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BARTELLA, Iraq — In a significant escalation of the battle for Mosul, elite Iraqi special forces joined the fight Thursday, unleashing a pre-dawn assault on an Islamic State-held town east of the besieged city, and the U.S. military announced the first American combat death since the operation began.
U.S. officials said the American service member died Thursday from wounds sustained in a roadside bomb explosion north of Mosul. More than 100 U.S. special operations forces are embedded with Iraqi units in the offensive, and hundreds more are playing a support role in staging bases.
The American had been advising members of the Iraqi Kurdish force known as the peshmerga, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss details.
Roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices pose a particular danger to advancing Iraqi forces and the U.S. advisers who are with them. The Islamic State group, which has occupied Mosul for more than two years, has prepared extensive defenses in and around the city.
As they charged toward the town of Bartella, 9 miles from Mosul's outskirts, the Iraqi special forces faced another favored weapon in the IS arsenal: armored trucks packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers. The militants' signature battlefield tactic, the weapons offered a glimpse at what Iraqi forces can expect as they close in on the extremists' biggest urban bastion.
The assault on Bartella was part of a multi-pronged operation on eastern approaches to Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Attack helicopters strafed militant positions as they advanced amid a hail of gunfire.
The U.S.-trained special forces, officially known as the Counter Terrorism Service, are widely seen as Iraq's most professional and least sectarian fighters, and have served as the shock troops in previous campaigns against IS. They are expected to lead the charge into Mosul.
IS militants unleashed at least nine suicide car and truck bombs against the advancing troops, eight of which were destroyed before reaching their targets, while the ninth struck an armored Humvee, Lt. Col Muntadhar al-Shimmari told The Associated Press.
He did not give a casualty figure, but another officer said five Iraqi soldiers were wounded. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.
"After we break them in Bartella, everywhere else, they will crumble," Maj. Gen. Fadhil Barwari said. He said IS had few defenses in the town, which was almost completely empty of civilians. "They just left some snipers and suicide car bombs."
Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurdish forces announced a simultaneous attack, with peshmerga fighters deployed on mountains northeast of Mosul descending from their positions and charging toward the front line.
Under cover of mortar and gunfire, the Kurdish troops used bulldozers and other heavy equipment to fill trenches dug by the militants as part of their defense of the IS-held village of Barima, then advanced with their armored vehicles toward the extremists' positions.
Military operations also appeared to be underway in the town of Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul, where thick smoke could be seen billowing up. A day earlier, Bashiqa was pounded by airstrikes and mortar fire from peshmerga positions high above.
Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati told a news conference late Thursday that the special forces had succeeded in retaking Bartella. But Iraqi forces were still facing stiff resistance inside the town shortly before he spoke, and past advances against IS elsewhere in Iraq have often proved fleeting.
Soldiers stationed a few miles from Bartella said they watched as some 20 car bombs exploded in the town over the course of the day, each one sending a plume of smoke into the air. By late afternoon the skies over Bartella were black.
IS has used the tactic in past battles to wreak havoc among front line troops, but Iraqi forces have become better at stopping the suicide attackers.
"We destroyed the bombs with tanks," Sgt. Maj. Qusay Rashid said. "They are sending all these car bombs now because we're at the beginning of this huge battle. They are trying to put up their best defense."
After Bartella, Iraqi forces advancing toward Mosul will begin to hit villages and suburbs where civilians still live, a factor that will further complicate military operations that rely heavily on artillery and airstrikes to clear territory.
Mosul is home to more than a million people, and rights groups fear a potential humanitarian crisis.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said Mosul may fall sooner than expected. The campaign to retake the city, which began Monday, had been expected to last weeks, if not months.
Speaking by video transmission to a conference in Paris focused on post-liberation planning for Mosul, the Iraqi leader said the Iraqi "forces are currently pushing forward … more quickly than we thought, and more quickly certainly than we established in our plan of campaign."
The Islamic State group captured Mosul and the surrounding area during a lightning advance across northern Iraq in the summer of 2014, and IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced the formation of a self-styled caliphate from the pulpit of a Mosul mosque.
Iraqi forces crumbled that summer, beating a humiliating retreat and leaving weapons and vehicles behind. But the special forces held together and fought back, and since then they have played a central role in retaking cities and towns from the extremist group.
The force was created by U.S. Special Forces shortly after the 2003 invasion to hunt down top insurgents and stage commando raids, but its mandate has since expanded. Its members include Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and its human rights record is better than other forces taking part in the operation.
Mosul is a Sunni majority town, and many fear the involvement of state-sanctioned Shiite militias in the operation could stoke sectarian tensions. The Shiite militias have said they will not enter the city itself.
But even among the special forces there are traces of sectarian fervor. Many of the black Humvees that rode into battle in Bartella were decked with Shiite religious banners in addition to Iraqi flags.
Ali Saad, a 26-year-old special forces soldier, said Kurdish forces had asked them to take down the religious banners, but they refused.
"They asked if we were militias. We said we're not militias, we are Iraqi forces, and these are our beliefs," he said.
Associated Press writers Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington, Joseph Krauss and Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad, Adam Schreck in Irbil, Iraq, and Balint Szlanko on Nawaran mountain contributed to this report.


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Black in the Day….The MS Constitutional Convention of 1890 and the Disenfranchisement of Black Folks
Reconstruction in Mississippi ended in 1875, and many white Mississippians were determined to remove blacks from politics. In the summer of 1890, specially elected delegates to a constitutional convention gathered in Jackson in today's Old Capitol. All but one of the delegates were white.
The topics at the convention were the regulation of railroads and levee construction in the flood-prone Delta region. But the hottest debates at the convention were literacy tests and poll taxes as requirements for voting. The tests, usually unfair, kept almost all black voters from the polls. The poll tax also kept large numbers of blacks, as well as whites, from voting. The 1890 Constitution was not sent to the people for ratification.
The Constitution of 1890 is the constitution that governs Mississippi today. Over more than 100 years of its existence, however, changes have been made by adding amendments. The Constitution has been amended so frequently that it bears little resemblance to its original forms and purposes.
Click here to read the original text of the Constitution of 1890.
Click here to read the 1890 Constitution with subsequent amendments.
John Ray Skates, Ph.D., professor emeritus of history, University of Southern Mississippi.
Posted September 2000
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In the quest to simplify the morass of tax credits and welfare benefits, the government is to trial a novel cashless scheme, first pioneered in the 1940s.
Today a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP, colloquially pronounced 'dope') proudly announced "The proposal is to introduce books with stamps that can be exchanged for foodstuffs, fuel, clothing and household domestic products at approved outlets such as certain supermarket chains and Poundland." He suavely denied that these are 'ration books', in that everything needed was readily available, except the cash to pay for it.
In a rare demonstration of 'joined up thinking', it has been decided that the value that is apportioned to the stamps (or 'Ouchers' as they have been dubbed) will not simply be a matter of monetary value. Foodstuffs that the NHS has designated as bad for you, or just tasting indecently nice while not contributing commensurate nutritional value, will have a higher stamp value. Ditto 'luxury' items such as ciggies, decent alcohol, lottery tickets and tampons.
The same system is proposed for housing benefit or 'Tramp stamps' as they are now known, where it will cost more stamps to live in certain postcodes. The government has strenously denied that this is to discourage 'opportunist' landlords from letting to DSS in 'sensitive' property areas (such as where the MPs live).
In order to minimise any social stigma, it has been decided that the stamps will be colour-coded to indicate which welfare group claimants fall into. Thus those on disabilities allowance will have cheery pink tickets. Those newly unemployed or released from prison or other institutions such as the armed forces will have purple stamps and the 'long-term unemployed for no discernable reason', will have yellow stamps. People with jobs who receive tax credits will have blue stamps, to incentivise the other groups to aspire to their status. Or hate them. One or the other.
In a rare show of unity, MPs on all sides of the House are lauded the new scheme today. Nick Clegg jublilantly 'vouched' for the proposals, Ed Milliband offered the Opposition 'stamp of approval' and Ed Balls quipped that the new policy 'would stick' prompting the PM to blushingly declare "Philately will get you nowhere".


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People have been twisting balloons into squeaky little animals for decades, but Willy Chyr's work marks an evolution in the craft. Instead of dogs and bunnies, he makes gigantic, science-inspired sculptures of jellyfish, neurons, and zooids. Huh?
Chyr, who has degrees in economics and physics, learned the art of balloon-twisting at Le Vorris & Vox Circus. His most recent project is Balluminescence, a collection of huge balloon sculptures modeled on creatures that generated their own light through bioluminescence.
The project's pièce de résistance was a giant jellyfish, constructed from over a 1000 balloons. A friend recorded this time lapse video of Chyr and his cohorts installing the creature in Chicago's Millenium Park last Fall:
The Millenium Park event, entitled Balluminescence - Lights, Balloons, Jellyfish!, was commissioned by Science Chicago and taught kids about jellyfish biology, as well as how to make some balloon animals of their own. Undoubtedly, some kids had trouble with the tricky process, and were told, "there, there, say 'please,' and I'm sure the nice man will make you a zooplankton." [Willy Chyr via It's Nice That]


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The countywide organization that gets local governments working as a team in a quest for federal and state dollars could be on the verge of a losing its biggest city.
On Tuesday the executive board of the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council voted 8-4 to maintain the status quo in determining how best to develop countywide policy when it comes to voting. This concluded, according to Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson, 16 months of disagreement primarily between representatives from Kitsap County and the city of Bremerton. It's possible that vote could spell the end of Bremerton's membership in KRCC. Greg Wheeler, Bremerton City Council president, said this is sure to be a big topic at the council's May 13 study session.
And in the end, no matter what happened Tuesday or what happens in the future, no one besides those in government might notice a tangible difference. This is a bigtime inside baseball dispute we in the newsroom were not sure was worth covering, because it was potentially inconsequential no matter how the board or the city council voted.
Under the existing interlocal agreement among the KRCC members, for any policy measure to pass there must be a quorum present and two county commissioners must vote "yes" and at least two cities must have a majority voting "yes" as well. All three county commissioners are members of the board. Bremerton has three members, Bainbridge Island, Port Orchard and Poulsbo each have two and the Port of Bremerton has one.
At Monday's KRCC meeting Bremerton City Council President Greg Wheeler said the Bremerton City Council was not comfortable with what he called the county controlling the process. He made a motion to change the voting requirement to a regular quorum. In that situation, if no county commissioners were in favor of a proposal but everyone else in the room was, motion carries.
Rob Gelder, county commissioner, said the county was the one agency in the room representing every resident of the county. And even if all the incorporated areas were taken out of the county's resident count, it still represents two-thirds of the county's residents, those who live in unincorporated areas. Furthermore, he argued, the county can't act unilaterally, because two cities have to be on board for any measure to pass.
KRCC acts as a local conglomerate of interests designed to coordinate pursuit of state and federal funding. The group sets priorities and then acts more or less in unison with the Puget Sound Regional Council or the Legislature. It's not always exactly like that, because as Wheeler said every member of either KRCC or PSRC is there to represent their government's interest, but for the most part the group operates as if working as a team nets better results than trying to go it alone.
Wheeler said the issue first arose when in response to KRCC Executive Manager Mary McClure's decision to retire. She was working for KRCC as a contractor and there was some talk of hiring staff instead. As part of that consideration the way local agencies paid for membership also came up. Wheeler said the cost of having a staff went up a lot, and the reconfiguration of the funding formula hit Bremerton pretty hard.
KRCC pulled the funding question, but the board voting formula remained an issue for Bremerton.
That's not universal. Patty Lent, Bremerton's mayor, said Tuesday she was against the motion forwarded by her city's council and voted against it.
Port Orchard Mayor Tim Matthes, Port Orchard mayor, supported it, saying he didn't think anyone would take advantage of the process. "We've been so cooperative, so I don't see this little change making a difference," he said.
Erickson disagreed, saying the KRCC board had been arguing these issues for 16 months. "We don't get along very well," she said. She said the change could eliminate the county's voice completely, even though it represented everyone.
A hybrid proposal would have kept the current quorum requirements in place for major policy issues, but gone to a more simple quorum process for smaller matters.
Ed Wolfe, county commissioner, said he applauded the steadfastness and passion of Bremerton, but voted against the proposal. His biggest argument was that the issue has to stop taking up any more time. "It's time to put this to bed and get on with the people's business," he said.
The "yes" voters included Wheeler, Daugs, Matthes and Axel Strakeljahn, Port of Bremerton commissioner.
The "no" votes came from Gelder, Wolfe, Lent, Erickson Poulsbo City Councilman Ed Stern, Bainbridge Island City Council members Anne Blair and Wayne Roth and Port Orchard City Councilman Jeff Cartwright.
Charlotte Garrido, county commissioner, was absent from the meeting.
Wheeler said Bremerton leaving KRCC is on the table, but said even if the city does leave it doesn't mean it won't still work in cooperation with the county's other agencies. Should the city decide to quit its KRCC membership, it would take six months under the KRCC agreement to completely sever the tie, so the organization and the city wouldn't be free of each other until the end of the year at the earliest.


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ECM: How to Do More With Documents Than Just File Them Away
Whether it's in the name of going green, saving money, improving collaboration or meeting compliance goals, banks increasingly are going paperless. And while each of these drivers is a worthy reason for the shift, the strategy is impossible without a means to organize and manage the influx of now-electronic documents and data.
Enter: enterprise content management. ECM encompasses several facets of data management. At its base, enterprise content management is merely a structured system of classifying, arranging and storing electronic documents and other information. More advanced ECM capabilities, however, include automated workflow, image recognition and cleanup, document preservation and distribution, and even information security.
Despite the fact that not all ECM systems are created equal, a financial firm can create a competitive advantage by leveraging its system's capabilities smartly, stresses Ron Ruckh, managing director of financial services for Devon, Pa.-based global expert services and consulting group LECG. "The wave of the future is not that we're going to build all this new technology," he says. "The wave of the future is that we're going to use this technology to help us do things better. That's where innovation comes from."
Ruckh says he believes a better understanding of data as an asset -- and not the ECM technology itself -- will lead the next evolution in enterprise content management. While in the past it has been a race to deploy the best system for document capture, management, workflow, delivery and storage, today it's a matter of knowing what to do with the documents and data now that it's all electronic, he asserts. "It's not just a technology project," Ruckh says. "It's a business project."
Getting Started: Defining Goals
Whereas implementation of an ECM solution depends on a bank's IT organization, Ruckh continues, it's up to the institution's business leaders to define content and how to use it to create value. "So from a business perspective, that end user has more of a stake in what's going to happen," he emphasizes.
Westfield Bank, a community bank with $1.2 billion in assets, formed this sort of IT department-bank management partnership over the past several years. Andrew Weibel, assistant vice president of information systems, was charged with deploying an ECM system across the bank's 11 branches and Westfield, Mass.-based corporate headquarters. In order to accomplish the bank's goals for the content management system, he says, his IT department "had to have the cooperation and buy-in from senior management and staff from all of our departments."
Deploying Westlake, Ohio-based Hyland Software's OnBase solution across the enterprise, Weibel relates, wasn't simply a matter of plugging in the software and dictating how the bank was going to use it; rather, it was a collaborative process between Westfield Bank's IT department and each of the bank's business units to model the solution so it would meet specific business needs.
"The business needs to understand that," LECG's Ruckh says. "And that's the projection the technology side needs to make: 'We've got all the tools -- we can be very innovative in what we build. But we need to build a product that actually makes sense.'"
In Westfield Bank's case, the solution that made sense purely for the organizational elements of its ECM strategy was technology that gave each department access to a system that electronically mimicked many of the bank's preexisting paper file management and storage systems. While it might not sound like the most innovative technology, Weibel says, in terms of document organization, the system worked for the bank's staff.
"The system isn't the bottleneck," he stresses, supporting LECG's Ruckh's assertion that defining business goals for the technology is more important than the specific ECM system. "Mostly," Weibel adds, "[the challenge] is determining how staff wants to use it."


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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Curried Chicken Wings with Peach Dipping Sauce
I couldn't wait to try the curried chicken wings recipe and its accompanying brilliant tip. The basic recipe involves marinating chicken wings in a mix of curry powder, turmeric, cayenne, soy sauce, canola oil, chopped jalapenos, and finely chopped garlic. To up the presentation of the wings, they were turned into chicken "lollipops." Each wing was cut into drumettes and flat pieces, tendons were cut, and the meat was pushed down the only bone on the drumette or the bigger of the two bones on the flat piece. On flat pieces, the smaller bone was then removed. You're left with a scraped-clean bone that makes each cooked wing piece very easy to pick up and eat. After turning the pieces into lollipops and marinating them for at least an hour, they were baked while the dipping sauce was made. The sauce was a mix of Greek yogurt, peach preserves, hot sauce, and salt and pepper.
Cutting the wings to form the lollipops did require some extra effort, and the flat pieces were not as easy to convert as the drumettes. However, it was absolutely worth it. They looked great, and were perfect for serving yourself from a platter. They tasted as good as they looked too. Even though I only had time to marinate the wings for one hour, the spices flavored the chicken well. And, the sweet-spicy dipping sauce was exactly right with the flavors from the marinade.
See my review of Basic to Brilliant, Ya'll and get this curried chicken wings recipe at Project Foodie.
Posted by lisa is cooking at Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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wow I love those lollipops chicken wings...fingerlicking!ReplyDelete
The Chicken Lollipops look amazing from here!ReplyDelete
And the 'Basic to Brilliant' cookbook sounds like the kind of book I'll be reading like a Harlequin romance novel.
Marvelously spicy! Those chicken wings look really scrummy.ReplyDelete
Yummm I love these flavourful chicken lollipops :)ReplyDelete
These wings sound awesome and so full of flavor. Totally worth the effort to make them into lollipops.ReplyDelete
Very nice, I like the use of peach preserves, never thought of it...ReplyDelete
I am off to read your review about the book...
Oh, I love these!!!ReplyDelete
Lisa, these chicken wings look great, I love how you cut them...and the peach sauce sounds like a great combination.ReplyDelete
Hope you are having a wonderful week :-)
My little brother requests a similar recipe for his birthday every year. These look great Lisa!ReplyDelete
Ok if there is a Chicken Heaven, it is right here...ReplyDelete
Beautiful, I also make chicken lollipops with some asian flavors, these looks just just wow...
Lisa, I am fascinated by this lollipop drumstick thing - a cool new technique for me:)ReplyDelete
Wishing you a happy and delicious Thanksgiving,
We have a grocery store here that sells the drumettes by themselves, so that does make things easier for this recipe. The spicy wings and the sweet peach sauce does intrigue. Your picture really does look fantastic. I will pop on over to that link now.ReplyDelete
If our comments don't cross again before the holiday-I wish you a memorable one surrounded by the people you love, enjoy it.
That is brilliant! I never eat chicken wings, mainly becuase they're so messy. These look perfectly lady like. I caught a few minutes of Virginia's demo at the Texas Book Festival. She's supper charming and funny- still need to pick up a copy of the book.ReplyDelete
Love the peach dipping sauce! A little tang and sweetness will boost the flavors of these little chicken "lollipop".ReplyDelete
Those spiced lollipop wings must be so delicious! and the balance the peach dipping sauce brings to the spice....awesome and addictive!ReplyDelete
These look well worth the effort - I like the presentation of them. It kicks chicken wings up a notch. And the flavors sound out of this world delicious!ReplyDelete
This sounds so exotic . Love the recipe.ReplyDelete
I just watched a video on how to make the lollipops, Lisa. Surprisingly easy for such a cute result! And here I just saved a chicken wing post in advance for Super Bowl...and didn't do the lollipops! Darn.ReplyDelete
Well, perhaps I can do another batch, using your recipe...I love the curry idea, but the peach dipping sauce is a huge winner!
Great photos, finger-licking goodness!ReplyDelete
This sounds like an innovative cookbook. I love the idea of having an everyday version, and a version for special occasions. Cute chicken wings!ReplyDelete
I love how dainty these wings look. So sophisticated! Looks delicious.ReplyDelete
i think the peach should be used more often in savory cooking--it's amazing! nice plate of food, lisa. :)ReplyDelete
I'm always in the market for a great cookbook. I can definitely appreciate the difference between cooking for cooking's sake and then cooking for an audience, especially when that audience includes people you love and cherish. Will definitely check this out.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to hearing how your fennel flatbreads turn out. :)
What a great sounding cookbook and it's not every day that you come across Southern American cuisine and French together! :)ReplyDelete
The title says it all: back to brilliant, ya'll!ReplyDelete
While I love chicken wings I never think of serving them at a party. These lollipops bring chicken wings to a whole new level. And the spicy curry and the sweet peach must taste amazing together. I'm filing this recipe for next time I throw a party :)ReplyDelete


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The Egyptian Labyrinth, Marvel that Surpassed the Pyramids
Egyptian Colossus of Memnon maze puzzle
According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Herodotus, who stated that he himself had seen the building, the Egyptian Labyrinth was a vast structure on the shores of a large lake located seven days' journey up the Nile from the Pyramids at Giza. The temple was divided into twelve great courts and its walls were covered with sculpture, and a large pyramid decorated with colossal figures was connected to it by a subterranean passage. Herodotus emphatically presents the building as a marvel or wonder (thaumata) that eclipsed the Pyramids at Giza.
The 1st century BC Greek geographer Strabo is the only other eyewitness to the Egyptian Labyrinth whose account has survived. Strabo called it "a great palace composed of many palaces" and marveled at enormity of the stone slabs that made up its roof and walls. He wrote that it had many great courts, each with its own entrance, but that "in front of the entrances are crypts, as it were, which are long and numerous and have winding passages communicating with one another, so that no stranger can find his way either into any court or out of it without a guide."
Although it is uncertain when these court entrances were actually constructed, the Egyptian Labyrinth complex itself dates from the 19th century BC. So these crypt-like entrances with many winding passages "communicating with one another" are probably the oldest examples of mazes that we know of.
Herodotus relates that the lower levels of the Labyrinth, which he was not allowed to visit, contained the "sepulchers of the kings who built the Labyrinth, and those of the sacred crocodiles." This a plausible story, for the Egyptians are known to have buried sacred bulls in winding underground passages beneath other temples.
Purpose of the Egyptian Labyrinth
The few clues that we have indicate that the Labyrinth originally served many different purposes to the Egyptians. We know that it served as the mortuary temple of pharaoh Amenemhet III (19th century BC), the place on earth where Egyptians would make daily offerings to Amenemhet's spirit—for all eternity—to guarantee his prosperity in the afterlife.
The Labyrinth probably also functioned as a cult center and meetingplace for the rulers of the nomes, or Egyptian political divisions, and it may have served as a palace and administrative center too. Intriguingly, the pyramid that formed a part of this complex contained its own fantastic maze hewn from stone, designed to guard Amenemhet's mummy from tomb robbers.
The Egyptian Labyrinth was more than 1,300 years old at the time of Herodotus's visit and was likely in a state of partial disrepair. It was probably a vast, sprawling collection of interconnected buildings, shrines, passageways, and courtyards, some decaying, some still maintained. Here is the historian's own description of the impression of the interior:
"The upper chambers I saw with my own eyes, and found them to excel all other human productions; for the passages through the houses, and the varied windings of the paths across the courts excited in me infinite admiration as I passed from the courts into chambers, and from the chambers into colonnades, and from the colonnades into fresh houses, and again from these into courts unseen before."
This confusing layout and impressive size would later earn it fame in Roman times as one of the four famous architectural labyrinths of antiquity.
The remains of Pharaoh Amenemhet III's pyramid
Fate of the Egyptian Labyrinth
Time has not spared the Egyptian Labyrinth. The complex fell into ruin at an unknown date, and in Roman times it became the site of quarrying for its fine stone, which occupied such a number of masons that a small town sprung up on the site. When the British archaeologist Flinders Petrie excavated the site in 1888, he found nothing but a vast field of chipped stone, six feet deep. "All over an immense area of dozens of acres, I found evidence of a grand building," he wrote. Petrie could only guess that part of this structure once measured an enormous 1,000 by 800 feet, and he summed up his findings quite succinctly: "From such very scanty remains it is hard to settle anything."
Not long after Petrie wrote this, much of the field of limestone chips was quarried away and used as bedding under railway lines, and with almost nothing now remaining on the site, archaeologists can no longer confirm Petrie's measurements. Thus we have only the word of three eyewitnesses—Herodotus, Strabo, and Petrie—to attest to the size and magnificence of a monument that once surpassed the Pyramids...
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Rice said that the Dragons movie is in the final stages of preproduction. "We've already recorded 90 percent of the voices, and we'll be finalizing the animatic [animated storyboard] next month," she said.
So clearly we're looking at recording the voices before working on the final animation. And it sounds like things are humming along nicely. We trolls will be keeping our eyes peeled for more cast revelations and, hopefully soon, examples of character designs. However, if they're only going to have the animatic finished in July, we probably will only just be seeing final designs around Christmas.


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Preserving and Presenting the History of Cherryfield, Maine
Welcome to the Cherryfield-Narraguagus Historical Society.
The Cherryfield-Narraguagus Historical Society is open during the summer on Saturdays from 1 pm to 4 pm or by appointment.
Come visit our exhibits on early settlements here in Cherryfield, the local blueberry industry, our historic dynamo power plant and much, much more.
We also have a genealogical library and provide genealogical research services.
Please contact us at (207) 546-2076 or come visit us for some great information on our town, its citizens and its heritage!


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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Fab Finds on the Interweb
Ok, so I didn't just stumble upon this, per se. I reconnected with my old BFF from high school, Ana, and she sent me a link to her fabulous etsy page. Low and behold: I saw an item that I believe many people in my new native of Portland, OR would absolutely love--the bike tool roll.
Feel free to go check out http://grammatron.etsy.com
She has lots of cool bike tool rolls like this, and she's gearing up for a craft fair in Austin, TX at the Travis County Expo Center October 18-19.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Cyanotype purse
I took the cyanotype I found last week and have turned it into a fabulous purse!
Expect to see many more projects like this one showing up here and in my shop in the next few weeks!
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
It's been awhile since last I went down the alternative processes photography road, but I have recently been inspired to get back into it. Not only is it a great medium to use as far as creating unique images, but since I print primarily on fabrics it's a great way to make even more one of a kind sewing projects! I just ordered my chemistry today, but I found this little gem from my college days that you can whet your whistle with.
Stay tuned for a ton of new projects and pictures!
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Labels: cyanotypes, new projects, photography
Monday, September 14, 2009
Carnivorous Plants!
So I finally finished some of the felt pitcher plants I envisioned in my brain a few weeks ago, and one is up on my etsy shop!
Feel free to check it out at http://kamo.etsy.com
Feel free to check it out at http://kamo.etsy.com
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Up and Running!
After much hard work and preparation I finally have my etsy shop up and running! Items are going to be moving in slowly but surely, and some will be featured here in days to come, so check back often.
To see what is currently available check out the shop at http://kamo.etsy.com
I am also in the process of starting an e-mail list for KaMo. Contact me if you would be interested in joining, and give me your e-mail address. E-mails will go out about once a month with information on any of my blog contests, or special sales in my shop!
To see what is currently available check out the shop at http://kamo.etsy.com
I am also in the process of starting an e-mail list for KaMo. Contact me if you would be interested in joining, and give me your e-mail address. E-mails will go out about once a month with information on any of my blog contests, or special sales in my shop!
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
So, it begins.
I don't know why I waited until now to start a blog, but here it is. I guess I figured I need a new outlet for all my craftiness. Plus, I'm sure people will love me not clogging up my facebook with craft photos and updates. In the days, weeks, months and years to come look forward to: updates on my personal crafts and etsy shop, awesome giveaways and contests, links to some of my favorite crafty inspiration and so much more! It will probably start out slow, as I am in the works on many different things (including my etsy shop's grand opening). I look forward to getting crafty on the worldwide interweb with all of you!
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Plan volume activation of Office 2010
Applies to: Office 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2012-11-29
You can plan the deployment of Office Activation Technologies for volume activation of Microsoft Office 2010 by using KMS key activation, MAK key activation, or both. Before you read this article, we recommend that you read Volume activation overview for Office 2010. We also highly recommend that you read the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183040).
This information applies to volume-licensed editions of Office 2010. It does not apply to Office Professional Plus for Office 365, which is licensed through subscription.
Office 2010 is supported on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
In this article:
Plan a deployment
Review activation methods
Plan a KMS deployment
Plan a MAK activation
Plan a deployment
If you are planning a Windows deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2, you will probably have the same considerations for Windows as for Office 2010. To help determine which activation method — Key Management Service (KMS) or Multiple Activation Key (MAK) or both — to use for Windows, see the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183040). Most likely, Office 2010 will use the same method.
A volume activation deployment includes the following steps:
Learn about product activation.
Review available activation models.
Evaluate client connectivity.
Map the physical computer or virtual machine to an activation method.
Determine product key needs.
Determine monitoring and reporting needs.
Most of the information is covered in the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183040). This article provides an overview of the technology.
When you plan for Office Activation Technologies, think about the following information:
The KMS activation threshold for Office 2010 is five computers. This means that Office 2010 client computers will become activated only after five or more client computers have requested activation.
There is no need to enter a product key for Office 2010 KMS clients. You only need to enter a KMS host key on your KMS host computer.
If you decide to use MAK, enter the product key either through the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or the Config.xml file. After Office 2010 installation, the product key can be changed by using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 or the Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs). For more information about ospp.vbs, see Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010.
For a visual representation of the volume activation methods for Office 2010 and typical network scenarios, see Volume Activation of Microsoft Office 2010 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=188811).
Review activation methods
Office Activation Technologies provide two activation methods:
Key Management Service (KMS) A server-client model in which a computer serves as the KMS host, which requires a KMS host key to be installed and activated. This establishes a local activation service in your environment. Office 2010 client computers connect to the local Office 2010 KMS host for activation.
Multiple Activation Key (MAK) With a MAK key, Office 2010 client computers activate online by using the Microsoft hosted activation servers or by telephone.
The kind of key installed determines the activation method. All Office 2010 volume license editions have the KMS client key pre-installed. You do not have to enter a product key if you are deploying KMS clients. If you want to use MAK activation, you have to enter the correct MAK key.
A combination of KMS and MAK can also be used. For example, Office 2010 running on desktops has the KMS client key installed, whereas Office 2010 running on portable computers has the MAK key installed.
The model chosen depends on the size, network infrastructure, connectivity, and security requirements. You can choose to use only one or a combination of these activation models. Typically, the same activation method for a particular instance of Windows would be used for Office. For more information about how to decide which activation method to use, see the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183040).
Key Management Service (KMS)
KMS is a server-client model in which a computer serves as the KMS host. KMS activation requires TCP/IP connectivity. By default, KMS hosts use DNS to publish the KMS service, and client computers connect to the KMS host for activation by using anonymous remote procedure calls (RPCs) through TCP communications port 1688, which is the default port number when you enable the firewall on a KMS host. You can use the default settings, which require little or no administrative action, or manually configure KMS hosts and clients based on network configuration and security requirements.
To be licensed, the KMS client must be activated. The following table describes the license state of the Office 2010 KMS client with respect to activation.
|License state
By default, the KMS client attempts activation with the KMS host one time every seven days. (The number of days is configurable.) This design allows the maximum possible time for the client to be in the licensed state. Once the KMS client is successfully activated, it remains in the licensed state for 180 days. When in the licensed state, users do not see any notification dialog boxes prompting them to activate. After 180 days, the activation attempt process resumes. If activation is continually successful, the entire activation experience is transparent to the end-user.
If activation does not occur during the 180-day period, Office 2010 goes into the out-of-tolerance state for 30 days. Users then see notifications requesting activation.
Unlicensed notification
If activation does not occur during the out-of tolerance state, Office 2010 goes into the unlicensed notification state. Users then see notifications requesting activation and a red title bar.
The KMS host must be installed with a KMS host key and activated before accepting KMS activation requests from KMS clients. For information about how to set up a KMS host, see Prepare and configure the KMS host in Deploy volume activation of Office 2010.
|The KMS host key for Office 2010 is not specific to a particular operating system. It is designed to be used on any of the operating systems supported as an Office 2010 KMS host, including both 32-bit and 64-bit editions:
Publication of the KMS service
The KMS service uses service (SRV) resource records (RRs) in DNS to store and communicate the locations of KMS hosts. KMS hosts use dynamic updates, if available, to publish the KMS SRV RRs. If dynamic updates are not available or if the KMS host does not have permissions to publish the RRs, you must publish the DNS records manually or configure client computers to connect to specific KMS hosts. This might require changing permissions on DNS to let more than one KMS host publish SRV records.
DNS changes might take time to propagate to all DNS hosts, depending on the complexity and topology of the network.
Client discovery of KMS
The first time that a KMS client queries DNS for KMS information, it randomly selects a KMS host from the list of SRV RRs that DNS returns. The address of a DNS server that contains the SRV RRs can be listed as a suffixed entry on KMS clients, which allows advertisement of SRV RRs for KMS in one DNS server and KMS clients that have other primary DNS servers to find it.
You can add priority and weight parameters to the DnsDomainPublishList registry value for KMS hosts on Volume License editions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Doing so enables you to establish KMS host priority groupings and weighting within each group, which specifies the order in which to use KMS hosts and balances traffic among multiple KMS hosts. If you are using priority and weight parameters, we recommend that KMS caching be disabled on the client. This allows the client to query DNS every time that activation is attempted, which will honor the priority and weight parameters, instead of directly contacting the cached KMS host that last resulted in successful activation.
If the KMS host that a client selects does not respond, the KMS client removes that KMS host from its list of SRV RRs and randomly selects another KMS host from the list. If the priority and weight parameters are set, the KMS client will use them while finding another KMS host. Otherwise, KMS hosts are selected randomly. After a KMS host responds, the KMS client caches the name of the KMS host and uses it for subsequent activation and renewal attempts if caching is enabled. If the cached KMS host does not respond on a subsequent renewal, the KMS client discovers a new KMS host by querying DNS for KMS SRV RRs.
KMS activation thresholds
The minimum requirement for Office 2010 KMS activation is a KMS host and at least five KMS clients in a network environment. Five or more computers that are running Office 2010 volume editions must contact the KMS host within 30 days for their activation requests to be successful. When five clients have connected to a KMS host, clients that later connect to the KMS host receive responses that allow the clients to be activated. Due to the re-activation schedule, the original five clients also become activated when they request activation from the KMS host again.
After initializing KMS, the KMS activation infrastructure is self-maintaining. The KMS service can be co-hosted with other services. A single KMS host can support hundreds of thousands of KMS clients. Most organizations can deploy merely two KMS hosts for their entire infrastructure (one main KMS host and one backup host for redundancy).
KMS activation renewal
KMS activations are valid for 180 days. This is called the activation validity interval. To remain activated, KMS clients must renew their activation by connecting to the KMS host at least one time every 180 days. By default, KMS client computers attempt to renew their activation every seven days. After a client's activation is renewed, the activation validity interval begins again.
Use KMS for computers that are running Windows and Office 2010 client products
When you use KMS to activate computers that are running both Windows and Office 2010, you have the following options for Office 2010:
Use the same KMS host on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions [32-bit and 64-bit] only), Volume License editions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 (recommended).
Use separate KMS hosts for computers that are running Windows and Office 2010.
If you already have a KMS host that is set up to activate Windows products, you still have to install the Office 2010 KMS host license files, enter the Office 2010 KMS host key, and activate the key. To do this, go to the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=169244) Web site, and then download and run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe.
The following operating systems are supported as an Office 2010 KMS host:
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012
For detailed information about how to set up an Office 2010 KMS host on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, see How to install the Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Volume editions of Windows 7
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (32-bit and 64-bit) or with any applicable service packs
The Office 2010 KMS host is not supported on Windows Small Business Server 2003. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 968915: An update is available that installs Key Management Service (KMS) 1.2 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and for later versions of Windows Server 2003 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183046).
If you are already using a computer that is running as your Windows KMS host and you want to co-host the Office 2010 KMS host, follow the steps in Prepare and configure the KMS host in Deploy volume activation of Office 2010.
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
A MAK key is used for one-time activation with the Microsoft hosted activation services. Each MAK key has a predetermined number of allowed activations. This number is based on Volume Licensing agreements and may not match the organization's exact license count. Each activation that uses a MAK key with the Microsoft hosted activation service counts toward the activation limit. Once Office 2010 is activated, no re-activation is required unless the hardware changes significantly.
There are two ways to activate computers by using a MAK key:
MAK Independent Activation MAK independent activation requires that each computer independently connect and be activated with Microsoft, either over the Internet or by telephone. MAK independent activation is best suited for computers in an organization that do not maintain a connection to the corporate network.
MAK Proxy Activation by using VAMT 2.0 This enables a centralized activation request on behalf of multiple computers that have one connection to Microsoft. MAK Proxy activation is configured by using VAMT 2.0. MAK Proxy activation is appropriate for environments in which security concerns might restrict direct access to the Internet or the corporate network. It is also suited for development and test labs that do not have this connectivity.
MAK architecture
MAK activation requires that a MAK key is installed on a client computer and instructs that computer to activate itself against Microsoft hosted activation servers over the Internet. In MAK Proxy activation, a MAK key must be installed on the client computer by any of the methods previously described. VAMT 2.0 obtains the installation ID (IID) from the target computer, sends the IID to Microsoft on behalf of the client, and obtains a confirmation ID (CID). The tool then activates the client by installing the CID. The CID is saved and can be used later, for example, to activate test computers that have been re-imaged after 90 days.
VAMT 2.0 is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that allows a graphical user interface (GUI) to easily manage Windows and Office 2010 client products, including Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Visio 2010, with volume license keys installed. You may specify a group of products to activate by using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), workgroup names, IP addresses, computer names, or a generic LDAP query. Only VAMT 2.0 and later versions support Office 2010 in addition to Windows.
VAMT 2.0 enables you to easily transition computers between MAK and KMS activation methods by clicking the target computer and installing the appropriate key.
VAMT 2.0 also enables you to trigger activation on a remote computer. If the target computer has a MAK key installed, that computer sends an activation request to the Microsoft activation servers. If a KMS client key is installed, the target computer sends an activation request to the KMS host.
The tool also supports the collection of activation requests from several computers and then sends them to Microsoft hosted activation servers in bulk. This is called MAK proxy activation through VAMT 2.0, and the target computers must have MAK keys installed. For proxy activation only, VAMT distributes the activation confirmation codes from Microsoft hosted activation servers to the computers that requested activation. Because VAMT also stores these confirmation codes locally, it can reactivate a previously activated computer after it is reimaged without having to contact Microsoft.
For detailed information about VAMT 2.0, see Product Activation Using Volume Activation Management Tool 2.0 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=207804).
Plan a KMS deployment
The KMS service does not require a dedicated server. The KMS service can be co-hosted on a server that also hosts KMS for Windows. Specifically, you can configure a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with KMS 1.1 or a later version installed, Volume License editions of Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 to act as a single KMS host that responds to both Windows and Office 2010 KMS client activation requests. This works as long as the appropriate Office 2010 KMS host licenses are installed and a valid KMS host key is installed, and the key is activated against Microsoft hosted activation servers. You can install Office 2010 KMS host licenses by running the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=169244).
KMS hosts that were set up by using the Office 2010 Beta release cannot be used to activate client computers that are running the final released version of Office 2010. To activate these client computers, you can either run the release version of Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=169244) and enter the KMS host key on the same KMS host, or set up a new KMS server only for activating the final release version of Office 2010.
Plan DNS server configuration
The default KMS auto-publishing feature requires SRV RR and dynamic update support. Microsoft DNS or any other DNS server that supports SRV RRs, as documented in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 2782, and dynamic updates, as documented in RFC 2136 can support KMS client default behavior and KMS SRV RR publishing. Berkeley Internet Domain Name (BIND) versions 8.x and 9.x support both SRV records and dynamic update, for example.
The KMS host must be configured so that it has the credentials needed to create and update SRV, A (IPv4), and AAAA (IPv6) RRs on the dynamic update servers, or the records must be created manually. The recommended solution for giving the KMS host the needed credentials is to create a security group in AD DS and add all KMS hosts to that group. For Microsoft DNS, ensure that this security group is given full control over the _VLMCS._TCP record on each DNS domain that will contain the KMS SRV RRs.
Activate the KMS host
The KMS host must activate with Microsoft hosted activation servers through the Internet or by telephone. Once the KMS host is activated, it does not communicate any additional information to Microsoft. For more information, see Prepare and configure the KMS host in Deploy volume activation of Office 2010.
Prepare KMS clients
By default, Volume License editions of Office 2010 are preinstalled with the KMS client key. This makes them KMS clients, without additional configuration required. KMS clients can locate a KMS host automatically by querying DNS for SRV RRs that publish the KMS service. If the network environment does not use SRV RRs, you can manually assign a KMS client to use a specific KMS host by configuring the following registry key:
The KMS host name is specified by KeyManagementServiceName (REG_SZ), and the port is specified by KeyManagementServicePort (REG_SZ). These registry keys can also be set through the ospp.vbs script. For more information about ospp.vbs, see Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010.
Activate as a standard user
Office 2010 does not require administrator permissions for KMS activation. However, volume editions require administrator permissions for MAK activation. Administrators can enable users who have non-administrator permissions to activate with MAK by setting the appropriate registry key in the deployments or in the master image:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\UserOperations = 1
This registry key can also be set through the ospp.vbs script. For more information about ospp.vbs, see Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010.
Plan a MAK activation
MAK is recommended for computers that rarely or never connect to the corporate network and for environments in which the number of physical computers needing activation does not meet the Office 2010 KMS activation threshold (five computers). MAK can be used for individual computers or with an image that can be installed by using Microsoft or third-party deployment solutions. MAK can also be used on a computer that was originally configured to use KMS activation, which is useful for moving a computer off the core network to a disconnected environment.
For more information about how to install a MAK key, see Deploy volume activation of Office 2010.
No authenticated proxy server support
Activation over the Internet will be blocked if the proxy server requires user authentication. In Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, this setting is named basic authentication. Because activation requests do not present the user's credentials to the proxy server, we recommend that you do not use basic authentication with ISA Server or other proxy servers. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 921471: Activation fails when you try to activate Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 over the Internet (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=183044).
See Also
Volume activation overview for Office 2010
Deploy volume activation of Office 2010
Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010
Troubleshoot volume activation for Office 2010
Plan KMS activation of Office 2010
Plan MAK independent activation of Office 2010
Plan MAK proxy activation of Office 2010


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When Kumar Anuraj Jha returned home to Nepal with an MA in conflict transformation in 2007, he was hired as a child protection advisor by the United Nations Mission in Nepal. The decade-long armed conflict between government forces and Maoist fighters had officially ended a year earlier, while Jha was midway through his graduate studies as a Fulbright Scholar at EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP).
But the tough part of returning Nepal to some semblance of normality had just begun. Jha found himself responsible for the social re-integration of the Maoists' 3,000 child soldiers (i.e., those under age 18) slated for release under the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord.
To Jha's surprise, many of these youthful soldiers didn't want to be freed. "They didn't see it the way the international community did – they wanted to stay with the Maoists; it was a source of identity and pride for them," said Jha.
In hindsight, Jha wishes the UN had been able to have access to the child soldiers long before the Maoists released them into civilian life. With more time, he and his colleagues might have been able to address their concerns.
As it was, Jha's team was under pressure – other aspects of the peace process hinged on the release of the child soldiers – so they had to push the young people into deciding among 40 UN-sponsored options, including training in a healthcare profession, starting small businesses with micro-loans, and vocational training (to be, for example, electricians or cooks).
Jha thinks the reintegration package was one of the most comprehensive that the UN has ever put together, but the years of child soldiering had not prepared these young people to be receptive to what they were being offered.
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Six years later, sitting in a spacious waterfront room used for informal conversations at UN headquarters in New York City, Jha ponders the gap between the ideal application of peacebuilding principles and the realities that peace practitioners often face.
"There is no action that does not have unintended consequences, no matter what you do and how well intentioned you are," says Jha, who moved in 2010 from Nepal to NYC, where he now works on issues related to children and armed conflict, with a focus on Africa.* "The UN's efforts to free and rehabilitate child soldiers in Nepal were perceived as coercive by many of the soldiers – causing them to feel unsettled and full of anxiety."
Jha looks burdened by this memory, adding: "It's a struggle to put theories into practice. You try to make the best choice at that time, at that moment. The peace process will never be perfect." Jha derives satisfaction from interactions with his colleagues, whom he describes as highly intelligent, multilingual people from around the world, who often bring special expertise to their UN work. But he adds that the overall system tends to be characterized by a "culture of competitiveness," based on jostling for funding, authority and responsibilities.
Reflecting on his CJP years, Jha says he values the theoretical frameworks he gained, giving him an ability to analyze conflicts and to identify what part of a theory is useful and applicable in a given situation. "I'm better able to look at a situation and make sense of it."
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"CJP taught us to be self-reflective and to recognize that it's never one person who has transformed something – hundreds of people contribute. And the more you acknowledge that and expand the circle, the better the outcome will be."
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"It's distressing for me to see people who act as if they have all the answers. It's harmful. It's very difficult to do this peacebuilding work in a way that isn't damaging. The need to be humble, that's one of the most important lessons I got at CJP."
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T1 bandwidth pricing had reduces as companies have gone out of business and the large number of telecommunications companies are fighting for a place in a smaller market. While many service providers did have room to lose margin, many have come dangerously close to the edge of selling circuits at a loss and many have gone beyond this point. It seems that in the race to the bottom many providers failed to learn the lesson that selling at a loss does not create a long lasting and healthy company no matter how many circuits or widgets you sell. Many companies selling at a loss have already been in bankruptcy and look like they will repeat this exercise as they did not learn from their first go around. So, solvency of the T1 bandwidth provider should be a consideration when looking at great bargains.
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In addition to its own table-dancing renditions of Dick's Tea Bar and La Folie Douce, Europe's highest resort features one of France's most delicious high elevation dining experiences at La Fruitere (External link) . You are encouraged to indulge in a sun-drenched, seasonal fresh multi-course lunch before you head next door to La Folie to cut some snow. Long after the sun sets, maintain your vertical (or go back after a nap) at Klub Summit (External link) , France's highest elevation nightclub, open until 4 a.m. with a variety of rock, '80s, disco, and house tunes, plus a quieter VIP lounge.
There is no shortage of apres-ski hotspots in Chamonix, including L'Amnesia, where the party lasts until 4 a.m. blaise ulysse vincent verien (External link)
There is no shortage of party stops in France's most famous resort, including Chambre Neuf (External link) , where it's standing room only once the live music begins to the tune of two-for-one cocktails. The aptly named L'Amnesia (External link) (External link) is where dancers tend to become scantily clad and the party goes until 4 a.m. But for a truly unique après experience, head to the most beautiful old house on the outskirts of town to listen to regional and international live jazz. Maison des Artistes (External link) is one of the best-kept secrets in the Alps, where you can soak up the melodies in a leather chair while sipping your soothing mug of vin chaud.
Val d'Isere
After a day of skiing in Val d'Isere, take to the dance floor at La Folie Douce. Jerome Bon (External link)
Did we mention sparklers? This is another prop you'll find in certain alpine party haunts, particularly at Dick's Tea Bar (External link) , which offers table service for those wishing to kick back with champagne while live musicians (including a violin and sax player) perform during the After Dinner Club. After midnight, the dance floor begins heaving with small flames and live DJs, and the party thumping lasts until 5 a.m. Decidedly more French, Doudoune Club (External link) brings in guest DJs throughout the winter, also spinning until 5 a.m. The club recently opened Cocorico, a ski-in spot at the base of Solaise where the party starts in the afternoon with a mix of great views and karaoke. On the La Daille side of the resort, the electro beats of La Folie Douce (External link) —an après fixture found in several French resorts—reverberate across the slopes, accented by the stomping of ski boots on the balcony.
Courchevel offers several options for both live music and DJs who keep the party going into the night. Matt Squirrell (External link)
If you wish to dive right into the swank of Courchevel and rub shoulders with the international crowd who spends the whole season here, sink into a plush couch at Le Bubble Bar (External link) in the village, which is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with live music on Sundays. Le Schuss Café (External link) , also located in Courchevel 1650, is an equally sophisticated but quieter après experience where cuisine ranges from burgers to raclette and the wine list is truly rich. Le Tremplin (External link) up the hill offers delightful fresh fish and meat dishes for lunch and dinner. You'll find live music two days a week and more affordable prices than you'd expect. Also situated smack at the base of the 1850 chairlifts, Le Kudeta (External link) (External link) offers a rustic, white tablecloth dining experience inside for lunch and dinner, then morphs into a club with live DJs kicking off around 10 p.m.
Meribel is popular with British tourists, and you can find a cozy pub that makes them feel right at home. Marc Lagneau
As with many French resorts, at Meribel you're sometimes bound to run into more British accents than natives during après. When you sit down in the cabin-like La Taverne (External link) , you have the option of a burger and a pint in the main pub or a lineup of authentic Savoyard specialties, including steak and fondue, in the cozy wine bottle-lined restaurant. Make a reservation to ensure a table. On the mountain, reapply the sunscreen when you hang out on the patio at Le Rond Point (External link) , where toffee vodka is the party drink of choice on the crowded balconies and live bands play until nightfall.
In Megeve you can gable at the Casino Barriere or listen to music at Club de Jazz Cinq Rues. dominique quenin (External link)
Arguably the most well-bred of the bunch, the hot après spots tucked amid this stunning medieval-meets-chalet town include yet another on-slope La Folie Douce (External link) as well as Casino Barrière (External link) , a late-night club where you can lose your Euros quickly via both cocktails and slots. Club Cocoon (External link) is a locals' hangout with more approachable prices and music that gets louder by the hour, ranging in variety from French folk to American hair rock. The No. 1 not-to-miss post-slopes scene in Megève can be found at Club de Jazz Les Cinq Rues (External link) . Inside the picturesque stone building, big names have been performing for more than half a century, including Bill Coleman and Memphis Slim. After you're done listening and sipping red wine by the fireplace, the crowd gets younger as the late-night dance party takes over.
All told, après ski is a staple wherever you go in France. The tough part is deciding how to divide your time and energy between day and night, downhill or dancing.
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Osteoblasts are bone-forming cells that play essential roles in skeletal development, remodeling, and homeostasis. In the osteoblast developmental program, runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) forms a complex with the Hippo signaling effector TAZ. Loss-of-function mutations in RUNX2 repress osteoblast differentiation, impair bone formation, and are associated with the congenital bone disorder cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD). Though the RUNX2-TAZ complex appears to exert critical control over osteoblast lineage commitment, the mechanisms that regulate TAZ are not known.
A recent study by Matsumoto et al. identified the ubiquitin ligase RNF146 as a critical control point for osteoclastogenesis through its promotion of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. This week in the JCI, a second study by Matsumoto et al. links RNF146's regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway to downstream effects on TAZ expression. Selective ablation of Rnf146 in osterix-Cre mice led to a CCD-like phenotype, characterized by defective bone development and osteopenia. RNF146-deficient mice also displayed increases in bone marrow fat stores as well as glucose intolerance, substantiating its role in osteoblast lineage commitment. Further investigation determined that RNF146 loss attenuated β-catenin and led to downregulation of FGF18, which in turn reduced TAZ expression. In support of this mechanism, ectopic expression of FGF18 in RNF146-deficient mice rescued defective osteoblast proliferation.
The featured images are H&E stains showing fat accumulation in the bone marrow of control Rnf146fl/fl mice (left) and conditional RNF146-deficient mice (right). The increase in unstained fat area in RNF146-deficient mice supports RNF146's function as a fate-determining factor in the Wnt/β-catenin pathway that promotes osteoblastogenesis while suppressing adipogenesis.
Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is an autosomal dominant human disorder characterized by abnormal bone development that is mainly due to defective intramembranous bone formation by osteoblasts. Here, we describe a mouse strain lacking the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF146 that shows phenotypic similarities to CCD. Loss of RNF146 stabilized its substrate AXIN1, leading to impairment of WNT3a-induced β-catenin activation and reduced Fgf18 expression in osteoblasts. We show that FGF18 induces transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) expression, which is required for osteoblast proliferation and differentiation through transcriptional enhancer associate domain (TEAD) and runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) transcription factors, respectively. Finally, we demonstrate that adipogenesis is enhanced in Rnf146–/– mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Moreover, mice with loss of RNF146 within the osteoblast lineage had increased fat stores and were glucose intolerant with severe osteopenia because of defective osteoblastogenesis and subsequent impaired osteocalcin production. These findings indicate that RNF146 is required to coordinate β-catenin signaling within the osteoblast lineage during embryonic and postnatal bone development.
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Random House Children's Books imprint Delacorte Press has announced it will publish The Here and Now, a new novel by Ann Brashares, the bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The Here and Now is set for April 8, 2014, and, according to Beverly Horowitz, v-p and publisher of Delacorte, the book is "unlike anything Ann Brashares has ever written, and at the same time it's classic Ann."
In the novel, a teenage girl from the future described as a "potentially lethal threat" works to seamlessly blend into a suburban community. Horowitz added that the book, which is a romance, features "the unforgettable themes of loss, love, identity, and courage."
In the deal, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at William Morris Endeavor sold world rights to the book to Brashares's longtime editor, Wendy Loggia.
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This Sunday marks one of the biggest fundraising events of the year for the cancer-fighting Susan G. Komen Foundation—the annual Race for the Cure in New York City. More than 21,000 people took part last year, says Vern Calhoun, the acting executive director of Komen's Greater New York City affiliate. This year, he says, the number of participants is "significantly down," and "at the end of the day, it's the women who most need services that suffer."
Two days ahead of the race, participation is down more than 25 percent from last year, according to Calhoun. He says a chunk of participants do generally register in the final few days, with around 5 percent signing up on the day of the race itself. Nonetheless, he says, the race revenue numbers so far are "very frustrating."
He notes that 75 percent of the net money raised at local races stays in the local community, with the other 25 percent going to national breast-cancer research. "I'm not sure people understand that," Calhoun says. Last year, he says, thanks to the race in Manhattan, his group gave some $3 million in grants to the local New York City community, and $1.4 million to national cancer research.
The local funds, he says, go to "grassroots breast-health screening, treatment, education, support … all these incredible programs. Without the funding that the Komen affiliates provide, speaking specifically for Komen Greater NYC, a lot of these lifesaving programs may close." He adds, "There are a ton of races in September and October all over the country. People need to understand, this is not just true here in New York City—this is true in every town that has a Komen race."
Komen race participants and donations have dropped across this country this year, following the controversy that rocked the charity in January, when it decided to change its granting structure, which would have phased out a grant to Planned Parenthood. Observers assumed the move was political, since Planned Parenthood performs abortions, along with its preventive-health and family-planning services. An uproar ensued, and Komen apologized and reversed the decision.
One former Komen executive, Karen Handel, has told The Daily Beast that the grant restructuring was not about politics, but money in a tough economy. At the same time, she said, Catholic bishops were instructing donors across the country not to give money to Komen due to its relationship with Planned Parenthood, putting the breast-cancer charity in a bind.
Says Calhoun, "We made a mistake and we're genuinely sorry for it, but I don't understand why at-risk women should have to suffer for a mistake that was made, apologized for, and rectified. When we have these people who are out there shouting about, you know, 'Komen is not looking out for women's health,' that just isn't the case. I really don't understand how you wipe away 29 years of really, really good work because of one misguided decision."
Komen has invested some $1.9 billion in breast-cancer initiatives since its start in 1982. Its founder and chief executive, Nancy Brinker, started the charity in honor of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died of breast cancer in her 30s. Brinker built the group into one of the most powerful cancer-fighting organizations in the world, with more than 100,000 volunteers working in a network of affiliates around the country, organizing local fundraisers and pink-ribbon races.
Brinker recently said she will step down as CEO but remain in a managerial role. Liz Thompson, Komen's president, is leaving this month. A string of other executives has departed in recent weeks, including vice president of communications Leslie Aun and vice president of development Julie Teer, the group's chief fundraiser. The former head of the Greater New York City affiliate, Dara Richardson-Heron, left in the spring.
"The organization is changing internally, significantly," Calhoun says. "We will probably have a new CEO and a new president by early next year. It is going to be a completely different organization. There's work that's going on to give the affiliates a much greater voice—which is fantastic—and to make sure that what happened at the beginning of the year won't happen again."
Komen's signature Global Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C., this summer saw a drop in participants to around 27,000, from 37,000 last year, the group has said. In addition, Komen had to cancel its annual lobbying day in D.C., an event at which activists push for government breast-cancer programs, not Komen programs—raising concerns that the controversy would have far-reaching effects on women's health.
Calhoun says Komen's Greater New York City team has been "going out on site visits to our grantees to let them know there's a high probability we won't have as much money to grant for next year." He says the economy plays a part, but believes the scandal is the main factor. "It just keeps coming back," he says. "It's just the gift that keeps on giving," he jokes. "You know, and this may sound silly, but this feels more personal. Komen Greater NYC is a grassroots organization. It's not like we're getting million-dollar contributions. We're getting $5, $10, $25 contributions, a lot of them. That's what's funding $3 million worth of grants, which is huge."
He adds, "By not supporting your local affiliate, you're basically not supporting the women in your community. If we have less money to grant, we're going to be able to do less for the community. I just don't see what there is to be happy about in that regard. How can you be happy that uninsured, unemployed, many women in at-risk minority groups, are not going to get a mammogram or be treated for breast cancer?"
He says he hopes people will rally in the next two days and sign up for the race in Central Park. As for the weather forecast on race day, he says with a laugh: "It may rain. I'm hoping it'll clear up."


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Election days are — next to the days after Thanksgiving and Christmas — the worst days of journalism on the calendar. They are "yeah, we know" days. People shop. People vote. Tell me something I don't know. Please. This is the journalism of filling space and time. We have to print an edition or fill airtime and this is what's happening today and you're going to come to us anyway so we're going to tell you about it even if we have nothing — nothing — new and informative to say.
The journalism of links, on the other hand, would dictate that it's not worth using resources to tell people what they already know because no one will pass that on and passing on is the new distribution chain for news. (People won't just come to you anyway anymore.)
I'm not suggesting that news judgment should be determined just by what is passed around. We know how silly the most-emailed lists are; they're the wacky stories, water-cooler journalism. Instead, I'm suggesting that if you can't imagine anyone linking to your coverage — if you can't imagine anyone saying "this was new," "this is good," "this was valuable," "go here for more," "I didn't know this," or "you should know this" — then chances are, it's not worth saying and in the link economy it won't get audience, and so it's not worth making.
In that link economy — in the Googleverse — you stand out above the level playing field by creating something uniquely useful, informative, compelling, or valuable. As other news organizations cut back, they will more and more point to good work done elsewhere. So another way to ask this question is, "have I contributed something to the press-sphere (and will I get attention as a result)?" For elsewhere in the sphere, others are doing what they do best and linking to the rest.
At the Telegraph, online editor Marcus Warren just told PaidContent: "We are doing what we do best, main content, but also linking to the rest, as Jeff Jarvis would put it." Or as Marcus Huendgen just said in Der Westen, "Do the fucking links." Yes, I'm gratified at the spread of that meme. It's not just advice. It's a recognition of the new architecture of news and media.
A few years ago, the Associated Press did a lot of research among young people as it prepared to create a news product for them. One meme they heard again and again: "Don't tell us what we already know." Don't waste their time — and your dwindling resources.
So I come to you today over-informed about how many people are standing in a random line or about a random machine that broke down and got fixed — because that's where the reporter was standing and she had nothing else to tell me. Don't bother.


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