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The studies identify proven and promising interventions to increase women's productivity and earnings in developing and emerging economies. Specifically, they look at interventions across four categories: entrepreneurship, agriculture, wage employment and youth employment.
Entrepreneurship makes up a significant portion of economic activity for rural and urban women in developing economies where wage employment opportunities are limited. Women entrepreneurs run micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. These may include income generation projects that poor women undertake in their homes, producers who sell their products in open markets and on the street, and women who own or manage a firm with employees. Typical interventions to increase earnings include credit, savings, insurance, business training, business networks and technical assistance.
Women are responsible for half of the world's food production, yet they often face greater barriers than men in gaining access to resources such as land, credit and productivity-enhancing inputs and services. Studies show that increasing women's access to productive inputs has potential to significantly increase global food production. Principal interventions for rural women include agricultural services, access to credit and farming technologies, women's cooperatives, value chain projects and land titling.
Wage employment is the largest source of employment for women, particularly in growing markets and middle income economies. It encompasses women who are hired by a government agency or private sector firm for formal employment. Primary interventions for women in wage employment include job training, wage subsidies, the provision of child care (on or off-site) and other services that link potential employees with employers. This research will review approaches governments and the private sector have used to increase women's participation in wage employment.
In low-income countries, up to 72 percent of all young women ages 15 to 24 are neither at school nor in the workplace. Those who complete school often face unique challenges during the transition to the workforce. Research in this category will examine the effect of interventions in aiding young women who are making this transition, including job skills training, job placement services and financial literacy training.
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Staying in Tokyo, most probably Shinjuku area, and working from there. A working list of places I aim to see and things I want to do are as follows:
Yoyogi Park- located adjacent to Harajuku Station and Meiji Shrine in Shibuya. Rent a bike. Yoyogi Park is a 5 minute walk from Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line. Take the JR Yamanote line to Harajuku, Omotesando exit, or the Chiyoda line to Yoyogi-koen, exit 4. Go on Sunday.
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden – see the cherry blossoms!
Akihabara- see the tech shopping and maid cafes
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices- city view. only a short walk from Shinjuku Station.
Shibuya Crossing- pedestrian crossing outside the Hachiko exit of Shibuya Station
Harajuku- across yoyogi national stadium
Hachiko statue- the dog!
Tokyo Tower- maybe, maybe not.
Mt. Fuji- possible day trip.
Ride a rickshaw in Asakusa
Yakitori Alley
Ride the Shinkansen- and probably do so going to Kyoto
Half day mt.bike tour through a tour company.
Japan in Spring!!!
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The 'Bahia Fosforescente' (Bioluminescent Bay) at Puerto Mosquito should be listed as the eighth natural wonder of the world. The microscopic organism responsible for the glow in the water when agitated is a protozoan of the family dinoflagellata, a unicellular organism with two flagella that allow it to move through the water. The most common protozoan in Puerto Mosquito's waters in the Pyrodinium bahamense.
Bioluminescence is a natural defense system. When the protozoans are being attacked, the movement in the water excites them resulting in a chemical reaction that produces light. The light attracts bigger predators that feed on the smaller creatures that eat the protozoans.
The light is produced when a chemical stored within the cell, luciferin, is combined with oxygen resulting in the release of energy in the form of pure light. An internal clock in these organisms controls the production and storage of luciferin. There is very little concentration of luciferin within the cell during the daylight hours, thus little light is generated even if you could place them in the dark. The accumulation of the chemical peaks at night, and this is when the lights become more intense.
Several physical features of the Bay allow it's bioluminescence. One is the shallowness of the waters, the other is the presence of mangrove trees at the shores. Decomposing mangrove roots promote the concentration of bacteria in the water. These bacteria produce vitamin B12 which is an essential nutrient to the protozoan.
The Bay has a narrow exit to the sea allowing for the organisms to concentrate in its shallow refuge. It is the incredible concentration of these organisms what makes Vieques so unique. One of the world's most stunning natural sights, the largest bioluminescent bay at Puerto Mosquito is a perfect after-sunset activity*, also home to an amazing array of native wildlife.
*Please note, due to light sensitivity, Bio Bay tours are not offered in the days surrounding a full moon, please refer to a moon calendar when planning an excursion to the bio bay.
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Over 50 years later and although the company has grown, this personal service still lies at the heart of everything we do. Our staff now numbers over 30, the majority of whom have 10 or even 20 years' experience within the firm. This means we are well able to offer you knowledgeable, friendly and professional advice in all aspects of insurance matters.
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MH17 crash victim's relatives come home
The father and brother of one of the Newcastle United fans who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed have returned from the Netherlands.
Barry and Marc Sweeney travelled to Eindhoven Airport to see the first coffins containing victims' bodies arrive in the country.
Liam Sweeney, 28, was among the 298 people who died when the flight went down in Ukraine last week.
It is not known whether Mr Sweeney's body is among those at Eindhoven.
Forty bodies came in on Wednesday, with more to follow on Thursday.
Barry Sweeney, Liam Sweeney's father, described the time the first coffins appearing as a "very poignant moment".
"All the families were together. It was a very tear-jerking experience when the first coffin came off," he said.
"There's 298 people perished needlessly. I'm hoping my son does come back, but I hope everybody else's does as well."
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On a hill near Ammerbach.
Expedition: Jens[edit]
For a long time I was not sure, whether I will ignore this point or not. But at the end the short distance won and I decided to visit it after work. "Wetter-Online" predicted "two raindrops". That may mean everything from "cloudy but dry" till "be warned, you will be soaked", today it meant "two raindrops". That was acceptable.
It was a short way to Ammerbach by bike, where I parked it at the bottom of the hill the point lay on. From here I went the last 500 meters on foot. Good decision. Others may have tried to climb the hill by bike, but I'm not that crazy. So the last 500 meters were a relaxed walk and only the last 10 became haspoint typical.
I left the path and entered a thicket where a machete would have been helpful (once again). A cloudy sky above, trees and brushwood all around, so the GPS signal was fading of course. Whenever a moved 1 meter in reality the GPS device moved 5. And this in an area where it took 10 seconds to move this 1 meter. So a distance of 6 meters must be close enough for today's finished-photo. (Btw. I forgot to switch on the coordinates field, but believe me, the flag is at the point)
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Expedition: Juja[edit]
Obviously I am no longer the Geohashing Weasel... I asked Jens the day before whether he would go to this point, and he didn't really want to because of the weather forecast (two raindrops, see above), and I also had my fill of mud on Monday. So it looked like neither of us would go to this point that was, technically speaking, too near to miss.
But after I had been at the pool it still wasn't raining, so I decided to call Manu, ask for the coordinates (I hadn't even saved them to my GPS before) and visit them before no one else would go. I cycled to Ammerbach, then up the hill by bike (yes, yes I am), on paths that were really great for mountainbiking, why haven't I been there before? I could even trick my GPS to get 3 meters close to the point without leaving the path (due to bad reception in the forest), but for the 0m shot there was some climbing necessary - through the bushes, but there were some imaginary paths I could use (I am seeing quite a lot of imaginary paths lately).
After the work was done it was time for fun: I had passed another way before that was going straight uphill (even more), and of course I needed to know where this one would go, so I went up there and had a nice view over Ammerbach and Jena, and I also liked those paths up there a lot. So I made my peace with the forest, the mud and the "bad weather" again, yay!
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Fishing has slowed some due to changing seas, but there was a fair bite for yellowtail, white sea bass and thresher sharks off La Jolla last week.
Derek Grant and Pam and Bill Moore, aboard the boat Gut Barge, saw some of the action on Christmas Day. A kayaker, Wade Griffith of Riverside, had been fighting a huge fish for an hour before getting some assistance from Grant and the Moores.
Griffith told Derek Grant's father, Jim, it was the biggest fish he ever hooked into and he trusted Derek Grant and his crew because he could tell they were knowledgeable and savvy fishermen.
The shark was boat shy and stayed 20 feet under the kayak and 25-foot Skipjack for at least half an hour, according to Jim Grant, who took the report from Griffith. When the fish did surface, Bill Moore, who had just come off a long-range trip in which he caught large yellowfin and a 125-pound grouper, used a flying gaff as Derek Grant gill-gaffed the thresher to get it to the vessel. They also helped Griffith tie the thresher to his kayak.
"The crew of the Gut Barge gave me a Christmas I will remember," Griffith wrote to Jim Grant in an e-mail. The shark weighed 110 pounds.
• Those giant squid are continuing to bite near the 9-Mile Bank. Seaforth Sportfishing is offering trips daily leaving at 4 p.m. on the New Seaforth. Squid are ranging from 20 to 50 pounds.
• Anglers need a new California fishing license Jan. 1. Starting next year, anglers don't have to wear their license anymore.
• Captain Buzz Brizendine is preparing for an early spring bite on yellowtail due to the mild El Niño conditions that are projected for Southern California waters this year. Brizendine, who is on the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, is doing early boat work in preparation. Brizendine just returned from Arizona, where he hunted Mearns quail and then stopped off at Cibola Sportsman's Club and shot a limit of Canada geese on the Corbett North Ranch. He said storms had chased a lot of geese south.


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What corperations? Who are slave owners?
I think you went a little heavy on the sarcasm here.
Some won't get the idea that Corporations should have never been recognized as entities in the first place.
I'm lost
It's a sarcastic rant comparing a company/corperation to a legal person/corperation......ok
14th Amendment; Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Thirteenth Amendment; Section 1
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Answer me this, if corporations are slaves, who are the slave owners?
I hear ya, nice concept,
but who is to speak for the corporate entity?
And they should all probably be in jail for crimes against humanity.


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The study of connections between music and literature has recently become a flourishing area of international research activity. The Open University's Literature and Music Research Group aims to encourage wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of literature and music and to foster a research community in this area within and beyond the university.
Members of the Literature and Music Research Group have previously run two international conferences, resulting in the publication Phrase and Subject: Studies in Literature and Music. Details of further research publications in this area can be found by following the members link and clicking on individuals' names.
The OU Literature and Music Research Group hosted the ninth international conference of the WMA in August 2013. Literature and Music Research Group members are also engaged in Knowledge Transfer activity and events, such as opera projects and educational consultancy for opera companies.
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If you're like most people, you've probably heard of Weblogs—or blogs, for short—but you may be hard-pressed to define the term.
Like many of the advances associated with the Internet, blogs are at once new and old, strange yet familiar. It might seem hard to differentiate them from their well-known but more static cousins, traditional Web sites. Nonetheless, blogs are different—and in ways that hold powerhouse promise for legal professionals.
With an estimated 10 million Weblogs and counting, it's almost impossible to run a Google search without tripping over one or more of them. And though blogs have a reputation for sometimes being controversial, they're becoming the format of choice for delivering the very latest news and opinions online—an Internet equivalent of the town crier.
More importantly, some suggest, these Web journals are turning into respected marketing, research and collaboration tools for businesses and individuals looking to make a name for themselves on and off the Internet.
Enter the lawyers.
The Exhilaration of Breaking Free
The legal technorati weren't there at the dawn of the blogosphere, but by 2000 a handful of U.S. legal professionals had joined die-hard cybergeeks in discovering the sheer simplicity and power of Weblogs.
Denise Howell, who coined the term "blawg" as shorthand for "law blog," is considered one of blogging's pioneers. She says the nascent days of legal-oriented blogs were marked by a frontier spirit that was equal parts anticipation and exhilaration.
Today, thousands of lawyers, judges, law professors, law librarians and law students have discovered the promise of blogs, both as visitors and as hosts, filling cyberspace with such aptly named vehicles as CrimLaw ( http://crimlaw.blogspot.com), Fourth Amendment ( www.fourthamendment.com) and May It Please the Court ( www.mayitpleasethecourt.net).
For legal professionals of every kind, not just technolawyers, blogs provide an opportunity to break free of the traditions and limits of the profession, enhancing the practice of law in new ways.
A Blog by Any Other Name
Although starting a blog does require some technology, time and thought, if you've got an opinion, then you've got the heart of it. And having multiple opinions makes for a more interesting blog.
In the most basic technical sense, a blog is a simple Web page that anyone—even someone without programming skills—can publish using a number of inexpensive software programs. (See David Opderbeck's article on page 40 for the tools and steps involved in setting up a blog.)
Born in the mid-1990s as digital diaries, blogs started out as a sort of soapbox on the Web, a place to air criticisms and complaints or find like-minded individuals. That they were begun by a ragtag bunch of techno-nonconformists is not surprising. After all, the Web was in its fledgling years, and the idea of posting what amounted to a stream-of-consciousness rant or rave was pretty revolutionary.
As the technology took hold, popular blogs soon earned a reputation as provocative or funny journals about pop culture, politics and technology. It was clear to early constituents that the medium had the power to create cyberspace communities as distinct as physical towns, cities and states.
Compared to a traditional Web site, a blog remains a cheaper and more fluid vehicle for communicating online. By forgoing the bells and whistles of its Web site kin (such as flash, frames and databases that allow for extensive searching), the blog can be a quicker and easier content management tool. Plus, because it can be updated with relative simplicity and frequency—say, a dozen times a day if necessary—the flow of fresh information can seem ceaseless.
Even the hippest Web sites are considered stodgy by bloggers, who say traditional sites lack the freewheeling enterprise of blogs, which can spark a worldwide debate in a flash.
Don't confuse blogs with e-mail distributions, though. Unlike e-mail missives, blogs archive the disparate thoughts and ideas of their authors and fans. Every posting can be chronicled for posterity, allowing for a depth of discussion difficult to maintain with the more ephemeral e-mail.
And thanks to a technology called RSS—Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary—blogging has become even more attractive, as home computers are transformed into information hubs with dispatches alerting computer users that favorite blogs have been updated.
These RSS feeds are interpreted by news readers, which are software programs that track updates to blogs, Web sites and news channels. First introduced by Netscape as a way to personalize home pages with favorite sites, the news reader has become an essential element in the energy of blogging.
No-Limit Territory for Lawyers?
Energy is a key characteristic of the blogging world, and at this point it appears nearly boundless. Perseus Development Corporation, a Massachusetts company tracking blogosphere trends, estimated that there were 10 million blogs on the Internet by the end of 2004. If the past is any guide, part of the growth in 2005 and onward will come from the legal profession. Over the last year alone, observers believe the number of lawyer blogs has doubled, if not tripled—and the future holds even more promise.
Experts say the blogosphere holds real potential for lawyers in four key areas:
"It's really over the last two years that we've started to see the big increase in the number of blogs," says Dennis Kennedy, a St. Louis lawyer whose blog ( www.denniskennedy.com/blog) is considered a prime Web resource for lawyers. "The early legal blogs had a lot more personality and were very individual. Now it's become very clear that if you want to do a legal blog that markets your practice, the way to do it is to create a niche that is very narrow."
Lawyers looking to expand their expertise in a particular practice now give life to blogs that are more formal, sometimes with a creative twist, and with some novel functions. Yet owing to the nature of the medium, individuality is still very much a factor, regardless of what benefits you're looking to achieve. Blogs are a reflection of their authors, says Kennedy.
Since blogs are what their authors make them, Kennedy believes that there is no limit to the number of topics one might address. The only limit is one's imagination.
Blogs and Lawyer Expertise
The greatest contribution blogs may make to the legal profession is their ability to reveal talent and expertise often hidden in courtrooms and boardrooms. Blogs excel at getting the word out, and observers say lawyers who embrace them are bound to be rewarded with fans and fame.
Instead of waiting for months, even years, to be published in a legal journal or magazine, lawyers can pen a short article or commentary expressing their views on any range of subjects, dramatically cutting the time it takes to reach colleagues and the public.
The blogosphere is teeming with topic-specific blogs that have won kudos from legal experts for their ability to supply timely information that is unique and hard to find. Pennsylvania attorney Howard Bashman's How Appealing ( http:// legalaffairs.org/howappealing) is considered a go-to source for appellate litigation, and New Yorker Martin Schwimmer's The Trademark Blog ( http://trademark.blog.us/blog) has a reputation for providing the most up-to-date analysis of trademark law.
Goldstein & Howe's SCOTUSblog ( www.scotusblog.com) has won fame for its soup-to-nuts approach to U.S. Supreme Court coverage. SCOTUSblog publishes summaries of cases scheduled for oral arguments, including links to more detailed information such as amicus briefs. When the justices issue opinions, the blog publishes its own summary with particularly relevant or newsworthy elements of a ruling.
"We market ourselves as a firm devoted exclusively to the Supreme Court," says partner Amy Howe. "Once we became aware of the blogging world … we thought it would be both fun and a good business development tool to have SCOTUSblog, a blog that covered the Supreme Court exclusively as well."
As we've seen with other technologies, it may be the solo and small firm practitioners who are best situated to take advantage of blogs as reputation-building tools. "People have figured out that this is a really good way, and an easy way, of marketing yourself and demonstrating you have expertise," says Ernest Svenson, a Louisiana lawyer whose Ernie the Attorney blog ( www.ernietheattorney.net) is considered a must-read. "It's still too early to know whether it's beneficial or not for everyone, but it doesn't hurt to try."
Blogs and Legal Research
Some observers believe that blogs may hold even more promise in the field of legal research, where they can be used to monitor evolving legal issues, uncover answers to arcane legal questions, or find far-flung experts across the continent. An increasing number of law schools, law professors, individual practitioners and others are putting up blogs for both wide and narrow research purposes.
As a few quick examples, law school faculty can find legal research updates from around the world at BarclayBlog ( http://bllsulaw.blogspot.com); judges and attorneys in Dane County, Wisconsin, can obtain local legal news and information at Dane Co. Legal Resource Center Blawg ( http://dclrcblawg.blogspot.com); and construction practitioners can get updates on case law at Statutory Construction Zone (see the sidebar at left).
But it's caveat emptor when it comes to blogs, too. What makes them dynamic, their immediacy and flavor, is also the quality that could cast doubt on their accuracy. Blogs aren't peer-reviewed publications in which ideas must be qualified. Although this factor is part and parcel of the Web itself: It can be hard to tell a credible source in cyberspace.
However, to the credit of the blogosphere, when blogs go wrong (as some do), the "corrective response" from readers can be swift. Ask any blogger, who will point out that blogs are parsed in a thousand different ways by their readers. Because those readers also get to be active participants, unlike with many other types of resources, they will jump in to ensure that corrections for even the slightest mistake are given marquee treatment.
Blogs and Client Communications
Forget about the telephone, the couriers, the e-mails—the best way to communicate with clients today and in the future may be the blog, observers say. It is a cheap, effective and efficient way to disseminate information.
Denise Howell says lawyers and law firms should consider the information shared with the client in a blog to be part of an ongoing conversation that informs the relationship and improves communication. Although the blog isn't suited to every client—the idea may repel some technophobes—it does offer a distinctive way to keep clients up-to-date on their cases.
"Clients have a closer appreciation of who their lawyers are and how their brains work," says Howell. "If anyone's worried about my keeping current in IP law issues, hopefully those concerns can be laid to rest."
Perhaps the best examples of this unconventional conversation are the blogs found at some of the nation's larger law firms, where they have mastered the use of technology in keeping the lines of communication open with their clients.
Environmental Law Net ( http://lawvianet.com), sponsored by the Massachusetts firm Murtha Cullina LLP, is a prime example of how the technology can be used to keep clients abreast of changes in a case or allow them access to the site to research particular issues.
Importantly, firms can also use blogs to keep partners and associates informed about recent developments in a particular case, client matter or practice niche. E-mail has its limits in communicating quantities of information, and many experts foresee a time when intraoffice blogs will become the mode of communication for managing discussion forums in all but the smallest offices.
Blogs and Client Recruitment
Almost everyone agrees that if blogging is a potential gold mine when it comes to recruiting clients, then the vein of gold has yet to be tapped. Although many bloggers hold out hope that the Internet will generate new clients who feel comfortable shopping for a lawyer on the Web, most have not yet seen it reflected in their lists of new clients.
"Blogs are a way to get the word out about your practice and who you are to known and new clients," says Thomas Mighell, a Texas lawyer who has created his own legal research blog, Inter Alia ( www.inter-alia.net). But, he advises, "How successful you are may depend on the quality of your blog or on how good you are at keeping it current. A blog with old posts doesn't do much to attract new clients."
At this early stage, it's hard to tell how this particular use is going to play out. Of course, there's uncertainty about any new technology in its formative days. In fact, many people at first thought Web sites were more show than substance. Today that impression has dramatically changed.
Some blogging experts say the potential for recruiting new clients can be found in one of the true advantages that blogs have—rankings in the major Internet search engines. Ernest Svenson says Google tends to rank well-connected blogs with many links to other sites higher than it does conventional Web sites.
"My blog ranks higher than a lot of expensive Web sites," says Svenson. "I think you're more likely to find your blog up near the top of a Google search, and that is what is going to draw new clients who are looking for assistance."
By delivering content that is focused on a law firm's expertise and its business objectives, blogs allow lawyers to showcase their past work as well as their potential. Moreover, observers say bloggers who let their personalities shine through with sassy, wise or authoritative writing are bound to attract clients before their more soporific counterparts do.
Blogs and Culture
Not every law-oriented blog explores esoteric legal questions or pontificates about what Congress will do next in writing a bill. Some have adopted the fun and frivolity of their nonlegal counterparts, and they are breaking new ground by mixing an interesting recipe of law and pop culture.
An often-cited example is Underneath Their Robes ( http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com), a trove of juicy gossip about the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court. Written by Article III Groupie, this blog is both dishy and surprisingly insightful about the federal bench. By keeping her name a secret (she admits to being female), speculation about Article III Groupie's identity is akin to the conjecture preceding journalist Joe Klein's announcement that he had penned the faux Clinton campaign tell-all Primary Colors.
"In some ways, and perhaps unlike many lawyers, I'm more interested in people and personalities than in ideas or abstract concepts," says Article III Groupie, who was willing to be interviewed by e-mail only. "This blog is for people like me—people who can shuttle between an article about statutory interpretation in the Harvard Law Review and an article about Brad and Jennifer's split in Us Weekly!"
Despite her playfulness, the author aims to make a serious contribution to legal discussions of the day as well, especially when it comes to examining the role and impact of the federal judiciary.
"We often think of federal judges as these disembodied legal minds, impersonal machines spitting out decisions and dispensing justice," she writes. "I'm trying to remind the legal profession that federal judges are people, too."
An Endless Horizon: Will You Accept the Invitation?
If you feel that blogs might be perfect for you, don't be worried by the thought that the revolution has already passed you by. There may be 10 million blogs out there, but only a small percentage of them represent the work of talented lawyers, law professors, law students and law librarians.
Observers say the horizon for law blogs isn't even in sight yet, leaving an enormous amount of space for new lawyer-bloggers to cover, from marketing to networking, from knowledge management to research and beyond. And, of course, the personal blog, the kind that can give lawyers a chance to ruminate about private concerns, isn't expected to vanish in the ether as more business-oriented blogs are developed to recruit clients.
That veteran bloggers are inviting potential competitors to the blogosphere comes as no surprise to anyone who believes that the Internet remains a place where ideas, initiative and independence flourish.
Blogging may not be for everyone, but it's possible to imagine a world where most lawyers and law firms do publish blogs, if only to better communicate with their clients and colleagues and, ultimately, to enlarge the reach of their practices. There's a lot of promise looming here.
A Cyber-Coffee Shop for Lawyer Bloggers
The Lawyer: Carolyn Elefant
"When you're in the blog world, it's very insular," says Elefant, who began publishing her blog My Shingle, at www.myshingle.com, in December 2002. My Shingle caters to solo and small firm practitioners seeking advice or looking to share it. "Being inside [the blogosphere], you think it's the greatest thing that ever happened, and it's going to change the face of law. People don't feel quite the same way on the outside, but once you're in, you do."
Elefant says My Shingle was designed to provide the kind of assistance that the Internet is great at delivering—concise and timely. And it delivers it in subject categories of importance to her target audience, including topics such as client relations, practice management, ethics issues, marketing advice and solo practice trends. Lawyers can find discussions about the merits of going solo in Hawaii or a listing of how state bars assist solo and small firm practitioners.
And through a recently added feature, My Shingle includes a free listing for other solo and small firm bloggers, too. Getting listed is essentially a "public service" available free to any solo and small firm lawyer. But it's also a means of "virtual meet-and-greet" for whoever is added to the list—another nicety in the cyber-coffee shop, as it were. (You can find more tips for solos from Carolyn Elefant in this issue's Ask Bill, on page 14.) —Sarah Kellogg
A Full-On Research Tool to Illuminate a Practice Area
The Lawyer: Gary O'Connor
"My hope is that someone who wants to keep up with current federal statutory construction case law would be able to do so by checking this Web site for five to ten minutes every week or two," says O'Connor, an attorney with a federal agency. The primary goals he describes for his blog are: "To provide current, succinct, statutory-construction case summaries that will be helpful to practitioners and others; to show that there is a lot more to statutory construction than 'plain meaning' versus 'intent'; and to disseminate trivia about the pre-1789 English common law."
That latter goal is just the kind of thing that makes a blog a window into its author's personality and enthusiasms. As is the opening sentence of O'Connor's blog: "Why I Like Statutory Construction (And Why You Should, Too)."
O'Connor attributes the inspiration for his diving into the blogosphere to a 2002 article he read about Howard Bashman's How Appealing blog. It's another example of how the blogosphere is a self-perpetuating environment, where the information that's spread fuels yet more information going out. Needless to say, Statutory Construction Zone provides a nice heap of links to other blogs, too. —Sarah Kellogg
Sarah Kellogg ( firstname.lastname@example.com) is a freelance writer who lives in Washington, D.C.


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The Sun Devils opened the scoring in the top of the third inning with a two-out rally. After the Bruins had posted a strikeout and ground-out for the first two outs of the inning, Kristin Farber and Kara Brun posted back-to-back singles before Phelan Wright hit a double that bounced on the right field foul line, scoring Farber. Following an intentional walk to pitcher Erica Beach, Missy Hixon recorded an RBI single, giving ASU the 2-0 lead, before Erin Wardein grounded out to end the inning.
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Amanda Freed completes her UCLA career with a school-record 97 pitching victories, while Stacey Nuveman sets UCLA records for career batting average (.466, 3rd NCAA history) and doubles (51), and sets NCAA records for single season (1.045) and career (.945) slugging percentage. This was the final game in a Bruin uniform for Freed and Nuveman, along with UCLA's remaining seniors Crissy Buck, Casey Hiraiwa and Erin Rahn.
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Five Questions with Marnie MacLean
Marnie MacLean is today's featured designer in our Five for Five interview series; follow the whole series here. Marnie has contributed a whopping nineteen patterns to our pages, and we are so so glad. Her work is effortless and intricate at the same time, making her designs fun to make and easy to wear. We heart her.
(top row: Foxcroft, Lyssia, Picard, Regent. bottom row: Theano, Doppler, Zosia, Mata Hari)
1. What is your worst knitting habit?
If I leave a project for more than a week or two, it's as good as frogged. I just can't get my mojo back for something that has been sitting around too long.
2. Why are you a designer?
Dirty little secret, I really dislike having to match someone else's gauge. So much easier to just write a pattern around whatever gauge I get. Don't tell anyone.
3. What's your favorite design you did for Twist Collective? Why?
Well, it hasn't been my most popular design, by a long shot, but I always really loved Bijou and hoped it would someday find its audience. But if I were going by popularity alone, Pas de Valse has been my a great success and I've loved seeing all the variations people have made.
4. Name one of your guilty pleasures.
I don't have much time for it anymore, but I used to love playing RPG video games. I have spent more hours working my way through Final Fantasy than I care to recount. This is off the record, right?
Maybe designers could be paid like doctors, or at least like plumbers, heck, minimum wage wouldn't be so bad.
(top row: Bijou, Pas de Valse, Tolovana, Dulce de Leche. bottom row: Lily, Damariscotta, Dietrich, Treillage)
Green Mountain Spinnery Giveaway
It's no secret that we think Green Moountain Spinnery is seriously cool. Not only are they a great company that makes gorgeous yarns, they have been a supporter of ours since our very first issue.
Today we are giving away two great GMS prizes; some Alpaca Elegance to make the lovely Cabled Cuff Gloves (plus the pattern), and enough Sylvan Spirit to make Lanata.
Today we want to hear about a friend you made because of knitting! You can join the conversation on today`s Facebook post, on the Green Mountain Spinnery Giveaway thread in our Ravelry group, or by tweeting at us .@twistcollective (the dot is important!). You have until the end of the day! Good luck.
Twist Style Friday: Farthingale
Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.
I hope you all have equally exciting weekend plans, and maybe they include casting on for a project from our new issue? I hope you'll think about knitting Farthingale. She's real pretty.
There is lots going on- this sweater has tons of gorgeous details - but the plain portions in front and back keep the overall look understated.
I wanted to pair this with black, black, and more black. Maybe I was inspired by my friend Clara, who has been dyeing old clothes black in her sink to give them new (summertime goth) life! Here you go. All the black!
How will you wear Farthingale?
Lantern Moon Giveaway
When I started knitting, I used plastic needles from Zellers (a now-defunct Canadian Wal Mart, pretty much), and had no idea that there was any difference between using those and using fancier needles. That was, until a friend of mine bought a set of rosewood DPNs and vowed to modify every pattern she knitted to be able to use them, at least until she could afford to buy more gorgeous smooth handmade needles.
For a chance to win, tell us about a pair of needles that are or were important to you! Maybe they felt lucky, or never snagged. Maybe you made your favourite project with them, or they were given to you by someone special in your life. Maybe they just always felt perfect in your hands.
You can tell your needle story as a comment on today's Facebook post (and like our page!), tweet it at us (.@twistcollective- the dot is important! And follow us!), or join our Ravelry group and post in the Lantern Moon discussion (or all three)! You have til the end of Thursday.
And find Lantern Moon on their blog, facebook, twitter and ravelry!
Classic Elite Yarns Giveaway
Autumn is really showing her pretty face (in Toronto, at least) and the more the leaves turn, the more I want to knit. Classic Elite Yarns wants to help, by giving away yarn!
The prize is kind of major. One lucky winner (in the US or Canada) will get Classic Elite Yarns Verde Collection Woodland (color i#3157 Cornflower), a project bag, a copy Woodland "Northern Lights" pattern booklet and whichever Twist Collective pattern you desire!
Take a look at some of our favorite projects knitted with Classic Elite Yarns:
(top row: Topside, Bijou, Fitting, Pebble Rings bottom row: Oscillate, Academia, Quintet, Parcel)
Today we want to hear who your favorite person to knit for is, and why (yourself is a perfectly wonderful answer)!!
Today's contest is only on Facebook, so comment on today's thread. You have til tomorrow morning. Good luck!!
Twist Collective Blog Article Count: 297
The Twist Team Article Count: 4
Behind the scenes Article Count: 3
Knitting for Ourselves Article Count: 4
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Five for Five Article Count: 15
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As the Legislature is still on their spring recess, let's catch up on some education reform issues here in Michigan and across the country.
Teacher Evaluation Bills Make Progress
GLEP participated in a legislative workgroup meeting held yesterday with Rep. Margaret O'Brien (R-Portage) and Rep. Adam Zemke (D-Ann Arbor), sponsors of HB 5223 and HB 5224, to create a teacher and leader evaluation system. Our previous concerns – that the bills potentially "turn back the clock" on teacher tenure reform and that language in the bills would promote or prohibit a specific student assessment – are being addressed by the sponsors. Once we've seen final language here, GLEP intends to support the bills and communicate our support to members of the House Education Committee and the full House of Representatives.
70 West Michigan School Districts Announce Reading Now Network
Recently, a group of 70 school districts in 13 West Michigan counties announced formation of the Reading Now Network to improve early literacy for students. The Network includes three initiatives: a Field Study to identify proficient readers; a Summit in the fall to share the field study results; and a Symposium in 2015 focusing on reading techniques and classroom. But wait, there's more!! Participating West Michigan school and business leaders also signed a Commitment Board, emphasizing their dedication to help all children in the region become excellent readers. So there you have it. A field study, summit, symposium and a commitment board. It's too bad so many 3rd graders can't read the commitment board!
While one could be encouraged by the recognition that only 62% of 3rd graders reading proficiently is embarrassingly low and that these districts are doing "something" to address the issue, GLEP continues to support passage of HB 5111 and 5144, sponsored by Rep. Amanda Price (R-Holland) and Rep. Thomas Stallworth III (D-Detroit), which will improve early literacy through a comprehensive approach including early screening, intervention, parental notification and potential retention (as a last resort). These bills have passed in the House Education Committee and are pending on the floor of House of Representatives.
State Board of Education Continues to Examine School Funding
In the continuing process of inviting stakeholder commentary on school funding issues, the State Board of Education entertained presentations this past Tuesday from the Education Trust-Midwest (see last week's blog post for their new report), and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Audrey Spalding, Mackinac Center, pointed out that increased funding doesn't necessarily lead to improved performance, and that Michigan's investments have risen dramatically while performance is stagnant. Click here to download Ms. Spalding's presentation.
New Online Tool to Evaluate Schools – But Does it Work?
Parents in Detroit may have been provided another online tool to help them navigate nearly 350 K-12 school options in the city – but will it do more harm than good? The GreatSchoolsDetroit.org site is a product of Excellent Schools Detroit, and is to provide in-depth profiles on K-12 schools in the city and nearby suburbs, including state and national data and ratings. Here's a random rating header for a school in Detroit:
From looking at this graphic, one could assume this school is either Very Good, Average or Poor. Is this meaningful information when trying to make a school choice decision? We believe the confusion and complexity of having so many different school rankings and reporting systems (Top-to-Bottom Ranking; Rainbow Report Card; Priority/Reward/Focus schools; ESD; Mackinac Center, Bridge Magazine; Great Schools.Org, etc) actually does a disservice for parents and families trying to make informed choices about where to educate their child.
That's why GLEP supports the A-F Letter Grading accountability system for schools, since it is a simpler and more meaningful system that focuses on academic proficiency and student growth. This bill (HB 5112) has passed in the House Education Committee and is pending on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Michigan Ranks 44th for African American Children
A provocative new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, titled "Race for Results," concludes that white and Asian children are far better positioned for success than black, Latino and American Indian children in the United States. In fact, the report ranks Michigan as 44th in terms of providing an environment of success for African American children. The foundation is urging drastic action to bridge the racial gap in education in order to improve child well-being in the country. Here's a national media story from MSNBC on the report. GLEP believes that quality educational choices for all children – especially at-risk children trapped in chronically failing schools – is the key to closing the academic achievement gap and ending the cycle of poverty.
Cal Thomas Hits the Nail on the Head
According this awesome column by Cal Thomas, "Parents want choice, students want choice. Only the unions and certain politicians stand in their way." We couldn't agree more. Mr. Thomas' column was used to promote the fact that the Friedman Foundation has just released their "ABC's of School Choice" 2014 report.
GLEP Endorsements Coming Soon!!
Next week, GLEP will start announcing our PAC endorsements in key State Senate and State House primary campaigns. Based on past voting history, responses to our candidate questionnaire and personal interviews – GLEP is proud to support those candidates who stand up for choice, quality and accountability in public education.
Please click here if you're a candidate for State Senate or State House and would like to be considered for an endorsement from GLEP in the 2014 election cycle. Our deadline for submission is May 1, 2014.
Next Week
The Michigan Legislature is not in session (it's called an "in district work period") through most of the month of April. We'll add calendar items when they return.
Do you support what GLEP is doing to improve education in Michigan? Please consider making a donation to help us continue our efforts, and all contributions are very much appreciated!!
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student who had his nomination for the UW Board of Regents rescinded after he told Gov. Scott Walker's office that he signed the recall petition says he feels like his character is under attack.
Josh Inglett tells The Associated Press in a Thursday interview that if Walker's administration was concerned about him signing the recall petition two years ago they should have asked during the four-month vetting process.
Walker announced he was appointing Inglett on Monday. But on Wednesday, his staff member called Inglett and asked if he signed the petition. Hours later the offer was rescinded.
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Huntley woman dies in Gilberts crash
The Kane County coroner's office and Gilberts police are investigating a weekend car crash that killed a 62-year-old Huntley woman, authorities said Monday in a news release.
The crash occurred around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Huntley and Kreutzer roads in Gilberts. It involved a Dodge Caravan and a BMW.
Sylvia Franco of Huntley was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The cause of death is pending autopsy and toxicology results.
Franco was in the Caravan with two others -- a male who was injured and taken first to Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin and later transferred to Advocate Lutheran General in Park Ridge, and a 10-year-old boy who did not suffer any injuries, Gilberts Police Lt. Mike Joswick said.
"He was wearing a seat belt," Joswick said of the 10-year-old. He did not know if others were wearing seat belts, nor the conditions of others involved.
The driver of the BMW was transported by Flight for Life to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, he added.
Investigators are still trying to determine what exactly happened and reconstruct the accident, Joswick said.


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ECBL: Southern Wayne turns back Spring Creek
By Andrew Stevens
Published in Sports on June 7, 2013 1:47 PM
DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne routinely put the baseball in play and forced Spring Creek to execute defensively.
Rain ultimately forced both teams to call it a day.
The Saints built an early lead on their way to a 6-2, game one victory in an Eastern Carolina Baseball League doubleheader Thursday afternoon. Game two was rained out and will be rescheduled.
Hunter Barwick's RBI double put Southern Wayne in front in the bottom of the first inning. The lead grew to 2-0 as Barwick later scored on a wild pitch.
Tyler Brock's two-run double in the bottom of the second inning extended the lead to 4-0. Brock later raced home on a wild pitch. Southern Wayne took advantage of six Spring Creek errors.
"We had some pretty good at-bats," SW head coach Jackson Massey said. "We hit some in the gaps and we capitalized on some of their errors and I was proud of how we ran the bases hard. If you put the ball in play you, always give yourself a chance to win."
Josh Jernigan capped Southern Wayne's scoring with an RBI single in the top of the third inning.
Spring Creek pushed across two runs in the top of the fourth inning on Matt Rogers' RBI groundout and Will Rouse's RBI single.
"I told our boys to be aggressive and hit the first good one you see and we started doing that," Spring Creek head coach Allen Nichols said. "If we didn't make so many errors this would have been a tight ballgame."
Matt Holland earned the win on the mound for Southern Wayne.
Weather permitting, Southern Wayne entertains Charles B. Aycock Blue today. Spring Creek visits Aycock White on Tuesday.
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Using a rib holder, place the 4 chicken halves vertically skin-side facing out in each of the 4 slots. The chicken in the holder will resemble slices of toast in an old-fashioned toast holder. Place the rib/chicken holder in the center of the cooking grate over indirect medium low heat (making sure no heat is directly under the chicken.) Grill for 1 hour, or until chicken registers 185 degrees F in the thickest part of the thigh. After 30 minutes, check the internal temperature with an instant-read thermometer. Brush liberally with barbecue sauce during the final 15 to 20 minutes only. If the chicken is sauced too early, it will burn on the outside before the interior meat is cooked through.
Combine paprika, salt, sugar, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt and oregano in bowl; mix well. For a smoother rub, puree ingredients in a spice grinder until well combined and all pieces are uniform (the rub will be very fine and tan in color). This step is important if adding to any homemade barbecue sauce.
In a large saucepan on the stove, add tomatoes, sugar, molasses, bourbon, ketchup, chile sauce, vinegars, and Worcestershire sauce, stirring after each additional ingredient to combine. Add the classic spice rub and simmer until the flavors have blended and the sauce has thickened somewhat, about 30 minutes.
Let the sauce cool for about 10 minutes or until it is warm but no longer "boiling" hot. Puree using an immersion or traditional blender. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt, about 1/2 teaspoon, and freshly ground pepper. Remember, the ribs will have plenty of spice rub on them, so don't over-season the sauce. Add the cocoa powder and mix well to combine. Let sit 5 minutes and stir again to make sure cocoa powder is well distributed. Let cool and pour into a clean glass jar for storing. The sauce can be made in advance and kept for 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
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MUMBAI - Katrina Kaif has said a firm 'no' to kissing scenes in her forthcoming films even if the script demands so.
"Katrina has said no to kissing scenes in all her films such as New York. And believe me, the directors are very keen to see her kissing her co-stars, but Katrina cleverly keeps dodging all the so-called must-kiss scenes,"says a friend of the actress.
"She is a very conservative girl at heart. In fact, when reports claimed she was going to wear a bikini in Dostana 2, Katrina protested violently and made it clear to producer Karan Johar and director Tarun Mansukhani that ther will be no kissing."
In fact, the cast and crew of Rajneeti calls Katrina the new-age Hema Malini because she has the hits and she won't expose or kiss.
Says Katrina with a laugh: "Well...that's true. Though comparing me with Hemaji is too much. I don't deny I've done scenes in the past where I did things that I wasn't comfortable with. But now I won't. I just don't feel comfortable doing kissing scenes, or for that matter, wearing a bikini on screen."
In both Ajan Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Rajneeti" there was apparently a request for a kiss with Ranbir Kapoor. But Katrina said a polite but firm 'no'.
Says a source: "All the intimate scenes in Rajneeti are between Ranbir and his American girlfriend played by Sarah Thompson. They have lingering love-making and kissing shots. In the Indian portion of Ranbir's story, there's no intimacy with Katrina. She convinced the director that the character of a dignified politician doing intimate scenes would not go down well with the audience."
Katrina says: "It's true... I'm not at all comfortable doing kissing scenes. Call me a prude or conservative. I just don't feel kissing scenes jell well with our audiences. So no kissing scenes for me."


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After 10 years as a French Quarter hotspot for locals and tourists alike, Flanagan's Pub aims to make a celebratory exit from its current location, giving patrons several more chances to gather for special events and offbeat traditions at the pub.
"We're obviously going to have anniversary party in October and a closing party when it's all over," said Andy Overslaugh, bartender and part owner of the pub.
Flanagan's does not plan to shut down but is looking to move, Overslaugh said.
"We're hoping to pop up somewhere else," he said. "We'd love to pop right back up in the French Quarter — the closer the better."
This month, the bar plans to hold a big toast for the pub's original holiday: "Saint Flanagan's Day."
The pub recognizes Saint Flanagan's Day each June 25 because the bar's address is 625 St. Philip St. The holiday tends to involve crawfish boils when June 25 falls on a weekend and more low-key observances on years when the date falls on a weekday.
This year, the pub is inviting patrons to gather late the night of June 24 for a midnight toast.
Flanagan's, which leases the space at 625 St. Philip St., recently announced its doors would be closing Nov. 15, because the building's owner opted not to renew Flanagan's lease. The space is owned by Royal Hotel Investors, the same company that owns the adjacent Hotel Royal. (The French Quarter Phantoms ghost-tour company, which will continue running out of Flanagan's until Nov. 15, is working to relocate with the pub.)
Flanagan's Pub has operated under owners Andrew "Drew" Allen and Overslaugh since Allen bought the watering hole in October 2004 and Overslaugh signed on as his business partner.
Before that, Flanagan's operated under the same name but different ownership and before that, the site long housed various incarnations of restaurants, bars, or combinations of the two.
The current incarnation has maintained a reputation as a casual, neighborhood-type spot that entertained flocks of loyal locals.
"We've had a huge outpouring of heartwarming statements on social media," Overslaugh said, adding that he's amazed at the strong response to the pub's closing. "It makes me feel loved and like we've done something right over the past 10 years."
Overslaugh, who has tended bar at Flanagan's for nearly 13 years, said he doesn't know why Royal Hotel Investors decided against renewing the pub's lease, but the businesses maintain an amicable relationship.
"They've been good to us. We've been good to them," he said. "They just have other plans."
Max Edelman, assistant asset manager for Royal Hotel Investors, said it's too early for the company to divulge even general plans for the space.
"We haven't yet confirmed what exactly we're going to do with it," Edelman said. "We don't give that information out until we're further along in the process."
As part of its departure, Flanagan's also plans to resurrect its videotaped Christmas shows (a month and a half early), Overslaugh said.
For several years, Overslaugh and others created annual comedic YouTube videos — some featuring members of the Noisician Coalition—that earned a warm spot in the hearts of patrons.
"It was just about doing something fun and making people happy on Christmas," Overslaugh said.
In addition, David White, the videographer behind the Flanagan's Christmas shows, plans to hold storytelling sessions at the pub during the next six months to document the bar's decade-long run, Overslaugh said. Patrons are encouraged to visit Flanagan's during those sessions (times and dates to be announced) to tell their favorite Flanagan's stories on camera.
And of course, Flanagan's plans to throw down in November.
"It's going to be one of the few times we've had to call last call," Overslaugh said, explaining that the 24-hour bar has closed briefly for major hurricanes and quick cleaning parties. "Hopefully there will be a whole lot of people to shoo out the door."


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Tom Wheeler, the FCC chairman, is expected to propose new regulations that would make the internet a regulated utility, a move that would ultimately ensure net neutrality. The initiative, which has been supported by President Obama, would eliminate the likelihood of providers blocking content and "pay to play" internet fast lanes that would in fact throttle non-premium users.
The proposal would shift internet services from an information service to telecommunication under Title II of the Communication Act allowing greater government regulation. While the proposal would allow for more stringent oversight its language would avoid the internet falling under the same scrutiny as more heavily regulated utilities like gas and electric to avoid government legislation over issues like pricing.
Net neutrality has been a hot button topic for the last two years. Proponents of net neutrality claim that a prioritized internet, either through blocking of information or the creation of "internet highways," by ISPs allows for unfair competition against competing standalone services. The most popular example being an ISP like Comcast being able to throttle bandwidth allocated to video services like Netflix as a means to steer customers to their own on demand services.
Those against net neutrality argue that additional government control stifles open market creativity and funding of projects that would bolster the country's high speed internet infrastructure. As of last year the U.S. ranked 10th in the world for internet economy. Those against neutrality also argue that a prioritized internet can ensure service for top priority services like health care as opposed to sharing the same bandwidth pool with the public at large.
Slated to be submitted Thursday, the proposal will not be made readily available to the public and will be voted on February 26. Commissioner Wheeler first gave notice of the proposal and impending vote at the January CES convention in Las Vegas.


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Maintaining a regular exercise routine throughout your pregnancy can help you stay healthy and feel your best. Regular exercise during pregnancy can improve your posture and decrease some common discomforts such as backaches and fatigue. There is evidence that physical activity can relieve stress, prevent gestational diabetes (diabetes that develops during pregnancy), improve mood, improve sleep, and build more stamina needed for labor and birth. In addition, exercising and eating healthy in pregnancy can help you to get back in shape faster after delivery. If you were physically active before your pregnancy, you should be able to continue your activity in moderation. If you have never exercised regularly before, you can safely begin an exercise program during pregnancy.
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise per day on most if not all days of the week, unless you have a medical or pregnancy complication. If you haven't been exercising before your pregnancy, walking is a great way to get started.
Some other examples of good exercises while pregnant are swimming, stationary bicycling, yoga, and low impact aerobics.
Prior to performing any exercises in pregnancy, you should consult with your healthcare provider to make sure you do not have a obstetrical or medical condition that may limit your ability to exercise during pregnancy. Your health care provider can also give you personal exercise guidelines based on your medical history.
You may want to limit your exercise in pregnancy is if you have any of the following conditions:
Most exercises are safe to perform during pregnancy, as long as you exercise with caution and do not overdo it. Avoid laying flat on your back and make sure if doing floor exercises to be in slight tilt. A wedge or towel is an easy way to accomplish this.
The safest and most productive activities are swimming, brisk walking, indoor stationary cycling, treadmill or elliptical machines, and low-impact aerobics (taught by a certified aerobics instructor). These activities carry little risk of injury, benefit your entire body, and can be continued until birth.
Other activities such as jogging can be done in moderation, especially if you were doing them before your pregnancy. Strength training or weight training is also acceptable in pregnancy if you use a low level of weight and concentrate on toning muscle groups not building new muscle. Avoid heavy lifting that requires you to squat or bear down during the activity. Isometric training and Nautilus® machines are ideal for this.
Tennis and racquetball are generally safe activities, but changes in balance during pregnancy may affect rapid movements. You may want to choose exercises or activities that do not require great balance or coordination, especially later in pregnancy.
For total fitness, a pregnancy exercise program should strengthen and condition your muscles.
Always begin by warming up for five minutes and stretching for five minutes. Include at least fifteen minutes of cardiovascular activity. Measure your heart rate at times of peak activity. Follow aerobic activity with five to ten minutes of gradually slower exercise that ends with gentle stretching.
Here are some basic exercise guidelines for pregnant women:
Physical changes during pregnancy create extra demands on your body. Keeping in mind the changes listed below, remember that you need to listen to your body and adjust your activities or exercise routine as necessary. Remember to include a gentle stretching routine every day to help prevent injury and relieve some pregnancy-related discomforts.
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Admission is open to the children of missionaries, provided there is space in the school and the families complete the necessary forms and can provide a letter of recommendations from their mission or sending church.
Missionary children whose mother tongue is not English will be required to take extra English classes. These will, most probably, have to be taken outside of the regular school classes and at the family's own expense. Wherever possible, CCS tries to provide English tutorial help, but we cannot guarantee that that is always available. All ESL students must pass a test in English proficiency before they can move into the next grade. CCS reserves the right to hold students back if they fail to meet the required English level.
The school also has some places available for non-mission children but the number of these varies from year to year and no place can be guaranteed. The PreKinder class takes 10 non-English speaking students each year to give them an opportunity to learn English. Children must have had their fourth birthday prior to 1st August of the year of their entry into CCS.