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Nagasawa, Yujin (2007) Millican on the Ontological Argument. Mind, 116 (464). pp. 1027-1040. ISSN 0026-4423 (Submitted)
URL of Published Version: http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/116/464/1027.abstract?sid=3b10be7f-17ab-4143-b4e9-6ea970b6e3ec
Identification Number/DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzm1027
Peter Millican (2004) provides a novel and elaborate objection to Anselm's ontological argument. Millican thinks that his objection is more powerful than any other because it does not dispute contentious 'deep philosophical theories' that underlie the argument. Instead, it tries to reveal the 'fatal flaw' of the argument by considering its 'shallow logical details'. Millican's objection is based on his interpretation of the argument, according to which Anselm relies on what I call the 'principle of the superiority of existence' (PSE). I argue that (i) the textual evidence Millican cites does not provide a convincing case that Anselm relies on PSE and that, moreover, (ii) Anselm does not even need PSE for the ontological argument. I introduce a plausible interpretation of the ontological argument that is not vulnerable to Millican's objection and conclude that even if the ontological argument fails, it does not fail in the way Millican thinks it does.
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A Phase-III trial evaluating an Ebola vaccine developed by Merck and NewLink Genetics showed the drug, rVSV-ZEBOV, to be highly effective against the deadly virus. The vaccine was 100% effective when tested on 4,000 people who had been in close contact with Ebola patients in Guinea. The study was published in The Lancet.
CVS has been accused of overcharging insurers for generic drugs. The suit alleges that CVS submitted claims to insurers with inflated prices, The Associated Press reported. "We've seen people who pay $20 for a 30-day supply as their copayments on a drug that was $11.99 for a 90-day supply had they been in the (discount program)," Kristen Broz, an attorney with the firm that filed the suit, according to the AP.
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The FDA approved Bayer's Finacea (azelaic acid), a topical treatment for mild to moderate rosacea. The drug is expected to be available beginning in September. The drug showed greater reductions in inflammatory lesion count compared to the placebo after 12 weeks.
Even though they cure hepatitis C, Gilead Sciences' Sovaldi and Harvoni are unlikely to run out of suitors anytime soon, Bloomberg Business wrote. Gilead's drugs have treated about 130,000 patients in the US, compared to the 10,000 patients treated by AbbVie's Viekira Pak, by Bloomberg estimates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are three million people in the US with the disease.


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Story location: http://archive.pressthink.org/2006/06/22/knsds_bc4.html
Ken Sands is the online publisher for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane (circ. 100,000) where he has worked since 1981. He is an active member of the Online News Association. He told me he had always wanted to come to a BloggerCon.
At the session I'm leading (Users-Know-More-Than-We-Do Journalism, June 23, 10:30-11:45 am, background here) I hope we can conjure with the case in Spokane. Ken Sands and his editor Steve Smith—who was recently profiled in the Boston Phoenix—would like to do more social network journalism, if they can figure out how. That's where the mix and flow and people at BloggerCon come in.
Here's Ken with the facts of the case. It's background for anyone coming Friday, but the discussion can start now in comments. —JR
Special to PressThink
Case Study for an Unconference
by Ken Sands
Online Publisher, SpokesmanReview.com
I've been to about 30 cities in the past year or so to speak at journalism conferences and offer advice to newspapers on what to do with their web operations. That's because in an industry that finds the Internet pretty scary, I'm a dissenter, one of a handful of editors who've embraced the disruptions and are keen to experiment. So I get called upon to deliver the "magic bullet" solution everyone's looking for.
I'm going to BloggerCon IV because I know there is no magic bullet. There's only the challenge of doing new stuff that informs the people who choose to use it. I'll be at Jay's session in San Francisco because I want to learn about that and because "empowering the users," the theme of this year's BloggerCon according to Dave Winer, is exactly what my site, www.spokesmanreview.com, needs to do.
I am the publisher of that site. And I'm trying to do better journalism with it. I need to know about the tools in use (but not in our industry) and how to get them for my newspaper. I want to hear about technology that doesn't exist yet, but could be invented.
This is no idle exercise. Ideas that come out of BloggerCon can meet their test in Spokane. Our newspaper is eager to experiment. We've proven it before, and received industry recognition. Our latest adventure is part of our Transparent Newsroom initiative. We just started webcasting our two daily news meetings. Now you can watch us sift through events and make decisions. We think it will improve trust. But no one knows.
Here's what I believe: The readers and users know more than we do. How do we make from that better journalism? I have some ideas to test with you. But, first, the background on us.
Regional portrait
Spokane's metro area is about half a million people, making it the biggest population center on the northern tier between Seattle and Minneapolis. It's historically a blue-collar town, a regional hub for railroads, timber, mining and agriculture, and home to a large Air Force base. It's a politically conservative region in a liberal state. (In 1994, U.S. Speaker of the House Tom Foley, a Democrat who had been in office 30 years, was not re-elected by eastern Washington voters.) More than 90 percent of the residents are white.
The news out of Spokane is equal parts Norman Rockwell and Norman Bates. For more than 50 years, South Hill neighbors have been gathering around an iced-over pond on Christmas Eve to sing Christmas carols. Spokane is known as a great place to raise a family. Bing Crosby grew up here. But it's also a town where a serial killer murdered more than a dozen prostitutes and a serial rapist once terrorized the city. Our gay-bashing mayor was recalled last year following allegations that he had molested young boys, and used his office to lure young men into having sex with him.
The Spokane region is an odd mix of rugged individualism and conformity. Some people come to this region of beautiful lakes and mountains to escape from city life. Yet social events take on epic proportions. The 12k Bloomsday road race is the biggest timed road race in the U.S., with around 50,000 participants. The annual Hoopfest tournament (held this weekend) has about 25,000 players and is the largest three-on-three street basketball tournament in the country. Clearly, when people here like something, they really like it.
The Newspaper
In Spokane the owners are local people— a rarity in the newspaper industry. The Cowles family of Spokane has owned The Spokesman-Review since 1894. It's their only newspaper.
In 1910 there were 47 full-time, professional journalists and 250 "correspondents," or freelance writers, sending in stories and tidbits from throughout eastern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana. Jump to 2001. The staff of full-time professional journalists had grown dramatically (a disputed number, but somewhere around 167), while the freelancers were down to a dozen or so feature writers and reviewers.
Future business model
Over the past five years, the newspaper has lost 30-40 positions from its peak staffing level. If the newspaper industry continues to struggle with its business model—most observers believe it will—the number of full-time professionals on the news staff may continue to shrink until a new equilibrium suitable to ownership is found. Could we build a sustainable business around, say, 47 full-time staff journalists and 250 part-time, freelance journalists… and perhaps thousands of other users who are participants in the newsgathering process? The people here are community-minded and they are "joiners," up to a point. We don't know yet whether they would be willing to join in our readers-know-more-than us experiments. But there's only one way to find out: try stuff.
Doing good journalism
This is not just a matter of an industry met with disruptive technology, struggling to adapt. Technology may let us harness the "power of many" to create a kind of journalism that never was possible before – to gain knowledge that's been hard to get, or once gotten hard to analyze.
Journalism is not known for innovation. The Spokesman-Review is an exception. The Cowles family has embraced the ethic of trying stuff to see what works, first under long-time editor Chris Peck, and since 2002 under the editor Steve Smith.
Smith's arrival in Spokane coincided with an explosion of interest in the Web. Shortly before he got there, in early 2002, the newspaper began its first efforts at blogging. Smith created a new position – managing editor of online and new media– and directed the staff to break the rules. A true experiment, he likes to point out, has an uncertain outcome. Failures will happen. In Spokane, we know the users are in charge of their informational encounter with us. Increasingly we operate "on demand" from them. Only a fool would fail to recognize the new balance of power. But these are difficult notions for the Association of Tight-Assed Editors of America.
Data points outside the media
For about a dozen years, I've been following the social network of University of Oregon sports fans. An email listserv evolved into a web site run by volunteers, which joined with other fan-based sites in the "Scout" network. That network now has paid professionals, and thousands of fans cough up $99.95 a year for access to premium content. In all the time I've watched this social network develop, it's always been the first to report University of Oregon sports news. Not once have I seen a breaking news account in the mainstream media that hadn't already been reported by the social network.
When the Iraq war began in March 2003, I discovered Command-post.org, a volunteer network of media watchers around the globe who found, and linked to, original reporting from a vast range of media sources 24/7. How did this aggregation service compare to the vast resources of, for example, the Associated Press? No contest. Command-post was better, faster, and far more comprehensive. Alan Nelson explained the concept—he called it "the power of many"—in a speech to newspaper editors in 2004.
Progress at The Spokesman-Review
Opinion writer and columnist Dave Oliveria has a "talk-of-the-town" blog in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a resort community of about 100,000 people. He happens to be very good at blogging. He has a loyal base of readers and contributors, many of whom have started their own blogs, even forming a social network. When Dave live-blogged a recent primary election, his Huckleberries Online (HBO) blog had 11,000 pageviews and 500 comments in one day. Writers frequently bring up issues that then are addressed by government officials. HBO is a public space that is watched by people in power. Here's a quote from one blog participant (a former city official):
"I'm often in contact with officials from throughout north Idaho. Invariably, the discussion turns to HBO, and how many of them come blurking for public input on important issues. Sometimes, it's the only public input they'll get on an issue until, of course, they've made a decision on something. Like me, they wish people would comment before a decision has been made, at public hearings scheduled for that purpose. Beyond that, there's HBO."
We're also in beta testing of a blog for an outlying community in eastern Washington. It's called the Deer Park Dispatch, and is intended to be a place for users to surface the news of their community— one that's usually ignored by the newspaper. At "News is a Conversation" the readers are the bloggers. They critique us, we respond. Sometimes we ask questions to get feedback.
Where to go from here
These efforts merely scratch the surface of what's possible, and this is where we need help from BloggerCon participants.
We know there are local knowledge networks. Should we try to "tap into" them, or is it better to leave them alone until something happens to make partnership possible? Correspondents— we're familiar with them. But we don't know how to operate a vast and dispersed network of correspondents, linking hundreds or even thousands. Does anyone?
Here are some ideas we've had. They reflect the state of our thinking, pre-BloggerCon.
College sports. The big sports teams around here are Washington State University football and Gonzaga University basketball. Social networks already exist on fan sites in the Scout or Rivals networks. New information is invariably reported there first. But it's hard to find, sometimes, because of the proliferation of banter. Part of the appeal of sites like those is the opportunity to share random thoughts and opinions. Is the banter a necessary part of the network? Does it get in the way of surfacing news, or does news flow to the top because of banter-generated interest? We have sports writers who are one-person operations already working too many hours a week to write one or two stories a day based on their reporting; we gave them blogs but they are spread too thin to master the form. Yet the network effects are such that they'll fall behind if they are not online with the fans. What are we missing?
A new, interactive beat. A simple way to get going is to designate one reporter, on one beat (health and medicine, public schools, youth sports) whose mission would be to harness and aggregate the knowledge of readers and users in order to do better journalism. This is largely a cultural issue. It's difficult to find a reporter who "gets it." It's tough for their editors to adopt a totally foreign method of generating news. But it's also a cultural issue for the readers, as well as a technical challenge for us. How could such a beat-plus-network be developed online? Where should we start?
Consumer-goods comparison shopping. Spokane residents love a good deal. So much so that they're willing to drive across town (it's not that far) to save a few bucks on groceries or other goods. We already know about gasbuddy.com, and how drivers share information with each other about where to find the cheapest gas. Maybe we should set up a site where users could share information about commodities like bread, milk, and many, many other essential items. How would it work?
A regional online encyclopedia. From the Spokesman-Review, possibly a joint project with local high schools. A good supplement to Wikipedia, or redundant and unnecessary?
Outdoors and recreation: real time data sharing. Our region has one of the highest interest levels in the nation for outdoor sports and activities. We could try to create a site where users could share news and information about their passions. What does the Liberty Ridge route on Mount Rainier look like for this weekend? Is the water level on the Alberton Gorge of the Clark Fork River low enough to be safe following last weekend's fatality? I know these sites exist already, in bits and pieces, but to my knowledge they are not well aggregated.
High school sports news. The demand here is huge. We have a statistical data base and it's a start, but what we need is a site that empowers people to inform themselves about their school teams. How?
Weather watch. We recently purchased the domain name Spokaneweather.com with the intent of building a site where weather watchers and photographers could document, in great detail, the unique weather of our area. If that's worth doing what's the best way?
Transportation watch. There are two seasons here-– winter and road repair. Winter destroys the roads, and the rest of the time is spent fixing them. Everyone has "pothole hotlines," but we want a more structured data base that would include lots of information, such as: quickest routes; ill-timed stoplights; dangerous intersections. How to collect and display it?
Holding politicians' accountable. We want to give out more report cards on how our public officials are doing in living up to their responsibilities and promises. Is there an open source way of grading political leadership?
Finally, if you look at the "citizen journalism" initiatives launched by mainstream providers in the United States, most of them lack spark, life, or intuitive appeal. The "if you build it they will come" approach clearly hasn't worked. Is neighborhood or city a flawed concept to begin with? This one has stumped me for years. I don't know what to do, except link to local bloggers. I certainly wouldn't replicate the "citizen journalism" we've seen so far from mainsteam news organizations; there's no traction there.
I'm far more impressed with the user-generated content on Flickr and YouTube and even MySpace (where we created a persona for our entertainment site). Those sites work; the mainstream media versions—the industry calls it user-generated content—do not. Why?
Kevin Anderson at Corante is interested in some of the same questions. See his What would audience-driven journalism look like? (July 3, 2006)
I couldn't agree with Ken more when he says that there's no traction in the citizen journalism out of mainstream media outlets. Yes, as we're about to look back a year after the July 7 bombings here in London, everyone remembers the iconic cameraphone pictures. But I think Ken is talking more about community around content rather than the flood of pictures we now get at the BBC during large news events in the UK. Is there a sense of community, a sense of participation in sending off cameraphone pics to large news organisations?
Probably not.
Mark Jurkowitz of the Boston Phoenix profiles Spokesman-Review editor (and PressThink guest author) Steve Smith, who "brings newspaper transparency to a whole new level." It begins…
Even in an era of buzzwords such as media "transparency" and "interactive dialogue" (between news consumers and news producers), what's happening at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, is pretty strange stuff.
Beginning on June 13, the paper began webcasting its two daily news meetings to the public, letting viewers with computers sit in on the key decision-making staff meetings — once considered secret and sacrosanct — at a daily with a full-time staff of almost 130 people.
Now that's transparency. Jurkowitz comments: "Having spent two decades interviewing newspaper editors of all stripes, what really strikes me about him is a level of candor and introspection that is increasingly rare in a business where freewheeling and extroverted editors — such as the Globe's Tom Winship and the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee — have yielded to successors much more inclined to rely on safe, if opaque, corporate-speak." Very true. (I was interviewed for Jurkowitz's piece.)
"Moan, moan, moan. Complain, complain, complain. Wallow, wallow, wallow. This could only be a national convention of newspaper editors in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century." David Shribman, editor of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention.
Patricia Sullivan, staff writer for the Washington Post, in an overview of what the Net is doing to the news biz. "Newspapers, the biggest and oldest segment of the mainstream media, are built on the work of creative, contentious and quick-witted people, but also of curmudgeons who resist change."


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By Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL (Reuters) - Recent free trade deals have helped foreign premium-brand automakers such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz drive up sales in South Korea, previously a heavily protected market dominated by Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors.
In January-April, sales of imported passenger cars accounted for 12 percent of the market, a fifth more than last year and up from just 2 percent a decade ago. Hyundai/Kia sales were flat.
Now, the Koreans look like they're trying to push back the foreign tide. Foreign automakers and distributors say various moves by Korean lawmakers and government agencies aim to make life tougher for them. Privately, some talk of "import bashing".
"Korea is a highly protected market. Despite recent agreements to open up its market, the government is not helping ... it's actually doing its best to keep the barriers in place," said a senior global automaker executive, who didn't want to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
In March, South Korean lawmakers proposed a bill to reduce corporate tax breaks on cars priced above 50 million won ($44,000) and bought as company cars - typically those top-of-the-range models from German, Japanese and U.S. automakers. More than half the cars imported cost more than that, and at least 40 percent are bought under corporate accounts, industry data shows. For luxury marques such as Bentley, Porsche and Rolls-Royce, over 70 percent are bought as company cars.
"It will deal a direct blow to sales of premium imported cars. It will depress consumer sentiment," said an executive at the local unit of an imported luxury marque. "We're discussing measures to cope with the potential change, but we doubt whether there are real solutions."
Min Hong-chul, a lawmaker with the main opposition Democratic Party and one of those backing a revised tax policy, said the move was not intended to "regulate foreign cars, though it may end up doing so."
In February, Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) raided the offices of the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association and of Volkswagen's Audi, BMW, Daimler's Mercedes-Benz and Toyota Motor's Lexus as part of a probe into possible price collusion, according to local media.
And this week, local media reported that BMW Korea was being investigated by the tax authorities. A spokesman for the BMW unit confirmed an investigation, but declined to say more.
An official at the foreign car association refuted price-fixing charges, saying this was impossible given there are 400 or so foreign models involved. Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen confirmed their sales offices in Seoul were raided, but declined to elaborate. FTC officials declined to comment.
Hyundai and Kia have over 70 percent market share in South Korea, but that is being eroded by imports following free trade agreements struck with the European Union in mid-2011 and with the United States eight months later.
Hendrik von Kuenheim, head of BMW Group's Asia, Pacific and South Africa regions, welcomes the free trade deals, which will phase out tariffs on cars from Europe with engines bigger than 1500 cc - from 8 percent two years ago to zero next year. In the late-1980s, Seoul protected its autos industry with a 50 percent import duty.
But von Kuenheim said there are still "hidden obstacles" when selling cars in South Korea, where nearly 1.6 million vehicles were bought last year.
"Local authorities, be they in Germany, in Europe or in Korea, still need to work hard and overcome the latest and the smallest annoying obstacles," he told Reuters on the sidelines of a groundbreaking event for BMW's $62 million driving education center outside Seoul. "Let the intention of a free trade agreement prevail," he said, without elaborating on what these obstacles are.
BMW's South Korean sales rose 14 percent to 14,155 cars in January-May, while Volkswagen increased its sales by 42 percent to 9,208 and Ford Motor sales jumped 50 percent to 2,712. Toyota and other Japanese automakers took advantage of the lower tariffs on U.S.-made cars, importing models like the Camry midsize sedan from factories in the United States.
A spokeswoman for Hyundai Motor declined to comment specifically on the issue, but a Hyundai dealer said he was concerned about the rising number of imported cars. "It's increasingly difficult to sell cars as consumers are turning their eyes to foreign makes," said the dealer, who works in the affluent southern Seoul suburb of Pangyo.
To be sure, free trade deals work both ways - and South Korean automakers have grabbed market share in Europe from PSA Peugeot Citroen and others - prompting measures by France that could have led to duties being imposed. Eventually, the European Commission rejected France's request.
Longer term, imported cars are expected to continue making inroads into South Korea, say industry experts, with global automakers offering a wider range of products. Imported cars have long had cachet in South Korea, and the free trade deals have made them more affordable, too.
Even if the tax bill is passed - the lawmakers hope it will win parliamentary approval as it's in line with the government's policy to increase tax revenue - "it will not stop the sales growth of imported cars," said Kim Pil-soo, a professor of engineering at Daelim University College in Seoul.
That's a warning to not only local heavyweights Hyundai and Kia, but also the Korean units of General Motors and Renault, and Ssangyong Motor, whose biggest shareholder is India's Mahindra and Mahindra.
Dealers say Korean automakers are not only losing ground to premium cars from Europe, but also to more fuel-efficient hybrid models from Toyota. While German cars account for almost 7 of every 10 imported cars sold in South Korea, Toyota more than doubled its sales in January-May.
But Koreans' love for German cars has grown strong.
Kim Ki-hyon, a 28-year-old pharmacist, drives a BMW 535i rather than a local branded car. "It's like drinking Starbucks rather than instant coffee. They both have caffeine to wake you up, but one tastes better," he said.
(Additional reporting by Narae Kim; Editing by Norihiko Shirouzu and Ian Geoghegan)


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Joint Statement By USCM President Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, USCM Vice President Mesa (AZ) Mayor Scott Smith And USCM Second Vice President Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson on White House, Bipartisan Senate Immigration Reform Proposals
Jan 29, 2013, 07:16 EST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the top leaders of The U.S. Conference of Mayors, President and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Vice President and Mesa (AZ) Mayor Scott Smith and Second Vice President and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson released the following joint statement in reaction to immigration reform proposals offered this week by the President and a bipartisan group of Senators led by Arizona Senator John McCain and New York Senator Charles Schumer.
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"There is some hope today that the broken immigration system that has slowed the economic and social progress of our nation and its people for far too long will be repaired.
"This week a bipartisan effort to break the political gridlock that has stymied reform has been launched. On Monday in Washington a bipartisan group of Senators announced a set of principles designed to guide reform.
"Today in Las Vegas President Obama discussed his principles for immigration reform and his intention to work with Congress on bipartisan legislation.
"Both are calling for further strengthening border security, creating an effective employer verification system, reforming the legal immigration system, and allowing the 11 million people residing in the country illegally to get right with the law and earn a pathway to citizenship.
"These principles are similar to those established in policy by The U.S. Conference of Mayors. We may not agree with every detail that is being proposed, but the important thing is that the conversation has begun in earnest.
"The nation's mayors intend to be a part of that conversation and to work with Congress and the Administration to see legislation enacted this year. We will be involved, as will our immediate Past President Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Chair of our Task Force on Immigration Reform, Laredo Mayor Raul Salinas, and other mayors from across the nation. Together, we can push our national leaders to enact reform that is good for our families, our cities, our economy, and our country."
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,295 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/usmayors.
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February 1, 2018
With the occurrence of cybercrimes affecting businesses increasing daily, many companies are looking for outside expertise to help them mitigate their risks. If your company has never engaged a cybersecurity professional before, you may be unsure of what to look for. The IRS suggests businesses use the following four steps when evaluating and selecting a cybersecurity professional:
1. Ask other business owners or professionals for recommendations and references.
2. Keep trust at the forefront of your selection process. Since any cybersecurity professional you hire will have access to sensitive data and systems within your organization, it is essential that you feel comfortable granting such access to them.
3. When interviewing candidates, make sure you learn how much experience they have in data protection. The IRS suggests asking questions such as:
4. Once you have identified the cybersecurity professional or firm that you wish to engage, make sure that you execute a written agreement or engagement letter to ensure both parties understand how you will be working together.
For businesses that do not have an internal resource to help them safeguard their sensitive data and computer systems, hiring an independent cybersecurity professional or firm can be a wise decision. If your business decides to engage this type of resource, use the steps above to help you find the right fit for your company's unique needs.
August is upon us once again. The collective "UGH!" is heard nationwide as families trudge toward the school supplies aisle in preparation for the upcoming academic year. Sadly, the "days-gone-by" supplies such as a box of crayons, spiral-ring notebooks and a pack of #2 pencils have evolved into a much longer list. But never fear, we've put together these useful tips to help you do "back to school" on the cheap.
So popular was the topic of our last post, that we created Part II to create our eating-healthy-this-summer-themed blog series. Enjoy these added nutritional and time-saving tips for summer meal planning.
If you are like most, summer is prime time for family and friend vacations. It's a time to unwind and recharge…to see new places and try new things. For many, "new things" often means food. And if you are trying to maintain or lose weight, that can be a problem. So, for all you travelers trying to stay healthy this summer, here are 5 great tips to help you stay on a healthy eating plan and still enjoy your vacation!


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Iraqi anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has called for a protest campaign to force Baghdad to abandon a proposed deal that will extend the US troop presence in Iraq beyond 2008.
Sadr said the proposed Status of Forces Agreement aimed at giving a legal basis to US troops after the December 31 expiry of a UN mandate defining their current status, was "against Iraqi national interests".
"After every Friday prayers, everyone must protest and demonstrate until the agreement is cancelled," he said in a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday.
He said his powerful movement planned to send delegations to neighbouring countries and to the West and to international bodies such as the United Nations, the Arab League and the European Ubnion to explain its position.
He said the Iraqi government should consult the people before entering into any deal with Washington.
US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed a non-binding statement of principles in November for the negotiations, which began in March with the aim of concluding a pact by the end of July.
There are currently about 150,000 US troops deployed in Iraq, which was invaded by US-led forces in March 2003.
The proposed pact has come under fire from other religious and political leaders both in Iraq and in neighbouring Iran.
Fighters from Sadr's Mahdi army militia fought deadly street battles with US forces in the Shiite slum bastion of Sadr City in Baghdad for seven weeks until a May 10 truce deal took effect.
Iraq's national security council on Monday asked Maliki to ensure that the pact will not harm the national interest.
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All moved in but looking for some ways to spice up your dorm room? Here are a few ways to help bring some life to that dull dorm.
1. Wonder walls
Tapestries. Are. Trendy. AND they can help warm up boring, cold cinder block walls. Easy to find online for $7-10, they are a perfect way to fill up that wall space you have no idea what to do with.
Flags are another great way to brighten up your walls while showing off a bit of your personality. From state flags to rainbow flags and more, show off whatever your proud of and make your dorm look cool at the same time.
2. Lush Lighting
Fairy lights can help transform your dorm from drab to dreamy with the flick of a switch, literally. These lights can either replace standing lamps or be a fun addition to your room. Pin to your walls, wrap around your bed frame or drape over your desk for an #instaworthy dorm.
Add photos to your lights for an extra #instaworthy touch. Use clothespins to attach pictures or other printed images to your lights' wiring — this simple addition will highlight your interests by putting your friends and loved ones in the "spotlight."
3. Blue-ribbon Bedding
Cool quilts are the perfect way to show off your personality and bring some color into your dorm.
So this one may be a bit obvious, but if we are celebrating the beginning of a new school year, it is a must. There was a picture of Emy in one of my previous posts so this one will equal that out. And @shous70 will finally be happy that I am posting something from my family. So, where is this? #whereintheworld #guesswhere #backtoschool #backtothebooks #templeuniversity #whitehall #temple #dormlife #tshirtquilt
Fun pillows are another great way to infuse some color and class.
4. Stylish storage
Colorful crates will not only look cute, but will be SO. USEFUL. As you probably discovered already, your college closet might not fit all those clothes you packed for school, so extra storage is a must. Colorful crates and bins will help keep you organized without taking away from the rest of the room.
Wrapping paper can transform your boring dorm storage (desk drawers, dressers, etc.) into works of art — or, at least a lot cuter than they were originally. Cut out squares and/or strips of fun paper, wrap it around existing furniture and tape! Bonus tip: Use markers to label your drawers and stay organized.


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Science at Geelong Baptist College is a subject that fosters creativity and imagination in regards to conceptualising the way the universe works from Year Levels 7-12. Led by our passionate staff, students engage in topics from the smallest atoms to giant black holes in such a way that students are encouraged to inquire and explore how things work. We believe that students learn best by engaging in their own investigations and experiments. Furthermore, we like to take a hands-on approach to introducing the world of science to the student, in an authentic way that represents the true nature of science as a career.
The science curriculum has a topic focus on the area of Geelong, such as its environment, sustainability, water quality, and more. Encouraging the students to explore the world around them, and to appreciate the unique environment that they live in. Each year level goes on an excursion, leading students to explore some amazing things in Geelong and the surrounding regions. From canoeing in Swan Bay, snorkeling, analyzing different types of Zooplankton, to visiting universities and community organisations. Students also explore current global issues and discoveries; such as nanotechnological advances to novel medical breakthroughs.
We aim to develop students science inquiry skills, their understanding of science as a human endeavor, and their science understanding through the core topics of Biological, Chemical, Earth and Space, and Physical Sciences. Furthermore, being a Christian school, we promote the creationist view while maintaining an appropriate balanced curriculum.
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I have a right to feel safe.
I always work to the best of my ability.
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I show courage when I attempt new things and I don't give up easily.
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Extended Super Bowl Spot + Poster for 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
"Just who in the hell do you think you are?" You know who they are! Marvel has launched an extended, 60-second Super Bowl TV spot for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, James Gunn's follow-up to the hugely successful Marvel sci-fi superhero movie from 2014. There's some more great footage in this to top off what we've seen in the first trailer, which was already quite awesome. Chris Pratt returns as Star-Lord, with a cast including Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Chris Sullivan, Elizabeth Debicki, Kurt Russell, Dave Bautista, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Glenn Close, as well as Pom Klementieff; plus Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon. This seems like it's going to be so much fun.
Here's the extended Super Bowl spot for James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, on YouTube:
You can still see the first teaser for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 here, or the first full-length trailer here.
Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is once again directed by American filmmaker James Gunn (on Twitter @JamesGunn), who directed the first Guardians of the Galaxy as well as Slither, Super and "PG Porn" previously. The screenplay is also written by James Gunn, based on the original Marvel Comics characters. Disney + Marvel will release Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in theaters everywhere starting May 5th this summer. Are you excited to see this sequel?


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This cookbook is a collection of over 60 Recipes made by Crave Bakery for our line of high-end grocery desserts or decadent wedding and party cakes in the Bay Area. The book contains lots of gorgeous photos and clear instructions for gluten free and dairy free desserts: Cakes, Cupcakes, Frostings, Fillings, Brownies, Cookies, Tarts and Muffins.
Beyond recipes, this book also includes helpful information such as:
The explosion of gluten-free and allergy-free foods is exciting and crucial for Celiacs, those with gluten sensitivity, autistic children who benefit from a GFCF diet and many others with food allergies. But it wasn't always this way. In 2002, Cameo Edwards was living in San Francisco and discovered she was gluten sensitive after two years of stomach pain and misleading diagnoses. Determined to eat the foods she loved once again, she began baking and selling her gluten-free, dairy-free desserts in 2003. Crave seemed like the perfect name for this bakery since her frustrations came from food Cravings in which she could no longer safely indulge. These all-natural, allergy friendly desserts Cameo created finally satisfied her cravings and made her customers happy!
A casual baker or a full-fledged bakery can easily reproduce these recipes. For bakeries that have been wanting to add gluten-free products to their line but don't have time to devote to all that experimentation- this book has done the work for you. These are recipes ready for production. They're precise and tested over years in Crave's own bakery.
Praise for Crave's Cookbook
"With this cookbook, Cameo has done us a tremendous service. She's taken a decade's worth of trial and error with gluten-free baking and presented us with incredible, easy to follow, 'crave-worthy' desserts. There are always special occasions that require a yummy dessert and now you'll know exactly how to achieve fantastic results, even for those not avoiding gluten and dairy! "
"Considering how many people with gluten issues also have dairy issues, it has always surprised me that most gluten-free baked goods contain a lot of dairy. Crave bakery was one of the first gluten-free bakeries to offer dairy-free baked goods that tasted like they were full of butter! Their pretty little lemon tarts are corn-free too. Thank you, Crave, for saving tea time!"
Kelly Courson
"Cameo is amazing for putting so much goodness into one place! So many bakeries guard their "secret" ingredients, but she has made every amazing recipe from Crave Bakery accessible in this deliciously tempting book.
Alisa Fleming
I met Cameo back when gluten-free was still uncharted territory. I had been diagnosed with celiac disease and she had discovered her own gluten sensitivity, so we connected on a personal level. The gluten-free products on the market left much to be desired in terms of quality and taste, but Cameo had created these delicious treats that made me feel as though I wasn't being deprived one bit! She was one of the first to recognize the need for dairy-free in addition to gluten-free, and she cared about the ingredients she put into her recipes. I can't say how many times I grabbed a Monster Cookie (my favorite), but I can say that I didn't share them with anyone!
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Following a gluten-free diet can be difficult, but Crave Bakery makes it a little bit easier by creating some childhood favorites that won't make you feel like you are settling. Their brownies and cookies are sure to please even the pickiest palates. Jon, my son, is extremely picky and he fell in love with the Monster Cookies - a blondie-type, brownie-like cookie with chocolate chunks. The brownies are dense and fudgy with no telltale sign of the product being gluten-free.
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A decade ago, it would have been incredibly difficult and time-consuming to create such a panoramic photograph of high pixel density. And the details would have been blurry and imprecise.
Now, with intricate but easy-to-use systems like the one produced by GigaPan, anyone from the enthusiast to the professional can make photographs composed of billions of pixels, allowing viewers to zoom in on detail after detail, transforming each image into an intricate puzzle.
"I'm not leaving the company," says Hillman, a well-known local philanthropist, artist, entrepreneur and gadget enthusiast who will leave within a few months to spend more time on another Portland business he is running, Intellibot Robotics. "I just won't be involved in day-to-day operations. I'll still be on the board."
Hillman says the emergence of systems like GigaPan was inevitable. Even tiny iPhones have the ability to take images with high pixel density. Consumer expectation and need have grown quickly as a result, birthing companies like GigaPan.
There are, Hillman says, other systems are out there that take photos or weave images together into one densely pixilated image. But none is as complete as the four-part GigaPan system.
The system starts with programmable robotic-camera mounts that can handle different-sized cameras. Plug in the parameters of the image you want. The robotic arm then starts to click away, taking up to many thousands of photographs and organizing them into columns and rows.
The system's software then "stitches" the photos into a single image composed of billions of pixels. A separate uploading and viewing software allows users to see the image at GigaPan.com. There's also a digital service that allows users to embed a GigaPan photo on their own website or on Facebook without loss of resolution.
GigaPan users are varied, but the company's biggest users include professional photographers, sports and event services, travel companies, educational institutions and interactive-design firms.
The company's roots, though, are firmly based in exploratory research and education.
Several years ago, two research scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, Illah Nourbakhsh and Randy Sargent, helped develop a hardware and software system for NASA that would create highly pixilated photographic images. The technology was intended for use by researchers, scientists and educators.
But the scientists wanted to take the concept further and did so with research money from various institutions, including Google. They also asked Hillman to help build a robotic arm for the camera mounting system. Hillman is the son of a billionaire steel industrialist from Pittsburgh and has long been involved with robotics and technology companies.
After building the robotic arm, Hillman proposed another idea: A startup to find commercial uses for the technology. A new company was formed in 2008 with Hillman contributing $500,000 of his own money to get things going.
The GigaPan technology has been refined since then. Another $2 million was also raised in 2011 for the startup's Series A funding. And an increasing number of people and companies, including hobbyists and enthusiasts, have discovered the GigaPan system.
The largest GigaPan image was taken by Alfred Zhao of the Shanghai Skyline. The photograph uses 12,000 images and has 272 gigapixels; if printed out, it would be the equivalent of about 7,000 billboards.
So far, the company hasn't charged users for basic services. That will always be the case, says Hillman. But this year, it will unveil paid subscriptions for advanced features and tools. Hillman says subscriptions would target professional photographers and corporations that could afford and would need enhanced features, such as free tutorials and tools to edit an image. The subscription service is part of a push to reach more deeply into markets like media and advertising.
For Hillman, 61, GigaPan is just the latest endeavor in a long, winding career that has stretched from Pittsburgh to Portland, and from the worlds of art to robotics. GigaPan is one of dozens he's been involved with over the past few decades. The fact that he wants to step down as chief executive won't simmer critics who think Hillman is a dabbler of many interests from a wealthy family and fans who believe he's a true Renaissance man.
"I'm good at developing things but I'm not the guy to take things to the next level," he says.
Hillman and GigaPan principals say they expect to hire a new CEO within the first quarter.
Hillman remains the company's majority owner. Nourbakhsh and Sargent own a 10 percent stake in GigaPan, while Carnegie Mellon owns 2 percent. The company has about 30 other investors and shareholders.
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Elected officials and veterans advocates said Tuesday that they were deeply disturbed by allegations that employees at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford may be involved in selling drugs to patients.
On Sunday, The Sun reported that the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was investigating an alleged drug-dealing ring at the hospital that includes employees and patients and may be linked to at least two overdose deaths in VA facilities.
"While so many of the VA employees with whom I've interacted are committed public servants dedicated to providing the best possible care to our veterans, given the issues raised, I believe this clearly warrants an investigation into the allegations that VA employees may have played a role in securing illegal drugs for veterans getting treatment or residing at the Bedford VA or Crescent House," U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, a Democrat who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.
Crescent House is a transitional, sober living facility for veterans in Lowell run by the VA. According to hospital employees and past and current residents of the facility, there is a widespread problem with drug and alcohol use at Crescent House, which is the last stop for veterans receiving addiction treatment through the Bedford VA hospital.
It even extends to resident managers, veterans enrolled in the program who take on supervisory roles and administer drug and alcohol tests. Multiple residents of Crescent House said they knew of resident managers who were kicked out of the program for using drugs and helping patients cheat on drug tests.
Tsongas said in her statement that she has requested a tour of Crescent House and is drafting a letter to the OIG urging a swift and thorough investigation.
She added that the acting director of the Bedford hospital, Karen Acerra-Williams, contacted her immediately after the article was published to express her own concerns and "discuss the actions they have and are taking to address the challenges of substance abuse and the management of their treatment facilities."
A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a former Marine who has introduced legislation to improve care at VA hospitals, said that the allegations were "deeply concerning" and that he, too, has been in touch with hospital administrators and OIG officials. Bedford lies within the 6th Congressional District, which Moulton represents.
Officials at the VA in Bedford did not immediately respond Tuesday to questions about what steps have been taken, or may be coming in the future.
On Tuesday, Acerra-Williams sent an email to all Bedford VA staff in response to The Sun's article, stating that the hospital was "continuously working toward a positive culture of service, safety, and excellence."
She wrote that the article contained inaccuracies about the hospital's culture and how administrators address drug abuse and illicit behavior.
The article included claims by a hospital employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, that supervisors at the hospital had been warned that at least one VA employee was engaged in selling narcotics to patients and that the supervisors had taken no action.
"Bedford VA has a proven track record of uncovering illegal activities by those who place their own interest ahead of the safety of both veterans receiving treatment and our dedicated VA employees and we will always cooperate with law enforcement to ensure the safety of our veterans," Acerra-Williams wrote. "We encourage anyone to report concerns at any time."
The OIG investigation and questions about whether Crescent House is a healthy recovery environment for veterans are scheduled to come up at the Lowell Veterans Commission's next meeting on Dec. 14.
Commissioner John MacDonald, who also runs the nonprofit Veterans Assisting Veterans organization, said he has put the matter on the agenda.
Veterans who need help overcoming addiction or with other medical matters should still turn to the VA hospital in Bedford, he said, pointing out that almost all of the hospital's employees are hardworking, dedicated people who care about veterans.
But MacDonald called the situation at Crescent House intolerable and expressed disappointment that it existed in Lowell under the nose of the city's active veterans community.
"At a minimum, my recommendation is going to be that we send a letter to the VA, here locally and nationally, to highlight that we, as a body, find it unacceptable and need immediate action to rectify it," he said.
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My ultimate source of inspiration comes straight from the mouths of my fellow travel bloggers. The weak at the knees, excited for life, desire to see all the things kind. All the feels. I know I'm a newbie at this travel blogging gig but nowadays, when I plan my trips, I ferociously search the archives of a few of my favorites who have seen places I could only dream to one day set foot. Instant wanderlust in full effect.
Props to my favourite twins Rosie & Lydia for coining the newest addition to my vocabulary (and featuring me in the first edition!) Blush (v/n): to form a lasting crush on someone based on their blog. We are going to make this word happen.
This is the first in a multiple part series (editions coming soon: expat, couples, sexy men travelers). Some left their jobs to follow their passions, others show you how possible it is to make a steady income at the same time. Yet they all share a similar passion for exploring this miraculous world, and better yet, are fearless females in their twenties(ish) who have already accomplished so much and inspire me to do great things. Take it away ladies!
1. I am Aileen
Aileen quit her corporate job in the Philippines at 21(!) to travel the world as a self-proclaimed "location-independent professional" — a digital nomad. She's on a mission to visit every country on a third world passport and proves you don't need to be rich to make this a reality.
Stuck on where to begin? Her money saving tips to start a life of travel are pure gold. Paired with a comprehensive guide on how to start a travel blog from scratch. Whatever your plans, promise me to throw your fears and doubts to the wayside and refuse to let these excuses not to travel hold you back! Making a big life change is pretty scary. But you know what's even scarier? Regret.
2. Polka Dot Passport
At just twenty years old, Nicola has set foot on 24 countries and has no plans of stopping any time soon! She was born in Australia and later took her talents to New Zealand. We met at the Sydney travel meetup and I can't wait to bounce ideas over coffee. This girl is going places!
Nicola shares her tips and tricks to make it big on instagram. With almost 6k followers, she knows her stuff. I fully agree that living as a local is key for immersing yourself in travel. Heading to Europe? Find the most photogenic places you must see for yourself!
3. Girl vs Globe
Sabina is another young gun, and at only 21, has lived in four countries! She dishes on everything from food and fashion to parties, and budget travel. Her love for travel stems from a fascination with other people's lives and getting to know those who call them their home. We share a love of men with quirky accents and weakness for cute animals (men included).
Sabina runs the Girl vs Globe Facebook group, perfect for engaging with fellow wanderlusts! She shares bomb tips on building a facebook following quick. Lacking inspiration? Check out her fab list of post ideas and places you must travel in 2015.
Her storytelling skills are immaculate as she encourages you to grab the reigns to become the main character of your life. Her perspective on the glamour of self-destruction and why she is terrified to visit her dream destinations hit all too close to home. I adore her love letters to cities she's visited. I fall for cities I've never been to and people I've never met.
4. Endlessly Exploring
Kelly is a Melbourne girl (my favourite city) with a similar background in accounting, but a desire to combine her love of social media with a life of travel! I just know Kelly and I would be fast friends in real life. At 21, she's already hit 25 countries, five continents and five of the 7 Wonders of the World!
I am itching to visit Europe so loved this collaboration on places you must visit. Kelly shared her adventures in Switzerland in my Sonderlust series, and has me itching to hop a plane straight away!
5. Flirting with the Globe
Flirting with the Globe is filled with travel tips for those of us limited to two to four weeks vacation time and forced to "flirt" with destinations. Karisa proves it is possible to travel the world with a full-time job and encourages you not to let your 9-5 hold you back. She helps you make the most of your limited time in a city or country. A career-driven midwesterner, extrovert, and lover of bubbly, I'm convinced Karisa is my spirit animal.
Planning a trip? Browse Karisa's informative itineraries and roundup of destinations you must visit. A topic I have been researching quite often lately, I got a kick out of her novices guide to travel hacking.
6. The Blonde Abroad
Kiersten is a California native who recently left her career in corporate finance to travel the world and volunteer in developing countries and has since hit 40 countries. She was done following the norms of society whispering for her to go to college, get a job, get married, have kids and live happily ever after. She hopes to inspire you to live a life you love and settle for nothing less than extraordinary.
She covers every angle from female and solo travel to luxury and budget. She's big on fashion, food, festivals and photos. This girl does it all!
7. Hope Engaged
Katie travels not for the sake of adding stamps to her passport, but to make friendships that open her eyes and heart towards what really matters in life. She's lived abroad in Italy, Indonesia, and recently Nepal where she worked with her husband to help girls rescued out of sex-trafficking. 40 countries and counting!
Katie proves how possible it is to have the best of both worlds and travel while working 9-5 and has an informative 7 part series on funding your travels. She is another strong advocate for immersing yourself in the culture of the places you visit.
8. Alex in Wanderland
A wandering heart, with a New York State of mind, Alex bought a one way ticket to leave her hometown in 2009 and has spent the last three years (and counting) on the road. From Southeast Asia, to Central and South America, to Europe – her adventures are sure to delight, especially when paired with her stunning photography. She has no end date, no itinerary, and no real backup plan. Just adventure, adrenaline, and a lifetime of globe-trotting daydreams to fulfill.
Alex lays out years one, two and three of her travels, making my feet itch to take a gap year (or three!). I can't quit clicking around her site, from her quirky confessions to her obsessions and plans for departure, she is one big ball of inspiration!
9. World of Wanderlust
Brooke has been traveling since the age of thirteen and has since turned her love for travel into a full time career with a global audience. Since beginning her blog a couple of years ago she has visited over 50 countries across 6 continents. She is a strong advocate for solo travel and her story shows you just how possible it is to chase your dreams!
I relate to everything Brooke shares from how travel makes you a better person and signs you are a wanderlust stricken soul. She offers prime advice on jobs, saving money, and the best travel websites.
10. Battered Suitcase
Brenna hails from Winnipeg, a city in the Canadian prairies and has since lived in Halifax, Toronto, Copenhagen, Yaroslavl, Edinburgh, Osaka, and travelled to 90 countries. (Most recently my coveted Nicaragua!) She's settled down in London working on a Master's in creative writing and has plans to hit Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Tanzania, and Kenya soon.
Brenna's aim is to inspire you to travel, in whatever way you feel comfortable; in the name of all that travel stands for: new people, new cultures, new landscapes, new food, new outlooks on life. She hits it out of the park with her 10 inevitable truths of travel and why traveling makes us happy.
11. Young Adventuress
Liz is a self-proclaimed wanderer (even has the tattoo to prove it) and it didn't take long for her to realize that 9 to 5 jobs and cubicles were not for her. She first discovered a love of travel 5 years ago after studying abroad in Salamanca, and backpacking arcross Europe. Since then, she spent a winter in Rome, a spring break in Peru, and a summer in Madrid, and taught English in Spain. Currently she's shacked up in my favourite country: New Zealand!
I have to giggle at the similarities between life as an expat in New Zealand and Australia. Liz reflects on the importance of finding balance and wrote a 5-start solo traveler's manifesto I plan to abide by from here on out. Interested in starting a travel blog? Liz has you covered. In need of a laugh? I'm sure you'd agree with things people need to quit doing on airplanes!
12. Vicky Flip Flop Travels
This is the place for those of us looking to make the most of annual leave, weekends, money and friends, by exploring festivals and the world. Vikki believes that with a bit of prioritising you can explore the world while holding down a full-time job, and without breaking the bank. Beyond working in the travel industry for six years, she was featured in Wanderlust Magazine and Huffington Post!
13. Fearful Adventurer
Torre is a writer who travels, a painter, a photographer, a designer and an illustrator by trade. Proud author of Love with a Chance of Drowning. Girl does it all!
If you're miserable in your job and your fears are stopping you from taking a leap into the unknown, she encourages you to banish these excuses in pursuit of your passions. Adventurers, artists, travelers, entrepreneurs and dream chasers have one thing in common: they take risks. They've cashed in something huge for their passions. They've chosen freedom over security. Followed up with what do you do when people don't support your dreams.
14. Just One Way Ticket
Sabrina is a half German, half Italian and has traveled to more than 50 countries around the globe. Her timeline of events says it all:
2004 – 2008 | Worked as a screen designer, barely remember anything from that time, every day the same…
2008 | Quit job and traveled around the world for 433 days… LOVED IT!
2010 | Came back to Germany. Started to work again. HATED IT!
2010 | Quit job again, got rid of everything I owned. Decided to live the life I want to live. LOVED IT!
2013 | Started this blog. Became homeless. Didn't decide yet whether I love it or I hate it.
UPDATE 2014: Love it <3 !
A bit of tongue in cheek on being a bad travel blogger (and how to improve!) + rad tips on affording a life of travel. Sab shows how you too can create your dream job in less than a year by doing what you love. A slew of bloggers tell how they plan to travel the rest of their lives. Are you sold?
15. Legal Nomads
Jodi quit her job as a lawyer and has been traveling the world for 7 years, reaching others through food and her stories. She "chases" summer by spending the North American winter in warmer places in the southern hemisphere. (Particularly fond of Vietnam). She appreciates travel for putting life in perspective.
Jodi admits how 5 years of travel has changed her for the better and reflects on what it means to be 'home' in a world of in-betweens. She rounds up the best list of travel resources I ever did see and it seems she's been featured everywhere. I also love her quirky adventures in sleeping instagram series and her practical tips learned from long term travel.
16. Hippie in Heels
Rachel is a small town Ohio girl (like me!) who left a career in nursing to live on the beaches of Goa, India over two years ago. She admits to being a bit of a contradiction: one part dirty hippie, another girlie girl, with a mix of both off-beat places and glamorous travel.
Rachel reflects fondly on life as an expat in India (far different from Australia!) She encourages not to travel with the soul purpose to "find yourself" and doesn't beleive choosing to travel is a waste of a college degree. I agree with the importance of breaking negative stereotypes of American travelers.
17. No Money, Will Travel
At only 18, Canadian gal, Andrea, is already a rockstar in the travel blogging niche. As a full-time student and part-time dreamer, she proves to the world and herself that you can do anything, even on a young budget. I can't wait to see what this girl accomplishes in her twenties with as far as she's already come!
She brings a unique perspective with solo girl guides to cover just about any situation: loneliness, emergencies, hostels, coach surfing and more! Her love letter to cities make me squeal with delight with each read!
18. A Dangerous Business
Amanda grew up in a Christmas tree farm in small town Ohio, and wants to show you that foreign adventures (especially as a solo female) doesn't need to be lonely or scary. One of the few on this list who didn't quit her job to travel the world, she is proof you can live a normal life.
Her bucket list is nothing short of epic and lessons learned from travel nothing short of inspiring. Amanda encourages you to do things you are no good at and And news flash, just because it isn't their dream, doesn't make it any less valuable.
19. Grease & Glamour
Jinna is a photographer in New York City who firmly believes that there is a reason for everything in life. She is fascinated by the polar opposites that makes life, fashion and culture so interesting and is just as in love with street art as I am. Travel blogging is up there with her top cures for wanderlust when you can't travel.
Travel has forever changed her life and poses questions to ask yourself if you're considering quitting to travel the world to start living the life you imagined. She rounds up the cheapest countries to visit, hello Nicaragua at #1! From Jinna's eyes, these are things you must do before you die.
20. The Everywhereist
Geraldine is full of spunk, quirkiness, sass and always down for a good time! She follows her husband's job around the world and documents their adventures in a "big, long, curse-filled love letter" to him of sorts.
Up there as one of the most hilarious blogs I've ever stumbled across- and all in the name of travel! Pitch me baby one more time, where she disses spammy PR requests had me rolling on the floor. Along with her tips for new bloggers, Ger's a hoot!
This post took me forever and a day to compile but I hope it provides you with a few new reads. Stay tuned next week for Travel Blushes: Expat Edition.


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Least Developed Countries Still Face Significant Challenges
UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (IPS) - Since establishing the category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 1971, the United Nations together with the international community have worked hand in hand to support the most vulnerable members of the family of nations.
Despite three successive Programmes of Action and notwithstanding the positive developments recorded by LDCs over the years, most of these countries continue to face significant development challenges.
In 2011, the international community met in Istanbul, Turkey, for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries which adopted the 10-year Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA).
Gyan Chandra Acharya, UN Under-Secretary-General for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDs. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
The IPoA articulated the means to address the overarching goal of overcoming the structural challenges faced by the LDCs to eradicate poverty, achieve internationally agreed development goals and enable half of the LDCs to graduate from the LDC category by the year 2020.
The oft asked question is how have these countries progressed in the first five years of the IPoA? Given the vulnerabilities and significant challenges they continue to face, there have been encouraging albeit mixed results. For instance, economic growth has been strong, even though its pace has been more volatile and below the average of the last decade. GDP for the group has grown from 4.3 percent in 2012 to 5.3 percent in 2014. We have also seen 12 LDCs reaching growth rates of 7 percent or more in 2014.
The LDCs are also making progress in human development and reducing poverty. There is increasing access to the internet and mobile phone networks; the number of internet users per 100 people almost doubled, from 4.4 percent in 2010 to 8.6 percent in 2014, and this progress is being seen in almost all LDCs We are also seeing expanding transport infrastructure, improvements in the regulatory environment for the private sector, reductions in child mortality and improving gender parity in primary education and the representation of women in parliament.
While graduation from LDC status is a means to an end, a good reflection of progress is the increase in the number of countries that meet the graduation criteria. Until 2011, only three countries - Botswana, Cabo Verde and Maldives - graduated from the LDC category. This perceived slow rate of graduation has often been a criticism but in reality portrays the major challenges that both LDCs and their development partners have had to overcome. The most recent country to graduate is Samoa, in January 2014, while 10 additional LDCs had reached the graduation thresholds as of March 2015 and are currently at different stages of the graduation process. Furthermore, an encouraging number of LDCs have announced their ambition to graduate around 2020.
While there have been positive trends, major challenges remain. Bilateral Official Development Assistance (Aid) to LDCs dropped sharply in 2014, reaching US$43.7 billion, representing a decline of 9.3 percent in real terms from 2013. In 2014, the total external debt of the LDCs ballooned to US$217 billion, an increase of 8.8 percent. It is particularly pertinent that with a combined population of some 1.3 billion people, the LDCs' share of world exports remains stagnant at around 1 percent and are predominantly comprised of primary commodities, a major challenge that needs to be comprehensively addressed to ensure more diversity and achieve economies of scale. Recent projections by the International Monetary Fund on the slowing global economy will no doubt be of particular concern for the development prospects of LDCs.
Despite hard won gains, LDCs continue to face significant challenges. The saying goes that when larger developed nations sneeze, the less developed catch a cold. Building and maintaining the resilience of LDCs to external shocks continues to be a high priority. In a rapidly changing geopolitical, economic and natural environment – with the gamut of challenges from high debt levels, changing migration patterns and projected slowdown in the global economy – LDCs need support to be able to assess the risks and alter their strategies accordingly. This will need to be done in a holistic, coordinated and timely manner.
In addition, climate change poses a major burden for this group of countries. It is a sad reality that while the world's most vulnerable countries have contributed the least to climate change, they are most at risk from its negative effects and the least equipped to withstand and adapt to it. For LDCs, climate change is spoken in the language of depleted aquifers, severe drought, melting glaciers and land degradation. With a majority reliant on agriculture, climate change poses serious implications for food security, not to mention setting off flashpoints for conflict and population displacement. And as we have witnessed all too often, for those LDCs which are small island developing States, a single extreme weather event can wipe away years of development gains in a matter of hours.
The task ahead is to ensure ambitious mitigation programs across the world, and likewise guarantee effective adaptation support to LDCs. The Green Climate Fund's commitments to allocating 50 percent of its adaptation financing to vulnerable countries is crucial and likewise, the World Bank's efforts, to increase its climate financing portfolio to 28 percent by 2020 are a critical step forward. The momentum around the Paris Climate Change Agreement has also brought about renewed hope in galvanising the support of financial institutions, development partners and bilateral and multilateral partnerships, to enable vulnerable countries to develop resilience to climate change.
We are now mid-way through the implementation of the IPoA and the moment is upon us to take stock of successes, challenges and lessons learned. It is also an opportunity to capitalise on the shared will of the international community to redouble efforts in enhancing support for the LDCs. The Midterm Review conference - to take place in Antalya, Turkey from 27 to 29 May, 2016 - takes place on the heels of an unprecedented and ambitious agenda for the United Nations where in 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement were adopted. The Midterm review therefore presents a timely opportunity to foster greater synergies between the implementation of the IPoA and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In addition, the conference also presents an important opportunity to foster transformative multi-stakeholder partnerships among all stakeholders including governments, private sector, academia, civil society and the United Nation to strengthen the enabling environment for sustainable development in LDCs.
Indeed, the Midterm Review is held back-to-back with the World Humanitarian Summit taking place in Istanbul - from 23-24 May, 2016 – the outcomes for which have great relevance for LDCs as they face disproportionate impacts of man-made and natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
Our collective efforts to support LDCs are now aligning with universal goals for sustainable development. We are now in a unique position to make great strides towards ensuring the next five years will produce tangible and effective results for this group of countries. That will require strong national leadership and ownership, effective global partnership and solidarity.
In this day and age of unprecedented global prosperity, rapid advances in science and technology and globalization, the citizens of LDCs should not remain entrapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, deprivation and inequity. It is not only a moral imperative, it is in the enlightened interest of the international community to help bring about structural transformation in these countries and help them eradicate poverty and marginalization. The LDCs represent an enormous human and natural resource potential for world economic growth, welfare and prosperity. Therefore, a strengthened global partnership that effectively addresses the special needs of the LDCs will also contribute to peace, prosperity and sustainable development for all.
Gyan Chandra Acharya is UN Under-Secretary-General for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
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