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My name is Vanessa Austin and I work at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City.
In New York City where we're in the epicenter of the HIV crisis, we have a collaboration of hospitals and CBOs [community-based organizations] working together that's really making a difference. Doing major events and minor events, working together, getting where the people are -- that's what seems to work.
It's not just one agency. Harlem Hospital provides state-of-the-art, excellent care for the people in the community, but it wouldn't matter if we didn't partner with other CBOs, so that we can get the people. Our collaborations are what's making the difference with the community. So that's what I see working.
For an example, for National Black HIV Awareness Day, we partnered with Abyssinian Church, and NBLCA [National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS], and Harlem Hospital and the Ryan Center [William F. Ryan Community Health Center] were able to test over 100 people. We had some people test positive and we were able to link them directly to care right there in front of the hospital. We were in front of the Schomburg [Center for Research in Black Culture], which is right across from Harlem Hospital.
You mentioned earlier that you've worked with some church groups. Can you talk a little bit about those?
Yes, yes. I have some very, very good, powerful partners like Greater Mount Zion and Abyssinian and, oh, just a host of churches. We're in the midst of a revolution. I worked with World Changers, Creflo Dollar's church. We're in the middle of a revolution of changing lives. In the old days, churches were the social service agencies. Now churches are stepping back up, especially in my community. They're stepping up to come in and to bring us in to do testing, and counseling, and educating.
As a Christian woman, I have a really good inroad with the churches because I have to indoctrinate the information warriors. I have to let Grandma know that if she tests, she can wave her paper at her grandson and say, "Grandma tested. What's wrong with you?"
I have to be able to take people who can sit down and write down every single word that the pastors say, and make them information warriors for HIV prevention, because they can, and they will, and they do.
What do the "information warriors" do once you've spoken to them?
Once I've spoken to them, they invite us to their health fairs, their neighborhoods, their senior centers. They go home and they take the information that we give them, the pamphlets, the flyers, the literature. They go and talk to their family members. They go and talk to their friends. They go and talk to their friends in the senior centers where they're having a lot of activity -- they're seeing a lot of activity in their senior centers as well. So we do as much work in the senior centers as we do in the schools. We have those two populations that are really rising in HIV rates.
I have to have an army of people helping me educate. We can't just educate by ourselves. We just have to train everyone to pass the positive, correct information, and bust some of the myths.
You said you work with the seniors, but you also work with youth and you work in schools. Can you talk a little bit about that?
Yes. That is such a wonderful experience. I recently did a youth health fair in a charter school in Manhattan. Some of the things that the young people told me, it was incredible. Like a young man who said if he has sex with his boxers on, he won't get any diseases. Or the one young lady who said, "Oh, if I drink bleach, a teaspoon of bleach in a glass of water, I can wash away all the infection in my body." Not only will she not wash away the infection, but she might wash away her life drinking bleach!
But the thing is that they are very candid and very open to information. The school invited us to come in because the kids need us to talk to them because it starts young. If we don't start young, it's too late after they're an adult and we're trying to change behavior. We have to shape behavior from the beginning, not change negative behavior when it's too late.
Speaking of myths, you mentioned a couple right now. What are some of the craziest, most outlandish myths you've heard about HIV?
Oh, one of the myths I was talking about was the drinking bleach. Where that one came from, I have no idea. And another thing: The kids really think that oral sex and anal sex are not dangerous. Anal sex is the most number one way to transmit HIV. They think that if you have oral sex, you're not at risk for HIV. You're definitely at risk for HIV and you're at risk for a lot of STDs [sexually transmitted diseases] like herpes, the gift that keeps on giving; and chlamydia; and syphilis.
They don't know that there are stages of syphilis where you don't see any symptoms, but you could be shedding cells of syphilis in someone else's mouth.
They really are not clear that they're in danger. We have to let them pass the information the way they're passing this virus. That's the only way we're going to combat it -- if we grow up a group of people who are information warriors and who know for themselves what's right and what's wrong and what's going to keep them safe.
Testing is not just "Do I know my status? Who am I? Do I know if I'm positive or negative?" No, it's what is the information that's going to keep me negative, or what is the information if I'm positive that's going to keep me from contracting a different strain that'll make my medication no longer valuable to me?
Counseling is a big, big part of it. When you're identifying someone who is HIV positive, it's so important to connect with that person to make sure that they get something right away that they can hold onto, so that you don't just test them and throw them away. You want them to know that you're a part of the family now and we got you.
Could you talk a little bit about what you think are risk factors for people who are in vulnerable communities with high HIV rates?
I think it's like if you were swimming in a lake and it had one crocodile in it. If you're a good swimmer, you could probably swim to the other side and get out with your life. You wouldn't get touched. But if you're swimming in that same lake and it has 50 crocodiles in it, you're going to get bit. And you might not get out with your life.
It's like that for African Americans and Latinas because there are so many people in our population that are infected and affected. We don't want to believe that that wonderful person that we're dealing with sitting across from us could possibly give us a life-altering, life-threatening disease.
Denial, and disparities in health care, and the fact that we take care of other people and not ourselves, that's why we have high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure and HIV -- because we're not concentrating on how to keep ourselves healthy and how to keep ourselves safe.
The disparities don't help because a lot of us are uninsured and underpaid. So our risk factors have to do with our socioeconomic condition, our sensitivity, stigma and lack of adequate health care.
What do you think can be done to fight that stigma?
We have to unmask the stigma. We have to make it so that if you have high blood pressure and you have HIV, that you're looked at the same way. We have to stop people from thinking that "this is because I was a bad person."
The only way that we can fight stigma is with education. The only way to fight fear is with hope -- holistic, optimal, personalized, excellent care. HOPE. And that's the value of Harlem Hospital, Harlem Family Center. We replace fear with hope.
Shifting gears a little bit: How do you fund the programs that you do that are outside of your work?
I have to be creative. Working in Harlem, the hospital has a very, very extensive inpatient and outpatient program, but what I do is community outreach. I have to bring the information to the community and I have to do that in a variety of ways. I partner with area CBOs, like I partner with Food for Change who feeds the homeless. I partner with HCCI [Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement], which houses people who don't have homes. I partner with NYCHA [New York City Housing Authority] in housing projects. Like Metro Plus, which provides health care for those uninsured -- that's a big problem in our community.
I go to the people that have the products and services that want to reach the population that I serve, and I partner with them. We're able to reach more people that way.
Cookie Johnson [Magic Johnson's wife] came to Harlem last year, so I have to partner with the company that she works with.
We have to be creative. We're doing an event called "Stomping at the Voodoo Lounge," and we're going to be partying with the college crew. They get tested, they get in, they get a little information, have a little fun, but we have to make them understand that this is a real epidemic and we've got combat it together.
So we have to be creative in how we come up with ways to reach the population. We have to go where the people are. We can't just have this great event. We have to go where the people frequent, so that's what we do.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
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This series is designed to evaluate the role prospects play in each Major League organization, looking at the short- and long-term needs of each club and illustrating how prospects fit in both scenarios.
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This series is designed to evaluate the role prospects play in each Major League organization, looking at the short- and long-term needs of each club and illustrating how prospects fit in both scenarios.
Here's my look at the Blue Jays:
Short-term needs
The Blue Jays' greatest need is to bolster their starting pitching.
There is no question Toronto felt it was making significant moves to increase the depth of its roster with recent multiplayer trades. But trades have cost the Blue Jays prospects like Noah Syndergaard, Travis d'Arnaud, Justin Nicolino, Henderson Alvarez, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jake Marisnick, Nester Molina and Yan Gomes. That's a tremendous group of prospects no longer in the system. And while they did gain returns on those players, the trades stripped the organization of pitching and position depth.
However, each of their major deals involved prospects. There are some components of the farm system that are on the brink of Major League work.
PROJECTED 2016 LINEUPProjecting the Blue Jays' 2016 lineup based on players currently in their system.
|A.J. Jimenez
|Edwin Encarnacion
|Ryan Goins
|Brett Lawrie
|Jose Reyes
|Melky Cabrera
|Colby Rasmus
|Jose Bautista
|Adam Lind
|R.A. Dickey
|Aaron Sanchez
|Marcus Stroman
|Sean Nolin
|Roberto Osuna
|Sergio Santos
While I think it will be difficult for him to crack the rotation coming out of Spring Training, right-hander Marcus Stroman is a complete pitcher with good mechanics and an ability to step in as a starter sooner than later. When I saw Stroman in the Arizona Fall League, he was throwing with ease and retiring batters by changing speeds and keeping hitters off balance.
At 5-foot-9, 185 pounds, Stroman makes the most of his size, with a good arsenal of pitches that includes a four-seam fastball at 95 mph, a wicked changeup at 85 mph, a slider, a curveball and a cutter that comes in at about 93 mph. His loose arm, easy release and "attack mode" approach keep hitters guessing. I really think Stroman can step in quickly if a starter falters.
Another Blue Jays starter with potential to crack the rotation is right-hander Aaron Sanchez. At 6-foot-4, 190 pounds, Sanchez has the size that Stroman lacks. From his big frame comes fairly reliable and smooth mechanics with a deceptive fastball that he brings regularly in the mid to high 90s. Sanchez is especially tough on left-handed batters. He keeps the ball down in the zone and is tough to hit.
Sanchez can lose focus for a batter or two and suddenly loses his release point, negatively impacting his command. But he corrects that quickly and gets back in a groove. Last year, Sanchez's walk rate was high at Class A Advanced Dunedin, where he allowed an average of 4.2 free passes per nine innings.
Long-term needs
Catcher A.J. Jimenez may be in the mix at some future point. Even after experiencing Tommy John surgery, he has a strong arm that nails runners. He's a good defensive catcher. Jimenez is a 6-foot, 210-pound right-handed hitter who hits line drives.
Sean Nolin is a 6-foot-5, 235-pound left-handed pitcher with promise. Despite great size and strength, Nolin doesn't have an outstanding "go to" pitch. Rather, he mixes and matches between a good fastball that has a velocity from 88-94 mph, an effective slider and a changeup. Nolin also throws a curveball that doesn't have the same quality of his other offerings. He keeps hitters off balance.
Roberto Osuna is a 19-year-old prospect from Mexico. While it is still early in his development, he has shown a nice fastball/changeup combination that could allow him to remain a starter or move to the bullpen. Osuna averages over 10 strikeouts per nine innings. He is especially tough against lefties, using the changeup as an out pitch.
Left-hander Daniel Norris is another highly regarded pitcher. Norris has work to do on his mechanics, as at times he struggles to repeat his delivery and gets out of sync easily. He can hit 96 mph with his fastball and also throws a curveball and a changeup. Norris is a work in progress, but the upside is promising.
Infield help may begin with Franklin Barreto, a highly regarded Venezuelan shortstop. He is accomplished both as a hitter and a defender. Barreto is extremely athletic, with a strong 5-foot-9, 175-pound frame. A line-drive hitter, he has quick hands and feet and profiles to be an above-average Major League player.
Third baseman Mitch Nay may be just what the Blue Jays need at the hot corner. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound former first-rounder projects as a middle-of-the-order hitter with power. His contact rate is excellent.
Probably the most dynamic and exciting future Blue Jay is outfielder D.J. Davis. The 6-foot-1 Davis has power from the left side of the plate and enough speed to steal bases and patrol center field very well. He is young and inexperienced, but he has all the tools to be an impact player.
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The subject title says it all. To listen to some GOP'ers talk, you'd think socialism was Communism.
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@Arcus I feel most comfortable relating national happiness to income/wealth disparity. I wonder if any of these reports deals with that. (I'm with Unseen - too much reading).
Also does low income disparity automatically mean more "socialism"? I would think so. Unchecked capitalism must lead to one family (figuratively) owning everything.
Isn't it Bhutan that places a huge emphasis on the "happiness index". I think that should (somehow) be the primary focus of ALL governments.
In general I am sceptical to place too much weight on income inequality - the Gini coefficient - because it doesn't necessarily explain a lot. I.e. Ukraine has a low Gini, yet a joke goes that while 70% of Russians under 30 wish they were born in a smaller, Western European country, 100% of all Ukrainians wish the same. On a personal level I find measuring inequality in modern countries an appeal to envy, it's not that you lack a house and a car, it's just that you don't live in a mansion and drive a Rolls. I can only see it being a fruitful measure if 50% of the population live in slums without electricity or running water.
A low income inequality doesn't seem to correlate with "socialism", but tend to correlate with being a European state and also having strong government institutions. If you want to make a small study for yourself I would suggest correlating the Gini with i.e. government ownership as percentage of GDP, data for which probably can be found from OECD, as a proxy for socialism.
Happiness is extremely difficult to measure and fungible. Usually the factors which create happiness aren't the same which lack of create misery, and vice versa; Hunger makes you miserable, lack of hunger doesn't make you happy, poverty makes you miserable, wealth doesn't make you happy, etc. I think measures such as the HDI are probably more informative as it provides a measure of where it's easiest for the average person to live a good life, while happiness tend to be endogen factors to individuals.
OK, here it is - the secret of a happy life:
If you have enough - AND YOU KNOW IT - you're a happy person. :-)
"wealth doesn't make you happy" - clearly - but
"poverty makes you miserable", well, not necessarily. I hear A LOT more laughter while walking through slums than I do wandering through an Orange County Cantina. In counterpoint to envy we have 1%ers clutching at their pearls in anguish at the idea that some good people must try to survive on $250,000 - or even less.
The whole point of focusing on income parity is that it could mean that everybody has enough. As a race we certainly have the means. Obviously this isn't going to be accomplished through political means. In the face of a lifetime of indoctrination that more is good and less is bad, convincing people at any income level that they have enough is a tall order indeed. In fact I'd go so far as to say that it's futile under the framework of capitalism. Under capitalism, by definition, there can never be enough.
I guess we'll have wait until capitalism swats itself.
They are all borderline socialist states, with generous welfare benefits and lots of redistribution of wealth.
Not sure about the others but I can tell you now, Australia's welfare benefits are hardly generous. I had to borrow money to survive on them.
"Terrible " is a value word I'd rather refrain from using. The main issue with socialism is that it has been proven to be an inefficient way of allocating the resources created by an economy and it seems impossible to create political or legal systems associated with it which are uncorrupted.
Socialism does seem to work better than a market economy for rapid industrialization and infrastructure creation of countries since it can pluck low hanging economic fruits via its inherent command-and-control sentral planning. I.e. a steel mill and tractor factory is ordered built and 5000 are ordered to work there is usually quicker than having the free market come up with investors who can pool their resources and find suitable employees. The difference happens after a few years, with the socialist steel mill and tractor factory only having production quotas, thus the only incentive is to mass produce. The market economy ones having to compete for customers and avoid bankruptcy, thus the incentive to innovate. Therefore socialist economies end up backwards and out-competed by market economies since the microeconomic incentive structure - the incentives for individual persons and companies - is geared towards stability and quantity.
On a theoretical basis Marxist economics has also been disproven, a small piece of the criticism is the failure of the labor theory of value on both theoretical and empirical basis.
The only real problem with socialism is that capitalism is far more effective in our current social and economicclimate. Now dont get me wrong as i think capitalism is insane but it has been , and is still, the most useful economic model for the world today.Much in the same way as how we now consider societies and economies once based largely upon serfdom or slavery as insane ,though you would have to admit that in their socioeconomic climate they where remarkably effective.
The reason that i consider capitalism insane is because it is based upon the expectation of continuous exponential growth in a finite world with limited resources. And while this may be insane it does work extremely effectively until a certain point, now i think we are reaching that point now. We have 7 billion people on this planet ( which is set to double within 70 years at current birth rates) and even just the environmental fallout from the waste inherent in capitalism (as the business's which take an environmentally responsible attitude will have increased costs and lower dividends than those which dont and who's only goal is to make as much money as quickly as possible) is starting to overshadow the benefits of capitalism.There is also the social fallout as you cant create a stable worldwide society where a significant portion of its people live in poverty, There is lastly the economic fallout as governments fall into spiraling debt as they borrow from the future to pay for today. So i do think capitalism is starting to reach the point where its cons are starting to outweigh its pro's and that socialism in some form is going to be the logical progression from there.I dont believe socialism is so much the solution to these problems ( even if we could make every country socialistic tomorrow it would not fix anything and probably create alot of serious problems) though i do believe that as we tackle these various problems the most effective solutions will drive our socioeconomic norm to be far more socialistic in the long run.
There is no one socialism; each differs from the others by the amount of government control.
Similarly, there is no one capitalism. They differ by the amount of government regulation.
I'm not persuaded that we here know what kind of either we are considering.
It's simplistic yet close to reasonable to divide the political spectrum into two directions - capitalism and socialism. Capitalism is all about competition while socialism is about cooperation and spreading the wealth (another swear word). Sharing the wealth cannot depend upon the generous hearts of the rich, the system must TAKE (tax) money from the rich. Guess what. The rich don't like it. But that does NOT mean they stop trying hard to make money. Along with swear words such as "cooperation", "equal rights", and the very words "socialism" and "communism", "spreading the wealth" is one of the many propaganda one-liners fed to every school-age child in every capitalist society over the course of their whole lives. It's false. The oligarchs pull out every stop to defeat these concepts and practices, but, although they won't admit it, after such social regimes are introduced, the end of the world fails to arrive, and businesses simply set about to create wealth within these new rules. In fact the opposite appears to be true. During periods of higher taxes and higher government spending, overall growth in the business sector seems to be higher.
However the oligarchs never give up. They continue to invest heavily in the propaganda war - always claiming terrible hardship even (like now) when they have or control virtually ALL the wealth.
The most important and enduring piece of propaganda EVER started with the downfall of the Soviet Union. The contention is that capitalism simply won out over communism because it is clearly a better system. The truth is that there was never a level playing field and factors like mobility and happiness were never considered ONLY MONEY. Under capitalism there is no built-in morality. "Greed is good". Constant growth is central. A capitalist society cannot survive without constant growth, and, if we're short on resources or labor, just TAKE it - that's history. Whatever it takes to ensure that the oligarchs' bank accounts continue to grow even when no real wealth is being created. Under socialism the morality (providing a decent life to ALL citizens) does not need a strong military. Cooperation is at the forefront. That's why socialism was such an easy target for capitalism which did, with malice aforethought, MURDER socialism.
Just like the word "Atheism" must be normalized, so too must "socialism".
Constant. perpetual economic growth on a single finite planet is absurd. Capitalism will, possibly within our lifetimes, hit the brick wall and crash horribly. The best thing we can do (partly by making the "socialism" alternative normal) is to mollify the effects of the impending crash.
..,factors like mobility and happiness were never considered ONLY MONEY.
I hope you aren't saying there that Communism allowed it's people mobility or that they were happy under Communism. Communist countries considered leaving their borders for almost any reason a crime against the state. As for happiness, in the USSR and in Mao's China there wasn't much to be happy about. Things are improving in China (with a long way yet to go) and the USSR died under the weight of its own mismanagement.
"I hope you aren't saying "
Yeah I guess it sounded like that. Remember, though, the virtually everything that we learned about life under communism was through the filter of capitalism. I remember learning from the nuns (in grade school) how, in Russia, the government would actually spy on its own people; and, if they didn't like what they heard they would actually imprison people WITHOUT CHARGE and for YEARS <hear gasps from 5th graders>. We were told that this is the natural outcome of communism. Bull. A dictatorship is a dictatorship. Any time a leader expects people to believe that their rights are being stomped on "for their own good" or "if you're not a criminal you have nothing to fear", it ceases to matter what name they give their economic system. As we are WELL aware, suspension of rights can occur in a "free" society (oxymoron intended).
It terrible coz the rich dont like it.. How dare you demand equality between all people.. You see god(s) chooses some people to test with their wealth and others with their patience.. its a great way to maintain the Master - Slave relationship between people (i mean captialism ofcourse) i say Anarchy
Well, I suppose they might respond that "In fact, people aren't equal. Some are smart and industrious and some are dumb and lazy, so why should what they enjoy be equal?"


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Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices
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Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Rules for Radicals
The Thing Itself: On the Search for Authenticity
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In My Time
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Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy
Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights against Progressive Reform
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
The Paradox of Choice
The Feminine Mystique
Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline
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text: Samsung (005930) isn't going to take losing a $1 billion patent verdict lying down. Reuters reports that Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple (AAPL) that specifically targets the iPhone 5 for alleged patent infringement. Samsung told Reuters that it filed the suit because it has "little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights." According to AppleInsider, Samsung says it obtained an iPhone 5 last month and alleges that the device infringes upon "two UMTS wireless patents and six 'feature patents' already leveled against previous iPhones" in an existing lawsuit against Apple. The move to target the iPhone 5 is entirely predictable since Samsung has said for weeks that it planned to sue Apple for allegedly infringing upon its extensive LTE patent portfolio.


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If you haven't heard about the handy new Walkabout product line from Kangeaux Outdoors, please let us introduce you. First, as a disclaimer, we were sent two Walkabout carriers (the Congaree and the Yosemite models) to test out on our last adventure to Badlands National Park, but all review information here is our own opinions and experiences. We were not compensated in any way for this review other than the products in our hands. Each Walkabout carrier has a unique pattern design, named after one of the US National Parks (so far that includes Mesa Verde, Yosemite, Congaree, Shenandoah, Denali, & Biscayne). Because of that concept, we thought it would be appropriate to try them out while camping and hiking in the Badlands!
What is the Walkabout? This ingenious little clip-on carrier unit can carry just about anything you can wrap it around, up to 150 pounds in weight. They have three main parts – the Strap-Wrap (Velcro/Neoprene/Webbing), a flat black carabiner with the Kangeaux logo, and the Survival Series 550 Para-cord lanyard and bracelet combo. The bracelet can be removed from the other two parts and used separately. It unravels to be a useful lanyard for those who prefer to carry lightweight gear around their neck or shoulder. In addition, the whole thing comes in a nice little carrying sleeve with a cinch closure, which can also be harnessed through the carabiner, making it all close at hand as a package. When closed up, the carrying sleeve is about the size of a large ring of keys. The current design's strap-wrap piece is 12 inches (30.5 cm) long and 1 ¾ inches (4.5 cm) wide. Kangeaux Outdoors plans to release different sizes and patterns in the future as well.
What can you carry with the Walkabout? There are truly endless possibilities to answer this question! During our four days of camping and hiking we used them to carry water bottles (along with my son's baseball cap), coffee mugs, a cell phone, my camera tripod, spare USB battery banks (our favorite use), flashlights, and a hatchet. Our 8-year-old son was thrilled to have a secure and easy way to carry his water bottle, and he even carried around some rocks for a while to test out their carrying capacity! We also spoke with several friends and together came up with many other uses: bear spray, climbing gear, fishing poles, trekking poles, water shoes, wireless computer mouse, a Nintendo 3DS, a GPS unit, protein bars, hand sanitizer, baby bottle or sippy cup (attach it right to their carrier or stroller!), emergency blanket/tarp, string lights for an RV or tent, a small lantern, and rolled-up rain gear, jackets, or other clothing.
How did they perform for us? We did not drop even one piece of gear that was strapped into the Walkabout. The inner surface of the wrap grips securely thanks to the Neoprene texture, and none of our products moved until we wanted it to move, and only by loosening the wrap and repositioning the gear.
The carabiner was adequate in size to clip effectively. The one and only frustration that I had with the Walkabout at all is that the 'biner has a concave gate. This was only a problem when I wanted to clip it directly to my stiff, 2" wide web belt. Instead I resorted to using the Walkabout on either my belt loop, clipped to my pants pocket, or on one of our backpacks. In reality, it is totally just a minor, personal preference.
Our verdict: At the initially planned MSRP of around $25, and knowing they are made in the USA, we guarantee that we will purchase these items for our "Every Day Carry" Bags, our Survival "Bug-Out" Bags, and put them in our camp gear boxes. We love that you can clip these babies anywhere on anything, from backpack straps and loops, to pants pockets, to tripods. We also love to spend our hard-earned money on products that go beyond one intended use, and the Walkabout definitely is our new, favorite multi-purpose tool! Interested? You can get more information about Kangeaux Outdoors and add your email to their update list to keep up on when their online store goes live at their website:http://www.kangeaux.com/. There's a detailed video promo for the Walkabout on Vimeo, and you can also find Kangeaux Outdoors on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+!


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Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, pressured to attend Wednesday's (local time) first direct negotiations by their Western backers, cited new, photographic evidence of widespread torture and killing by Syria's government in renewing their demand that Assad must quit and face an international war crimes trial.
War crimes lawyers said a vast, smuggled cache of images from a Syrian military police photographer gave clear evidence of systematic abuse and murder of about 11,000 detainees. One of three former international war crimes prosecutors who signed the report compared the images from Syria with the "industrial-scale killing" of Nazi death camps.
The delegation from Damascus, led by Assad's foreign minister, was briefly held up at Athens due to an argument over whether EU trade sanctions permitted refuelling of the plane. Assad has insisted he may be re-elected later this year and says the talks should focus on fighting "terrorism" - his term for his enemies.
The United Nations, along with co-sponsors Russia and the United States, may at least be relieved if and when the two sides sit down at the Montreux Palace hotel on Lake Geneva. A day of diplomatic chaos on Monday had threatened to scupper the event, after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a last-minute invitation to Iran, Assad's main foreign supporter.
The invitation was withdrawn after a boycott threat from the opposition, Western pressure and Iran's insistence it had never agreed to the condition Ban set for attendance - that it endorse a previous peace conference, at Geneva in 2012, which called for Assad to make way for a transitional administration.
Narrowing the gap between the warring parties seems a tall order and diplomats at the United Nations stress the meeting at Montreux on Wednesday, to be followed possibly by further talks in Geneva from Friday, is only a beginning. It could produce some deals to ease civilian suffering and exchange prisoners.
Not only are both sides still committed to a fight on the frontlines, where victory continues to elude either party, but most of the myriad rebel groups have disowned the National Coalition opposition group for agreeing to talk at all.
And while the United Nations mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, notionally has the consensus support of world powers, the uproar over the invitation to Tehran illustrated how the war has divided Western powers from Russia and set the Sunni Arab states which back the rebels against Shi'ite Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama had a "businesslike and constructive" conversation about Syria by telephone, the Kremlin said. Their foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry, were to meet later in Montreux.
The spread of violence, which has already killed more than 130,000 and driven a third of Syria's 22 million people from their homes, has, however, given a new, common impetus to international efforts to end the bloodshed.
In Beirut on Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed four people in a stronghold of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite militia. It has sent fighters to help Assad, a member of Syria's Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
At a camp in Lebanon, a Syrian named Abu Shadi said the refugees just wanted a deal to let them return to their towns:
"Hopefully they will find us a solution in this conference so we can go back home," he said. "Find us a solution so that we can go back home. We're really tired of this."
It has been 18 months since the previous international peace conference, dubbed Geneva-1, ended in failure, and all other diplomatic initiatives have also proven fruitless.
"At best, Geneva 2 will reconfirm agreements made during the first Geneva conference, call for ceasefires, maybe prisoner swaps and so on," said one Western diplomat.
"At the same time, those taking part in the talks are de facto giving legitimisation to Damascus. They are talking to Assad's government on the other side of the table.
"And so the show would go on while Assad stays in power."
Speaking on his arrival in Switzerland, Badr Jamous, secretary-general of the opposition National Coalition and member of its negotiating team, told Reuters: "We will not accept less than the removal of the criminal Bashar al-Assad and changing the regime and holding the murderers accountable."
The talks could increase the already ferocious internal strife among rival opposition factions, however. The conference is being boycotted by the powerful Sunni Islamist factions that control substantial territory inside Syria. They have denounced the exiled political opposition as traitors for attending.
The main ethnic Kurdish faction, which controls a swathe of the northwest, has not been invited.
The U.N. secretary-general arrived in Geneva, having nearly torpedoed the talks with his invitation to Iran. Aides shielded him from reporters' questions about the affair.
Western countries have long insisted Tehran sign up to the final statement from Geneva-1 before it could attend other talks. Ban said Iran's foreign minister had told him Tehran accepted the 2012 statement, which includes a requirement that Syria set up a transitional government.
But Tehran said it had agreed to no such thing.
A Western diplomat described the day as "a real mess" and said Ban had made a gaffe that had almost led to the conference being cancelled and replaced by a bilateral meeting between Russia and the United States.
The bleak consequences of the war were illustrated starkly in photographs of the emaciated and abused bodies of detainees, released in a report commissioned by a London law firm hired by Qatar, an avowed enemy of Assad. Its timing ensured the issue dominated international headlines before the talks began.
The report, by three senior lawyers who have worked for international war crimes tribunals and three forensic experts, said they believed the pictures and the photographer's account were credible evidence Assad's government had systematically tortured and killed as many as 11,000 detainees.
They said they had been shown 55,000 images, most of which were provided by a source who identified himself as a Syrian police photographer whose job included documenting deaths in Assad's jails on behalf of the authorities.
"The bodies ... showed signs of starvation, brutal beatings, strangulation and other forms of torture and killing," they wrote. "In some cases the bodies had no eyes."
One of the authors, Desmond de Silva, former chief prosecutor of a war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone and one of Britain's top lawyers, said the evidence documented "industrial-scale killing" reminiscent of Nazi death camps and was "clearly" the work of the government.
"Some of the images we saw were absolutely reminiscent of pictures of people who came out of Belsen and Auschwitz," said de Silva, who also noted that Assad's enemies were accused of some crimes. He added that the 11,000 dead were from only one area, saying: "It is the tip of the iceberg."


text: Blake Shelton developed a love for country music through his brother's Hank Williams Jr. obsession and entered youth beauty pageants just to compete in the talent portions. He and his mullet moved up to playing local honky-tonks before heading to Nashville at 17. After several years of pounding pavement in the country capital and connecting with industry vet Bobby Braddock, Shelton released his debut album in 2001 and scored his first No. 1 with "Austin." His sophomore effort, The Dreamer, dropped in 2003, the same year he married Kaynette Williams. The marriage had gone belly up by the time he paired with Miranda Lambert for the 2005 CMT special "100 Greatest Duets." Their connection was immediate and soon after she moved a few miles down the road from him. To promote his fifth CD, 2008's Startin' Fires, the "Hillbilly Bone" crooner hit the road with his future bride. (They got engaged with matching guns in 2010, a busy year for Shelton as he finally won his first ACM award, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and nabbed male vocalist of the year at the CMAs. He started his bromance with fellow coach Adam Levine on "The Voice" in 2011 and has mentored his talent successfully to the top three times. He exchanged vows with Lambert in Texas in May 2011 and shared the 2012 song of the year trophy with her at the CMAs for "Over You." His latest CD, Based On A True Story, won album of the year at the 2013 CMAs, where he and his boo took home matching best vocalist trophies.


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ALAMEDA — The Raiders have gone out of their way to warn fans they shouldn't expect a spending spree when free agency opens.
Yet with more than $66 million under the salary cap and no activity to date, general manager Reggie McKenzie figures to be an active participant in the open market simply because he needs to fill a roster.
As of Friday, the Raiders had 17 unrestricted free agents. They declined to use the franchise tag on either of their two most coveted players, left tackle Jared Veldheer and defensive end Lamarr Houston.
Both players still could sign with the Raiders, as could the others — a group that includes running backs Rashad Jennings and Darren McFadden, safety Charles Woodson and Houston's three mates on the starting defensive line.
However, those players also are able to solicit offers from other teams starting Saturday; signings can begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. (PDT). Likewise, the Raiders can reach out to free agents they believe fit their system and philosophy.
"We have resources, but that doesn't mean you go out and spend irresponsibly, because then you put yourself in a bad position again," Raiders coach Dennis Allen told reporters at last month's NFL scouting combine. "The plan will always be you draft young players, raise them through your program, re-sign them, and augment your team through free agency."
Former Indianapolis Colts executive Bill Polian, now an analyst for ESPN, sees the free agency process as a potential minefield.
"The best players are not in free agency," Polian said in a national conference call. "They're tagged or signed. By definition you're getting a guy who's not somebody's No. 1 player, and you're probably overpaying for them.
"Fans want you to go out and play fantasy football, but that's the last thing you should be doing. If you miss, that money never comes back."
Ideally, McKenzie would take a page from his former employer, the Green Bay Packers, and rely on players he had drafted and developed. The problem is, the Raiders roster has gaping holes everywhere.
"The philosophy is not to dump every dollar and cent into one or two players," McKenzie said. "That's not what I want. We're not at that point that we're able to do that, because we have more than one or two needs."
McKenzie and Allen covet a veteran quarterback, an upgraded pass rush, a stalwart left tackle, help at cornerback and are in need of a free safety.
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For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.
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I have decided to start my own blog prompt for Tuesday: To Meet Tuesday. I know what you are thinking...why not Meet Monday? Well, I like Military Monday too much. Anyway, this prompt is all about the ancestors you wish you could meet in person, if only for a little bit, and what you would say to them.
If I'm honest I would like to meet every ancestor I find, but I have no problem picking the first person I would want to meet. It would be my grandmother, Lois Burnett Kuhn. Lois was my father's mother and she died when he was only 18 of a heart attack. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and following a divorce was a single, working mother. She was in her mid-twenties during WWII and worked in a factory...and fell in love with a Soldier. My father has told me many stories of his mother including how she used to roll up the carpet in their living room and make dad dance with her to big band music. I can imagine the two of them swinging around the room. From the stories I have heard from family she was an independent woman.
|Leroy Kuhn and Lois Burnett
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If I met her I think I would tell her how much I have missed her. How much everyone has missed her. I would also tell her about my father and myself and what we have accomplished, although perhaps that is a waste as she probably already knows. No, maybe I would just focus on asking her about herself. Things she loved and hated, how she liked to spend her time. And before she left I would tell her how I believe I learned my independence, in part, from her.
It is a sad thing to me that I was never able to meet my grandmother. I'm not sure how I know, but I am positive we would have been peas in a pod. But even though she isn't here, she has been a big influence on my life. I have always thought of her watching and supporting me from wherever she is. We never met, but she has always been here.


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"It is, tragically, still illegal to force people to buy books at gunpoint. I don't know why this kind of restriction is allowed to remain on the statue books."
~ from Judith Flanders'
A Cast of Vultures
While we don't force people to borrow library books at gunpoint, we do want to introduce you to new authors, as well as let you know about new books by veteran authors.
In this Issue
News & Events
Recent Releases
What You Break
A Cast of Vultures
The Dime
The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock: A Samuel Craddock Mystery
If You Like: Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs
Murder in the Afternoon: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
The Moor: A Mary Russell Novel
A Deadly Measure of Brimstone: A Dandy Gilver Mystery
An Impartial Witness: A Bess Crawford Mystery
Contact your librarian for more great books!
News & Events
Mystery Book Club
@ Sarnia (519-337-3291) 2:00-3:00 p.m., Monday, April 24 - Drop in - Adult - Mysteries Set in San Francisco
All Lambton County Library branches
will be closed Good Friday, April 14, Easter Sunday and Monday, April 16 and 17.
Used Book Fair
@ Library Headquarters (519-845-3324) - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday, April 22 - Takes place at 787 Broadway Street, Wyoming.
Reviewing the Evidence
Type M for Murder
Reed Farrel Coleman
Judith Flanders
Ragnar Jonasson
Kathleen Kent
Laura Joh Rowland
Terry Shames
Jacqueline Winspear
Frances Brody
Laurie R. King
Catriona McPherson
Charles Todd
Recent Releases
What You Break
Reed Farrel Coleman
Hardboiled Fiction. In a part of Long Island far removed from the Hamptons, ex-cop Gus Murphy lives at a motel and works as its late-night van driver/bouncer/house detective. Still adjusting after the death of his son, divorced Gus does a favor for a friend and investigates why someone killed a rich businessman's adult granddaughter (the cops have the killer, but no motive). Gus also learns that a co-worker, bellman Salva, isn't who he seems and has a darker past than Gus'd imagined. Navigating a minefield of secrets, street gangs, and Russians with ties to heinous crimes committed decades earlier, t
his follow-up to
Where It Hurts
provides a dark, twisty tale for those who like their mysteries hardboiled.
A Cast of Vultures
Judith Flanders
Mystery. London book editor Sam Clair sets off to do her Saturday morning trip to the farmers' market and finds herself in the middle of a neighborhood mystery. Her elderly friend Viv's upstairs neighbor has disappeared, and feisty Viv wants help finding out what happened to him (a little breaking and entering might be involved). Then a series of arsons grows closer when a nearby house inhabited by squatters is torched and a body is found inside. With some help from her police detective boyfriend Jake, Sam tries to unravel what's going on. Third in a series,
A Cast of Vultures
features a sassy, relatable heroine, eccentric secondary characters, and a lively look at modern London and book publishing.
Ragnar Jonasson
Mystery. Despite his live-in girlfriend's wishes, Ari Thor Arason, who previously studied philosophy and theology, accepts his first police job: a posting in a remote village in Northern Iceland near the Arctic Circle. Accessible by tunnel, it's also completely cut off part of the year. His boss informs him that things are done differently here -- you try to avoid giving people tickets and such. But when a suspicious injury and a murder occur, Ari Thor starts to examine everything, including
small town secrets
. Everyone from Agatha Christie fans to Arnaldur Indridason readers will want to try t
his debut novel, which was a bestseller in Europe and is the stunning 1st in the Dark Iceland series.
The Dime
Kathleen Kent
Police Procedural. When Betty "Riz" Rhyzyk, a tough, red-haired, nearly six-foot-tall police detective, relocates from Brooklyn to Dallas, Texas with her long-term girlfriend, she doesn't expect to fit in with the locals. Working in narcotics, Betty does find a friend in her partner Seth; after an operation goes south, the two of them realize the case is bigger than a drug bust and try to sort out what's going on...and if it's related to Biz's stalker and an older case. Gritty and violent but leavened with humor, this scorching 1st in a new series is perfect for readers who like strong female protagonists, realistic characters, and tight plotting.
The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery
Laura Joh Rowland
Historical Mystery. In 1888 London, times are certainly tough, and photographer Sarah Bain has started (illegally) taking "boudoir pictures" of prostitutes and splitting the earnings from their sale with her subjects. After the recent murders of two of the women she's photographed, Sarah and a
motley crew of friends (including a Lord, a Jewish immigrant couple, and a street urchin)
investigate the
Jack the Ripper
killings to see if they are connected to Sarah, even if it means drawing the attention of the killer and getting into hot water with the cops. Debuting this 1st in a new series, veteran author Laura Joh Rowland leaves 18th-century Japan but retains atmospheric writing and fine character development.
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock: A Samuel Craddock Mystery
Terry Shames
Mystery. Circa the early 1980s, on the outskirts of Jarrett Creek, Texas, a fire in "Darktown" leaves five African Americans dead, including four young people. A racist highway patrolman in charge of the case arrests African American Truly Bennett, even though inexperienced police chief Samuel Craddock believes Truly's innocent. Craddock, an honorable hometown boy, must also sort out a troublesome drug problem at the local high school. This timely 6th in an atmospheric series is a prequel that examines race and crime; it also provides a fascinating look at a young Craddock and offers a good entry point for newcomers.
If You Like: Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs mysteries feature a World War I nurse turned London PI and psychologist.
Although she began her life as a workingman's daughter, teenage Maisie received a Cambridge education after her unconventional upper-class employer saw her intellectual abilities. In 1929, compassionate Maisie takes up a former mentor's practice of solving mysteries using both psychology and crime investigation techniques.
Maisie's vividly described adventures begin in
Maisie Dobbs
, and readers who haven't encountered her before should start here; fans waiting for her 13th and most recent outing,
In this Grave Hour
, which comes out this month, may want to check out the following books.
Murder in the Afternoon: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
Frances Brody
Cozy Historical. When a young girl and her little brother sneak away from home to visit their stonemason dad at work, they find his corpse. They tell an adult, but when the authorities arrive, the body is gone. Their worried mother, Mary Jane,
calls on PI Kate Shackleton and asks for help...and tells Kate that they are sisters. Adoptee Kate sets aside news about her biological family and investigates, but soon has a growing suspicion that Mary Jane is harboring a dangerous secret. Fans of post-World War I mysteries set in the United Kingdom and featuring complex characters, such as those by Jacqueline Winspear, will want to try the
Kate Shackleton
series. This 3rd entry was chosen by
Library Journal
as one of its five best mysteries for 2014; the 7th in the series,
A Death in the Dales
, was released in the U.S. last month.
The Moor: A Mary Russell Novel
Laurie R. King
Historical Mystery. In Dartmoor, 20 years after Sherlock Holmes' famous Baskerville case, a ghostly carriage and dog have been seen by more than one person...and a murder has occurred. Called to investigate by his ill, elderly friend Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, Holmes and his redoubtable young wife Mary Russell stay at Baring-Gould's fascinating house, tramp over the moors, talk with locals, and meet the new owner of Baskerville Hall as they puzzle out the complicated truth. Highly intelligent, courageous, and working during and after World War I, Mary Russell has much in common with Maisie Dobbs; also, like Maisie, Mary was apprenticed to an older and more experienced detective who taught her his methods.
The Moor
is the 4th in an excellent series; readers who haven't read the 1st,
The Beekeeper's Apprentice,
may want to start there.
A Deadly Measure of Brimstone: A Dandy Gilver Mystery
Catriona McPherson
Historical Mystery. In September 1929, Dandy Gilver's family is already sick with complications from the flu when scarlet fever arrives in their Scottish village. Decamping to a health spa, Dandy hopes to ensure the convalescence of her teenage sons and husband Hugh, while investigating,
along with her close friend police detective Alec Osborne,
the suspicious death of an elderly widow and ghost-like figures in the Turkish baths. This is the 8th entry in an
Agatha Award-winning series; Maisie Dobbs readers who enjoy smart, spirited heroines, 1920s and '30s U.K. settings, and leisurely pacing will want to meet Dandy.
An Impartial Witness: A Bess Crawford Mystery
Charles Todd
Historical Mystery. In the summer of 1917, British n
urse Bess Crawford accompanies a group of badly wounded soldiers home from the battlefields in France. S
he recognizes the wife of one of them (he
always kept her photo pinned to his tunic) at a London train station
-- but she's clinging closely to another soldier. When the woman is murdered, Bess finds herself hunting a killer, especially once the police arrest a soldier she believes to be innocent.
An Impartial Witness
is the atmospheric 2nd in a series. Those who appreciate strong, independent nurses living during World War I should enjoy spending time with Bess.
Contact your librarian for more great books!
Lambton County Library
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he wore one of the new-fangled helmets on Sunday after stubbornly resisting for years. will he revert to old form as the Patriots revert to their 'usual' uniforms, or is the change for good?
P. Manning was among the first great established QBs to switch, to Revolution in 2003, which he continues to wear.
>pic related
I don't think the new helmets let him listen into the opposing team's radio traffic as well.
Oh sorry, nevermind, the Pats don't cheat.
I think President Obama will make an announcement on this tonight. I'm sure the country can't wait to hear whether Brady will be wearing the new style or old style helmet.
helmet/facemask choice is a huge component of the aesthetic presence of a quarterback, particularly when viewed through the medium of television. this is very relevant.
I bet you think about Tom Brady's helmet all day...
Giselle told her b!tch to wear it.
We care because..?
We care Because We Love You.


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The Alera DVD/CD Copy Cruiser Pro is a 1:1 DVD/CD duplicator designed for prosumer and business use. According to its specs, the new Copy Cruiser Pro doubles recording speed across the board, supporting 8X recording to DVD±R, 4X DVD±RW, 40X CD-R, and 24X CD-RW.
Over the course of testing, the Copy Cruiser Pro accomplished 8X duplication of full, write-once DVDs in approximately eleven minutes. At 4X, it copied the same discs in about 15 minutes, and at 2X, in 25 minutes. The quality of the picture and sound at each rate was equal to that of the source disc—as it should be in a bit-for-bit copy. The Copy Cruiser will not duplicate copy-protected DVDs.
The Copy Cruiser Pro defaults to a recommended copying speed for the media, unless you specify otherwise. For 8X-certified DVD±R, Alera recommends 8X, and for 4X-certified DVD±R media, 4X.
For CD-R, however, suggested speed is a modest 16X. The product repeatedly performed CD dupes at 16X in five and a half minutes. Going to the maximum of 40X for CD duplication cut recording time by thirty seconds. The Cruiser copied the disc successfully at the higher speed, but that's not much of a time improvement.
The Copy Cruiser's Edit Track feature allows you to make mix CDs by selecting individual tracks from several CDs and copying them sequentially onto a disc. The user's guide provides clear and concise instruction on how to accomplish this. Other features included in the Copy Cruiser Pro are the ability to erase and reuse rewritable discs (CD and DVD), test copying speed before burning, and compare and verify duplicated discs. An additional Prescan feature checks source disc quality before setting a recording speed.
The Copy Cruiser Pro comes with a USB 2.0 port for use as an external PC DVD-Recorder. It includes Sonic MyDVD for DVD authoring and DVD/CD recording, CyberLink PowerDVD for DVD-Video playback, and a Windows 98SE USB driver (it should work with Windows Me, 2000, or XP without additional drivers). The Sonic MyDVD CD includes Sonic RecordNow!, Sonic Simple Backup, and ArcSoft ShowBiz.
The Alera DVD/CD Copy Cruiser Pro is a solid product that works reliably from the minute you plug it in. At a $399 MSRP it's a good buy for anyone with low-volume DVD/CD duplication needs who would prefer to offload those tasks from a primary PC workstation. As an upgrade from the previous 4X Copy Cruiser, it's a tough sell—you'll save four minutes per DVD by moving up to 8X, but a mere 30 seconds/CD by operating the Copy Cruiser at maximum CD speed. The 4X Copy Cruiser was also an excellent product, and if you're already running one in your studio, you're probably okay with what you have.
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5 Wellington Mountain Bike Rides with Great Views
Get on your bike and earn some fabulous views of the Wellington area in the mountain biking capital of New Zealand.
Welcome to the mountain biking capital of New Zealand. With over 300km of trails you're bound to find something to suit your skill and fitness level.
Most of Wellington's tracks are the result of years of work by volunteers, who contribute much more than thrills, by planting native trees, controlling pests, and removing rubbish.
To get you started, here are five tracks with great views from the top.
Mt Victoria
Just a few minutes from the heart of the city, Mt Victoria is Wellington's most popular lookout spot. So why not have some fun getting there and back on a Mountain Bike?
Just look out for walkers, as the paths and tracks can get a little busy.
Miramar Peninsular
The tracks at Miramar Peninsular are relatively new, criss-crossing the hill that was previously only known for Wellington Prison on its crest. This provides the inspiration for the names of the tracks, such as Bootleg, Repeat Offender, Solitary and Jail Brake.
See the Miramar Track Project's Facebook page for more info.
Miramar is also a little famous for being the centre of Peter Jackson's movie empire, so don't miss the chance to visit the Weta Cave while you're there.
Makara Peak
Since 1998, volunteers have crafted 40km of tracks on Wellington's best known mountain bike park. There's something for all abilities here, and spectacular views from the peak before a thrill-packed descent.
Well-known shop Mud Cycles sits at the turn-off to the park, and offers plenty of bike hire options.
Check out MakaraPeak.org
West Wind Windfarm
As the name suggests, west of Wellington is The West Wind Recreation Area in Makara. This offers a great chance to get up close to some of the 62 wind turbines that dot the area.
On a good day you'll have clear views of the South Island, showing how close the islands really are. Keep an eye out for the iconic Wellington to Picton ferries – Interislander has been plying this route for more than 50 years.
The Opau Loop track takes you down into a faultline gully with ancient wetlands and a Maori Karaka grove before reaching Opau Bay. The only hitch is a long ride back up the hill!
Pencarrow Lighthouse
Pick a good day for this one, preferably with light winds as the harbour-hugging track is exposed to both northerly and southerly winds.
Take the East by West ferry across to Days Bay, drop into the Days Bay Boatshed to hire a bike, and head off towards the harbour entrance.
New Zealand's only female lighthouse keeper, Mary Jane Bennett, was the first operator of this first lighthouse in New Zealand, from 1859. The second lighthouse was built near the shore when fog often obscured the main light.
More information and a map can be found on the Greater Wellington website here.
Happy cycling!


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The Snowden era of journalism
Welcome to the Edward Snowden-era of national security journalism — a time when no scoop is too small, no detail too minor, and revelations about government surveillance pour forth on an almost daily basis.
It's a significant departure from the way things used to be.
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After Sept. 11, reporters and editors often heeded tremendous pressure from government officials, including the president and/or national security adviser, to hold blockbuster articles concerning classified U.S. spy operations — accepting the warnings that publishing the information could put national security in danger or even lead to another catastrophe.
( Also on POLITICO: Tech giant to hire first NSA lobbyist)
But just as Watergate changed the ethos of political journalism, the Snowden leaks appear to have upended the way many journalists approach national security reporting. While substantial portions of Snowden's massive cache of information has been withheld, Americans have been treated to a seemingly endless wave of articles since the first stories landed in June — leaving Obama administration officials and members of Congress fuming and even some veteran journalists concerned that the bar to publish has fallen too low.
Snowden has prompted a free-for-all among journalists itching to tell America's surveillance secrets, an important generational shift as the nation faces years of growing debate about privacy in an increasingly wired world. The litany of stories come not just from the handful of reporters with access to the former NSA contractor's treasure-trove of documents but also from competitors eagerly searching for scoops to move the dial on what has become one of the biggest stories of the decade.
"For years … it was like the number of articles to come out on NSA you could count on the fingers on one hand," said James Bamford, who has written four books on government surveillance. "Now it's almost impossible to keep up."
"What we've seen with the Snowden revelations is the impact that putting documents out there really has," added Siobhan Gorman, a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal, during a recent panel discussion hosted by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press.
She recalled her own work in 2008 about the George W. Bush administration gathering internet meta-data — a story that upset the intelligence community but didn't have anywhere near the public resonance of the Snowden-inspired articles that have run in The Guardian and The Washington Post.
( Also on POLITICO: First Look to launch with Snowden-themed magazine)
While Snowden made off with an estimated 1.7 million documents — that number comes courtesy of National Security Agency officials — only a couple dozen have been released in public. They've made up the backbone for about 200 original stories, including blockbusters that described the government sweeping up of billions of phone records and surveillance on some of the closest U.S. allies.
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, repeated his call Tuesday during a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee for Snowden and his "accomplices" — he hasn't been specific, but most believe he's referring to journalists who have access to the material — to return documents that haven't been reported on "to prevent even more damage to U.S. security."
But there has been an evolution of how government officials try to prevent publication of stories on intelligence secrets as well. Obama administration heavyweights have also shown a willingness to engage with reporters digging on the surveillance story. The NSA itself has gone on a charm offensive, opening up its Fort Meade headquarters just outside the Washington Beltway to print reporters and for an unusual on-site television interview with "60 Minutes."
Clapper has also released reams of once-classified materials, including opinions from the federal court that has approved the surveillance programs but also criticized NSA for poor management.
"The presumption I think that the government has had in some cases prior to Snowden, that they could get you to just not at all publish a story, or hold it for some extensive period of time, there are fewer of those conversations and more of the kind of conversation about, 'Do you really need this detail to tell your story?'" Gorman said. "It's less of a wholesale pushback, and it tends to be a little more focused."
( Also on POLITICO: Greenwald denies selling NSA docs)
Barton Gellman, a Washington Post reporter who has worked with Snowden, said during the Medill-RCFP sponsored panel discussion that he's been following many of the same procedures he's long used on the national security beat, checking with editors and also giving government sources an opportunity to explain why something touchy shouldn't be published.
The Post met last spring with administration officials before running its first story based off the Snowden documents about the PRISM program that allows U.S. officials to tap directly into the servers of nine major Internet companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook.
At first, the government urged the Post to not publish the company names. Asked for a reason, Gellman said the government argued that it was concerned about losing out on future cooperation with private industry.
"In my view, and it was shared by the editor, was that if the harm you're worried about consists of the public disliking what you're doing and responding either politically or in terms of the marketplace to that, then that's why we publish it," Gellman said. "That's the nature of accountability."
Gellman said he has more stories in the works based off the Snowden documents, but he won't be publishing all of the materials he has either.
( Also on POLITICO: Video shows Guardian editors destroying hard drive)
"It's a very peculiar relationship to be in with the reading public, in which I am doing the blacking out because I think part of the information is vital to understand the story and part of it shouldn't be disclosed," he said.
That there is now a vast library of NSA stories is also due, in no small part, to the nature of digital journalism. Glenn Greenwald, the Rio-based journalist who has worked most closely with Snowden, has been an aggressive presence online and on social media.
His approach to the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers marks a radical departure from past coverage where reporters from the major dailies would sometimes go all the way to the president with their findings — and sometimes accept delays even if it meant getting scooped.
"There'll be blood on your hands," President George W. Bush reportedly warned The New York Times' publisher in a 2005 Oval Office meeting before the newspaper published a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about warrantless NSA eavesdropping in the U.S. — a story it had held for more than a year.
It's not just Washington that is struggling with the new journalistic calculus on surveillance coverage. In the Snowden story, Guardian reporters working with Greenwald have checked with British government sources before publication.


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Flip Flop Working
May 19, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rowand, cf; Victorino, rf; Rollins, ss; Utley, 2b; Burrell, lf; Dobbs, 1b; Nunez, 3b; Ruiz, c; Moyer p.
Desperation? Panic?
I believe those were the descriptions when Brett Myers was moved to the bullpen and Jon Lieber back in the rotation.
As had been mentioned here before, Myers to the pen was talked about in spring training. Lieber and Freddy Garcia came down with spring training injuries a change couldn't be made. When they both returned from the DL, the time came. Efforts to add depth to the bullpen kept coming up empty so we decided to fix it from the inside.
The Phillies are 18-12 since then, Myers has five saves and Lieber has worked at least six innings in each of his last five starts.
The bullpen is still a bit thin but Ryan Madson should be returning next week. It is unknown when Tom Gordon can begin pitching competitively again.
Why Not
Bob Schaumann won the Cole Hamels autographed baseball because he was the first one to respond to Thursday's trivia question. Omar was second by seconds. So, let's give a Hamels ball to Omar, too.
Favorite Team?
The question was posed in yesterday's Phillies Insider: Were the 1993 Phillies my favorite team?
Favorite team of characters, yes. But, I have to stick with the 1980 Champs. The parade down Broad Street is still the No. 1 thrill, hopefully until this November. The last game of the World Series this year is November 1. Perhaps a victory parade could be part of the Thanksgiving Day parade, a Philly tradition.
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Eckersley and Smoltz are really the only two pitchers that first come to mind when it comes to making that transition, but Eric Gagne did it, Ryan Dempster did it… shoot Mariano Rivera did it as well. But the thing they all had in common was they did it in spring training.
That's why I think the panic button people were going insane because the Myers move was done during the season.
So far it's worked out, he's got the arm for closing and from what's been going on, he's got the guts to close as well.
And sidenote: Thanks for the ball again!!! I do appreciate it!


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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Anniversary Dinner
Gwen and Gavin Celebrate 10 Years Together With a Dinner Date
Gwen and Gavin Celebrate 10 Years Together With a Dinner Date
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale had an exciting weekend filled with family time and a special anniversary dinner. Gwen kicked things off on Friday running errands around LA with her little men, Kingston and Zuma. Later that night, Gwen and Gavin had a gown-up dinner to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with dinner at Madeo. On Saturday, Gwen fit in an early morning workout, then grabbed lunch with her guys at Poquito Mas. The upcoming weekend is already shaping up to be another busy one for the couple. She's heading to Las Vegas with No Doubt to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival, and Gavin's reuniting with Bush for a gig in Irvine, CA.


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Official Press Release
Ape Entertainment is pleased to announce that the new all-ages comic Scratch9 #1 written and created by Rob M. Worley and illustrated by Jason T. Kruse, has sold out from the publisher. This sell-out is an auspicious beginning for this break-out comic featuring a runaway cat who can summon any of his nine lives to help get him out of a jam.
"We knew the response for this book was going to be big so we made sure we over-printed it by a pretty large amount," said Ape Entertainment Co-Publisher David Hedgecock. "Needless to say, the response was MUCH greater than anticipated and we owe a big thanks to all the retailers and fans for that."
Though some copies of issue #1 may still be available at the retail level, Ape Entertainment recognizes that the sell-out is inconvenient for fans who are having trouble finding the book. To that end the book is now available on iTunes through the Comics+ app from iVerse Media.
"I've been floored by all the great buzz the book has been getting and pleased that we can keep the book available through the Comics+ app," said Worley. "I know fans are going to love discovering all the aspects of our cat hero across the four-issues of the mini-series."
Fans who don't already have the Comics+ app on their iPad, iPhone or iPod can install it for free it from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comics/id323397665?mt=8
Download issue #1 today and find out why Katherine Dacey of School Library Journal says, "One of the best new series I discovered at this years' New York Comic-Con is Scratch9!"
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Gabriele Schelerüber das Thema:
Principles of Intracellular SignalingZeit: Fri 30.10.2015, 11:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: S2-044 in Science Park 2
ZusammenfassungWhat can we learn from intracellular signaling? Cells communicate by chemical substances. They generate "signals" by release of substances which act as ligands to receptors at cell surfaces. Cells react to hundreds of chemical substances in the extracellular environment. They need to integrate signals, sort them and combine them, and provide cellular responses. Principles of cell signaling are more and more being elucidated with the help of complex mathematical and computational models. I will present my own work on an abstraction of dynamical systems using matrix computations and the implications that derive from this.
We will also talk about the relevance of intracellular signaling to models of natural computation.
VortragenderGabriele Scheler obtained a PhD from the LMU München in Logic and Scientific Theory. After positions in Computational Linguistics at the University of Heidelberg and Protein Sequence Analysis at the MPI for Biochemistry in Martinsried she worked at the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University in Munich on Machine Learning and Neural Networks. She moved to the Salk institute in San Diego in 1998, and since has focused on modeling of neuronal cells, from an electrophysiological as well as a systems biology perspective. She continued at Stanford university, working on comprehensive models of neural plasticity and memory, and is presently engaged in doing a non-profit startup on mathematical biology.
Einladender: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter, Institute of Bioinformatics
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