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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Helen Adam
AG: So..then.. oh I wanted to read, from… "Willie the Weeper"... Probably she knew… Helen Adam knew… one or two ballads by Helen Adam...which is the..?…if I can find it.. .
Best to have them done by her - (First off), the "Cheerless Junkie's Song" - "a maudlin ballad"
"Seeking love upon a day, a day of summer's pride/I left Long Island's suburbs for the Lower East Side,/The train it roared and thundered,/And I sang above its scream./There's a cockroach coming towards me/But it cannot spoil my dream./Love! Love! and L.S.D./It shall not spoil my dream/ Blue moonlight over Tompkins Square./"Drop out, tune in, turn on"/The Village all around me/And Long Island's suburbs gone./In a pad down on Fourth Street/Soon I welcomed the approach/Of the rat that loves the twilight/And the nimble footed roach./"Love! Love! at eventide,/The grey rat and the roach."/ I'm always wheretheaction is//I blow my mind all day./While on Long Island's tennis courts/The bland suburbans play./And I was born suburban!/Who would ever credit that?/No chick who saw me frugging/With the cockroach and the rat./It's Ho! for Horse, or methedrine/ To spark the swinging mood/While rats run up my trouser leg/ Roaches share my food./Rats and roaches nuzzle me/ When it's dark and hot./Love! Love! It's all the same/Mixing Speed with Pot./First a rat, and then a roach./Or both as like as not./If I can't find a fix tonight/My marrow bones will rot./ Goodbye transcendent Tompkins Square/I haven't long to stay/A double jolt of heroin and I'll be on my way./Let rats and roaches bury me./They'll bury me in state,/As they march from Verrazano Bridge/Down to the Golden Gate/ Clear across the continent/Yonder let me lie/In the gutters of Haight Ashbury,/To freak the passers by,/Till all the tourists gape, and say,/"Brother! He died high!"/Let rat tails write my epitaph./Brother! He died high!"
She really can sing it and swing it, unaccompanied. We were looking for the tape of her chanting of it here. I'll see if I can find it. She's actually really authentic. There's also another she has, more recent. Somehow she's captured the sort of archetypal thing that you can put in a ballad of that situation.
[There follows a brief discussion about the apparently-missing Helen Adam tape -"It's listed in the library/alas! it is not there/perhaps somebody's walked away/carried it off in his hair!" - "Maybe somebody is typing it up or something. I don't know"..]
AG: (resumes with the second of the two poems - "Jericho Bar") - "Last night there was a junkie at the Jericho Bar/A little junkie twanging an electric guitar/A great big, amplified,/Full bopped, way out wide/Hip as the high tide/Electric guitar,/Oh! Mother!/At the Jericho Bar" - She sings it, but it's a very complicated tune - Anybody remember that?
Student: (sings) "O Mother at the Jericho Bar"
AG: (likewise, attempts singing) - Last night there was a junkie at the Jericho Bar"/"A little junkie twanging an electric guitar./A great big, amplified,/ Full bopped, way out wide/Hip as the high tide/Electric guitar,/Oh! Mother!/At the Jericho Bar"
AG continues singing:
"Over his shoulders his hair was so long/ And every strand of it so dark and so strong/ When he tossed his head, when he shook his hair/My heart was like a fish gasping for air/Hooked in the Jericho Bar"
"In the Jericho Bar, they sing loud.. they sing loud and late/In the Jericho bar near the harbor gate/When that little junkie sang, he was heard afar/Chanting to the throb of his electric guitar./His howling, whining, electric guitar/Beating up the Jericho bar."
"And when it howled and when it whined/My very heart strings trembled and pined/As though my heart strings felt what they would find/Dancing at thr Jericho bar."
"With a beatnik and a beggar and a queer, and a square,/With a soldier and a sailor, and a big blind bear,/With a hipster, and a hustler, and a drunk, and a dwarf/And a cold scaly mer-man from underneath the wharf/Dancing at the Jericho bar."
"I drank milk, Mother, in my sheltered home./I drank milk and I ate honeycomb/Now I'm eating goof-balls/drinking rum and gall,/Wine, and gin, and vodka, and wood alcohol./Give me ten Tequilas/a jigger full of stout,/And a little lap of Pepsi before I freak out/In the reeling Jericho Bar."
"Jericho bar, across the sandy flats/Among the greyest sea gulls/ And the boldest rats/There above the dark tide/ He sang to me/Lonely sorrow like the everlasting sea/ Thrilling his electric guitar…. "
I think she had three choruses - Yeah - "Forget your lonely sorrow./ Get high, get high, get high!/Laughing he sings, though he seems to sob and cry./Think of me, my Mother, while the night goes by/Till you watch the morning star sailing up the sky/Bright above the Jericho Bar."
" Oh! Mother, mother, so much I'll never see./The rising of the morninig star, the red rose on the tree/The blonde lily, it will not bud for me,/ In the dusty Jericho bar."
"Wade the creek, Mother, when the east grows light/When, in the Jericho, rats slip out of sight/At early dawn, when guitar strings break/Still my junkie's song I'll celebrate,/With a wild cat, and a were wolf/Frugging fast in the dark,/With a pusher, a seducer,/A spiv, and a narc/With the Loch Ness Monster,/And an open-mouthed shark,/ Seeking love in the Jericho Bar."
"Oh! never hope to lure me home/ Before the break of day,/For this is where the action is/ And this is where I'll stay:/With Uppers and with Downers and with L.S.D. and pot/Till all the rats of Jericho/ Stampede to Camelot./Don't grudge me dreams, Mother,/ Dreams are all I've got/Swinging Single at the Jericho bar."
"Don't let my sister raise her listening head./Don't let my sister leave her lonely bed./Tell her not to follow where my feet were led/ By the fatal twang of his electric guitar/Across the sandy flats, lit by one white star,/ Where snarling waters flow/ Down by the Jericho Bar …"
Some, some amazing rhythms she's got in there. And she also had a good tune, or some kind of tune that was more… or really precise - yeah?
Student: What page?
AG: Well, I'll get you the first page - ("I'll gie ye the first page, lad!")
Student: Did she sing that a cappella?
AG: Yeah . A cappella, and every guitarist in the house wanted to get up and do it with her, it was so good. I don't think she's ever worked with a guitarist, though.
Student: She said she had a very good tune but she improvised too
AG: Yeah. She does it slightly different each time. This play was what (19)76 or something?..She's, like, getting on a swing, she's a great performer. Just by herself and that..and the Tompkins Suare. And she also has a lot of…ghoulish - she's Scots - she's got a lot of ghoulish things, and she's got illustrations to it. This book is in our library - Turn Again To Me & Other Poems by Helen Adam - great ballads. She was in San Francisco, back in the (19)50's,part of the San Francisco Renaissance, and a great friend of Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer and that whole crowd of poets of that time
[Audio for the above can be heard here, beginning at approximately sixty-six-and-three-quarter minutes in and contimuing until approximately seventy-five-and-a-quarter minutes in]
For previous Helen Adam posts on The Allen Ginsberg Project - see here, here, here, here here here here and here
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K. Pipkin | Los Angeles, CA | 04/26/2010
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"I just received this DVD last week and have already used it twice. I am 5-months pregnant with my third kid, work full-time, and am so busy at this time in my life that I am unable to attend in-person classes...which is a drag, but I am making the most of it. I was soooo sick my first 3.5 months I couldn't do anything and am now getting my strength back and although this video was easy-to-follow because of the excellent verbal guidance (you can do it with your eyes closed if at all familiar with yoga positions) it was easy for me to focus on my balance and breathing instead of wondering if I was in the right position etc... the workout was a challenge - but not too much. there were a few things that were complicated transitions i.e. getting into Pigeon pose... but they give you enough time to make the transition (however you can do it comfortably) that I never felt rushed or behind. Nothing about the video was annoying. The set is visually pleasing. I like that there are two parts to the video the first part is for prenatal and the second for postnatal. I believe they are around 25 minutes each.
I also bought the crunch yoga mama video, but haven't tried it out yet."
Very good and easy to follow
Kushi | Virginia, USA | 02/17/2010
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"I bought this dvd and have been using since my 30 months. I'm 8 months now and im doing yoga with this dvd almost everyday for 5 mins and I would say that I love it. The moves are slow and easy to follow. Also your breathing gets deeper as you keep practising. i have less back pain now and i feel my body is getting flexible for the labor. I'm also doing the meditation with another dvd which helps to reduce my stress level. i have 2 other yoga dvds but this one is my favorite as the poses are practical and tones each muscle in your body."
This is the perfect prenatal yoga video
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"I have done 15 minutes of yoga every morning for the last 10 years or so. The exercises I was doing started to feel like they were stretching my belly ligaments too much. This video is a great balance between stretching the right places for a pregnant woman while still giving the women who wants more of a challenge the right level of challenge during pregnancy.
I recommend this video to anyone who is new or old to yoga for sure! :)"
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Senate Passes Bill To Fund Government Through December
The Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that funds the government through December. The bill does not strip funding from Planned Parenthood.
Remember, some House Republicans had insisted on defunding planned parenthood before they voted to extend funding for the whole government.
NPR's Ailsa Chang reports that the action now moves to the House. She filed this report for our Newscast unit:
"On this last day before the government runs out of funding, the Senate has teed things up to avert a shutdown.
"A short-term funding measure sailed through the Senate this morning, and is expected to pass in the House later today. After weeks of both chambers holding votes to defund Planned Parenthood and to place new rules on abortions, it appears the battle to strip the women's health group of federal dollars has been put on hold — for now.
"Investigations into the organization are ramping up, and Republicans may re-visit the defund-Planned-Parenthood fight in mid-December, when government funding will run out again."
We'll update this post once the House takes action.
At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?
Is "poverty porn" making a comeback?
That's the term that some people used back in the 1980s to describe attention-grabbing fundraising ads like the one below:
This ad from the UK charity Disasters Emergency Committee for their East African Emergency campaign brought in $23 million between 1980 to 1984 for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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Back then, the media was filled with images of starving African children in desperate need of food, seemingly all alone in the world. And folks in the West were invited to save them from their misery.
This kind of appeal worked. The ad above, from the UK charity Disasters Emergency Committee for their East African Emergency campaign, brought in $23 million between 1980 to 1984 for famine relief in Ethiopia.
But not everyone thought these kinds of images were appropriate.
"People in developing countries are not incapable or passively awaiting rescue," says Jennifer Lentfer, director of communications at IDEX, a San Francisco-based international grant maker, and a former lecturer on global development communications at Georgetown University. "Poverty, conflict, disasters, injustice is heart-breaking, but it doesn't mean people are victims."
By the end of the decade, the arguments against such images won the day. Nonprofits began using more positive images of the poor to tell stories.
But some observers in the global development community believe exploitative photos of the poor are creeping back as a way to boost fundraising efforts.
John Hilary, executive director of the anti-poverty organization War on Want, described the return of "poverty porn" in a 2014 article for The New International.
"Recent years have witnessed the return of the starving black child as a stock image in the fundraising communications of far too many aid agencies," he wrote. "A battle which we thought had been won many years ago clearly needs to be fought afresh."
The phrase even popped up last night on the new cable TV show Adam Ruins Everything. In a discussion of what motivates people to give to global causes, Teddy Ruge, a Ugandan-born writer who works to develop new businesses in Africa, defined poverty porn as "[finding] the most extreme situations and make it look like the most common situation on the continent."
One widely cited example of an inappropriate image is the 2013 television ad from Save the Children in the United Kingdom, depicting children in various stages of emaciation.
A video still from a Save the Children television fundraising advertisement.
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Hilary condemned the aid for what he called its "degrading imagery of children." Other charities and bloggers agreed with him. Dutch activist Frank van der Linde said it violated the European code of conduct on NGO images and messages, which encourages a respect for human dignity.
Linde filed a complaint to Partos, the Dutch association of international development NGOs. But Partos took no action, noting there is no binding agreement for organizations to follow the European code.
After the accusation, the director of Save the Children in the Netherlands at the time, Holke Wierema, defended the ad in an op-ed for Vice Versa, a Dutch-language magazine on global development.
He wrote, "It is unfortunate that the current debate about framing and reframing the totality and diversity of the work of Save the Children is snowed under and narrowed down to the picture that is displayed in a 60-second spot."
Save the Children UK spokeswoman Caroline Anning defends the ad, noting that no complaints were made to relevant UK authorities. "Although we realize that these images may make people uncomfortable, we are committed to showing the reality of the situation and do not shy away from the issues vulnerable children around the world face," she e-mailed NPR in response to our questions about the ad. "This particular advert was one of Save the Children's most successful of all time in the UK in terms of motivating the public to support our work on food crises and chronic malnutrition around the world."
Indeed, it's not always easy to tell when an ad goes too far. At what point does an image become exploitative? What are the dos and don'ts of charity photos in the digital age?
Those questions were discussed this summer at #DevPix, an online chat run by the Overseas Development Institute. ODI is a think tank that works on international and humanitarian issues.
"The general feeling is that development photography has moved on since those classic bad examples," says Pia Dawson, digital editor for ODI. "But despite that, we see every day tons of examples and wonder whether we've really moved on that much. We wanted to take stock and look how far we've come and give a bit more prominence to organizations who are really doing development photography well."
Journalists, academics, photographers, photo researchers and Instagram celebrities tweeted advice about poverty, disaster and humanitarian photography.
They shared recent examples of stereotypical negative photos — what many refer to as "flies in the eyes" imagery:
They also shared what they considered fair and constructive photography, portraying the subjects as self-sufficient and dignified.
But there's a danger of putting too much positive spin on life in poor countries. Brendan Rigby, cofounder of the Australia-based development blog WhyDev, believes some organizations have gone to the opposite end of the spectrum, showing only uplifting images of people in poverty. Like "poverty porn," these upbeat images don't present a full picture, Rigby says.
One example of this optimistic approach is Oxfam's Food For All campaign in 2014. The fundraising ads sought to inspire donors with beautiful African landscapes and abundant marketplaces.
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"It's no less misleading or unrepresentative of a complicated continent than the previous standard template of war and suffering," says Tolu Ogunlesi, the editor of The Africa Report. "Then again maybe this is me dancing closer and closer to the unanswerable question: What sort of imagery would have been perfectly representative?"
There are some points of agreement: Photographers should get the subject's consent, tell the subject what the image will be used for and provide detailed captions to the organization that will feature the picture. Only then can charities begin to create a more accurate image of countries that many Americans only know through the work of charities and NGOs.
And every day brings new challenges.
"The #DevPix discussion remains relevant because fundraisers always know they can pull on heart-strings as a fundraising tool," says Lentfer. "Look at people's increased engagement in the Syrian refugee crisis after seeing three-year-old drowned Aylan Kurdi."
Lentfer, who authored a set of guidelines for global development communicators in 2014, shared a general rule of thumb: "If that person in a photo was your nephew, your child, your grandmother, would you want them to appear in that ad? If the answer is no, you're over the line."
We want to hear from you. How can members of the public help NGOs and humanitarian organizations fight "poverty porn"? Tell us in a comment below, or tweet your answer using @NPRGlobalHealth and #DevPix.
A Menu From The Titantic Expected To Fetch $50,000
Not all was lost in the sinking of the Titanic. And several of its artifacts will be auctioned online Wednesday.
They include a lunch menu offering grilled mutton chops … and a ticket for the ship's Turkish baths.
Both survived in the pocket of a passenger who jumped into the "Money Boat," a notorious lifeboat taken over by a handful of millionaires who left everybody else behind.
The crumpled menu is expected to sell for $50,000.
Dog Drives His Owner's Truck Into A Lake
This could happen to any dog owner. A man in Ellsworth, Maine, walked his Yorkshire terrier.
Which wanted to fight another dog. So the man put his terrier in his truck.
And the dog put the truck in gear.
It started rolling, downhill, 75 feet, into a lake.
And sank in 10 feet of water.
A family friend dove in to rescue the dog, and it's easy to imagine that dog's face – freshly bathed, completely oblivious, wondering where's the food.
Songs We Love: Dan Friel, 'Rattler'
Dan Friel's new album, Life, comes out Oct. 16.
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Earlier in his music career, Dan Friel was best known as a founder of Parts Labor, an experimental Brooklyn rock band that expertly made its way around post-hardcore psych jams, with layers of noise and smarty-pants song structures for guides. Yet many years before Parts Labor went on indefinite hiatus in 2012, Friel had already begun creating his own instrumental pieces out of distortion pedals and toy synths. Fantastic miniature slabs of electronic noise, rhythm and melody, Friel's solo releases played to the lo-fi avant-garde set, but also manifested as melancholy pop.
Like most of his songs, "Rattler" — a track from Life, which Friel calls "solo album #3" yet is actually part of a steady stream of regularly released music — is short, loud and moving. "Rattler" was probably more composed to be heard as part of the overall album, but on its own, the song wonderfully encapsulates the sonic whimsy and hairy wonder of Friel's music. It's a three-and-a-half-minute feedback groove that might have passed for a rock tune deep inside a late-'80s Sonic Youth album, except that the guitars are missing, the twin kick and hi-hat drums are products of machinery, and the metronomic pulse is what you get when you leave the idea of a "rock band" in the rear view. This music is accidentally heavy, in much the way that all of Friel's music is accidentally tuneful: It's designed that way.
Life is out on Oct. 16 on Thrill Jockey.
Hospitals Struggle To Help Farmworkers Who Speak Triqui Or Mixteco
When Angelina Diaz-Ramirez, an immigrant farmworker from Mexico, suffered a heart attack, no one at the hospital could explain what was happening to her. She speaks Triqui, an indigenous language in southern Mexico.
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Angelina Diaz-Ramirez had no idea a surgeon was about to cut open her chest. The 50-year-old had been rushed to the hospital from the California field where the worked picking green beans. Doctors said she had a heart attack and that they would do surgery to install a pacemaker.
But Diaz-Ramirez, an immigrant from Mexico, doesn't speak Spanish or English. She speaks Triqui, an indigenous language. And the hospital had no one who could translate the doctors' words for her.
"None explained anything to me," said Diaz-Ramirez. "I was scared, but I didn't have a choice."
And she's not alone in that. One-third of farmworkers in California speak indigenous languages from southern Mexico, including Triqui and Mixteco. Many don't speak Spanish or English.
Interpreters are "absolutely necessary," said Alicia Fernandez, a medical interpretation expert at the University of California, San Francisco. Quality health care and basic informed consent can be nearly impossible without them.
That's why using improvised sign language, or asking a child to interpret — just getting by — is simply not good enough, said Fernandez. "Getting by leads to mistakes," she said. "And mistakes can be tragic, for both the patient and the physician."
Erica Gastelum, a pediatrician in Fresno, Calif., regrets that she rarely has access to an interpreter for her Mixteco-speaking patients. She says without one, "You're not able to provide equal care to all comers."
She remembers a 1-year-old boy with fatal congenital heart disease. Doctors had exhausted every option, and the family was gathered in the intensive care unit.
"This is it, this is the moment where we're going to disconnect the tubes," said Gastelum. "It seemed like they understood. But in such a crucial moment like that, it would have been so much better to have a culturally sensitive, in-person interpreter."
Most hospitals, including Gastelum's, have telephone services designed to let doctors call an interpreter for any language. But the system doesn't always work for more unusual languages.
This map shows where Mexican indigenous languages originate. Triqui and Mixteco belong to the Oto-Mangue family, in the southwest of the country.
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"When you try to use the phone interpreter line to get the indigenous speaker, you'll be on hold for like two hours," said Jasmine Walker, also a pediatrician in Fresno. "Then when you get them, they don't actually speak the language that you need."
Seth Holmes is a physician who lived and worked alongside Triqui migrant farmworkers for 10 years and wrote about his experiences in the book Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies. As the migrants followed crops up and down the West Coast, they often asked Holmes to accompany them to health clinics.
In dozens of clinics throughout California, Washington and Oregon, he said, "I have never seen any Triqui person get a medical interpreter."
Hospitals may underestimate how many indigenous patients they have and how many interpreters they need because many providers assume all Mexicans speak Spanish. Some indigenous people may be afraid to call attention to themselves by asking for an interpreter because they are undocumented.
"They don't know that they're entitled to someone who speaks their language," said Leoncio Vasquez, director of the Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities in Fresno. He has been training interpreters for 15 years.
Any health care facility receiving public money has a legal obligation under both state and federal law to provide an interpreter to every patient who needs one. But only a few health care providers have made California's 120,000 indigenous farmworkers an explicit priority.
Before becoming an interpreter at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Calif., Brigida Gonzalez, right, worked in the strawberry fields.
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Brigida Gonzalez, wearing a big "Qualified Interpreter" badge, hustles around Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Calif. It's a big building and she's needed all over.
Today she's a professional employee at a big hospital. A year ago, she was picking strawberries nearby.
In the fields one day, another picker noticed that Gonzalez spoke English, a rarity in agriculture. She suggested she look into Natividad's training program.
People at Natividad were thrilled to hear from Gonzalez, "because it was so hard to find someone who spoke English, Spanish and an indigenous language like Mixteco and Triqui," she said.
Gonzalez completed Natividad's six-month training program for indigenous interpreters, the first of its kind in the United States, and now works there part time.
The need for trilingual interpreters like Gonzalez is growing, and it's not just hospitals.
Four hours down the coast in Oxnard, all three school districts have hired Mixteco interpreters, and the police have one on contract.
Altogether, there are about 20 Mixteco speakers making a good living with their language skills in Ventura County.
These opportunities are one reason why Argelia Zarate, the Oxnard school district's first full-time Mixteco interpreter, encourages students to practice their Mixteco so they don't lose it.
"I didn't go to college, yet I have this job," said Zarate, "because the community is growing so big that they don't need bilinguals– they need trilinguals."
Argelia Zarate, a Mixteco interpreter at the Oxnard School District, encourages students to practice their native languages.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects employment of interpreters and translators to grow by 46 percent between 2012 and 2022. Driving that demand is the 158 percent increase since 1980 in the number of people who speak a language other than English at home.
Nationally, the median hourly wage for interpreters is $25, compared with $9.09 for farm work.
Zarate says the better pay, stable hours and a chance to serve her community all make interpreting a big step up from field work.
"Here everybody is nice to you: they talk to you, appreciate what you do," Zarate said at the elementary school where she works. "In the fields, they treat you like you're nothing, a slave working for a little bit of money."
The Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project has trained dozens of interpreters in Ventura County and has pressured public agencies to make use of them.
"Ventura County has invested in having better language access than most parts of California, and honestly most parts of Oaxaca," said Margaret Sawyer, the group's development director, referring to the Mexican state that many Mixteco migrants are from.
But most hospitals rely on freelance part-time interpreters, who have a hard time making a living.
"They will have you for two or three hours, then you're done for the whole day," said Israel Vasquez, a trilingual interpreter in Ventura County, Calif. He worked in hospitals, clinics, social service agencies, school and courts in Ventura County, Calif., but eventually quit because he couldn't get enough hours. He says, "You can't really live off that."
"Making a living specifically in health care interpreting right now is not really going to happen," said Don Schinske, executive director of the California Healthcare Interpreting Association.
Part of the problem, Schinske said, is that even though federal law requires hospitals to provide interpreters, there is not a direct federal funding stream to pay for those services.
"You get a lot of this sentiment from hospitals: 'Look, we're trying to get people services in their language, but it is a nicety, not a necessity,' " said Schinske.
The indigenous interpretation programs at Natividad Medical Center are funded by private donations from agricultural businesses in the area, who have contributed $1.7 million since 2010.
Meanwhile, a bill that would make it easier for hospitals to get federal money for medical interpreters has stalled in the California Legislature.
Farmworker Angelina Diaz-Ramirez returned home after her surgery with a new pacemaker ticking in her chest — and a stack of printed instructions that she couldn't read.
"I didn't know what to do," she said through an interpreter. "I had strong pain. Should I call them back?"
Diaz-Ramirez didn't know who her cardiologist was, how to get an appointment or which medications to take. "I just felt very sad," she said.
Every week, indigenous people with these same questions visit Leoncio Vasquez at his storefront office in Fresno.
He looks through their paperwork, pieces together a backstory and helps them figure out what to do next — something that should have happened at the hospital or clinic, with one of the dozens of interpreters Vasquez has already trained.
But those interpreters "can't find jobs related to interpreting," said Vasquez. "Some go back to the fields to do farm work."
This piece was produced with support from the Institute for Justice and Journalism. It was first published in KQED's State of Health blog.
Obama, Castro Strike Different Notes In U.N. Remarks
In his U.N. speech, President Obama cited improved ties with Cuba as an example of his commitment to diplomacy. But in his remarks, Cuban leader Raul Castro laid out a series of demands.
New York Jets Lose, But Get A Promise From Gladys Knight
The New York Jets lost their game over the weekend. But they got some encouragement.
The singer Gladys Knight showed up late for the game. As soon as she did, the Jets scored.
And she later called into the weekly radio show of coach Todd Bowles. She says if the Jets make the Super Bowl, she will sing for him in person.
Scientists Confirm There's Water In The Dark Streaks On Mars
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Scientists have caught Mars crying salty tears.
Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show dark streaks flowing down Martian slopes. The streaks appear in sunny spots or when the weather is warm, and they fade when the temperature drops.
Water was suspected to be involved, but now scientists have confirmed its presence. The new analysis, published in Nature Geoscience, shows salts mixed with water when the streaks are darkest. The water disappears when the streaks lighten.
Streaks a few hundred feet in length appear on the walls of Garni crater on Mars. Scientists suspect they are formed by the flow of briny, liquid water on Mars.
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"It's only when these streaks are biggest and widest that we see evidence for molecular water," says Lujendra Ojha, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Ojha cautions this isn't the same as streams trickling downhill on Earth. Standing on the streaks would be like standing on a hot beach on Earth and dribbling a little water out of a drinking bottle. "You would just see a hint of wetness," he says.
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Ojha says the water could be important for future exploration of Mars. It might be that astronauts could one day use it for everything from drinking water to rocket fuel, but that depends on how much there is.
The water could be coming from a subsurface reservoir, but that's not the only option, Ojha says. Ice, or even moisture in the atmosphere, could also be causing the streaks.
"We're not entirely sure what the source of the water may be," he says.
German Prosecutors Investigating Former Volkswagen CEO
Martin Winterkorn resigned as CEO of Volkswagen last week. He said he had no knowledge of the emissions-duping technology installed on 11 million vehicles worldwide.
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German prosecutors announced Monday that they have begun a criminal investigation of Martin Winterkorn, the former Volkswagen CEO who stepped down last week amid a widening scandal involving the automaker's use of technology that cheats emissions tests.
The investigation will focus on whether fraud was committed through the sale of diesel-powered vehicles that claimed to be eco-friendly by highlighting manipulated emissions data. It also aims to find out who had knowledge of and was responsible for the emissions-rigging.
According to The Associated Press:
"In the German system, anyone can file a criminal complaint with prosecutors, who are then obliged to examine it and decide whether there is enough evidence to open a formal investigation.
"In this case, following the revelations about the rigged tests, prosecutors in Braunschweig, near VW's headquarters in Wolfsburg, received about a dozen complaints, including one from Volkswagen itself, said spokeswoman Julia Meyer.
"She said it was too early to say if and when prosecutors may try and interview Winterkorn himself, and that she did not know whether he already had an attorney to represent him."
When he resigned last week, Winterkorn apologized for the company's misconduct but maintained he had no knowledge of the emissions-duping technology. He said at the time that he was "stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible in the Volkswagen Group."
As we reported last week, Volkswagen has named Matthias Mueller, head of VW's Porsche sports-car division, as the company's new chief executive.
The so-called defeat device was built into some 11 million Volkswagen vehicles worldwide, nearly 500,000 of which are in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Germany's transport minister has said some 2.8 million vehicles are affected in that country.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
"In the days since the revelation, VW has become the subject of a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and is being investigated by several environmental regulators in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Sales of VW models affected by the software have been halted in some countries."
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Among the Library District´s special collections is the Health and Medical Collection located in the West Charleston Library. This collection offers a wide variety of health-related material, resources, and services to the general public and provides books, videos and audio materials for circulation. The collection also includes periodicals and specialized databases to assist the library user with finding the most current information available. Visit the Health and Medical Special Collection web page.
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Seniors with special needs will find their local libraries accommodating with books available on tape and CD-ROM as well as in large print. Libraries also provide easy access, walkers for in-library use and, at the Clark County Library, a PC/scanner equipped with special blind/low vision software that scans text and reads the text aloud to patrons with vision problems and/or other disabilities that make reading difficult.


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Texas is not always know for its beaches, but Port Aransas is a general aviation friendly beach. Ken VeArd of Pilot Partner takes off and flies over the beach on the way back home in his Bonanza A36TC.
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So called beautiful car manufacturers advise their products as great for travel and sightseeing but general aviation manufacturers never get to show the sights or the ease of travel that pilots enjoy. When will G A manufacturers advertise on TV or the print media and tell about how wonderful GA aircraft are for the view and real excitement of aviation. Automobiles will never approach our level of travel and sightseeing.


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Already know about Dead Matter and you're looking to support development? Hit the button below to be taken to our Indiegogo campaign where you can back us and help fund the project!
We aim to create the first true zombie survival game with a design emphasis placed on making the game feel good to play, promoting engaging emergent gameplay by giving our players the tools they need to survive.
Scavenging is how you initially gather resources in order to progress. Your hand has been forced by the downfall of society and you need to eat somehow.
Scavenging in Dead Matter can be dangerous, especially early game. In a world filled with car alarms, the infected, and other survivors.
Your skills will be challenged as you lockpick your way into containers that contain the items that you need to survive.
Our map is massive, and there are a lot of heavy items that you need to transport in order to get established. Acquiring reliable transportation is a right of passage for every survivor. Our vehicle spawning system is built to ensure that there are always vehicles present for you to utilize.
If you can't find a vehicle some there may be a player or an AI that's willing to trade some gear for a basic vehicle such as an ATV.
Vehicles play a massive role in Dead Matter and our goal is to break the association between survival games and walking simulators.
Any building in Dead Matter can become your safehouse, so long as you can maintain control of it. Place sheets over windows to block zombie and player visibility.
Safehouses grant access to a variety of cooking instruments, crafting benches, beds as well as a plethora of furnture that can be used to store items you've scavenged.
Don't feel like taking over a building? You have the option to setup a camp with your friends in the woods.
You've got a safehouse that has food being grown, you've got a vehicle to quickly get around the map and you're a self-sustained survivor. Once you've become established in the world of post-apocalyptic Alberta you'll be entering our end-game, and there's plenty to do. We've implemented a procedural generation system for our bunkers that allow you travel into the mysterious underbelly of Alberta. No two raids will ever be the same as the bunker layouts are tied to the server seed. Compete or cooperate with other survivors to recover rare gear or work towards uncovering the mystery surrounding the region.
Not up to the challenge of raiding a bunker? Not your thing? Not a problem. We've got a variety of other late game tasks currently in the production to add long-term enjoyment for players that are in for the long-haul.
You get to decide your own path. Multiple solutions to the same problem is one of the core design principals for Dead Matter.
Just as they are in the real world, items are host to a variety of unique variables beyond size and quantity, like temperature and quality. What you scavenge will often require unique planning and storage, so be conscious. Every piece of clothing you wear has pockets usable for storage.
Individual limbs and organs track injuries, and in order to avoid the sweet release of death, trauma has to be dealt with. For those of you who love playing doctor, we've made sure you'll have plenty of fun.
The key to nurturing the ideas of our players in a way that's open and fun is the world.
We've crafted our depiction of Alberta to be the ultimate survival sandbox; lush with variety and life, from the wild forests and lakes of the Rockies, to the once bustling city of Calgary.
Our advanced time of day system simulates the position of the Earth around the sun and uses this data to calculate the lighting, weather patterns and day length in the world of Dead Matter.
Always make sure you're ready for winter, as temperatures drop to -40F, and daylight lasts half as long as it did in the summer, true to our geographic location.
As the days change, your threats change, and you've got to stay on your toes through all of it.
Day in and day out, the world of Dead Matter never stops moving forward.
The world slowly decays, fences will start to have more openings in them, buildings will grow dark and cold as the municipal power grid goes out. Car alarms eventually become a non existent threat as all of the batteries eventually get drained.
Society is over, and mother nature is looking to reclaim Alberta for herself. Animal patterns will change over time as nature begins to reclaim the long abandoned towns.
The weather is more than just a backdrop in Dead Matter.
At any time, the elements could turn against you, and the warm skies of Alberta could birth heavy storms, blinding blizzards, and scorching heatwaves, all of which pose unique threats to your survival and the world around you.
There are automated radio stations that can be tuned in to that have a weather forecast. Use them to plan accordingly.
Re-using a canned survival strategy that involves specific locations is impossible in Dead Matter. While we are not leveraging full-blown procedural generation, a lot of buildings have multiple different states that the game will intelligently pick between during the initial setup.
From different Gas Stations that are drained of their fuel, to NERA evacuation centers and military camps that occupy different locations on every server, you will have to look for new loot hotspots every time you're getting established on a new server.
Region encompassing events such as animal migration, shortages of specific items such as food, medicine or ammunition will force you to move around the map in order to find new supplies.
Small events such as helicopter crashes, aircraft flying over the region and potentially dropping supplies.
Make sure to keep your radio tuned in to stay up to date. Don't worry if you miss the broadcast, the world will leave plenty of physical hints to let you know what's going on.
We utilize a physics driven vehicle system. This system enables player movement in the back of the camper module for the pickup truck.
We've got a variety of vehicles that you can utilize, including bicycles, ATVs, and Emergency Vehicles, as well as large trucks you can transform into a mobile base or a high-end bug out vehicle.
Certain vehicles have a tow hitch and can be used to tow a wide variety of trailers that can be utilized at your safehouse.
There are generators, floodlights, water and fuel storage, and even a variable message sign that can be stolen from a construction site for your own personal use.
Spark Plugs, Glow Plugs, Oil, Oil Filters, Carburetor Filters, Engine Coolant, Lights, Batteries, Brakes, Turbo Chargers, Timing Belts, Radiators, Windshields, Mufflers and much more.
You'll need to look around for parts and keep your vehicle maintained. When you go to make repairs, ensure that you've got the right tools for the job and the right workspace, otherwise you might find yourself stranded.
Keep in mind that not all parts are crucial to the vehicle driveability. Windshield missing? You can still drive, but you'll get cold from the wind in your face. Muffler missing? You can still drive. It just won't be pleasant when you start attracting a crowd.
Gasoline is no longer being refined and will eventually become difficult to come across. Make sure you pick your ride carefully.
At the request of many of our fans, diesel fuel alternatives such as ethanol and vegetable oil have been taken into consideration and in a pinch can be used to refuel a diesel vehicle.
The firearm assets that we've created for Dead Matter have a variety of modular attachments for you to utilize. Each weapon has multiple attachments and modifications, with near limitless combinations that give you the opportunity to fine-tune your first and last line of defense against the infected and other survivors.
We aim to provide a large variety of improvised for players to create. Our Flamethrower is the first implementation of the improvised weapons and more will soon follow.
Improvised weapons cannot be reloaded without the proper tools. Blow your load then move on before it's too late.
Every single building in Dead Matter can be reclaimed for your survival needs. Anything from an unassuming suburban home to a massive supermarket. Anything can all be taken over and utilized in order to aid in your survival.
Not all Safehouses are created equal, the more windows that need to be barricaded and covered up the more difficult it will be to maintain.
Heat, water and power are a concern. Make sure that you plan accordingly and pick the best possible location for your group.
We are a hardworking team of multi-talented developers that all originate from either the Source Engine or Fallout modding communities. Our core team currently consists of 3 full-time staff and a handful of contractors.
We want to play Dead Matter, and we want to enjoy playing it. We will continue to push ourselves until the game exceeds our own expectations. We will expand upon releasing Dead Matter on Early Access and we will continue to bring you the zombie survival experience you've been waiting years for.
We will be launching on Steam Early Access at a price point much lower than the final version of the game. We strongly believe in rewarding those who support us early.
After our 1.0 release we aim to periodically add minor cosmetics that our early supports receive exclusive access to.
This is our way of showing gratitude to the people who have gotten us to where we are.
We will be launching on Steam Early Access at a price point much lower than the final version of the game. We strongly believe in rewarding those who support us early.
Even after our 1.0 release we aim to periodically add minor cosmetics that our early supports receive exclusive access to.
We strive to work with our community in order to gather feedback, ensure that we're making the right decisions. We also have a program for QA testing that is completely driven by the community.
While we will be working with an official server host, we have elected to work with a company that shares our opinions regarding public dedicated server file access.
We do not receive any financial compensation from server rentals.
We are extremely opposed to the idea of microtransactions in games that you pay cash upfront to play.
Dead Matter will never feature any form of microtransactions. We understand this is a massive source of revenue for a lot of developers, and that not including them is usually considered a bad business decision. However, we reject this notion because we believe that microtransactions are predatory, and we have no costs assosciated with the project outside of development.
We are extremely grateful to be funded by our community and our fans. We thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to maintain our independence and keep Dead Matter free to experiment and do what we need to do in order to get the best product out there.
We are extremely grateful to be funded by our community and our fans, we thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to maintain our independence and keep Dead Matter free to experiment and do what we need to do in order to get the best product out there.
We are striving to deliver the best zombie survival experience on the market. While we've only been talking about the bare minimum that we intend on delivering for our Steam Early Access release, we feel that it only scratches the surface in terms of what we'd like to bring to Dead Matter. Check out some of the big updates we've got planned for the future.
The key to nurturing the ideas of our players in a way that's open and fun is the world.
We've crafted our depiction of Alberta to be the ultimate survival sandbox; lush with variety and life, from the wild forests and lakes of the Rockies, to the once bustling city of Calgary.
Our initial implementation of AI will be the minimum in order to support our core gameplay loop.
While our basic AI will still serve their purpose, we would love to take them a lot further in order to enhance the atmosphere and overall player immersion.
While the base game will be bustling with cars, trucks, boats, and bicycles, giving you the tools to conquer the skies and the rails will require more. Hitting our goal with this means that Dead Matter will receive helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, and trains for you to fortify, upgrade, and defend from those who want them for themselves.
To store your new machines, we'll also be fleshing out the train stations, heliports, and airports throughout the map. New unique weapons, vehicles, and clothing will be there for you to find and claim."
Ground zero, a massive metropolis of 1.5 million people and the crown jewel of the Canadian oil and gas industry.
Our implementation of Calgary has been pushed to the back of our release schedule, we want to do it right. We want to build it properly and a massive amount of work needs to get done in order to get the city off of the ground.
We've recently redesigned this page to reflect all of the content we've been adding into Dead Matter since our Kickstarter Campaign, which concluded in August of 2017. We aim to please and we strive to make Dead Matter a success.
Please consider supporting us via Indiegogo, or by spreading the word via social media! If you're on the fence, we'd like to extend you an invitation to follow us on social media and see the progress for yourself. We'll also be releasing a trailer once it's ready. Stay tuned.
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Evolution of a Song-Week Twenty/
Week Twenty-"Deny" Greetings from Israel! I am here celebrating my grandmother's 90th birthday and we are having the best time. I'm not sure how many people can say their grandmother is a great drinking partner but mine is. We drink whiskey before 10 am (Week Four's "Whiskey at One-clock" needs to be revised for when I'm with her) and wine with lunch and dinner. Every time I come I learn so much about my family. And she is such a character!
So I knew I was going to be here for week 20 and was a crazy person trying to finish two songs before I left last week. I knew I'd be too drunk to get one done here! Haha. Really I just didn't want to have to worry about it.
This one is a song I've had in the works for a while but I reworked it to a place I really like. The chords are kinda wacky but they're pleasing to me and it felt a little different than my usual sound while still being me.
I go back and forth between wanting to share what my songs are about and wanting people to have their own interpretation. I know with Pearl Jam (my favorite band) half the time I have no idea what he's really talking about but I make it my own and I love that.
My songs aren't so complex that you can't figure it out but I still want you to have your own experience with them. That's why I talk more about the creation of them and less on the emotion of them. Or I try anyway:)
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Welcome to Cardinal Ritter High School! If you are new to the CRHS family, you have entered into a special place in which your student(s) will experience a close-knit educational community that develops its students mentally, physically, and spiritually, in a safe and friendly environment.
I cannot begin to express how excited I am to be serving as the new Principal of this fine institution. From dedicated teachers and staff to a rich history of excellence, Cardinal Ritter High School has established itself as a staple in the community and it is an honor to be serving the community in this capacity.
I enthusiastically embrace the task of continuing to utilize our outstanding resources to ensure that all students are prepared with the necessary skills and knowledge to be productive citizens as they continue their lives as life-long learners. I realize that differentiated, rigorous, and relevant instruction that meets the needs of each student is the lever to continuing the success that has been experienced at Cardinal Ritter High School, and am excited to continue working to develop the best faith-filled learning environment possible for our students.
Our hope is that this website will provide you with greater insight about the quality of education and programing that takes place at Cardinal Ritter High School on a daily basis. You will find weekly newsletters, calendars, staff information, and much more on the website, and we hope it serves as a great resource to you. We also invite you to visit our campus for a first-hand experience of the vibrant school community that is Cardinal Ritter High School.
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Joseph C. Rheingold Collection
Through the initial efforts of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Gage, the College was able to acquire in 1958 the significant personal library of Dr. Joseph C. Rheingold, dealing with the era of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Included in the collection are numerous first editions, such rarities as mint copies of Looking Forward and On Our Way. The collection includes books by and about Roosevelt, and volumes written by numerous members of his cabinets.
Rheingold, a former Rockford, Illinois, psychiatrist, also collected magazine articles that dealt with Roosevelt, and these have been kept as part of the collection.
Arthur R. Gofen, a New York rare book dealer, described the collection as probably the largest and finest personal collection about Roosevelt and the New Deal era in existence. Special items of interest are books written by the President and Eleanor Roosevelt, and the published memoirs of Winston Churchill, Trygve Lie, and generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Marshall, Sitwell, and Montgomery.


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Cary's public policy work focuses on product liability, tort and consumer law, and civil justice reform. He regularly authors amicus briefs on behalf of national business, trade and other advocacy groups in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and state high courts. Cary assists clients with a wide range of complex legislative and regulatory matters. He has testified before Congress and most state legislatures.
Cary has published over 30 articles in prominent law journals. His recent scholarship addresses "no-injury" lawsuits, federal preemption of tort claims, consumer litigation and punitive damage awards. He has also published extensively on such issues as jury service improvement and judicial selection. He closely studies and has written widely read reports on trends in civil litigation, lawsuit abuse and legal reform.
Cary advises business groups and trade associations on CPSC regulations and policy, and he has prepared comments on proposed regulations and testified before the Commission. Cary filed an amicus brief on behalf of manufacturers in the first legal challenge to the inclusion of inaccurate material on Saferproducts.gov, the CPSC's online database of publicly-submitted reports of potential product hazards. He speaks with groups regarding trends in consumer product safety regulation.
Cary is an adjunct professor at George Washington University. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Administrative Law Review (American University) and George Washington University Undergraduate Law Review.
Cary is a recipient of the firm's William G. Zimmerman Award in recognition of his sustained commitment to pro bono legal services. He has handled a wide range of pro bono matters and is an active member of the firm's Pro Bono Committee.
Civil Justice
A Mountain State Transformation: West Virginia's Move into the Mainstream, 121 W. Va. L. Rev. 27 (2018) (with Richard R. Heath, Jr.).
Protecting the Victims of Fraudulent Joinder: How Congress and Federal Judges Can Help, 45 Rutgers L. Rec. 89 (2018) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
West Virginia's Climb: Lawsuit Climate Progress in the Mountain State and the Path Ahead (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Jan. 2018).
101 Ways to Improve State Legal Systems: A User's Guide to Promoting Fair and Effective Civil Justice, (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, 5th ed. 2017) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
The Case in Favor of Civil Justice Reform, 65 Emory L.J. Online 2065 (2016) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Reptile Mediation? Washington Federal Court Considers, Then Rejects, Proposal to Disadvantage Insurers in Mediation, Int'l Ass'n of Def. Counsel, Civil Justice Response Comm. Newsletter (Mar. 2016) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Building on the Foundation: Mississippi's Civil Justice Reform Success and a Path Forward, 34 Miss. C. L. Rev. 113 (2015) (with Mark A. Behrens).
The Trial Lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 2015) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Lawsuit Ecosystem II: New Targets, Trends and Players (Victor E. Schwartz & Cary Silverman eds., U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 2014).
The New Lawsuit Ecosystem: Trends, Targets and Players (Victor E. Schwartz & Cary Silverman eds., U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 2013).
Gaming of CAFA's Jurisdiction Exemption for 'Mass Actions': How It Can Be Stopped, 22:14 Legal Opinion Letter (Wash. Legal Found. Oct. 25, 2013) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
The Baltimore City Circuit Court Should Reject 'Consolidation III,' 28:4 Mealey's Litig. Rep.: Asbestos 1 (Mar. 20, 2013) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Litigation Tourism in Pennsylvania: Is Venue Reform Needed?, 22 Widener L.J. 29 (2012) (with Mark. A Behrens).
WV's Resolution for 2013: Lose 'Judicial Hellhole' Label, The State Journal, Dec. 19, 2012 (with Mark A. Behrens).
Who Pays When the "Loser Pays"? Considering Practical Issues, Misperceptions, and Options, Inside ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council, Apr. 2012) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
The Constitutional Foundation for Federal Medical Liability Reform, 15 J. Health Care L. & Pol'y 173 (2012) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Reducing Wasteful Spending on Litigation: ALEC's Model Phantom Damages Elimination Act, Inside ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), Jan. 2012, at 15.
West Virginia as a Judicial Hellhole: Why Businesses Fear Litigating in State Courts, 111 W. Va. L. Rev. 757 (2009) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Sherman T. Joyce).
The Draining of Daubert and the Recidivism of Junk Science in Federal and State Courts, 35 Hofstra L. Rev. 217 (2006) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Hedonic Damages: The Bubbling Cauldron, 69 Brooklyn L. Rev. 1037 (2004) (with Victor E. Schwartz), reprinted in 54 Def. L.J. 819 (2005).
Now Open for Business: The Transformation of Mississippi's Legal Climate, 24 Miss. C.L. Rev. 393 (2005) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Moving Toward the Fully Informed Civil Jury, 3 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 21 (2005) (with Steven B. Hantler, Victor E. Schwartz & Emily J. Laird), featured in Terry Carter, Case-By-Case Tort Reform, A.B.A. J., June 2006, at 43.
Consumer Law
In Search of the Reasonable Consumer: When Courts Find Food Class Action Litigation Goes Too Far, 86 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1 (2018).
The Food Court: Trends in Food and Beverage Class Action Litigation, (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, February 2017) (with James Muehlberger).
Bad for Your Health: Lawsuit Advertising Implications and Solutions, (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, October 2017).
State Attorney General Enforcement of Unfair or Deceptive Acts and Practices Laws: Emerging Concerns and Solutions, 65 Kan. L. Rev. 209 (2016) (with Jonathan Wilson).
Buckyballs Case Shows What An Uncooperative CPSC Can Do, Law360, June 24, 2014.
CPSC Poised to Change Voluntary Recall Process: Will a More Efficient or a Slower, More Contentious Process Result?, LJN's Prod. Liab. Law & Strategy, vol. 32, no. 19, Mar. 2014.
State Consumer Protection Laws Run Rampant Without Reform, Law360, Jan. 7, 2014.
I'll See You in the Agency! 'Primary Jurisdiction' Gains Ground As a Defense for Regulated Industries, LJN Prod. Liab. Law & Strategy, vol. 31, no. 11, May 2013.
Flawed CPSC Product Hazard Database, LJN's Prod. Liab. L. & Strategy, vol. 29, no. 10, at 1 (Apr. 2011) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
CPSC Begins to Implement Online Product Hazard Database: How to Safeguard Against Risks it Portends for the Public, LJN's Prod. Liab. L. & Strategy, vol. 29, no. 8, at 1 (Mar. 2010) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Consumer Product Safety Reform Could Mean a Boon for Safety or a Boondoggle For Plaintiffs' Lawyers: It's Up to the CPSC, State AGs, the Court, and You, 36:43 Prod. Safety & Liab. Rep. (BNA) 1106 (Nov. 3, 2008) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Christopher E. Appel).
"That's Unfair!" Says Who – The Government or Litigant?: Consumer Protection Claims Involving Regulated Conduct, 47 Washburn L.J. 93 (2007) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Christopher E. Appel).
Common-Sense Construction of Consumer Protection Acts, 54 Kan. L. Rev. 1 (2006) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Lawsuits Without Injury: The Rise of Consumer Protection Claims, HarrisMartin's Columns: Drugs & Supplements, Oct. 2006, at 4 (with James P. Muehlberger), also published in HarrisMartin's Litigation Watch: Arthritis Drugs, Oct. 2006, at 1.
Judicial Selection
The Case for Adopting Appointive Judicial Selection Systems for State Court Judges, 11 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 273 (2002) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Promoting Judicial Independence and Public Confidence in the Courts: The Case for Judicial Appointments in Texas, Veritas – Quarterly J. of Pub. Pol'y in Texas (Mar. 2002) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Jury Service Improvement
ALEC's Jury Patriotism Act Reduces Hardship for Thousands of Jurors and Ensures Representative Juries on Complex Cases, Inside ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council, Apr. 2012).
Arizona's Experience with the Jury Patriotism Act: Assessing the First Year of New Jury Reforms, 45 Judges' J. 18 (2006) (with G. Thomas Munsterman), discussed in Lisa Brennan, Plaintiffs Lawyer Proposes Pay Hike for Vioxx Jurors, N.J.L.J., Feb. 9, 2006.
Jury Service: It's Changing in Ohio, 32 Cap. U.L. Rev. 101 (2003) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Improving the Jury System in Virginia: Jury Patriotism Legislation is Needed, 11 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 657 (2003) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Five Ways the Kentucky Legislature Can Improve Jury Service, 42 Brandeis L.J. 1 (2003) (with Mark A. Behrens).
Jury (Dis)service: Why People Avoid Jury Duty and What Florida Can do About it, 28 NOVA L. Rev. 143 (2003) (with Paul W. Rebein & Victor E. Schwartz).
Jury Patriotism: The Jury System Should Be Improved for Texans Called To Serve, 35 St. Mary's L.J. 117 (2003) (with K.B. Battaglini & Mark A. Behrens).
The Justice System: Louisiana Undertakes Jury Reform, La. Bar J., Vol. 51, No. 3, Oct./Nov. 2003, at 182 (with René E. Thorne & Mark A. Behrens).
Making Jury Duty a Little Friendlier, 46:10 The Advocate (Idaho State Bar), Oct. 2003, at 23 (with J. Walter Sinclair & Mark A. Behrens).
Fulfilling the Promise of a Representative Jury in Missouri, 59 J. Mo. Bar 127 (July-Aug. 2003) (with C. Patrick McLarney).
Full Participation of Citizens in the Jury System, For the Defense (Defense Research Insitute), July 2003, at 12 (with Paul W. Rebein).
Safeguarding the Right to A Representative Jury: The Need for Improved Jury Service Laws, 7:1 Briefly (Nat'l Legal Center for the Pub. Int. Jan. 17, 2003) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Mark A. Behrens).
Preemption: Department of Labor Reversal and Ruling By Washington Supreme Court Could Impact Respirator Availability, 40:44 Prod. Safety & Liab. Rep. (Bloomberg BNA) 1274 (Nov. 5, 2012) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Preemption of State Common Law by Federal Agency Action: Striking the Appropriate Balance that Protects Public Safety, 84 Tulane L. Rev. 1203 (2010) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Punitive Damages
Calculating Punitive Damages Ratios With Extracompensatory Attorney Fees And Judgment Interest: A Violation of the United States Supreme Court's Due Process Jurisprudence?, 48 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1295 (2013) (with Mark A. Behrens & Christopher E. Appel).
Asbestos Litigation "Magnet" Courts Alter Procedures: More Changes on the Horizon, 27:8 Mealey's Litig. Rep.: Asbestos 1 (May 16, 2012) (with Mark Behrens, Kevin Underhill, Erin Sparkuhl & Christine Edwards).
Punitive Damages in Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation: The Basis for Deferral Remains Sound, 8 Rutgers J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 50 (2011) (with Mark A. Behrens).
The Supreme Court's Common Law Approach to Excessive Punitive Damage Awards: A Guide for the Development of State Law, 60 S.C. L. Rev. 881 (2009) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Christopher E. Appel).
Punitive Damages and Compliance With Regulatory Standards: Should A Manufacturer or Service Provider Be Punished When It Follows the Law?, 12:1 Nat'l Legal Center White Paper; (Nat'l Legal Center for the Pub. Int. Sept. 2005) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
I'll Take That: Legal and Policy Problems Raised by Statutes That Require Punitive Damages Awards To Be Shared With The State, 68 Mo. L. Rev. 525 (2003) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Mark A. Behrens).
Tort Law
Torts of the Future II: Addressing the Liability and Regulatory Implications of Emerging Technologies, (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, April 2018) (with Sarah Goggans and Jonathan L. Wilson).
State of Liability: New York's Costly Tort Laws and How to Fix Them, Empire Ctr. for Public Pol'y, Dec. 12, 2017 (with Mark Behrens).
Torts of the Future: Addressing the Liability and Regulatory Implications of Emerging Technologies, (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, March 2017) (with Phil S. Goldberg and Jonathan L. Wilson).
Category Liability: Properly Precluding Claims That Propose an Alternative Product Rather Than an Alternative Design, 44:40 Prod. Safety & Liab. Rep. (Bloomberg BNA) 1 (Jan. 11, 2016) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
The Rise of "Empty Suit" Litigation. Where Should Tort Law Draw the Line?, 80 Brook. L. Rev. 599 (2015) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Laboratories of Tort Law: A Three-Year Review of Key State Supreme Court Decisions (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 2014) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
The Garlock Bankruptcy Order and What it Means for Defense Counsel, For the Defense (DRI), May 2014, at 10 (with Mark A. Behrens).
Gaming of CAFA's Jurisdiction Exemption for 'Mass Actions': How It Can Be Stopped, 22:14 Legal Opinion Letter (Wash. Legal Found. Oct. 25, 2013) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Warning: Shifting Liability to Manufacturers of Brand-Name Medicines When the Harm was Allegedly Caused by Generic Drugs has Severe Side Effects, 81 Fordham L. Rev. 1835 (2013) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Phil Goldberg).
The Baltimore City Circuit Court Should Reject 'Consolidation III,' 28:4 Mealey's Litig. Rep.: Asbestos 1 (Mar. 20, 2013) (with Mark A. Behrens).
WARNING: Alabama Court's Blame-Shifting Pharma Decision Will Have Serious Side Effects, 21:17 Legal Opinion Letter (Wash. Legal Found. Feb. 8, 2013) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Phil Goldberg).
Respirators to the Rescue: Why Tort Law Should Encourage, Not Deter, the Manufacture of Products that Make Us Safer, 33 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 13 (2010) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Christopher E. Appel).
Marketing Pharmaceutical Products in the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of the Continued Viability of Traditional Principles of Law in the Age of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising, 32 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 333 (2009) (with Victor E. Schwartz, Michael J. Hulka & Christopher E. Appel).
Neutral Principles of Stare Decisis in Tort Law, 58 S.C. L. Rev. 317 (2006) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Phil Goldberg).
Nanotechnology: Innovations, Potential Risks, and Government Scrutiny, In House, Apr. 2007, at 12 (with Judith L. O'Grady).
Criminalizing Product Liability Law: Putting to Rest a Bad Idea (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Oct. 2006) (with Victor E. Schwartz).
Consumer Protection in the Legal Marketplace: A Legal Consumer's Bill of Rights Is Needed, 15 Loy. Consumer L. Rev. 1 (2002) (with Victor E. Schwartz, Mark A. Behrens & Rochelle Tedesco).
Toppling the House of Cards That Flowed From an Unsound Supreme Court Decision: End Inadmissibility of Railroad Disability Benefits in FELA Cases, 30 Transp. L.J. 105 (2003) (with Victor E. Schwartz).


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One of the most important choices we make as transracial/multicultural family is assuring that our both our biological and adopted children have an understanding and appreciation of all of the cultures that make up our family. One way to do this is by learning about and celebrating the traditions of the cultures. While we were in… [Read More]
Praise: Dr. Mercola Complete Probiotic Powder Packets
My family began using probiotics about 8 years ago when my daughter was born with severe food allergies and eczema. Our doctor at the time was very natural focused and wanted me, as a breastfeeding mom, to make sure that I was using a high quality probiotic to help both of us. At that time,… [Read More]
Praise: Oster Pro 1200 Plus Food Processor
How many families out there are still using their wedding registry blender? My husband and I just celebrated our 13 year anniversary and I have to admit that we were still using an old style simple blender. While we have always wanted to purchase one of the heavy duty "popular" blenders, we just can't justify… [Read More]
Holiday Decorating with At Home #MyReason
A couple of weeks ago I had the amazing opportunity to "BOO" one our neighbors. We were selected by At Home stores to participate in their "BOO"campaign which included a gift card that allowed us to spend some time shopping our local store. This was my second time shopping at At Home and there were… [Read More]


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International, African and southern African instruments and institutions driving and inhibiting reform.
(Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of public administration and Management (ASSADPAM), 2007)
A number of international institutions and instruments are both driving and inhibiting reform. United Nations conventions play an important role in creating a moral framework for reform. However, ratification is mostly ...
Perceptions on the impact of Chinese businesses in Namibia: A case study of the retail and construction sector in Windhoek.
(Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2009)
There are conflicting perspectives on the increase of Chinese business in Africa and in particular in Namibia. This study hypothesized that in Namibia, local communities, political leaders, local business community and ...
Role of culture and change management in sustainable public service reform.
(Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM)., 2007)
Culture and change is complex, unpredictable and cannot be managed but do have prospects for steering. This paper concurs with Van Tonder that change management is cultural management; and also with Bate that culture and ...
Understanding systemic corruption
During the last two decades the debate about corruption and ways to understand and contain it acquired a new intensity and concentrated focus. However, applications to contain it sustainably are of mixed success. The World ...


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Sermons by Ryan Richardson
Freedom in Wisdom
Justice Seekers
The Amen
Prepare the Way
Fan or Follower?
Singable Theology: In Christ Alone
Awe: Look…Look…Wow
Singable Theology: It Is Well
Ordinary: An Ordinary Quitter
My Shepherd – Reflections on Psalm 23
More Than A Man: Who Touched My Cloak
Ancient Playlists: Home Is Wherever I'm With You
Celebrities, Rockstars, and Pillar People
Mitchel Lee and Ryan Richardson team up to learn about church life from an improbable list.
God's Purpose for Election
In Romans 9 Paul poses a few questions about God's Sovereignty and His undeserved mercy. If you've had questions about God's Sovereignty Paul helps clarify some questions!
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For tired working moms coming home at the end of the day, there's no question more stinging than "What's for dinner?"
Dream Dinners, a fix-and-freeze business, is working to take the bite out of that question by providing an alternative to cooking every night of the week.
Dream Dinners' Tustin location owners Jamie Mills and Erin Mike are both local mothers who wanted to bring the Dream Dinners experience to Tustin after enjoying it themselves in the past.
"Your heart and your mind want to get a healthy dinner on the table for your family, but it's not easy," said Mills, who added that her own experience with the service in the past was a life-saver.
A far cry from the frozen dinner section at the grocery store, Dream Dinners gives its customers the chance to cook for themselves, while still making the coming month far easier on themselves.
To begin with, customers schedule a "session," generally between Wednesday and Saturday. In doing so, they pre-order the dinners that they want from the menu, with dishes including items such as steak salsa verde, Greek island shrimp with pasta, and many others.
By the time the client arrives for their session, everything is carefully set up to take all of the pain out of the dinner-making process.
First, customers throw on aprons that are provided for them. (Red aprons are for newer customers; those who have been coming for over two years get green aprons.)
Next, the customer takes their order sheet and heads to one of the 17 stations set up on the floor, one for each menu item. When they get there, they find all of the necessary ingredients, from the meat to the spices, all prepared for them.
From there, it's a simple matter of following the recipe, which is also streamlined to keep things easy.
For example, if someone was making Southwest Pulled Pork, the recipe might call for three pink squares of shredded pork. The customer would take the spoon near the shredded pork, labeled with a pink square, and add three spoonfuls of pork. Once they're done cooking the meal, they seal it, bag it, and put it on a freezer shelf with their name on it, then move on to the next meal.
Generally, customers make about 12 meals per session, which works out to a few nights of stress-free Dream Dinners food each week for the rest of the month.
At the end of every session, there is an opportunity to place an order for the next month, with a reward program to encourage repeat customers. The menu changes each month, with customer favorites more frequently making the list.
Dream Dinners only prepares for the dishes that their customers order, ensuring that ingredients stay as fresh as possible.
A large part of why Dream Dinners does what it does is to alleviate pressure and let people spend time with their families, rather than worry about what's for dinner, according to Mike.
"I love the fact that it helps our customers connect with their families," said Mike. "That's why we do what we do."


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Western Reserve Energy Services is an independent broker and supplier of electricity and gas to commercial, institutional and industrial customers. We believe customers can benefit from choosing among energy alternatives. We provide competitive electric generation services in the PJM region and broke gas and electric services in all competitive states.
Deregulation has opened up energy markets to competition. Choice now allows you to take control of your energy costs. We strive to offer the lowest available energy costs in the market to our customers. Instead of having to accept a single option at a predetermined price, we offer a variety of options specifically designed to meet your business needs.
Western Reserve Energy Services also provides our customers with insight on distribution company savings and other onsite solutions to reduce your energy costs.


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Emergencies happen when you least expect them. Perhaps you need plumbing repair or a tree landed on your roof during a storm. Whatever the case may be, have you given any thought to how you will cover these costs?
As a homeowner, when you create your homeownership budget, you should factor repairs and emergencies into the equation. Having an emergency home repair fund will save you a lot of worry and help keep your finances secure.
General Repair Funds To Cover Basic Home Needs
For repairs like a new boiler or a repair on your air conditioning unit during a hot summer, having a general repair fund can help cover these costs. The general rule of thumb is to save at least 1% of the home's purchase cost.
So if you home costs $150,000, you should budget at least $2,000 per year. It is important to remember that this is a recommendation. Where you live, how old the home is, and other factors can affect how much you will need to save.
Funds For Dire Emergencies
When the unexpected happens, like a tornado or flooding, having a second emergency repair fund for will be a lifesaver. If you do not have funds available to cover these costs, you could be at risk of losing your home. This fund can also help in non-home repair emergencies like the loss of a job, illness, or a death.
For dire emergency home repair funds, it is recommended to save an upward of 20% of your mortgage balance.
Options If You Do Not Have A Repair Fund
If you do not have an emergency repair fund and find your home in need of repairs, you do have some options to help cover the costs. You could use your home equity.
There are two ways you can do this:
- Home equity loan, which is a lump sum you borrow against your home and is paid in installments. This option is preferred when you know how much you will need to borrow.
- Home equity line of credit, which acts similar to a credit card in that you have a limit and can borrow on an as-needed basis over the term of the loan. Your lender will often issue you a card for easy access to these funds. This option is preferred when you are unsure how much you will need to borrow.
If you opt to use these options, use them responsibly. You do not want to borrow more than you can reasonably afford and lenders will often require a good credit score.
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'fashion after Fashion' reached an audience of 25 000
The execution of the exhibition is as boundary-breaking as the subject matter. Bullett, 'fashion after Fashion': Inside This Year's Smartest, Most Forward Thinking Fashion Exhibition, May 1, 2017
'fashion after Fashion', an exhibition organized in collaboration with the FCINY and the Parsons School of Design, attracted over 25 000 visitors during the 3 months of its running period at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. The exhibition was open from April 27 until August 6.
The exhibition featured works by 6 designer teams, including Helsinki-based collectives ensaemble and SSAW Magazine, who challenge and expand the landscape of contemporary fashion. Besides rethinking the format of a fashion exhibition, the project highlighted innovative and interdisciplinary practices – and practitioners – that emphasize collaborative and conceptual working methods. fashion after Fashion was curated by Hazel Clark of the Parsons School of Design and Ilari Laamanen of the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.
The exhibition gained an impressive media coverage both in the US and internationally, also in Finland, with features and reviews in prestigious publications and online platforms such as The New York Times Styles, W Magazine, i-D, Document Journal, Surface, Bullett, SLEEK, Office Magazine, Helsingin Sanomat and YLE Areena. Read some of the highlight of the media coverage here.
Public events related to the exhibition, such as talks with trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and Fashion Director for the New York Times, Vanessa Friedman, were highly popular among the audience.
"The collaboration between the Museum of Arts and Design, the Finnish Cultural Institute and the Parsons School of Design has been very fruitful in many ways", says Ilari Laamanen, FCINY's project manager and co-curator of the exhibition. "The exhibition is a great example of bringing together talent across disciplines and geographical borders – something that is central in all of the FCINY's actions, including public projects, residency and fellowship programs."
http://fciny.org/news/creative-conversations-timo-rissanen http://fciny.org/news/fashion-after-fashion-in-media http://fciny.org/news/fashion-after-fashion-a-total-experience


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Lenders' Insatiable Appetite for Commercial Real Estate
Uncertainty is Main Reason for Uneven CRE Market | by Carrie Rossenfeld
GlobeSt writes: Uncertainty over several key factors—including the looming "fiscal cliff" and stubbornly persistent Eurozone crisis—is perpetuating today's sluggish economy, according to speakers at the recent Trigild Lender Conference. According to Robert Guest, business editor for The Economist, the US is facing a double whammy: "an increase in taxes and cuts in spending," which could send the economy into another recession. Sam Chandan PhD, president and chief economist for Chandan Economics, said that "the potential impact of not resolving this problem presents a real risk."
Read the article at the GlobeSt website.


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The Strategic theme enables you to sort through the clutter and find the best route. It is not a skill that can be taught. It is a distinct way of thinking, a special perspective on the world at large. This perspective allows you to see patterns where others simply see complexity. Mindful of these patterns, you play out alternative scenarios, always asking, "What if this happened? OK, well what if this happened?" This recurring question helps you see around the next corner. There you can evaluate accurately the potential obstacles.
Guided by where you see each path leading, you start to make selections. You discard the paths that lead nowhere. You discard the paths that lead straight into resistance. You discard the paths that lead into a fog of confusion. You cull and make selections until you arrive at the chosen path — your strategy. Armed with your strategy, you strike forward. This is your Strategic theme at work: "What if?" Select. Strike.
Strategic is not just thinking carefully. As a CliftonStrengths Theme try to think about who looks for options. Consider someone who asks "what if" and "if then" Strategic can be about zooming out. As an individual this can mean thinking one level up. As a leader this understanding still applies, but you are just going one further level up. You can spot patterns, and consider multiple different ways to proceed. Strategic isn't generally a linear train of thought, but being able to see the entire view all at once. Consider different ways that you might get these points across to let others know the speed in which your thought process works. Catching you in the middle of this culling process can be dizzying, it is very important to have strong partners that can help you during these times. Who can sharpen your thinking edge?
Individuals high with Strategic can fall into the trap of carrying the cerebral load. Because you are constantly thinking about what could happen, you can jump in and do that thinking for everybody. It is important for leaders with high Strategic to think about how to take what you have delegated and share it with other people. Sort out how to think collaboratively, as well as laying out expectations. The challenge of being a leader with Strategic is not just mapping out all of it on your own, but using to your advantage the fact that you think a little bit backwards. Use this to show others what success looks like.
A leader with Strategic might build trust by knowing the details of past successes that you have planned. Strategic by itself isn't necessarily about the future or the past, but about the plan. It's about the possibilities, and playing out the alternatives. Really study the times your plan has worked. A leader can build stability by testing out your plans with a mutual thought partner when you are unsure. Strategic by itself is about having as many alternatives as possible, and never backing yourself into a corner you can't get out of. A leader might use Strategic to show compassion by turning your curiosity into the plots and patterns of your people. You can spot patterns and opportunities for development even before your followers do. Strategic can inspire hope because the nature of Strategic is anticipatory. It is about thinking about what is going to happen, and what could be the best result of today's actions. It is about planning what you can do to lead to a better tomorrow.
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Tess's top five strengths are: Context, Adaptability, Strategic, Learner, Individualization.


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The following is an interview with Love Vitamin reader Maria. After a four year nightmare with acne, she finally can share what worked for her!
If you'd like to fill out your own clear skin interview to be featured on the blog, then just click here.
What was your experience with acne? How many years did you have it and how did it make you feel?
I have had acne since I remember but it wasn't always a bad case. It had ups and downs through my teen years but the nightmare began about 4 years ago.
My lifestyle was the worst during that period of my life… eating out all the time, partying every weekend and I always had pimples…
What kinds of things did you try prior to holistic healing that didn't work?
After a visit to the dermatologist, she prescribed me Accutane and after 2 weeks I started purging like crazy.
For 4 months I had my face all covered in cystic acne and I felt so depressed that I didn't want to leave home. I thought it wasn't working but I kept taking it (worst mistake of my life). [Read more…]


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[JURIST] A Pakistani court on Tuesday ended the house arrest of the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) [CFR backgrounder], the Pakistani militant group suspected of carrying out the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The Lahore High Court said that there was insufficient evidence linking Hafiz Muhammad Saeed [Global Jihad backgrounder] or his charity group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), to the attacks by 10 gunmen on India's financial center. Pakistan and others have accused [DOS backgrounder, PDF] JuD of being a front organization for LeT, although Saeed maintains [Guardian report] that JuD is purely a social welfare group. Both groups have been listed as terrorist organizations by the US Department of State [DOS list] and the UN [Resolution 1267 list]. Spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs [official website] Vishnu Prakash expressed India's dissappointment [India Today report] with the ruling, saying that the release did not reflect favorably on Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorist groups.
Last month, Pakistani citizen Mohammed Ajmal Kasab pleaded not guilty [JURIST report] to involvement with the Mumbai attacks. Two Indian defendants linked to LeT also pleaded not guilty [AFP report] to conspiracy charges related to the charges against Kasab. In February, Pakistani officials conceded [JURIST report] that the attacks were partially planned in their country. Pakistan also stated that the perpetrators traveled by ship [NYT report] from southern Pakistan to Mumbai, where they launched the attack from inflatable boats using outboard engines purchased in Karachi, Pakistan. One scholar suggested that an international tribunal be formed [JURIST op-ed] to prosecute persons involved in Mumbai attacks in order to avoid further complications to the already unstable relationship between Pakistan and India. The attacks in Mumbai, which claimed at least 170 lives, were carried out at ten locations across the city including the landmark Taj Mahal Palace hotel.


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The 15 Most Instagrammed Places in the World/
Instagram has certainly changed the way people capture and share photos when they travel. With hashtags and location tags, people can easily search for any destination and skim through photos posted by others. I have definitely searched location tags to find photos from other travelers before heading out on a vacation or trip of my own. There's something so cool about seeing shots from others - you can find cool places to visit, new restaurants to try out or even fun activities to partake in during your travels.
I remember searching through location tags before my husband and I went on our honeymoon. I checked the tags at the hotel we stayed at every week to see the property and get a better idea of the best places to snap photos. Looking on Instagram got me more and more excited for our trip.
Do you ever catch yourself looking at location tags on Instagram before traveling somewhere? If you don't already, you should definitely try it out!
In terms of the most hashtagged places around the world, did you know...
Disneyland is the most hashtagged spot in the USA, with nearly 3 times the number of mentions than Walt Disney World, the 2nd most popular
South Beach, Miami is the 3rd most popular destination in the USA for Instagram users, followed by the Las Vegas Strip, Times Square and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Globally, The Eiffel Tower, the Berlin Wall and Big Ben are among the top ten most hashtagged tourist destinations in the world
So, now that you're armed with those fast facts, let's get right down to it! Here is the list of the 15 Most Instagrammed Places in the World! Thanks to Travel Bird for sorting through all these tags!
1. Disneyland – California, USA – 14,615,952 tags
2. Eiffel Tower – Paris, France – 7,253,011 tags
3. Walt Disney World – Florida, USA – 5,465,098 tags
4. South Beach – Florida, USA – 4,689,396 tags
5. Berlin Wall – Berlin, Germany – 4,595,501 tags
6. Las Vegas Strip – Nevada, USA – 3,653,548 tags
7. Big Ben – London, United Kingdom – 2,561,617 tags
8. Times Square – New York, USA – 2,560,272 tags
9. Notre Dame – Paris, France – 2,517,129 tags
10. Oktoberfest – Bavaria, Germany – 2,262,885 tags
11. Mardi Gras – New Orleans, USA – 2,202,256
12. Niagara Falls – Ontario, Canada – 2,198,459 tags
13. Machu Picchu – Cusco, Peru – 2,195,108 tags
14. Grand Canyon – Arizona, USA – 1,989,316 tags
15. Waikiki – Hawaii, USA – 1,939,768 tags
I've been to eight of the places listed above! How cool is that?
I've visited:
- Walt Disney World
- Paris (Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame)
- Las Vegas (Las Vegas Strip)
- London (Big Ben)
- Munich
- New York City (Times Square)
- Niagara Falls
Have you ever been to any of these destinations? Are you surprised by any of the places that secured a spot on this list? Let me know in the comment section below!


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I'm currently have both Lenny and Squeeze installations.
I want to know how to:
- list of all packages which are upgradable
- know their current and future package numbers
- have the changes (ChangeLog) for all of them between current/future version numbers
- without actually upgrading anything
As a plus, I'd get this information without super user rights.
When I do
aptitude update && aptitude upgrade I only see the packages; when I've installed
apt-listchanges I only see them once I commited to installed them (yes, I know I can abort it).
Maybe I do not yet want to download all of the packages (could be a lot of them), which means I'd have to fetch the ChangeLog from somewhere else (but this is not a requirement; downloading them would fit too, but would require super user rights).
A deleted answers mentioned to take a look at
apt-listchanges. Despite sounding redundant given my question, it's true that I didn't realize I can use
apt-listchanges alone. The man page mentions the option
--apt but I fail to understand which pipeline I need to construct (and if it meets my goals).
Update 2
I figured that with
apt-show-versions I get a nice output; it's just that the ChangeLog is missing:
$ apt-show-versions -u
apache2/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2-mpm-worker/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2-utils/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2.2-bin/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2.2-common/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2