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11 November 2015
As can be expected, Australia's conservative government has faced wide-spread condemnation from the international community whilst appearing before the Human Rights council in Geneva.
The Australian government was appearing for its four yearly review in the process known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Whilst appearing before reviewers Australia faced 107 questions regarding human rights issues and over 60 recommendations criticising Australia for its treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
The Human Rights Law Centre's Director of Advocacy and Litigation, Anna Brown said that Australia's efforts to demonstrate leadership on topics such as the death penalty and the rights of older people were overshadowed by a wave of condemnation on policies of mandatory detention, offshore processing and boat turn backs.
"Australia's potential to be a human rights leader is being completely undercut by its tremendously harsh treatment of people seeking asylum. Last night at the UN, there were calls from nations in every region and political grouping in the world, for Australia to change its policies. At a time when there is an unprecedented number of people around the world in need of safety, a wealthy democratic nation like Australia should be part of the solution, but instead we are rightfully being condemned on the world stage for being part of the problem," Brown added.
Despite condemnation, the government continued to uphold a commitment to 'strong' policies on migration and asylum.
"The Government's generally constructive and positive approach to its review last night was undermined by its one-eyed and shallow justification for its treatment of people seeking asylum. Fronting a forum like this and just repeating a tired mantra won't fool anyone – it actually just damages our international credibility," said Brown.
Australia was also challenged for its record on Indigenous peoples including a wide spread concern on over-imprisonment, gaps in health outcomes and community services.
Disability issues, women's rights and LGBTI rights – particularly marriage equality, also featured heavily in the review.
Other issues raised were racial and religious discrimination (particularly Islamophobia), children's rights, and the need for a federal Human Rights Act.
Australia's Ambassador to the UN, John Quinn, who fronted the review, spoke of the important work of human rights defenders such as the Australian Human Rights Commission – the national institution which had its government funding slashed and who's President, Professor Gillian Triggs, has come under intense pressure from senior Government ministers to resign.
"The growing gulf between what Australia says on the world stage and what it actually does back home is of real concern. If Australia is serious about wanting a spot on this very Human Rights Council, then it clearly needs to lift its game when it comes to both policy and practice," said Brown.


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This week events are taking place across Scotland to celebrate Commonwealth Week and the legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Through hosting the best games ever last year, Scotland strengthened its connections with the Commonwealth and enhanced Scotland's reputation as a vibrant, welcoming and culturally-rich nation.
On Monday I attended at the Commonwealth Day Observance service at Westminster Abbey where I listened to inspirational speakers, such as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyathi, and the Queen's Young Leaders winner, PJ Cole, talk of their work to improve the lives of others.
Yesterday, through a Scottish Parliament debate to mark Commonwealth Week, we reflected on how people in Scotland are working with individuals and organisations in Commonwealth nations to change lives and increase life chances. Contributions ranged from women's rights to the fact we have such a young Commonwealth.
Before the debate, the First Minister and I met with UNICEF Youth Ambassador Monica Dzonzi – an inspirational woman who is doing excellent work to transform lives through sport at the Bangwe Youth Centre in Blantyre City, Malawi.
The meeting took place ahead of a reception to celebrate the opening of UNICEF's new Scottish operations. Having last met Monica during the Games, it was great to see her again and learn more about how UNICEF's role as a Commonwealth Games partner has led to them established a permanent base in Edinburgh.
UNICEF do incredible work, in over 190 counties internationally, to transform the lives of children. In 2013, through the International Inspiration project, the charity provided better sport, PE and play for over 15 million children in 20 countries. UNICEF also provided emergency relief for children in 18 countries, and 185,000 sets of winter clothing and 1 million blankets for the children of Syria.
We all remember UNICEF's appeal to spectators, athletes and one billion TV viewers to 'Put Children First' at the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. The appeal allowed people to text in £5 million of donations for the charity, which has since supported projects across the Commonwealth, helping to create a real international Games legacy.
Commonwealth values of humanity, equality and destiny are universal and cherished in Scotland. As we celebrate Commonwealth Games Legacy Week, it's important that we continue to build on Scotland's international profile and reputation and work together with our friends across the Commonwealth to secure a better, more prosperous and peaceful future for all our people.

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Places to practice Parkour
In the unofficial sport of parkour, there are no teams or regulations, just acrobatically inclined individuals traveling a short distance in a straight line — the more wall-scaling and rooftop leaping, the better. For the traceurs who use public stairways, ledges, and lampposts in their quest for a mind-over-matter outlook and killer calves, the world is their practice gym. Problem is, a lot of the world is private property. While some have negotiated unofficial practicing rights with nightwatchmen, those concerned with the letter of the law favor the bunkers in the Presidio, a veritable jackpot of ladders, rails, and concrete surfaces of enough heights and angles to confound a Cubist. Beginners practice running up short, sloped inclines, while experts can perfect their "kong vaults" and "cat balances" over waist-high ledges and second-story rails. And just about anyone can find two walls placed just far enough apart for precision jumps that make you feel like James Bond. One warning: Although park officials haven't banned parkour, they do officially discourage anything potentially dangerous. But such is the dilemma of the sport that lives free of corporate sponsorship and health insurance.
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1. Disposition and readiness of the local community
Contrary to assistance and emergency programs (which can take place even within a passive community of 'beneficiaries'), capacity-building entails the active participation of the latter and, therefore, it cannot occur without its disposition and readiness to the process.
4. Preparation of the action
It is important to get to know the context of the action from
therefore physical closeness to the latter is helpful.
3. Getting the trust of the community
Be prepared to invest time, efforts, resources and intercultural competences in a process which might not be immediate!
Throughout the whole process pay special attention to:
Reexamine the process and your courses of action together with locals and check whether you're on the right path!
Capacity building in conflict and post conflict areas
Civic Empowerment
Multiplying effect
8. Think global...and plan international joint civil actions
2. Engage
with the local community
6. Open the community up to the outside
5. Work together (not for)
7. Organize an international voluntary workcamp(s)
Main tips on how to organize workcamps in post conflict arias
Start from the members of the local community who show more interest!
Identify together feasible goals, objectives, target groups, strategies and methodologies, and cast them in a workplan.
Do not underestimate the relevance of the cooperation with members of the local community even from this preliminary but decisive phase (the risk of a top-down intervention must be carefully warded off since the beginning!)
... And point to
Campaign and raise awareness outside
...To insert the community in a network of global solidarity; to enhance its pro-activeness; to foster a sense of global belonging and awareness.
...to ensure a multiplying effect
Do not forget that capacity-building is ultimately about fostering the
'literacy' of the community, which shall become able to articulate
rights-claims and to pursue their enactment.
There's no Capacity Building without:
Civic Empowerment is about ownership and long-term sustainable plans...
"War isnt funny. The training should be tough. When they (volunteers) will be there, they will be on their own. They have to know how to behave in the face of danger." Aslanbek, Checnya
During SCI seminar "Volunteering for peace: Capacity building for work in and with conflict regions" that took place in Barnstorf, Germany (20.1.-27.1.2014.), a group of participants, young people interested in the topic together with psychologist Zdenka Pantić, expert in the area of rehabilitation of victims of conflict/war, devised an overview of some important things for a trainer/sending organisation to keep in mind BEFORE, DURING and AFTER volunteers stay in conflict area.
The most important ideas and skills a training for sending volunteers into conflict have to do with how to survive, and behave in the face of danger. Training has to be realistic and selective as possible, conveying the real danger of volunteering in conflict. However, here we cover only the psychological aspect of such training.
Research shows (B. Schwartz, 2010.) that people work better when provided with less rules or tips, as it enables them to engage with more personal responsibility, creativity and, what B. Schwartz calls practical wisdom. For this reason, we provide here a few ideas on the topic, but the majority of work is in the hands of future trainers and volunteers going into conflict areas.
SCI - Volunteer training pre-departure checklist
Volunteer doesn't want to save the world, help.
Volunteer doesn't want to sacrifice his/her life
Volunteer knows SCI's philosophy (
SCI doesn't do international cooperation
) (1st sci workcamp interactive presentation
Volunteer is aware of the limited impact of his/her participation in the project.
Volunteer tolerates ambiguous situations
Volunteer is ready to accept local rules
Volunteer is aware of the culture and political entity s/he represents.
Volunteer has reflected on how to bear/face violence s/he will be confronted to.: link to psychology group
Volunteer is aware of his/her own limits and has reflected on his/her psychological resources.
Volunteer knows how to travel regarding visa, health and insurance, transport.
Volunteer got information about her/his destination and the conflict.
Volunteer is informed about practical safety. (Specific questions for the hosting organization (arrestation, carry passport…))
There are three main elements that should be there before going into a certain conflict zone:
1. Having as much deep and real knowledge of the different aspects and history of the conflict as possible away from the poor media reports which give a false image only.
2. Awareness of the volunteers that they are not going to solve the conflict; namely, they are going to give help to individuals, not even groups.
3. Knowing that these situations are momentary, and they (the volunteers) will return after a while to their normal lives. They should know that part of ther role is to be psychologically solid and able to concentrate on giving help." Omyma, Egypt
give a volunteer a clear, simple and realistic description of his/hers roles and tasks on the field, that will be assessed later in the follow up phase; make sure there (s)he understands hers/his roles and tasks
knowing that it is not her/his role to solve the problem or end the conflict. All (s)he can do is show appreciation (not sympathy) to people." Omayma, Egypt
clarify the responsibilities of all parties involved; make sure volunteer understands that (s)he is a part of a bigger work and support network
provide volunteer with a mentor from the sending organization with whom (s)he will be regularly in contact (pre-agreed schedule); possibly peer support (somebody with similar experience)
connect volunteer beforehand with hosting organization (first-hand information on what are the conditions of living and working in specific conflict)
connect volunteer with others that have volunteered in conflict (sharing experience, support, understanding)
a volunteer already has a social support system in her/his life – family, friends, spouses; they convey a sense of normality and identity for the volunteer
provide preparation training for the volunteers
having primary knowledge of the language and culture in conflict area; also practices that dont depend on language, such as arts or sports
Knowing the language supports volunteers existence among the locals who appreciate her/his attempts to respect and care about communicating with them." Omayma, Egypt
knowledge of historical, political, social, economical and other infomation of the area, from other sources than the media which often conveys false imagery
Does the volunteer have insight into her/his motivation and other psychological aspects of work in conflict? (What kind of a person am I? Am I ready to give up when it comes to a point that is too much for me? Where are my limits?)
Find out about and work with: personal motivation, personal experience and background, empathy - emotional distance, limits of empathy, stress and burn out, personal problems and possible regressions in stress, exercises in getting out of comfort zone, balance, toughness, relaxation and physical exercises, etc.
provide few, simple and important rules
provide a support network for the volunteers
clarifying the roles and tasks of the volunteers, trainers, sending and hosting organizations, and other parties involved.
(N.B. here we only mention some tips for the psychological preparation)
"If a volunteer goes to conflict area, (s)he should be very confident about the side (s)he will take in the conflict. If locals doubt that you are on their side, your tolerance will be useless. They wont trust you." Aslanbek, Checnya
Far from home and from his trainer, volunteer needs to practice what (s)he has learnt in training, by meeting people and facing challenges. The trainer can supervise the volunteer through weekly reports and correspondence. Here, the trainer should think in volunteers frame of reference/mind, not ones own. In other words, if somebody says: "This is a problem for me." then one should take it as such, and not compare it to ones own experience. People have different needs and the only way to respect and/or meet them is by giving them psychological validity.
To keep in touch via Skype or mail might be a good way to interact and share what thoughts and feelings are passing by. Facebook is less appropriate for disclosing information about conflict or any personal intimate insights one might have. Moreover, the volunteer should stay in communication with his fellows, friends and family members, even if not too frequently. It might seem it is hard to talk about what is happening, or to get into stories from home, but it is important to stay in touch – to get out of worry, stress, to laugh, to think of positive things, to talk about what is important to a person, to remind oneself of ones personal reality.
Volunteer has to be aware of the most common scenes (s)he is going to witness, such as: listening to testimonies from traumatized people; daily life in local communities destroyed at a social, cultural and economical level; cohabitation in deeply divided and/or confronted societies; injustice, view of violence and abuse of basic human rights, suffering and even death.
Volunteer lives side by side with local people, ready to listen to opinions they are willing to share, without forgetting to meet disabled and injured people who have witnessed death and pain. It's interesting to be surrounded by young and very young people in order to build a mutual trust with each other, through involvement into games, events and any kind of gathering taking place in that conflict area. By conquering the trust and comprehension of locals, it is easier to get acquainted with other categories inside the local community that volunteer wishes to enter.
During volunteering, it might be helpful to:
1. Involve in gatherings of children at first and youth in his/her age. These specific gatherings help in melting shyness and fear of the whole new community. Children gatherings provide innocence and clear direct reactions while youth gatherings can provide a quick realization of the mutual human commons even though difference in religion and language. Then, it will be easier to deal with other categories in the community.
2. Make continuous review of his/her role as a volunteer, noting his/her small successes in communicating through writing diaries, audio recordings and photos (any material product that can be reviewed).
3. Present his/her own culture through real human experiences and helping people in getting known to it and accepting discussion around it or even criticizing it as this may help in breaking ice between him/her as a foreigner and them as locals.
4. Believe in the fact that there are no nations born to cruelty and violence, and that under each cultural or religious skin, however thick it is, there is a common human soul everywhere that can be communicated and it this is our goal as volunteers.
Done with her/his tasks, far from people (s)he is daily working with, her/his leisure time is also essential. It allows the volunteer to go back to (moments of) ordinary life, which must rise everywhere, even where there is conflict - in order to free her/his mind, to meet new people out of work, to be seen by local youth as part of the community. Some good ideas to involve local youth in some fun activities (if possible) is to organize a soccer match, a cultural evening concerning art, cinema, theatre, by discovering new skills and attitudes towards others. If such initiatives already exist, a volunteer can join in. //In any case, it is important to always respect the culture and customs of the community one is living in, however different from ones own culture and customs.//
In private time, a volunteer can keep notes in a diary or a blog, by writing reports and articles, along with pictures and recordings, which might be useful to organizations (s)he is working for. In this way, (s)he puts on paper her/his own thoughts and impressions about what is happening, in order to become more aware about what (s)he is experiencing. Other creative practices one might use are: automatic writing, painting, dancing, reading, photographing, etc. If one already has some healthy routines, best to stick with them. They give a lot of positive energy in everyday life, and in crisis as well. Relaxation through meditation, breathing, exercising etc. is also a good idea to get out of stress and back in balance.
1. Adaptation
Coming back the vol is changed, feels detached from oneself, family, friends; takes time to regain perspective. // It will take time for the person to reintegrate, it is normal that a person is detached and wishes to isolate for a while upon return – wants to have peace to put experience into place. //
How long is too long to start socialising? – Best to see with other volunteers with this experience how it was in their case.)
What positive feelings might be there: pride, strenght, compassion, wish to continue to spread the peaceful agenda, happiness to be back home, feeling of personal safety;
What negative feelings might be there: helplessness, loss of meaning, shame, confusion, wish to isolate, "black thoughts", trauma, stress related disorders (sleep, libido, appetite);
Learning ones limits; what helps – learning ones needs;
Take care of body (sports, exercise, relaxation, not engage in bad habits); Ideally to spend time in nature, hiking, climbing, swimming etc.;
New experience can help put in a different frame our own lives; our personal problems seem smaller.
Keep in contact with vols with similar experience; for the vol to see (s)he is not alone in his/hers feelings etc. // Role of the sending org in the follow up: make sure the vol is in contact with others with this experience, encourage, provide contacts, organize group discoussion if needed. //
It's important to help the volunteer re-integrate to his/her environment once they are back. Help the volunteers cope with the experiences they had (past), put it into place within their personal history. Help the volunteers deal with the emotions they feel at the moment (present), both positive and negative. And help them find new goals (future).
2.Follow up
Responsibility of the sending organization to do follow up; how?
There should be some follow up structure provided for the vol which he/she knows of before hand and has agreed upon it. Here reflect on the roles (in prep training give the vol a structured idea of what are the his/hers roles there, in follow up take them in reflexion. As little and as realistic roles and tasks as possible. This will keep expectations realistic, and later relieve negative feelings, also on the communication and support with sending and host organization (make the person aware it is a team effort not an individual one).
It would be good if all the time the vol had a mentor who knows his/hers specific situation. This person can also be helpful, first it is important to welcome (Thank you, ask How are you, What do you need now), than to encourage him/her to talk (privacy and trust are necessary) – active listening, no framing; if he/she doesnt want to talk, respect silence and give time.
The mentor can help the volunteer pointing out new aims. How do they want to use the experience they had? Short-term, long-term ideas, plans? What is their next goal (not necessarily connected to volunteering or the topic), what could be the steps in achieving it?
If possible, provide creative ways of expression: art therapy, voice and body work, etc. – words can retraumatise, nonverbal helps.
[Exercise example 1.: Draw into a bag all the things you brought with you back from your voluntary project in the conflict region. Not objects, but abstractly. Explain to each other what's in your "bags". Make lists what are the things in your bag that you would like to keep and what are the things you would like to leave behind. How do they think it would be possible to leave the wanted things behind and how could they bring on what they want to?]
[ Example exercise 2.: If vol wants he/she can write a letter to a new vol going to conflict with advice and experience, put it in an envelope and open it in half a year or so, redo it (add/take away), give to other vol (a thread of peer support).]
Offer (but dont demand) vol activities in the sending organization (after the first period of adaptation passes), help to reintegrate in the organization, show respect, learn from him/her, connect him to others with such experience, provide opportunity to use this experience to make sending better .
There can be group discussions, presentations held for the public, who are interested in the topic. It's a way how a volunteer can continue to be involved with the topic, still continue to work with the issue from a different perspective, giving information, an insight for other people.
The vol must not be used or feel used by the sending organization. Showing respect and reliability after is important. If the sending organization wishes to get vols experience always respect his/hers spoken or unspoken limits (his/hers feelings are more important than the story - help the volunteer in adaptation by helping them put this experience into it's place in their personal history, helping them deal with their actual emotions, thoughts, problems in a constructive way and helping them create new goals, to go on with life).
This publication was possible thanks to co-financing from the European Youth Foundation, Strasbourg, to whom we would like to express our sincere gratitude. Sole responsibility for the contents of this publication rest with the author.
art in action
permaculture in sri lanka
where it all started
start a movement in 3 minutes
...and if this it's too much
whatch and...
before launching new projects
check list
New project checklist
Tap in the amazing power of post traumatic growth
(both in new and same community as previous proejcts)
how is economical sustainable?
how is people sustainable?
how is positive, (no victims)?
how is localy driven?
did you started as small as you could?
for how long are you committing yourself for the long term?
do you have well enough the local community?
do you have the trust of the local community?
(if in the same community)
how much you reduce the involvement of the "outsiders" and increase the empowerment of the local actors?
how much have you reduce your involvement and decrease your power
how many more task and responsabilities are you able to delegate compare to the last project?
if no one sign up for your actions cancell them, it's never about what you want but what it's need it
plementina kosovo
Theater of the oppressed workshops to teach how to use the method and ultimately creating a local theater of the oppressed group and future trainer of theater of the oppressed localy
long term goals never forget the importance of small and intermediate victories to sustain refesh the strenght to keep fighting
ulimately open up community and to not regenerate a new ghetto or renforce sterotype. Make community their advocate
Power of positive stories
never waste a crises or a failure
commitment (in terms of years) makes all the difference (otherwise you are parachuting in and out of community and your project(s) will never have a lasting effect)
never mind how much you think it's important to do it
General Rule
what have you learn so far
what mistakes you made and what have you learn from those faiulre
what mistakes you did and would like to avoid in the future
find some person you trust that can review honestly and frankly with you last project
personal excercise
after personal excercise try to do with the group of people (as big and open as possible) engaged in the process civil empowerment
People to ask more info and support about specific topics and future actions
Emanuela Piccolo
Matteo Testino
the only aid we want it's the one that eliminate the need of the aid (Thoma Sankara)
book tips
the horrors of aid
food for thoughts
Say no to Charity
failure report
Want to help shut up & listen
post traumatic growth
help africa....
SCI doesn't do international cooperation
Citizen behiond walls
Turn crises in opportunities of growth
A hazard facing mass movements is the NGO-ization of resistance. It will be easy to twist what I'm about to say into an indictment of all NGOs. That would be a falsehood. In the murky waters of fake NGOs set up or to siphon off grant money or as tax dodges (in states like Bihar, they are given as dowry), of course, there are NGOs doing valuable work. But it's important to consider the NGO phenomenon in a broader political context.
In India, for instance, the funded NGO boom began in the late 1980s and 1990s. It coincided with the opening of India's markets to neoliberalism. At the time, the Indian state, in keeping with the requirements of structural adjustment, was withdrawing funding from rural development, agriculture, energy, transport and public health. As the state abdicated its traditional role, NGOs moved in to work in these very areas. The difference, of course, is that the funds available to them are a minuscule fraction of the actual cut in public spending.
Most large-funded NGOs are financed and patronized by aid and development agencies, which are, in turn, funded by Western governments, the World Bank, the UN and some multinational corporations. Though they may not be the very same agencies, they are certainly part of the same loose, political formation that oversees the neoliberal project and demands the slash in government spending in the first place.
Why should these agencies fund NGOs? Could it be just old-fashioned missionary zeal? Guilt? It's a little more than that. NGOs give the impression that they are filling the vacuum created by a retreating state. And they are, but in a materially inconsequential way. Their real contribution is that they defuse political anger and dole out as aid or benevolence what people ought to have by right. They alter the public psyche. They turn people into dependent victims and blunt the edges of political resistance. NGOs form a sort of buffer between the sarkar and public. Between Empire and its subjects. They have become the arbitrators, the interpreters, the facilitators.
In the long run, NGOs are accountable to their funders, not to the people they work among. They're what botanists would call an indicator species. It's almost as though the greater the devastation caused by neoliberalism, the greater the outbreak of NGOs. Nothing illustrates this more poignantly than the phenomenon of the U.S. preparing to invade a country and simultaneously readying NGOs to go in and clean up the devastation. In order make sure their funding is not jeopardized and that the governments of the countries they work in will allow them to function, NGOs have to present their work in a shallow framework, more or less shorn of a political or historical context. At any rate, an inconvenient historical or political context.
Apolitical (and therefore, actually, extremely political) distress reports from poor countries and war zones eventually make the (dark) people of those (dark) countries seem like pathological victims. Another malnourished Indian, another starving Ethiopian, another Afghan refugee camp, another maimed Sudanese…in need of the white man's help. They unwittingly reinforce racist stereotypes and reaffirm the achievements, the comforts and the compassion (the tough love) of Western civilization. They're the secular missionaries of the modern world.
Eventually–on a smaller scale, but more insidiously–the capital available to NGOs plays the same role in alternative politics as the speculative capital that flows in and out of the economies of poor countries. It begins to dictate the agenda. It turns confrontation into negotiation. It depoliticizes resistance. It interferes with local peoples' movements that have traditionally been self-reliant. NGOs have funds that can employ local people who might otherwise be activists in resistance movements, but now can feel they are doing some immediate, creative good (and earning a living while they're at it).
Real political resistance offers no such short cuts. The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.
The NGO-ization of resistance (by Arundhati Roy)
Jovana Škrijel
"I think sharing ideas is certainly helpful. ... These thoughts all center on understanding different human motivatons due to political, economic or social circumstances." Omayma, Egypt
Volunteers coming back from a (post-)conflict region have to be aware of a reverse culture shock they might face. More about the reverse culture shock you can read in the chapter "Coming back" of this manual.
Here we comment on the most common situations that happen or may happen to the volunteer upon return to his/hers home country.
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Three contractors are at a theme park to bid for a job repairing fences – one is from New York, one from Texas and the third from Florida.
First to bid is the Florida contractor. He measures up and says, "Well, I reckon we'll do the job for $900. That's $400 for materials, $400 for the men, and $100 for me."
Next is the Texan, who measures up and says, "I'll do the job for $700, that's $300 for materials, $300 for my men, and $100 for me."
The man from New York doesn't even stand up. He says, "$2700."
The park owner, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure the job! How did you arrive at that price?"
"Easy," says the New Yorker. "$1000 for you, $1000 for me, and we hire the Texan."
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Three contractors
Three contractors are at a theme park to bid for a job repairing fences – one is from New York, one from Texas and the third from Florida.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Santa Singh's wife
Santa Singh's wife was expecting and the baby was due any day. Santa was very confident it would be a boy and was looking forward to the D-day. As fate would have it, he was transferred to another city and had to join office immediately. Before going, he asked his father-in-law to send a telegram confirming birth of his son.
But in order to avoid giving party to his office colleagues, he asks his father-in-law to write "the watch has arrived" and he will understand that the son is born.
The D-day arrived. His wife delivered a cute little baby girl. Now Santa's father-in-law didn't know what to do.. If he writes "the watch has arrived" Santa will think he has got a Son. If he writes " watch has not arrived" Santa will get worried that something serious has happened. But being a very intelligent person,he finds a solution and sends the telegram.
Santa received the telegram, opened it eagerly and reads "The watch has arrived, but the pendulum is missing".
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Here are some very interesting aspects of WARREN BUFFET life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha ,that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies.
He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
on a regular basis.
He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and
Remember: A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
F. After all it's your life then why give chance to others to rule our life
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One liners -- Hidden meanings in Company talk
Today's Professional Management FUNDAS
1."We will do it" means "You will do it"
2."You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"
3."We are working on it" means "We have not yet started working on the same"
4."Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done "At least not tomorrow!"
5."After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"
6."There was a slight miscommunication" means "We had actually lied"
7."Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will talk later"
8."We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"
9."We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."
10."We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually fought"
11."Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"
12."You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"
13."We need to find out the real reason" means "Well I will tell you where your fault is"
14."Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know..."
15."We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"
16."That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything about it"
17."All the Best" means "You are in trouble"
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Please tell me "WHY"
Please tell me "WHY"
WHY >(can anyone give the answers)
1. Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
2. Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough money?
3. Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
4. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
5. Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
6. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
7. Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
8. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
9. Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lips"?
10. If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
11. Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
12. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
13. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
14. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
15 Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
16. How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
17. When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"
18. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
19. In Winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in Summer, when we complained about the heat in Summer?
20. How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
India in the 90s
You Know You Grew Up in India in the 90s if :
1) You know the words to 'In-pin-safety-pin' and 'akkad-bakkad' by heart
2) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Kapil Dev/Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly
3) You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary or Tinkle comics
4) You've watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him.
5) You have some 'NRI' relatives.
6) You couldn't wait for it to be December so you could have the Toblerone chocolates your NRI relatives brought you
7) You watched Cartoon Network, and then the late night movies on TNT that came after Cartoon Network ended.
8) You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie
9) You were THRILLED when McDonald's opened in your neighborhood (or even eight kilometers away)
10) Your first burgers were at Wimpy's or Nirula's.
11) A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat
12) You have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun at least 5 times each
13) You still remember the theme song to Hum Paanch.
14) You have played hours upon hour of Pukdam-pakdai, oonch-neech, kho-kho, 'Doctor, doctor, help us!', 'Lock and key'
15) You have played 'Uma Joshi' more times than you can remember.
16) Dog 'in' the bone was your favorite co-ed game.
17) Much of your free time in school was spent playing UNO.
18) You collected trump cards of wrestlers, cricketers, and airplanes, and did not quite understand why your younger siblings were obsessed with Pokemon and the other Japanese trends that followed.
19) Your summer vacations were often synonymous with visiting your grandparents
20) Your parents, at some point, told you 'Dark Room' was a bad game to play. But you still loved playing it.
21) Bole mere lips, I love uncle Chips!
22) You know the song 'Made in India ' by Alisha Chinoi
23) You have seen many many many episodes of 'Antakshri' on Zee TV and know the only thing constant in the show is Anu Kapoor.
24) Amy evenings have been spent watching little kids gyrate vulgarly on Boogie Woogie on Sony.
25) You were the coolest thing in class if you had a computer in your house while it was still the 90s.
26) You learnt LOGO in school!
27) You couldn't wait to start 4th/6th standard so you could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils!
28) You often used terms and phrases like 'kutti', 'batti', 'same to you, back to you, with no returns', and 'shame shame, puppy shame, all the donkeys know your name.'
29) You most probably saw Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge at the cinema at least once. You also fantasized singing songs in mustard fields like in the movie.
30) You have seen David Dhawan and Govinda movies and laughed at them.
31) You have said 'haw' when you saw people kissing in English movies
31) You have seen Titanic at least 12 times.
32) You thought seeing English movies and speaking English made you the coolest thing ever.
33) You remember the Orissa cyclone, even though you didn't know what a cyclone was.
34) You remember the Gujarat earthquake very clearly and could possibly tell everyone EXACTLY what you were doing when the earthquake occurred.
35) Barbies for girls, and GI Joes for boys were the ultimate status symbols. You just wanted more more more and more. And how can I forget Hot Wheels, for both boys and girls? I personally have a collection of over 200 little Hot Wheels cars.
36) You have worn Osh-Kosh B'gosh and United Colours of Benetton clothes while growing up. And you thought 'imported' clothes were definitely way better than 'made in India' clothes (never mind that a lot of clothes brought from overseas by NRI relatives were actually made in India, before 'Made in China' started appearing on EVERY existing thing)
37) You know the words to 'Posham Paa', and like it better than ' Oranges and Lemons' even though you'd sing the latter to sound cool (see 32 above).
38) At some point or other, cool was your favourite, and therefore, most overused word.
39) Captain Planet was your first introduction to environmental consciousness.
40) You have tried to convince people around you to not burst crackers on Diwali, and then gone straight back home and burst them yourself.
41) You have had endless packets of Parle Gluco G biscuits, and of Brittania Little Hearts biscuits.
42) You loved licking off the cream from the centre of Bourbon biscuits.
43) There were no Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma- Bata and Liberty was the way to go for your sports shoes.
44) You have probably consumed more Frooti in your lifetime than there is oil in Iraq .
45) You watched Baywatch on Star World even though (or because) your parents said you shouldn't watch it.
46) You bought packets of potato chips for the specific purpose of collecting Tazoa. And you had Tazos depicting everyone from Confucius to Daffy Duck to Daffy Duck dressed as Confucius.
47) For the longest time, the Maruti 800, the Premier Padmini, THE Fiat, and THE Ambassador were the only cars you saw on the road, and the Contessa was cool because it was bigger.
48) You would literally jump up in excitement if you ever chanced upon an imported car (Oh my gosh, is that really a MERCEDES?)!
49) You spent a good part of 1998 drooling over the Hyundai Santro and the Daewoo Matiz , debating which one was better.
50) You used to Fuzen gum. You also chewed Big (big) Babool and/or Boom Boom Boomer chewing gum.. They were bright pink and disgusting tasting, but you loved them for the temporary tattoos.
51) Talking of temporary tattoos, you sometimes had contests with your classmates about who had more tattoos on their arm, leg, knee, hand, forehead, wherever.
52) You thought Mario and Tetris were the coolest things ever invented, especially if you were a boy..
53) You knew that having the latest Hero or Atlas bicycle would make you the coolest kid on the block.
54) You can imitate Sushmita Sen's winning gasp to perfection.
55) You have, at some point of time, worn GAP clothes (real or fake) like SRK in KKHH.
56) Seemingly senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, KKHH actually make sense to you.
57) You have at some point debated who was more beautiful- Aishwarya or Sushmita.
58) If you lived in Delhi , you went bowling at Essex Farms, or Go-Karting at 32nd Milestone and couldn't think how you could get any cooler than that.
59) Baskin Robbins ice-cream was THE thing to have!
60) You know what Campa Cola is. And you also knew that Coca Cola was THE drink.
61) When you would watch WWF keenly every evening/afternoon and really think that Undertaker had 7 lives and he made an "actual" appearance in the Akshay Kumar- starrer Khiladiyon ka Khiladi.
62) When all backpacks (or 'schoolbags') and water bottles and tiffin boxes had strange cartoon characters that were hybrid versions of seven or eight different characters, and you still bought them, because a green man wih a water pistol, boots, a jet-pack, Johnny bravo hair, a rajasthani mustache, gloves, and underwear (long johns) over his pants, called 'Mr. X' was OBVIOUSLY a status symbol.
63) You remember the Nirma tikia jingle.
64) You remember the Nirma girl.
65) You remember the 'doodh doodh' ad and also the 'roz khao andey' ads.
66) You grew up reading, if you read at all, some or all of Nancy Drews, Enid Blyton books, Hardy Boys, Babysitters Club, Animorphs, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley series, Judy Blumes, and Tintin, or Archie comics. Because naturally, reading foreign authors made you much coller than reading Tinkle.
67) Towards the late 90s (1998-99) at least some of us started our Harry Potter obsessions!
68) You absolutely HAD to go to Essel World if you wnet to Mumbai! "Essel World mein rahoonga main, ghar nahin nahin jaaonga main!"
69) You watched the Bournvita Quiz contest on TV pretty religiously. The smarter ones amongst you actually took part in it and had your entire school and your entire extended families watch you on it!
70) "Jungle jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai. Chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai, phool khila!"
71) Maggi 2 Minute Noodles = ultimate snack (and tiffin, lunch, dinner)!
72) If you grew up in the early 90s, you recall the nation's obsession with Mahabharata on TV
73) In the later 90s, you religiously followed Hip Hip Hooray on Zee. Maybe Just Mohabbat on Sony too.
74) You eagerly awaited Friendship Day, so you could give friendship bands to all your friends, and get bands from them in return. Then, of course, those with the most bands loved to show them off (and on Rakhi, boys with the most Rakhis loved showing those off too!)
75) This list made you smile J
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Labels: Indian desi Jokes
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Smart MOM...
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Kunal's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Kunal and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Kunal volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Sunita and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Sunita came to Kunal saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver chutney jar. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" Kunal said ,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."
So he sat down and wrote:
Dear Mother,
I'm not saying that you 'did' take the chutney jar from my house, I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the chutney jar. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Several days later, Kunal received an email from his Mother which read
Dear Son,
I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Sunita, and I'm not saying that you do not' sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the chutney jar by now under the pillow...
Lesson of the day: Don't Lie to Your Mother...........especially if she is Indian
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Smart MOM...
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Kunal's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Kunal and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Kunal volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Sunita and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Sunita came to Kunal saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver chutney jar. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" Kunal said ,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."
So he sat down and wrote:
Dear Mother,
I'm not saying that you 'did' take the chutney jar from my house, I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the chutney jar. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Several days later, Kunal received an email from his Mother which read
Dear Son,
I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Sunita, and I'm not saying that you do not' sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the chutney jar by now under the pillow...
Lesson of the day: Don't Lie to Your Mother...........especially if she is Indian
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Priest n Parrots
A lady approaches a priest and tells him, "Father, I have a problem. I have these two talking female parrots, but they only know how to say one thing.
They keep saying "Hi, we're hot. Do you want a date?""
That's terrible!" the priest exclaimed. "But I do have a solution to your problem.Bring your two parrots over to my house and I will put them with my two male talking parrots to whom I have taught to pray and read the bible.My parrots will then teach your parrots to stop saying that terrible phrase, and your female parrots will learn to pray and worship."
So the next day, the lady brings her female parrots to the priest's house.The priest's two male parrots are holding rosary beads and praying in their cage.The lady puts her female talking parrots in with the male talking Parrots,
and the female parrots say,"Hi, we're hot. Do you want a date?"????..?.?..
One male parrot looks over at the other male parrot and screams, "Put your Bible away Idiot, our prayers have been answered!!!!!!!"
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best women jokes
Police arrestd a drunkard & askd: Where r u goin?
Man: I'm goin 2 listen lecture on ill effcts of drinking.Cop: Who'll lecture at midnite?Man: My wife...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Law Professor: Which is the most important LAW of Finance for Starting a New Business?Student: Father-in-Law!
Man: Is there any way for long life?
Dr: Get married.Man: Will it help?
Dr: No, but the thought of long life will never come.
What's the biggest pressure for Pak captain when Pak needs 1 run to win in 8 over's, with 5 wickets in hand?Ya Allah! How to speak English in presentation ceremony?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Beggar: Saab 12Rs do na coffee peeni hai.Man: Lekin coffee to 6Rs ki hai?Beggar: Par saab girlfrend bhi to hai.Man: Bhikari hokar bhi GF banali.Beggar: Na saab,GF ne Bhikari bana diya!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q: Why do women live longer than men?
A: Shopping never causes heart attacks, but paying the bill does!
Wats the diff between Complete & Finished?
If you find good wife u r complete otherwise u r finished.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------So many options: Poison, sleeping pills, hanging, jumping from a building, lying on train tracks, but we chose Marriage, slow but sure!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Have u heard about the man who threw his wife into a pond of crocodiles? He's now being harassed by the animal rights for being cruel to the crocodiles.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Two men r talking. 1st: I got married coz I was tired of eating out, cleaning the house, doing the laundry & wearing shabby clothes.
2nd: Amazing, I just got divorced for the very same reasons
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wife: If I dismiss the cook and make the food myself for a month, what will you pay me?Husband: I won't have to pay you, you'll get my entire insurance amount.
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enjoy best funny jokes
When I was younger I hated going to weddings. It seemed that all of my aunts and the grandmotherly types used to come up to me, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, 'You're next.'
They stopped that shit after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
A little boy went up to his father and asked :" Dad, where did all of my intelligence come from ? "His father replied :" Well, son, you must have gotten it from your mother,because I still have mine.
"What did the gangster's son tell his dad when he failed his examination? " Dad, they questioned me for 3 hours,but I never told them anything !! "
John's teacher sent a note home to his mother, saying :"John seems to be a very bright boy,
but spends too much of his time thinking about girls.
"The mother wrote back the next day :" If you find a solution, please advise.I have the same problem with his father ! "
When I was young I used to pray for a bike,then I realized that God doesn't work that way,
so I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
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Applications for the 2017-2018 Hart Fellows Program are now available online. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 17th, 2017 at 5 PM.
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Microchip Brings Advanced Control to Cost-Sensitive Designs With New PIC MCUs & dsPIC DSCs
16-bit Devices Provide Breakthrough Performance for
General-Purpose and Motor-Control Applications
CHANDLER, Ariz., June 27, 2011 — Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a new series of 16-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) that bring advanced control to cost-sensitive general-purpose and motor-control designs. The new devices enable low-cost, sensorless motor-control designs, with support for a wide range of motor-control algorithms, and include an on-chip Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU), and10-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), to enable intelligent sensor applications, and mTouch capacitive touch sensing. The devices are supported by three new Plug-In Modules (PIMs) and a single-board motor-control starter kit that includes cap-touch sliders and an onboard BLDC motor, making it easy for designers to create high-performance applications in the appliance (e.g. washing machines), medical (e.g. infusion pumps) and industrial (e.g. AC-induction motors) markets, among others.
Today's designers are challenged to create higher-performing products at lower costs. With specialized features and peripherals optimized for general-purpose and motor-control applications, at prices near $1.00 each in high-volume quantities, the dsPIC33FJ16 "GP," dsPIC33FJ16 and PIC24FJ16 "MC" devices meet these needs. In addition to their on-chip CTMU and ADC peripherals, the general-purpose dsPIC33FJ16 "GP" devices include a Real-Time Clock/Calendar and up to 21 general-purpose output pins, making them ideal for driving intelligent sensors. The dsPIC33FJ16 and PIC24FJ16 "MC" devices include a 6-channel Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) peripheral with synchronized outputs for 3-phase operation, enabling support for a wide range of motor-control algorithms and applications, from simple sensored motors, to advanced Sinusoidal Field-Oriented Control (FOC), Brushless DC (BLDC), Permanent Magnet, and Synchronous AC-Induction Motors (ACIMs).
"Customers are always looking for ways to incorporate more features and functionality into their designs without increasing costs," said Sumit Mitra, vice president of Microchip's High-Performance Microcontroller Division. "The dsPIC33FJ16 DSCs and PIC24FJ16 MCUs meet these needs, with the 'MC' versions enabling customers to enjoy the benefits of advanced motor control, such as higher efficiency, quieter operation, smoother torque and higher reliability."
Development Tool Support
Microchip announced several new development tools to help designers to get started using the new devices. The Motor Control Starter Kit With mTouch Sensing (part # DM330015, $89.99) contains a single board with a BLDC motor, capacitive-touch sliders and a built-in debugger. The dsPIC33FJ16GP102, PIC24FJ16MC102, and dsPIC33FJ16MC102 PIMs are available, and work with the Explorer 16 (part # DM240001, $129.99) and dsPICDEM MCLV (part # DM330021, $150) development boards. All of these tools are available for purchase today, at microchipDIRECT (http://www.microchip.com/get/BTDH).
Packaging, Pricing & Availability
The dsPIC33FJ16GP101 DSC is available in 18-pin PDIP and SOIC packages, as well as a 20-pin SSOP packages. The dsPIC33FJ16GP102 and dsPIC33FJ16MC102 DSCs, and PIC24FJ16MC102 MCU, are available in 28-pin QFN-S, SDIP, SOIC, and SSOP packages, as well as a 36-pin VLAP package. The dsPIC33FJ16MC101 DSC and PIC24FJ16MC101 MCU are available in 20-pin PDIP, SOIC and SSOP packages. All of the devices are priced near $1.00 each, in high-volume quantities.
For further information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor, or visit Microchip's Web site at http://www.microchip.com/get/PFG6. To purchase products mentioned in this press release, go to microchipDIRECT or contact one of Microchip's authorized distribution partners.
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Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
What's it about? An event that takes place where two people enter from each district to compete in a game of survival!
Why I picked it up? Because a lot of people at my school were reading it.
What I thought of it? It was good. Another action book. Katniss has to learn to survive and adapt to the arena. It's suspenseful and exciting.
I would suggest it for? Everyone.
Reviewed by: Israel L., Grade 8


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Kaleigh L.
Kaleigh L.
Alhambra, California
Hi! My name is Kaleigh and I am currently a sophomore in high school. I developed a passion for reading after being introduced to the young adult genre and ever since then books have become an important part of my life. To me, reading is a very relaxing hobby because you can escape reality and focus on the characters' lives rather than your own. Besides reading, I also enjoy playing basketball and volleyball, listening to K-pop (BTS and Got7) and eating food, as well as watching YouTube and Korean dramas.
Top Five Favorite Books:
1. The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
2. SIX OF CROWS by Leigh Bardugo
3. The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer
4. The Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes
5. AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir
Kaleigh L.


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Lift cable with bolt end.
One of the two main lift cable types. This bolt end cable measures 225-3/4" long, and is sized for the largest sized box with this cable option. Easily sized to fit any pop up that uses a bolt end cable attachment at the whiffle tree.
Model years starting around 2000 use this kit most often. Kit come with a cable, crimp, nut, and washer.
A view-able chart for popular sizes can be found here
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Pugnaces Britanniae -the broad mouthed dogs of britain
This picture is pretty good to show the type these dogs were. Please read the text I have put on the picture. I don´t intend to say these dogs show the Pugnaces Britanniae, but indeed pretty much the type these dogs were, as the "bear hunting dogs" of europe, or in general big game hunters there, were of this type. With that said I would say the Pugnaces Britanniae were bear hunters/big game hunters.
The references by Roman writers to the canes pugnaces of Roman Britain suggest a dog of a large and heavy type. Oppian says the fighting dog had light brown eyes, truncated muzzle, loose skin above the brows, a broad back, great stature, and muscular legs.
The ancestors of the british Pugnaces came from Central-Asia, and the dogs were brought to Britain by Phoenician and other Eastern traders about 500 BC. Its primary ancestor is the original Asiatic Mastiff. (Assyrian / Central Asian Mastiffs)
The English used their Mastiffs later to guard their castles but they were also used by the Celts as war dogs and even by nomads to guard camps. In more modern times, Mastiffs were used as bull baiting and cattle herding dogs.
About the Pugnaces Britanniae, Gratius Falsius an ancient Roman author and historian wrote in the year 8 AD of a large exhibition of dog fights in the ancient Roman amphitheatres between the Pugnaces Britanniae from Britannia and the Molossus from Epirus. The exhibition reflected the wide-mouthed dogs from Britain were far superior to the ancient Greek Molossus.
" Although the British dogs are distinguished neither by colour nor good anatomy, I could not find any particular faults with them. When grim work must be done, when special pluck is needed when Mars summons us to battle most extreme, then the powerful Molossus will please you less and the Athamanen dog cannot measure up to the skill of the British dog either. "
— Gratius Falsius, 8 AD
The ancient Roman historian Strabo reported in 38 AD of large English dogs, which were bred in their homeland of Britannia to hunt dangerous game and as war dogs.
In 43 AD, the Roman conquest of Britain made Britannia a Roman province. At that time, in Britain there were giant, wide-mouthed dogs, which the Romans called Pugnaces Britanniae, that surpassed their Molossus dogs. A Procurator Cynegii, was stationed in Venta Belgarum and responsible for selecting these dogs, which were exported to Rome for contests in the amphitheatre and for integration into the military of ancient Rome as war dogs.
The 'Pugnaces' dogs of Roman Britain were specifically referred to by the Greek historian Arrian in 130 AD.
It is an undisputed fact that when the Romans invaded these islands they found the natives possessed of a fierce and powerful breed of dogs, which they used in war.
Some or even a lot of these dogs were sent to Rome for more brutal purposes, namely, to bait the bull and other animals for the amusement of the people in the amphitheatres. These were the "broad-mouthed dogs of Britain," differing, no doubt, very much from either the bulldog or the mastiff of to-day, but possessing the great strength and indomitable courage that distinguish both of these breeds, and which so eminently fitted their progenitors for the rough and hazardous sports for which they were used.
The ancient Roman poet Grattius (or Grattius Faliscus) wrote of British dogs, describing them as superior to the ancient Greek Molossus, saying:
"What if you choose to penetrate even among the Britons? How great your reward, how great your gain beyond any outlays! If you are not bent on looks and deceptive graces (this is the one defect of the British whelps), at any rate when serious work has come, when bravery must be shown, and the impetuous War-god calls in the utmost hazard, then you could not admire the renowned Molossians so much."
A Latin poet thus refers to them and their employment in the amphitheatres:
And British mastiffs break the brawny necks of bulls.
A feat which I imagine could not be literally performed by any dog then or now.
Although the majority of writers refer these fighting dogs to the mastiffs, there are others who think the dog so used by the Romans was the Irish wolfhound; and this view was cleverly argued by a writer in the "Field" in 1871, whose letters, signed "E. W. R.," were reproduced in "Dogs of the British Islands," and in these are given quotations showing that Irish dogs were used in the amphitheatres; but this does not show that English dogs were not; indeed, it is certain the sort from which our mastiffs and bulldogs are descended, were also similarly employed, and the writer I have referred to appears to me to be wrong when he quotes Oppian's description, "small in size, squat, lean, and shaggy, with blinking eyes and lacerating claws, but mostly prized for their scent in tracking where the foot has passed," against mastiffs having been so used, and asks, "does this description apply to either mastiff or bulldog?" The answer is evident. Oppian was not describing the dog used for bull-baiting, but the beagle, which the Romans so largely exported from Britain for hunting purposes.
"I do not for a moment think that wolfhound, bulldog, or mastiff, such as the names now cover, were represented at that date except in a rough typical way, and the descriptions handed down to us are far too meagre and widely-scattered to allow the changes that have taken place to be traced with any degree of accuracy, therefore much is necessarily left to conjecture. The great Buff on supposed the mastiff to be "a mongrel generated between the Irish wolfhound and the bulldog, but much larger, and more resembling the latter than the former." Practical dog breeders, with I think good reason, lean to an opposite conclusion - namely, that the Irish wolfhound was a combination of mastiff and greyhound blood; and in that or similar directions all attempts at the resuscitation of that lost variety must be made."¹
The English Mastiff is considered to be the closest descendant of the Pugnaces Britanniae. But also the EM almost was extinct after World War II and had to be recreated by using different breeds that had English Mastiff blood in their veins. I tend to say that a German Mastiff aka Great Dane x a true active big game hunting Bulldog/Bärenbeisser/Bullenbeisser is closer to the Pugnaces Britanniae of ancient times than a modern English Mastiff!
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¹(http://chestofbooks.com/animals/dogs/Br ... stiff.html)
>Fleig, D. (1996). Fighting Dog Breeds. (Pg. 26 - 27). Neptune, NJ: TFH Publications. ISBN 0-7938-0499-X
>Homan, M. (1999). A Complete History of Fighting Dogs. (Pg. 9). Howell Book House. ISBN 1-58245-128-1


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A long-standing project tracked by STICERD academics Oriana Bandiera and Robin Burgess featured in The Economist newspaper in December 2015.
The project, run by development organisation BRAC, provided women who fall into the category of ultra-poor, with livestock and relevant training. The project was unusual in that the women participated were followed for seven years after the programme began, providing a rich dataset on the success of this intervention. This analysis showed that ultra-poor women worked many more hours than poor and middle class women, but that they crammed that work into fewer days. This was the result of their labour being restricted to only a few insecure types of work, mainly domestic labour as maids and agricultural work. Given livestock and the necessary training by BRAC , these women delivered a rate of return of between 16% and 23%, depending on the assumed opportunity cost of time. The Economist reported other benefits, too- "what is striking is not so much their greater wealth (reflected in their finer saris and mobile phones) but the way they stand straighter, and their direct looks. Their relatives have started talking to them. Asked to explain how their lives have changed, one of the first things they say is that they now get invited to weddings." The end result of the study? Wedding invitations, yes, but more importantly, alleviation of poverty and insecurity for the women involved in this study- and a future path to prosperity for their sisters.
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Oregon's Farm to School programs lead the nation with new funding
This is a news release from Upstream Public Health and Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network:
All Oregon school districts can receive extra funds to buy and serve local foods, starting this fall, thanks to the Oregon legislature. Oregon has been a national leader in Farm to School and School Garden programs, and this will be another first: offering funds to all districts that participate in the federal school lunch program, not just the "winners" of competitive grants.
The legislature provided a total of $4,519,189 for this popular program for 2015-17, including a $3.3 million increase in the end-of-session spending bill, SB 5507. Several key program details were also revised through SB 501. Both bills passed the Senate and House on Monday (7/6/15), in the final hours of the 2015 legislative session.
New funding will also be available for food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based education programs, to help kids get excited about fresh and healthy foods.
"Kids will do many things with beets if you serve them in a cafeteria," says Kasandra Griffin of Upstream Public Health. "They make great projectiles, they make great face paint. But if a kid grows a beet in a school garden, they will actually eat beets when they are served in the cafeteria or at home, because it reminds them of the time they grew a beet themselves, and they liked it."
Supporters tout a wide range of benefits of the Farm to School and School Garden program, from reducing hunger, to improving nutrition and reducing the childhood diabetes epidemic, to supporting Oregon's economy.
"Farm to School programs help farmers, processors and rural Oregon," said House Republican Leader Mike McLane. "I'm proud to support this innovative program that supports our communities while also providing students with healthy and fresh Oregon-grown food."
Representative McLane was a co-sponsor of HB 2721, the stand-alone version of the Farm to School Bill, before it was folded into SB 5507 and 501.
The focus on local can transform the buying habits of schools. According to Megan Kemple of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition, "Oregon schools spend over $45 million in federal dollars on school lunch ingredients, every year. By investing in Farm to School, we can encourage school districts to change their buying behavior and keep more of that federal money circulating in Oregon. And that makes a big difference in the bottom lines of farmers here in Lane County, and around the state."
Jane Gullet, the Nutrition Director of Yamhill-Carlton School District, is proof of that type of behavior change. Her district received one of the grants for 2013-15. "The grant changed the way I think about buying food," she said.
"I never thought about this before, but now the first thing I ask any vendor is whether their products are local, or if they have a local alternative. I'm aiming to serve 75% local products."
"Local" is defined as anything produced or processed in the state of Oregon. Over half of the food dollars from the 2013-15 grants were spent on produce, especially apples, pears, and berries, but other local foods also qualify, including meat, seafood, grains, dairy, and even processed foods. Some of Gullet's favorite local products include vegetarian chili from Truitt Family Foods, fresh lean ground beef from Carlton Farms, low-fat vanilla Tillamook yogurt, and whole-wheat buns and breadsticks from Teeny Bakery.
Peter Truitt, of Truitt Family Foods, produces the chili that Gullet buys. "We love selling our Salem-made foods to Oregon schools. It feels good knowing we are providing the nutrition kids need to learn. As Oregon's Farm to School activities have increased, so has the demand for healthy, locally processed food. This creates an attractive market for farmers and food processors. At Truitt Family Foods, we are developing new hummus and bean dips for the school market, and will be able to hire more workers as this business grows."
The amount of funding available per school district will be based on the number of students eating school lunches (per USDA's National School Lunch Program) there the previous year. All schools are eligible - public, private, charter. Other program changes in HB 2721 include allowing the schools to use the "food" funds for any school meals (not just lunch), separating the funding for educational activities from the funding for food purchasing, and making non- profit partners and commodity commissions eligible to apply for the educational portion.
This year's program expansion is a particularly sweet victory for Representative Brian Clem, D-Salem, who has been championing Farm to School and School Garden bills every session since 2007. "Our goal ever since 2007 has been to provide funding for every school in the state to buy local products," says Clem. "It took us a few years, but we made it. With this step, we continue to lead the nation in showing how Farm to School and School Garden programs should be done, and how much they can benefit kids, farmers, and everyone in between."
Oregon Department of Education manages the grant program, in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. They will post updated information soon for schools and other partners: www.ode.state.or.us/go/f2sgardens.


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Lincoln (Mo.) Wins D-II Women's Outdoor Crown
June 8, 2009
Courtesy of Lincoln (Mo.) Athletics
The Lincoln University Women's Track Team ran away with another victory over the weekend at the 2009 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in San Angelo, Texas Saturday, May 23. The win marks the team's sixth outdoor title. The team began a historic run in 2003 when they first won the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championship. They recaptured the title four more times between 2004 and 2007, for a total of five championships, setting a record for the most consecutive wins.
Nandelle Cameron, Samoy Hackett, Sudian Davis and Janika Martell finished just 15-hundreths of a second shy of the championship record with their win in the 4x100 meter relay. Martell and Hackett were joined by AnnaKay Campbell and Keniesha Jones to claim the win in the 4x400 meter relay. Hackett earned individual wins in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Campbell claimed the long jump title.
In addition to their current win, the team also won the 2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Championship, held in March in Houston, Texas. This year's win was the third indoor championship for the Lincoln University women. The team last held both the indoor and outdoor titles in 2006.
On the men's side, the Lincoln University Men's Track Team finished in fourth place. Kawayne Fisher earned individual honors for his first place finish in the 100 meter dash. Fisher was also part of Lincoln's first place 4x100 relay team, which also included Gavin Terrelonge, Dwain Bryden, Kimour Bruce.


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Building Black Bondage is an interdisciplinary course that focuses on social constructions and structures that mentally and physically contain/ed African ethnicities for the sake of power and control. Specifically, we will research the implications of the castles and forts that held slaves prior to being shipped abroad during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The course will also look at the legacy of these spaces from the slave ship, to Jim Crow, to the 50's, 60's, and 70's Negro removal plans in the urban settings in the United States. Comparisons and contrast will be used by investigating the death camps created by the Nazi's, such as Auschwitz in Poland.
Architecture thus defined is a record of deeds done by those who have had the power to build. It is shaped by social, political, and economic forces and values embodied in the forms themselves, the processes through which they are built, and the manner in which they are used. Creating buildings involves moral choices that are subject to moral judgment.
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Leslie Kanes Weisman, Discrimination By Design
Course assignments will be in the forms of field studies, experimental observations, and research in society today. For example, the prison system today "contains" more African American males then our university campuses. Is this a legacy from the past? Is there capital to be gained by containing a race today as there was over 400 years ago? Examining further implications of our built environment will raise these questions and others. Lastly, each student will be asked to write a paper and/or present in a multimedia format a final project that looks at social containers today.


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Welcome to 2008, here's a little video to celebrate. Some lo-fi latin flavored stuff
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This is a wierd video I ran across on youtube...Talk about some old school Fraternity Hijinx. Southern charm mixed with some deuche = volital mix. I think the obnoxious comments on the youtube page are just as entertaining as the video!
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This is one of the funnier blogs I've come across in a while. It pretty much is exactly what the title describes, it features hot girls with cheesball dudes. If you want to know what it is like to live in New Jersey, che
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October Meeting Announcement
East Tennessee Chapter of ASHRAE
October 18, 2017
For our October meeting, Mr. Mike Bilderbeck will be giving us a presentation titled "Case Studies on Engineering Ethics". He will present real ethical challenges faced by real engineers as well as reporting to us on what the NSPA Board of Ethical Standards said about the issues. October will also be Research Promotion Recognition Month for our chapter.
Mike is a life-long Memphian. He graduated from Memphis State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1980. He started at Pickering in 1980. He is Pickering's Chief Mechanical/Fire Protection Engineer, and is registered in 23 states.
His ASHRAE activities include:
• Memphis Chapter President 1986-1987
• Chaired the ASHRAE Standards, TEGA, and Technical Activities Committees
• served on Society Board of Directors from 1999-2002
• served on several Standards Appeals Panels
• is a Fellow and recipient of the Exceptional Service Award
• is a past-chair of TC1.7, "Business Practice and General Legal Education"
• currently sits on Technology Council and the Society GGAC Committee
• currently co-chairs Memphis Chapter GGAC Committee
Mike is a member of the Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board at the University of Memphis. He is also a karate instructor for Contender Ministries at First Evangelical Church in Memphis. This will be a technical seminar and PDH Certificates will be awarded.
The meeting will be held at Rothchild's Catering. Come as early as 11:30 for social time, lunch will be served at 11:50, and our program will begin around noon.
In order to confirm your attendance, PLEASE RSVP to Anne Jacoby -email@example.com before Monday October 16th at 5:00 pm.
An opportunity to pre-purchase meals for the remainder of the year at the discounted price of $120 will be available at our October meeting. The Chapter now accepts cash, check, credit, & debit cards.


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Lorde's younger sister is hoping to follow the New Zealand pop sensation into the music business after showing off her singing voice online.
The 17-year-old star was catapulted to fame last year (13) thanks to the success of her breakout single Royals, and now her 15-year-old sibling, India Yelich-O'Connor, has debuted her own vocal talents.
She has posted links to her music on her official blog and fans can listen to her covers of A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera's song Say Something.
India's music has received more than 50,000 listens since it was uploaded over the weekend (18-19Jan14).


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Home Exchange 50plus was launched in late 2009 as a long-term project to keep us busy in retirement, and we are pleased to say it is doing exactly that. In 2015 we realised that, like its founders, it was creaking a bit at the seams, so decided to have a total rebuild and you are now looking at the end result.
Once Home Exchange 50plus became more established we were approached by a number of other Home Exchange websites asking us to 'partner up' with them, resulting in us having agreements with two other websites, allowing us to offer our members access to a wider range of homes at no additional cost.
Our members now receive a free one-year membership of two other home swap websites, one of which uses a credit based system for vacation homes only. Both are long established Home Exchange clubs and like ourselves, are paid-membership websites with worldwide listings (over 6,000 between them), although not exclusively for the older traveller. You save over £145 / $235 on annual membership fees with this great offer.
In addition we have more recently partnered with the Rotarian Home Exchange Fellowship to enable Rotarians worldwide to swap homes with fellow Rotarians.
About Us
We created this Home Exchange website as we love to travel and swapping homes is a great way to do it. As we fit into the 50plus age range, we thought why not cater for this specific group?
We live in London but are Scottish, both having left Scotland many years ago, though returning often for holidays and family reunions and, like many of you, we are "empty nesters".
Brian is a keen golfer, when his back allows him to play, hence the golf section. Catriona, who isn't into golf, likes all things cultural and historical, so we try to combine both for our holidays.
We hope you like our website and we look forward to you joining us. Please let us know what you think – good or bad. Email us with your thoughts and any suggestions about what you would like us to include, update or change.
About our Members
Members of Home Exchange 50plus come from all walks of life and are keen to travel more as they get older. Some are widely travelled already but wish to explore the world further or to spend longer in places they have visited before. Others have far-flung families whom they want to visit, weddings and christenings to attend, or reunions to organise. Some even wish to travel to new locations to help with retirement decisions or, indeed, spend their retirement travelling the world courtesy of Home Exchange.
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You are over 50, like to travel and would like to do more of it, and see Home Exchange as a great way of doing so. You may be an experienced home swapper and wish to exchange now with people in your own age group with similar ideas and tastes. Or you might be completely new to the idea, but friends have told you that it is a great concept, and you wish to try it for yourself.


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Executive Director of the Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on Parliament to extend the tenure of the current assembly members, following the suspension of district level elections by the Supreme Court.
Vladimir Antwi-Danso says an extension of the term the assembly members has become necessary especially because their tenure expires on March 14, 2015. According to him, new assembly members are not likely to be elected before this date.
"Parliament is a representative of the people and so if they are able to come out with a way out of the impasse, then it would be more representative", he told Joy News.
Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso
He insists under that under the current circumstances, an intervention by Parliament would be deemed more constitutional than an intervention by any other institution of state.
The district level elections, initially slated for tomorrow March 3, was cancelled after the Supreme Court ruled that the process is unconstitutional.
The Court ordered the commission to start all over again CI 85; a legal instrument which seeks to demarcate electoral boundaries for the district elections in 2015.
Dr. Antwi-Danso said if Parliament does not intervene activities of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) would be unduly affected by the Supreme Court decision.
"If Parliament says let's give them [current assembly members] a mandate to continue while the EC does its work, I think it is more constitutional but if we don't do that, there would be some chaos and we will be setting a bad precedence for the future", he observed.
According to him the best option to keep the work of MMDAs going on is to extend the tenure of office of the current assembly members.
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Valet Tray - Natural
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Regular price £115.00
Tanner Goods are a group of designers and craftspeople, as well as skilled labourers. They strive to create modern products that respect the past. Their philosophy combines a design-minded approach with a deep commitment to crafting items by hand. Carefully considering an item's intended use, and they focus on how that can best be served without adding more to it than necessary. This is the essence of good design and craft.
The Tanner Goods Valet Tray was created for all of us who have a unique assortment of things we carry on the regular. For those with their hands raised,Tanner Goods created a desktop catch-all for those small essential items. Remembering where you put the keys just got a whole lot easier.
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School & Community
Building a strong community through teamwork
Family involvement at Footscray West is highly valued and warmly encouraged. If you are interested, ask your child's teacher how you can help.
There are many things you can do in the classroom; from reading with students or helping with excursions and special activities, to preparing resources or covering books.
There are also many ways to be involved across the whole school, including joining the School Council or one of its sub-committees, socialising and fundraising with Parents & Friends, or gardening and supporting other environmental and social activities with the Connector Bugs.
Family members are also invited to assist at special events like school discos, working bees, and by accompanying camps and excursions. Check the Calendar and keep an eye on the weekly Newsletter for details.
Footscray West Primary values interactions between the school and the broader community. The school has links with local education, sporting, community and cultural groups. Students are encouraged to represent the school at a range of annual and biennial academic, sport, and arts events and activities; as well as by regularly participating in national and state initiatives.
The Footscray West Primary School Small Business Directory provides parents at our school with significant school dates and contacts of parents who have businesses that you may be interested in using and supporting.