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When people and lions collide, both suffer.
Lions are complicated creatures, magnificent at a distance yet fearsomely inconvenient to the rural peoples whose fate is to live among them. They are lords of the wild savanna but inimical to pastoralism and incompatible with farming. So it's no wonder their fortunes have trended downward for as long as human civilization has been trending up.
There's evidence across at least three continents of the lions' glory days and their decline. Chauvet Cave, in southern France, filled with vivid Paleolithic paintings of wildlife, shows us that lions inhabited Europe along with humans 30 millennia ago; the Book of Daniel suggests that lions lurked at the outskirts of Babylon in the sixth century B.C.; and there are reports of lions surviving in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran until well into the 19th or 20th centuries. Africa alone, during this long ebb, remained the reliable heartland.
But that has changed too. New surveys and estimates suggest that the lion has disappeared from about 80 percent of its African range. No one knows how many lions survive today in Africa—as many as 35,000?—because wild lions are difficult to count. Experts agree, though, that just within recent decades the overall total has declined significantly. The causes are multiple—including habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching of lion prey for bush meat, poachers' snares that catch lions instead, displacement of lion prey by livestock, disease, spearing or poisoning of lions in retaliation for livestock losses and attacks upon humans, ritual killing of lions (notably within the Maasai tradition), and unsustainable trophy hunting for lions, chiefly by affluent Americans.
The new assessments, compiled by scientists from Panthera (an international felid conservation group), Duke University, the National Geographic Society's Big Cats Initiative, and elsewhere, indicate that African lions now live in nearly 70 distinct areas (view map), the largest and most secure of which can be considered strongholds. But the smallest contain only tiny populations, isolated, genetically limited, and lacking viability for the long term. In other words, the African lion inhabits an archipelago of insular refuges, and more than a few of those marooned populations may soon go extinct.
What can be done to stanch the losses and reverse the trend? Some experts say we should focus efforts on the strongholds, such as the Serengeti ecosystem (spanning Tanzania to Kenya), the Selous ecosystem (southeastern Tanzania), the Ruaha-Rungwa (western Tanzania), the Okavango-Hwange (Botswana into Zimbabwe), and the Greater Limpopo (at the shared corners of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, including Kruger National Park). Those five ecosystems alone account for roughly half of Africa's lions, and each contains a genetically viable population. Craig Packer has offered a drastic suggestion for further protecting some strongholds: Fence them, or at least some of their margins. Investing conservation dollars in chain-link and posts, combined with adequate levels of patrolling and repair, he argues, is the best way to limit illegal entry into protected areas by herders, their livestock, and poachers, as well as reckless exit from those areas by lions.
Other experts strongly disagree. In fact, this fencing idea goes against three decades of conservation theory, which stresses the importance of connectedness among habitat patches. Packer knows that, and even he wouldn't put a fence across any valuable route of wildlife dispersal or migration. But consider, for instance, the western boundary of the Serengeti ecosystem, where the Maswa Game Reserve meets the Sukuma agricultural lands beyond. If you fly over that area at low elevation, you'll see the boundary as a stark edge, delineated by the slash of a red clay road. East of it lies the rolling green terrain of Maswa, covered with acacia woodlands and lush savanna, a virtual extension of Serengeti National Park. West of the road, in the Sukuma zone, you'll look down on mile after mile of cotton fields, cornfields, teams of oxen plowing bare dirt, paddies, and brown-and-white cows standing in pens. A fence along that boundary, as Packer asserts, could do no harm and possibly some good. It may be a special case, but it's enough to open a heated discussion.
Trophy hunting is also controversial. Does it contribute to population declines because of irresponsible overharvesting? Or does it effectively monetize the lion, bringing cash into local and national economies and providing an incentive for habitat protection and sustainable long-term management? The answer depends—on particulars of place, on which lions are targeted (old males or young ones), and on the integrity of management, both by the hunting operator and by the national wildlife agency. Certainly there are abuses—countries in which hunting concessions are granted corruptly, situations in which little or no hunting income reaches the local people who pay the real costs of living amid lions, concessions on which too many lions are killed. But in places such as Maswa Game Reserve—where hunts are scrupulously managed in cooperation with the Friedkin Conservation Fund, an organization that cares more about habitat protection than about revenue—the effect of a ban on hunting would be perverse.
Hunting of captive-bred lions released into fenced areas on private ranches, as now widely practiced in South Africa, raises a whole different set of questions. In a recent year 174 such lion-breeding ranches operated in the country, with a combined stock of more than 3,500 lions. Proponents argue that this industry may contribute to lion conservation by diverting trophy-hunt pressure from wild populations and by maintaining genetic diversity that could be needed later. Others fear it may undercut the economics of lion management in, say, Tanzania, by offering cheaper and easier ways to put a lion head on your rec-room wall.
And then there's the matter of what happens to the rest of the lion. The export of lion bones from South Africa to Asia, where they are sold as an alternative to tiger bones, constitutes a dangerous trend that surely increases demand.
Bottom line: Lion conservation is an intricate enterprise that must now reach across borders, across oceans, and across disciplines to confront a global market in dreams of the wild.
But conservation begins at home, among people for whom the sublime and terrifying wildness of a lion is no dream. One set of such people are the Maasai who inhabit group ranches bordering Amboseli National Park, on the thornbush plains of southern Kenya. Since 2007 a program there called Lion Guardians has recruited Maasai warriors—young men for whom lion killing has traditionally been part of a rite of passage known as olamayio—to serve instead as lion protectors. These men, paid salaries, trained in radiotelemetry and GPS use, track lions on a daily basis and prevent lion attacks on livestock. The program, small but astute, seems to be succeeding: Lion killings have decreased, and the role of Lion Guardian is now prestigious within those communities.
I spent a day recently with a Lion Guardian named Kamunu, roughly 30 years old, serious and steady, whose dark face tapered to a narrow chin and whose eyes seemed permanently squinted against sentiment and delusion. He wore a beaded necklace, beaded earrings, and a red shuka wrapped around him; a Maasai dagger was sheathed on his belt at one side, a cell phone at the other. Kamunu had personally killed five lions, he told me, all for olamayio, but he didn't intend to kill any more. He had learned that lions could be more valuable alive—in money from tourism, wages from Lion Guardians, and the food and education such cash could buy for a man's family.
We walked a long circuit that very hot day, winding through acacia bush, crossing a dry riverbed, Kamunu following lion spoor in the dust and me following him. Probably we traipsed about 16 miles. In the morning we tracked a lone adult, recognizable to Kamunu from its big pug as a certain problematic male. When we met a long line of cows headed for water, their bells clanking, attended by several Maasai boys, Kamunu warned the boys to stay clear of that lion.
Around midday he picked up a different trail, very fresh, left by a female with two cubs. We saw her flattened day bed in the herbage beneath a bush. We traced her sinuous route into a grove of scrubby myrrh trees that grew thicker as we went. Kamunu moved quietly. Finally we stopped. I saw nothing but vegetation and dirt.
They're very close, he explained. This is a good spot. No livestock nearby. We don't want to push any closer. We don't want to disturb them. No, we don't, I agreed.
"We think they are safe here," he told me. It's more than can be said for many African lions, but at that moment, in that place, it was enough.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.6 Pretoria Jun. 2010
South Africa's oldest hospital
Somerset Hospital, the oldest hospital in South Africa, has again been identified by the Western Cape Health Department as a target for closure, on the grounds that the area is considered to be well served by other institutions and there are more pressing needs for hospitals elsewhere. On the occasion of the hospital's 150th Anniversary in August 2009, Norman Levy presented an historical overview on which the paper in this issue is based.1
The original Somerset Hospital was built in 1818 at the initiative of Dr Samuel Bailey to serve Cape Town's civilian population, as the only hospitals at the time were for military, naval and government personnel. When that building became unsuitable the foundation stone of the 'New' Somerset Hospital was laid in 1859.
The New Somerset Hospital became the first centre for the teaching of clinical medicine in 1918. The seeds for this development had been sown in about 1840 by Dr Henry Bickersteth, who had been appointed to succeed Dr Bailey. The reputations of Somerset Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT) Medical School were greatly enhanced by the appointment in 1920 of the first three clinical professors: A W Falconer in Medicine, C M Saint in Surgery, and E C Crichton in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Somerset Hospital's prestige as a training centre for clinical medicine was lost when Groote Schuur Hospital opened in 1938. However, teaching was increasingly re-established and in 1954 a gynaecology ward was opened for the use of the Medical School. Dr Harry Jordaan became the first coloured registrar to be appointed by the UCT Medical School and also the first coloured honorary consultant in the gynaecology department at UCT.
Apartheid politics influenced the use of the hospital for teaching purposes and the racial allocation of its patients, and in keeping with these policies the new West Wing for white patients, adjacent to the existing Somerset Hospital, opened in 1973. However, there are also encouraging records of many courageous and dedicated doctors and nurses who provided excellent service to the community and teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Warfarin-induced skin necrosis
Warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is a rare complication of warfarin therapy, with an estimated prevalence of 0.01 - 0.1 in individuals receiving warfarin. Few cases have been reported worldwide. Bhaijee et al. report on one of the largest case series of WISN - 6 cases that occurred in 973 patients receiving warfarin therapy for venous thrombosis at G F Jooste Hospital, Cape Town.2 All occurred in HIV-1-infected women with microbiologically confirmed TB and venous thrombosis.
WISN is associated with high morbidity, often necessitating aggressive surgical intervention, and may be fatal in the absence of early accurate diagnosis and treatment. WISN typically occurs in obese perimenopausal women who are receiving anticoagulant therapy for deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism. Women are affected more frequently than men. About 90% of affected patients develop symptoms between the 3rd and 6th day of warfarin therapy. Classic histological features of WSIN include full-thickness epidermal necrosis and thrombosed vessels in the dermis.
HIV infection is an acknowledged risk factor for venous thrombo-embolism, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis may present clinically as DVT. Various aspects of these clotting mechanisms and their management are discussed.
Mercury exposure and small-scale goldmines
Coal combustion and goldmining are sources of mercury pollution, other sources of exposure including releases from dental fillings containing mercury, consumption of contaminated fish, and breakage of mercury-containing devices such as thermometers and fluorescent lights. It is estimated that gold production from large- and small-scale mining in Africa accounts for about 45% of total mercury emissions on the continent. Mercury is toxic even at low concentrations, particularly the organic form, methylmercury. Oosthuizen et al. report on their study to establish whether a community in a goldmining area in which there were potentially also small-scale goldmining activities was exposed to mercury.3
Gold amalgamation is popular among small-scale goldminers because it efficiently extracts fine gold particles from the mining concentrates and the equipment is inexpensive. It is an important source of mercury emitted into the environment. The authors describe the difficulty of determining whether or not individuals are involved in smallscale goldmining, as this is usually illegal. Their findings of high levels of mercury in some blood and urine samples lead them to conclude that some individuals in their study may be occupationally exposed to mercury
Neglect of water/sanitation systems
South Africans have taken for granted the overall excellent quality of our drinking water and sanitation services. The health of communities and ourselves as individuals is critically dependent on these services. SAMJ news editor Chris Bateman brings us the latest on the serious neglect of these matters.4 It makes sobering and frightening reading.
1. Levy N. Somerset Hospital: South Africa's oldest hospital. S Afr Med J 2010; 100: 358-360. [ Links ]
2. Bhaijee F, Wainwright H, Meintjes G, et al. Warfarin-induced skin necrosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis and venous thrombosis. S Afr Med J 2010; 100: 372-377. [ Links ]
3. Oosthuizen MA, John J, Somerset V. Mercury exposure in a low-income community in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2010; 100: 366-371. [ Links ]
4. Bateman C. Second report slams crippling neglect of water/sanitation systems. S Afr Med J 2010; 100: 342-344. [ Links ]


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The news came yesterday that Book 3 of The Legend of Korra was being pulled from Nickelodeon to air online. So of course the creators of the show had to address it at this morning's Comic-Con panel — which they did, before moving on to celebrate the show.
Co-creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino began the panel by addressing the news, in an obviously unplanned speech. First, Konietzko said that the move doesn't hurt the show because it's part of the move to digital shows and that the show does much better online then on Nickelodeon:
So obviously there's been a big shakeup. We wanted to address that quickly but we don't want to take too much time because we're here to have fun and we have stuff you guys haven't seen yet. But pulling it off the channel and moving it to digital exclusively is part of the huge sea change in the whole industry. I'm sure you've seen articles about cable numbers and streaming and companies doing their own content and all sorts of stuff. So obviously we're in the middle of a huge change. And things have changed just for us since we did in Avatar in 2005-2008 and then when we came back in 2012. And when Book 1 of Korra came out it did pretty good on TV but its online presence was just insane. Not only the chatter from all the fans but the actual numbers in terms of digital downloads and streaming, it's just been huge. And as the show's gone along, by Book 2, the numbers in the digital streaming greatly outweighed the channel .
He continued on to say that it's where it belongs but critiqued the way the announcement was made:
It's no secret that Avatar, especially Korra, is not typical Nickelodeon fare. And so they've had kind of a hard time fitting it into their programming. But basically the Book 2 finale, the numbers were insane when they streamed it, when it went on Nick.com. It was the biggest event they had that year. And that show, digital downloads for that season was amazing. And, as you've seen, not so much on the channel. So it's just part of this shift over.
It definitely caught us by surprise and it wasn't necessarily done in the smoothest way and that was upsetting to many of you and us as well.
So, we're moving over to digital. It's actually a plan that was in place earlier and it changed course and then went back in a bit of a messy way. But thanks for sticking with us.
So it sounds like Nickelodeon didn't exactly tell them they were doing this before moving ahead.
Concluding any remarks about the online move, DiMartino emphasized that the show's already mostly finished and nothing about the announcement will affect the story they're telling:
It won't effect what the show is or what stories we're telling. We've already written the scripts, we've finished all the pre-production, we're just doing post and Studio Mir is finishing the animation. Other than it not being on the Nickelodeon main channel nothing is changing. You get to see it, which is the important thing.
And that was it. They moved on to thank the audience, which had started lining up last night to see this panel and screened today's episode, which the audience loved. So, while there's some hinting that the move wasn't anything like planned, the creators are happy to get the opportunity to finish out the season.


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The game is to find out what to do with the stuff ... in very fine print. Now a good many of the purchasers of these one-person packages are actually one person. They are one person because their companion has left once again, or they never had anyone, or everyone else has died off, and with the passage of time their eyes are not good, even if both of them are operational.
If the maker of the product "believes" in it, he/she should surely want the message of what to do with it to be clear. So, to get at the mystery. While "Nutrition Facts" are in quite large print, and "Ingredients" are in capital letters, the finest print is reserved for what the hell to do with it to make it edible. By the time you scrutinize this minutiae, if your time is worth anything, you are better off to take a taxi to the nearest fast food outlet, because this cute package is sure as hell not fast food.
Skipping "For firmer rice, decrease water; for softer rice, increase water", you come to microwave instructions. By this time, you have had two drinks more than you should, and a couple of chocolate bars are starting to look good to you.
It seems that food purveyors spend zillions on experts to design everything, from recipes to more efficient packaging. Hell, I could do that, much better. Could you tell me where I apply? I'm tired of just working for a living.


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Glucksman Ireland House at New York University will host bestselling novelists, emerging talents, and critical thinkers for a day-long exploration of the new wave of Irish crime fiction—its roots, its American connections, and its unique power to draw attention to issues of social change and unrest—on Saturday, September 24, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Glucksman Ireland House at New York University will host bestselling novelists, emerging talents, and critical thinkers for a day-long exploration of the new wave of Irish crime fiction—its roots, its American connections, and its unique power to draw attention to issues of social change and unrest—on Saturday, September 24, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at its 1 Washington Mews location (at 5th Avenue). The event will be followed by a reception and book signing (5:45 to 7:00 p.m.)
"Down These Green Streets" is part of "Imagine Ireland," an initiative of Culture Ireland celebrating contemporary Irish arts in the U.S. in 2011.
Tickets are available through SmartTix.com or by calling SmartTix at 212.868.4444: $85.00 for a premium pass that includes the reception, or $65.00 for a day pass that includes only the day's program. Discounts are available for Glucksman Ireland House NYU members. Please see irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu or call 212.998.3950 for more information. Subway Lines: N, R (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place).
The day's panelists include:
· Alex Barclay, author of the Joe Lucchesi mysteries Darkhouse and The Caller and FBI thrillers Blood Runs Cold and Time of Death
· Colin Bateman, screenwriter and author of the Dan Starkey mysteries (Divorcing Jack), the Mystery Man novels, and The Gang With No Name books for children
· Declan Burke, editor of the anthology Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century, and author of several crime novels, most recently Absolute Zero Cool
· John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries (The Burning Soul, September 2011), The Book of Lost Things, and the Samuel Johnson adventures for young adults
· Pete Hamill, award-winning Irish-American journalist, essayist, educator, and author of 10 novels, most recently Tabloid City
· Arlene Hunt, author of six novels, including the acclaimed QuicK Investigation series; the seventh, The Chosen, will be published in October 2011
· Declan Hughes, playwright, co-founder of the Rough Magic theater company, and author of five Ed Loy PI novels, including the Edgar-nominated The Price of Blood
· Stuart Neville, bestselling author of The Ghosts of Belfast, Collusion, and the forthcoming Stolen Souls
· Peter Quinn, Irish-American political historian, speechwriter, and award-winning author of Banished Children of Eve, Hour of the Cat, The Man Who Never Returned and the non-fiction Looking For Jimmy: In Search of Irish America
· Ian Campbell Ross, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, and creator of Ireland's first university course on Detective Fiction
The event is supported by a grant from Culture Ireland.
About Glucksman Ireland House:
Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, Glucksman Ireland House is New York University's Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies and one of the top-ranked academic Irish Studies programs in the United States. It provides access to the best in Irish and Irish-American culture through innovative undergraduate and graduate academic curricula and extensive public programming. With faculty in Irish and Irish-American literature, history, music, language, and cultural studies, Glucksman Ireland House NYU provides its students and the community with an integrated approach to understanding the dynamic arts and humanities that represent Ireland and Irish-America's past, present, and future. Learn more about Glucksman Ireland House at http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu.


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Long-term opioid therapy is possible
In a recent Clinical Crossroads article Dr. Dan Alford from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) suggests that prescription opioid abuse can be minimized by monitoring patients closely for harm by using urine drug testing (UDT), pill counts, and reviewing prescription drug monitoring program data when available.
Approximately 100 million Americans have chronic pain. The safe and effective use of opioids for the management of chronic pain is complex. Clinicians must balance the goals of relieving pain and suffering while not harming the patient resulting in addiction and overdose.
The JAMA article describes a 71-year old man who had been treated for chronic low back pain since 1981. After getting no pain relief from non-opioids, he achieved pain control with long-term opioids. However a UDT found no opioid in his system on two occasions and his opioid was discontinued. He explained that he occasionally drinks alcohol and does not take his opioid medication when doing so.
"When a patient exhibits behavior for opioid misuse, the clinician should first confirm that the UDT was accurate. If confirmed, the clinician should interview the patient considering the full differential diagnosis for the behavior of concern. Once the etiology has been determined, a change in treatment plan may occur," explained Alford, an associate professor of medicine at BUSM and the Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program at BMC.
Alford stresses that monitoring for benefit includes measuring improvement in pain, function and quality of life. Monitoring for harm includes detecting opioid misuse through UDT, pill counts and use of state prescription drug monitoring programs.
Decisions to continue or discontinue opioids should be based on the risk-to-benefit ratio. "In this case of the patient with no opioid in his UDT if he was benefiting but taking less than prescribed, I would inquire about the status and safe storage of his extra medication. I would decrease his dose and schedule close follow up with random pill counts and UDT. If there was too much risk (misuse such as diversion) despite benefit, I would discontinue his opioid therapy as was done in this case," added Alford.
The Clinical Crossroads article featured in the March 6, 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).


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The parents of a SEAL lost in Afghanistan, on seeing the butchery of ISIS and President Barack Obama's decision not to respond, have written an open letter to him, via World Tribune. Here is their letter.
Billy and Karen Vaughn
After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of freelance war correspondent James Foley, I have been left with a level of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.
My offering was my only son—Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of SEAL Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying thirty Americans and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.
Many times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to choose his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My answer is simple.
Aaron Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And evil, once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so few are willing to look it in the eye. It is much simpler—much safer—to look the other way.
That is, unless you are the leader of the Free World.
As Commander-in-Chief, your actions—or lack thereof—Mr President, cost lives. As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole—not only in America's security—but the security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it.
Please vacate the people's house and allow a man or woman of courage and substance to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and regain the balance we, America, have provided throughout our great history.
Thanks to your "leadership" from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you happen to be on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What's been gained, you've lost. What's been lost, you've decimated. You've demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies. You've made a mockery of the title "President." And you've betrayed the nation for which my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very lives.
But this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile statement on Feb. 18, 2008, during the primary campaign—one that speaks volumes of your true convictions. "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country," she said.
I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs Obama. Oh, and you're welcome.
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that the world's last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled. Perhaps the better word is transformed—fundamentally transformed. Come to think of it, it's become difficult—if not impossible—to believe things haven't gone exactly as you planned, Mr President.
Amazingly, in five short years, your administration has lurched from one disaster to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan—with no plan on how to do so effectively. Also, the release of "the Taliban five" in exchange for one American—without consulting Congress—is also on your shoulders.
You have been at the helm during unprecedented national security leaks—including, but not limited to the outing of SEAL Team VI on the Bin laden raid, the outing of the Pakistani doctor who provided the intelligence for that raid, the outing of Afghanistan's CIA station chief, and the outing of your personal "kill list" to make you look tough. In addition, 75 percent of American deaths in Afghanistan and 83 percent of Americans-wounded-in-action have occurred on your watch, according to icasualties.org.
And now, we have this recent, heinous event: the beheading of an American citizen by a barbaric organization you foolishly referred to as "the JV team" in your statements to the New Yorker magazine in January.
You, sir, are the JV team. It's time for you to step down and allow a true leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters.
America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr President, are a bump in our road.
Obama's decision not to respond is embodied in his speech and question/answer period while he was traveling in Estonia. While there, Obama said his goal was to "degrade and destroy" ISIS. A few short minutes later, he said his goal was to render ISIS a "manageable problem."
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NEW YORK � March 27, 2007 � Bravo's hit series "Project Runway" won a GLAAD award for Outstanding Reality Program at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards last night. The honors were given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) in New York at the Marriott Marquis (3/26/07). This marks the first time "Project Runway" was nominated for a GLAAD award which recognizes and honors mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
Bravo's "Project Runway" style guru Tim Gunn accepted the award for the series and said, "I don't know whether people realize the seminal work of Bravo and, by definition Bravo's support of the LGBT community. Beginning with 'Queer Eye' and transcending to 'Project Runway' and 'Work Out,' Bravo's content dispels myths, challenges stereotypes and positions LGBT issues thoughtfully and respectfully. Winning this award is quite possibly my proudest moment."
Added Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick, "This GLAAD award recognizes Bravo's commitment to present our diverse and eclectic view of the world through the creativity of our programming."
Bravo garnered three of the five nominations in the Outstanding Reality Program category � "Project Runway," "Queer Eye" and "Work Out." CBS' "The Amazing Race" and "Big Brother: All-Stars" rounded out the list.
Casting for fashion designers is currently underway for season four of "Project Runway" in Los Angeles (Friday, March 30 � Sunday, April 1), Chicago (Tuesday, April 3), Miami (Thursday, April 5) and New York City (Saturday, April 7 - Monday, April 9). For more information, including location updates and official rules, interested candidates can log-on to www.BravoTV.com.
"Project Runway" pits aspiring designers in competition to become America's next great designer. Given surprising and imaginative challenges, limited budgets and time, designers rely on their creativity and skills to turn out high fashion garments that will impress a panel of industry luminaries. Opening a door into the notoriously exclusive world of fashion, the premier reality series has proven to be one of television's most talked-about shows and produced some of TV's most memorable personalities and unforgettable moments.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. For more information on the awards, visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards.
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On Wednesday morning, as we readied the kids for school amidst a few of the usual complaints about not wanting to go, I saw a headline on the cover of The New York Times: Taliban Gun Down a Girl Who Spoke Up for Rights. The Taliban claimed that 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai "ignored their warnings, and she left them no choice." They approached her school bus, asking for her by name, and shot her in the head for promoting girls' education.
After reading the article, I felt compelled to share Malala's story with my children. It was difficult for them to comprehend a world where men would try to kill a child whose only "crime" was the desire that she and others like her be allowed to go to school.
Malala's story stayed with them throughout the day, and that night they were full of questions. We learned about Malala together, watching her interviews and reading her diaries. Malala was just 11 years old when she began blogging for the BBC. She wrote of life under the Taliban, of trading in her school uniform for colorless plain clothes, of hiding books under her shawl, and eventually having to stop going to school entirely.
Our 8-year-old suggested that the world build a statue for Malala, and fittingly create a reading nook near it. Our 6-year-old asked the practical question of whether Malala had any pets, and if so, who would take care of them? She also asked about Malala's parents and if they were crying. We decided that they were, but not only for their daughter, also for children around the world denied this basic human right. Like Malala, her parents are icons of bravery and strength. Malala's father, also a long time champion for girls' education, is a school principal, teacher, and poet.
The following morning, the news showed pictures of children across Pakistan holding up Malala's picture at vigils and demonstrations, and praying in schools. My son worried that girls were going to be shot for standing up for Malala. I told him that they were aware of the danger, but publicly supporting her reflects how much Malala means to them. Malala's courage reminded all Pakistanis how important an education is. Her bravery inspired their own.
Still trying to understand, my children asked, "Why did those men think they needed to kill Malala?" I answered, "because an education is a powerful thing."
The shots fired on Malala struck the heart of the nation, and as the Taliban refuse to back down, so too do the people of Pakistan. This violent and hateful act seems to have accomplished the opposite of its intent, as Pakistanis rally to embrace Malala's principles and reject the tyranny of fear. A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said "let this be a lesson." Yes. Let this be a lesson—that an education is a basic human right, a right that Pakistan's daughters will not be denied.
As girls across Pakistan stand up to say "I am Malala," they do not stand alone. Mothers and teachers around the world are telling their children and students about Malala, and encouraging them to be a part of her movement for girls' education. Across Pakistan, a national movement has emerged to rebuild the schools and recommit to educate all children, including girls. This terrible event marks the beginning of a necessary revolution in girls' education.
Malala is proof that it only takes the voice of one brave person to inspire countless men, women, and children. In classrooms and at kitchen tables around the world, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are praying for Malala's swift recovery and committing themselves to carry her torch. As the Nobel Committee meets to determine the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, I imagine brave Malala will be given serious consideration.


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No transition plan without Assad, Syrian FM says
UNITED NATIONS - The Associated Press
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem gives an interview during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. AP Photo/Jason DeCrowSyria's government will not accept any transition peace plan that excludes President Bashar Assad, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told The Associated Press in an interview on Sept.28.
He spoke on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a day after the Security Council approved a resolution that obliges Syria's government to comply with an international plan to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal. The resolution also endorsed the outcome of the Geneva conference between the government and the opposition in June 2012, which called for the establishment of a transitional government with full executive powers.
The Syrian opposition, which has been embroiled in a bloody conflict with Assad's forces for two and a half years, has repeatedly said it will not take part in any transition government that includes the president.
The latest statement from al-Moallem could mean that efforts to organize a second meeting of the opposition and the government later this year in Geneva may fail.
"For the Syrian people, Bashar Assad is the elected president until mid-2014, when presidential elections will be held," al-Moallem said. Other candidates are welcome to run under the country's constitution, he added, stressing that only the Syrian people can choose their president, not outside governments or the opposition, which is based abroad.
Syria's opposition accuses Assad's government of carrying out a brutal campaign against Syrians that culminated in a nerve gas attack in suburbs of the capital, Damascus, on Aug. 21 that left hundreds dead.
The government denies its involvement in the attack, but it has since pledged to give up its stockpile of chemical weapons.
Al-Moallem also repeated his government's belief that its army is fighting terrorist elements affiliated with al-Qaida.
"Those terrorist elements are supported by neighboring countries like Turkey and Jordan and some Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar," al-Moallem said.
Iran has been a key supporter of Assad, and the opposition claims that elements of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the Tehran-supported Hezbollah are operating freely within Syria.
But al-Moallem said the warming of Iranian-U.S. relations over the past week is not a threat to his government. "We are happy about this rapprochement," he said. "This will have a positive impact on the American view of the region."


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Ethics Commission Faces Abortion Controversy
A political controversy involving the issue of abortion has erupted this summer at the state's ethics commission. It stems from whether some not-for-profit groups should be granted exemptions from publicly disclosing their donors.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, known as JCOPE, is charged with increasing financial transparency when it comes to politicians and the groups who lobby them.
But they decided, after holding a series of public hearings and months of deliberation, that some not for profit groups, known by their tax code designation as 501 4 (c)s, should not have to disclose their donors, because it might be dangerous.
The first group to ask for and receive an exemption is the New York chapter of NARAL Pro Choice, the abortion rights lobby group. NARAL's Andrea Miller says making the names public could be potentially harmful and discourage contributions. She says there's a documented, "deeply troubling history" of violence against groups that defend a woman's right to choose abortion, including murders of abortion providers, like Buffalo obstetrician Bernard Slepian, as well as clinic bombings, arsons and other threats.
She says recently the group's Facebook was hit with a "graphic video that was essentially an homage to people who have shot and killed abortion providers".
"It was genuinely terrifying to staff. We reported it to the FBI," Miller said. "And a month later this man was arrested for plotting to bomb an abortion clinic in North Carolina."
But, after the pro-choice group got permission from the ethics commission to keep its donor list private, the Republican Leader of the State Senate objected. Senator Dean Skelos wrote a letter to JCOPE, asking that the exemption be rescinded because, he said, it could allow NARAL to become a conduit for "anonymous political spending."
Skelos and other Republican Senators had been at odds with the group during the legislative session over a Women's Equality Act backed by Governor Cuomo that would in part codify the abortion rights in the federal Roe v Wade decision into New York law.
NARAL has already promised to spend money to campaign against some GOP Senators who were against the bill.
As the issue became more politically polarized, some ethics commissioners had second thoughts. At their summer meeting, they voiced reservations about whether any exemptions should have been granted. David Renzi was appointed by Republicans in the Assembly.
"Really, what we're talking about is potentially tens of millions of dollars to be exempted from review," Rezni said. "We should have that debate publicly."
JCOPE Chair Daniel Horowitz, chosen by governor Cuomo, appeared to agree that there were grounds to reconsider.
"The discussion and allusion to the need for transparency is one that we all share and is very important," Horowitz said. "It's the underpinning of our statue."
The commission put on hold any consideration of all new requests for exemptions.
The Reverend Jason McGuire is with the conservative Christian group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, which is against abortion. His group has also asked for an exemption.
He says donors to his group have been "targeted" by the opposition.
"That makes it very difficult for organizations like ours to get our message out there," McGuire said, "if donors feel threatened or intimidated."
McGuire says because of the new concerns expressed by the ethics commission, his group and others who have asked for exemptions are now on hold, and he says that's not fair.
"That leaves organizations like ours in limbo," McGuire said. "While that leaves organizations like NARAL out there touting the fact that they are raising funds for political purposes now, knowing that all of their donors are going to be shielded."
And he says it calls into question, for him, the impartiality of the ethics commission. Governor Cuomo has more appointees on the panel than any one faction in the legislature, and McGuire says NARAL and Cuomo worked together to try to get the abortions rights bill passed in the Senate.
Susan Lerner, with the government reform group Common Cause, says JCOPE has to ward against being drawn into political controversies, and should abide by the rules they already set up for granting exemptions, regardless of the policy positions the applicants espouse. She says the standards laid out by JCOPE are "clear."
"Those facts have to show a well-founded fear of some sort of harm," said Lerner. "Not embarrassment, not anything which could be considered to be discomfort."
The exemption rules don't apply to Common Cause, because it already discloses its donors on its website.
Miller, with NARAL Pro Choice New York, says she does not have any problem with anti-abortion groups also receiving an exemption from disclosing donors, if their reasons make sense to the ethics commission.
And she points out that Senate Republicans originally approved the provision to allow the very same exemptions that the GOP is now objecting to.
Miller says, for now NARAL is abiding by JCOPE's decision to permit them to keep their donor lists private.
"They understood the need to create a balance between disclosure and safety, we appreciate that," Miller said. "We are absolutely committed to complying with the letter and the spirit of the law."
The ethics board will reconvene in September, and is expected to continue discussing the matter. A spokesman for JCOPE has already said, though, that NARAL's exemption from the donor disclosure rule will not be rescinded.
Other groups seeking exemptions from donor disclosure include the New York Civil Liberties Union, which often defends controversial acts of free speech, and the entire coalition of women's groups that backed Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, which includes the abortion provision.


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Editor's Page: May Cooler Heads Prevail
Climate-change scientists—so serious, so sincere, so ... scandalous?
If you write long enough, you will eventually have second thoughts about an article from your past. In our April 1996 issue, I wrote "The Angry Sky," about the alarming impacts Hawai'i expected from ozone depletion and global warming. You never hear about the ozone layer anymore, but global warming has come to dominate our conversations in ways I never imagined.
I never expected the terms "green," "sustainability" and "carbon footprint" would be hurled at us daily, secular guilt crammed into every consumer choice. But I especially never expected that some of the leading scientists who argue the case for manmade global warming would be revealed as political partisans, who hid evidence against global warming, attempted to redefine the meaning of "peer-reviewed journals" to mean "only peers who agree with us" and, worst of all, conspired to delete data in anticipation of Freedom of Information requests.
Let me back up. Because of manmade global warming, I warned in 1996, that "sea levels could rise as much as three feet by the year 2100 … warming can lead to hotter and more frequent heat waves … stronger and more frequent hurricanes to Hawai'i … endanger native plants species [and] coral reefs." These dire predictions came from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Researchers at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia provide much of the IPCC's analysis and predictions. In November 2009, hackers released thousands of e-mails from the CRU, going back years, and it is these e-mails that reveal the very unscientific, unethical activities I described above.
I feel I've been had.
One thing I could not have known in 1996 was that the IPCC's warming predictions would be wrong. Mean global surface temperatures have not risen since 1998, and, by some measures, have dropped since 2001. The CRU e-mails show scientists trying to hide this decline, to give one detail—I don't have room in this column to detail the extent of CRU's shenanigans, nor could I tell the story as well as others, so please read this "Editor's Page" online for links (see below).
This doesn't necessarily mean manmade global warming is disproven. But it does deflate the certainty and moral righteousness of the Al Gores and the IPCCs of the world. At Copenhagen and in Congress, politicians have proposed massive disruptions to our economies and lifestyles in the name of halting global warming. It turns out they've been doing so, at least partly, with books that have been cooked more than the planet.
I grew up admiring science and scientists. One of my favorite TV shows as a kid? Carl Sagan's Cosmos. I took global warming seriously because I took scientists seriously and forgot that they are people, too, no less prone to vanity, piety or hubris than others. When I read about the CRU e-mails, a scandal now known as Climategate, I felt anger and disappointment, some of it directed at myself.
People make these kinds of mistakes all the time, and the motives are no mystery. For the researchers, grant dollars and reputations are on the line. For reporters, global warming offers the thrill of covering The Biggest Story Ever Told, an appeal I could not resist. For politicians, it has offered an endless opportunity for grandstanding and power grabs. Convinced they are saving the earth—what could be more rewarding or important?—all three groups helped each other lose their minds.
It's time for scientists to do what science is all about: check their work to see if the results can be reproduced. Fresh eyes need to look at the original data the CRU used, to see if they can independently find the same evidence for warming. But wait—that can't be done. Somehow, the CRU managed to "lose" all its original data.
How's that for an inconvenient truth?
Additional links:
Clive Crook, at The Atlantic Monthly, weighs in on Climategate, Nov. 20, 2009.
Glenn Reynolds (better known as InstaPundit), writes for The Washington Examiner about the internal Climategate emails and how they reveal the very poor quality of the data used in the computer models that predict warming tends, Nov. 29, 2009.
A critique of the scientists involved in the scandal by an independent organic chemist, Dec. 1, 2009.
Reason Magazine looks at the scandal, Dec. 1, 2009.
The Telegraph reports on a Russian claim that British climate scientists have deliberately cherry picked data from Russian temperature station to exaggerate the case for anthropogenic global warming, Dec. 16, 2009.
The mainstream media comes under fire by its conservative critics for biased reporting, pointing out that some of the leaked emails show an AP reporter working with the CRU scientists as an ally against skeptics, rather than as an objective reporter, Jan. 8, 2010
PajamasMedia reviews Climategate: The CRUtape Letters, the first book to tackle the issue, Jan. 20, 2010.
CNN reports that the IPCC has admitted to using unsubstantiated claims that Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035, a false claim that is actually separate from the Climategate scandal, Jan. 20, 2010. Much more on this at ABC News, Jan. 28, 2010.
Climate Depot reports on the IPCC exaggerating temperature data specifically to affect the political discussion of climate change, Jan. 26, 2010.
London's The Times reports that the University of East Anglia violated the Freedom of Information Act, but could not be prosecuted because this was revealed too long after the incidents, Jan. 28, 2010
The February issue of Scientific American attempts to dismiss Climategate as much ado about nothing. The article quotes IPCC head, Dr. Rejendra Pachauri, as lamenting how politicized climate change science has become. The article omits that Pachauri earns millions from countless business relationships in green technology companies—exactly how much, he won't disclose.
For more of Napier's writing, see his "Off My Desk" blog.
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The country is consumed right now with the fight over the Federal budget, specifically the plan of Rep. Ryan (R-Wisconsin) to balance it by (mostly) radically cutting spending on medical programs, especially Medicare. The recent Republican loss in New York's 26th district's special election—which had more to do with my friend Jack Davis running on a third-party ticket—has been interpreted as a referendum against the Ryan plan. And the states are, of course, tied up in budget battles of their own, most visibly the aggressive push to cut the cost of public employees by curtailing their unions.
Unfortunately, while all these fights are, of course, important, they are still, fundamentally, the wrong economic issue for America to be fighting over right now. Because despite Rep. Ryan entitling his plan "The Path to Prosperity," none of these controversies touch upon the true fundamentals that determine that prosperity.
All these controversies are, at bottom, about one thing: rebalancing public-sector spending. And it is fantasy to imagine that this is the key to putting our economy back on track.
To hear some Republicans talk, you'd think that if only we squeeze hard enough, and go whole hog for their eat-your-spinach skinflint economics, prosperity will return. This is the elevation of deferral of gratification to the master key (if not the sole!) economic virtue, from which all else will follow. If only we're tough enough on ourselves right now…
Unfortunately for Republicans, that kind of tightwad economics rightly died in the Keynesian revolution over 70 years ago.
It's not so good for Dems either.
To hear some of them talk, you'd think that if only we pump up government spending enough, perhaps financed by higher taxes on the rich, we can pump-prime our way back to prosperity. This is the elevation of counter-cyclical Keynesianism (spend your way out of a cyclical downturn) into non-stop stimulation of the economy, whether its problems are cyclical or structural.
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The fundamental economic problem we face right now isn't recession—in which case we could just sit back and wait for it to end, with a little help from the standard playbook. It is the structural underperformance of the US economy, for reasons that weren't caused by the recession and won't go away when it ends.
As a result, Republicans and Democrats are arguing about how to divide the pie, when the real question is how to bake more pie in the first place.
So… what is the solution? What do we have to fix?
The number one thing is trade. Free trade collapsed a very long time ago. What we have today is not free trade at all, it's ruthlessly manipulated trade—manipulated by America's big trading partners, starting with China but including many others. And we're doing nothing to stop them.
America's titanic ($497 billion last year) trade deficit is ripping the guts out of industry after industry, but we have no answer. And you can't gut industry after industry and expect not to reduce your GDP.
If we didn't have this horrendous trade deficit, we simply wouldn't be fighting many of these budget battles. Why? because we'd have a larger GDP, so tax revenues would be higher. Spending on public benefits would be lower, and painlessly so, because fewer people would be poor and middle-class people would have more money to take care of themselves.
How much GDP have we already lost?
The Economic Strategy Institute estimated in 2001 that the trade deficit was shaving at least one percent per year off our economic growth. (Source, p.93) This may not sound like much, but because GDP growth is cumulative, it compounds over time. Thus economist William Bahr has thus estimated that America's trade deficits since 1991 alone (they stretch back unbroken to 1976) have caused our economy to be 13 percent smaller than it otherwise would be.
That's an economic hole larger than the entire Canadian economy.
Size of GDP is, ultimately, more important than size of government. We can have legitimate liberal vs. conservative arguments over the latter, but even from a conservative point of view, it's far more important to have a government that conduces to a GDP large enough to provide all the things we want than to have a small government per se.
Growing the economy may, in fact, call for increased spending in some areas. Even a precocious third-grader can see why even fiscal tightwads should make an exception for spending that ultimately brings in more money than it costs.
What kind of spending are we talking about? One kind is government programs to fill in the gaps in the private sector's innovation capabilities. Such programs fund, for example, technology research to bridge the gap between pure science and corporate research and development (R&D). This is the so-called "Valley of Death" in the innovation system: the private sector can't make money doing such research, but it can't ultimately keep generating new products unless somebody does it. So it's appropriate for the Federal government to step in.
America's hidden history of doing this stretches from the Internet back to founding father Alexander Hamilton. We still have such programs today, but on a tiny scale compared to what we need—and tiny compared to what our rivals do.
Thus the giant stimulus package it passed in 2009 included money for every Congressional pork barrel under the sun, but nothing for one of the industrial-policy programs with the best track record of saving and creating jobs: the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, despite a campaign promise to double the program's funding. This program maintains a network of centers in every state designed to help American manufacturers adopt innovative technologies. One evaluation found that it generated $1.3 billion a year in cost savings for manufacturers and $6.25 billion in increased or retained sales, all for an annual federal outlay of only $89 million.
Another good but underfunded program is the Technology Innovation Program. Free market ideologues have repeatedly tarred this program as corporate welfare despite the fact that an audit by the respected National Academy of Sciences vindicated its claim to generate economic benefits far exceeding its cost. One single $5.5 million grant, for example, seeded development of the small disk drive industry, which enabled creation of the iPod, the iPhone, TiVo and the Xbox.
This is how you make an economy grow—not by squeezing the economy you already have, or borrowing yet more money to "stimulate" it.
As a result of America's neglect of such programs, there is a starvation of basic and applied research in areas such as biocomputing, computer architecture, software, optoelectronics, aeronautics, advanced materials, factory automation, sensors, energy conversion and storage, nanomanufacturing, robotics, and green energy.
We are in danger of having our economy fail to grow because we were so busy arguing over the harvest that we neglected to plant the seeds.
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A great way to build the foundation skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These learning games and songs are fun. These learning games teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids. Children will themselves work to develop their focus and skills with these learning games. Want educational games that help build skills? You've come to the right place!


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Honduras: Rights experts urge greater oversight of private security firms
UN - 25 February 2013 – A group of United Nations independent experts back from Honduras today urged that Government to tighten oversight of the increasing number of private security companies, as well as to strengthen the judicial system to properly investigate and prosecute potential human rights violations stemming from land-rights disputes.
"With over 700 private security companies operating in Honduras, the Government should ensure that their activities are properly monitored and that they do not become a substitute for competent and accountable police," a member of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, Patricia Arias, said in a new release.
There are 706 registered private security companies in Honduras, and numerous unregistered ones comprised of high-ranking police or military officers, which operate in a legal vacuum, the experts said.
During its five-day visit, the working group received information that many private security guards carry firearms that are prohibited and are allegedly used to commit human rights violations, which include "killings, disappearances, forced evictions and sexual violence."
The group said it was particularly concerned about the alleged involvement of private security companies in land rights disputes in the Bajo Aguán region in the north of the country between landowners and peasant associations.
"There is wide-scale impunity prevailing in the country as well as a total lack of confidence of the population in the judiciary, as these human rights violations allegedly committed by private security companies are not investigated, perpetrators remain unprosecuted and victims do not have access to remedies," said another member of the working group, Elzbieta Karska.
Among its recommendations, the group called on the Government to better fund the national police. According to the news release, the ratio of police officers to private security guards is apparently 1 to 5.
The working group also urged greater funding for the Control Unit of Private Security Services, the body created to oversee private security companies.
Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.


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The Student Guide to iPads & iOS 6 was written to help middle-school and high-school students become proficient with basic iPad operations to support learning.
2- Publishing Student's Writing to iPad
"This short work describes how educators can gather student work into an eBook, quickly create cover art using PowerPoint, format it for uploading to Smashwords (including links to Smashwords Style Guide), upload it, and then invite students to download it to their iDevice via the free Bluefire Reader app. No cables, syncing, or iTunes required!"
3- Changing Student Engagement with iPad
"This book will prepare you for a 1:1 iPad program. It will highlight basic functions of the iPad, care for the iPad, pedagogy and lessons to challenge students. Use this book as a diving board. Our hope is that it will spring you into action, and plunge your students into deep thought and a sea of learning. "
4- Reference Guide for Students
"This book is intended to provide reference for students engaged in a 1:1 iPad program. The reference materials include gallery photos, interactive content, and movies that will enable students to use the iPad to its maximum potential. Information regarding basic iPad functions, care and digital citizenship is included. "
"In an attempt to give students more opportunities to interact with me I've created an iPad app that allows student response to instructor questions, note-taking, student questions to the instructor and even allows students to indicate when they're confused. All is stored to the cloud an can be accessed via web apps as well."
6- Using New Technologies in The Classroom
"This is a short book of three articles I have written on new technologies that can be used in the classroom. Each chapter will include a summary of the article, and then a review or reflection of my thoughts about the idea of using the technology specified in the article. "
"This book describes classroom flipping and details various means to its implementation. Covering the reasoning behind this new instruction method, the book focuses on mastery learning, and includes sections on using social networking and mobile devices as part of classroom structure. "


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Allan Calhamer, creator of game 'Diplomacy,' dies
As a kid rooting around in the attic of his boyhood home, Allan Calhamer stumbled across an old book of maps and became entranced by faraway places that no longer existed, such as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.
That discovery and a brewing fascination with world politics and international affairs were the genesis of "Diplomacy," the board game he would create years later as a history student at Harvard University in the 1950s. After its commercial release in 1959, the game earned a loyal legion of fans in the U.S. and elsewhere that reportedly included President John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger and Walter Cronkite, among others.
Calhamer died Monday at a hospital in the western Chicago suburbs where he grew up, his daughter Selenne Calhamer-Boling said. He was 81.
"He was brilliant and iconoclastic and designed this game that's played around the world, and he's adored by nerds throughout the world," his daughter said by phone Saturday. "But at the end of the day he was a great dad. He was at all the T-ball games and all the screechy, horrible orchestra concerts and all the klutzy ballet recitals. I guess that's how I'll remember him."
Calhamer tested early versions of the game out on Harvard classmates before perfecting it. After its commercial release, Avalon Hill bought the rights and helped make it an international hit. The game is still for sale, and was re-released in 1999 with a colorful new map and metal pieces.
Players represent seven European powers at the beginning of the 20th century and vie for dominance by strategically forging and breaking alliances. Unlike "Risk," there are no dice, and a player's success is largely based on his or her negotiating skills.
Inspiration for the game was also supplied by a Harvard professor who taught a class in 19th-century Europe and wrote a book called "Origins of the World War."
Calhamer said in a 2009 interview with Chicago magazine that reading the book recalled for him the atlas in his parents' attic.
"That brought everything together," Calhamer told the magazine. "I thought, 'What a board game that would make.'"
After graduating in 1953, Calhamer followed a fanciful path, living for a time on Walden Pond because he was fan of Henry David Thoreau's famous work and later working as a park ranger at the Statue of Liberty.
In his late 30s, he met his wife, Hilda, in New York. At her insistence they settled in his hometown of La Grange Park, Ill. Calhamer-Boling said her father then shed his "dilettante" ways and picked up a steady job as a postman, which allowed him pursue hobbies and his art. He tried developing other games, as well, but they never caught on, she said.
Since his death, emails have been pouring in to the family from "Diplomacy" fans around the world who wanted to convey how much the game meant to them, Calhamer-Boling said.
The moving messages were not what she expected.
"I always think of it as such an intellectual game because it's so strategic," she said. "But what I'm seeing over and over again in these emails is that the recurring theme is: 'I was a really really nerdy awkward kid who had trouble relating to people, but because 'Diplomacy' required interpersonal skills and required you to get people to do what you wanted them to do that's how I built my social skills.'"
Calhamer is survived by his wife and two daughters.


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More hotels, shops and other businesses will soon be offering free Wi-Fi to customers if they agree in return to "check-in" at the business from their Facebook account.
It's the result of a partnership between Facebook and Cisco Systems that's been in pilot since last year and is now being rolled out more broadly, the companies said Wednesday.
To take part, businesses must first load a piece of Facebook software onto their Cisco router. When a customer opens a Web browser they're taken to a page that asks them to "check in" using their Facebook login. In return they get access to the Wi-Fi.
Businesses can benefit because the check-ins give them more exposure on Facebook. The social network will also give them information about the people who check in, like their age, sex and location, which the businesses can use for marketing programs. Facebook says it will provide "aggregated, anonymous" data, meaning it won't be linked to individuals.
"Businesses can analyze this data to better understand their customer's preferences and deliver targeted promotions," Facebook said, "ultimately improving their advertising and marketing campaigns."
Facebook benefits, too, because it encourages businesses to set up Facebook Pages and possibly run more ads on Facebook. And it helps Facebook keep the attention of its users, who can also get free Internet access from Google at places like Starbucks.
The offer extends a pilot that saw about 1,000 Wi-Fi deployments at small and medium-sized businesses in 50 countries. The program announced Wednesday is designed to target larger companies, a Facebook spokeswoman said.
Some of the world's best-known businesses are piloting the service, according to Cisco, though it didn't name many. It said the restaurant chain Bonefish Grill is testing the service at two restaurants in the U.S.
The program could also help businesses target their advertising campaigns for customers checking in on mobile devices. Mobile is an important channel because more than 50 percent of consumers use mobile phones while shopping in a store, Cisco said.
If people don't want to sign in using Facebook, they'll still be able to access the Wi-Fi by entering a code, Facebook said, though presumably it will be up to the business whether they provide them with it.


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Understanding the Vrykul
Let us look at some of their own words.
"I will eat your heart."
While this might sound like a threat, it is in fact, an expression of love. They wish to consume your heart, the center of love, and so by that, consume your love. They want to have your love. And as we are what we eat, they wish to be your love.
"Your entrails will make a fine necklace."
CLearly they have a much different sense of fashion. In this case, they are practical. In a state of war, it is handy to have a ready source of food, 'rope', or backup organs.
"I will feed you to the dogs."
Keeping dogs well-fed is a sign of both understanding of a companion species' needs and also an expression of affection for the species. After all, if they were being selfish they would be threatening to eat you themselves, like the trolls do.
"No, I can do better, I can..."
They do not give up, they are not quitters. This determination is admirable.
I hope we can all learn to better understand this race and its culture. Maybe someday we will no longer judge them for their decision to join with the current leading nominee for Most Evil Being in Azeroth.
5 comments:
- Shwitz44 said...
I've long held the theory that you're deranged. Thanks for reinforcing it, Klep.
- September 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Jarik said...
Kleps' derangement aside, the Vrykul actually do have some interesting cultural stuff regarding asecension, if you pay attention to the quests. I think there's a few quests where you defeat a warrior who was preparing an acension ritual, causing them to be judged unworthy. Last boss in UK has it too.
That's right, I brought serious lore into your silly post!
- September 22, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- G-Rebel said...
In Hebrew, the word for heart is defined as the "decision making center of your body or decision making center of your soul". (Not an exact quote, but it's really the basic definition). What they are saying isn't that they want to actually eat your heart, it's that they just want to come to understand the "true you"; to know what makes you tick.
For me? Those darn bones to increase rep with Ebon Hold. Eat that!
- September 22, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Klepsacovic said...
@Josh: Glad to help.
@Jarik: Silly? Serious post is serious. Super serious.
@G-Rebel: The witch is clearly making soup.
- September 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- jeffo said...
They're pretty awesome overall, but I think the Ogres are still my favorites. I love the way they laugh as they run to kill you, and their simple, direct language: 'Me smash, you die!' is classic.
- September 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM
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East Chop has lost one of its grand old men. Wallace Craig Ross died in Vero Beach, Fla., on August 23. He was 90 years old.
Wally attended Cornell University and eventually graduated in 1949. His college career was interrupted by World War II when he volunteered for the 10 Mountain Division in the U.S. Army. Trained in Colorado under harsh winter conditions on skis, he was eventually sent to Italy where he and his comrades chased the Germans out of the Italian Alps. While in the Army he started a band and played the bass and French horn, arranged scores and served as leader.
After a brief stint in public relations after the war, Wally purchased a struggling sail-making company in the early 1950s. Through hard work and the sound business sense to change from cloth to Dacron sails, Hard Sails became one of the leading sail-making companies in the country. Some of his employees went on to become well-known in the sailing/racing world.
As an adjunct to Hard Sails, Wally started Seaboard Marine, which manufactured fittings for the America's Cup boats in the 1960s. He sailed on many of those boats and became a first class racer in his own right. After he sold both Hard Sails and Seaboard Marine in the late 1960s, he wrote a book, Sail Power, with help from Carl Chapman. The book was published by Knopf in 1975.
Following the publication of his book, he was involved in two additional maritime ventures. He started Tortola Yacht Charters in the British Virgin Islands, which was acquired by Guinness in 1982. His last marine venture was Ross Marine, Inc., which financed and built the popular 23 foot day racer the Sonar.
When Ross Marine was sold in 1991, Wally retired with his wife Jean to The Moorings in Vero Beach, Fla., and their beautiful home on East Chop Drive. In retirement, he helped organize the Moorings Yacht Club in 1992 and was an early Commodore. During his years in Florida he was an avid golfer and organized a group of male golfers into a popular Wally Ball tournament. While on the Vineyard, Wally served as a judge for the Edgartown Yacht Club race committee for many years.
Wally was a member of the East Chop Beach and Yacht Club, the East Chop Tennis Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Coral Reef Yacht Club, the Edgartown Yacht Club, the Norton Yacht Club, and the Cruising Club of America. With his interest in medicine, his talent as a musician, his writing ability and his sailing achievements, Wally was a true "renaissance man."
He is survived by his wife, Jean, and two step children, Douglas Bora of Darien, Conn., and Carolyn Bora Gould of Concord, Mass. Memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2500 5th Ave, Suite 150, Vero Beach FL 32960.