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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
Having breasts isn't a surprise. They're right there, bobbing along beneath your chin, catching the food you drop and proudly escorting you into the world day after day. You buy bras for them, take them to bars, pluck the dark hairs that grow around the nipples and wonder about the mysteries of the universe that led to dark hair growing around your nipples.
But the first time I was really surprised by my own, fairly average, run-of-the-mill breasts was when I moved to Japan at the age of 22.
My own pair of breasts are both proportional to my frame and unremarkable, and as such I've never made much of a mission of either covering them up, or setting them free. As a teenager in New Zealand, tank tops are pretty much the summer outfit of choice. Even working in hospitality serving sandwiches and coffee, a low-ish neckline wasn't anything problematic (as long as your armpits are covered. You know what people don't like with their lattes and brownies? Armpits).
But I moved to Japan in summer, and on my third day in the country, sitting in a subway carriage wearing a dress that scooped below my neck, but showed not even a shadow of cleavage, I noticed a man standing too close to me in the uncrowded carriage, holding on to the bar above his head with one hand, positioned almost between my knees. And then I noticed that he was using his cellphone to take a photo of my breasts. And then those breasts, the same ones I'd sported unproblematically for nearly 10 years, suddenly became an issue.
Even though I've since moved to London, a city where I could have three arms and still only be noticed if I failed to stand up for a pregnant woman on the tube, they're a problem to this day.
The man on the tube was a pervert, and an arse, and he does not represent the Japanese people that I came to respect and love over the course of two years living there, but he was not the last to take an unsolicited photo of the twins, nor was he alone in his chest fixation.
The simple fact of the matter is that Japanese women are genetically small, and that same smallness is reflected in their cup sizes. It's reflected in my total inability to buy a bra that fit while I lived there, in the XXL blouses that gaped obscenely on me and in their fascination with large breasts, both in anime and in real life.
That fascination with breasts forced me to adapt. My concept of what is revealing and what is not had to shift dramatically. And it's not like I was ever trying to push boundaries -– I was hired to work in a high school and so push-up bras and strapless tops weren't exactly my everyday wear.
But despite being warned about this very thing, my wardrobe, both for school and for day-to-day life, had to be completely rethought. The tops of the shoulders? The collarbone? All taboo. Despite the fact that temperatures in Japan regularly sky-rocketed, I was tucked away and buttoned up to the chin every single day of my two-year working life, sweating rivers between the two dangerous concealed weapons I bore on my ribcage. Do Japanese schools not have air-conditioning, I hear you ask? They do not, answer my sweaty, sweaty nipples.
Despite my care not to offend or arouse, I did.
I was, after all, routinely pacing around energetically in front of a classroom full of 15-year-old boys. One of the first new words I learnt in Japan was "oppai," a colloquial term for large breasts, simply because it was said around me so often that I plugged it into my translator app just to find out what it meant. I was expecting a word for red-haired, or maybe for foreigner.
And the more Japanese I learned, the less naïve I got. Girls posed for photos with me on the street, pointing at them. In a club, a man stopped and, in broken English, congratulated me for "growing those." And I was lucky -- a colleague of mine, who was both much shorter and much bustier than I, had to have a student sent to the principal's office three times before he stopped trying to touch them.
I do realize that I got off lightly –- that people suffer from much, much worse harassment, but it was every day, from all sides, from school kids to business men to grandmothers. I never got used to it, and it never stopped. I stopped making eye contact with people on public transport. I wore more layers. I stopped being able to laugh at it.
The kicker of it is, while living there, I would have traded my frontage for the aesthetically amazing legs that the Japanese women took for granted. Not that they hid them away though -– never before or since have I seen such a casual proliferation of miniature shorts, sheer stocking and brutally high heels. The school girls I taught, too young still to be sexualized (by their peers -– by men, and by pop culture, it was another story), wore the most miniature of skirts. The thighs, the calves -– and I would have stared, had they not been everywhere, always, which certainly gave me pause when I realized that that's exactly why they were staring at me.
So I left Japan, older and more self conscious, with a wardrobe full of shirts with the buttons sewn closed, elaborate light cotton scarves that I could wear in summer, and high-necked everything. Two years later, I've now started to feel more comfortable in the styles that were the norm for me before I moved, and my assets have become assets once more.
My D-cups and I are pleased to be back on a continent where they are but two of many. But you don't quickly forget the stares and the photographs and the unsought comments. I am careful now to always refrain from staring, even if I mean to admire and intend to compliment.


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Barry Smith is the Chairman of Haine & Smith Opticians, a Wiltshire based chain with 19 practices, and of a small property company.
Barry is married to Liz, with two sons, Giles (28) and Felix (18). Rupert died in an accident aged 18.
Barry is a past Chairman of the Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians; and currently council member of the Federation and Advisor to the General Optical Council.
He is a member of the Lambeth Partnership, and Chairman of Trustees at the Harnhill Centre of Christian Healing. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Trustees at the Acorn Christian Healing Foundation; as Church Life Co-ordinator of All Saints' Church Burbage, and as a Trustee of ReSource.
Barry is a long-standing member of Marlborough Rotary Club. He still attempts to play tennis and squash, (slowly) and still supports Swindon football club (someone has to..).
He spends as much time as possible at his house in Scotland, where he enjoys walking, and he supports St Johnstone football club (again, someone has to!).

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The Artists' Book Fair Liverpool 2009 will take place during the summer this time (warmer an all)
20th & 21st June 2009 - so please save the date!
The venue this year will change and the fair will be held at A Foundation rather than Wolstenholme Projects:
Best wishes and looking forward to seeing you in the summer!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Army ROTC?
Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) is one of the smartest college courses you can take!
- It offers opportunities and challenges that can put you on the fast track to success in life.
- You'll develop the confidence, self-esteem, motivation and leadership skills you'll need regardless of your career plans.
- The qualities that ROTC training instills will be vital to a productive and rewarding future.
- Army ROTC is offered at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the country. It is an elective course that provides a combination of academics and important hands-on training.
- You'll be offered physical and mental challenges geared to help you succeed in college and beyond.
- You will learn teamwork and be given responsibilities like teaching younger cadets the same skills you have learned.
- For its many benefits, Army ROTC requires only a few hours a week. So it won't interfere with your required college curriculum or social life.
What is My Obligation?
There is no military obligation for taking introductory "basic" courses (freshman and sophomore years). Once you accept a federal scholarship or enter advanced courses (junior and senior years), you incur an obligation for officer service upon graduation. You may be guaranteed assignment to Reserve duty or compete for Active duty; the initial active duty obligation is for 3 or 4 years.
The Four-Year Program and Scholarship Opportunities
The cost of a college education is escalating all the time. To help you meet these rising costs, Army ROTC offers four-, three- and two-year scholarships, awarded strictly on merit, to the most outstanding students who apply. These scholarships pay:
- Pays 100% Tuition or Room & Board
- Monthly Subsistence Allowance ($300-$500)
- $1200.00 per year for books
- For more information visit http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/scholarships.jsp
Four-Year Scholarships
You may be eligible for a four-year scholarship if you are preparing to enter college as a freshman and meet the following qualifications/requirements;
- Be a U.S. Citizen.
- Be 17 years old before the scholarship is effective.
- Take the SAT or ACT no later than November of the year you apply
- (must have a minimum 920 SAT or composite 19 ACT) .
- Have good high school grades.
- Participate in leadership, extracurricular and athletic activities.
- (Students with part-time jobs will be given substitute credit.)
- Be under 27 years old on June 30 of the year you expect to graduate and receive your officer's commission.
- (An age extension of up to three years may be granted to veterans who qualify.)
- Be a high school graduate or have equivalent credit.
- Pursue an Army approved academic major.
- Agree to accept a commission as either a Regular Army, Army National Guard or U.S. Army Reserve officer.
- Meet required physical standards.
Selection of winners is based on
- the results of the SAT or ACT tests,
- school officials' evaluations,
- extracurricular, leadership and athletic activities,
- a personal interview and a Physical Aptitude Examination.
Illinois State ROTC Scholarship
Illinois State ROTC Campus Based Scholarship is a one to four year scholarship that pays full tuition, athletic and activity fees. It is awarded by the Chairman, Department of Military Science, on a competitive basis to students enrolled in Military Science classes. Up to 10 scholarships are awarded to each class. Once awarded, the scholarships are retained as long as the student is in good standing in the ROTC Program. Application for the scholarship should be made to the Chairman, Department of Military Science, EIU. Applicants are not required to be enrolled in a Military Science course at the time of application
In-State Tuition Waiver (ISTW)
- Pays 100% tuition and 2 fees
- Must be progressing toward commissioning
- Pass or improvement on APFT
- Pass or significant improvement on Height, Weight standards
- Maintain 2.5 GPA
Illinois State ROTC Transfer Student Scholarship is awarded by State Community Colleges to students transferring to EIU and entering the ROTC Program. The scholarship pays 100% tuition, athletic and activity fees. Each Community College has up to three scholarships per year. The Chairman, Department of Military Science, certifies enrollment in the Army ROTC Program and the Scholarship is awarded by each Community College on a competitive basis. Applications should be made to the Chairman, Department of Military Science, Eastern Illinois University. Applicants are not required to be enrolled in a Military Science course at the time of application. All students will be counseled of their responsibility to maintain the Illinois General Assembly Scholarship.
ROTC Transfer Scholarship
- Each CC in Illinois has up to 3 per year
- Pays 100% tuition and 2 fees
- Must be progressing toward commissioning
- Pass or improvement on APFT
- Pass or significant improvement on Height, Weight standards
- Maintain 2.5 GPA
Illinois National Guard Program
The Illinois National Guard Grant pays tuition and eligible fees (registration, graduation, and general activity fees) at all Illinois 2- or 4-year public colleges. The applicant must be active in the Illinois National Guard and have served for at least one year. Enlisted persons currently serving and C company grade officers are eligible for the grant. The Illinois National Guard Grant is an entitlement program and is awarded to eligible recipients regardless of the funding level. A grant recipient is entitled to receive payment of tuition and eligible fees for a period equivalent to 8 semesters of full-time enrollment. This grant can be used for either undergraduate or graduate enrollment. A recipient may not be in default on any student loan, nor owe a refund on any state or federal grant. There is no minimum enrollment requirement and non-credit courses are eligible for the Illinois National Guard Grant. To apply a student must file an Illinois National Guard Grant Application annually indicating the institution they plan to attend. Eligibility in one academic year does not carry over to future years. The deadline dates for applications are October 1 - first term, March 1 - second semester, and June 15 - summer term. More detailed application requirements and the application are available online at www.collegezone.com.
GRFD Scholarship (2 or 3 year) – Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty
- Must go into Reserve component
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be between ages 17 and 27
- Have a College GPA of at least 2.5
- Have a high school diploma or equivalent
- Score minimum 920 on the SAT or 19 on the ACT
- Meet physical standards
- Same benefits as ROTC federal scholarship
- Receive GI Bill @ $288 per month
- Receive Kicker @ $350 per month
- Receive Book Allowance @ $1200 per year
- Drill pay at E-5 pay grade ($250 per month)
- Monthly Subsistence allowance (if contracted) $350 -$500 per month
What Else Does the Program Offer?
Army ROTC cadets put their leadership studies into action during a field training exercise each semester. These activities usually take place somewhere in IL or neighboring states, and include events like tactical training, land navigation, obstacle courses, marksmanship training, leader reaction courses, and others.
Students can also participate in ROTC extracurricular activities. The Ranger Challenge Team engages in a physically and mentally grueling, multi-day competition against other universities. Success in Illinois and the Midwest can ultimately lead to a chance to enter the Sandhurst Competition at the USMA at West Point and compete against the best teams from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other countries.
The Panther Battalion Color Guard carries and presents the National and State Colors at many campus and local events, and the ROTC Cannon Crew is in the end zone for every home football game celebrating each score with cannon fire and pushups.
ROTC social activities include picnics at the beginning and end of the school year, and a formal Military Ball in the spring. We also volunteer as a group for many campus and community events and causes, and encourage volunteering individually to support Eastern Illinois University and the surrounding communities. The Leadership and Excellence Club is our Registered Student organization, and organizes many of our volunteer and social activities. LEC is open to all students, as is the Basic ROTC Course.
Cadets may also apply for summer internships at Army posts, Cultural Immersion programs in over 40 countries, and special military training such as Airborne (Parachute), Air Assault (Rappelling and Helicopters), and Basic Mountaineering Courses.
How Can Army ROTC Benefit Me?
- Army ROTC can help you be successful during college and afterward.
- You'll gain the confidence, self-discipline, and skills necessary to succeed in school and in business
- You'll acquire leadership skills and credentials which will impress employers and put you ahead of your peers when you are seeking that job after graduation.
- Your degree will get you the interview, but ROTC will help get you the job because of the practical experience.
I am a sophomore or a graduate student. Did I miss out on the opportunity to join ROTC?
The answer is no. The summer between your sophomore and junior year you can attend a four week training session at Fort Knox, Kentucky and become eligible to enter into ROTC's advance course the fall of your junior year. Provided you are academically aligned and with graduate with your degree in four semesters. Graduate students can attend the training and become eligible to enter into ROTC's advance course the fall of their first year in graduate school.
Interested students should contact the ROTC Office at (217) 581-5944, email email@example.com or stop by Room 4303 in Klehm Hall.


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Dear Abby: Last year you ran a wonderful letter from a concerned mother who deplored the custom of sending children out to beg for treats on Halloween. My 12-year-old daughter took it to school, and it completely changed the character of the way Halloween was celebrated in our little town. Please run it again. This is from your home state . . .
Where the Tall Corn Grows.
Dear Fellow Iowan: Thanks for asking. Here it is:
Dear Abby: Those who presumably worry about their children who are out trick-or-treating on Halloween should take a lesson from my mother and her friends. They never had to worry. We stayed home because she and her neighbors would toss the best party of the year--next to Christmas. They did this with little effort, permitting the children to do most of the work and planning.


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By Sumanta Dey
BANGALORE (Reuters) - The slowdown in Asian economies will likely persist for the rest of this year as weak global growth and reforms under way in many countries hinder activity, Reuters polls showed on Thursday.
But next year promises to be better, with most of the region's economies expected to grow at a faster pace on the back of a U.S. recovery.
Estimates for 2013 GDP growth were either cut or left unchanged for nine countries in the latest poll of over 250 economists conducted Oct 18-23, with India, Malaysia and Taiwan bearing the brunt of the downgrades.
Growth in China and India, the two regional powerhouses, will likely languish at multi-year lows.
China's economy is set to grow 7.6 percent in 2013, beating the government's 7.5 percent target, before losing some steam next year as the government forges ahead with structural reforms aimed at deriving more growth out of domestic consumption instead of exports.
"Chinese growth has been mainly driven by heavy industry and stands in contrast to the principles recently expounded by the country's leadership: that a lower rate of GDP growth can be tolerated to ensure better quality growth in the future," said Zhiwei Zhang, economist at Nomura in Hong Kong.
Supplying developed countries with everything from consumer and electronic goods to clothes and technology equipment, Asia's export-focused economies have been hit by a prolonged slowdown in their main markets.
Reuters polls last week showed growth in the U.S. and euro zone, Asia's largest export markets, is unlikely to pick up to a robust pace anytime soon.
Concerns over how Washington will negotiate its fiscal troubles and uncertainty over the timing of an exit from the Federal Reserve's stimulus program will also likely weigh on Asian growth.
Since mid-May, when the Fed announced its intention to taper its $85 billion a month bond purchases, emerging Asian currencies have been hammered by investors who dumped risky assets in favor of the safe-haven U.S. dollar.
The massive outflows from the region threw into stark relief Asian countries' reliance on the greenback to finance trade.
The Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah, the two most vulnerable currencies due to large current account deficits, lost 14 percent and 16 percent respectively between May to September.
But HSBC economist Frederic Neumann says those risks have subsided.
"With tapering on hold, and local defenses beefed up, markets are breathing easier. An eventual taper might not do equal damage."
The poll showed most countries will manage to keep their current account balance-to-GDP ratios in check this year and next.
The Indian economy will likely post its weakest growth since the turn of the century this fiscal year as uncertainty ahead of elections next year keeps investors away, denting sentiment and demand in the economy.
The median estimate of 4.7 percent growth in FY 2013/14 marked the sixth consecutive downgrade in the poll and highlights how the country that once boasted of near double-digit growth rates has slowly lost ground.
"Unfortunately, we believe the slowdown has further to go, which presents additional challenges for policymakers as they try to anchor inflation, stabilize the currency, and bring about a recovery in growth," Neumann said.
Indian wholesale inflation in expected to average 6.0 percent in this fiscal year and next, higher than the Reserve Bank of India's perceived comfort zone of 5 percent.
Economists in the poll have penciled in another hike in the repo rate to 7.75 percent.
Except for 25 basis point hikes in the Indian and Indonesian interest rates, all other central banks in the region are expected to keep rates on hold for the next six months.
In 2014, 10 of the 13 economies in the polls are expected to grow at a faster rate compared with this year, with Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and South Korea expected to gain the most.


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CIOR Winter Seminar will take place in Bonn, Germany on 31 January - 03 February 2015.
CIOR Midwinter Meeting will take place on 04 - 06 February 2016 in NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium.
CIOR Young Reserve Officers Outreach Seminar 2016 will take place on 2-5 March 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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The CIOR Presidency announces the upcoming Partnership for Peace and Outreach Committee Seminar in Chianciano Terme, Italy, October 5th-9th. The subject will be "Hybrid warfare and asymmetric threats, the role of Reservists." See attached Invitation, Agenda, Directions/Hotel information, and Registration Form.
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Sandy heads to Canada, 6.2M without power
Huge fire on Mantoloking Island off New Jersey shore
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. | October 31, 2012
Megastorm Sandy headed toward Canada Wednesday after being blamed for more than 40 deaths and causing widespread damage in the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
At least 6.2 million customers were without power Wednesday -- down from an estimated 8 million late Tuesday -- and more than 18,000 flights had been canceled since Sandy first started moving along the East Coast.
Sandy also was responsible for at least 67 deaths in the Caribbean.
In New York City, the state Metropolitan Transportation Authority was to restart limited suburban commuter-rail service at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday and resume limited subway service Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Significant sections of the largest U.S. mass-transit system remained disabled.
Commuter-rail service was available on the Metro-North Commuter Railroad to the northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut and the Long Island Rail Road, between Manhattan and the length of Long Island. Limited subway service was to be restored between Manhattan and Brooklyn, Cuomo said at a news briefing.
Newark Liberty International and Kennedy International airports resumed operations, but many airlines still operated on a limited basis, said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the New York-area airports. LaGuardia Airport remained closed after suffering damage.
Stewart International Airport, 55 miles north of the city, also was open with limited service, the Port Authority said.
Philadelphia International Airport officials said operations were resuming Wednesday.
Amtrak said it would provide modified Northeast Regional service from Newark to points south.
A huge fire burned on Mantoloking Island off the New Jersey shore, where flames could be seen shooting directly out of the sand, WABC-TV, New York, reported.
New Jersey authorities believe a gas main explosion may be the cause of the fire that spread quickly across the island, destroying several homes, the report said.
Firefighters could not reach the blaze due to storm damage on the roads leading to the island.
Neighborhoods in New Jersey were still deluged with water as President Barack Obama surveyed damage by helicopter and met with victims of the storm with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Obama held a briefing early Wednesday with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate and then both men left the White House at 12:14 p.m. EDT, en route to New Jersey.
NBC News reported Christie said he would ask Obama to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to look into rebuilding beaches to protect towns but he said "it won't be the same because some of the iconic things are washed into the ocean."
Much of the famed Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., was destroyed and the resort city for gambling and conventions was all but submerged.
The U.S. Navy Wednesday sent three helicopter carrier ships -- the USS Wasp, USS Carter Hall and USS Mesa Verde -- to the New Jersey and New York coasts, NBC reported. The ships are to function as landing platforms for military and civilian agency helicopters if needed, officials said.
Sandy, now a surface trough of low pressure, has been blamed for more than 40 deaths in the United States, including 22 in New York City, officials said.
The National Weather Service's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center said in its 11 a.m. EDT advisory winds, rain and snowfall were diminishing, and gale warnings were in effect for portions of the Great Lakes. Winds were expected to diminish Wednesday afternoon but coastal flooding along portions of the Great Lakes was possible, forecasters said.
Rather than identifying a location for the center of the storm, forecasters said multiple centers of circulation associated with the storm were across the lower Great Lakes.
Flood watches and warnings were posted across New England and flood warnings were in effect for portions of the northern mid-Atlantic region.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were in effect along the central Appalachians, and the mountains of West Virginia into western Maryland and southwest Pennsylvania were likely to get another 2 to 4 inches of snow. West Virginia has already had 3 feet of snow and at least 2 feet of snow has fallen in parts of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital said Wednesday it has resumed performing surgical procedures and its emergency departments and dialysis centers are fully operational.
The hospital said it is still receiving patients from other area hospitals.
Obama signed federal emergency declarations for 10 states and the District of Columbia and spoke with 20 governors and mayors on a conference call.
New York financial markets resumed trading Wednesday even though much of the city was without electricity.
At least 80 homes caught fire and burned in a Queens neighborhood.
New York's subway system suffered the most devastating damage from floodwaters in the system's 108-year history, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota said Tuesday. The New York Harbor saltwater that gushed into subway tunnels may have corroded signal and switching systems, he said.
He said service would not be fully restored for at least four or five days.
New York buses began running again Tuesday afternoon and Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a ride-sharing program for taxis.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut reopened many closed roads and bridges.
New York police executed several daring air rescues, dropping lifelines to rescue at least six people, including a child, The New York Times reported.
Police said there haven't been any signs of looting or other indications of crimes of opportunity taking place because of the storm, the Times said.
During an evening news conference Tuesday, Bloomberg said more police would be part of overnight shifts in the parts of the city still in darkness.
"This is the calm after the storm," one police officer told the Times.
Damage from the storm throughout the Northeast could be as much as $20 billion, catastrophe-risk modeling firm EQECAT said.
Dangerous surf conditions were expected from Florida to New England for the next couple of days.
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(b c. 1515; d Kraków, 1575). German metalworker and gunsmith, active in Poland. He ran workshops in Nuremberg (1540–59) and in Kraków and Vilnius (1559–75). He specialized in casting guns decorated with abstract patterns and figurative compositions, after the designs of the 'small masters' of Nuremberg, for example Peter Flötner. While still in Germany he established close contacts with the Polish royal court in Kraków. In 1557 the Nuremberg city council granted him permission to send his guns to Poland, thereby confirming his status as a master gunsmith. Baldner's signature appears on two falconets (1557; Stockholm, Kun. Armémus.) produced for the Polish King Sigismund II Augustus and a gun (1561; Berlin, Zeughaus) cast in Kraków. Other works which are not signed but are undoubtedly by him are two small guns from Silesia (Berlin, Zeughaus) and two others at Wawel Castle in Kraków (Kraków, N. A. Cols), where polychrome gun carriages have also been preserved. The only other kind of work featuring Baldner's signature is a bell (1569) in Ołpiny, decorated with a plaque depicting the Judgement of Paris. Archive sources reveal that he produced various pieces in Kraków for the Elector of Brandenburg. Baldner sometimes incorporated in the decoration of his works likenesses of Sigismund II Augustus, mythological scenes and figures as well as coats of arms.
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Working Visa Japan: Which visa to get and how? Also for many, the working holiday visa is a great visa to start with if you qualify.
The situation for Americans is more complex as they cannot get a working holiday visa. What should
Americans do about working in Japan?
Indeed the American situation is unique compared with citizens
of Germany, Canada or the UK for example. Let`s explain the
American situation in
more detail.
Pictured: a temple building entrance (by Paul Canosa)
The easiest and most convenient (Working Visa Japan) to get is the working holiday visa, but not everyone can get this.
Stay in a Canadian house! 2 single beds . First ten bookings get one free ticket for Only Yu hot spring! This house was imported from Canada and built in Minamiashigarashi. Near Odawara, Saijoji, H...
Working Visa Japan: The Working Holiday Visa
You can arrange to get a working holiday visa
at the nearest consulate
if your country offers it.
Many people arrange to get a working holiday
visa before they come to Japan. It usually takes a few days
to a couple of weeks to get. One of the consulates stated it would take just a few days.
Visit the working holiday visa site to learn more about working holiday visas for Japan.
Immigration confirmed that it`s ok to work part time (up to 30 hours it seems) while studying on a Japanese Language Study Visa.
You just need to put in some paperwork to get permission which takes 1-2 weeks after arrival.
This seems like a great visa for Americans or others who cannot
get a working holiday visa. As it allows you to work and study!
Plus you can always switch over to a working visa if you want to work more in the future.
Your school will put in the paper work for this visa
and sponsor you. It is a fairly big responsibility
for the school. If the school really wants you
however, they should be willing to sponsor you for
a working visa.
This usually takes a month or more to get the visa.
When immigration is really busy it can take quite long however,and this causes problems and stress for everyone concerned.
Working Visa Japan: Immigration
The fact that Japanese immigration can be so slow, explains how some schools will actually ask you to come to Japan on a tourist visa then switch it over to a working visa. They sponsor you
after you arrive in Japan. This was how I was hired when I
first came to Japan. A reputable school in Aichi asked me to do this. It is very common. I was a bit leery of doing
it, until I learned that the reality of the work situation for
"gaijin" in Japan. I asked some people who had lived in Japan and they said it happens all the time.
This is actually against the law, but the schools need a teacher
and often immigration is simply too slow. Sometimes laws as we know, do not coincide with the actual reality of the situation. Some bureaucrat in Tokyo decides things and everyone suffers. Immigration seems to have steamlined things, and things are always improving, however world events have a way of affecting how easily you will be able to get a visa. 9/11 didn`t help anyone, anywhere for example.
Remember too, immigration`s job is not to give you a visa. It is too keep out undesirables to Japan. Their goal is not speed of visa issuance, but safety for Japan.
Two weeks is all that is legally required so it doesn`t give schools enough time to interview, hire and sponsor a teacher
for a visa.
One of our teachers left with four days notice! Fortunately
that has been very rare with our school. He apologized but admitted he did it for money. It caused a lot of problems for us!
Legally, the situation is impossible for schools. So don`t be at all suprised if an interested school asks you to come on a tourist visa. They may well be a great place to work, and they want you badly--now.
The big schools are hiring all the time, they often have agents
abroad interviewing prospective teachers. They will have a large bank of teachers available to come to Japan. The smaller schools (and in my humble opinion) they are the best schools to work for--don`t have a large supply of teachers readily available. Especially if they are in the suburbs or the countryside. There are still too few non-Japanese living
there to build up a network of possible teachers in the event of
a teacher quitting. Japan is still far from multicultural
except in the largest of cities.
So again, if one asks you to come on short notice on a tourist
visa. Trust your gut feeling. Are they good or not? Most probably, they are a good school that simply needs a teacher soon.
Self-Sponsored Visa
A lesser known visa is the self-sponsored visa.
You don`t really sponsor yourself but you line up
enough work to make 250,000 yen or more per month
and have the companies employing you put in the
appropriate paper work. They then sponsor you
(in effect) for the self-sponsored visa.
It helps smaller schools that cannot hire you
for fulltime hours, but can be part of a group
of one or two other schools, that together, sponsor
you by (putting in the appropriate paper work)
for the self-sponsored visa.
There are a few other visas available, but the visas listed above are the most common for English teachers.
Can teaching at an English school in Japan be a career?
Pictured: a typical street in Japan (by Paul Canosa)
More on Working Visa Japan: and for other countries
At Direct Passportvisas.com they help tourists and business travelers with their travel documents before they go on international travel.
They are a US Passport and travel visa expediting service.
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Empowering Nevada's young people - one breath at a time.
"I really enjoy this class. I am more confident."
"I slow my breathing down, calm my heart rate and it works; it's a wonderful thing."
"It's about finding inner peace."
"Urban Lotus provides a great opportunity for these youth to find peace within themselves in a world that affords them so few opportunities to do so."
"It's opened my mind." - ULP Student / 16 years old
"My son was recently incarcerated at the Jan Evans juvenile facility for several months. While he was there he attended yoga classes taught by Hannah from Urban Lotus Project. I happened to visit him one day just after he had finished one of her classes. He told me that he felt so peaceful and relaxed afterwards… I have always thought [yoga] would be good for him because he has ADHD and a lot of trouble controlling his impulses. I am so happy that he was able to experience what yoga has to offer him.
The work that Urban Lotus Project is doing is so valuable to these at-risk kids. It offers them an opportunity to learn techniques to calm themselves and be reflective. I know it has shown my son that he has the capacity to calm himself and slow down his thoughts."
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Originally posted by lobotomizemecapin
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not everything in this reality feels right.
If it was proven that the first man was spat from the vagina of a pig/dragon would that "feel" right?
If it was true, it might?!
Btw you'd just love the writing of an author by the name of Terry Pratchett. His satirical fantasy world called discworld dimly mirrors our own, in a hilarious parady, while dealing with the very deepest of human issues and absurdities, mixed with some very interesting and often hilarious metaphysical speculations. I love it.
If it was true, it might?!
Originally posted by lobotomizemecapin
Originally posted by SisyphusRide
reply to post by lobotomizemecapin
it is on you to prove God does not exist...
we the majority know God exists -- (planet wide)
you the minority are like a kid who will not sit still in class and skips school,
...and we all know what happens to those who skip class
they get left behind.
Im like the kid eh? You want to shove religion down the throats of others so you are the one who needs to supply the proof. The rest of the world does not believe in your god. There are many religions in the world and they all believe the others are lies


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Model Harry Goodwins links up with photographer Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca to shoot one of the covers available for the fall/winter 2016 edition of Seventh Man magazine. Captured in a black & white image, Harry is styled by the publication's Dean Hau, who assembles for the image a dark wardrobe, pervaded by a mysterious allure.
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Here's a question for you: Did you know that in 2012 NetApp became a Platinum Level Sponsor of the St. Baldrick's Foundation, a childhood cancer charity that funds pediatric cancer research, and since 2007 we've raised in excess of $3.4 million? That's right! It's something that we are proud of and looking to build upon in 2013.
Once again, we're hosting dozens of shaving events around the globe to support the efforts of St. Baldrick's. Our first event kicks off in the Big Apple (NYC) on March 7th and closes out May 9th in our nation's capital Washington, DC. We can't forget to mention the huge NetApp HQ event slotted for March 14th. Find an event near you here and while you're at it take a look at this amazing infographic, outline why we support St. Baldrick's.
In addition to the events, today we launch our second "Tweet to Fight Childhood Cancer" Twitter campaign, which was a huge success last year, donating nearly $1,500 to the St. Baldrick's. Read below to learn how you can make a difference by simply tweeting.
Tweet to Fight Childhood Cancer - #NetAppStBaldricks
We're looking to mobilize our employees, customer, partners and others who care about fighting childhood cancers to contribute to St. Baldrick's through social media. Tweet @netapp using the #NetAppStBaldricks hashtag, and NetApp will donate a $1 to @StBaldricks, up to $5,000, through May 9, 2013 (11:59pm PT).
Here's how it works:
Step 1.
Follow us on Twitter @netapp. Already follow us? Move on to step 2.
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Include the #NetAppStBaldricks hashtag in your tweets, through the end of April, and for every tweet we will pledge $1 on your behalf.
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So what are you waiting for? Tweet now and help find a cure for childhood cancer.
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Nomination Innovation prize Fire Safety
Together with Voorbij Betonsystemen Bartels Consulting Engineers has developed a fire resistant concrete plate. The now patented product, that carries the name Fire Fighting Layer® (FFL®), is suitable for walls, floors and ceilings of for instance tunnels and parking garages.
Increasingly stringent requirements are set in regard to fire resistance, when we look at constructions of reinforced concrete in industrial and infrastructural applications, such as tunnels and parking garages. By applying the FFL® product one can meet the fire safety demands in a practical way.
The thermal insulating coating system is a durable and insulating finish material with a life of 100 years. The Fire Fighting Layer® consists of a concrete slab element provided with a fireproof layer, which is linked to the construction. During the construction phase of the structure the FFL® elements serve as formwork. After the hardening of the concrete the function of the plate changes and the elements deliver the required fire resistence. Two functions in one pass, saving time and money.
On April 21 at the National Fire Safety Congress in Holland, the Innovation prize will be awarded to one of the three nominees.
For more information about the FFL® you can contact Gerard Hol, materials specialist at Bartels.


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Grand Lake Industries Inc is dedicated to providing a quality product to our customers with superior post-sale support. It is our goal to provide customers with the right product to meet their needs and we strive to exceed customer expectations.
We offer a wide range of products. Hot Tubs, Swim Spas, Traditional Saunas, Infrared Saunas, Hot Tub Covers, Steam Showers, Spa Parts, Filters, Hot Tub Maintenance, Gazebos.


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JavaScript is a programming language that drives the web: from front-end user interface design, to backend server-side programming, you'll find JavaScript at every stage of a web site and web application. In this course, you'll learn the fundamental programming concepts and syntax of the JavaScript programming language.
Course Features:
- 8 hours of instructor-led classroom training
- Course manual
- Sample code
- Hands-on coding
- Best practices and tips
JavaScript Programming Short Course
- Course Name:JavaScript Programming Short Course
- Location:Singapore
- Duration:8 Hours
- Time: 09:30 am – 05:30 pm (FT) 06:00 pm – 10:00 pm (PT)
- Venue: TBD
- Parking: TBD
- Refreshments:Snacks
- Price:S$ 490 (Before any funding support and GST)
- Pre-course Preparation:Material will be provided
Free programming basics course for those with no coding experience
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to demonstrate:
- What JavaScript is and where it is used
- Basic programming concepts like variables, data types and conditional statements
- What functions are and why they're useful
- How to troubleshoot programming problems
- The basic syntax of the JavaScript programming language
Content for the below pre-requisite modules will be provided at no extra cost as e-learning videos. Participants are expected to complete the below modules before attending the class-room program.
- Agile Software Development Module (1 hour)
- Programming Basics and Object Oriented Programming (2 hours)
- JavaScript Basics (1 hour)
Target Audience
This course is ideal for anyone interested in programming.
- IT staff
- Developers
- Programmers
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Margaret Jewett Burland
Strange Words offers separate but interrelated close readings of four medieval Roland texts in French and Occitan, paying particular attention to scenes in which the speeches of various characters perform or mirror narrative functions. In this clearly written and accessible book, Margaret Jewett Burland focuses on discourse and narrative within the fictional universe to argue persuasively that medieval authors and audiences understood the battle of Roncevaux and its aftermath as an appropriate story in which to incorporate implicit commentaries about contemporary issues. It allows readers to interpret the well-known Oxford version, The Song of Roland, within the expanded context of its larger medieval textual tradition. The similarities and differences among the four versions Burland analyzes help modern readers to better appreciate which aspects of a given Roland text are most innovative and thus most suggestive of its particular political, social, or literary agenda.
Strange Words is the first book in fifty years to compare multiple medieval Roland texts, and the first to do so in English. It will be welcomed by students and scholars of French and medieval studies.
" Strange Words: Retelling And Reception In The Medieval Roland Textual Tradition makes an original contribution to the field of studies on the textual tradition of the Chanson de Roland, and beyond that to studies of the medieval French epic and of medieval French literature. It is the only study of its kind since Jules Horrent's 1951 book La Chanson de Roland dans les littératures française et espagnole au moyen áge." —Joseph J. Duggan, University of California, Berkeley
" Strange Words offers the first major monograph on the French Roland corpus in all of its fascinating variety. Margaret Jewett Burland argues compellingly for understanding the Roland narratives as a group of self-conscious literary creations, written by people deeply concerned about the place of historical memory in their respective cultural milieus. Strange Words will surely become an obligatory starting point for future studies of Roncevaux." —Michelle Warren, Dartmouth College
"Margaret Jewett Burland's Strange Words: Retelling and Reception in the Medieval Roland Textual Tradition offers a perceptive and persuasive look not just at the Oxford Roland, but more importantly at what she terms the "Roncevaux tradition" that follows in its wake. Understanding the subsequent reception of the Roland material produces not only provocative insights into important but long overlooked avatars of Oxford, but also fresh angles on the masterpiece itself by placing it firmly within the tradition of medieval rewriting." —William W. Kibler, emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
344 pages
"With a series of powerful close readings, Strange Words shows how extensively central issues in the Roncevaux tradition, such as the proper evaluation of Roland's pride, Charlemagne's grief, or Ganelon's treachery, are reassessed in different versions." — Speculum
"Burland does an excellent job . . . pointing out what is different and intriguing about the other versions she examines, and one would hope that this would spark a new interest in these texts that have been unjustifiably ignored. This point alone makes Burland's work both important and essential reading for those studying 'the' Song of Roland." – H-France Review
"When students and scholars speak of The Song of Roland, they generally refer to the text in the manuscript Digby 23 at Oxford University, but American scholar of French language and literature Burland points out that the story of the deaths of Roland and the 12 peers of France at the Battle of Roncevaux circulated in countless oral and written versions. She considers the larger story of which the manuscript is but a single example, emphasizing its function in affirming and questioning individual and collective identities across time." — Research Book News
"_Strange Words_ will be useful for anyone studying medieval and early modern French literature. From the outset, Burland does us a great service simply by reminding us that there are other versions of The Song of Roland — not just the version at Oxford with which scholars and students are all too familiar. . .". — The Sixteenth Century Journal
"Too often critical focus on 'the Roland tradition' has been centered entirely on the Oxford Roland; this study is a refreshing change. Burland examines how the battle of Roncevaux is remembered and retold in the Oxford Roland, the Chateauroux version, the Occitan Ronsasvals, and Galien restore . . . Burland is in line with a renewed critical awareness of the implications of a manuscript culture and moves away from the critical assumption that the Oxford Roland is the Chanson de Roland, thus filling an important gap on our bookshelves and inviting similar examinations of other widespread narrative traditions." — Medium Aevum
"Burland derives a valuable model for speculating on this dimension through her close analysis of character discourse. She finds that characters in Roncevaux poems not only produce narrative for one another but also receive, negotiate, accept, or reject narratives, providing evidence that composers of these texts anticipated and acknowledged the agency of their own audiences." — Modern Philology


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Yes we can cater an event you have at Silky's! You can reserve a section of Silky O'Sullivan's for your event and we will cater it as well!
Welcome to great Memphis dining! We're committed to exceeding expectations by preparing our menu items with the highest-quality and freshest ingredients. From our starter and specialty salads to Silky's World Famous Ribs your palette will be satisfied with some of the best cooking in the mid-south!
We don't just serve Ribs, but we have a selection of Oysters and Shrimp, BBQ, Rajun Cajun Chicken sandwiches and best burgers in the mid-south. We also serve Po' Boys, as well as catfish, chicken, Shrimp and Fried Oyster Baskets and don't forget a Cheesecake Wrap or Fudge Pie!


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Paris Hilton's next move? For starters she should find a good cause and make good on an old promise.
That wasn't the case three years ago after she went to jail for 23 days for violating her probation following a 2006 DUI arrest.
"I want to visit more countries where poverty and children's issues are a big concern," she said after her jail stint. "I know there's a lot of good I can do just by getting involved and bringing attention to these issues."
Hilton returns to Las Vegas today to formally plead guilty after a plea agreement dropped her felony cocaine possession case last month to two misdemeanors.
She faces Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure Jr., who oversaw O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas arraignment in 2007.
Hilton has been criticized for picking up where she left off before her jail stay, choosing the party life over acts of charity.
It will be interesting to see whether Bonaventure tells her to do something with her life.
Being banned from Steve Wynn's resorts should be a wake-up call. A major club executive told me Sunday the jury's out on to what degree she would be welcomed back to the Las Vegas club scene, where she has made millions in appearance fees over the past decade.
"I don't know how Vegas will respond," the executive told me.
For someone who clearly loves animals, I'm surprised she hasn't embraced that cause.
There are numerous cases of her quietly visiting Las Vegas pet stores and buying dozens of them .
It's time to give up the party animal reputation and become the face of animal advocacy or families in need. Channel the red carpet fame into something more meaningful.
Following up on those rumblings that Cy Waits might be joining the Chateau nightclub venture at Paris Las Vegas: There have been no conversations between the parties, I'm told. Waits was let go by Wynn last month shortly after his DUI arrest on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He and his brother, Jesse, had been promoted just days earlier to head nightclub operations for Wynn. …
Mirage headliner Terry Fator, having wrapped up his county fairs tours over the weekend, is in New York City today for an appearance on "Fox and Friends." Fator has received word that he will sing the national anthem on Nov. 21 in Dallas for the Cowboys-Detroit Lions game. …
Former model and casino host Deborah Ashton-Cooke is the new Mrs. Nevada 2011. She will be competing in the Mrs. United States pageant next July in Las Vegas.
R&B star Rihanna, hosting Katy Perry's bachelorette party of 25 on Saturday, with stops at "KA," in the MGM Grand, and XS nightclub at Encore. Perry, who had the hit "Waking up in Vegas," is marrying British actor-comedian Russell Brand. … Carrie Underwood, joking around with David Spade backstage before his show Saturday at The Venetian in Las Vegas. … Vanessa Minnillo, hosting a bachelorette party weekend at The Venetian and Palazzo. After attending Spade's show (The Venetian), the group went to Tao, where they were joined by Spade and Joey Fatone.
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Dear Aleksandar: W3C is a web standards body, and this list is just for discussing possible changes to those standards in the future. This really is NOT a general help forum, or a forum for discussing questions like yours---so follow up questions here wouldn't really be appropriate. You might try a forum such as sitepoint.com instead. However, as a friendly suggestion: you might find it useful to use a search engine to look for "HTML vs XHTML". I did so, and this article seems particularly helpful: http://www.webstandards.org/learn/articles/askw3c/oct2003/ Regards, Phill P.S. - Following previous practice, CCed to the mailing list for an exampleof how these emails should be handled, and to let others know that Aleksandar has already received a response. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Vojinovic Aleksandar <firstname.lastname@example.com>wrote: > Hi. I am new in world of web programming. I learned WYSIWYG & I can > design my sites very nice. Because I want to go deeply in a creation of > sites, I also learned HTML. As I can see XHTML is a future of web design, or > is only talking about... Can you help me with answer : is it necessary to > learn xhtml, or is enough to know HTML? > Thank a lot... > Aleksandar > > > No virus found in this outgoing message > Checked by PC Tools AntiVirus (220.127.116.11 - 10.100.057). > http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/ >Received on Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:17:40 UTC
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The way in which a stove's heat output and efficiency is tested does not necessarily allow comparison of different stoves because the test conditions are not comparable. You can read more about this on the two pages listed below - this page will show a few examples of how the new tests are confusing and largely useless.
For more information about the stove heat output test see our stove heat output page.
For more information about the stove efficiency test see our stove efficiency page.
For example 1 and 2 we have chosen some Morso stove test results. This is just as an example as there are several other manufacturer's models which could also illustrate this point.
The Morso Squirrel stove comes in 2 models: the older 'Standard Squirrel' and the more modern 'Cleanheat Squirrel'. As it's name suggests the Cleanheat is a cleanburning stove that uses preheated secondary air to allow for fuller combustion. Let's look at the efficiency and heat outputs of the two models:
|Nominal heat output
|Previous heat output given
|Standard Squirrel
|4.5 kW
|4.0 kW
|Cleanheat Squirrel
|4.6 kW
|6 kW
So if I relied on the test figures I would think that the Standard Squirrel is more efficient, gives out nearly the same heat, and is cheaper so why would I buy the Cleanheat version?
However from experience I can say that the Cleanheat will give out more heat than the Standard (it used to have a maximum heat output rating of 6kW!) has about the same size of firebox and should use less wood to create the same heat. Someone buying the Cleanheat who actually wanted 4.6kW output stove will also end up with a stove that gives out more heat than they wanted (although this is not such a problem as Morso stoves can run well at lower outputs and are very controllable).
The Morso Panther is a nice medium sized stove whilst the 3610 stove is much bigger - it is about 200mm higher, 150mm wider, 100mm deeper. Let's look at the efficiency and heat outputs of these two models:
|Nominal heat output
|Previous heat output given
|Morso Panther
|9 kW
|8.0 kW
|Morso 3610
|9.8 kW
|16 kW
Going by these figures there is not much to choose from between these two models other than looks. However a collegue has a Morso Panther in a medium sized room (about 5m x 5m x 2.3m - an old cottage with uninsulated walls) and this is the perfect size of stove for the room. Now I know if we installed the 3610 in the same room and tried to use it properly it would be like a sauna in there! The 3610 used to be rated at 16kW - much higher than the output of the Panther (of course the 3610 could happily run slowly so that would not necessarily be a problem but I'm sure you can see the point).
Because there is not a level playing field when it comes to test conditions a stove customer cannot usefully compare the heat ouputs of stoves nor their efficiencies. You can't really be expected to factor in things like how open the air vents were during the test or how often the stove was refuelled and with what size of fuel - the point of the test results is to give an idea of how a stove will perform and to enable comparison between stove types. A test conducted at maximum output would give results that could at least be compared.
Our advice? For the moment ask us or speak to other experienced stove experts because the figures only show that a particular heat output is achievable and the efficiency at this output. That particular heat output is chosen by the manufacturer and hence this makes the test open to the influence of the many commercial pressures which manufacturers come under.


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You won't find the Frozen DVD in the home of Christia Spears Brown, an associate professor of developmental psychology at the University of Kentucky.
In fact, you won't find any sign of Disney Princesses, Barbie dolls, or pink toy school buses.
It's not that Brown doesn't want her two daughters to have any fun. She encourages playtime with toys and movies that don't promote gender stereotypes.
In Brown's recent book, Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes (Ten Speed Press, $14.99), she uses scientific research and personal parenting experiences to explain how using gender bias when raising children can affect them negatively later in life.
Brown says she decided to write the book when she noticed an increasing trend of categorizing children based on gender.
"I'm starting to see more and more parents who are misinformed about the differences between the genders," Brown said. "There's a lot of books talking about brain differences and how those lead to learning differences between the two genders. There's also a lot more color coding. Everything is pink and blue."
She's not alone. Lise Eliot is the author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps — And What We Can Do About It, out a few years ago. She also thinks that many American parents might misunderstand gender differences.
"There's no question that claims about gender differences get more press. Sex differences are sexy, so they're what parents will see in their parenting magazines and in their morning TV shows," Eliot said.
Brown recognizes that there are key differences between the sexes from birth, but she says she has found that there aren't nearly as many as most people think.
"There has been a really impressive meta-analysis of a lot of different studies that compiled research on 1.5 million kids. It lets you see that there are actually very few gender differences in children," she said. "There's no differences in math abilities or who talks more or less, and they're not at all different in terms of sadness or happiness or how angry or emotional they get."
So how are they different?
According to that analysis, two main ways: Boys are less able to suppress inappropriate responses, and they tend to be slightly more exuberant.
Brown explained that most of the other differences between girls and boys probably come from societal influences.
"Starting with birth, we label gender constantly: 'What a smart girl,' 'what a good boy.' We are always pointing out gender to children," she said. "Because of this constant labeling by Mom and Dad, kids get the impression that gender must be really, really important and they feel like they better pay attention to what it means to be a good girl or a good boy."
By age 3, children have been found to pay more attention to stereotypes than adults. Their desire to fit into the typical girl and boy descriptions can influence their behavior as they grow up.
"For boys, the push to be aggressive is really dangerous. Their toys are typically guns and action figures, things that encourage violence and aggression," she said. "They also learn not to express sadness because 'boys aren't supposed to cry.' Then in men and adolescent males, we see that they are less likely to talk about their emotions and instead express their anger or sadness through violence or aggression."
The impact is different for girls. Brown said this early recognition of gender stereotypes could be one of the causes of women's inequality.
"With girls, we see them trying to channel the pretty princess stereotypes," she said. "They're supposed to be smart but they're also supposed to be pretty and wait on the man to save them.
So by middle school, a majority of girls aren't happy with their bodies."
Eliot also thinks that stereotypes could be holding girls back.
"People have this deep need to say, 'Ah, that's just the way they're born. There's nothing we can do about it,'" she said. "When really if you would like to see less of a pay gap and more women in sciences and leadership positions, this is the best place to start."
When one of Brown's daughters became interested in the princesses, Brown asked her what she liked so much about the movies. Her daughter responded that she loved the "pretty sparkly clothes."
"I was like, 'I don't have a problem with that!' So I looked for another character with pretty clothes and I came upon Wonder Woman. She wears sparkly stuff and has a tiara but she actually does things and she fights the bad guys," Brown said. "It's not rejecting what they like, it's just trying to find more positive ways to incorporate it."
Along with avoiding princesses and dolls that set unrealistic body standards for girls, Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue offers other tips for parents who want to avoid gender bias.
Brown suggests that parents avoid having same-sex birthday parties, refer to children as "kids" or call them by name instead of using "girls and boys," steer clear of single-sex schools, and try to incorporate all kinds of toys into kids' playtimes.
"When I'm buying toys I don't think about the fact that I have girls, I think about what kinds of traits I want them to develop," Brown said. "All kids should have dolls because we want all kids to be empathetic, and all kids should have Legos because they help with spatial abilities."
Brown says she is not advocating that people should completely ignore gender; she suggests they think about it less, especially when making decisions about their children.
"For me, gender is like height. It's a part of who I am, and it impacts me in some ways. Like I probably won't be a basketball player and I can't lift my bag into the overhead bin in an airplane because I'm short," she said. "But my gender, like my height, doesn't define me as a person. It's just one of my many characteristics."
The book is targeted at all parents, especially those with younger children. Brown also hopes that teachers and anyone else who works with kids will read the book to learn about how to reduce stereotypes in the classroom.
Brown thinks that this different approach to parenting has made her daughters more interesting kids.
"They both like girl activities and they both like boy activities. One of my girls wants to be a firefighter like her dad and always wears her Minnie Mouse dress with her firefighter hat," she said. "It's important to focus on what your individual child's individual strengths are instead of what the strengths of their gender are 'supposed to be.'"


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One Thing I Learned From... (Part 1)
Over the years you pick up little pieces of wisdom from great players, perhaps through a simple quote, seeing them live, going to a master class or just something you came across on YouTube. Here are a few pearls of wisdom that have served me well.
John Petrucci – Although there are a great many things to be learned from this truly amazing player and technician, what I learned from John Petrucci has little to do with technique. He recommends sorting your practice material into different folders or sections such as scales, chords, works in progress, rhythm playing etc. Such a simple thing but it makes a huge difference to have your practice material organized and ready to dive into.
Jeff Beck – In short: Abandon the pick (for a while), take risks and work on your tone.
Getting rid of the pick, even if only a few months, works wonders for anything from getting out of ruts to developing fingerstyle techniques and generally seeing the guitar from a whole new perspective.
I love the way Jeff Beck takes risks, it's like he's always pushing himself and the boundaries to come up with a new twist; a truly inspiring player well worth seeing live if you get the chance.
The tone you get from your bare fingers is unmistakably you and is well-worth taking the time to develop.
Mike Stern – Outside playing. I saw one of Mike's master classes when I was at Music College. It was truly amazing to watch him up close taking a tune and playing so far out that he almost came back round the other side. As soon as I got home I wasn't afraid to stray out of the boxes anymore.
Jaco Pastorius – I love to play bass too from time to time but what I got from watching Jaco's instructional video was to always learn the melody of the tune, this is especially relevant in jazz but can also be applied to any genre. If you've got the melody of the tune down you can use it to improvise and more importantly, it's almost impossible to get lost.
Stanley Jordan – Aside from the (tasteful) guitar acrobatics what fascinates me about Stanley Jordan's playing is the tuning he uses. He tunes to all fourths (or P4 tuning) E,A,D,G,C,F which gives you perfect fourths all across the fretboard making everything nice and symmetrical. I really recommend exploring this tuning, the basic premise of which is that the same chord, scale or arpeggio shape will work anywhere on the fretboard thereby reducing the amount of information to be learned by about two thirds. It's great for anything that involves a lot of scalar playing or chord changes. Cowboy chords and flamenco go out the window but the trade off is more than worth it.
Vernon Reid – Giving yourself permission. There's this interview where Vernon's talking about fast playing and just going for it and he remarks something like, 'you have to give yourself permission to do that', and it kind of struck a chord with me.
Frank Gambale – As mentioned in other articles, Frank's picking technique. I'll let the man himself explain:
===> Frank Gambale's Speed Picking Technique
Allan Holdsworth – Allan's way of thinking about chords and guitar scales is endlessly fascinating. Again, I'll let the man himself explain:
===> Chord Scales
What's something you've learned from the greats? Let me know in the comments.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Camp Irony
You would think with so much volume, the training camp should be a confidence booster. It was ironic then that the overwhelming feeling I had post 100-mile ride (plus 4-mile brick run), was fear. I was fearful of the ironman distance. I was fearful of the world of hurt that involves racing an ironman. I was not alone in my sentiment. Several teammates expressed the same fears, and one even asked rhetorically, "Why are we all such gluttons for punishment, and when are we going to stop abusing our bodies?" It was one of those training sessions, we all could have eaten more. I stopped thinking and I decided to just keep doing. And doing meant 34 hours of training by today, the eighth and final day of my volume block. And with a full stomach, I can say I'm not as fearful of the ironman distance...I think.
8 comments:
- Michelle Simmons said...
Nice! Sounds like a great way to spend a weekend. And a bit of healthy fear of the Ironman is warranted. Keep that. :)
- April 11, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- IAN said...
Dude, you rode the WF course 3x in 2 days. You have NOTHING to be fearful of. You KNOW that.
- April 12, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- martin briars said...
great weekend !
i just had the same questions as i fell behind, for the nth time, a group of cycilng friends in Belgium - trying to keep up, and failing to, nearly killed me - but i loved it !! WHY??
all the best
- April 12, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Matt said...
WOW, sounds like a BRUTAL weekend and some great racing, your gonna rip up that course in a few weeks!
- April 13, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Charisa said...
NICE! Can't wait to see you at WF!
- April 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Will said...
Damn, that sounds pretty intense!
- April 14, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- Kathleen @ ForgingAhead said...
Just reading about those volumes scares me - you are so hard core Kiet!
- April 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Libby said...
I know that feeling but you are going to kick ass. seriously? 34 hours? how do you do it?!?!?
- April 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM


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Hollywood, California (PRWEB) January 01, 2014
Oleg Kazantsev originally from Russia and currently living in Chicago, Illinois will be honored at the 30th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement awards being held in April 2014 in Los Angeles. The event will celebrate the annual winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, where Oleg was the 4th quarter, second place winner for this year, making it further than some several thousand others, and where his winning story, "Long Jump," will also be published in the bestselling Science Fiction anthology series – L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXX.
Oleg is a Russian writer who has been learning English and specifically writing fiction for the past 3 years. He has been working on his English major at Columbia College. Oleg is otherwise an IT consultant.
Alongside Oleg will be 11 other winners from all walks of life, flown in from all corners of the globe. They will be treated to a week-long workshop taught by the contest blue ribbon panel of judges including Tim Powers "On Stranger Tides" and Dave Wolverton "On My Way to Paradise," followed by the gala awards ceremony.
The Contests were initiated by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 shortly after returning to the field of science fiction with his bestseller Battlefield Earth. To date the contest has launched the careers of 12 New York Times bestselling authors.
For more information on the contest, go to http://www.writersofthefuture.com.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar gained on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signalled it expects one more U.S. interest rate hike by the end of the year.
Both the Dow and S&P 500 fell following the Fed statement but reversed those losses to end the session slightly higher and add to a string of closing records.
In its statement that followed a two-day meeting, the Fed, as expected, left rates unchanged and said it would begin in October to reduce its approximately $4.2 trillion in holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in a press conference after the meeting that a fall in inflation this year remained a mystery and said the U.S. central bank was ready to change the rate outlook if needed.
Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields jumped to their highest in six weeks. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 9/32 in price to yield 2.27 percent, after yields got as far as 2.29 percent, the highest since Aug. 8.
Some traders and investors had thought the Fed might have struck a more dovish tone given the potential economic impact of recent severe hurricanes and still sluggish inflation.
The reaction in the Treasury market "suggests a lot of people maybe weren't anticipating the Fed would stick with the third rate hike expectation this year. So there's a little adjustment going on there," said David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial in Boston.
Interest rate futures traders are now pricing in a 68-percent chance of a December rate hike, up from around 60 percent before the statement, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
Financial shares added to gains following the statement, with the S&P 500 bank index .SPXBK ending up 0.7 percent, while utilities .SPLRCU declined 0.8 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 41.79 points, or 0.19 percent, to end at 22,412.59, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.59 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,508.24 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 5.28 points, or 0.08 percent, to 6,456.04.
The Fed news is "kind of consistent with the view that the economy is doing OK, and as far as equity investors are concerned, another rate hike is not going to change that view," Joy said.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 lost 0.09 percent. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.14 percent and hit another record high.
The dollar index .DXY rose 0.75 percent, with the euro EUR= down 0.03 percent to $1.1888.
Stocks had been mostly flat ahead of the Fed statement, while the dollar had been slightly lower.
Gold XAU= fell 1 percent following the Fed news after trading slightly higher ahead of the release. Spot gold was down 0.76 percent at $1,301.2 an ounce, trading back above $1,300.
Oil prices gained about 2 percent despite a rise in U.S. crude inventories.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose $1.15, or 2.1 percent, to settle at $56.29 a barrel, while U.S. crude futures CLc1 gained 93 cents, or 1.9 percent, to settle at $50.41.
For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets see reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=http://emea1.apps.cp.extranet.thomsonreuters.biz/cms/?pageId=livemarkets
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The Terrified Copyist
The Dissident
With Lucky Girls, her 2003 story collection about privileged young Americans abroad, Nell Freudenberger announced herself as a young writer of unusual grace and promise. If she didn't make the subject entirely new, she updated it for the early twenty-first century, when the grand tour takes recent graduates not to the Uffizi and the banks of the Seine but to AIDS orphanages in Bangkok and half-baked language schools in Delhi, and the goal isn't sentimental education but a kind of inner evasion. As a housekeeper in one of the stories puts it, "Traveling is for people who don't know how to be happy."
Now, in her ambitious first novel, Freudenberger tells the story of another melancholy voyager, this time traveling in the opposite direction. Yuan Zhao, a dissident artist famous for the daring performance pieces staged in a Beijing artists' community called the East Village in the early 1990s, has come to Los Angeles for a stint as an artist in residence at UCLA and a teacher at a tony private school for girls. In the glory days of the East Village, Yuan Zhao and his fellow provocateurs would suspend themselves between stepladders while heating units burned their naked flesh, or stand crouching on top of a ping-pong table against a backdrop of Chinese and American flags until the sweat poured off them, or bury themselves in a pig farmer's field until the police come to "resurrect" them. To the authorities who came to arrest them, it was all obscurely subversive. But to the artists, it was a way of turning life itself into the materials of art. As Yuan Zhao's older cousin, a magnetic fellow artist referred to only as "X" "because of his continuing activity in China," declares in his playfully portentous way, "An artist is an artist, no matter what he's doing."
Yuan Zhao hasn't come to America to escape repression but to get away from romantic disappointment and the boring office job he's fallen into. ("In pseudo-exile," his cousin observes, "…Even more interesting.") But in making the voyage from East to West, Freudenberger's dissident has landed smack in the middle of another set of questions about what it means to be living in truth. His hosts, the Traverses of Beverly Hills, are your typical unhappy upper-upper-middle-class American family, with a cat named Ptolemy and a rabbit named Freud, a real Diebenkorn on the wall, and a nagging feeling that they're stuck in the wrong life, or not actually living the right one. Cece Travers, a fortysomething mother of two, longs for something more ennobling than her routine of gardening, volunteer work, and managing passionate feelings toward her brother-in-law Phil, a flaky actor-turned-screenwriter who has suddenly resurfaced after years in New York. Her sister-in-law Joan, a brittle divorced writer, is scavenging in the family's business for material for her next novel. And Cece's husband Gordon, an emotionally frigid psychiatrist modestly famous for a book called Manias and Obsessions, mostly wants to be left alone to pursue his…
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IRS postpones U.S. new entity reporting of interests in specified foreign financial assets
In Notice 2013-10, the IRS postpones a new requirement for U.S. domestic entities formed or availed of for purposes of holding, directly or indirectly, specified foreign financial assets, report those interests in a statement attached to the entity's tax return. This new reporting falls under IRC section 6038D, applicable to individuals who hold any interest in a specified foreign financial asset during any taxable year and are required to attach a statement to that individual's tax return to report the information identified in section 6038D(c) if the aggregate value of all such assets in which the individual holds an interest exceeds $50,000 for the year, and extended to any U.S. domestic entity as if the domestic entity were an individual, if the domestic entity is formed or availed of for purposes of holding, directly or indirectly, specified foreign financial assets. Reporting by entities was to have started with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, but because final regulations under section 6038D have not yet been issued, Notice 2013-10 postpones reporting until a date which will be specified in final regulations, which will not be earlier than taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.


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Bolivia is the poorest country in South America, and the third poorest in Latin America, after Haiti and Guatemala. Bolivia has a population of 11 million; 71% of the population is Native American; and the large Native American population and extreme poverty rates are no coincidence. Bolivia's Aymara and Quechua Indians worked for hundreds of years as indentured laborers on the large plantations of the Spaniards and their descendents. After the Revolution of 1952, the Aymara and Quechua were given title to the land they worked. But most of the land was eroded, and they needed, and still need, to reclaim their eroded farmland and increase their productivity to make a good living from their farming.
In the Tropical Plains, large commercial farmers produce soybeans and wheat. The majority of the rural population lives on the Altiplano and in the Valleys, and most of them are Aymara and Quechua small farmers who are trying to make the transition from subsistence to commercial farming. Most of the Aymara and Quechua farmers are classified as poor, and many are classified as extremely poor.


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There was nothing on President Obama's public schedule for the day -- but he and First Lady hosted "friends and supporters" in anticipation of the inaguration, the White House pool report says.
The White House was not exactly forthcoming on the details, according the White House pool report. The pooler says the White House was asked to confirm that the first couple attended a national finance committee-organized "Benefactors' Brunch," along with a "reception" for supporters -- both in the White House.
The response from a White House official, per the pool report: "As is commonplace with past Administration [sic] of both parties, the President and First Lady today hosted friends and supporters at the White House in advance of the President's Inauguration weekend. The event was paid for by the Presidential Inaugural Committee."


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In place of Rome's once mundane drinking establishments lurks a new generation of wine bars, craft cocktail counters and an army of craft beer pubs. I hit the cobblestones with photographer Daniel Krieger to uncover Rome's renewed drinking scene. Our story is on PUNCH.
Saturday Night In Rome
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Oh I so wish I were in room to enjoy this! The pictures are dreamy and transporting. Thank you!
Those are great Photos, took me back to Rome in an instant.


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