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Every year for the last seven years Jim Berngen has put together a community Thanksgiving dinner. Every year the number of meals prepared during the dinner has increased dramatically. This year is no different, he is expecting a large crowd. Berngen said donations for the dinner are still needed. He said he has plenty of corn and green beans but is still looking for things like canned sweet potatoes, cranberry sause, brown and serve rolls and deserts of all kinds including sugar free. Poteau Daily News is a drop off point for donations and anything not used during the Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be used in just three short weeks for the Community Christmas dinner. The Thanksgiving dinner will be from 11:30 - 1:30 on Thanksgiving day in the Poteau High School Cafeteria.


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Cooperative Extension Advisor - Assistant to Associate Level
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|Fresno/Madera Counties
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|Karen Ellsworth
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|(530) 750-1284
The University of California's division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) seeks an academic advisor to conduct a multicounty- based extension, education, and applied research program providing leadership to the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) low-income nutrition education programs funded by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (a SNAP-Ed Program).
We seek an advisor who will:
- Provide academic leadership for two federally funded nutrition education programs targeted toward low-income families and youth (namely EFNEP and UC CalFresh Nutrition Education). Supervise the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program Manager, who is responsible for managing, directing, and leading program development, evaluation, and delivery for three program supervisors, a fiscal support person, and 21 staff. Supervise a nutrition educator and ensure the programmatic success of EFNEP focusing on Hmong communities.
- Conduct a comprehensive communitywide NFCS needs assessments and monitor trends and issues to identify priority community needs.
- Develop and implement applied research designed to monitor changes and solve locally relevant problems.
- Evaluate programs and report accomplishments, results, and potential or actual impacts to scientific and lay audiences through a variety of outreach methods.
- Interact with others within UC ANR's research/extension network (such as the UC ANR Youth, Families and Communities Statewide Program, UC ANR Program Teams, CE specialists, CE advisors, Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) faculty, and others) to participate in extension and applied research activities, and to develop, strengthen, and expand the local delivery of statewide programs at the local level.
- Maintain and promote UC ANR CE's credibility and visibility by participating in professional organizations and collaborating with county government partners, health agencies, policy makers, and community organizations by providing independent science-based information and leadership.
- May participate in the UC Master Food Preserver Program or other family consumer science activities after becoming established in their programmatic and research responsibilities.
For information about UC ANR, the rich breadth of program scope and delivery, and how we are making a difference in California, candidates are invited to visit our Web site: http://ucanr.edu/
This is an academic career track appointment with the following requirements:
- A minimum of a master's degree or other advanced degree in nutrition, health education, human development or a closely related field.
- Must possess an understanding of nutrition through academic training and/or professional experience with the ability to transfer research-based principles to program design and research design methodologies.
- Professional experience in program and personnel management and academic training and/or professional experience in program design and research methodologies
- Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
Possessing the ability to apply low-literacy and cultural/ethnic principles to program-research design and community collaboration and bilingual communication skills in Spanish or an Asian language are highly desirable attributes.
Beginning salary will be in the Cooperative Extension Assistant to Associate Advisor Rank, and commensurate with applicable experience and professional qualifications. For UC Benefits information visit the UC Benefits Web site: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/. For position announcement containing list of required Academic Application Packet content, visit http://ucanr.edu/jobs or contact
Karen Ellsworth at [email protected] or call (530) 750-1284 and refer to position listing AP#14-21. Apply by February 22, 2016 to assure full consideration.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

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Shona McIsaac: I thank my hon. Friend for that assurance. A statutory instrument introduced within six months that is preceded by consultation is something that I can live with. During the consultation period, I shall continue vigorously to pursue the setting of a formula. Such legislation would allow for that and I am sure that the other organisations that have campaigned for a fair formula will also take part in the consultation. I am sure, too, that the hon. Member for Solihull will take part.
I shall hold my hon. Friend to her assurance and I shall be pursuing the matter vigorously until the statutory instrument is passed. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Shona McIsaac: The clause is about the purchase price for enfranchisement during lease extension. Being able to enfranchise during lease extension is a welcome change. As I said earlier, I have a number of problems in my constituency with 99-year leases running out, because most of the houses in question were built in the early 20th century. People cannot afford to enfranchise, which, considering some of the figures that I have cited, is not surprising. Let us hope that the Minister's planned statutory instrument will put a stop to such high prices. Many people are forced to take out lease extensions. That means that they are, strictly speaking, tenants, with no further rights to
Column Number: 153enfranchise. I have always considered that a gross injustice, so I certainly welcome the provisions on enfranchisement during lease extension.
My understanding of clause 144 is that the purchase price for enfranchisement during lease extension will be determined on the special valuation basis, which means that higher prices will be charged. I would appreciate it if the Minister would comment on that. If someone had been able to enfranchise on the original valuation basis, and that was their expectation when they purchased the interest and started paying their ground rent, they should be allowed to continue to enjoy the right to purchase their freehold on that basis.
On the 50-year extension, my argument is that if the original term of a lease was 99 or 100 years and that lease is coming up for renewal, the lessee should be able to extend it by the same period as the original term—by 99 or 100 years if that was its original length. I do not understand where the 50-year period comes from. If the freeholder takes possession of the property, as has been happening in my constituency, the house is resold with a new 99-year lease. I would like the Minister to comment on that.
Ms Keeble: My hon. Friend is right about the special valuation basis. In terms of the original valuation basis, the Government take the view that in a compulsory purchase situation, the landlord is entitled to the fair market price for their interest in the property as a whole, including the land and the building standing on it. There has been some discussion about whether the transaction could always be described as a compulsory purchase, but it is the Government's view that it could and we have applied that principle consistently.
Under the 1967 Act the basis is more favourable to the leaseholder, which reflects the circumstances that that Act was originally intended to address. I spoke about that earlier; it applied particularly to people with leasehold houses in south Wales. Whenever the right to enfranchise has been extended, it has been on the special valuation basis. This latest change follows that precedent. Although we no longer believe the original valuation basis to be appropriate, we do not wish to interfere with the existing rights of leaseholders who qualify to enfranchise on that basis.
My hon. Friend also mentioned the 50-year lease extension. We do not consider that it would be right to give a leaseholder a discount on the price paid for the freehold to reflect the fact that the lease has been extended by 50 years. Leaseholders do not pay any premium for such a lease extension. It would be akin to giving a refund on goods that have not been purchased. However, leaseholders will receive a discount to reflect the value of any improvements that they have made at their own expense.
I hope that I have provided my hon. Friend with the explanation that she sought. The clause advances the interests of those with leasehold houses, whose cause she has continually championed, and I welcome her support for it.
Shona McIsaac: I hope that the Minister will clarify what she said about acknowledging the fact that the leaseholder has invested a lot of money in maintaining
Column Number: 154the property—as she says, any improvements are at the leaseholders' cost. In leasehold houses, all the improvements are at the leaseholders' expense. Houses built between, say, 1900 and 1905 have had to be rewired and the plumbing has had to be done. In many cases, they have had to be re-roofed and damp proof courses have had to be put in. That has all been done at the expense of the leaseholder—
The Chairman: Order. This is far too long for an intervention.
Shona McIsaac: Will my hon. Friend detail how leaseholders would be compensated for those outlays?
Ms Keeble: Is my hon. Friend talking about the original valuation or the 50-year lease extension?
Shona McIsaac: The 50-year lease extension.
Ms Keeble: The point is not so much about compensating leaseholders. It would not be right to give a leaseholder a discount on the price paid for the freehold to reflect the fact that the lease has been extended by 50 years. He will have received a substantial benefit. It is recognised that leaseholders undertake improvements to the property; that is one of the characteristics of freehold as a tenure. It is one of the reasons why people who are leaseholders regard themselves as owners, rather than as tenants. It goes with the nature of the tenure.
Mr. William Cash (Stone): There is a tendency for the debate to gravitate towards an assumption that, notwithstanding the fact that a leaseholder performs his covenants, somehow or other he is equivalent to the freeholder. This is where we should get a few things straight—the leaseholder does not have the full responsibilities that the freeholder has. It is ''Alice in Wonderland'' to imagine that that is the case. The Minister has gone along with it, and we have all been sympathetic towards the idea that the leaseholder has to be given safeguards and things of that kind. I am certainly not going down the route of saying that the leaseholder is equivalent to the freeholder in every respect; it is not true. It is not a matter of personal, or even party political opinion, or philosophy; it is a matter of law. It is inappropriate and I shall not accept a stream of misconceptions being generated in the Committee. It is nothing to do with which side one is on; we have not really discussed it until recently, through the hon. Member for Cleethorpes. She has had a sympathetic response from Conservative Members, but she should not get carried away with the idea that the leaseholder is the equivalent of the freeholder; it is not the case. The freeholder has responsibilities and costs. It is not all one way.
Shona McIsaac: I have collated evidence from my constituency and elsewhere. It shows that the freeholders of the houses do nothing and rarely, if ever, get in touch with the leaseholders after the lease is signed. I have a letter here from one of the large landowners. It states—
The Chairman: Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but she will have a chance to make a further speech.
Mr. Cash: We know what the hon. Member for Cleethorpes was going to say. In a debate of this kind,
Column Number: 155it is important to keep a sense of perspective and not to allow party political enthusiasms to get in the way.
Shona McIsaac: It is nothing to do with that.
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Mr. Cash: We a discussing a matter of law, not simply a matter of opinion. There may be some bad landlords and freeholders and the hon. Lady may have evidence from her constituency to show that that is the case, but it does not necessarily follow that one can extrapolate from the Cleethorpes experience the position in the rest of the country. Cleethorpes seems to have a special problem. We cannot take it any further than that, because we have to take her word for it. She represents Cleethorpes and has special information about it.
Shona McIsaac: Does the hon. Gentleman accept that hon. Members representing the parts of the country in which there are large numbers of leasehold properties find a great many problems? That does not happen in my constituency alone; in some 40 constituencies in this country, more than 30 per cent. of the properties are leasehold houses. Would he agree with one of the big landowners in my area, that the landlord has an association with the tenant only at the very beginning of the lease? Landlords often do absolutely nothing beyond that point and that situation is prevalent in much of the country.
Mr. Cash: I am glad that the hon. Lady said that the situation was prevalent in much of the country, because that sums up my argument. I do not want to pursue the matter, but I do not want the debate to turn on the assumption that leaseholders are angels and freeholders are wicked; that is simply not the case. I am not speaking for freeholders and I accept some of the criticisms that have been made of them, but we must remember that freeholders provide the building in the first place.
We have accepted the Bill and been co-operative, so I do not want to get into an unnecessarily contentious debate with the hon. Lady, because that is not how I feel. However, we need to import some balance into the argument. I do not blame her for having made a special point for her constituency, because we all do it. What she has said will go down well in her local newspapers and with her constituents, although I am not saying that she said it simply for that reason. There may be good reasons in Cleethorpes for her to adopt her view, but we should keep some perspective.
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What do you wish to shed?
I wish to shed…
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– any perceived feelings/beliefs of limitations or lack
– worry or concern
– guilt or shame over my life and the way I live it and/or have lived it
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"If U seek Amy" is a really good song. :D
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"I have personally experienced all that Florida has to offer, and I want to ensure that our State remains the best destination for Americans seeking an outstanding quality of life. Conservative leadership in Tallahassee will preserve the Florida we love, and promote the economic and educational innovations essential to Florida's Future."
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Byron Donalds is the product of a single parent household. As a young man, his mother made every sacrifice possible to give him the best opportunity at the American Dream. Byron attended Florida State University and graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Finance and Marketing in 2002. Since moving to Naples, Byron has served in various capacities throughout the Naples community.
Byron is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for Florida Southwestern State College, formerly Edison State College. He was appointed to the post by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Byron also serves as a founding Board member for Mason Classical Academy, a public charter school in Naples. Under his leadership, MCA is fulfilling its mission and currently educates 414 children in Collier County. He also volunteers as an Advisory Board member for the Salvation Army of Collier County.
In 2012, as a Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives to succeed Connie Mack, Byron carried Collier County. Over the past five years, Byron has been a featured speaker on national and statewide policy and politics. He has also been a guest host and commentator on Daybreak with Drew Steele on 92.5 Fox News FM, The Bob Harden Show, and The Joe Whitehead Show on 98.9 WGUF.
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Services offered by the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan include psychiatric services, infectious disease treatment, dermatology, military sexual trauma treatment and compensated work therapy programs. The Detroit VA hospital also provides radiology, endocrinology, nephrology, post-traumatic stress disorder and primary care services.Continue Reading
Primarily focusing on caring for veterans with HIV/AIDS, infectious disease services at the Detroit VA hospital focus on subspecialty care for veterans suffering from infections caused by all parasites, viruses and bacteria. Practitioners also work with home health care services to assist veterans needing help administering intravenous antibiotics.
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Affordable Care Act authorizes $3 billion to keep elderly and disabled out of nursing homes
President Barack Obama
The Affordable Care Act has freed up $3 billion in grant money available to states looking to keep elderly and disabled individuals out of long-term care facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday that New Hampshire will be the first state to receive a grant — worth $26.5 million over three years — under the ACA's Balancing Incentive program.
The announcement reflects the "strong support" by the Obama administration to shift money from institutional care to community services for long-term care, federal officials said.
"No one should have to live in an institution or nursing home if they can live in their homes and communities with the right mix of affordable supports," said Cindy Mann, director of the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.
The grants are in the form of higher Medicaid matching payments, which will be given to states that spend less than 50% of their total long-term care costs on community-based options, according to the CMS. Additionally, the grants must be spent on efforts to increase the availability of long-term community-based services and supports, such as transportation services, personal care aides, respite services, enhanced family care services and automated of enrollment services.
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There is a problem that must be nerfed from Deathmatch..
The RPG/Bazooka.
This weapon is too overpowered and is overused and just need to get nerfed.
I see players camp in corners with an RPG and keeps spawn killing players from the corners that the enemy can't even hit.
It's too annoying, I like the idea of the RPG/Bazooka but please, We need it to be nerfed.
Remove the scope.
Add in a camp meter.
Make it 100 points +
Make a limit point of the RPG/Bazooka, (e.g, 3 Players have the Bazooka, you are not allowed to buy one)
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How do you catch a beady-eyed fish known for its notoriously poor vision?
You appeal to its sense of smell and taste.
There are a variety of commercial dips and "nuggets" available, but buying off-the-shelf bait is not half as fun as making up your own concoction.
Bait of choice for catfish has been known to include jackrabbit innards, shad guts, nightcrawlers, clotted chicken blood, liver, SPAM, oysters and hot dogs.
In other words, pretty much anything that sticks on your hook and emits odor might work. Avid anglers guard their secret recipes zealously.
The most common types of catfish in the Mid-Columbia are channel cats and bullheads.
Channel cats are the easiest to identify, with deeply forked tails and spots. They have 24 to 29 anal fin rays, compared with 19 to 23 and 30 to 36 for white and blue cats.
Bullheads have square tails. Chin barbels, fin membrane clarity and pectoral spine serration help distinguish the more prevalent brown from yellow and black bullheads.
Channel cats, the larger of the two, feed mainly at night. Strong fighters and excellent table fare, they are found throughout the lower Columbia and Snake river reservoirs, with the highest numbers in the Snake. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has also planted them in inland lakes to help control forage fish and diversify fishing opportunities.
They migrate in late spring into the lower reaches of soft-bottom streams, such as the Walla Walla, Yakima and Palouse rivers, seeking warm water to spawn. Females seek dark spaces such as an undercut bank, rock ledge or hollowed log to deposit eggs, after which males guard the nest and newly-hatched fry.
Channel cats move from McNary Pool into the lower Yakima River in late April and can be found in deep holes and runs from the Highway 240 bridge to Horn Rapids dam.
A popular weekend evening activity is plunking in the Yakima River delta. Look for an open spot to cast out your bait, prop your rod on a forked stick and wait for a bite. As flows drop, post-spawning channel cats get more aggressive and will strike spinners.
The lower Walla Walla River upstream to Nine Mile Ranch is also popular for still fishing from the bank. The channel near Madame Dorian Park is deep enough to be fished from an anchored boat using a slip bobber to suspend bait just off the bottom.
Channel cats that overwinter in the lower Snake River move into the upper Palouse River in May, where they migrate as far upriver as the base of the falls. An option for boaters is to anchor up in the deep channel off Lyons Ferry Park. Other popular spots include the lower Tucannon River and Lower Deadman Slough near Central Ferry, said Darcy Linklater of Darver Tackle.
Angling for channel cats requires a stout rod and reel loaded with 10- to 15-pound test mono or braided line. Most cats are in the 2- to 3-pound range, although you might see an occasional 10-pounder. A still-fishing rig can be as simple as threading a one-ounce egg sinker to a barrel swivel and tying on a 12-inch leader with hook sizes ranging from 1/0 to 2.
Catfish should be handled carefully, as they have powerful jaws and spines that can inflict injury. Two useful tools include a hook disgorger and needle-nose pliers.
There's a daily catch limit of five channel catfish, but no limit on their smaller cousin, the bullhead.Bullheads, also known as creek cats or squaretails, generally do not exceed 12 inches in length and can be taken on light tackle.
They have tasty pink or reddish-colored meat, in contrast to the white flesh common for other catfish. Some anglers consider bullheads to be unsurpassed for gastronomical delight.
Bullhead aficionados might try Mesa or Scootenay lakes and Burbank Slough. Sprague, Banks and Moses lakes and the Potholes Reservoir also have sizable populations.
Get out your lawn chair and fish on the bottom with half a nightcrawler or a piece of shrimp on a No. 4 hook.
Neither channel cats nor bullheads are native to Eastern Washington. Bullheads were first introduced around 1880 from the eastern United States. The first authenticated appearance of a channel cat in the Columbia River was in 1945.
Both species are unusual. They have no scales, feed on the bottom and rub chin whiskers with their mates. Their skin functions as a minor respiratory organ, and some can even swallow atmospheric air.
Catfish have been known to survive long enough to swim in the bathtub after being kept in a wet gunnysack all day. I wouldn't recommend doing so, however, if your primary interest is a fish dinner. You may become attached to the handsome whiskers.
-- Dennis Dauble is a retired fishery scientist, author and an adjunct professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities. He can be contacted at www.DennisDauble.com.


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I go for Alex Lacson
By Bobby Quitain
Setting Hearts on Fire
May 8, 2010
…because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you…" (John 15:19)
There will be many who deserve to win in this Monday's election but who may not. One of them is Atty. Alexander Lacson, a good friend, senatorial candidate under the Liberal Party.
The first time I met Alex was when we were both guest speakers in an event for the scholars of Metrobank Foundation. From that day onwards, my liking and admiration for this man began to grow. What struck me most about Alex was not his exceptional writing ability. Nor his inspiring public speaking skills. Not even his obvious patriotism. Towering above all these is one trait that sets the man apart from many successful people I know: Humility.
Here was a man who, despite his many skills and abilities, remained rooted in his values. Not one to brag about his achievements, Alex quietly works to make his beloved country a better place.
Alex and I share the same passion: to see transformation in the Philippine society. We both do it the same way. We do it with our mouths and with our pens. And now, as he has embarked on a journey in an arena I dare not tread, Alex has taken the fight a step further. He now seeks to transform, not only the minds and hearts of his countrymen, but also the very structure which impedes and obstructs the desired transformation that he envisions for his beloved nation.
I texted Alex some weeks back at the start of his campaign to encourage him. His reply was classic Alex: Bro, pray for me in this journey that I have chosen.
Yes, I pray for Alex. For when one decides to go against the tide, the tide will threaten to swallow him. People will hate him for what he stands for. His integrity. His passion. His honesty. His closeness to God. The words of scripture today is strikingly relevant:
"…because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you…" (John 15:19)
Yes, there will be many who deserve to win in this Monday's election but who may not…not unless we do something about it.
And so I call on all Filipino readers of this blog. Those who believe in having moral leaders take on the helm of this country. Those who believe in the importance of both competence and character in a public servant. Those who believe in the true essence of selfless service and genuine servanthood.
I call on all of you now to vote only for those candidates who truly deserve your precious votes. Give your trust to those who sincerely want change. Those who are honest. Those who are competent. Those who are humble. Those whose lives, more than their mouths, speak of the changes they envision.
And through your precious vote, the deserving, in the eyes of God, shall surely win.
Bracing myself for real transformation this Monday,
Bobby Q.


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Obama and India-Pakistan talks: US can be a better go-between
The Feb. 25 India-Pakistan talks, while welcome, did not go well. The US must intervene in this South Asian rivalry to keep it from affecting the Afghanistan war.
The war in Afghanistan is now clearly President Obama's war after his surge of 30,000 troops and the successful retaking of a former Taliban stronghold in Marjah this past week by US forces.
But there is also a diplomatic front, one in which Mr. Obama will need another surge: improved relations between India and Pakistan, two key players in the region.
Just how soon Obama will be able to bring US soldiers home from Afghanistan depends to a certain extent on whether these nuclear-armed adversaries in South Asia can end their historic rivalry, especially their maneuvering for influence in neighboring Afghanistan.
With a 63-year history of hostility and three wars dragging down their relations, India and Pakistan held talks Feb. 25 – partly under US pressure. India had cut off formal peacemaking contact after the 2008 attacks in Mumbai (Bombay) by Pakistan-linked terrorists.
The talks in New Delhi did not go very well. There was no agreement to meet again, only a suggestion to "keep in touch." No joint statement, no joint press conference, and lots of finger-pointing.
What's more, a bomb explosion in Kabul on Friday seemed to be targeted at Indians living in the Afghan capital, perhaps an attempt by pro-Pakistan militants to disrupt further talks.
All this points to the need for Obama and his special envoy, Richard Holbrooke, to be more forceful in reconciling India and Pakistan as part of a regional approach to ending the Afghan war.
Pakistan can't very well root out Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other militants along its Afghan border if its military still remains focused on a perceived threat from India. More of its forces need to be transferred from the border with India to the mountainous frontier with Afghanistan.
And India can't very well trust Pakistan not to go back to its old pattern of supporting terrorists like the Afghan Taliban or the anti-Indian militants seeking to liberate the disputed territory of Kashmir.
This tangled web of differences may not be easily untied by India and Pakistan by themselves.
Yes, both countries have strategic incentives to warm up to each other, especially in viewing terrorism as a joint enemy.
India is trying to match China's bid for influence in the region. And it needs an end to terrorist attacks on its soil by Pakistan-related terrorists in order to keep its economy humming at about 9 percent and to reduce massive poverty.
Pakistan, meanwhile, has revived its fragile democracy since 2007 and last year finally awakened to the internal threat to its stability from jihadist groups. But it has not gone far enough to eliminate those militants or to turn over suspects in the 2008 Mumbai bombing to India.
For now, the US cannot mediate their specific differences, especially on Kashmir. (The US tried to mediate that conflict in the early 1960s only to further push India away from any alliance with the US during the cold war.) As a rising power, India resists a strong US hand in the region although it seeks a global partnership with America.
The Obama administration can certainly do more to push the two back to the negotiating table. To help that along, it must continue to win the trust of both nations as long-term partners.
The US should improve ties with the Pakistani military and treat Pakistan with as much long-term strategic interest as it does India. And it must further its growing alliance with India and pressure Pakistan to arrest anti-India militants.
Only with an even-handed approach will the US be able to keep the two countries on the road to negotiations and help end a long feud that spills over into Afghanistan.
Sometimes wars are fought far from the battlefield. Obama's success as commander in chief in Afghanistan will also depend on his diplomatic skills in South Asia's long cold war.


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Prof: Cordial reunions, handshakes at Gettysburg not true to post-Civil War feelings
June 13, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Photos depicting amicable veterans that will be displayed during the 150th anniversary of Civil War events this summer at Gettysburg don't accurately represent how many felt when the bloody conflict ended, according to a Purdue University history professor.
"There is an idea that the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War was exceptional because it was relatively peaceful, and this memory has been reinforced with images of veterans shaking hands at historic sites and posing together at various ceremonies and anniversaries," said Caroline E. Janney, an associate professor of history. "But pictures don't tell the whole story. For example, I've found quotes from veterans referring to the blue-grey gush and admitting to remaining silent and shaking hands because that's what was expected of them."
Janney's research, which covers a 75-year period after the war, is based on speeches, letters and other private writings by veterans and from representatives of women's organizations. Her findings are published in the new book "Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation."
"Americans want to tell the story of a nation coming back together to heal, and that continues to shape the historical record," said Janney, who studies the Civil War and memory. "Scholars have been quick to accept this as well, but so have filmmakers who recognize that speaking negatively about either side might limit their audience."
"This notion of reconciliation was really just a notion. Reconciliation was something you did on special occasions, but for decades after the war many veterans felt in their heart of hearts visceral hatred and dislike toward their former enemies."
Reunion was about bringing the country back together politically as one nation, but reconciliation was harder to define, and veterans on both sides talked about it differently.
"Does it mean forgiving enemies for their transgressions or does it mean to be silent about differences? Reporters, writers, politicians, veterans and other leaders defined the term differently or left it vague but focused on the valor and bravery of both sides," Janney said. "But publicly, the idea of a reconciled nation was promoted, and often the war generation and their children went along with it for show."
Janney said that differences between reunion and reconciliation need to be understood even 150 years later.
"The danger in these unrealistic accounts is it whitewashes the causes of the war," she said. "Overwhelmingly, professional historians agree that slavery caused the war, but the same belief is not true among popular audiences. Why do Americans, especially whites, deny the centrality of slavery to secession and the war, while also incorrectly insisting that the Union war effort was mainly intended to destroy slavery?"
Debates about slavery sometimes proved to be some of the greatest challenges to reconciliation, Janney said. The 100th anniversary of the Civil War, 1961-1965, was marked during the Civil Rights era.
This summer is the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle fought during the war and considered by many of the veterans the most important. It is the most visited American Military Park, and is often the backdrop to highlight reconciliation as it has been home to many anniversary and reenactment events. However, many veterans, both Union and Confederate felt otherwise.
"It was really a site of lingering animosity, but yet it's held up as a site of reconciliation," Janney said. "It's amazing how it went from a Union memorial park to a site of the most famous Blue-Gray reunions where veterans played along with the notion that differences were put to rest in the spirit of our united country."
"Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation" was published this month by The University of North Carolina Press.
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Caroline E. Janney is one of the presenters for the Gettysburg Foundation and Gettysburg National Military Park Sacred Trust Talks on July 5. She will present "Returning to the Field of Glory: Veterans at Gettysburg" at 11:30 a.m.


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A new four-part documentary series by the BBC looks at the scientific advances and real-world challenges of delivering life-saving vaccines to children in the developing world. From the hunt within research labs to harness new technologies to the clinics in remote villages where the vaccines are given to children, the series looks at the promise of and the progress on making vaccines affordable and accessible to the countries where they are needed most. PATH's work on the development of new vaccines and helping to accelerate the use of rotavirus vaccines are featured in this compelling narrative. The "Vaccine Hunters" series began airing February 4, 2007, over the BBC World Service; see www.bbcworld.com for viewing times.
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I am thankful to "n+i" and campus france India for providing me an appropriate base
As an exchange student, I got the opportunity to study one semester at Ecole des mines d'albi. I was thoroughly fascinated by the teaching methods taught in the colleges which mostly focus on practical aspects and industrial needs. These valuable aspects guide and encourage me to a great extent to pursue a Masters in France. Well managed infrastructure, huge scope for R&D sector, industry oriented study programs, internships and personal development are my main motives for studying again in France. Besides, I will have a unique linguistic advantage that of knowing an additional foreign language French. I will be pursuing masters in Project Management for environmental and energy engg@ Ecole des mines de Nantes. I have been felicitated with a French Embassy scholarship for my further studies in France. I am thankful to "n+i" and campus france India for providing me an appropriate base for choosing masters' program and guiding me every moment.


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Return to the Father's Heart—So the Earth Will Survive Robert B. Scott
This crucial book will pave the way for the of coming Elijah of Malachi 4:5-6, who is prophesied to bring today's absent fathers toward their neglected or jettisoned children and bring the heart of believers back to their Father in heaven. The book offers a solution to a pervasive problem among men today: their inability to forgive abusive fathers. This modern-day Elijah will "restore all things" (Mat. 17:11), including the true gospel of the Kingdom or Family of God, revealing the dangerous error of the grace revolution leading to the appearance of the man of lawlessness, an evil leader who will fight the second coming of Jesus. Click HERE to order your copy today!
While the following are not strict rules, these general guidelines will help those keeping the Passover at home with one or more people:
N.B. The full teachings to speak out on Passover night are available HERE.
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Some more reinforcements for the gangs.
After more procrastination, deliberation, play testing and tweaking I've (yet again) rewritten all the gang lists in the name of balance, finally settling on a 750pt level for all of the gangs... entailing a few more minis and vehicles as I've generally lowered the amount of skills and upgrades each individual has.
Our experience has shown its best for each character to have a couple of choice upgrades to reinforce an archetype, rather that the full kitchen sink treatment.
I ordered another batch of minis from em4's great value future skirmish range, sculpted by mark copplestone these are some lovely sculpts even two decades on.
I also bought a couple of bikers, a core aspect of Mad Max that has been sorely missing from our games so far.
Here's a little WIP of one of the vehicles I've been working on, the Bandicoot, an unholy amalgamation of love bug, half track and hot rod.
Interestingly after building this one I was googling for unusual half tracked vehicles and found this...
Not such an original idea after all!
Using scraps of paper with the gang lists scrawled on was proving rather clunky so I've also been working on improving the presentation using a great little app called phonto, which allows you to add text to photographs.
Starting with a landscape outback scene I added each characters stats to create a game card of sorts. Plus a summary card for each gang. Here are a couple of examples, plus I'll be putting up each characters card with the minis in following posts.
I intend to take my phone down to the booth at the supermarket and get them printed out as regular 6x4 photos....hopefully they will be legible and thus a quick, easy and (hopefully) elegant solution to biro and a4... I'll show how they turned out either way.
Here are the two warriors that will (for now) finish off the 'sons of simius' marauder gang.
Donk is a musclebound melee bezerker, he will likely ride in the redneck ram truck with Wibber, in a Nux and Slit kind of relationship.
Mama Zet, a hollow eyed gang juve barely out of her teens brings additional firepower in the form of her submachinegun. Although in NR the SMG is a pretty weak ranged weapon it can put out a lot of shots and she has the ducking and diving skills that make her quite hard to hit in return.
She's set up to be a nuisance character, pinning characters with weight of fire by dealing out shock tokens rather than making outright kills. An annoying thorn in the side that's hard to eliminate.
Tactically I think she's best off adding her firepower to krumps shotgun by riding in ziggys truck with him and turning it into a dedicated 'gunboat'.
Next up is a transport and driver for the 'Children of the Apocalypse'
Feral Demagogue, a deranged rabble rouser and fanatical missionary of the cult of Psymon Sez, and 'Bogan' (Australian slang for a thug / lout) a light Tow truck based on a typical Ozzie ute.
Their leader Psymon's steamroller has proved too dammed slow to act as transport for the feral skulltaker and feral headhunter so I've added a cheap fast (ish) three man buggy and a driver who is also a 'bard' to help keep my melee warriors motivated and in the fight once delivered to target.
Feral demagogue is based on an old WHFB flagellant, with a couple of extra bits and bobs to apocalyse him up a tad. I'm not sure the saurus head really works as a crocodile / Komodo skull, but I was all out of skulls, which is slightly ironic considering most of the stuff on my bits box comes from games workshop! One bit I like is the chaos marine backpack vent, meant to represent a dangling speaker to amplify his ranting and raving.
The tow truck started out life as a Disney Pixar cars 'Mater'. Despite the moulded on windshield eyes and goofy grin I was pretty confident with this car as it was designed to look a bit beaten up from the outset, was the right shape (check out the tow trucks at the diner when you are first introduced to goose in Mad Max 1) and already had some great details that made it ripe for the post apocalyptic road wars I had in mind. The missing hood and exposed engine were perfect and the chains / winch at the rear were nicely moulded.
The conversion work was pretty simple, rusty panels added all round, especially over the toothy smile, mesh windscreen to disguise the eyes and a load of scavenged junk in the rear bed, plus the extra seat and a salvaged dashboard strung over the side with rope.
WHFB undead shields were used as armoured hubcaps and the whole lot was painted to make it look as wasteland worn as possible to fit in with the steamroller and 2CV techinical.
Thanks for stopping by!
More road war nonsense soon...


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Five student entrepreneurs from the Sawyer Business School have launched College Sumo, an online social network aimed at enriching college students' social lives on and off campus.
College Sumo is a one-stop information source exclusively for students. It provides real-time updates on the hottest events, parties, school happenings, and contests on college campuses, as well as the best places to see and be seen. It also provides the latest buzz on sports, fashion, nightlife, and the dating scene in the Boston area and beyond.
College Sumo is the brainchild of alumnus Raphael Greenberg, seniors Roman Wunderlich, Michelle Ventresca, and Wilfred Hirst, and junior Silas Dunham.
"The College Sumo team has been together for two years, and without the contributions of our entrepreneurship faculty and support from the Suffolk community in general, we could not have seen the success we did," said Ventresca.
The network has incorporated an Ambassador Program through which it recruits students from participating schools to act as liaisons and help generate new users and promote events.
"The goal is to get students in each community involved and provide them an opportunity to get real-world experience assisting in a start-up venture," said Ventresca.
"College Sumo's launch is a testament to the confidence that our students have in themselves and a validation that what we are building at Suffolk can help our students take control of their lives and make a difference," said George Moker, director of Entrepreneurship Programs.
College Sumo, which already has a number of participating colleges from the Boston region, is limited to .edu e-mail accounts, and all the reviews are written by students for students. It also offers the "Sumo Skinny," a weekly e-newsletter and scholarship opportunities.


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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Saturday doctors had ordered him to rest because of a minor health problem.
Abdel Jalil, the chairman of the ruling National Transitional Council, told reporters he had been for a check-up at a hospital in the eastern city of Benghazi but that it "was nothing serious".
"Because of the amount of work and the circumstances and the problems we are facing every day ... I had a small health problem," he said.
"What I am going through right now is nothing serious. It requires some rest for two or three days and there is no serious health problem. They gave me some sick leave. The period depends on the doctors," he added.
Jalil said he had visited a hospital in the capital Tripoli the day before.
"The tests are good, everything is reassuring. There is nothing to worry about. Yesterday I was in hospital in Tripoli and they recommended what the doctors recommended here today. They advised me to stay away from the public eye, but I can't because I am busy with several meetings regarding some problems in Benghazi."
Abdel Jalil was born in 1952. He served as justice minister under Gaddafi but resigned early last year and joined the revolt against the Libyan leader.
(Reporting by Mohammed Al Tommy; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Andrew Roche)


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Duration: 01:43:27
Source: Courtesy of Nós do Morro
Sonho de uma Noite de Verão – uma intromissão no mundo de Shakespeare (Midsummer Night's Dream – an intromission in the world of Shakespeare), directed by Fernando Mello da Costa, is the first Shakespearean stage adaptation from award winning community based theatre company, Nós do Morro. Declaring to be an "intromission" into the world of Shakespeare, the Brazilian performance recreates the atmosphere of love, fantasy and dream present in the original text. The blurring of the boundaries between reality and fantasy is creatively introduced before the actual play starts, in the foyer of the theatre: the actors, dressed as beggars, distribute handwritten pamphlets to the audience, inviting them to the performance. In a set where ingenious rotating columns formed by woven ropes divide the stage and from which hang colorful handkerchiefs, bottles and other objects, the music is played and sung by the actors to establish the festive mood of the play. One significant "intromission" by Nós do Morro was to sacrifice the Shakespearean text in other to accommodate a modern Brazilian vernacular. Another similar move was to create doubles of Puck and Oberon.
Sonho de uma Noite de Verão – uma intromissão no mundo de Shakespeare (Midsummer Night's Dream – an intromission in the world of Shakespeare) was staged in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil) and São Paulo (Teatro Augusta)
Director: Fernando Mello da Costa
Adaptation: Luiz Paulo Corrêa e Castro
Music and Musical Direction: Gabriel Moura, Pedro Luis and Rodrigo Maranhão
Director of Movement: Johayne Ildefonso
Cast: Careca Martins, Cida Costa, Babú Santana, Cintia Rosa, Rosana Barros, Wendel Barros, Helio Rodrigues, Marcello Melo, Guti Fraga, Mary Sheyla de Paula, Roberta Santiago, Daniele Andrade, Cida Costa, Jota Farias, Edson Oliveira, Pierre Santos and Cristiano Lima.
Background links:
Nós do Morro homepage (Portuguese)
Article written by Cristiane Busato Smith, "Nós do Morro: Voice, Art, and Empowerment"
Click here to read Brazilian critic Barbara Heliodora's review on the production
Click here to read a digitalized book about Nós do Morro (Portuguese): Meu Destino era o Nós do Morro by Luciana, Bezerra. (Bezerra, Luciana. Meu Destino era o Nós do Morro. Rio de Janeiro: Aeroplano, 2010)
Click here to watch a YouTube video on Nós do Morro (Portuguese w/ English subtitles).
Production notes provided by Cristiane Busato Smith
Very interesting, thank you for the links. The theatre review by Barbara Heliodora is very good.
Note: This is the full video
Duration: 01:43:27
Note: The Mechanicals perform the play about Pyramus and Thisbe before the Duke and his guests.
With English subtitles.


text: 2016 - This is the fourth time Wendy Songe entered the National Mountain Dulcimer contest and she placed third. She hails from Tulsa, OK. She considers herself a music teacher and a songwriter. Wendy attends other dulcimer competitions in Texas and Arkansas and has place first in these competitions. She has been playing the mountain dulcimer for almost 6 years and also plays other instruments as the piano, guitar, ukulele, bodhran the djembe and others. Her latest CD was released in May of 2016 and it is entitled "Driven." Her favorite pastime is music enrichment with special needs adults and teens. She won $125, the 3rd Place Trophy and a 4FGCS Mountain Dulcimer by the Dulcimer Shoppe/McSpadden Mountain Dulcimers of Mountain View, AR.


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Developing work ethic
If you want to do big work, you'll need a good work ethic.
I've touched on work ethic previously. It's your ability to get things done. Having a good idea is a start, having a plan is great, but the real difference is in doing the work. That's what separates the dreamers from the achievers. I see motivation as the combination of three things:
- Motivation. This is the willingness to do the work. It's the bright light that drives you forward and fuels you.
- Commitment. This is the promise to do the work. It's more than just saying it – commitment is the belief you have in yourself and in you ability to do the work. It's also the courage to allocate the time and money and mindspace to make it happen.
- Discipline. This is what gives you the power to follow through on your commitments. It is the stamina and mental strength to keep doing what you said you'd do – even if you don't feel like it on the day.
It can be pretty frightening to see it spelled out like that. It can be confronting to think about the necessity for work ethic. It can be discouraged to think that if you haven't done big work yet, it's probably because you don't have what it takes in the work ethic department.
Work ethic is – like most productive activities – not a talent. It's a skill (or actually, a set of skills) that can be learned and practiced and developed over time. If you want to get better at it, just simply have to do it. Put your mind towards practicing it and developing a body of experience.
There will be setbacks. There will be discouraging moments. There will be times that you feel like it too hard and it's better to give up… Don't give up. Keep going. Keep doing it. Keep the faith. Expect the setbacks. Expect the failures. Look forward to them as learning experiences.
You can have your dream come true, but you'll work harder for it than you ever imagined. Work ethic is how you get there.


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From Anchorage, Alaska, USA:
My son is 7 years old and has had type 1 diabetes for about 4 years. We have had an ongoing problems of mid morning high blood sugars. We monitor him closely at night (to be sure he is not "bottoming out") and he usually wakes up within range of 100-150 mg/dl [5.5-8.3 mmol/l]. However, when he gets his mid-morning check, approximately 2.5 hours after his insulin injection, he will have very high blood sugars, ranging from 300-450 mg/dl [16.6-25 mmol/l]. When he gets checked for lunch, about one hour later, he will have dropped drastically, and usually ends up between 60-130 mg/dl [3.3-7.2 mmol/l] at lunch. We have found that if we give enough fast acting insulin, in order to "cover" the mid morning highs, it is almost impossible to feed him enough over the next hour to get him to lunch without a major low.
We have tried several combinations of insulin, (Humalog/NPH, Humalog/Lantus, regular/NPH, and regular/Humalog/Lantus) and we continue to get the same results. Do you know what might be causing this, and do you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem? He gets about 60 grams of carbs for breakfast every morning.
If one looks in the literature, your situation isn't unique. It is very hard to give insulin that yields a good breakfast followed by a good lunch with a good in between number. The insulin just isn't absorbed like you would hope it would be. The peak is hard to avoid, indeed, maybe impossible without causing the hypos. I tend to ignore it, especially if the A1c is where I want it to be. The obvious answer is fewer carbs, but I wouldn't do it.
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The recipient of not one but two Chicago-area solo shows in 2016, at I AM Logan Square Gallery and the University St. Francis Art Gallery in nearby Joliet, Jennifer Cronin paints and draws in hauntingly-realistic style.
Inspired both by the city she calls home, with its areas of urban blight, and the banalities of her day job in customer service, selling tickets at the base of the former Sears Tower, her work, according to an artist's statement, is about "chasing after the mystery and complexity of our lives, and the fingerprints that we leave behind in this world."
Cronin has also been given a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, which supports emerging artists. Her next series will respond to a recent trip to Newtok, a remote native Alaskan village.
See the full article on Artnet.


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Court says veteran should get new trial
Appeals panel throws out assault conviction, saying judge erred
ALBANY — An appeals court on Thursday unanimously reversed the felony assault conviction of a former Army captain from Delmar found guilty of hurling a plastic beer mug that injured a woman outside an Albany bar in 2010.
Kevin Powell, a West Point-educated combat veteran sentenced to a 3½-year prison term, is entitled to a new trial because acting Supreme Court Justice Dan Lamont, who presided over his case, did not allow jurors the chance to determine whether Powell could have been justified in throwing the 32-ounce beer stein in self-defense.
The incident took place outside Wolff's Biergarten on Broadway on June 26, 2010. The woman who was injured, Karen Paluso, had a four-inch gash on her face.
In a 5-0 ruling, the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court rejected Powell's argument that he was convicted on legally insufficient evidence, but found Lamont's decision to be a reversible error.
"An instruction that a person may use physical force in self-defense must be given if there is any reasonable view of the evidence, when it is considered in the light most favorable to the defendant, that would allow the jury to conclude that the defendant's actions were justified," Associate Justice Robert Rose wrote in the decision. It was supported by justices Thomas Mercure, Leslie Stein, John Egan and Michael Kavanagh.
Powell had been a field engineer for a defense contractor when he was convicted of second-degree assault. Actions by his attorney, Terence L. Kindlon, during the trial also led to headlines.
At one point during the trial, Kindlon snapped a photo of a document in the courtroom on the desk of the prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Brian Conley. The Appellate Division censured Kindlon in September, calling the act "undignified" and "discourteous conduct."
Kindlon, a retired Marine who was wounded during the Vietnam War, also showcased his Purple Heart lapel pin to the jury during the trial, prompting complaints from prosecutors.
Now his client has a chance for a clean slate. "Kevin never should have been convicted and this is another step along the way to his complete exoneration," Kindlon said in a statement released Thursday.
The 2010 events began as Powell and his girlfriend left the bar following the U.S. team's 2-1 overtime loss to Ghana in the 2010 World Cup soccer match. Powell is black, his girlfriend white. During the trial, Kindlon argued that as the couple left the bar, a white man rooting for the U.S. team made a racial slur — and smashed a mug on the ground near Powell's girlfriend's feet.
Kindlon said Powell confronted the man and they bumped heads. He said Powell and his girlfriend were walking away when a group of bar patrons followed them. Kindlon contends Powell threw a beer stein to back up the group and unintentionally struck Paluso in a "one in a million shot."
Conley told jurors Powell hurled the mug the way a pitcher throws a baseball and that Paluso risked blindness if the mug had hit closer to her eyes.
Lamont did not allow the jury to consider the possibility that Powell's actions might have been justified. He found "no reasonable view of the evidence that (Powell) was in imminent or immediate danger of physical injury and that there was substantial evidence that defendant was the initial aggressor," the appellate ruling stated.
Rose wrote: "... the evidence disproving justification was not overwhelming, we do not find the failure to give the justification charge to be harmless error. We therefore remit for a new trial."
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