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Location is ok, not walking friendly area.
Our king room was decent size and the bay view was blocked by the huge condo located in front of the hotel ;-(
Restaurant - Go to Atrio around sunset time. For just a two of you, romantic dinner can start sipping a glass of wine at dusk, or you can enjoy dinners for a group of 8 people privately. Casual attire, not kids friendly, and great wine menu selection.
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The Koorie Heritage Trust is a bold and adventurous 21st century Aboriginal arts and cultural organisation. The Koorie Heritage Trust offers an inclusive and engaging environment for all visitors. As an Aboriginal owned and managed organisation, they take great pride in their ability to develop and deliver an authentic and immersive urban Aboriginal arts and cultural experience in a safe and inclusive environment that cannot be duplicated by any other arts and cultural organisation in Melbourne. In doing so, the trust contributes to Melbourne as a creative city that embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their history and culture.The Koorie Heritage Trust welcomes non-Indigenous people and invites them to learn about Victoria's Indigenous cultural heritage. The Trust have an annual program of changing exhibitions showing the work of contemporary Indigenous artists, as well as a permanent interactive exhibition. The trust also has on display items from the only public collection in Australia dedicated solely to Koorie art and culture. The Koorie Heritage Trust offers a range of tours including cultural walks in the Flagstaff Gardens and The River Walk, an historical and cultural tour along the Birrarung (Yarra River) and an exploration of the installations at Birrarung Marr (Common Ground). There is a fee for tours and bookings are required.The retail outlet provides a wide range of products including boomerangs, didgeridoos, artworks, weaving, as well as books relating to the Koorie culture. The shop provides opportunities for Koorie artists to promote and sell their work; it also endeavours to support local Koorie artists and local products wherever possible.
The Trust is accessible by public transport (train, tram and City Circle Tram). The closest Metro train station is Flinders Street Station, located directly opposite Federation Square.
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Congress Extends Earned Income Tax Credit
The 'fiscal cliff' deal passed by both houses of Congress provides a five-year extension of the earned income tax credit — an important one for lower income families. It also extended the child tax credit.
Let's begin NPR's business news with some fiscal deal details.
GREENE: You might remember over the holiday season, we delved into some of the tax credit lawmakers were considering changing as part of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. We called it our 12 Days of Deductions.
Well, now with Congress giving the green light to an agreement that avoids widespread tax increases, we know where some of those credits stand. The deal provides a five-year extension of the earned income tax credit - that's an important one for lower income families. It also extends the child tax credit.
The law passed last night also provides a tax credit of up to $2,500 for college tuition.
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The second orgy has a good energy, but it doesn't match the first as far as the quality of the female talent goes. Stretch marks aplenty are visible, and a shot of Byron Long just kind of looking around the room with a barely engaged look on his face as he fucks one of the girls in doggie says a lot about how mechanical things are.


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Windows 8 has managed to overtake Mac OS X 10.8 to become the fourth most popular operating system in the world, according to figures provided by Net Applications for the week of January 20.
While Windows 7 continues to be the king of the OS world with a share of 45.77 percent, Windows XP has lost a few points to eventually reach 38.18 percent. Windows Vista takes the third place with 5.01 percent, while Windows 8 comes next with 2.45 percent.
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Adeline Hambley, environmental health manager with Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH), along with more than 100 other new and aspiring public health officials from across the nation, graduated Dec. 11 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials' (NACCHO) Survive and Thrive: Roadmap for New Local Health Officials program.
Participants in the 12-month program gained practical tools and experiences to help them work with elected officials and community partners, manage strategic planning and health department resources, and discover approaches for addressing challenges unique to local health department leaders.
"By participating in Survive and Thrive, I was able to create valuable connections with other professionals across the nation. This program provided the necessary tools to be a more effective leader at Ottawa County Department of Public Health in order to better help those we serve." Adeline Hambley, REHS, MBA.
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Glock 19.
This is a discussion on 9mm HOME DEFENSE HANDGUN within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I for one like the Glock 17 for home, and carry the G19 or Walther PPKs when headed to town. I agree with others on ...
I for one like the Glock 17 for home, and carry the G19 or Walther PPKs when headed to town. I agree with others on for HD you dont need a pocket gun, instead you need a larger platform for stability.
The reason I say that is; some of the time your HD weapon of choice will be call upon is when youre awoken from a deep sleep.
I also agree with your choice of a 9 mm. Higher capacity, light recoil, and yet with the right ammo, capable of incapacitating a THUG with one shot to the chest 91 percent of the time.
As to which HD weapon you should choice, let the fun begin and go shopping, and buy the quality weapon that feels best in your hand.
Glock 19.
"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud
I am a big Sig fan, but if the logistics are an issue I would (as much as I dislike them) say go with the Block... I mean Glock
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
Money is not an factor: SIG P226, great gun without being too expensive.
Money is a factor: Glock 17 or 19, just great guns - reliable, nice capacity.
These are the best reliable guns. My SIG P226 and Glock 19 are the both loaded and ready as my primary home defense guns.
Be Observant and Be Safe.
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Browning HP and Surefire G2Z because thats whats handy and loaded right now.
And its the only 9MM I own.
G17+2 mag; good flashlight; if you can get ghost ring rearsight and dot front night sights it would be a plus
If it is strictly home defense and it must be 9mm, I would say G17. If you would like to carry it concealed as well, I would say G19.
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Glock 19, if I had to go with a 9mm...
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For home defense, a Glock 19 or Glock 17 (depending on your hand size) with a laser/light combo and good night sights. The Glock laser/light works very well.
I have a Glock 17 and a Glock 34 both in this configuration.
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The issues of conflict minerals* are considered important by Panasonic. These minerals are mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries (hereinafter, "the covered countries"), and their extraction funds organizations that violate human rights, cause serious harm to the environment, perpetrate corruption, and are otherwise involved in illegal activity.
To fulfill our social responsibilities in our procurement activities, our policy prohibits the usage of illegally obtained conflict minerals as raw materials.
In the rare event that such use is discovered, efforts aimed at to terminate any usage must be made without delay.
To this end, a notice was issued in December 2010 to the entire group requiring a thorough approach to non-use. In February 2011, efforts began to require checks of our major suppliers' sources for procuring minerals.
However, in the covered countries, there are also companies and individuals engaged in legal business activities, with no connection to any illegal activities. We also must strive hard to ensure that such companies or individuals' business activities and livelihoods are not harmed by our efforts to avoid using minerals that are illegally obtained.
To this end, we need to cooperate with a wide range of stakeholders, including countries, companies, and Non-profit organizations (NPOs) that are taking measures to build fair supply chains of minerals in the covered countries. Based on these concepts, Panasonic has been participating in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, which began in August 2011.
Alongside our involvement in this project, we are also engaged in other efforts aimed at the implementation of the OECD guidance, building management processes that conform to global standards, with the aim of contributing to international efforts to resolve the problem of conflict minerals.
* Tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold
Panasonic is making efforts to build company-wide systems, with ultimate responsibility residing with the executive officer in charge of manufacturing and procurement. With the start of the four-company system in April 2013, we designated a person at each company to be in charge of investigating and reporting on conflict minerals. Under the aegis of these individuals, each company is making efforts to build systems and carry out investigations based on the characteristics of its own business.
We communicate our own policies to our suppliers, and we also ask them to make reasonable efforts to become DRC conflict-free, and to make their own procurement from conflict-free smelters (CFS), to the extent possible.
Investigations of conflict minerals require the cooperation of all suppliers, and all the refiners / smelters they work with. To reduce the burden on suppliers, and to enhance the efficiency of such investigations, we have found it effective to use common investigating tools and explanatory materials. Based on this realization, Panasonic uses, as an investigative tool, the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) issued by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI). We are also active participants at investigative briefings held by JEITA's (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) Responsible Minerals Trade Working Group, where we work as a presenter. We make active use of manuals and other handbooks jointly prepared by Japanese automobile makers and the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association for conducting investigations.
In fiscal 2015 we strengthened our scrutiny of response details to increase the accuracy of our investigative results. If we find a clear contradiction within the details of a response, for example if the list of smelters includes a name that is not a smelter, we have been asking the suppliers for reaffirmation of the response details. The suppliers' response details have themselves been improving since fiscal 2014. As before, however, names still appear on the list of smelters that are companies but not smelters.
Regarding metals for which we receive the response "originated in the covered countries," so far we have not identified any minerals that appear to have been funding armed insurgents, but we continue our efforts to verify and identify all the smelters in the area. Furthermore, through our industry activities, we have urged smelters to acquire CFS certification. Our suppliers continue to perform due diligence, but in the rare event minerals are discovered to have been supportive of conflict, we are asking that these suppliers strive to change their suppliers, or take other steps toward non-use.
Beginning in 2011, Panasonic has been participating in OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas projects (currently, the Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains). At the forum in November 2013, we learned about ongoing efforts toward conflict-free minerals procurement, including mines, exchanges, and traceability systems for responsible minerals procurement, in Rwanda, and ways to identify mines through analysis of mineral composition and generation. We also participated in the forum in Paris in May 2015, where we were able to exchange views with other interested persons and learn about effective approaches to the problem of conflict minerals.
Investigations of conflict minerals require the cooperation of all suppliers in the supply chain. Accordingly, Panasonic has been working with JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) as co-chair and co-leader of the Responsible Minerals Trade Working Group, engaging in educational activities and efforts to make the investigative process more efficient through industry cooperation.
More specifically, we have been working with industry groups both inside and outside Japan and holding seminars and briefings about investigations to promote correct efforts regarding conflict minerals. We have checked information on smelters / refiners, and helped plan the IPC-1755 standards for the sharing of U.S. data on conflict minerals. In November 2013, JEITA's Responsible Minerals Trade Working Group teamed up with Japanese automakers to create the Conflict-Free Sourcing Working Group, in order to engage in dialog with the smelting industry and to accelerate efforts to verify information about smelters / refiners. Panasonic was also a participant in this activity.
Panasonic has engaged in due diligence initiatives to fulfill its social responsibilities as a downstream company, but we think the most important development towards resolving the problem of conflict minerals would be the establishment of mechanisms for responsible procurement of minerals in the covered countries.
Based on this thinking, since March 2013, we have been participating, with industry groups, the U.S. government, and citizen groups, in the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA).
The PPA supports efforts to create mechanisms and develop capabilities for certification and traceability of minerals transactions that are unrelated to any conflict in the Africa's Great Lakes region. At the same time, it creates a platform for dialog and cooperation between participating organizations, in the interest of realizing sustainable, responsible minerals trade in the region.
Panasonic is a participant in PPA, and supports efforts aimed at responsible minerals trading, aiming to make a contribution to healthy economic development in the region.
As Panasonic's corporate citizenship activity in this region, in 2010 we began the Panasonic NPO Support Fund for Africa, as a means of supporting and strengthening the public relations foundation for NPOs / NGOs working to resolve issues in African nations. This is our way of supporting organizations working to resolve issues in African nations. The list of organizations we have assisted includes Terra Renaissance, an NPO working to resolve issues of land mines, small arms and child soldiers in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere (2011-2013). Organizations we supported in 2014 included the NPO Reborn Kyoto, which supports the economic self-reliance of women in Rwanda by providing job-training opportunities.
We are engaged in dialog with NGOs regarding handling of conflict minerals. In March 2015, we participated in an "ethical mobile phone campaign" seminar promoted by the international environmental NGO A Seed Japan, sharing our views on our handling of conflict minerals with representatives of corporations and NGOs. We also exchanged views regarding the importance of sector-cooperative efforts on the handling of conflict minerals. Going forward, we plan to continue this kind of dialog and cooperation.


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BREVARD — A grand opening ceremony for "English House," apartments dedicated to serving persons with special needs, will take place at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at English House Apartments located at 113 Locks Drive in Brevard.
Two nonprofit organizations joined forces to bring this affordable housing to Brevard: Western Carolina Community Action, Inc., and The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina Inc.
Western Carolina Community Action Inc. assists low income and underserved people in Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties in achieving their full potential through quality services and advocacy designed to increase human capacity.
The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina Inc. has been working actively for 45 years to enable and encourage affordable housing through education and training, technical assistance to other organizations, and the development, ownership and management of affordable housing.
English House opened its doors in May 2010. These apartment units are available to persons of special needs, regardless of type of disability, who qualify for low income housing assistance.
The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency and Asheville Regional Housing Consortium provided financing for the project.
For leasing information, contact Chuck Hutcheson with GEM Management Inc. at 885-6016.
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Hok, a crane-style Kung Fu master, is also a master at hiding. For the past 12 years, she has hidden the fact that she is a girl. Now her rogue brother, Ying, and his army have placed a huge price on her head. Fortunately, she manages to make it to Keifeng where she finds her mother and a "round-eye" with the very funny name of Charles. Together Hok and Charles start to make some sense of the magnitude of Ying's plans.
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Jeff Stone practices martial arts daily. He has worked as a photographer, an editor, a maintenance man, a technical writer, a ballroom dance instructor, a concert promoter, and a marketing director for companies that design schools, libraries, and skateboard parks. Like the Five Ancestors, Mr. Stone was adopted as an infant. He began searching for his birth monther when he was eighteen and found her fifteen years later.


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Small & COSY flat for 2 very close to the center (LA 11-27)
Size31 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
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- Pets allowed
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Entrance hall with cloakroom and fitted kitchen (gas stove with electric oven, sink, refrigerator / freezer)
Living / bedroom with double bed, sofa, dresser, wardrobe, small dining table, satellite TV
Bathroom with shower, sink, toilet
Bed linen / towels and final cleaning are included.
You can go to the grocery store around the corner. At Praterstern there is also a grocery store open 24 hours a day which is only one underground station away.
A station of the subway line U1 (Vorgartenstrasse) is located directly in front of the house.
A few minutes away from the Vienna Prater and St. Stephen's Square. Stroll through the ancient streets of Vienna and be inspired by the charm of Old Town. The Danube Canal with many trendy beach bars and restaurants is within easy reach.
Even the UN Headquarters, the Vienna International Center and the Danube Tower are just a stone's throw away.
In the immediate vicinity is the Danube island, a leisure and recreation area between Danube and New Danube, which invites to long walks and leisurely picnics. Sports enthusiasts have numerous options, such as biking, water skiing, windsurfing, rowing, various ball sports, sailing and swimming. There is a variety of international gourmet local culinary delights right at the Danube Island U1 subway station. It ranges from Mexican and fish locals to Italian.
Night owls that come to the bars and clubs of the ""Sunken City"" during the warm season are sure to be satisfied.
The Twin City Liner is just minutes away from the building.
It brings you in a just 50 minutes long boat ride to Bratislava.
Discover Vienna with its myriad of possibilities!
In the second District there is, like in other central areas, a parking space management from Monday to Friday, from 9 to 20.
Therefore, you can park in the neighborhood only a maximum of 2 hours for a fee.
If you do not need your car every day, there is the option of parking it 10-15 minutes away on the other side of the Danube (22nd District). There you can park permanently for free.
I look forward to your visit.
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Fantastic host! Everything just went perfect, and Birgit & Walter provides a standard of service , above great hotels! Fast, friendly and very effecient service. The highest reccomendation.
The apartment is very nice match what you see in the picture. Walter was friendliest to all. The location is great because it is in front of the meter and in a few minutes by metro you can reach everything there is to see.
L'appartamento è molto carino corrisponde a ciò che si vede in foto. Walter è stato disponibilissimo per tutto. La posizione è ottima perchè è di fronte alla metro e in pochi minuti di metro si raggiunge tutto ciò che c'è da vedere.
Excellent apartment. Clean, city centre easily accessible by superb public transport. Bottle of wine and coffeee on arrival a lovely touch. Wish toilet was inside, but hey that's a minor issue and it was private. Cannot fault at all. Highly recommended, great value for money. Richard and Dee.
We went to Wien for 4 days for New Year's eve and we had a pleasant stay.
The location is perfect to visit Wien. In front of the apartment there are an underground stop (line U6-Alser Strasse) and a tram stop where you can take the number 43 which in few minutes takes you to the center.
The apartment is very nice, with large and bright rooms. It's clean and well furnished.
Everything was as promised.
The owners are very kind.
It was really a good choice.
It was great, thank's!
Apartment was spacious, clean and comfortable. All necessary items were in place and there was everything we needed. Only negative point to note is that parking in Vienna is very difficult and the traffice noise in this apartment is loud if you have the windows open. Otherwise, fully recommended.
A very clean and well decorated apartment. Most fantastic transport links and very conveniently situated close to a few lovely restaurants, bars and an ice cream shop! Plenty of supermarkets near by and a bank/ATM making it a very easy place to stay. Incredibly comfortable bed!!! Lovely hosts, good no fuss system of getting/ returning keys. Will be coming back! :)
Die Wohnung war sehr ordentlich und zweckmäßig eingerichtet.
Die Lage zur Innenstadt war top. Direkt vor der Haustür war die U-Bahn-Station.
Für einen Kurzaufenthalt völlig o.k.
Wünschenswert wäre ein Fön und ein Steckdose im Bad und die Möglichkeit etwas abzulegen. Das Bad war sehr winzig.
Einen nicht so guten Eindruck machte das Treppenhaus. Da waren wir im ersten Moment erschrocken, was auf uns zukommt.
Wir würden aber jederzeit wieder bei einer Kurzreise die Wohnung nehmen.
Vielen ´Dank!
Die Schlüsselübergabe mit Katharina klappte ausgezeichnet und sie war sehr nett.,
Wir haben in Wien (Ottakring) eine sehr schöne Zweizimmer-Wohnung vorgefunden mit schönem Parkett in einem wunderschönen Jugendstilhaus. Die Wohunng ist liebevoll und praktisch ausgestattet. Es ist alles vorzufinden, was man so braucht, um sich wohlzufühlen. Die Küche ist voll ausgestattet. Man könnte ganze Menüs kochen, wenn nicht die Wiener Küche so gut wäre.
Nicht zuletzt hervorzuheben ist der überaus nette Kontakt zu den Vermietern. Sie haben immer sofort geantwortet und keine 'Frage ungelöst gelassen. Alles insgesamt wirklich super !
Grand appartement situé à 20 mn à pied du centre, et en face d'une station de métro, mais sur un boulevard assez bruyant.
Confort correct. 2 WC, 2 SdB, 2 chambres plus un lit deux places dans la salle de séjour.Cuisine équipée, mais il y manque un grille-pain en bon état et une essoreuse à salade.
Le plus gênant, c'est l'absence de rideaux dignes de ce nom, suffisamment larges et occultant si possible. Surtout par 30° à l'ombre !
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DISTRICT 38 state Rep. David Wilkerson (D-Austell) has written interim Cobb school Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the school board asking it to investigate one of its members, David Morgan, for violating the board's Code of Ethics by lobbying at the state Capitol in favor of school vouchers. Morgan is […]
Honor Our Veterans with a Stable Economic Future
by Sandra Givens Scott, a state representative in Georgia and a member of the Women Legislators' Lobby, a program of Women's Action for New Directions (WAND).
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HPS Colloquia 2015 - 2016
The colloquium meets generally three times per quarter on Thursdays at 4:30
in the Lane History Building, Room 307, unless noted below.
Renaissance of Letters Workshop
May 13 - 14th, 9am-5pm
Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
organized by Professor Paula Findlen and Suzanne Sutherland (Middle Tennessee State). Speakers include:
*Brian Brege (Stanford lecturer)
*Bill Connell (Seton Hall University)
*Filippo De Vivo (Birbeck College, University of London)
*Tamar Herzig (Tel Aviv University):
*Rosemary Lee (University of Virginia )
*Jeff Miner (Western Kentucky)
*Meredith Ray (University of Delaware)
*Sarah Ross (Boston College)
*Deanna Shemek (UC Santa Cruz)
*Roberto Vetrugno (University of Pavia)
with a panel by Stanford graduate students Rachel Midura, Chris Bacich and Demetrius Loufas
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center, the Department of History, The Kratter Fund, Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and Middle Tennessee State.
Robert Batchelor, Georgia Southern University
The Trouble with World Orders - Maps and Enlightenment in the Early Modern Pacific"
Abstract: Recent political discourse has seen a return to ideas about "world order" and "worlding" as modes of historical understanding. In terms of East Asia and the Pacific, this approach is often associated with John Fairbank and the landmark volume of essays The Chinese World Order (1968). Maps have often been used as evidence of such worlding—as in James Ackerman's concept of the imperial map—both as tools for defining a world picture and for helping to advance the frontiers of empires and civilizations. But in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Pacific basin, certain maps were also tools for thinking about the nature of exchange and entropy, highlighting conceptual lacuna rather than putting forward coherent wholes. Using primarily eighteenth-century examples from China, the Philippines and Japan, a comparative argument is put forward that a different kind of mapping emerged in early modern East Asia related to broader patterns of change in the Pacific. While drawing upon older traditions of trade routes and tributary exchange relations between islands depicted on Song and Ming Dynasty maps, these new maps largely focused on how exchange took place and the uncertainties involved. They were often objects of exchange themselves and staged in their creation new kinds of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic relationships. In this way, the maps in question indicated the limitations of world order strategies simultaneously pursued at the imperial centers of the Qing, Tokugawa and Bourbon Spain and the blindness these centralizing strategies produced in regard to processes of change.
Author Bio: Robert Batchelor is the author of London: The Selden Map and the Making of a Global City, 1549-1689 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014) and rediscovered the Bodleian Library's Selden Map. He is currently working on two interrelated digital humanities projects—the game Fujian Trader and the Selden Map Atlas—as well as a book entitled Pacific Light about the Enlightenment in the Pacific.
4:30pm Monday, May 16, 2016
History Room 307
Co-sponsored with History Department and CEAS
Three events on Science, Religion, and Democracy co-sponsored by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, the Political Theory Workshop and the Department of Religious Studies:
All to be held at the Stanford Humanities Center
Avishai Margalit, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5:30pm, Feb 25th, 2016 and
Feb 26th, 10am-12pm
Abstract and poster
Peter Gordon, Harvard University
March 15th, 3-5pm
Abstract and poster
Paul Weithman, Notre Dame
April 14th, 5:30pm, and
April 15, 10-12pm
Abstract and poster
Franklin I. Gamwell, University of Chicago Divinity School
May 26th, 3:00pm, and
May 27th 1:15pm
Abstract and Poster
Previous events of the year
Gendered Innovations iGIANTS Tech Roundtable, by invitation
History Building 200 Room 307
10am - 2pm, Sept 29, 2015
and Feb 26, 2016
Michael Hunter, University of London
The Image of Restoration Science: The Frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667)
History Building 200, room 307
4:30pm, October 6, 2015
Workshop: Gender as a Research Variable for Health Research, by invitation
History Building 200 Room 307
October 15, 1pm - 5pm
October 16, 9am - 11am
Peter Hanns Reill, UCLA
"Enlightenment, Ethnography and Empire: Prince Maximilian Wied-Neuwied's American Expeditions"
History Building 200, room 307
4:30pm, October 29, 2015
Nico Wey-Gomez, Cal Tech
"Columbus's Other Worlds: Faith, Science, and the Invention of a New Continent (1498)"
History Building 200, room 203
4:30pm, Nov. 5, 2015
Detail of the South American coastline explored by Columbus. From the world chart attributed to the pilot and cosmographer Juan de la Cosa (1500).
Abstract: On his third voyage in 1498, Columbus reached the mouth of the Orinoco River in South America. While he insisted that this was 'the end of the Orient', he still understood that he had reached a continental landmass unknown to Europeans. He also decided that the world was not round after all, and that this continent harbored the Garden of Eden. This lecture considers the politically motivated interaction between theology and natural knowledge in Columbus's account of the third voyage.
Andrew Mendelsohn, Queen Mary College, University of London
"Learning in Public: Physicians, Barber-Surgeons, Lawyers, Housewives, Councilors, Neighbors in Early Modern German Communities"
noon, November 18, 2015
Building 260 room 252
Co-sponsored with the CMEMS workshop
Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT, and Suppes Visiting Scholar to our program, Jan - March, 2016
"From Gene Action to Reactive Genomes"
History Building 200, room 307
12- 1:30pm. Feb. 2, 2016
François Regourd, Université Paris
"Medical Innovations and French Learned Institutions: Americanization in the Eighteenth Century"
History Building 200, room 30
12- 1:30pm. Feb. 8, 2016
Abstract: An international meeting organized by French and Peruvian institutions focusing on the Processes of Americanization in Early Modern History of Science and Knowledge took place in Lima in April 2014. This meeting was organized in the wake of a wide debate on the idea of "Americanization" recently initiated and developed by Serge Gruzinski and a team of researchers in History, Anthropology and History of Arts, from the "Mondes Américains" Research Center in Paris (CNRS, Paris 1 Sorbonne University and Paris-Ouest Nanterre University). This lecture will examine the main points arising in this context, focusing in particular on the case of innovations in medicine between America and French learned institutions in the Eighteenth Century.
Vivian Nutton, University College London
"Beyond the Galenic Canon: Pharmacology and Culture in Second and Third Century Rome"
February 22, 2016, 5:15- 6:30pm
Building 110, Room 112
Reception followed by 5:15pm talk
Co-sponsored by the Classics Department
Spike Bucklow, University of Cambridge
"John Donne's Melancholic Portrait and The Paston Treasure"
February 24, 2016, 6-8pm
History Building 200, room 302
co-sponsored by CMEMS, please RSVP for dinner * *
Abstract: This large (165cm x 246cm) still-life pronk-vanitas by an unknown Dutch artist was restored at the Hamilton Kerr Institute. It is now back at the Norwich Castle Museum where a major exhibition is in the early stages of planning. One of the items featured in the painting is also in Norwich Castle Museum, others are in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Prinsenhof, Delft.
The patron, Sir Robert Paston (1631-83), was a member of the family whose personal letters are the oldest surviving in the English language. He was a prominent Royalist, a founding member of the Royal Society and a friend of Sir Thomas Browne. His politics led to a rapid decline in the family's fortunes and his interest in science led him to employ an alchemist to make the Philosophers' Stone in a vain attempt to avoid bankruptcy. The painting shows a small selection of his treasures, the wholesale disposal of which is well-documented.
I have just embarked on research into the painting, its contents and patron. I am attracted to the subject as it throws light on relationships between the medieval and modern worldviews. For example, the perspective on the tabletop is purposefully distorted and the globe is turned to display the presence of China, the Pacific and America. I would like to explore some interesting parallels between Robert Paston's world and our own world. My approach will be demonstrated with reference to another early modern painting, a portrait of John Donne.
Chris Smeenk, Western Ontario
"Gaining Access to the Early Universe"
March 3, 4:30pm
History room 205
Abstract: Theories allow us to use accessible data to answer questions about other domains. In the initial stages of inquiry, a theory is often accepted based on its promise for extending our epistemic reach in this sense. Using theory to gain access to unobserverable phenomena poses an obvious risk of circularity: the theory specifies dependencies that hold between data and the target phenomena, and the data provide evidence when interpreted in light of the theory. How does the successful use of the theory to gain access support the theory itself? Demanding strong evidence at the outset, to even accept a theory as a starting point for inquiry, would be counter-productive. Detailed evidence for the theory can best be obtained by exploiting the theory in ongoing research. I will argue that physicists often accept a theory as the basis for research in this sense, and consider how they respond to the risk of circularity. The crucial question regards whether the fundamental assumptions of the theory can be subjected to further tests. These tests are needed to justify taking a theory to capture the fundamental quantities and physical laws, rather than being merely compatible with a given body of data. I will consider how these general questions are reflected in early universe cosmology. I will argue that there are two distinctive obstacles to testing inflationary cosmology: (1) lack of sufficient theoretical constraints ("anything goes"); (2) lack of independent observational and experimental access. The second point reflects our practical limitations. I take the first point, however, as grounds for drawing a distinction between inflation and earlier physical theories: eternal inflation, in particular, undercuts the possibility of subjecting the fundamental assumptions of the theory to further tests.
Bernard Geoghegan, Humboldt University, "Techniques of Mediation" as part of the Stanford Humanities Center Geballe Workshop
"The Family as Machine: Cybernetic Kinship in Postwar America"
Co-sponsored by Stanford Humanities Center and STS
Monday, March 7, 4:15 - 6pm
Stanford Humanities Center
Brad Bouley, Pennsylvania State
"Not by Bread Alone: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy"
Building 260, room 252
Co-sponsored with the CMEMS workshop
noon, March 9, 2016
Abstract: According to several pamphlets issued in the 1640s, during food shortages caused by the War of the Castro (1639-1644), butchers working near the Pantheon in Rome began to commit unspeakable acts: they killed and ground up human beings to put into their sausage. Although rich in detail, much of the evidence from these pamphlets cannot be corroborated by other sources. Rather than reflecting a true criminal act, then, this story might represent a cautionary tale motivated by widespread fear that a quasi-luxury product—meat and, especially, pork sausage—was becoming both contaminated and unavailable. Using this pamphlet along with trial documents, edicts, and other contemporary diaries, this paper will present a prospectus for a new book-length project which seeks to explore the themes of food production, warfare, propaganda, and the connection between eating and identity in early modern Italy.
- Peter Taylor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
"What to do if we think that researchers have overlooked a significant issue for 100 years? The case of quantitative genetics and underlying heterogeneity"
March 29, 2016
Co-sponsored by the Ecology and Evolution Group in the Biology Department
Digital Perspectives on Imperial Chinese Political History, with Hilde de Weerdt, Leiden University
4:15PM, April 12, 2016
CESTA, Wallenberg Hall, 4th floor
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, University of California, Santa Cruz
"When Maps Become the World"
April 21, 2016, 4:30pm
History Building Room 307
Abstract: A simple street map can speak volumes. It can guide you to the museum, to the nearest park or to your friend's house. But who designed and produced your map? According to which data, techniques, and conventions, and for whom, was it made? In our mundane map use, we may not care to reflect on such questions. Map thinkers, however, include geographers, philosophers, historians, and others who analogize knowledge practices to mapping and maps. This book is a sustained exploration of map thinking: How are maps similar to – and constitutive of – our theoretical and practical knowledge? What does this tell us about how we build and use scientific representations? Which heuristic tools does pluralistic map thinking suggest for de-reifying abstractions and dichotomies?
Crystal Hall, Bowdoin College
"Creating an Early Modern Database for Galileo's Library"
Friday, April 22, 2016, noon
History Building Room 307
Please RSVP to rrogers for lunch
Co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School, Fellow Hannah Marcus and CMEMS
Abstract: Can a digital database recreate the ways in which Galileo Galileo organized and used his modest collection of books? Late Renaissance readers did not organize or access their books according to the same descriptors upon which digital tools typically rely: authors' names, publication dates, titles, or single genre labels. Since Galileo compared unpleasant reading to perusing a cabinet of curiosities and delightful reading to visiting a museum gallery, this presentation suggests ways in which an appropriate database for his library should become more than the infrastructure for an archive for books. Examples drawn from the poetry, plays, and philosophical treatises that Galileo read will show the ways in which digital humanities tools can create other ways to identify texts in order to assemble a database that represents process via its organization of content.
Michael Alan Ryan, University of New Mexico
"Discerning Deceit in Late Medieval Venice: On Alchemy and Cristoforo di Parigi"
4:30pm, April 28, 2016
History Department, Building 200 room 307
Co-sponsored with the CMEMS and the Theoretical Perspectives on Middle Ages workshop
abstract: Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Venice, a premier mercantile and intellectual crossroads, was a cosmopolitan urban center that attracted individuals from all parts of transalpine Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. In such a world, unscrupulous individuals could--and did--flock to the city to profit. Using the case of the shadowy individual who called himself 'Cristoforo di Parigi,' an alchemist purportedly exiled by the leaders of the Republic for practicing his discipline in the Republic, Michael A. Ryan will discuss the discernment of fraud in late medieval Venice, as well as the liminal place that alchemy occupied within medieval culture writ large. This work-in-progress comprises part of a larger book-length manuscript that investigates the parameters of magical fraud and alchemical charlatanry in Venice prior to the establishment of the Santo Uffizio in the mid-sixteenth century.
"Shift CTRL: New Perspectives on Computing and New Media"
organized by Tom Mullaney and Ben Allen (Modern Thought and Literature)
May 6-7, 2016
Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall 9am - 6pm
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Due to its position, the Grand Hotel Duomo is the ideal starting point for visiting the historic Pisa center or the numerous nearby Tuscan cities.
Grand Hotel Duomo - Pisa (province)
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Very sad breaking news, actor Robin Williams has committed suicide, aged 63. The troubled Hollywood actor, died this morning, according to the press representative of the Marin County Sheriff's Office-Coroner Division, Mara Buxbaum who issued this statement;
"Robin Williams passed away this morning. He has been battling severe depression of late. This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time."
His wife, Susan Schneider said this of her loss;
"This morning I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings," she said in the statement. "On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope that the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laugher he gave to millions."
Robin famously played a number of roles in both film and television, including the lead character in the 1980 film adaptation of 'Popeye', Peter Pan in 'Hook', the Genie in 'Aladdin', Mork in 'Mork & Mindy' and most recently Simon Roberts in CBS sitcom 'The Crazy Ones', for which he earnt a People's Choice Award nomination for 'Favorite Actor in a New TV Series'. He is survived by his third wife, Susan and three children from his previous marriages, Zak Pym (aged 32), Zelda Rae (aged 25) and Cody Alan (Aged 23).
When I first heard about his passing, I was rather surprised - no doubt like the rest of his fans and his family. He truely came off as a talented comiedian and actor. Hope he finds the peace he may have missed in life now that he's at rest.
Oh Captain, My Captain!!
Shocking news. Such a tragic loss of an amazing actor and comedic genius. RIP Robin Williams, you will be greatly missed :(
Totally Shocked. We lost one of the true comedic geniuses of our time. What a huge loss for humanity. I pray he's found peace at last.
WOW... that was somewhat more severe news than I had bargained for when I opened tvrage...
Rest in Peace.
Very sad news. We lost a true comedic genius today. R.I.P. Robin Williams. Thanks for all the laughs.


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Pipeline Safety:
Better Data and Guidance Needed to Improve Pipeline Operator Incident Response
GAO-13-168: Published: Jan 23, 2013. Publicly Released: Jan 23, 2013.
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What GAO Found
The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has an opportunity to improve the ability of pipeline operators to respond to incidents by developing a performance-based approach for incident response times. The ability of transmission pipeline operators to respond to incidents--such as leaks and ruptures--is affected by numerous variables, some of which are under operators' control. For example, the use of different valve types (manual valves or "automated" valves that can be closed automatically or remotely) and the location of response personnel can affect the amount of time it takes for operators to respond to incidents. Variables outside of operators' control, such as weather conditions, can also influence incident response time, which can range from minutes to days. GAO has previously reported that a performance-based approach--including goals and associated performance measures and targets--can allow those being regulated to determine the most appropriate way to achieve desired outcomes. In addition, several organizations in the pipeline industry have developed methods for quantitatively evaluating response times to incidents, including setting specific, measurable performance goals. While defining performance measures and targets for incident response can be challenging, PHMSA could move toward a performance-based approach by evaluating nationwide data to determine response times for different types of pipeline (based on location, operating pressure, and pipeline diameter, among other factors). However, PHMSA must first improve the data it collects on incident response times. These data are not reliable both because operators are not required to fill out certain time-related fields in the reporting form and because operators told us they interpret these data fields in different ways. Reliable data would improve PHMSA's ability to measure incident response and assist the agency in exploring the feasibility of developing a performance-based approach for improving operator response to pipeline incidents.
The primary advantage of installing automated valves is that operators can respond quickly to isolate the affected pipeline segment and reduce the amount of product released; however, automated valves can have disadvantages, including the potential for accidental closures--which can lead to loss of service to customers or even cause a rupture--and monetary costs. Because the advantages and disadvantages of installing an automated valve are closely related to the specifics of the valve's location, it is appropriate to decide whether to install automated valves on a case-by-case basis. Several operators we spoke with have developed approaches to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of installing automated valves. For example, some operators of hazardous liquid pipelines use spill-modeling software to estimate the amount of product release and extent of damage that would occur in the event of an incident. While PHMSA conducts a variety of information-sharing activities, the agency does not formally collect or share evaluation approaches used by operators to decide whether to install automated valves. Furthermore, not all operators we spoke with were aware of existing PHMSA guidance designed to assist operators in making these decisions. PHMSA could assist operators in making this decision by formally collecting and sharing evaluation approaches and ensuring operators are aware of existing guidance.
Why GAO Did This Study
The nation's 2.5 million mile network of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines includes more than 400,000 miles of "transmission" pipelines, which transport products from processing facilities to communities and large-volume users. To minimize the risk of leaks and ruptures, PHMSA requires pipeline operators to develop incident response plans. Pipeline operators with pipelines in highly populated and environmentally sensitive areas ("high-consequence areas") are also required to consider installing automated valves.
The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 directed GAO to examine the ability of transmission pipeline operators to respond to a product release. Accordingly, GAO examined (1) opportunities to improve the ability of transmission pipeline operators to respond to incidents and (2) the advantages and disadvantages of installing automated valves in high-consequence areas and ways that PHMSA can assist operators in deciding whether to install valves in these areas. GAO examined incident data; conducted a literature review; and interviewed selected operators, industry stakeholders, state pipeline safety offices, and PHMSA officials.
What GAO Recommends
DOT should (1) improve incident response data and use these data to evaluate whether to implement a performance-based framework for incident response times and (2) share guidance and information on evaluation approaches to inform operators decisions. DOT agreed to consider these recommendations.
For more information, contact Susan A. Fleming at (202) 512-2834 or email@example.com.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: In 2014, OMB approved changes to three PHMSA incident reports - gas distribution (GD), gas transmission and gas gathering (GTGG), and hazardous liquid (HL). In January 2015, PHMSA implemented changes in the incident report data collection software to require the date/time of "operator initial awareness" and "operator arrived onsite" for each report. PHMSA plans to proceed with establishing performance measures for "arrival onsite". PHMSA also plans to measure "isolation time." The GTGG and HL incident report forms collect data about the type of valve used to isolate the incident location, but do not collect the time of valve closures. Later in 2015, PHMSA plans to propose changes to the report forms to collect the time of valve closures isolating the incident location. (Due to the networked nature of GD pipeline systems, valve closure data is not being proposed for the GD incident report.) After OMB approval and a year of GTGG and HL data collection, PHMSA plans to use the data to determine "time to isolation."
Recommendation: To improve operators' incident response times, the Secretary of Transportation should direct the PHMSA Administrator to improve the reliability of incident response data and use these data to evaluate whether to implement a performance-based framework for incident response times.
Agency Affected: Department of Transportation
Status: Open
Comments: PHMSA is addressing this recommendation through a combination of 1) highlighting enforcement guidance and 2) rulemaking. PHMSA publicly posts its enforcement guidance (http://phmsa.dot.gov/foia/e-reading-room) and PHMSA personnel have highlighted these postings in regular public presentations and in other forums attended by operators. There are a number of sections in PHMSA's regulations and enforcement guidance that are relevant to GAO-13-168 including: -49 CFR 192.615(a)(3) and 195.402(e)(2) (Emergency Plans) require operators to establish procedures that provide "prompt and effective response" to emergencies -49 CFR 192.935 (Gas Integrity Management, additional mitigative measures) require operators to conduct a risk analysis to identify additional measures to protect HCAs and enhance public safety such as installing ASVs or RCVs. -49 CFR 195.452 (Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Integrity Management in HCAs) requires an operator to consider the swiftness of leak detection and pipeline shutdown capabilities when determining if an Emergency Flow Restricting Device is needed. PHMSA acknowledges that, in addition to this guidance, a more specific performance-based standard in conjunction with carefully selected prescriptive requirements could be more effective in improving accident response times, particularly when ruptures are involved. Accordingly, PHMSA is developing a valve and rupture detection NPRM and anticipates proposing to require mandatory installation of automatic shutoff valves, remote controlled valves, or equivalent technology and establishing performance based metrics for rupture detection for gas and liquid transmission pipelines. The overall intent is that rupture detection metrics will be integrated with ASV and RCV placement with the objective of improving overall incident response. Rupture response metrics would focus on mitigating large, unsafe, uncontrolled release events that have a greater potential consequence. The areas proposed to be covered include High Consequence Areas (HCA) for hazardous liquids and HCA, Class 3 and 4 for natural gas (including could affect areas).
Recommendation: To assist operators in determining whether to install automated valves, the Secretary of Transportation should direct the PHMSA Administrator to use PHMSA's existing information-sharing mechanisms to alert all pipeline operators of inspection and enforcement guidance that provides additional information on how to interpret regulations on automated valves, and to share approaches used by operators for making decisions on whether to install automated valves.
Agency Affected: Department of Transportation
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