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Dear Mark,
Your post on Michael Bérubé's "seamless garment of crisis" talk at the Council of Graduate School's annual meeting culminates for me a week of thinking about A) how out of touch the "woe is us" rhetoric has gotten and B) how exciting it is to be doing humanities administration right now.
I have a relatively small admin job compared to Bérubé's, namely, directing graduate studies in my English department. Some weeks, however, all the big issues trickle down to the trenches.
In the past five days (or so), I've finished teaching the introduction to graduate studies class for our latest crop of first-year PhD students, watched the application numbers come in for next year, traded a flurry of emails with colleagues about one of the exams that we require of our students, prepared to mock interview students who have actual interviews scheduled at MLA, and noted with glee that the Stanford plan to overhaul humanities study (which we debated back in May [John's post] [Mark's post]) is an item on the agenda for a meeting of humanities grad studies directors on my campus in January.
These activities primed me for your "Crisis, Crisis, Crisis" post. From worries about a drop off in graduate school applications (which we in the humanities share with, among others, law schools) to the relative scarcity of the job market, it's been a week for crisis thought. From the ambivalence of new graduates coming to grips with the idea that by entering a PhD program they are on a professional track to the ambivalence of faculty colleagues thinking about instrumentalizing their seminar offerings, it has also been a week when I have thought about how very far we are from being able to translate David Laurence's notion of the "humanities workforce" into our discussions of program organization and curricula.
It is true, as you noted in May, that the Stanford plan risks fallaciously equating time to degree with "relevance" and, further, that it offers little suggestion of who is to regulate the increased numbers of newly minted PhDs a shorter time to degree might generate. What I continue to like about their approach is the demand that we regenerate our notion of what a humanities PhD can do by refashioning our training rituals. We won't be able to wrap our heads around "humanities workforce," it follows, if we can't go so far as to question the legacy course and exam requirements that we've inherited. I'm not so naive as to imagine that simply changing the prelim will solve all our problems, but it seems equally unlikely that polemical research like the sort you and I are engaged in will have any force if it doesn't translate into the curricular nitty gritty.
Your reiteration of what I take to be one of our main arguments over the course of this work in progress provides a case in point. You note that "the rhetorical opposition of 'the humanities' to the culture industries, while sometimes effectively self-serving for the humanities disciplines, has long masked a common endeavor to manage populations by managing media." Bérubé professes, as you note, to have "little sense of what viable alternatives to academic employment might be" for humanities PhDs. And you observe that a glance at the Humanities Resource Center's online data could have filled him in that 14.1% of them are managers of some sort. A further 5.8% are media specialists of some kind. If we widen our focus just a bit in terms of degree and talk about college grads as well, the common endeavor of managing media looks even more alive and well among humanities grads, even if English professors have little sense of it. Laurence reports that (according to the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates) more humanities degree holders work as "artists, broadcasters, editors, public relations specialists, and writers" (735,500 or 13.6%) than work as elementary or secondary school teachers (640,600 or 11.8%)."
In a way, it's hard to blame Bérubé for failing to anticipate that English professors are training media managers and managers more generally. As a native informant, I can tell you that I've never been in a curricular discussion in which we debated a course or exam based on its capacity to inculcate good management skills in our students. English is not alone in under-thinking its role in generating managers, but it may be that the text-based humanities disciplines are the most guilty of ignoring the work they do in reproducing media professionals. I'm not sure that the visual cultural people have as much trouble as the text folk, and thus don't know if film studies for instance would be surprised at the way, as Laurence observes, "The concept of the humanities workforce makes visible the connection, too often obscured, between humanistic research and scholarship and development of a talent pool for the cultural sector of the economy, not excluding (although also not limited to) the business of producing popular culture."
Laurence contends further, "Few academic humanists are accustomed to thinking of their research scholarship as specific examples that, cumulatively, function to keep alive the possibility of access to the cultural record and keep in good repair the tools, skills, and knowledges necessary to that access. Few are accustomed to recognizing how those tools, skills, and knowledges find application in cultural work and institutions beyond the academic." Again, I agree with you that the conflation of English (and scholarship focused on texts) with the humanities more generally may blur this picture somewhat. I don't hear as much obliviousness to these questions among my colleagues in technocultural studies and the like. But I do wonder, outside of the introduction to grad studies class for English PhDs I just taught, how awareness of the fact that we are training media managers might affect what I do in the classroom and what we do in our PhD exams.
How, I guess I'm wondering, should the novel fact that a "humanities workforce" exists alter our pedagogical practice? Asking this question seems a good way to shake off the paralyzing insistence that the humanities are about to unravel. In any case, it would give us something more productive to worry about than Bérubé's insistence that nobody loves us, that "When we look at the academic-job market for humanists, we can't avoid the conclusion that the value of the work we do … simply isn't valued by very many people, on campus or off."


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Update: The Emulator has been pulled from Microsoft's Store.
Original Story: Retrogaming is back into favor in 2016 both with the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nes and a Nintendo 64 emulator available on Xbox One.
This thing started a few months ago when Nintendo announced that Nintendo Classic Mini: Nes, a shrunken version of the standard console, was coming this fall with HDMI support and 30 games pre-installed.
Well, it seems Nintendo hit the jackpot with the retro game stuff because the world went crazy and a tremendous number of players pre-ordered the shrunken NES.
It's kind of strange since PCs can emulate almost every existing console, but players do want a physic device to play with, especially if it's an old one.
Does it mean next-gen console can't emulate old games? Absolutely not. As we quoted, there is a Nintendo 64 Emulator available on Xbox One.
Its name is Win64e10 and it's a modified version of the Mupen64plus, previously available on Windows phone and Windows 10. Win64e10 currently costs $9,99 and it allows players to enjoy some of the most renowned games from the Nintendo 64-bit console.
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All of the routers are running "eigrp 100" and advertising all of its local subnets. Please answer below questions for this diagram.
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Ans:- We need to configure Router R2 as "eigrp stub connected". By this configuration R2 will only advertise its connected networks i.e. 22.214.171.124/24, 18.104.22.168/24, and 220.127.116.11/24. But not, 188.8.131.52/32 and 22.214.171.124/24 due to stub configuration. Also note that router configured with eigrp stub will always receive advertisement it learns from its peers. This configuration is applicable for this diagram and subnets only.
Question 2:- What configuration is required at Router R2 for EIGRP so that R1 does not receive any route thru EIGRP?
Ans:- We need to configure Router R2 as "router eigrp receive-only" . It will stop Router R2 for advertising any subnet, not even summary or static route redistribution and Therefore R1 will not get any information from R2. Its negative impact is that R3 and R4 will not be able to reach 188.8.131.52/24 network.
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Now, question arises when should eigrp stub be used? Its answer is that it should be used only when router does not have any transit path or in other words, there is no further connectivity. Second reason of eigrp stub usage is when router does not have enough memory or processing resources to cater EIGRP database needs. EIGRP Stub is used when administrator needs more control over advertisement of networks. It's also used to remove SIA( Struck in active) state issues in EIGRP as it will restrict further advertisement of Query packets. We can similarly use "eigrp stub connected summary" commands depending upon requirement.


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>BREAKING NEWS: Air America Closing
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>We just got word of this one.
Air America Radio, which has been in financial trouble for some time, will end its live programming and file Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Here's the statement directly from Air America, in full:
It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.
The very difficult economic environment has had a significant impact on Air America's business. This past year has seen a "perfect storm" in the media industry generally. National and local advertising revenues have fallen drastically, causing many media companies nationwide to fold or seek bankruptcy protection. From large to small, recent bankruptcies like Citadel Broadcasting and closures like that of the industry's long-time trade publication Radio and Records have signaled that these are very difficult and rapidly changing times.
Those companies that remain are facing audience fragmentation as a result of new media technologies, are often saddled with crushing debt, and have generally found it difficult to obtain operating or investment capital from traditional sources of funding. In this climate, our painstaking search for new investors has come close several times right up into this week, but ultimately fell short of success.
With radio industry ad revenues down for 10 consecutive quarters, and reportedly off 21% in 2009, signs of improvement have consisted of hoping things will be less bad. And though Internet/new media revenues are projected to grow, our expanding online efforts face the same monetization and profitability challenges in the short term confronting the Web operations of most media companies
When Air America Radio launched in April, 2004 with already-known personalities like Al Franken and then-unknown future stars like Rachel Maddow, it was the only full-time progressive voice in the mainstream broadcast media world. At a critical time in our nation's history — when dissent on issues such as the Iraq war were often denounced as "un-American" — Air America and its talented team helped millions of Americans remember the importance of compelling discussion about the most pivotal events and decisions of our generation.
Through some 100 radio outlets nationwide, Air America helped build a new sense of purpose and determination among American progressives. With this revival, the progressive movement made major gains in the 2006 mid-term elections and, more recently, in the election of President Barack Obama and a strongly Democratic Congress.
Laws have changed for the better thanks to this revival…..but all the same our company cannot escape the laws of economics. So we intend a rapid, orderly closure over the next few days. All current employees will be paid through today, January 21. A severance package will be offered tomorrow to full-time current employees with more than six months of tenure.
We will strive to assist affiliates and partners in achieving a smooth transition. Starting at 6 pm EST today, we will provide our affiliates, listeners and users a selection of encore programming until 9 pm EST on Monday, January 25, at which time Air America programming will end.
We are proud that Air America's mission lives on through the words and actions of so many former radio hosts who are active today in progressive causes and media nationwide. In the years ahead, as we look back, we should all be proud of our passionate determination to assure that our nation's progressive voice would be heard loud and clear. Through the hard work and dedication of current staff, and those who preceded you, a lasting legacy was forged which will now continue through other voices and venues.
Thank you.
We're working on finding out which, if any, local area stations carry any programming from Air America.
If you know of any in our coverage area of Southern Ohio, Southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky, e-mail us.


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Goals nobody remembers – Rodney McAree vs Carlisle United (1997)
Fulham. Premier League stalwarts, 2010 Europa League finalists and now looking forward to a first campaign under the widely respected Martin Jol. That's all well and good, but none of that might have been possible were it not for a Northern Irishman called Rodney McAree.
The chances are that you've never heard of McAree if you're not from south west London – unless you've caught his name being sung on the Craven Cottage terraces – but his place in Fulham folklore was assured one April afternoon at Carlisle's Brunton Park some 14 years ago.
You have to go back a further 15 months to realise just why it was so important. Fulham were staring at relegation to non-league football in January 1996 following a defeat to bottom of Division Three Torquay United. Then, Fulham were second bottom, but a subsequent recovery under boss Micky Adams secured safety, and then came a tilt at the top of the division in the following campaign.
And so to Carlisle on 5th April 1997. It was the Saturday when the Grand National had to be postponed on safety grounds, but no-one was going to silence Fulham's party.
The Cumbrian hosts were also chasing elevation to Division Two and would eventually secure it, but on that afternoon both sides knew that the winners would be virtually guaranteed promotion. Carlisle took the lead, but a Fulham equaliser seemed to ensure that both sides would settle for point. McAree disagreed.
When the ball dropped to the midfielder lurking on the edge of the penalty area, McAree unleashed a terrific, arrowing drive into the corner of the net, sending the travelling fans wild. They were eventually, inevitably promoted.
That summer Mohamed Al Fayed completed his takeover of the club. Four years later they were in the Premier League. Nine years on from that it was a European final. In truth, Fulham have never really looked back since McAree's magical moment.
They're in Europe again this season. The current crop of players might not know it, but they have a certain goal on an afternoon in Carlisle to thank.
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Julien Berthillon is an expert in hotel events! He's been organizing special events ever since he graduated from Vatel in 2005 - 10 years of sumptuous receptions.
Julien, who has been working since September, 2014 as the Dubai Radisson Blu Media City Receptions, Banquets and Seminar Manager, tells us his seven thoughts that have guided his career and contributed to its success.
1- Balance several tasks while keeping a smile on my face
We all work to meet challenges, sometimes for events that are last minute reservations, on several projects at the same time and in difficult working conditions. Your smile packs a powerful punch, and it's your best friend because it conveys warmth and confidence to your customers as well as your team members.
What Julien has done since he left Vatel
"As soon as I graduated, I went to Dubai to supervise one of the restaurants in the Royal Mirage Hotel, an institution here. After that, to gain more experience and skills in organizing large banquets, I took advantage of an opportunity in Monte Carlo. I started working for the Events Cluster in the luxurious Societe des Bains de Mer as soon as it opened.
- The Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, 334 rooms, 8 conference rooms, 3 different restaurants;
- The Monte Carlo Beach Hotel, 40 room, 3 restaurants and the Main Ballroom of Monaco, "Salle des Etoiles," one of the largest venues in Europe with a capacity of serving 1,000 meals. These three places were my playing grounds.
A fabulous and enriching experience, where I was in charge of organizing sumptuous events for large international groups or for royalty: weddings, or annual events like Le Bal de la Rose, etc.
After that I worked with Starwood and Le Meridien to expand my skill set in sales strategies. For three years I was the Senior Group Sales & Catering Executive, a job where the Sales, Catering and Special Events departments all worked together and I managed the French, Swiss and Benelux markets for the Le Meridien Beach Plaza Monte Carlo. I received three awards and distinctions from the Hotel Group during this time.
In September 2014, I came back to Dubai to manage the Special Events Department for the Radisson Blu Media City Hotel in Dubai. Each step of a career, in my opinion, is made up of challenges to be met.
The United Arabian Emirates are a federation of seven Emirates on the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. At an intersection where the East meets the West, they all have international hotel chains which roll out projects that are always more luxurious and more creative, to give their guests an exceptional experience. Most of the employees and managers here are ex-pats. With all the hotels that are being planned to open in the upcoming years, there are a host of possibilities to expand your career in just a few years and to gain experience in a highly competitive field. Vateliens, you've got all sorts of interesting opportunities here!


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At Seabridge Gold, we believe that being a responsible and welcome member of the communities in which we operate is an essential part of our business strategy.
As part of our most recent commitment to ensure local communities benefit from the KSM Project, we are awarding 10 non-profit organizations in northwest BC with grants ranging from $500 to $1,500 for a grand total of $10,000.
In July 2015, Seabridge Gold reached out to the community for input on where to donate the grants. The public was invited to nominate local community initiatives, associations and organizations that would benefit a broad group of people in the areas of education, health and/or sports/healthy living.
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June 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's construction giant Access Engineering has invested 800 million rupees to buy 50 percent stake of a property developer to strengthen its presence in property development sector.
Access Engineering said in a stock exchange filing that the developer, Blue Star Constructions private limited, is the beneficial owner of over a 1 acre property located in Rajagiriya.
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The Annals of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation published a systemic review on ankle foot orthotics AFOs, walking and cerebral palsy. The purpose of the study was to complete a systematic review of the literature to determine if AFOs produce a more normal gait pattern by positioning joints in the proper position to reduce pathological reflex or spasticity in children with cerebral palsy.
An article search was performed from 2007 to 2015 of studies of children with CP wearing the following AFOs: hinged (HAFO), solid (SAFO), floor reaction (FRO), posterior leaf spring (PLS) and dynamic (DAFO) to determine if there was a change in gait pattern and walking ability.
Seventeen studies were included with a total of 1139 children with CP. The PEDro score was poor for most studies (3/10) with only 4 randomized controlled studies with an appropriate level of evidence.
The results indicated the following:
- overall the use of AFOs improved speed and stride length.
- the HAFO was effective for improving stride length, speed of walking, single limb support and gait symmetry and decreasing energy expenditure with hemiplegic CP as compared with the barefoot condition.
- the plastic SAFO and FRO were effective in reducing energy expenditure with diplegic CP.
- for children with diplegic CP, the HAFO and SAFO improved gross motor function.
The researchers concluded that for children with hemiplegic CP, certain AFOs improved gait parameters, including ankle and knee range of motion, walking speed and stride length. AFOs reduced energy expenditure in children with spastic and hemiplegic CP. The researchers recommend further studies with improved PEDro scores for more conclusive evidence regarding the effectiveness of AFOs in children with CP.
Reference: Aboutorabi, A., Arazpour, M., Bani, M. A., Saeedi, H., & Head, J. S. (2017). Efficacy of ankle foot orthoses types on walking in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
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How many times have you thought to yourself, "I really want that job, but I could never get it"? The very fact that you don't believe you could land your dream job may be what's holding you back. That's because fear is a very real presence standing in your way, and I am not talking about a fear of spiders or heights. I am referring to fear of failure, success, others' opinions, etc. We all have something we fear, and we all watch it keep us from getting what we really want in life.
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By Dave Sweetman, columnist
The other day I was cruising across west Texas in no real hurry, cruise control set 10 mph below the 80 mph speed limit and channel surfing satellite radio.
The radio landed on a station playing a Montgomery Gentry song titled, "Back When I Knew It All." For a few minutes I reflected on the meaning of the title and lyrics and it gave me pause to think. You see, I used to know it all. I really did.
A three-year stint in the U.S. Army taught me to drive big trucks safely. That carried over to my pursuing a civilian driving career that has lasted more than 43 years and more than 4.75 million safe miles. All because I knew it all. Or thought I did.
I knew that I could handle a big rig in all kinds of weather and stupidly tried to outrun a tornado or two in Kansas and Arkansas, and drive on Elk Mountain snow and ice when common sense said to park. Because I knew it all. Or I thought I did.
When I was snowed in on the east side of the Sierra Mountains in Reno and I-80 was closed across Donner Pass, I had to go. Because I knew it all, I listened to some big riggers and drove Feather River Canyon, bypassing the closed routes. Truthfully, I was never so danged scared in my life and if I could have turned around, I would have. But I knew it all, so I pushed on and made it through.
I knew I was smarter than the cops and had the best radar detectors money could buy, so I could drive as fast as I wanted (safe, but fast). I hated the
55 mph speed limit. But, because I knew it all, the speeding tickets were someone else's fault. I also found that the time made by speeding was proportionate to the amount of time spent on the roadside with the trooper.
My first trip going east across I-80 in Pennsylvania in the early '70s had me going to Atlantic City, N.J. Because I knew it all, when I saw the sign for the Jersey Shore exit, I knew I was close and went to bed.
The next morning, I found out that I was still many hours away and could not believe that Jersey Shore was neither in Jersey nor was it anywhere near the shore. And, there's no easy way to get there from I-80. That wasn't my fault, as I knew it all. Or thought I did.
Getting dispatched with a hot load going to Chillicothe, Mo., from California, I searched the whole town for the address with no success. I asked a police officer, and he told me there was no such business in his town and the street did not exist.
Upon making a phone call, I found out the customer was located in Chillicothe, Ohio. And because I knew it all, I still had time to make my delivery the next day.
Rolling forward a number of years, it took me a while to realize that, perhaps, I don't know it all.
Most of my safe driving practices are solid, tried-and-true methods that continue to serve me well. But to some degree, I have been blessed by plain old blind, dumb luck.
Learning that I do not know it all took some adjustment. I slowed down. No more radar detectors (which are illegal in commercial vehicles anyway). No more speeding tickets, either. So does that make me a saint? Hardly. Most states raised their speed limits, and I drive the speed limit (or under).
Because I don't know it all anymore, I use a computer to track weather, road conditions and trip routes. I can find Chillicothe no matter which state it's in. I can do a satellite map search of a customer's neighborhood and determine if I can get a truck there or not. I really like not knowing it all and should have tried it sooner. LL


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text: WHO Members Take Small Steps With New Medicine R&D Plan In Novel Exercise 07/12/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Participants in this week's ground-breaking meeting of a World Health Organization group working to stimulate research on neglected diseases hailed the cooperative spirit of the group after three days. But early in the 7 December session, the mood changed as some countries took issue with papers drafted by the secretariat reflecting discussion so far. On 5 and 6 December, countries seemed to welcome the route the World Health Organization (WHO) intergovernmental working group on medicine research and development is taking this week. "It will be successful," one developed country official said on 6 December, while acknowledging that the mechanisms for the process had yet to be worked out. "I think we have something going on," a Brazilian official told Intellectual Property Watch at the end of the 6 December meeting. Other officials pointed out that the meeting had made small steps in the right direction. "[We] keep peddling the bicycle [although] sometimes I wish it was a tricycle," the chair, Peter Oldham from the Canadian mission in Geneva, said at the end of the meeting on 6 December. Oldham was commended by a number of officials in interviews, including the head of the Thai delegation, Dr Viroj Tangcharoensathien. "The chair is fair and captures different views," he said. The 4-8 December meeting of the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) has moved into substantive discussions about what elements should be part of a possible strategy and plan of action for new research and development of medicines for diseases predominantly affecting developing countries. This dates back to a mandate from the World Health Assembly in May (IPW, Public Health, 27 May 2006). On 6 December, the group discussed two issues that the African countries in particular had requested be discussed as separate items, namely "technology transfer to improve innovation capacity" and "management of intellectual property." These were added to six other elements that the WHO secretariat had prepared in a document based on the recommendations from the WHO Commission on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH), which published its report in April (IPW, Public Health, 3 April 2006). All these elements with comments were included in documents that were distributed on 7 December, and discussed in plenary, one on a plan of action and one on a global strategy. Brazil, however, took issue with the papers and said health objectives should not be placed at the "mercy" of IP objectives. In the 5 and 6 December discussions, Thailand took a strong lead in the discussions of IP and transfers of technology. While Oldham had talked about delegates being "sparrows in the trees" (referencing the large size of the conference room), the Thai delegate remarked later that "this sparrow is not afraid of the eagle" (referring to the United States). Thailand recently issued a compulsory license for a medicine patented by pharmaceutical company Merck. As a result, Merck cut the price in half. The two sides plan to meet next week to resolve the company's concerns, according to the Thai official. Thailand's Tangcharoensathien told Intellectual Property Watch that his government had met with five developing countries in New Delhi before the meeting to compare the WHO documents with the CIPIH report. He said that some key elements had been, deliberately or not, left out of the WHO documents, most notably related to World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). "Our objective is to bring this back to reflect the spirit of the commission report," he said. On technology transfer, one of the bullet points under "areas of action" reads: "developed countries to comply with their obligations under Article 66.2 of TRIPS" which calls for developed country transfers of technology. But the Thai delegate said that he had looked at seven of the reports of developed countries to the WTO on this issue, and none of these mentioned pharmaceuticals. "I think we are misled on the 66.2 [article]," he said. India also referred to 66.2 and said some mechanisms should be developed to ensure that commitments in the TRIPS agreement are being held. A WTO official clarified that Article 66.2 does not specifically refer to transfer of pharmaceutical production knowledge, but noted that the WTO Doha Declaration from 2001 re-iterates developed countries' commitments to transfers of technology. He also noted that the WTO considered flexibilities to go beyond just TRIPS Paragraph 31bis (allowing countries to export medicines under compulsory license to countries without adequate production facilities). Brazil said it had had "good experience" with transfers of technology, and mentioned a vaccine initiative with GlaxoSmithKline as an example. This "is a very opportune practice," it said. The United States said that transfers of technology cannot be forced, but gave a number of examples of such transfers to China, India, Korea and Mexico related to vaccines. Sudan said that such transfers should benefit national development and not individual countries. IP Management Under the category of IP management, one action point reads: "developed and developing countries to enact legislation for application of the flexibilities provided for in TRIPS." Iran, on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean countries, said that patent protection was "ever-strengthening," referring to "TRIPS-plus" (meaning that protection requirements are stronger than those in international trade law) standards in bilateral agreements. He said, "A paradigm shift is needed in this area." Thailand asked to include specific language on flexibilities in the elements that will go into the future plan of action. Stating that bilateral trade agreements should not seek to incorporate TRIPS-plus protection, which was stated in the CIPIH report. African countries supported this. The European Commission said that patents have helped to generate innovations that have been beneficial to all actors, and that measures in the plan "need not, and should not, adversely affect the patent system." It also said that the European Union respects compulsory licensing, but simply by being available it could reduce prices and does not necessarily have to be used. Switzerland said that instead of going beyond the IP system the WHO plan should complement the IP system. It also said the group should look where it could bring value instead of trying to do the work of other organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization or the WTO. Other countries, including the United States, also emphasised this point. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations said it was willing to work with the group to "define the constructive role intellectual property rights [can] play." India welcomed the idea of patent pools as mentioned in the secretariat document on elements for a global treaty and plan of action, and it also called for a treaty arrangement for neglected diseases. On 5 December, France supported the idea of patent pooling and Finland, on behalf of the European Union, said that it in principle support the idea of a patent pool, and is "open to explore new work on this." "Countries seem to be open to new ideas of alternative ways of innovation," Ellen 't Hoen of Médicins Sans Frontières and one of the experts to the group told Intellectual Property Watch. James Love of the Consumer Project on Technology said that the plan should focus on better use of existing flexibilities to IP regulation as well as new ways, including patent pools and a more systematic use of compulsory licensing. He also called on the WHO to open up the accreditation procedure. Brazil emphasized the issue of access to medicines. "It is access to products that really counts." Norway also said that it had pushed for having language on access and not only research and development included in the resolution. Switzerland supported this. WIPO said that it looked with WHO on the "objective to improve public health." The Gates Foundation said that all need to get together to seek a "collective solution." Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen may be reached at email@example.com. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "WHO Members Take Small Steps With New Medicine R&D Plan In Novel Exercise" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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Colour Theory has a very big influence on Fashion Colour Trends and producing Eye-Catching Makeup Designs. I adore eye-popping colours so thought I would do a little taster on Colour Theory, for all you beauty enthusiast out there who just want to know how to use colour theory in your day-to-day beauty routine.
Knowing how to use the standard colour wheel can unlock the doors to producing spectacular looking Makeup and Fashion ideas. I hope you find this beginners guide helpful and do feel free to leave any questions below in the comment box, so let's get stuck in.
Colour Wheel (Standard)
A basic colour wheel (as shown) consists of 12 Colours, with White, Black and Grey considered Neutral colours which are not normally discussed in-depth when talking about the basic colour wheel .
More in-depth colour wheels will show variations within these 12 colours known as;
- A tint, when white is added.
- A shade, when black is added.
- Tones, when grey is added
If you want to go a bit more in-depth into colour theory after this post, do check out this article on colour theory. But as I mentioned I'm only covering the basics as a platform for all my fellow beauty and fashion lovers, who are not familiar with colour theory.
Colours OPPOSITE to each other within the wheel are called Complementary, in others words they make each other stand out providing a high contrast. For example the Red Rose with its Green Leaves.
Colours SIDE-by-SIDE to each other (usually 3 colours are used for this scheme) are called Analogous, they are quite easy to blend together as they usually provide a softer contrast. For example check out the image of that beautiful sunset, and see how the purple, red and orange blend so well together.
Colours at a TRIANGULAR POINT (evenly spread out within the wheel) are called Triad colours, these colours provide a harmonious colour scheme using unlikely colour combinations. In the picture the colours within the scarf are vibrant, but blend well. Incorporating green, purple and a yellow/gold.
Colours using the NEIGHBOURING split complementary colours are called Split-Complementary; these colours provide a very high contrasting colour scheme which is softer than a Triad colour scheme.
Okay so the four colour schemes I've just mentioned are not the only colour combinations possible, but are a great starting point for beginners to colour theory. As you can see from the examples I used with each colour scheme, these amazing colour combinations are all around us in our environment and in nature. Once you can spot these colour combinations you can then beginning incorporating them into you outfits – for example a Green Dress worn with Red Accessories. Or with your Makeup –
producing a smoky eye look with Gold/Orange and smoked out with a Midnight Blue eyeshadow. The combinations are endless, so let you imagination explore the environment around you, and see what colour scheme combinations you can incorporate into you clothes and makeup. Remember, don't forget to have fun and try loads of new different colour combinations out with your makeup and clothes.
Check out my Eye Shape 101 for applying eyeshadow to different eye shapes, if you've found some great colour schemes you want to try out. Till next time my fellow beauty lovers, stay beauty obsessed.


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Biotech Startup Stories: Crop Enhancement
"Crop Enhancement is an early-stage Boston-based company that develops non-toxic and sustained release technologies for agriculture. They recently secured $8.5 million in Series B funding. Kevin Chen, Crop Enhancement's CEO, talked to us about how they found investors and what they are doing to overcome other challenges."
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Unsatisfied with the mechanical hotness of Audi's new TT? Edmunds Inside Line is reporting two up-spec'd TT models are on the way, following a similar performance-badging continuum as Audi's more conventional lines. Adding to a recent missive in Motor Trend, Edmunds says at hand are the TT-S for 2007 and TT-RS for 2008. The TT-S will have similiar hardware as the company's new S3 hatch — that is, 265 hp from its turbocharged 2.0-liter four — though the TT could get additional horsepower by way of engine tweaks. The TT-RS won't get the 3.6-liter V6, as many had speculated. Instead, it'll reportedly get a turbo'd version of the North American Jetta's 2.5-liter five-cylinder, fitted with an identical cylinder head configuration as the company's 5.2-liter V10, and producing in the neighborhood of 365 hp. Transmission choices will allegedly include six-speed manual and a 7-speed version of the Tiptronic autobox. We're still waiting for the transverse-mounted V8.
New Breed: Two Performance Audi TTs Will Highlight Second-Gen [Edmunds]
Report: Audi Working on Super TT [internal]


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Practice management expert Kip Gregory, author of Winning Clients in a Wired World, offered strategies for getting more done in less time to attendees of IMCA's practice management conference on Monday:
- Follow through faster. When you meet with a client or prospect, don't wait until the next day or the end of the week to send a follow-up message thanking them for their time and offering next steps. Instead, send a message from your BlackBerry or iPhone in just a few seconds (read more below on how to accomplish this).
- Reduce time spent on e-mail. Sifting through e-mail, according to Gregory, is the No. 1 productivity killer.
- Catalog your knowledge. Warehouse your most important material so you can access it instantly.
Contrary to customary conference protocol, Gregory encouraged attendees to get out their BlackBerries. Then he taught everyone how to set up auto text functions, which enable you to simply type a few characters to have a brief thank-you message appear in a new e-mail that can be customized for individual clients. What about iPhone users? A few 99-cent apps will do the same thing (EasyWriterPro and ShortHand).
To reduce the time you spend on e-mail, Gregory recommends unsubscribing from all unnecessary lists, setting up a secondary address for non-critical information, and using rules, tags and folders in Outlook to help manage the flow of e-mail.
He also encouraged attendees to start a knowledge journal—a place where you catalog your most important material—including notes from industry conferences, your marketing calendar, office procedures, etc. For an idea of what this looks like, download a sample journal file at www.winningclients.com/forms.php.
Carly Schulaka
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Yamaha Outdoors Tips — Pre-Season Spring Gobbler Scouting
By Steve Hickoff
Scouting wild turkeys as the 2008 spring gobbler season approaches is a priority. Covering more distance with your Yamaha 4x4 or Side-by-Side will literally help you find more birds to hunt.
Nationwide our seasons begin first in Florida, Alabama, and elsewhere down south as March arrives, progressing northward as days warm, and concluding May 31 in northeastern states such as Maine.
Watching wild turkeys can be both an ongoing pleasure, and a practical means of finding birds when the season opens again.
While some may just scout right before opening day this year, regular study of turkey flocks not only yields better results, but also sustains interest year-round.
During the season, scouting can help you make necessary adjustments when situations change.
Hunters use the term "sign" to speak of one or many examples of evidence left behind by the quarry they're hunting.
Here's what you're looking for as the big birds go:
- Track size can indicate the sex and age of turkeys.
- Lots of sign indicates bigger flocks, while spare evidence reflects fewer numbers.
- Dusting bowls are fresh if the soil is loose, and other sign in them or nearby is new.
- Old sign may indicate turkeys have left the area.
- Damp droppings say turkeys were there recently.
- Concentrated feathers can indicate a roost site when slightly dispersed, or a predator kill when tightly compacted in a small area.
- Mixed sets of new and old tracks indicate turkeys use the area regularly.
- Raked areas in the woods, along field edges, or in food plots, often indicate feeding zones.
Read the evidence turkeys leave behind, while covering ground in your Yamaha off-road vehicle, and you'll know where to go once the season starts—and after.


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New tracks from the Coconino Sandstone shed light on the presence of possible diadectomorphs in the Permian of Arizona, take a look! ... See MoreSee Less
Newly Discovered Fossil Footprints from Grand Canyon National Park Force Paleontologists to Rethink Early Inhabitants of Ancient Deserts (U.S. National Park Service)An international team of paleontologists has united to study important fossil footprints recently discovered in a remote location within Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A large sandstone boulder ...
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Join us at the Cordilleran Geological Society of America meeting Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 from 5:30-7PM!
Catch up with the Paleontological Society, enjoy refreshments and reconnect with colleagues and friends after the poster session. Hope to see many of you then! ... See MoreSee Less
And just to be clear, this meet-up will be in the Oregon Convention Center, which is not be to confused with the "Orgeon" Convention Center. Wish I could be there!
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GSA Topical Session 113: FUTURE LEADERS IN PALEONTOLOGY
(Submission Deadline: Friday, June 21st)
The Paleontological Society is pleased to announce the inauguration of a new topical session at the 2019 GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Future Leaders in Paleontology (Topical Session T113).
The goal of the session is to showcase the outstanding work of our student members in a high-profile setting. This oral session will take place on the first afternoon of the GSA meeting, Sunday, September 22nd; the Society will limit the number of paleontological sessions
running concurrently with this special session.
The Society invites all of its student members, particularly those nearing completion of their projects, to submit an abstract for this session by designating Topical Session T113 at the time of submission. Abstracts must be entered into the GSA submission portal by 9 PM (PDT) on
Friday, June 21st, prior to the official GSA deadline, to enable the PS selection panel to make decisions in advance of assignment of remaining abstracts to alternate sessions.
At the time of submission, please also send an email to Dr. Matthew Clapham, PS Program Coordinator
(mclapham -at- ucsc -dot edu), indicating a preference, if any, for an alternate topical session.
While advisors and other study participants are permitted to be co-authors on the presentation, the work must primarily reflect intellectual contributions of the student submitting the abstract.
Abstracts not selected will be assigned to another topical or discipline session as chosen by the presenter.
In all, 15 presentations will be selected by a panel representing a diverse cross-section of our
science for inclusion in the Future Leaders in Paleontology session. All presenters will be honored that evening at the Paleontological Society banquet, and will be awarded a certificate to commemorate their participation, along with a cash prize of $100.
The Society looks forward to celebrating its students with this special event! If you have any questions about the Future Leaders in Paleontology session, please do not hesitate to contact Matthew Clapham in advance of the deadline. ... See MoreSee Less
Dear Members of the Paleontological Society,
We are writing with late-breaking information about the 2019 March for Science. It was announced
recently that the main March will take place on May 4 th in New York City, with satellite marches taking
place that day around the world.
As you likely know, the Paleontological Society was a co-sponsor of the previous two marches, which
took place in Washington, D.C. Many of you joined us there and at satellite marches.
Certainly, the imperative to march is as strong has it has been in the previous two years, with persistent
threats at a national level to the pursuit of science, along with ever- expanding concerns about
biodiversity, environmental degradation, global climate change, and the preservation of localities in
National Monuments and Parks essential for the study of the history of life.
Because of its timing this year, the Paleontological Society will not be able to formally co-sponsor or
organize a presence at this year's March.
Nevertheless, we encourage you to participate in New York or at satellite marches. We would be happy to provide access to the Paleontological Society logo for the
production of placards and banners, and we'd also be pleased to disseminate via our website and social
media any photos or write-ups that you or your colleagues generate as part of your participation.
Here's hoping for excellent weather in New York and elsewhere on May4th!
All the best,
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Congratulations Anna K. Behrensmeyer of @NMNH, recipient of 2019 @theNASciences G. K. Warren Prize! Behrensmeyer is honored for contributing to our understanding of how environmental factors drive evolution. She will be presented with the award during #NAS156, the 156th NAS Annual Meeting at 2PM EDT on Sunday, April 28! #NASaward bit.ly/BehrensmeyerWarren ... See MoreSee Less
The Committee of the Norman Newell Early Career Grant has completed its review of applicants and is pleased to announce the following awardees (listed in alphabetical order.)
Thank you for your support of the grant, and thank yous to Committee members Ellen Currano and outgoing member Jessica Theodor for their careful and thoughtful reviews and pleasant deliberations on a rather challenging task given the quality of the applications this year.
Rehemat Bhatia (University of Bristol)
Disentangling calcification models of deep time planktonic foraminifera
James Lamsdell (West Virginia University)
Elucidating spatial variation in the structure and complexity of Lower Devonian marine paleocommunities from the Appalachian Basin
Alexis Mychajliw (La Brea Tar Pits & Museum)
Ecosystems in asphalt reveal the biogeographic history of a Caribbean land-bridge
David Wright (American Museum of Natural History)
Diversification in the aftermath: testing ecological models of evolutionary radiation with phylogenetic paleobiology
Congratulations, awardees! ... See MoreSee Less
From our friends at National Academy of Sciences:
Anna K. Behrensmeyer will be presented with the G. K. Warren Prize at the NAS Awards Ceremony on Sunday, April 28, at 2:00 pm. The ceremony will be webcast live and we will be promoting it widely on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Join us in celebrating this year's NAS award recipients using #NAS156 and #NASaward! ... See MoreSee Less
Getting ready for your summer field season? Before you go, make sure to check out the AGI/AGU webinar recording on Preventing Bullying and Harassment in the Field! www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/webinars/preventing-bullying-and-harassment-field ... See MoreSee Less
Quantitative Methods in Phylogenetic Paleobiology
We are pleased to announce the 2019 Paleontological Society Short Course, "Quantitative Methods in Phylogenetic Paleobiology," organized by David
Bapst, Sandy Carlson, Laura Soul, Peter Wagner, Rachel Warnock, April Wright & Davey Wright.
Following the example set in the 2018 "Pedagogy and Technology in the Modern Paleontology Classroom" short course, the 2019 session will be a workshop in which presentations about phylogenetic methods will be interspersed with hands-on exercises for the attendees to
The short course will encompass three broad (albeit connected) topics:
1) tactics for recognizing and coding anatomical characters and character states;
2) models of morphological evolution; and,
3) estimation of divergence times among fossil taxa given
morphology, and rates of change, diversification, and sampling.
Our intent is to make connections between the important parameters for phylogenetic analysis and macroevolutionary theory of the sort that paleontologists study, as these commonalities often are overlooked.
Another intent is to communicate how we deal with uncertainties in relevant rate parameters and even phylogenetic topologies themselves when making tree-based macroevolutionary inferences.
Our goal is to work to embrace these uncertainties rather than to either ignore them or dismiss important questions as unanswerable because of uncertainties.
For much of the short course, we will use a single dataset for our examples, with that dataset and appropriate computer programs distributed prior to the short course. This will allow each participant to work through steps from loading files to conducting basic analyses.
We are aiming the short course at a wide audience. We will introduce current methods and tools to young researchers interested in pursuing phylogenetic analyses.
However, this will also be a "refresher" course for
more veteran workers who have done phylogenetics in the past, but who might not have kept up with recent developments. The course contents will also be be useful for individuals who themselves do little or no phylogenetic
work, but who might mentor interns or students interested in phylogenetics and/or who might collaborate with phylogeneticists.
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Abigail Burdess
- Carmody Wilson
- 16 August 2007
A sea of pointless creations
Coming out in a wheelchair and disarming everybody with her offbeat chatter, Abigail Burdess shows it's no big thing to break your foot if you're a comedian. She warms up the audience with her quirky, wide-eyed observations and quotes from her grandmother, with everyone charmed and ready for the show to really begin. But when the show does swing into action, Burdess lambasts her audience with pointless, monotonous and just plain obnoxious characters exhibiting little or no wit or connection with reality.
Bungled, heinous accents fog the bizarre, baseless creations, as when she puts on a little hat and drones on in a goofball voice, pretending to be a Buddhist; or when she dons a colourful wig and becomes someone else with a silly voice. One thing Burdess does do well is the in-between banter, and a particular stand-out moment comes when she performs the Brit Rap entitled 'It's Just a Little Bit of British Patter', but these inspired moments are lost in a sea of irrelevant, random, and boring characters, insipid commentary, and a very bizarre ending. (Carmody Wilson)
Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, until 27 Aug, 6.50pm, £8.50–£9.50 (£7–£8).


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You heard about it many a times and often felt itâs overrated. Yes I am referring to that part of your marketing email where you tend to spend the least amount of time crafting â the subject line.
Duh! Honestly, how can just about 50 characters make a big difference, you must be thinking.
Letâs just delve on this a bit more; have there been times when your nicely crafted emails with content that flows beautifully failed to make any impression on your subscribers? Goes to demonstrate that even the best can go unnoticed if not packaged well.
So what went wrong? Well, your subscriber receives a whole lot of emails every day and he picks only the ones he thinks are worth acting on (opening and reading).
The subject line is like a window of opportunity for marketers to connect with the subscribers and potential prospects alike.
Are you keeping your window of opportunity open?
Keeping the subject line window open by oiling these hinges:
1. Subject lines should include a call to action, well not a button in the real sense but should give the user a push and persuade them to read the mails.
Eg: A good one would be âCalling all Eatalians to Novotel Bengaluru Techpark!â here it calls me to visit and check out what can I get to eat at the Novotel Bengaluru. Seems good!
2. Donât forget the WIIFM factor! Remember your subscriber is weighing whether your email is of any benefit to him. Tell him explicitly what he can expect and set the expectation straight â no false sugar coating please.
Eg: Last Few Hours Left â Grab Sparkling Offers â â Here the benefit is shown along with a sense of urgency which increases the possibility of your user opening the email.
3. Tame the creativity! Sometimes overdoing ruins it, so keep it simple yet catchy. Donât blow your guns on being so creative that people never get the message in one go.
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Place yourself in your subscriberâs shoes. Isnât it easier to skip the first subject line than put efforts reading it?
4. If itâs a discount based or price cut, let it be at the beginning or the end of the subject line; Why? Because generally people are scanning the edges
Eg: Consider these two subject lines-
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Which one caught your attention?
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Apollo adoption
I have not written much about Apollo. He has been a really interesting foster. He is an intelligent, inquisitive, and free spirit. He gets into everything but he is not destructive. Compare him to Kira (my girl). Kira is the most well behaved dog I have ever seen but as a 9 month old puppy she chewed up the legs to an antique sewing table and I struggled to keep her in control just walking the property.
Kira is 100% Labrador and so her personality evolved exactly as expected. And she is the perfect companion for me. But she is near the end of her life and I will be devastated when she dies.
As I did with Bones (Mike's beloved dog) I arranged to adopt Remy before Bones died. But Bones lived a lot longer than I expected so I ended up arranging to adopt Clifford to help in the transition. The strategy worked and the move from a lifelong companion was eased by moving to another companion that was similar in color and size.
Well… Kira is a dog that shares my soul. She is moody, grumpy, happy, affectionate, and determined. She is a mirror image of me. But she doesn't have long left. I truly thought that she would die last year, but she pulled through.
I need a companion. I really need something that really adores me so that I have something to care for. Not just a random creature that I adopt but that doesn't care in the least about me. I really need a creature that looks to me as the most important thing to their life and I look to them as the most important thing I must care for.
That relationship is really difficult to find. I have it with Kira to a limited degree. Kira appears to exist with no dependency on any other creature in life but she dislikes Mike significantly more than me so she stays with me. She doesn't adore me or see me as anything more than the alpha that doesn't hurt her. Mike gives her shots, gives her meds, and does the difficult things. I pet and love on her and so I am the most desirable protector. But she doesn't adore me.
I never knew what it was like to have an animal that absolutely adored me until I had Darby. If you look back in my posts, Darby was one of the most difficult dogs we ever fostered. But he showed me something that I have never seen or felt before. Darby absolutely adored me and was so attached that his life revolved around me. I liked him a lot, but he created terrible problem in that he was so destructive. I hated caging him but he could not be let loose on his own.
Let's not get me wrong here. I absolutely adored Darby. But he absolutely destroyed our home. You can read about what he did to the house. But no matter what he did, I loved him and loved his soul.
I have a chance with Apollo to fix the mistakes I made. This dog appears to be the exact incarnation of Darby in a different body. I mean, this personality is precisely Darby. He is ugly and cute at the same time. He is 9 months old, he adores me, he is uncontrollable, and in every way he is Darby except that he is not destructive.
It would be a very bad thing to adopt a dog because he reminded me of a dog that I let die in bad circumstances. But I do not think I am trying to recreate Darby in another dog. Apollo is unique. He is interesting, he is a free spirit (like Darby) and he seems to have a soul like Darby. But he is not Darby. He is a wrinkly terrier mix that walks upright and he doesn't have the least desire for birds, squirrels, or groundhogs. He doesn't care in the least of the chickens. He isn't Darby.
But he has everything I loved in Darby and he seems to adore me. This will take a lot of work and a lot of patience, but this dog could something really great.
I love most all dogs. But it is rare that one really touches me so deeply as Darby or Apollo.
We call this a "foster failure" and well.. I am pleased with this failure.


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Just rescued this from the spam folder. Looks as though it came in yesterday afternoon.
Common Councilman Corey Ellis, who is running as a Democrat for mayor, criticizes the mayor for seeking to expand the Rapp Road landfill once again after failing to come up with an alternative.
The last expansion, approved in 2000, was supposed to last until 2015 but now could be full year's end, or early 2010.
Ellis calls for "a truly independent" audit of the landfill.
Here's the statement:
"The proposed expansion, the fifth since 1990, is just another example of why our city needs new direction and better management. The mayor promised that the latest expansion would be our last, and once again he's breaking his promise. Before we continue down the road of habitual expansion, I am calling for a comprehensive audit of the Rapp Road landfill by a truly independent body, and for a comprehensive plan to deal with our city's waste that both respects our environment and accounts for the future. Mayor Jennings has been in office for 16 years, and he has continually failed to offer either an audit or a real plan. It's time for a new direction."


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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The state of affairs...Why we need more challenge in school!
I just came across a post form Mrs. Trayer at Teaching Gifted Kinders that struck a chord with me. She was expressing some frustration with the current state of teachers being evaluated upon test scores and not having time to reach their gifted students. I have to say that I agree and would add that we are doing a disservice to all of our children by "dumbing down" instead of setting high expectations. I teach in a private school with an advanced curriculum. We are approximatly 1 year ahead in curriculum standards of public schools. Which means I truly teach Kindergarten just to 4 year olds. I see many advantages to setting high standards even with young children. I believe in making my lessons appropriate for all through small group instruction and differentiated instruction which I know those of you in public school do as well. However I see one difference that I can make that many of you do not have the opportunity to. Planning challenging, high level whole group lessons. From what I understand, please correct me if I am wrong, public school teachers need to plan their lessons for the bottom half of their class, leaving the top half to either be bored or "teach" their lower classmates? ( I in no way intend to offend or take away form the hard work of public school teachers, I think you guys are awesome and dedicate yourselves to our children.) To give you an example of why I believe in higher prepared lessons is my son. He has 6 different learning disabilities and attends the private school I work for. He is ADD, Dyslexic, Dysgraphic, has Auditory Processing Disorder, Expressive Language Disorder and Receptive Language disorder. We have been using a combination of language therapy, Discovery(our version of helps classes), and a classroom that has high expectations. Even through all of his learning struggles the higher expectations keep him challenged and on his toes. He is not fed the same information over and over. He is expected to learn and if that means he has to study a little harder than his peers than so be it. He is an A-B student! Can we say that about the vast majority of kiddos with these learning issues? Here is my point, the systemm is broken and we are raising children who are "thoughtless", those who cannot think critically, cannot make decisions and cannot support themselves out side of their parents home. We as teachers need to help correct these issues in any way we can. So, thank you to all of you who spend countless hours trying to figure out new ways to challenge all of our students! Thank you for your dedication and "no giving up" attitudes. I hope you have a rejuvinating summer!
Posted by Christine at 8:37 AM
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Last week Uhuru Kenyatta finally responded to the outrageous undressing of women. And for once, I agree with him. He grasped and articulated well what most people have seemingly missed in this fiasco.
To me, it seems as we undressed women, we were also subconsciously undressing ourselves. We revealed what makes up the fabric of society- rape culture is rampant, misogyny is manifested everywhere.
I think I get why Uhuru Kenyatta's words in this video make us extremely uncomfortable. It's because we don't want to be called out. I'm obvs not misogynistic; I don't undress women on the streets. Yet, without flinching, you grope a woman in the club when she walks past you. Without flinching, you add alcohol to her drink to make it harder for her to say no to your sexual advances. Not as bad as those whose misogyny is publicly seen, right? It's the classic case of the glasshouse.
Uhuru unapologetically and rightly calls us out for turning a blind eye to what happens in our own backyards and then turning around to yell at others for what they do in public. If you truly think undressing women in public is barbaric- you must identify the issue for what it truly is- rape culture and misogyny.
Rape culture manifests in our society deeply and widely. It's the idea that male sexual violence has penetrated our society to the extent that it is normal. When a man makes comments about a woman's body on the streets; when rape is blamed on how short your skirt is; when a man sexually assaults his niece- it's because of rape culture.
I'd like us to deal with this issue for what it truly is. It has little, if anything, to do with safety and security, and more to do with how we view women. And that's not something Uhuru Kenyatta can fix. We could have police presence on every street in Kenya and there will still be men beating their partners at home.
If you think you truly care about and respect women because you've condemned their public undressing, look at your own life and those around you critically. Because if you would still have sex with a girl when she's drunk without consent, you might as well strip her in public.
© Tessy Maritim


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