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This Friday evening, my good friend Maud Newton, of the elegant eponymous blog (to which I contribute the Smart Set each week), will be debuting her first public literary reading and discussion that she's hosting (Fun fact: Last time I saw Calvin, we were at dinner with Maud and other friends, including the sublime (and just back from Antwerp!) Carrie A.A. Frye, at 66 after a party and a tragic-looking Mary-Kate Olsen was at the next table, making out with an unfortunately Kevin Federline-ish guy who, of course, turned out to be an oil heir). The event takes place at Lolita (7pm, FREE) and full details are here. Do join us if you're downtown.
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Says friend of Lux Lotus (& LL interview subject), artist and secret poet, Jeffrey Teuton:
"On May 24th I will be opening my new show in Berlin. The show will run at Galerie Open through July 19th and is titled Dracula, a Snake and Narcissus Walk Into A Bar. The show has 9 new paintings from 30 by 40 inches to 60 by 40 inches. There is also a really big installation of notebook pages from over the years that wil be on the second floor of the gallery, and a third room of Polaroids from over the years. If you are in Europe please stop by- I will be out there May 17th for the opening."
More: Galerie Open, Jeffrey Teuton.
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Vanessa of the stylish catch-all blog Entre Nous recently moved to Savannah and is selling chain-link scarves she's made herself as a scheme for "acquiring some extra cash during my graduate school days." As if I needed a reason to snap one up in a hot minute! Mine (a purplish mauve with gold flecks) is on its way. In a world of corporate homogeneity and disposable fashion, supporting independent, creative women with serious talent is my pleasure.
Related: The Lux Lotus Travel Guide -- Rob Walker on Savannah.
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Author Gayle Brandeis graciously steps in to muse on the sartorial power of red while I'm away (in part, to publicize her new novel):
"I never imagined a red bra would show up on the cover of my novel, Self Storage. I had pictured a stylized sign from a self storage facility, perhaps a cardboard box. But when the art department at Random House sent along an image of a red bra nestled inside a mason jar, I knew it was perfect—so unexpected and compelling. It spoke so much to me of a self stored, a self bottled up, passion locked away.
I taught at a writer's conference in Santa Cruz a couple of years ago. One of my fellow teachers was a Yoruba priestess. She said that she let the spirit of Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of love, healing and art, guide her as she taught. Her workshop was amazing. She would walk up to a woman in the room and tell her what she needed to grow as a writer. Sometimes the guidance was practical-- create a separate writing space, write an hour every night, etc. Sometimes it was more emotional—you need to face your fears in your work, you need to deal with your mother issues, etc. Then, she walked up to one woman, a woman wearing a crisp buttoned blouse, her hair perfectly combed, every bit of her presence neat and controlled, and she said, "Honey, you need a red dress." The woman started to cry. She said that she had been so focused on her career as an editor, she had lost sight of her wild side, her passionate side. She said that she would buy a red dress and go dancing as soon as the conference was over.
There is something so powerful--archetypal, really--about a red dress. A red bra. Red shoes. I once bought a pair of red Mary Janes; I just liked them because they were cute, but a friend admiring them said "Red shoes are power shoes. Those are your power shoes." I liked the idea of that; I wasn't feeling particularly powerful at the time, and the thought gave me a boost. The shoes themselves fell apart after a while, but I find I keep replacing them with other red shoes, looking for that same surge. I practically live in my red Danskos now. Their redness has become muddled over time, but they still have a feisty glow to them. And I made sure to shop for a red dress before my first Self Storage reading.
Two red dresses figure into the novel. My main character Flan's mother is buried in one when she dies; Flan, seven at the time, is enlisted to choose the burial clothes. The red dress that she selects, it turns out, actually belonged to Flan's mom's friend. At the funeral, the friend is shocked to see her own dress in the coffin, but she laughs and says "Well, I did say she could borrow it for as long as she wanted." I actually cribbed this scene from a friend's mother's funeral, and hadn't thought much about the significance of the red dress as I was writing, but now I love the idea of a red dress being shared among friends, women giving each other that sense of power. Later in the novel, Flan, who wears overalls just about every day, finds a red dress for herself, and it opens up a whole new world of possibility, both inside and outside herself.
Flan's neighbor from Afghanistan, Sodaba, wears a full burqa, and throughout the book, Flan is deeply curious about what is hidden under the dark folds of cloth. She never does discover what Sodaba looks like, what she wears beneath the veil, but I like to think she's hiding a red bra inside, that she's keeping her own passion alive there, burning like a heart." -- Gayle Brandeis, author of Self Storage (Ballantine, 2007)
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"I am at war with the obvious." -- William Eggleston
More or less worked straight through the weekend, with a break here and there (for instance: check out William Eggleston in the Real World; it's good company on a Friday night). For myriad reasons, most of them directly correlated to deadlines on professional projects, I'm going to take a two-week mini-break from Lux Lotus. Not you darling, just the blog.
What I'm publicizing right now:
IF YOU READ ONE BOOK THIS MONTH, MAKE IT A GOOD ONE -- Gayle Brandeis' Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007): the brilliantly constructed (and much-praised), politically resonant new novel exploring post-9/11 life from the vantage point of an award-winning novelist committed to poetry and activism in equal measure.
SAVE THE DATE -- Barnes & Noble's Upstairs at the Square series. Next up: Ian Rankin + Aidan Moffat (April 12).
SAVE THE DATE -- Green Apple Talk #3: Environmentalism Now explores how far the movement has come since the first Earth Day nearly forty years ago. What will the next wave of green culture look like, and how can the individual decisions consumers make have a global impact? Featuring Emily Gertz, environmental journalist and co-author of WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century, Aaron Naparstek, of Transportation Alternatives and StreetsBlog.org and author of Honku: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage, and Anne-Marie Van Dijk (DNA Models), who supports the work of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Orca Network and Natural Resources Defense Council when she's not walking the runway for Marc Jacobs, Dries Van Noten, Aquascutum, Libertine and others. Moderated by best-selling author Bryan Keefer. FREE. (April 24; full info).
I've got two upcoming speaking engagements:
The Virginia Festival of the Book on March 24th and at NYU's Center for Publishing soon after. Not that I can imagine you'd be interested but for those of you who like to play along at home, here's a video excerpt of my talk on innovative literary publicity at Penguin UK in London.
In the more Lux Lotus-esque realm:
Peach in the City is coming to visit for a week and lend a hand while also exploring her options in New York (also on the agenda: "Just Kick It Til It Breaks" at the Kitchen, "Ralph Rucci: The Art of Weightlessness" at FIT, plus the opera, twice!). But before that, I've got the "Ides of March Mixer at the Williams Club" to swing by (do I ever wish I'd been able to snap up that "Ann D." horsehair cape at Tokio 7 today!), and The Smart Set to compile.
At Maison de Lux, spring is nearly here: the black pansies have been potted and I have an artistic vision to attend to vis-à-vis my balcony. The soundtrack of the season? Tracy Thorn, Out of the Woods (out from Astralwerks in the U.S. in April). Do check it out.
As you can see, I'll be around, and will post any major news but features such as Windowlicker will be on hiatus for two weeks. I'll be back with the news from Monticello and more on April 2. With love, doves. XX.
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Because fashion is where you find it:
"Season One of 'Family Ties' is out on DVD...I started buying LeSportSac a few years back not to emulate Upper West Side women, but because I'd noticed in reruns of the show that it's the brand of bag Mallory keeps the speed pills in when Alex tries to take them off her in one of the 'Very special episodes.'" -- A cup of tea and a wheat penny.
[vintage 80s LESPORTSAC SMALL WEEKENDER HAND BAG tote @ ebay]
Windowlicker - from the French for window shopping: faire du lèche-vitrine - appears on Tuesday and Thursdays at 10am EST.
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Tonight: drinks at 7... Hip, tranquil, et al. Join us!
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New federal health insurance laws won't be the job killers that critics fear, a U.S. Small Business Administration official said Thursday in Billings.
Matt Varilek, the agency's regional administrator, said "uncertainty" remains for small businesses about law known as "Obamacare," particularly about total costs. But he expects most will comply to remain competitive for employees.
"Most businesses want to provide health insurance and want to find an affordable way to do so," Denver-based Varilek said at the Big Horn Resort for his agency's celebration of Small Business Week in Montana.
In an interview with The Gazette, Varilek touted the lending, training, advocacy and other services provided by the Small Business Administration. He discussed other business topics in the region, including health care and attracting a quality workforce.
Critics have argued the new health care law is too burdensome for small businesses and will force them to stop hiring or even shed workers to comply. By 2016, businesses with more than 50 employees will be required to provide approved health insurance for employees or face federal penalties.
Small Business Administration officials said most business owners won't limit growth because of the new law.
"That's just not what entrepreneurs aspire to in Montana. They either want to stay really low, in the three-to-five employee range, or they want to grow large," said Wayne Gardella, the agency's Helena-based Montana district director.
Varilek also spoke at an awards luncheon. A former Democratic congressional candidate in South Dakota, he was appointed last year to lead the agency's eight-state region.
Overall, the economy in these mid-Western state is faring well, particularly because of the growth in the Bakken oil fields centered in North Dakota, he said.
But a low unemployment rate means Montana is struggling to find enough employees in all jobs, Varilek said. Long-term, the key is education and workforce training for skilled tradesmen, but short term, it's talking up what Montana offers, Varilek said.
"As people get to know Montana and what it offers, they will get to know what it offers for raising a family," he said.


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English Literature Of The 19th Century:
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Carlyle
Theological Writers
Scientific Literature Of The Early Victorian Period
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Thomas Henry Huxley
John Tyndall
Periodical Literature And Criticism
Matthew Arnold
John Ruskin
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Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was distinguished as both poet and critic, but especially in the latter capacity. He was the eldest son of Dr. Thomas Arnold, of Rugby, and was educated at Oxford. For most of his life he was a government inspector of schools. His first book of poems, "The Strayed Revellers" (1849) was published anonymously; his second, "Empedocles on Etna" (1853) was recalled after a few copies were sold. Then he issued a collection from these with a preface discussing poetry. He maintained that true poetry depends on the subject and its appropriate treatment, not on occasional bursts of beautiful thought. Arnold was professor of poetry at Oxford from 1857 to 1867. Though strongly influenced by Wordsworth, his high culture disposed him to go back to Greek literature for form and models. He was the poet of thought rather than of life. Hence he was the poet of the Universities, but did not reach the people. Among his longer poems the most notable are "Sohrab and Rustum," a tragic narrative from Persia; "The Sick King in Bokhara;" "The Scholar-Gipsy," which describes finely the country around Oxford; and "Thyrsis," a noble elegy on his friend Clough. Many of his short poems are full of romantic grace, expressed in a classical style.
A new era was opened in his career when he began to publish "Essays in Criticism," which were collected in 1865. They noted and satirized English lack of culture, and pointed out what the French Academy had done for common writing. The ordinary Briton, absorbed in practical and material things, indifferent to art and intellectual pleasure, was held up to scorn as a Philistine an enemy of light a term borrowed from the German universities. Criticism was declared to be "a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." The essays had considerable effect on the professional critics, as well as on the public. Henceforth the long reviews were more animated, the short ones less flippant.
Arnold being encouraged to go on, entered the theological field, for which he was less qualified by knowledge and training. Yet his "Literature and Dogma," "God and the Bible," "St. Paul and Protestantism" were none the less popular. With keen wit and a lordly air he attacked the crude notions and palpable inconsistencies of common beliefs. He insisted that the language of the Bible is not fixed and scientific, but fluid and literary. To interpret its phraseology as precise leads to absurdities. But the new definitions he proposed deserve little favor. He dwelt on the name God, and defined it as "the Eternal not-ourselves which makes for righteousness;" salvation is "a harmonious perfection only to be won by cultivating many sides in us." His earnest desire was for "sweetness and light." He taught that the way to gain a higher life is by self-renunciation.
After some years Arnold returned to pure literary work, varying it with political discussion. He never meddled with art. For books of selections from Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth he wrote introductions of varying value, that on Wordsworth being his best. He made two visits to the United States, lecturing in the principal cities, but offended the Bostonians by his verdict on Emerson, pronouncing him neither a poet nor a philosopher, but acknowledging him as a seer. His "Discourses in America" contained several utterances as little likely to be acceptable to his hearers. Yet he won credit by having the courage of his convictions. Hardly had he returned to England, when he died suddenly in April, 1888.


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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
Dev must be short for DEVIL!
Growing up, I always had a pretty healthy relationship with TV. Because my mom is single super woman and because I'm an only child, reruns of "I Love Lucy" stepped in save me from the afternoon doldrums more often than not. Much like Milo of "Phantom Tollbooth" fame. "There once was a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself -- not just sometimes but always."
Thankfully, I was also an over-scheduled child before that was even a thing. So between ballet, jazz, gymnastics, Little League, auditioning for "The Pirates of Penzance" and private singing lessons with two different teachers on alternating Wednesdays, plus living about a block from the ocean, there wasn't much time to wile away in front of the boob tube.
"Go outside and play," was less a suggestion in our house than it was a pre-req for dinner. Still somehow I found the time to get addicted to 'The Cosby Show" like every other red-blooded American and that show about the butler I can't remember the name to, and that other show staring Robin Thicke's dad.
So there's really no explanation for the fact that I've welcomed the entire cast of "Smash" into my home. As in I'm obsessed with these people. As in, if I saw Megan Hilty and Raza Jaffrey (the two actors who play Ivy and Dev respectively) on the streets I could NOT stop myself from slut shaming them. And I don't even believe in that sort of thing.
For those who don't live on the set of "Smash" in their spare time, I'll explain: The show's about a small town girl, Karen (Katharine McPhee) who makes it somewhat big as an understudy on a new Broadway show about the life and times of Marilyn Monroe. Ivy is the Broadway vet whose toes Karen inadvertently keeps smashing (get it?). And Dev is Karen's hot boyfriend who can't handle the fact that his career as a press secretary is not popping off like it should. So OF COURSE, Ivy and Dev (both broken hearted for different reasons) find themselves at the same sad sack bar and according to the scenes from next week, what happens next ain't pretty.
Does all these sound totally formulaic and cheese-balling' to you? Me too. But I don't care! I'm hooked in a way that "Gossip Girl" never figured out how to do. Do you know how many fake speeches I've prepared for my walk on role as Karen's sassy pants know-it-all Head Black Friend from back home? A lot. My first one starts thusly, "Hey girl, don't ever let a man..."
I finally get why my great grandmother made us "go outside" whenever her "stories" were on. Yelling at the TV is so much more fun than wrangling a pack of wild seven-year-old or writing a new book proposal, which is what I'm supposed to be doing during my "lunch break." Not watching "Smash" and getting a productive-work-day-shattering dose of high drama.
But everyone has their thing. Without a work wife or husband to procrastinate with (Miles does not count) "Smash" will have to do for now -- and ever more. Anyone else ready to put down that important project due "cob" in favor of writing Uma Thurman a non-creepy love letter?


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Mesothelioma Subtype Shows Lengthier Projected Longevity: IASLC
SEOUL, Sept. 21 -- Some malignant mesothelioma patients may have a mesothelioma prognosis that's not as grim as once widely believed, said a Nordic collaborative group.
Patients diagnosed with epithelial subtype mesothelioma and treated solely with chemotherapy had a median life expectancy of 15 months, while some patients survived beyond three years. This was reported at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer meeting by Gunnar Hillerdal, M.D., of the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm and colleagues.
The Nordic group experience contrasts with a clinical perception that mesothelioma patients usually die within a year, the investigators noted. A large multicenter trial based in the U.S. demonstrated a 12 month survival rate when using cisplatin with or without pemetrexed versus nine months with cisplatin alone. Other trials have yielded similar results.
Dr. Hillerdal said, "The Nordic Mesothelioma Group experience is different."
Surgery is used sparingly in treating mesothelioma in the Nordic countries. Dr. Hillerdal said, elsewhere in the world, patients with the most favorable characteristics (such as good performance status and lower-stage disease) often are recommended for mesothelioma surgery, leaving patients with the worst prognosis for mesothelioma chemotherapy treatment.
Data on 147 mesothelioma patients treated with chemotherapy alone and followed until death or for a minimum of 18 months were analyzed by Nordic investigators. All the patients were given gemcitabine, carboplatin, and liposomal doxorubicin.
In analyzing survival by histologic subtype it was seen that the epithelial subtype represented 108 patients (73%), 21 patients (14%) for the mixed subtype, and 18 patients (12%) for the sarcomatous subtype.
44% of epithelial subtype mesothelioma patients survived at least 18 months, 25% survived for two years, 9% lived three years or longer, and two patients remained alive after five years of follow-up. Those diagnosed with epithelial stage 4 disease (distant metastases) had a median survival rate of 11 months, two lived for at least two years, and one patient was still living at 61 months.
Dr. Hillerdal remarked, "This is more favorable than stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer".
Patients with mixed subtype mesothelioma or sarcomatoid disease had a less favorable outlook. This was demonstrated in a median survival rate of eight months and four months, respectively. There were no patients in either group that lived as long as two years.
"The key message from this study is that the survival rate for people diagnosed with mesothelioma is not as bad as many would believe," said Dr. Hillerdal. "Survival with chemotherapy can be just as good as with surgery or even better with proper patient selection. Patient selection is the important thing to consider. Stage is less important than subtype, and that should be kept in mind when evaluating results of surgical remedies."Sources
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We have been studying Ancient China this semester. We are using The Story of Ancient China (affiliate link) (see more about that below) as our spine, but also have read selections from the Story of the World (affiliate link) and the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. This is the packet that I made to go along with some of our readings. These are free to download if you can use them:
Ancient China Packet -Chinese Dynasties Shang Zhou Qin – Notebook Pages
In addition to the long list I shared with you of children's fiction and non-fiction books about China, we are using the The Story of Ancient China (affiliate link) by Suzanne Strauss Art as our spine. It's a wonderful textbook to read aloud to elementary age students. Middle school students would have no trouble reading this on their own. We have the earlier edition because we bought it used. If you are doing a unit/semester just on China, I highly recommend this book!
We read the legend about how silk came to be made in Story of the World and the kids summarized what we read on one of the sheets from the packet I made:
And as we studied the Shang Dynasty, we had a lot of fun learning some of the Chinese characters. A couple of books we recommend are
- Long is a Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children Terrific introduction to calligraphy.
- Liu and the Bird: A journey in Chinese Calligraphy Introduces Chinese characters
The kids created little flap books to add to their history notebook:
We also read the book, Bound (affiliate link), when we first started this unit. It is wonderful. We highly recommend it!
This is a really fun choose your own adventure book that your kids might like as well: Ancient China: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras) (affiliate link)
Note: When we talked about Ancient China again, my girls both did map projects on the Great Wall of China using project blocks (affiliate link). I thought I would include a couple photos of their projects here in case your kids are interested!
China Unit:
- China Unit: Books, Books! A Huge List of Children's Books – This is a comprehensive list of all the children and youth books we could find relating to China. Since my kids range from 6-10, I wanted books that would appeal to my kindergartner as well as novels to read to my older kids. You can download and print our list out.
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AUSTIN - The Texas Senate convened Tuesday, January 9, the start of the 140-day 77th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. The first Session of the 21st century began with the traditional ceremonies in a chamber packed with the Senators' family and friends beneath a crowded public gallery.
The session began with the invocation, followed by the roll call and swearing in of the Senators re elected last November and the chamber's only freshman, Sen. Todd Staples of Palestine.
The Dean of the Texas Senate, Sen. Carlos F. Truan of Corpus Christi, offered Senate Resolution (SR) 1, the first resolution of the 77th Session, in tribute to Gov. Rick Perry. Perry, accompanied by his wife, Anita, addressed the full Senate in session for the first time since he succeeded President-elect George W. Bush.
"The good news is we have 140 days to make a difference in Texans' lives," Perry told the members of the chamber over which he used to preside.
Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff, selected by the Senate on December 28 to serve out Perry's term as presiding officer of the Senate, showed a humorous side to the proceedings in the traditional recognition of the Doctor of the Day, introduced by Sen. Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio: "Thank you for being here, doctor," Ratliff said. "We sincerely hope you're not needed."
Sen. Truan then offered SR 2, the adoption of the Senate Caucus Report naming senate officials elected by the members. This session's Caucus Report adds an unprecedented new official, Secretary of the Senate Designee Patsy Spaw. The Secretary of the Senate is elected by the Senate as its chief executive administrator.
Spaw will replace Betty King, who will retire following this session after 24 years as Secretary of the Senate and 52 years of service to the Texas Senate.
"We consider Betty King the Mother Superior of the Senate," Lt. Governor Ratliff said, "and she always be, I think."
Next came the nomination and election of the President Pro Tem of the Senate, Sen. Chris Harris of Arlington. Following unanimous election by his peers, Harris invoked the name of a giant figure in Texas politics, the late former Lt. Governor Bob Bullock.
"I think if he were here today, he'd try to say something nice, give me a slap on the back, and then he'd tell me to get back to work," Sen. Harris said.
2002-2003 Budget Recommendation Introduced
Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston and San Angelo Rep. Rob Junell on Wednesday, January 10, announced the introduction of the Texas General Appropriations Bill for the 2002-2003 biennium.
The General Appropriations Bill sets budgets for every state agency and outlines the state's general spending priorities for the next two-year budget period.
Ellis, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said the $108.2 billion budget proposal takes into account both current economic factors as well as future considerations.
"This budget reflects the realities of a strong but possibly cooling economy," Senator Ellis said. "It allows us to meet the basic needs of Texas for the next two years while tackling several important challenges that impact our future."
Junell, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said the proposal will serve as a vehicle for legislators in both chambers to use to craft final legislation setting the state's next two-year budget.
"The State of Texas can run smoothly on this budget," Rep. Junell said. "It makes the right investments and sets forth the priorities of the legislature for the next two years. Over the next few months we will work together to make a good budget even better."
The introduced bill dedicates the bulk of the budget to education and health and human services, which together account for almost 75 percent of the total. The $108.2 billion represents a 6.2 percent increase compared with the current budget.
"There are several important priorities I look forward to working to address this session," Ellis said, "including increasing funding for the TEXAS Grants Program, providing health insurance to our hard-working Texas teachers, giving state employees a pay raise and maximizing participation in the CHIP program."
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SB 1 is the bill that will become the General Appropriations Act, which will set every state agency's budget and outline Texas' general spending policies for the 2002-2003 biennium. The proposed budget totals $108.2 billion, a 6.2 percent increase over the current budget.
The committee, chaired by Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston, heard testimony from six witnesses, including representatives from the Legislative Budget Board, who laid out the details of the proposed budget for the committee members, and the Office of the Comptroller, who gave the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate.
In Session on Thursday, Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff distributed a letter to the members of the Senate naming the Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee, chaired by Corpus Christi Sen. Carlos F. Truan. Also appointed to the committee were Sens. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso (vice chair), Troy Fraser of Marble Falls, Tom Haywood of Wichita Falls and Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio.
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Dutch Elm disease and Brighton's National Collection of elm trees
Brighton in Sussex is home to Britain's largest population of Elm trees. These 19,000 elm trees are known as The National Collection. Elm trees are increasingly rare due to the blight brought by Dutch Elm disease principally in the 1970s. Initially this came into the UK as long ago as 1926. Dutch Elm disease is a fungus carried by beetles and affects only elm trees. In response to this attack, an elm tree will automatically produce tyloses, an effective natural defence against the 1926 strain of Dutch Elm disease. Tyloses occur in the xylem - water conducting vessels of the plant / tree, sealing them off and restricting the movement of the pathogen.
However in the early 1970's, a new strain of Dutch Elm disease was imported from channel ports, linked directly to the Canadian Rock Elm. This strain travels faster through the elm trees and kills them before they can produce tyloses. Since the introduction of this strain of Dutch Elm disease to Britain, the number of elm trees has gone down from about 3 million to fewer than 200,000 and many of these are very young ones which will certainly succumb to the disease. Elm trees reproduce by root stalks more often than by seed and so this transmission mechanism quickly spreads the disease between elm trees and along elm hedgerows. Read more...
Ash dieback – what to do? Pre-empt, plant, persevere, keep calm and carry on.
The last ice age endured for about 100,000 yrs. Some 18,000 yrs ago, mammoths, sabre-toothed tiger and woolly rhino (preyed on by prehistoric man) roamed our land. Thick ice sheets lay to the North, whilst to the South was tundra - much like that now seen in Northern Siberia. Then 10,000 years later, the ice sheets started to melt and the tundra receded; sea levels rose and low lying areas were flooded. The North Sea and English Channel formed, cutting us off from mainland Europe. This was a gradual process (in our terms) and as Europe warmed, trees migrated northwards - some reaching the UK before we were cut off from the rest of Europe. Most plant colonisation was by seed and spores, animals followed bringing with them other taxa. Read more...
Bluebells and boars
Wild boar became extinct in the U.K. in the thirteenth century –so we have been 'boar free' for circa 700 years. However, towards the end of the last century commercial pig farming developed; seemingly some escaped and have established free living and breeding populations.
Attitudes to these pigs / boars fall into two broad categories :
- those who welcome the return / reintroduction of a missing species and its ecological impact
- those who have a more negative perception of the boar – in that, they do damage, have the potential to harbour disease and can cause direct damage to people. Read more...
Forestry Commission accounts – a forest of facts
The Forestry Commission (FC) owns and manges over a million hectares of land and so must know a thing or two about UK forestry, and much is revealed in the Forestry Commission's formal accounts. This is a long document, at over 150 pages, but rather than pay £23.50 for it you can get the accounts online for free. Even though it's free many people would consider a set of Forestry Commission accounts to be a tedious read so we've been through them and dug out some interesting material. For example the key figure that the FC expect to pay for woodland management each year is about £72 per hectare or about £29 per acre per year, after taking account of income generated. Our surveys of owners of small woodlands show that they typically spend more than this on a per acre basis, so it is surprising that the report, rather dismissively, refers to strong demand for "hobby woodlands" and environmental ownership" Read more...
Phytoliths, metals and phytoremediation.
Plants take up essential nutrients (nitrates, phosphates, potassium, magnesium etc) through their roots, but some also take up other, more unusual substances – such as silicon, nickel, cadmium, copper, cobalt.
Grasses, in particular, are known to take up silicon and then deposit it in their leaves. The silicon that they absorb is converted into tiny granules called phytoliths, which are often located under the waxy cuticle. Read more...
Invasive species – Rats.
Rats (brown and black) have been 'camp followers' of humans ever since we adopted a 'settled' existence. In modern cities, it is often said that one is never more than 20 yards from a rat. Whether this is true or not, rats have been a pest throughout the millennia, most notably associated with the spread of disease such a bubonic plague but also Weils Disease (Leptospirosis). Read more...
Horse chestnut leaf miner moth
The 'progress' of the horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) has been reported in the blog from summer 2006 to more recently, when a national survey was under way. This small, but highly efficient parasitic moth was first 'discovered' in trees bordering Lake Ohrid in Macedonia in the mid-Eighties. It was later described as species new to Europe, and since that time has managed to spread through almost all of Europe.
Annuals rings, climate and history
Dendrochronology seeks to gather information on tree rings, dated to their year of formation, and to use this information to established the age of artefacts (like the timbers of a boat or remains of house) or determine the nature of the climate in times past.
Annual rings form in temperate trees because the xylem vessels or early wood formed in late spring and early summer (when lots of growth occurs) are wider and lighter than those formed in late summer & early autumn, which are narrower and darker (sometimes called the late wood). A light and dark ring together constitute one year's growth. In winter, there is no growth.
The various branches of dendrochronology (dendroarchaeology, dendroclimatology) are based on the uniformitarian principle. This says that the various factors that currently influence tree growth and hence tree ring development will have operated in the past. Through knowledge of these factors (physical and biological) that have influenced current and recent tree ring growth, it is possible when looking at tree ring samples from old wood artefacts / timbers to 'reconstruct' the climate of the past.


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All tribes have their own distinct ethno-cultural heritage. Every tribe having their Language, Literature, Customs, Art and Architecture, Tradition and History but have rendered backward and poor in the course of time with a very low rate of literacy and
have largely taken nomadic life.The main aim and objective of the foundation is to promote Educational and Cultural
interests of the tribes.To preserve the Cultural Heritage and to make every possible effort for upliftment
and preservation of cultural entity as per the following:
To preserve and promote the Tribal Languages.
To preserve Folk – Literature of Tribes.
To promote and preserve Folk – Arts and Crafts of Indian Tribes.
Documentation of Folk – Lore of Tribal Communities of India.
Documentation and presentation of Traditions.
Research Projects on common aspects of Tribals.
To prepare video / audio / photo documentation / plays on the life and culture of different Tribes.
To provide fellowships to the persons who engage themselves in the Social, Cultural and Educational developments of the Tribes.
To arrange printing / documentation of cultural properties of Tribes populations.
To construct a suitable building namely "Tribal Cultural Center and Museum".
Make arrangements for celebration of Tribal Folk Festivals / Seminars / Exhibitions and Conferences in Tribal Languages.
Research Projects on Tribal Culture, History, Economic, Linguistics and Sociology.
To prepare and publish the Encyclopedias / Book of Knowledge / Dictionaries / Magazines in Tribal Languages / regarding Tribes in Languages included in VIII schedule of India / VI schedule of J&K State.
. To run Schools / Hospitals for Tribal Population.
To arrange Musical Concerts / Drama Shows in Tribal Languages.
To arrange Painting Exhibitions on Tribal Culture.
To study the relation of Tribal Languages with Hindi / Urdu / Sindhi / Kashmiri / Gujrati / Punjabi and other languages which are included in VIII schedule of India.
The foundation shall also work for the Social Welfare of Tribal Population as per following:
a. To promote Social Welfare Schemes among Tribal
b. To start Child Development Programmes.
c. To start Vocational Training Centers for Tribals.
d. To promote re-habilitation schemes for nomads.
e. To provide training of Arts, Crafts for the Tribal Communities so that they would get financial benefits.
f. To promote self-employment programmes.
g. To construct Hostel-cm-School buildings for tribal children.
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q. To start projects regarding Tribal child development and women.
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Srinagar , 29th of September , 2007. The Gujjar fraternity of Jammu and Kashmir have appealed to Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje to help out the Gujjars
of Rajasthan in current reservation crisis, by recommending their case of granting Schedule Tribe status to Government of India . This appeal has been made by Gujjars
J&K Gujjars loses 12 pet Species,
Srinagar ,20th of October 2007. Within the period of last 40 years the nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals have lost one dozen the rarest of rare traditional and indigenous species of sheep, goats, horses and dogs and almost half a dozen of rare native species
considered most threatened in the world are at the verge of extinction in Himalayan belt of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, said a study conducted by Tribal Research and
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Jammu, 8th of November 2007. :- The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir today condemned and heavily expressed their concern over the Press Briefing of J&K Pahari Cultural and Welfare Forum (PCWF) against Gujjars at Hotel Pride Jammu, today in which the PCWF has released a phumplet and self made census regarding Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir.
distribution of anti-Gujjar Material and Phumplets
The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir have today strongly objected over the distribution of anti-Gujjar Material and Phumplets in various parts of the state by J&K Pahari Cultural and Welfare Forum(PCWF) and have urged to the State Chief Minister, Gh. Nabi Azad through a letter to intervene and immediately ban these provocative published Material keeping in view the resultant confrontation between Gujjars and Pahari Speaking People of the State
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Deforestation: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction
Care2 Earth Month: Back to Basics
This year, Care2 decided to expand Earth Day into Earth Month, since there is so much to explore when it comes to the environment. Every day in April, we'll post about some of the most important topics for the environment, exploring and explaining the basics. It's a great tool to help you get started with helping the environment — or help explain it to others. See the whole series here.
Trees are one of the human race's most valuable resources, and yet we cut and consume them at the rate of 3-6 billion a year. What other thing, natural or man made, can absorb carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, clean the soil, prevent erosion and control noise pollution, using only free solar energy?
Somewhere in our quest for industrialization, we decided that we needed quilted toilet paper and daily newspapers more than we needed these free oxygen factories. Deforestation is one of the planet's most dire environmental issues, and few people realize that by eliminating our forests, we're actually signing our own death sentence.
The term deforestation refers to the slow but steady elimination of the Earth's mature forests. There are many reasons for cutting down trees, but most are felled for profit or to make room for massive commercial agricultural operations. Depending on the species, it can take many decades for a tree to reach maturity. Clear cutting is a traumatic process whereby all the trees in a given tract of land are felled and removed. Although the area may be reseeded with young trees, it can take decades before those trees are absorbing carbon dioxide and emitting oxygen at pre-clearcut levels. According to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the 33 million acres of forestland that are lost annually around the globe are responsible for 20 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
But according to the NRDC, clearcutting can destroy an area's ecological integrity in a number of other ways, including:
- the destruction of buffer zones which reduce the severity of flooding by absorbing and holding water;
- the immediate removal of forest canopy, which destroys the habitat for many rainforest-dependent insects and bacteria;
- the elimination of fish and wildlife species due to soil erosion and habitat loss;
- the removal of underground worms, fungi and bacteria that condition soil and protect plants growing in it from disease;
- the loss of samall-scale economic opportunities, such as fruit-picking, sap extraction, and rubber tapping; and
- the destruction of aesthetic values and recreational opportunities.
As human carbon emissions continue to skyrocket, the need to preserve our global forests becomes even more urgent. Here are some steps you can take to reduce deforestation, and expose the industries currently exploiting this essential natural resource:
Buy Recycled: According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Forest Products Annual Market Review, the U.S is the world's largest producer and purchaser of paper. Making a point to buy things made from and packaged in 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper, as well as metal, plastic and glass uses less energy, creates less waste and decreases the need for new raw materials.
Go Paperless: In today's digital world, there's little to no need to for hard copies of anything. Buying ebooks or borrowing books from the library, switching to electronic billing statements, and opting out of junk mail and phone books are great ways to reduce the demand for paper.
Think Before You Eat: Raising meat for human consumption is one of the primary causes of deforestation. Humans consume an immense amount of meat, especially in the form of fast food burgers, so meat producers are always looking for a way to make beef cheaper. As a result, trees in the Amazon and other forests are cut down to make room for cattle herds. Reducing your meat consumption and choosing to buy only locally, sustainably-raised meat goes a long way in helping to combat deforestation.
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"Kansas City B-cycle is ready to grow, and we want its expansion to be truly supported by Kansas Citians," says Eric Rogers, executive director of BikeWalkKC.
Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) January 13, 2014
The city's two-season-old public bike system is gearing up for a major expansion in spring 2014. Kansas City B-cycle, Powered by Blue KC, will add at least eight new stations in the Plaza and Westport districts, and hopes to add more in surrounding neighborhoods, bringing the benefits of bike share to new areas of the city. B-cycle is turning to the public, as well as local businesses and institutions, to help it reach its goal as its 2014 season opens. It has launched a campaign on the KC-based civic crowdfunding site Neighbor.ly to collect donations.
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The bike share system -- which currently consists of 12 self-service stations in River Market, Downtown, and Crossroads -- will add at least eight new stations in the Plaza and Westport as its 2014 season opens in March. The stations will generally be sited along 47th St. and Westport Rd. B-cycle says density and existing bike-friendliness makes these districts a good fit for bike share. It is also pursuing a further six locations in Midtown, Brookside, Waldo, and the 18th and Vine district.
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"The pattern is clear -- expanding into new neighborhoods will benefit residents, visitors, and the wider city alike," says Rogers. "That's why we're excited to be moving into two of our best and busiest districts."
B-cycle also touts the low pricetag of its expansion. An individual bike share station with 11 bike docks costs $50,000.
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The King is coming to Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel
Tuesday 23, November 2010
From the 6th – 8th January 2011, Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel will host The European Elvis Championships and Convention.
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The hotel itself will be transformed into a mini Las Vegas with live bands, showcases, merchandise, discos, a gospel contest and a novice contest.
Elvis Presley's performances at Hilton Las Vegas left an indelible mark on the city as it is today. In 1969, Presley performed 58 consecutive sold out shows, breaking all Vegas attendance records. He then broke his own attendance record in February 1970, and again in August 1970 and August 1972.
Patrick Stapleton, general manager of the hotel, commented, "We are very excited to welcome some of the best Elvis impersonators to the hotel for this event. Elvis Presley is synonymous with Hilton and to be able to recreate a little bit of that legend here in Birmingham, one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in Europe, is a great privilege."
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Author Notes: Like apples and potatoes, artichokes will oxidize (discolor) if left out in the open. Be sure to submerge them as soon as you're done trimming. This article was written by the Healthline Editorial Team: http://www.healthline.com... —Healthline
Serves: 6
medium artichokes
garlic cloves, halved
tablespoons olive oil
teaspoon salt and pepper to taste
- Remove zest from lemons with a vegetable peeler and set aside.
- Fill a large bowl halfway with cold water and squeeze one of the lemons into the water. Remove tough outer leaves of an artichoke until you get to the pale green inner leaves. Trim the dark green portions from the stem and base and then trim the bottom of the stem. Cut 1 inch off the top of the artichoke and then cut in half before placing in the water. Repeat with remaining artichokes.
- When ready to cook, drain artichokes and place in a large saucepan. Squeeze the remaining lemon into the saucepan and add lemon zest, garlic, rosemary, salt, and olive oil. Add just enough water to cover artichokes. Place a piece of parchment paper the diameter of the pan on top of the artichokes. Weight the parchment with a heatproof plate that rests directly on the artichokes. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let the artichokes cool in the pan until tender when pierced with a knife, about 1 hour. Sprinkle parsley on the top and serve immediately.
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Tampere Film Festival (TFF), National Competition 11
11+12 March, 2016, Plevna 5, 2
TFF: "Novell is a film about the breach between a child's and an adult's world and the inevitable change that growth brings told via encounter between a girl and a horse."
AA: A black and white animation. There is a deep thunderous noise in darkness, like that of an elevator. We see the carcass of a foal, hear sounds of a horse. A little, young, luminous, transparent girl appears to examine the carcass. The girl moves very slowly. A crow is crowing. The girl walks a horse towards a man with a pistol. Very slowly. The horse is hesitant. The girl looks depressed. The sound is loud and thunderous. A grave is dug. Snow starts to fall. We notice a bullet hole on the head of the carcass. The girl cuts a lock from the horse's mane. Next to it is the carcass of the foal. The casket with the lock of hair carries the title Novell. There is an atmosphere of melancholy. We are back at the city. There is a long shot of the cityscape. Snow falls.


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James Bond is Sacha Baron Cohen's latest target
Sacha Baron Cohen is a man on a mission. He's about to poke fun at the biggest spy in the film world. Is it Mission Impossible's Ethan Hunt? Nope. It's Daniel Craig's alter ego, James Bond.
The world's most famous agent has met his match. Sacha Baron Cohen is taking on James Bond -- in a spoof!
The actor is known for his over the top characters such as Borat, Bruno and Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen from The Dictator. Now, we can add a "007" knock-off to his growing roster.
Hot trailer: Sacha Baron Cohen is The Dictator >>
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cohen and his partner Phil Johnston have sold a pitch to Paramount Pictures for a comedy centering on a James Bond-like character. In the film, the spy "is forced to go on the run with his long-lost brother, a moronic soccer hooligan."
How long will Daniel Craig continue to play James Bond? >>
Even though Cohen came up with the idea, he's not locked into the role. His taking the lead depends on his availability. He's a very busy man. He's currently attached to an untitled Sherlock Holmes project, as well as the long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic.
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This is a timely pick by Paramount, who's probably riding the wave of Bond's recent publicity. The latest film in the series, Skyfall, is slated to hit theaters in November. A new trailer was just released and Bond (Daniel Craig) even had a part in the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Hey guys, yup, I failed with the 3 posts this week. While I had good intentions of popping in on Wednesday, life happened, and that's the way it is! My life is about to start getting 10x busier, so I will blog when life gives me a bit of free time. I love this blog and want to keep it running for as long as possible, but if I can only give you several posts a week, that's just how it'll have to be for a bit. I can't wait until I can talk more about life's big plans, but I will share with you the moment I am able to!
That being said, I've had a wonderful week, and here are just a few of the things that have made me smile this week!
New Lipstick
I don't know about you ladies, but new make-up just puts me in a good mood. I decided to put on my sassy pants over the weekend and buy lipstick, something that I have never done, in a bright color that I never would have worn, and I'm loving it! It makes me feel happy and all divalicious!
Big Bowls of Peanut Butter & Maple Syrup Oatmeal
I eat two of these bowls a day. Breakfast and either lunch or a snack. It makes my stomach happy, and the slow-digesting carbs and fat do a wonderful job of keeping me full throughout the day!
Brinkley's 1st Birthday
My beautiful Goddaughter turned 1 on Wednesday. How is that even possible?! This little peanut has brought such happiness into my life, and I am incredibly blessed to be her Godmother. Can't wait to celebrate this lovebug on Saturday!
I've never been one to grab the leftover snacks in our work kitchen, but on Wednesday, those donuts looked SO good! Don't even get me started on the frosting on the cake. It would have been so easy to lift the plastic lid and steal a spoonful of frosting, especially since I had an excessive amount of carbs and fat macros left, but, I want this cut that I'm on bad enough. I walked in and out of this kitchen about 4 times, and I managed to not even take one little chip. YES to motivation and drive!
New Running Shoes – Mizuno Wave Catalyst
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UNION BRIDGE — The Town Council voted Monday to renew its hauling and recycling contract with Haden Trash Removal for one year.
The council decided that Haden's was the most reasonable of the four bids the town received.
The company offered several options, including regular trash pick-up and continued use of recyclable bags for $275 a week or for $350 a week, if the town uses Haden's plastic bins for recyclables. The hauler agreed to replace any damaged bins.
The council, hoping to reduce the cost, asked Town Clerk Kathleen D. Kreimer to look into the purchase of bins for town residents before the Haden contract expiresJuly 1.


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Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
'Oh, it seems so wonderful that I'm going to live with you and belong to you. I've never belonged to anybody - not really'
When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are taken by surprise; they'd asked the orphanage for a quiet boy to help with the farmwork at Green Gables. But how can you reject a child like an unwanted parcel, especially when she tells you her life so far has been a 'perfect graveyard of unburied hopes'? So the beguiling chatterbox stays. Full of imagination, spark and spirit, it is not long before Anne Shirley wins their hearts.
L. M. Montgomery was born in 1874 on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where she spent her childhood living with her grandparents in an old farmhouse. A prolific writer, she published many short stories, poems and novels, many of which were inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne of Green Gables and its sequels have always been amongst the most popular of children's classics. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried on her beloved island.


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USD Graduates Engineer a Brighter Sudan for the New Year
Jan 03, 2013, 07:00 EST
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 20 years ago Mou Riiny was forced to flee his village in south Sudan during the civil war there and walk 500 miles to Kenya before coming to the United States. Now he and several other University of San Diego engineering graduates have returned to install a solar power system and bring electricity to the village for the first time.
The six-kilowatt system will create a sustainable model that can be repeated for villages throughout the developing world. Electricity carries with it a world of benefits for rural communities, including the alleviation of poverty, illiteracy and opportunities for entrepreneurship. "It will power charging stations so people can charge batteries, laptops and cell phones," said Riiny, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who resettled in Boston before attending USD to study electrical engineering.
Riiny and several other students designed the system for their senior project before graduating in 2011. Political, safety and other issues have complicated the installation but in late December USD graduates Michael Rios, now studying at the University of Wisconsin, and Emmett Perl, now studying at the University of California, Santa Barbara, traveled some 6,500 miles to meet Riiny in Sudan and complete the $70,000 project. The entire USD campus community, along with San Diego businesses, became involved in the effort, contributing funds and materials.
Following the arrival of the materials for the project last fall, the village and the entire region "is filled with excitement that I cannot capture in words," Riiny said.
The village of Thiou has a population about 400. It is located in the Warrap State in Southern Sudan, about 400 miles northwest of Juba, the country's largest city. Rios and Perl will return to the U.S. on Jan. 10.
USD has been recognized as a Changemaker campus by Ashoka, the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. "Changemakers work to resolve social problems and engineers strive to solve technical problems," said Kathleen Kramer, chair of USD's Engineering Programs. "This project brought together these two missions in an extraordinary way and the team of students has shown relentless dedication in bringing light to the school in Thiou."
Photos from Thiou and delivery of the solar materials are available by contacting email@example.com. The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning. For more information go to www.sandiego.edu.
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The University is also listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), UNESCO and in the Avicenna Directories of the World Health Organisation. It is also officially recognised and has MOU's with the governments of Jordan, Kuwait, UAE, UK, Canada, Oman and California.