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Meghadūta (Sanskrit: मेघदूत literally Cloud Messenger)[1] is a lyric poem written by Kālidāsa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets.
About the poem[edit]
A poem of 111 stanzas, it is one of Kālidāsa's most famous works. The work is divided into two parts, Purva-megha and Uttara-megha. It recounts how a yakṣa, a subject of King Kubera (the god of wealth), after being exiled for a year to Central India for neglecting his duties, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife at Alaka on Mount Kailāsa in the Himālaya mountains.[2] The yakṣa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on its northward course to the city of Alakā, where his wife awaits his return.
In Sanskrit literature, the poetic conceit used in the Meghaduta spawned the genre of Sandesa Kavya or messenger poems, most of which are modeled on the Meghaduta (and are often written in the Meghaduta's "mandakranta" metre). Examples include the Hamsa-sandesha, in which Rama asks a hansa bird to carry a message to Sita, describing sights along the journey.
In 1813, the poem was first translated into English by Horace Hayman Wilson. Since then, it has been translated several times into various languages. As with the other major works of Sanskrit literature, the most famous traditional commentary on the poem is by Mallinātha.
An excerpt is quoted in Canadian director Deepa Mehta's film, Water. The poem was also the inspiration for Gustav Holst's The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909–10
Visualisation of Meghadūta[edit]
Meghadūta describes several scenes and is a rich source of inspiration for many artists.
An example are the drawings by Nana Joshi.[3]
Composer Fred Momotenko wrote the composition 'Cloud-Messenger', music for a multimedia performance with recorder, dance, projected animation and electronics in surround audio. The world premiere was at Festival November Music, with Hans Tuerlings (choreography), Jasper Kuipers (animation), Jorge Isaac (blockflutes) and dancers Gilles Viandier and Daniela Lehmann.[4]
See also[edit]
- Wilson, Horace Hayman (1813). The Mégha Dúta, Or, Cloud Messenger: A Poem, in the Sanscrit Language. Calcutta: College of Fort William. Retrieved 11 November 2010.. 2nd ed 1843 Introduction, text with English verse translation, and assorted footnotes.
- Johann Gildemeister, ed. (1841), Kalidasae Meghaduta et Cringaratilaka ex recensione: additum est glossarium, H.B. König. [1][2] Sanskrit text, with introduction and some critical notes in Latin.
- The Megha-dūta (3 ed.), Trübner & co., 1867 With Sanskrit text, English translation and more extensive notes separately.
- Colonel H. A. Ouvry (1868), The Megha dūta: or, Cloud messenger, Williams and Norgate [3]. A prose translation.
- Ludwig Fritze (1879), Meghaduta, E. Schmeitzner. German translation.
- The Megha duta; or, Cloud messenger: a poem, in the Sanscrit language, Upendra Lal Das, 1890. Hayman's translation, with notes and translation accompanying the Sanskrit text.
- Exhaustive notes on the Meghaduta, Bombay: D.V. Sadhale & Co., 1895 [4]. Text with Mallinātha's commentary Sanjīvanī. Separate sections for English translation, explanation of Sanskrit phrases, and other notes.
- Eugen Hultzsch, ed. (1911), Kalidasa's Meghaduta: Edited from manuscripts With the Commentary of Vallabhadeva and Provided With a Complete Sanskrit-English Vocabulary, Royal Asiatic society, London [5]
- T. Ganapati Sastri, ed. (1919), Meghaduta with the commentary of Daksinavartanatha
- Meghadutam of mahakavi Kalidasa (in Sanskrit text, with Sanskrit and Hindi commentary named 'chandakala' by Sri sesaraj Sarma Regmi (prof . Nepali department, and kashi Hindu University)), chowkhmba vidybhavan varanasi-1, 1964
- Rasa structure of the Meghaduta - A critical study of Kalidaas's Meghaduta in the light of Bharat's Rasa Sootra (in English text with sanskrit scriptures by Dr. Ramakrishna Rajaram Ambardekar ( Prof. and Ex-Principal of Patkar College in Mumbai )), 1979
The Meghadūta has been translated many times in many Indian languages.
- Dr. Jogindranath Majumdar translated Meghaduta in Bengali keeping its original 'Mandakranta Metre' for the first time published in 1969
- ^ "Meghdutam". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Wilson (1813), page xxi.
- ^ Joshi, Nana. "A Visual Interpretation of Kalidas' Meghadūta". Joshi Artist. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Cloud-Messenger".
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External links[edit]
- Text
- Translations
- Translation by Arthur W. Ryder at The Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Translation by C. John Holcombe (Available as ebook)
- Partial text of the Megadhuta, with word-for-word translation
- Illustrated translation by Jaffor Ullah and Joanna Kirkpatrick
- A literal prose translation by McComas Taylor
- About the work
- Illustrating the Megaduta: "Illustrated catalogue of the plants and trees of Kalidasa's Meghaduta".
- A summary by Chandra Holm
- Notes on issues in translation by Holcombe
- A Review of a book of translation.


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San Diego Vows to Transition to 100% Renewable Energy by 2035By Kelly Curtis
San Diego Vows to Transition to 100% Renewable Energy by 2035
San Diego this week became the nation's first city to make a pledge to transition to all renewable energy. The move comes on the heels of a historic agreement reached in Paris last week, where 195 world leaders vowed to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Other cities like New York and San Francisco have said they intend to increase their use of renewable energy, but San Diego is the first to make it legally binding. In a unanimous vote, members of the City Council passed a measure requiring the city to use 100 percent renewable energy sources by the year 2035. The measure also mandates that half of the city's automobile fleet will be electric in five years. To reach its goal, a spokesman said, the city will count on residents installing solar panels on their homes to reduce their use of coal-powered electricity.
Military Personnel Accidentally Ship Live AnthraxBy Dave Simmons
Military Personnel Accidentally Ship Live Anthrax
An anonymous US defense official reported Wednesday that military personnel had accidentally sent a live anthrax specimen to a private lab in the northeast. The official said that 8 other samples may have been sent out, but said he believes all the samples are now secure. The samples were believed to be inactive, rather than live samples when they were shipped to private facilities for research purposes. A spokesman for the Pentagon confirmed that there was an investigation into the incident, and insisted that there is no public health risk. The Centers for Disease Control also acknowledged the mishap, and is investigating, but echoed the Pentagon stance that there is no risk to the public.
EPA Expands Reach of Clean Water ActBy Andy
EPA Expands Reach of Clean Water Act
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized an amendment to the Clean Water Act designed to further the legislation's reach. Known as te Clean Water Rule, the new piece provides federal protection for previously unprotected streams and wetlands that feed rivers and lakes that are used for drinking water in US cities and towns. Before the rule, the EPA estimates that 60 percent of the streams and rivers across the nation were unprotected by the Clean Water Act. The agency also estimated that one in 3 Americans will have cleaner water with the change, as the sources for their drinking water were fed by unprotected rivers or wetlands. The Clean Water Rule has had ample opposition since it was first proposed about a year ago. A statement from the Obama administration said the move was necessary to clear up a number of ambiguities in the Clean Water Act. The new rule marks the first major change to the Clean Water Act since it was originally passed in 1972.
California Opens Solar Plant That Can Power 160,000 HomesBy Ronnie
California Opens Solar Plant That Can Power 160,000 Homes
California Governor Jerry Brown was beaming Monday as one of the world's largest solar power plants opened in the Southern California desert. Located in Riverside County, about 170 miles east of Los Angeles, the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm was operating at full capacity and pumping 550 megawatts of juice into the grid. Officials say that's enough electricity to power 160,000 homes. The solar plant is just the first step in Brown's ambitious plan, announced several weeks ago, for 50 percent of the state's power to come from renewable sources by the year 2030. Officials also noted that the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm will prevent the release of 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year, likening it to taking some 60,000 cars off the road.
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Earth Day Celebration at Garden of the Gods
In honor of Earth Day, the Friends of Garden of the Gods are sponsoring several event on Saturday, April 19th at the Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center. There will be exhibitions put on by the Air Force Academy Falconers, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and the American Indian Dancers group. There will also be a chemical magic show and educational exhibits from the Wolf & Wildlife Center and Nature's Educators organizations. Visitors will also be treated to free admission that day to the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Festivities will take place from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Visitor & Nature Center, 1805 N 30th St in Colorado Springs.
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In a recent report Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, both owned by Rupert Murdoch, have been found to be misleading (you think?) when it comes to the topic of global warming. The analysis finds that 93% of Fox News discussions on global warming are inaccurate and 81% of Wall St Journal editorials are too.
The analysis, done by nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), was based on 6 months worth of Fox News footage and a years worth of Wall St editorials.
Aaron Huertas, a press secretary at UCS, told LiveScience, "It's like they were writing and talking about some sort of bizarre world where climate change isn't happening,"
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While the US Congress has made no real effort to address global warming, the world's largest economic power is surprisingly getting greener anyway. The decline in greenhouse gas emissions in the US can be attributed to a variety of factors including the weak economy, certain moves made by the Obama administration to limit pollution from power plants, state requirements that utilities obtain power from renewable sources, and government investment in energy efficiency technology. But the biggest contributor to declining greenhouse gas emissions, economists say, is the very cheap price for natural gas over the last few years.
Peruvians Urged to Stay Away from Beaches After Massive Pelican Die-OffBy The Claw
The Peruvian government issued a warning over the weekend asking residents and tourists to stay away from the Latin American nation's beaches while the cause of hundreds of deaths to dolphins and pelicans is investigated. According to public health officials, more than 1,200 pelicans have washed ashore along Peru's beaches in recent weeks, adding to the concern caused by the unexplained deaths of more than 800 dolphins over the last few months in the same region of Peru's northern Pacific coastline.
Vast Underground Water Source Mapped in AfricaBy Antlers
According to a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists have discovered a vast underground reservoir of water in Africa, which has dealt with water shortages for decades. The team of researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London say that the reservoir contains 100 times more water than is spread across the surface of the dry continent, and have produced a detailed map of where the underground water supply can be found.


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Zubkus gives Merrimack the OT win against Bentley in opener
No. 5 Merrimack 4, No. 8 Bentley 3 (OT)
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Sophomore midfielder Christine Zubkus buried a loose rebound a little more than five minutes into the first overtime session to lift No. 5 Merrimack to a 4-3 road victory against No. 8 Bentley to open the season.
After allowing host Bentley to tie the contest at three with three minutes to play in regulation, Merrimack soared out of the gate in the sudden-death overtime session, reeling off three shot attempts during the first four minutes.
Then, in the 76th minute of the contest, senior Jessica Otis put a shot on net that Bentley netminder Katie Kelley turned aside. But waiting to pounce was Zubkus, who had already assisted on Merrimack's third goal of the game, and the sophomore midfielder buried the loose ball into the boards to send the Warriors off in walk-off fashion.
Merrimack opened the contest with a goal from sophomore Katrina Squeri, who put the visitors ahead just 4:06 into the game after deflecting a shot from Otis.
Freshman Hannah Magerman made it a two-goal with her first collegiate marker at 19:55, scoring on a scramble in front of the net.
Bentley closed out the half with a Leah Winer tally, bringing the hosts to within a goal at the intermission.
Meghan Talerman tied up the match 12 minutes into the second half on an unassisted strike, but senior Candace Waldie responded seven minutes later to push the Warriors on top, 3-2, on a feed from Zubkus.
Becca Moore provided late heroics for the hosts with the game-tying strike with exactly three minutes to go, taking a feed from Sally James on a scramble following a penalty corner to send the game to overtime.
Zubkus won it for the visitors on a rebound at 75:26, completing a three-point night for her.


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An open source version of GOBE Productive is probably out of the question. Considering that GOBE Productive always had the best reviews of any word processor / spreadsheet / layout / charts for BeOS, maybe we should consider a limited licensing deal. I understand that this might be a controversial idea, but it will be many years before there is anything as good as GP for Haiku.
Not really. The idea when choosing the MIT licence for Haik (and not the GPL) was actually to integrate in the existing BeOS world. Getting GoBe back into the loop would mean this goal is finally reached.
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HOLYOKE – The toll of displacing 400 tenants collided with a prohibitive $24 million renovation cost in a meeting Thursday about the Lyman Terrace housing complex.
The meeting of the City Council Redevelopment Committee drew about 100 people to the Holyoke Transportation Center at 206 Maple St.
The meeting was held there instead of City Hall to accommodate the expected large crowd.
The Holyoke Housing Authority is seeking federal approval to demolish the 18 brick buildings that comprise the 74-year-old Lyman Terrace. The complex has 167 units.
Many, if not most, of the 100 people at the City Council Redevelopment Committee meeting opposed the Holyoke Housing Authority's plan to seek federal approval to demolish the complex' 18 brick buildings.
"And, yes, it does have a human impact. The majority of the people who live at Lyman Terrace are Hispanic. This is a Hispanic community," said Darlene Elias, of Clark Street, who said she grew up at Lyman Terrace.
Elias' remark was a reference to legalese that some people have objected to in the Lyman Terrace issue. Wording on a Housing Authority notice about the demolition plan stated the demolition will have "no significant impact" on people.
Authority officials have said that was language generated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The complex' buildings are in rows bordered by Lyman, Front and John streets in the Downtown neighborhood.
Because the complex was built to 1930s specifications, the buildings lack handicap access and windows, plumbing, heating and other systems are problematic, officials said.
Environmental, mechanical and hazardous-material firms have determined that bringing the 167 units up to current building codes, expanding units' square footage, making interior and exterior structural improvements and providing energy efficiencies would cost $24 million, authority Executive Director Rosalie M. Deane has said.
But tenants, some councilors and others said they doubted assertions of Housing Authority officials that enough other places to live would be found for the 400 Lyman Terrace tenants. They also questioned whether all or many of the current tenants would get first shot at living in the units of a development that could replace Lyman Terrace.
The reason for the meeting is the council on Feb. 21 referred to committee a resolution that opposed the Lyman Terrace demolition because "Holyoke's revitalization depends on preserving, rehabilitating, and capitalizing on our historic architecture and infrastructure."
The decision to seek HUD approval for demolition – an applicaton that has yet to be filed – was made after failure to obtain a so-called Hope 6 grant, Deane said.
The goal was that such federal funding would allow for a revamp of the area into housing similar to the refurbished Jackson Parkway, on Resnic Boulevard, which has owner-occupied and rental housing, she said.
With Hope 6 no longer funded by the federal government and renovating Lyman Terrace too expensive, the decision was made to demolish, she said.
Deane said the process has included regular updates of Lyman Terrace tenants.
"We did meet with all of the residents of Lyman Terrace," Deane said.
"We notified that we didn't get the Hope 6....We thought the tenants were all on board, but now I guess there's been some misinformation out there" about the Housing Authority's tenant relocation abilities, she said.
Marcella Jayne, a Lyman Terrace resident for four years, said it wasn't misinformation. Lyman Terrace has been treated poorly over the years by police and the city in a mode of thinking that treats white people partying as normal but Puerto Ricans celebrating as "pathological."
Sylvia Robello, of St. Kolbe Drive, who was president of the first Lyman Terrace tenants association, disputed Housing Authority officials about the condition of the complex.
"The apartments are in good shape....Lyman Terrace is a beautiful place to raise kids," Robello said.
Deane said a problem in terms of upkeep is that the Housing Authority gets only $850,000 a year to maintain all of its more than 2,000 units.
A rally was held before the meeting across the street at Veterans Park. Among the signs participants held were those reading "We want more affordable housing, not less" and "Holyoke Housing Authority HHA is a slumlord."


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When there is none to keep
To keep safe from the elements all
Furious that make the women weep
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This document was first written on March 19, 2002. It was modified on March 20, 2002, and subsequently modified again on June 18, 2007. It was inspired by hearing of yet another community which has opted to go the school uniform route. I must admit, outright, that there might be very good reasons for going this route. The U.S. Department of Education has a very good summary of this discussion, and other considerations when implementing school uniform policies, and that discussion can be found at this web site: http://www.ed.gov/updates/uniforms.html Those considerations include a reduction in school violence and theft, preventing the display of gang colors and insignias on clothing at school, instilling students with discipline, helping to resist the effect of peer pressure, helping students to concentrate more effectively on their school work, and helping school officials recognize intruders. However, I want to highlight here, in particular, at least a few very serious reasons why I think they should not be considered seriously. Before you read further, I should add that it is not likely you will have read these particular arguments before, and this is mostly because there are not very many people who are able to make them.
If you've read my web site, located at http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/index.html, it will be no shock what I have written here. If you haven't yet read my web site, I encourage you to do so either before or after reading this document. Some things I discuss quite thoroughly in that document, and some, though not all, of the points I have made in that document will be repeated here.
Let me introduce myself for those of you who don't know much about me yet. My name is Glenn Alperin. At the date of this writing, I am 24 years old (29 years old at the date of last update), long past the age of being either an elementary or high school student. I and a few million other people, by a conservative though rather unscientific guess, have a cognitive medical condition called prosopagnosia. (Recent scientific evidence suggests that the prevalence may be as high as 2% of the population as a whole according to research conducted separately by Ken Nakayama of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Martina and Thomas Grueter of Münster, Germany.) Basically, this means that I am unable to recognize people by using the face as the primary recognition clue. Some time back, I had a picture taken of me which I placed in a scanner which is attached to my computer, and using an image editor software package, I modified the photograph to reflect what it is that I remember about other people. Keep in mind that this is not how I see other people when I look at them, though I am told that at least a few people with a very severe manifestation of prosopagnosia might very well see people this way:
It is, instead, a very good illustration, or as good of one as I can visually make, of what it is that I am able to physically remember about other people. Now imagine that every person was wearing the same blue jeans you see me wearing there, and every person is also wearing the same white tee-shirt as I am wearing in this picture. (It's really not a good photograph as it was taken with too little light, so other features of my body which I might use to recognize myself and which other people with prosopagnosia might use are not very easy to see here.) I'm certain it would be quite difficult for most people to differentiate among each other if these were the only sets of clues one had to identify people. Fortunately, because face recognition is so good in most people, they don't have to resort to trying to figure out who people are based on their clothing or other physical characteristics.
Now that I've explained a bit about how difficult it is for me to identify people, I think it should be fairly clear why I would despise even the idea of school uniforms. I know one thing for certain: If, when I was in highschool or elementary school, there had been a school uniform policy implemented, I would definitely not have bothered to graduate. The stress level on me would have been so great that I'm certain I would have dropped out of school. The reason why should be quite obvious after reading the next paragraph.
Something most people don't realize, even if they think they know a lot about prosopagnosia, is the social isolation which often goes along with not being able to recognize people. I've long since come to terms with the fact that I won't be able to recognize other people, but it seems to take most people an extraordinary length of time for them to realize, and to truly understand, that just because I fail to recognize them does not mean that I do not remember things about them. In fact, I remember many things about many different people, and I can keep that information fairly well sorted so I don't mix up information I know about one person for a different person. This doesn't mean that I don't mix information up about people, which I do with some regularlity, but not as often as people might think. Keeping information straight about people you have no mental visual image of is not an easy task. I have discovered that I am much better at remembering things about people I've met in e-mail or online correspondance than I am at remembering things about people I have met in person. Nonetheless, people seem to have this strange belief that a failure in recognition might mean that the person who failed to recognize you is trying, intentionally, to snub you socially. In my case in particular, and in the case of other people with prosopagnosia, this could be nothing further from the truth.
Having said all of this, it should be no surpize to anybody just how significant the effect of school uniforms might be to a person like myself. It removes a very significant piece of my identification repertoire. Granted, clothing is not the first thing I use to identify people, but it works very very well for short term situations, such as a classroom, or, as is more the case for me these days, when going to assist somebody while working in a retail store, and needing to return to the person after checking on their particular request. Sometimes, clothing works very very well for identifying certain people, especially if they wear the same style of clothing day in and day out. I had a friend from college I could readily identify not only because of his size (he was quite muscular) but also because, without fail, he always was wearing the same baseball cap and the same style of shirt, and nobody else wore that particular combination while I was in college.
For a person who can not recognize faces, often times, recognizing clothing, and thereby recognizing the people wearing the clothes, is the only way to cling to a social situation which is otherwise totally incomprehensible and utterly devoid of social meaning. I'll give you a very recent example of this: There is a photograph in my house, and in this photograph is a picture of two people, one of whom is holding a dog. It was only after realizing this particular detail (the man and women together with the dog) that I was able to realize that the picture was of my brother and his wife. The contextual clue of the dog is what allowed me to make that particular identification. Clothing is another contextual clue I use to attempt to identify people, and lacking that or any of several other contextual clues will make a person totally unrecognizable to me.
For a prosopagnosic child, there is one other very serious potential negative consequence of having school uniforms. When other children either figure out or find out that the child is either incapable of or impaired with facial recognition (and they almost inevitably will when the child either mistakes one person for another or questions are raised by the children among themselves about the reasons behind a child's shyness or behavior), there is the additional problem of school bullying to be reckoned with. A child who is bullied and who lacks the ability even to identify the bully is basically a sitting duck for the bullying assaults to continue. If the prosopagnosic child has the courage and/or ability to fight back, it is that child who will inevitably be caught in a social trap of explaining such behavior to a teacher or school administrator and identifying the original bully, a task which will prove to be difficult for a child with prosopagnosia anyway, and impossible for the child to do when everybody is wearing the same school uniform.
One of my personal earliest memories of grade school was based around just such an incident where the person I thought had been bullying me denied the whole incident took place, and I had no way to know if I had "gotten the right kid" when physically retaliating, and that was without school uniforms. Now I was not, and still am not, the most observant of people, but I have spoken with a few parents of prosopagnosic kids and with some prosopagnosic adults who have described their child's or their own observational skills for details not including the face to be of an exceptionally gifted level. All of us, however, rely on as many clues as we can possibly gather to try to learn how to recognize people. When any of those potential clues to recognition are removed, it causes an appropriate defence against such bullying to be darn near impossible to carry out. Of course, there was no proper justification for my own retaliatory behavior, but in the case of a school with a school uniforms policy, the situation would have been even more difficult, not just for me in my case, but for every child with prosopagnosia who has the misfortune of experiencing similar bullying tactics.
All of that said, however, there are times when I found uniforms to be essential for me to function properly in some situations, and it is these, in particular, that I want to encourage people to think more about. I discovered very very quickly, when I was younger, that I was not much of an athlete, but even more importantly, that I could not identify the people on my team unless they were wearing some kind of team uniform. It took the other kids I was playing with even less time to figure out I could not identify who belonged to which teams, and as a result, I was often passing, or throwing, or kicking the ball to the wrong person. The only way I could be even the least bit successful in sports (and thats all I ever was since I wasn't that gifted athletically as I already mentioned) was if people would wear team uniforms to tell me who was on which team. Even in highschool, I often had to remind my basketball coach that this was a necessity for me even in scrimmage.
I am sure that any implementation of a school uniform policy may turn out to be a good thing in ways other than the article I referenced at the very top mentions. I suspect it may very well create the possibility of a much earlier diagnosis of prosopagnosia in a small group of people. This by itself would surely be a good thing, but there are also significant negative social and educational consequences that would go along with the potential positive outcome of a greater prevalence of early diagnoses. For example, it is a difficult enough process for the prosopagnosic child to create and cultivate friendships with people the child can not readily identify to start with. The child with prosopagnosia will naturally gravitate towards the people the child can most easily recognize. Because there is rather little in the way of physical differences to differentiate one person from another, aside from the face which the child with prosopagnosia will not find useful in any event and aside from clothing which has the potential to be the prosopagnosic child's social salvation if it is uniquely identifying enough on a particular person, the child is likely to feel either socially isolated or socially confused (or both) just in the normal course of socialization which occurs within the school environment. I am certain that it is not in the best interest of the child with prosopagnosia to cause the child to experience additional social and educational hardship by essentially causing the child to go to school with what the child will perceive to be physical clones as a result of all of the other children wearing school uniforms. In fact, I think the child with prosopagnosia, who will likely always struggle to make and maintain friendships anyway, might cease trying to create friendships when faced with the inevitable failures of trying to differentiate between a collection of what they will perceive to physically be "clone classmates".
The question then becomes this: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, what would be a "reasonable accomodation"? I think you can probably agree with me that the answer is quite clear. Such a reasonable accomodation should include, at the very least, the removal of such a school uniform policy. I don't think that is an unreasonable thing to ask.
The author is more than happy to exchange e-mail with anybody interested in this particular topic. Be aware, however, that any attempt to dissuade him from the viewpoints expressed here, which are purely his own, will be as unsuccessful as asking him to recognize people by using their face as the primary recognition clue. Feel free to e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions or comments you might have. The author will endeavor to answer them as expediantly as possible.
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In the framework of the excellence strategy to strengthen cutting edge details in Germany decided by the Federation and Regional States, the German Research Association (DFG) made an announcement on 29.09.2017 stating for which of the submitted draft proposals the universities are allowed to make a full application. No fewer than four draft proposals by the University of Stuttgart were positively reviewed by the expert panel and permitted to make an application. In one year, on 27th September 2018, a decision will be reached on the final selection of the excellence cluster applications in the excellence commission.
Professor Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart, was delighted about the decision reached by the expert panel for the excellence strategy after the announcement of the results by the DFG and said: "Today is a very good day for all researchers but also for all students of the University of Stuttgart. The authorisation of no fewer than four draft proposals is a special success and a milestone for the University of Stuttgart. I would like to thank all those scientists working in the clusters for their achievements and commitment. Now the University of Stuttgart has the opportunity with this success of applying for the newly established funding lines of the universities of excellence in the framework of the excellence strategy of the Federation and the Regional States."
With a view to the research strength of the University of Stuttgart in the scientific areas of the submitted draft proposals of the university, Professor Ressel is convinced that the University of Stuttgart will continue to forge ahead with its central research fields under the program "Intelligent systems for a sustainable society " and in so doing raise the profile of the university in all core areas. "The University of Stuttgart will succeed in continuously pursuing the strategic goal of a research university recognised worldwide with the numerous DFG special research fields and graduate college as well as other research associations", according to the Rector.
The cluster drafts entitled to make a full application
Since 2007 the excellence cluster "Simulation Technology (SimTech)" at the University of Stuttgart has forged ahead with the simulation sciences in terms of models, methods and computing aspects from an engineering perspective in great depth and breadth and established them with its interdisciplinary and methodical profile as an internationally visible research focus.
The orientation of the proposed cluster on data-integrated simulation sciences stands for a multitude of pioneering research questions. The large amount of data available today from sensor measurements, data collections, experiments and simulations offer new and increasingly significant possibilities of acquiring knowledge. Its research goal is a new category of simulation as well as data-driven approaches that raise the applicability of simulation as well as the reliability of decisions based on this to a new level.
Quantum sciences from the basics to application: development of quantum instruments of the future
In the field of quantum sciences the Universities of Stuttgart and Ulm as well as the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart are requested to make a full application. In a possible excellence cluster "Quantum sciences from the basics to application: development of quantum instruments of the future" researchers link up quantum technology with the engineering sciences and transferred results from basic research to practice.
In the excellence cluster researchers from physics, chemistry, life sciences and engineering sciences want to work together in cross-institute laboratories. In so doing new materials and control methods for quantum systems are to be developed and these are to be integrated in functional devices.
The productivity of the construction industry has been stagnating for decades and already the construction sector consumes over 40 percent of the global resources and energy today. This and the big social, ecological, economic and cultural relevance of architecture show that new approaches are urgently required for planning and building. The excellence cluster therefore has the goal of using the full potential of digital technologies in order to rethink planning and building and to enable pioneering innovations for the construction industry through a systematic, holistic and integrative computer-based approach.
A central objective is the development of a subordinate methodology of the "co-design" of methods, processes and systems, based on interdisciplinary research between the fields of architecture, civil engineering, engineering geodesy, production and system technology, computer science and robotics, as well as social sciences and the humanities.
Processes of understanding pose a great challenge for people per se, which is intensified even further through the complexity and the speed of the digital world. Counteracting these developments requires the analysis of language and text, i.e. the systems and instances, in which understanding expresses itself. Therefore the cluster project "Understanding understanding" pursues new approaches in order to better understand what happens when we (don't) understand language and text. In so doing the latest developments in the fields of linguistics, computer linguistics/digital humanities, psychology and literary studies are brought together.
In the joint cluster application of the universities of Stuttgart and Tübingen as well as the German Literature Archive (DLA) Marbach and the Leibniz-Institute for Knowledge Media (IWM) the scientists are venturing a methodically integrative approach in order to improve the analysis of understanding processes.
Previous success of the Excellence Initiative
The Excellence Initiative of the Federal government and German states is intended to boost the international competitiveness of leading German universities in attracting students and researchers. There have been two Excellence Initiative funding rounds, the first for the years 2007 to 2012 and the current one running from 2012 through 2017. Since the Initiative's start, the University of Stuttgart has received funding for two Excellence programs: the Simulation Technology (SimTech) Cluster of Excellence and the Graduate School for Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (GSaME).
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Simulation technologies have become indispensable in the 21st century and are to be found in nearly all fields; for example, in the development of new materials, in making environmental technology safer, or in helping to solve complex problems in biomechanics.
Researchers in the SimTech Cluster of Excellence work on making computer simulations more powerful, forecasts more reliable, and visualizations even more precise. To that end, the participating scientists, whose number by now exceeds 200, are busy synthesizing simulation models and methods first developed in isolation into a coherent systems science. Using this singular approach, our engineers, mathematicians, information scientists, natural scientists, as well as scholars in the humanities and social sciences, collaborate in breaking new ground in research on modeling complex problems and computer simulations. Since the Excellence Cluster 's formation, the SimTech team has succeeded in establishing simulation as the third pillar of science alongside theory and experimentation.
Our SimTech researchers work in areas as varied as molecular simulation and modern mechanics, systems analysis and numerical mathematics, as well as data management and hybrid high-performance computing systems. An essential part of SimTech's interdisciplinary concept is the real-time reflection by our humanities scholars and social scientists on the individual researched phenomena and their integration. "After what is now ten years of interdisciplinary SimTech research, we can say with some pride that we have succeeded in building a systematic program of education from high school all the way to professorship. Thanks in part to contributions by our successful young researchers, the simulation method has become a fixture in many disciplines in the meantime." (Prof. Wolfgang Ehlers, Coordinator)
An excellent environment for young scientists
Outstanding young researchers will find that the SimTech Cluster of Excellence opens interesting perspectives:
- The innovative elite Simulation Technology degree course has been offered on both the Bachelor's and Master's levels since 2011.
- The Cluster's own graduate school with its current complement of 150 doctoral students offers a structured PhD program, provides a platform for interdisciplinary exchanges and collaboration, and supports research stays abroad.
- A number of postdoc positions and junior professorships have been established in the Cluster.
- Close research contacts with industry through the Industrial Consortium SimTech open attractive career prospects for young scientists.
The Graduate School of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (GsaME) houses interdisciplinary research, qualification, and innovation as part of doctoral degree studies. It ensures an optimal environment for doctoral students in engineering sciences, computer sciences, and business economics that is geared toward future professional and leadership responsibilities at a university or in business. By their research, PhD candidates contribute to developing the scientific bases for manufacturing design, to achieving mastery over industrial production in an era of globalization and digitization, and to designing the factories of the future.
Our research activities concentrate on the following topic clusters:
- Strategies and factory development
- Management of global manufacturing networks
- Information- and communication technologies for manufacturing
- Equipment and service engineering
- Materials and process engineering
- Intelligent manufacturing systems
Thus, for example, you will find our GSaME doctoral students tackling the question of how manufacturing can be designed to use resources in an agile, flexible, more efficient way, how value chains transform into value networks, or how innovative fabrication technologies can be used to customize mass-produced products.
Research in science and industry
GsaME implements the dual degree principle during the doctoral studies phase in cooperation with prestigious firms in car manufacturing, electronics, and mechanical engineering as well as with institutes belonging to the Fraunhofer Society. By linking basic, applied, and industrial research to specific qualifications, doctoral students gain practical knowledge as well as interdisciplinary and industry-relevant competences.
More than 30 institutes of the University of Stuttgart are integrated in GsaME, which also cooperates with international partners in science. GsaME doctoral students have the opportunity to exchange professional knowledge and to network during our international summer school, at annual conferences, and in numerous colloquia.
A successful track record
The enduring appeal of the Graduate School for PhD students, its scientific renown, the degrees it has awarded, the career paths it has opened, and the businesses startups by our graduates that it has fostered validate the basic GsaME concept of combining practical relevance with quality science. Here is the GsaME track record at a glance:
- 145 research projects to date
- In excess of 470 published papers and conference posters
- 28 prizes and awards
- 37 completed PhDs.
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Launching at RED5.co.uk, the Vibe Watch appears to use four interchangeable and interlocking coloured elements in order to make your given timepiece a little more unique, and as it only costs £29.95 it shouldn't be too hard on your purse.
Not only do you get to change the colour of the face, strap, bezel and case, but there's also the option to have each element transparent - combinations are said to be around the 80,000 mark.
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Division of Workers' Compensation participates in 2011 Young Worker Leadership Academy
Academy trains teens on workplace safety, rights and responsibilities
The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) is participating in the annual Young Worker Leadership Academy being held Feb. 3, 4 and 5, 2011 in Berkeley. The academy provides a leadership development opportunity for teams of high school students, with adult sponsors, from different communities statewide to focus on young worker health and safety. The goals of the academy are to:
DWC Information and Assistance Officer, Andrea Lovette will represent DWC at the academy. The event takes place:
Saturday, Feb. 5
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
University of California, Berkeley
University Hall on Oxford and University Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Participation in the Young Worker Leadership Academy represents another vital step in the DWC's plan to reach out to workers in ways that are meaningful to them, providing information about their rights should they become hurt or sick because of work.
The Young Worker Leadership Academy has been jointly developed by the University of California, Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) and the University of California, Los Angeles' Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program. The academy is part of the statewide Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP) administered by the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation within the Department of Industrial Relations. The academy receives additional funding from the California Wellness Foundation.
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For many years dating back to the nineteen hundreds, Dedham has been known as the place to hire a Rowing Boat. We have carried on that tradition and have 26 Clinker built Rowing Boats all for hire from 30 minutes to an hour or more for a leisurely row along the river Stour.
Flatford Mill, the Mill made famous by John Constable is just a mile and a half row along the river if you are feeling energetic.
For those of you that would prefer an Ice Cream, drink or snack our kiosk is the ideal option with outside seating available.
Boat hire is open every day during school holidays + Bank Holiday Mondays.Throughout August Tuesday to Friday we will be open till dusk.
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Peter Pan panto, White Rock Hastings - we loved it!
Hastings Battleaxe was a little concerned about being asked to review Peter Pan at the White Rock with the incentive of free seats for me and Philosopher, VIP drinks and nibbles - would one's critical integrity be compromised? Well, I needn't have worried. I can genuinely say we really enjoyed ourselves. Peter Pan is excellent. Battleaxe recommends!
The packed theatre was full of excited children having a great time, so noisy that our ears were ringing for hours afterwards.
We've never even been to a fully staged production at the White Rock before. You don't get that much in the way of lavish stage sets, flashy lighting or loud smoky explosions at the Piano Concerto competition... the panto has plenty of all those.
Boy-band singer Jaymi Hensley, as Peter Pan, is every young (or maybe not so young...) girl's dream of a handsome, smiling, bright-eyed young man in a skimpy costume flying in through the bedroom window... He has a strong, melodious singing voice, a good stage presence and manages the technicalities of the role well. In the classic 'I believe in fairies' scene, he has to fly around above the stage, belting out 'You raise me up...' while also holding up the dying Tinkerbell's dimming light.... not bad going.
Captain Hook, played by Shaun Chambers, has a truly excellent pirate costume. Battleaxe was sitting next to another invited guest, Roger Crouch, the Hastings Pirate Day supremo. Who could know more about pirates than Roger? Anyway, Hook swashbuckled and leered around the stage in his fine clothes very convincingly, his every appearance greeted with deafening boos and catcalls from the audience.
As is traditional, Captain Hook was played by the same actor as Mr Darling. It's only when you see Peter Pan as an adult that the darker psychodynamics of the roles become evident. Mr Darling, the severe, repressed father, turning into Hook, the fantasy 'bad' parent.... Interestingly, in this production, presumably to economise on big-part players, the same person (Katriona Perrett) played Mrs Darling and Tinkerbell. Aha, Melanie Klein would have loved it. As Tinkerbell, the 'good' parent struggles with her jealousy of Wendy, her growing daughter, who is hailed as 'mother' by the lost boys...
This Tinkerbell was a robust, rough and ready sort of fairy with good comic timing, who kept on exploding loudly. Then there was Eliza the maid/Tiger Lily the Indian maiden/cabin 'boy' on the Jolly Roger, played by Danielle Perret. She too was a strong performer. For me, one highlight of the show was a line-up of Smee, Tiger Lily and a few pirates all wielding truncheons, cricket bats, frying pans, boxing gloves etc. singing about what they'd do if they didn't work for Captain Hook and, inevitably, beating up poor Smee.
What else? Wendy (Nina Bell) was suitably sweet, the little brothers and the lost boys were cute, the dancers hoof-hoofed, the music rumpity-tumped along. Oh, and I liked the gorillas..... the screaming from the audience practically blew the roof off.
So, was there anything the Battleaxe didn't like? I wouldn't be me if I didn't find something. Well, the crocodile was a bit unrealistic and you only ever saw his head. Nana the dog looked somewhat overfed. When the women were singing solo, you couldn't hear their words very well. But with all that going on, who needs words?
I guess that while bigger children clearly loved the thing to pieces, tiny ones might find it a bit loud and scary, and a bit long. But what is a proper childhood without becoming over-tired at the panto? At least they didn't have that dreadful business we had to go through, of being dragged up onto the stage. Can I ever forget Torquay, with some horrible old bloke as Widow Twanky trying to make me sing 'The Happy Wanderer'? Fal-de-ree, fal-de-rah...


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Because of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal begins to find her place in the world and let go of some of the sadness left by her mother's abandonment seven years earlier. With her newly adopted, goofy pooch at her side, Opal explores her bittersweet world and learns to listen to other people's lives. This warm and winning book hosts an unforgettable cast of characters, including a librarian who fought off a bear with a copy of War and Peace, an ex-con pet-store clerk who plays sweet music to his animal charges, and the neighborhood "witch," a nearly blind woman who sees with her heart. Part Frankie (The Member of the Wedding), part Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Opal brings her own unique and wonderful voice to a story of friendship, loneliness, and acceptance. Opal's down-home charm and dead-on honesty will earn her friends and fans far beyond the confines of Naomi, Florida. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
A fifth-grader who is frustrated and humiliated because he can't read as well as his classmates becomes a star on the football field, and when he is diagnosed with dyslexia, he finds that he has a whole team of people ready to help.
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is about a boy who doesn't like poetry. "I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do." This book is written in journal format and shows how Jack changes his mind about poetry and learns to like it. He is inspired by his teacher, famous authors/poets and the love he has for his dog. As he begins to write poetry he is not too sure of himself because his words don't rhyme. After reading poems by famous authors he realizes they don't have to rhyme and becomes more confident and allows the teacher to post his poems on the bulletin board. At first his poems are anonymous then as he becomes more confident he adds his name and receives many compliments from his classmates.
My students love this book. I love this book. They love the format - very few words on the pages. They love Jack's complaining about writing poetry in his journal. They love reading the real poems that Jack mentions in his journal (most are in the back of the book). I loved the gentle way the teacher developed Jack's talents. I think Love That Dog is a real treasure. KMM
The Harry Potter stories are original, magical, fantastic and plain fun. After his parents died in a freakish accident, the world's worst family - the Dursley's, adopted Harry. It's a good thing he is a wizard! When the letter arrives, by delivery owl, of course, for Harry to begin his wizarding education at Hogwarts Academy, well . . . strange and wonderful things begin. Harry Potter books can be purchased individually or as a gift set. You might also need to purchase Harry's schoolbooks. Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
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The poetry and essays are written by a young teen-aged girl with learning disabilities, including math disability and problems managing the mechanics of writing.
This is a book for children as well as for parents. It helps a child and his parents to deal with the sting that goes along with being learning different. Children with learning or social disabilities often suffer tremendous loss of self-esteem. This book, written from the perspective of 5 elementary students who share a class at their neighborhood school, enables a young reader to gain insight and understanding of their "kind of mind" as they come to terms with either attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, language disorder, social or motor skills deficits. Honestly and sensitively written, each child discovers the unique strengths which enable him or her to overcome the difficulties caused by having a "different" kind of mind.
A book with charming illustrations that makes the point that each person has value and a talent or skill to offer. Designed for elementary-age children, it can inspire teens and adults as well.
The story tells of 11-year-old Zack, nicknamed Zipper because he moves up and down so much, coping with parents, peers, and finding and losing a good friend all while dealing with attentional problems.
A boy has trouble in school, is embrassed often by his mistakes, and thinks he is dumb. He gets tested, has special teaching, and finally gets his first "A" on a test. A captivating part of this book is the wonderful photographs to illustrate the text on each page.
An appealing story about a boy who experiences being a figure of fun because of his school learning troubles. With appropriate help, he is challenged and meets success in school and out-of-school.
Katie, aged 14, meets typical junior high (or middle school) problems as she copes with her bad spelling.
Josh is an elementary-aged boy who confronts difficulties and wins battles as he copes with his learning disability.
Sixth-grade Brian is helped to cope with his learning disability by a sensitive teacher. He also learns the meaning of friendship.
This is a story about a teen-aged boy with dyslexia and his coping with family, teachers, and peers.
The title character, Benny, is a fifth-grader who feels stupid because he cannot read. He has become a loner over the past two years because the nieghborhood kids are not interested in playing with hime. This is a poignant story to add to the library of those about children and teens with dyslexia. Such books may offer encouragement and hope to others in similar situations. They are also good stories for children without dyslexia so they can understand the travails experienced by their peers.
Regina Cicci explains mild to moderate learning disabilities, offering suggestions for teaching in the classroom, clinic, and tutoring session, and ideas for parents. She discusses the preschool years and diagnosis of learning disabilities. Ms Cicci explains spoken language, reading, and writing disorders, and addresses emotional and behavioral issues. This book includes advice directed towards middle and high school students with learning disabilities.
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is about a boy who doesn't like poetry. "I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do." This book is written in journal format and shows how Jack changes his mind about poetry and learns to like it. He is inspired by his teacher, famous authors/poets and the love he has for his dog. As he begins to write poetry he is not too sure of himself because his words don't rhyme. After reading poems by famous authors he realizes they don't have to rhyme and becomes more confident and allows the teacher to post his poems on the bulletin board. At first his poems are anonymous then as he becomes more confident he adds his name and receives many compliments from his classmates.
My students love this book. I love this book. They love the format - very few words on the pages. They love Jack's complaining about writing poetry in his journal. They love reading the real poems that Jack mentions in his journal (most are in the back of the book). I loved the gentle way the teacher developed Jack's talents. I think Love That Dog is a real treasure.
Originally published in 1961, it doesn't matter how long this sweet little book of poems has been around, children (and adults) love it. They love its images and feelings. They love its sound. Reissued in 1989, with the current John Wallner illustrations, it remains a classic. John Wallners illustrations add more rich visual images to the "shapes and feelings without end" of the color images the poet's words provide. I must say, though, if you can get your hands on the original edition, I like those plainer, starker, illustrations better. This collection of poems about the colors of the spectrum becomes especially useful when teaching the concepts of metaphor and simile: "the purple feeling's a definite pout".
Published in 1984, this book of 100 poems remains one of the best. The title poem gives a little lesson on pre-conceived ideas. Another good poem is, "Homework! Oh, Homework!" an enthusiastic recitation of which is required when the homework grumbles start.
Clever rhyme and catchy rhythm are the essence of this book of 14 dinosaur poems. Jack Prelutsky entices the reader's rhythm to "plod" along with Diplodocus and to "hurry off to dinner" with Allosaurus. Seismasaurus provides a good introduction to the use of synonyms and works well when teaching adjectives and the use of the predicate adjective. Seismosaursus was enormous, stupendous, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, colossal, titanic and, yes, "a monumental fossil". In addition to the poems, factual information about these dinosaurs is provided with wonderful Lobel illustrations. Supposedly written with the pre-school set in mind (some of the poems are pretty gory for little ones), it still works well into the elementary and intermediate grades.
What would poetry reading with children be without Shel Silverstein? There's a bit of hilarity, and lots of truth, for every occasion within those pages. When it's time for everyone to be quiet, what better way than to be eaten by a boa constrictor, "upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff.!"
Joyful Noise, winner of the 1989 Newbury Award, is a children's book of poetry about insects that was designed for two readers to enjoy together by alternately reading from the verse written in two columns on the pages. The poems are carefully constructed to be read by two different voices, aloud. If you read with a bug-loving child, this is a book for you. One student enjoys reading and rereading the selections about the courtship of two book mites and a single day in the life of a mayfly. "Why do you like this book, Megan?" "I like bugs and these poems sound good." Charming large scale soft-pencil illustrations enhance the comical, easy-to-read text.
My students and I have loved Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices so I can't wait to try reading with four voices. These poems may be best used with children 10 and older. The color coordinated lines to read will take some getting used to.
This classic poem is rhythmic and soothing. It appears in a beautifully illustrated new-ish edition with very detailed watercolor pictures that young children enjoy looking at and discussing. In keeping with the repeated readings develop fluency knowledge; this book is one you will read again and again.
I read a lot of poetry with my students, because poetry demands rereading; and rereading works to develop fluency. This Caldecott Medal book is a real winner. The Mudville nine come alive again in this 100 year-old favorite. Bing's ingenious illustrations contain reproductions of old programs, tickets and ads -- scrapbook style. They feel like a trip through a museum. Because there is so much to see, this is a book for repeated enjoyment. There is much too much on each page to enjoy both the poem and the illustrations at the first reading. There are lessons to be learned here about winning and losing. There is also a heck of a lot of baseball lore and history packed into those illustrations. I have an older version of this poem, illustrated by Keith Bendis, with totally different watercolor illustrations, which the children love; so I was a little reluctant to introduce my new book. I shouldn't have been; the third grade baseball-loving student loved the Christopher Bing edition even more than the Bendis one. So much so, that I gave my new book to him. Booklist suggests ages 5-8, but I loved this book and I'm significantly older than that. KM
I read a 1990 edition of the famous poem "The Duel" by Eugene Field. Lovely illustrations set the scene in an antique toyshop where the gingham dog and the calico cat sit on a table in the window. The storyteller is an adorable teddy bear who admonishes, "Now mind, I'm only telling you what the Old Dutch Clock declares is true." It is true. This is a wonderful poem for younger children. You might as well look for a hardcover edition, it will be reread often. If you have trouble finding this lovely work, check the used book stores or used books on amazon.com.
There are several editions of Robert Frost's well-known poem available; but this one takes on new life with its wonderful illustrations by Susan Jeffers. The poem--long appreciated for its strong rhythm and evocative images--leaves readers wondering: Where was he going, at night, in the snow? My students insist that the man is Santa Claus. Ms Jeffers DID paint him with a long, white beard! I think of him as a country doctor. What about you? Susan Jeffers captures the silent beauty of a snowy night adding only touches of color to her gray on white color scheme, which includes beautifully camouflaged snowshoe rabbits, ermines, and other northern woodland creatures. You can really feel "the sweep of easy wind and downy flake" in those pages. It has been recommended for ages 4-7; but I believe a person of any age will enjoy this lovely book. KM
Doesn't everyone love this narrative poem? It tells the story of the first battle in the War for American Independence. "Listen my children and you shall hear" "t'was the eighteenth of April in '75 (1775, that is)". I read the words "and the fate of a nation was riding that night" and still get choked up. The historical inaccuracies in the poem are addressed in a two-page appendix. This is definitely a choice for the "I hate history" crowd. The Ted Rand illustrations are strong and detailed and add character and depth to the Longfellow's words. In one illustration, the reader looks down from the top of "the belfry arch of The Old North Church" to see the Somerset lying in Boston Harbor with "each mast and spar across the moon like a prison bar". I really like this poem. I really like this edition.
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Last October, a group of manufacturing organizations and related government organizations teamed up to launch Manufacturing Day. Known as #mfgday online, the event was a simple but novel concept: Expose as many people as possible to the real world of manufacturing through open houses, public tours, career workshops and other events.
Essentially: Blow the doors off the factory and let people see inside.
It was a fantastic success in terms of numbers, with 240 events nationwide and thousands of participants, including students of all ages, the media, lawmakers and community leaders, among others.
But even more importantly, the event helped to dispel all the stereotypes and falsehoods that tend to haunt our beloved manufacturing industry. Attendees were able to see what many of us who work in manufacturing already know: It's a sophisticated, dynamic, high-tech, globally competitive world that is always changing.
And -- oh, by the way -- it's also vital to the economy and security of the United States.
This year, Manufacturing Day organizers say there are 335 organized events, which can be viewed at http://www.mfgday.com/events. When I last spoke to them, they had all but three states offering at least one event. Our SME Education Foundation is one of the more than 100 sponsors.
At Manufacturing Engineering, we're doing our own version of Manufacturing Day in this issue, where you can visit the shop floor of three companies.
Take a look inside Milacron LLC. Long known as Cincinnati Milacron, the plastics machine maker is diversifying its growing business with contract manufacturing business, using its excess production capacity to make small lots of big, custom parts for other companies.
In our online edition, visit MPC Industrial Products (Irvine, CA), which has been precisely grinding and polishing metals for airplanes, medical devices and other high-quality products for decades. MPC has been recognized for some lean improvements that helped them streamline their process for polishing the large aluminum skins that wrap the fuselage of aircraft. Or take a look inside Hampel (Germantown, WI). Founded in 1976, the company specializes in heavy-gage, deeply drawn thermoformed parts that are sold on a proprietary and custom basis.
Without events such as Manufacturing Day, factories are just huge buildings surrounded by tall fences and expansive parking lots to outsiders. It's good to let people inside, to see the intense, high-tech competition in which U.S. manufacturers are engaged -- if only once a year.
This article was first published in the October 2013 edition of Manufacturing Engineering magazine.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - While Santa Clara men's crew is still three weeks away from racing, the Broncos are gearing up for competition during their early morning training sessions at Lexington Reservoir. Crew is a demanding sport that involves not just the arms that row, but the legs that drive the boat and the rowers must get every muscle ready for a short race.
"Rowing is unlike any other sport out there," said senior varsity rower Daniel Calvillo '12. "We are constantly building up our maximum output for one five and a half to six minute race. Most people think that rowers use only their upper body during rowing when actually it accounts for very little of the power. What drives the boat is a rowers legs. In a sense it is like doing squats as fast as you can and by the end of a race or a workout, the legs are dead."
The Broncos are hoping that the hard work pays off and that they can meet the team goals they have set during the preseason. So far the results have been showing up in training and everyone is excited about the season starting on Mar. 3 at the UC Davis Invitational.
"Our goals in the weeks leading up to our races are to get in the best physical shape possible and execute the best technique on the water," continued Calvillo. "This year has been very demanding both on and off the water but it has made us stronger. Seeing this progress makes head coach Wieslaw Kujda and I very excited about how we will perform during our racing season."
Joining Calvillo are fellow seniors Abe Checkoway'12, Brent Michael Harvey Jr. '12 and Andrew Norell '12. The foursome is showing the 11 sophomores on the roster what it takes to row at the collegiate level. The camaraderie amongst the rowers should help the Broncos leave everything on the water and reach their potential as a team.
"The group of guys that we have this year, like every year, is very special," added Cavillo. "We have a small senior class of four who have all been together since day one and a large sophomore class that is learning what it means to be a varsity rower. Every person on this team is loves rowing but enjoys the guys they row with even more, which is something that is hard to find on all sports teams. I hope that their dedication and hard work will propel us into a winning season."
In early May last season, the Broncos finished 11th overall at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships but there was only a 10-second difference between the first and 12th place boat. A major accomplishment, according to Kudja, was that the team was still contending for second place with only 500 yards to go in the Varsity 8 heat. In 2010 Santa Clara won the WCC Championship.
The Broncos schedule includes the Sacramento State Invitational and Stanford Invitational in addition to the UC Davis Invitational. The WIRA Championships will be Apr. 28 and 29 with the WCC Championships coming May 12 and 13.


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Many are talking about Sarah Palin as if she were running for president among the conservative talk radio hosts. Fact is, she's not running, and I doubt she will run for president and the Republican Party will be far better off for it.
Conservative radio talk hosts hate this but it is the truth, Sarah Palin is not an intellectual nor is she a policy expert. She does not debate well at all, she has no debating skills whatsoever, which would allow obummer a huge advantage if she were the nominee.
She has squandered almost three years since the last election and she had mixed success at best in supporting candidates in 2010. My advice to her would have been to brush up on international affairs, foreign policy, and policy in general and stay out of the limelight.
Instead, she has displayed her political immaturity be getting involved with petty issues beneath the dignity of someone running for the presidency or possibly so. Her engaging in a fire fight with Letterman was childish, while we have come to expect obtuse verbalisms from Letterman you would expect a higher standard from Sarah Palin.
Then we have her and her daughter issues the on off on off relationship of Bristol and Levi. If she cannot keep her home life in order how will she run the country? While I applaud her on many levels and applaud her pro life values I still think she is a political liability for the Republican Party should she become its nominee.
She tends to be polarizing one either hates or loves her, she has virtually not appeal among independents at all, her appeal is very narrow mainly confined to Tea Party. She is challenged in the context that she has an inherent inability to inspire. In that respect she is the anti-Reagan inasmuch as President Ronald Reagan had broad appeal, he appealed to practically every faction of the Republican Party, attractive to independents and some conservative Democrats hence the term "Reagan Democrats" I suppose I am not being fair, comparing President Reagan to Sarah Palin is like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Yugo. Has any of her speeches achieved the quality of Reagan? Not in my mind.
Next we have her visceral inability to complete anything from colleges to her governorship. Yes She finally did obtain a minor degree in communications after attending a wide array of colleges. I believe that is her most serious flaw. Have no doubt, should she run it will definitely come up on the campaign trail and in debates. How she will explain it would be extremely interesting...to this day it has not been satisfactorily explained, one may wonder just how prepared is this woman to handle adversity?
An interesting side bar to all this is why are two well known Conservative Talk Radio Hosts going out of their way to defend Palin from attacks yet totally ignore Michele Bachmann who is bashed just as much as Palin? As far as I am concerned Bachmann can wrap circles around Palin, that is just my personal opinion. She polls better with independents than Palin does and in one Zogby poll she actually has a slight 1% lead over obummer.
She can comfortably and intelligently discuss policy issues, unlike Palin, Bachmann is a skilled debater with a great resume to run on! It is far more extensive and passionate then Palin's sparse political experience
Lastly, one more liability Palin has is the majority of Conservative newspaper columnists do not like her, one can make an argument that is a good thing, and yet their constant bashing could hurt her in the primaries and the general should she be the nominee. My conclusion is that if she she were to run I believe there would be no clear winner in the primaries it would lead to a brokered convention and whoever the nominee is would go into the general election facing obummer fatally wounded That is just my personal opinion. Feel free to tweet me your opinion.
As always may God Bless you all and God Bless America.