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I took another swig of crisp, clean German lager as I spied the nascent Oktoberfest fairgrounds across the street. Only the steel frames and brewery names were up – the stark beginnings of the world's biggest booze fest.
I knew I wouldn't be back to attend the festival this year, but had celebrated for a few hours on the Theresienwiese years before. So I could picture the famous festival in full swing – the carnival rides spinning, the lederhosen-ed men, the women in dirndl, the elaborately decorated beer tents fully adorned and packed with revelers. But now, in the construction phase, I saw it in a different way. I saw it as a massive investment; a colossal undertaking for an event that would run a mere two weeks.
Why? How did it all start? How much did it all cost?
"Tens of millions," my new German friend, Max, chimed in. "But it brings in over a billion."
I sipped from my stein of lager. It tasted great. Perfect, actually. Maybe it just seemed better because I was drinking it in Munich, a city rich in beer history and tradition. What that history was – aside from tourists getting rip-roaring drunk in beer halls like the Hofbrauhaus – had remained a mystery to me. It hit me that I'd never bothered to inquire, which made me feel like more of a dumb American than usual, so I asked.
"Max, this may be a stupid question," I said, "but why's there an Oktoberfest?"
"Excuse me," he said. "Can you repeat that?"
Up till that point, I'd assumed Max's English – like most Germans' – was more advanced than mine.
"Oktoberfest. What's the history?" I said. "Aside from a good excuse to get wasted."
Max told me and I listened like the student who'd missed a week of school and now desperately needed to catch up. He was an educated man, a convincing German from Munich, so I ate up every word.
"See that beer you're drinking," he said, "it all started here."
"Beer was invented in Munich?" I asked.
"No. Beer was first made in Mesopotamia and Egypt thousands of years ago. But Munich is where lager beer – what you are now drinking – was first made."
"That's why Oktoberfest is here?" I asked.
"No," he said, expressing a hint of exasperation with my ignorance. Then Max leaned forward and readjusted his position. "Well, perhaps... May I explain?"
"Please do."
Max explained, in near perfect English, that Munich brewers discovered the "bottom fermenting" method in the 15th century, which produced lager beers. This cold temperature brewing method differed from the traditional warm brewing method (top-fermenting) which produced ales. Since this was all pre-refrigerator, he said, during the warmer months barrels of beer were brewed in caverns in the Alps to produce lagers – cleaner beer, with presumably less bacteria than warm-brewed ales. Soon after, Bavarians passed the Reinheitsgebot beer purity laws (1516) which stated that the ingredients of beer be restricted to water, barley and hops, and set a standard for good, clean lager beer throughout southern Germany.
"Max," I said, "I really appreciate this, but I'm never gonna remember the details. How does this all relate to Oktoberfest?"
"Well," he said, "A few decades after the beer purity laws, summer brewing was outlawed in Bavaria. The rulers knew cold brewing made purer beer with cleaner qualities than top-fermented summer ales. The official brewing season was restricted between September and April, which meant that a large supply of beer would be stored in the chilly Alps during the summer."
I stared at my beer on the table in front of me, then at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds across the street; then at the faint outline of the Alps in the deep background. I was beginning to see where Max's story was headed.
"By the end of summer," Max continued, "the many barrels of lager remaining in the mountain caves were brought down into Munich and – with the knowledge that the new brewing season would begin – the old beer was consumed in celebration. I believe the festival was sponsored and encouraged by the king and nobles to keep the common people happy."
"Wow," I said. "That's really interesting – and makes sense." I drank the rest of my lager and felt much smarter than I had when I took my first sip.
That night – inside our spacious room at the Hotel Seibel which overlooked the Theresenweise – I shared my newly acquired knowledge with my girlfriend. She seemed impressed. So impressed that she immediately went to searching "Oktoberfest history" on Google and fact checking.
"I think Max's story is bullshit," she said after reading a bit.
I checked and, indeed, the information online said that the first Oktoberfest was held in October of 1810 to commemorate the wedding of a prince and princess. The citizens of Munich were invited to the royal wedding, which took place on the current Oktoberfest Theresenweise fairground. The public party happened there the following year and became an anniversary celebration of sorts, complete with a horseracing event. The addition of local brewery beer tents came decades later and Oktoberfest (as a beer festival) grew from there.
That was it. Nothing about beer purity laws, lagers, or the Alps. Nothing I read online resembled Max's version of history. But I much preferred Max's explanation.
The next morning, as I gazed over the Theresienwiese fairgrounds from our hotel room, I remembered my one experience at Oktoberfest. I drank three steins that night, ate a huge pretzel, and was more full than drunk. I watched a person stand on a table in leiderhosen and dance, fall four feet down to the hard ground, get up, laugh, and continue dancing. I witnessed someone fall victim to an extreme gang-wedgey that ripped their underwear to shreds just because this unfortunate person was caught in the area of the beer tent where underwear was traditionally verboten. I remember loud, goofy German folk songs, international drunken diplomacy, and huge lines just to piss in a putrid fifty-meter long metal trough. I had no idea about the history or the breweries involved, or anything aside from what I believed at the time to be the whole point of Oktoberfest: to get sloshed. Shitfaced. Wasted.
Now, looking out over the mostly vacant and lifeless Theresienwiese, I finally had collected some background and solid facts about the grand event: Seven million visitors. Ten million liters of beer consumed. Over one billion dollars generated in two weeks. The biggest festival in the world. With knowledge comes respect, I gathered.
But why Oktoberfest?
I still didn't have a definitive answer. There was the online-trivia-short answer consensus, and then the more layered beer-based story that Max had told me. I wanted to believe it was a combination of both. But as I looked at the grand beer tents under construction and the otherwise barren Theresienwiese, I mainly wanted to attend the event again with a new sense of perspective. What's more, I wanted the experience, which is really the appealing thing – not the history outline; not the bullet-pointed facts; and not the red thumbtack stuck into a black dot on the "Places I've Been" world map on the wall. The rich history, the energy around the event, and the beauty of Munich got me excited about coming back in late September with new eyes; a new appreciation.
Oktoberfest – how's that for a spontaneous five-day trip!?
I asked the receptionist at our hotel – across the street from the fairgrounds – what the availability of rooms was during this year's Oktoberfest. Before looking at his booking calendar, he laughed.
"During Oktoberfest?!" You're about a year too late, my friend. We sold out six months ago."
He told me that there were still vacancies somewhere in Munich between September 21 and October 6, but not at his hotel – or any others in the neighborhood.
"Maybe I'll save it for next year," I told him, defeated.
But when I got back online later that day, I found myself distracted from my original task, instead drifting into a search for flights to Munich on Kayak.com and rooms on Booking.com. From what I gathered, a last minute trip to Oktoberfest would be quite expensive, but not impossible.
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MOSCOW, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the market for liquefied natural gas from Russia is outpacing traditional resources.
Russia is the largest natural gas producer in the world. Its ability to reach overseas markets with LNG is limited to one plant that's controlled by a Gazprom-led consortium.
Novak told Russian news agency RT that the LNG market was expanding quickly.
"The LNG market is developing fast and we forecast the consuming power to grow by 4-6 percent annually, while traditional gas consuming market is expected to grow by 2 percent until 2030," he said. "New technologies allow liquidizing gas and shipping it to any part of the world."
Russia's state-run Rosneft and independent gas producer Novatek aim to break Gazprom's hold on the LNG market as it expands.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was calling on lawmakers to think about a "step-by-step" process to liberalize the LNG market, RT adds.
Gazprom in January said it set up a joint venture with Novatek for the production of LNG from the Yamal Peninsula.

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Waste will continue until wasters are held accountable
Estimates by federal agencies that they in effect threw away nearly $100 billion last year should infuriate taxpayers. It is our hard-earned money, after all.
But of even more concern should be that the figure represents reports from the very agencies that wasted the money. Analysts at the Government Accountability Office – the bane of bureaucrats in many ways -say the true amount may be much higher.
Even by the agencies' own admissions, the waste is staggering – about half a trillion dollars during the past five years.
Government agencies scatter taxpayers' money to the winds in a variety of ways. Sometimes people who don't qualify for them get tax credits. Unemployment benefits can go to cheaters who have jobs. The food stamp program is rife with fraud.
And, of course, let us not forget government contractors who rip off taxpayers through methods such as underestimating the true cost of programs, selling the government goods and services it doesn't need, providing lousy service and in a hundred other shady ways. Bear in mind much of that waste is not counted because it does not officially represent payments that should not have been made.
A critical number was missing when members of Congress received a report on government waste last week. They were not told how many federal employees lost their jobs or were in especially egregious cases prosecuted for throwing away taxpayers' money.
That may be because the bureaucracy so seldom punishes those responsible for mismanagement. To the contrary, they often receive lavish "performance bonuses."
Until Congress demands that change – and presidents fire agency heads who do not comply – the monumental waste will continue unchecked.


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Natalie Valenti Talks Retail and Customer Care
Natalie Valenti, Sapphire Manager and number one Forever Business Owner in Scotland, offers an insight into how she looks after her customers and encourages retail sales…
I still make it my goal and job to retail at least 10CC of Forever products every single month; that's exactly what I did when I was an Assistant Supervisor and it's what I do now that I'm Sapphire. We are in the business of Direct Sales and it's our job to reach out to customers and build relationships with customers. You can control your income and earn money every single day simply by retailing a product; don't make the same mistake I did. When I first started I hid behind my laptop, but our job is not to sell things on Facebook. It's about getting out there and actually speaking to people, and that's when retailing will become something that's really good fun.
Here are my five favorite ways to retail products:
This is a traditional but effective way of direct sales and it should not be forgotten. Product parties are an income-producing activity that you should try and commit to doing once a month at home. Doing so has got me where I am in my business and it helps me reach my CC target, but you can't keep inviting the same people to the party. What I've started to do is partner with other local businesses; they bring their network and I bring mine. For example, I met a lady who makes her own soy-based candles so she and her clients came along to my party and we both shared what we do. I avoid partnering with people who are from other MLM companies and I also avoid partnering with people who are selling similar products.
If you are new, I encourage you to have two product launches in your first month; one in the evening and one in the afternoon. You could have an afternoon tea on a Sunday and an evening get-together on a Friday, but always invite people to both so they can choose which one to go to. Give them a start and an end time so that they know they can leave at a set point and use cue cards to prompt you on what to say about the products, because if your guests do decide to join, they will want to see that the activity is easy to recreate. You can also give goody bags out with samples in, but only do this at the end, after product has been purchased. It doesn't have to be an all-singing all-dancing event, just be proud of the products and passionate about the company.
What would you like your customers to experience and how would you like to be remembered? You can be extremely creative with grouping products together and how you present them to customers. My packs always include an Aloe Blossom Herbal Tea bag, a Ferrero Rocher and a magazine (Aloe Matters is perfect for this) because if I was having a pamper night at home with a face mask, I'd want a cup of tea, some chocolate and a good magazine! Always think about the experience that you are providing people.
You can present the products in different ways; some people like to use baskets, I personally like colored zip bags as they are fantastic to have in your car. When you're out and about and listening to people, you may hear someone mention something that makes you want to give them a product to try. That's where the experience packs come in handy – I would say, 'I hope you don't mind me eavesdropping, but I've got something in my car that would be absolutely fantastic for that'.
Experience packs are also great when people say no to the business opportunity. I always say, 'That's great; I know the business isn't for everybody, but the products are. Give me your address and I'll send you a little experience pack as a thank you.'
If you are leading with the business, you can always follow with the products!
The highest from a professional is a client referral. Word of mouth is everything and your customer care impacts this. Use this one simple line, 'who else do you know who you think might benefit?' Never say 'Do you know…' as they can say no, but 'who do you know' will lead to a referral. Nothing influences someone more than a recommendation from a trusted friend which is why trust and integrity in business is absolutely everything. Be a nice person everywhere you go as you never know where it may lead!
Pop-ups are something I came across by accident. I used to be a yoga teacher so now I go to yoga as much as I can. I went to a local yoga class about a year and a half ago and as I came out of the class we were given a shot of coconut water. I then started wondering whether I could do the same with aloe.
This has now become something that's huge in our team – it's cheaper and quicker than a table top but you don't just have to do it at sports and fitness classes. I've done it at parent/teacher meetings and toddler groups, but you do of course need to make sure you ask permission from the owner first. You don't actually have to sell anything, you just go with a tray of Forever Aloe Vera Gel / Argi+ / Forever Lite Ultra poured into disposable shot glasses and hand them out with business cards – I also offer out fruit in case they don't like the taste. These pop-ups help to create brand awareness and I don't mind being called the aloe lady!
Get yourself a product box – C9 / F15 / Vital5 / Touch of Forever / PUPP – and carry it around with you everywhere! Make that box your BFF. The box has to be full of product because the idea is that everywhere you go, people will ask you 'what's in the box?' My youngest, Rosa, hates this idea – she's desperate for me to pick her up from school without the box! I take it when I get my hair cut – I'm not joking – I take it when I go to the bank and I put it on the counter. By the time I've got my purse out of my bag the cashier will ask, 'What's in the box?' and I say, 'Let me show you…' This is an easy way of creating brand awareness and belief in the products.
Always have your business cards on you but if you don't, get their Facebook details and add them to your group. You never know where it may lead.
Customer service: Bad customer service can really impact someone's view of a brand. It's therefore important to really consider customer care by thinking about how you can make a difference to someone's day. Never take your customers for granted and make sure you are constant in their life as this builds trust.
Find your niche: You don't have to be an Aloe Vera expert. Instead try choosing five or ten top products that you can speak about passionately and with confidence.
Calendar year: Think about the products and where they fit into the calendar year; look at what is coming up, e.g. Mother's Day, Easter, etc.
Understand the RRP: The price of Forever products is as they are because they are extremely high quality. There are cheaper aloe products out there, but they are cheaper for a reason. Never undersell Forever products – you will only undercut yourself.
Your 'Who Do You Know?' list: Ensure your list includes local businesses where you know you can find people who would benefit from the products. For example, I know beauty salons will have people who would benefit from skincare. Write your local salon down and get yourself there!


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If you have kids – or you're just a kid at heart – Greater Grand Forks has tons of awesome activities and events!
If you have kids – or you're just a kid at heart – Greater Grand Forks has tons of awesome activities and events!
For outdoor fun, head to East Grand Forks and the brand new Sherlock Forest Playground. There are also several other parks, on both sides of the river, with great play equipment, basketball hoops and areas to rollerblade, skateboard, fly a kite or simply just frolic in the sun.
Feel like staying indoors? The Canad Inns Destination Center features an amazing water park and mega arcade for guests and non-guests alike. Pay a visit to the Northern Lights Model Railroad Museum or stop by the rock climbing wall located in the Grand Cities Mall. The First Seasons Community Center, sponsored by the Grand Forks Park District, offers indoor playground equipment and other fun things to occupy the day. The whole family will want to explore the Cabela's store in East Grand Forks. It features a 10,000 gallon aquarium filled with indigenous fish, a trout stream and numerous wild game mounts.
There are also plenty of special events coming up that both children and adults will enjoy:
-Preschool Story Time, every Tuesday, Grand Forks Public Library
-Story Time for Kids, every Tuesday-Thursday, East Grand Forks Public Library
-Toddler Story Time, every Thursday, Grand Forks Public Library
-Kids' Story Hour, every Saturday, Ferguson Books
-"Charlotte's Web", April 15, Chester Fritz Auditorium
-ArtWise Youth Art Show, April 17-19, Alerus Center
-Knight for a Princess Daddy-Daughter Dance, April 20 & 21, Alerus Center
-2012 UNDIA Powwow, April 20-22, Hyslop Sports Center
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-Shrine Circus, April 27-29, Ralph Engelstad Arena
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Now that it's summer, us cold-weather-city types want to spend every possible waking moment outdoors. But that separation from technology is sometimes just too hard to bear, which is where the Powerbrella comes in. Its solar panels keep your gadgets charged and ready to go.
The recyclable Powerbrella features solar panels on the top of the umbrella and outlets on the bottom to gather that beautiful sun and use it to power your gear. We're not really sure how much juice it could really provide, but it should definitely be enough to power, say, an iPod speaker dock. It's a great idea and one we'd totally use. [via Treehugger]


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Teams Surge To Top of Rankings
In the
midst of a significant heat wave striking much of the nation, three
of the hottest teams in the nation's summer college leagues have
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them, the No. 1-ranked Edenton Steamers (Coastal Plain), No. 2-ranked
Santa Barbara Foresters (California Collegiate) and No. 3-ranked
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Talib Zanna scored nine of his 14 points in overtime and No. 23 Pittsburgh rallied past Villanova 73-64 on Sunday.
Zanna added a career-high 19 rebounds for the Panthers (23-7, 11-6 Big East), who trailed by as much as nine in the second half. James Robinson also had 14 points for Pitt, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 33 seconds left in regulation and another in overtime that gave the Panthers a five-point lead.
Ryan Arcidiacono led Villanova with 23 points but the Wildcats (18-12, 9-8) let an opportunity to pad their NCAA tournament resume slip away in the final Big East game at Petersen Events Center.
Zanna, who has struggled the last two months, scored the first seven points of overtime and Pitt held on to win its third straight.
Tray Woodall scored 13 points and handed out 11 assists on Senior Day. Classmate and best friend Dante Taylor added seven points and six boards in a rare start and put an exclamation point on the victory with an emphatic dunk in the final seconds.
Taylor played 24 minutes while filling in for freshman center Steven Adams, who was forced to sit with a sprained left ankle.
The Wildcats led 35-26 the second half but couldn't make it stand up. Pitt rallied behind the play of Woodall and freshmen Durand Johnson and James Robinson.
Villanova appeared to be in control after Mouphtaou Yarou turned two straight possessions extended by offensive rebounds into buckets. The 6-foot-10 senior hit a pair of 17-footers, the second of which put Villanova up 56-52 with 1:21 to play.
Woodall countered with two free throws and after JayVaughn Pinkston made just 1 of 2 at the line, Robinson drilled a 3-pointer from the corner with 33 seconds to go that tied it at 57.
The Wildcats wound the clock down but Arcidiacono's runner in the lane glanced off Taylor's hands and out of bounds. Villanova inbounded underneath the basket, but the entry pass to squirted away from Pinkston as the clock wound down.
Zanna, who dominated during nonconference play but has almost disappeared the last two months, took over in overtime. He opened the extra session with a traditional three-point play then added two free throws and a short jumper to give Pitt a 64-57 lead.
Villanova pulled within 66-64 on a 3-pointer by Arcidiacono but Robinson responded by calmly draining a 3 from the left corner with 30 seconds left and the Wildcats never scored again.
The final regular season game in a rivalry that dates back to 1960 looked a lot like the 64 meetings that came before. Neither team could muster much momentum early as things turned physical quickly.
The first half featured more fouls (21) than field goals (18) as Pittsburgh was unable to maintain an emotional lift from Taylor, making his first start of the season on senior day with several members of his extended family in attendance for the first time.
Even with the 7-foot Adams out, Villanova opted to work from the outside in. Arcidiacono knocked down 3 3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes as the Wildcats — desperately trying to get back to the NCAA tournament after missing it last spring — took a 28-25 lead into the break.
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The girl is his.
That's what British ex-child star Mark Lester now says about Michael Jackson's 11-year-old daughter Paris -- and he'll take a paternity test to prove it.
The 51-year-old acupuncture specialist and godfather of all Michael Jackson's children told Britain's News of the World that he gave the King of Pop his semen back when Jackson was married to Debbie Rowe. He says in the print and accompanying video interview that Paris looks just like his other daughter Harriet.
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"It's been a secret for so long," Lester told News of the World. "In 1996 Michael asked me if I would give him my sperm and I said yes. It was a gift to him, no money was paid, it was something I was honored to do. He wanted children so badly."
Lester says that he decided to speak out -- until two weeks ago his wife never knew that he sired the Gloved One's young-un -- because he fears MJ's kids have become "isolated" since Katherine Jackson won permanent custody. He also said he is concerned that the children's grandmother appears to be pushing them to become Jehovah's Witnesses. That is not what Jackson, a friend for 25 years, would have wanted, Lester says.
"Up until Michael's memorial I was in touch with them on a weekly basis," he said. "I'm the Godparent to them and Michael was Godparent to all my four kids. Our two families spent a lot of time together, and had a lot fun together. Now I'm not able to have any communication with the children. My repeated phone calls aren't returned and emails go unanswered."
Lester shot to fame in 1967 for portraying orphan Oliver Twist in "Oliver!"


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A Maryland judge has spared a man time in state prison because of his short stature.
Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul A. Hackner sentenced 25-year-old Marcus Freeman to 15 years with all but 18 months suspended on Monday after Freeman pleaded guilty to assault.
Freeman will serve his time in county jail.
"I'm going to take a little mercy on you, because I think you're going to be lunchmeat in the Division of Correction," Hackner said, noting Freeman's 5 foot, 1 inch height.
Any sentence longer than 18 months must be served in a state prison.
Freeman pleaded guilty to assault and entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault in a triple stabbing on Aug. 10, The Capital of Annapolis reported.
An Alford plea is an admission that the state has enough evidence to convict. It is not an admission of guilt.
Prosecutors say that on Aug. 10, Freeman got into an argument with his then-girlfriend, Ymani Connor, and her friend, Stevon Mathis. They say he threw a bottle at Mathis, striking him in the face. They also say he stabbed Connor with a small knife, nicked his brother with the blade and then stabbed Mathis in the chest.
None of their injuries were life-threatening, The Capital of Annapolis reported.
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A Maryland judge has spared a man time in state prison because of his short stature.


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In contrast, 62 per cent of men think having kids has no effect on a father's career in architecture
In contrast, just 15 per cent of mothers feel that having children places men at a disadvantage in the profession.
The AJ Women in Architecture survey revealed the perceived effect of having children remains a strong source of anxiety among women in the profession: one respondent even said she had hidden the fact she had kids from her employer 'for fear it would hinder her career'.
Looking back at previous surveys, there has been a notable fall in the number of men who believe having children adversely affects a woman's career in architecture, down from 74 per cent in 2013 to 64 per cent in 2014, suggesting there may be a shift in the male perception of mothers in architecture. Almost an equal number (62 per cent) of men in 2014 thought having kids would have no effect on a father's career.
The number of female respondents with children working part-time has decreased by 14 points from last year – down from 46 per cent to 32 per cent. Of these part-time workers, 52 per cent earn less than £26,000. Fewer female senior staff are working part-time. The survey revealed that, while 56 per cent of female associates, directors and partners have children, of these, just 23 per cent work part-time.
Most of the women architects with children are between the ages of 36 and 40. Forty per cent of mothers say they had difficulty resuming their careers after the birth of their children. Many did not take the full amount of maternity leave available, with some taking less than two months. While just 13 per cent of architect fathers cut down their hours after having children, 42 per cent of mothers returned to the same job with reduced hours after having children. In the survey, part-time and flexible working is often described as being discouraged by employers, with some respondents saying they felt it was 'not necessarily welcomed', or that the 'office culture made it hard to take advantage of'.
Of architect-mothers, 14 per cent were sole practitioners, and 13 per cent had set up their own practice after the birth of their children. Many cited the flexibility of working for themselves as beneficial, with one respondent saying: 'As a sole practitioner I can tailor my schedule around my children, working at night if I can't work during the day.' Almost 10 per cent of new fathers set up on their own after having children, just 3 per cent fewer than mothers. Of those male respondents who went solo, most cited 'flexibility' as the reason. It suggests both sexes would benefit from a profession with more opportunities for flexible working in practice – a move likely to increase staff retention of parents in general and reduce the number of architects setting up alone.
Does your work provide any child-related benefits or other areas of support and understanding?
'Part time mothers are able to start and finish early but often work through lunch breaks to get work done.'
'We are just flexible. If something comes up and they need to leave the office to attend something then it is allowed.'
'Flexible hours and part time work are tolerated but not necessarily encourage of welcomed.'
'I have no benefits. I am self-employed, if I want compressed hours I have to pay more to collaborators.'
'Some young mothers have different schedules, like not working on Fridays. We also have a lactation room.'
'At university – yes. In practice – no.'
'In theory the company offers flexible hours and it is utilised in most studios in the company. In our studio it is frowned upon by the director in charge as he claims that we need to be available during the same periods as our clients. No other childcare support is offered. That fact that just 10 per cent of our workforce are female speaks volumes.'
'Benefits exist in theory but office culture makes it hard to take advantage of them.'
'Flexible working, compressed hours, childcare vouchers – whatever it takes to retain our people.'
'As a sole practitioner I can tailor my schedule around my children, working at night if I can't work during the day. It works for me. I don't know how women work in architecture otherwise.'
'Flexible schedules and a windowless room in the basement to pump breast milk – definitely provides support and understanding.'
'I have my own practice. I take the time I need for my kids. But I also take the hit with my practice: I can't carry a full project load and I have mixed success supporting employees.'
About the survey
More people than ever completed this year's AJ Women in Architecture online survey: 926 respondents took part – 710 women and 216 men.
Fifty-three per cent of all those who responded to the survey are architects, but it was also filled out by developers, PRs, consultants, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, academics and students, giving a broad insight into the way women are perceived across the industry.
The respondents are predominantly young – 80 per cent are under 40. Half of these are architects, including associates, directors, partners and sole practitioners. More than a third are students.
Of the architects who responded, almost a third are based in London; 24 per cent are in the rest of England, 8 per cent in Scotland, less than 1 per cent in Wales, 2 per cent in Northern Ireland, and 4 per cent are based in the rest of Europe.
Interestingly, the number of respondents completing the survey in the USA has increased sixfold, from just four per cent in 2013 to nearly a quarter – 24 per cent of responses – this year. The increase is likely linked to the impact of Denise Scott Brown's interview with the AJ last year, which sparked international coverage of the petition to have Scott Brown retroactively included in her partner Robert Venturi's 1991 Pritzker Prize win.
This survey, now in its third year, is a vital part of the AJ's on-going campaign to raise the status and profile of women in architecture. The data, collected annually, allows the AJ to track progress in perception, equal pay and position over time. The survey also informs the Women in Architecture campaign's focus for the coming year in response to concerns shared by women in the industry.
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SSA buying heat-treatment ovens to deal with pests
The SSA posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site on Aug. 19 that it wants to identify vendors selling a "Bed Bug Heat-Treatment Oven." The ovens can be used to kill bugs found in small- to medium-sized items.
The biting insects first invaded the SSA's offices in Queens in December 2009, when the SSA published a notice saying the bugs had infested seven large file cabinets covering five floors of the Jamaica, Queens, building.
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The current infestation affects "several offices" in the Queens building, an SSA executive said today. He asked not to be identified because he is not an official spokesman. The ovens would be used to treat items from those offices, such as clothing, books, papers, chairs and file cabinets, the executive said.
"The bedbugs have been found in a number of stores and government offices in New York," the SSA executive said. "We will address it as quickly as we can."
A call to the SSA public affairs office was not immediately returned.
Bedbugs are parasites feed on human blood that have been making a resurgence worldwide in the last decade as a result of widespread air travel. They typically live within mattresses, bed linens, furniture and clothing, but also can survive in books, papers, luggage and electronic items such as lamps and speakers.
Infestations are typically treated with pesticides and ovens.
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Using a burner and flame to remove the oxygen from enclosure of file cabinets in plastic will not work. There is still enough oxygen available for the insects. Insects don't breathe like vertebrates and that short time period without oxygen is not enough to asphyxiate them. Oxygen would also seep in over time: it really can't be hermetically sealed.
This is insane, I WOULD NOT WANT THIS ON ANYONE, I ended up getting bed bugs in my apartment, i almost lost my girlfriend over it. It is insane, i was so stressed out and going crazy, i only had about 10 they said when they came to treat, but i will not stay at a hotel.
If they are confined to file cabinets, create a sealed enclosure of large plastic bags, sealed to the floor with duct tape if formica or some such air tight surface is in place. If on carpet, you should bag the bottom surface. Place a candle 'cage' or other enclosed burner and light it. Use a burning system that will not melt or burn the bags or other flamable objects. Seal the bags and let it burn until the lack of oxygen snuffs the flame. I would only do this in an area with good ventilation. Repeat a few times over the course of a a week to snuff out the bedbugs as all the oxygen is burned. I would leave the seal in place for a half hour after each burn to give time for the bugs to suffocate. This is a thought exercise rather than a tested or proven technique but it should get rid of any pests. It will knock down adult bedbugs, allowing handling to eliminate any remaining eggs.
Read in a major newspaper: most bedbugs are found coming from the New York City Area than any other in the USA, according to pest control company Terminex. Now, still yet another bad thing coming OUT of that city--glad I never lived nor stayed there!
Using an "oven" to kill bed bugs is the right direction, but not well thought through. If you've found bed bugs in file cabinets or other small places, the chances are EXCELLENT that they're already hiding in cracks, crevices, under carpeting, in electronics, etc. Heat is definitely the correct methodology,but you need to heat the entire structure/series of offices, etc. to kill the bug where you can't see them. Go to www.thermapure.com for more info. We have highly trained, ThermaPureHeat (the originator!) in New York!
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Iranian Personalities
Dr. Ali Shariati
Dr. Ali Shariati Ali Shariati was born in 1933 in Mazinan, a suburb of Mashhad, Iran. He completed his elementary and high school in Mashhad. He later attended Teacher Training College. He was graduated from college in 1960, and on a scholarship he pursued graduate studies in France. Shariati received his doctorate in sociology in 1964 from Sorbonne University.
When he returned to Iran he was arrested at the border and imprisoned on the charges that he had participated in political activities while studying in France. He was released in 1965, and began teaching again at Mashhad University.
As a Muslim sociologist, he sought to explain the problems of Muslim societies in the light of Islamic principles-explaining them and discussing them with his students. Very soon he gained popularity with the students and among the religious classes in Iran. For this reason, the regime of Shah felt obliged to discontinue his courses at the university.
Then he was transferred to Teheran. There, Dr. Shariati continued his very active career. His lectures at Houssein-e Ershad Religious Institute attracted not only students who registered in his summer classes, but also many thousands of people from different backgrounds who were fascinated by his Islamic teachings.
Faced with the success of Dr. Shariati's courses, the Iranian police surrounded Houssein-e Ershad Institute, arrested many of his followers and thereby put an end to his activities. For the second time, he underwent an eighteen-month prison term under extremely harsh conditions. Popular pressure and international protests obliged the Iranian regime to release Dr. Shariati on March 20, 1975. However, he remained under close surveillance by the SAVAK (Iranian Security Agency of Iran).
Since he could neither publish his thoughts nor contact his students. Under such stifling conditions according to his believe and the teachings of the Quran he decided to migrate out of the country. He went to England but was found dead three weeks later in his apartment on June 19, 1977. It is widely believed that he was murdered by the SAVAK (Iranian Security Agency of Iran).
Dr. Shariati studied and experienced many philosophical, theological and social schools of thought with an Islamic view. He was neither a reactionary fanatic who opposed anything that was new without any knowledge nor was he of the so-called westernised intellectuals who imitated the west without independent judgment.
Dr. Shariati wrote many books. In all his writings, he tried to present a clear and genuine picture of Islam. He strongly believed that if the intellectual and new generation realized the truth of this faith, attempts toward social change would be successful.
He began his Islamic revival with enlightenment of the masses, particularly the youth. He believed that if the masses and particularly the youth had true faith, they would totally dedicate themselves and become active and Mujahid elements who would give every thing including their lives for their ideals.
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Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation will form an integral part of the management of this programme as a way of enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. Information derived from this process will enable the fine-tuning of the entire programme, with the aim of establishing the extent to which the envisaged activities are met within the set timeframes, using allocated resources. Results-Based Monitoring & Evaluation will be useful in helping identify challenges and emerging trends in Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative of the IGAD region. The RBM&E Framework assumes periodic analysis and reporting, which will give member states and stakeholders time to assess results and initiate action where necessary.
Programme monitoring will provide a mechanism for the early indication of progress or lack thereof, in the attainment of results. Focused at the level of programme outputs by project (as outlined in the programme logical framework and implementation plan), it will assess efficiency, execution, compliance with procedures and seek to reveal "what happened", what is working and what is not working and why. Effective monitoring will enable an assessment of programme execution performance by project against parameters defined in the baseline programme plan by project, thus enabling corrective actions, where necessary. The programme will adopt gender sensitive monitoring practices throughout the entire programme life cycle and will consolidate resultant programme monitoring information by specific project. Effective programme implementation, monitoring and reporting will yield the required quality standards, and avoid cost and time schedule overruns.
The programme will be monitored at three levels:
- Compliance monitoring: This will assess compliance with the set policies, procedures and standards in executing programme activities in the key areas of intervention;
- Performance monitoring: This will measure progress in activity completion against the set resources, timeframes and plans towards desired results.
- Economic and Value For Money (VFM) data collection: This will ensure that the IDRRSI implementers collect accurate and complete sex disaggregated data before, during and after an intervention
Programme evaluation
This will involve the application of rigorous methods to assess the extent to which the programme has achieved its defined impact objectives. It will attempt to determine as systematically and objectively as possible, the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and impact (both intentional and unintentional) of the programme in the context of its stated objectives. Focused at the level of outcomes and results of the intervention, it will ask the question "why did it happen or not". In evaluating the project the issue of causality will be examined, that is, the causal relationships between outputs, purpose and goal.
The programme will be evaluated based on the project logical framework and the evaluation should be carried at three levels:
- Efficiency testing: This will ascertain whether the programme is on course to attain the intended goals, and if not, establish why.
- Impact testing: This will establish the project's effect against pre-determined gender sensitive indicators on the intended beneficiaries/stakeholders
- Economic and Value For Money analysis: This will establish the cost of delivery and value of the benefits accruing to the intended target communities.
External Mid-Term Review
There will be a programme mid-term evaluation to assess the programme's progress in attaining set objectives at its mid-point, thus providing an opportunity to review strategies and outputs.
Ex-Post Evaluation
At the end of each of the three 5-year programming cycles of the Strategic Plan, an end-term evaluation will be conducted in the period following programme completion. It is at this point that the expected impact shall be measured. Its purpose would be to study the programme's impact using defined gender sensitive performance indicators, and to draw conclusions for similar interventions in the future (lessons learned).
Feedback Mechanism
Feedback will consist of findings, conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned from programme implementation experience. This feedback will be used to improve performance, inform relevant policy formulation and decision-making, and the promotion of learning culture within the organization.
Information Sharing, Learning and Knowledge Generation
Evaluative knowledge distilled from lessons learned from the results-based monitoring and evaluation process will be documented and used as evidence-based good practices and promising technologies that illustrate why and how different strategies and approaches work under specific contexts. This invaluable information will be disseminated among stakeholders and academia partners at suitable forums.
Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation
The programme will adopt a systematic process of collecting and analyzing data to measure programme performance by project. Outputs will be tracked and their contributions to outcomes measured by assessing the change from baseline sex disaggregated conditions to desired outcomes. Baseline data will be established, performance outcome indicators selected and mechanisms such as field visits, stakeholder meetings, qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and reports done. This method and approach will enable the extraction of information related to the progress made towards the outcome, factors contributing to the outcome and the programme's contribution to the same. An assessment of performance through analysis and comparison of indicators over time will be undertaken.
Periodic Progress Reporting
Reporting will be an integral part of results-based monitoring and evaluation process and will involve the systematic and timely collation and provision of essential information at periodic intervals. Quarterly updates; bi annual and annual reports will be produced. The quarterly updates will briefly overview key project.


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- New York Times Q&A with Dr. Nancy Klimas - and check out the avalanche of comments!
- New Yorker follow-up interview with author Laura Hillenbrand
- Information directly from the Whittemore-Peterson Institute, including Q&A and results of a follow-up study showing XMRV occured in over 95% of the CFS, FM, and atypical MS patients tested.
- Information on XMRV testing, and an update, from CFS Warrior. Tests should be available in 30-45 days.
- XMRV statement from the UK's ME Association
- Statement about XMRV study by Dr. David Bell (Jamie and I have both been to see Dr. Bell; he's a wonderful, dedicated CFS expert)
I have had Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) since March 2002. Both of my sons also got ME/CFS at ages 6 and 10. Our younger son fully recovered after 10 years of mild illness. Our older son still has ME/CFS and also has Lyme disease plus two other tick infections. This blog is about how our family lives with chronic illness, with a focus on improving our conditions and enjoying our lives in spite of these challenges.
Friday, October 16, 2009
More Infrormation on XMRV Virus and CFS
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Thanks for posting those links. I'm so excited that Laura Hillenbrand is finishing a new book. I can't wait to read it!ReplyDelete
These are exciting times. Did you see the interview with Dr. Klimas?
NPR is having a retrovirologist on at 2:00 EST to discuss XMRV.
My Dr. prescribed LDN for me. Are you still taking it? Any tips?
I am trying to be cautiously optimistic about this development, but, right now, it really seems like such a big deal, a real 'game changer.' Here's hoping.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for posting these links, Sue. Dr. Klimas' comments in which she discussed her HIV patients (declaring they are hale and hearty compared to her CFS patients) was stunning. Of course, none of us wants to get into "comparing" levels of disability, but those types of comments do help us to be taken legitimately.ReplyDelete
I was also excited to hear that Laura Hillenbrand has a new book coming out despite the relapse she had. As you know, my book on living well with chronic illness has been accepted for publication (I'm waiting start the editing process). Reading about how Laura Hillenbrand struggles to write reminds me so much of how I struggled to get the manuscript finished, working too hard on some days and, as a result, not being to do anything on it for weeks at a time.


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LOVELAND — A Loveland man is the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in Larimer County, a spokeswoman for the county's Department of Health and Environment said Friday.
The man, who was not identified, began to show symptoms in early August, which meant he was likely infected in late July, according to department spokeswoman Jane Viste.
"The man did not need to be hospitalized and has recovered," she said in a press release.
West Nile virus is a disease carried by mosquitoes and spread by their bites. In many years, the first local human case will be reported earlier in the summer, but Viste said the first infected mosquitoes did not appear in local traps until the week of July 20.
Spraying for adult mosquitoes has been conducted in Loveland, and Larimer County crews performed the first spraying in southeast Fort Collins on Friday evening. More spraying is anticipated next week, too.
In addition to spraying, county health officials are reminding residents that the only way to prevent infection is to avoid mosquito bites.
Residents can do so by using proven repellents, covering up as much skin as possible when outdoors from dusk to dawn, draining standing water in gardens and yards, keeping window screens repaired and using netting to protect children in strollers.
For more information on West Nile, residents can go to the county's website, larimer.org/health.


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MIT Climbing Comp
Organized by our very own Emily Eros at Central Rock Gym, Watertown, the MIT Climbing Comp "Coefficients of Friction" was an awesome time for all. Here are some fun photos from the men's open category finals. Wish I had also been able to get some photos of the women's category, who crushed really hard!Read More


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Chacma baboon
The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviors, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology. In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, trapping and accidents, kill or remove many baboons from the wild, thereby reducing baboon numbers and disrupting their social structure.
|Chacma baboon[1]
|Male in Kruger National Park, South Africa
|Scientific classification
P. ursinus
|Binomial name
|Papio ursinus
(Kerr, 1792)
3 ssp., see text
|Geographic range
Due to hybridization between different baboon (Papio) populations across Africa, authors have occasionally grouped the entire radiation as a single species, the hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas. Arbitrary boundaries were then used to separate the populations into subspecies.[3] Other authors once considered the chacma baboon a subspecies of the yellow baboon, Papio cynocephalus, although it is now recognised as a separate species, Papio ursinus. The chacma baboon has two or three subspecies, depending on which classification is followed. Grubb et al. (2003) lists two subspecies,[4] while Groves (2005) in Mammal Species of the World listed three.[1] This article follows Groves (2005) and describes three distinct subspecies. In the Grubb et al. (2003) paper, P. u. raucana was believed to be synonymous with P. u. ursinus.[4]
- Papio ursinus ursinus Kerr, 1792 – Cape chacma (found in southern South Africa)
- P. ursinus griseipes Pocock, 1911 – Gray-footed chacma (found in northern South Africa to southern Zambia)
- P. ursinus raucana Shortridge, 1942 – Ruacana chacma (found from Namibia to southern Angola, but not accepted by all authorities as distinct.
P. u. ursinus
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Male P. u. griseipes
Chobe National Park, Botswana
Physical descriptionEdit
The chacma baboon is perhaps the longest species of monkey, with a male body length of 50–115 cm (20–45 in) and tail length of 45–84 cm (18–33 in).[5][6] It also one of the heaviest; the male weighs from 21 to 45 kg (46 to 99 lb) with an average of 31.8 kg (70 lb). Baboons are sexually dimorphic, and females are considerably smaller than males. The female chacma weighs from 12 to 25 kg (26 to 55 lb), with an average of 15.4 kg (34 lb).[7][8][9][10] It is similar in size to the olive baboon, averaging slightly higher in mean body mass, and of similar weight to the more compact mandrill, the males of which weigh on average about 1 kg (2.2 lb) more than a chacma baboon, the females weigh 3 kg (6.6 lb) less than the female chacma. While the mandrill is usually crowned the largest of all modern monkeys, going on total length and average (but not maximum) body weight between the sexes, the chacma baboon appears to be the largest extant monkey.[9][11] The chacma baboon is generally dark brown to gray in color, with a patch of rough hair on the nape of its neck. Unlike the males of northern baboon species (the Guinea, hamadryas, and olive baboons), chacma males do not have a mane. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of this baboon is its long, downward-sloping face.[12][13] The canine teeth of male chacma baboons have a mean length of 3.86 ± 0.30 cm (1.52 ± 0.12 in) at the time they emigrate from their natal troop. This is the time of greatest tooth length as the teeth tend to wear or be broken thereafter.[14]
The three subspecies are differentiated by size and color. The Cape chacma is a large, heavy, dark-brown, and has black feet. The gray-footed chacma is slightly smaller than the Cape chacma, lighter in color and build, and has gray feet. The Ruacana chacma generally appears to be a smaller, less darkly colored version of the Cape chacma.
Habitat and distributionEdit
The chacma baboon inhabits a wide array of habitats including woodland, savanna, steppes, and subdesert, from the grassy alpine slopes of the Drakensberg to the Kalahari desert.[2] During the night, the chacma baboon needs steep hills, high cliffs or rocks, or large trees in which to sleep. During the day water availability may limit its range in arid areas.[2] It is found in southern Africa, ranging from South Africa north to Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique. The subspecies are divided across this range. The Cape chacma is found in southern South Africa; the gray-footed chacma, is present from northern South Africa, through the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique (south of the Zambezi), to southwest Zambia; and the Ruacana chacma is found in northern Namibia and southern Angola.[2]
The chacma baboon is an omnivorous opportunistic feeder with a preference for fruits, while also eating insects, seeds, grass, rodents, birds, small antelope and fungi (the desert truffle Kalaharituber pfeilii) They are fond of crops and will also kill and eat sheep, goats and poultry. They are considered vermin by most African farmers.[15] At the Cape of Good Hope in particular, chacma baboons are also known for taking shellfish and other small marine invertebrates.[16] It is generally a scavenger when it comes to game meat, and rarely engages in hunting large animals. One incident of a chacma baboon killing a human infant has been reported, but the event is so rare, the locals believed it was due to witchcraft.[17] Normally, chacma baboons will flee at the approach of humans, though this is changing due to the easy availability of food near human dwellings.[18]
Social organizationEdit
The chacma baboon usually lives in social groups, called troops, which are composed of multiple adult males, adult females, and their offspring. Occasionally, however, very small groups form that consist of only a single adult male and several adult females.[19] Chacma troops are characterized by a dominance hierarchy. Female ranking within the troop is inherited through the mother and remains relatively fixed, while male ranking is often in flux, especially when the dominant male is replaced. Chacmas are unusual among baboons in that neither males nor females form strong relationships with members of the same sex. Instead, the strongest social bonds are often between unrelated adult males and females. Infanticide is also more common among Chacmas compared to other baboon species, as newly dominant males will often attempt to kill infant or young baboons sired by the previously dominant male.[20] Baboon troops possess a complex group behavior and communicate by means of body attitudes, facial expressions, vocalizations and touch.
Morning dispersal patternsEdit
The chacma baboon often sleeps in large groups on high rocks, cliffs or in trees at night to avoid predators. The morning dispersal from the sleeping site is synchronized, with all members leaving at the same time. In most cases, dispersal is initiated by a single individual, and the other members of the group decide whether or not to follow. At least five followers must be recruited for a successful dispersal initiation, and not all initiation attempts are successful. Surprisingly, the initiator's dominance status shows little correlation with successful initiation of departure; more-dominant individuals are no more likely to lead a successful departure than subordinate individuals. One study has shown that while the success rate of dispersal initiation attempts is relatively constant across all sexes, male are more likely to attempt initiation than females, and lactating females are less likely to attempt initiation than females without dependent offspring.[21] A separate study has achieved slightly different results. While dominance hierarchy does not play a significant role in initiating the morning dispersal, social affiliation does. Chacma baboons that play a more central role in the group (as measured by grooming behavior and time spent with other members) are more likely to be followed during the morning dispersal. This study concluded that group members are more likely to follow the behavior of individuals with which they are closely affiliated.[22]
Foraging behaviorEdit
Dominance does play a role in group foraging decisions. A dominant individual (usually the alpha male) leads the group to easily monopolized resources. The group usually follows, even though many subordinate members cannot gain access to that particular resource. As in morning dispersal, the inclination of group members to follow the leader is positively associated with social interactions with that dominant individual.[23]
Collective foraging behavior, with many individuals taking advantage of the same resource at once, has also been observed. However, this behavior can be chiefly attributed to shared dietary needs rather than social affiliation. Pregnant females, who share similar dietary needs, are more likely to synchronize their behavior than fertile females. Foraging synchronization decreases in areas with lower food density.[24]
Adoption behavior has been observed in chacma baboons. Orphaned baboons whose mothers have disappeared or died are often too small to care for themselves. In one study of nine natural orphans and three introduced orphans, all but one orphan were adopted by another member of the group. The individual that was not adopted was 16 months old, four months older than the next oldest orphan, and was old enough to survive on its own. Adoption behavior includes sleeping close to the orphaned infant, grooming and carrying the orphan, and protecting it from harassment by other members of the troop. Both males and females care for infants, and care does not depend on the infant's sex. Additionally, all caregivers are prereproductive, only four or five years of age. The two major theories explaining this behavior are kin selection, in which caregivers take care of potentially related orphans, and parental practice, in which young caregivers increase their own fitness by using an orphan to practice their own parental skills.[25]
Males and female chacma baboons often form relationships referred to as "friendships". These cooperative relationships generally occur between lactating females and adult males. The females are believed to seek out male friendships to gain protection from infanticide. In many baboon species, immigrant alpha males often practice infanticide upon arrival in a new troop. By killing unrelated infants, the new male shortens the time until he can mate with the females of the troop. A female with dependent offspring generally does not become sexually receptive until she weans her offspring at around 12 months of age. However, a mother usually becomes sexually receptive shortly after the death of her offspring.[26]
This protection hypothesis is supported by studies of stress hormones in female baboons during changes in the male hierarchy. When an immigrant male ascends to the top of the male dominance hierarchy, stress hormones in lactating and pregnant females increases, while stress hormones in females not at risk of infanticide stay the same. Additionally, females in friendships with males exhibit a smaller rise in stress hormones than do females without male friends.[27]
The benefits of friendship to males are less clear. A male is more likely to enter into friendships with females with which he has mated, which indicates males might enter into friendships to protect their own offspring and not just to protect that female's future reproductive success.[28] These friendships may play a role in the mating system of chacma baboons. A female will often mate with several males, which increases the number of potential fathers for her offspring and increases the chances she will be able to find at least one friend to protect her infants.[29]
Female chacma baboons have been observed to compete with each other for male friends. This may be the result of one male having a high probability of paternity with multiple females. These competitions are heavily influenced by the female dominance hierarchy, with dominant females displacing subordinate females in friendships with males. Generally, when a more-dominant female attempts to make friends with an individual which is already the friend of a subordinate female, the subordinate female reduces grooming and spatial proximity to that male, potentially leaving her offspring at higher risk of infanticide.[30]
Relationship with humansEdit
The chacma baboon is widespread and does not rank among threatened animal species. However, in some confined locations, such as South Africa's Southern Cape Peninsula, local populations are dwindling due to habitat loss and predation from other protected species, such as leopards and lions.[31] Many troops have become a suburban menace in their search for food, overturning garbage cans, literally breaking into houses and cars, and even taking food directly from people. These troops can be aggressive and dangerous, and such negative encounters have resulted in the baboons being hunted and poisoned by frustrated local residents. This isolated population is thought to face extinction within 10 years.[18]
The chacma is listed under Appendix II of CITES as it occurs in many protected areas across its range.[2] The only area in South Africa where they are monitored is in the Cape Peninsula, where they are protected.
Observations by those working hands-on in South Africa's rehabilitation centers have found this species is damaged by human intervention; troop structures are influenced, and over the years a significant loss in numbers has occurred. Because they live near and invade human habitats, baboons are regularly shot, poisoned, electrocuted, beaten, run over, and captured for the pet industry, research laboratories and muthi (medicine).[32] Despite this, assessors working for the IUCN believe there are no major threats that could result in a range-wide decline of the species.[2]
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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The Ford archives, along with the Henry Ford Museum are dedicated to making the past more accessible for generations to come. The current goal is to bring key materials, including millions of assets from the Ford archives and the Henry Ford museum, to the internet starting early next year.
Focused on preserving its rich history, the Ford Motor Company would like to share its collection for everyone worldwide. Everything from papers that crossed Henry Ford's desk to Mustang heritage photography; it will all be archived into a digital format on the Internet. One such topic that will be of significant interest for historians worldwide, beyond those interested in the Ford brand, are the 450 rolls of film from the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.
Henry Ford and his wife Clara were considered amateur archivists. The collection they started has been under strict lock-and-key supervision, not open to the public, for decades. It includes 1,600 cubic feet of photographs, films, documents, advertisements, press materials, countless historic Ford and Lincoln advertising images, and product brochures. Most notably from the collection is a specific letter signed by Henry Ford when he handed leadership of the company to his grandson Henry Ford II.
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HINGHAM – An expert hired by the town has set a value of $58,629,875 on the local assets of the Aquarion Water Co.
The valuation report was filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court as part of the town's efforts to acquire the company, which provides water to Hingham, Hull and North Cohasset.
The report was done by Carl Jenkins of Duff & Phelps LLC, which provides financial advisory and investment banking services.
Town Manager Ted Alexiades said the court had given the town until Monday to submit testimony from its expert witness in the case.
Jenkins is certified public accountant accredited in business valuation, according to his biography on the company's website. He has three decades of experience, and has testified in both state and federal courts.
He arrived at the value based on the equity invested by Aquarion. Other valuation methods, including calculating the equity invested into the water system by all owners since 1879, produced lower figures: from $51.7 million to $58.4 million.
A copy of the report is posted the town's website, hingham-ma.com.
"We appreciate the excellent work done for the town by Mr. Jenkins and Duff & Phelps," Selectmen Chairwoman Irma Lauter said.
Ed Siegfried, a member of the town's water company acquisition committee, said purchasing the system at Jenkins estimated value would save local water customers more than $55 million over 20 years.
John Walsh, Aquarion's vice president of operations, declined comment on the report, saying he hadn't seen it. He said the company's own study places the value at $184 million.
Alexiades said Jenkins supports the positions of the water company acquisition committee.
"I think it's a complete justification of the hard work the committee has been doing for two years," he said.
A trial in the case is expected either late this year or early next year, he said.
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A New York City lifeguard who was called a hero for rescuing several people during superstorm Sandy drowned while surfing off a popular beach town in Puerto Rico.
According to police, the body of 23-year-old Dylan Smith was found floating Sunday morning near his surfboard in waters off Maria's Beach in the western Puerto Rican community of Rincon. The town's beaches attract surfers from across the world.
The night of the storm, Smith, who is from Belle Harbor, Queens, helped rescue six people using a homemade rope bridge and his surfboard as fires spread across the flooded Rockaway Peninsula. Smith was recently selected as one of People Magazine's Heroes of 2012.
Authorities say a local resident spotted Smith in the water Sunday and brought him to shore. A local doctor tried to resuscitate him but the surfer showed no signs of life.
Smith's family and friends expressed sorrow Monday that someone who saved so many lives during the October storm could lose his own on vacation. A local funeral parlor said funeral arrangements were being made.


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Vermont's new state auditor says he's going to examine five areas of state government to make sure the state is getting the most for its money.
Auditor Doug Hoffer announced Wednesday he plans to examine the Department of Correction's three-year $53 million contract for health care services; two contracts in the Transportation Agency; the Agency of Administration's worker's compensation and injury prevent program and the cost effectiveness of state-issued cell phones.
Hoffer took office last month.
Hoffer says his office will also audit the state's "last mile" telecom project and the health information technology investments, but those audits will require considerable background research and analysis before his office can determine specific objectives.


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More hilarity courtesy of the GMD's devotion to Xenu – yet another video has surfaced of Tom receiving the IAS Freedom Medal of Valour Award at some Scientology clusterf&ck (???) and saluting a huge portrait of L Ron Hubbard on stage. Like Top Gun all over again. Except this time we're fighting aliens and no hot men playing beach volleyball.
But it's the voice-over that kills me. No seriously… are they serious? This is the kind of voice normally used in a parody – like a comedy sketch, like Saturday Night Live. And this is what they've chosen to sell their product? And they don't expect people to laugh?
Crazier still… their followers actually DON'T laugh. How can that voice not make you laugh??? Can you imagine being so devout, so brainwashed, so audited, scientologified that watching this doesn't make you laugh???
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Attached – photos of the GMD out and about yesterday with Little Sci and Jerry Seinfeld. I call it freak by association… not unlike the Hollywood Ebola Paris Hilton approach.
Don't you feel differently about Jerry now knowing that Tom Cruise did not hesitate to put his ethics in him?
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Hi Siinthd,
This is looking and sounding good.
The one thing that caught my ears is that throughout riffing in the first part Lian let's the open notes or chords ring as long as possible.
I think that in order to prepare your hands for the positions shifts, you don't let the notes ring out quite as much Lian - and therefore the melodic movement is not perceived as musical.
Overall you are doing good - and I am giving you an 8 on this level 3 lesson.
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Hi Siinthd!
You are doing a very good job with this one. There are not dramatic issues to fix here. Your palm muting and overal picking sounds good and consistent.
However, there is still a bit to do in order to get the most from this one. I notice that there are two elements that still have room for improvements: Rhythm and Dynamics. The things that I'll mark are very subtle so you need to compare both takes and listen with attention to the differences.
Regarding rhythm, if we take the first gallop setion, we can notice that your version is a bit "hurried" and sometimes the "gallop" doesn't jump. Listen to Lian's and see how his gallop jumps and sounds a bit reheated (I hope that this is the right English word). This rhythm also requires a specific dynamics work that accentuates the longest note of each pattern... Taa tatataaa tatataaa
Something similar happens with the fast section starting at 00:34. Here the main problem is that you play all the notes with the same intensity while you need to accentuate the first of each group of four 16th notes. This will make it sound more consistent and will help you to play it much tighter.
Again, this are not big issues but you need to work on them to take your rhythm skills to the next level.
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Hey there!
This is generally quite a good take but remember that double-tracking is a great opportunity to capture some inconsistencies in your playing (of this particular song of course). I think there are some irregularities in the strength of pal pressure and resting position of your right hand - not every note sound the same well muted - some of them are "over-percussionised". It means they lost too much of definition(rott note information) comparing to blank attack.
Sometimes when you press to hard with your palm, you loose controle over timming. This causes these little sync issues between both guitar tracks.
There are also some noises (scratching, cracking etc) that should not happen...or at least happen at the same time in both channels (if the particualr position shift actually makes impossible to avoid one)....but...they happen randomly so it leaves a feeling part of this could have been fixed.
I have no serious complaints about this take so I just got into details seeing you challenged the double-tracking. Besides these details it's a nice work
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I'm trying to use java.security to decrypt a 256-byte hexademical message encrypted with RSA as part of a college assignment but I've encountered problems when it comes to converting the hex to a byte array and passing it to a Cipher object.
I think the problem may have something to do with padding and the conversions between formats that I'm doing and since I don't really know much about dealing with bytes I've brickwalled after trying what I could think of and Googling for the answer.
I load up the modulus and exponent of a previously generated private key and generate a private key using those, which I'm pretty sure is working or is at least not the problem now.
Then I read in the 256-byte hex string from a file and convert it to decimal (which I'm pretty sure is the form java.security always expects). That seems to go perfectly fine.
Then, because the Cipher object expects a byte array to decrypt in its doFinal() method, I convert the decimal ciphertext into a byte array and I lose confidence in what's going on from there.
Here's the code snippet:
//Load and decrypt cipher text BufferedReader ctReader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( cipherTextFile ) ); String cText = ctReader.readLine(); BigInteger cipherBI = new BigInteger( cText, 16 ); cText = cipherBI.toString(); System.out.println( "cText(Dec): " + cText ); byte[] cTextBytes = cipherBI.toByteArray(); Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance( "RSA" ); cipher.init( Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, prKey ); byte[] cipherData = cipher.doFinal( cTextBytes, 0, 256 );
I read the ciphertext from the file, convert the hex string to a BigInteger and then create a byte array and set it to the BigInteger converted to a byte array.
I can't see where I went wrong there but after that, I get confused.
I initialize a Cipher with the "RSA" algorithm in DECRYPT_MODE with the previously loaded private key.
Then I call cipher.doFinal() on the byte array and store the result in another byte array which should be the decrypted message. The 2 other arguments are the input offset and length, which I set to 256.
When I run the program, I get an IllegalArgumentException on that last line, so I'm assuming there's something wrong with the byte representation of the ciphertext.
I'm thinking that maybe the conversion from hex to decimal and then to a byte array may have altered the length perhaps by eliminating zeros and so it's no longer 256 bytes and maybe that's the problem but I don't know. Also I thought maybe the algorithm was wrong so I tried using "RSA/ECB/NoPadding" but I get the same result and I'm really not entirely sure which I should using. Maybe I need to pad the byte array somehow?
Does anyone here have any experience with RSA and java.security? Or maybe I'm just making a general mistake converting a hex string to a byte array?


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Theatre Westminster embraces individuality, creativity, and uniqueness. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive ensemble of citizens, preparing students to engage thoughtfully in an ever-changing world by fostering an ethos of curiosity, discovery, and empathy. Theatre Westminster students focus on the creative process as a means to demonstrate excellence in production and scholarship. Upon completion of the program, students are equipped with practical, transferable, interdisciplinary skills to pursue graduate studies or careers in theatre and beyond.
What We Study
Theatre students explore theatre as a cultural institution while developing their craft in a rich educational setting and professional production environment. Most of the action happens in Westminster College's Beeghly Theater, an intimate 267-seat house. The proscenium stage is equipped with traps and a counterweight fly system. The adjoining scene shop, complete with power equipment and hand tools, provides space for the construction of sets. The lighting/sound control booth is equipped with a ETC Express 72/144 Control Console, a RAMSA sound mixer/control, digital recording, compact, and a multi-path amplification system. Most classes are held right in the theatre. Westminster offers courses in Acting, Voice, Theatre History, Dramatic Literature, Stagecraft, Lighting, and Design as well as courses in devised theatre and playwriting. The small student-to-faculty ratio guarantees individualized attention in the classroom and during productions. Students have interned at Disney World, Folger Theater in Washington, D.C., McCarter Theater in New Jersey, Pittsburgh Public Theater, The Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
Theatre students learn skills and that are respected beyond the classroom or stage, including critical thinking, research, analysis, oral/written communication, presentation, & problem solving. In 2001, Dr. Louis Catron of the College of William and Mary, identified twenty-five traits that make theatre majors attractive to employers, including: Self-Discipline, The Ability to Work Under Pressure, Adaptability and Flexibility, The Ability to Learn Quickly — AND Correctly, Initiative, Willingness to Work Cooperatively AND The Ability to Work Independently as just a few of the skills that make Theatre students attractive to employers inside and outside the profession.
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