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The Nats' (updated) all-time stat leaders – Nats Insider
Going all the way back to 2005, Mark Zuckerman compiled the Washington Nationals all-time statistical leaders. He provided this warning:
WARNING: Reading these lists will elicit a wide range of emotions, from smiles to frowns to laughter to tears to sheer dumbfoundedness (and yes, I know that's not a real word, but trust me, it will apply to a few of these names)…
To qualify, a player needed at least a full season with the team.
- Perennially injured Nick Johnson has the third most games
- Michael Morse is already 3rd on the home run list
- Ryan Zimmerman has 283 more RBI than the next closest Nat — Johnson
- Zimmerman has 366 more hits than the next closest — Cristian Guzmán
- Dmitri Young is the only player with a batting average over .300. Morse is in second place with .295.
- Reliever Tyler Clippard has the 3rd most wins with 19
- Livan Hernandez and John Lannan are the only pitchers with more than 100 starts with 129 and 128, respectively
- Nyjer Morgan is the leader in stolen bases.
- Errors committed was not included
- Neither were managerial wins/winning percentage
The Nats really have been as awful as people said. Thanks to Zuckerman for compiling this it had to have been depressing.
I'd love to see the all-time D.C. stats with both incarnations of the Senators included as well.
UPDATE: Here they are from the blog D.C. Baseball History – D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today Hitting | Pitching. Not a lot of modern Nats on those lists yet. Chad Cordero is the all-time saves leader though. It is safe to say most of the pitching records will never be broken.
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Surprise, surprise, Clash of the Titans is an awful movie-turned-videogame. While some games like this year's surprising Toy Story 3 buck this trend, this generic and uninspired game proves that crappy license titles are, sadly, a fact of life. Apparently this is the will of the gods.
This boss fight looks fun, but trust me it's not.Clash of the Titans follows the plot of the film…sort of. It still tells the story of Perseus, a demigod, and his quest to take on the gods of Olympus in an effort to save a local kingdom. Familiar scenes and characters from the film appear in the game, but these are intertwined with a series of events that feel laughably shoe-horned into the game. From quests that force Perseus to gather a fish to feed his companion, to levels that consist of killing more enemies than the guards in an effort to "prove" yourself to them (also read: we needed to extend this game so here's a filler level), the game is full with a host of stupid stages that serve no narrative purpose.
The way the quests are given is also perplexing. The game is primarily a third-person hack and slash, but you talk to other characters to get quests from them. However, for some weird reason, it gives you the choice of accepting or rejecting quests. Often, unless you have a choice in the order you do the missions, there's no reason for the game to give you the option to do a quest, as it's the only way you can continue the game. The game's entire quest structure ultimately comes across as a vaguely disguised method the developer used to force you into the same environments over and over again, giving you a host of stupid small jobs in order to add additional game time. Perhaps the fear was that keeping the quests tied to the movie would have made for a short game, but in this case I think it would have been an act of mercy.
This game is founded on its combat, and unfortunately its foundation is completely unstable. Idiotic enemies present little to no challenge, while your characters own arsenal of moves — again made artificially large thanks to a series of weapons that are mostly reskinned versions of a few basic types — are hardly needed because mashing your primary attack can dispatch most any foe. Certain enemies require a specific type of weapon to damage them, but these fights end up feeling more like a nuisance than a feature that makes combat more interesting.
Not that fighting is all just mashing a few buttons. Actually, I guess it is, but sometimes you do have to mash these buttons at just the right moment. Once you hit an enemy enough you can activate a Sub weapon Seize — a quick time event where you press buttons at specific times in order to instantly kill enemies — which, you would think, make the combat more gratifying. Instead, each instant kill animation is visually uninteresting and repeated over and over until it's entirely mind numbing.
The poor combat ended up making me run past enemies as much as I fought them. Sure, fighting enemies was useful because it yielded materials I could use to upgrade weapons, but the combat was so boring — and the enemies generally so easy to fight — that I never felt like this was a necessity. The end result was the whole upgrade system came across like yet another feature put into the game to make it seem deeper, but was so superficial and uninteresting that it warranted little attention. Fighting enemies when you're forced into it by temporary walls, and running away any other time, soon became my motto.
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Clash of the Titans is the not only one of the worst license games I've ever been tasked with reviewing, but is also just an awful game in every sense you can think of. It's ugly as sin, has terrible character animations and voice acting, and feels like it should cost next to nothing as opposed to as much as a retail game. Aw heck, I take that back, I wouldn't want to insult the host of excellent cheap games out there.


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Connection is established on a client-server basis. First the server is set up, then the client connects.
What you will need:
- The game installed and running properly in DOSBox
- Internet game: the IP address of the server (see http://whatismyip.com/ or similar)
- Internet game: If the server is behind a NAT router then port 23 TCP (default) or a user-chosen TCP port has to be forwarded to the computer running the server. Further help on this topic may be found here: http://www.portforward.com/
- LAN game: host name or IP of the server
- Firewalls have to be opened for the TCP port in use.
Choosing the TCP port
If the server is ran on Windows operating systems, the default (port 23) can be used which means no additional port needs to be passed to DOSBox. However, if the server runs on other OSes, especially the Unix based ones, the ports 0-1023(?) are reserved for the system. So you need to choose a port above that.
Getting to it: First start the server
In DOSBox command line, type:
serial1 nullmodem
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The DOSBox Status Window should show this line:
Serial1: Nullmodem server waiting for connection on port 23...
If you need to use a different TCP port (5000 in this example), write:
serial1 nullmodem port:5000
Connect the client:
serial1 nullmodem server:<IP or hostname of server>
The status window will show this line on success:
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Serial1: Connected to <IP or hostname of server>
For the custom TCP port, write:
serial1 nullmodem server:<IP or hostname of server> port:5000
Note: Instead of typing these in the command line, you can also set them in the [serialport] section of dosbox.conf. However this method here seems more convinient due to the dynamic nature of IP addresses. You don't have to edit dosbox.conf every time.
Now start the game.
This part differs for every game. The option needed is something like 'nullmodem game', 'direct connection', 'already connected', and some games claim to support nullmodem when choosing modem even. Some games have a special setup executable that has to be started instead of the normal one for multiplayer games.
Then choose COM1 (from serial1) as port and choose wether you start or join the game (this is independent of wether you set your DOSBox to server or client).
- There are a few older games that work better with nullmodem when using normal core.
- If you get serial overrun messages in the DOSBox Status Window and have difficulties running the game try adding rxdelay:50 to the server and client setup string. The default for this is 20, you can try other values too but much higher values are probably pointless.
- Some games are picky about their synchronization, don't run applications that produce background load when playing those.
A few of the games this can be used with:
http://liberatedgames.com/gamelisting.php?letter=O - One must fall
Thunder Zone by Kurt Kennett (Nowhere to be found on the net? only on my harddisk?)
This list is nowhere complete. You can also try the later games like Warcraft I/II, Terminal Velocity, Armada, ...
If you run into problems with those the IPXNET probably is the better choice for now.
Suggestions for improvement of this guide are always welcome.


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$4 million settlement in chimp attack lawsuit
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But on Thursday, one of those battles -- a fight between the estate of the animal's now-dead owner, Sandra Herold, and Nash's attorneys over a lawsuit filed after the attack -- was settled, as the two parties reached a nearly $4 million agreement, giving her some needed financial help.
Filed in Stamford Probate Court, the settlement agreement calls for Herold's estate to provide Nash with $3.4 million in real estate, $331,000 in cash, $140,000 in machinery and equipment and $44,000 in vehicles, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
"In the scheme of things (the money) is totally inadequate to address Charla's medical needs, lifestyle needs, and the pain and suffering she has endured," said Bridgeport lawyer Charles Willinger, who represented Nash. "It is almost impossible to calculate a dollar amount of damages sustained by Charla. Unfortunately, Sandra Herold's estate was limited in funds."
The lawsuit was filed in 2009 on behalf of Nash by her brother, Michael Nash, in state Superior Court in Stamford. They were seeking $50 million in damages.
Brenden Leydon, a Stamford attorney representing Herold's estate, confirmed that a settlement was reached.
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Leydon had argued that Herold's estate couldn't be sued because Charla Nash was an employee of Herold and any claims were a worker's compensation matter.
Nash, 57, formerly of Stamford, now lives in a nursing facility outside of Boston. In February 2009 she was brutally attacked by Travis the chimpanzee outside a North Stamford home after the 200-pound primate went berserk, ripping off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before it was shot by a police officer. Nash had gone to the house to assist the chimpanzee's owner, a friend who she also had worked for.
Since the attack, Nash has had several surgeries, including a face transplant in 2011.
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Nash lives in total darkness, without hands, and is permanently scarred emotionally, psycholically and physically, her attorneys say.
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Doctors have attempted hand transplants, but Nash's body rejected the attempts, causing severe infections.
The Nash family has sought to file a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Protection for $150 million, but is waiting for permission to do so from the state claims commissioner. The state is immune from lawsuits without the claims commissioner's approval.
"We believe that the most-culpable entity is the state of Connecticut DEP," Willinger said Thursday. "They permitted Sandra Herold to possess the chimp, which she had no business possessing. We will vigorously continue to pursue our case against the state."
In August, the state's attorney general, George Jepsen, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. A hearing was held then in Hartford, and the claims commissioner, J. Paul Vance Jr., has yet to make a decision on the motion.
"I feel the DEP failed to do their job, and as my lawyers have stated, I hope and pray that the commissioner will give me my day in court," Nash told reporters after the August hearing. "And I also pray and I hope this never happens to anyone else again. It's not nice."
The state has argued that the DEP, now known as the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) would likely have had to take Herold to court over Travis, and that outcome would have been uncertain, given the primate did not have a record of dangerous incidents.
Travis had starred in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger and made an appearance on the "The Maury Povich Show." The chimpanzee was the constant companion of the widowed Herold and was fed steak, lobster and ice cream. The chimp could eat at the table, drink wine from a stemmed glass, use the toilet and dress and bathe himself.
A month after the mauling, Nash's family sued Herold for alleged negligence and recklessness. The lawsuit alleged Herold knew Travis was dangerous but failed to confine him to a secure area and allowed him to roam her property. It also claimed Herold gave the chimp medication that exacerbated his "violent propensities."
Herold died in May 2010, complicating the legal process.
Travis had previously bitten another woman's hand and tried to drag her into a car in 1996, bit a man's thumb two years later and escaped from her home and roamed downtown Stamford for hours being captured in 2003, according to the lawsuit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Schriften zur Funktionalanalysis und Geomathematik
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- Up Functions (2)
- Abel integral equations (1)
- Decomposition and Reconstruction Schemes (1)
- Gravitationsfeld (1)
- Inverse problems in Banach spaces (1)
- Lavrentiev regularization for equations with monotone operators (1)
- Locally Supported Radial Basis Functions (1)
- Mehrskalenanalyse (1)
- Multiresolution Analysis (1)
- Multisresolution Analysis (1)
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- Wavelet (1)
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The Earth's surface is an almost perfect sphere. Deviations from its spherical shape are less than 0,4% of its radius and essentially arise from its rotation. All equipotential surfaces are nearly spherical, too. In consequence, multiscale modelling of geoscientifically relevant data on the sphere involving rotational symmetry of the trial functions used for the approximation plays an important role. In this paper we deal with isotropic kernel functions showing local support and (one-dimensional) polynomial structure (briefly called isotropic finite elements) for reconstructing square--integrable functions on the sphere. Essential tool is the concept of multiresolution analysis by virtue of the spherical up function. The main result is a tree algorithm in terms of (low--order) isotropic finite elements.
A new class of locally supported radial basis functions on the (unit) sphere is introduced by forming an infinite number of convolutions of ''isotropic finite elements''. The resulting up functions show useful properties: They are locally supported and are infinitely often differentiable. The main properties of these kernels are studied in detail. In particular, the development of a multiresolution analysis within the reference space of square--integrable functions over the sphere is given. Altogether, the paper presents a mathematically significant and numerically efficient introduction to multiscale approximation by locally supported radial basis functions on the sphere.
The following three papers present recent developments in multiscale gravitational field modeling by the use of CHAMP or CHAMP-related data. Part A - The Model SWITCH-03: Observed orbit perturbations of the near-Earth orbiting satellite CHAMP are analyzed to recover the long-wavelength features of the Earth's gravitational potential. More precisely, by tracking the low-flying satellite CHAMP by the high-flying satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) a kinematic orbit of CHAMP is obtainable from GPS tracking observations, i.e. the ephemeris in cartesian coordinates in an Earth-fixed coordinate frame (WGS84) becomes available. In this study we are concerned with two tasks: First we present new methods for preprocessing, modelling and analyzing the emerging tracking data. Then, in a first step we demonstrate the strength of our approach by applying it to simulated CHAMP orbit data. In a second step we present results obtained by operating on a data set derived from real CHAMP data. The modelling is mainly based on a connection between non-bandlimited spherical splines and least square adjustment techniques to take into account the non-sphericity of the trajectory. Furthermore, harmonic regularization wavelets for solving the underlying Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (SST) problem are used within the framework of multiscale recovery of the Earth's gravitational potential leading to SWITCH-03 (Spline and Wavelet Inverse Tikhonov regularized CHamp data). Further it is shown how regularization parameters can be adapted adequately to a specific region improving a globally resolved model. Finally we give a comparison of the developed model to the EGM96 model, the model UCPH2002_02_0.5 from the University of Copenhagen and the GFZ models EIGEN-1s and EIGEN-2. Part B - Multiscale Solutions from CHAMP: CHAMP orbits and accelerometer data are used to recover the long- to medium- wavelength features of the Earth's gravitational potential. In this study we are concerned with analyzing preprocessed data in a framework of multiscale recovery of the Earth's gravitational potential, allowing both global and regional solutions. The energy conservation approach has been used to convert orbits and accelerometer data into in-situ potential. Our modelling is spacewise, based on (1) non-bandlimited least square adjustment splines to take into account the true (non-spherical) shape of the trajectory (2) harmonic regularization wavelets for solving the underlying inverse problem of downward continuation. Furthermore we can show that by adapting regularization parameters to specific regions local solutions can improve considerably on global ones. We apply this concept to kinematic CHAMP orbits, and, for test purposes, to dynamic orbits. Finally we compare our recovered model to the EGM96 model, and the GFZ models EIGEN-2 and EIGEN-GRACE01s. Part C - Multiscale Modeling from EIGEN-1S, EIGEN-2, EIGEN-GRACE01S, UCPH2002_0.5, EGM96: Spherical wavelets have been developed by the Geomathematics Group Kaiserslautern for several years and have been successfully applied to georelevant problems. Wavelets can be considered as consecutive band-pass filters and allow local approximations. The wavelet transform can also be applied to spherical harmonic models of the Earth's gravitational field like the most up-to-date EIGEN-1S, EIGEN-2, EIGEN-GRACE01S, UCPH2002_0.5, and the well-known EGM96. Thereby, wavelet coefficients arise and these shall be made available to other interested groups. These wavelet coefficients allow the reconstruction of the wavelet approximations. Different types of wavelets are considered: bandlimited wavelets (here: Shannon and Cubic Polynomial (CP)) as well as non-bandlimited ones (in our case: Abel-Poisson). For these types wavelet coefficients are computed and wavelet variances are given. The data format of the wavelet coefficients is also included.
We study a possiblity to use the structure of the regularization error for a posteriori choice of the regularization parameter. As a result, a rather general form of a selection criterion is proposed, and its relation to the heuristical quasi-optimality principle of Tikhonov and Glasko (1964), and to an adaptation scheme proposed in a statistical context by Lepskii (1990), is discussed. The advantages of the proposed criterion are illustrated by using such examples as self-regularization of the trapezoidal rule for noisy Abel-type integral equations, Lavrentiev regularization for non-linear ill-posed problems and an inverse problem of the two-dimensional profile reconstruction.


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Maxwell's Equations (Integral Form)
It is sometimes easier to understand Maxwell's equations in their integral form; the version we outlined last time is the differential form.
For Gauss' law and Gauss' law for magnetism, we've actually already done this. First, we write them in differential form:
We pick any region we want and integrate both sides of each equation over that region:
On the left-hand sides we can use the divergence theorem, while the right sides can simply be evaluated:
where is the total charge contained within the region . Gauss' law tells us that the flux of the electric field out through a closed surface is (basically) equal to the charge contained inside the surface, while Gauss' law for magnetism tells us that there is no such thing as a magnetic charge.
Faraday's law was basically given to us in integral form, but we can get it back from the differential form:
We pick any surface and integrate the flux of both sides through it:
On the left we can use Stokes' theorem, while on the right we can pull the derivative outside the integral:
where is the flux of the magnetic field through the surface . Faraday's law tells us that a changing magnetic field induces a current around a circuit.
A similar analysis helps with Ampère's law:
We pick a surface and integrate:
Then we simplify each side.
where is the flux of the electric field through the surface , and is the total current flowing through the surface . Ampère's law tells us that a flowing current induces a magnetic field around the current, and Maxwell's correction tells us that a changing electric field behaves just like a current made of moving charges.
We collect these together into the integral form of Maxwell's equations:
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who is maxwell and why did he decide to come with his equations that are difficult to understand
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Blame the universe's electromagnetism for being most easily calculable with vector calculus.
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why are these equations called maxwell's equations while none of them are derived or proved by mexwell ,all of them were alread present
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Because Maxwell was a thug, and saw the relations underlying all of them. Gauss was extremely gifted, Ampere almost had it right, and Faraday did his own thing, but Maxwell connected it all. All the laws have their own names, individually, for the people who did formulate them originally.
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A NEW YOU: God will never give up on you, so don't give up on yourself
Some days do you just want to quit?
Perhaps, you are tired of trying and, in all probability, you're spinning your wheels and getting nowhere. You may see other people less deserving getting ahead, and you are stuck in the same place.
Life might have gotten monotonous. Feelings of inadequacy seep into your mind. Or, a setback has caused you to fall back into old, destructive patterns. Now, you could be off-track, discouraged and your energy may be drained.
But wait. You count. Your life matters. No matter what you are going through today, God has not given up on you, so don't give up on yourself. Decide now to get off the treadmill of negative thoughts and see beyond the present moment. God has a wonderful plan and place for you. And your future holds great promise.
Years ago, I heard a fictional story by an unknown author about a man who was so dismayed, he wanted to relinquish his hopes and dreams for the future and just give up on life. He was going to quit his job, his relationships, his hobbies, and abandon his walk with God, settling for the status quo.
But, before renouncing it all, the man decided that he was going to take a walk in the forest by his home to have one last talk with God.
As he set out that autumn morning, the dry leaves and twigs cracked under his boots, and he heard the sweet songs of birds in the distance. He walked further. The fresh air caressed his face. And he glanced up at the clouds overhead and spoke aloud, "God, can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
There was a brief pause. Then, the man heard the gentle, yet powerful voice of God.
"Look around the forest," God instructed. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" He questioned.
Startled, the man looked to the right and the left. "Yes, God, I do," the man answered with a half-smile.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them both. I gave them sunlight and fresh water. And the fern grew quickly. Its beautiful, lush green leaves covered the ground. Yet, not anything came from the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo," God said.
"The second year, the fern grew even more plentiful. And again, the bamboo seed was dormant. Still, I did not give up on the bamboo."
The man reached into his pocket and grabbed a tissue and dabbed his eyes, as God explained, "In year three, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. However, I didn't quit. The same in year four," God uttered.
With understanding and humble remorse over how wrong he had been, the man closed his eyes for a moment. And God continued, "Then, in the fifth year, a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern, it was seemingly insignificant. But months later, the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent five years growing roots, and those roots made the bamboo strong, giving it what it needed to survive in the forest."
Thereafter, God whispered to the man, "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have actually been growing roots? I would not give up on the bamboo, and I will never give up on you.
"It doesn't matter how impossible your situation appears to be or how long it takes, your time of victory will come," God encouraged. "You will rise high. You will flourish. So don't quit, and give me glory, by rising as high as you can."
The man left the forest that day and slowly made his way back home. With his head held high, and a renewed strength, the man felt surrounded by God's love. He realized that God would never give up on Him. And, dear readers, God will never give up on you, either.
Your life is full of countless possibilities. You have too much yet to do, too many lives to positively influence and too many dreams to make manifest to quit now. Your time for victory, too, is coming. So whatever may be troubling you; turn it all over to God and progress ahead. There is no obstacle too big for God to turn around for your greater good. He is working right now on your behalf and is "going before you and making the crooked places straight." (Isaiah 45:2-3).
Therefore, stand in faith and say, "I am not going to give up. I'm moving forward with God," and "I'll become all that God intends for me to be." God hasn't brought you this far to leave you here. He is about to do something greater than you can ever imagine. So, continue your pursuit. Don't stop now. And keep on going.
In the Bible, I read about the Prodigal Son. A father had two sons and the younger son asked his father to give him his portion of his inheritance early, from the family estate. The father granted his request and the young son set off to distant lands and begins to waste his fortune in debauchery. A famine hits the country, the young son's money runs out, and he finds himself destitute, in horrible conditions. Finally, the young son comes to his senses and although unsure of the welcome he'd receive, returns home.
Upon seeing his son, the father who had been watching and waiting for him, ran out to greet his beloved son with opened arms and rejoiced that the son found his way back home. (Luke 15: 11-32)
Nothing could separate the son from his father's love, and nothing can separate you from God's love. So, persist onward, under God's love, guidance and care. Then watch in awe as He blesses all areas of your life. And peace, joy and victory will be yours.
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Len Bundra, GIS director of the Toms River Municipalities Authority, thinks creatively to help those in need.
When Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast in October, Len Bundra didn't back down. As the lead of IT and GIS operations for the Toms River, N.J., Municipal Utilities Authority, he knew the community's needs were bigger than his department's mission alone.
Bundra integrated his department's existing Esri-based GIS mapping system with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) satellite shots to create a map of local damaged areas with layers from multiple organizations. Utility authorities use this operational intelligence to deploy resources efficiently to hard-hit locations. The map is free and public, so law enforcement and emergency management personnel also use it for their relief efforts.
This single, central Web app, Bundra says, puts every agency on equal footing because they have the same information, and the synergy enhances cross-department coordination.
"In this rebuilding effort, we need to all work together off a common map," he said. "It doesn't really make sense for one utility to go out there, dig up a street, fix pipe, fill it in, and then have the gas company out a week later and do the same thing."
Features give users a bird's-eye view of the damage. Once they zoom in close enough, the map allows them to switch a layer on or off called Post-Sandy NOAA Imagery, which shows them before and after aerial photos of the affected area. They can also click the circular "map identify" tool and use it to select a parcel and generate additional aerial photos showing the area from a different angle. Other layers include those that sort data by sewer, highway and apartment layers.
Sandy struck on Monday, Oct. 29, and Bundra had the map ready to go exactly one week later, on Monday, Nov. 5. He used Amazon and Esri's integrated, hosted Web services to create the map, and he couldn't have come close to where he is today without them.
"If this would have happened five years ago, I couldn't have done what I just did," he said. "The data sharing that's happening now via these Esri-Amazon hosted services — I couldn't have created this Web map without that, so I think it's helping with collaboration from the federal to the county to the municipal level on down."
Sandy clean-up efforts will likely last for the foreseeable future, but Bundra expects his map to remain in place indefinitely. Other disasters may strike, and regardless, multiple agencies can use it for their own purposes no matter what the situation.
There are 33 municipalities in Ocean County, N.J., where Toms River is located, but departments in multiple municipalities use Bundra's map for their own needs.
"I think this is a paradigm shift in GIS technology. I think ESRI and Amazon are the two big players in creating the shift," Bundra said. "In the end, it'll allow GIS to be more ubiquitous. It won't just be rich municipalities or the municipalities with large populations that can afford GIS."


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Dear Carolyn: My 30-year-old daughter, who lives in another state, has informed me she and her husband are ready to start a family and have stopped using birth control. However, they both drink socially, sometimes fairly heavily.
My daughter has mentioned that her doctor says light drinking during pregnancy is OK. I expressed my concern, once, and sent her some information about the effects of alcohol on a fetus at various stages, including in early pregnancy, to which she didn't respond. And I continue to see postings on Facebook of my daughter enjoying wine, beer, Bloody Marys, martinis …
This would be my first grandchild and I don't want to start out being overbearing and opinionated. But I remember how careful I was when I was pregnant and am concerned she may cause permanent harm to her baby, even before she knows she's pregnant. What, if anything, is my responsibility here?
– A Concerned Mother
A: Overbearing, check; opinionated, check. Your heart is in the right place but your actions crossed the line.
Voicing your concern was a natural response to a mom-to-be-to-be who posts cocktail selfies on Facebook. Sending the article, though, was the shot across the bow by someone who'd rather indulge her own fears than respect a boundary. It warned your daughter that, in your eyes, she's either ignorant about fetal health or too irresponsible to act on what she knows.
Crossing that line once is certainly forgivable, but now you've got to rein yourself in or risk being That Grandma.
I'm not unsympathetic. The position you're in is one of the toughest ones going: You're generally correct, specifically unsure, largely powerless, and the stakes are high.
Where you're correct: Drinking "fairly heavily" while trying to get pregnant is just a head-shaker.
Where you're unsure: You don't actually know how much your daughter is drinking. You also don't know whether she'll get pregnant next week, next year, or ever.
Where you're powerless: You can't swat the drinks out of her hand. You can only fret about sending articles, send articles, fret about saying something, say something, or just fret – lousy choices all.
Trying to assert control is not the answer, though. Your responsibilities are limited to assessing what you actually know (versus fear, suspect, see on Facebook … ); weighing the potential benefit of action versus the risk either of inaction or of offending; and understanding that your reach into the life of another adult is at her pleasure.
Since you've said (and sent) your piece, please consider your to-do list exhausted. Now your focus needs to shift to being the person she can trust not to get into her business. Counterintuitive, yes, but it will position you to be much more influential than if you keep trying to influence her.


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A Global Network for Measurements of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere
The Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network measures the atmospheric distribution and trends of the three main long-term drivers of climate change, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as carbon monoxide (CO) which is an important indicator of air pollution. The Reference Network is a part of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. The measurement program includes around the clock measurements at 4 baseline observatories and 8 tall towers, air samples collected by volunteers at more than 50 sites, and air samples collected regularly from small aircraft mostly in North America.Read More...
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The reference network consists of in-situ measurements at observatories and tall towers, and air samples collected at global surface sites and aboard small aircraft.


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Microbial Life and AstrobiologyCreated by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory
Astrobiology embraces the search for potentially inhabited planets beyond our Solar System, the exploration of Mars and the outer planets, laboratory and field investigations of the origins and early evolution of life, and studies of the potential of life to adapt to future challenges, both on Earth and in space. It addresses three basic questions:
- How does life begin and evolve?
- Does life exist elsewhere in the universe?
- What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?
What is Astrobiology?
Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the Universe. It is an interdisciplinary field that combines concepts in the biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, earth and space sciences, technology, information science, and related disciplines.
- Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe
- Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System
- Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors
- Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment
- Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life
- Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond
- Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
Source: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/roadmap/
Microbial Life and Astrobiology
Microbiology is an essential tool in the quest for extraterrestrial life and in the search for the origins and destiny of life. By understanding the complexity and extremity of microbial life on Earth, we are able to speculate about the existence of life on other planets—both within our solar system and beyond. Microbiology can be used to address each of the NASA Astrobiology Roadmap Questions.
- How Does Life Begin and Evolve?
- Microbiology may be applied to the study of evolution at the molecular, organism, and ecosystem level.
- Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory, for example, employ molecular techniques to explore how relatively simple organisms and their genomes (compared to those of metazoans) evolved into more complex forms. Their astrobiology program goal is to search for novel eukaryote diversity in rarely studied environments, some resembling conditions possibly existing millions/billions of years ago on other solar system bodies.
- Does Life Exist Elsewhere in the Universe?
- The discovery of microbes in extreme environments on Earth has changed our perspective regarding what makes a planet habitable. By looking at extreme microbes on Earth, we gain insight into the possible existence of extraterrestrial life.
- The astrobiology consortium led by the Carnegie Institution of Washington primarily studies the physical, chemical, and biological evolution of hydrothermal systems. Looking at vent complexes associated with ocean ridges, deep aquifers, and other subsurface aqueous environments, they have successfully documented novel microbial metabolic strategies and unexpected high-pressure environments for life. This has led to the investigation of similar environments on other planets and bodies, as well as studies in planetary formation.
- What is Future of Life on Earth and Beyond?
- Microbes are essential players in the bioremediation of denuded areas on Earth (i.e., deforestation, mining). Knowledge of these processes can be applied in the terraforming of other planets.
- Microorganisms have guided the way in developing our current atmospheric conditions. They carry out essential activities, such as the fixation of nutrients, and are necessary for the success of life as we know it.
- Scientists at the SETI Institute are exploring the suitability of planets orbiting M stars for either single-celled or more complex life, as well as testing the survival of microorganisms in very high UV environments. Through the exploration of Earth's highest altitude lakes and ponds, in Bolivia and Chile, a series of investigations are examining the survival strategies employed by these microorganisms.
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Easter: Give Yourselves Fully
I always enjoy Easter for its atmosphere of wonderful, joyous celebration.
While Christmas might be described as special, Easter is triumphant. We celebrate the astounding miracle of a man, the Son of God, risen from the grave. But like a parade after any victory, Easter's celebration is more than the festivity following an unexpected triumph.
We also celebrate what Jesus' victory over death has freed us to do: to work for the kingdom of God.
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul expounds on the meaning of Jesus' resurrection. "If Christ has not been raised," he says, "your faith is futile" (verse 17). In his conclusion, Paul seems to nearly shout, "Death has been swallowed up in victory" (verse 54).
But that's not where he ends. Paul exhorts his readers -- because of the resurrection -- to go out into the world. "Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain" (verse 58).
I remember the passion and urgency of Jesus' message after I first became a Christian. At one point, a family member couldn't understand why I thought all this Jesus stuff was so important. I had gone more than a little overboard, she suspected.
I tried to explain what it was like to meet Jesus. Imagine what it would be like if you were driving home one night, and a flying saucer landed in front of your car. Little green men came walking toward you, pulled you out of your car, and took you for a ride across the universe. After touring the galaxies, they brought you back to your car and told you it was time to head home.
Wouldn't that just rock your world? Your life would never be the same. In one moment, everything would have changed. From that point on, you would have a radically different perspective on life and where you fit in the world.
That's what happened to me when I first met Jesus as a young graduate student. I was ready to go out and change the world. The resurrection of Jesus makes all the difference. So confirmed I was in this astounding message that when it came time for my wife Reneé and I to register for wedding gifts, I told her, "As long as there are children starving in the world, I'm not going to register for fine china, crystal, and silver."
Unfortunately, that passionate and urgent moment too easily fades. Isn't it ironic that, a short 13 years later, I ended up as CEO of a fine china company?
But Easter is an opportunity to renew the sense of urgency that is the consequence of the resurrection. Consider Eugène Burnand's painting, "The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection." The wonder and awe on the disciples' faces is matched by the urgent expectation.
Theologian N.T. Wright argues that only the power of the resurrection of Christ could explain what the disciples proceeded to do, overturning the pagan Roman Empire. "Jesus is risen, therefore God's new world has begun. Jesus is risen, therefore Israel and the world have been redeemed. Jesus is risen, therefore his followers have a new job to do."
Wright continues to say that the disciples understood that their new job had "social, political, and cultural" implications. "And what is that new job? To bring the life of heaven to birth in actual, physical, earthly reality."
That's, of course, the very mission of World Vision. What a job that is -- a daunting task. But we hope and believe that He is risen, indeed!
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Parsing Asia: What New World Bank Reports Say about Investment in the Region
In the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, one obvious truth is that locus of growth has shifted east. While the world frets over the stuttering recoveries in the USA and EU, most Asian economies have rebounded well, including a pick-up of FDI into and from these markets. The latest IMF World Economic Outlook expects growth in developing Asia to be 9.4% in 2010 and 8.4% in 2011. Contrast this with estimates for the USA of 2.6% in 2010 and 2.3% in 2011, and for the EU 1.7% in 2010 and 1.5% in 2011. A similar story will be found in the Global Economic Prospectsreport from the World Bank Development Economics Group to be launched on January 12.
A central question remains, however: Are these high growth rates and the high returns to investment, risk-neutral vis-à-vis investing in developed markets? Or other emerging-market regions? This question is pertinent for both commercial and political risk – but it is the latter to which I now turn.


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During the Christmas Holiday Season many children are internationally abducted in accordance to international law because they are illegally and wrongfully detained in a foreign country without one of the child's parent's permission.
If this has happened to you and your child, you must first realize that the abduction was a well-planned scheme orchestrated by lies, deceit, and assistance by others, more thank likely the abductors friends and family members in the inbound country your child is presently being wrongfully detained. In addition, there is the possibility that the abductor also received assistance from other family and friends in the country of original jurisdiction (your home country) where the child lived.
Now, before I go any further, I will say this: you need to pay attention to every detail and keep records of everything that transpires.
If you are presently in a foreign country where your child is presently being detained and you have no access to your child because the abductor has cut off ties with you, I reiterate that you must be very careful and remind yourself that you and your child were targets of a well-planned scheme. You must seek immediate assistance from a local lawyer familiar with family law matters in that country, and, you must seek assistance available to you under the rules of law, including the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
For a list of countries who are signatory members of the Hague Convention, please click here.
Regardless if your child was illegally detained in a foreign country with or without you being in that country, there are critical steps that I suggest you must do, as outlined below.
When you believe that your child or children have been abducted by either their other parent or a non-stranger, you must remember that time is a precious commodity you do not have.
You must act efficiently, thoughtfully, and purposefully with respect to all efforts that you are about to put forth in recovering your child. Of utmost importance is the fact that you need to know everything that everyone involved in your child's recovery is doing. Critically, you must stay calm, stay alert, immediately contact law enforcement, and immediately contact a lawyer familiar with family custody law.
1. Never give up HOPE that you will find your child or children no matter how long and difficult the road you have to journey on is.
2. URGENTLY, if you are a citizen of the The United States, immediately contact the United States Department of State – Office of Children's Issues. They can be reached at 202-736-9090 or at 888.407.4747. If you are presently in the foreign country that your child was illegally detained, then immediately contact the United States embassy in that country, and schedule an emergency appointment seeking their assistance.
If you are from Canada, contact the Justice Legal Services in Ottawa at 613.996.1300 or 613.992.6300. If you are presently in the foreign country that your child was illegally detained, then immediately contact the Canadian embassy in that country, and schedule an emergency appointment seeking their assistance.
3. If your child's habitual residence was in the United States, immediately contact the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children (1-800-The-Lost).
If your child's habitual residency is Canada, contact The Missing Children Society of Canada (800.661.6160).
4. IMMEDIATELY contact your local police and your local branch of the FBI (in Canada, the RCMP) and share with them all the details that support your belief that your child's abduction is imminent or in progress.
Do not wait to file your police report!
Make sure you have as much evidence to support your claim as possible, including any witnesses that can support your claims. While sharing this information with the police, make sure that you file a missing child report immediately.
This report is important as it allows the police to place a description of the child who is missing on the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, (and in Canada the Canadian Police Information Centre {CPIC} computer system) so all police forces in the United States (and likewise, in Canada) will know the child is missing.
The police should notify border crossing and all ferry, rail, airport facilities. If there is any hesitancy on their part to do so, under all circumstances demand that all border crossing locations and transportation companies (ferry services, airlines, etc.) are notified, and that all travel manifests are immediately reviewed. If you suspect parental or non-stranger abduction, provide the police with a photo of the suspected abductor, an address, telephone number and any other pertinent information about that person.
In addition, so long as you have a custody order decree from the courts, law enforcement can seek to press charges of aiding and abetting against any individual who may have assisted the abductor with their kidnapping scheme. Recently, Senate Resolution 543 (SR543) that was unanimously passed in the Senate on December 14th, 2012 resolved that our nation and all applicable agencies involved in child abduction prevention and reunification do whatever they can to assist a targeted child. This means that under the reach of criminal law, and if there is enough evidence to support a case of aiding and abetting, a criminal complaint must be filed with the authorities.
5. In all scenarios, it is strongly advised that you hire a lawyer familiar with international child abduction. It is critical that emergency legal applications are made to the court of jurisdiction that request for the court to issue to you the following:
A) Temporary Full Custody of your child or children.
B) A Return Order for your children demanding that the other parent return them to the court of jurisdiction by a specified date.
In addition, laws in many states give judges authority to issue a 'pickup' order for the child to prevent an imminent abduction or harm to the child. Pickup orders go by different names, including 'warrant to take physical custody of a child' and 'warrant in lieu of a writ of habeas corpus'.
6. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), in effect in most states, provides an emergency ex parte proceeding for getting a law enforcement directed pickup order (in conjunction with a custody enforcement order) when abductions or serious physical harm to a child is imminent. If the requirements are met, a judge should issue an order directing law enforcement to pick up the child and to serve notice of the custody enforcement proceedings.
7. If you believe your child's safety is in danger, and you have credible evidence that your partner is intending to imminently take your child and abduct to another country – file an emergency ex parte motion in court immediately, and make sure you or your lawyer notify your local law enforcement that you are filing an emergency motion before the court.
8. When possible, you and/or someone you trust should stay in close physical proximity of the child. Consider hiring a seasoned private investigator to monitor the movements of your spouse and child.
9. STAY CALM. Contact neighbors, friends, spouse, siblings and anyone who may know where your child may be. Invite a friend or acquaintance with a "calm" manner to be with you.
10. Conduct a telephone search. Call family, friends and relatives who may wish to help. Encourage them to use their telephones to make inquiry calls so your line will remain free for incoming calls. If you have to leave the house, have an answering machine on the line or have a friend or neighbor take incoming calls.
11. Have friends and relatives conduct a basic land search of the neighborhood area while you are making a police report. With family and friends, try to recall the present and past few days of family situations and activities (a recent argument or disciplinary action could be the reason for hiding).
12. Provide the police with the information in your prepared Identification Kit. This kit should include updates clear photographs, foot and fingerprints, birth certificate, medical history, passport, dental records, X-rays, child's name and description including location of scars, birthmarks and any other identifiable data (glasses, braces, earrings, etc.). A videotape or a recent home video of the child may be made specifically for the kit. Try to keep a mental note of what your child is wearing each day.
13. Conduct a complete physical search of your area. Organize a search party of friends and relatives to search areas such as, child's route home from school, community center, friend's houses, favorite hang-out etc. Be on the lookout for articles of clothing, toys, books other personal belongings scattered on the ground. If found, do not disturb. Contact a police officer immediately.
14. Leave someone at home at all times to answer the telephone in case your child calls.
15. Continue to keep the telephone lines FREE at all times.
16. Continue your search even if there are no immediate results. Follow up for updates on the case by contacting the investigating police officer and the provincial searching agency who registered your child.
17. Solicit media support such as radio, television, local publications and newspapers only at the advice of the police and searching agency involved with the case. Be mindful that once your spouse has illegally taken your child and is on the run, they essentially will act like a fugitive (in many cases they are due to arrest warrants issued by the local court). Typically, a person running from law enforcement is willing to take risks that they might otherwise not be inclined to take under more normal circumstances. These risks can be very concerning, and could potentially place the child as well as the abducting parent in grave and dangerous situations. So, before you solicit help from the media, weigh out the opinions and advice of law enforcement, your lawyer, and your private investigators, if you have hired for these services.
18. Distribute a photograph of the missing child as well as your spouse or ex-spouse who has taken your child.
19. Keep a detailed diary of people and agencies you have contacted and steps you have already taken. Logging the events limits the duplication of efforts and allows a review of inquiries.
20. As I said earlier, hire a local lawyer familiar with local and international child custody law and have your attorney appear before your local court immediately. Share with the court the details of your child's abduction and all other relevant information to allow the judge to understand the seriousness of the matter. It is critical that you are honest, open, and credible before the court. In simple terms: do not lie, do not fabricate anything, and do not give the court any reason to question your credibility. Tell the good, the bad, and the ugly. Request that the court grant you sole full custody and sole full guardianship of your child or children if you do not already have it. Also request that the court direct your spouse to immediately return with the child to the place of original jurisdiction (if he or she has a lawyer in the jurisdiction, you should be able to serve that person [have your lawyer check on matters of service]. Request that the court issue a 'pick-up' order directing police officers to assist you in finding and returning your child to you.
21. If you know your child has been taken to another country, contact the United Stated Department of State – Office Of Children's Issues and immediately file a Hague Application for the wrongful international abduction and retention of your child.
22. Make sure you monitor all bank accounts and remove all assets that are in joint-tenancy into your sole name.
23. If you are the primary holder on any assets and credit cards, immediately remove your spouse's name on every account.
24. Immediately contact your credit card companies and put a security alert on all of your credit cards. This will direct the credit card company to request that you show proper identification to the merchant during each time you use a credit card, or, in the event of electronic on line transactions, a representative from the credit card company's security department will be required to contact you in order to authorize the transaction. Also, make sure you put two password questions and answers (not one – but two), on your bank and credit card accounts in order to prevent having anyone else other than you access your money.
25. Contact all credit reporting agencies and request that you are immediately notified of any credit inquiries, remarks, or additional accounts. Make sure that each agency issues a security alert, directing each requesting credit company to seek additional verifying information that any inquiries or applications made to their company were made by you.
26. Monitor all cell phones of your spouse, and, if possible, have all cell phones, emails, and any other communication devices monitored.
27. Check with your spouse's friends, family, and acquaintances and see if they were aware of any information that might lead you to locate your child. Typically, a person who is standoffish, might have known of the abductor's plans, or, has already been influenced by that person, and will be of little help to you. If that occurs, immediately report this to law enforcement investigating the abduction. If the police chose to interview that person, and they lie to law enforcement, they can be criminally charged with a crime.
28. Check in your child or children's rooms for any hints or clues as to where they might have been taken.
29. Check your ex-spouse or spouse's personal items for any clues as to where they might have taken your child.
30. If your ex-spouse or spouse has family that live in a foreign country, hire the services of a private investigator in that country to immediately follow your ex-spouse or spouse's parents and other family members in order to determine where the child has been taken and is located. This very well may be the best set of dollars you will spend. Remember, any recovery actions cannot be taken until your child's location is known. In many international parental child abduction cases, the abducting parent chooses to go underground with the child, and develops behavior similar to a fugitive on the run (they are fugitives). Typically, they have a support network in place, and the abduction has been carefully planned and enabled through the assistance of family members and friends. Finding and knowing where your child was taken to is the most important action once you know the child has been removed from the country of habitual residency. Without knowing what country your child is in – you cannot file a Hague Application … and you will be spinning your wheels endlessly trying to find out where your child is. One final note on this subject: according to the provisions in The Hague, there exists language that essentially enables a Hague judge overseeing the case to allow for a child to stay with the abducting parent if the abducting parent is able to prove to the court that returning the child to the country of origin would be detrimental to the child's best interest. One of the techniques commonly used in a Hague defense is to demonstrate that the child or children have adjusted and desires to live in the country they were wrongfully and illegally taken to. In certain situations, a judge may believe that the child or children have settled into their 'new life', and that uprooting them would be harmful, and not in the child's best interest. So – it is critically important for a Chasing Parent to know where the child was taken to as soon as possible and immediately file for the child's return under the protocols of The Hague Convention.
31. If your child is taken to another country, consult heavily with a lawyer in your local jurisdiction familiar with The Hague Convention, and, make sure you hire a lawyer familiar with The rules of The Hague Convention in the jurisdiction you know your child was taken to.
32. Become familiar with the laws and customs of the country that your child has been taken to.
33. Consult with The National Center For Missing And Exploited Children, the governing agency who acts as The Hague Signatory for your country (in The United States, the U.S. State Department acts as the official Hague representative for The United States Government) and the International Child Abduction Research and Enlightenment Foundation (the I CARE Foundation).
34. Try to keep yourself physically active, eat a healthy diet, and rest on a regular basis.
35. Never give up Hope that you will be reunited with your child.
36. Remember, you must know everything that everyone involved with your child's recovery is doing. Do not be concerned about any or your actions other than one: finding your child. In essence – do whatever you have to do in order to protect your child – but remember, your actions must not place your child in any harm's way. That is why it is important for you to consult with the experts – but remember – you must know everything – including as much as possible on family law, and the rules of The Hague Convention.
37. Allow and trust in The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Courts do work!
38. If your child or children have been issued a passport and you have access to it, make sure you hold it and secure it in a safe place. If your child has not been issued a passport, then immediately contact the agency overseeing passport issuances, and appraise them of the present situation. Typically, law enforcement or an officer from the State Department's Office of Children's Issues overseeing your Hague Application will do this as well.
39. In the event that your child does not have a passport from the country they habitually lived in, and no passport has been requested or issued by your local government, then make sure that law enforcement contact the local embassy of the country your spouse was originally from, and inform them of the litigation taking place.
40. One of the most important things you can do in the early stages of an international child abduction is to establish friendly contact with the relatives and friends of the other parent, both in your country and abroad. The fastest and most effective way to resolve international child abductions is for the abducting parent to return the child voluntarily. While there may be good reasons for you to believe that this approach won't work, it is important that the effort be made.
41. Make sure you have a cell phone with you at all times, that it is fully charged, that you keep a charged back-up battery, and a back-up phone charger.
42. If you are traveling abroad to search for your child, make sure you send yourself back-up 'emergency' money via Western Union (Western Union is reliable, serves most locations around the world, and funds can be accessed immediately).
43. The 'Prevent Departure Program' is a very effective tool to prevent alien residents physically in the United States from leaving the country either with or without a child. The program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security and was initially created to aide in our the country's national security interests post 911. Essentially and under the purposes of child abduction, an individual would not be able to depart from the United States. For more information on this program, please visit information on this website listed under 'Prevent Departure Program' or click on the following link:
44. Trust yourself.
45. Contact the I CARE Foundation.
46. For more information please visit the Department of State's Office Of Children's Issues at http://travel.state.gov/abduction/emergencies/emergencies_3845.html
47. Remember, the abductor has been well advised and aided about how to get away with their abduction. They will try to do whatever they can to have it appear that either you are a horrible, dangerous person, and/or that you consented to their travel abroad with intent to relocate. Thus, be very careful of what the abductor communicates with you, and be very leary that any suggestion to have a family member of the abductor mediate an agreement between the two of you in genuine: there is a very good chance it is not.
48. In the United States, it is illegal to operate or hire a recovery agents who essentially re-abduct a child taken in another country. It is strongly advised that you follow the rules of law and remember that recovery agents are very costly, you as a client have limited way of validating their activity or expense, and that generally, snatching a child places the child in harms way. Follow the rules of law and trust the courts.
49. Critically, you must be aware that if you are in a foreign country where your child was taken, the other side will do essentially whatever is possible in order for them to remain there, including making false child abuse or police reports against you. One of the most common techniques used for both men and women abductors is for the abductor to make a police report that you threatened their life and that they are concerned about their and the child's safety. This enables them to get a restraining order against you while also laying out ground for an Article 13 Defense of the Hague Convention.
50. It is beyond important that you remember that the abductor committed the crime of kidnapping. Surely, the abductor was aware of their action and legal issues. And it did not matter. They still carried out there plan. And if you are on foreign soil, you should be very cautious that the abductor has been well advised, and knows that it is critical for their abduction defense to make the child abuse or criminal complaint against you. Sadly, many abductors act as predators by luring the partner to the foreign country during Christmas so that they could make criminal complaints against that person while they are there. Be very careful – and seek assistance from your country's embassy.
51. Mobilize your assets.
When it comes to International Parental Child Abduction, there are a few things that are important to realize.
1. From 2012 -2022, it is anticipated that there could be as many as 100,000 to 125,000 international parental child abductions originating from the United States, and as many as 17,500 cases originating from Canada.
2. Unreported cases of abduction are anticipated to at least equal the number of reported cases of abduction, and it is believed that this number could be as high as 150% of reported cases. As an example, in 2010, there ere 1,634 reported cases of IPCA in the United States. Thus, it could be expected that the number of unreported cases of abduction ranged from 1, 634 to 2,451, and that the total number of cases of international parental child abduction was anywhere from 3,264 – 4,085 cases.
3. Growth of IPCA cases is at least 20% per year.
4. It is forecast that only roughly 10% of all children (reported and unreported) illegally kidnapped come home.
5. International Parental Child Abduction is a federal crime.
6. Loopholes in the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative may have a serious negative impact on IPCA and human trafficking in the United States.
7. The Prevent Departure Program needs to be modified to allow the screening of high-risk child abductors who possess rights of United States citizenship.
Peter Thomas Senese