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All baseball gloves and softball gloves need to be "broken in" before use in order to provide a proper fit and to play a better game. Many companies use industrial machines to simulate the natural breaking in process. At Vinci, we find that this method often results in "floppy", ill-fitting gloves with significantly shorter product lives. The individual nature of a player's hand size and shape, catching style and glove preference lends itself better to a more customized break in process. The steps below will provide you with some basic tips on how to quickly and effectively incorporate your new Vinci glove into your game.
The two basic goals of breaking in a glove are softening the leather and forming the pocket.
Baseball Glove Break In Kit
1) To properly soften the leather, use exclusive Vinci Glove Conditioner with every new glove.** Using latex gloves, apply conditioner to all leather areas of glove including the pocket, laces, and rear. Too much conditioner can actually shorten the life of your glove by speeding up deterioration, so a good rule of thumb is to never apply more than a pea sized amount at a time. Usually 3 – 5 pea sized applications will
sufficiently treat each side of a new glove.
2) Let your glove sit for 24 hours allowing conditioner to fully absorb into leather. Wipe off any excess using a clean, dry cloth. Do not apply more conditioner for at least 2 weeks.
3) Move the heel of the glove firmly back and forth in a "shoe shining" motion. Do the same with the fingers and where the bottom of the web meets the glove. This movement will help to loosen the fibers of the leather and interior linings.
Besides playing catch there are many ways to form a pocket into your baseball glove.
4) Get a baseball or softball depending on your needs for the glove (some players prefer using a hollow plastic ball like the one pictured in the Vinci Break In Kit). Place the ball firmly into the pocket area of the glove.
5) Using 2 Vinci Glove Bands (string, elastic bands, belts, or bungees will work as well), wrap the outside of the glove in an "X" pattern, closing the ball firmly into the pocket. Allow the glove to sit overnight.
6) Remove the bands and toss a ball firmly into the pocket area 50 – 100 times.* Taking time to press and twist the ball into the leather.
7) Repeat steps 3 through 6 until your glove is sufficiently broken in.
You may also use a glove mallet like the one included in the Vinci Glove Break In Kit to hammer into the pocket. The tapered handle of the mallet can be used to size the finger holes of the glove if they feel too tight on your hands. Place the tapered end of the mallet into the fingers of glove and rotate slowly to expand the size of the openings.


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If you're on a tight travel budget, look to San Francisco's major hotel chains. For example, the Knights Inn, Howard Johnson, Americas Best Value Inn and Suites, and Super 8 are all within walking distance of the Presidio, Pier 39, and Fisherman's Wharf. The Days Inn, Travelodge at Golden Gate, and Comfort Inn by the Bay are other affordable chains within proximity of the Marina District and the most famous bridge in the world: the Golden Gate.
Other recognizable yet inexpensive hotels in San Francisco include The Hilton near Chinatown, the Holiday Inn at Fisherman's Wharf, and the Best Western Plus in the always-exciting Tenderloin neighborhood. All of these trusted hotels offer the perfect fit for most travel budgets in addition to amenities like hot breakfasts, ample parking, on-site bars and restaurants, fitness centers, and concierge service.
If you're looking to go the luxury route with your travel but you don't want to break the bank, there are a few ways to keep the prices down. San Francisco is home to the top names in luxurious hotels, including The Ritz-Carlton, The Four Seasons, and The St. Regis, but that doesn't mean you have to pay luxury-level prices.
To get a great price on a luxury hotel, be as flexible as possible with your travel dates. Even for luxury hotels, off-season prices drop to stay on par with the rest of the competition. Although you probably don't want to visit during San Francisco's rainy winter, the shoulder seasons of early spring and late fall usually coincide with reduced luxury hotel rates. In addition, booking in advance doesn't always guarantee a better price, so try walking into a luxury hotel the day of to reserve a room.
When it comes to getting the most out of your visit to San Francisco, remember that locals know best. And what better way to enjoy your stay than by staying at an actual residence? Locals are offering up their rooms, condos, apartments, and entire houses by the hundreds in San Fran, which means you can save money while also experiencing unique housing.
From guest rooms a block from the Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge to homes that sleep eight in the Marina District to condos with views of San Francisco Bay, vacation rentals are low-cost alternatives to pricier hotels. Companies like Airbnb offer hundreds of listing in the San Francisco area, so there's a great chance you'll find a fantastic place to stay at an affordable rate. Find rooms on Haight Street for under $100 a night, or rent an entire stunning Victorian for just $150 more.
There are a number of boutique hotels to choose from in the San Francisco area. The Laurel Inn, for instance, in Pacific Heights, is a former motor lodge that's been transformed into a stylish and modern 18-room hotel. It's one of Joie de Vivre Hospitality's many boutique hotels in the area. There's also the charming Petite Auberge near Fisherman's Wharf that provides guests with free breakfast.
Splurge on a romantic independent hotel such as Hotel Diva near Union Square, or book a room at the Asian-inspired and eco-friendly Orchard Garden Hotel.
Most visitors fly in and out of San Francisco International Airport on the south side of town. While most desirable hotels are in the heart of the city, you can find affordable and convenient lodging near the airport. The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Francisco Airport North, for instance, is right on the bay, yet just 5 miles from the airport. Another nearby option is the Hampton Inn SFO Daly City, which is a quick trip up the interstate from the airport, near San Francisco State University.
If you've ever heard San Francisco referred to as the foggy city, that's because it shares its climate with the Pacific Northwest. This means temperatures stay in the 50s to 70s throughout the year, with lows in the mid 40s and 50s. But with the agreeable, cool climate also comes rain and fog. October through April sees the most precipitation, while May through August experience ample sun.
Because of the ideal weather, tourism booms in San Francisco during the summer, with the city getting almost 75 percent of its yearly tourist totals in a four-month stretch. As a result, hotel rates skyrocket, and affordable rooms become sparse if not impossible to find. Late February through late April are the most budget-friendly months to visit.
September, October, and the first half of November are actually considered the better months to visit San Fran. Due to the Pacific Ocean weather patterns and late season warm fronts, the temperatures during these months usually fall in line with the summer highs and lows, yet tourism drops drastically.
San Francisco is a city made up of unique neighborhoods. There are 28 specific neighborhoods that within San Francisco proper. One of the most popular, Fisherman's Wharf, offers maritime sights and all the fresh seafood you can eat. This busy area on the northern waterfront is home to the famed Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, and Ghirardelli Square.
The scenic and parklike Pacific Heights is next to the hiking trails and open spaces of the Presidio. It's home to many boutiques and restaurants on Filmore Street and offers amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay.
Entering San Francisco's Chinatown is like walking into a different world, thanks to the iconic Chinatown Gate. It's North America's oldest and largest Chinatown community, filled with parks, clubs, shops, and, of course, authentic Asian cuisine. If you visit in mid-September, you'll catch the Autumn Moon Festival.
One of the most convenient ways to travel between the airport and the city is via the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system. BART's rapid rail train travels between the airport's international terminal and multiple locations in the city. Travel times vary depending on where your destination is, but the rates for BART are definitely lower than taxis and airport shuttles.
If you're not traveling out of the city, taxis are affordable alternatives to renting a car in San Francisco. However, they are the most expensive mode of transportation from the airport 15 miles away. If you have a planned departure or event, reserve your taxi well in advance so you aren't left waiting for a ride.
San Francisco International Airport offers 10 on-site rental car companies. Renting a car is a wise choice if you plan to explore beyond the city's center. City parking consists of metered street parking, enforced Monday through Saturday, and garages with rates upwards of $2 an hour.
Another great form of public transportation in San Francisco is the SamTrans Public Bus Service, which runs from the airport to many locations in the Bay Area. Adult day passes within the city cost just $5 per person. With 75 routes to choose from, you'll be sure to reach any destination on your list.
For something a little different that's also an icon of the streets of San Francisco, take advantage of the city's trolley system.
If you appreciate contemporary art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a must-see. Its notable collection of 20th century works includes pieces by Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol. Also visit any of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, including the Legion of Honor museum and its display of European art and the de Young museum's collection of American art.
San Francisco is home to several major league sports teams. For football, catch the San Francisco 49ers play at Levi's Stadium during the winter months. The Giants baseball team plays at AT&T Park during the summer and fall, and the Golden State Warriors play basketball at Oracle Arena from October to April.
For less conventional sports, watch the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in June or Golden Gate rugby throughout the spring.
As for the sights that should top your list, of course there's the Golden Gate Bridge. But instead of viewing this famous landmark from the Presidio side, walk, bike, or take the bus to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area on the northern side of the bridge. You'll get all the great views without the crowds.
Other landmarks include Lombard Street, known as the most crooked street in the world. There's also the Transamerica Pyramid in downtown, the Filbert Steps in Russian Hill, Pier 39 on Fisherman's Wharf, the bird's-eye views from Telegraph Hill, and, of course, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay.
Weekday mornings are probably the best time to visit landmarks, but if your travel schedule only allows for a weekend visit, nights are best. Almost all the landmarks in the city are well-lit and even more beautiful at night.
San Francisco is a sightseer's paradise, but the crowds can sometimes be overwhelming. So keep in mind that off-hours sightseeing is the best way to experience San Francisco. The city is also pedestrian-friendly, which makes sightseeing by foot a fun, safe, and affordable way to explore. There are crosswalks and easily identifiable pedestrian crossings on just about every street and avenue. And by walking, you'll avoid traffic and see things you might otherwise overlook.
From the neighborhoods to the sights and attractions, it's easy to see that San Francisco has a lot to offer. If you don't want to miss anything, then you need some traveling resources at your side. San Francisco's Visitor Information Center is easy to find and a great resource when it comes to getting around the city. The visitor center, located at 900 Market Street and open six days a week, has friendly attendants and free maps that can help you get where you need to go in The City by the Bay.
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President Obama invites Mitt Romney for White House lunch to mend bridges
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will host Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House on Thursday, their first meeting since Obama defeated him in this month's presidential election.
The encounter follows Obama's promise, in the aftermath of the bitterly fought Nov. 6 election, to consult the former Republican governor of Massachusetts by the end of the year. It also comes amid Obama's efforts to work out with congressional leaders a way to avoid a looming "fiscal cliff" that could push the U.S. economy back into recession.
"Governor Romney will have a private lunch at the White House with President Obama in the private dining room," the White House said of the meeting, which will be closed to the media. "It will be the first opportunity they have had to visit since the election."
Obama's talks with Romney will be sandwiched between a series of events this week in which he is making his case to Americans to raise taxes on wealthy Americans while extending tax cuts for the middle class - an approach that his former Republican rival strongly opposed during the campaign.
Obama's Democrats and their Republican foes remain deadlocked over dramatic, year-end tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff that will kick in unless a deal is struck.
Seeking to make good on his post-election pledge to reach across the political aisle, Obama told a news conference he wanted to "sit down and talk" to Romney to hear his ideas and see whether they could work together.
Obama said he could envision a future role in public service for Romney but had no specific "assignment" for him.
Romney, in a conference call with donors after the election, was widely reported to have said that Obama won by using targeted initiatives to reward specific constituencies, including African-Americans, Latinos and young people.
Obama, who won a decisive victory after a bruising campaign, had sought to depict Romney as out of touch with ordinary Americans and intent on shielding the rich from higher taxes.
Romney had accused Obama of failed economic policies and wasteful spending to promote big government.


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You gotta love it when a prosecutor in a TV crime drama gets tough with a squirrely witness trying to avoid giving testimony that could convict a killer.
Maybe the prosecutor pushes the ethics boundaries a bit while coming on strong, but hey, the bad guy needs to be convicted, right?
Real life, however, lacks scriptwriters to make sure tough prosecutors are right. Real ones sometimes convict the wrong guy. Serious ethical lapses have often been a big factor.
Based on the number of exonerations and reversals, Florida may top the charts in that category, by the way. And bad convictions sometimes involved use of testimony that prosecutors had reason to doubt. Maybe witnesses were seeking, and given, a deal in another case, or put in fear of saying anything but what prosecutors wanted to hear.
That's why Judge Peter Dubensky has to take very seriously the accusation that something of the sort happened in March when a jury convicted John Allen Lee, 39, of murdering his girlfriend and a neighbor.
I'd happily bet on Lee's guilt. I'm not hoping he will be set free. There is lots of convincing evidence the two knife murders were indeed his work. His own words led investigators to the storm drain where the knife was found.
But I'd also bet that a witness is telling the truth when she says she doesn't believe the pocketknife she gave Lee for Christmas was the same one investigators say was used in the crime.
As you may have read, Dorothy Stolte, 64, who was a helpful witness at first, was jailed for days before the scheduled trial because she supposedly told a detective and the state attorney's office that she was not going to show up to testify.
Stolte insists she never said that, and only said she could not truthfully say what prosecutors wanted her to say: That her Christmas present to Lee was just like the knife investigators determined was the murder weapon.
It may be the same knife. If not, it may not even matter. But that alleged murder weapon helps link Lee to the vicious crime, if the knife found belonged to him as jurors were led to think.
Stolte insists she is not at all sure of that, but was coerced to act more sure.
Assistant State Attorney Karen Fraivillig says no one ever expected certainty or pushed Stolte to say anything that wasn't true.
Fraivillig told me she isn't sure what made Stolte become convinced that anything but the truth was wanted. But once she got that idea, Fraivillig says she could never convince her otherwise.
"She is kind of a volatile person," excitable and emotionally unstable, Fraivillig said. Even when being helpful, "she was always a problem witness."
Her decision to seek Stolte's arrest, which led to a miserable and humiliating five-day stay, was only aimed at making sure she showed up in court. The witness had missed three deposition appointments and reportedly said she would not testify, Fraivillig says.
That jail stay made Stolte more angry and bitter, Fraivillig said, and understandably so. That could be further fueling her accusations about being coerced to testify falsely, Fraivillig insists.
"She believed that I tried to make her say 'This is the knife I bought,'" but that was never the case. "What I wanted her to say was the truth," and nothing else.
Fraivillig also says she wishes the hearing about her alleged coercion of Stolte could be held right now, because she feels sure the hearing will clear her, and that Lee's conviction will stand.
I believe Fraivillig, too. Both women may be telling the truth as they see it.
But being urged by an authority figure to tell the truth sometimes sounds a lot like being pushed to say what the authority figure thinks is true. And being jailed, strip searched, and even having her false teeth taken away while held for five days, did not do a thing to improve their communication.
Prosecutors say that what Stolte ultimately said on the stand was not significantly different from what she had said all along: The knife found was similar, but she can't be sure it is just like the one she gave to Lee.
If it seems to the judge that Stolte's wording changed significantly because she feared making the prosecutor angry could mean going back to jail on a perjury charge, that could put the judge in a tough spot. Even if probably not significant to the verdict, this is a case where a man has been convicted of murder and the jury recommended the death penalty.
That makes it especially important that Florida's courts get it right. Too many times, they have not.
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DURHAM — In the wake of a hot water pipe break Saturday that left three female students with serious burns to their feet, University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston has called for an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
"I was devastated to learn three of our students suffered serious burns when this pipe failed," said Huddleston. "The safety of the campus community is our top priority and we need to do everything we can to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future."
The inquiry will be led by Paul Dean, executive director of public safety.
Officials found the pipe that delivered hot water to Hunter Hall for the heating system was located under a pipe that delivers hot water for sinks and showers. That pipe, which is several decades old, had been slowly leaking for some time, continuously spraying hot water on the second larger and newer pipe, corroding the exterior and causing premature failure.
The three students who were burned while exiting the building were transported to local hospitals and later transferred to Boston hospitals.
Huddleston noted the university's facilities staff works hard to keep mechanical systems running effectively and efficiently, and to improve processes that identify emergency issues before they occur.
The university periodically employs a leak detection service to inspect water distribution mains, and officials are looking at increasing the frequency of that as well as extending the service to other types of buried services.


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O Tannenbaum (Mira)
I know it's a little late to be posting this, but it's never too late to share, right? I totally forgot I picked this up earlier this year until I was wrapping presents yesterday, craving some different Christmas tunes than I usually listen to. This got the job done.
The title is pretty obvious, but I think these "musical boxes" aren't the wind up jewelry box type ones you might be imagining. Looking at the image on the cover, I think these are a bit bigger and have bells, which is something I didn't even knew existed.
There are almost 30 tracks, they're all wicked short, and range from the classics like "O Holy Night," to ones you might have heard of before like "Good King Wenceslas," to ones I think they made up just for music boxes like "Whispers Of Christmas." The best part of this tape is that because these songs are recorded straight from antique music boxes, the songs aren't pitch perfect recreations. Sometimes they're a little warped and wobbly, making them sound a bit off and even a little creepy.
Just a little technical info, the words in the parenthesis in the song title are the brand of the box, which is why there are 3 renditions of "Silent Night." Also, my apologies for having a couple typos in the song titles. I did that at like 3am last night and only realized it after I uploaded everything.
I'm going to take a little break while doing the Xmas family thing. Things will resume in about a week or so. Until then, enjoy some strange holiday music box tunes with your loved ones, drink lots of coffee nog, and buy yourself tons & tons of records. Speaking of which, the Musical Wonder House site lists this as being for sale in LP form for $10. Not sure if that's still true or not, but worth a try if you're really into this.


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"I want to eat a healthy diet, but it's impossible with my schedule. I never have time for breakfast. I always get 3 slices of pepperoni pizza for lunch and 2 cartons of chocolate milk. I grab a candy bar, chips, and a soda from the machine after school. Then I heat up something for dinner around 9:00 PM when I get home from work, or I stop by McDonald's," says Adam, age 16.
Most teens are on the fast track as they balance school, work, extracurricular activities, friends, and family responsibilities. Teens can be aware of what a healthy diet requires, understand its importance, desire to have it, yet find it too difficult to work into their busy schedules. However, it can be done!
The Basics
Most teens know which foods are good and which are bad. However, to help kids develop healthy eating patterns, parents should encourage an overall healthy diet, one made up of mostly good foods, but that has room for some indulgences as well. The good foods, which teens should try to increase their intake of, include the following:
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Legumes, which include beans, peas, and peanuts
- Non-fat dairy products such as fat-free, unflavored milk
- Nuts and seeds—cashews, almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds
- Whole grains, such as brown rice, whole-wheat breads, and oatmeal
- Healthy fats, such as the unsaturated fats in oils, fish, olives, avocados, and nuts
- Lean sources of protein, such as lean meats, low-fat dairy products, soy products, and beans
Those foods considered bad, and which teens should try to limit their consumption of, include soda, candy, and other sugary foods, and foods high in saturated fat or trans fat, such as full-fat dairy products, fried foods, processed snack foods, butter, and margarine.
Tips for Improving Teens' Eating Habits
Both the food and the enjoyment kids get out of preparing and eating meals can help enhance the appeal of healthy eating. Here are some guidelines to help get your teens on track:
Don't Skip Breakfast
Skipping breakfast is a big mistake, but busy teens often do it.
"I don't have time," "I'm not hungry," "I'd rather sleep," or "I hate breakfast food" are just a few of the excuses teens use to avoid eating in the morning. Breakfast is essential for a healthy diet.
These tips may help teens to work this important meal into their busy schedules:
- Offer granola bars, bananas, and other foods that can be eaten on the bus or in the car.
- Keep it simple. Include a protein, complex carbohydrate, and a fruit: cereal with milk and fruit or a bagel with peanut butter and an apple to eat on the way to school.
- Make your own fast food. Bake fruit and oatmeal bars with your teen on the weekend so they'll be ready to grab during the week.
- Some breakfast foods, like oatmeal, can be made in a crock pot the night before so it is ready in the morning.
- Get creative. Pretty much any food can be a breakfast food: leftovers from last night's dinner, a sandwich, cottage cheese and fruit, or whatever your teen will eat.
- Make use of the microwave. Eggs, for example, can be scrambled and cooked in less than one minute.
Encourage Teens to Try New Foods
Today, more than ever, we have an enormous array of healthy—and even exotic—foods from which to choose. Encourage your teens to try new foods:
- Bring them grocery shopping and have them pick some new foods for your family to try.
- Encourage the whole family to try a new fruit or vegetable each week, such as papaya, mango, or spaghetti squash.
- Try ethnic cuisines such as Thai, Mexican, Moroccan, Spanish, and Japanese food
Mix Favorite Foods With Not-So-Favorite Foods
Most kids like cereal, smoothies, pasta, and sandwiches. Here are some ideas for boosting the nutrition in these foods:
- Stock your pantry with a variety of cereals—some high-fiber choices and some lower-fiber, high-sugar cereals that teens tend to favor. Suggest that your teen combine a high-fiber cereal with their usual cereal for their morning bowl. They'll still taste the sweetness and get some extra nutrients.
- Encourage kids to add sliced fresh fruit (blueberries, bananas, or strawberries) or dried fruit (raisins, dried cranberries, dried dates) to a bowl of cereal.
- Smoothies are popular among teens. Make these drinks with skim milk or 100% juice, frozen yogurt, and fruit.
- Stir-fry fresh or frozen vegetables in olive oil and toss them with pasta and tomato sauce.
- Add sesame seeds, fruit, raisins, scallions, or other nontraditional salad ingredients to liven up a green salad.
- Stuff sandwiches with cucumber and tomato slices, lettuce or spinach leaves, and sprouts, and use smaller amounts of meat and cheese.
Involve Teens in Planning and Preparing Meals
Teens are often trying to exert their independence and take some control over their lives—so let them do it in the kitchen! Here are some ideas:
- Plan a few nights each week (as many as possible) that the whole family can have dinner together.
- Assign your teen one night of the week to plan dinner. Help with the preparations as needed. Assign smaller tasks on the other nights.
- Provide refrigerated pizza dough, low-fat cheese, tomato sauce, and fresh or sauteed vegetables, and let your teen be the pizza chef.
- Bring your teen grocery shopping to select foods for lunches.
Tailor Meal Times to Energy Needs
Because of their busy lifestyles, teens' diets need to be tailored to their schedules.
- For kids with sports or jobs after school, provide them with a hearty snack, such as a peanut butter sandwich and an apple, to eat before heading off to practice or work.
- If extracurricular activities interfere with dinner time, have leftovers ready when your teen gets home.
- Make healthy meals on the weekend and freeze them in individual containers that can be thawed and heated for quick dinners during the week.
- Keep the kitchen, school locker, and backpack well-stocked with healthy snacks.
Most teens on the run are running low on the nutrients they need to fuel their active lifestyles. As your teenagers continue to make more independent choices, encourage them to establish healthy eating habits that will benefit them in the future.
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 03/2016 -
- Update Date: 03/17/2016 -


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From Politics and Policy to Place-based Inquiry and GlobalizationRichard Kujawa, Saint Michaels College
My educational background as an engineer, planner, and geographer with a multi-decade interest in environmental issues has been coupled with a position which has encouraged me to teach and engage in scholarship in a trans-disciplinary vein. Professional development is a continuous process for me. My most recent environmentally-related opportunities in this vein have included a workshop on research ethics/community-based research and a law class on agricultural and pesticide law. I am enthusiastic about this opportunity.
I incorporate environmental justice concerns into my instructional practice in at least four classes – an introductory Human Geography class, an intermediate level Environmental Problems class, an intermediate Geography of Water class, and an upper level Environmental Policy class. The exact mix of activities and resources varies with a common theme of moving beyond the obvious into discussions of real cases in real places.
Let me start with the policy and politics of environmental justice. I try to make a strong connection with the genesis of U.S.-based environmental justice concerns through the work of Robert Bullard and the United Church of Christ and real cases (e.g. the Warren County, NC case). I use a chapter from the Vig and Kraft environmental policy book (the chapter doesn't appear in the latest edition) to set the stage. In the upper level class, the concept of an environmental justice timeline is where I emphasize the differences between environmental racism and broader concerns with environmental justice. I also establish a legal and policy basis as well an ethical moral basis for conflict over environmental justice. There are lots of ways in which this occurs but it's mostly case-driven.
I try to make a strong case that environmental justice concerns span geographic scale and make connections with international cases and globalization. For example, I've focused considerable effort in assembling video collages related to electronic waste and trace an arc of stories over several decades which involve corporations, international law, and investigative journalism and advocacy. This allows me to introduce ideas related to the discourses of environmental justice. I've also used water as a context for discussion distributional justice issues related to water and human health. I've been dabbling with incorporating climate change concerns here too but this is in its nascent stages.I've built in other activities which focus on organizational development. For example, I use the EPA Environmental Justice Awards and the awards given by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as one jumping off point. I also use an article and chapter by Phil Brown (Toxic Exposures) to engage students in a discussion of Community-Based Participatory Research. These result in student research and interpretation as well as discussion of the practicalities of environmental justice work. In the international dimension, I deploy ideas related to transnational environmental movements – both in a formal organizational vein in the work of mainline environmental groups but also in the evolution of looser social movements and advocacy networks.
In the context of advocacy, I assign chapters in several classes from Steve Lerner's book Sacrifice Zones. This forms a nice context for class discussion of narratives of environmental justice from an investigative/advocacy perspective. It also provides a focus for some directed student writing and peer assessment of writing on the methods and examination of environmental advocacy in this vein.
I've coupled the Sacrifice Zones work with some hands-on lab work with the Superfund and Toxics Release Inventory (stimulated by a case in a science teaching journal and hearing Michael Kraft speak about disclosure at a conference). This activity is the one I've submitted for the workshop. It allows some quite structured activities to open avenues for self-directed inquiry into environmental justice, environmental remediation, environmental health and toxicology. I've delivered a conference paper on this work in the Fall of 2012.
I think that engaging students with popular culture representations of environmental justice is an important element of pedagogy – hence my use of video collages, occasional use of feature films (A Civil Action, anyone?), and even clips from The Daily Show (the Aasif Mandvi visit to Asbestos, Quebec and its link to asbestos exposure in India is a classic). For me, using the discourses of popular culture doesn't mean dropping the rigor and analytical power of theoretical and technical analyses of environmental justice.Teaching at a small liberal arts college with a service/social-justice ethos has given me a lot of room to work within Geography and across disciplines with themes of environmental justice in technical, policy and ethical/moral veins.
Again, I am thrilled to have been invited to join the group. I hope to be able to contribute to discussions and activities and to learn a lot!
Richard Kujawa


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good move IMO....especially after 2day's game!!!
Of those of you who watched the game, how good of a bowler is he?
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He bowls off the wrong foot, giving him the weirdest action. Left handed, front right foot when he lands. The batsman did look a little troubled by it.
IMO he's no more than average with an interesting angle, but I may be wrong, 4 overs isn't much to judge him by.
Just been watching a replay of last nights game, he has a very interesting action, bowling off his wrong foot and with a very quick arm. Nothing too special in the speed department, around 130-135 kph with a good angle, quite slippery off the deck though. Dhoni in particular was struggling with the angle he presented, but he doesn't seem anything more than an average bowler.
just saw the one vid on youtube
obviously its hard to compare after watching 4 overs but how does he compare with Midge
He's nothing special, but we haven't seen him bat yet, as he's an allrounder.He he bat's well then he can be a good replacement for Razzaq.
And Rao Anjum should have played the match, he's good in limited over cricket and certainly better than the likes of Arafat, and maybe even better than Gul.
Tanvir's bowling action is interesting......it seems he is not able to bowl at the stumps
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Having Tanvir in the side could be a good move by Pakistan, for his action is so peculiar the batsman has to waste four of five balls just trying to gather what this guy is up to. And time they get over his idiosyncratic action and realise all he does is take the ball away from the right hander, he would have gone for practically nothing.
It is very rare to see left handed bowlers bowling with this action in which the bowling arm comes close to the ear and then instead of coming down acrosss the body on the other side, falls away towards the other side which makes the ball swing.
He was bowling over the wicket to righthanders, from a bit wide of the stumps and the ball was pitched very consistently outside the right handers off stump swinging further away quite a bit. It was clearly going to take a lot of getting used to and the batsmen were repeatedly surprised by this unfamiliar actions. On top of that he was pretty accurate in line and length.
He has a pretty quick arm action. Very interesting to watch. I cant remember any left handed bowler in my over forty years of watching the game who bowled with a similar action. I would love to see him bowling in the longer version of the game.
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Wow- I could talk about this one till the cows come home. I've talked some about what kinds of things we are dealing with when it comes to Miles. But I don't think that I've explained it very well, because people who know us in real life and who read this blog, still mostly look at me like I am speaking a foreign language when I talk about our attachment issues.
I am in no way an expert on this. In fact, I am probably not going to do the subject justice at all. I've done a lot of reading, but I haven't lived attachment problems for very long. Mostly I am just giving my experience and putting it out there in layman's terms so that others may begin to see the "why" behind attachment issues. My thoughts are jumbled because there is just too much too say about attachment disorders to sum it up in one nice little post. Just as a disclaimer- there are lots of adopted children who come home and adjust into being in a family beautifully. This is in no way meant to discourage anyone from adopting. Adoption is a beautiful thing. That being said...
First and foremost, most people don't understand that ALL adoptions are built on loss. Most people don't stop to think about all that a child has to go through to become an orphan. They just see this "lucky" little one who gets to have a family. If most people had a clue about what most orphans have been through, they sure as heck wouldn't call them lucky. I'll be the first to admit- before adoption was on my radar I would see the moms in the mall walking with their beautiful little girls from China and I would have the same "lucky little girl" thoughts, too. I always had this misconception that adopted children would just be so happy to have a mom that everything would be beautiful. We forget that the act of becoming an orphan is horrible and can leave enormous scars on children's hearts. I think that is why it seemed important for me to do this post- to help people who are just observers to our journey see the bigger picture and understand what so many parents of adopted children are experiencing but are afraid to talk about. (maybe because if makes us feel like we are just inadequate parents to this child that we wanted so desperately?)
I read somewhere that the reason that children say "da-da" first is not because they love dad better, but because they see their mothers as extensions of themselves instead of a separate entity. A child sees no separation between himself and his mother. That connection happens instantly. You don't have to do anything to have it- it just is. From the very first minute of life, a child knows his mother. He has heard her, sensed her, and bonded with her in an intimate way for 9 whole months. So when a child is separated from the woman who gave him life, even at infancy, the child feels that loss. It is traumatic. Even if you adopt a baby from day one, that child is cognitive of that loss of identity. There is no "pulling one over" on this child! You can't just switcheroo a mom. Mother's are not interchangeable. For a child to be adopted they have to experience that loss. Period. Even if being adopted is infinitely better for the child than the alternative situation, the child still feels that loss. A huge part of their identity has just been taken away.
In the adoption world, rumors fly around like crazy that if you adopt a child before they are two years old, or if you adopt them and bring them home from the hospital, that you are home free from attachment problems. Not true. While some kids don't have any attachment issues at all, others just do. One kid who may have watched their parents die right in from of them may seem to not have any outward issues stemming from that where another who experienced the same thing may be traumatized for years. All kids are different and they each internalize what they've experienced in different ways- whether they are 8 years old or 8 months. Hurt is hurt.
Add to the mix the dreaded "b" word: boundaries. Take a child who has lived on the streets or in an orphanage with no boundaries, no rules, no authority figures. Put them into a family where someone is telling them what to do, what to eat, what to wear, when to sleep, how to act, etc. and you can see how a child could prefer autonomy! Being a part of a family is hard when you've never been in one. Sometimes it is just too much to take in and kids push back, or shut down, or become aggressive or any other number of undesirable behaviors. It can even be in the simplest of things- if no one has ever brushed you teeth before and suddenly you have a person jabbing hard plastic in your mouth (your personal space) that is a strange new experience. For the adopted child, they don't always see this as someone trying to take care of them, they see it as being intruded upon. Same thing goes with doctor's visits, and dressing, and feeding or giving medication. A child does not see the love behind the action- they see it as being bombarded. And when a child feels bombarded it is easy to get stuck in "fight or flight" mode. As outsiders, it is easy to forget that these children have not always been cared for properly or treated nicely and therefore need to be taught how to be in a family, how to love, how to trust, how to resolve conflict, how to differentiate between positive and negative attention, etc. Those are tough things to learn. The effects of abandonment and neglect are enormous. With some children, you add in trauma, abuse, special needs, medical issues, and you can only imagine the time it will take to heal that child's heart.
In international adoption and foster adoption, you also have to deal with messing with a child's sense of normal. A child who is in a horrible situation doesn't always know that their circumstances are horrible, they just see it as their normal because it is all they know. So even when you have the best of intentions in removing a child from a bad situation, you have just successfully eliminated their sense of normal. You may be bringing them into home full of love and nurturing, but when you take a child out of what they've always known, you can't expect that they will just settle into a new life without some backlash. They will fight to surround themselves with that same "normal" they came out of because that is what is comfortable to them. Many times in international adoption, we are taking a child from their native language, their native culture, their native food- we are taking them away from everything that is familiar to them. That is a lot for a child to internalize. It would only be natural for a child who can't internalize that huge transition to take out their confusion about what has just happened to them on the people who took them away from their comfort zone (even if that comfort zone is a war zone).
The person who bears the brunt of attachment issues, is usually the primary caregiver. Why? Because they are the people enforcing the rules, brushing the teeth, dispensing the medication, disciplining, taking the child to the doctor, enforcing bed time, homework time, etc. They are also the people giving the kisses and the hugs and the most love. And if you've never had hugs and kisses and love, that can be pretty dang uncomfortable for children. For many children who have been abandoned or "given up" for adoption, their very sense of self worth is shaken to its core. After all- "if my own mom didn't want me, I must be worthless". That happens even in pre-verbal children. Rebuilding a child's sense of worth is tough business. If you are the adoptive mother constantly telling your child, "I love you- you are special to me" that child is going to think that you are a liar because you are going against everything they are feeling about themselves. That child is going to push back and fight attaching with all they have to try to preserve the only sense of self they know. And that can be ugly.
Another reason that the primary care giver bears the brunt is the sheer level of comfort. Often times, children fight the most with the people they are most comfortable with because they know that it is a safe relationship. My best friend described this in a wonderful way the other day. She said it is like having a horrible day and taking it out on your spouse, even if the spouse has nothing to do with the horrible day. You do that because you know at the end of the day that spouse will still be there, will still be loving, will still be supportive. That relationship is a safe place to decompress. Our children who have experienced loss and trauma, have emotions they need to get out: anger, sadness, grief, confusion, hurt- and the parents bear it, because our children need that safe relationship to vent.
In Miles' case, that is exactly what he does with me. The intimacy of a relationship with me is often times just too overwhelming for him and so he revolts. He has glimpses of times where he attaches to me in normal ways, but I can tell that he is fighting it. I think is that child's mentality that if you don't attach, you can't get hurt, right? You won't be re-abandoned. It is all about keeping a safe distance. He will cling to strangers and acquaintances because that is comfortable for him. He doesn't have to have meaningful relationships with them beyond a short period of time. After all, those people aren't the ones responsible for the discipline or the teaching or all the other things that are uncomfortable for children who've never had structure and love. Those are people who are purely there for fun. It is like divorced parents playing good cop bad cop against the other one. It is heartbreaking for me that Miles can let other people hold him and love all over him and he acts like he enjoys it. Yet, he doesn't let me do that for him very often. People have actually looked me in the eye and said, "Well see, he likes me. It must just be you." They say it kind of jokingly, but it cuts right to the core. (And yes- that person made me cry. But then I realized that they are just ignorant. Not stupid, just ignorant of how it all works.) But that is just the nature of attachment problems. They are isolating because most of the time our children are delightful to others. And that is why most parents of children with attachment disorders suffer in silence- because other people don't understand what they can't see behind closed doors.
I won't go into Miles story, because that is his personal story to share if/when he chooses. A lot of the details we don't know ourselves. Let it suffice to say that there is lots of loss on many different levels and it has definitely impacted him. When we met Miles' foster father, his only words about Miles,as he watched me holding my son for the first time were, "He is very serious, this one." And he was right. Miles takes in everything. And he's had some rough stuff to take in. But right now, I am feeling really good about where Miles is. He is struggling, but we are finding ways to manage his anger and frustration and help him heal. (I will do a whole other post about how we are doing this soon) I know that it won't happen overnight. But the small amounts of progress that I see in him already give me so much hope. And the better hours are starting to even out the really bad days. He's learning how to be in a family and he's still got a lot to learn. But he's going to make it, that kid. He's going to heal. It will take time, but he can do it. I know it!
I hope that in some way, this maybe helped you understand what some adoptive families go through in trying to help our children heal. As adoption becomes more and more common, the chances of you having a close friend, co-worker, or someone in your church who is part of an adoptive family are pretty great. If being armed with information about what their children might be experiencing can in any way help you minister to that family then I am happy to share!
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The user wants a central, public location to display all the relevant content and information about themselves to others – both those they know and those they don't.
Use When
- Use this pattern when your site encourages a lot of user-generated content and you want one place to show a specific user's contribution.
- Use this pattern when the site encourages relationship building.
- Use this pattern when you want to allow users to look up another user to learn more about them.
- Use this pattern when you want to allow users to express their personality.
- Use this pattern to allow users to share information about themselves to others.
- Use this pattern when you want to present a user's lifestream (status alerts) from site and/or internet activity.
Core Profile
- Allow the user to customize their display name or provide a nickname option.
- Yahoo! Profiles require a first and last name, but also allow a display name, which can be a handle, a nickname or the users name. It's their choice. The full name is shared with connections, which then disambiguates who a person may be, especially if their associated image is an icon or an avatar.
- Don't make the display name the same as the user login. Doing this gives phishers and other nefarious persons half of a users login. You should provide a safe place for people to connect and guarding their login and personal information is critical.
- Allow users to select what items they want to have publicly seen and which they want to keep private or just between "friends".
- Allow users the opportunity to customize portions of the profile. The profile is their expression of themselves. MySpace profiles are one extreme of this as they allow users to totally visually customize their profiles. Linked In profiles are much more rigid in their customization leaving it to text and an image.
- Don't force the user to publicly display all their information.
- Collect only the amount of information necessary for meaningful relationships or community activities. Don't force the user to fill in all fields / data sections in order for the profile to be displayed.
- Allow the user to upload one or more images of themself.
- Provide a view into the profile as a user's network will see it.
- Provide a view into the profile as the public – not connected – users will see it.
Profile Preferences and Updating
Profile preferences should be readily available to the user who owns the profile. If the user is logged in, present a large/easily findable link to edit the profile.
One of the tough decisions to make is whether or not any elements of the profile are tied to the account and not editable. For example, on Yahoo!'s profile, items presented in the user's contact card, user name, gender, age and location are optional but are also collected in registration. The two are not connected in order for the Profile to be an expressive reflection of the person.
The data fields selected for the profile should be individually editable with as many elements as possible being pulled in automatically if applicable. Data for the profile is often gathered by presenting a series of questions and then filling out a series of forms and free-text fields.
Collect information for the profile data entries through site activity if possible. Always allow the user to go back and change/edit later but don't force profile completion if unnecessary to the core site experience.
Use WYSIWYG + lightweight edit links.
Wherever possible, display the profile page as close as possible to what the consumers of the profile will see. The owner of the profile should be able to get an accurate sense of what the consumers of the profile will see without the need to preview the profile.
The differences between the consumer's view and the owner's view are typically limited to additional "Edit" links that point to forms for updating content.
Profiles that include a lot of permissioned content might include permissions indicators for denoting Public vs. Permissioned vs. Private content. Robust profiles might also include controls for inline editing as well as drag and drop handles that appear on hover.
When linking the owner of the profile to his or her profile, load the profile page in Edit mode -- not Preview mode.
Don't overload the profile page with content management options for the content owner.
Do provide a separate "Control Panel" for the owner to manage his or her content.
Don't design Public Profiles to be used by the owners to consume content of them.
Do provide a separate Updates/Status Consumption Environment so the owner of the relationships can keep tabs on the content generated by related people.
Private Information
Some of the information that may be collected in an account profile is private. As mentioned in the Yahoo! Social API and the Portable Contacts spec, data items like phone numbers, real birthday and address may be collected for the user's use in services like address books or invitation services where a user actually knows the person viewing the information.
Make sure that information tied to the account, like passwords, password retrieval questions, credit card information and other financial and personal information stays in a private area only accessible to the account holder.
Keep private, account information in an Account area, separated from the Profile display.
Offer the option to make private information public to only those people in the closest circles of connections, like family or close friends.
Profile Decorating
Sites that revolve around the profile like mySpace and cyWorld encourage profile decorating as part of the personal expression of the profile owner.
To encourage adoption offer easily applied skins and layout options.
Allow advanced users to do more customization like CSS and HTML.
Allow different content modules or applications to be added on an a la carte basis. (show mySpace and Facebook app add on process)
Profile Claiming
Some sites may automatically create a bare-bones profile for a person and then allow that user to claim ownership the profile which already partially exists.
An unverified or unclaimed profile may exist for a user through several methods (comment contribution, friends invitation, etc.).
Users leaving anonymous comments or other anonymous content, may want to eventually claim ownership of that content to build their reputation as a contributor.
Users may have a skeletal profile made for them when their friends join the site and invite them to participate.
Allow an invited user or owner of anonymous content to easily claim their profile or aggregated content. Dropping an encoded cookie is one way to allow later retrieval of anonymous content.
Verification of a data string (like a verified email address) can pair a pre-made profile with the intended user.
Whatever the technical method for allowing this, make sure it's easy, unobtrusive and not creepy. A couple of year's ago, Yahoo released a Profile experiment called Mash, where users could make profiles for their friends and then invite them to come claim theprofile. Many people didn't understand why there was already content on "their" profile page and why people could edit it besides themselves. It was a fun experiment if you "got it" but confusing and creepy for everyone else.
Faceted Identity
Users are quite skilled at slicing their identity up depending on the context of interaction—who you are in your family is different than the slice of yourself you present at the office. Online it's no different.
Consider the context of your experience and cater the profile to that experience. On large networks like Yahoo!, properties like Yahoo! Sports, Local and Answers all have different profiles.
Whenever possible, keep the core user identity information consistent – user name, gender, location – through the use of a central design solution. All other information should be collected or automatically aggregated based on the activities of the site.
Sites like Facebook have addressed the various interests of its users through the addition of applications. Many of these applications are presented as separate tabs in the profile and offer a glimpse into facets of the person.
Use the emerging common profile/identity fields as defined in the OpenSocial spec, the Portable Contacts spec or Yahoo!s Social Platform API.
Select the meaningful data items to your context and disregard the rest, but be consistent in the field labels and how the information is stored. This will allow for future portability by your users and the ability for you to import data from other sources when a user joins. The goal is to let the user bring their data (where applicable) with them around the internet and not force the rebuilding of a profile every time a user signs up for something new.
The type of information collected and presented shapes a picture of the user and sets a tone for your site. Linkedin collects professional information about current and past work experience. Profiles are supplemented by the addition of recommendations from other users and applications from third-party developers.
Facebook has a series of freeform fields but also a robust section of past school attendance. Since Facebook started as a university social network, this is appropriate. They have since expanded their profile to also include work experience and applications from third-party developers.
Networks like Orkut, friendster and mySpace revolve around the profile and cater to a youthful audience so the information collected centers around marital status, types of relationships seeking and interests such as music and video.
Each of these social networks uses specific profile data to give users an idea of the type of social emphasis and community that exists on the site.
Open Questions
As the various entities put forward open standards for the profile and a user's identity, making a decision about which protocol to adopt becomes increasingly important. Most of the large players in the space have adopted and are participating in the OpenSocial standard. Following this standard, or being compatible with it, will make your user's data more accessible to them in the long run.
Making a decision to go against the emerging standards might be interesting to you in the short term, but may have negative ramifications in the long run as more and more users of services demand the ability to carry their data back and forth between sites.
A central profile for your service is the hub from which relationships and other activities can revolve. Carefully selecting the data fields that make sense for your site will ensure that the profile has meaningful context to your users. Providing customizing features will encourage personalization and ownership of the profile and the site which in turn supports longer term usage.


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Things tend to get creative when you are working with only one color of glass. In my never ending quest to figure out yet another thing I can do with recycled glass, I tried metal inclusions as part of the design.
There are a number of metals that you can include, all of them useful as long as you know what will happen.


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Esther Warkov
Canadian, b. 1941
House of Tea, 1997–1998
graphite, charcoal pencil, Conté crayon, pastel on hand-coloured Barrier white paper
213.4 x 152.4 x 243.9 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the President's Appeal 2000 and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada
Drawing; Sculpture, Canadian Contemporary (1980-present)
In the late 1980s Esther Warkov produced a drawing called The Sketching Party after a ninetheenth-century illustration of a group of amateur women artists in Victorian England. For The House of Tea she reproduced one of these women, but recast her as an upper-class Anglo-Saxon in Winnipeg. In this impressive installation, the central character has since died and she is laid out in a coffin with items that reference her life experiences. As a member of the upper class in her community, she was experienced in the rituals associated with the women of her day, and even in death she continues to pour tea from within her coffin. This work is a culmination of Warkov's skill as a painter and a fine example of the Surrealist Prairie tradition.
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
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BAFTA Winslet
The dress is Zac Posen, fit her beautifully. I likey much better than the other black one from the Globes. And her speech was better too. Short, concise, heartfelt…
Will it be her last of the season? Or will she have the chance again on Oscar night. She is the favourite going in and what I like about Kate is that there's no false modesty about this. Most of the time they're always like – oh no! I don't think about it! I can't imagine it!
Kate said on 20/20 last week:
"But having been through it the times that I have done, I have known that I wasn't going to win on those occasions ... you can sort of feel it. You have a radar for it. But this year I would say I can't actually tell."
I love the honesty in that statement. Honesty without arrogance. Love her.
Kate took her parents to the BAFTAS – her father whistled at her when she was on stage. Cute! As for why Sam Mendes wasn't with her, she stopped in Germany late last week for The Reader promotion there as well so presumably he stayed back to look after the children. Be calm. By all accounts, they are fine.
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okay so far i've made a program that reads in results from a .txt file and outputs the results re-arranged with and such. Now i have an extension assignment where i would need to create a league table based on the scores. I'm unsure of how to store points and how i would add scores to that specific team. I'll post my code thus far so you can see what i've done.
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• A version of this post ran on the author's blog, bloggingsbyboz.com. The views expressed are the author's own.
If you were to place Felipe Calderon, Juan Manuel Santos, and Otto Perez Molina on the hemisphere's outdated left-right ideological spectrum, all three are well on the right side of the center line. All three are pro-military and all three have deployed their military forces to combat drug traffickers and criminal organizations. All three are strong allies of the United States. And in the past few months, all three have raised the real possibility of decriminalization of drugs in their countries and the region.
Yesterday on Twitter I compared the stances of the three leaders to a "Nixon goes to China" event. These are the three leaders in the hemisphere who have the political capital to pull off such a dramatic stance on the "war on drugs." While several respected former presidents have made similar calls, they carried less influence being that they are already out of office and they lacked the hawkish security credentials. The recent statements by Calderon, Santos, and Perez carry more weight.
The hypothetical militarized decriminalization of drugs does not look how some liberals and libertarians have imagined in their policy papers over previous decades. These are three leaders committed to a fight against crime and violence in their countries, and they are well aware that violent and organized crime will continue even after decriminalization. They are hoping that decriminalization frees up resources and diverts some profits away from traffickers. With varying details, the policy analysts backing these plans hope to decriminalize, tax the businesses involved, and use the money to invest in military and police so they can hit criminals even harder. There are members of various business communities behind these proposals prepared to take full advantage economically if they come to pass.
The proponents of this approach intend to fully shift from a war on drugs to a war on crime, and make no mistake, for them it's a war. This is a hawkish and militarized approach to ending the drug war by taking away criminal finances and then hitting the criminals and gangs hard with the full strength of military, police units, and private security firms before the bad guys can regroup. Even done correctly, it will be controversial, bloody, and see numerous human rights violations.
Whether this debate moves forward is not a forgone conclusion and it is not going to happen overnight. Local congresses are going to need to be convinced and write up new legal frameworks. The hawks will need to convince their neighbors, many on the center and left, who are less enthusiastic about such a major change. All three of the leaders leading this debate have also said they prefer to work in coordination with the United States, and the US doesn't appear open to such a radical change any time soon.
However, even if you disagree with the idea of using legalization as a weapon of war, these leaders have made an impact in that they are opening up a whole new front on the rethinking of drug policy. They are bringing new members to the coalition that want to undo some of the damages of prohibition. Welcome to the new legalization debate, led by the military hawks. This is not the vision that most people in favor of ending the drug war imagined, but this very well may be where the debate moves next.
--- James Bosworth is a freelance writer and consultant who runs Bloggings by Boz.


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Kibbeh are a Middle Eastern favorite loved by all. From Syrians to Lebanese, from Iraqi to Turkish there are many different versions of Kibeh, Koobeh, or Kuba. Bulgur crusted dumplings, stuffed with spiced ground meat, kibbeh are most often served deep fried in shapes like torpedoes, and many times served steamed in stews or pot roast as balls, tear drops, or patties, . Kibbeh are all delicious. This recipe, while in the same genre flavor-wise, is not made as individual dumplings, but rather, made in a large baking dish, double crusted, with a filling and cut into portions. This recipe hails from my Syrian Jewish friend in Panama.
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Copper Mountain launches uphill access pass
Skinners looking for early morning powder turns will be able to find them at Copper Mountain, after the resort introduced a new up-hill access pass Wednesday.
The free pass allows individuals to skin or snowshoe on Copper terrain during non-operational hours, as long as they have signed a waiver and wear an armband that can be easily seen while going uphill.
Pass holders have to be at Solitude before 8:30 a.m., will not be granted uphill access until after 5 p.m., and are still expected to observe posted trail and rope closures, according to a statement from Copper.
Uphill access is only available up Skid Road to Main Vein, Rhapsody and ending at Solitude from East Village; up Carefree or Loverly to Coppertone, or east on Easy Road ending at Solitude from Center Village; and up Roundabout to West Ten Mile ending at the national forest access point gate from Union Creek to Janet's Cabin.
Uphill access users are still expected to stay in the middle of the trail and avoid blind spots, the release stated.
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Authors: George Rajna
Engineers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a novel concept for rapid data transfer via optical fibre cables. [19] Particles can exchange their spin, and in this way spin currents can be formed in a material. [18] Researchers have shown that certain superconductors-materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance at very low temperatures-can also carry currents of 'spin'. [17] The first known superconductor in which spin-3/2 quasiparticles form Cooper pairs has been created by physicists in the US and New Zealand. [16] Now a team of researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Physics together with collaborators has seen exotic superconductivity that relies on highly unusual electron interactions. [15] A group of researchers from institutions in Korea and the United States has determined how to employ a type of electron microscopy to cause regions within an iron-based superconductor to flip between superconducting and non-superconducting states. [14] In new research, scientists at the University of Minnesota used a first-of-its-kind device to demonstrate a way to control the direction of the photocurrent without deploying an electric voltage. [13] Brown University researchers have demonstrated for the first time a method of substantially changing the spatial coherence of light. [12] Researchers at the University of Central Florida have generated what is being deemed the fastest light pulse ever developed. [11] Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology and Free University of Brussels have now found a method to significantly enhance optical force. [10] Nature Communications today published research by a team comprising Scottish and South African researchers, demonstrating entanglement swapping and teleportation of orbital angular momentum 'patterns' of light. [9] While physicists are continually looking for ways to unify the theory of relativity, which describes large-scale phenomena, with quantum theory, which describes small-scale phenomena, computer scientists are searching for technologies to build the quantum computer using Quantum Information. In August 2013, the achievement of "fully deterministic" quantum teleportation, using a hybrid technique, was reported. On 29 May 2014, scientists announced a reliable way of transferring data by quantum teleportation. Quantum teleportation of data had been done before but with highly unreliable methods. The accelerating electrons explain not only the Maxwell Equations and the Special Relativity, but the Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation, the Wave-Particle Duality and the electron's spin also, building the Bridge between the Classical and Quantum Theories. The Planck Distribution Law of the electromagnetic oscillators explains the electron/proton mass rate and the Weak and Strong Interactions by the diffraction patterns. The Weak Interaction changes the diffraction patterns by moving the electric charge from one side to the other side of the diffraction pattern, which violates the CP and Time reversal symmetry. The diffraction patterns and the locality of the self-maintaining electromagnetic potential explains also the Quantum Entanglement, giving it as a natural part of the Relativistic Quantum Theory and making possible to build the Quantum Computer with the help of Quantum Information.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Last season, it took the Houston Dynamo 16 games to record their first road victory. Thanks to Brad Davis, Tally Hall and a stout defense, the 2012 Dynamo have matched that win total in the space of just two weeks.
Dynamo forward Brian Ching drew a first-half penalty kick that Davis converted for the only goal in Houston's 1-0 decision against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday at AT&T Park. It was a second consecutive 1-0 road victory for the Dynamo, who made last year's MLS Cup final despite going 2-6-9 away from home. And that bodes well for Houston (2-0-0), who still have five more road games to get through before the debut of BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12.
The result ruined the Quakes' trip north from their San Jose home, dropping them to 1-1-0 on the year.
Houston's scoring sequence began in the 13th minute, when Dynamo midfielder Adam Moffat chipped a ball into the penalty area for Ching to run onto. San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch came off his line to play the ball at the edge of the six-yard box, but whiffed and suffered an awkward full-body collision with Ching, who had beaten Earthquakes center back Víctor Bernárdez on the play.
Davis pulled the 14th-minute penalty to his right, placing it in the side netting past Busch, who guessed correctly but still could not deflect the shot.
San Jose put only one shot on goal — a speculative effort from deep on the left wing by Ramiro Corrales, which was knocked over the crossbar by the scrambling Hall — during the first half. The Quakes pushed forward after intermission, spurred on by substitutes Marvin Chávez and Tressor Moreno, who made his MLS debut.
In the 61st minute, Hall came up with a one-on-one stop against Chris Wondolowski, who has a league-high 35 goals since 2010. Khari Stephenson collected the rebound, but his shot was blocked by Houston defender Jermaine Taylor.
Moreno set free Shea Salinas in the 81st minute, but he found side netting with his shot, even as Wondolowski lurked free at the back post.
Salinas drew a free kick on the edge of the box in the 83rd, but Chávez pushed the attempt high over the crossbar. Steven Lenhart pulled a shot wide in the 86th and Wondolowski's free kick from 20 yards in injury time deflected off the wall, with the Quakes' calls for a hand ball infraction going unanswered.
Houston made only one change to last week's winning side, bringing in Taylor along the backline to replace an injured Corey Ashe. San Jose also swapped out one player, inserting 6-foot-1 Stephenson into the midfield in place of 5-foot-5 Chávez in an attempt to deal with Houston's size on set pieces.
Houston Dynamo (2-0-0) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (1-1-0)
March 17, 2012 – AT&T Park, San Francisco, Calif.
Attendance: 21,816
Scoring Summary:
HOU – Brad Davis 1 (penalty) 14
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall; Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Jermaine Taylor; Colin Clark (Nathan Sturgis 82), Adam Moffat, Je-Vaughn Watson, Brad Davis; Brian Ching (Cam Weaver 67), Will Bruin (Calen Carr 67).
Substitutes Not Used: Alex Dixon, Macoumba Kandji, Tyler Deric, Brian Ownby.
San Jose Earthquakes – Jon Busch; Steven Beitashour, Victor Bernardez, Justin Morrow, Ramiro Corrales; Shea Salinas, Sam Cronin (Sercan Guvenisik 81), Khari Stephenson (Tressor Moreno 63), Rafael Baca (Marvin Chavez 46); Chris Wondolowski, Steven Lenhart.
Substitutes Not Used: Simon Dawkins, Jason Hernandez, David Bingham, Jean-Marc Alexandre.
Misconduct Summary: SJ – Steven Lenhart (caution) 50; HOU – Jermaine Taylor (caution) 53; HOU – Geoff Cameron (caution) 63; HOU – Andre Hainault (caution) 83.


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"My whole life, it is a run," – said Dmitri Tcherniakov, Russian stage director – "A run with a goal. Sometimes I'm running and I'm gasping for air. Sometimes I run in happiness, sometimes I run in fear. And I want an opportunity to stop and look at things differently."
I like how these words describe very difficult process of creating new production of Borodin's "Prince Igor" on the Met stage – through constantly "running", moving himself through ideas, decisions, opening new meanings in existing scenes; changing architecture of the Opera, adding new themes and interpretations of Libretto.
"One of the most serious and successful artists of his generations, Mr. Tcherniakov one of the Opera's experimental thinkers, then, may also be its most radical realist."
How does he work?
"You have to draw the audience in", said Mr. Gelb, the company's general manager. And Mr. Tcherniakov "pulls" the audience in, using sometimes brave provocative methods that really work!
The opera "Prince Igor" really now is the hit of the season. Yesterday during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi, I heard the melody "The Song of Polovecky' girls" from "Prince Igor," and it is not temporarily coincident! The music of this piece is really in the air everywhere!
But why I am writing now about new stage production in the Met? As Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Specialist I found something interesting in the way Mr. Tcherniakov work.
For example, how he is working on the boots sequence – first stage director spent several minutes sprawled out on the floor, looking intently on boots, second, he was handling the arrangement of the soldiers' feet with the same attention, third, looking out for a tree-step entrance whose rhythm became more and more settled into naturalness.
Yes, I found the right word! Every movement I asking my clients to do is to settle into naturalness, and believe me, it is not an easy task!
Another method was very interesting to me, too – "He is working in such deep way that, very often, you need two or tree times to understand it. But if you get it, it is forever. And you are in love with him, because he gives you something special, something that you never felt before." In my work with my clients, every moment I want to bring something special to them, something that I feel deep inside, what kind of movement or sequence of movements have to be done and exactly the way it have to be performed!
"Mr. Tcherniakov lives through his art," He is all the characters onstage. He gives all his power to the singers…" I am trying to put all my power that is inside of me into people I am working with, too, and it really works!
In the end of the article Russian director said: "Everything I come up with I try to express solely through the artists on the stage…" I am reading these words, and in the next training sessions I will try to do the same – express my vision of movements through my clients' exercise!
I can't believe that reading article in Sunday Arts' section would be so useful for me!
Today I can barely walk and ride to my home – train is not working, sidewalks are a complete mess and one snowstorm followed by another, lower temperature did not give people any relaxation... But! Why I was so interested in this article? In New York situation with drinking water are excellent, near my apartment - huge Reservoir with drinking water, nothing to worry about! I may take shower as long as I want, the water may be running all day through my faucets, electricity - the lights are on in every room in my 3-bedroom apartment in Bronx, garbage I have no time to separate right, because I am too busy with my own Business…Do you recognize yourself? You may say sure, it is true, but we are not having problem with drinking water in New York, it only concern California. Though I understand that cold snowy weather in New York is directly related to big Drought that now takes place in California and Nevada, Los Angeles and Sacramento. It is the terrible sigh of Global Warming, and if we continue with our habits and behaviors, we will face much more serious problem here in New York with water supply, just like in California.
I am continuing to read the article:
-The University of California Cooperative Extension held a drought survival session in Browns Valley…
- Farmers in Nevada…had given up on even planting…
- Farmers in California and New Mexico - forced to cell cattle!
- Pollution in the Los Angeles has returned to the dangerous level, the air is brown!
I don't want that the air in New York become brown, or that beautiful Wave Hill have no water for gardening!
But what should I do now?
Taking classic "stop-start-stop-start" shower
Stop fishing and camping in summer, because it causes fires
Cut back drastically on taking showers, washing cars and watering lawns
It also helps to conserve electricity, prepare recyclables right, help collecting trash bags on the street that are flying all over the Bronx! When I am running in Van Cortland Park, I always collecting flying bags in the forest and feeding birds near my apartment during such cold days as they have very hard time, too!
Two bicycle delivery men sued the Domino's franchisee that employed them, accusing it of minimum wage and overtime violations. The names of these two men are Anatole Yameogo and Rodriguez Herrera. They are working for Domino's pizza shop on East 89 Street in Manhattan. I remember Domino's pizza shop between 74 and 75 St. and 1st Ave; I lived there 2 years ago. Delivery men are working very hard every day, often risking their lives; I don't even mention the bad weather, when delivery men have to work in intolerable conditions.
But what that article reminded me of? Why is it important for me? This article raised my feeling that I was experiencing working for Bally Total Fitness a few years ago!
I reading newspaper: "Anatole Yameogo, remembers working from 10a.m. to 8p.m. one Saturday, but his pay stub said he worked just five hours that day." Exactly the same happen to me, when I working many hours but… without any pay! Yes, it happen in our days, it happens in Brooklyn's Bally Total Fitness, and Yes, I am women, immigrant, over 40, I don't know what to do… So I decided to start my own business, when my family moved in Bronx.
I continued to reading the article that telling me that one worker, Mr. Rodriguez brought complaint to the State Department of Labor, but the Department did nothing!
In my mind again I saw the pictures how this workers working on 75 St put a lot of effort to deliver pizza on time…
Yes, while we are living in New York, we are often experiencing discrimination because of our age, nationality, gender, et cetera... And it is great that we have in New York very brave people who standing for their human rights to be and stay Human in New York! The names of these heroes again are– Anatole Yameogo and Carlos Rodriguez Herrera, also Karen Cacace, a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, which delivered the case. … And I would like to say big Thank You to Bally Total Fitness that "helped" organize my own Mira-fitness.com business in Bronx!
Now I can believe that New Year really started! And it started very strong, with cold, wind and snow. I never saw it here before! So we have to be strong, too! Like real New Yorkers, resisting this harsh weather!
My attention was caught by an article in New York Times for December 14, 2013. The title of the article is "The Aging May Have Alternative to Giving up the Car Keys", from First Business Page.
What happens when elderly people are sitting in the driving seat! Is it safe? How difficult is it for aging folks? Should this population stop driving completely, sit quietly at home and watch COSI TV? And why this topic became so important to me – Personal Trainer and Small Business Owner?
Author writing about technology and how it is supposes to help elderly people drive safely and with confidence:
- "smart" headlights that adjust the range and intensity of light
- alerts the driver with a beep or light to obstacles crossing behind or stopped in front the car,
- a lane departure warning
- contemplating a "silver' car rating
- vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, allowing cars to "talk" to each other
Yes, a lot of technology is coming soon!
But is it enough? Other things are very important too, like special training for elderly people – improving their reflexes, flexibility and memory!
The Hartford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Age Lab have a series of online videos demonstrating the exercises. Also AAA offers both self-rating form and a series of computer-based exercises that can help you test your physical flexibility and memory.
I myself developed Mira-Fitness Outdoor classes that are helping elderly people to improve their flexibility, alertness, quickness, sharpen their reflexes and improve memory! And cost for my outdoor classes is much lower, than mentioned in article $420 for an initial two-hour evaluation and $125 for each additional hour needed! I think it too much for elderly people! My Outdoor classes cost only $6 for full intensive hour of workout!
Welcome! Improve your memory, sharpen reflexes, expand range of motion and get ready to drive safely!
My attention this week was caught by the article from "Essence" magazine, written by Jeannine Amber. The name of the article intrigued me – "The new science of weight loss". Good, it is very relevant to me, because I am working on it every day!
What factors are the most influential on the women health today? According to the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), conducted by researcher Fleda Mask Jackson, PhD, women in their mid-twenties are "cocooned in their communities, where they received support and validation. Then they transition in to workforce only to face discrimination and stressors of both racism and sexism…"We found a higher weight gain in women who had perceived the more racism, says Palmer, BWHS's co-principal investigator. "What we are seeing is that the body's response to the chronic stress of racism can lead to weight gain and obesity." The author Jeannine Amber recommends to women to try getting involved within a group outside the work, through their church, sorority, gym or volunteer organization. It is true not for only African American women. A lot of women feel themselves out of society, angry at the society. The best way that really helps – start volunteering. I experienced this myself – I worked as volunteer in Coney Island Hospital in Pharmacy department and in the Lenox Hill Neighborhood Senior Center as Aerobic Instructor. This was the best time of my life, because I was working not for the money, but only for myself! And I feel less depressed because I have to leave my beautiful country. And it helps! I started to think about how to help Americans, and that distracted me from my pain, my problems!
Another topic was very interesting, too. According to Gary Taubes, founder of the Nutrition Science initiative (as he wrote in his book Good Calories, Bad Calories) Taubes states that a diet high in sugar and carbs is inherently more fattening than a diet of the same number of calories without the carbs. Obesity is not a problem of eating too much, it is a biological disorder, says Taubes. And explains, why! This was a discovery for me! Taubes maintains that "African Americans are especially sensitive to the effects of sugar and carbohydrates because these foods have been in their diets for less time than for people of European descent." There is a theory that says that the newer something is in your environment, the greater the effect it is going to have on you, he explains. So, European populations that have been eating refined grains for 10,000 years would have been adapted to these. African-Americans, who were forcibly imported to the US 300 to 400 years ago, for the most part hadn't had sugar in their diets before". Now with this valuable knowledge I may help my clients more! And I think it could be applicable to Latin American people too. Native Americans didn't have refined sugar in their diet, either! But what about me – I used to eat a lot of processed sugars, but maintain healthy weight – it is because my body was adapted to processed sugars! Thank you, magazine "Essence" – you really went ahead of many women's magazines!
Thanksgiving...Black Friday...Beautiful weather outside...
What to do? - Of course, celebrate, but not to long.Remember, that for Personal Trainers it is best time to work with future clients.
But how to work?I had choose to work both ways:
first, I had delivered flyers about my practice,
second, I had choose another very productive tactic - sitting with flyers on the most busy street - Broadway /I had brought with myself portable table and chair/
Here some examle of this sitting:
Are you from Red Cross? - No, I from myself.I am personal trainer and group exercize instructor.
But how you doing your training?
I had shown right away a few movement. O! It looks different from what we seeing before...
We would like to join and try your workout...
Bingo! I had wrote down telephone's number this ladie's and had promised to call them next week after Thanksgiving.
Time had run very quickly and I had collect telephone's number for half-class.
12 PM - chicken soup,broccoli with rice, green tea.
1 PM - studying NASM "Balance and Core" Training, watching video.
But where am I may practice "Balance and Core" movement? I decided put myself directly to unstabilized activity - on the ice of the Ice Rink Van Cortlandt Park.
2PM - 3 PM - practicing.I had kept myself near fence, and had tried strokes:
Long write slide, short left slide
Long write slide, short left
When I had got accomodated with this simle movement, I had incresed speed.My body position had been like I had trying to do squat, a little bit benting forward.One hour had run so quickly! I had realized, that I had returned to my "trainer's" activity.
3:30 PM - soup, potato salad, cofee.I had been ready for working with clients!
5:00 - breakfast
6:00 - visiting "Stop and Shop", buying gloves and Outdoor Trash Bags.
6:00AM - 9:00AM.My "Outdoor activity" had began.I had collected dead leaves in Trash Bags.
9:30AM - second breakfast.
10:30AM - 12PM.I had visited New York Botanical Garden.Today had been "Train Show "Preview. It had been amazingly beautiful there and I had dreamed about - may be one day all Bronx will be looking exactly like NYBG today?
1:00PM - I had returned home for dinner
2;00PM - I had red article in USA Today about Running shoes /November 14/:
"Lead researcher Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology in Harvard, wrote that "forefoot and midfoot gaits were probably more common when humans run barefoot or in minimal shoes, and may protect the feet and lower limbs from impact-related injuries experienced by high percentage of runners""
3;00PM -I had preparing myself to the training sessions in the Park, where I had been working this morning.
I can not reach my clients, who have living in Yonkers and Riverdale, so, what to do?
First, I have to clean up mess after previous Hurricaine.From 9 AM to 12 PM I have grabbed ground belonging city (it was between 239 ST and Broadway.) City Parks workers had came twice, had said me "Thank You!" and had dissapearing in not known direction.After 3 hours I had spent in fresh air, I had decided to relax myself in standing nearby church "Visitation Parish",160 Van Cortlandt Park South Bronx.June, the lady, who have working there, had showing me beautifil fresk and mosaic.The Pastor have had spech, in which he had congratulated Re-Election Mr.Obama.
The snow had started fallen more and more...What to do if you can not reach clients - developing new exercise for them! I had put nice music - Flex /Romantic Style...Desde La esencia / and had start creating aerobic dance pattern.It had been very productive, the music had matching falling snow perfectly:
Guiero Besarte
Sa Acabo Mi Vida
No siento Tu Amor
Si Tu Te Vas
...The snow had stop fallen for one second, listening music, than start fallen again...
In my apartment very cold.I have sitting and watching news about terrible devastations and damages. "Foundation of a house in Seaside Heights that had been partially washed away...Two boys, 11 and 13, died in North Salem, when a tree crashed through the living room...9,000 residents in several states remain in rescue shelters..."
I have opened the today's New York Times:"Senator Charles E Schumer, Democrat of New York, said Wednesday, "We're going to pay a price for the change in climate." And Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of Manhattan, echoed the consensus of local officials on Thursday, saying simply, "There will be a storm of this magnitude again." "
I had thinked about it.But I can not! And I had came in Van Cortlandt Park.The huge tree have been everywhere on the road, it had been looked like apokalypsis - like some creatures from another planet had been destroying our planet.And suddenly I had realized, that we are that creatures, that had trying to destroing our beatiful unique earth. Yes, it was us...
Yes, Mr Obama had been right, saying:"climate change was a threat to our children's future, and we owe it to them to do something about it."
I had returned back to my cold apartment, had prepared chili:
(1 pound beef stew meat,beef stock,1 pound groung beef, 1 can kidney beans, 1 can black beans, diced tomatoes, chipotle peppers in adobe sause, garlic cloves)
This chili really had helped me to "survive in brutally cold apartment in Bronx"
November 2.I had invited two people from Bronx shelter to dinner.In their shelter no electricity, no food.On the table I had put chicken:( 4 chicken breasts, chicken broth, celery, potatoes, carrots on the bottom of a roasting pan.Chicken have to be rubbed under the skin by clove, dried sage, dried rosemary, 2 tbspoon of vodka) The smell had been terrible delisious, and my apartment had been warm and my guests had felt welcome and comfortable.


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Why Artemis?
ESA's Artemis spacecraft will further develop European capabilities in satellite communications, testing new technologies and acting as a relay platform to improve existing services to other satellites and systems.
As well as demonstrating new kinds of mobile communications satellite services and providing direct satellite-to-satellite communications, Artemis will support development of a European satellite navigation system.
The spacecraft also has ion propulsion thrusters that will allow it to maintain a precise orbital position without having to carry large amounts of chemical propellant.
Artemis has a planned lifetime of ten years and will perform three specific functions:
- provide voice and data communications between mobile terminals, mainly for cars, trucks, trains or boats
- broadcast accurate navigation information as an element of EGNOS, a European satellite system designed to augment US Global Positioning Satellites and a similar Russian system known as Glonass
- send high data rate communications directly between satellites in low Earth orbit and the ground
Artemis is due to be launched by Ariane 5 on 12 July from the European spaceport in French Guiana.


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Play postponed at NCAA men's golf regional until Friday
ERIE — Completion of the first round of the NCAA men's golf regional at Colorado National Golf Club was postponed until Friday due to inclement weather and saturated greens.
Play had been suspended at 3:40 p.m. Thursday with 33 of the 75 players still on the course. The round was announced as postponed an hour later.
Most players have three holes or fewer remaining in their first round.
Play will resume at 8 a.m. Friday.
The 54-hole event will conclude Saturday.
Top-ranked Oklahoma State leads team competition at 12 under par, four strokes ahead of second-place Auburn. Colorado State's Zahkai Brown, a sophomore from Arvada, tops the individual leader board at 7 under par. He completed 16 holes before the horn sounded.
"I thought we'd get in nine holes at most," said CSU coach Jamie Bermel, whose team sits in fourth place. "To be honest, when I woke up this morning I didn't think we'd play at all."
Thirteen teams are entered here. The top five will advance to the NCAA Championship tournament. The University of Denver is tied for ninth place but, like CSU, the Pioneers had their opening round interruped with several holes to play.