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Production of gender statistics
Modified on 2015/05/01 05:51 by Sean Zheng — Categorized as: Chapter 1 - An overview on Gender statistics
The production of gender statistics concerns the entire national statistical system and covers data from different sources and statistical fields (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996). Gender statistics may be considered a field of statistics (see, for example, UNECE and World Bank Institute, 2010); however, the production of gender statistics should not be misunderstood as being limited to the compilation of sex-disaggregated statistics from various statistical fields and their dissemination in gender-focused publications, reports or databases. Similar to the obtention of other statistics produced by national statistical systems, the obtention of gender statistics involves such stages as planning, data collection, data analysis and dissemination. Obtaining reliable gender statistics that adequately reflect differences and inequalities in the situation of women and men in all areas of life requires a strategy of gender mainstreaming in all stages of data production. This means that gender is brought into the "mainstream" of all statistical activities, rather than dealt with as an "add-on" (United Nations, 2002).
Mainstreaming a gender perspective in statistics
Mainstreaming a gender perspective in statistics means that gender issues and gender-based biases are systematically taken into account in the production of all official statistics and at all stages of data production (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996; United Nations-, 2001a, 2001b, 2002, 2006). The Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics and the various editions of the Global Forum on Gender Statistics organized by the United Nations recognized that it is important to institutionalize gender statistics in all sectors in order to secure its sustainability (United Nations, 2006, 2009, 2012). Gender statistics produced as an "add-on" field are often marginalized and fail to reach a wide range of users, including policymakers in domains other than gender equality, analysts and researchers. Moreover, their production may be more dependent on irregular economic and human resources. Mainstreaming a gender perspective in the national statistical system may also lead to more efficient coverage of gender issues and better coordination among data collection programmes in producing gender statistics.
National statistical systems need to regularly collect, analyse and disseminate data that address relevant gender issues. Gender statistics should document women's and men's participation in and contributions to all social and economic areas and reflect the underlying causes and consequences of gender inequality (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996; United Nations, 2002). The coverage of gender issues by official statistical systems and the adequacy of such systems should be regularly reviewed, as recommended in paragraph 207 (b) of the Beijing Platform for Action (United Nations, 1996). The review should make clear whether relevant gender issues, as defined by major data users, are covered by existing data collection programmes and made available to users. Based on this review, the strategy of gender mainstreaming can involve collecting new types of data expanding data collection in some areas to fill existing knowledge gaps and better disseminating data already collected (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996; United Nations, 2002). The strategy of gender mainstreaming should be based on strong collaboration between users and producers of data, strong internal coordination within the national statistical office and the national statistical system, and data-sharing agreements between the national statistical office and other agencies of the national statistical system or other producers of data.
Gender-sensitive concepts and methods should be used in data collection in all statistical fields. In order to provide reliable comparisons between women and men, gender statistics need to correctly measure women's and men's participation in and contribution to society (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996). Conventional concepts and methods used in data collection are often inadequate to reflect the realities of women and men. For example, some women's activities and contribution to the economy and society are not adequately captured in statistics if old concepts of work and labour force, which do not take into account all forms of work, are used (see, for example, the section entitled "Work" in chapter II).
The units of enumeration and the units of data collection should be adequately chosen to support the production of data that would show meaningful gender differences. For example, gender statistics in agriculture should be based on an adequate coverage of all agricultural holdings, including smallholdings, where women are predominant; should include information on farm labour disaggregated by sex, age and other social and economic characteristics; and should cover aspects of management and ownership of agricultural resources at the most disaggregated level possible, such as the subholding and individual levels.
Furthermore, new concepts and new methods of data collection should be used for the production of gender statistics. For example, recent methodological developments in time-use surveys and violence against women surveys and changes towards more comprehensive statistics in national accounts so that unpaid work is covered should be integrated in the production of national statistics.
Improvement of content, methods, classifications and measurements from a gender perspective should be made part of the ongoing efforts to improve all statistical sources – censuses, surveys and administrative systems (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996). Mainstreaming a gender perspective in data collection programmes involves review and revision of the conceptual basis of data collection tools, review and revision of coding and classification systems and terminologies, gender training for all personnel involved in data collection, media campaigns that include gender-specific messages, gender-sensitive selection of field interviewers, and review and revision of tabulations and data presentation and dissemination (Corner, 2003).
The presentation and dissemination of gender statistics should reach all potential target groups. Most often, existing data are not fully exploited for obtaining gender statistics (United Nations, 2009). Furthermore, data are often analysed and presented without considering users' needs and therefore fail to reach the target audiences (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996). However, the presentation and dissemination of data is a crucial area of work in gender statistics. Gender statistics and the results of data-based gender analysis should be disseminated to a wide range of users with a clear language that highlights gender-based causes and consequences and their policy implications (United Nations, 2002).
The dissemination of gender statistics should not be limited to gender-focused reports and databases. Restricting the activities concerning gender statistics to the compilation and dissemination of sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators in gender publications only limits the audience and users of data. This restrictive approach may also perpetuate the perception that gender statistics are useful for women's or gender advocates only. Gender statistics need to be taken into account not only in policies and programmes created to reduce gender inequality, but in all policies and programmes. It is important that statistics made available on a regular basis to policymakers include a gender dimension. As recommended in paragraph 207 (d) of the Beijing Platform for Action, Governments should use more gender-sensitive data in the formulation of policy and implementation of programmes and projects (United Nations, 1996). Presentation of gender statistics in regular statistical products produced by national statistical systems increases the accessibility of gender statistics and their chances of being taken into account in policymaking. If these documents fail to highlight the importance of the goal of gender equality and to incorporate relevant gender perspectives, an important opportunity is lost (United Nations, 2002).
Mainstreaming a gender perspective in data collection and presentation should be seen as part of the overall process of improving the quality of data produced by national statistical systems. Four components of overall statistical data quality are particularly impacted (UNECE, and World Bank Institute, 2010):
. This is defined as the degree to which statistics meet the needs of users. Gender mainstreaming in statistics entails taking into account users' needs. Gender statistics aim to address gender issues that are defined as relevant by policymakers, advocates, researchers and the public.
. This is defined as the closeness of statistical estimates to true values. Gender mainstreaming in data collection has a crucial role in reducing bias in data collection. For example, use of gender-sensitive data collection tools can prevent underreporting of women's economic activity, underreporting of violence against women and undercounting of girls, their births and their deaths.
Accessibility of data
. Data on a variety of topics that are often associated with women's interests are becoming available, such as statistics on time use, violence against women and family-work balance. Many gender statistics programmes also aim to make relevant gender-sensitive statistical information accessible to a wide range of audiences.
. This is related to the presentation of data as well as to the availability of information on data quality and appropriate metadata. Gender mainstreaming pays particular attention to disseminating statistics in formats that are easily understood by a wide audience and making clear the limitations of data collected on the basis of concepts and methods that are not gender-sensitive.
Implications of gender mainstreaming in statistics at the organizational level
. Mainstreaming a gender perspective in national statistical systems requires political will at all levels, not only in national statistical offices but also in the statistical services of other Government agencies and in all institutions that provide administrative data (United Nations, 2006). Sensitizing and raising the awareness of both users and producers of data is critical in linking gender statistics to policies. Moreover, policymakers and heads of national statistical offices should be fully involved in capacity-building and leadership in mainstreaming gender statistics in national statistical strategies (United Nations, 2006, 2009).
Legal framework
. The development of gender statistics should be specified within the legal framework of official statistical systems (United Nations, 2006). Of crucial importance to improving the availability of gender statistics is the specification of formal requirements for sex-disaggregation and the incorporation of a gender perspective within the national statistical legislation that regulates the production and dissemination of official statistics. In order to expand the range of information available for gender analysis, requirements need to be established not only for statistics already officially collected by the national statistical office, but also for other sources of data, particularly administrative data being collected and disseminated by other Government agencies and by organizations in the public and private sectors (United Nations, 2006).
Cooperation between users and producers of statistics
. A dialogue should be fostered between national statistical offices and interested stakeholders, including women's groups. The general approach in the development of gender statistics has involved efforts to promote dialogue and understanding between statisticians and the various users of statistics—policymakers, representatives of non-governmental organizations, activists and researchers (United Nations, 2000). Dialogue between national statistical offices and interested stakeholders can enable data users to understand, gain access to and use gender statistics more effectively and help to increase the capacity of statisticians to identify and understand gender issues and to present data in formats that better address the needs of users (United Nations, 2006).
Collaboration in developing and improving concepts and methods
. National statistical offices need to work with international and regional organizations and agencies and academic and research institutions to mainstream gender in the development and revision of concepts, definitions and methods of collecting data on topics where methods are inadequate (United Nations, 2006). This collaboration extends to all methodological issues, including the design of survey questionnaires or modules within questionnaires, the revision of international classifications and standards and the development of analytical methods and appropriate indicators, among others.
. Statisticians should be trained in how to incorporate a gender perspective into their regular work, from the design of data collection tools and fieldwork to data analysis and presentation. At the second Global Forum on Gender Statistics, held in Accra in 2009, it was recognized that, despite global efforts and advocacy for gender statistics, including capacity-building activities, there still persist gaps in knowledge of gender statistics among many professionals in national statistical offices (United Nations, 2009). Regular training is a key component in ensuring the mainstreaming of gender in national statistical systems and the sustainability of programmes. In particular, producers of statistics need to be trained to become more proactive in making the value of gender statistics visible to Governments, the public and other stakeholders (United Nations, 2006).
Refocusing of the activities and position of gender units and gender focal points within national statistical systems
. In paragraph 206 (d) of the Beijing Platform for Action, it was recommended that statistical services should designate or appoint staff to strengthen gender statistics programmes and ensure coordination, monitoring and linkage to all fields of statistical work and should prepare output that integrates statistics from the various subject areas (United Nations, 1996). Since the Fourth World Conference on Women, many countries have embarked on gender statistics programmes (United Nations, Economic and Social Council, 2010). In many instances, however, the activities of gender units and gender focal points are focused narrowly on the compilation and dissemination of sex-disaggregated data (United Nations, Economic and Social Council, 2010). In other cases, the activities are extended a step further, to the preparation of outputs that disseminate the compiled and analysed information on women and men. However, as recognized in paragraph 309 of the Beijing Platform for Action, strategies must be developed to prevent the inadvertent marginalization of gender units as opposed to the mainstreaming of the gender dimension throughout all operations (United Nations, 1996). National statistical offices can benefit from extending the functions of gender units. These extended functions would allow gender units to escape potential marginalization and to be more involved in the quality of statistics produced and their relevance for policymaking.
In particular, gender units can play a catalytic role in initiating and monitoring the process of integrating a gender perspective in national statistical systems, especially at the early stages (Hedman, Perucci and Sundström, 1996; United Nations, 2006). They can also play a crucial role in reviewing the existing production of gender statistics and in developing a gender statistics programme. Gender statisticians, meanwhile, can be more involved in the planning of data collection, including the coverage of gender issues and the use of gender-sensitive concepts and methods. They can also help to review data collection instruments and regular publications in order to ensure that a gender perspective is integrated in all statistical fields and programmes. Furthermore, gender units can play an important role in gender sensitization training as well as in training on how to avoid gender bias in data collection.
Through their contacts with national machineries for women and non-governmental organizations, gender units and gender focal points can facilitate communication between the producers and some of the end users of gender statistics (United Nations, 2006). These units can provide information to users and help them to understand the uses of existing statistics. At the same time, gender units and gender focal points can increase awareness among statisticians of the need to produce or disseminate statistics that address gender concerns and to develop gender statistics in such new areas as time use, violence against women and unpaid work.


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That's us, to the right. Two years ago today.
Moments after sharing the bad news with Luba.
So early in a surreal journey.
Behind that smile, a big part of me thought life was over. All of me hoped it was just beginning.
We headed to Quebec City that week. As planned. I tossed and turned in the hotel bed, hoping I'd somehow fall asleep before Lucy, Bayla and Mark finished watching "The Corpse Bride", "Beetlejuice", "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas".
I was awoken, one of those nights, by a ringing thought: This was the beginning of "The Spicy Me".
Before this ordeal, my aim was to get through life. To make it to some far off end without losing any of the fabulousness I'd stumbled into. New territories and aspirations were reserved for Luba. As a matter of course.
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Thirty years. That's a long time for anything continuous. It was back in September 1982 that the first West Coast Kustoms Cruise was held at Lake Nacimiento near Paso Robles, California. Some of the biggest names in custom building showed for that first event, including some little kid named Chip Foose, who showed up with his dad, Sam. The show moved around a little as it grew (it went to Hollister in 1983) before settling in Paso Robles for many years, and now established in Santa Maria.
Always primarily an event for customs, feathers were ruffled when traditional hot rod clubs, such as the Shifters, started turning up, then latterly an influx of lowriders in Santa Maria, but this year those numbers were down, and it was business as usual with mainly traditional customs and rods. Of note was a definite rise in numbers of '60s-style mild customs with panel, scallop, lace, and 'flake paintjobs, cool interiors, and low stances. Just a different kind of traditional, if you will, and great to see, as this type of car represents an affordable starting point in what can be an expensive pastime.
For the second year, Broadway was closed to regular traffic for several blocks between 7 and 9 p.m. for the organized City Cruise. Fashionably (or predictably, however you look at it!) late as usual, we rolled into town around 7:30, the new paint still tacky on the '46 roadster pickup, and gate-crashed the cruise for some photo ops.
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Ijn the previous version of CWS5.2 we were able to create a Hot Folder that would take a business card and do a Gangup/Repeat onto 12x18 paper (24 up) Duplex w/ marks. The customer could drag a standard 3.5x2 business card into the Hot folder and automatically have it go to the Hold queue and have a 24 up sheet ready to print.
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MATLAB 2013.b supports direct integration.
It supports both definite and indefinite integrals.
However, if complicated functions are given you will see a message in the command window stating that the explicit integral could not be found. For definite integrals, the approximate result can be obtained by using 'double' function for the result of integration. If the integration results in a singular result, this won't work.
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Definition of libido in English:
noun (plural libidos)[mass noun]
- They both want to make money, to work, and they're here to satisfy their libidos.
- If your libidos are so disparate, that can't bode well.
- I know it's not the most desirable answer, but people have different libidos when with different partners.
- The drive behind the artist's creative activity was unsatisfied libido manifesting itself in escapist phantasy.
- Although this act demands the power of the libido and examines the border of life, it finds itself in the realm of death from the beginning.
- Anyway, so Zeus is the keeper of libido - he controls where the energy gets directed.
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- Thus critics tended to overlook the fact that postmodern photography was more expensively produced and packaged than any previously existing manifestation of the medium and also that much of it had a tremendous libidinal charge.
- However repellant to moral convention, Freud always insisted that infantile sexuality was key to the whole theory, oral gratification the original libidinal experience underlying all later forms of sexual interaction.
- The wedding crashers recognise that although libidinal energies come to be the motor-cause of celebration, it is love, real or imagined, that is the quasi-cause of weddings.
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libidinally adverb
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- We might well imagine that a civilized community could consist of pairs of individuals, libidinally satisfied in each other.
- These stones are usually extracted from the body of a sick person, but, libidinally charged in the dreams, they represent the male phallus in both its life-giving and life-destroying capacity.
- Eros, the instinct of life to be libidinally bound to another, is in direct contrast to the death instinct, manifested by our destructiveness and aggressive hostility 'against all and of all against each'.
Early 20th century: from Latin, literally 'desire, lust'.
love from Old English:
As you might expect, love is almost as old as time. The word's ancient root is also the source of Latin lubido 'desire' (which gave us libido (early 20th century)). Love is blind goes back to classical times, but first appeared in English in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century. Lewis Carroll appears to have been the first to use love makes the world go round, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865—he may have based it on a French folk song with the lines c'est l'amour, l'amour, l'amour, Qui fait la monde à la ronde, 'it is love, love, love that makes the world go round'. In 1967 the Beatles sang 'All You Need is Love', and a slogan associated with the weepie film Love Story ( 1970) was 'Love means never having to say you're sorry'. The love that dare not speak its name is homosexuality. The description is by the poet Lord Alfred Douglas, whose association with Oscar Wilde led to Wilde being imprisoned in Reading gaol for homosexual activity.
The use of love in tennis and squash for a score of zero apparently derives from the phrase to play for love, that is for the love of the game, not for money. A popular explanation connects it with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero ( see also duck).
One caricature of actors is that they all gushingly call each other 'love'. In the late 20th century an actor, or anyone actively involved in entertainment, came to be a luvvy, a respelling of lovey, an affectionate term of address used since the mid 18th century.
Words that rhyme with libidoaikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo, tuxedo
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KPUA-AM logo. [Source: TuneIn (.com)]KPUA-AM Radio in Hilo, Hawaii, cancels its broadcast of Rush Limbaugh's talk show in the wake of Limbaugh's controversial vilification of a female law student (see February 29, 2012, March 1, 2012, and March 2, 2012). According to general manager Chris Leonard: "We are strong believers in the first amendment and have recognized Mr. Limbaugh's right to express opinions that often times differ from our own, but it has never been our goal to allow our station to be used for personal attacks and intolerance. The most recent incident has crossed a line of decency and a standard that we expect of programming on KPUA whether it is locally produced or a syndicated program like the Rush Limbaugh show. While much of the national debate regarding this issue is now being framed in political terms, the decision for us is one of decency and responsibility. Regardless of one's political views on the issue being discussed, we feel the delivery was degrading and the continued comments over several days to be egregious. As a result, we are discontinuing the Rush Limbaugh program on KPUA effective immediately." [KPUA-AM, 3/5/2012; Hawaii 24/7, 3/5/2012; Big Island Video News, 3/6/2012] WBEC-AM, a commercial radio station in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, also drops Limbaugh's show, even though it has lost no advertisers and has only received a few complaints. General manager Peter Barry says: "The nature of Rush's programming has always presented challenges for us and he's always pushed the envelope. But this time he's taken it too far." [New England Public Radio, 3/5/2012]
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How to Tell if 'Conficker' Caught You, and What to Do
IBM's Internet Security Systems group estimates that just 5.8 percent of Conficker-infected systems are in North America. So far, Conficker is lying low, too. But what happens when it wakes up?Security expert Roger Thompson notes that Conficker is not truly a consumer problem.
"The only people that have networks and who also don't patch are government, corporates and education users," Thompson says. And in truth, your home system is a lot less likely to be hit than the county clerk's office.
Chances are that if you've worked through the instructions in our Conficker To-Do List you're probably fine. But what if you're part of that 5.8 percent? Or you're not sure? Here are a few more steps you should take.
Are You Infected? If some of the To-Do List instructions didn't work for you, Conficker might be the cause. Conficker interferes with the Domain Name System (DNS) that resolves a domain like www.pcmag.com into an IP address. In particular, if Conficker is present, your browser won't be able to resolve domains containing almost a hundred specific text strings. These include the names of just about every major security vendor as well as strings like "anti-", "malware", "removal", "rootkit", "spyware", "threat", and "virus". It also blocks the Windows Update web site. So a system infected with Conficker won't actually be able to download removal tools, update security software, or run Windows Update. Does that describe your system? Read on.
Get Your Eyes Checked. If you're still not sure whether your system has the symptoms, have a look at the Conficker Eye Chart. This clever web page includes links to images from several security companies. If they all show up, you're clean. If not, you can even determine which Conficker variant is present based on which ones don't appear.
Fix Your DNS. The first step to recovery is getting Conficker's sticky fingers out of your computer's DNS cache. Click Start, click Run, and enter CMD. In the Command Prompt window that appears, enter the command "NET STOP DNSCACHE". You should get a message that the DNS client service has stopped. This may slow your web surfing slightly, as your browser will need to request a DNS lookup for each page rather than relying on the cached DNS information stored locally. But with Conficker poisoning the DNS cache it's a necessary evil. The DNS service should restart automatically after you reboot Just to be sure, once you've clearly resolved the problem open a Command Prompt and enter "NET START DNSCACHE".
Fix Your HOSTS File. According to Trend Micro Conficker can also interfere with DNS resolution by modifying the HOSTS file. This file associates specific IP addresses with specific domains, and it overrides the online DNS system. Some people use it to block Web ads; Conficker uses it to keep you from getting help. To fix this problem, launch Notepad and open the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS. That's just plain HOSTS, not HOSTS.TXT. Typically you'll see a bunch of comment lines that begin with a number sign (#) plus one line similar to "127.0.0.1 localhost". If you also find a series of lines including the names of popular security products, they're almost certainly invalid. Comment out those lines by inserting a number sign (#) as the first character in each line. Save the HOSTS file, exit Notepad, and close all browser windows.
Try, Try Again. After cleaning up your system's DNS cache and HOSTS file it's time to retry any to-do items that didn't work before. Go to www.windowsupdate.com and install any critical or security updates. Update your security software too. And run one or more removal tools from the Conficker Working Group's Repair Tools page.
Super-Charge Your DNS. This wasn't much fun, was it? Maybe you'd prefer a DNS implementation that isn't vulnerable to this kind of attack. The free solution from OpenDNS is one alternative. Besides resisting the DNS-poisoning wiles of Conficker it also blocks phishing sites and even optionally blocks other site categories like porn. And when Conficker makes its daily check of 250 new domains, OpenDNS blocks its access to those domains. Sorry, Conficker, you can't phone home!
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April 25, 2013
Reminder: First Wednesday to be held May 8
The First Wednesday gathering for the month of May will be rescheduled to the second Wednesday, May 8, from 8:15-9:00 in the Conference Center Ballroom (WD). In addition to the important recognition of Staff Employee of the Month, Dr. Harrison will use this time to provide an overview of the college budget for 2013-14. Dr. Harrison will provide some context, talk about where we're headed, and give you a chance to ask questions.
3rd annual Men of the Year awards reception May 2
The Male Access Network (MAN) Initiative recently announced that there were nearly 70 nominations for the 3rd Annual Men of the Year Awards. This year, the Men of the Year Awards Reception will be special because it will be the first time that the program will also include a "Rites of Passage" for the students who have completed the mentoring and scholarship portion of the MAN Initiative. In addition to our cohort, we will recognize mentors and all of the nominees and then award two students, two employees and one community leader as 2013 Men of the Year.
Employees nominated for the honor include: Bart Prickett, Cameron Kishel, Duy Dang, Dean Bortz, Thomas Fast, Tywan Banks, Vincent Cocozza, Jason Woltja, Samuel Walter, Keith Coates, Paul Boaz, David Hill, David Gelo, Chuck Wilson, Thomas Robbins, Greg Goodhart, Timothy Davis, Robert Markin, Richard Vade Bon Coeur, Matthew Saelzler, Matthew Wilson, Jeffrey Akers, Rick Bartlett, Rob Harley, Lynn Cox, Cecil Williams, James Smithhisler Jr., Terrence Brooks, Korie Jenkins, Travis Stewart, Luke Robson, Steven Zelenka, Charles Steward, Obie Ford III, Christopher Keck, Daniel Werner, Christopher Miller, Craig Kerns, Brian Seeger, and Stanley Williams.
The awards reception will take place on Thursday, May 2, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom (WD). The reception is free and open to the public.
Eisele publishes three-book series set during WWII
Terry Eisele, associate professor in Modern Languages, has recently completed a three-volume graphic novel, called "With Only Five Plums." It tells the story of the shocking events of the Lidice massacre during WWII in former Czechoslovakia. The graphic novel is based on 15 hours of interviews that Eisele did in 1995 with Anna Nesporova, one of the few survivors of the massacre and subsequent three-year internment in Ravensbruck concentration camp. You can read more about Eisele's book on the With Only Five Plums website, or on Amazon.
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Students produce service learning video from experiences at LifeTown
Mary Lewis, service learning coordinator for Psychology 2340 - Human Growth and Development Across Life Span, works with the students to perform their service learning component at LifeTown, a life skills training program for students with disabilities. LifeTown partners with Columbus State to provide service learning opportunities for our students. The class participants put together a video of their service learning experience, which you can see on You Tube here: http://youtu.be/FVzxfAA_5L0. According to Lewis, all the student volunteers shown in this excellently done video are from this particular Spring Semester class.
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Peace Garden volunteers brave chill
As a way to celebrate Earth Day, Columbus State International Student Association members, faculty and staff volunteered by cleaning and preparing the flower beds at the Peace Garden at Franklin Park Conservatory. The event was held on Saturday, April 20 and although it was unseasonably cold, the crew accomplished what was proposed for that day, reports Lilia Bermudez, coordinator of the service project. Front row from left are: students Huy Bui , Huy Chu, Mey Ling Liow, Yohei Takabatak, and Lilia Bermudez, Sandy Drakatos, Becky Murray. Back row are: Mark Polifroni, Michael Schumacher, Irene Petten, Nathan Moffitt (OSU student), Nathell Grubb, and Amy Burrell.


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Every so often I export the contents of my blog as a chunk of xml as backing your stuff up is always a good idea. I recently had the idea that it would be nice to load it into a locally running version of wordpress so I can do things when I'm offline like figuring out links to older articles whilst writing new posts.
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The most convincing argument for EVs is a test drive. My 15 minute ride in a Roadster (local owner, wouldn't let me drive, perfectly understandable), was mind blowing.
Not so much an issue for Tesla because the MS is essentially sold out in advance, but we have local dealerships with Leafs and IMIEVs on the lot - mostly just sitting there. The salesmen are poorly informed about financial incentives and home charging stations, they would rather sell you something else anyway.
These cars should be in the mall parking lots with knowledgeable reps and available for short test drives, preferably on a route that passes by several gas stations. I am sure there would be many takers.
But the sales staff can't take the cars there because they have to cover the showroom to make any sales. So the cars just sit there waiting for the rare someone who has done the independent research to become an enthusiast/buyer.
We even have a local Credit Union that has installed a fast charger in their parking lot, as a Green facade - but inquiry reveals that it is almost never used and that not a single employee owns an EV. I tried to get them interested in sponsoring some local demos but they turned me down - even tho the cars could probably have been borrowed from a Dealership and it would be good for their auto loan business.
The other aspect that needs addressing is the cost of providing 240V charging equipment at the buyer's home. This can vary widely and the dealers seem to quote the highest amount - which then adds to the sticker shock and discourages potential purchasers.
So high profile demos and free home evaluations are the way to promote EVs - but who will fund even the minimal costs involved?
Where do you live?
Spokane area, on 100% hydroelectric at 0.04/kwhr.
Holy crap! I thought I had a pretty good rate here in the Puget Sound area.


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Callaway: Fed strikes back at bad politics
WASHINGTON – Parsing Fedspeak is never easy. But here's one translation for the central bank's surprise decision to hold the line on easy money Wednesday. Not a chance we'll begin the biggest global unwind of all time without a new leader named and with a government shutdown looming.
The Federal Reserve Board is supposed to operate outside of politics. The world's leading financial institution spent the summer being bounced around by President Obama's bungled search for a successor to Ben Bernanke, though. Now with Congress playing new mind games with markets over a shutdown, it was probably a pretty easy decision for the Fed not to start tapering its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program in September to keep interest rates low. Along with a slow economy, the potential for fiscal chaos made it just too risky for the Fed to get caught just at the outset of what will be an unprecedented two-year unwind of low rates.
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Markets loved it. The S&P 500 spiked the second the decision hit the tape. New records were set. But that's just Wall Street celebrating another month of the Fed pumping money into the economy. Everybody loves easy money. It keeps mortgage rates low and funds flowing into stocks of companies. It also is an artificial stimulus that everybody realizes must end at some point for the economy to stand on its own. Markets are scared of that inflection point. They're not sure what will happen. The memories of the raw fear of a worldwide economic heart attack five years ago this week are still strong.
Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi, in a column on USA TODAY's editorial page Wednesday, recalled the panic Washington leaders were under five years ago, and warned her colleagues in Congress not to court a repeat with talk of a government shutdown. She is a voice in the political wilderness on Capitol Hill though, and we will have a shutdown scare, if not a shutdown itself in a few weeks. No reason Bernanke and his Federal Open Market Committee needed to play with that fire. Easier to stick it out another month and keep the markets as happy and secure as possible.
Of course, the public debate over holding off on the taper was tied to signs that economic growth is slowing again. Even just talk of starting to unwind the infamous "quantitative easing" program caused bonds to fall in the last few months and their yields to spike. So higher yields, which translate to higher interest rates, and lower growth, was an easy excuse for the Fed to adopt to hold the line.
STORY:What exactly is quantitative easing?
For investors, the financial crisis ended more than four years ago, when the stock market bottomed out and began to slowly recover all of its losses from late 2007 to early 2009. For homeowners, the recovery is just beginning to manifest. For many still looking for work, it remains a crisis. The Fed has said it needs to see an unemployment rate closer to 6.5% rather than its current 7.3%. Could be many more months.
Concern about jobs is more than enough reason to continue the easy money program. The Fed knows it has to end though. Just not at a time when even its top leaders aren't sure what Obama's choice will be, or what steps Congress might take to shoot itself in the foot in the next few weeks.
The old saw on Wall Street is that it's the Fed's job to take away the punch bowl when the economic party gets too rambunctious. This time around, it's got the economy's head firmly planted in the punch bowl. And it's pouring in more punch in the desperate hope nobody notices the lights might soon go out.
David Callaway is editor in chief of USA TODAY. His opinions are his own and do not reflect the views of the editorial page of USA TODAY.
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Fighting Inequality to 'Bend the Arc' of History
When World Bank President Jim Yong Kim addressed the joint boards of governors of the Bank and the IMF in Tokyo last month, he took a powerful theme. President Kim cited Dr Martin Luther King's optimistic view, that while "the arc of the moral universe is long, it bends towards justice." With this starting point, President Kim talked of his and the Bank's resolve to pursue justice, "because wherever there is poverty and inequality, there is too often injustice." The scenario driving him, he said, "is the path where we come together to bend the arc of history and accelerate progress."
Save the Children's new report, Born Equal, presents new evidence on just how far we will have to bend the arc. The study uses data for 32 developing countries and constructs a measure of income inequality between the richest and poorest deciles of households, and finds it to be twice as high for children as for the general population. Children in the richest decile have, on average, 35 times the available income of children in the poorest decile. In addition, this ratio has increased by a third since the 1990s.


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Circle of Hands
Singing Bird Deco Figure
Regular price $ 7.50
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For Celebrating birthday, decorative figures are the perfect addition to any birthday ring or spiral.
These hand painted decorations by Grimm's Spiel und Holz add a special touch to your celebrations, and they're not just for birthdays! The ornaments are interchangeable and the separate ring pieces allow you to choose how the decoration will be displayed.


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Visitors to Newquay are travelling to a holiday resort with extremely wide appeal. Whether you are visiting as a family, a couple, or as part of a group of energetic sports enthusiasts, Newquay is likely to be able to provide precisely what you require. Whatever your plans, the weather is likely to be better in Newquay than in many more northerly UK resorts, allowing more time to be spent in the great outdoors. This means that you should definitely consider renting a holiday home, cottage or apartment in the Newquay area, not only to keep costs down but to free up time as your own and eliminate the restrictions of hotel or bed and breakfast accommodation.
The first thing likely to appeal to families arriving in Newquay is the sight of the beautiful, sandy beaches. Renting a holiday home or apartment on the seafront will allow fun filled days to be spent paddling in the sea, building sandcastles, or simply enjoying a lazy beach picnic. More energetic fun can be found aplenty, however, at the Holywell Bay Fun Park, just a few miles out of town, where families can enjoy karting, water rides, adventure golf and more. Newquay Zoo and the Blue Reef Aquarium are also very popular attractions, featuring a whole host of exotic animal and marine life.
Newquay's beaches are not just for sunbathers, nor for those wishing to paddle in the shallows. There are excellent spots in and around Newquay for surfers to enjoy the exhilaration of the big waves. Alternatively, the energetic may wish to look at hiring a holiday cottage on or near one of the many dedicated cycling tracks near Newquay. The local Tourist Information Office will happily provide full details of these routes, which allow cyclists to visit many of the neighbouring towns and villages, including but not limited to Bodmin, Padstow and Truro.
Particularly where your holiday home or apartment is within the town of Newquay, you may wish to take many of your meals at one of the local restaurants or bars. In fine weather, the Venus Beach Café allows you to dine without leaving the beach, or alternatively, you may wish to experiment with one of the town's internationally themed restaurants, with choices including Indian, Italian and Mexican. Many of these restaurants afford takeaway options, with Newquay also having its fish and chip shops for the British culinary purist. There are local pubs in the town, such as The Fort Inn, offering traditional British pub grub but a further option is to explore one of the town's regularly held farmers' markets and cook for your family at your rented accommodation with fine, locally produced Cornish produce.


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Man found dead in Rose City
Shortly after 6 a.m. on April 29, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call concerning a person lying in the grass on the I-H 10 South Service road near Baird's Bayou in Rose City, according to reports from the agency. Upon arrival, Deputies found a white male lying in the grass beneath the overpass who was not responsive. Further investigation at the scene revealed that the man had apparently fallen from the overpass above. The victim's vehicle was on the overpass and apparently was stopped due to a flat tire, the report continues. The Orange County Homicide Investigation Team responded to the scene and is investigating the incident. Justice of the Peace Rodney Price responded and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. The victim was transported to the Jefferson County Morgue for an autopsy. The identity of the victim is not being released pending notification of family members. The investigation is continuing and more information will be released once it becomes available.


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Such A Tragedy: Drowned Woman's Body Found At The Bottom Of A Public Pool After 2 Days While Kids Swam In The Water! (9yr Old Told A Life Guard But Was Ignored & Nobody Noticed Her Missing)
"Police are investigating the death of 36-year-old Marie Joseph, who was found in a public swimming pool in Fall River. Joseph was found floating in the Veterans Memorial Pool at Lafayette Park at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. She was pulled from the water and taken to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. "I'm surprised she did go to the pool because she doesn't even know how to swim," said Dee Reid, one of the victim's friends. Authorities are trying to determine if she had been in the water since Sunday and no one saw her body under the 12 feet of water. Joseph reportedly slipped on a water slide and went underwater. "Are you telling me the lifeguards couldn't see a dead body," said Candela Matta. Matta is still in disbelief that no one saw Joseph, allegedly for days. Joseph was last seen on Sunday when she was helping a 9-year-old boy down from the slide. "Marie unexpectedly slid down the slide landing on top of him. He further stated that Marie went under the water and did not surface," said Chief Daniel S. Racine of the Fall River Police Department. This was heartbreaking news for Herbert Callwood, Joseph's boyfriend of eight years. "I can't really turn around say how I feel about her because she's not here anymore," said Callwood. The pool was busy both Monday and Tuesday. Swimmers said they didn't see anything in the water, though it was murky. "It was a kind of like…white…white coloring," said one swimmer. "My son asked why no one could go in the deep end and they said because it was too cloudy," said Lisa Durden, one of the Joseph's friends. The pool is operated by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. The agency on Wednesday closed all 30 of its deep water pools until further notice and suspended the workers at the Fall River pool. The DCR Commissioner, Edward M. Lambert, Jr., released a statement on Wednesday saying: "On behalf of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, we express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Marie Joseph. By 5:30pm today all 30 of DCR's deepwater pools will be closed while we conduct a full review of each facility's safety and operational procedures over the next 24 to 48 hours. As of this hour, the entire staff of the Veteran's Memorial Swimming Pool in Fall River has been placed on administrative leave. We will continue to cooperate fully with local and state law enforcement during their ongoing investigation." But none of that helps ease the loss of a friend. "She's got a dark complexion, how come they can't see?" said Durden. The staff at the pool found Joseph's cell phone and ID. They turned it over to police, but because there was no missing persons report filed they didn't make a connection until Joseph's body surfaced on Tuesday night" - WHDH
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Most snakes hatch from eggs (oviparous). Racers, bullsnakes, milk snakes and green snakes are common egg-layers. The eggs are usually white and have an oblong, leathery-like shell. Eggs are normally deposited in a location that is moist and relatively warm such as sand, sawdust piles, rotting stumps, or under rocks. Snake eggs are not incubated like bird eggs; the warmth of the substrate and rays of the sun control the incubation process. Incubation may last up to 60 days before the young are fully developed and hatch. Other snakes, such as garter snakes and rattlesnakes, have live birth of the fully developed young (ovoviviparous). The fertile eggs develop within the maternal body.
All snakes are predators. They must locate their prey before they seize it. Snakes will eat whatever they can catch, master, and swallow. Their prey is located by their senses of vision, smell, or thermosensitivity. The food they consume depends upon the animal�s size and the environment where it lives. Rattlesnakes eat rodents such as mice, ground squirrels, and the young of prairie dogs and cottontail rabbits. They also eat other snakes, lizards, birds, and insects. The average snake will consume two to three times its own weight in various food items between the spring and fall months when the snake is away from its winter den.
Snakes do not have external ears and are probably deaf to most sounds.They "hear" by sensing ground vibrations with their belly scales and lower jaw.
A snake�s vision is mainly used for detecting movement of prey. They have difficulty seeing motionless prey or enemies. Objects probably appear as a blur at 40 feet, but at 10 to 15 feet, the objects appear sharper. The vision of many snakes, like the rattlesnake, is better suited for nocturnal searching. Some species, such as racers and garter snakes, have eyes specialized for daytime activity. Snakes appear to stare at their prey because they have no eyelids. The eyes of snakes are lidless, but are protected by a tough, transparent covering, or scale, that is shed with the skin. The pupil or the black portion of a rattlesnake�s eye is elliptical, not round as found with the nonvenomous snakes.
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Rattlesnakes, bullsnakes, and garter snakes have what is called a keeled scale (Figure 3 below), which has a ridge on the center of each scale. Other snakes, such as the racer and milk snake, have smooth scales (Figure 2 below), with no ridges. The skin of a snake is dry, not slimy. Molting, or skin shedding, is repeated periodically throughout a snake�s life. Just prior to shedding, the skin becomes dull and dry looking and the eyes become cloudy or blue-colored. After a few days, the eyes clear and the snake "crawls" out of its old skin, which peels backward over the body from head to tail, in one piece. A new, larger, and brighter layer of skin has formed underneath. An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year, but a younger, still-growing snake, may shed up to four times a year.
Check the range maps (on snake pages) to determine if the species of snake actually occurs in your area. For each species there is a listing of key characteristics that will help you distinguish the snake from those of similar appearance. Each snake description includes whether the species has keeled or smooth scales.
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The two teams combined for 10 turnovers (three interceptions and two lost fumbles each) and neither team even sniffed 300 total yards of offense as the Yellow Jackets celebrated senior day. However, a 24-yard field goal by Saint Vincent's Morgan Porter as time expired gave the Bearcats a 17-14 victory.
Waynesburg's first loss in 51 years to its rival from Latrobe dropped the Yellow Jackets to 4-3 on the season and 4-2 in PAC play. Saint Vincent improved to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in conference competition.
Both teams struggled to get their respective offenses going in the rain and snow, but Waynesburg finally broke through for a score with 11:30 to play in the second quarter. Senior quarterback Josh Graham found junior All-American tight end Adam Moses for an 11-yard touchdown hookup that capped a 10-play, 80-yard possession and gave the Yellow Jackets a 6-0 lead. Senior Chris Marini tacked on the extra point to make it 7-0 in favor of the home team.
Saint Vincent answered four minutes later to tie the game, but the Jackets retook the lead before halftime. Sophomore running back Bertrand Ngampa pounded in a one-yard run to pay dirt that ended a 10-play, 62-yard march to the Bearcat end zone. After Marini knocked in his second extra point of the day, the Yellow Jackets led 14-7, which was also the score at halftime.
Unfortunately, Ngampa's team-leading sixth touchdown run provided the final points for Waynesburg as Saint Vincent tied the game at 14-14 with a third-quarter touchdown before Porter knocked in the game-winning kick.
Graham, who was one of 17 Jacket seniors honored before the game, completed 17-of-29 passes for 133 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions in his final appearance at John F. Wiley Stadium. Moses and fellow junior Christian Jackson were clearly Graham's favorite targets on the day. Jackson pulled in a game-high eight catches for a contest-best 69 yards. Moses chipped in six grabs for 52 yards.
The Waynesburg running game, which was held under 100 total yards for the second-straight game (98), was paced by Ngampa, who carried the ball 14 times for a team-high 39 yards. The Jacket defense was paced by senior safety Ryan Williams, who tied for the game high in tackles with 10, eight of them solo stops, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. Fellow senior defensive back Sean Hunt had perhaps his best game of the year with five solo tackles and two interceptions.
Saint Vincent's offense was powered by a balanced rushing attack that featured three ball carriers getting at least five totes each. Senior Mike Kale piled up a team-high 66 of the Bearcats' 142 yards rushing. Senior quarterback Aaron Smetanka completed 16-of-35 passes for 136 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Three different Bearcats pulled in three catches each for between 21 and 33 yards a piece.
The game was really decided by the play of the special teams. Saint Vincent blocked two Waynesburg punts, one of which set up the Bearcats' first touchdown of the game, and the other that was run in from 25 yards out to tie game at 14-14.
The Jackets will try to end their first losing streak of the season, which is currently at two games, on Saturday, Nov. 5, when they face unbeaten and sixth-ranked Thomas More in Crestview Hills, Ky. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Welcome to Aneka Lovina Villas & Spa
....... Aneka Lovina Villas & Spa is a finest resort hotel in North Bali .........Lovina Beach is the most developed tourism area in the North Bali with volcano black sand with the ring of fire in the south providing a spectacular backdrop to coastal setting. Close to the northern tip of Bali. Serve as an excellent site for sunset watching, snorkeling, and diving. Night life activities are also abound, as well as chartered boats to go out into the sea to spotting dolphin is the main attraction. It is perfect for people who like more secluded area.
Aneka Lovina Villas & Spa Bali is a finest resort hotel in North Bali, perfectly located along the famous, calm beach of Lovina which offers superb facilities & impeccable service.
Aneka Lovina Villas & Spa Bali is set amidst lust tropical gardens; about 2 hours drive from Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport and within reach of interesting places of Bali. It's a quiet place, slow pace of village life, coupled with the tranquility of the beach and calm seas which is excellent for snorkeling and diving. Daily dolphin attraction in their natural habitat can also be watched early in the morning.


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Reading 3: Creating the Jewels of the Emerald Necklace
Frederick Law Olmsted began his first Boston park project in 1878 in the newly created open land known as the Back Bay Fens (marshy area or swamp.) Olmsted worked with city engineers not only to solve the sanitation problem but to restore the area to its original salt marsh condition. His design allowed for a continuous flow of water by using flood gates to control the levels of the water. The Muddy River, which flowed into the area, was diverted to flow into the Charles River. Olmsted commented on the idea of having a marsh in the city saying that: "there may be a momentary question of its dignity and appropriateness. . .but [it] is a direct development of the original conditions of the locality in adaptation to the needs of a dense community."¹
At the same time that Olmsted was working to create the Back Bay Fens he also became involved in another project in Boston. Charles Sprague Sargent turned to Olmsted for help in establishing and maintaining an arboretum, a collection of trees and shrubs, from all over the world. Olmsted initially worried that combining a park and an arboretum would be difficult because they were created for different purposes. One of the challenges was to try and blend the scientific world with a picturesque world. However, Olmsted gradually embraced the idea and developed preliminary plans in 1878. Olmsted and Sargent, first director of Boston's Arnold Arboretum, spent four years trying to convince the park commission to allow the Arnold Arboretum to become a part of the growing Boston Park System. In 1882, an agreement was signed between Harvard University and The City of Boston by which the city would own the land and lease it to Harvard for a dollar a year for a thousand years. The Arboretum is now a 265-acre jewel in the Emerald Necklace.
Construction of the Arboretum began in 1883 and was well under way when Frederick Law Olmsted undertook his next project for Boston, Franklin Park. Originally called West Roxbury Park, the name was changed in hopes of attracting funding from the Benjamin Franklin estate. The funding did not materialize, but the name has endured. Olmsted felt that Franklin Park was the most critical link in the whole system because its size and topographical features helped people feel more in contact with nature: "The all important feature of the West Roxbury (Franklin Park) site is a gentle valley.... Relieved of a few houses, causeways, and fences, left with unbroken surface of turf and secluded by woods on the hillsides, this would at once supply a singularly complete and perfect though limited example of a type of scenery which is perhaps the most soothing in its influence on mankind of any presented by nature."²
Some of the landowners around the proposed Franklin Park were reluctant to give up their land. In order for Olmsted to create the park, some land had to be secured by the city through eminent domain. Eminent domain gives the city the right to purchase land from owners at a fair price for the good of the city. Eventually, 500 acres of land were secured, Olmsted finalized the design plans in 1884-1885, and construction began in 1885.
In 1880, Frederick Law Olmsted suggested to the Parks Commission that the Muddy River be included in the plan for the Emerald Necklace. The little stream was brackish (a mixture of salt and fresh water), a source of disease, and a breeding ground for mosquitoes. In 1881, John C. Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted's stepson, drew up plans for the Muddy River improvement. This plan included changes such as making the Muddy River a gently winding stream, converting a cattail swamp to a large pond (Leverett Pond), and connecting it to Ward's Pond by a stream. Sensitive to the landscape, Olmsted blended man-made portions with natural water and land formations. Olmsted described it as "a chain of picturesque fresh-water ponds, alternating with attractive natural groves and meads, the uppermost of these ponds being Jamaica Pond."³ His plan also included parkways, paths, and bridle paths (for riding horses). Construction began on the Muddy River in 1890, 10 years after Olmsted's initial suggestion for improvement. The area that includes Leverett Pond, Willow Pond, and Ward's Pond was singled out and called Leverett Park. In 1900, the named was changed to Olmsted Park to honor its designer.
Jamaica Pond, located right next to Olmsted Park, was the only large fresh-water pond in the city (it provided water to residents until 1848), and it was a logical place for a park. Ice houses built in the 1870s detracted from the scenery and contaminated the water, which convinced both the park commissioners and Olmsted to incorporate the pond as a park in the Emerald Necklace. Olmsted saw Jamaica Pond as "a natural sheet of water, with quiet, graceful shores, rear banks of varied elevation and contour, for the most part shaded by a fine natural forest-growth to be brought out over-hangingly, darkening the water's edge and favoring great beauty in reflections and flickering half-lights."4
Because Jamaica Pond was a popular area for large summer homes, it was necessary for Boston to use eminent domain to acquire the land around the pond. Olmsted retained two of these houses in his plan so that the buildings could be used as refectoriesplaces to get refreshments. Olmsted made few changes to the landscape, and Jamaica Pond still largely reflects Olmsted's vision for it.
Olmsted's chain of parks was almost complete. He wanted to integrate the existing open green spaces in Boston into the park plan. He used Commonwealth Avenue as a connection between the Back Bay Fens and the Public Garden. Although he did not design Commonwealth Avenue Mall, the Public Garden, or the Boston Common, Olmsted either modified already existing plans or implemented new plantings and pathways. Frederick Law Olmsted had succeeded in encircling Boston with a living, invigorating "green ribbon."
Questions for Reading 3
1. What problems did Olmsted face in creating the individual parks and the connections between them?
2. What is eminent domain? Why did the city use it? How do you think the people felt who were forced to move, even though they were paid?
3. Why did Olmsted see Franklin Park as the critical piece in his plan?
4. Why did Olmsted feel it was important to include Jamaica Pond in the Emerald Necklace?
5. Based on the descriptions, which of the parks or elements in the Emerald Necklace appeals to you the most and why?
Reading 3 was compiled from S. B. Sutton, Civilizing American Cities: A Selection of Frederick Law Olmsted's Writings on City Landscape (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1971) and Cynthia Zaitzevsky, Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Publishing of Harvard University Press, 1982).
¹Cynthia Zaitzevsky, Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Publishing of Harvard University Press, 1982), 57.
¹Cynthia Zaitzevsky, Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Publishing of Harvard University Press, 1982), 57.


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I'm a lucky girl..... my husband loves to cook AND is very good at it. I used to enjoy cooking but actually don't have much patience to follow recipes anymore. I just tend to whip things up quite quickly, with whatever I can find it usually works but he is most definitely the cook in the house. The last two evenings we have enjoyed the above two very simple recipes. We got the sea bream for just £2 each which I thought was a bit of a bargain. It is a delicious fish.
The little one has enjoyed these meals with us, he is mostly a very good eater and eats whatever we do. One thing he doesn't seem to like is pasta?!?!?!?
Anyhow, I think today is my 200th post, I can't quite believe that......
This is what I wrote in my first post SIX years ago
This may be just a big mess because I have spent the last hour trying to work this out. I remember now why I didn't start this blog six months ago. I will not let this beat me! I am not a computer whizz, oh no siree, not at all. However my boyfriend who is beside me is a fantastic website designer. But I can do this on my own. Only because he does not have time to help me. So, yes I wanted to start this 6 months ago when I discovered the whole blogging community. I am now an avid reader of about 20 posts by lots of lovely crafty ladies around the world and every day I am amazed and inspired by the talent that is out there. I am an artist myself, I paint, every day from my studio at home and today I have relaunched my website!!! More of that to come. I studied multi media textiles 9 years ago and still do a bit but its getting messy with paint that I do for a living. Textiles is still my true love but I am afraid that if I veer that way I will not be able to make a living from it, instead I keep it as a sideline and a retreat. But each day I am inspired more to get back to my sewing machine and draw with that needle again. Anyway I hope to give a little back and give you some little tales from the life of an artist. Anyway I think that is enough for today as it will probably take me an age to get it up and running. But I need to say thank you to Abigail/Camilla/Amy and Karin who encouraged me to just do it. More soon when I figure this thing out. i think i just managed to add a photo, who knows???!!! I did, I am now editing this and hours later I am beginning to figure it out. Thanks Abigail again!!!!
What a sense of achievement.
Over and out
Things have changed quite a lot in our lives since then but what is still the same is I am no computer whizz and still trying xxxxx
Thanks to everyone who has supported me through some pretty hard times and lots of good times too. I love to read your comments, heres to the next 200 xxxxxx