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Verso Corporation has introduced GlazeSil™, a family of lightweight uncoated, machine-glazed release liner papers for hygienic and medical applications.
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I know it's not up to me, but if I were the one to decide which records deserve the title 'classic' , Editors' An end has a start would definitely get it. I don't think any album has been touching me more during these last few years, in so many ways. They have a new album now, In this light and on this evening, that I don't know very well yet. I wanted to put up a little link, this one, so you can all listen to this very beautiful accoustic set Editors recently played at Studio Brussel Radio.
Besides the beautiful music it's a rather crappy day here. I'm trying to get my new prints ready for sale, but I keep experiencing smaller and larger issues that keep me from properly finishing the job. Not so nice... In Dutch we say you can have a 'flying start', which means that things start very well (like it was last week when I just had my printer), but often after this first experience of complete bliss, the troubles begin... And that's exactly the stage I'm in now, working very hard without the feeling that it's paying off. Maybe I just should throw some crockery around to express some of my frustration... I have more than enough tableware anyway! ;)

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We're sharing a piece of TCG's Education Centerpiece , which includes statistical data from our annual Education Survey and spotlights the breakthroughs that came out of our TEAM (Theatre Education Assessment Models) 2010 Pre-Conference in Chicago.
One of the tactics discussed was guiding education directors toward developing valid and reliable conclusions and reports. This is a natural next step after collecting raw assessment data, and one which will be equally helpful for education directors and their colleagues in development. With this in mind, the Goodman Theatre's Willa J. Taylor came up with the following top ten list of suggestions for her education colleagues, and we're sharing it with you to whet your appetite for the full Centerpiece!
What advice would you give to your fellow education and development directors in regards to forming an effective partnership between the two departments?
Willa J. Taylor: Here are my top ten suggestions for having harmony and getting cash:
1) Always remember that the work on stage comes first and be supportive of all fundraising efforts, whether they directly benefit your education programs or not. Have a presence at board meetings, opening nights and other Devo events. It's a great way to develop personal relationships with funders.
2) Have a clear understanding that programming dictates fundraising and not the other way around. Don't let them create programs just to tap into funding possibilities.
3) Involve students in Devo events whenever possible. It's a personal connection for the funder and a learning opportunity for the student.
4) Make sure you control the language and message.
5) Thank Devo for what they do. Baked goods go a long way at the Goodman!
6) Thank the individual donors who give you money. It doesn't matter if it is $5 from telemarketing or $50,000 from a Devo contact; a handwritten note from me goes a long way and it makes Devo look good.
7) We asked Devo to tell us what information they need to report, then built our applications and surveys to collect that data. The info lives in a shared file they can access and we can update.
8) Help Devo see the bigger picture. Give them cheat sheets on public education, arts and the brain, and the field at large. The more educated they are, the better they can advocate.
9) Keep Devo informed and never let them get blindsided.
10) Celebrate the wins, commiserate the losses, and always be grateful for Devo's efforts.
Interest peaked? Then click here to learn more about TCG's Education Centerpiece.
Willa J. Taylor is the Director of Education and Community Engagement for Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She has worked as producer, production coordinator, and stage manager, for theatre, opera, radio and television. Prior to coming to Chicago, she spent nine years as Education Director at Lincoln Center Theatre in New York, where she also designed education programming for the inaugural season of the New Victory Theater and for the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank starring Natalie Portman. As Cultural Director for Gay Games IV, Ms Taylor oversaw the production of more than 200 cultural events during the 16-day festival, including the Broadway premiere of Sir Ian McKellen's A Knight Out, and a work commissioned especially for the Festival from Bill T. Jones. A US Navy veteran, Ms Taylor has an MFA in Film from American University and a culinary degree from Kendall College.


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Daniel Radcliffe Movie Cancels Red Carpet Event Amid Crowd Control Risk
UPDATED: Mexico City authorities shut down the "What If" event after throngs of fans showed up.
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican distributor of What If on Thursday was forced to cancel a red carpet event that was to feature Daniel Radcliffe due to crowd control concerns.
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Distributor Diamond Films Mexico said Mexico City's civil protection agency ordered it to suspend the event, scheduled for a Mexico City shopping mall. The reason? An unexpectedly large number of fans who turned out to see Radcliffe prior to the event.
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The Documentary Channel was an American digital cable and satellite television network that featured documentary programming. It aired independent documentary films from around the world, including those not released in the United States. The channel (along with Halogen TV) was replaced by Pivot, a channel aimed at young adults between 18 and 34 years old, that is also owned by Participant Media, and debuted on August 1, 2013.[1] Pivot continues airing documentaries.
Documentary Channel launched in January 2006. It was founded by Tom Neff,[2] Oscar nominated and Emmy winning documentarian, and attorney John Forbess. Originally, it was supported in part by WNPT, the Nashville PBS station.
Documentary Channel won its first Emmy Award, for Outstanding Documentary, in September 2007, for Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire.[3]
Documentary Channel's signature series, DocTalk, entered its third season July 1, 2011. DocTalk was a weekly half hour program featuring filmmakers and their newest documentary film projects and releases.
The channel was independently owned and operated until it was purchased by Participant Media in December 2012.
Documentary Channel was available via Dish Network and DirecTV, the latter of which added the channel on March 31, 2010. The press release claimed the DirecTV launch doubled DOC's distribution base to 25 million.[4]
Documentary Channel built up to the launch of Pivot with a countdown clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, where the logo normally is, saying "xx Hours xx Minutes until we Pivot", but there was no special programing taking a look back at the channel's history, instead just showing a normal day of programing.
At approximately 6 p.m ET on Dish receivers, the channel's EPG name changed from "DOC" to "PIVOT", signifying the change happening overnight, in 12 hours time.
At 5:40 a.m ET, the channel's final documentary, 8: The Mormon Proposition, ended. 5 minutes later, the channel's final regularly scheduled program, the channel's original program Doc Talk, began, with the subject being "Full Frame Fest 2". At 5:58 a.m ET, the channel began playing an old style Indian Head test card, and started playing Edward R. Murrow's "Wires and Lights in a Box" speech, talking about how television can help people learn, but only if they accept it. Midway through the speech, in the bottom right, a message said:
"Good night, and good luck.
Coming in October pivot.tv
At 6:00:04 a.m ET, Documentary Channel ended, and Pivot begun, with the final words spoken on the network being "Good night, and good luck."
- ↑ Wake Up, Kids: Disruptive TV Is Here Via Participant Media's Pivot Cabler, Variety, March 27, 2013.
- ↑ A conversation with Tom Neff, Documentary Channel Nashville Business Journal March 13, 2009
- ↑ Nashville-based Documentary Channel grabs an Emmy Nashville Business Journal October 17, 2007
- ↑ Documentary Channel Inks DirecTV Deal, Lifts Sub Count To 25 Million Multichannel News March 29, 2010
External links
- An Idea Whose Time Has Come - DigitalFilmmaker article on Documentary Channel's launch


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Priest and blogger Edward Green on why he embraces a catholic faith
Anita Mathias is one of my favourite bloggers, blending theology, faith and personal reflection together. Anita was raised (Roman) Catholic where in her own experience she found very little sustenance. Anita has blogged about her experience here.
Personal journeys are always difficult to debate. They are emotional and intimate and inevitably can go both ways – I know pentecostals who grew up catholic and catholics who grew up pentecostal. My own journey to a more catholic faith can be summed up best as:
- An assurance of the supernatural action of God, through faith filled participation in the sacraments.
- A liturgical expression of worship that teaches the faith.
- Continuity with the Spirit's work in the church over 2000 years and especially with the earliest Christians.
- Solidarity with the church on earth and in heaven.
I cannot defend every action and doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. If I did I would be Roman Catholic. But I can defend a broader family of faith that includes sacramental Christians from East and West.
The scriptural basis for this sacrament is found in the words Jesus shares with the eleven as he ordains them with apostolic authority.
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." John 20:21-23
I have reflected on different approaches to dealing with sin and confession in The Seal of Love.
Yet my suspicion is that actually the most damaging sins that beset us are not the ones that we are aware of, but those we do not see so clearly. Which is why we are encouraged to examine ourselves and confess our sins, which is why we have been given the sacrament of reconciliation. It is in that sacrament that I have experienced what Mark describes, that unveiling of the dark hidden places, but principally in my own heart and my own life. Yes, sometimes when someone comes to me for confession I already know what they are going to say. Sometimes I might encourage someone to seek the sacrament. But it is sealed; it is a path of repentance, restoration and forgiveness. It is not to be broadcast and paraded; it is too precious, too personal, and too intimate for that.
Prayer for the Dead
Although I am not in favour of donations for masses I do think it is right and proper to pray for the dead. The biblical example commonly cited is Paul's prayer for the late Onesiphorus.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me —may the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well how much service he rendered in Ephesus. 2 Timothy 1:16-18
However the theological underpinnings are deeper than one proof text. The church is not just made of the living, but of the living and the dead. We pray for the church on earth, but we also pray for the church penitent.
"Of course I pray for the dead. The action is so spontaneous, so all but inevitable, that only the most compulsive theological case against it would deter me." C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcom
This of course assumes a purgatorial experience between earth and heaven for many of us, a view held by Lewis and others as I explored in Purging Fire.
The Real Presence
Christ present in bread and wine has been Christian Orthodoxy for 2000 years. The first reformers reframed that understanding, but Luther and Calvin both saw holy communion as more than a memorial. Many Christians have also understood communion to be in some form an offering or a sacrifice. The witness from the first Christians is strong; they understood Christ's words at the last supper as they understood the resurrection - in a literal rather than metaphorical way. To take a quote from my reflections on St. Ignatius
Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God. . . . They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes. (St Ignatius of Antioch)
The Saints
If the church is more than just those on earth, if we are called to prayer for the church, then it follows that we can ask the church to pray for us. Those who have led holy inspiring lives are recognised by the church as saints - they are not made saints by the church. I do not consider it any stranger to ask St. Francis for my prayers than my neighbour in the pew.
The book of Revelation declares the intercession of the saints, who in the early church were martyred for their faith.
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given; they cried out with a loud voice, 'Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?' Revelation 6:9-10
It is my hope that the church on earth can join with that intercession.
The Rosary & Liturgy
The role of Mary in the economy of salvation is deep and complex, as I explored in Mary: Graced, Gate, Lens, Ark & Mother.
The spiritual benefits of repetitive forms of prayer such as the Jesus Prayer or Hail Mary are complex too, as anyone who prays devotionally in tongues can confirm. I would suggest they are the same gift, which for some can open up intimacy with God. This form of prayer is part of my own spirituality in various forms.
Liturgical prayer and worship can become a vain repetition, but so can the singing of hymns and worship songs, or almost identical extempore prayers. It is the responsibility of those who pray and worship to engage fully with the words and thoughts they offer.
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis coined the term Mere Christianity, and submitted the text to Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic clergy to find broad agreement. Lewis' writes:
"You will not learn from me whether you ought to become an Anglican, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, or a Roman Catholic. This omission is intentional. There is no mystery about my position...the best service I could do was to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times" (Mere Christianity)
Lewis himself embraced many aspects of catholic faith, especially in his private 'Letters to Malcolm'. Mere Christianity may be a shared starting place between different Christians but for me, as it was I suspect for Lewis, there are depths beyond it. In a broad catholic tradition I have begun to taste of those depths, in spirituality, in understanding scripture and in being united with the very first Christians.
Edward Green is a Church of England Priest based in Oxfordshire. He blogs regularly at The Future Shape of Church.
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Niagara hires Casey
Niagara named Chris Casey its new men's basketball
coach Monday, ending a 12-day search to replace Joe Mihalich, who departed for
Hofstra after 15 seasons.
Casey spent the last three seasons at Long Island
University Post, where he took the Pioneers to two Division II NCAA Tournaments
in 2012 and 2013, finishing with a 62-25 record. In 2011-12, Casey was named East Coast Conference
coach of the year and the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division
II coach of the year.
This season, LIU Post finished with an 18-9 record
and finished tied for second in the conference with a 13-5 ECC record, which
was a determining factor Niagara, which returns its core group after claiming
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship.
All of Niagara's players attended Monday's press
conference to announce Casey's hiring and Casey has three scholarships to fill.
The Purple Eagles last NCAA appearance was in 2007.
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"The first 9 months of the 105 Conversations project were downright impossible. Having never interviewed anyone influential and with no background in videography, it was an insane proposition for Jeff to pursue. He loves human interaction, impossibility, and the thrill of the chase."
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Co-collaborated in a Book Swarm™, writing a book on authentic and agile narratives in the 21st Century with 50 other diverse storytellers in 12 hours.
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Sifting Through Gold is a project that highlights precious women elders and their comments on aging, turning points, and love.
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Super Cougar Madonna Gets Over Her Recent Break-Up — With A 33-Year-Old Boy Toy!
The queen of pop may no longer be with former flame Jesus Luz, but she has a found another young replacement!
Madonna's image, sound, and accent may change on a whim, but one thing about the pop star's life seems to remain steady — her penchant for younger men! Page Six spotted the singer and her new 33-year-old flame Brahim Rahicki out at NYC hotspot SL saying, "The superstar was seen sneaking kisses and laughing with the young man, and the pair stayed late into the night and even chatted with DJ Tiesto, who arrived shortly after they did." Cougar alert!
The 52-year-old singer is technically going older with her new man, who is shockingly a dancer, after her relationship with 24-year-old Jesus. Prior to that she was married to British film director Guy Ritchie who is 41.
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We have been so excited about this day. HO! HO! HO! 🙂
We recently took our girls to see Father Christmas at a Grotto, and Chessingtons wonderful theme did not disappoint as you can see from Evelyn's reaction. We had such good fun and have some great memories of the visit.
We hope you enjoy watching our visit.
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Mouthwatering watermelon recipes
After the brutal winter we all suffered through, a summer's heat is so delicious. But it can come at a cost — dehydration.
If you have a dry mouth or feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated, not a good thing when the heat's on. It can also lead to feeling dizzy, tired and even irritable (which may you wishing for a snowstorm in August!). So during the hot summer months or when exercising, staying hydrated is key. Keeping hydrated can be as easy as drinking or eating the right stuff. And if anyone knows this, it's Olympian and national champion, Canadian triathlete Kyle Jones. "Water is obviously important but what many people don't think about is that certain foods can also be enjoyed for healthy hydration," says Jones, who at age 29 is Canada's top-ranked male triathlete who will be representing Canada in the Commonwealth Games in Canada and next year's PanAm games, as well as competing in his second Olympic games in Brazil in 2016.
What's this ruggedly handsome athlete's go-to food? "I often choose watermelon after training because it tastes great and I know it's good for me."
Recent academic studies detail the positive benefits of eating watermelon or drinking fresh watermelon juice. Spanish and U.S. studies from 2013 report that pure watermelon juice (or pure watermelon puree) which is naturally high in the amino acid L-Citrulline has "excellent potential" as a functional drink to relieve sore muscles in athletes and improve cardio-vascular function. Recent research from the American Journal of Hypertension also concludes similar news.
Not surprising given how refreshing a big slice of cold watermelon tastes! Watermelon contains large amounts of free water (it is comprised of 92% water) as well as natural sugars, some electrolytes, vitamin A, vitamin C and lycopene (shown to improve heart health and even help protect our skin from harmful UV rays.)
All this and it's fat free, with just 80 calories for a two-cup serving!
Slice it, cube it, juice it, incorporate it — here's a selection of delicious recipes that will have you wishing for an endless summer, heat and all. (All recipes courtesy of the National Watermelon Promotion Board; Watermelon.org.)
Lemony Quinoa and Watermelon Salad
Adding a bit of fat from the nuts helps boost absorption of the lycopene in watermelon, a compound that helps lower the risk for cancer and heart disease.
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) agave syrup
- 1/3 cup (75 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) lemon zest
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) rice wine vinegar
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups (500 ml) cooked black quinoa
- 2 1/2 cups (675 ml) watermelon cubes
- 1 kiwi, peeled and diced
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) candied pecans*
- Mint sprigs
In a medium bowl, blend thoroughly agave syrup, lemon juice, lemon zest, vinegar, and salt. Add quinoa and toss until fully coated. Set aside to allow flavours to blend. Add watermelon, kiwi, coconut, and nuts. Toss and divide into four bowls and garnish each with a mint sprig.
Makes 4 servings.
* Purchase already candied nuts or use the following recipe:
Candied Pecans
Toss 1/2 cup (125 ml) pecans with 1 tsp. (5 ml) olive oil. Mix a dash each of ground cardamon, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cayenne, cumin, and salt with 1 Tbsp. (15 ml) powdered sugar. Toss nuts with spice blend and roast in a 350F (180C) oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp, stirring occasionally. Cool.
Watermelon Rind, Carrot & Pineapple Slaw
Some fruit creates a lot of waste when you throw away the seeds or the peel, but did you know all of the watermelon can be used? Save your rinds and make this yummy slaw.
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) fat-free, plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) low-fat sour cream
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. (22.5 ml) stone-ground mustard
- 1 Tbsp. (15 ml) apple cider vinegar
- 4 tsp. (20 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. (15 ml) sugar
- 1 tsp. (5 ml) poppy seeds
- 2 tsp (10 ml) olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cups (1L) grated watermelon rind with fruit and green peel removed
- 1 cup (250 ml) grated carrot
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) diced fresh pineapple
Place watermelon rind on several layers of paper towels to soak up excess fluid while you prepare dressing and other ingredients.
In a small bowl, blend dressing thoroughly and set aside. In a medium-sized bowl add dressing, rind, carrot, and pineapple and toss to thoroughly coat.
Makes 4 one-cup servings
Watermelon BBQ Sauce
Homemade watermelon juice is easy to make, just blend it up.
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) watermelon juice
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) Dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp. (10 ml) red pepper flakes
Stir all ingredients together. Pour enough sauce over vegetables, chicken, pork, fish or shellfish to marinate. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Baste with additional sauce while grilling or broiling. Sauce not used for marinating or basting can be spooned over cooked vegetables and meats.
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How to better engage millennials (and why they aren't really so different)
Millennials aren't so different. That isn't to say that they don't come from a different place than previous generations and that there aren't significant differences in their perspective, but when you get down to the core principles of what millennials want in the workplace, they want what any good employee would want from his or her employer.
"When I speak on the millennial topic, one of the points I always make is that when you look at the research regarding what millennials want in the workplace and what the pure characteristics are, you're talking about the same things everyone cares about," says Lauren Stiller Rikleen founder of the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership as well as the Executive-in-Residence at Boston College's Center for Work & Family in the Carroll School of Management. Her upcoming book focuses on the Millennial Generation in the workplace.
Generational Differences
Millennials are essentially those that were born between 1980 and 2000. There is no question that they were raised in a different way than previous generations.
"When you look at the research, what emerges most critically is the comfort level with technology. It's the first generation to have fully grown up technology literate, practically from birth. That is at the root of a lot of what we are seeing in terms of distinct generational differences, specifically with how they communicate with each other and in the workplace," says Rikleen.
There are other differences as well. According to Rikleen, millennials were raised in very nurturing environments. The research shows they have closer relationships with their parents. "What people need to understand when you are talking about generational differences is that what you're really talking about are trends in demographics," says Rikleen.
Similarities With Previous Generations
Recent research conducted for the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina by Ben Rosen, a Ph.D. and Professor of Organizational Behavior, demonstrates that there is more in common among generations than you might think.
In his study, he surveyed 5,400 respondents from different generations to study how the generations viewed each other, what they expected from their employers and how they defined ideal leaders. What might surprise you is that, according to Rosen's research, all four generations (i.e., Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials) share the same top work motivators of desire for continuous employment and opportunities for promotion. Rosen's research found that all four generations expected the following from their employers:
- To work on challenging projects.
- To receive competitive compensation.
- To have opportunities for advancement and chances to learn and grow in their jobs.
- To be fairly treated.
- To maintain a work-life balance.
- They also agreed on what it means to be a great leader.
- Someone who leads by example.
- Someone who is accessible.
- Someone who helps others see how their roles contribute to the organization.
- Someone who acts as a coach and mentor.
- Someone who challenges others and holds others accountable.
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Moai i/ˈmoʊ.aɪ/, or mo'ai, are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most were cast down during later conflicts between clans.
The production and transportation of the 887 statues are considered remarkable creative and physical feats. The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost 10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 82 tons; the heaviest erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tons; and one unfinished sculpture, if completed, would have been approximately 21 metres (69 ft) tall with a weight of about 270 tons.
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Rapa Nui/Easter Island (a Chilean island in the Pacific). Its moai were toppled during the island's civil wars and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai including an 86 tonne moai that was the heaviest ever erected on the island. Ahu Tongariki is one kilometer from Rano Raraku and Poike in the Hotu-iti area of Rapa Nui National Park. All the moai here face sunset during Summer Solstice.
Traditional music from the island consists of choral singing and chanting, similar to Tahitian music. Families often performed as choirs, competing in an annual concert. They were accompanied by a trumpet made from a conch shell and a percussive dancer jumping onto a stone which is set over a calabash resonator. Other instruments include the kauaha, the jaw bone of a horse, upaupa, an accordion, and stones, which are clapped together for percussive effect.
Matato'a (the watchful eye of the warrior) is a musical and dance group from Easter Island (Rapa Nui). It is one of the most famous bands from the island. Matato'a was founded in 1996 by Kevamatato'a Atan. It was in 1998 that they adopted the name of Matato'a, which means 'warrior' or 'guardian'. They played in all over Chile in the same year. Mito Manutomatoma, a founding member, left the group in 1999 to play mainstream Chilean music.
The group, consisting largely of family members, uses traditional instruments, such as stones, horse jawbone, and bombo along with electric guitars and other modern elements to create a unique fusion sound.
Matato'a's principal motivation is to promote the ancestral traditions, the dances, the costumes, & body paintings of the Rapa Nui People. Performances are high-energy, with intensive indigenous cultural representation.
Mythology Main article: Rapa Nui mythology
The most important myths are:
Tangata manu, the Birdman cult which was practiced until the 1860s.
Makemake, an important god.
Aku-aku, the guardians of the sacred family caves.
Moai-kava-kava a ghost man of the Hanau epe (long-ears.)
Hekai ite umu pare haonga takapu Hanau epe kai noruego, the sacred chant to appease the aku-aku before entering a family cave.
Most settlements were located on the coast and moai were erected along the coastline, watching over their descendants in the settlements before them, with their backs toward the spirit world in the sea.
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Getting a Cat to Sleep at Night
Recently, an article was published on Yahoo Shine that was written by Dr. Marty Becker of vetstreet.com. The article answered a question from a cat owner who was having trouble getting his cat to sleep at night. The cat owner assumed that the cat slept all day while he was at work and then wanted to play all night when he was home. Unfortunately, that included the precious hours that he wanted – and needed! – to sleep.
Dr. Becker told the cat owner that he needed to make sure that his cat's physical and mental needs were being met by creating an enrihed environment for him. Then he relayed the advice of Dr. Tony Buffington, the author of the book Your Home, Their Territory: Creating the Right Habitat for Your Indoor Cats. Here are Dr. Buffington's tips:
1. Change Meal Time – By feeding the cat before bed time it will trigger the cat's desire to sleep, therefore allowing you to get some sleep too.
2. Make Time for Play Time – Setting aside time to really focus on your cat and play active games with him will help tire him out and allow him to rest during the night.
3. Widen Your Cat's World – Pick up some fun puzzle activities or other games that the cat can play alone while you are gone. This way they don't spend the entire day lounging around or sleeping.
What are your tricks to make sure your cats know the difference between the hours for play time and sleep?


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Who We Are
Praise Christian Centre is an independent full gospel church. A family church whose goal is to bring people to Jesus and to guide them by biblical instruction into the purpose for which God has created them!
There is a vibrant, fun-loving and welcoming atmosphere where people from all walks of life are accepted, embraced and valued.
The ministry aims to empower individuals by encouraging them to utilize their God-given talents, skills and abilities to serve their families, the (local) body of believers and ultimately, the wider community.
What We Believe
1. About God
God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.
Genesis 1:1, 26, 27, 3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14
2. About Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is co-equal with the Father. Jesus lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven's glory and will return again someday to earth to reign as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Matthew 1:22, 23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5; 14:10-30; Hebrews 4:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4;


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The return of Ivan Lendl to the tour has revived memories of 1980s, when tempers were short and umpires were verbal punchbags.
And so, too, have a series of passionate outbursts, the most high-profile of which was Marcos Baghdatis's inspired attack on his Technifibre rackets – four broken frames in the space of half-a-minute.
When the issue was raised in Andy Murray's post-match press conference at the Australian Open on Thursday night, Murray replied that we are all more sensitive than we used to be.
"I think it's pretty mild compared with what happened [in the past]," he said. "I mean, before the guys were way worse behaved and said way, way worse things to the umpires.
"I saw some clips of John McEnroe yesterday, I think he was playing Anders Jarryd in Sweden, [and] he's like smashing bottles like into the stand and stuff."
Asked whether he would enjoy rewinding the clock, and playing in a more free-wheeling atmosphere, Murray came up with an interesting response. "For you guys" – ie. the reporters exploring the subject – "it would probably be more interesting. [But] I think tennis nowadays, because of the level of it, you don't really need all the other stuff."
On this point, he is probably right. It is easy to romanticise the 1980s, because it was an era of bitter rivalry between powerful characters. But to our modern sensibilities, constant griping and caterwauling from the leading players would soon become an irritation rather than a thrill.
Even when Serena Williams tore into the chair umpire during last September's US Open final, it hardly made for edifying viewing. Many of us in the press box were disappointed when the International Tennis Federation allowed her to get away with a token fine.
As members of the media industry, we have done more than anyone to take the sharp edges off the game. Physicists say that by the very act of observing an event you you change it, and that is unarguably true in this case.
Twenty-five years ago, before the arrival of microphones at courtside, we might have picked up snatches of what Williams was saying, but we certainly wouldn't have heard the whole crazy diatribe.
As a result, sportspeople in all disciplines are more cautious these days about letting their true feelings hang out. That is understandable, when the best-known athletes know they are being constantly monitored in the sort of detail normally reserved for terrorism suspects.
In the internet age, videos of Baghdatis's rage had gone viral within minutes. The text of Rafael Nadal's exasperated sideswipe at Roger Federer was equally swift in its circulation. And those things will be online forever. History is constantly with us, just a click of a mouse away.
Yet there is still plenty of passion on show in top-level tennis; it could hardly be otherwise, when the sport represents a form of ritualised hand-to-hand combat.
As the 1980s legend Henri Leconte puts it, "I don't think everybody likes each other - I just think there are more politics.
"In our generation we respected each other but sometimes we disagreed. Look at the relationship between Roger and Rafa about the ATP Tour – they each have their own personality."
Over the last few days we have had not only Baghdatis's assault on some expensive pieces of graphite, and Nadal's pointed comments about a certain Swiss "gentleman", but David Nalbandian's angry response to a terrible decision from "stupid" umpire Kader Naudi, and Victoria Azarenka being booed for throwing a ball at a line-judge who annoyed her.
It is just that, whereas McEnroe's tantrums became an ever-present sideshow, today you never know where the next eruption will come from.


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The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize by the Nobel Foundation probably receives more publicity than any of the other prizes, and its winners are assured of worldwide attention. In his will, Alfred Nobel directed that the prize should be awarded to the person who "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
In the event, the Nobel Committee has applied these criteria not only to individuals but to organisations as well: in total, 19 prizes have been won by institutions, many of them international organisations of one kind or another.
Here is a list of these recipients with the dates of their awards in brackets:
- The American Friends Service Committee (1947)
- Amnesty International (1977)
- The Friends Service Council (1947)
- Medecins Sans Frontieres (1999)
- Institute of International Law (1904)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (2005)
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997)
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (1985)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (1917, 1944, 1963)
- International Labour Organization (1969)
- League of Red Cross Societies (1963)
- Nansen International Office for Refugees (1938)
- Office of the United Nations Commissioner for refugees (1954, 1981)
- Permanent International Peace Bureau (1910)
- Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (1995)
- United Nations (2001)
- United Nations Children's Fund (1965)
- United Nations Peace-keeping Forces (1988)
International bodies share a determination to publicise their mission and to document their activities. Many of them - in particular the UN and its agencies - are major publishers. The British Library, in common with its counterparts throughout the world, receives much of the published research and documentation which these organisations are uniquely positioned to provide, and which are of enormous benefit to researchers of all kinds. The Library also has a large collection of much older international material.
Permanent International Peace Bureau
One of the early winners of the Prize was the Permanent International Peace Bureau, an organisation which had been set up by pacifists after the Third Peace Congress in 1891 to serve as a link between like-minded people and to provide information on the burgeoning peace movement. A number of those connected with the Bureau, such as Albert Gobat, its Director; and Baroness von Suttner, its Honorary President, were also individual winners of the Prize. The influence of the Bureau was inevitably superseded by that of the League of Nations in the interwar years, but it had set an enviable standard, being nominated for the prize no less than seven times in the first 10 years of the award.
The PIPB was a very active organisation, holding regular conferences and making representations to governments wherever conflicts occurred or were threatened. It also published a fortnightly journal from its base in Berne, a journal which is held by the British Library. In it, members of the peace movement exchange news about forthcoming conferences, publicise changes in military preparations in their countries and advertise the work of pacifist groups.
The final issue of The Peace Movement, the PIPB's journal, which carries a picture of its Honorary President, Baroness von Suttner who had died on 21 June 1914. This issue discussed arrangements for the Universal Peace Congress which was due to be held in Vienna in September 1914. No one could foresee the chain of events which would shortly lead to the European conflagration known as the Great War.
The Peace Movement, Berne 1912-14 PP.1129.d. Copyright © The British Library Board
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1954 and 1981)
Established in 1950 in the shadow of the huge dislocation of peoples brought about by the Second World War, the UNHCR took on the vital role of co-ordinator and leader in international efforts to help refugees from all over the world. It was particularly concerned to formulate a code of refugee rights to which member countries were prepared to adhere, with the ultimate aim of helping those fleeing from conflict to find asylum in other countries, or to return home in safety. Material assistance in the form of emergency food and shelter was also to be coordinated, frequently on the most massive scale. To date, nearly 50 million people have been helped by the UNHCR, which has been awarded the Peace prize twice in recognition of its efforts.
Within a year of its creation, the UNHCR made efforts to discover the full extent of the refugee problem that it confronted. This early report (The Refugee) resulted from a survey carried out in Europe and the Near East. As director of the group set up to complete the survey, Jacques Vernant emphasised the difficulty of the process: not only were his fieldworkers confronted with "unreliable statistics, but also with psychological issues by no means easy to assess".
The Refugee in the Post-War World Geneva: United Nations, 1951 UNA 42. Copyright © The British Library Board
International Labour Organization (1969)
The International Labour Organization is one of the earliest of the international agencies to have been created. It was set up in 1919 at a time when waves of unrest - particularly in Germany and Russia - threatened to plunge the countries of Europe into civil war. Social justice, in particular an amelioration in conditions of labour, was seen by the ILO as a pre-condition for post-war peace and harmony and its constitution emphasised that "universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice".
The ILO saw its publications programme as being particularly important, providing as it did a means of keeping the public informed about its activities and also of educating them. The British Museum Library (now the British Library) was designated one of its first depository libraries and holds many documents from the earliest years of the organisation. It continues to receive a substantial number of current publications.
From its inception, the ILO debated crucial issues such as child labour, occupational health and working hours. It formulated a series of labour standards which it urged upon governments and employers' associations, and encouraged dialogue between opposing parties in industrial disputes. Its researchers collected statistics and monitored trends in the world of work, producing reports which are of great interest to scholars from many disciplines.
On 11 April 1919 the Plenary Conference of the League of Nations adopted a resolution to create "a permanent organization for the promotion of the international regulation of labour conditions". An organising committee was duly set up, and one of its first products was this report, published under the auspices of the League of Nations. The report demonstrates a particular strength of international organisations: the ability to present data acquired from a broad spectrum of sources. It tabulates the information received from several countries, in response to questionnaires sent out by the committee, giving details of laws and orders relating to women and children in employment.
Report on the Employment of Women and Children and the Berne Conventions of 1906 (Report III) London: Harrisons [1919] UNH.30. Copyright © The British Library Board


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Down in the far reaches of SoCal, its 2005 all over again.
That was the year of the Great San Diego Funeral Scandal. Save for a few line-up and location changes, locals were recently treated to a re-enactment. The basic storyline goes like this: A Catholic homosexual passes away; his funeral Mass is planned at a local parish; a Church official steps in to prevent it; a media uproar ensues; the diocese backtracks; local Catholics and homosexuals are both left scratching their heads; the Church winds up with egg on her face; the curtain falls.
In 2005 the bishop of San Diego, Robert Brom, took center stage. The drama began when John McCusker died of congestive heart failure at the young age of thirty-one, and his parents arranged for his funeral Mass to be held at the Immaculata Catholic Church on the campus of the University of San Diego, where he had graduated nine years earlier. When word got out that McCusker had been the owner of two gay bars, Club Montage and Rebar, where gay porn was routinely filmed and slave auctions were a common event, Bishop Brom took the unusual step of canceling the funeral Mass in order to avoid public scandal. Chancellor Rodrigo Valdivia, citing canon 1184 of the Code of Canon Law, told the San Diego Union-Tribune that McCuskers business activities were inconsistent with Catholic teachings. Canon 1184 states that manifest sinners are to be deprived of ecclesiastical funeral rites so as to prevent public scandal to the faithful, unless the deceased had given some sign of repentance before death.
As was to be expected, Broms decision caused a media sensation, and the bishop quickly became the target of intense attacks in the local media, both gay and mainstream. The Los Angeles Times reported that homosexual activists were planning to lead a boycott of collection-plate offerings and were preparing to picket outside Broms home.
Then, suddenly and without warning or explanation, Bishop Brom reversed course. He met with McCuskers family and regretfully acknowledged his hasty decision, which, he said, resulted in [McCuskers] unjust condemnation. The bishop promised to preside over a Mass in Johns memory for the McCusker family at Immaculata. He then said he would not be available for any further public statements on this matter.
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Monday at SXSW: That's a wrap
Like everyone else who traveled to Austin from the DC-to-Boston corridor, I'm fleeing SXSW in advance of Snowmageddon II: The Snowening. This is a bummer, for two reasons: One, I'll miss the deliciously named "Dunking on Disparity — Health Tech For All" session, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday; and two, shoveling.
See also: Sunday at SXSW: Healthcare costs and cancer
Without further pontification, then, here's my 2017 SXSW health conference wrap. For the sake of whatever little coherence is left in me, I've broken it down into a handful of awards.
Most welcome development: I touched on this in Saturday's dispatch, but SXSW's health track finally got a seat at the big-kids table. Judging by the interest and energy that characterized the health sessions I attended, there's a clear thirst for the kind of forward-thinking, partnership-minded insights that the conference provided in spades. This is your moment, people. Seize it.
Most notable no-show: Granted, SXSW's offerings weren't specifically oriented towards the payer community. But given its importance to the growth of the health technology sector and how often speakers referenced its members — once every 200 seconds by my count — it's a bit surprising that so few of them showed up. Maybe they weren't asked, or maybe they already blew their annual travel allowances on Payerpalooza. Who knows? Either way, their absence was keenly felt.
Best picture: No, the production values weren't exactly Spielbergian, but the training videos screened by nonprofit Costs of Care during "Hey Doc — How Much Will That Cost?" provided an illuminating look at the sad state of physician/patient communication. After showing a trio of vignettes that concluded with a way-high Rx bill for a now irate patient, the organization's Dr. Vineet Arora pointed out how seemingly ordinary physician/patient dialogues tend to amplify confusion about cost. To wit: When the patient asks whether the drugs will cost as much at one pharmacy as the next, the doctor brushes off the question: "I'm not sure, but it should be." Sound familiar? Good on Costs of Care for endeavoring to train doctors to be more cost-aware.
Quote of the show, alarming-for-industry division: "If you work in the healthcare industry, customers largely despise you." — Marcus Osborne, VP of health and wellness transformation, Walmart
Best swag: Please, our supreme integrity forbids us from accepting genuine graft and non-flame-retardant tchotchkes alike. Also, most of the crap being peddled was just that — crap — and the extra real estate in my bag was occupied by presents for the kids. The easily pocketed Paul Reed Smith guitar-pick key ring dealie wins by default.
Trendiest trending trend: Machine learning/AI claims this one in a walk. Its case was put over the top by the sheer volume of testimonials delivered by tipsy health-adjacent people during after-hours events. The typical exchange of ideas went something like this:
Person 1: "So, what are you down here for? What are you seeing that's interesting?"
Person 2: [blinks, sways precariously] "Uh, AI. AI is awesome. Machine learning, too. Machines are learning stuff… stuff about things."
Person 1: "I'm going to go stand over there now."
Coolest visual aid: During Saturday's "Real Stories of Success From Health Hackathons," Startup Health's Troy Bannister shared two of the scorecards his company uses to determine whether it will invest in a given entrepreneur or company. Both scorecards rank eight mindsets on a 1-through-12 scale, taking into account everything from self-awareness and healthy habits (for individuals) to a company's back story and scalability. Alas, the scorecards are proprietary, so we can't share them. Suffice it to say that Startup Health sweats the details.
Smartest person: Roughly 70% of the SXSW health-oriented panelists could qualify here. But I'll go with Dr. Jennifer Doudna, whose intelligence is borderline jealousy-provoking. Making the scientifically imposing topic of gene editing readily comprehensible (and fascinating) to a dullard like me is an achievement on par with summiting Everest…during December, while wearing slippers.
Trippiest time-waster: The effect of Refik Anadol's "Infinity Room" installation (is that what things like this are called?) was described in marketing materials as: the "state of consciousness occurs when the immersant's awareness of physical self is transformed by surrounding themselves [sic] in an engrossing, often artificial environment, creating a perception of presence in a non-physical world." That's the long way of saying that the Infinity Room had a mirrored ceiling and floor (we were asked to wear booties over our shoes to prevent smudging) and intensified their effect via strobe lights and the projection of swirly-whirly patterns. Five finer minutes have never been spent, at SXSW or anywhere else.


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Hey, I read about this in the press. Outstanding job to all, including David and Kimberly!
HeritageTV is an excellent idea. And very well produced too, as far as my layman's taste is concerned. I can imagine the content being used in schools as part of the history curriculum.
Strategies aside, there's a lot of passion and humor in what you guys are doing. For instance, by being amateurish in your videos, it's actually more heartwarming, inviting others to join in the fray. I believe that this sets a new benchmark at bridging and mobilizing citizens in their appreciation of our unique national heritage.
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Hey I thought Chinese Valentine is tonight too, but I read from other sites that Chinese Valentine falls on 7th of the 7th lunar month (Qi Xi). Anyway…
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The alarm clock is tuned to BBC Radio 4. If I hear one more feature on benefit cuts, taxes, the Government, or even cricket, I think I may actually throw the radio out the window. This is not the kind of stuff I want to wake up to in the morning. Especially considering I live it. I see the outcome of benefits and benefit cuts every time I look my bank balance. I am on benefits. They have their place. I would like to be off them, though. I am not going to comment on the actual statistics and numbers. Other people have done that better than me. I left my University Psychology course because of the stats. I don't like them. I've never been one.
Every time I listen to a report that rattles off the statistics of people on benefits, I want to shout at the radio/screen, and I sometimes do. That's me, you bastard. I am not a number . And I want to work. I've liked all the jobs I've had. And I want another one.
I went to the jobcentre yesterday, and they asked for a number before they used my name. I am not a number.
My name is Lorna. I write things that aren't numbers. I am my parents daughter. I'm a friend to many, and one man's girlfriend. One cat has claimed me as her human. My favourite colours are purple and green. I have an aversion to most vegetables, but I like spinach. I'm not afraid of much, except bad stuff happening to the people I love. And ferrets. And vomiting. Please don't get me started on vomiting ferrets. I love country music and subtitled movies. I hate sirens. I love to travel. I've been fishing in Norway; I've watched German MTV in Prague. I thought I was in the queue for the toilet in the Louvre, and ended up seeing the (very small) Mona Lisa. I lit a candle in the Duomo in Florence. I am not particularly religious, but I believe in my own benevolent angels.
I like looking at old photos, and I looked like Ugly Betty in my seventh grade school photo. I've been doing that a lot lately, looking at old photos. It's a way to connect with the person that I am, in a time when others are concerned with my numbers, my income, my diagnosis.
Most people know that I am more than a number, client, customer, a file with a label on it. For everyone else, there's my voicemail.
I started this blog to carve out time for me. Time between appointments and phone calls and home-visits with invasive questions. My head has been so filled with so much official stuff; there is little room for me stuff. This is that room. Yes, I write about the wheels and my own access issues. It is about the chair, but it's also about the person sitting in it, and I have a lot to say.


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Green Jobs Fad Means More Government Intervention
The Michigan Economic Development Corp., state Legislature, governor and other supporters of government "jobs" programs have adopted an almost pop-culture idolatry for all things environmental by showering taxpayer subsidies upon corporations claiming to bring purportedly "earth friendly" products to market. It has a shiny, new green paint job, but in fact this is just the latest in a long line of failed state economic development program fads.
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Consider these bills introduced by Michigan legislators, as described on Michiganvotes.org
• House Bill 5275, introduced by Rep. Lisa Brown (D), to give a four-year, $100 million subsidy to a joint venture of the "Xtreme Power" and "Clairvoyant Energy" corporations, which would employ 300 at the former Ford Wixom assembly plant.
• Senate Bill 466 (Increase electric car subsidies ), introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R), to authorize a $100 million refundable Michigan Business Tax credit and other subsidies that would go to a subsidiary of the Korea-based LG Chem battery company for a plant in Michigan.
• Senate Bill 622, introduced by Sen. Gerald Van Woerkom (R), to give a subsidy to gas stations that increase ethanol sales above certain thresholds specified in the bill.
• House Bill 4485, introduced by Rep. Mary Valentine (D) to authorize a "refundable" income tax credit (cash subsidy) equivalent to 50 percent of the amount spent on a wind, water, biomass or solar energy system in a residence.
But before handing out checks from state taxpayers to an electric car maker here or ethanol-booster there, perhaps voters should ask, what were the outcomes of the litany of other state government central-planning programs that for 60 years have been promising gobs of new jobs?
One of these was AutoWorld, which in the 1980s became the symbol of government jobs planning run amok. The $50 million amusement park was closed within 12 months.
In the 1990s Governor John Engler's Broadband Development Authority promised 500,000 new jobs by 2010; after just a few years of operation it went belly-up, costing the Michigan State Housing Development Authority $14.5 million.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm created the Michigan film subsidy program, which in 2008 cost taxpayers $48 million to get a meager 1,100 new jobs, or $43,600 per job. If similar bribes were required for the rest of the state's employers, the cost would be almost $200 billion, or half the state Gross Domestic Product. So it's hard to imagine how anyone could call this program a "success."
In fact, every Michigan governor back to Kim Sigler in the 1940s has pursued the supposed shortcut of government "economic development" subsidies, preferences, discriminatory tax breaks and more. Rigorous reviews of such programs show they are all ineffective at reinvigorating an economy.
The latest fad – subsidies for politically sexy "earth friendly" activities - shows no more promise. At great cost Spain has already experienced this disappointment, discovering that government efforts to artificially generate "green jobs" actually cost the nation two real jobs for every one created.
In Michigan, this is just the "economic development" flavor-of-the-month for legislators and bureaucrats, and unlikely to have any net impact on our job creation climate. Like its predecessors, this latest fad will create job announcements, not real jobs.


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In part one of this two-part interview, Canadian food policy analyst and writer Wayne Roberts talks about global food policy and the local food movement.
Name: Wayne Roberts
Affiliation: Leading member of the City of Toronto's Environmental Task Force, weekly columnist for Toronto's Now Magazine and the former manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council.
Location: Toronto, Canada
Bio: Roberts earned a Ph.D. in social and economic history from the University of Toronto in 1978, and has written seven books, including Get A Life! (1995), a manual on green economics, and Real Food For A Change (1999), which promotes a food system based on the four ingredients of health, joy, justice, and nature. Roberts chaired the influential and Toronto-based Coalition for a Green Economy for 15 years. He has also served on the Board of the U.S.-based Community Food Security Coalition and Food Secure Canada. He is on the board of Green Enterprise Toronto, an organization of local eco-businesses that's associated with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies across North America. He has been invited to speak around the world on strategies that combine food security, community empowerment, environmental improvement, social equity and job creation.
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Can you tell us what led to the creation of the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC)?
The Toronto Food Policy Council is one of the oldest and most influential food policy councils in the world. It was started by the Toronto Board of Health in 1991, and has been housed within the public health department ever since.
This made three very bold statements about food policy. First, there is this big thing called food: not just nutrition or safety, but food as a whole. Second, the health of the population, not just the agricultural and agri-food sector should be at the center of public policy around food. Third, food policy is part of the mandate and responsibility of city governments, not just "higher" levels of government.
Toronto came to this experiment in 1991 because hunger and food banks had become part of life of too many people since the 1980s, and it was felt to be the city's responsibility to correct this problem. Toronto had also just become one of the first cities in the world to sign the World Health Organisation's healthy city charter and it was felt that a food council could help the city craft policies to make health part of everyday life, not just the result of medical intervention.
What were some of the obstacles the council faced in bringing food into the policy picture?
The approach of the Toronto Food Policy Council has always been that food policy is about opportunities, not problems. The starting point is optimistic but demonstrably true: we already have the resources to make food right so that its production and consumption promote health. And it costs us more to do food wrong than it would cost to do it right. It costs more to treat diabetes or other diseases based on food abuse, for example, than it would cost to prevent disease with a healthy diet.
Likewise, the TFPC always stressed that doing food right would operate in the public interest of all sectors, that it would be equally positive for the environment, community, job creation and education as for agriculture and health.
When we started, there were three food councils in the world. Now there are about 150 in existence or formation. So ours is a history of opportunity, not problems.
What changes in food policy would you like to see in the near future?
I think the key to progress on the food policy file is for all levels of government and public administration to have a designated minister, secretary, or deputy for food. This would be a silo-busting office with a mandate to go to the minister or secretary of education, as well as the president of a university and principal of a college or school and ask, how you are making use of food's potential as an activity (gardening, for example) that provides experiential learning in soil science and ecology. What are you doing to ensure that all students learn to their potential because they've had nutritious meals and snacks? And what are you doing to make lunchtime a series of teachable moments in social studies. The agenda of this ministry of food would be to have every department of public service thinking non-departmentally about the full life cycle of food and extracting its full value.
This agenda has already been proposed by the Toronto city manager in response to the medical officer of health report I worked on called Cultivating Food Connections. As its title suggests, the full empowering potential of food becomes manifest as soon as people become aware of its ability as a power tool of connectivity.
This new multi-functional pivot point for full-service food management is key to making progress in both food and public services generally.
How can we get cities and city dwellers to appreciate and turn to local food?
The best way to promote local food is to certify and identify it as local, sustainable and healthy. The more public purpose benefits are rolled up in a local food, the easier it is to attract shoppers and government incentives.
Typical shoppers have a variety of food passions. Some put a real premium on animal welfare or worker well-being, for example, issues that are covered by sustainable, but not necessarily by local. It's important that people selling to a pro-local demographic understand that this customer base is committed to a range of positive changes, and does not purchase just on local grounds.
Government programs are often prohibited from preferring foods just because they're local and usually need another layer of benefit to justify a local choice.
The big opportunity, especially in the US, is to move subsidies away from unhealthy and unsustainable crops and crop uses — most obviously corn for ethanol and livestock feed — and put them behind local, healthy and sustainable crops and crop uses.
Cities, where most food policy councils are, can also do a lot by providing nice spaces and amenities for farmers markets, by encouraging urban agricultural projects, and by purchasing local, sustainable and healthy foods at city events and sites.
Supriya Kumar is a research fellow with the Nourishing the Planet project.
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Traditionally a soft, white, flat, flour-coated Scottish breakfast roll. The term is now also used for any relatively large soft-crusted roll made from white, brown, or wholemeal flour.
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A reusable grocery sack.
- The definition of a sack is a bag used for putting things in or a bag that already contains something.
An example of a sack is a reusable grocery bag.
- To sack is a slang term that is defined as to fire someone from their job.
An example of sack is when a clerk is dismissed from their job because they took money from the register.
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"sack." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 August 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/SACK>.
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sack. (n.d.). Retrieved August 17th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/SACK
- a bag, esp. a large one of coarse cloth, for holding grain, foodstuffs, etc.
- such a bag with its contents
- the quantity contained in such a bag: a measure of weight of varying amounts
- a short, loosefitting jacket worn by women
- shift (noun)
- Slang dismissal from a job; discharge: with the
- Slang a bed, bunk, etc.
- Baseball base (noun)
- Football the act of sacking a passer
Origin of sackMiddle English sak from Old English sacc, akin to Old High German sac, Gothic sakkus from early Germanic borrowing from Classical Latin saccus, bag, in LL(Ec), sackcloth garment from Classical Greek sakkos from Sem: compare Classical Hebrew (language) sak, Akkadian shaqqu, sackcloth
- to put into a sack or sacks
- Slang to dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge
- Football to tackle (a passer who is attempting a forward pass)
sack inSlang
- hit the sack
- to stay in bed longer than usual
hit the sack
Origin of sackMiddle French sac from Italian sacco, plunder, literally , bag from Classical Latin saccus: see sack
Origin of sackearlier (wyne)seck from French (vin)sec, dry (wine) from Classical Latin siccus, dry (see siccative); spelling, spelled influenced, influence by uncertain or unknown; perhaps Spanish (vino de) saca, (wine for) export from sacar, to remove
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- a. A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.b. The amount that a sack can hold: sold two sacks of rice.
- also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
- Slang Dismissal from employment: finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
- Informal A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag: hit the sack at 10:00.
- Baseball A base.
- Football A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.
transitive verbsacked, sack·ing, sacks
- To place into a sack: sacked the groceries.
- Slang To discharge from employment: sacked the workers who were caught embezzling. See Synonyms at dismiss.
- Football To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.
Origin of sackMiddle English from Old English sacc from Latin saccus from Greek sakkos of Semitic origin śqqWord History: The ordinary word sack carries within it a few thousand years of commercial history. The Greeks got their word sakkos, "a bag made out of coarse cloth or hair," from the Phoenicians with whom they traded. The Phoenician word does not happen to be attested in any Phoenician writings that survive from antiquity, but words related to it can be found in the other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew śaq and Akkadian saqqu. The Greeks then passed the sack, as it were, to the Romans as Latin saccus, "a large bag or sack." The Latin word was then transmitted to the Germanic tribes with whom the Romans traded, and they gave it the form *sakkiz. (Similarly, many other languages of Europe, including Irish, Welsh, Albanian, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, and Russian, also have words derived from Greek sakkos or Latin saccus. ) The speakers of Old English used two forms of the word, sæcc, meaning "sackcloth" and descending from Germanic *sakkiz, as well as sacc, meaning "a sack, a bag" and borrowed directly from Latin. The second Old English form is the ancestor of our sack.
transitive verbsacked, sack·ing, sacks
Origin of sackProbably from French (mettre à) sac (to put in) a sack from Old French sac sack from Latin saccus sack, bag ; see sack 1.
Origin of sackFrom French (vin) sec dry (wine) from Old French from Latin siccus dry
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(plural sacks)
- A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
- The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
- (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
- The sack of Rome.
- (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense3 below.
- (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
- He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.
- (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.
- The boss is gonna give her the sack today.
- He got the sack for being late all the time.
- (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
- (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
- (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
- (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
- He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.
(third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)
- To put in a sack or sacks.
- Help me sack the groceries.
- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
- The barbarians sacked Rome.
- (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.
- (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
- He was sacked last September.
- (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
- The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year's Eve.
From Middle English sak ("bag, sackcloth"), from Old English sacc ("sack, bag") and Old English sæcc ("sackcloth, sacking"); both from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz ("sack"), from Latin saccus ("large bag"), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, "bag of coarse cloth"), from Phoenician, Ancient Egyptian 𓆷𓈎𓄜 (sAq, "sack"). Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (Å›aq), Akkadian ð'†ð'Š" (saqqu).
(plural sacks)
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