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A wonderfully imagined science fiction novel. Ender may seem faultless, but look again. The kid is just that- he's a kid forced to save the world. He gets into trouble and even commits a terrible crime. I think it's worth it to read this just to see how an intelligent child would function under high pressure situations.
Dieses zeitlose und weit über die Science-Fiction hinausgehende Thema spannend und unaufdringlich zu realisieren und dabei noch eine Welt zu erschaffen, die auch nach 25 Jahren weitestgehend denkbar erscheint, ist der Verdienst von Orson Scott Card. "Ender's Game" ist auch im Jahre 2009 noch ausgesprochen lesenswert.
I am aware that this sounds like the synopsis of a grade Z, made-for-television, science-fiction-rip-off movie. But Mr. Card has shaped this unpromising material into an affecting novel full of surprises that seem inevitable once they are explained. The key, of course, is Ender Wiggin himself. Mr. Card never makes the mistake of patronizing or sentimentalizing his hero.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0812550706, Mass Market Paperback)Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?
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We have 4 guestrooms, each with its own charm and personality, a parlor and a screened-in-porch. Breakfast is served with crystal and china in the dining room with its stately old columns, gold ceiling and elegance. We boast 10 golf courses within 10 miles of our location as well as being close to lakes, swimming, fishing, forest preserves, cross country skiing, bike paths a car museum, a fabulous dinner playhouse. We invite you to ..."arrive as a guest and leave as a friend".
This is a cool and soothing room, with its woodland tones. Lots of windows make it seem almost like it is part of the trees. A small sitting area with a writing desk is tucked in one corner. This guestroom has a king sized feather bed. The large upstairs bathroom is right down the hall.
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Walk into this room and be swept into a flurry of roses. It has a mauve and pink king sized feather bed, with antiques dotting the room. The writing desk is in an alcove, overlooking the side yard and a comfy old stuffed chair is in the corner. TV/VCR/DVD are in an armoire, and the bathroom is only steps away, down the hall.
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Restful, peaceful, serene and a bit playful is how we think of this guestroom, with its two twin feather beds, both with white lacy canopies. The blue and white room has a small partners desk, just right for gazing out the bay window, daydreaming or writing in your journal. The large bright bathroom is only steps away.
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4.8 on September 03, 2014
Love this B & B. For a short mother/daughter getaway this is the perfect retreat. We stayed in the Serenity Cove room...so pretty and enchanting for a 9 year old little girl! There is a secret cupboard with dolls for girls to play with. There are games and movies too! The best thing is the breakfast! Sherry's Crème Brulee French toast is to die for! We will be back next year...our fifth year :)
4.4 on August 12, 2014
My wife and I recently stayed at the Old Victorian Farmhouse for a brief getaway, and had a lovely time. The feather bed was incredibly comfortable, the whole place was very clean, and breakfast on Saturday morning was tasty. Our host was nice, as well, though I was a little put off that she never actually introduced herself. It's a small thing, and truly not a major issue or anything. All in all, I found it to be a great value and would definitely recommend this B&B to others.
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I found about this place online and decided to plan a surprise gate a way for my wife. I must say most romantic and hystorical place i have ever stayed in. Whole experience left a smile on our face when we left the next day. Indeed a must visit place.
5 on September 11, 2013
Sherry has paid great attention to providing old country charm with modern comforts along with the most scrumptious breakfast! I've stayed at similar inns around the world and B&Bs from Napa to Monterey California. Never before have I seen such amazing detail and charm in literally every inch of this beautiful old farmhouse! These rooms could easily go for 2-3 x more elsewhere and a short drive to Long Grove's cute village shops and Old Mill will complete the respite!
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I stayed at the Old Victorian Farmhouse in September, 2013. I booked three of the rooms (all except the suite) for my my mother, sister, brother and myself. We came for the weekend from IL, MI and NC to celebrate my mother's birthday. I have stayed in many B&Bs and the Farmhouse compares very favorably. This is the first time I have stayed in a B&B where the rooms share a bathroom but since I only shared with family members it wasn't inconvenient. The owner, Sherry, is very friendly and accommodating and we greatly enjoyed visiting with her over the sumptuous breakfasts she served us! The rooms were clean, comfortable and beautifully decorated. We had everything we needed and our stay was very restful. The rooms are also very affordable, especially considering the high standards of hospitality. We all had a lovely stay and will certainly return if we have opportunity.
5 on July 30, 2013
We had a great time at the Old Victorian Farmhouse - this is a wonderful place to stay and Sherry did a fantastic job to make us feel at home. If you are searching for a great place to stay north of Chicago, we highly recommend the Old Victorian Farmhouse.
5 on May 26, 2013
This was my first time here and I have to say this place was just amazing. I stayed in the Serenity Cove and Sherry's style and attention to detail is awesome. Bedding smelled fresh and clean, breakfast variety was great. I was here for a wedding in Chicago and the drive into town was convenient. I've never stayed at a place so comfortable so much like home I would definitely stay here again. Relaxing, romantic and shops and restaurants in downtown Wauconda are great!
5 on January 07, 2013
Brought my daughter for a mother daughter night away and what a gem we found. Sherry is fabulous the home is beautiful and we had a wonderful time. I've told all my friends about it so they can come and I plan on coming back in the spring/summer with both my daughters to enjoy the lovely screened in porch. Her breakfast is delicious! This is well worth a trip, you will make memories you won't forget.
4.2 on October 01, 2012
I recently stayed at the Old Victorian Farm House Bed and Breakfast and I had a lovely experience. The owner was very kind and courteous and the food was very tasty. All the rooms are nice and the decor is very interesting and romantic. We were delighted to discover that chain o'lakes state park was 15 minutes away, and we traveled there for both canoeing and horseback riding. We only stayed for 48 hours (a nice trip that doesn't necessarily require time off from work) but it was well worth the visit. -Robin
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Take 294 north, exit at Rt. l76. Go west 13 miles to Wauconda. Turn left on Main St. Go 5 blocks. We are on the corner of Main St. and Wilton Rd. Turn west on Wilton and immediately turn into our driveway at the sign 26668 N. Main St.
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Since the debut of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2004, Chrysler has not brought us another model for this lineup. Last year, they teased us with the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the 2009 New York Auto Show , but since then, we have not heard a peep from them on when the production of this upgraded model would begin. That is, until now. CEO, Sergio Marchionne announced that starting on May 3rd, Jeep will begin the production of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee with sales starting in July. This model, built on the Mercedes M-Class platform, is highly anticipated because of its upgraded interior and smoothed out body style. The souped-up SUV offers a choice of two engine types; the new flex-fuel flexible 3.6-liter V-6 engine delivering 280hp and 260lb.-ft. of torque and the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 engine delivering 360hp and 390 lb.-ft. of torque.
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Which video game has challenged your perspective on the way you live your life and how?
The video game I credit is a role playing game called Final Fantasy 7.
The conflict of the game begins immediately. As you play the story unfolds and you learn of a corporation that is extracting 'Mako Energy' from the planet by means of giant reactors. This 'Mako Energy' is then converted into electricity that is used in the city surrounding the reactors. It is a lucrative business. As a player, you begin the game with your character being directly involved in a vigilante terrorist group; a group whose goal is to destroy these 'Mako Reactors'.
Though the character you play cares little for the goals of his group (your character's main interest is making money), you continue to be involved in these vigilante missions. As time progresses in the game (meaning you complete more story-line) your character learns that 'Mako Energy' is found in all of the creatures and plants that inhabit the game's world. When a life ends this 'Mako Energy' flows back into the planet. It is then recycled by the planet and used to create new life. You understand that the extraction of 'Mako Energy' will result in the disabling of the planet's ability to support new life, and it also means that the planet is itself a living thing (as a player you can visit a place in the game and hear the planet itself making painful noises). You learn that the corporation's president is aware of these facts and is yet still planning to progress with the extraction of 'Mako Energy'.
How did this challenge my perspective?
Growing up I had been exposed to many different ideas of accountability but only at the age of 12, with the help of this compelling story, did I seriously contemplate my role in society. I wondered what kind of character I was, and what kind of character I would like to be. The story made it clear that those who act from a source of greed were ostracized from a moral society. I decided that indifference towards suffering cannot be hidden and that greed will never be satisfied.
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Jan 24 2012: Well for me the game that did the trick is a third person Role Playing Game called Diablo II. I absolutely loved my role in it as a mighty Paladin and spent endless days and maybe months playing the game. The basic principle of this is mouse clicking until you develop carpal tunnel syndrome or kill off all your demons. Nevertheless I somehow managed to finish it on all levels and acquire all sorts of weird, rare and powerful items that made me both happy and proud.
How did this game challenge my perspective?
Upon completion of all the wonderful tasks and acquisition of power, fame, admiration and virtual objects I came to the realisation that none of these mattered. Nothing that happens within a virtual world has or has had any impact on my real life. All the power concentrated in the game did not represent anything more than bits moving on my hard drive in the physical world. This was the game that taught me that spending a vast amount of your life in a virtual environment really contributes to disengaging you from what really matters. It showed to me what I should try to avoid becoming in the future and allowed me to concentrate on activities that cause me emotion within and about the real world and not a virtual fantasy world. I do not deny the necessity of gaming, but I do acknowledge its power to render you less human.
Matt MachadoJan 25 2012: I would respectfully ask that you consider your own comment on a grander scale than "a lesson learned in a videogame" and "a lesson learned from videogames." What I mean to say is that I wholly agree with you when you saying that accruing "power, fame, admiration, and [...] objects," is empty in and of itself and that there are indeed more interesting and fulfilling things in life, but that resolution need not only apply to actions in virtual worlds.
Framing the argument differently, let's look at the way a designer would envision play in an open-ended sandbox type game. First, the mechanics of the world have to be defined (engine), then a context (story arc of some kind), and then somes personalization (leveling and avatar modifying). Without some kind of attachment to the game persona, the player would be unlikely to want to spend any time in an unguided, albeit maybe pretty, computer world. Investing your time leveling a character creates attachment. By adding personalization, developers facilitate a bond that will continue until it is worn out, usually by finishing the game in some kind of god-like state. If the road to perfection leaves you feeling empty, it could be because of a number of things. First, because perfection is not humanly attainable and so is irrelevant to you. Second, gathering trinkets and wealth does not actually lead to fulfillment. Third, the enjoyment was in the journey to the end-game, not in "ending." I can't think of any philosopher or theologian who could summarize life in such an impactful way.
Videogames are a medium of entertainment, and that can involve engrossing, mind expanding stories and mechanics. Most of what you do in the real world has no meaning either. Nor does what I do. Finding things that stimulate growth is always the most important activity - following any other path will "render you less human." Maybe pick up another videogame?
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Have you ever come across some vintage cards from days gone by? Well I wanted to create a card today with a vintage feel. Core'dinations Tim Holtz Shattered Kraft-Core is the perfect cardstock collection to achieve this look. The Shattered look to the cardstock takes you back to days gone by.
Photographing the card with some vintage crochet doilies really does make this card vintage looking.
Here I have started out by using the Tombow mono glue on the back of the die cut tree allowing the glue to dry semi-transparent. This re-positionable option is my favorite.
Next step, is sanding and inking the Shattered Cardstock which created the weathered vintage feel that I was trying to achieve for my card.
The next step was to ink and tear the Shattered cardstock. The ink embeds into the cracked pattern of the cardstock giving the cardstock a weathered feel.
Gently, press the sponge pad to hook the two sides of the tabs together to help organize your supplies.
Whenever you want to use your ink, your sponge is on the back of your stamp pad making it easy to attach to your blending tool. Think of how convenient this will be whenever you need to ink a project.
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We are are here bringing you some Core'dinations and Glue Arts projects again today and all week long!
Make sure you head over to the Glue Arts blog for some awesome projects from their Design Team. They are also introducing a new product, Glue Glider Pro PLUS and they are doing 10 days of give-a-ways over there!!! And they have a GrEaT Facebook page, too, make sure you head over there as well for daily inspiration.
And, YES, we are giving away ANOTHER pack of Core for one lucky winner that posts here on the blog this week!!!
And make sure you head over to the Glue Arts Facebook page and tell them what your FAVORITE Glue Arts Adhesive is and tell them we sent you for another chance to win. There are so many give-a-ways up for grabs right now there are going to be some lucky winners at the end of the week!
First up today, we have Design Team Member Andrea Amu with a gorgeous autumn inspired card featuring Core'dinations Tim Holtz Kraft-Core and Glue Arts GlueGlider PRO -used to attach ribbon to cardstock not sure if you have seen these before but they are the perfect width to adhere ribbon! GlueArts 3D Combo Pac Raise n's Adhesive Squares and U CUT IT Foam Adhesive- Used to attach center bow to ribbon and to give dimension to the leaf accent.
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A House-passed bill to speed $14 billion in loans to Detroit's automakers stands on shaky ground in a bailout-weary Congress, undermined by Republican opposition that could derail the emergency aid in the Senate.
Republicans are challenging lame-duck President George W. Bush on the proposal, arguing that any support for the domestic auto industry should carry significant concessions from autoworkers and creditors and reject tougher environmental rules imposed by House Democrats.
The House approved the plan late Wednesday on a vote of 237-170. It would infuse money within days into cash-starved General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. Ford Motor Co., which has said it has enough cash to make it through 2009, would also be eligible for federal aid.
Supporters cited dire warnings from GM and Chrysler executives, who have said they could run out of cash within weeks, and concerns that a carmaker collapse would erase tens of thousands of jobs and jolt an already bleak economy.
Democrats and the Bush White House hoped the Senate would vote on the legislation as early as Thursday. But based on concerns raised by GOP senators — and a still-uncertain level of support even among Democrats — they had a lot of work to do.
A leading Senate Republican opponent said Thursday that he cannot back spending $14 billion of taxpayer money on a plan that would call for a restructuring of the industry, but which fails to detail just how that would be accomplished.
"I think that is putting the cart before the horse and isn't reponsible in terms of tax dollars," Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana said on CBS's "The Early Show."
The measure's murky outlook reflected the difficulty of approving another federal financial rescue on the heels of the deeply unpopular, $700 billion Wall Street bailout, as the clock ticks down on the current Congress and Bush's influence is at a low ebb.
"People realize that this bill is an incredibly weak bill (and) is the product of an administration that wants to kick the can down the road and let somebody else deal with it," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
Even Republicans representing states with automobile plants said the proposal was far from ideal. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., whose state is home to five auto plants, said he wanted to see changes. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, said the bill lacked the necessary Republicans to pass the Senate.
The measure would create a government "car czar," to be named by Bush to issue the loans, empowered with the ability to yank back the loans and force the carmakers into bankruptcy next spring if they fail to cut quick deals with labor unions, creditors and others to restructure their businesses and become viable.
Opposition wasn't limited to Republicans.
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana is opposing the measure because of a provision to bail out transit agencies that were involved in transactions now considered unlawful tax shelters.
Under the House-passed bill, the carmakers would have to submit blueprints on March 31 to the industry overseer showing how they would restructure to ensure their survival, although they could be given until the end of May to negotiate with the government on a final agreement.
The automakers initially asked Congress for $25 billion, then returned two weeks later to plead for as much as $34 billion. But with the White House refusing to dole out new spending for the Big Three, congressional Democrats agreed to use an existing program that was to help carmakers retool their factories to make more fuel-efficient cars.
That fund yielded only $15 billion in emergency loans, and when negotiators agreed to leave some money in the environmental program, the amount fell to $14 billion.
Democrats agreed to scrap language — which the White House had declared a deal-breaker — that would have forced the carmakers to drop lawsuits challenging tough emissions limits in California and other states. But they kept a provision to force the automakers to abide by those states' limits — a kind of consolation prize for environmentalists, who already were livid at the raid of the fuel-efficiency program.
Senate Democrats unveiled a nearly identical measure that omitted the requirement, but that bill still faced long odds.
The Bush administration is expected to work with President-elect Barack Obama's team on choosing the industry czar. The overseer would have say-so over any major business decisions by the automakers while they were taking advantage of federal aid, with veto power over any transaction of $100 million or more.
The measure also would attach an array of conditions to the bailout money, including some of the same restrictions imposed on banks as part of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue. Among them are limits on executive compensation, a prohibition on paying dividends and requirements that the government share in future profits and taxpayers be repaid before any other shareholders.
Also included in the bill is an unrelated pay raise for federal judges.
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In a period of two weeks about a week and a half ago, five auto parts factories in Virginia closed in every area of this state. Others have been forced to lay off large numbers of employees to keep from shutting down. We have one automobile dealer in town closing that's been in business for 40 years; another that's been in business for about that time that's in serious trouble. This affects every single business that provides goods and services to the employees in those factories: diners, restaurants, grocers, stores, you name it, who depend on the employees' business to survive. For the Republicans to block this legislation is not only irresponsible, it it unconscienable.
One thing that's bothered me throughout this whole discussion: in this area, people who REPAIR cars make $70 an hour. Shouldn't the people who build them make as much as the people who fix them? I'd feel better driving off a lot knowing as much care went INTO building the vehicle as did fixing whatever breaks.
The two Alabama senators, Shelby and Sessions, are two of the most backward-thinking US senators. Alabama also has NO US car manufacturers or parts manufacturers: however, the state DOES have several foreign car manufacturers (it's their largest industry), so they have an almost negative vested interest in this legislation. The other irony here in relation to these two high minded public servants is that the state of Alabama has given more money in concessions to those manufacturers (Does BMW truly need that much money?) to build their factories and locate there, including tax incentives, etc., than the Detroit manufacturers are asking for. Alabama is one of the poorest states in this country. These two men have more than a lot of nerve portraying themselves as defenders of the United States taxpayer, when they are nothing of the sort.
There's a definite double standard when it comes to main street and Wall Street. Yes, we needed a bail out for the financial market, even though they brought it on themselves with greed, bad investments, and shennanigans that deserved punishment, not reward. Our Treasury Secretary has been A.W.O.L. when it comes to overseeing how those thugs use their highjacked funds: they were supposed to use it to support main street, businesses, making loans, etc, but instead they've distributed it to their boards, their stockholders, and their CEOs. We need companies who build things, like automobiles, but Detroit's been treated as the ugly stepsister. There is no justification for it, particularly when the same Republicans who are attempting to throw a monkey wrench in rescuing the auto makers are the same people who did away with the cafe standards in the first place, enabling them to build the very cars that these senators are using as the prime examples of why they should not survive. In doing Big Oil's bidding, they might have sealed Detroit's fate, and the blame would largely rest on their shoulders as well. You would think the shame and guilt alone would make them do the right thing, however, these men have no such human parts to their makeup.
If US automakers go down, they'll take the rest of the economy with them. Republicans like to float the idea of a Chapter 11 bankrupcy; however, they show their usual lack of understanding of the average American, who won't buy a car from automakers who are in bankrupcy, and who may not be able to uphold manufacturer's agreements. They also overlook the fact that banks aren't loaning money, and undoubtedly won't loan money to Detroit. In other words: they'd let them fail, and take the rest of us with them.
Saving The Buggy Whip Makers
One more ridiculous Bush fantasy based upon Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies and more Lies.
Everybody is lying.
All the "experts" are saying: "This too shall pass."
It won't. It can't. There isn't any money. There never was any money.
The moneylenders simply made it all up. The money and the security.
The simple truth is: GM Corp, Chrysler Corp and Ford Corp DO NOT MAKE CARS.
Never in history has one of these bloated mismanaged corporations ever made a car.
They are not Carmakers, they are simply moneymakers. They do not make anything other than money.
And they do not make their money by making cars.
They are not car makers, they are defacto BANKS — and they make their money the same way all banks do – not by producing anything, but by BORROWING MONEY AND LENDING MONEY.
The cars are made by their subsidiary companies, contractors and employees, providing the corporations with enormous cashflow that is in turn lent yet again – and again and again and again.
The corporations borrow money at low interest – by selling stocks, raising debentures, issuing bonds and borrowing from other banks. They lend the borrowed money at high interest to their subsidiaries and to their contractors and to their consumers, making profits in the process.
The enormous cash flow from multiple sources ebbs and flows. From time to time, there is some potentially idle money lying around – for a few seconds – then it is out in the short-term money market earning interest.
Sometimes this money is used to buy "securities" that look attractive and reasonably liquid – backed by, say, home mortgages. Maybe bundled securities.
The reason these corporations are in trouble is not their fifty years of gross stupidity in car design and manufacture.
The reason is that right now, these banks (aka corporations) cannot borrow money. Nothing whatsoever to do with making cars.
They cannot borrow money because there isn't any money.
There never was any money.
The so-called "legal," "licensed," "authorised," "regulated" whatever banks were allowed even pre-Dubya to lend ten times their capital.
Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz (now comically running World Bank) and the rest of the Deregulators held this to be unnecessary restraint and allowed them to lend any amount of money they cared to lend, regardless of their capitalization or legitimate borrowing capacity.
Money lender executives like Hank Paulson cheered enthusiastically and made many millions.
So they lent many times all the so-called "money" in existence – on security that was as non-existent as the money.
Non-bank money-lenders were way outside of the "regulated" system and borrowed and lent as they wished, making up paper securites to suit.
Saving the flatulent, ridiculous anachronistic, nepotistic, feudal money-lending fiefs that own auto manufacturer subsidiaries will not long term save one of their subsidiaries or contractor companies or one employee job. What it will do, all it will do, is save GM Bank, Ford Bank, Chrysler Bank and their greedy incompetent management.
The obvious alternative is to liquidate the corporations/banks by whatever means fits – and rescue intact the subsidiary companies and their line managements that actually do make cars.
These real carmakers can then be sensibly restructured under competent carmaker (not moneylender) management, and there just might be some future for American auto manufacture.
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#1- Right before we all sat down to eat breakfast there was a knock on our door…….who in their right mind would be up for a visit at this hour??? When we opened the door in popped in Youseline's grand mother and 2 cousins which a huge bag of bananas from the mountains and Yams!!!! Youseline was sooooooooooo happy to see her Grandmother and quickly invited her in to sit with us for a visit. She smiling so big as she sat in her grandmothers arms. Her grand mother gave her some packs of cookies as well which Youseline divvied up amongst the kids and shared with all our staff. We were off to a GREAT start.
#2- As we finished up our delicious Xmas lunch we received another mystery bang on our door????? I opened the door and in came the international Santa Police!!! They came with so many MORE gifts for the kids. I translated for the Santa Police as they told the kids that they had made a special trip to bring them some little gifts for Xmas. I was so proud of our kids who all shared with out any fights the gifts the Santa police brought. Brazilian Santa of course came with a soccer ball and didn't lose any time showing some new moves to Zael. French and Canada Santa sat back with calm sweet smiles and watched as the kids played with their new gifts like lip gloss, cars, barbies and YO-YO's. They spent about an hour with us before they had to return to defending Santa's delivery route. It was a pleasant visit we had with you guys thank you so much!!!!
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Much of the increase is believed to be from a cultural and medical shift, with doctors diagnosing autism more frequently and at an earlier age.
According to the CDC, Autism Spectrum Disorder is almost five times more common among boys than girls. White children are more likely to be identified with autism than Black or Hispanic children. And, most children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are still not diagnosed until after age 4, even though Autism Spectrum Disorder can be diagnosed as early as age 2.
"It manifests in different symptoms depending on where you're at on the Autism Spectrum," said Kim Thomas, president of the SC Autism Society. "It can be anywhere from social delays to communication skill delays like being non-verbal, having just a few words and not necessarily having actual conversation skills."
Thomas said therapy sessions for children with autism early on can greatly improve their quality of life.
"No one child is alike, or no one adult is alike that's affected by autism," Thomas said. "The way you treat one person with autism may not be the way you treat somebody else. It's definitely a very individualized thing that affects people in vast different ways."
In South Carolina, nearly 70,000 people are living with some form of autism.
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Anne Armstrong has more than thirty years experience in technology journalism and publishing. She was a member of the Federal Computer Week launch team in 1987, and has worked on both the editorial and business sides. She began her career as a science journalist, and started Langley Publications, a research and newsletter company. Armstrong served as president of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) from 1999 to 2002. She holds degrees from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University, and represents 1105 on ABM's Government Affairs Committee.
Mike Eason joined 1105 Media Inc. in 2007 with the acquisition of FETC where he was Executive Director. From 1988 to 1996 he served with the Florida Department of Education in various roles including Chief of Education Technology. Previous experience included teacher and administrator. Eason earned an M.A. and B.A. from Florida State University in Mathematics Education and Theoretical Mathematics.
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Welcome A New Baby Leopard At EFBCs Twilight Tour
ROSAMOND, CA: Saturday, April 22nd, 2006, at 5:30 p.m.; EFBC's Feline Conservation Center hosts the first of three Twilight Tour fund raising events during evening hours. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and Admission is $15 per person (18 years and over - no exceptions). Those prepaying ahead of time for their tickets may enter early at 5:00 p.m. and avoid the lines.
On January 3rd, a healthy Amur Leopard cub (Panthera pardus orientalis) was born to one of the center's most successful feline mothers, "Aijka." Amur Leopards are among the rarest animals in the world, with less than 30 left in the wild. The EFBC is renowned as the top breeder of this rare and beautiful wild feline, with over 10 cubs born at the center since 1995. Many have gone on to other zoos. By late February, the young leopard began to venture out of the den area and cautiously explore the outside world, under the protective eye of its mother. And at the time of the Spring 2006 Twilight Tour, mother and baby should provide amusing entertainment for all our guests.
In addition to the excitement of welcoming EFBC's first cub of 2006, Twilight Tour guests are promised other fun surprises at this popular event. Enrichment items, "toys," will be given to feline residents to pique their interest, as the evening is the most active time of the day for felines, as well as providing amusing entertainment for the center's visitors. Felines not ordinarily on exhibit to the general public are available for viewing, including rare African Sand Cats, margays and Pallas's Cats. Also included in the evening's festivities is an opportunity to be photographed with one of the center's feline residents (conditions permitting), a bake sale put on by the center's volunteer staff, and a barbecue will be provided by the Lancaster Rotary Club, with all profits being donated to the center. And, for those feeling lucky, they may also choose to enter the Twilight Tour Raffle and win great prizes.
The Twilight Tours are an integral part of the center's public awareness and educational efforts. Visitors are given a change to see one of the world's largest collections of rare wild feline species during their most active period, and are witness to animal behaviors not ordinarily seen during normal zoo experiences. EFBC will use all proceeds from the event to continue expansion of the center's breeding areas, construction of new enclosures and landscaping needs.
Other ways people may contribute to the success of EFBC's wild feline species preservation programs are by becoming a member, donating much needed funds or supplies in kind, or becoming part of the EFBC's Adopt-a-Cat Program, where people support any of a variety of feline residents up for adoption through monetary donations, which provide for the care and feeding of their "kid" and maintenance of the center. EFBC Members also receive a quarterly newsletter, free admission (based on member levels), and reciprocal benefits at other zoos around the country.
The EFBC-Feline Conservation Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of wild feline species from all over the world. The facility houses rare species of exotic cats from the large and familiar tigers and leopards, to the smaller and lesser known margays and fishing cats. Participating in worldwide captive breeding programs, the center works with other zoos and breeding facilities in an effort to repopulate endangered feline species. For more information, directions and ticket purchases, please call (661) 256-3793 , or log on to www.wildcatzoo.org.


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Family world travel, it is possible!
We left home, Port Douglas Australia, at the start of June 2013, to travel with children long term, we'd been saving and planning for 12 months.
We've now completed year 1 of non-stop round the world family travel, it's been a blast but we need to take a break for a while in London, one of our favourite cities in the world. Full time travel is pretty labour intensive, we need a rest and London is a great place to un-travel with children while we catch up on work and the kids education. We're having lots of fun exploring this fabulous city, visiting the museums and attractions and working hard. Chef is working full time in the city, I'm trying to grow our blogs into reliable location-independent income providers and at the same time making sure the boys are getting an education. In February 2015 we hit the road again.
I met my husband through travel, it's been a big part of our lives. Having children slowed us down for a while, but once the boys were 6 and 8, we thought they were ready to start this adventure and get a lot out of it. It's a great way for us all to get an education!
Travel with children adds a whole new dimension to a trip, seeing things through children's eyes is magical.
Read about our 12 month countdown to leaving home to travel here. What needed doing, how we raised the money, what irrtional thoughts went through my mind, the worries of travel with children, it's all here.
Travel With Children is Brilliant!
A lot of people find the idea of setting out into the world with a backpack a little scary. Add children to the picture and it can look impossible.
We know it's not. We can give you some ideas and tips on the practicalities of travel with children. It's not a picnic, you have to adapt and change your travel style to accommodate them, but it is possible, more slow travel, less rush.
This was our second round the world trip. That gave us an advantage, we already knew what to expect.
In our lives, we have been to 43 countries, the kids have been to a lot of those with us and we have many more to see.
If you would like to follow us around the world and see how it all turns out, please help us out by signing up for email notifications in the box on the right. Having followers directly helps us fund our travels. Maybe join our little Facebook community, too, there is lots of stuff going on over there. If you could share this with all your friends, we'll love you forever!
What about school?
The children don't go to school, we've sorted that bit out already. Homeschooling works really well for our family. I've had plenty of practice and I'm in touch with some amazing homeschooling and unschooling families online, they give us loads of support. We have no plans to put the kids back into main-stream education at any point, we see travel with children as education.
How long can this trip last?
At the moment we don't know, we're thinking at least two years. If we're still having fun and have enough money we'll keep going longer. If we've had enough we can stop any time, anywhere. We have no fixed itinerary, we'll go where the wind blows us. Stay connected to find out how we get on with this adventure. You can sign up here.
You can find our original ideas on destinations in Where are we going to go?. We didn't follow our plan, so next year we're going to make sure we manage to visit a few more of our dream destinations. Myanmar will most certainly feature, as will return visits to India and Nepal.
So far on this trip we have been to Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, the UK, 2 Atlantic crossing cruises and now the USA, Canada, Guatemala, El Salvador,Portugal, Spain and France. ( Find out how a cruise can be budget travel here)
Initially we planned to stay in Asia for a few years where our money would go a long, long way. We thought we could get by on $40 to $50 per day in Asia. We did, near enough, Family problems brought us to the UK for Christmas 2013. Our first cold Christmas for 7 years was fantastic! The cruise to New York was too much of a bargain to pass up, so we followed that up with a 1 month east coast road trip. After that we headed for Central America.
How do we fund the long term stuff? Extreme Budget Travel!
We aren't particularly rich, there is no inheritance, company to sell or big investments. I haven't worked since I became a mum and my husband doesn't earn that much as a chef. We travel as cheap as we can to keep us travelling longer. Find our tips on family budget travel here.
That's not say we don't mix it up, we love all kinds of travel, but to keep going for a year or more, extreme budgeting is required. We're not talking a 2 week break here!
Staying in Asia on a tiny budget for years would have been easy, but we inadvertently made it to the UK and then the USA via a Trans-Atlantic cruise (oops!). Our budget got a lot bigger.
We saved for 12 months for this trip and we had $30,000 in the bank at the time we left. We spent all of that lump sum in our first year. You can read our cost breakdown for that year here.
We sold everything all that's left is a few boxes. We don't miss any of it and probably never will.
The blog is bring in some money through advertising ( don't hate us for running adverts) and we have a small rental income on our home.
We can give you some ideas to help you in raising the money for long-term travel. It's hard, but it is achievable. There are tons of budgeting tools available online for free (such as Intuit's tax estimator) that make planning a trip financially feasible.
We are, Alyson, James, D and Boo, we are World Travel Family
I always wanted to see the world. I used to travel solo and then, luckily, I met this lovely, amazing bloke with equally itchy feet. I am a Mum, I was a medical scientist in my life before kids and I am Welsh.
We own seven British and Australian passports and we emigrated from London to live in Port Douglas, tropical Far North Queensland, when the children were tiny. It was a big change, tropical living in Port Douglas is pretty interesting
James is a chef and an Iron Man, so we didn't see much of him. It was about time we did. He is Australian.
D was eight and Boo was six when we left Port Douglas, they are eight and ten now. They were both born in London, in a tiny flat in Twickenham, this is where you'll find us at the moment. Both were homebirths, I don't like to do anything the "normal" way.
The boys will only be boys once, this is it. So we're just going to do it.
I fished James out of the Nile while I was touring solo in Egypt in 2000, since then we have packed in, a 12 month round the world trip, the Inca trail, the Trans Siberian, an engagement at Machu Pichu a wedding in Sri Lanka, scuba diving, trekking and exploring all over the world.
Our travel style has included backpacking (tips on backpacking with kids here), luxury resorts, camping, glamping, package holidays and small group adventure holidays over the years, all have a place and suit different needs and situations.You won't find any travel snobbery here.
We have some great travel horror stories, some will make your hair curl, yet we still have an insatiable thirst for more. Travel with children may make us adapt and change our travel style even more, stick with us and find out!
Thanks so much for visiting, I hope I can inspire or encourage people to try long term travel with children, or without. I'm no journalist, just a Mum with a passion for travel and for my family. Maybe I can put a few minds at rest, it's not such a big scary world out there and anybody can take off to travel long term with children , if they want it badly enough. Did you sign up to follow our journey yet? Thanks for reading, hope you come back soon.


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BC not serving beer for gold medal game
What do Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have in common? They're all letting bars serve booze during the men's gold medal hockey game Sunday morning.
That makes B.C. the only Western Canadian province refusing to let Team Canada fans raise a glass during the much-anticipated 4 a.m. match against Sweden.
B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton confirmed Thursday that establishments will be allowed to open their doors for the game so long as beer, wine and spirits remain strictly off-limits.
"Twenty-four hour liquor is problematic," Anton said. "We haven't permitted that in the past and we're not going to make that change now."
A handful of Vancouver bar owners are planning to take advantage of the relaxed rules and open at 4 a.m., hoping to recoup their costs with cover charges in the neighbourhood of $15.
Others, like Yaggers co-owner Trevor Poirier, aren't taking the risk.
"As much as we'd love to, unfortunately it's not worth it as a small businessman to bring in the staff when we cannot serve alcohol," Poirier said.
"If we got a last-minute reprieve tomorrow, my partners and I would come down and serve ourselves."
Anton said there are too many considerations that go along with extended hours, and that the availability of beer won't make or break anyone's morning.
"I think what's going to make everyone happy is when Canada wins the gold," she said.
Team Canada picked off the U.S. men's team Friday morning, securing a spot in the gold medal game.
Shortly after the victory, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission agreed to let any establishment already licensed to serve at 10 a.m. tap their kegs early for the final match, which starts at 5 a.m. in the province.
The Commission tweeted that the exemption was automatic and there is "no need to apply."
Bars in Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be serving when the game starts at 6 a.m. local time, as they will in Toronto when the puck drops.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where the game starts at 6 a.m. local time, did the same.
The City of Toronto extended drinking hours for the 7 a.m. puck drop in Ontario, though Ottawa refused to allow the exemption.
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Within the first few minutes of the discussion, it was clear which side of the debate each of the four women was onnot surprisingly, the seating arrangement reflected the divide: Renn and Kirby on the left, Roth and Bensen on the right. The nearly two-hour discussion covered many topics, but at its core, the question wasn't as much, "Is it OK to be Fat?" as it was, "Is it Healthy to be Fat?" Roth, whose own immediate family is plagued by "super obesity," answered no to both questions and used her quiver of statistics to shoot down all counterarguments posted by Renn and Kirby: Fat people cost thin people money, insurance-wise; fat people die at an earlier age; fat people have lower brain volumes (it's true, there is such a study), and so forth. Kirby, for all her charm (of the four, she is the one you'd most want to befriend), did little to disprove or even distract from Roth's full-court press. Instead of challenging Roth and her numbers, she used only herself as an example of an obese person in good healthwhich, even to an audience member who wanted to believe her, wasn't fully convincing. Kirby lost further credibility when she placed the blame for her size on genetic predisposition and her "permanently screwed up" metabolism, the result of "dieting from the age 7 to 27." At no point did she acknowledge or admit how her own behaviorsdiet and/or lack of exercisemay play a role in her obesity, and it was this lack of ownership that earned Roth more points than she may have deserved. When Renn spoke, it was often sensational, countering with extreme examples from her own battles with anorexia. In response to Roth's claim that obesity puts stress on one's hips and joints, Renn said, "Well, I remember when I'd been exercising for eight hours a daywhat that did to my hips was amazing. I found it very difficult to walk down the street." Renn also accused MeMe of being "fatphobic" (which, in all honesty, I think she is). Bensen was definitely a supporting player, though she instigated the most powerful moment of the debate, in my opinion: When she challenged Kirby's claim that she is the way she is because of forces beyond her control, Bensen told her she also yo-yo dieted her entire life and began her journey to weight loss at an even heavier weight than Kirby now carries. It was a shame that Bensen didn't speak up more, because it was her more rational, more seasoned and articulate perspective that I most wanted to listen to.
To watch the full report on the "Is it OK to be Fat?" panel discussion, tune into tonight's episode of Nightline on ABC (11:35 PM EST).


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As we move on from our National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness, I've been reflecting on some of the presentations I saw while in New Orleans. Over the course of the next month, I and other Alliance staff will be discussing some of these presentations for our Conference Lessons series on our blog.
One of the workshops that I attended focused on building supports for youth that extend beyond the time they are in the program. Personally, I find this to be an especially important concept because youth move on from and age out of youth-targeted programs, sometimes quickly. And, helping a youth build a supportive network and long term stability so they don't become homeless again is a key to any program serving this population. Two of the presentations from this workshop are available online and, for your convenience, we've also embedded them in this blog post.
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Data on youth homelessness is notoriously lacking. However, we estimate that around 550,000 youth under the age of 25 are homeless and on their own at some point each year. Most of these young people will experience brief episodes of homelessness. Others will experience longer episodes of homelessness and require more significant support.
While it's still unclear whether youth who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender) experience episodes of homelessness that are substantially different than their heterosexually-identified counterparts, a preponderance of the evidence clearly indicates that LGBT youth are over-represented in the homeless youth population. A small sampling of recent community-wide surveys of homeless youth in Houston, King County, Hollywood, and Minnesota found that LGB youth ranged from 12 percent to 35 percent of the overall homeless youth populations, while and transgender youth ranged from 1 percent to 7 percent of the homeless youth population.
Each year the Victory Institute gathers LGBT elected and appointed officials from across the nation for its LGBT International Leadership Conference, where they discuss issues facing the LGBT community. This year I was invited to talk to these decision makers about LGBT homelessness. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of unaccompanied young people and, with such an esteemed group of individuals on hand, the occasion called for something more impactful than a typical PowerPoint presentation.
It was time to roll out the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Simulation that Ed SanFilippo (the Alliance's Policy Fellow) and I had been developing.


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This is a Talking Naturally 'Other Voices' podcast, a conversation between biologists Sam Jones and Jon Kolby recorded in July 2012 at Cusuco National Park in Honduras when Sam was working in Honduras as a research ornithologist and worked with Jon, the lead herpetologist on a long-term biodiversity monitoring project in the Park which includes studying the terrible impact of chytrid fungus on amphibia.
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Jon Kolby Swabbing Plectrohyla exquisita in Honduras
Links for more info about Jon Kolby and/or his work:
- http://www.nationalgeographic.
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Links for more info about amphibian chytrid fungus and amphibian decline:
- http://www.edgeofexistence.
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About Sam Jones:
Sam Jones is an ornithologist and naturalist at the start of his career in conservation biology. Since his graduation in 2010 he has travelled widely on an eclectic array of research, expeditions and fieldwork from single-species studies in the meadows of Friesland to compiling ornithological inventories and working on some of the worlds rarest primates in the cloudforests of the Andean east slope.
In the summer of 2012 Sam travelled to Honduras as part of an ornithological team, followed by an expedition to a zoologically unexplored mountain in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo as part of longer term work in the region. He has been documenting a variety of aspects of this work for Talking Naturally, making field recordings whenever possible.
Sam also writes for the multi-author Birding Frontiers blog where you can find more details of his work.
He can be contacted at samuel.ei.jones -AT- gmail.com


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China Seeks WW2 Focus for Xi During Germany VisitOn an upcoming visit to Germany, President Xi Jinping is planning to send a message to Japan by focusing on his host's World War II past, according to a Reuters report. Tensions between China and Japan have been on the rise in recent months due to the ongoing dispute over the Diaoyu (Senkaku) islands, and were further exacerbated when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in December. Xi's goal in Germany, according to Reuters,
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DENVER (AP) — Comcast Corp. is headquartered in Pennsylvania, but Colorado is home to other key players and hundreds of people who work in the industry, so the state is closely watching the company's bid to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for more than $45 billion.
Colorado-based Liberty Media, for example, is the largest shareholder of Charter Communications, which had tried to acquire Time Warner. On Friday, The Denver Post quoted analyst Matthew Harrigan of Wunderlich Securities as saying Charter may buy cable systems that regulators may ask Comcast to divest in order to buy Time Warner. The Comcast-Time Warner deal is expected to close by year's end, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.
"I still think Charter and Liberty can be winners if Comcast disposes of some of the systems," Harrigan told The Post. "I think the industry has to consolidate some more even beyond this transaction.
Another analyst, Amy Yong of Macquarie Securities, said the Comcast-Time Warner deal also had implications for Colorado's Dish Network. Dish and DirecTV could be inspired to revive an effort to merge, Yong told The Post.
The Post added that Comcast employs more than 6,500 people in Colorado, and Time Warner operates a large call center in the state. The Post cited an email from Time Warner CEO Rob Marcus to his employees Thursday saying the "vast majority" would keep their jobs.
"Many will also discover new growth opportunities as you progress in your career with the new company," Marcus wrote.


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Jarrett Mickens (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) posted Valpo's top finish on the day, placing fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 43'4 ¼". Joining Mickens with a top-ten finish in the field events was Philip Lohrmann (Battle Ground, Wash./Battle Ground [Clark C.C.]), who cleared 13'9 ¼" in the pole vault, good for eighth place. Nick Babbitt (Glendale, Wis./Nicolet) led three Crusaders competing in the weight throw with a toss of 42'11 ½", finishing 11th.
On the track, the top showing came from Tom Heun (Brecksville, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Heights), who narrowly missed qualifying for the event finals in the 60m hurdles, placing ninth in the preliminary round with a time of 8.68 seconds. In the 60m dash, freshman Vinnie Liuzzo (Jamestown, N.Y./Jamestown) paced the Crusaders with a time of 7.33 seconds.
Valpo returns to action next weekend at the two-day Findlay Classic in Findlay, Ohio. The meet starts Friday at 10 a.m. CST.
Full results are available at the VU Athletics Website.
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Frederick, MD – AOPA and partner Seattle Avionics have released Version 1.3 of the FlyQ EFB with new functions that include ADS-B traffic display, night mode, instrument procedure overlays and more.
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The Flight Guide iEFB (v5.0.4) has added ADS-B in-flight weather via Sky Radar single and dual band units from Radenna. Larry Garcia, owner of Airguide Publications said, "Flight Guide iEFB now displays live color coded weather and data such as NEXRAD, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, TFRs and Winds Aloft as an overlay on any VFR or IFR chart, providing increased situational awareness and flight safety."
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Cockpit Apps, a company that offers iPad solutions for the cockpit, has launched its flagship application, iLOG.
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PAPA Parents! Please help! We are getting a lot of complaints from our neighbors next door at Bel Air about parents parking in the wrong areas while they are trying to dismiss students. There was an incident yesterday where one of our parents blocked the Bel Air crosswalk. Apparently, the parent refused to move and was rude to the Bel Air staff. Please don't do this!! They release at 2:45pm. If you come early, but do not get a space in the PAPA parking lot, just find a space to park in the Bel Air lot. It is a real safety issue for their students if the crosswalks and driveway is blocked. Thank you for your understanding!
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Taylor Williamson won first prize in the Student under 18 division of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Photography Competition for his photo "Badlands." It will be published in the next issue of O'Keeffe Magazine next month.
PAPA's 'Top Five' High School Reward
In an effort to reward academic excellence, we will be offering a discounted academic trip to Los Angeles to the top five academic students in grades 9 – 12 for first semester grades. For a low cost of $150 (plus $$ for food), students will:
Travel by Amtrak to Los Angeles, California
Tour historic Union Station
Tour La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum
Visit LA's Historic Farmer's Market and The Grove (a Hollywood "A" lister's 'place to be seen')
Tour Los Angeles County Museum of Art (a complex of multiple art museums)
Stay at the Park Plaza Lodge Hotel
The cost to students includes: train fare, hotel fees, and museum entrances. Students will need additional funds for their meals and snacks.
The trip is planned for January 16 – 19, 2014 and will be chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Benavides and Mrs. Weems, and 2 parent volunteers.
Please contact me with any questions about this opportunity.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych arrives for the Euro 2012 football championships match Poland vs. Greece, on June 8, 2012 at the National Stadium in Warsaw. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI
Now it would not be easy to explain the staggering contempt for Ukraine's Constitution, laws and the opinion of a considerable percentage of the population shown by President Viktor Yanukovych in signing the contentious language law on Aug. 8. It is, nonetheless, scary to think that the country is in the hands of people able only to come up with the following: "The president has signed the law and instructed the government to create a working group."
The President and his administration still appear to be basking in the illusion that all they need is another "working group" for astounding indifference to democratic principles, Ukraine's citizens and the country itself to pass unnoticed.
Record-breaking stupidity or phenomenal cheek? That to a large extent depends now on the public's response.
This latest working group is supposed to be created "with the involvement of the public, well-known figures in education, the arts and sciences, leading specialists on language issues in order to draw up and introduce systematic proposals on improving legislation regarding the procedure for use of languages in Ukraine."
The problem is not only in the mental acrobatics required to see Russian-speaking Prime Minister Azarov as a defender of the Ukrainian language. It is no easier to believe in the "involvement of the public" when by signing the Law on the Principles of Language Policy Yanukovych has broken all records as regards contempt for that very same Ukrainian public.
He has ignored:
Ukraine's Constitution;
flagrant infringements of procedure in the adoption of the law;
the Opinion of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission
the advice of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek;
the opinion of all profile institutions of the Academy of Sciences (the Institute for Language Studies; the Ukrainian Language Institute;; the Institute for Political and Ethno-National Research; the Institute for State and Law
the assessments of the Chief Legal Department of the Verkhovna Rada; the Ministry of Finance, Justice Ministry and at least two parliamentary committees;
the appeal from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations
the statement from the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine [VAAD]
the appeal from the First December Initiative signed by prominent Ukrainian public figures including the former Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Cardinal Lyubomir Huzar; former dissidents and political prisoners Myroslav Marynovych, Yevhen Sverstyuk, Semyon Gluzman, historian Myroslav Popovych, Ivan Dziuba and others
the appeal from a number of public figures and civic organizations, including other former dissidents, writers and academics
assessments by analysts from the Razumkov Centre, the Ukrainian Independent Political Research Centre, the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, by Mykola Riabchuk and others;
the position of numerous scholars, writers and others, as well as of human rights and civic organizations, including:
the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine;
the Association of Ukrainian Writers;
the Secretariat of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine;
the Centre for Political and Legal Reform
the Kharkiv Human Rights Group; and very many others;
the appeal by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union;
the Centre for Civil Liberties;
the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives; and many others.
I will refrain from rhetorical questions since it is, after all, entirely clear whose interests the President is protecting. And even if this time he may have plunged headfirst into a bog, the damage to the country is undeniable
The sole representative of civil society in the President's "Anti-Corruption Committee" warned some time ago that he would leave if the President signed a law legalizing corruption (he did), and this language law (ditto).
There remains only one question: why anyone would continue to take part in the dangerous and increasingly unconvincing imitation of public dialogue offered by all these working groups and committees.
On second thoughts, that too is purely rhetorical.
Halya Coynash is a member of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group.
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Five medics killed, four go missing during anti-terrorist operation in Ukraine's east
Over 50 unidentified Ukrainian servicemen to be buried in Zaporizhia Oblast on Sept 26
'Cease-fire, what cease-fire?' as both sides keep shooting in Donetsk Oblast's Debaltseve
Semenchenko says US instructors to train Donbas battalion soldiers
Zookraine continues to pretend that it has a government
Zookraine continues to pretend that it has a president
Anyone not convinced that the government is composed of a bunch of insane psychos from the Party of Regions need only to look at the video of Vadim Kolesnichenko as he "proudly" proclaims that his "beloved Odessa" is the first city to lead the way and declare Rooshan a regional language.
Just like in the movie Casablanca, when the Nazi interrogating Humphrey Bogart asks Bogart "and what do you think of Nazis in their beloved Paris"?
"beloved Paris" for Nazis
"beloved Odessa" for psycho sovok mafiosi Kolesnichenko and the Party of Regions
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1. Stresses the importance of ensuring the utmost transparency in investigations, prosecutions and trials, and warns against any use of criminal law as a tool to achieve political ends;
2. Is concerned about the increase in selective prosecution of figures from the political opposition in Ukraine as well as the disproportionality of measures applied ...
3. Reminds the Ukrainian authorities that the principle of collective responsibility for the decisions of the government does not permit the prosecution of individual members of the government for decisions that were taken collegially; ... "
Ivashchenko explained his imprisonment revenge colleagues from the Ministry of Defense
Fellow villagers do not believe in suicide grandchildren Dzhemilev
Her body hung too high, she did not climb there alone " - she said.
Yushchenko's dismissal of Ukraine's previous Parliament in 2907 undermined confidence and tust in democracy and cosnitutional rule of law. Europe and westerns nations having at first spoken out againstYushenko soon remainedmsilent and turned a blind eye to the abuse of presidentialpower and authority. Yushchenko's actions caused seven months of political instability and civil unrest.
Europe should have spoken ou louder and contends Yushchenko"s actions. By not doing so they facilitated that current events that are unfolding. Two wrongs do it make a right. But having remained silent on the abuses of constitutional adherence during Yushchenko's termof office makes it that much harder to speak out against the abuses that are currently unfolding.
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text: Movie law dictates the epithet 'hangdog' should feature whenever Walter Matthau appears. Ronald Neame's chase-com duly tosses the bone. The plot's a shaggy dog too: Matthau's demoted CIA agent gets revenge on his ex-boss by leaking his memoirs to intelligence agencies around the world, prompting a merry global dance with said boss on Walt's tail. Playing like a footnote to '70s conspiracy flicks, the slightness is inevitable, but half-competent fluff-handler Neame (catch The Poseidon Adventure, dodge Meteor) gets a good grip on the comic leash. You could do worse on a lazy afternoon.


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Untangling the Interconnect
Today's computing solutions rely on multiple processors, collaboratively working on a problem, rather than the monolithic processor of just a few years ago. These sorts of computing architectures used to be the realm of supercomputers or high performance computing (HPC), but it's now becoming main stream. Even laptops have started to ship with four processor cores in a single CPU. The biggest challenge with multiple processors collaboratively working together is how they communicate effectively with each other. The processor-to-processor communication infrastructure is known as the interconnect.
The most direct approach to have multiple processors talk to each other is by stringing a cable directly between them. This can be very effective with a small number of processors, but can quickly become unwieldy. For example, 32 processors would require a minimum of 496 cables to directly communicate with each other. If the number of processors were increased to 128, the cable count would increase to 8,128. The direct connection solution is obviously not scalable to today's computing needs.
Directly wiring processors together requires a huge number of cables
One method to decrease the number of cables is to have the processors only talk to a few of their nearest neighbors and let a transmission hop through several intermediate processors until it reaches the intended processor. Maintaining the routing algorithms and adjusting them in real time due to failures or overloading can be tricky to manage. The extra steps required to communicate can also add unacceptable delays to mission critical communications.
A Hypercube architecture can reduce the number of cables by 75%
Utilizing a connection device known as a switch can reduce cables to the bare minimum with only one cable per processor. A processor using the switch would send data to the switch with the destination processor identified in the data and the switch would route the data to the intended recipient. Switches can be challenged to provide high speed communication with minimum latency under heavy loads. It also is a single point of failure that can bring down your entire computing solution if it fails.
A switch reduces the number of cables, but can be a single point of failure
Adding a redundant switch can help with concerns about overloading and having a single source of failure. A second switch doubles the interconnect hardware, complexity and cost. A switch is still challenged to simulate a direct connection and there are dozens of switch and interconnect technology vendors on the market today attempting to reach this lofty goal. In their quest to simulate a direct connect interconnect, the switch vendors have thrown more and more complicated technology at the problem. As a result, some of the current interconnect solutions cost more than the servers they support.
Doubling the interconnect hardware can improve reliability of switch solutions
Lightfleet's Direct Broadcast Optical Interconnect (DBOI) technology is a fresh approach to the interconnect problem. By using light instead of cables or wires, direct processor-to-processor communication is accomplished without the complexity imposed by other wired solutions. DBOI can scale from a small number to a very large number of communicating processors as light is non-blocking and signals seamlessly pass through each other.
DBOI fundamentally changes the way multiple processors talk to each other. It removes needless interconnect complexities and allows the direct-connect paradigm to finally be accomplished without a massive amount of cables or other point-to-point methods. DBOI technology unleashes the promise of parallel processing.