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Early Wednesday, Nov. 7, President Barack Obama addressed the nation: "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much! ... I want to thank every American who participated in this election."
We must thank thousands of dedicated public servants, and appreciate all those determined voters who refused to be denied the right to participate in our democracy. I'm especially grateful to all who contributed to Barack Obama's re-election, loudly declaring "yes" and "no" to extremely vital issues.
President Obama is the most successful Democratic presidential candidate since FDR. Surpassing President Clinton, Obama was re-elected with both big Electoral College margins plus majority popular vote wins... and he did it twice. Obama won eight of nine battleground states.
I'm thankful more women will serve in the U.S. Senate than at any time in U.S. history, and that, compared to 2008, the proportion of young voters went up - same with African-Americans - same with Latinos - all increased from 2008.
Every Democratic incumbent in the Senate won and Democrats increase power by two, perhaps three (Arizona unresolved) seats. Despite disproportionate GOP gerrymandering, as of Nov. 16 Democratic House votes exceed Republican votes by a million - four House races remain unresolved. Even Paul Ryan's hometown, Janesville, Wisc., voted against him in both his House race and VP run.
Yes, there's much for liberals and Democrats to gratefully acknowledge, much for this country to give thanks. Our two-party system needs both parties to confront and cooperate to solve real problems. That competition between good ideas about real problems should result in our country having better choices, better options, rather than many working toward solutions - a few obstructing.
When Republicans, the conservative movement, and the conservative media dwell in a vacuum-sealed, door-locked spin cycle of telling each other what makes them feel good while denying the factual, lived-truth of the world, America loses.
Barack Obama really was born in Hawaii. He is the legitimate President of the United States... again. The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make up a fake unemployment rate in October, Congressional Research Service factually cannot find evidence the economy grows by cutting rich people's taxes, and the polls were not skewed to oversample Democrats.
Rape really can cause pregnancy, climate change is real, pollution is poison, evolution is a scientific fact, and humans and dinosaurs never coexisted. Taxes have not gone up, the deficit is dropping, and Benghazi was an attack on us, not a scandal by us.
Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, the SSA isn't arming for a rebellion, moderate regulation on insurance/financial/manufacturing industries is not communism, and the GOP didn't lose the 30-and-under voters because of "big government education" brain-washing.
"The creepy 'rape and abortion caucus' went 0 for 9 on election day!" (TRMS) I'm thankful conservatives now have proof of the following majority consensus: Women demand autonomy over our bodies - we don't want to empower any boss to deny birth control in company insurance plans, or a Supreme Court to overturn Roe versus Wade, and we refuse to redefine rape. Leave us alone.
Thankfully, the majority rejects a 20 percent tax cut to millionaires/billionaires and refuses cuts to food stamps and Medicaid to cover the cost. We won't repeal health reform, or kill Medicare, or make seniors in this or future generations negotiate for health coverage. We won't eliminate the Departments of Energy or Education or Housing, nor Constitutionally prohibit gay marriage.
We're not going to give $2 trillion unrequested funds to the Pentagon, or reduce student loans because America's new plan is "borrow money from your parents." We won't veto the DREAM Act or promote self-deportation.
Republicans were trampled, and they had no idea it was coming. We watched them, in real, humiliating time, disbelieve reality as it was happening to them. Unless they like losing, Republicans must pop the "myths bubble" inside the echo chamber they've been so happy inhabiting... or get shellacked again.
Conservative columnist David Frum affirms, "Republicans have been fleeced, exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex... (FOX News, Limbaugh, talk radio, etc.)" ... gleefully feasting on each and every lie.
There are real problems in the world. There are real, knowable facts in the world. Wake up, Conservatives, change the channel, and thank God for another chance.
Sherry McKnight is a Sun City resident and can be reached at email@example.com.


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How to get to the Basque Country
- Wspólnota autonomiczna: Basque Country
The Basque Country is in northern Spain beside the border with France, in the sightseeing area known as Green Spain. There are a range of transport options available to get to this area.
Points of interest
A-1 motorway From Vitoria to Madrid, about 350 kilometres. From Bilbao to Madrid, about 400 kilometres, with connection via the AP-68 motorway. From San Sebastián to Madrid, about 450 kilometres, with connection via the AP-1 motorway. A-63 and A-64 motorways Connection to France. Regular coach services International connections to countries such as Germany, Belgium, France, Holland, Switzerland and Romania. National connections to cities all over Spain.
Bilbao Airport: Connections: Direct flights to numerous points all over Spain and to major European cities in countries such as Germany, Belgium, France, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic among others. Location/services: It is 12 kilometres outside the city of Bilbao. Bus and taxi service. Rates: Bus Single ticket to Bilbao: around €1.35. Single ticket to San Sebastián: around €16.50. Other destinations: Zarautz, Eibar, Bergara, Arrasate. Taxi Transfer to Bilbao, around €25. Tour around San Sebastián, around €145. Transfer to Vitoria, around €110. San Sebastián Airport: Connections: Direct flights to Madrid and Barcelona. Location/services: It is located 22 kilometres outside the city of San Sebastián. Bus and taxi service. Rates: Bus Single ticket to San Sebastián: around €2. Single ticket to Irún and Hondarribia: around €1.50.
Points of interest
From Bilbao: Direct connections to other cities in Spain such as Madrid, Barcelona, A Coruña, Burgos, Malaga, León, Logroño, Segovia, Salamanca, Valladolid and Saragossa. From San Sebastián: Direct flights to Madrid and Barcelona, among other national destinations. From Vitoria: Direct connections to Madrid and Barcelona, among other national destinations. International connection to Paris. From Irún: Direct connections to Lisbon, with stops in Vitoria and San Sebastián. Renfe Spain Pass: card offering travel around Spain for all non-residents. This system is very practical, as it can be used on all AVE long-distance and mid-distance high-speed trains. The Renfe Spain Pass is valid for one month from the first trip and comes in two formats (Business/Club and Tourist). It can be purchased up to six months in advance, and is available for 4, 5, 8, 10 or 12 journeys. For more information or to purchase it directly online, go to the following link: http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/viajes_internacionales/spainpass/index.html Sightseeing trains This area is home to the Transcantábrico sightseeing trains in their Classic and Grand Luxe versions. The route begins in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) and passes through a large part of Green Spain. Another option is the Sightseeing Trains of the North, which offer attractive routes around Asturias, Cantabria, Castile-León and the Basque Country.
Port of Bilbao Connections: Twice-weekly direct route to Portsmouth (United Kingdom). Departure and stopover for pleasure cruises.
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PROVO, UTAH – Sales soared for a painting depicting Obama trampling on the Constitution after a story CBS Las Vegas produced last weekend went viral.
John McNaughton's "The Forgotten Man" sold in one day "what we would sell in three months."
The amount of traffic the story generated even crashed his website.
"I hate to think of the sales I lost with the site being down, but I'm pleased that the message got out," he told CBS Las Vegas.
His webmaster needed to increase the amount of bandwidth for the site four times before it went back up Saturday night.
While sales of the painting went up, McNaughton said he got reactions from a "mixed bag of people" over the story.
"People really loved the painting and some were really angry," he told CBS Las Vegas. "Our country is really divided and emotions run high on both sides of the aisle."
Because of the delicate subject matter raised in his art, McNaughton was often accused of racism.
"I think racism is a legitimate issue. But I think if you want to speak out against Obama and his policies is one thing, but being called a racist gets tiresome when it has nothing to do with the painting."
McNaughton was hesitant to paint "The Forgotten Man" before it was released in 2010, but "pushed to do it" despite his friends' reservations.
Since "The Forgotten Man" was released, McNaughton painted what he described as "a sequel."
The painting is called "Wake Up America" and it features "The Forgotten Man" trying to saw himself out of the chains of debt.
Throughout the tableau there are faces of sadness, blame, and desperation. President Obama is also prominently featured as a ring leader to the madness.
McNaughton also did another painting called "Via Dolorosa" in which historical figures bear witness to Jesus' crucifixion.
"A lot of it has to do with modern day Christians and where they stand in history," McNaughton said about the painting.
As for his next work, McNaughton is keeping the details under wraps.
"It's called 'One Nation Under Socialism.' It's political, but I want to keep it under my hat. I want to surprise people so there are no misconceptions."
"One Nation Under Socialism" will be released in about a month.


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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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Robert O'Brien, project manager, Riggs Distler & Co., Inc. of Sharon Hill, Pa., pointed out that if this is a subpanel, then the green bonding screw in the neutral bar violates 250.24(A)(1), which notes that the service must be grounded at an accessible location up to the bus where the neutral is connected. This subpanel is located well past that point. Also, 250.24(A)(5) prohibits the grounding of the grounded conductor on the load side of the service disconnect, except as otherwise allowed in this Article. The subpanel is located on the load side of the service disconnect. However, if this were a separately derived system and this were the ground connection to the secondary grounded conductor, then the separate equipment grounding terminal bar would be a violation.
James Williams, president, Ace Electric of Shelby, Kings Mountain, N.C., noted other violations. The equipment grounding conductor and the grounded conductor (neutral) must be separate from each other in a subpanel. Use of the green screw violates the requirements of 408.20. Verification of 300.4(F) must also be ensured for the insulated bushing for the chase nipple.
John McEldowney, regional electrical inspection supervisor, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, N.J., noted the neutral terminal bars, located on each side of the enclosure, should be electrically bonded. His concern arose when he saw more than two green equipment grounding conductors terminated under several of the terminal screws, which is a violation of 110.3(B).


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The Lewiston Community Lions recently entertained and donated to Wings Flights of Hope, a not-for-profit organization with more than 300 pilots donating free flights for medical patients, their families and U.S. troops.
Regina Cecconi was installed as the Lions' newest member. She was sponsored by television star and cooking aficionado Lori Caso.
Gary Catlin received an award from the Lions International for his contributions in gaining membership to the Lewiston Lions Club.
If you're interested in becoming a Lion, helping those in need and having some fun in the process, visit http://lewistoncommunitylionsclub-ny.org/ or the Lewiston Lions Facebook page. You may also contact Lion Ron Craft at 716-818-0360.
•The Lions have a special message for the Lewiston Village Pub:
"It is our understanding that the Lewiston Village Pub will be closing on or about Feb. 9. The Lewiston Lions club would like to publicly thank Ken Scibetta and the Lewiston Village Pub for the support they have given the Lions club on (our) dinner nights at the Pub," Craft said. "Their support will be missed, along with (Ken's) support for many functions, festivals and fundraisers in the Village of Lewiston."


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Working for Peace and Security within Haitian communities
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: I have been working in the MINUSTAH Community Violence Reduction (CVR) Section since May 2012 as a Programme Officer in the Project Unit. My role is to identify, select and develop potential projects aimed at reducing violence within communities.
One of the most exciting things about being a UN Volunteer is having the chance to work across diverse activities which aim to help the Haitian people in a variety of ways. Being the focal point for ten separate CVR events to mark International Day of Peace on 21 September gave me exactly such an opportunity.
Starting two months in advance, my role leading up to the day was to coordinate not only with other MINUSTAH sections and military contingents, but with those Haitian partners who would stage events on the day. One priority was to work with local community organizations to jointly develop activities that would promote dialogue in the community regarding ways to encourage peace. In addition, we collaborated closely with the Haitian state to coordinate activities. I attended many meetings with the Ministry for Youth, Sport and Civic Action (MJSAC) to incorporate youth as much as possible into the day, and with the Haitian Football Federation (FFH) to plan a football match between MINUSTAH contingents, Haitian National Police and two local community teams.
After a great deal of planning with each partner, I was delighted with the success of International Peace Day. One of the most popular events was the finals of a week-long championship titled, Match for Peace and Security between football and basketball teams of youth from different neighbourhoods in Cité Soleil, one of the most fragile zones in Port-au-Prince. In the same area, on 21 September, beneficiaries from a CVR vocational training project joined forces with local children to plant trees.
Across the city, other partners collaborated with CVR to host informal community forums and formal debates and workshops to stimulate discussion about violence in the community and how to work together towards peace. Many of the events included cultural elements to promote peace through music, dance, artists exhibitions and theatre, including a day of celebrations on 22 September in Champ de Mars, one of the main public squares in the capital.
In Haitis North Department, CVR also coordinated with a local womens group to stage a peace march and a large public debate in a town square exploring the theme Violence is a handicap to development.
Overall it was a great experience for me to be so involved with Haitian and international partners to celebrate International Peace Day and I look forward to working on similar events in the future.
Bio: Marie Dibangue (Douala, Cameroon) is a UNV Community Violence Reduction Officer. She has been working in the MINUSTAH Community Violence Reduction Section since May 2012 as a Programme Officer in the Project Unit.


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text: Cosmologists have known that the universe is expanding in all directions since early in the 1920s. Later in the century, they used new instruments to examine the question again. They assumed that—due to gravity—the rate of expansion of the universe today would be slower than the rate in the past. Instead, measurements showed that the cosmic expansion has been speeding up. The expansion is attributed to —dark energy,— a kind of springiness of empty space itself. Today's astronomical measurements show that dark energy makes up about 70% of the total mass-energy in the universe. This deep mystery lies right at the heart of understanding gravity. See how observations that measure the history of cosmic expansion more precisely, along with a more detailed look at the cosmic microwave background, are providing new clues about the nature of dark energy.


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Taxonomy Plugin
compile "org.grails.plugins:taxonomy:1.2"
Adds methods to domain classes to allow you to apply hierarchical "tags" to objects. Sophisticated methods for finding objects with tags or tags that are descendents of another tag.
Similar to the excellent Taggable plugin, this plugin allows you to apply arbitrary hierarchical categorisation (Taxons) to domain objects.Example of basic usage:
There is support for arbitrary nesting of Taxons (categories) within unlimited Taxonomy(s), and taxonomies are domain class independent.So category "Local" on Author can be used on Book.However you can have different taxonomy graphs aside from the default one, so you might have a taxonomy graph "Location" storing the names of states and cities, and another taxonomy graph "Company type" - and objects having categories in both graphs.
def book = Book.get(1)// Add the book to the Non-fiction > Autobiography category book.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])def autobiographies = Book.findAllByTaxonomyFamily(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])
InstallationJust run:
Then on any domain classes that you want to support taxonomy, simply define a "taxonomy" property set to true:
grails install-plugin taxonomy
class Book { static taxonomy = true String title }
Commercial SupportCommercial support is available for this and other Grailsrocks plugins.
ReferenceSeveral methods are added to domain classes, and TaxonomyService provides access to other Taxonomy manipulation features.Throughout these methods a convention is used for the "nodeOrPath" argument.A nodeOrPath is one of:
- A comma-delimited list of string taxon names eg "Local,Food,Grocers"
- A List of string taxon names eg ['Local', 'Food', 'Grocers'] - note that this is safe for taxon names that include commas "," in their name
- A Taxon instance - typically retrieved using TaxonomyService
Methods on domain objectsThe follow methods are added to domain class object instances.
addToTaxonomy(nodeOrPath, taxonomy = null)This method adds a taxonomy classification to a domain object instance. The taxonomy is optional. If none is supplied the taxons will be used (and created in, if necessary) the global "special" taxonomy created by default. Otherwise if you want to have multiple classification spaces you can pass in a different taxonomy name (or instance) and it will use the taxons from that taxonomy.An example
def book = Book.get(1)// Add the book to the Non-fiction > Autobiography category book.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])// Add the book to the Popular > Charts > Top-10 category book.addToTaxonomy(['Popular', 'Charts', 'Top-10'])// Also add a classification that is purely for internal accountancy use book.addToTaxonomy(['Markup', '10-20%'], "accounting")
removeTaxonomy(nodeOrPath, taxonomy = null)This performs the reverse of addToTaxonomy:
def book = Book.get(1)// Remove the book from the Non-fiction > Autobiography category book.removeTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])// Remove the classification that is purely for internal accountancy use book.removeTaxonomy(['Markup', '10-20%'], "accounting")
getTaxonomies()Returns the list of Taxon objects that apply to the given object:
def book = Book.get(1)// Add the book to the Non-fiction > Autobiography category
book.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])// Taxonomies returns a list of Taxon objects with name, parent and scope properties
println "Taxonomies for book are now " + book.taxonomies*.name
hasTaxonomy(taxonOrPath, taxonomy = null)Returns true if the indicated taxon is applied to the domain object. The optional taxonomy argument lets you scope the taxon to different taxonomy groupings.
def book = Book.get(1)if (book.hasTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography'])) { println "It's an autobiography!" }
clearTaxonomies()Removes all taxonomies for the given domain object. This is how you clear all current taxons assigned to the object without first knowing what they are:
def book = Book.get(1)book.clearTaxonomies()println "Book no longer has any genres"
Static methods added to domain classesThe follow methods are added to domain class object instances.
findAllByTaxonomyFamily(nodeOrPath, params = null)This will find object instances that have a taxon that is at or below the specified nodeOrPath in the taxonomy.The nodeOrPath can be null which implies anything at root level in the given taxonomy. The params are standard finder params,with the optional "taxonomy" param to specify a specific taxonomy tree,
def book1 = Book.get(1) def book2 = Book.get(2)book1.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography']) book1.addToTaxonomy(['Discounted', '10%'], 'pricing') // Pricing taxonomy, separate tree book2.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Popular science']) book2.addToTaxonomy(['Discounted', '20%'], 'pricing') // Pricing taxonomy, separate tree// Find all books under Non-fiction def nonFictionBooks = Book.findAllByTaxonomyFamily('Non-fiction')// Find all books under Discounted > 10% in alternative taxonomy def tenPercentBooks = Book.findAllByTaxonomyFamily(['Discounted', '10%'], 'pricing')
findByTaxonomyFamily(nodeOrPath, params = null)Same as findAllByTaxonomyFamily but only returns the first result it finds - which may depend on your params eg sort order.
findAllByTaxonomyExact(nodeOrPath, params = null)Finds all the objects with the exact category specified in nodeOrPath - objects with sub-categories will not be found.
def book1 = Book.get(1) def book2 = Book.get(2) def book3 = Book.get(3)book1.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Autobiography']) book1.addToTaxonomy(['Discounted', '5%'], 'pricing') // Pricing taxonomy, separate treebook2.addToTaxonomy(['Non-fiction', 'Popular science']) book2.addToTaxonomy(['Discounted', '5%'], 'pricing') // Pricing taxonomy, separate treebook3.addToTaxonomy(['Discounted', '5%', 'One week only'], 'pricing')// There are no purely Non-fiction books def nonFictionBooks = Book.findAllByTaxonomyExact('Non-fiction') assert 0 == nonFictionBooks.size()// Find all books at Discounted > 5% in alternative taxonomy, not subtypes of it def fivePercentBooks = Book.findAllByTaxonomyExact(['Discounted', '5%'], 'pricing') assert 2 == fivePercentBooks.size() // doesn't include the one week only book


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Predicting the Supreme Court
Josh Blackman, my sometimes co-author, who is the president of the Harlan Institute (with which I too am associated) and czar -- his title, not mine -- of FantasySCOTUS.net, has co-authored a fascinating article that analyzes an information market he created to predict Supreme Court cases.
During the October 2009 Supreme Court term (last year), the 5,000 members of FantasySCOTUS.net made over 11,000 predictions for the 81 cases decided. Based on this data, FantasySCOTUS accurately predicted a majority of the cases and the top-ranked experts predicted over 75% of the cases correctly. FantasySCOTUS even has a Prediction Tracker to provide real-time predictions as to how the Supreme Court will decide.
Josh's article is an absolute must-read for anyone who follows the Court closely and tries to figure out what "The Nine" will do. While I myself haven't had the time to participate in FantasySCOTUS, perhaps I should go there every now and again to be better able to answer (the very common) media questions of how cases turn out.


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The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) and The Louisiana Science Teachers Association (LSTA) joint conference will be held in Shreveport, Louisiana on November 12-14, 2012 at the Shreveport Convention Center located at 400 Caddo Street. Go to http://lamath.org/conference2012for forms and additional information.
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The Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award is given annually to an outstanding middle or high school teacher who successfully integrates environmental education into their curriculum and engages students in interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges. The award recognizes an educator who can serve as an inspiration and model for others. The 2012 Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award will go to a high school teacher, which includes grades 9-12. Because middle and high school teachers may face different challenges in their teaching on the environment, the award alternates between middle and high school teachers each year. The Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award winner will receive $5,000 and two merit winners will receive $750 each. Read about past Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award winners. Nominations for the Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award are due June 15, 2012. Nominate yourself or a teacher you know today!
Gulf Restoration Network Video Contest (Deadline: August 15)
Gulf Restoration Network is currently accepting submissions for their annual Defend the Gulf Short Film Showcase. The contest is a great opportunity for filmmakers, videographers, and Gulf supporters to utilize their talents to create short films, defend the Gulf, and win big prizes. They are looking for short films and PSA's to communicate the Gulf's environmental issues and promote restoration. From the history of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe that has witnessed the wetlands disappear over generations to surfing (or not surfing due to pollution) off the panhandle of Florida, the Gulf has many environmental stories to tell. You can help by sharing your story! Winners will be divided into three categories: Best Short Film, Best PSA, and People's Choice Award. Each film contest winner will receive prize packages worth over $1,000, including two VIP Weekend passes to Voodoo Music Festival. Winners and runners up will be featured in the 2012 Defend the Gulf Short Film Showcase, which will be screened at over 200 events hosted by GRN volunteers all over the country, the Timecode: NOLA FFone Film Festival, and the Voodoo Music Festival. Deadline for videos is August 15, 2012. Don't miss the chance to get your talents noticed and defend the Gulf of Mexico! Detailed submission guidelines and other information can be found at www.healthygulf.org/shortfilmshowcase.
Jefferson Parish Job Announcement
Jefferson Parish has a job opening for an Environmental Quality Technician II position within the Department of Environmental Affairs. The job position would assist the Coastal Programs Supervisor. For further information about this position and how to apply, please click on the following link: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/jeffparish/default.cfm
Chevron's Energyville
Chevron has developed an energy game to help students try to make informed decisions about a city's energy needs, while considering the economic, security, and environmental impacts of these decisions. It provides a fun way for students to explore energy usage and its many implications for society and the environment. http://www.energyville.com/energyville
Show Me Wildlife
The Council for Environmental Education's Growing Up Wild resources includes Show Me Wildlife http://www.projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD/showmewildlife.htm, which allows you to view an array of wildlife videos and photos online, including insects, animals, plants, and more. Available resources for connecting young learners to their environment include: Army Ants on a Raid, Gardens Spider Spinning Web, Pelican Feeding, Looking a Fall Leaves, etc.
A Recipe for Clean Water
This middle school lesson was developed by Wet in the City, an urban environmental education program focused on water resources. Students examine the labels of household products to see which hazardous chemicals they contain. They then seek out and test less toxic alternatives to ensure less toxins enter the environment. Environmental science, math, and health components. http://www.wetcity.org/documents/RecipeforCleanWater-2007.pdf
Canopy in the Clouds
Funded by the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Tropical Science Center of Costa Rica, this expansive video experience presents an amazing look at a tropical montane cloud forest, with click on links to information/videos at each level. The site includes classroom lessons for grades 6-8 and background information for teachers. Topics include water, weather, soils, ecology, evolution, biodiversity, etc. http://www.canopyintheclouds.com
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Venise Ortego, Environmental Education Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Word on the street is that this is Pacquiao's attempt to send a message to Floyd Mayweather, who often travels with 50 Cent. You know about beef between the fighters. The rappers also have plenty of beef.
The above video includes Pacquiao's right-hand man, Buboy Fernandez, repping Ross's Maybach Music Group. Ah, the apotheosis of the sweet science.
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A decent SD or HD TV can handle a change in aspect ratio with minimal fuss, which is useful as some content, such as the news, is still broadcast in old-style 4:3 (width:height), while movies and much of the current crop of TV are transmitted in a widescreen, 16:9 format, but you'll notice that the news, for instance, tends to be 4:3 so if your TV is a bit stubborn, Huw Edward's face will look horribly distorted as though he is near a high gravity field.
The situation is going to get worse when we add HD content to the mix as your TV will have to be flexible enough to chop and change aspect ratio and resolution. Most HD content will be transmitted in 720p so in theory you'll lose some detail if you buy a 1080i TV but in practice the TV broadcast passes through so many compression/decompression and coding/decoding cycles that this is a relatively minor problem.
Sky in the past said it has "opted for both 720p and 1080i", but it recently announced that it will broadcast everything in 1080i. This despite the fact that most US HDTV is broadcast in 720p so Sky will have to upscale imported content to 1080i, and most European TV standards bodies recommend 720p. We say 'watch this space' to see if Sky goes back on this slightly barmy plan.
You can watch low-resolution SD TV on a high-resolution HD TV and it looks perfectly acceptable, provided the hardware is decent - again, get the shop to demo both. If you're unconvinced you can splash out £90 on an LG DVK9900H upscaler which supports 1080i and will convert an SD picture to HDTV resolution, but we strongly suggest that you try before you buy. By its nature upscaling technology has to guess how to scale a 768 x 576 picture up to, say, 1,280 x 720, and the resolution won't be as clear and as sharp as a picture that is displayed at its native resolution.
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If you're happy with PAL TV on a 32in CRT then 720 HD content will look equally good on a quality 40in HDTV, but if you're heading for 50in territory you ought to consider 1080i. This is the resolution supported by the next-generation optical disc formats Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, and it's where things start to get tricky.
In theory, a 1080p-capable HD TV delivers the ultimate in quality, but in practice they are very thin on the ground and also rather expensive. 1080i is superb for a very large home cinema TV but is unlikely to deliver any practical benefit in everyday use. It can yield better-looking still images than the lower-resolution 720p, but is effectively no more detailed in fast-moving sequences. For that reason, 720p is likely to be the mainstream broadcast standard for some years to come.
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Sherrill company founders show their Coffee Joulies on Shark Tank
A company whose products are manufactured at Sherrill Manufacturing appeared on an episode of "Shark Tank" Friday night on the ABC network.
Viewers were able to see business owners Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson pitch their product, Coffee Joulies, to investors in order to gain their support during a rapid-fire 10 minute segment of the program.
The main focus of the pitch was this: A Coffee Joulie is an egg-sized product made of stainless steel and shaped like a coffee bean. The bean is filled with a special kind of wax, and when placed in a filled coffee cup, it cools hot coffee to a drinkable 140-degrees while trapping the excess warmth to prolong the drinking life of the beverage.
"Coffee will stay warm and drinkable for up to five hours," Petrillo told the Shark Tank investors, adding that the Joulies also work for tea, soup and even oatmeal.
Petrillo recommended one Joulie for every four ounces of coffee.
He added that he and Jackson have a design patent but did not develop the inside material.
The investors were told that Joulies cost $3.65 each to make. They are being sold 5 for $50, and Jackson and Petrillo hope to supply them to Bed, Bath & Beyond and other retail stores in the future.
When they finished their pitch, there was a lot of back and forth between the investors. One Shark questioned why a thermos was not a suitable alternative, to which Petrillo explained that thermoses keep beverages "too hot."
The Sharks also felt production costs were too high.
In the end, the investors offered the duo a deal of a $150,000 investment. Petrillo and Jackson will pay the investors back at a rate of $3 for each wholesale unit sold and $6 for each unit sold in a retail setting. After the $150,000 is repaid, they will pay the investors $1 for every unit sold.
This past week, area residents and staff at Sherrill Manufacturing were buzzing about the upcoming television program.
"It's a way to get their name out there," said Matt Roberts, president and CEO of Sherrill Manufacturing. The company that started making Coffee Joulies about a year ago, Roberts said. "It's brought jobs to the area."
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ELON, N.C. – UMBC softball picked up a pair of victories in day one of the Phoenix Opening Tournament at Hunt Softball Park. The Retrievers held off Niagara in a 3-1 victory in the day's second game and followed with a rigorous 13-9 victory in eight innings against Iona in the nightcap.
The Retrievers (4-2) posted a one-run advantage in the bottom of the first inning, following senior Caitlin Chance (Easton, Md./Easton) reaching on an error and junior Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) driving her home on a double into left center field.
UMBC held the lead until the top of the sixth inning when Niagara tied the contest at one with a double down the right field line to score Brittany Richberg, who singled to lead off the inning. However, the Retrievers had the response in the bottom of the sixth inning, starting with a wild pitch from Kim Bryson and adding insurance with a sacrifice fly from freshman Kelly Lane (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) to score classmate Jaclyn Buckley (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Camden Regional).
Freshman pitcher Jessica Holte (Ashland, Va./Atlee) earned her third complete game victory of the season. Holte allowed her first walk of the season, but surrendered one earned run in the outing, while Bryson (0-1) lost her season-opening performance, despite all three runs being unearned.
The Retrievers exploded for four runs in the opening inning behind a trio of doubles from UMBC. Senior Chelsea Bertoglio (Laguna Hilla, Calif./Laguna Hills/Saddleback College), Chance and Lane each registered and RBI double in the inning.
The Gaels (0-1) responded with five in the bottom of the second inning, including a leadoff home run into left center from sophomore Christine Costello. A second home run in the inning, this one from freshman Kristen Turner, scored three more runs, concluding the frame with a 5-4 Iona advantage.
Despite Iona adding a run apiece in the bottom of the third and the fourth, the Retrievers trimmed its deficit to one, 7-6, in the top of the sixth inning behind a costly error from the Gaels. Iona was able to add another in the bottom half of the inning, but UMBC forced extra innings with two runs batted in from sophomore Bridget O'Malley (Brooklyn, Md./Seton Keough) in the top of the seventh and five runs in the top of the eighth.
Freshman Nicole Casagrand (1-1) earned her first victory of her collegiate career, allowing one earned run in relief of starter Lane. Iona starter junior Carly Argyle (0-1) threw 7.1 innings, allowing seven runs, walking 11 and striking out seven.
The Retrievers continue play at the Phoenix Opening Tournament with a doubleheader starting at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22.


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Planned Parenthood is holding its annual lobbying day at the Capitol -- despite a vote by the Legislature to bar it from getting state funding and a possible vote to keep it out of Texas sex education classes.
The organization expects hundreds to attend the Thursday rally featuring actress Stephanie March from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
Its supporters will then fan out to lobby lawmakers.
Politics from around the world.
The Republican-controlled Legislature targeted Planned Parenthood in 2011 when it outlawed state funds for organizations linked to abortion providers. Then, on Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee began mulling a bill barring Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in public schools.
Planned Parenthood has affiliated health educators who have taught sex education in some school districts statewide, but the practice isn't widespread.


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Thu, 30 June 2011
"Saving the Bill of Rights"...Frank Miniter...great peak of history. Animal rights activists are targeting Iowa's pork industry...video. How to respond? Then, how did we get all these highways anyhow? "The Big Roads" Earl Swift. Vincent Bugliosi touts the "Divinity of Doubt: the god question." He says he doesn't know and says you don't either.
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Climate change gets SETI-style simulations
Global warming begins at home
Oxford University has launched a SETI@home-like joint project with the BBC to harness processing power from home computers to model climate change. Lead scientist Myles Allen told Reuters: "If 10,000 people join in, you are already bigger than the world's biggest supercomputer."
The program will take an average home PC around three months to run a climate model from 1920 to 2080. The scientists say it will not significantly affect performance. Allen said the aim of the 500,000 permutations was to get an accurate picture of changes that occurred in the 20th century.
They group also claim that extra electricity used for the experiment will be negligible, and so will not contribute to further greenhouse gas emissions.
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- UNICEF: UNICEF Angola Humanitarian Situation Report July to September, Quarter 3 2019
- WFP: WFP Angola Country Brief, September 2019
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Appeals & Response Plans
- UNHCR: The Democratic Republic of Congo Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) January 2019 - December 2020
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Headlines (last 30 days)
- World Vision: Number of people affected by hunger in southern Africa 'will stretch around the world'. 10 Nov 2019
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- WHO: WHO supports Angola's Government efforts to end polio outbreak. 2 Dec 2019
- FAO: As climate shocks intensify, UN food agencies urge more support for southern Africa's hungry people. 31 Oct 2019
- Govt. Angola: Rain displaces seven families in Cunene. 5 Dec 2019
- Govt. Angola: Cunene Province gets heavy rain. 4 Dec 2019
- UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children 2020 - Angola. 4 Dec 2019
Global Overview MAY 2018
Global Overview APRIL 2018
On Monday 16 October 2017 the Council adopted the EU Annual Report on Human Rights And Democracy in the World in 2016.
2016 was a challenging year for human rights and democracy, with a shrinking space for civil society and complex humanitarian and political crises emerging. In this context, the European Union showed leadership and remained strongly committed to promote and protect human rights and democracy across the world.
Global Overview – Trends and Outlook
The month saw Venezuela's political, economic and humanitarian crisis worsen amid heightened tensions between the government and opposition, a situation which could lead to state collapse and regional destabilisation. Another major setback in electing a new president in Haiti prompted fears of further civil unrest. In West Africa, deadly violence in central Mali and south-east Nigeria spiked, while a power struggle in Guinea-Bissau led to a dangerous standoff.
The month saw conflict continue to rage in Turkey's south east between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), looking likely to further escalate in March. Afghanistan and Somalia both saw armed insurgencies capture new territories. In Africa, political tensions rose in Chad, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, while in Venezuela, deadlock between the opposition-held parliament and government has brought the country closer to political and economic implosion.


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Dairy-free Gluten-free Arugula Herb Gnocchi Salad Recipe
This week I thought I'd share a really unique salad recipe with you- one for herb or arugula gnocchi on a bed of fresh arugula that I drizzled with a (bottled) balsamic vinaigrette. I couldn't resist making it with the fork tin decor on top, even though it doesn't really end up showing in the final product.
This week the gluten-free menu swap is hosted by Cheryl at GF Goodness with vegetarian meals as the theme. Don't forget to check out more menus at Org Junkie. In the meantime, here's my gluten-free menu of the week- Cheryl should be very happy with me as every single meal is vegetarian!!! heheh.
Sunday: Vegetarian
Roasted beets and root veggies
Pan Fried Oregano Okra
French Rice in the Rice Cooker
Tuesday: Chinese
soy-free Mushroom Broccoli stir-fry
Wednesday: Thai
Vegetable Green Curry
Jasmine rice
Friday: Indian
Red lentil fritters (Masoor Dal Vada)
Bette Hagman flatbread
Vegetable curry
Saturday: Irish
Vegan pot pie
I recently came across an intriguing recipe for arugula gnocchi in a magazine and was inspired to convert it to be gluten and dairy free. I've become obsessed with arugula as a zesty alternative to lettuce since Trader Joes started selling a mild organic arugula. I thought it was a great idea to treat arugula like spinach. Further, it serves as the perfect foil for neutral floury potatoes. Although the arugula becomes quite muted by the starch in the recipe, if you don't like arugula or don't have any in your area, you can always substitute spinach or use a nice fresh herb (without blanching it). I have made gluten-free gnocchi several times and had the best results not with gluten-free cookbooks (the author used potato flour along with the fresh potatoes and it gave it a dreadful, heavy flavor) but rather by adapting gluten based recipes. I made a yummy kabocha pumpkin gnocchi once, and a gluten-free ricotta cheese gnocchi, and I even made novel buckwheat gnocchi recipe, but I hadn't adapted a plain potato gnocchi recipe before until I found the inspiration for this recipe. We thought it was delicious, and the treatment with balsamic vinegar was intriguing. Next time I think I'll saute the gnocchi in a pan with fresh herbs… What's your favorite way to enjoy gnocchi?
Read about Cupcake Kitteh's Gluten free gnocchi recipe
Don't want to make your own? You can try Conte's Gluten Free Gnocchi *I haven't tried their gnocchi yet but have ordered their perogies and ravioli and they were pretty good*
Gluten Free Arugula Herb Gnocchi recipe
1lb. unpeeled yellow potatoes
4 oz. fresh arugula or your favorite herb or green
1 cup your favorite gluten free blend (i used brown rice based Rebecca Reilly mix)
1 tsp.xanthan gum
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
*2 tbsp olive oil, or some oil from oil packed sundried tomatoes
salt,pepper to taste
8 ounces Fresh arugula or more, for salad
*this is for a whole recipe. If you freeze half of the gnocchi to make later, reduce these ingredients by half.
Boil potatoes in water in a medium saucepan about 40 minutes or until done. Drain and cool. Blanch your arugula. If using another more delicate herb do not blanch but simply add to gnocchi dough. Drain arugula, squeezing water out if necessary, and chop. Reserve. Remove potato skin and press potato through a ricer or use a potato masher to mash into a large bowl. Add chopped arugula, flour blend, xanthan gum and salt to the bowl and gently fold ingredients together. Add egg in well in the center. Whisk egg to combine egg white and yolk, and stir into the rest of the ingredients. Create a dough ball and form into five balls. take each ball and make it into a 3/4 inch thick log. If ready to make now, slice log to make gnocchi ovals. Otherwise, freeze and use later.
Bring salted water in a saucepan to boil and add your gnocchi. Boil until it floats to the top, and then gently fish out with a metal strainer. Leave to drain.
Heat olive oil in a nonstick frypan on medium and add your gnocchi and let it start to brown. Turn and once the second side has browned, add onion and sundried tomatoes, drizzling the gnocchi with your balsamic vinegar. As the onion starts to soften add water and cook for a few more minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve on bed of fresh arugula. Enjoy!
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Aruba Networks announced new features to its ClearPass software for managing mobile devices, including employee-owned ones, on enterprise networks.
The changes add a battery of device- and application-management features to what was essentially a policy-driven Network Access Control (NAC) application for mobile devices, according to Aruba.
The changes involve several components, all of which become visible to the ClearPass policy manager software on a server. The ClearPass Access Management System is Aruba's server software for creating security and management policies for mobile devices accessing corporate networks. Aruba first announced the product just over a year ago.
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First is a new mobile app called WorkSpace, which is downloaded to mobile devices, including personally-owned ones. This software creates an encrypted container on the device to hold enterprise apps and data, completely separate from the user's personal apps. Through ClearPass, administrators can secure and manage corporate assets on a personal device, but they can't access the user's personal photos, email, or downloaded apps.
The WorkSpace app also gives employees a set of self-service features, including creating a helpdesk ticket, changing their username/password, managing corporate mobile apps, sharing AirPrint and AirPlay devices with other users, and configuring guest accounts.
Second, is a tool for enterprise and third-party app developers, to add Aruba code as a "wrapper" around the mobile app, allowing it to be seen by and communicate with ClearPass. Then, with some new code added to the ClearPass server application, administrators can write policies for these apps and, through the wrapper, apply them. For example, you could require a specific app to connect only through a VPN, or a corporate point-of-sale app may be restricted for use only during business hours.
Aruba also is working with scores of mobile app vendors to wrap their apps for ClearPass and certify them for enterprise customers. By July, Aruba plans to have at least 40 apps certified from vendors such as Averail, Roambi, Lync, SmartOffice 2, Dolphin, SlideShark, MobileCare and Box.
ClearPass is also gaining support for leading third-party device management applications. ClearPass administrators will be able to write policies that these applications can apply to their inventory of devices; and device data that are collected by these applications can be passed back to the ClearPass administration console. ClearPass initially will support MDM applications from AirWatch, FiberLink, JAMF Software, MobileIron and SOTI.
All of the changes will be found in ClearPass Access Policy Manager 6.2, scheduled for release in July 2013. Pricing for WorkSpace has not been decided.
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Grammy winner Taylor Swift cancelled a sold-out concert in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday night under doctor's orders because of an illness, according to her website.
Details of her illness were not immediately available, The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported.
Swift broke the news to her nearly seven million followers early Saturday evening via Twitter.
"Louisville, I so sorry to have to postpone this show to Oct 11. This is my first time having to do this. I'm so, so sorry," she wrote.
Fans responded with a cascade of well wishes, marked with the Twitter tag #getwelltaylor.
The 21-year-old princess impersonator raved about her current tour in a June 30 post to her syrupy sweet "Midsummer Night's Blog."
"Playing shows on this tour is the best time I've ever had onstage. The crowds we've been playing for have been so unbelievable.. The kind of crowds that jump up and down the entire show, making our view from the stage look like a giant ocean of dancing, jumping people," she wrote.
Swift's next show, in Charlotte, N.C., is scheduled for less than a week after the cancelled show, on July 8.
Selected Reading: Associated Press, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal