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"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
"Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
"Recipient" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
II. General information
1. The data controller
Global Standard gemeinnützige GmbH
Rothebühlstr. 102
70178 Stuttgart
2. Contact details of the data protection officer
Herr Gerhard Deiters
BHO Consulting GmbH
Vorgebirgstraße 132, 50969 Köln
Website: www.bho-consulting.com
3. Legal bases
We process personal data based on at least one of the following legal bases:
In this privacy policy we refer to the respective legal basis of the individual data processing operations.
4. Onward transfer of personal data
We forward personal data to recipients (data processors or other third parties) only to the extent required and only if one of the subsequent conditions are met:
5. Third countries
The transfer of personal data to a third country or an international organisation outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) is subject to legal or contractual permission only in accordance with the provisions under Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. It means that pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR an adequacy decision of the EU commission must be present for the respective country, appropriate safeguards for data privacy under Art. 46 GDPR, or Binding Corporate Rules under Art. 47 GDPR do exist. In individual cases, a data transfer may be permitted on the basis of an exception under Art. 49 GDPR.
On our web site we may use external services provided by organisations based in the USA. If these services are active, personal data is collected in connection with the provision of the relevant service and may be transferred to and stored on servers in the USA. The European Court of Justice considers the USA a country with an inadequate level of data protection. When data is transferred to the US, there is a fundamental risk that the US authorities may access and use the data for surveillance and monitoring purposes without notification and without the possibility of a legal remedy.
6. Rights of data subjects
As a data subject you have the following right:
If you wish to assert the data subject rights mentioned above, you can contact us or our data protection officer at any time using the contact details above.
7. Erasure and restriction of personal data
Unless otherwise provided for in this privacy notice, personal data will be deleted, if these data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed and the deletion does not conflict with statutory retention requirements. In addition, we will erase the personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR on your request, if the conditions provided therein are met. If personal data are required for other lawful purposes, they will not be erased, but their processing will be restricted in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR.
In case of restriction, the data will not be processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to personal data that must be retained by us for commercial or tax law reasons. For example, data must be kept for 6 years pursuant to Section 257 (1) Nos. 2 and 3 German Commercial Code (HGB) and Section 147 (1) Nos. 2, 3, 5 German Tax Code (AO); data must be kept for 10 years pursuant to Section 257 (1) Nos. 1 and 4 HGB and Section 147 Abs. 1 No. 1, 4, 4a AO.
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Our web site uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, PC, etc.) when you visit our web site. Cookies do no harm to your device, nor do they contain any viruses or other malicious software. The cookie stores information which is created in relation to the specific device you are using. However, this does not mean that we become immediately aware of your identity. Cookies are mainly used to make the web site more user-friendly, effective and secure. We use the following cookies on our web site.
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III. Individual processing operations
1. Hosting
In order to make available our web site, we use services provided by hosting companies, such as: Provision of web servers, disk space, database services, and security or maintenance services. Here we, or our hosting providers, process personal data of the web site visitors on the basis of our legitimate interests in providing efficient and secure access to our web site in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
2. Access data ad log files
By visiting our web site or its individual pages, your device's internet browsers automatically sends information to the server of our web site. This information is stored in so-called log files by us or our hosting provider and will be deleted after 6 months at the latest.
The following information is stored:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes mentioned above. Under no circumstance will we use the personal data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about a person.
3. Contact form / other modes of contact
If you use the contact form, you will be asked to provide your name and your e-mail address and any other contact details, so that we can get in touch with you. Further information can be provided voluntarily. The data processing for the purpose of contacting us and answering your request takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent. All personal data collected in connection with the contact form will be deleted after your request has been processed, unless further storage is required for the documentation of other transactions (for example, subsequent conclusion of a contract).
If you contact us using the contact details published in our web site (for example, by e-mail) and in this context provide us with personal data, we will use this data to process your request on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is required to perform pre-contractual action. In all other cases, processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and / or our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We will store your personal data until you ask us for deletion, revoke your consent to the storage, or the data are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected (for example, after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain thereof unaffected.
4. Newsletter
If you would like to receive our newsletter, we need your e-mail address. The data processing for the purpose of sending the newsletter takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent by means of the so-called double-opt-in procedure. The e-mail address will be used and stored for this purpose until you withdraw your consent or unsubscribe from receiving the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example by using the link at the bottom of each newsletter. You can also send your withdrawal/unsubscribe request at any time to the e-mail address given under Clause II.
We embed a so-called counting pixel into our newsletters. A counting pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in the HTML format of the newsletter to allow us an analysis of the reader's reading behaviour. In this context, we gather information whether and at what time a newsletter was opened by you and which of the links contained in the newsletter were accessed by you. We use this data to generate statistical evaluations of the success or failure of a marketing campaign in order to optimize the distribution of our newsletters and to better tailor the content of future newsletters to your interests. The collected data will not be passed on to third parties and will be deleted after the statistical evaluation.
5. GOTS Monitor
To activate the software license and register for the use of the GOTS Monitor Water / Energy, we will forward your license number, name, telephone number, address, e-mail and website to the manufacturer of the software. The recipient of the data is Systainable Solutions Ltd., Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9BB, United Kingdom. The data transfer is required for entering into the contract which is to be concluded at your request. Objecting or refusing to the data transfer has the consequence that the license will not be released or will be deleted. The legal basis for the data transfer is ours, and Systainable's legitimate interest under Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR in the documentation of licensing and license-compliant use of the application. For more information on how Systainable handles your personal data please refer to the privacy policy at: https://systainable.eu/en/
6. GOTS Databases
We will store your first name, last name, telephone number and e-mail address in the GOTS database for the purpose of publishing this information as commercial contact details representing a certified company on this website. The legal basis for processing is your voluntary consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. Your personal data will be deleted after the company profile has been removed from the database or you withdraw your consent for publishing the information.
If you serach for shop locations, we may use you geolocation to narrow down the search results. The legal basis for processing is your voluntary consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
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7. Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Our web site uses the Open-Source software Matomo. Matomo collects data about user visits to our web site. These data are used to ensure that our web site is well designed and continuously optimised to meet the needs of our web site visitors, to measure the success of marketing activities, and to create statistical evaluations. The legal basis is our legitimate interests under Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The information will not be disclosed to third parties and under no circumstance will the IP address be associated with other user data. IP addresses are anonymized, so that any assignment is impossible.
If you do not want Matomo to process visitor data from you, you can prevent this by setting an opt-out cookie from Matomo. This cookie will prevent Matomo from collecting and storing any future visitor data from your browser when you visit this web site: www.global-standard.org Attention: If you delete your cookies, this will also result in the opt-out cookie being deleted. You must then reactivate the Matomo opt-out cookie. For more information on how Matomo handles your personal information, see Matomo's Privacy Policy on: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/.
IV. Google Services
Provider of the services below is Google Ireland Limited (Register No: 368047), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter "Google").
The information collected by Google in connection with the provision of the respective services may be transferred to and processed by Google servers in the USA.
For more information about how Google deals with your personal data, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. For information on the use of data for advertising purposes by Google, setting and your right to object please refer to:
1. Google services for which your consent is required
The legal basis for the use of the following services is your voluntarily given consent according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. The legal basis for data transfer to the USA is also your voluntarily given consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR.
i. YouTube
Our web site uses media content from the YouTube platform. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (Register No: 368047), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter "Google").
The purpose is to display content of the YouTube platform that relates to the content of our web site. This service collects your IP address and any additional data Google may need to provide the YouTube content. The information gathered about your use of this web site is stored on a server in the USA. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of us or Google. If you are logged in to your YouTube account while you are visiting our web site, Google can link your visit of our web site directly to your YouTube user account. If you do not want Google to be able to associate the data collected on our web site with your respective user account on YouTube, you must first log out of YouTube.
2. Other Google services
The legal basis for the use of the following services are our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interests are listed below for each service individually.
i. reCAPTCHA
This web site uses Google reCAPTCHA to ensure that the forms provided on our web site are used by an actual person and are not abused by bots or automated procedures. This service collects your IP address and any additional data required by Google for providing the reCAPTCHA service. The collected information about your use of this web site is stored on servers in the USA. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of us or Google.
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Abid Ali, Shaheen Afridi lead the way as Pakistan go 1-0 up
Pakistan made light work of what might have seemed a tricky target on Monday evening, getting to 203 for the loss of just the openers. As in the first innings, Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique did the bulk of the work, backing up that 146-run first-innings partnership with a 151-run stand. Abid was unfortunate not to get two hundreds in a Test when Taijul Islam had him trapped in front nine short of the three-figure mark, but by then Pakistan needed just 22 to win, which Babar Azam and Azhar Ali knocked off with ease.
Pakistan began the day at 109 for no wicket, but the chase didn't seem like the cakewalk that score might imply. In the first innings, Pakistan lost nine wickets for 111 runs, so Bangladesh would have been aware early wickets up top could test the middle order. Abid and Shafique, though, ensured they didn't make the mistakes of day three and refused to let Bangladesh get an early wicket, seeing off the first few overs cautiously before going after them.
It was the 39th over, with Taijul bowling to Abid, that Pakistan made their move. The batter skipped down the wicket to whip Bangladesh's best bowler through midwicket, before dispatching a long hop. He went on to make it three in three with a punch through cover, and Pakistan were on their way.
Shafique was quieter but picked up a couple of boundaries to keep the runs ticking over. Just after the 150-run partnership was brought up, he missed a sweep that was set to flick off stump, bringing down the curtain on Pakistan's opening partnership and a dream debut for the 22-year-old.
Abid continued to press on, closing in on his second hundred of the Test. The runs by now were flowing freely, and the jeopardy had been sucked out of the game. But Taijul ensured he'd have the last laugh over Abid once more, capping a superb individual fight by the Bangladesh left-arm orthodox bowler. Bangladesh were exceptionally generous in their send-off to him, much as Pakistan had been with Liton Das. Between two sides that have on occasion seen frosty relationships, this was a game played amid much warmth in the late November sunshine.
By now, the target itself was a formality. Taijul had the chance to pick up the prized wicket of Babar if he'd clung on to a sharp return catch, but that was just about the last moment of excitement Bangladesh had in this Test. The badly out-of-form Azhar used this time to try and get some runs under his belt. Before the chase was out, he was even reverse sweeping behind point for four, finishing off with a swipe behind fine leg to complete the victory.
Pakistan take a 1-0 lead into the series, and just as importantly, rise up to second in the World Test Championship table in a cycle where they have more than a decent chance of staying around the top two.
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Yakubovich, Alexa R; Stöckl, Heidi; Murray, Joseph; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Steinert, Janina I; Glavin, Calla EY; Humphreys, David K; (2018) Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Prospective-Longitudinal Studies. American journal of public health, 108 (7). e1-e11. ISSN 0090-0036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304428
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BACKGROUND: The estimated lifetime prevalence of physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) is 30% among women worldwide. Understanding risk and protective factors is essential for designing effective prevention strategies. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the associations between prospective-longitudinal risk and protective factors and IPV and identify evidence gaps. SEARCH METHODS: We conducted systematic searches in 16 databases including MEDLINE and PsycINFO from inception to June 2016. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42016039213). SELECTION CRITERIA: We included published and unpublished studies available in English that prospectively analyzed any risk or protective factor(s) for self-reported IPV victimization among women and controlled for at least 1 other variable. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Three reviewers were involved in study screening. One reviewer extracted estimates of association and study characteristics from each study and 2 reviewers independently checked a random subset of extractions. We assessed study quality with the Cambridge Quality Checklists. When studies investigated the same risk or protective factor using similar measures, we computed pooled odds ratios (ORs) by using random-effects meta-analyses. We summarized heterogeneity with I2 and τ2. We synthesized all estimates of association, including those not meta-analyzed, by using harvest plots to illustrate evidence gaps and trends toward negative or positive associations. MAIN RESULTS: Of 18 608 studies identified, 60 were included and 35 meta-analyzed. Most studies were based in the United States. The strongest evidence for modifiable risk factors for IPV against women were unplanned pregnancy (OR = 1.66; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.20, 1.31) and having parents with less than a high-school education (OR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.10, 2.17). Being older (OR = 0.96; 95% CI = 0.93, 0.98) or married (OR = 0.93; 95% CI = 0.87, 0.99) were protective. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first systematic, meta-analytic review of all risk and protective factors for IPV against women without location, time, or publication restrictions. Unplanned pregnancy and having parents with less than a high-school education, which may indicate lower socioeconomic status, were shown to be risk factors, and being older or married were protective. However, no prospective-longitudinal study investigated the associations between IPV against women and any community or structural factor outside the United States, and more studies investigated risk factors related to women as opposed to their partners. Public health implications. This review highlights that prospective evidence for perpetrator- and context-related risk and protective factors for women's experiences of IPV outside of the United States is lacking and urgently needed to inform global policy recommendations. The current evidence base of prospective studies suggests that, at least in the United States, education and sexual health interventions may be effective targets for preventing IPV against women, with young, unmarried women at greatest risk.
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Time lapse infrared movies of the Pacific Ocean with Tropical Cyclones Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena. Images courtesy of NRL Monterey
5:10 p.m. HST Saturday (Aug 29) Hawaii County Civil Defense message on Hurricane Ignacio
As of 11 p.m. HST Saturday (Aug 29) the center of Hurricane Ignacio was located about 495 miles (800 km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Maximum sustained winds are about 145 mph (230 km/hr) with higher gusts moving northwest at 8 mph (13 km/hr). Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) from the center.
A tropical storm watch has been issued for Hawaii Island and Maui County, tropical storm conditions are possible for Hawaii Island starting Sunday night (Aug 30). Rainfall in the amounts of two to four inches with isolated maximum amounts near six inches in higher elevation areas are possible on Hawaii Island.
Ignacio is a Category Four hurricane and may strengthen further today. A gradual weakening is forecast for Sunday and Monday. The outer winds of Ignacio could affect Hawaii Island by early Monday (Aug 31).
Large swells generated by Ignacio will arrive along the east and southeast facing shores of Hawaii Island over the next several days. This large surf is potentially life-threatening and will arrive this weekend and early next week.
For a reminder of how to prepare during this hurricane system read these tips by HELCO or go to our 'Be Prepared' menu near the top of this page for hurricane information.
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Training and marathon! The GEAP increases citizen participation
Through the Integral Program "Life is in the Blood" volunteers from the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP) in El Salvador, conducted an awareness campaign from July 17 to 24, in health centers that are part of the National Network of Blood Banks.
Five sensitization and training sessions were held with the aim of uniting wills and strengthening ties of cooperation between institutions committed to raising blood. In addition, they promoted the principle of love for others and universal values so that blood donation is seen as a solitary and responsible act, and in turn, increase citizen participation.
This activity was directed to health professionals and administrative staff of the institutions. During the talks, the myths of blood donation, requirements to be a donor and the extraction process were exposed. The event ended with a question and answer session.
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On July 31, they visited the blood bank of the Military Hospital of El Salvador. The activity was attended by health personnel and the general public, who assumed the responsibility of helping society through this act of love that allows them to save lives.
Salvadorans donate the sap of life
As part of the 10th International Marathon "In the Blood is Life", on July 23, the GEAP organized a blood donation campaign at La Voz de la Piedra Angular Auditorium, located in Ilopango.
The blood drive was held in order to guarantee the supply of blood and blood components to all those who require it. In addition to, foster a culture of voluntary, altruistic and habitual donation of safe blood in the community.
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The blood drive that reached a total of 76 effective blood units, had the support of the Rosales National Hospital, which is part of the National Network of Blood Banks of the Ministry of Health.
During the blood collection children received a didactic talk about the importance of donating blood; they participated in the face painting area, colored together with the clowns and learned about universal values (solidarity, fraternity, kindness and responsibility).


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Wyoming embarks on groundwater monitoring rule for oil and gas development
— June 13, 2013
Officials in Wyoming were caught flat-footed when residents outside the town of Pavillion began asking tough questions about hydraulic fracturing and a sudden change in the quality of their drinking water, leading to nasty fights between residents, oil and gas operators, the state and federal agencies.
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigation into the matter failed to resolve the situation, and may have even fanned the flames of disagreement. The question about whether hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — is to blame for degraded water quality in Pavillion may never be answered, for one key reason: lack of baseline water quality testing and ongoing water quality monitoring.
This week, officials from Gov. Matt Mead's staff, along with the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, set out to implement a plan that may help avoid Pavillion-type scenarios. State officials rolled out a proposed rule change to establish a baseline groundwater testing and monitoring program for oil and natural gas development.
A public meeting will be held June 25 at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in Casper to gather oral and written comments from stakeholders and the public at large, intending to help establish the parameters of this "rule change" process.
While the Wyoming State Geological Survey and University of Wyoming team up to conduct a broad inventory of groundwater in the state, oil and gas operators will be required to test groundwater only in areas where they drill.
Jeremiah Rieman, natural resource policy advisor to Gov. Mead, said the governor's staff chose not to propose a "presumptive" model, as did Colorado, sparking much controversy. Under a presumptive model, operators are assumed to be responsible for any pollutants not identified prior to drilling. Instead, a forensic investigation into whether or not drilling activities contributed to groundwater pollution would rely on data collected under the state's established groundwater monitoring program.
The draft rules establish a .5-mile parameter around each new oil and natural gas wellhead in which to test and monitor groundwater. During the application for permit to drill (APD) process through the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, operators would be required to collect water quality data from several different water sources, such as existing domestic water wells.
The state will ask operators to choose locations up-gradient, down-gradient from the well. The proposal would establish timelines for collecting samples before and after drilling. But the data collection area would apply only to the .5-mile radius from the wellhead — not to areas related to the reach of horizontal wellbores that can extend for 2 miles, such as in the current shale oil play in eastern Wyoming.
All water sampling data supplied to the state will be made available to the public, however a landowner can choose to not submit the information to the state.
To view the draft rulemaking document and appendix go to the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website and click on the "2013 proposed rules" button on the right-hand side of the page.
— Dustin Bleizeffer is WyoFile editor-in-chief. He has written about Wyoming's energy industries for 15 years. You can reach him at (307) 577-6069 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Dustin on Twitter at @DBleizeffer
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Meet the Man Who's Attempting the World's Longest Triathlon
Call Sean Conway insane. On April 1, the extreme adventurer embarked on a 4,000-plus-mile mega-triathlon—biking, running, and swimming a superhuman course across the U.K. This included riding 3,500 miles on a bamboo bike from Lulworth Cove to Scarborough (completed); and running 800 miles from Scarborough to Brighton (completed). He's currently in the process of swimming 390,000 strokes over two weeks, from Brighton all the way back, with only a handmade raft to sustain him.
Born in Zimbabwe, Conway completed this exact triathlon before, but over a series of years. This is the first time he's doing the three disciplines back-to-back. For more on Conway's incredible story, click here. Watch Conway talk about his feat in the video below.
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Tonight, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that extends funding for the government until December 3, 2021. The government won't shut down tomorrow.
In the Senate, Republican Tom Cotton (R-AR) tried to amend the measure to stop aid for Afghan refugees who were evacuated to the United States. That amendment reflected the demands of former president Donald Trump, who insisted that Republicans should oppose the bill, calling it "a major immigration rewrite that allows Biden to bring anyone he wants from Afghanistan for the next year—no vetting, no screening, no security—and fly them to your community with free welfare and government-issued IDs." Trump suggested they would bring "horrible assaults and sex crimes" that would be "just be the tip of the iceberg of what's coming if this isn't shut down."
For all their talk of concern about taking care of our Afghan allies during the evacuation of Afghanistan, all 50 Republican senators voted for Cotton's measure. Democrats killed it on a strict party line vote.
Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) also tried to amend the bill. He wanted to prohibit the use of federal funds to implement vaccine requirements for the coronavirus. This failed, too, but only after all Republicans voted for it.
The Senate went on today to confirm Rohit Chopra to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for a five-year term. Chopra worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to establish the CFPB after the financial crisis of 2008, and in its first five years it recovered about $11.7 billion for some 27 million consumers. Former president Trump appointed former South Carolina representative Mick Mulvaney to head the bureau while he was also the director of the Office of Management and Budget; when he was in Congress, Mulvaney had introduced legislation to abolish the bureau. At its head, Mulvaney zeroed out the bureau's budget and set about dismantling it.
When he took office, Biden began to rebuild the bureau and, in mid-February, appointed Chopra to head it, but Republicans objected to him. Now, more than seven months later, with Republicans insisting he would be anti-business, Vice President Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to confirm his appointment.
The rest of the congressional day was consumed with Democrats trying to hash out a final version of the Build Back Better infrastructure bill. While the Republicans largely sat the debate out—they oppose the Build Back Better plan altogether—conservative Democrats want to pass a smaller $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure before taking up the larger $3.5 trillion measure currently under discussion. That smaller measure focuses on repairing roads and bridges and extending broadband, and lobbyists for construction industries are very keen indeed on getting it into law.
But progressive Democrats cut a deal months ago that the smaller measure would go forward together with the larger one, and they are refusing to allow conservatives to change the terms of that deal now. The Build Back Better bill appropriates $3.5 trillion over ten years to expand child care and elder care, expand Medicare, cut prescription drug prices, provide two years of community college, extend the child tax credit, and combat climate change.
Aside from the measure itself, there are two issues at stake in the debate over it.
The first is about how the Democrats should interpret their victory in 2020. Conservative Democrats like Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) appear to think the Democrats should limit the scope of their legislation to try to pick up moderate Republican votes in the future. More progressive Democrats, led by Pramila Jayapal (WA), who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, believe the Democrats were elected to pass laws that help ordinary Americans who have felt unrepresented by Republicans.
The other fight behind the Build Back Better measure is over how Americans choose to spend their tax dollars. Republicans, and even some conservative Democrats like Manchin, believe that spending $3.5 trillion on human infrastructure is a waste of money and that the new programs will create an "entitlement mentality."
In contrast, though, Congress spends very little time discussing the defense budget, which, at its current rate, would cost $7.78 trillion over the next ten years. That amount is significantly higher than the defense spending of any other nation in the world. In 2020, the U.S. spent $778 billion on defense, making up 39% of our overall spending. China, the country with the next highest defense budget, spent 13% of its overall spending on defense at $252 billion, India spent 3.7% at $72.9 billion, Russia spent 3.1% at $61.7 billion, and the United Kingdom spent 3% at $59.2 billion.
At the heart of the question of how we spend our tax dollars, of course, is who pays those tax dollars. The Biden administration wants to fund the Build Back Better plan not by borrowing, but by closing tax loopholes and clawing back some of the 2017 cuts to corporate taxes and income taxes on the nation's highest earners. At Rolling Stone today, reporters Andy Kroll and Geoff Dembicki wrote that political groups funded by the network of right-wing libertarian billionaire Charles Koch, who is deeply invested in fossil fuels, are pouring money and effort into killing the Build Back Better plan.
Meanwhile, the Senate still has not taken up either of the two voting rights acts passed by the House or the Freedom to Vote Act hammered out this month by Democratic senators led by Manchin.
Yesterday, the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab released a report that noted the new voter suppression laws in place in 18 Republican-dominated states but focused instead on 17 new election subversion laws in 11 of those same states. Those new laws put into place the policies former president Trump's campaign demanded in 2020. They threaten election officials with prosecution if they send out mail-in ballots to anyone who has not requested one, require legislatures to agree to changes in election rules, transfer control of elections or reporting results from nonpartisan officials to political operatives, and allow candidates to demand recounts at will.
A new law in Arizona, for example, "shifts control of election litigation from the secretary of state (currently a Democrat) to the attorney general (currently a Republican). The provision is designed to sunset on January 2, 2023, when a new attorney general potentially takes office."
"When Voting Rights Lab launched a few years ago, we knew we'd be busy tracking many disturbing, and oftentimes veiled efforts to suppress the vote of historically excluded Americans," the report concludes. "What we couldn't have anticipated at that time was that current officeholders would warp the election process itself…."


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January 28, 2016
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Rock Climbing Photos : Alpine : Ascending the Navajo Snowfield
Ascending the Navajo Snowfield
Agrauch cruising up the snowfield on Navajo Peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, CO. The 50 degree snowfield leads to a bit of scrambling and a couple of fun 5.2-5.4 pitches. Its an easy but very entertaining route to the summit.
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Glorious. Until Debbie came down with the stomach flu. Northing worse than camping with the flu. Thankfully she was the only one to become ill.
There was a hike to find well hidden letterboxes on a beautiful trail.
On the way, we stopped in Portland to eat lunch at Pambiche, a wonderful Cuban eatery. Worth a detour if you're ever driving through.The chocolate was thick and rich with a bit of spice just as the meal was.
While in Waldport, we often saw a green bicycle lieing in odd public places. We wondered how it could travel so frequently to be left unattended and unchained against buildings, on patches of grass at intersections, at the grocery store. We discovered there is not one but several bikes, available for any and all to use.
What a fabulous idea!
Along the way there were a few joyful surprises.


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Professor Hiawatha Smith
Hiawatha Smith is an original character who appeared in the 1981-1983 Spider-Man cartoon series.
There's little material about him, but a number of folks who grew up during the right general time frame seem to remember about him.
- Real Name: Hiawatha Smith.
- Marital Status: Single.
- Known Relatives: The Great Chief of the Indian Nations (Father).
- Group Affiliation: None.
- Base Of Operations: New York City.
- Height: 5'9" Weight: 170 lbs.
- Eyes: Brown Hair: Jet Black
Powers and Abilities
Hiawatha Smith keeping with his heritage has maintained his ancestor's rituals and traditions to modern day. A competent fighter, Hiawatha is skilled with many weapons but he most often employs a boomerang in battle.
A very perceptive individual, Hiawatha Smith is likely to find secret doors and spot traps before others. His most uncanny ability coming from his mystic ancestry, his ability to communicate with and command animals.
It is assumed in our game stats that Hiawatha has power over most any animal but he is only shown controlling a python and listening to earthworms.
Hiawatha Smith, a college professor at ESU, is the son of the heroic chief of the Native American nations that fought against the Axis armies during World War II. His father bestowed on Hiawatha the knowledge of all Indian law since the beginning of time.
He was presented with a bow by his father and the Scorpio engraving which will lead to a vast Nazi treasure of wealth and advanced technology sought by the Red Skull.
Hiawatha Smith's home is adorned with decorations from various cultures including Hindu and native African tribes. Smith knew that eventually the Nazi's would come for his map. When they did he was ready.
However, the Red skull arrived, gassed him then left him for dead hanging over a giant Python. Hiawatha used his powers to convince the python to help him escape. It did.
Marvel Team-up!
After returning home, Hiawatha and the Spider-friends fought due to a misunderstanding. Hiawatha Smith showed his skills as he defended against all three of them.
The four heroes joined forces against the Red Skull to prevent WWIII. Together they travelled to South America, to the uncharted Marabunta jungle. The location of the Nazi treasure.
The Red Skull put the heroes under surveillance once they arrived in the jungle; he on the other hand traveled underground in a tunneling machine. Overcoming the Red Skulls traps the heroes push forward and found the hidden tomb.
Firestar marked the entrance for the others then entered alone and was quickly captured. Red Skull finds the the treasure; then taunts the trio with a note.
The Skull captures the Spider-Friends and straps them to three of the rockets he aims at another country in hopes of starting World War III. Just before ignition, Smith frees Firestar, who saves her friends and aims the flying missiles back toward Skull Island, leaving the gang to wonder if the Red Skull survived. Peter, Bobby, and Angelica return home.
Hiawatha Smith is a fit young man who is clean-shaven. He wears jeans with a white collared shirt. When adventuring, he has a quiver worn along the left thigh hanging from the belt – the realistic way to carry a quiver – and a bow slung over his shoulder.
Producer and story editor Dennis Marks created the character and admits to basing him on Indiana Jones.
Hiawatha Smith is a serious minded person.
"Correct, I was expecting you !"
"Great Python, hear the Indian gods who respect all life ! Crush the metal bar that holds me ! Crush it ! Great Python, crush it !"
(Hiawatha listens with his ear to the ground) "They have been here, the earthworms are restless." (Red Skull was tunneling underground at the time)
"I call upon this ancient Indian potion of all the gods of the waters to help me defeat this enemy."
DC Universe History
Hiawatha Smith could be dropped into the DCU as is. A clever writer could easily bring him in as an adventuring Professor in Native American anthropology.
Marvel Universe History
Fear Itself would have been a good story arc to bring him in, since it involves Sin's Nazi army and Hiawatha was introduced as a Nazi hunter.
Game Stats — DC Heroes RPG
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Hiawatha Smith
A 435 points Character (without equipment)
|Dex: 04
|Str: 04
|Bod: 05
|Motivation: Responsibility of Power
|Int: 05
|Wil: 04
|Min: 04
|Occupation: ESU Professor
|Inf: 04
|Aur: 05
|Spi: 04
|Resources {or Wealth}: 005
|Init: 013
Animal Control (ML): 05, Speak with Animals (ML): 05
Acrobatics (Athletics, Dodging): 07, Animal Handling: 04, Evasion (Ranged only): 07, Military Science (Danger Recognition): 06, Weaponry (Melee, Missile, Exotic: Boomerang, Lasso): 07
Language (Unspecified American Indian language), Sharp Eye.
The Spider-Friends (High).
Enemy (The Red Skull).
- Boomerang [BODY 05, Gliding: 03, EV: 03, Limitation: Gliding only to add to Range, the last AP is for the return trip. Cost: 11].
- Tomahawk [BODY 03, Enhance (EV): 02 (cap is 05), Descriptor: Slashing, Recommended STR 02, R#03].
- Medium-powered bow [BODY 03, Enhance (EV): 01 (cap is 04), Enhance (Range): 03 (cap is 06), Ammo: 01, Recommended STR: 03, R#02, Limitation: Low Penetration, Descriptor: Piercing].
- QUIVER [BODY 02, Enhance (EV): 01 (cap is 04), Ammo: 12, Limitation: Ammunition load for bow].
- Lasso [BODY 05, Stretching: 02, Limitation: Stretching does not allow fine manipulation (-2)].
- "Indian potion" [BODY 01, Aura of Fear: 05, Bonuses & Limitations: Aura of fear only works on fishes, R#0, cost: 10]. Poured it into his boomerang and thrown it sprays down the water and makes the piranhas dive for the bottom of the moat.
- Grappling Hook and Line [Body 04, Str 04, line is 05 APs long cost: 9].
Source of Character: The 1981 animated series Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, episode The Quest of the Red Skull, voiced by Michael Ansara.
Helper(s): Wikipedia, Hypestyle, William Chamberlin.
Writeup completed on the 10th of March, 2012.


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Square 1
Eamon McMahon
13th July 1983
A 35-year-old single man from Cullaville near Crossmaglen. One of two men shot by Loyalists and their bodies found in a car near the border.
Square 2
Tommy Trainor
8th March 1978
A 29-year-old single man. An INLA member from Ballyoran Park in Portadown. One of two men killed by the UVF as they walked home after signing on the dole. His mother and brother were also killed by Loyalists in separate incidents.
Square 3
Gerard Slane
23rd September 1988
A 27-year-old married man with three children from Waterville Street, Falls Road, Belfast. He was shot dead by the UDA when they burst in to his home at 4.15am.
Square 4
Rory Hawkins
26th April 1976
A 30-year-old single man from Lenadoon Avenue in Andersonstown. He was shot by a member of a four-man army foot patrol outside an ex-serviceman's club in Clyde Street, East Belfast.
Square 5
Ronald Trainor
15th December 1975
A 17-year-old member of the IRSP. He died from injuries received when the UVF bombed his home at Ballyowen Park, Portadown. The third member of his family to be killed by Loyalists.
Square 6
Pearse Jordan
25th November 1992
A 23-year-old single man. An IRA member from New Barnsley, West Belfast. He was shot in the back by the RUC after they rammed the car he was driving.
Square 7
Paul Whitters
25th April 1981
A 15-year-old schoolboy from the Bogside in Derry. He was killed by a plastic bullet fired by the RUC at close blank range.
Left To Right:
Square 1
Tony Molloy
20th August 1975
An 18-year-old married man with one child from Ballymena Street in the Oldpark district. He was shot by the UVF as he was lying on a rug in front of the fire in his own home.
Square 2
John Nugent
28th May 1972
A 31-year-old man from the Falls Road area of West Belfast. One of eight people killed when an IRA bomb exploded prematurely in Anderson Street in the Short Strand area of East Belfast.
Square 3
Theresa Clinton
14th April 1994
A 33-year-old married woman with two children from Balfour Avenue in the Ormeau Road area. She was killed by the UDA when they sprayed bullets through the living room of her home.
Square 4
Peter Thompson
13th January 1990
A 21-year-old single man from Credenhill Park, West Belfast. One of three men shot by soldiers from the 14th Intelligence Company outside Sean Grahams bookmakers shop at the bottom of the Whiterock Road, Belfast.
Square 5
John Stone
21st January 1975
A 23-year-old single man. An IRA member from Ballymurphy. One of two men killed when a bomb exploded prematurely in Chichester Street, downtown City Centre, Belfast.
Square 6
Kathleen O'Hagan
7th August 1994
A 38-year-old married woman with five children. She was seven months pregnant with her sixth child, killed by the UVF who forced their way in to her home and sprayed the room with bullets. The children, the eldest only eight were all in the room at the same time.
Square 7
Manus Deer
19th May 1972
A 15-year-old schoolboy from Limewood Street in the Bogside area of Derry. He was shot by a British Army sniper as he returned home with fish and chips for the family supper.
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Square 1
John Laverty
10th August 1971
A 20-year-old man from Ballymurphy. He was shot in the back by British soldiers as he made his way home after visiting his sister in Turf Lodge, West Belfast.
Square 2
Francie McCluskey
26th August 1982
A 46-year-old married man from Ligoniel, North Belfast. He had eight children, his wife was pregnant with their ninth child. He was shot by the UDA as he walked to work around 8.00am.
Square 3
Patrick McKearney
8th May 1987
A 32-year-old man. An IRA member from Moy, County Tyrone. He was one of eight volunteers killed by the SAS at Loughall. His two brothers were also killed by Loyalists in 1974 and 1992.
Square 4
Colm McCartney
24th August 1975
A 22-year-old single man from Bellaghy. One of two men shot by the UVF who were operating a checkpoint and wearing military uniforms.
Square 5
Danny McCooey
20th May 1977
A 20-year-old single man from Beechmount Pass in West Belfast. He was beaten by British soldiers in the stomach with a rifle butt near the City Centre and he died later from his injuries.
Square 6
Peter Clancy
16th February 1992
A 19-yer-old single man. An IRA member from Coalisland, County Tyrone. He was one of four men killed by the SAS in a planned ambush at Clonae, Coalisland.
Square 7
Tony Doris
3rd June 1991
A 21-year-old single man. An IRA member from Meenagh Park, Coalisland. He was one of three men killed by the SAS as they travelled in a car through Coagh, County Tyrone.
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Square 1
James Kennedy
5th February 1992
A 15-year-old schoolboy from Hamilton Street, Ormeau Road, Belfast. He was one of five people shot by the UFF when they attacked a betting shop on the Ormeau Road.
Square 2
Sean Bateson
7th June 1990
A 35-year-old prisoner in Long Kesh Prison. He died of a heart attack. He was from North Belfast.
Square 3
Stephen Murphy
24th November 1981
A 19-year-old single man from Oldpark Avenue, North Belfast. He was shot by the UVF when he answered a knock on the door of his home. He died ten days later from his injuries.
Square 4
Martin Murphy
28th October
A man from North Belfast, he was beaten by the RUC on his way home and died later from his injuries.
Square 5
Patrick Mulvenna
31st August 1973
A 22-year-old married man with one child from the Ballymurphy area of West Belfast. An IRA member. He was one of two men shot by the British Army who were operating from a covert position in a flat in Ballymurphy.
Square 6
Mary Smith
12th February 1978
A 70-year-old pensioner from Oldpark Avenue, Belfast. She was killed with her ten-year-old grandson when the UVF firebombed their home.
Square 7
Fergal Caragher
30th December 1990
A 31-year-old married man with one child. An IRA member from Cullyhanna, County Armagh. He was shot dead by British soldiers near his home. His brother was seriously injured in the same incident.
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Square 1
Brian Smith
17th April 1973
A 32-year-old man from the Bone area of Oldpark, North Belfast. An IRA member. He was shot by British soldiers as he stood with friends at Brompton Park in Ardoyne. Two other men were seriously injured.
Square 2
Jim Mulvenna
21st June 1978
A 28-year-old married man with one child. An IRA member from Ballycastle Street in North Belfast. He was one of four men shot by the SAS at a post office depot on the Ballysillan Road, North Belfast.
Square 3
Johnny Bateson
18th December 1971
An 18-year-old single man. An IRA member from Ballymaguigan, Derry. He was one of three men killed when a bomb exploded prematurely at Magherafelt.
Square 4
Malachy Trainor
16th May 1989
A 34-year-old married man with two children from Annalong. He was killed by the UVF as he arrived for work at a Housing Executive building site in the Rathcoole Estate, Belfast.
Square 5
Ronnie Bunting and Noel Little
15th October 1980
Ronnie – a 32-year-old married man with three children from Downfine Gardens, West Belfast. He and Noel Little, a 45- year-old man from Short Strand were murdered when the UDA broke in to the Bunting house. Also badly injured was Susanne Bunting.
Square 6
Michael Scott
12th February 1978
A 10-year-old schoolboy from North Belfast. He was killed with his 70-year-old grandmother when the UVF left a firebomb outside her home in the Oldpark Road area.
Square 7
Aidan McAnespie
21st February 1988
A 24-year-old man from Aughnacloy. He was killed by a member of the British Army as he walked through a vehicle checkpoint at Aughnacloy to play Gaelic football over the border.
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Square 1
Gervase McKerr
11th November 1982
A 31-year-old married man. An IRA member from Lurgan. He was one of three men killed in controversial circumstances by a special RUC unit who opened fire on a car at Tullyglass East Road, near Lurgan.
Square 2
Thomas McNulty
15th November 1981
An 18-year-old single man from Madrid Street, Short Strand. He was killed by two UVF men on a motorcycle as he walked along Thompson Street on his way home.
Square 3
James Griffin
29th October 1975
A 19-year-old single man from Hill Street, Lurgan. He was shot by the UVF as he sat in the living room of his home.
Square 4
Harry Thornton
7th August 1971
A 28-year-old married man with six children from Crossmaglen. He was killed by a soldier when the van he was driving backfired outside Springfield Road RUC station in West Belfast.
Square 5
Brendan McKenna
2nd June 1993
A 29-year-old married man from Derrytrasna, near Lurgan. He was shot by the UDA as he drove away from a quarry near Comber, County Down.
Square 6
Paddy Kelly
8th May 1987
A 32-year-old married man with three children, A IRA member from East Tyrone. He was one of eight men killed by the SAS in an ambush at Loughall.
Square 7
Francis Brown
11th March 1994
A 34-year-old man from Portadown. He was killed by the UVF when a booby-trapped bomb was placed under the wheel of a lorry owned by his brother. A member of the Royal Irish Regiment was jailed for his involvement in this incident and five other murders.
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Square 1
Brendan Mullan
30th August 1988
A 26-year-old single man. An IRA member from Sixmilecross. He was one of three men killed in an SAS ambush at Drumnakilly, County Tyrone.
Square 2
Felix John Hughes
15th July 1972
A 35-year-old married man with six children from Portadown. He was abducted and killed by the UDA and his body was found three weeks later in a drain near Watson Street, in Portadown.
Square 3
Michael Tighe
24th November 1982
A 17-year-old single man from Craigavon. He was killed by the RUC in a shot-to-kill incident at a hayshed in County Armagh.
Square 4
Danny Rouse
25th November 1983
A 51-year-old married man with three children from Meadowbrook in Craigavon. He was beaten to death by the UVF as he walked home after a night out playing bingo.
Square 5
Desmond Morgan
27th November 1973
An 18-year-old single man. An IRA member from Coalisland. He was shot by British soldiers during an exchange of gunfire at Dungannon Road,
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James Brown
28th April 1994
A 48-year-old married man with three children. He was a Newsagent from Chestnut Gardens in North Belfast. He was shot by the UVF in his shop at Garmoyle Street in the Docks area of Belfast.
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Tony Nolan
8th December 1971
A 20-year-old single man. An IRA member from the Markets area of South Belfast. He was accidentally shot in a house in Crawford Street in the Markets area.


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It's No Secret
Originally published in VegNews Magazine, April 2008
By Will Tuttle, Ph.D.
After a recent lecture on The World Peace Diet, a woman posed a question that I think many people have. After years of struggling and suffering, she was trying to build a happier life based on positive thinking and on a law that has been popularized lately in the hit film, "The Secret"—the Law of Attraction. This universal principle says that whatever we focus on mentally, we will attract more of in our lives. She didn't want to think of or focus on the suffering animals endure for food because she felt it was too negative and disturbing, and would just make her depressed and unhappy.
The key question here is whether or not this woman is vegan. If she is not, and is regularly paying people to confine and kill animals for food, then her quest for happiness for herself is ironic. She wants for herself what she refuses to give to others, and is thereby breaking another universal principle, the Law of Giving—that whatever we desire for ourselves we must give to others, and that whatever we give to others we will eventually receive ourselves.
Her insistence on focusing only on "the positive" while she is directly instigating cruelty and violence keeps her disconnected from herself and from the reality of her interconnectedness with others, and creates a dark psychological shadow that can only lead to anxiety, delusion, and greater suffering. We can see this all around us as Big Pharma's profits on drugs for depression, anxiety, and sleeplessness soar, our planet is increasingly laid waste, and diseases of excess and social inequity proliferate, while people universally fail to make these connections, which are the foundation of wisdom. It would be best for this woman not just to "think positively," but also to act positively and re-fashion her food choices to bless others rather than harm them.
On the other hand, if she is following a vegan lifestyle, and is striving to affect those who are at her mercy in a positive way by eating an organic, plant-based diet, then her happiness has a much more solid foundation. If she thinks of the millions of animals being confined and slaughtered for food daily in the U.S., or sees images of this, she won't feel the agonizing guilt that most people subconsciously experience, but rather a sense of compassion and a yearning to help relieve this massive and unnecessary suffering. This compassion arises because she has resensitized herself to her feelings and to the ripples radiating from her actions, and is acting as best she can to be a force for kindness in the world.
The secret to happiness and inner peace is thus not just the Law of Attraction and being mindful of our thoughts, although this is certainly important. The secret is being mindful of our actions as well, because just as our thoughts condition our behavior, our behavior conditions our thoughts, and regular daily actions of instigating violence and eating the results of that violence keep our consciousness and thoughts confined to a relatively low vibrational level.
The real secret to personal and planetary peace and happiness is veganism rightly understood as the ancient and timeless teaching to include all living beings within the sphere of our kindness and respect, and never to treat any being as a mere object to be used or abused. This is the awakening of our true human heart, not for a self-centered happiness, but for a happiness that includes everyone. This is positive thinking beyond mere positive thinking; it's living the truth that we are, and being the transformation we long to see in our world.
Now let's imagine that!—and live it.
Will Tuttle, Ph.D., composer, pianist, Zen priest, and author of The World Peace Diet, is cofounder of Karuna Music & Art and of the Prayer Circle for Animals and Circle of Compassion ministry.


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The beginning of each year is the perfect time to reflect and look to the future with energy, passion and optimism. This is particularly true as 2016 marks TeleTracking's 25th year of helping hospitals and health systems deliver more timely and purposeful care. When we started this journey in 1991, the internet was in its infancy and hotels were doing a better job of getting rooms cleaned and ready for the next guest than hospitals.
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Over the last quarter-century we've…
And we're just getting started!
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If you're looking to add a touch of vintage style to your wedding day then prepare to be inspired by the glittering Great Gatsby glamour taking over the fashion world. Set to premiere in Cannes later this May, celebrations are already underway. The beautiful actresses who star in the film, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher, attended a cocktail party in New York on Tuesday evening to pay homage to the costume creator's dazzling designs.
Of course, nothing says the 'Roaring Twenties' like an embellished flapper dress. Among Catherine Martin and Miuccia Prada – the designers behind the dresses – gorgeous cream and silver creations ideal for any wedding day celebration were featured. The hand-stitched sequins and fringe trim gives a grown-up feel to the relaxed shift cut of one design while the bespoke glass embellishments of another dress is styled with a fur shawl for the ultimate display of vintage decadence.
For a modern take on the glitz and glam, designer Rita Vinieris of Rivini bridal designs brought a refreshing take of luxury designs to the catwalks of New York Bridal Week 2013/14. Cut from lush silk satins and chiffon, Rivini keeps the silhouette fluid with traditional floor-length designs but updates the look with delicate beading and meticulous attention to detail. The 1920s were big on accessorising an outfit to perfection as Carey Mulligan shows by styling her blonde crop with statement headbands and grips in The Great Gatsby.
To achieve the look, take inspiration from Oscar de la Renta and Reem Acra who presented sumptuous silk veils decorated with jeweled hair clasps and tiaras in New York.


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Source: The Guardian
Establishment parties in Germany and the Netherlands enjoy surprising gains while the far-right suffers in the polls
Two weeks after Britain's EU referendum, Europe has defied predictions that the UK's vote to leave would inspire a surge in copycat breakaway movements, with establishment parties enjoying gains and populists dropping points in the polls.
In Germany, the Brexit aftermath has seen Angela Merkel's popularity ratings surge to a 10-month high, almost returning to the level the chancellor enjoyed before the height of the refugee crisis last September. An Infratest Dimap poll published on Friday also marks a two percentage point gain for Merkel's party, the centre-right CDU, and a one point gain for the centre-left Social Democratic party.
Rightwing populist party Alternative für Deutschland, meanwhile, has seen its ratings drop by three percentage points to 11%. The anti-refugee party's struggles may lie in its leader's failure to contain an internal rift over an antisemitism scandal.
"The Brexit debate has fostered a more pro-European climate among the German population," said Infratest Dimap's managing director Michael Kunert. "The government is profiting from this trend while populist, eurosceptic parties are suffering."
In the Netherlands, seen as one of the countries that could potentially follow Britain's example, support for the Freedom party of far-right politician Geert Wilders has fallen to its lowest level since last autumn. One poll suggests Wilders could win 30 out of the 150 seats in parliament if an election were held now, three fewer than a week ago, though his party remains the most popular in the fragmented Dutch political landscape.
Wilders this week pressed ahead with his vow to make a "Nexit" referendum one of the key themes of the general election next March, calling the EU "a totalitarian, Soviet-like institution". Though Brexit may partly explain Wilders' declining fortunes, the poll also reflects Dutch voters' lukewarm attitude to Brussels; the main winners were the Socialist party, which advocates a eurosceptic approach but stops short of wanting to pull out of the EU. The centre-right Christian Democrats and the pro-European liberal D66 group also did well.
The resulting political chaos and economic uncertainty of Brexit appears to have had a direct effect on attitudes in Austria, where a eurosceptic populist candidate will stand in the repeat presidential elections on 2 October.
In a Gallup poll on 5-6 July, 52% of Austrians said they would choose to stay in the EU if given a vote, while only 30% would vote to leave. A similar poll the previous week had shown a more balanced picture, with 51% in favour of remain and 49% in favour of leave.
The change in mood appears to have also affected the views of the anti-immigration Freedom party's presidential candidate. Having previously advocated a referendum if the EU were to take steps towards further integration, Norbert Hofer told Die Presse on Friday that he was "not in favour of an Austrian exit from the European Union".
"I have been annoyed for days that this is being insinuated. I was not amused. It would undoubtedly damage Austria if it were to leave the EU," Hofer said.
In Denmark, support for EU membership has risen to 69%, up from 59.8% in a poll held before the British referendum, while support for a membership vote has fallen from 40.7 to 32%.
In Finland, voters seem to have been put off the idea of a "Fixit" vote, which had been called for by some politicians including former foreign minister Paavo Väyrynen.
After polls carried out in March indicated that 43% of voting Finns wanted a UK-style referendum, and only 56% were inclined to vote to remain, an Iltalehti survey carried out on 28-29 June registered a pro-European shift, with 59% of Finns saying they did not want an in-out referendum and 68% saying they would vote to stay.
The picture is more balanced in southern Europe. In France, the far-right, anti-EU and anti-immigration Front National has remained stable in the polls. Its leader, Marine Le Pen, is widely expected to get through to the final round of the presidential race in spring 2017 but is not predicted to win the run-off.
In Italy, the political landscape has shifted over the last two weeks, but there have been both losses and gains for eurosceptic parties. Support for the far-right and anti-immigration Northern League, whose leader Matteo Salvini has called for a UK-style referendum, has slipped by 0.7% to 12.4%, according to a poll published earlier this week.
Italians are increasingly likely to favour the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, now the country's most popular party with 30.6% of the vote, while the ruling Democratic party has fallen to 29.8%. The Five Star Movement has not called for a public vote on EU membership, but instead backs a non-binding referendum on the euro.
While there is widespread scepticism of Brussels, a majority of Italians believe they are better off in the EU. One poll carried out since the Brexit outcome found 66% of Italians would vote to remain in the EU, with just 26% opting to leave and 8% undecided.


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This level is for those who have tried to build a model ship before, or perhaps one of plastic. These models also have a simple construction, though you will meet a number of 'challenges' on the way!
The Mary Ann is the first model produced by Billing Boats in 1958.
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The Cux 87 is a typical German trawler from the Deutsche Krabbenkutter Werft.
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This original design can be seen in many ports along the French Channel.
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A motor boat model with plastic hull, especially designed for model builders interested in an RC model.
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She was built in Nova Scotia in 1921, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946.
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This is a 'dundee' of 50-60 tons and equipped with many sails, making necessary a ballast of 20-25 tons and a 12-man crew.
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Description of measurement techniques
- FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
- SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)*
- ESCA (Electron Scanning Chemical Analysis)*
- TOFSIMS (Time Of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy)*
- AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)*
- DSC/MDSC (Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry)
- TMA (Thermo-Mechanical Analysis)
- TGA (Thermal Gravimetric Analysis)
- DMTA (Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis)
- DETA/DEA (Dielectric Thermal analysis)
*in cooperation
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
FTIR is based on the absorption of infrared light as it passes through the sample. The IR spectrum i.e. the amount of transmitted energy as a function of wave number is obtained. Generally, the FTIR surface techniques can be classified in two categories: reflection (ATR: attenuated total reflection) and non- reflection techniques (PAS: photoacoustic spectroscopy).
PAS utilizes the detection by a sensitive microphone of an acoustic signal emitted from a sample after absorption of a modulated radiation. This technique is proving increasingly useful for oxidation depth profiling of polymeric surface after corona or plasma treatment. FTIR has its limits when less than 100 nm depth of surface is involved for the analysis.
SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
SEM is a useful tool for the characterisation of phase morphology in polymer-blends, fracture mode and elemental composition (EDAX surface penetration in µ-region).
ESCA (Electron Scanning Chemical Analysis)
In ESCA ( also known as XPS ), the sample is bombarded with soft X-rays and the photoelectrons emitted are analysed in terms of kinetic energy. For elemental surface analysis in the range of 1-5nm, ESCA has proved to be very useful. In case polymeric materials are subjected to a pre-treatment (corona, plasma or flame), O/C ratio of the polymer-surface before and after the pre-treatment is analysed with the help of ESCA and correlated with contact angle findings.
ESCA is a quantitative surface analytical technique and is very useful in quantifying e.g. silicone by determining the amount of Si-element after Silicone (PDMS) has been detected beyond doubt with the help of TOS-SIMS (see below).
TOF-SIMS (Time Of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy)
The sample is bombarded with primary ions of 15-25 KV and the secondary ions are extracted perpendicular to the sample surface before being deflected to the detector. Whereas ESCA involves characterisation of 1- 5nm surface depth and is mainly helpful in quantitave elemental analysis, TOFSIMS is suitable for surfaces < 1nm and gives information about molecular structure of monolayers at the surface. These two techniques complement each other quite often. TOFSIMS is a very effective method of detecting silicone (PDMS) and other release agents / surfactants as contamination on metallic and polymeric substrates.
Surface contamination is the most important enemy of surface engineering. What is more important is not a clean surface, but a CONTROLLED one. Surface analysis is the most effective weapon against the enemy. Coupling agents like epoxy- and amino silanes are often applied as very thin layers on substrates like steel before a polymeric coating is applied. In many cases, only TOFSIMS is able to characterise the very thin layer of the coupling agent on the substrate.
AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)
Surface roughness contributes to the adhesion of paints / coatings by way of interlocking. The level of surface roughness needs, therefore, be controlled accurately. Atomic Force Microscopy is being increasingly employed for surface characterisation in sub-micron range after the roughness is induced on a polymeric surface by corona / plasma treatment..
DSC/MDSC (Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry)
DSC has been employed for over 3 decades to investigate cure kinetics of adhesives / coatings and characterize / quality control polymeric materials by way of measuring the tg and degree of crystallinity. With rising demands of high performance polymers, the resolution and sensitivity of this conventional technique became inadequate.
MDSC, a recent modification of the conventional DSC, has gained importance by overcoming the limitations of the latter. Specifically, a sinusoidal modulation of the heating profile is overlaid on the conventional linear heating. The net effect – i.e. increased resolution and sensitivity - is the same as if two experiments were run simultaneously. MDSC separates reversing and non-reversing components of the heat flow, so that the real glass transition temperature, tg, is determined from the reversing heat flow curve.
TMA (Thermo-Mechanical Analysis)
TMA measures dimension change (linear or volumetric) as a function of time and temperature. The technique is a standard method of determining the coefficient of thermal expansion and is based on a movable core linear variable differential transformer (LVDT), the output of which is proportional to the linear displacement of the core caused by changes (as small as 100 nm) in sample dimensions.
TGA (Thermal Gravimetric Analysis)
TGA, which measures weight changes with temperature, provides information about material composition (filler content, carbon black, hydration water etc.) and thermal stability.
DMTA (Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis)
DMTA defines the state of cure and hence the molecular architecture by measuring modulus and mechanical damping or loss with respect to temperature and frequency. When a sinusoidal stress is applied to the (visoelastic) sample, the strain response lags behind the stress applied. E* is then resolved into E' (elastic/storage) modulus and E'' (viscous/loss) modulus components.
The ratio E''/E' = tan d, often reffered to as mechnical loss or damping, is a very useful parameter.
The peak maximum of tan d is defined as tg of the cured adhesive / coating. DMTA (also known as DMA) is an extremely sensitive and useful technique but has the obvious disadvantage of sample geometry and preparation.
DETA/DEA (Dielectric Thermal analysis)
In the presence of polar groups in various coating materials (e.g. epoxy and PU), this techniques has proved to be the most sensitive of the three techniques mentioned here. A sinusoidal electric field is applied to the sample and the electric displacement followed. The complex dielectric permitivity e* obtained can be resolved into the storage component E' and loss component E''.
The dieclectric loss tan d = E''/E' is determined with respect to temperature. The higher degree of cure is manifested in decreased dielectric loss. DETA is very sensitive for detecting moisture absorption at the interface and in the polymeric bulk material. This technique has also the disadvantage of sample geometry and preparation.


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By: Hans Noack
August 25, 2010
This subject has been discussed for twenty-five years or more; which direction to choose depends on the complexity of the application and type of manufacturing one does.
The basic process of creating drawings to represent objects has been around since the days of the caveman. In the world of manufacturing, this process began with basic 2D drawings known as "blueprints" that showed three basic views of an object: Plan, Front and Side. If additional views were needed (inside, outside, isometric, etc.), each of these views had to be created separately. The designer had to first be able to visualize the whole entity in order to project each of the necessary views onto a blueprint. Others could then read the blueprint to view and understand the whole entity.
Machine operators studied blueprints and extracted the information they needed to ultimately produce a physical object that matched the views shown. They entered coordinates and determined cutter types & sizes, drill bits, taps, etc., and then began machining.
The time required to create a 2D drawing was relative to the complexity of the part or the assembly of parts. A very simple part could be four lines that create a square, and if you need some through holes in the corners you could add four circles. Notes and dimensions were added as required. Creating an assembly required multiple sketches or drawings. This could either be done by sketching on paper or using a drafting board. When multiple copies were needed for distribution, paper sketches were copied by hand using see-through paper whereas drafting board drawings could be duplicated more quickly by a blueprint machine.
Then came electronic 2D design with CAD software. This enhancement allowed a company with computer monitors throughout its facility to give everyone involved access to the drawings, making hard copy paper drawings unnecessary! Any revisions to the original CAD drawing were automatically viewed by everyone opening it on their computer. Electronic design software presented a distinct advantage because there everyone had access to the one and only "master" CAD model. When changes were made to this master model, everyone instantly had access to the update. This saved the time and expense of having to manually revise multiple copies of paper drawings.
From a manufacturing standpoint, 2D electronic data can be used to generate manufacturing programs that drive a machine tool to follow a given outline. Since it is limited to XY vectors, 2D data is sufficient for Wire EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) and the majority of all through machining applications, holes, slots, window pockets, spline shapes.
The introduction of 3D electronic data made it possible to represent a solid object in 3 dimensions. It includes XY and Z vectors (or IJK vectors). The benefits of creating a 3D model are numerous.
Once the 3D model is created, it can be viewed by multiple people as if they were holding the physical object in their hands. It is a solid body with volume, mass, internal and external features, and it can be rotated to any viewpoint allowing you to extract the information you need. At Matrix Tooling, Inc. our designers use NX software (formerly Unigraphics).
The time required to create a 3D solid model is dependent upon its complexity, and 3D solid assemblies of multiple parts can also be created; an automobile assembly, for instance, might be used for display, sale, mechanical function, or aesthetic purposes.
The availability of 3D data has virtually eliminated the need for any 2D drawings in manufacturing, although some customers will still ask for them. It takes considerably less time to create views on a drawing using 3D data; it's just a matter of placing canned or custom views on a drawing that are linked to the 3D solid model or assembly. The views are always to size and if a revision is made to the model, the drawing views are updated automatically.
Manufacturing using 3D data allows a machine operator or a CAM specialist to generate any type of machine path, limited only to the machine tool's axis – be it 2D or multiple axes.
While 3D software packages are certainly more expensive than 2D systems, we have found that the benefits far outweigh the costs. In our business of designing & building complex plastic injection molds, 3D design has not only helped us become a leader but will also play a critical role in maintaining our advantage.


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A Los Angeles Times news report said the agreement would end proceedings in a class-action case filed by two former Bechtel employees in California who alleged the company violated its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary responsibilities by not using its size to get lower fees from vendors (see Case Sensitive:"Outside" Interests). Bechtel has more than 17,000 401(k) participants.
The settlement still must be approved by a federal judge.
According to court papers, Bechtel has agreed for a three-year period to:
- not use any of its own affiliates to act as the investment manager for the 401(k) plan,
- greatly enhance the disclosures it makes about investment and recordkeeping fees,
- not offer any retail mutual fund as an investment option and prohibit all of the plan's separate account investment managers from investing in retail mutual funds,
- not use plan asset-based pricing for recordkeeping service fees,
- conduct a competitive bidding process for recordkeeping services when the plan's current contract with J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services expires, which is scheduled to occur no later than 2012.
Depending on how long they've been with the company, employees
would receive a portion of the settlement proceeds as a credit in their
accounts. Those no longer in the plan would receive checks.
"Going forward, Bechtel employees will have a state-of-the-art 401(k) plan with real benefits and a clear, understandable explanation of fees," said Jerome Schlicter, the employees' attorney, in a statement, according to the Times. A Bechtel spokeswoman said in a statement that "we believe this settlement of the long-standing litigation is a desirable outcome for everyone involved," the newspaper reported.
The Bechtel pact is the latest in a string of such settlements that have included Caterpillar (see Court OKs $16.5M Caterpillar 401(k) Fee Pact) and General Dynamics (see Parties Settle General Dynamics 401(k) Fee Case).


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A good domain name is, and will always be, essential for any online business. If you ask me, the internet is still only just evolving from infancy. It's a long way to maturity.
Still the world has come a long way since Ken Olson, president & founder of Digital Equipment Corp. etched his name in history, when he proclaimed less than 30 years ago, "There's no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home."
How technology has changed our lives within a span of a single generation. Sooner rather than later, more and more businesses will want to go online and cater to a global market instead of being content with the local neighborhood. And one of the first steps after deciding what business you want to do, is getting a good domain name for your business.
A domain name can make or break an online venture. A domain name is a company's identity online. It is your brand, your personality, your trademark. So, choosing the right domain isn't easy.
BuyDomains.com argues that: "Today .COM and .NET names have established recognition and can identify your company on the Internet forever. For this reason, they have considerable resale value and serve as excellent investments.
Over time, most, if not all companies will conduct a considerable portion of their business over the Internet. A domain name that is easy for your customers and prospective customers to remember is the key factor in generating new business and conducting business on the Internet.
Having relevant "keywords" to support your domain name is also an important consideration and will enable customers to find your online business effortlessly through Web based search engines.
Another excellent marketing tactic you should consider is to have multiple URL addresses (including your domain name) point to the very same Web site. This is very simple .....This will allow you to keep your legacy domain name, while multiple new e-business names conduct commerce and are listed in the search engines, significantly increasing your Web site's overall traffic."
A web site is a worldwide advertisement that runs 24/7. For the price of one print ad, or one-tenth of a 30 second commercial, you can have a solid web site designed and running every single minute of every single day. Show a company how a few thousand dollars invested in a domain name & a web site now can translate into 100 years of sales and effective promotion, and they will all be scrambling to get in line.
Most companies, even small ones, will tell you that having a web site is no longer an option. It offers the business owners the opportunity of having potential customers view their products or services day or night, without needing to an outlay of huge sums of money.
But then, many small and medium sized businesses that are already online have poor or difficult sounding domain names. Names that they would readily change in an instant if they had the right domain name. So there will always be people and companies who will be looking at the domain resale market for a better name for their business. This is key.
When Anysoft, a Massachusetts company, acquired any.com for $30,000, their vice-president, Emily Shain, said it was worth the money because the domain name was such a vital marketing tool that would help customers find them easily.
If you are at the right place at the right time with the right name, you could find yourself pocketing some nice cash.
Even governments are getting in on the act. The New Zealand government shelled out NZ$ 1 million for newzealand.com. As a result, there was understandable criticism in the NZ parliament over the purchase as being a waste of tax payers money.
What was the government's response? Mark Burton, the NZ Tourism Minister had this to say, "There is no question that this domain will provide an invaluable portal for... commercial entry into New Zealand for those interested in tourism, commerce, and industry.
The South African Government offered US$10 million for southafrica.com. It has also been reported that korea.com was sold for US$5 million to True Net, Korea's largest Internet service provider."
Author, Tariq Ghafoor writes, "I feel that there's still reason for optimism in the domain aftermarket but in order to profit there's a crucial need to alter one's perception and strategy just like our brethren have been forced to do in other web-based businesses."
It's true. The heady days of the domain gold rush has seen its final sunset. We are seeing shifting trends in the arena. To cope with the changes, a domain speculator needs to see himself as a domain entrepreneur and begin to organize his domain names and increase their value and prepare them for prospective buyers.
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A good domain name is, and will always be, essential for any online business. If you ask me, the internet is still only just evolving from infancy. It's a long way to maturity.


text: A group of colleagues (Mark Pepper, Karen Lee, and Morgan Reitmeyer) and I created a machinima in Second Life, a user-created, 3-D virtual world. The intent of the video is to provide teachers and students (and other interested individuals) with information on how to use Second Life in education. The full version can be found at our collaborative website, Stu-dent A-va-tar, which I created and currently maintain. I've included the trailer for the machinima here.


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Are you interested in learning more about GE foods and why folks like me avoid them like the plague?!? Please join me for a casual conversation and stroll through our local market to learn what GMO's are, which foods are they likely found in, how to best avoid them. Also, learn how I feed my family of 3 for less than $300 a month...while maintaining high food standards. Contact me if you can't make a weekday meeting, I will happily create a weekend event.
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We can even represent you at the vet and provide you with a report of the vet's instructions. In fact, we can arrange transport from and to anywhere in the UK (phone for rates).
We do regular trips to Betavets in Alloa and Broadleys Veterinary hospital in Stirling
Single Trip £7.50 (within a 5 mile radius of Tullibody, outwith 5 miles, 50p per mile)
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Can Twitter bring lasting peace to Baghdad?
Call it humanitarian aid, 140 characters at a time. John Dorsey, the founder of the popular micro-blogging site Twitter, is currently touring Baghdad, along with a coterie of representatives from Google, AT&T, Automattic (creators of WordPress), and other top tech firms. The bill is being footed by the US State Department, and the mission, according to one official, is to "build upon anti-corruption efforts, promote critical thinking in the classroom, and scale-up civil society."
CNN has the full story, with a handful of choice blurbs:
... several members of the delegation are posting their thoughts and photos on blogs and on Twitter. Some, like those from Twitter's Dorsey, are quick observations: "The embassy has yoga classes. And belly dancing," read one of his posts, referring to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Well, hand-held diplomacy has to start somewhere.