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Sighting of juvenile Heron
We are very happy that (an ornithologist has confirmed) this is a fledgling we spotted in the park.
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The Grey Herons Have Two Chicks!
Since the work has temporarily halted, the Herons have returned to the park and have built another nest on the island and had two chicks! The chicks are quite large but still have grey feathers all over and we have … Continue reading
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Exhibition – Alexandra Park: A heart-breaking work of staggering destruction
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What's this protest all about?
Visit the About page to find out. Here are Positive Action Steps to protest. And here's lots of thing you can do to save the trees and wildlife
Flyer and Poster
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In response to BBC article and Councillor Nigel Murphy
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But the wildlife will just move somewhere else, right?
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Palm trees blow in the heat of the West Texas sun
Houses breathe steadily as the people inside wipe stars and dreams from their eyes
Hues of brilliant gold and lavender rise over the mountains
And in the distance, in our sister city, our hermanos y hermanas rise as we do
My mother wakes us with smells of menudo, tortillas, y pan dulce
The veins on her brown hands pulse like rivers passing over adobe
My father cooks beside her, his own hands much larger and clumsier
He makes her laugh as they kiss to the sound of the sizzling comal
My brother and I enter the kitchen with scrunched faces at our parents' embrace
When they look away we smile at their love not knowing it would be otherwise
My father serves us menudo, solemnly sprinkling in the inescapability of change and heartache
My mother passes the tortillas with the promise that, at least for now, we will always be this happy
There was peace there. I remember. In those moments. In those mornings. There was peace.
By: Tony Nunez

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The kitchen is man's new hunting ground
PRIMAL man is in his element at this time of year. Open any window on a summer's day and you'll smell him.
Well, not him exactly but the Palaeolithic pall of slaughtered beast over hot coals, a beer in his hand and sabre-toothed grin as he reverts back to his ancestors.
Barbecue cooking attracts men as there is an element of danger and theatre to it that doesn't require the light hand of, say, a souffle or cup cake swirl. It's man cooking. And besides it's seasonal so the drudgery of having to prepare daily family meals week in and week out pretty soon reverts back to the female when the sun goes in and there is no audience to work.
But women beware, the kitchen is the new hunting ground for men seeking praise and power. Since celebrity baker Paul Hollywood has become the latest heart-throb and with macho men such as Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Heston Blumenthal brandishing cleavers and juicy profanities primal man has taken up a new role as hunter, gatherer and pastry sous.
In a survey for Kikkoman soy sauce of 2,000 Britons 34 per cent of women now think their other half is the best cook in the household as they take up their rightful place on the chaise longue, resigned to the fate of in-house washer-upper.
In a survey for Kikkoman soy sauce of 2,000 Britons 34 per cent of women now think their other half is the best cook in the household
But it has to be said that a man who knows his way around a stuffed portobello does rate highly in the happiness and desirability stakes.
It's not the ultimate feminisation of men we want. No New Man wimpishness nor Schwarzeneggerlike machismo but a guy who knows how to put up shelves and feed you mashed potato when the mean blues come to town.
An intuitive man who knows his way around a corkscrew when the occasion calls for solace or smiles. Good forearms, a sense of humour and a nice voice were a few other tips collated from friends when asked what makes the ideal modern male.
Money seems to have worked wonders for Bernie Ecclestone and Paul Daniels, said one wit.
It's not a battle of the sexes or a war over whisks: it's a boil meets grill thing.
So when his eyes are like limpid pools of chicken stock and he wants to whistle up a beef tournedos, allow his inner ape man to flourish and temporarily take a step down from breadwinner to bread baker.


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Outback Barbecues for Home & Leisure
Lighting-up the barbecue is now a focal point of garden and patio entertainment among family and friends, and an established part of the outdoor fun of camping, caravanning or on the move with your motorhome.
Since it's formation as a family business in 1979, the Outback brand has stood for quality, innovation and total customer commitment, providing a cutting edge of British-designed barbecues.
Linked with the world class Chinese manufacturer TPA for the past 35 years, Outback is able to respond to the latest market trends and developments quickly and efficiently. The Outback factory has been ISO9001 approved since 1995 and has been awarded certificates from testing authorities worldwide.
Outback have built their reputation on taking your al fresco dining experience very seriously. From the initial concept and design stages, to choosing the most up-to-date and sustainable materials right through to their shipping and handling systems, they pay particular attention to every last detail to make sure the product delivers you 100% satisfaction each and every time.
There's no shortage of choice in today's barbecue market, so what independent experts have to say about a brand will be a major factor in influencing the buying decision, and particularly when consumer budgets are tight.
So when the UK's leading consumer watchdog and two national papers choose Outback barbecues as their top selections in successive surveys, it goes a long way in reaffirming Outback as a premium choice amongst al fresco enthusiasts.
With more than 1.2 million subscribers, the consumer organisation Which? Chose Outback barbecues as " Best Buys" in 2011 – the Outback Spectrum 3 Burner Hooded Gas Barbecue, the Excel 300 Gas and the Omega 200 Charcoal Barbecue – while the Mail on Sunday singled out the outback Gas Meteor as its only five-star buy, and awarded a four-star rating to the Omega 200 Charcoal.
Outback once again took pride of place when Which? gave "Best Buy" accolades to three of their barbecues from a total of 20 tested in their industry wide gas and charcoal barbecue survey. The Outback Spectrum 3 Burner, and the "Select" version and the Outback 200 Charcoal model were again recommended to the Which? Membership.
Finally,The independent national newspaper chose the Outback Spectrum as number 1 from 10 barbecues tested in a recent pre-summer survey, giving the Outback range a timely boost before the start of the UK's long sunshine bonanza.
Homestead Caravans have a selection of Outback gas BBQS including the "Best Buy" models Outback Spectrum 3 Burner Hooded and Excel 300 with side burner and Omega 250, these models have proved very popular with our caravan, motorhome and camping customers as they can use their existing gas cylinders for use with these gas BBQS for their garden entertaining. Homestead's price on these models also include FREE Barbecue cover and Patio Gas regulator.
We also stock the award winning Omega 200 Charcoal Barbecue together with the Outback Charcoal Kettle this latest model is a garden and patio eye catcher and an ideal accompliment to any garden party. Homestead supply both these models with FREE Barbecue covers.
Outback's new Trekker portable gas barbecue enjoyed a successful launch at this years Solex exhibition with it's compact easy to clean design, quick assembly and pack away. The Trekker has 4 cooking options grill, griddle, fry or boil with a porcelain enamelled lid to keep the weather away. This model has been specifically deigned for the outdoor leisure enthusiast, with a tent, caravan, motorhome or simply on a day out picnic. The Trekker portable gas BBQ ensures tasty meals complement the fresh air experience.
These days firing-up the barbecue lifestyle choice enjoyed by around 18.5 million adults in the UK, as at-home eating and entertaining takes the number 1 spot in summer leisure activity.


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Mad Prophet
Gnome Cleric 9/Chronicler 4
CE Small humanoid (gnome)
Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +17
AC 19, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+5 armor, +1 Dex, +2 natural, +1 size)
hp 97 (9d8+4d8+35)
Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +13; +2 vs. illusions
Defensive Abilities defensive training (+4 dodge bonus to AC vs. giants), live to tell the tale (2/day)
Speed 20 ft.
Melee +1 heavy mace +9/+4 (1d6–1)
Special Attacks +1 on attack rolls against goblinoid and reptilian humanoids, aura of madness (DC 18, 9 rounds/day), bardic performance 7 rounds/day (countersong, distraction, epic tales, fascinate, inspire courage +1), channel negative energy 8/day (DC 17, 5d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 9th; concentration +13)
At will—lore keeper, remote viewing (9 rounds/day)
7/day—vision of madness
Gnome Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th; concentration +16)
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 9th; concentration +13)
5th—slay living (DC 20), true seeing D
4th—chaos hammer (DC 18), confusion D (DC 18), summon monster IV, tongues
3rd—blindness/deafness (DC 18), invisibility purge, prayer, rage D, searing light
2nd—cure moderate wounds, hold person (2, DC 16), resist energy, spiritual weapon, touch of idiocy D
1st—cause fear (DC 16), doom (DC 16), entropic shield, lesser confusion D (DC 15), obscuring mist, shield of faith
0th (at will)—bleed (DC 15), detect poison, light, read magic
D Domain spell; Domains Knowledge, Madness
During Combat The prophet drinks his potion of fly. While flying above his enemies, he activates his aura of madness, casts chaos hammer, and swoops down to cast slay living on spellcasters.
Str 6, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 19, Cha 16
Base Atk +9; CMB +6; CMD 17
Feats Combat Casting, Command Undead, Extra Channel, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Spell Focus (necromancy), Toughness
Skills Bluff +11, Diplomacy +11, Heal +12, Intimidate +11, Knowledge (arcana, dungeoneering, history) +12, Knowledge (planes, religion) +17, Linguistics +8, Perception +17, Perform (oratory) +11, Profession (scribe) +14
Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Common, Draconic, Gnome, Sylvan
SQ aura, bardic knowledge +2, deep pockets (400 gp), improved aid, master scribe, pathfinding
Combat Gear potion of cure serious wounds, potion of fly, scroll of flame strike, scroll of summon monster V, scroll of summon monster VI; Other Gear +2 studded leather, +1 heavy mace, amulet of natural armor +2, brooch of shielding, cloak of resistance +1, headband of inspired wisdom +2, 363 gp
DESCRIPTIONThese individuals are twisted and mad.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game NPC Codex © 2012, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Jesse Benner, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Alex Greenshields, Rob McCreary, Mark Moreland, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, and Russ Taylor.


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Be an innovator—on campus!
Discover Financial Services eyes tech-savvy students for exciting new program
Explore new ideas. Help solve real-world business challenges. Collaborate with working professionals.
A select number of NIU students will do all three beginning in the fall of 2018. That's when Discover Financial Services plans to kick off an exciting program that will provide tech-savvy students with opportunities right in the heart of NIU's campus to help research and develop new technologies for the company.
The "Discover Campus Innovator Program" will be housed in a soon-to-be renovated area of "71 North," the university's collaborative space for innovation centrally located on campus in the bottom level of Founders Memorial Library.
Students selected for the Discover Campus Innovator Program will be paid to work on and help develop Discover technologies in the areas of mobile-software development, web-application coding and person-to-person payment systems. They also will be able to present their work and ideas to peers and company representatives, providing them with an opportunity to experience Discover's company culture.
This fall's Discover Campus Innovator Program is expected to include 40 to 50 juniors and seniors who have a minimum 3.0 GPA and are developing expertise in such areas as computer science, operations management and information systems.
Discover recruited students earlier this spring for the initial round of the program. The company will recruit and/or rehire students for new rounds of participants and projects each semester.
Discover is a leading direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the nation's largest card issuers.
We are looking for students with a passion for exploring new ideas, collaborating and problem solving in agile teams, designing new solutions and developing innovative applications.
— Joel Suchomel
NIU alumnus and vice president
of application development at Discover


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It's been one year, one month and five days since Jerry R. Green took office as Harvard's first provost since World War II. But who's counting?
Provost Jerry R. Green may still have his name, but don't dare call him a greenhorn.
On Sunday, August 1, Green marked thirteen months in the office he was named to in March 1992.
Any top administrative role at Harvard, land of decentralization and sprawl, comes with its own complex set of difficulties. Green's task, however, had an added wrinkle. As Harvard's first provost since World War II, Green had to first fully define his role before he could adequately perform it.
Over the past year, the Wells professor of political economy has dealt with academic planning, information technology, domestic partner benefits and visiting committees, among other matters. He has offered opinions on everything from the Presidential race (he voted for Clinton) to the grade inflation controversy in the spring (he offered what was at the time the strongest administrative criticism of remarks made by Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53).
In doing so, he has managed to establish a firm place for himself in Mass Hall among the president, the vice-presidents and the host of others that make up Harvard's central administration--to the point where he is now seeking an associate provost to make his life a bit easier. Like it or not, Harvard is now a University with a provost.
Academic Planning
When President Neil L. Rudenstine officially assumed his role in mid-1991, he was faced with two major tasks--organizing a University-wide academic planning process to organize a University-wide capital campaign. Both were unprecedented in University history.
So, in retrospect, it is not too surprising that this former provost of Princeton announced in October 1991 that he was seeking a provost, an office which had been dormant since before Rudenstine himself was in college.
About 40 names were seriously considered before a final candidate was chosen. On March 5, 1992, Rudenstine officially announced that Green had been elevated to the second-ranked administrative post at the University.
"This is a very unusual structuring of the provost's office...But my own sense is that I'll be extremely surprised if we find that we could really operate effectively as well as we would like to without it," Rudenstine says. "If you are going to deal with either straight academic matters that cross colleges or academic support things such as information technology...you've got to have someone who understands it from the academic side who's also willing to take on the administrative tasks."
Green had some administrative experience--he was the chair of a committee appointed by to study the effects of the new retirement law on the University faculty. But he admits that his past experience did not mean he had no fears about adjusting to his position--and about others adjusting to his position as well.
"I was warmly received by all the faculty and that says something for Harvard because Harvard is a place where the Faculty traditionally guarded their independence and here there's another academic officer in central administration," Green says. "There could have been some resistance but there wasn't."
Now, approximately a year and a half later after that fateful March announcement, Green has had a chance to fully move into his Massachusetts Hall office (down the hall from Rudenstine's) and both the academic planning process and the capital campaign have moved up from serious ideas to gradually-emerging blueprints for the University's future.
"It was something of a bet that the kind of effort to bring together different groups of people to work out common academic or other sorts of problems would prove substantive enough to be not just engaging but to actually do something," Rudenstine says. "It takes someone who has both academic and administrative capacity... I think Jerry has really done splendidly."
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As described in Asmodee North America's release plans early this year (see "ANA Reveals Plans for 'Star Wars: Destiny'"), the new end-of-year Star Wars: Destiny product releases will include a pair of starter sets and a booster pack expansion.
Star Wars: Destiny Legacies Booster Packs each come with 5 game cards and 1 die. The total expansion includes 160 new cards for the game. Boosters are MSRP $2.99, and will be packaged in 36-count display boxes.
See the gallery below for a sneak peak at some of the cards and dice included in the new expansion and starter sets.
Fantasy Flight recently released a two-player starter set as part of the second "Force Friday" marketing event (see "'Star Wars: Destiny Two-Player Game'"). The company will also soon release a series of storage binders designed to hold both cards and dice for the game (see "'Star Wars: Destiny' Dice Binders Bring Order to the Galaxy").


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Former Cameroon and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o has backed Chelsea to recover from Sunday's 6-0 defeat to Manchester City.
On his visit to South Africa, the former Blues marksman admitted that Pep Guardiola's side plays a high pressing game, but added that he was amazed by how Maurizio Sarri's men conceded a whopping six goals in one game.
"You can lose matches sometimes, but at this level, you have to be very careful," Eto'o told the South African media.
"Conceding six goals! It is true that City are playing at an unbelievably high level at the moment, and we were not expecting anything less from a coach like Pep Guardiola, but those goals came through due to individual errors and a lack of concentration. At some point, we all know how that can cost you," said Eto'o.
When asked if Chelsea can bounce back from the humiliating defeat, Eto'o said: "Sure, Chelsea can recover from the defeat. Football is an eternal recommencement. In football, if you can't get up when you fall then you are not fit for it."
Chelsea conceded 10 goals in their last two away matches in the Premier League which has raised concerns on whether or not Sarri is still the right man for the managerial job.
The Blues lost 4-0 to Bournemouth last week before returning to winning ways in style with a 5-0 win over Huddersfield.
They face Malmo in the Uefa Europa League on Thursday before welcoming Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup next week Monday.


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Email: email@example.com
Email is the easiest way to reach out to me. Feel free to drop me a line.
Twitter: @CaseyDunham
Twitter is one of the only social networks where I routinely hang out. I don't allow DMs from people I don't know, so email would be a better choice.
LinkedIn: caseydunham
Most of my work history and experience is listed on LinkedIn. I accept most connections, but don't accept connections from people that I have not met in person, worked with, or otherwise have had enough interaction with that I feel comfortable adding to my professional network.
If you have my number, this is my preferred way to communicate via mobile.
My public GPG key and identify proofs are on Keybase. If you want to encrypt a message to me this is the best way to do it.


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The original KFC Server (Knowledge-based FADE and Contacts) predicted binding "hot spots" within protein-protein interfaces by recognizing structural features indicative of important binding contacts. The server analyzed several chemical and physical features surrounding an interface residue and predicted the classification of the residue using a model trained on prior experimental data.
The KFC2 Server still maintains the option to run the original KFC method. You will notice an additional button near the "submit" button which allows you to choose the old version. Presently, nucleic acid chains are not handled with the new KFC2 method. While work in this area is under way, submissions of interfaces involving nucleic acid chains will automatically be run using the original KFC method.
The KFC2 Server manual can be found here.If you use the KFC2 Server, please cite:


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A Restless Spirit: An Interview with Former WPI Director Stephen Schlesinger
By Jesse Cottrell
Ever since childhood, politics have been central to the life of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Professor Stephen Schlesinger. A son of Pulitzer Prize winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and the grandson of Harvard's famed historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., he remembers President John F. Kennedy and two-time Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson as frequent visitors to his family's living room.
Schlesinger's career has been one of significant accomplishments. He's authored Bitter Fruit, the first and best book about the U.S. supported Guatemalan coup of 1954, and Act of Creation, detailing the beginnings of the United Nations.
Schlesinger, who teaches "The U.S. and UN" at SIPA, has also served as a speechwriter for former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and for George McGovern. For McGovern, it during his 1972 presidential campaign. Schlesinger was also a journalist for many years, working at Time, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, and The New York Post.
He also served as Director of the World Policy Institute for nine years. Currently working on a collection of his father's letters and serving as a Century Foundation Fellow, Schlesinger recently sat down with Jesse Cottrell for World Policy Journal, reflecting on life, the uprisings in Syria, the UN, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
WORLD POLICY JOURNAL: Did you always want to work in politics?
STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: I grew up in a family where politics was part of our environment. My father was a speechwriter for Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. And then he joined the Kennedy Administration. So politics was second nature to me. Having Adlai Stevenson and JFK come over to my house as a child influenced me a lot.
WPJ: In the late 70s you were at Time magazine then took a leave of absence to work on Mario Cuomo's New York mayoral campaign. Soon after you were writing your first major work, Bitter Fruit. Tell me about how you ended up writing that.
SCHLESINGER: After Cuomo lost, I thought to hell with Time. I'm going to work on this book. For the next couple years, I wrote. It was tough because my collaborator (Stephen Kinzer) and I couldn't get any interest in the book. But I knew this was an incredibly important event in foreign policy. We'd overthrown a democratically elected government. We'd committed a crime. We'd violated our own constitution. And so that kept me going. Luckily by the time the book was finished, Central America was a big issue under the Reagan Administration. So when the book came out in 1982, it got incredible coverage and terrific reviews.
WPJ: What was it like writing at The New York Post?
SCHLESINGER: I was there when Murdoch bought it. I worked with him for a while on the editorial page. He was a very charming buccaneer, but he was always interested in profit. Everything about him radiated, "how can I make money off this?" That shaped his conservative outlook. But when I was there he was still in a liberal frame of mind. They had a strike at the Post, because the people who worked there hadn't a contract for years. The newspaper guild finally took action when Murdoch took over. Eventually the Post fired me, because I wouldn't cross the picket line. The Post exposed me to the seedy side of daily journalism. Even under its liberal editors, it was all splash and big headlines. I never wanted to do that again.
WPJ: You've said that your time from 1997 to 2006 at the World Policy Institute, was the best job you ever had. Why?
SCHLESINGER: Because I was running it. I wasn't just staff. I was being creative, having authority to move things. Not to denigrate my previous experiences, but it gave me a more creative sense of myself. Even though all those other jobs were very high level, working as a speechwriter for a presidential candidate, writing for Time, wielding influence over a man who was very politically important while in office. But the World Policy Institute let me be creative and be its central figure. It was more exciting from that point of view, also scarier because you're there doing it all alone.
WPJ: Why did you start to develop an interest in the UN?
SCHLESINGER: I was always interested in foreign affairs. I'd been abroad during the Czechoslovakian uprising of 1968. I was there right before the tanks rolled in, I wrote about that in my stories for The Village Voice. There was a kind of glamour to the whole thing that riveted my attention. I looked around for something that would feed that interest. I found a story in The New York Times about a scholar who had applied under the Freedom of Information Act for materials on why the U.S. had dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Incidental to the release was material from the FBI that disclosed that the U.S. had spied on all the countries who came to San Francisco in 1945 for the UN Conference. That spurred my interest. I thought if we were spying on everyone, what was it about the Conference that was so important? That we would put resources of that magnitude to intercept cables, put our agents out there to find out what was going on. That was the trigger. From then on I investigated the founding UN Conference.
I learned that without that Conference there would have been no UN. And that the Americans played the central role, that we were the ones who organized it, drafted the charter, brought the delegates, ran the whole meeting, and wrote the final document. I thought, "Why have we never written about this? This is a great U.S. contribution to the world."
WPJ: How do you think the Americans would perceive the UN differently if they were more acquainted with the crucial role the U.S. played in creating the organization?
SCHLESINGER: When the UN treaty was brought before the U.S. Senate, it was approved almost unanimously, 87-2. If you put that same treaty before the Senate today, I don't think it would pass. In 1945, there was support for the organization because of the catastrophe of World War II. I think if people were reminded … why it came to being. Tracing the history of the UN over the last 67 years, how it's settled so many conflicts, decreased the amount of violence, helped feed starving populations, brought medical care to different parts of the globe, they might have a different sense of why it's important.
Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all talked about the UN as if it was a normal part of our national security. But since then, it's been a dead subject. No President since then has mentioned the UN in his inaugural address. No President since then has been wiling to stand up and say it's an important part of our heritage.
WPJ: As a UN historian, what do you see when you look at the UN's inability to halt the crisis in Syria? Does this fit into some pattern of how the UN relates to this sort of disaster?
SCHLESINGER: In Syria, there's the [Cold War] split again. China and Russia believe it should be settled by the conflicting forces within Syria coming to some agreement. Short of that, the UN is ineffectual. All it can do is work to create the circumstances that will lead to a settlement. But I don't see how that's going to happen. I think in the end the U.S. may end up doing what it did in Kosovo; work through NATO to create no-fly zones on the Turkish border. Otherwise, it'll have to be a battle that will solve itself.
WPJ: If the U.S. acts unilaterally against the wishes of China and Russia, what will it mean for the UN?
SCHLESINGER: In Kosovo, it hurt the UN when NATO went in without UN backing. But the UN survived. After Serbia pulled back, the UN came in and was the negotiating party that kept Kosovo in a semi-independent condition. I think the same thing could happen in Syria. If the warring parties reach a point where they don't want war anymore, they can bring in the UN.
The UN is hurt for the moment. But people will realize that at some point they'll have to call in the UN, either to settle a peace or help rebuild societal structures.
WPJ: Have you been paying attention to U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's latest gaffe, saying 47 percent of Americans are dependent on the government?
SCHLESINGER: Unbelievable. He's run one of the most inept campaigns. They ought to seal his lips until the election. Then he might be able to win. It must be dismal in that campaign right now.
WPJ: You were a print journalist and now you're a blogger for the Huffington Post. You've seen up close how news reporting has changed over the years. The Romney video was shot in May, but only recently gained fame because of the Internet. Do you think 35 years ago this video would have been as widely seen?
SCHLESINGER: It would have totally gotten lost. Now if a candidate says something, it's automatically on somebody's tape. If they make the wrong remark, it gets blown up. That's what happens to political people today. Which makes it even more extraordinary that Romney has been indiscreet because he knows that's the new media. Yet he makes one remark after another. The "$10,000 dollar bet" and "corporations are people;" it's unbelievable.
WPJ: Do you think it's good that we're now a 'gotcha' society?
SCHLESINGER: Probably not, but it's the way it is. There are pluses and minuses. The pluses are that during a revolution like in Libya or Syria, we can find out what's happening on a daily basis. We can see things that would have been repressed by the Syrian government. The downside: we give up on privacy. Look at Princess Middleton having pictures taken of her. Any new technological development can be used for good or bad purposes. The question is: How do you reorient people's thinking to get them to use technology in the best ways rather than the worst ways?
WPJ: Do you think this has anything to do with the shorter news cycle, with 24-news stations and Internet news sites constantly on the hunt for material?
SCHLESINGER: I think a lot of journalists, as a result, jump to conclusions when they don't have the facts. Nowadays you're not only writing a story, you have to update it during the day. You're recording Twitter feeds, e-mails, you have to do web feeds. It's non-stop. I think it's exciting, unnerving, and potentially destructive. It's a voracious maw; a machine that needs feeding all the time. You may lose by not being part of that. You need the most sophisticated media people around you if you're in politics to address that giant machine that always wants more.
WPJ: Looking back, do you think you've had a central purpose driving you in your career?
SCHLESINGER: I wanted to leave some kind of impact with my life, one that would survive me after I'd been long gone. Some people do that by getting elected senator or president; some people do that by becoming the best swimmer in the Olympics; some people become the best artist. I did it by wanting to become a writer, who would leave behind some decent books that people could use as a guide to knowledge about Guatemala or the UN. … I wanted to leave a legacy of some sort. If I was just working as a speechwriter for a great man or as an anonymous writer at Time, I couldn't do that. So I maneuvered my life in a way that I could always write a book. I was always conscious that in the end, this was the most important thing to me.
WPJ: Do you think that you got this impulse to leave something behind from your family?
SCHLESINGER: I think I did. My granddad on my father's side was a historian at Harvard. My grandfather on my mother's side was a Harvard Medical School Professor who wrote a bunch of books. My father wrote 16 books. My mother's written a couple books. It took me a long time to have the confidence to write a book. I didn't know if I was that good a writer. Even then, every time I start a new book I have the same feeling "can I get through this, will it be a failure, is it worth it?"
WPJ: With all your professions, it sounds like you had a restless spirit that made sure you didn't get bored.
SCHLESINGER: Exactly. I think "not getting bored" is an operative phrase. I also think there was a part of me that wanted the experience of academia, media, politics, and writing. And I've done all four of those things. And they've each had their own impact. But every one of those things I wanted to experience. These things all reflect my upbringing.
Jesse Cottrell is a 2013 Master of International Affairs Candidate at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
This interview has been edited and condensed.


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Price: INR 1,430 and above
Location: Perumahan Taman Penta Blok A21, Jalan Taman Penta, Jimbaran, Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung, Bali
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Price: INR 3,200 and above
Location: Jl. Pura Masuka, Perumahan Samatha Masuka No.C8, Uluwatu – Bali, Ungasan, Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung, Bali
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Location: Jl. Beraban No.20, Kerobokan Kelod, Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali
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Price: INR 1,700 and above
Location: Jl. Petitenget No.8M, Kerobokan, Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali
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Location: Jl. Batu Mejan No.88, Canggu, Kuta Utara, Bandung, Bali 80361, Indonesia
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Location: Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.29, Canggu, Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia
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Location: Ubud, Jl. Cok Rai Pudak, Peliatan, Gianyar, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bai
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Location: Jl. Raya Pengosekan No.2013, MAS, Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali
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So I thought I would start a new topic in my ongoing saga of TV internet constantly dropping. This has been going on for, literally, months. Had a BT engineer out the other day who noted right away the cover was missing from the box at the top of the phone pole. He replaced this and the component inside which, due to weather, was corroded. All good so far. Thought my problems were over. Not so. Internet connection to TV crashed again last night. TV light on router was off. Again. Had to turn everything off at the socket, leave 15 minutes and turn back on.
What is it with TalkTalk that, after months, they cannot come up with a solution to this problem? The only thing left is the TV box. It is 5 years old. Could this be the problem? BT engineer said my phone line is fine with a strong signal so it is not that. Given that the internet/broadband lights stay on and I can access the internet via tablet and phone, the only option left seems to be the TV box?
Any chance I can get this issue fixed?
I can see some errors on the line.
Now that openreach have possibly resolved an external issue, lets swap out the router first and see if this performs better.
Hi Karl
I have already had several changes of routers and the one I have now is only a few months old. I spoke to your Tech department on the phone who ran various tests on the broadband/line. They now think there is a fault in the broadband connection and are sending a BT engineer out next week. I will let you know how I go. Thank you.
I've seen a line issue cause damage to a router before today so I always like to rule this out where possible.
Have you tested the new one to make sure ?
Also, is the phone line nice and clear with no issues during calls now the Openreach engineer has cleared the fault ?
Hi Karl Recveived the router today and have plugged it in. Only getting a "fair" signal wheras with the previous one I got "excellent" signal strength. As previously I am still seeing the previous router even though it is not connected to anything.
Thhe phone is fine with no problems on that at all. Will see what the BT engineer says when he calls in tomorrow.
OK, let me know what Openreach find.
Hi Karl Well the Openreach engineer has been. He did extensive tests which showed the fault is with the equipment. When he plugged in his own meter no fault shown. When he plugged the TalkTalk equipment back in, it showed a fault.
The new router you sent me was terrible I'm afraid. It took ages to even locate the router and when it did, signal strength was poor, and several times, it disappeared entirely. It was so bad I had to unplug it and put the original back on. Saying that Netflix crashed again last night.
What the engineer was saying is the fault is in the equipment not with my phone line which is very good. He also said that I am not receiving fast broadband which is what I am paying for. I have changedd the filter but I doubt it will have any effect given the one that was already there was brand new. Please don't send me another router as they are making no difference whatsoever. Was thinking of changing to fibre but am not confident that that will fix this ongoing issue.
This does sound disappointing. I can understand a router being faulty, but you have tested quite a few routers, the chances of them all being at fault is remote.
Hi Karl Agreed. He is telling me that the equipment supplied by TalkTalk is at fault. It is a new power plug and a new splitter. Nothing wrong with the phone line at all. So what happens now? You should have the report from the engineer by now. He said it takes about an hour. Do I try fibre? Will that make any difference?
He also said I am just getting ordinary broadband. My account says it is fast broadband. Do I get Fibre to the Cabinet? I am going to ring your techs and see if they can get this fixed once and for all.
The line speeds are fine and what they should be.
The estimated speed of your line is 9 - 19mb.
The router is in sync at 16mb so the connection rate is correct.
when you refer to signal strengths being poor, this is the wifi side of things and can be separate from the speed arriving at the router.
I've noticed some wifi congestion so have changed the wifi channel to a more clear channe;.
also i've changed the name of the 5Ghz band so this now has a number 5 at the end (same password)
Try connecting some of your devices to the 5Ghz and some to the 2Ghz and see if the signal is better and the devices more stable.
Fibre can give greater speeds coming into the router but will not affect wifi signal strength.
Wifi speeds can improve as there is an overall faster speed coming in, but actual wifi signal strength is solely between the router and the device.
With regards to channels etc you do not need to change anything on the devices or phones / tablets. When you go to the wifi settings and search for a connection to join you will now see 2 connections that look similar. The 5Ghz will end with the number 5. Select which connection to join and test. You can try out both the 2 and 5Ghz connections to the router and see if one is better than the other and compare signal strength.
You only need to log into the router to change any of its settings.
you would type 192.168.1.1 in your internet browser, then enter the password which is 'admin' then the password that is on the sticker on the router.
For wifi, you should not need to change anything within the router currently as this is all ok.
With regard to the TV, the way this behaves is slightly different. Live TV channels such as Sky 1 etc use a protocol called IGMP. Think of this a bit like a second signal piggybacked on the internet signal. TV on demand programs such as BBC Iplayer, Sky on demand etc will use the general internet signal for streaming, a bit like youtube on your phone or pc.
If the TV is affected, first thing to check, is to see if it is just live TV channels above 300 that are affected, if it is on demand players affected such as Iplayer, or both. This then gives us an idea where to look to resolve the problem.
Also, any on screen error messages can be useful as they will give me an idea as to the nature of the fault. Some errors indicate connection issues, some can indicate an issue with content rights etc. I'm familiar with most of the errors, so this helps when I'm looking into the problem.
Fibre is more resilient and gives faster speeds.
There are some really good black friday deals running this month for fibre, and I've seen some customers take fibre and end up paying less than they were on standard broadband, so always worth considering.
Take a look at our website and see if there are any deals that might interest you. If you do call any of our customer teams, mention the issues you have had and that you're not happy with the service etc, always worth doing and see if they will offer you anything extra.
Karl. .
Thanks for that Karl. Have spoken to your tech team Manager this moring and this issue has been escalated to their Network team. So hopefully they can finally find out what is causing this and fix it.
Glad they have given you some boosts. The fibre switchover time is dependent on BT openreach engineer availability as they need to switch your connection over at the local street cabinet.


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Loyalty programs are a cash cow for airlines to the point that some airlines sell a stake or the whole cow for a quick profit hit. Those who have taken the gamble tend to not seen it pay off and more often than not find themselves paying for it, or in the case of Air Canada creating a whole new competing loyalty program.
In 2014 Virgin sold part of its Velocity business to Affinity Equity Partners (AEP). Since the sale the program it has grown to be the third biggest loyalty program in Australia behind Qantas and Woolworths. Virgin now has sellers remorse and has enter an agreement to buy back the 35 per cent of its Velocity program it sold to AEP for $700 million. This is more than double what they sold it for to the group five years earlier.
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There is no doubt that Hurricane Irma caused much damage to the state of Florida, and created a tremendous amount of stress, anxiety and concern for its citizens and visitors alike.
We sincerely hope that everyone stayed safe during the storm, and have since been able to get in touch with your loved ones.
Moreover, we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to our devoted team members who worked tirelessly and selflessly to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our residents. The way in which we all came together to prepare for and respond to Hurricane Irma strengthened our team and resident bonds even more so.
Now that the storm has passed, the Westchester Gardens family is looking forward to sunny skies ahead! We are happy to have returned to our daily activities as normal. We would like to extend a thank you to all family members, friends and others for checking our updates on the website and Facebook page during the storm, as well as your patience.
During natural disasters as well as the everyday, we are dedicated to providing residents with support, care and services, ensuring their safety 24/7. If you have a friend or loved one who may be interested in our community or require additional care, we invite you to contact us directly at 727-785-8335.
The safety and well-being of our residents and employees is our highest priority. We have a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan in place, and are equipped with water, food, permanent or temporary generators, and supplies. Appropriate actions are being taken and will continue to be taken in order to keep everyone safe as we watch the storm closely. Our leadership is in close communication with our management company's executive leadership team. Directions provided by local and state authorities are being monitored and will be followed as instructed.
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Wednesday, September 13th @ 9:45am EDT.
Westchester Gardens has been fully operational now for more than 24 hours. This will be our last update. We would like to extend a thank you to all family members, friends and others for visiting this page for updates, as well as your patience. Please contact us directly with any further questions.
Tuesday, September 12th @ 10:35am EDT.
Note from our Executive Director, David Fitts: Telephone and data communications are working. We appreciate your patience, as cell phone coverage is still spotty. Everyone is doing well. Staff have done an incredible job of proactively tending to all residents.
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A note from our Executive Director, David Fitts: Winds have significantly died down here. There is no water damage or any known damage to the building we are aware of. Residents are still sleeping for the most part. Power to the building is still down, and our generator is working well. Temperature in building is good. We do have two portable AC units we will begin using later this morning. Breakfast preparations are well underway. Managers have rotated making rounds and sleeping to keep everyone fresh.
Sunday, September 10th @ 8:40pm EDT.
Our generator is currently running and working very well during this power outage.
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Note from our Executive Director, David Fitts: Still moderate weather conditions at this point. Power remains on, but we have heard of outages reported three miles from our building. Our generator is ready in the case of an outage. Dining Services is doing a great job and is currently serving dinner to residents. In addition, we are in frequent contact with our sister communities at The Palms of Largo, adopting their best practices, as well as staying in touch with The Goodman Group management teams.
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The preliminary strategy is the first effort of its kind to be developed with the involvement of parties throughout the region, including the states, tribes, federal agencies, local governments and thousands of interested citizens and organizations. The plan strategy, which builds upon ongoing efforts underway in the Gulf Coast states includes specific steps for on-the-ground action and represents the Task Force's commitment to putting Gulf coastal restoration on an equal footing with other national priorities.
One year ago, President Obama established the Task Force by executive order, in response to recommendations from a report by Secretary of the Navy and former Mississippi governor Ray Mabus, to continue the Administration's ongoing commitment to the Gulf region. The group is made up of representatives from the five Gulf States and 11 federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Council on Environmental Quality, Department of the
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"Even before last year's oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico endured decades of decline that threatened the environmental and economic health of this region. This strategy is designed to prepare the region for transitioning from a response to the spill into a long-term recovery that supports the vital ecosystem and the people who depend on it," said Jackson.
Among the major initiatives with specific actions recommended by the preliminary strategy to protect and restore those natural resources are stopping the loss of wetlands, reducing the flow of nutrients into the Gulf and enhancing resiliency Among coastal communities.
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