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Hi there, just curious about #D3. I know it's pre-alpha, but is there any chance of getting status info on it? I did ask about a month ago but could raise no response.
I have re-written much of the text selection functionality for #D 2.1, and #D3 (see contributor mailing list) but I still have no designer tools in #D3 to be able to be testing much functionality. Specifically, when designing a form, there are no tools available, like buttons, labels etc., the tools list remains exactly as it is in code mode. Once again, I know it's pre-alpha, but I think it's the role of contributors to be testing and working on pre-release stuff. Contributors seem to be separated from the development communication by a large margin.
That's the official roadmap. Dickon is working on the data tools, Itai on the class designer, Russell on workflow. Daniel (on and off, mostly off till end of May) will be working on WPF designer, C# 3.0 support, refactoring. David depending on time for the debugger. Problem is that for all our student contributors, spring is a bad time with regards to free time.
There are a couple things up for grabs: Sandcastle support, integrated PS, etc. However, preferred is to help on the above mentioned features, and to point one out: class designer. Itai did ask on his blog for help.
Hello everyone! Sory to be asking, but is there an idea (even a rough one) when is the first official release of #D3 to be expected?
Beta 1 is planned for Monday 18th of February.
This is great news! thanks
Which parts of the roadmap does it cover? (I'm crossing my fingers for the watch pad :)
No watch pad so far, but I am really close to doing that. Basically, compared with 2.2, the debugger is almost completely rewritten - I just want to make sure that it works as it should and then I will start adding features. Watch pad is on the top of my list.
Ok. I'll be keeping an eye out for it :)
Hi David,
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Before we compare life cycle of both the page request lets first understand the asp.net application life cycle.
First, you can see that Windows SharePoint Services configures each Web application with a custom HttpApplication object by using the SPHttpApplication class. Note that this class is deployed in the Windows SharePoint Services system assembly Microsoft.SharePoint.dll.
- Request is made for an application resource: When the integrated pipeline receives a request, the request passes through stages that are common to all requests. These stages are represented by the RequestNotification enumeration. All requests can be configured to take advantage of ASP.NET functionality, because that functionality is encapsulated in managed-code modules that have access to the request pipeline. For example, even though the .htm file-name extension is not explicitly mapped to ASP.NET, a request for an HTML page still invokes ASP.NET modules. This enables you to take advantage of ASP.NET authentication and authorization for all resources.
- The unified pipeline receives the first request for the application: When the unified pipeline receives the first request for any resource in an application, an instance of the ApplicationManager class is created, which is the application domain that the request is processed in. Application domains provide isolation between applications for global variables and enable each application to be unloaded separately. In the application domain, an instance of the HostingEnvironment class is created, which provides access to information about the application, such as the name of the folder where the application is stored. During the first request, top-level items in the application are compiled if required, which includes application code in the App_Code folder.
- Response objects are created for each request: After the application domain has been created and the HostingEnvironment object has been instantiated, application objects such as HttpContext, HttpRequest, and HttpResponse are created and initialized.
- An HttpApplication object is assigned to the request: After all application objects have been initialized, the application is started by creating an instance of the HttpApplication class. If the application has a Global.asax file, ASP.NET instead creates an instance of the Global.asax class that is derived from the HttpApplication class. It then uses the derived class to represent the application.
Which ASP.NET modules are loaded (such as the SessionStateModule) depends on the managed-code modules that the application inherits from a parent application. It also depends on which modules are configured in the configuration section of the application's Web.config file. Modules are added or removed in the application's Web.config modules element in the system.webServer section.
- The request is processed by the HttpApplication pipeline: At this stage the request are processed and various events are called like ValidateRequest, URL Mapping, BeginRequest, AuthenticateRequest and so on. You can find more info over here. The events are useful for page developers who want to run code when key request pipeline events are raised. They are also useful if you are developing a custom module and you want the module to be invoked for all requests to the pipeline. Custom modules implement the IHttpModule interface. In Integrated mode in IIS 7.0, you must register event handlers in a module's Init method.
Stages of the Sharepoint Page Request
The stages for the SharePoint page request are handled by the IIS in similar way. Except that there are custom handlers for the every sharepoint page request.
When you create a web application in sharepoint, WSS configures the IIS website by adding an IIS application map and creating several virtual directories. Windows SharePoint Services also copies a global.asax file and web.config file to the root directory of the hosting IIS Web site.
Because every request targeting a Web application is routed through aspnet_isapi.dll, the request gets fully initialized with ASP.NET context. Furthermore, its processing behavior can be controlled by using a custom HttpApplication object and adding configuration elements to the web.config file.
First, you can see that Windows SharePoint Services configures each Web application with a custom HttpApplication object by using the SPHttpApplication class. Note that this class is deployed in the Windows SharePoint Services system assembly Microsoft.SharePoint.dll.
In addition to including a custom HttpApplication object, the Windows SharePoint Services architecture uses a custom HttpHandler(SPHttpHandler) and a custom HttpModule(SPRequestModule). These two SharePoint-specific components are integrated into the HTTP Request Pipeline for a Web application using standard entries in the web.config file.
<remove verb="GET,HEAD,POST" path="*" />
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ASP.NET 2.0 introduced a new pluggable component type known as a virtual path provider. The idea behind a virtual path provider is that it abstracts the details of where page files are stored away from the ASP.NET runtime. By creating a custom virtual path provider, a developer can write a custom component that retrieves ASP.NET file types, such as .aspx and .master files, from a remote location, such as a Microsoft SQL Server database.
The Windows SharePoint Services team created a virtual path provider named SPVirtualPathProvider that is integrated into every Web application. The SPVirtualPathProvider class is integrated into the ASP.NET request handling infrastructure by the SPRequestModule. More specifically, the SPRequestModule component contains code to register the SPVirtualPathProvider class with the ASP.NET Framework as it does its work to initialize a Web application.
I Hope you liked the article. Please do provide your feedback in the comment box.
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I prayed to my protectors/guardians today and asked them what I should write about for my first ever blog post on my new website. Their response was Self Reflection. It's the perfect answer, since I've been going through a major transition in my life. After a long and grueling experience with a job that was a both a blessing and a curse- I decided to take the summer off. I needed time for me, time to reach deep within myself and find the spiritual being that I let temporarily slip away and my mind fog into a lull of repeating shapes and mundane patterns. It was basic survival, but it wasn't really living-with the exception of a few days that come to mind that seemed to be by perfect divine appointment.
When I look back at my life and who I've become, it's rather exciting. I've overcome so many obstacles, adversity, homelessness, mental illness, and loss. Instead of focusing on the guilt I feel for how I've hurt others, or made mistakes or the pain and sorrow that I feel when I think of parts of the past I try to think about how those were a necessary part of the puzzle of my life now. All the parts integral to the whole. Reiki has the ability to heal not only the present but the past. When you think about healing the present, it's often recovering from the past so without the past there would be no growth. Without the hurt and mistakes there would be no development with potential for great joy and fulfillment. It's that potential that keeps me going, it keeps me thriving for more life. Do you know what heals you?
The human heart beats about 115,200 times a day. The average person blinks about 28,000 times a day. The average human lungs breathe 17,000-30,000 times. While the heart beats, the eyes blink, and the lungs breathe- what is the soul doing? What fuels the light in our eyes, the fuel for the heart and the air of our beings? Every day we have a chance to look at ourselves with the intent of love and for the highest good for our higher selves to develop more. Each day we make the choice to look at a mirror with bright eyes and wonder or with pity and disdain. Some would say that every day can't be a golden ray of sunshine, but even sadness can be beautiful too if you become self aware enough to acknowledge that this too shall pass. Everything is temporary. Nothing lasts but nothing is lost. The soul is infinite.
I've always had this gut feeling that I knew exactly who I was, even in childhood. There was no question, and I've always had this feeling that this physical me was temporary and that the deeper me was forever. I've been trying to get closer to this forever me all of my life so far- but especially in the last 6 years. After completing my Reiki Master/Teacher training there was a shift in me that was unparalleled by any other experience I've had thus far. A feeling that I needed to be a guide for others, to help people realize their spiritual potential. I've been searching for how to do this in a way that is open and inviting to people and beneficial for both parties. I want to grow with you. That's what led me to making my own website for readings and Reiki sessions. I'm taking this transition by the horns and manifesting what I want in my life.


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2011 saw the opening of the Yorkshire Cricket Museum which was achieved through the support of the Emerald Foundation.
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This April, Karma House celebrates their 15 year anniversary since their inception back in April 2003. Fifteen years full of great moments including successes, challenges, ups and downs, tears and laughter, and most of all achievements. Despite all the regional turmoil, Karma House Jordan managed to remain resilient and succeeded in maintaining the highest standards of excellence in providing top quality services to their clients, thus maintaining its position as a major DMC in Jordan.
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The theraperutic painting helps to heal in a natural way. If there is an injury which is not possible to be heald naturaly (by the body itself, for example because the body is not absolutely healthy or does not have the right balance and the energy for healing) the improvement would hardly happen. The painting cannot be use as a replacement for an operation or any other physical intervention as that would be against nature. The paintings are not magical, the necessary energy is used exactly where is need it.
I have not come across to anyone who has not been positively influenced by my paintings. The paintings work on each person very individually. It is not possible to predict how the person will react to a particular painting. Sometimes the improvement can be noticeable in a very short time and in some cases it can take much longer.
To avoid disappointment, before I start to paint for someone I will check if the painting would be effective for the person or not.
The same it is when someone order a painting from my gallery, before the painting is sold I will check if it is the suitable one for that person.
I have come across two people who cannot be in the presence of my paintings.
The first person, has a negative attitude and emanates negative energy. When the negative energy of the person colligates with positive energy of the paintings the person does not feel well, because the positive energy is trying to influence the negative one.
The second person I came across, is a person who unfortunately practise black magic. The person saw my painting as a photograph on a mobile phone screen and showed disgust and extreme dislike of the painting before he quickly left. Again, understandably this person could not stand the positive energy of the painting.
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am guided by the Universe, so when I start to paint, I never know how the painting will look at the end, that what is called intuitive art. The choice of the colors is significant, as for every individual the spectrum of colors that are important for a purpose is different (More about that in ……section). I am using acrylic colours on canvas in variety of sizes.
My paintings are suitable for everyone including elderly people and children.
I just need to know for who the painting is meant to be or the particular issue that the energy has to be concentrated on. When someone is interested to own one of the paintings and it is not sure what to concentrate /specific on. To achieve the best result is to have a personalized picture. That means the Universe knows a person's concretely needs and it sets up the right combination of energy, colors and design of the painting for the person's present life situation and health conditional.
The paintings are also suitable as a decorations that brings harmony in to your home or working environment, which has beneficial effect on positive attitude. When looking at the painting, it gives unconscious impulse in to the organism that influence mood, emotions, thoughts and makes energy changes in to the body. Daily life is influenced by our perception, our decisions we made are responsible for our achievements. If you want to change the way how you perceive things to have better result , first you should change is the way of thinking. Our thoughts are influenced by our inner energies and these inner energies have to be change the first. If you want to change something, first you have to change yourself…this painting are here to help you achieve that.
It is very individual as some people can feel actual physical warm from the painting when they put a hand like 2 inches above the painting and some people can sense good vibes of energy in the room where the painting is. Every painting is perceive differently by every person.
Generally, all colors, if some are avoiding, or you do not like it, it indicates a problem in the chakra and the area that expresses this chakra. And it's exactly the color you need most. The colors in this way it can to some extent help identify and solve some of the problems that we have.
Every color has its own meaning and the colors are divided by individual chakras:
Red – is he color of the first chakra. It supplies by a large amount of energy, it is active color that heats and awakens vital energy. Red color help those who needs stable footing and supports to fulfill ideas and goals. It supports the immune system.
Orange - the color of the second sexual chakra. It brings happiness and life strength, absorbs negative energy. It give the strength during anxious time and heal the soul. It increasing confidence and self-esteem. It helps overcome depression and difficult life situations. It is the color of wisdom.
Yellow – is the color of the third solar chakra. It is cheerful, lively, penetrating and brightening color. It supports self-assertion, assertiveness and being able to express your own opinion without having prick of conscience. It has beneficial effect on digestive system and supports intuition and creativity.
Green – is the color of the fourth heart chakra. It soothes and harmonizes the nervous system. It has positive effect on friendship, love and romantic relationship.
Blue – is the color of the fifth chakra supporting communication. It gives the strength for self-expression and helps with communicative issues in general. It's great to use when problems in communication and communication. It relaxes the mind, to be able to open its own intuition and it connects the mind with the heart. Blue color soothes, relaxes and cleans.
Purple – is the color of the seventh crown chakra. It is a spiritual color. It brings inspiration, humility and supports meditation. It ha s calming effect on hyperactive children.
Brown – is the eight earthy color. It has calming effect and give steady energy. It supports determination to finish un-finished things and tasks. It gives the healthy wisdom and encourages to have feet firmly on the ground.
Black – is the color of the protection, but only to a certain extent. It absorbs energy from the body, which we try to get somewhere else in the situations of anguish. If used to much it can close other chakras. In combination with white composed of the opposites, like yin and yang symbol
White-is the symbol of protection and it reflex the energy. It is the color of innocence however it also symbolise the end. It stabilizes and strengthens the energy system. It enhances the effect of the color which is mixed with.
Generally, the colors that are a person avoiding are those colors that the person needs the most. This technique can point out on hidden health issues.


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Darunavir Cross Resistance
35yo male, healthy, HIV positive (VL stable over the last years @ 25k, CD4 has always been between 720 and 780). My long-term partner is negative, and I finally decided to start treatment to decrease transmission risk. Phenotype and genotype test results are currently pending. I have to make a decision together with my doctor on which regimen to choose. Until about two weeks ago, Ritonavir boosted Darunavir would have been my treatment of choice. Now I am second-guessing this mainly because of this statement (from: Tibotec - Prezista Prescribing Information, October 2006, p. 2. Available at: http://www.prezista.com/prescribing_information.html. Accessed 08/30/07): "Darunavir had a less than 10-fold decreased susceptibility in cell culture against 90% of 3,309 clinical isolates resistant to amprenavir, atazanavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, and/or tipranavir, showing that viruses resistant to these PIs remain susceptible to darunavir. Darunavir-resistant viruses were not susceptible to amprenavir, atazanavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, or saquinavir in cell culture. However, 6 of 9 darunavir-resistant viruses selected in cell culture from PI-resistant viruses showed a less than 3-fold change in EC50 values for tipranavir, indicative of limited cross resistance between darunavir and tipranavir. Of the viruses isolated from patients experiencing virologic failure taking darunavir 600 mg and ritonavir 100 mg twice daily, greater than 50% were still susceptible to tipranavir, whereas less than 5% were susceptible to the other PIs." Doesn't this mean that I will only have one PI left (Tipranavir) if I develop resistance to Darunavir? Wouldn't it therefore be smarter to start with a different PI that doesn't cause severe cross-resistance, like for example Reyataz and keep the option of taking Darunavir for later on when being more treatment experienced? I am just scared that I am limiting my future choices if I start treatment with such a powerful drug like Darunavir...Thanks for your help!
A darunavir-based regimen with ritonavir boosting is among the preferred regimens in the current DHHS Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Therapy, so the experts agree with you that this is a good option. Darunavir was added to the 'preferred' list of PIs because it did as well as the previous preferred drug - lopinavir/r or Kaletra, which is co-formulated with ritonavir - in a head to head trial. In your case, I would say that each of these regimens are good options. Both of those PI-based regimens can be dosed once daily, as can another boosted PI, atazanavir + ritonavir, which is also a good option. Among the boosted PIs, this latter combination has a mild benefit in lipid elevations, though all of the boosted PIs are associated with some lipid elevations.
All of the current PIs have considerable cross resistance. I would not recommend that you base the choice of initial PI on that basis.
While the point that you make is valid, another characteristic of ALL of the boosted PIs, and most strongly associated with lopinavir/r, is a very low rate of drug resistance, even in the presence of prolonged virologic failure, compared to regimens based on the other major classes of drugs, i.e. NNRTIs, or regimens comprised of 34- or 4 NRTIs. The PIs have a high genetic barrier to resistance, and so their early use as first line agents has proven to be highly effective and durable. Darunavir and the other boosted PIs are listed as preferred initial agents for that reason.
The other option open to you and your doctor is an NNRTI-based regimen containing efavirenz. As you may be aware, its availability in a three drug combination (Atripla) with tenofovir and emtricabine, taken as one pill once daily on an empty stomach, is also recommended as a preferred regimen.
Finally, I would urge you also to focus equally on the other members of your regimen, i.e. the NRTIs. The current DHHS Guidelines recommend the co-formulated combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine in the initial regimen. These drugs make an important contribution to the overall regimen, and are equally worthy of your attention.
I encourage you to take your questions to your doctor for further discussion, and to take these observations with you.


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Fly into Entebbe on Lake Victoria, stroll the peaceful forested Entebbe Botanical Gardens, famed for their birdlife and monkeys. Stay in five-star hotels in modernised capital Kampala and visit Kampala's mosques and the bustling Indian Quarter. Enjoy the charming colonial houses of quiet Jinja at the source of the River Nile and call into the Nile Breweries where Uganda's favourite beers are made.
Defined by its famous red earth, lush green hills and the dominating Lake Victoria. Put one foot either side of the Equator on the Kampala-Masaka highway, or kayak down the mighty River Nile near Jinja. See primates in the national parks of western Uganda, or remote mountainous tribal areas in the east. Visit its capital Kampala for mashed matoke plantain with tilapia fish.
If you've never seen a tree-climbing lion before, head to the south-eastern Ishasha Plains during rainy season. Or hear the hooting of chimpanzees in Kibale. Try white-water rafting down the River Nile, from Bujagali Falls to Itanda. Then island-hop around the Ssese Islands on Lake Victoria to discover remote lush forests or go trekking around the steep crater lakes of Kasenda.


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First things first, fill out the waiver. The statements on the waiver alone were strong enough to almost make me change my mind before the adventure began. They are a very friendly, open and inviting group of people at SMART and Clinton Smout was on deck to greet everyone as we arrived, assuring us all we were going to have fun. His love of adventure riding and his dedication to teaching riders of all levels to ride off road well and safely was clear and evident. Both Clinton's sons are also certified instructors.
Our first trail lesson, standing up. Yahoo ... never expected I'd be standing up riding a bike, doing moguls having a ball. Of course there has to be that first crash. Before we started the stand up circuit the rider behind me let the clutch out (abruptly) with the bike in gear. Her bike leapt forward taking mine out, ripping the chain off her bike. (Lesson learned, stay behind that rider.) She felt terrible and it really coloured the rest of her experience ... I actually had to thank her. My biggest fear had been going down; check, I survived.
Next trail lesson: the log. The SMART training scaffolds your skills, building on each skill. Having sufficiently mastered stand up riding, now came using that skill in a real experience. Ride over an 8" log across the trail (many times.) Apparently logs are no problem but short turns at the bottom of the mud hill can be and along with that first turn came my first nap in the mud. And still I'm thinking, hey this is no big deal. Easy peasy right? Then I hear the words, "Ok ladies we're ready for some real riding!" What, this hasn't been it? It's 11:30, aren't we heading back for lunch?
Yee Haaaaaaaaaaaaa, this ride gave me way more than my money's worth and way more than I had expected. An hour of slinging dirt bikes through logged out, washed out, mud hole packed, rock infested, tree root covered up and down hair pin trails all enshrouded under a tree canopy so dense that Google's satellites can't find them and always prepared for an emergency stop (remember the rider I vowed to stay behind!) Mud was flying from front tires, back tires and every stop was a sideways stop. What an adrenalin trip. The sweep following behind me was always encouraging, "Nice stop (again)," and my personal favorite ... "magnificent save, thought I was going to have to go searching in the bushes for you after that last one." (Actually, I was just as surprised as you were buddy!) That one was the talk of the club house when we got back, and I couldn't describe it to you if I wanted to other than a nano second of sheer maddness, slinging a bike sideways one way, back the other, rear end up an embankment, mud flying, heart pounding, hanging on, focusing ahead, out of the corner.
Then came the lunch stop, where we were all given the opportunity to bail on the second part of the day (with no loss of face or cash again.) And when it was time for part two, I was the last gal standing. My instructors were off to take over a large half day group of newbies and I had a personal trainer for another hour and a half of off road trail riding. She knew I was getting a bit tired. It's dam hard work controlling the bike 99% with clutch and throttle, standing up most of the time! After two more (shall I say, impressive) mud slinging corners and one more little nap in the mud on an easy corner (isn't that always the way!) We stopped for a bit of break then headed over to the motocross track for some easy riding to end the day.
Thanks Ron for taking the photos. Next time bring the GoPro. Who knew you had a GoPro and would leave it at home?


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Welcome to our Rustic Garden... Launching my own business left my dream Adirondack Garden looking more like a deserted Ghost Town. Visit with me while I get my Garden back and feel free to pull a Weed!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Salamanders eat Slugs?
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- lintys said...
anything, including snakes, that eats slugs is welcome in my garden. I'm not scared of (non-poisonous) snakes, but I hate slugs.
- March 11, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Mr. McGregor's Daughter said...
What comes first? The slugs - in abudance! I wish I had both snakes & salamanders. BTW, that little guy is really cute.
- March 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- WiseAcre said...
I'm feeling a bit mischievous after reading your post. Invite me down to your place and I'll bring a snake or two.
You running and screaming and quite frankly making a spectacle of yourself sounds like fun. If I go home with a black eye it will be worth the sight.
- March 11, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- CJ said...
Lintys~I don't care if slugs literally covered every inch of my property--I still wouldn't want snakes.
Mr. McGregor's Daughter~I've actually seen the blue spotted one in my garden. At first I thought he was a "miscolored" red bellied newt. So I kept him in a 5 gallon bucket until hubby came home about an hour later. Hubby informed me that he used to be pretty common around here. Sadly, they're on the brink of becoming endangered.
WiseAcre~I was going to invite you to see my garden...but now oops... looks like the invite got lost in the mail. Darn, Post Office! LOL.
- March 11, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Pat Leuchtman said...
We have never had much trouble with slugs, but I couldn't give a reason why. I have snakes in my garden and I welcome them in theory, but scream when they come shooting across the garden drive my husband's blood pressure up a few points. We have newts in our pond, quite a way from the garden, but toads in the garden. I assume they help. Our neighbor has a yellow spotted salamander who lives in the basement sump pump but I've never seen them anywhere else.
- March 11, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Blue Fox said...
I found a salamander in my pond, so I'm really careful about disturbing all the weeds in it in case they've laid eggs, but so far no luck. I've got lots of garter snakes, and did you know they can swim? I also have rubber boas, which will stop in the middle of the path, then spring to life and scare you half to death as you go to step on the 'stick'. The dogs spend lots of time stamping their feet to get some action! A neighbor also had a rattlesnake, which met an untimely end as it was in the kids sandbox - not a good place for one to hide!
- March 11, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- Weeping Sore said...
We all have our garden pest nemeses and while snakes don't bother me, I freak out over spiders. We have spiders who keep the flying pests at bay, even though some seasons I have to wave a broom over my head when I first walk through the trees every mornin.
- March 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM
What a lovely salamander - wish I had some to eat the slugs in my garden!
- March 11, 2008 at 4:14 PM
- GardenJoy4Me said...
My neighborhood seems to be lacking in this kind of wildlife and I wonder why .. the answer may be too scary .. I hope it isn't because they use so many chemicals that type of life form has been wiped out ..
I was so happy to have a frog one year .. it was a real little treasure who sang for me when I watered the garden .. I miss that so much.
I wonder if you can "buy" salamanders like ladybugs ? to live in your garden and eat those ... ugh ... slugs ..
We still have MANY feet of snow too CJ .. had to call number one son home to help me get my car out of its ice block this morning .. I'm soooooooo sick of snoooowww !
- March 11, 2008 at 4:25 PM
- jodi said...
It's hard to have phobias, which some people do, and they're valid conditions, for sure. I'm very blessed in that I LIKE our snakes, salamanders, frogs, toads, spiders, etc, though I do get tired of walking through the big garden spider webs in late summer. And we don't have poisonous snakes here so that's a difference. We also don't have a lot of problems with any sort of pests. I wash the aphids off a few plants with just a hose, but leave other plants to trap aphids because they're food for so many wild creatures. We have some slugs, but I suspect the wildlife, including MANY birds, keeps them pretty well in check. The plants in our garden are healthy and non-chemically fed, so that also gives them more chance of fighting off disease or depredation by pests.
Now, I have an advantage over many gardeners, and I know this: I live in a rural setting and not in a subdivision plagued by covenants. I also have 7 acres (much of it paddock/pasture flanked by wild plants) so there's plenty of room for all creatures.
Except raccoons and coyotes. I despise both these creatures. The donkey keeps the coyotes away, and I bring most of the birdfeeders in every night, so that keeps the raccoons down. I threaten to break out the 20 gauge and adjust the raccoons, but it's just a threat. :-)
- March 12, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- Apple said...
LOL - Between you and my sister and her dislike of mice/moles/voles my garden could be quite the funny gathering place this summer! My snakes are just little garter snakes and are usually quite polite about hiding when company comes ;-) I also have several toads that work hard for me. I think I could use some of your salamanders but the kids would probably trample the garden trying to catch them! I hope we don't have many tent caterpillars this year - my maples have taken a beating this week.
- March 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM
I found a salamander amidst the thyme in my tiny patio garden today - there's no open water within a mile, aside from the apartment swimming pool :-) Best guess is that it's moist enough under the patio concrete to keep him happy. Or maybe standing water under the building, but if so that would be pretty nasty stuff to live in.
- March 27, 2008 at 4:48 AM


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Keith Semple: Digicel Cricketer No. 31
KEITH Semple was a stylish right-handed top-order batsman and slow-medium bowler who played competitively at the first-class level between 1990 and 2001 during which time he also contested seven One Day International matches for the West Indies.
His talent was first spotted at the famous Demerara Cricket Club and his early exploits propelled him into the national youth team to contest the regional tournaments in the late 1980s. He never dominated at that level although he produced a few exceptional performances with the bat but his undoubted talent was obvious. He was a wristy player and a sweet timer of the ball who relied on deft placement instead of power to garner his runs.
In 1990 he made his first-class debut in the regional Red Stripe competition and remained a permanent fixture in the Guyana team for several years as a new generation of local cricketers took up the mantle of keeping the country's cricketing flag flying. However, even at this level, Semple was guilty of not converting good starts into sizeable scores and was often dismissed for twenties and thirties when seemingly well-set.
In fact in a career involving 56 first-class matches he aggregated 2311 runs at just 27.51 per innings which from all angles was not a true reflection of his abundant talent and skill. In all he compiled 17 fifties and only two centuries - one of which was a masterful 142 (his highest first-class score) - against Jamaica at Sabina Park in 1994. His efforts influenced the selectors to include him in a few West Indies A team games. While under Carl Hooper he was increasingly used as a bowler for Guyana in the regional limited overs contests.
When the West Indies made their initial visit to South Africa in 1998-99, Semple was chosen for the five-match One Day series following the 5-nil whitewash that was inflicted on the regional side in the Test rubber. With the team's confidence at an all-time low, the One Day series was lost 6-1 with the all-rounder doing nothing significant to further enhance his claims.
He batted six times in the seven matches and mustered a paltry 64 runs at the abysmal average of 10.66. His highest score was 23 in the final game in Centurion when the series was already lost 5-1. His military medium bowling earned him three wickets at 40.33 runs apiece and his economy rate of 5.50 was deemed to be too high.
As the selectors embarked on a period of rehabilitation following the South African debacle, Semple did not feature in their plans and he played for a couple more years before he bowed out of the first-class arena. He, nevertheless, continued to play in the Lancashire and Northern Premier leagues for an extended period and turned out for his local club on several occasions.
Semple is currently overseas-based.
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What is Full Employment
Full employment is an economic situation in which all available labor resources are being used in the most efficient way possible. Full employment embodies the highest amount of skilled and unskilled labor that can be employed within an economy at any given time. Any remaining unemployment is considered to be frictional, structural or voluntary.
Full Employment
BREAKING DOWN Full Employment
Full employment is considered to be any acceptable level of unemployment above 0%. Full employment exists without any cyclical or deficient-demand unemployment, but does exists with some level of frictional, structural and voluntary unemployment. Full employment is seen as the ideal employment rate within an economy and is normally represented by a range of rates that are specific to regions, time periods and political climates.
A government or economy often defines full employment as any rate of unemployment below a defined number. If, for example, a country sets full employment at a 5% unemployment rate, any level of unemployment below 5% is considered acceptable. Full employment, once attained, often results in an inflationary period. The inflation is a result of workers having more disposable income, which would drive prices upward.
Types of Unemployment That Affect Full Employment
Full employment can also be defined as any economic situation that is devoid of cyclical or deficient-demand unemployment. Cyclical unemployment is the fluctuating type of unemployment that rises and falls within the normal course of the business cycle. This unemployment rises when an economy is in a recession and falls when an economy is growing. Therefore, for an economy to be at full employment, it cannot be in a recession that's causing cyclical unemployment.
Deficient-demand unemployment is similar to cyclical unemployment in that it arises when there isn't enough aggregate demand in an economy to support full employment. Declining aggregated demand is a characteristic of a recession. Full employment cannot exist when there isn't enough demand to support the workforce.
The final three types of unemployment can exist in situations in which full employment also exists. Structural unemployment arises outside of the business cycle when there is a skills gap. This unemployment occurs when there are jobs available but the unemployed population does not have the knowledge or skill level to perform the required tasks. Technology is a leading cause of structural unemployment.
Frictional unemployment represents the amount of unemployment that results from workers who are in between jobs, but are still in the labor force. Many economists have estimated that the average amount of frictional unemployment in the United States ranges from 2% to 7%.
Finally, voluntary unemployment occurs when a person makes a conscious decision to remain unemployed. This happens when there are jobs available but a worker cannot find a job of his or her specific choice.


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KABUL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday he supported Afghan efforts to seek peace with the Taliban and would help negotiators meet a former senior insurgent commander.
Visiting Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai, Nawaz repeated that his government had released former commander Mullah Baradar, who is seen by Afghanistan as important to bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table.
"Anybody who is sent by the (Afghan) president to Pakistan to talk to Mullah Baradar... we will make sure that such meetings would take place," Nawaz told a press briefing.
The one-day visit was Nawaz's first to Afghanistan since he took office in May and came as Karzai is locked in a public dispute with Washington over a security deal covering the role of US soldiers who remain in the country after next year.
"The key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan in 2014 and beyond is an inclusive political settlement," the prime minister said.
"It is imperative to reverse the destructive cycle of conflict... Pakistan will continue to extend all possible facilitation for the Afghan peace process."
Pakistan is seen as crucial to peace in neighbouring Afghanistan as it was a key backer of the 1996-2001 Taliban regime in Kabul and is believed to shelter some of the movement's leaders.
Karzai has previously identified Taliban safe havens in Pakistan as the root cause of the insurgency.
"There is no doubt that since (Nawaz) has taken office... cooperation and relations with Afghanistan has expanded," Karzai said after their meeting.
"Today we talked on how to proceed with the peace process, the American role in the peace process, and on how America, Pakistan and Afghanistan can jointly cooperate," he added, giving no further details.
Nawaz was also due to meet the Afghan High Peace Council, which is seeking to open negotiations with the Taliban insurgents fighting US-led NATO and Afghan forces.
Baradar was arrested in 2010 but freed from jail in Pakistan in September as part of efforts to boost Afghanistan's peace process.
Since his "release" he is reported to have been kept under house arrest by Pakistani authorities.
Afghanistan's peace process has been at a standstill since a Taliban office opened in Qatar in June, enraging Karzai as it was styled as an embassy for a government-in-exile.
The Taliban have refused to have direct contact with Karzai or with the High Peace Council, dismissing them as puppets of Washington.
Karzai, who is due to step down next year, has been stalling over the bilateral security agreement (BSA) that would allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan for training and counter-terror missions after the NATO combat mission ends.
Washington is keen to complete the deal, but accuses Karzai of introducing new, last-minute conditions despite a "loya jirga" assembly that he convened voting for him to sign the agreement promptly.
The Afghan president has been bitterly critical of the United States, and on Friday rounded on NATO forces over an air strike that he said killed a two-year-old boy in the southern province of Helmand.
Afghan officials say that Afghanistan expects Pakistan to stop militants crossing the border to launch attacks in the run-up to the April presidential elections for Karzai's successor.
The Pakistan government has recently explored possible peace moves with the Pakistani Taliban, who are separate but linked to the Afghan group.
Karzai had visited Pakistan in August on the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz.


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"I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food." (Genesis 1:29)
I want you to truly let this statement roll around in your head, let it marinate for a bit, and think about what this verse means to you. In my personal judgment, I believe God intended humans to both use and eat plants that he placed upon this earth as it is indicated by this verse in Genesis. And one of the many plants that is upon this earth is cannabis. This miraculous plant both bears fruit and seed, which we as humans can consume for a multitude of health and spiritual benefits.
My own spiritual journey with God lead me to a calling in the medical marijuana industry. Sadly, myself and others were constantly met with disapproval by others throughout our journey. But just like others, I stood strong in my beliefs. In the immortal words of Bill Hicks, "To make marijuana against the law is like saying God made a mistake".
God placed cannabis on this earth for a multitude of reasons. Medicine, knowledge, textile uses, interpersonal associations, healing and spiritual connections are just some simple umbrella terms that encompass the marvels of this plant.
Everything happens for a reason, and in my opinion, God was bestowing a gift to humanity that would serve several purposes. It was even believed by some scholars that the oil Jesus was anointing people with was actually a potent cannabis oil mixture.
The uses of cannabis as we know it are almost limitless, yet we as a race have decided to make it illegal for reasons that are more asinine than I could ever imagine. Society has created a War on Drugs, which is a war on its own people, that many willingly engage in and support.
Our leaders have deemed a plant, that has been naturally occurring since the beginning of time, illegal based on false science and propaganda. These same leaders are willing to forcibly feed you lab created drugs that are more detrimental to someone's health then cannabis ever could be. People die daily of drug overdoses and prescription interactions, yet cannabis has killed no one in history and it is a Schedule I drug? Riddle me that.
When I think about the War On Drugs, I feel that God feels the same way about it as he does when someone looses faith in him. He has given us a beautiful gift, yet some people are throwing it right back in his face because they don't believe in it.
Political agendas, Reefer Madness teachings, Big Brother, greed, and the whole pharmaceutical system, are all manifestations of the darker side of people's nature. These unbalanced people are trying to destroy and eradicate a gift that should be accessible to all. A gift that is as natural and beautiful as a delicate daisy in a field of flowers. A gift meant for peace that is instead being exploited by entities such as drug cartels and people in political power.
How does a government entity have the right to say that nature is illegal? It does not. But people are too scared to fight against the status quo, so they accept what they are being fed through TV, political rallies, newspapers and other forms of communication. God didn't make a mistake, the human race as a whole has made a mistake. And that is exactly why myself and others are called in different ways to defend this amazing plant and teach people that is not evil but rather good.
"How does a government entity have the right to say that nature is illegal?"
Being a crusader for cannabis is more than attending rallies, speaking out in public, or creating controversial topics to be debated in public. It goes much deeper than that as it is spiritual in nature. You must be willing to integrate cannabis into every aspect of your life so that you may be an example for others.
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Time to check for Breast Cancer
Hong Kong Cancer Fund challenges Chinese women to make breast cancer examinations a priority with this series of ambiguous print advertisements. You've got time to dream and yet you have no time for a breast examination? A few minutes each month is all it takes for you to examine yourself against breast cancer. You've got time to to enjoy tea and yet you have no time for a check up? You've got time for leisure and yet you have no time to look after yourself?
The campaign was developed at Ogilvy Hong Kong, by Bemice Lam and Mark Sung, with digital imaging by Janice Tsang, John Weston and Tony Chan.
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Hong Kong Cancer Fund, Print
Tagged: Bemice Lam, Mark Sung, Ogilvy & Mather, Ogilvy China, Ogilvy Hong Kong
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Kings, Cousins and Conflict: The Wars of the Roses
Ref: C3673139
England 1450-85: rivals for the throne, great families jostling for power, lords trying to balance patronage and survival - and Yorkshire a key battleground. Explore what the Wars of the Roses meant locally. The course will include:- A background overview of English history in the 14th and 15th centuries The build-up to the Wars of the Roses A chronology of the key events Key characters and families including the families of Henry VI, Richard Duke of York and the Nevilles Local allegiances and land-holding in Yorkshire Key battles and their outcomes
Course aim
To provide an introduction to the Wars of the Roses, with particular focus on local links to Yorkshire, to develop students' understanding of this period and the late medieval world view.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- No skills or experience needed
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Give a basic narrative of the key events in the Wars of the Roses
- Identify three factors contributing to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses
- Explain at least three different claims to the English throne and their origins
- Demonstrate understanding of key concepts from the period including: rights of succession, attainder, patronage
- Demonstrate understanding of key concepts from the period including: rights of succession, attainder, patronage
How will I be taught?
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
What else do I need to know?
- Nothing else is needed
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- No pre reading or pre course work is required
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- Become involved with the WEA in a range of voluntary work and other activities including campaigning as a WEA member
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Abu Dhabi has a growing requirement for infrastructure and housing. Native steel production is therefore a strategic industry for the government of Abu Dhabi, who have built a world class steelmaking facility there.
With demand from the UAE's construction sector continuing to increase, Emirates Steel Industries (ESI), already the largest steel mill in the Emirates, undertook a $1 billion expansion to increases its annual steel production capacity to 1.4 million tons.
Drawing on its experience of co-product management around the world, Harsco introduced a slag transportation and iron oxide management operation, and also runs the stockyard where the finished wire product is stored.
A critical aspect of the project was the rapid start-up of operations. Owing to Harsco's existing operations throughout the Gulf region, the necessary logistics and experience were already available to support the customer on the ground. With more than 160 metals plants served around the world, Harsco was able to rapidly implement a solution for ESI which drew on global shared knowledge and experience.


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Numerous Academy members received honors and awards in the past month.
Two AAFP members were elected members of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. Frank DeGruy III, M.D., of Castle Rock, Colo., is Woodward-Chisholm Professor and chair of the department of family medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. Robert Phillips Jr., M.D., of Fairfax, Va., is director of the AAFP's Robert Graham Center in Washington, D.C.
Tsveti Markova, M.D., of Rochester, Mich., program director for the Wayne State University/Crittenton Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Rochester has won the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. She was among 10 program directors selected to receive the award this year from among 8,000 eligible directors nationwide.
The award honors program directors for exemplary teaching of residents and leadership of innovative and effective programs. Winners of the award must demonstrate excellent leadership and mentorship practices, teach excellent patient care and safety practices, encourage and achieve program development and innovation, and represent a strong role model to promote ethics of reflection and humanism.
Markova, who also is associate professor in the Wayne State University School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, became program director of the family medicine residency program in 2001. A former member of the Michigan AFP Board of Directors, she received the Michigan AFP's Educator of the Year Award in 2008.
Richard Pretorius, M.D., M.P.H., has been named professor and chair of the department of family medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. He assumed his new position on Nov. 1.
Pretorius previously was associate professor of family medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he founded and directed the Medical Education Teaching and Research Innovation Center. In 2009, he won an Innovations Award for his research n medical education from the Association of American Medical Colleges' Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs.
Before that, Pretorius practiced in rural Iowa as a member of the National Health Service Corps and worked with the University of Iowa College of Medicine as a medical student preceptor and clinical faculty member. He has served as medical director of two nursing homes, a mental health center, a rehabilitation center, a chronic fatigue clinic, and hospice and home visit programs.
Pretorius earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and completed his family medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He later received a master of public health degree in health services administration from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, or HIMSS, has recognized the efforts of various AAFP members with HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Awards of Excellence. The awards program honors achievement in the implementation and use of health information technology -- specifically, electronic health records.
Miramont Family Medicine(www.miramont.us) in Fort Collins, Colo., has received the HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award. Miramont has been recognized as a Level 3 patient-centered medical home, or PCMH, by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, or NCQA. The four-clinic practice employs six family physicians and six midlevel providers and embraces a multidisciplinary team model of care. The practice's patients can take advantage of Miramont's open-access scheduling or choose to make a virtual office visit. Numerous ancillary services are available to patients, including on-site physical therapy and digital X-ray, prescription dispensing, mental health services, laser aesthetic procedures and bone densitometry.
FPs in the practice are founder John Bender, M.D.; Juan Rodriguez, D.O.; Kelly Lowther, M.D.; Douglas DeYoung, D.O.; Janice Weixelman, D.O.; and Linda Burnham, M.D.
Open Door Family Medical Centers(www.opendoormedical.org) in Ossining, N.Y., has received the Community Health Davies Award. Open Door is a federally qualified community health center, serving some 40,000 medically underserved uninsured and underinsured residents of New York's Westchester County. Open Door is accredited by The Joint Commission and also has been recognized as an NCQA Level 3 PCMH. Family physician Daren Wu, M.D., serves as medical director for Open Door.
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Also known as our #engagementmoon. This past weekend Tim and I took a road trip to Nashville. Tim drove through Friday night so we arrived super early and he surprised me with a Dunkin Donuts + sunrise date. Afterwards we drove around downtown and our hotel was amazing enough to allow us to check in at 7:30AM and upgrade us for free to an atrium balcony.
We spent the rest of Saturday at our hotel for dinner and a boat ride and then we went to the Grand Ole Opry, a must do. We spent the earlier part of Sunday with Tim's family out in the country and visited his grandparents' graves. We then went out in Nashville--as in we went to almost every bar and we were constantly blown away by the talent. My personal faves were Tootsies and The Stage. So. Much. Fun!
This weekend was great and just what we needed in the midst of all our wedding planning. It was nice to get away just the two of us and have not a worry in the world. Here's our trip recap in photos:


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Well, I guess I'd better be careful about what I write! That blog about the beauties of an October snowfall and how it wouldn't last? BIG mistake! Please accept my apologies (Nancy's laughing again!).
This weekend I spent a lot of time organizing my projects and trying to clear out some old magazines. Actually I did pretty well. I find that quilts that I thought were wonderful and worthy of making 4 -5 years ago don't appeal any more. I still like traditional quilts and intend to make many of them (I'd better given the size of my stash!), but the big block, easy quilts just don't call to me. After making all of the Farmer's Wife blocks, my taste has turned to slightly more intricate work.
Anyway, I've spent the last two days cutting out various and sundry smaller projects for the holiday gift-giving. I am determined to get these things made before I turn to projects that are calling my name. If I don't do it this way, those gifts will join the UFOs languishing in a heap somewhere.
Do you have the same issue? Projects you want to do but a pile of "have to do's" sitting smack dab in their way? Let's agree that we will clear the deck by sewing the gift items (or whatever else is on your "must do" list) starting today. Face it, it isn't so much that we don't want to do them, they just don't have the same pull because they usually aren't to our taste. Let's get them finished as quickly as possible. We'll feel much better and will be able to go on to our fun projects with a sense of well-being and pride.


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This beautiful bold yellow and orange blossom could have been plucked from a Mandarin Garden. The bright colored petals are contrasted with a large white glass pearl at the center and enameled painted into a beautiful copper mold. The flower measures about 1.5". The shiny antiqued copper chain is adorned with 4 glass & copper lined "window beads". and measures 18" long. The necklace is finished off with an ornate sculpted rose clasp.
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A 1960s movie starring Mylene Demongeot and Dirk Bogarde showed a religious battle between a Catholic priest and an atheist bandit whom the former tried to convert. The priest is a good preacher and an outstanding soul redeemer. But the bandit dodges the priest's faith charges with an argument, "Your ideas are like a song which I don't like. But you are a good singer and make it sound pretty well". At last the priest reaches the bandit's heart and seems close to win his soul. But then a shootout breaks and the bandit is deadly wounded. The priest rushes to help and eventually baptize the dying man. The bandit, touched more by the priest's desperation than by honest conviction, agrees to baptism. As both grip hands, the outlaw grins in a supreme effort only to say: "It is the singer, not the song."
I have thought about this passage to introduce a brief reference to President Evo Morales insisting claim about a rejection of his Indian government out of ethnic prejudice.
Mr. Morales claims at every corner that "oligarchs", whites and "the rich" conspire to overthrow him because they "despise Indians and do not want change." With this he also wants to disguise the growing dissatisfaction with his 2-year old administration. But that ritornello is wearing out, even beyond Bolivian borders because of recurrent errors by his government. It used to receive wide attention and was sympathetically understood at the beginning of his regime. The outcry of 500 years of slavery (under the colonial rule) and neglect (after independence) spurs solidarity, especially in Europe, aware of the human cost of colonialism. As I wrote once, President Evo Morales received the government on a golden tray, because he was an Indian (just a mixed-race leader, to be sure, but one from very humble origins) the opportunity to involve all Bolivians in a moral and educational crusade that would result in a giant leap ahead towards modernity.
But he recklessly began piling up enemies inside and abroad without care for his political assets. To begin with, he unleashed a hard-to-understand wrath over the Catholic Church, whose action was key in the survival of hundreds of thousands of native Indians and their culture. Most likely he did not read (he claims proudly that rather than learning in books he reads on the wrinkles of his ancestors) about the visit to Cuba and its leader Fidel Castro in early 1998. And now he is besieged by opposition movements, his government has dived in its worst crisis. He has lost support of the middle class almost entirely. He hesitates about a recall referendum he himself proposed because of he is no longer sure of its outcome. Politically he is badly wounded. The illegalities and abuses that marked the passing of his party's Movimiento al Socialismo new Constitution draft overshadow arguments over the alleged illegality of the statues of autonomies that four –and soon maybe six out of nine Bolivian states- are campaigning to win popular approval via a string of plebiscites starting May 4.
President Morales now calls for the intervention of the Catholic Church to stop the coming up referenda and to open a channel for talks with the autonomist departments. Not so many weeks ago he ruled out a request to call foreign facilitators the governors suggested to help dealing with the crisis. But now he welcomes them. And the economy, which could be leap-frogging thanks to the high prices of natural gas and minerals, is staggering. Inflation is within the two digits after years of recording respectable 4%-6% levels. Ironically those worse hit are the poor, from who Morales' main support comes from.
How did it happen? Excluding "communitary justice" and "Ayllu Communitarism," nobody who is not blind and fanatic would disagree with the notion that Bolivia has plenty to reform, likewise with the notions of equality and social and economic promotion f the peasants, especially Indians at the quickest speed. These postulates constitute a universal song. Its achievement depends a great deal on honesty and efficiency, always in short supply__and not only in Bolivia. But in Bolivia the singer and most in the orchestra are out of tune and perform poorly.
Unlike the above-mentioned movie, the audience now stands up and cry loud in despair: the plot may be good, but the director and the whole cast leave too much to desire!


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(Life is Complicated)
Judd Altman (wonderfully played by Jason Bateman) surprises his wife with a birthday cake. Because life is complicated, he was the one surprised when he caught his boss and wife screwing in the bedroom. So much for that marriage….and job.
A short time later, his sister, Wendy calls with news of their father's death. Not a good year for Judd….
When the family gathers for Dad's funeral, the mother, Hilary (Jane Fonda) announces that dear old atheist-Jewish dad wanted the family to sit in Shiva for the required 7 days. After complaining, they did, and what happens in that 7 day period is the basis of this much better than expected movie.
While sitting Shiva, "This is Where I Leave You" explores the trials and tribulations of each of the family members. Judd is leaving his cheating wife and reconnects with an old love, Penny (Rose Byrne). Wendy is in an unhappy marriage and still loves her injured ex-boyfriend, neighbor Horry (Timothy Olyphant). Hilary misses her husbands gargantuan penis, but, has a secret and a new set of boobs. Philip (played marvelously by Adam Driver) is the carefree, goofy loser, while Paul (Corey Stoll) and his wife can't conceive.
We were the only ones who laughed–I guess growing up in NY has it's advantages–at this line delivered by Fey as she questions the validity of this 7 day adventure: "We are sitting Shiva where we put the Christmas tree". Classic !
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By Emilie Etienne -- Joël Lagoutte, volunteer from blueEnergy France, recently returned from Tanzania where he led a feasibility study with the social business EGG Energy.
EGG-Energy is a company working in Tanzania, which is dedicated to helping low-income consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa gain access to clean, affordable energy using a strategy based around portable rechargeable batteries. The first contact between blueEnergy and EGG Energy date back to the end of 2010. This led to an exploratory mission in August 2011 to determine how blueEnergy France could act in this beautiful country. After this mission, blueEnergy began providing EGG Energy with its expertise in the area of rural electrification, which assisted EGG Energy in implementing systems in rural areas.
blueEnergy sent Joël Lagoutte, a doctor who specializes in tropical diseases and has spent most of his career working with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Africa (for an interview with Joel in French click here). Joël's objective while in Tanzania was to identify villages which could serve as pilot areas to test new systems of portable solar rechargeable batteries in rural areas. His study is entitled: "Initial Community Study for Site Profiling and Selection of EGG-Energy's Franchised Solar Hubs Project in Iringa Province, Tanzania,"
While Joël's was in Africa he shared his time between brainstorming sessions at EGG-Energy's headquarters in Dar Es Salaam (on the Indian Ocean Coast) and Iringa, in the heart of Tanzania.
In the Iringa region, he surveyed 21 villages. Through meetings with the village authorities, representatives of public facilities, and the general public, the surveys covered four topics: the social and economic profile of the village, energy issues at the household level, energy issues at the community level, and the identification of potential franchisees.
Health and education in the villages around Iringa
While all of the villages have access to running water, the water quality is unknown. Children have access to primary school; there is also a secondary school in all wards. There is a medical dispensary in every village and a referral health center in all wards with a standard of care corresponding to the recommendations of the World Health Organization.
No systematic access to energy
The national electricity company does not reach these villages. The source of lighting for the majority of the population is from the use of kerosene lamps - despite their scarcity and high cost. The primary schools do not have electricity. Secondary schools have electric systems (solar or generators contributed from donors) but often these systems do not work. Almost all health facilities are well-equipped with electricity, usually through solar installations donated by NGOs and churches.
The main users of energy in all villages are the milling machines and mechanical workshops whose size and number depend on the wealth of the village. For the households it is lighting and mobile phone charging.
The development level varies greatly between each village; rice farmers are quite rich, which is not the same for corn farmers. Consequently, the richer villages are willing to own individual solar panels, while the poorer are more interested in the EGG system.
A promising study
Thanks to Joël's study 5 villages have been identified for pilot projects. Pictures will be available soon, but in the meantime, please view this video to get a sense of EGG Energy's work in Tanzania.
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Today was the 100th day of school and my class counted 100 legos, which got me thinking of all the great learning activites we could do with them:
1. Count: today we counted to 100, I passed out 10 sticks of 10 leggos, then we counted by ones to 100 and by 10's to 100.
2. Stack while counting: We stacked our legos while counting by 10's, once our tower was build we compared ourselves and common classroom objects to the height of the tower. Had I thought this out earlier I would have had a recording sheet with the items we compared.
3. Patterns: We then took our legos apart and created a few types of patterns by color and by size of legos.
4. Addition: you can add the legos themselves in groups or you can add the dots on different sizes of legos.
5. Non-Standard Measurement: Tomorrow I am going to give each child 10 legos stacks and a recording sheet. I will instruct them to measure and record how many rows of leggos long each object is. We will then also count them by 10's once we come back as a group and compare the answers each child has.
6. Make your own stacks: put a pile of legos in the middle of each table, give the children a number and have them build you a stack with that many legos, can do this with patterns too.
7. How many legos tall is your teacher: have the children build a long line of legos and then have them count how long you are (this one works best with the big duplo legos)
8. Can you make shapes with legos: place a pile of legos on the table and instruct the children to set the legos out in certain shapes, you may wish to use shape mats to help with this.
9. Can you make letters and numbers with legos: set out a pile of legos and have the children make you certain letters/numbers in whatever way they want, either by stacking or by putting end to end.
10. Build, Build, Build: children learn so much spacially, mathematically and physically by building with legos, every classroom should have a neverending supply! Free build or assigned build doesn't matter they are learning, cooperative building with partners or groups is also fun!
And for those reluctant children who don't "like" legos, build something completely awesome in front of them and watch their eyes light up, works everytime!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
10 fun educational things to do with legos!
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A native of Paynesville, Johnson is chair of the USD nursing department. She was named to a four-year term on the national Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Her term expires Jan. 31, 2002. She joins a 21-member committee that will advise the secretary and administrator of the Health Resources Services Administration on all matters related to nursing education and practice.
�I�m excited and honored to be named to this committee,� Johnson said. �Serving on the council will give me the opportunity to bring the best ideas on current issues in nursing practice and education back to South Dakota.�
The daughter of Dorothy Hendrickson, Paynesville, and a summer resident of Lake Koronis, Johnson has been associated with USD since 1975 in various instructional capacities in the nursing department and school of medicine. She has served as nursing department chair since 1984.
Johnson attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis, and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor�s degree in nursing. She also received a pediatric nurse practitioner certificate and master of public health degree from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate in educational administration from USD in 1985.
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