted his vaccine to simulate a real-life infection. This meant using an attenuated or weakened form of the live virus. In 1963, Sabin's oral "sugar cube" vaccine became available for general use.
Which Vaccine Is In Use Today? In 1963, Sabin's oral vaccine quickly replaced Salk's injectable shot. It is cheaper to make, easier to take, and appears to provide greater protection, including "herd immunity" in unvaccinated people. However, it cannot be given to people with compromised immune systems. Plus, it is capable of causing polio in some recipients of the vaccine, and in individuals with compromised immune systems who come into close contact with recently vaccinated children. This vaccine was given for 37 years, until 2000 when the CDC "updated" it's U.S. polio vaccine recommendations, reverting back to the vaccine given in 1950's, saying that children should only be given the killed-virus shot.
I'm going to end Part I at this point. I want to ask you, the reader, a question:
After 37 years, why did we stop using the oral live-virus vaccine (also known as OPV) and switch back to the killed-virus shot (also known as IPV: Inactivated Polio Virus)?
I'll have the answer for you tomorrow!
THIS IS a 4 Part Series
Part I: History
Part II: Vaccine Safety & Effectiveness
Part III: Vaccine Effectiveness & Diagnosis
Part IV: Where are We Now?


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I must say that the Russian market data centers can be proud of. According to the classification Uptime Institute, in our country 10 data centers TIER III level and one – TIER IV, the highest level in terms of the certifying organization. Moreover, Russia has its own unit and representative Uptime Institute, which in itself speaks not only of trust, but also increased the need for certification of national projects.
The fact that Russia has built the highest level of data center reliability, we have already mentioned , having a small tour of the facility. And today we have an excursion to one of the most technologically advanced and large data centers today. This new project SuperNAP 8 from the company Switch. This company, as you know, always gets in the news reports in connection with some unimaginable projects. A CEO and founder Rob Roy (Rob Roy) is famous because of patented inventions for 218 data centers, including in the field of cooling solutions, high-density data centers, network equipment, dealing with the consequences for the environment.
In 2009, settled Switch market by building the first SuperNAP – tech data center with nearly 40 thousand square meters of usable space. He still rented the world's largest technology companies and more than 40 cloud providers. And today we are talking about SuperNAP 8 because this is another unique project by, stuffed with all sorts of technological innovations and also received a certificate level TIER IV of Uptime Institute. Needless to say, it's a mark of distinction, in fact allows us to consider every such separate data centers?
SuperNAP 8 – is the culmination of all the research findings, inventions and Rob Roy's attempts to rethink the data center itself. The project is designed so that data centers can operate in any climate: it is, of course, a claim of global expansion. This was the company's intention is the fact that Switch did from his new kind of efficient data center template for the construction and dissemination of data centers.
"We were seriously focused on how to create the world's best data center – says Rob Roy. – SuperNAP 8 – is the end point of our efforts. I just wanted to see if we can develop a global standard for our data centers. "
As I have said, we do have reason to be proud, because not every region on the map can note the presence of DPC highest level of reliability and so many centers level TIER III. And the statistics that only emphasizes, as the U.S. market has traditionally been considered developed, only four data center TIER IV. But all of them, like ours, are tailored to the needs of a single customer – and, accordingly, are located there only one power company. It should be noted that SuperNAP 8 became the first Uptime Institute TsODom who got the proverbial "fourth level", being bell-center. That is, it will have a lot of clients with their preferences and demands, but they keep within the scope of the requirements TIER IV.
SuperNAP 8 built using modular components made of the same Switch. Main unit, known as MacroMOD, accommodates two corridors with columns: here will be placed client servers. Switch for their own use provided another of the same unit. MacroMOD allowed to make significant progress in the sense of a very important parameter for the data center PUE (energy efficiency), which have SuperNAP 8 is 1.18, while the average efficiency of data centers Google hovers around 1.12. Despite the fact that Google uses its data centers alone, not renting. A bell-centers are less flexible in energy consumption, so this level of PUE says a lot. SuperNAP 8 operates at a temperature of +69 C ° and 40% humidity. DPCs scale IT market players, such as Google and Facebook, are closer to the mark of 80 degrees.
From a design standpoint since the first SuperNAP (now known as SuperNAP 7) changed the internal structure of the data center. In previous versions of power units housed in the center of the room with rows of racks and shields on the sides. Now all the power units and shield are in the same part of the building along the exterior wall, and rows of server racks located throughout the rest of the territory. Cooling modules, which should talk separately, are outside the building. Infographics below shows how the generator is located, panel, power units, cooling. Separation of electrical and cooling systems servers to achieve high reliability, even in case of problems with the power supply.
For a new data center in the Switch is designed specifically enlarged version of custom cooling modules, each capable of conditioned to 1000 tons of air (the previous version was only 600 tons). Modules are interesting in that they support six different cooling modes. Special software development platform manages the system, choosing the method according to the temperature inside and outside the premises. Uncharacteristic for these modules at the top of the tabs are designed to vent hot air and warm up if necessary at the expense of frost and snow, which is important for cold climates. Another feature of the system is cooling modules Rotofly. This rotary flywheels built into every HVAC-module. The failure of the power supply for a long time they will cool the server room by pumping cold air through the corridors of the equipment.
Another item on our tour will be the invention CEO Rob Roy – Architecture Black Iron Forest. This system of distribution space within the data center, built on special steel racks, indeed reminiscent of the forest. This "forest" has two functions – physically support data center modules (like on stilts) and cool them as well alloy maintains the desired temperature by acting as a radiator.
Another element of the data center, which usually does not say – it's … roof! The fact that 99% of data centers are faced with the need to change the roof over the lifetime, and during the removal of the center is very vulnerable. Therefore SuperNAP8 applied technology SwitchSHIELD – in fact, it is a double reinforced roof, calmly withstand wind up to 90 m / c. And, of course, if the roof will have to change, this would be no threat to the operation of the data center.
Thus, Switch right before our eyes set new industry standards for global data center market. Because that market will develop in the direction of greater resiliency, no doubt. And here will be important every detail – from material containers modular centers to roofs and flywheels in the cooling system. It's time to beg the question of reliability for data center operators. A Switch in the meantime plans to build SuperNAP 9 – data center on 56 000 square meters.


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Community News
Are you tougher than a Boy Scout?
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- Published on 02 February 2012
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Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? This is the basis of a new six-episode series set to air this fall on the National Geographic Channel.
Those who have been involved with the Boy Scouts of America know how tough Scouts can be. They master hundreds of unique skills, learn what it takes to survive in a variety of circumstances, and focus on teamwork to accomplish goals that otherwise would be insurmountable. See the Salute to Boy Scouts in the February 2 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Luxury Family Villa Priseltsi With Private Pool
Villa with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and private pool in Priseltsi, Bulgaria
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This luxury rental villa is situated in the peaceful village of Preceltsi with excellant views . An ideal location for local beaches, fishing and shopping in Varna.
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This Modern villa has been built and furnished to a very high standard.
Inside you will have 2 large double bedrooms ( 1 with e-suite ) , 2 large twin bedrooms, family bathroom and downstairs wc.
The living area is of a very generous proportion with a lounge and dining area. The modern kitchen is equipped for all of your needs. Air-conditioning is in all rooms.
Outside there is a lovely barbeque area, family swimming pool, beautiful views, lighting and off road parking
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4 out of 4 people recommend staying here
This villa was perfect for our family of 7 (3 adults, 4 teenagers). Excellent location, stunning views and exceptionally well maintained - we cannot recommend it highly enough and hope to return next year.
Villa booking ran very smoothly and excellent communication. Villa easy to find and we were met in the village and shown to the villa, very clean, well equipped, modern and everything as described in advert. Car hire definitely recommended, we visited Varna frequently and surrounding local beaches and restaurants, walking to the local shop during the day would have been a trek in the hot sun. Very peaceful location, ideal for our type of family holiday, we would definitely recommend and return. The only comment we would make is if you had 8 adults staying and all in the pool it would be very crowded, we had no issues though and it was well used and kept. Oh and wi-fi is available, picked up from the kind neighbours :) which meant 3 happy teenagers!!
We stayed two weeks at the villa and enjoyed it a lot, it was very fresh and clean, beautiful interior. but there are some minuses, like the garden is small, the swimming pool is too small, although on pictures it looked big. the cleaning lady never came once a week. i recommend to go to that villa, just one should know these things before hands.
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We stayed at this villa in August 2011. The villa is beautiful and very well maintained I would definately recommend this. A car is essential as there is very little nearby. Pool was lovely but not heated. Off the beaten track with other villas close by. One or two villas still being built nearby so a little building noise, not enough to disturb us though.
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Excellent newly built villa with all modern facilities standing in its own plot with a fantastic view over the countryside and its own pool and barbeque area. Ideal for chilling out type holiday or great base for exploring. Easy access to Varna and its airport, shops, and facilities. Less than 30 minutes from Golden Sands . Local amenities include restaurants, shops, and bars. Golfing within 45 minute drive of lighthouse and black sea rama championship standard courses. Have been 3 times already and would throughly reccomend its great value for money.
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Chungin & The Strap-on Faggots: Chungin & The Strap-on FaggotsChungin & The Strap-On Faggots make you smile. Representing the sound of young Tallinn, Estonia and Berlin they pack a delicious post punk punch wrapped up in cool pop sensibility and sealed with a bubblegum kiss. Just a shame it isn't 1979.
There's a tremendous amount of charm and excitement and a good electro punk new wave sound. If you have to say which band in the record shop would they'd be close to obviously it would be a band beginning with C but musically, for easiness they sound like the Hives and The Buzzcocks.
On Cats of Destiny you could be mistaken for thinking a young Johnny Rotten was on vocals. In a perfect world, maybe the bygone days when DJ's like John Peel championed bands like this, they'd carve out a decent career.
Tight Jeans sounds like a live favourite with a feel of early Magazine. Dogshit City is redolent of The Jam meets Killing Joke with the Damned dropping in with the drink and drugs. The album is underpinned by a great rhythm section with fantastic drumming and great power pop guitar hooks. There's even some electro pop in there to boot. I'm Not Your Messiah is catchy, funny and brilliantly ironic.
This is a great piece of power pop tinged punk and despite their name maybe not being too Radio 1 friendly for daytime airplay rotation, if they're really serious calling themselves something 60's garage sounding like The Stoics might just be the way to breakthrough.
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Tables are available giving the probabilities of various poker hands. Such tables can readily be adapted to give the chances that the hand you are holding will be the strongest among N random opponent hands.
Based on such a table, it is a simple matter to develop an algorithm to determine a hand's chances even before the "drawing round". The algorithm could also advise on which cards to throw down and can refine the win probability calculation in consideration of the number of cards your opponent has drawn.
Suppose you are playing poker while using such an algorithm. You decide to completely ignore your opponents' bidding behaviour as you regard this information as unreliable. I.e., we can assume that your opponent is a skilled gambler who understand how to undermine the information content of his bids with carefully calibrated bluffs. Rather, you determine your bids based solely on the algorithms probability calculation: Whenever the probability indicates a positive payout for your participation, you bid to the limit, otherwise you fold.
As soon as your opponent comes to understand your approach - for instance, because he is an astute observer, or because the nature of your algorithm is publicly known - he can be expected to abandon bluffing as well. (Why would he bid on a weak hand when you can't be influenced?) Next, he will be pressed to adopt your algorithm himself, since deviations from the optimal participation decision only lead to a lower payout.
I've presented the case for 1-vs-1 play, but it works as well for 1-vs-N if a large enough number of players are using the same algorithm.
Consider: Have I shown that there is no point in bluffing? Is there any point in relying on inferences drawn from one's opponents' bidding behaviour? Is there ever any reason to bid less than the maximum? and, most fundamentally, why hasn't poker been set aside (like checkers) to the pile of solved games?


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LIMA, Pa.—July 13, 2011—Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, announced today that it has opened a station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This new location marks the first company-owned station for Pilot in Europe, and will service new and existing customers sending shipments through the region. This opening comes on the heels of Pilot's record-setting revenue in 2010, with its international shipping sector marking a dramatic 60 percent year-over-year growth compared to 2009.
"After years of working with customers and partners throughout Europe, we are thrilled to be opening the first official Pilot station abroad," said Richard Phillips, CEO of Pilot Freight Services. "This is a big milestone for our company, as we continue to grow and expand our footprint both domestically and internationally."
The Amsterdam station offers a full suite of transportation and logistics services, including air, ocean, ground and logistics capabilities. The station will be managed by Pilot veterans Gilles Auzanneau and Alexandra Ryan, who will be responsible for all sales and operations.
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Servus TV celebrated the success story of the Red Bull Stratos team live this evening in Salzburg, Austria.
Felix Baumgartner joined Col. (ret) Joe Kittinger and Art Thompson along with Servus TV hosts Andreas Gröbl and Andreas Jäger for the first time at Hangar-7 along with team members Mike Todd (Life Support Engineer), Luke Aikins (Skydiving Consultant), Andy Walshe (Performance Director) and Jonathan Clark (Medical Director).
Felix Baumgartner shared for the first time detail about the mission; the most memorable moments after landing and the goal of contributing to science and aerospace. Speaking of amazing moments, let me introduce you to the human sonic boom:
Shortly after Felix jumped from 128,100 ft, the ground crews at different locations reported hearing a sonic boom. Audio from a video recording captures what is believed to be the sonic boom made by Felix Baumgartner as he passed through the speed of sound. The footage was recorded using a video camera pointing skyward as Baumgartner accelerated to a speed of 833.9 mph (1,342.8 km/h) during his jump from the edge of space.
Four different groups of observers on the ground state they heard the sonic boom. Dr Alex Garbino, part of the Red Bull Stratos medical team, said, "We were about 4 or 5 miles away. It sounded like a very distant faint thud, like a double thud. At first, I didn't recognize the sound and then I thought, wait was that a sonic boom." And Brian Powell, Division Chief at Roswell Fire Department, added, "It's not as loud as a fighter plane would make. But you could distinctly tell it was a sonic boom - a 'boom-boom'. Everyone all at once said, 'did you just hear that?'. We knew exactly what it was."
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The City of Picher has hired a new attorney to represent its municipal interest.
Erik Johnson was appointed to replace Neil Wilson as council for the city.
"It's going to be interesting work,� Johnson said. "There are some good people in Picher and I feel real good about representing them.�
Last month, Wilson informed city council members that he wanted to cut back his caseload and asked them to begin looking for someone else to represent the city.
Johnson also represents the cities of Miami and Commerce.
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The city has received a letter from Michael Palmer, vice president of commercial operations for Empire District Electric Company.
Palmer informed council members that the company has received inquiries from Picher residents concerned about continued service after the buyout.
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1965 David received his first camera after selling enough peanut brittle candy for his Little League baseball team the Tigers. That camera was a Kodak Hawkeye, which he still owns.
1978 Attends Newport School of Photography in Newport Beach, Calif., becomes assistant to the owner Al Belson.
1979 - 1981 Attends several workshops with Richard Garrod, John Sexton, Henry Gilpin, Rod Dresser, and Clinton Smith.
1979 - 2001 Owns and operates commercial photography business.
1983 First place in photography at the Las Damas Art Festival.
1985 Moves to Oakhurst, Ca. and begins photographing the southern Yosemite Sierra.
1987 Two man show with Richard Garrod at the Spectrum Gallery in Fresno. His photographs appear in Fresno, California's Heartland book and in Sunset and National Geographic World, and the cover of Focus on the Family magazines.
2000 Opens the David Ashcraft Gallery in Oakhurst.
2001 Curates and shows in group shows at the Spectrum Gallery and Gallery Govreau in Fresno.
2002 Shows in the Ansel Adams group show at the Mumm winery in Napa, Ca. and the Fresno Art Museum's Decennial Invitational - Next Wave II: Artists of the New Era.
2004 Eight page Spotlight feature and interview in B&W Black & White Magazine for Collectors of Fine Photography.
2005 Shows in Fresno City Hall sponsored by the Fresno Arts Council. Group show UC Center, Fresno Community ArtReach and a ongoing show at the UC of Merced.
2006 Appears in the UC Center A Dozen Points of View, Fine Art Photography Exhibit, begins teaching photography at Fresno City College.
2008 Group show at The Spectrum Art Gallery
2009 Solo shows at the Photoshop in San Luis Obispo, the first showing of platinum, palladium, and gold prints and color solo show at The Grind in Oakhurst, Ca.
2011 Two man show with Richard Garrod at Gallery 1233 in Long Beach, Ca.
2012 Guest curator at the Fresno Art Museum the Visual Metaphors, Photographs by Richard Garrod exhibit.
David's photographs can be found in many public and private collections around the world.


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Ryan Mallett Can Punt Too
At a time of the year when the local sports casts don't really interest me much, I found last night's little tidbit on spring practice fairly interesting.
The local Fox sports chick Courtney Timmons (and later in the evening Aaron Peters) had footage from spring practice yesterday showing Ryan Mallett punting.
We all know the Mallett can drink some alcohol, has a cannon for an arm, and will probably win two Heisman Trophies, but who knew he could boot a fairly nice spiral?
Well, probably his family, friends, teammates, and Razorback stalkers all knew, but I digress.
This little twist for the offense will make for some helpful special teams situations come fall, because the Razorbacks will be able to have their offensive unit out there anywhere around midfield on fourth down forcing defenses to line up to stop them, and Mallett can just drop a few steps further back and punt it.
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The photo above is from our local fresh market, a great place to buy vegetables and flowers and an even better place to pick up great snacks and the tastiest morsels of fried dough you'll find this side of anywhere.
It's one of the perks to living here, the chance to get up early on a Saturday morning and walk 15 minutes to a 2 story open air structure bustling with people and produce, where you can buy anything from a pet goldfish to a ball of yarn to a roasted rabbit to a gutted pig carcasse.
There are other things I like about living here. I like the little bit of challenge that comes with each day. Now that I've come to accept most of the strange/silly/frustrating aspects of daily Sichuan life, I've come to find most of them amusing and entertaining in their own way. For some reason nearly getting run down by a black audi cruising down the sidewalk doesn't bother me like it used to. Neither does the need to argue with waitresses to avoid paying for dishes that we never ate because someone forgot to tell the cook the whole order. Those are just normal things now, sometimes funny, sometimes forgettable.
I like the food, I like the pace of life. I like that there are many months in which we've been able to save twice as much as we've spent because there is just so little we are interested in buying here besides food. If I had access to fancy grocery stores or even cosmetics without weird chemicals in them I would have never found out that baking soda mixed with a little honey and lemon juice makes for a fantastic face wash. I'd have never learned to make bagels from scratch or realized how many uses there are for an empty jam jar.
There are of course things I hate. I hate the pollution, I hate that even on a "blue sky" day, the air is still thick with chemical smells and cigarette smoke because there are just that many smokers and that many buildings being torn down and rebuilt on every block.
I hate the crazy amounts of pesticides used, I hate the scary lack of food safety and the fact that not even the rice is safe here anymore (10% is tainted with heavy metals). I hate that we bought 33 pounds of watermelon last weekend only to learn that farmers have been using so much growth hormone on them that they've been exploding in the fields. FYI, there is no excuse for buying 33 pounds of watermelon, not even a barbecue for 45 people. I don't know what we were thinking.
Anyways, for everything I hate about living here, there are a lot of things I like and I feel like 13.5 months in (who's counting though right?) I'm finally hitting my groove. I have things happening here that I'm looking forward to, a long list of people I want to have over for dinner, projects I want to take on, places I want to visit. I no longer think longingly of yuppie creature comforts like Whole Foods on a daily basis. I no longer mourn the loss of my old life in DC among my ambitious non-profit peers, I find myself considering career options and projects that I may have never have thought of had I stayed in that bubble. I'm getting comfortable navigating the world of the Foreign Service, which at times feels like 1950's Pleasantville and at other times like a "Breaking News" broadcast. It can be very aggravating but it's rarely boring.
Which is all to say that I'm actually a little nervous to head back to the States in a few weeks.
Forget how much I'll miss Chris for my first 5 weeks home (soooo much, we rarely go more than an hour or two without laying eyes on each other, 5 weeks sounds like an eternity), forget how much there is to do to get ready for the baby, forget what a life change that will be, I'm worried about what will happen to my recently acquired sense of expat peace with a 3 month stint Stateside.
Will I walk into a Target and just totally forget how I've survived the last 6 months making my own face wash and contentedly wearing all of the same clothes I've owned for the last 5 years? Will I get so used to having a well-stocked grocery store and organic produce again that I'll get super frustrated trying to cook when I get back to Chengdu?
The clean air will be amazing, driving will be a pleasure, I can't wait to gorge myself on pesticide-free strawberries and absurd amounts of guacamole, but how will I handle America again?
Or will having a baby be enough distraction to sort of avoid the whole reverse culture shock thing? Thoughts?
p.s. I owe this blog a baby update. For now I'll just say that the 3rd trimester is exactly as uncomfortable as I was promised but I don't think I've ever been more in love with our son during this pregnancy than I am now, we can't wait to meet him.
1. Sorry for the absence lately. I've got about 7 posts drafted and another 5 in my head but I'm in one of those phases where I can't stand anything I write. Great for getting better, not so great for getting anything posted.
2. One of the posts drafted is in honor of my amazing mother and awesome mother-in-law for Mother's Day. I tried 5 times to write it, not one version seemed to do justice to either of these fabulous women. I think I need to write a book instead.
3. Yesterday my husband mopped off our balcony so we could have people over for an impromptu get together. He also washed the massive stack of dirty dishes I created and grated a whole bowl of carrots for me. He's amazing. Last night I dreamed I married someone else and had a miserable life as a result. Ok fine, yes it was Prince Harry and his grandmother seemed convinced I was in it for the silver candlesticks, but whatever. I woke up this morning so, so glad to be in bed next to my man instead.
4. Yesterday I made the husband 2 loaves of pepperoni and cheese Italian brioche and figured out a way for him to set up his hammock on the balcony. I won major wife points.
5. Do you ever have charmed cooking days? Where you miraculously have everything you need in the fridge and in the perfect amount, all of your baked goods need the same temperature oven, and every new recipe you try out is fabulous? That was yesterday for me. It was amazing, I felt like Martha Stewart, well if Martha Stewart lived in China and had to make her own tahini for her hummus. Oh yea, and if Martha Stewart walked around looked like she swallowed a whole watermelon.
6. I also have crappy cooking days I should point out. The other day I broke 2 ovens and started a gas leak trying to make one measly little cake. Fail.
7. Peppadew peppers + white beans + cream cheese + food processor = the most delicious and borderline healthy dip on the planet.
8. Carrot cake + freshly grated ginger in the batter + maple cream cheese frosting = I want to eat the whole cake myself. I have a new favorite cake and it's made with vegetables. Who'd have ever thought?
9. Have I mentioned we are done moving? We are done moving and it feels fabulous. I will never take American-standard plumbing and circuitry for granted again. Did you know I can run the oven and any other appliance at the same time here in our compound apartment??? I can even run the washer while I run the dryer! If Chris brushes his teeth while I'm in the shower, I don't freeze! It doesn't smell like raw sewage in here! The flames on our stove go low enough to actually simmer things! There is room for Thumper to play on the floor in a few months!
10. Thumper is kicking away like…well something that kicks a lot. Chris and I can actually see my stomach move now when he really gets going. I'm totally entranced. I never thought I'd be one of those women who stares at her belly, rubbing it all day but I totally am. Up to this point I never really understood women who say they "loved being pregnant" and miss having their baby inside them after they give birth. Now I think I kind of get it. I get the connection people talk about. He feels so much more like a real person now that he's constantly bumping around like he owns the place. Before when we'd put our hands on my belly, he would always stop moving, or we'd stop being able to feel him. Now when we put our hands on my belly or when Chris whispers into my belly button, he sort of rubs up underneath our hands as if he can actually feel us there. Now we just can't wait to meet him in t-3 months.
11. Holy cow, 3 months?? Technically, 2.5 months now!?! Where did that time go? How fast can August get here?
12. The lack of photos on here recently is due to the sad fact that my camera appears to be somewhat busted. It still works but not well and not well at all in manual mode. It's as if the shutter is miscalculating how much light is really available for a given shot. Even with the flash on, plenty of light, and maximum aperture, the shutter stays open for at least 5 or 6 seconds. It's nearly imposible to take a clean shot. Chris updated the firmware for me and that helped a little but it didn't fix it. Anyone else have this problem with a Canon Rebel?
13. Xiang La Bing is probably the greatest culinary bargain in all of Chengdu. It's like crack, oily, spicy, bread-y, sesame and green-onion covered crack. It comes in a little plastic baggy and it makes me high on living in Chengdu. We also live much closer to the best source in town now. Remind me to do a post about it sometime.
…From Walmart. My yuppie, liberal, bleeding heart is well…bleeding. But we're ok with it.
It wasn't long after we found out I was pregnant that I started
obsessively casually browsing cribs on the interwebs.
Having never shopped for a crib before I assumed it would be easy to find something we liked: clean lines, non-toxic, on the smaller side, with a modern-esque design for under $200-$300.
Oh how wrong I was.
There is no such thing as a truly inexpensive modern clean-line crib.
There are massive sleigh-bed-esque Victorian-looking cribs in the $150-$400 range:
I saw a few of these in person over R&R and I have my doubts about any of these fitting into a compact Asian high-rise apartment-an important consideration for the next few years. Plus, the look is a little Drexel Heritage…which gives me the shakes.
Besides the big sleigh-bed cribs, there are also gorgeously simple and beautiful cribs that double as works of art:
Problem is they are expensive works of art-costing anywhere from $600-$1600 dollars. American, not Zimbabwean dollars. So gorgeous they make you want to throw out your coffee table and set up the crib there instead for everyone to admire. So expensive they make you want to stop eating for 6 months to pay for one.
There are also plenty of inexpensive, basic cribs for under $150 bucks, but it's just kind of hard to tell online which ones are good quality and which ones aren't. In D.C. Craigslist would be a great option, in Northeastern Wisconsin all I'm finding for sale are sleigh-bed type cribs and baby Packer outfits.
For months, literally months, I searched for an alternative. I went up in my price range, I lowered my expectations. We looked at cribs at Ikea here in Chengdu and found a nice, inexpensive one we liked…until we checked out the available mattress options which were a bit too soft and not sized for U.S. sheets, mattress covers, etc.
At one point I even toyed briefly with the idea of skipping a crib altogether. Couldn't we go straight from bassinet to bed?
And then, one day, I was reading Cup of Jo and clicked on pics of her son's nursery for some baby style inspiration. Turns out her bedding and decor weren't quite my style but before I clicked away I noticed that the crib looked compact and modern and sleek.
Given that this $140 night light was on the dresser, I assumed the crib must also be out of my price range.
Turns out, it wasn't, it was from Walmart. Yes, that Walmart.
I was intrigued and so last night I did some online Walmart perusing and was shocked, shocked people by what I found.
There's apparently a lot more to Walmart's selection than what you can find in it's stores. Their crib selection dwarfed Amazon's and the prices were palatable. They had all of the cheap cribs plus all of the monstrous sleigh-bed cribs plus a whole selection of modern-esque cribs at reasonable prices.
And so I happened upon a crib: white, with clean lines. The wood is sustainably-harvested and the finishes are all non-toxic and certified by like every rating system on the planet. There are 4 mattress-height settings and I've read really great reviews of other cribs made by the same company.
And the price? Not too shabby-more expensive than a super basic crib for sure but a whole lot less than any of the other cribs we liked.
Plus online Walmart purchases ship free to any Walmart store. And with Mama and Papa Smith graciously volunteering their pick-up services, it just seemed too good a situation to pass up.
Chris liked the crib. I liked the crib. We could afford the crib AND we could FINALLY be done looking at cribs. Holy cow was I ready to be done looking at cribs.
So, in a shocking display of spontaneity I quickly added the crib to my cart, added a crib mattress while I was at it and hit "buy" before I could change my mind.
And there you have it. Baby has a brand new bed…minus the pink bedding.*
*A bed that will stay in the box until it arrives in Chengdu sometime around October…
For the rest of my life I think I will remember where I was the moment I heard Chris shout from across the apartment "They killed Osama bin Laden."
I was in the room that will become Thumper's nursery, vacuuming rugs. The room was bright with sunshine, a rarity here in Chengdu, and I stood barefoot in a pair of black tights and an oversized faded chambray shirt I pinched from Chris' closet to cover my growing belly.
Like a lot of other people, I have no interest in celebrating a man's death-even a man as vile as bin Laden. That being said, it was more of an emotional moment for me than I had ever counted on. It was like the feeling that comes with the end of a sigh, the nearly untraceable relief of an exhale.
It's been nearly ten years since that other bright, sunny day that changed our world, my world. On that day I was a teenager. I watched the towers fall on tv surrounded by my journalism class and I suddenly found myself standing in front of the tv cart as if in a trance, hysterically screaming over and over "my uncle is in that building, my uncle is in there."
Turns out he was. There was no way I could have known then but at that moment when the first tower fell he was on his way up the stairs to rescue people. Already a decorated Rescue 1 firefighter, he made the ultimate sacrifice that day leaving behind the love of his life and his two young sons.
And so began a surreal nightmare for my extended family, for our whole country. I don't remember the big things so much, but the little details are branded into my memory forever. The bright blue sky, the eerily silent high school lunch hour. The teachers numb and helpless to comfort. All of the patriotic songs that played on the country radio stations 24/7. Riding in the car with my father and turning to see silent tears streaming down his cheeks.
My extended family in New York, and especially my aunt suffered far, far more than we did in the days and months and years that followed and far more than I can even imagine,. Even so, that day changed my life in unexpected ways.
In some ways, paradoxically, that was the day that set me on a path to leave home, to travel and care about the wider world and all of the problems in it. When you realize that nowhere is safe from danger and heartache, you have a lot less to lose by leaving the nest. 9/11 changed the career path I chose, the friends I made, the political beliefs I hold, and even the Foreign Service life I live today.
In a weird way, I can't imagine my life without Osama bin Laden and all he represented to the American people.
When the towers fell, people united but then later divided. Over silly things like "freedom fries," over big things like the best way to confront evil: fire power or education and economic development; Iraq or Afghanistan and Pakistan. I began to see my friends in a new light as I saw some choose to hate all Muslims with a blind fury while others held on to the more nuanced stance that every religion has a few ugly beliefs in its holy book, every country has a few bad apples.
But for all of the debate and division and fear spread over the past 10 years, Osama bin Laden in strange ways also united us. We could all agree that, even if his followers weren't driven by pure, maniacal, evil urges, he was. He remained a spector, a ghost of terrors past lurking in the shadows. In our collective imaginations, he became a man of mythical proportions whose power could turn our worlds upside down again with a simple phone call, but whose destruction might also promise an end to the fear and a return to peace and security. It was convenient to have just one man to fear and loathe so completely.
Which is why the news left me feeling both moved and deflated. Osama bin Laden may be dead and buried at the bottom of the ocean, but I don't think the world is any more peaceful than it was on Sunday morning.
On one hand, I'm very proud of the gutsy actions taken by our President and armed forces. I think this operation will also finally expose, for once and for all, just how twisted the Pakistan military's relationship is with al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. On the other hand, I've seen far too many t-shirts with Osama's face on them and met far too many admiring people to believe his death has truly made the world a safer place. There is still so much hard work left to do.
And at the same time, Osama bin Laden's death feels like a bookend of sorts. As a teenager I witnessed him capture the fury and imaginations of the American people and now as a young adult, living overseas, with a baby on the way, his death seems like the end of an era in modern history. What will come next? Does every generation ultimately feel this way about something in their past?
It makes me sad that even the violent death of my generation's biggest boogeyman will not automatically grant peace and security for my son's future and so I wonder what he will witness, what world events will mark and shape his young life. I hope for his sake, they are mostly happy ones. A cure for malaria, a cure for AIDS, clean energy alternatives, economic growth in the most violent and hopeless of neighborhoods around the world. That's what I hope for. Ultimately though, it's up to us now to make those beautiful things happen for our children, to create a future so much better than our past that there is no place for a man like Osama bin Laden to gain power in it.
For the most fitting tribute we can make to such a man is not a celebration, but to render his legacy and all that he stood for irrelevant; a forgettable, regrettable footnote in a history book that our children read from someday with nothing to fear.


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Ok, so I'm a bit stumped for Halloween costume ideas. I've been so busy and stressed out that my creative juices just aren't flowing right. You don't understand, halloween is my FAVORITE holiday. Since I was a kid, I've always had the most creative and hilarious costumes, most of them I make myself. This year, I just can't quite get it. C'mon, help a girl out.
As you can see from my photos below, Dina has no boundaries. I'll be anyone, wear whatever, just to get a rise. I've won contests (as a kid I won almost every year) and three years ago, I was picked by OK Magazine to be featured on their website for a celebrity look alike contest when I was Amy Winehouse (see below). Also, two years ago, I won $1000 from Us Weekly & Zaarly and was featured in their magazine for dressing up as Snooki.
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Sunny Galbraith works with students who have the honor of hacking up apples and other garbage for worm composting.
On April 22, more than 1 billion people around the globe participated in Earth Day by voicing their appreciation of the planet and demanding its protection. Schools do their part by teaching the next generation to save our planet from global warming and pollution, and protect plant and animal species from extinction.
The following stories look at how some CTA members are going green in their classrooms and schoolyards and how it boosts students' academic achievement and saves money for schools. They also offer resources and tips for going greener at your own school.
Worms aren't "yucky" to Cupertino High School students. The critters are lovingly tended to in compost bins, where they digest lunch leftovers and make fertilizer for an organic vegetable garden.
At Walnut Grove Elementary School in Pleasanton, the school's solar panels are incorporated into the curriculum, and students can view online — in real time — how much power is being produced at their school site.
In South Tahoe High School's auto shop class, students are converting a dune buggy into an electric vehicle and cooking up clean alternative fuel from french fry oil.
Environmental education is thriving at some California schools despite budget cuts. Whether it's worm bins, recycling, organic gardens or solar power, schools are finding creative ways to go green. In the process, students learn about their world, respect nature, and become better prepared for the future.
Some associate the green movement with tree huggers, but it is important for everyone to be environmentally conscious, says James W. Reede Jr., an environmental science professor at CSU Sacramento and an electric transmission systems engineer at the California Energy Commission.
"It's important to teach students about environmentalism so they will be well-rounded, will be sensitive to the world around them, and will know what they can do to make it better."
Students of all ages should understand the "damage we are causing to our planet," says Reede. "This past year the polar ice pack has shrunk to the smallest it's ever been. Polar bears are drowning. Our planet is heating up, and over the past 30 years 85 percent of glaciers in California have melted. Many creatures are moving to higher elevations because they can't stand the heat. Due to global warming, our sea level is rising. Some communities, such as Foster City, will be underwater someday."
The California Faculty Association member believes schools should embrace green technology, which he sees as the wave of the future. "Green jobs will offer our students wonderful opportunities, and schools should be preparing students for these jobs of the future."
Such jobs might include organic farming, building energy-efficient buildings, and manufacturing products that do not harm the environment.
Lean, GREEN learning machines
Students in Mike Patterson's South Tahoe High School auto shop class are converting a dune buggy from gas to electric power. It may be the first electric-powered dune buggy in existence.
Vocational education classes at the school have been emphasizing green technology and alternative fuel since 2008, says Patterson, a member of the South Tahoe Educators Association and chair of the Capital Service Center Council.
"We live in such an environmentally sensitive area in Lake Tahoe that we felt it was very important to give our students the skills and knowledge to maintain our lifestyles without destroying the beautiful environment around us," says Patterson. "The first thing students learn is the proper way of recycling waste materials, so hazardous waste is not created."
Jaqui Searight, a senior in his class, is proud to be on the cutting edge. "It's important to have green energy — and for schools to be thinking green," she says. "It is definitely a way of helping the planet."
In addition to learning how to work on electric and hybrid vehicles, students work with alternative fuel. Patterson recently obtained a device that will convert french fry oil, donated from local restaurants, into biodiesel fuel.
"There are better opportunities for students when they are learning green technology," says Patterson. "My students will definitely have a leg up in the automotive industry."
Worm poop
In Kathryn Peters' class at Walnut Grove High School in Pleasanton, students study the "Four R's": Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. The rotting takes place in worm bins where leftover lunch food is composted.
"Recycling food waste is so easy," she explains to fourth- and fifth-graders during a Valentine's Day lesson titled "I Love Worms." "You are sitting next to rot now. And it doesn't smell bad, does it?"
Students learn that worms like eating coffee grounds and egg shells, and go from making "worm poop" to fertilizer called "vermicompost." Each student is handed plastic gloves, a pile of worms mixed with dirt from the composting bin on a paper plate, and a magnifying glass to study the process.
"It's important to teach them about the environment in a way that is developmentally appropriate" because younger students could become traumatized to learn that global warming is causing polar bears to drown or increases cancer rates, says Peters, a member of the Association of Pleasanton Teachers (APT).
"You want to engage students and help them feel a connection so they will ask questions and consider the results of their actions. My intention is to make them become stewards of their environment. It's wonderful, because students have a natural appreciation for being outside."
PV on a Stick
The Walnut Grove district has solar panels on many buildings, and students can go to the school's website and see in real time how much power is being produced and consumed. In 2008, the Pleasanton Unified School District became one of the first and largest school districts in the nation to go solar.
It began when the district mounted a 1-kilowatt solar cell on a pole in the playground. It's called "PV on a stick." The PV (photovoltaic) cell converts solar radiation into electric current using semiconductors. That performed well, so the district worked out a deal with Honeywell Building Solutions to develop and install solar panels producing 680 kilowatts of power in seven of the district's schools.
"When we talk about renewable and nonrenewable energy, it is something real to students," says Carol Kato, a science teacher for grades 1-5. "We've done experiments where we've had a blackout for one hour. Then we see on our computer how much electricity is needed just to have the lights come on. It's amazing to see that dip — and that's a great teaching tool."
Kato ties solar energy into the science curriculum whenever possible. In her classroom she has a scary-looking monster with a sign around its neck that reads, "Don't be an energy vampire." She uses the prop to emphasize energy-saving methods students can share with their families. For example, students put energy tips on refrigerator magnets at home to serve as reminders.
"My magnets say that you should turn off lights when you leave the room, not take long showers, only use the dishwasher when there are tons of dirty dishes, and put on a sweater instead of turning up the heat," student Josephine Lam says.
After lunch, Walnut Grove Elementary students don't dump garbage into a trash can and head back to class. Instead, students line up and carefully separate lunch remains into bins for paper, plastic, aluminum and wet garbage.
"More schools should do this," says Kato, also an APT member. "It makes kids think about the world they are part of and how they can contribute to making this a cleaner environment. Environmentalism becomes personal and makes a huge difference in how they think."
Kids blossom going GREEN
Meanwhile, at Cupertino High School, being environmentally conscious makes students feel better about themselves, says Jason Heskett, a special education teacher. His students, who have mild to moderate learning disabilities, recycle most everything. Students started with bottles and cans five years ago and expanded to include cell phones, printer cartridges, juice pouches, chip bags and food scraps from the culinary arts department and cafeteria. Used foodstuffs are put in a worm bin for composting to make fertilizer for the garden.
James Athans, 14, says it makes him feel good to recycle cell phones, which otherwise might end up in the landfill, where the battery acid might cause harm to the environment.
Students also collect footwear for Soles for Souls (www.soles4souls.org), which distributes used shoes to disaster victims and poor people worldwide. Heskett's students have increased environmental awareness throughout the district, which now has solar panels, thanks to the passage of a bond measure.
"Students run their projects like it was a job," explains Heskett, president of the Fremont Education Association. "They maintain relationships with others by collecting items, documenting how much they collect, and keeping the school informed about recycling on our website [sites.google.com/site/mrheskettssite]. They even give presentations in the community. They learn to think beyond themselves. This program has helped them blossom as people."
The color of SUCCESS
"We learn by doing," says Annie Turner, a member of the Atascadero District Teachers. "Our goal is to apply everything we are learning to the real world and make it relevant."
Turner is the coordinator of Atascadero High School's Green Academy in San Luis Obispo County, which offers core subjects with a "green twist" relating to the environment and sustainable energy, especially when it comes to math and science. Students call themselves the "Greenhounds," since the school's regular mascot is a greyhound. They tend an organic garden, compost and recycle, as well as do beach cleanup, creek restoration, and other environmental projects.
At-risk students were intentionally selected for the academy, which includes special education students, English learners, emotionally disturbed students, and others with an environmental interest.
"Our population is more diverse and more at risk than the high school overall, yet we have the most improved GPA of students and test scores [compared with] other students at our school," says Turner.
Numerous studies show that environmental education promotes learning and can actually raise student achievement because it promotes critical thinking and problem-solving. According to www.classroomearth.org, "environmental educators often find that students who fail in a traditional school setting can succeed when the natural outdoor environment becomes the students' classroom." It also encourages students to take long-term views and take action for the common good.
Environmental education also helps address "nature deficit disorder," a condition linked to children spending so much time indoors watching television and playing video games, which can cause obesity, loneliness, depression, attention problems and isolation.
GREEN keeps district out of the red, promotes nutrition
While most school districts are cutting back, the Twin Hills School District in Sonoma County has added art, music and technology classes while maintaining small class sizes without layoffs. Part of the reason is the district's commitment to sustainability.
The district runs on solar power, says Sunny Galbraith, a math, science and independent study teacher at Orchard View School. It installed electric vehicle charging stations in its parking lot, started a recycling program, and has composted 20,000 pounds of garbage over the past few years, she estimates.
"It's a lot of work, but it's worth it," says Galbraith, a member of the Twin Hills Teachers Association (THTA). "The solar panels have saved a lot of money on our electric bills. We've been able to keep enrichment programs such as art, science and music."
The district passed a bond measure to pay for solar panels, which were installed last summer. Three years ago Galbraith wrote a grant for a large organic school garden at Apple Blossom School, which is maintained by students.
Every day at lunchtime Galbraith and some of her students walk next door to Apple Blossom to help "composting teams" of elementary students, selected each week for the honor of hacking up apples and other assorted garbage for worms to eat. The students love it.
"It's fun, good for the environment, and you get to smash stuff," says fifth-grader Ryan Pearson enthusiastically.
"They absolutely love the garden," says first-grade teacher and THTA member Meg Scherfee. "It's a great teaching tool. We cook what we grow and measure ingredients for math. For science, we can study everything from insects to plant life to weather. During art, they sketch in the garden."
Scherfee says she was pleasantly surprised to discover that the garden encourages students to eat their vegetables.
"If they plant something, they will eat it," she says. "When we picked Swiss chard they looked at me like I was nuts, and the next thing you know they were chomping on leaves like lollypops and asking for seconds. This is why we have a garden."
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The call to invest in adolescent girls has been sweeping the development field in recent years. Among the supporters of this policy are key stakeholders such as the UK Department for International Development (DfID), the World Bank and several UN agencies.
In part, this is linked with the effort of Nike and its philanthropic arm, the Nike Foundation. Several years ago the foundation began focusing on adolescent girls, coining the term the "girl effect" (on development). The empowerment of girls, it is argued, is a powerful way to tackle poverty. This is because, as a special UN taskforce claimed in 2010, empowered girls will "marry later, delay childbearing, have healthier children, and earn better incomes that will benefit themselves, their families, communities and nations".
The slogan used by DfID describes this as "stopping poverty before it starts". But is it really so straightforward? At the heart of this policy is the assumption that the prevalence of early marriage and childbearing is a key factor affecting a country's economic prospects. However, a glance at the statistical data reveals there are many developing countries in which adolescent fertility is actually less prevalent than in the US, one of the world's wealthiest nations.
For example, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco, all had lower rates of adolescent fertility than the US in the last reported year. In Rwanda, one of the countries where DfID and the Nike Foundation are rolling out girl-focused interventions, adolescent fertility is not much higher than in the US. These examples highlight the limit of the association between the prevalence of early childbearing and a country's economic standing.
Even more questions arise if we consider the UK's experience of teenage pregnancy prevention. In the UK, teenage motherhood was described as linked with incomplete education, economic difficulty and poor health. In the late 1990s, the Labour government launched a 10-year strategy to curb the rate of teenage pregnancy. The effort was based on the assumption that if young women postponed childbearing, their economic prospects would improve.
This suggestion seems compelling, but there are two fundamental problems. First, it is an undisputed fact that in the UK it is overwhelmingly disadvantaged young women who opt for early motherhood. Research that examined women from similarly disadvantaged backgrounds revealed that those who delayed childbearing were not significantly better off than those who did not. Regardless of parenthood, those from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to access higher education and to obtain high paying jobs than those from more affluent backgrounds. This divergence of prospects is not caused by teenage motherhood, and therefore delaying pregnancy will not address it.
The second key problem is that policymakers' views and young women's preferences are not necessarily aligned. Labour's strategy failed to meet its target partly because a certain proportion of young women want to become mothers.
Both these problems raise questions regarding the effect of current development interventions. "Girl effect" proponents argue that if girls in developing countries delay childbearing they will be significantly better off. However, as in the case of teenage pregnancy in the UK, this argument is based on questionable evidence. Early childbearing is portrayed as a cause of poverty, but the statistics do not demonstrate such a causal connection.
Furthermore, in Britain the effort to tackle teenage pregnancy was met with resistance from disadvantaged young women. How would it be received in countries where early childbearing is culturally sanctioned and frequently takes places within marriage? Will this effort to "export" a western policy succeed? Time will tell whether the "girl effect" will become one of those promising interventions that turn out to be more of a myth than a panacea.
• Ofra Koffman is a Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow in the department for culture, media and creative industries, King's College London


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SHRIEK MOVIE EVENTS--Atlanta, Portland
Fourteen or fifteen Shriek movie parties are planned from August through October, most to be held the weekend of August 19th (a week or two after Shriek: An Afterword hits bookstores). These parties will be held in Atlanta GA, Cambridge MA, Columbia SC, Des Moines IA, New York City, Orlando FL, Osceola IN, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Portland OR, Raleigh NC, San Francisco CA, Tallahassee FL, and Tempe AZ. I'll have details shortly on the public and private events.
One public showing just finalized that I can now announce is in Atlanta, Georgia:
Invited, Like the Fans: A Showing of Shriek: The Movie, with Soundtrack by the Church
August 6, 2006, 6pm to 8pm at The Five Spot (1123 Euclid Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, 404-223-1100)
Stop by the Five Spot before The Church's concert at the Variety Playhouse (right around the corner) to view Shriek, a short film with a soundtrack by The Church, written by World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer. Also, Church videos, door prizes (including Shriek beer and Church CDs), and other freebies. Check it out before the concert. With host, writer and publisher Daniel Read.
It's not yet clear if members of The Church will stop by for the event or not. But I hope to soon announce Shriek movie events that will feature appearances by The Church.
And here is extended information on the Portland, Oregon, event at the Clinton Street Theater. Thanks to Edward Morris Jr and Jay Lake for their kick-ass efforts.
Join us for a one-night-only screening of SHRIEK - the new film based on the fantasy novel by Jeff VanderMeer, set in his popular imaginary city of Ambergris. A full-fledged event, with give-aways of Ambergris beer, Shriek swag, freebies from The Church, refreshments, the infamous Ambergris experimental music from Pittsburgh musician Robert Devereux. MC'd by local Portland author Jay Lake and the tireless Edward Morris, Jr., with support from 23rd Street Books.
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A city at war with itself. A night beyond imagining. And...aftermath.
Set in the classic imaginary city of Ambergris, Shriek is based on World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer's critically acclaimed novel of the same name. With an original soundtrack by the legendary art-rock band The Church. Directed by Finnish director Juha Lindroos, a member of the Helsinki 19. (With a bonus showing of the short "A Rough Guide to Ambergris," a humorous walking tour of an imaginary city and a video message from Jeff VanderMeer and excerpt from his upcoming documentary.)
Edward has been on local Portland radio shows promoting the event and postering the entire city. Major kudos to Mr. Morris.
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How To Make Oatmeal Rice Dog Food
Dogs which have sensitive stomachs may need a special kind of food. Oatmeal grain dog food is really a high-quality meal that's easy in order to digest. This kind of dog meals takes minutes to organize.
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I like being chased, and complimented, and being paid attention to, but sometimes the man's affections for me are just not enough for me to reciprocate the feelings back to him… At which point *BOOM* the world explodes and the man that stood before me singing my praises almost to the point of pedestal proportions turns into the type of man who spews insults faster than he can recall his family member's names.
Let me explain:
On a weekend away with some friends, and copious amounts of alcohol, I ended up kissing one of them and even in my drunken, almost sloppy state, told him it was a mistake and that I apologize but I just don't see him that way (plus his reputation of wham! Bam! Thank you ma'am! Was not one I was ready to endorse). He then, in protest, gave me a few compliments, to which I smiled kindly and then told him I'm retreating to my own bedroom the way I intended to all weekend- alone.
Well, at that point, the magic transformation had begun – I went from being beautiful to "you're nothing more than a hot body and cute face – an empty vessel otherwise", " you have more psychological issues than buffalo bill", "your degrees of fucked up are so advanced that Freud couldn't begin to figure you out", "not everyone wants you, in fact, I'm surprised anyone does"…the list goes on (in fact I'm sure there was an entire encyclopedia dedicated to my many flaws) so, after his little rant, I did the only natural thing to do- I went to bed.
The next morning offered no apologies and I was labelled a bitch. Was this a case of fierce angst against rejection or was the split personality act I endured just a part of some circus show I'm blissfully unaware of?