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IUCN invests in rainforest rehabilitation to offset Congress footprint
To help compensate for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the 2012 World Conservation Congress in Jeju, IUCN has selected a credible, sustainable project for effective offsetting. The project is Infapro, by Face the Future, and is based on improved forest management in Borneo.
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The oldest rainforest in the world, 130 million years old, can be found in Borneo and is one of the last natural habitats for the endangered Orang-utan. In recent years, the establishment of oil palm plantations and unsustainable logging practices have resulted in rapid rates of deforestation and forest degradation, threatening the rich biodiversity of this island.
The Infapro project is one of the largest forest rehabilitation projects in Southeast Asia, and was selected due to its verified emissions reductions of a high standard and its significant biodiversity and social benefits. The project rehabilitates logged rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia, through sustainable forest management activities and works to avoid a second round of logging.
The project developer Face the Future, in cooperation with the Yayasan Sabah Foundation, has rehabilitated approximately 12,000 hectares (ha) of the targeted 25,000 ha of logged rainforest since 1992. This project employs a combination of climber cutting, enrichment planting, liberation thinning and prevention of re-logging.
Liberation thinning promotes the natural regeneration of dipterocarp seedlings and ecologically important fruit species within logged-over rainforest. Silvicultural treatments then encourage the growth and survival of these seedlings. The inclusion of indigenous fruit tree species in enrichment planting and liberation activities aims to increase biodiversity in the area by providing food sources for wildlife.
Research has shown that the rehabilitation project has resulted in the return of many animal species, particularly birds. Orang-utan, Sun bear, and Pygmy elephants are frequently spotted and the conservation and project areas are one of the last refuges for the Sumatran Rhino, a critically endangered species.
The project area also provides a buffer zone around the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a protected area of undisturbed primary tropical rainforest home to more than 120 mammal species and over 340 bird species. Many of these species migrate between the conservation area and the project area, which gives them an enlarged, safe and healthy habitat.
People benefit from the project too, as it creates employment based on forest restoration activities and carbon monitoring. In short, the project provides a model of how carbon finance can deliver climate change mitigation while enhancing biodiversity and supporting local livelihoods. The techniques it has developed are being widely implemented in Sabah where many tens of thousands of hectares of degraded forest are currently under active restoration.
As a world leader in environmental sustainability, IUCN has adopted a greening strategy, which includes the IUCN Carbon Offset Policy to address negative impact on the environment following efforts to avoid and reduce emissions as much as possible.
Participants in the Congress can contribute to the Jeju Carbon Offset Fund, which collects resources to finance the project, by paying the carbon offset fee.
Emissions reductions from the Infapro project have been verified by the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and sustainable forest management is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).


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From J* in Kansas
Dear Franklin,
I am sorry to see that when you made the medal you put a naked person on it. My children and family look at my blog and so do members of my church. I worked hard and I really wanted this medal and now I can't use it. I can't put a naked picture on my blog. I wish you had thought of how other people live when you made a medal that is supposed to be for everybody.
Dear J,
I know just what you mean. I can't count the number of times I've had to answer the door or the telephone while cooking and come back to find my rice had burned and left a nasty black stain on the bottom of my stainless steel pots. And that stuff doesn't come off easily, either!
If you don't have access to one of those fancy dishwashers with a pot scrubber cycle, try this: bring a mix of clean water and 3 or 4 tablespoons of baking soda to a full boil, and let it continue to boil for a good half-hour or so. (Don't let it boil away!) You'll likely find that this helps to loosen that stubborn black crust enough to allow you to scour it away with a good helping of elbow grease and a piece of steel wool.
Thank you for writing!
From L* in Wisconsin
Nice job, asshole. You make a button for a zillion knitters who are almost ALL WOMEN and you put a fucking MAN on it. Fuck you.
Dear L,
Rest assured, it's not nearly so complicated as it seems. Here, in a nutshell, are the rules for turning the corners on your visiting card:
- Upper right corner turned: the visit was made in person
- Upper left corner turned: expression of congratulations
- Lower right corner turned: indicates taking one's leave, also known as pour prendre congé
- Lower left corner turned: expression of condolence to one in mourning
Thank you for writing, and I wish you every success in making new friends.
Yours very truly,
*Initials changed because, well, I'm just that kind of guy.

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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works committees, and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, released the following statement in response to the inaugural Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the U.S. and China:
"The significant dialogue that the United States started this week with China is a positive step in strengthening the relationship between the United States and China. I am pleased the agenda covered crucial issues such as the global economic crisis, climate change, non-proliferation and regional stability. However, I am disappointed that human rights issues were not given higher priority.
"Negotiations on climate change are particularly significant because any global solution must include the intense collaboration and effort of China and the United States, which together produce more than 40 percent of global carbon emissions. Together, we can help create a framework that will make a positive impact on the harmful effects of climate change by holding all nations to a common standard, yet taking the needs of each country into account.
"Discussing respect for basic human rights, which are fundamental to both a climate change and economic solution, is also essential. To not press China – undeniably one of our chief partners in tackling global problems – on human rights protections is a missed opportunity. It is our responsibility to champion collective values, especially those that are so essential and connected: basic political rights, labor protections, and freedoms of speech and religion.
"The United States must make an unambiguous commitment to human rights – not as a personal belief of any political leader or simply an Administration policy, but as a moral obligation of our country towards international law and universal principles. I will continue to press President Obama and his administration to unabashedly champion the cause of human rights in China, particularly as our countries collaborate to craft joint solutions for the 21st century."


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New Year's Day typically inspires hope and new beginnings. But this next one may be cause for trepidation. Tax cuts for all income levels expire on Jan. 1, 2013, and most federal programs will face a 10 percent haircut — because Congress failed to agree on a deficit-reduction plan.
It all goes back to some hot, frantic days in late July and early August of 2011. Treasury officials were warning that the nation was near defaulting on its debt for the first time. Congressional Republicans, spurred by Tea Party activists, set off this unprecedented crisis because they refused to raise the government's borrowing limit unless spending was cut by an equal amount. And they would not accept more revenue as a means to offset a hike in the debt ceiling.
A Last-Ditch Scramble
More than $2 trillion in deficit reduction had to be found and fast. Congress hurriedly agreed to $1 trillion worth of cuts over the next decade, with the remainder to be found later by a congressional "supercommittee" proposed, at the time, by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"There would be a joint committee that would move forward, and there would be a trigger that if they didn't resolve this, then something else would happen," Reid said in late July. "And based on past experiences, I think there would be tremendous incentive not to let that certain thing happen when the trigger kicked in."
That "certain thing" Reid referred to is what's known as "sequestration." Lawmakers agreed that if they failed to come up with a deficit-reduction plan, draconian across-the-board cuts in federal spending would be triggered Jan. 1, 2013 — the same day that all the George W. Bush-era tax cuts were scheduled to expire.
At the White House, President Obama gave his blessing. "If we need to put in place some kind of enforcement mechanism to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, I'll support that too, if it's done in a smart and balanced way," he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was also on board. "I think I can say with a high degree of confidence that there is now a framework to review that will ensure significant cuts in Washington spending," he said.
Ross Baker, a congressional expert at Rutgers University, says that at the time, minds were not focused on what might be happening at the beginning of 2013.
"It was August. August is a time for recesses, not the time for serious legislation," he says. "I think the real problem at the time was trying to ensure that there was not a default. They just had to get beyond that."
A Deal That Pleased No One
Some Democrats, including Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico, voted for the debt-ceiling deal only because it avoided default. "Almost everything else about this deal stinks, and it stinks to high heaven," Udall said at the time.
And some Republicans voted for the deal, even though it could end up shearing a trillion dollars off defense spending. "This should never have been agreed to by members of Congress, but most of all, should never have been promoted by the president," said Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl.
Ultimately, the supercommittee charged with finding additional deficit reduction last year failed to do so, after Republicans on the panel rejected raising any new revenue. So the trigger for automatic spending cuts was cocked.
But in his final debate with then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Obama seemed to rule out sequestration. "First of all, the sequester's not something that I proposed," he said. "It's something that Congress has proposed; it will not happen."
Baker thinks the president had reason to trust that Congress would prevent sequestration. "With a gun at its head, Congress will, in fact, act," Baker says. "But then, and only then."
Indeed, after meeting with Obama last week, Sen. McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner said there could be a new way to cut deficits. Both said they are prepared to "put revenue on the table."
And if lawmakers do hit on a way to mix spending cuts and more revenue to cut deficits and avoid sequestration, New Year's could be cause for celebration.
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Congress and the War of 1812
Instrumental to our identity and future national development, the War of 1812 both shaped and was shaped by Congress. International in scope and economic in nature, the war would not only inspire a national anthem, but would define Congress' mission for the era to come and fundamentally change the nation's political parties.
For more than two hundred years, the Capitol has been the place where representatives of the American people have debated how best to achieve the nation's ideals. This exhibit displays some of our most important documents, drawn primarily from the collections of the Library of Congress and the National Archives, to illustrate the role of Congress in defining and helping to realize national goals and aspirations.
The aspirations of unity, freedom, common defense, general welfare, knowledge, and exploration all derive from the Constitution. The Preamble declares that the highest goals of the government are "to form a more perfect Union," and to provide for "common defense," "general Welfare," and the "Blessings of Liberty." Article I gives Congress the power to promote "Science and useful Arts," which has resulted in congressional support of knowledge and exploration. The meaning of liberty is further defined in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee specific freedoms.


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BETTYE LAVETTE brings the British Invasion home to its American R&B roots on her latest CD, INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK, due May 25 on Anti-. While BETTYE's Grammy-nominated 2007 disc The Scene Of The Crime went to the source to find triumph over her own anguish, INTERPRETATIONS looks to the past this time for inspiration and uncovers common ancestry in seemingly divergent musical paths.
Produced by BETTYE, Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, the album is a 13-song journey through compositions by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd among others, before concluding right where the very idea for INTERPRETATIONS started: BETTYE's visceral show-stopping rendition of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" from the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors, which appears here as a bonus track.
That performance – which first brought BETTYE together with Stevens (the event's producer) and Mathes (its musical director) – served notice that BETTYE is no mere singer. As an extraordinary interpreter of song, she doesn't merely mold a piece of music to suit her tastes; she is a conjurer of deep, emotional truths:
"Bettye LaVette punched a hole right through her version of Pete Townshend's 'Love Reign O'er Me,' letting all the song's emotion pour out in a way that its creators never conceived," observed the New York Daily News. Townshend himself came up to Bettye after her performance, took her hands into his and said, "You made me weep."
Throughout INTERPRETATIONS, her performances are a revelation not just of raw emotion, but of the inexorable ties between British rock 'n' roll and the American blues and R&B, which when combined, catalyzed popular music. That Lennon, McCartney, and so many others who crossed the Atlantic in their wake, were deeply influenced by American music is no great secret. What BETTYE demonstrates here so convincingly is the degree to which rock 'n' roll and American soul remain bound by bloodlines.
The Beatles' pre-psychedelic Rubber Soul classic "The Word" takes on an almost religious fervor, while Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" is transformed from a majestic pop song into a stark, almost desperate expression of devotion. Profound alienation becomes intense longing on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," and the wistful naiveté of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" matures into a deep and unshakeable lament. BETTYE inhabits these songs, revitalizes them and exposes the humanity that makes these 13 tracks not just pop songs, but enduring works of art.
Such mastery hardly comes as a surprise to at least one legend featured here. Elton John (whose "Talking Old Soldiers" appeared on The Scene Of The Crime) offers this endorsement of BETTYE's impassioned take on "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me":
"Bettye LaVette has always been a wonderful singer – I have been a huge fan for many years. To my delight and surprise she recorded an amazing version of 'Talking Old Soldiers' – a song that nobody else has covered – and made it her own.
"Now she has recorded 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' and has done exactly the same – but this time with a much more familiar song. I am truly touched by her picking these songs and can only hope that this album brings more attention to this incredible artist."
The full track listing for INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK is as follows:
1. The Word (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
2. No Time To Live (James Capaldi/Stephen Winwood)
3. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus)
4. All My Love (John Baldwin/Robert Plant)
5. Isn't It A Pity (George Harrison)
6. Wish You Were Here (David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
7. It Don't Come Easy (Richard Starkey)
8. Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
9. Salt Of The Earth (Michael Jagger/Keith Richards)
10. Nights In White Satin (David Hayward)
11. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Eric Clapton/Bobby Whitlock)
12. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John/Bernard Taupin)
13. Love Reign O'er Me (Peter Townshend) [BONUS TRACK]
Website Bettye LaVette : www.bettyelavette.com


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Is A Rain Chain Right for Your Home?
Rains have finally come to Northern California, leading to widespread jubilation among residents who were starting to worry about drought, but along with rain comes a perennial winter issue: managing gutters and downspouts. For households who didn't plan ahead, clogs, misaligned downspouts, and other problems are making themselves apparent, requiring hasty fixes to get ahead of the weather before water ends up where it shouldn't.
Other homeowners are cozy inside by the toasty fire listening to the sound of the rain on their snug San Francisco roofs. Some are enjoying a little something extra: the unique sound of rain rushing down the rain chains they've used to replace their downspouts.
Types of Rain Chains
Used in Japan for centuries, rain chains have started to catch on in the United States as an attractive and fun downspout alternative. Some feature actual chains, while others may use different shapes like cups or bells which ring as the rain travels down them and into a graveled catchment, there to drain into an appropriate area of the yard. Rain chains add a lot of curb appeal to the house and sound lovely, but if you're considering installing one, make sure you know what you're doing.
Beware an Incorrectly Installed Rain Chain
As with any downspout, an improperly installed rain chain can lead to problems. Poor drainage can lead to pooling water around the foundation of the house, which contributes to high humidity, mold, and mildew. Too much water can even start to crack and damage the foundation directly, in addition to promoting the high moisture levels insects tend to like. Meanwhile, bad drainage in the yard can create soggy, muddy spots, and if water is misdirected, it may upset a neighbor by flooding her property.
Rain Chains vs Downspouts
Here are some disadvantages of rain chains: they're less sturdy, and less high-capacity, than traditional downspouts. If you live somewhere with heavy weather and high winds, you'll need to install backup downspouts to handle your rainfall because rain chains alone won't be able to do the job. You also need an effective collection system, which might be a water feature like a temporary water garden, a barrel, or a French drain that routes the water to another location. It's critical to divert water away from the house to prevent damage.
Advantages of Rain Chains
The obvious advantage, of course, is that rain chains are much more attractive than most downspouts. They come in a variety of styles and finishes, including copper, which can develop a patina over time to create a beautifully weathered look. Some also produce beautiful musical sounds, which can be a pleasant counterpoint to the rain.
DIY Rain Chains
DIY rain chain projects are another option, offering even more flexibility. For example, this project uses a chain paired with terracotta pots, and a large catchment of terracotta filled with small stones. In the dry season, the rain chain adds visual interest, and when it rains, it creates a beautiful cascading water feature.
Install a Rain Chain
Installing rain chains is quite easy, although if you're not comfortable working on your roof, you may want to hire a handyman for help. As long as you're up around the gutters, it's a good time to inspect them, clear debris, and replace any broken or damaged sections. Consider anchoring the chain to keep it in place if you're worried about high winds, and remember to inspect it regularly along with your gutters for signs of issues that might interfere with its efficiency.
Use Rain Chains Effectively
If you live in a high wind area, you may not be able to use rain chains. Your home also needs to have an overhang of at least three feet to allow rain chains to work most effectively, and remember that you will need a drainage system below the chain, whether it's a buried drain, a French drain, a water feature, or a large barrel for rainwater reclamation. With these considerations in mind, you can investigate your rain chain options, and find the one that's right for you.
Katie Marks writes for Networx.com.
Updated December 17, 2017.
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Jolie Holland's 'Pint Of Blood' Out June 28th, Album Streaming On Paste, Tour Kicks Off Next Week
Critically acclaimed artist Jolie Holland will release her new album, PINT OF BLOOD, next Tuesday, June 28th on Anti- Records. Describing the album as one "that simultaneously stuns and crushes" and praising opening track All Those Girls as "one of the year's most poignant musical moments," Paste Magazine is now streaming PINT OF BLOOD in its entirety. Known for her captivating live performances, Jolie will head out on a six-week national headlining tour beginning next Tuesday in New York City.
Along with Spin, Filter, American Songwriter, USA Today and The New York Times, among many more, NPR raves, "Jolie Holland has a voice reminiscent of some of the great old blues vocalists," calling her "one of America's finest musical poets," and praising her songs as "hauntingly beautiful." Rolling Stone adds "Holland's voice is a thing of wonder - languorous but with a sweetness that makes even the saddest sentiments comforting."
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Demand for consumer electronics in South Africa continues to grow in 2022, following a year of strong recovery in 2021. Demand notably declined in 2020, as the pandemic caused widespread store closures and supply shortages, but rebounded healthily the following year, as stores reopened and the economy began to recover. In 2022, while growth rates are set to marginally ease relative to the rebound in 2021, demand is being driven by several key products: smartphones, which holds the overall larges...
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Down by a run with a man on first base and just one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Spencer Branigans hard line drive to the gap on the right side of the Rockville Express infield seemed sure to cause trouble.
It did, striking teammate Will Davis in the base path on his way to second, forcing the second out of the inning. The freak play killed a potential Aces rally and, on a night of errors and free bases for both sides, wasnt out of place for Alexandrias 3-2 loss Friday night at Frank E. Mann Field.
While the Aces racked up eight free bases themselves walks, errors, hit batsmen they gave the visiting Express more than a dozen, including several easily stolen bases.
Three Aces runners were caught stealing two with just one out which made scrounging for a win even more daunting.
Aces manager Eric Williams saw the bigger picture as more of a mental issue than an abundance of funky errors.
Im just going to call that one dumb luck, Williams said of the Davis out, but these other things that are going on arent just dumb luck. Its not paying attention to the game.
Until they figure out that the game requires their complete attention from start to finish, theyre going to continue to make stupid mistakes.
The game was close from the outset.
Aces starter Brian Derner struck out his first batter of the game with just three pitches but then filled the bases before getting Angel Ibanez to chop a ground ball into a double play.
Two frames later, the Aces looked primed to put runs on the board with the bases loaded and one out.
David Woods fly ball to right field was caught for the second out but a heady play from the Rockville defense caught lead runner Zach Tessier in a pickle between third base and home plate to end the inning.
The Express wasted little time making the most of the Aces base-running snafu, plating their leadoff runner in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings before Alexandria found an answer in the bottom of the sixth to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Despite another run in the bottom of the seventh and the steady hand of relief pitcher Chris McNulty, who held the Express scoreless for the last 3.2 innings, the hosts were unable to level the score.
For a game that had its share of oddities including an umpire change at home plate after three innings due to injury Rockville manager Angelo Nicolosi found the crucial difference on the scoreboard in the error column.
Today is a typical day of how I explain to my kids how baseball is played, Nicolosi said. Walks and errors will come back to haunt you. When you look at that scoreboard, if I can still see straight, its three errors for them and two errors for us.
[The Aces] are very good and theyve lost some tough battles, some close games and this is another one of them.Just past the halfway point in the 2010 season, the Aces fell to 9-15 with the loss their fourth in a row but remain a better club than their last place record (9-18 through Tuesday) shows.
Starting pitcher Max Knowles had been atop the pitching leaders until a 7-0 loss to the Maryland Redbirds last Thursday. Through six starts, Knowles is 4-2 with a 1.53 ERA, three complete games and a league-best 38 strikeouts to his credit.
The Aces also have three hitters among the top ten in the league for batting average with Davis, Nick Allen and Rand Ravnaas all well above .300 with wooden bats for the summer.
Weve got a lot of talent, Williams said. Weve got three hitters in the top 10 in the league, [Knowles] is still running the league for pitchers, so its hard to put a handle on the current dip in results.


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There's nothing like encouragement to help you succeed. Or maybe you can just create it for yourself. Baylor's Brittney Griner had both Tuesday night as her top-seeded team blew past Florida State 85-47. She had a double double: 33 points and 22 rebounds, as Encourager-In-Chief and former President George W. Bush looked on with former first lady Laura Bush in Waco, Texas. But that wasn't all.
Griner sank three big dunks, according to The Associated Press. Women don't usually land big dunks in basketball; they're shorter than men, so the net's a little higher. But after nailing her first one, the 6-foot-8 Griner apparently tweeted her next goal in the middle of the game, reports ESPN:
Griner has a career 18 dunks, three more than all other players combined in women's NCAA history, ESPN says. Baylor will face Louisville on Sunday.
Another senior who had a big night was the University of Delaware's Elena Delle Donne, who racked up 33 points while Vice President Joe Biden and a packed home crowd cheered on the Blue Hens. Delaware, Biden's alma mater, upset third-seeded North Carolina 78-69. Philly.com reports that Delle Donne's career point total now stands at 3,006. Delaware is seeded sixth in the Sweet 16 and will face second-seeded Kentucky this weekend.
In other action: Notre Dame put away Iowa 74-57. Next up for the Fighting Irish: Kansas. LSU took out Penn State 71-66 to face California. And Stanford crushed Michigan, 73-40, and will face Georgia on Saturday.
Other teams advancing to the Sweet 16 are UConn and Maryland, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and Nebraska and Duke. You can check the women's brackets here.
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Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.
In his current role, Bowman has traveled to Syria as well as Iraq and Afghanistan often for month-long visits and embedded with U.S. Marines and soldiers.
Before coming to NPR in April 2006, Bowman spent nine years as a Pentagon reporter at The Baltimore Sun. Altogether he was at The Sun for nearly two decades, covering the Maryland Statehouse, the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the National Security Agency (NSA). His coverage of racial and gender discrimination at NSA led to a Pentagon investigation in 1994.
Initially Bowman imagined his career path would take him into academia as a history, government, or journalism professor. During college Bowman worked as a stringer at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. He also worked for the Daily Transcript in Dedham, Mass., and then as a reporter at States News Service, writing for the Miami Herald and the Anniston (Ala.) Star.
Bowman is a co-winner of a 2006 National Headliners' Award for stories on the lack of advanced tourniquets for U.S. troops in Iraq. In 2010, he received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of a Taliban roadside bomb attack on an Army unit.
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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
This ranks among the more dismaying moments in a decade-long war. Americans have worked for years to position themselves as protectors of Afghans against murderous insurgents, and then yesterday a U.S. Army sergeant surrendered after a shooting rampage that left well over a dozen people dead. The list of those killed includes women and children, and the motive for the suspect remains unclear.
NPR's Quil Lawrence is following this story and its aftermath from Kabul. And Quil, how certain are authorities about what happened here?
QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: We're still getting some details. The original reports from the U.S. military that there was one soldier who'd walked off a base in the middle of the night, carried out these killings, and then returned and surrendered himself - that's essentially still the line we're getting from U.S. officials.
But village elders in the district of Panjwai we spoke with this morning said that these attacks took place in two different hamlets. One was a quarter mile outside the American base and the other hamlet about a mile away. In the first village, 11 people died in one family, most of them young children in one house. Their bodies were apparently gathered up under some blankets, which were then set alight, which explains some of the burn marks that are visible in photographs we've seen of the bodies.
Elders said that the locals believed there were many Americans involved, not just one. U.S. officials say that they have one man in custody but they have admitted it's still an open question whether other soldiers might have been involved.
INSKEEP: And if you imagine one man, you can imagine, I suppose, someone who might have snapped, who might be deeply troubled, but if it's more than one person it's a completely different situation.
LAWRENCE: Yes. We do have a precedent. From the same region of the country last year the news broke that there had been something that is now called the Kill Team, a group of American soldiers who had been shooting Afghans for sport. And one of them has been sentenced to several life sentences for murder in the United States. But we just don't know now whether their might have been other people involved.
We have heard from the U.S. military that there was no official operation going on in the area at the time.
INSKEEP: How have Afghans been reacting to this, Quil?
LAWRENCE: Well, civilian casualties have been the incendiary issue here for years and years, and that's just when they're pretty clearly accidental - bombs that went astray or fog of war or stray bullets, this kind of thing. This massacre, I think, is unprecedented. At this hour there haven't been major protests. There have been fiery denunciations in the press. They do seem to breaking down somewhat along ethnic lines, which maybe shows some fear that the incident might hasten an American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
One relative of the murdered civilians told President Karzai, despite your repeated calls for preventing the killing of civilians, American forces have again killed innocent people and are oppressing us.
Commentators from the north of the country - non-Pashtuns - have been more often calling for calm, and even directly saying that they are afraid that if Americans leave too soon there will be some sort of a North/South civil war in Afghanistan with the non-Pashtuns in the North uniting against the South and the Taliban.
INSKEEP: So we have some ethnic groups that see themselves as being protected by the Americans more so than others. What about the government at the center, President Hamid Karzai?
LAWRENCE: Well, he had just finished making a very conciliatory speech yesterday when the news of this massacre broke. And he spoke again condemning what he called premeditated murders. He's in a very tough spot. Observers say he really needs a strategic partnership deal with the U.S. to keep his government going forward to the future with some stability. But just as he started coming out in favor of this and trying to persuade the public again that there needs to be a U.S. presence here long-term, this news broke. And Karzai's from the same area where the killings took place. He really needs to show people that he's angry.
INSKEEP: Does this put U.S./Afghan relations back to zero?
LAWRENCE: It's possible. They had just started to recover from all of the riots and the violence after the Quran burning incidents last month. The U.S. mission here, diplomats as well, were just starting to get off this complete lockdown. And this is a time when the mission in Afghanistan is supposed to be transitioning to one where Americans will be in smaller numbers and be training Afghans, something that pivots on trust, and that trust is severely strained right now.
INSKEEP: NPR's Quil Lawrence is in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Quil, thanks very much.
LAWRENCE: Thank you, Steve.
INSKEEP: So that's the situation in Afghanistan. We'll keep you up to date as that story develops. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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WASHINGTON – The grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states.
The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control said Saturday that the store's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, which is sold nationwide, is the likely source of the outbreak. The agencies are investigating whether any other items sold at the store could be contaminated.
More than three-fourths of those who became ill were children under the age of 18. No deaths have been reported.
The FDA issued a statement Saturday saying that the FDA, the CDC and the state of California briefed Trader Joe's on its investigation showing the link between the peanut butter and the illnesses on Sept. 20. The company then agreed to remove the product from store shelves.
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Here's the deal: on Monday, May 3, I'll say goodbye to The Star-Ledger newsroom, post my review of that night's "Chuck," and prepare to make the virtual move to HitFix (a great general interest entertainment site I've linked to a time or 20 because my old friend and podcasting partner Dan Fienberg is an editor and writer there). Starting Tuesday, May 4, this version of the blog will continue to exist as an archive of my writing from the fall of 2005 through now, but all my new material will be posted to HitFix.com/whatsalanwatching
In many ways, not much will change. The blog there will work the same way it always has here, with lots of reviews of the shows I watch each night, plus column-style entries reviewing shows in advance, commenting on the news of the TV business, checking in on series midway through a season, revisiting old shows in the summer (up next: "The Wire" season 3), etc. But rather than splitting my online presence between this version of the blog and the one at NJ.com (where all my Star-Ledger columns appeared), everything will now be in one place.
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So why am I doing this? Several reasons. For one, The Star-Ledger is the only job I've ever had. I started there as an intern a week after I graduated college, backed my way into a TV critic position there within a few weeks, and have been doing the same thing for 14 years since. And while it's been a great home to me for all those years, eventually, a man's gotta try something different. I began my career writing about TV online with the "NYPD Blue" fan site in college, and even with the blog these last few years, I've still felt more print journalist than online guy. I like the idea of being at a website, and I've been really impressed with what Dan, Drew McWeeney and everyone else at HitFix have been doing over the last year. So when they approached me recently about the chance to join the team, I was excited.
(My bosses at The Star-Ledger, by the way, have been very gracious about this, and in fact we've arranged for some of my column-style HitFix stories to appear in the paper on a regular basis. So those of you who live in New Jersey and have gotten used to reading me in the paper can still do so over your morning bagel.)
The goal is to make the transition as seamless as possible. There's of course going to be an adjustment period, but I hope HitFix will feel just as homey as this place in short order.
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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New dragons are added regularly!
Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only "alive" at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.
Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.


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LOS ANGELES – California motorists faced another day of record-breaking gasoline prices Sunday, though relief appeared to be on the way.
In its latest update early Sunday, AAA reported that the statewide average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $4.655. Saturday's average of $4.6140 was the highest since June 19, 2008, when it was $4.6096.
The four-penny-per-gallon jump Sunday was less than Saturday's increase, which was 12 cents.
Sunday's price, like Saturday's, was the highest in the nation, with the Golden State overtaking Hawaii as the state with the most expensive fuel due to a temporary reduction in supply.
Gov. Jerry Brown ordered state smog regulators Sunday to allow winter-blend gasoline to be sold in California earlier than usual to help drive prices down. Winter-blend gas typically isn't sold until after October 31. Few refineries outside the state are currently making summer-blend gas, putting the pressure on already-taxed California manufacturers.
In some locations, fuming motorists paid $5 or more per gallon while station owners had to shut down pumps in others.
A station in Long Beach had California's priciest gas at $6.65 for a gallon of regular, according to GasBuddy.com. Meanwhile customers at an outlet in San Pablo paid just $3.49, the lowest price in the state.
The average for a gallon of regular was $4.69 in Los Angeles, $4.71 in San Diego and San Francisco, $4.55 in Sacramento and $4.90 in Santa Barbara, according to GasBuddy.com.
The dramatic surge came after a power outage Monday at a Southern California refinery that reduced supply in an already fragile and volatile market, analysts said. The refinery came back online Friday and prices were expected to stabilize in the coming days.
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It was 100 years ago today that a silent, black-and-white comedy introduced a new performer to movie audiences. The 13-minute film was entitled Making a Living, and it left some doubt as to whether its star would be able to do that. His name? Charles Spencer Chaplin.
Silent film mogul Mack Sennett, who invented the Keystone Kops, is said to have barely cracked a smile when he first saw Making a Living on screen. Watching the 24-year-old British comic he'd hired for the princely sum of $150 dollars a week, he figured he'd made an expensive mistake. This Chaplin kid, playing a swindler in top hat, monocle and handlebar moustache, was trying too hard, waving his arms around, laughing. He wasn't funny.
Turns out there was a reason. Director Henry Lehrman, Chaplin would later complain, had cut all the swindler's best gags. Lehrman was also playing the film's other male lead, and he later admitted he'd taken an instant dislike to the smart-aleck-y newcomer, and mishandled his scenes out of spite.
Both men begged Sennett to let them work with other people, but films got made so fast in those days that before the week was out, they'd already made two more together. Happily, by the third, which was released just five days after Making a Living, Chaplin had found his comic footing.
The film was Kid Auto Races at Venice, an improvised quickie shot in just 45 minutes without a script, to take advantage of an event they'd read about in the morning papers — a children's soap-box derby. The joke? They filmed themselves filming, with Chaplin playing a camera hog who keeps getting between the film crew and the kids in their homemade cars.
Lehrman keeps pushing him away, and Chaplin keeps sneaking back into the frame, wearing a shabby costume he'd grabbed in a rush on the way out of the studio. No monocle and top hat this time; now he's got shoes that're too big, a derby that's too small, baggy pants, tight coat, cheap bamboo cane.
All of which makes the character look poor, down on his luck — like a tramp. And on the faces in the crowd, you can see that audiences "get" him. Chaplin pretends to be nonchalant, innocent, as he slyly gets in everybody's way. And a few kids in the crowd start to watch him instead of the race.
Then, just as you will, they start to grin. And soon they're laughing and pointing, captivated by this little guy who seems as drawn to the camera as it is to him, little knowing they're watching the birth of a 20th century icon — The Little Tramp — who would soon, and for decades to come, be the most recognized and the most beloved figure on the planet.
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Effective November 19, 2012, the Fort Collins Social Security office will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – a reduction of 30 minutes each weekday. In addition, beginning January 2, 2013, the office will close to the public at noon every Wednesday.
While agency employees will continue to work their regular hours, this shorter public window will allow them to complete face-to-face interviews and process claims work without incurring the cost of overtime. The significantly reduced funding provided by Congress under the continuing resolution for the first six months of the fiscal year makes it impossible for the agency to provide the overtime needed to handle service to the public as it has done in the past.
In addition, on November 23, the day after Thanksgiving, all Social Security field offices will be closed to the public. As we did last year, employees working that day will focus on reducing backlogged workloads.
Most Social Security services do not require a visit to a local office. Many services, including applying for retirement, disability or Medicare benefits, signing up for direct deposit, replacing a Medicare card, obtaining a proof of income letter or informing us of a change of address or telephone number are conveniently available at www.socialsecurity.gov or by dialing our toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call our TTY number, 1-800-325-0778. Many of our online services also are available in Spanish at www.segurosocial.gov.
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The Academy Christian Home School Curriculum Core includes five major academic disciplines: Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Science, and Word Building (traditionally called language arts or spelling) along with other required high school courses and electives. Each Core Curriculum subject contains 144 units of curriculum beginning with pre-school, kindergarten and grade level 1 and ending with grade level 12. The exceptions to this are Math (which contains 132 units) and Word Building (which concludes at the end of the ninth level).
Each curriculum level course consists of 10 to 12 units. Normally, a student will complete 60 to 72 units in one academic year; however, this will vary according to the student's ability and grade level. The student who is more skilled may progress at a faster rate. One who is slower is encouraged to do his best while working on his level of proficiency and proceeding, as he is capable. The typical student, then, is working on one unit in each of the five or more subjects. However, the units may be on varying levels, according to the academic prescription based on diagnostic testing.
Curriculum Scope and Sequence
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The Value of Christian Homeschool Curriculum and Education
With the curriculum offered by National Home School, your child is not only being taught all of the essential subjects such as mathematics, reading, and writing, but they are being taught traditional Christian values that will help them progress through life. Our Faith Based Home School Curriculum in {{lpg_city}} {{lpg_state}} is designed in such a way to emphasize your students individual needs and achievements, as opposed to the one size fits all approach of public and private schools.
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