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FAQ Why should I use the new progress service?
Eclipse 3.0 introduced a central new workbench progress service. This service combines the advantages of busy cursors and Progress dialogs by switching from one to the other, depending on the length of the long-running task. The service also handles a further wrinkle caused by the introduction of background jobs. It is now possible for a short-running task to become blocked by a longer-running job running in the background, owing to contention for various resources. When this happens, the progress service opens a richer Progress dialog with a details area showing all running background jobs. This allows the user to see what
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The service is used much like the SWT BusyIndicator. Simply pass an IRunnableWithProgress instance to the busyCursorWhile method. The UI will prevent further user input and report progress feedback until the runnable completes. Note that the runnable executes in a non-UI thread, so you will have to use asyncExec or syncExec to execute any code within the runnable that requires access to UI widgets:
IWorkbench wb = PlatformUI.getWorkbench(); IProgressService ps = wb.getProgressService(); ps.busyCursorWhile(new IRunnableWithProgress() { public void run(IProgressMonitor pm) { ... do some long running task } });
This progress service was introduced to unify a number of progress-reporting mechanisms in Eclipse 2.1. JFace provides a Progress Monitor dialog, SWT provides a busy indicator, and the workbench provides a progress indicator on the status line. Each of these mechanisms has its own advantages and disadvantages. The busy cursor is the least obtrusive and works well for tasks that typically take a second or less. The Progress dialog provides much more information and allows the user to cancel but is visually distracting, especially on short tasks as it pops up over the user's work. The status line progress monitor is a bit less obtrusive but doesn't give an obvious indication that the UI is not accepting further input, and the space for presenting progress indication is very constrained. The new progress service tries to achieve a balance by automatically adapting between a busy cursor and a dialog, depending on the situation.
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Not long before Prince Amukamara, the 2010 First-Team All-American cornerback from Nebraska, was drafted Thursday evening by the New York Giants with the 19th overall pick in the first round, Nebraska assistant coach Ron Brown gave Amukamara and Eric Hagg, one of Amukamara's teammates, something to think about.
"'Guys, you know what, it all looks great on the front end,'" Brown recounted for The Christian Post, "'Always, it looks great on the front end, but 2-3 years down the road, it's usually quite a different story. And so the question is, what's your story going to be? Is it going to be circumstance-based or circumstance free? Which means no matter what the circumstances are, in Christ, you are going to be a man of integrity. Which means, you can't be talked out of things and you can't be up and down and all over the place. It means you are rooted.'"
He went on to tell them the devil doesn't change his schemes or game plan. He's out to sidetrack them, or worse, with toys, prestige, pride, alcohol, girls or whatever it takes and it is us up to them to make the right choices.
"Hopefully his biblical training will stay sharp and he'll get sharper and sharper. One of the things I told Prince is, 'Get yourself involved in a Bible study. Get yourself around accountability – fellow brothers in Christ. Get yourself around people who love the Scriptures, who love God. Find a church home and people who will help you manage your life in the name of Christ. That's what will maximize your career, your money, your platform. Then turn it into something special.'"
Brown says Amukamara was receptive to the message and he soaked it in.
"The thing I like about Prince is – the Bible says you enter into the kingdom as a little child," Brown said, "and Prince is a big, strong, fast, athletic, one of the great athletes in the country in college football. But with all of that, there's this humble, gentle spirit – childlike almost – about him. I'm not saying he's like a perfectly innocent little kid. I'm saying he's got a seemingly childlike approach to intimacy with the Lord.
"When I talk to him about the Lord, he asks questions like a kid would, which is very refreshing. It's not like, 'I've got all the answers.'"
Amukamara exhibited that gentle spirit recently during an interview with Gordon Thiessen, director of leadership training and resources at Nebraska FCA.
"Our team chaplain reminded us recently that there was a lot of attention on John the Baptist," Amukamara told Thiessen, "but he kept his focus on Christ and said, 'He must increase, but I must decrease,' (John 3:30). Rather than being focused on himself, he demonstrated humility. As a team, we have talked about the value of humility. Proud people want recognition, the humble want all the glory and honor and recognition to go to the Lord."


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Worship – Interfaith Harmony Week
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Who Will Go First?
Scripture: Psalm 3
Gospel: Matthew 5:21-26, 38-42
As we gather together in observance of Interfaith Harmony Week, even a quick survey of the field is probably enough to be appropriately overwhelmed.
Just consider the major league versions: Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Shinto, Taoist, and Zoroastrian.
Not to mention all of the variations within each: Sunni, Shia and Sufi within Islam; Theravadan and Mahajanan, Vajrayanan and Zen within Buddhism; Labavich, Hasidic, Orthodox, Traditional, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and Humanistic within Judaism; and so on, and so on….
And then – remembering that every tradition has to start somewhere, at some point in time – there are all those smaller franchises, the ancient and the neo-ancient, the modern and the post-modern, the off-shoots and start-ups: Wicca, Mormon, New Thought, Unity, Unitarian Universalist, Scientologist, Brahma Kumaris, Christ Scientist, Subud, and so on, and so on…
Of course, the longest standing traditions originated long before all of those mentioned so far, the traditions of indigenous peoples, rooted in the land, bonded in tribe and clan, with a reverence for their ancestors past and a respect for their elders present. Even after the scourge of conquest and colonialism, current estimates have 350 million indigenous people residing in 72 countries, and practicing over 5,000 distinct traditions.
Now we should also probably include all of those secular and humanistic ideologies that one might argue function like religions, only without all the religious stuff? The devotion to the human potential movement and self-help philosophies; the deification of libertarianism and equalitarianism; the cults of consumerism and civil religion; the worship of the market, of science, of technological advancement, of the nation state.
So that's the world out there. What about locating oneself in the midst of all of that?
Even sticking for a moment with the explicitly religious and spiritual, what does it mean to be an adherent of one particular tradition? Say, a Christian? Is simply "Christian" enough of a designation?
How about all those variations within the Christian tradition: Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, Non-Denominational? And the variations within any one of those variations? Say, of Protestantism?
Are the distinctions between Baptist, Congregationalist, Quaker, Reformed, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Pentecostal actually definitive when it comes to matters of salvation? Or is being a particular Protestant simply a matter of upbringing, or ecclesiastical preference, or the availability of parking on Sunday morning? What does it mean to be a Presbyterian these days?
If you find yourself aware of this spectacular spectrum of humanity, how do you get your head around the seemingly endless diversity?
Should you take this diversity into account in choosing your own path?
If you were to you work in the midst of, and on behalf of, such a diversity of communities and traditions, how would you go about it, given the often significant, sometimes-drastic differences of belief and practice, values and aspirations?
How can any society respect all the differences and yet function in a cohesive way? How can a society make the tough decisions when not everyone's conviction or preference can be honored or accommodated?
How much of this is an either-or proposition? Can it be a both-and proposition?
One place to start is to emphasize the commonalities. In first encounters with those of other traditions, people are often surprised to find that their view of another religion was incomplete or stereotypic, and find beliefs, values, hopes and dreams they hold in common. So a promising way forward is to find, and highlight, and work with those commonalities. Though, as effective as this can be, this approach still begs the question about what to do with the differences.
Another approach is to move beyond commonalities and to simply declare our unity. You hear these catchphrases in the interreligious movement: "We are finally all simply human beings." "Religions teach essentially the same thing." "If only we would all follow the golden rule, that would be enough." And the number one, top of the charts: "I'm spiritual, not religious." It is as if there are in fact no real differences. I suspect it's because the differences are so overwhelming for some, that its easier to operate as if they don't exist.
Proponents of these approaches are at least attempting to acknowledge, to understand, to work with, to live in harmony with, those who are different.
Many are not so willing, proclaiming that their way is the only way. If this is the case, there is no reason to examine or revise the incomplete and stereotypic views one may have of those who are different. It doesn't matter who they are. Given the differences, dialogue is not only not possible, no dialogue is necessary, because no relationship is possible. That is, of course, unless you agree to become like me.
I find this "my way or the highway" approach is not the exclusive feature of one particular, or a few select, religions. I find it is a mindset brought to any and all traditions. You get a sense of this when, in the midst of dueling truth claims, certain adherents will play their trump card.
- Ours is the first true prophet.
- Ours is the last true prophet.
- We are the chosen people of God.
- We follow God incarnate.
- You can date when your scriptures were written and by whom. We don't know when our sacred texts were written or by whom. Therefore, your sacred texts are merely a human creation, ours are eternal.
- We don't even have scriptures. We experience the divine directly.
When I began working as a Protestant Presbyterian Christian in the interreligious movement, I had a bit of a crisis of faith. Is Christianity the one and only true religion? Or if I grant that other religions may have a piece of the truth, does Christianity have a corner on the full truth? Or is Christianity merely one religion among others, with nothing unique or definitive to add?
And what does it mean to work in the midst of, and on behalf of, other communities? Do I identify myself as a Christian? Or do I become a religiously neutral person in my professional life, while practicing my tradition in my private life?
After twenty years in the interreligious field, here's what I know, and what I don't know. And perhaps more importantly, here's I use what I know to deal with what I don't know.
I am convinced that, as human beings, we are as different as we are the same. Really different. From our respective ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious and spiritual perspectives, in absolutely crucial and often irreconcilable ways, we are different. In fact, I have come to believe our differences rival our commonalities.
So our relations with each other – person to person, community to community, as a society, as a global community – cannot simply depend on our commonalities, but more critically, on how we navigate our differences. And we're not finally going to work out these differences in terms of religious or spiritual belief and practice. Hell, we can't even do this as Presbyterians. No, if we're ever going to work things out relationally, it's going to be in terms of how we decide to treat each other, regardless of our differences.
I've also learned not to be afraid of difference. In ways that seem at first counter-intuitive, I have found the more I engage in encounter and dialogue with those who are different from me, my own sense of identity is not threatened, but strengthened. I am now more self-consciously and intentionally a Presbyterian Christian than I was when I embarked on the interreligious journey. My horizons have been expanded, as my sense of identity has deepened. I have been changed by these "close encounters of the interreligious kind," in often radically altering ways, but it is still a loving God that I serve, Jesus of Nazareth who I follow, and the Spirit present in both that guides me.
What does it mean to be a Presbyterian? I have come to understand myself as a Presbyterian Christian in terms of the charge the apostle Paul gave to the Philippians: "…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for God's good pleasure." Being Presbyterian identifies the community and the tradition in which I am working out my own salvation – in following a Christian path, in a Presbyterian fellowship that worships and prays together, guided the scriptures and informed by the confessions, joining in the communion of saints past and present; and for me, called to be an interreligious practitioner to serve on behalf of those in other communities and traditions as an expression of service to God out of my own.
Yet, as I become more convinced of, and rooted in, my own tradition, the more I experience life as ambiguous, and the pursuit of competing truth claims in any ultimate sense, as problematic. Or maybe its more accurate to say that the more convinced and rooted I am, the better able I am to confront the ambiguities of life, and to seek to live out the truth claims particular to my tradition without claiming supremacy over those of other traditions.
For I believe there is finally no intellectual or metaphysical arbiter in deciding ultimately between these truth claims and ways of life. There is no "God's eye view" for those of us who are not God. Life is ambiguous, and the more ultimate the questions we ask, the more ambiguous the claims we make about it are likely to be.
And still yet, even though life is ambiguous, I believe that we all inescapably live by some kind of truth claim – even if it is the claim there is no such thing as truth with a capital Truth. Despite the inherent ambiguity of life, I don't believe its all for grabs. I do believe that we can, and must, test out our truth claims. We can come to a clearer view of what matters most in life, of what can make the world a better place. We can, and must, act out of a sense of deeply held conviction, yet do this with an accompanying sense of humility.
This means doing the ongoing self-defining work of theological reflection, and the soul-searching spiritual discipline, required when one follows a "reformed and always reforming" tradition. This means engaging in the intellectual inquiry and creative imagining demanded of those who seek to live responsibly in the painfully real and always changing world. But we do all of this knowing that it is always penultimate in nature; that we are seeking to serve a higher calling, imperfectly and incompletely, but nevertheless necessarily and crucially.
Perhaps this is the meaning of being a person of faith; living in the reality that the knowing is intimately and inextricably woven in with the not knowing. Any claim to ultimacy rests finally in to Whom we entrust our lives and how we live them out.
How do we do that? By living in the real world. By living with others. By asking the right question. A question like: Who will go first?
Last year, on a snowy Tuesday afternoon, I sat down with Presbyterian and Jewish colleagues to study Talmud – the central text of mainstream Judaism, a compendium of thousands of years of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history. The topic on this particular day was justice. Here's what was written:
As it has been taught: Justice (tzedek), justice you shall pursue. The first [mention of justice] refers to a decision based on strict law; the second, to a compromise (pesharah). How so?
Where two boats sailing on a river meet, if both attempt to pass simultaneously, both will sink. However, if one makes way for the other, both can pass [without mishap].
Likewise, if two camels met each other while on the ascent to Beth-Horon [a high mountain with a narrow path]; if they both ascend [at the same time] both may tumble down [into the valley]; but if [they ascend] after each other, both can go up [safely].
How then should they act? If one is laden and the other unladen, the latter should give way to the former. If one is nearer [to its destination] than the other, the former should give way to the latter.
If both are [equally] near or far [from their destination,] make a compromise (pesharah) between them, with the one [which is to go forward] compensating the other [which has to give way].
(Talmud Sanhedrin 32b)
Two boats trying to pass on a river. Who will make way for the other? Who will go first?
Two camels trying to pass on a narrow path? Who will make way for the other? Who will go first?
As we seek to navigate of the matter of commonalities and differences – between Buddhists and Sikhs, Jews and Muslims, Christians and Hindus, and so on – when it comes to getting along with each other in a harmonious and peaceful way, who will go first?
Alongside the question of the claims of religious and spiritual communities about how to live, informed by the truth of their traditions, when it comes to addressing the challenges facing the world – violence and conflict, poverty and hunger, shrinking ice caps and rising seas, globalization and human rights – who will go first?
As I've gotten to know more about the other religions in the world, I can say this much.
When it comes to the rampant conflict and violence in the world, it will be the Jain tradition – of an ancient religious community originating in India, whose principle of ahimsainspired Mahatma Gandhi, and then Martin Luther King Jr, – that calls Jains to go first in responding to violence with non-violence.
When it comes to the ominous threat to our environment, it will be the place-based traditions of indigenous peoples, who have always lived closest to the earth, that calls the first nations and tribes to go first in lowering their carbon footprint, in living respectfully and in harmony with nature.
When it comes to the gnawing emptiness of a globalized and consumer oriented world, it will be the Buddhist tradition – with its teaching of non-attachment – that calls Buddhists to go first in living more simply, in seeking fulfillment by cultivating the inner life.
When it comes to welcoming the stranger, the downtrodden, the outcast, it will be the Sikh tradition – with its understanding that we are all equal in the sight of God – that calls Sikhs to offer langar, their blessed sacred meal, and shelter, to anyone who arrives at the door of a gurdwara.
And as for Christians, as followers of Jesus of Nazareth, who, as was his habit, always went first, we can read our scriptures with that question in mind.
Jesus says: "So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift."
(Matthew 5:23 NRSV)
When in comes to human relations, to matters of forgiveness and reconciliation, more often than not, at some point, the rightful notions of right and wrong, of who did want to whom, have to give way to healing and moving on. And when it comes to that point, more often than not, the question becomes: who will go first?
Jesus says: "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let her have your cloak as well; and if any one force you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to her who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you."
If it comes to it, only an eye for eye, no more. If you must retaliate, stop at a tooth for a tooth. But even then, retributive justice has its drawbacks. As Gandhi said, "An eye-for-an-eye-for-an-eye…ends up making everyone blind."
Jesus takes it's a step beyond merely limiting retaliation. When it comes to doing what's necessary to stop the cycle of retaliation and violence – not only when there is every expectation of reciprocity, but especially when there is not – Christians are called to go first, even when it means going the extra mile.
Jesus says: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven…
The essential question for Christians in the interreligious movement is this: Do I treat you a certain way because of who you are, or because of who I am. Do I treat a certain way because you are a Christian, and others differently because they are a Buddhist, or Muslim, or humanist? Or do I treat everyone the same way because I am a Christian, regardless of who they are, or should I say, because of who they are.
"…for God makes the sun rise on the evil and good, and send the rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For it you love those who love, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as you heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 6:43-48 NRSV)
As always, when it comes to deciding about truth claims, the living expressions of those claims are always the most definitive, the more compelling.
Jesus says: "…every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit…Thus you will know them by their fruits."
(Matthew 7:17 – 20)
Who will go first?
Elana Rozenman is an Israeli, a long-time resident of Jerusalem, and an observant Jew. I first met her at the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions in Barcelona, and on subsequent trips to the Middle East.
In 1997, her son was critically injured in a Palestinian suicide bombing in the city. He was 16 at the time, and was caught, walking down the street in Jerusalem in the middle of the day, between two Palestinian suicide bombers. One hit him first from behind, the second in front. He was hit by at least 100 pieces of shrapnel, which tore off his flesh, broke bones, and left burns all over his body. A little girl right beside him was killed instantly, and other children were killed and hundreds were injured. As Elana described it:
I spent months in the hospital sleeping on a mattress beside him, as he slowly recovered, in intensive care, the burn unit, then in rehabilitation programs. I had a lot of time to think about what was going on. I had been leading my life as a religious, Jewish woman, living in Jerusalem as God wanted me to live, raising my children as God wanted me to do. But that was not sufficient to keep horrific violence from striking my family.
What should she do? Be bitter. Be filled with hatred. Seek revenge. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But a seed of something different was planted on that fateful day.
Elana rushed to the hospital, and was immediate confronted with urgent questions from doctors.
One doctor grabbed her, asking, "Are you the mother? I'm Dr. Khoury. " He said he must operate immediately.
She asked him, "Are you not an Arab?" He said, "Yes," and she said, "One Arab just tried to kill my son and now you will save him!"
He said, "That's our reality; please sign the papers so we can get to work to save your son."
I felt truly blessed by God (she said) that I had been shown that there was no way to go to a place of anger or revenge or hatred. I had a Palestinian surgeon, who saved my son's life.
And even while I was in the burn unit, there were some Jordanian men who had been burned in a work accident. Their wives and mothers came from Jordan to visit, and we were all sitting there together, as wives and mothers, trying to get our loved ones through the trauma. We were relating to each other as women, as sisters, at the heart level, all helping sons and husbands to recover.
Elana decided to work for peace. As her son's body and psyche and spirit were slowly being repaired, she would seek to repair the world that had done this to him. Tikkun olam. The Jewish imperative to repair the world. (Elana goes on…)
To do nothing was to collude with that violence. ??After a couple of years when my son had finally recovered enough that I felt able to leave him, I decided to work with women. I had always worked with women, and knew that women are able to relate at the heart level far more easily than men.
I also wanted to work with religion, because I was a woman of faith. Religion is one area that can transcend, that can overcome divides. The truth that is inherent to religion is about living in peace in the Holy Land, so that we can sanctify it.
So I began to work with women, and found Muslim, Christian, and Jewish women longing, indeed thirsting, to work with other women in normal relationships. They felt an intense need to bridge the divides. So we began to work together. And that's how I got started.
Elana chose to go first, and decided to start with women. As she said, when it comes to matters like this, women are often willing to go first. She became partners with Arab Christian and Palestinian Muslim women to build bridges of understanding and harmony. Today she leads a network of women of many faiths who are working for peace in the region.
What impact will efforts like hers have in that troubled place? I don't know.
What impact will efforts such as this, by the people of faith everywhere, have for the world and the future of the global community? I don't know.
But I do know this: none of it has a snowball's chance in hell unless someone goes first.
(Quotes from Elana Rozenman come from a June 30, 2010 interview posted on the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Rev. Dirk Ficca serves as Executive Director of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. Dirk worked closely with the religious and spiritual communities of the Chicago metropolitan area to plan and organize the 1993 Parliament event in Chicago. Given the enthusiasm generated by the 1993 Parliament, Dirk continued to lead's the Council's efforts to build a vibrant interreligious movement in Chicago and around the world. Dirk is an ordained Presbyterian minister and prior to joining the Council served for eleven years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Dirk teaches at DePaul University, the Lutheran School of Theology and Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary.


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CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has teamed up on a special sneaker for special athletes.
The Cavaliers star and Nike have unveiled a new shoe designed for disabled athletes that can be slipped on and off more easily. The LeBron Soldier 10 FlyEase is modeled after the signature shoe worn by James, but it has no laces and can be secured with Velcro straps and zippers.
"It's about us empowering every kid and everybody to understand we are all athletes," James said.
The project is near and dear to James, a father of three. He hosted kids from the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation last week at the team's facility and presented them with new pairs of the stylish, slip-on sneakers.
"Sports should never be taken away from a kid," the three-time NBA champion said. "It creates fun. It creates laughter. It creates brotherhood or sisterhood. To be able to have shoes that are easy to get on and off gives kids another opportunity to live out their dreams."
Longtime Nike designer Tobie Hatfield said the new model is designed to eliminate the struggle for some kids to simply get the shoe on their foot.
"One of the key learnings we've had in crafting accessible footwear is the importance of easy entry and exit of the shoe, not just simplifying its fastening system," Hatfield said. "Eliminating the intricate hand movement of lace tying is important, but if the athlete cannot get their foot into the shoe, lacing becomes a moot point."


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In the summer of 1943, a brand-new La-5FN made a forced landing on a German airfield providing the Luftwaffe with an opportunity to test-fly the newest Soviet fighter. Test pilot Hans-Werner Lerche wrote a detailed report of his experience. He particularly noted that the La-5FN excelled at altitudes below 3,000 m (9,843 ft) but suffered from short range and flight time of only 40 minutes at cruise engine power. All of the engine controls (throttle, mixture, propeller pitch, radiator and cowl flaps, and supercharger gearbox) had separate levers which served to distract the pilot during combat to make constant adjustments or risk suboptimal performance. For example, rapid acceleration required moving no less than six levers. In contrast, contemporary German aircraft, especially the BMW 801 radial-engined variants of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 front line fighter, had largely automatic engine controls with the pilot operating a single lever and electromechanical devices, like the Kommandogerät pioneering engine computer on the radial-engined Fw 190s, making the appropriate adjustments. Due to airflow limitations, the engine boost system (Forsazh) could not be used above 2,000 m (6,562 ft). Stability in all axes was generally good. The authority of the ailerons was deemed exceptional but the rudder was insufficiently powerful at lower speeds. At speeds in excess of 600 km/h (370 mph), the forces on control surfaces became excessive. Horizontal turn time at 1,000 m (3,281 ft) and maximum engine power was 25 seconds. In comparison with Luftwaffe fighters, the La-5FN was found to have a comparable top speed and acceleration at low altitude. It possessed a higher roll rate and a smaller turn radius than the Bf 109 and a better climb rate than the Fw 190A-8. The Bf 109 utilizing MW 50 had superior performance at all altitudes, and the Fw 190A-8 had better dive performance. Lerche's recommendations were to attempt to draw the La-5FN to higher altitudes, to escape attacks in a dive followed by a high-speed shallow climb, and to avoid prolonged turning engagements. The La-5 had its defects. Perhaps the most serious being the thermal isolation of the engine, lack of ventilation in the cockpit, and a canopy that was impossible to open at speeds over 350 km/h. To make things worse, exhaust gas often entered in the cockpit due to poor insulation of the engine compartment. Consequently, pilots ignored orders and frequently flew with their canopies open. In general, Soviet pilots appreciated the La-5 as an effective fighter. "That was an excellent fighter with two cannons and a powerful air-cooled engine", recalled pilot Viktor M. Sinaisky. "The first La-5s from the Tbilisi factory were slightly inferior, while the last ones from the Gorki plant, which came to us from Ivanovo, were perfect. At first we received regular La-5s, but then we got new ones containing the ASh-82FN engine with direct injection of fuel into the cylinders. It was perfect. Everyone was in love with the La-5. it was easy to maintain too." Nevertheless La-5 losses were high, the highest of all fighters in service in USSR, not considering those of the Yak-1. In 1941-45, VVS KA lost 2,591 La-5s, 73 in 1942, 1,460 in 1943, 825 the following year and 233 in 1945.


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Have you been inside? It must be amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Unfortunately being too short of time, I couldnt!
But Yes, it must definitely be an amazing view from those windows!
Thanks for sharing this beautiful and fascinating structure with us.
Thanks, too, for visiting my site.
What an amazing building. I would love to hang out in a niche for the day and watch the world go by...not in purdah though....too hot and nasty....Love how the windows look turquoise and complement the pink stone....ReplyDelete
Hi Arti,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my beach blog.
Hawa Mahl is impressive...love your description of "encrusted with domes and spires"...indeed!
Gosh, what a sight! Must be amazing if you stand right in front of it.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, that is an amazingly beautiful structure! Thank you Arti for coming by today! STAY YOUNG and keep exploring! AnitaReplyDelete
beautiful ...its in my wishlist ..
Stunning image!!!
Thanks you for visit and comment on my blog,
I just wanted to pop in and say thank you very much for visiting my blog and for leaving your very kind comment! I really do appreciate it. You have a very interesting blog here - What a great idea! :0)ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing how in those days with extremely limited technology our forefathers were able to create such masterpieces!
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Wow!! Who lives in here now? Do they ever let the public in?ReplyDelete
This one I want to visit. This, I know is a famous land mark and shan of Jaipur. Few years back my brother visited this place.ReplyDelete
The Hawa Mahal building is really impressive! Love the architecture. I am sure the building will look even more impressive in real.
Enjoy the beautiful surroundings in your city :-D
oh wow.. it looks so grand, arti..ReplyDelete
I can only think of one to word - magnificent. I'd hate to have to clean all those windows though.ReplyDelete
How gorgeous! The architecture is beautiful :DReplyDelete
Thank you for visiting my blog today and leaving a lovely comment. Your post is beautiful, such an amazing building I would love to be able to walk through this ancient place!
Have a wonderful week.
been here and love jaipur alot/ReplyDelete
Hawa Mahal is so beautiful! I have never been inside though.ReplyDelete
Lovely and interesting.. and it sure is pink! Thanks for your visit to my blog. :)ReplyDelete
It's amazing to me that this was built in the 18th century! It's so beautiful.ReplyDelete
that building is amazing! thanks for your nice comment =)ReplyDelete
Beautiful pink city temple! Thank you for sharing! You must have been very patient Ari to get the rigiht angle ad picture without lots of people and traffic.ReplyDelete
Arti -- I think I spelled your name wrong on my last comment~ Sorry. I hate when people do that to me ;>)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful building. The name is interesting too, 'The Palace of the Winds'. Perhaps one day I will be able to visit it. I hope so.ReplyDelete
An impressive building with an interesting history!ReplyDelete
Thanks soo much for your visit & comment on my blog! I really do love all the inspirational photos and post inside your amazing blog!!
you have an awesome account of travelogues...love to read them all....ReplyDelete
Dear Arti
Durga puja greetings to you.
Bit tied up and could not read all the postings after 2nd Oct
Very nice and informative, all the postings.
Was thinking of Going to Badrinath during temple closure on Diwali..but I understand the road is in very bad condition ..may be next year.
HAve a nice weekend.
Wow, so intricate in detail! Here from BPOTW!ReplyDelete
very well described in minute detail of grandeur of the past.
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Marvellous structure!ReplyDelete
beautifully captured Hawa Mahal.Hey!Arti wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year.ReplyDelete
nice. but I feel better shot would have been possible capturing full view of the palaceReplyDelete
Hey wonderful place to visit , sometime in year or two i should make a trip to rajasthan . I had been to this place long back in 2004 .ReplyDelete
The Hawa Mahal is a great example of the Rajputana architecture; it was strongly influenced by Mughal style of architecture.ReplyDelete
Hawa mahal disappointed me when I saw it first time...but yes, It always looks magnificent in pics :)


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- The New Mexico Caregivers Coalition (NMCC) (505-867-6046)
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- New Mexico VA (Veterans Caregiver Support Line Affairs) Health Care System (855-260-3274 toll-free.)
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- The City of Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) (505-764-6400)
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- Indian Area Agency on Aging (IAAA) (505-629-8544)
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- Navajo Area Agency on Aging (NAAA)
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Legal Resources
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- Legal Resources for the Elderly Program (LREP) (800-876-6657 | 505-797-6000)
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- New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC): Office of Guardianship (OOG) (505-841-4519)
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Workplace/Employer Resources
- Supporting Caregivers in the Workplace
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- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) (505-469-4193)
- SCSEP is a federally funded training program, administered by ALTSD, for low-income New Mexico residents age 55 and older. Participants complete 20 hours of work per week, at minimum wage, at a not-for-profit or governmental organization. The program is designed to transition older workers into unsubsidized employment.
- New Mexico Senior Employment Program (505-469-4193)
- Also administered by ALTSD, the New Mexico Senior Employment Program operates similarly to the SCSEP but is state-funded.
- New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
- The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions provides information, education and resources on employment to increase workforce development, connect workers to employers, and ensure fair labor practices and protections for New Mexicans. It also offers information on job opportunities, unemployment benefits, wages and more.
- The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions provides information, education and resources on employment to increase workforce development, connect workers to employers, and ensure fair labor practices and protections for New Mexicans. It also offers information on job opportunities, unemployment benefits, wages and more.
Specific Audience Resources
- AARP Caregiving Guides
- AARP offers free caregiving guides for specific audiences, including guides for military families and LGBT individuals. The guides, also offered in Spanish and Chinese, are designed to help develop and implement a caregiving plan.
- SAGE Albuquerque (505-916-1787)
- A program of the Equality New Mexico Foundation and an affiliate of SAGE USA, SAGE Albuquerque provides programs designed to enhance the lives of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Albuquerque and the surrounding areas. SAGE educates the general public, service providers and LGBT individuals about the unique challenges older LGBT adults face.
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program (505-753-4123)
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- New Mexico Department of Health: Respite (505-841-4736)
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- ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center: New Mexico (703-256-2084)
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AARP Resources for Family Caregivers
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If you have thoughts about how AARP can improve this resource guide, we invite you to go to aarp.org/preparetocaresurvey (en español: aarp.org/encuestacuidador).


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Painted wall in Mt Roskill
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Whatever the reasoning behind it, it's a damn fine choice and looks great !ReplyDelete
Again, send the artist over this side of the ditch, there's a few projects he could redecorate in a similar vein.
Starting with the not-so-pretty facade of our planning minister...!
I 'think' this building was a venetian blind shop (if it is just along from Wesley Primary) about 20 years ago?ReplyDelete
Thanks, Cat. Today's aerial shows that Wesley Primary is just along the road from that corner, yes.ReplyDelete
Have just double checked with Mum and as far as her memory goes back (working at Wesley Primary since 1971) this was always a Venentian Blind Cleaning shop.ReplyDelete
Hi...this was done by mt roskill community board in late 2009/early 2010. it reflects the early stages of the area where there were only a handful of old colonial homes in the area and was researched by the artist prior to commissioning. give me a call at the local board office. nigel turnbull, deputy chair, puketapapa local board 021400880ReplyDelete
Hi Nigel,ReplyDelete
Just sent you an email. Feel free to provide further information on the establishment of these very interesting murals. What research was done, for example?


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Establishment of Category 2 Centres on World Heritage officially launched
Two official signatures took place recently at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France to establish new Category 2 Centres dedicated to World Heritage preservation. The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), to be established respectively in South Africa and Bahrain and operated under the auspices of UNESCO, are both dedicated to reinforcing the effective conservation and protection of natural and cultural heritage and to improving the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in their respective States Parties.
The UNESCO-Republic of South Africa agreement for the establishment of the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) as a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO was signed on 27 January by Mrs Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and Ms Lulu Xingwana, Minister of Arts and Culture of South Africa, with Mr Themba P Wakashe, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, H. E. Dr Konji Sebati, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa to France, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, also in attendance.
The UNESCO-Kingdom of Bahrain agreement for the establishment of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) as a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO was signed on 5 February by Mrs Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and H.E. Shaikha Mai bint Muhammad Al-Khalifa, Bahraini Minister of Culture and Information, in the presence of H.E. Naser Al Belooshi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Mr Ahmed Sayyed, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Cooperation and Mr Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre.
A total of four new Category 2 Centres will form part of a wider network of World Heritage-related training and research centres and funds. All the centres will develop local capacity-building and aid States Parties in their regions to elaborate Tentative Lists and nomination files, as well as draw up periodic and state of conservation reports on World Heritage properties.
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) was formally created on 5 May 2006 under the legislation of the Republic of South Africa to support the effective conservation and protection of natural and cultural heritage of outstanding universal value in Africa. It will in particular undertake an inventory of the cultural and natural heritage of Africa. One challenge for this centre will be to increase the resources available by enlarging the circle of participants in World Heritage conservation in Africa. The centre will also work on strengthening legal, policy and institutional frameworks for effective heritage conservation and on heritage protection, conservation and management in conflict, post-conflict and natural disaster situations.
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Friday, 08 June 2012 01:40 PM EDT
Disney is counting on the overhauled park to entice visitors at adjacent Disneyland to stay another day or two, preferably in a Disney hotel. It is also a riposte to rival Universal Studios, which just launched a heavily promoted thrill ride based on the movie "Transformers."
Perhaps most importantly, the revamped Disney California Adventure underscores the emergence of Pixar's chief creative officer, John Lasseter, as a key force within Disney — as a colorful and imaginative counterpoint to the company's technocratic, financially oriented chief executive, Bob Iger.
Indeed, with the opening next week of a themed area called Cars Land, the park is fast becoming Pixar-land. Nine of 20 rides are now based on films from the computer animation company, which Disney bought from Steve Jobs in 2006.
The prominence of Lasseter and Pixar, as well as the emergence of such major franchises as Marvel Entertainment's blockbuster film "The Avengers," marks a major shift for the venerable entertainment conglomerate.
In its most successful times, "Disney magic" came largely from within. The company was run by creative executives such as Walt Disney himself and Michael Eisner, a former TV and film production executive.
Now it is counting on companies it acquired for the iconic characters and story lines that drive everything from theme park attendance to merchandise sales.
"Before Disney bought Pixar it was struggling to create its own branded content," said Davenport and Co. analyst Michael Morris. "Pixar and Marvel had a lot of creative momentum that the company needed to tap."
Today, Disney allows creative executives at both Marvel and Pixar to operate largely autonomously at offices miles from Disney's Burbank studios.
As part of the Pixar acquisition, Lasseter, who once worked as a Disneyland guide, was also named "principal creative adviser" to Walt Disney Imagineering, the company's super secret design unit for its theme parks.
Lasseter took the stage in New Orleans for Disney's first annual meeting following the deal, dressed in his trademark loud Hawaiian shirt, for a 20-minute speech that rambled from his childhood when he rushed home to watch Bugs Bunny cartoons, to the movie "Cars," which he was then directing.
It was Iger who suggested the idea of using "Cars" rides in the California Adventure park, according to people involved at the time. It was Lasseter who flew in for twice monthly meetings from Pixar's Emeryville, California, headquarters to brainstorm with the Imagineers to make the rides come to life.
Lasseter's creative chops beyond animation will be put to their first big test at Disney California Adventure. The park has suffered from poor attendance since its 2001 opening, with patrons complaining of too few attractions at too high a price. Even with two-for-one specials and other promotions, just 6 million people spun through its turnstiles in 2011, compared with 16 million at the company's flagship Disneyland next door, according to the Themed Entertainment Association trade group.
"It was a bit of a brand eyesore," Iger told an investor conference in May. "We had a park that was not up to the standards that Disney parks need to achieve. Its return on invested capital for the initial investment was not that impressive."
A decade ago, theme parks were the company's most profitable unit, with operating margins of 18 percent. This year, profit margins slid below 13 percent as the company spent to overhaul the California park and expand elsewhere, according to Disney's latest SEC filing. That puts it behind the TV, movie and consumer products units.
The parks' importance extends beyond their direct money-making capacity. Rides, shows and strolling characters provide marketing muscle for Disney movies, TV shows and merchandise, and build the aura that helps make Disney a part of so many families' lives.
In remaking California Adventure, Disney replaced rides based on the California lifestyle with attractions such as a moving shooting arcade ride based on Pixar's "Toy Story" and a ride based on its "Monsters, Inc." film.
Disney used part of the park's parking lot to create the 12-acre Cars Land, based on Pixar's 2006 hit movie. Rides include Radiator Spring Racers, a roller coaster-style ride in which convertibles speed past mountain and desert landscapes reminiscent of the film's setting.
Luigi's Flying Tires puts riders in tires that float on air jets. Mater's Junkyard Jamboree offers a tractor ride similar to Disney's twirling teacups. The area includes themed restaurants and shops selling "Cars" toys and related merchandise.
Disney's overhaul "will make the park more Disneyland worthy," said blogger Jim Hill, who writes a popular Disney fan blog. "But for $1 billon it won't move the needle that much."
Hill says it takes 10 to 15 years to create characters that resonate with the parents who visited as children themselves and now want to share with their own kids. "The Disney zeitgeist doesn't happen overnight," he said.
To promote the revamped park, Disney is spending lavishly on TV commercials and billboards. A grand-opening party will feature a celebrity-studded red-carpet. Disney-owned ABC is running the original "Cars" movie on June 16.
It's an opening worthy of a big summer movie. Disney has a billion reasons to hope it's a hit.
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What if You Could Truly Be Yourself at Work?
For several years now, we have been holding regular "community" meetings at our office to give team members an opportunity to check in about how they're doing, not just professionally but also personally. Each person answers several questions beginning with a deceptively simple one: "How are you feeling today?"* The rest of us simply listen.
It was only when we faced a sudden crisis that I finally understood why these meetings had been so important. On a fall weekend a few years ago, the 23-year-old son of one of our team members died unexpectedly and tragically. On Monday morning, I called our team together in our conference room.
The feelings that surfaced that morning were raw — grief, bewilderment, fear, an acute awareness of the fragility of life and the preciousness of our own loved ones, and empathy for our grieving colleague.
The emotions ran even higher at a community meeting on the first day our colleague returned to work several weeks later. Painful as it was for all of us, we were able to create a container for our colleague's heartbreak. Sharing our feelings also made them feel less burdensome. We held her, and holding her held us. It was cathartic, and that helped each of us to go back at the end of the meeting and focus again on the work at hand.
It dawned on me that day how powerful and liberating it is to say exactly what you're feeling, and to feel truly listened to without judgment.
The impetus to hold community meetings came to us from something called "the Sanctuary Model," developed by a psychiatrist named Sandra Bloom as a way to help people deal with chronically stressful and overwhelming circumstances — mostly in the world of mental health.
Increasingly, however, the everyday experience of corporate life can be overwhelming in and of itself.
In addition to whatever stresses we bring from home, including not getting sufficient sleep, we're deluged with email, running from meeting to meeting, skipping meals, and working longer and more continuous hours than ever. Is it any surprise we're struggling? Worse yet, in most workplaces the unspoken expectation is that we will check any strong emotions we're feeling at the door.
You know the drill. You put on your game face when you walk into work. "How are you?" a colleague asks, by rote and without real interest. "Fine," you respond, automatically, regardless of how you're actually feeling.
"How many of us," Bloom writes, "have ever felt truly safe in a social setting … [meaning] cared for, trusted, free to express our deepest thoughts and feelings without censure, unafraid of being abandoned or misjudged, unfettered by the constant pressure of impersonal competition, and yet stimulated to be thoughtful, creative, spontaneous and solve problems?"
To the contrary, as demand grows, we feel more anxious, more isolated, and more vulnerable.
Each of us has a tipping point — a moment when we feel so depleted that we fall into survival mode. We're often unaware of it, but when we move from feeling calm and secure to anxious and under siege, we literally become different people.
Our fight or flight physiology kicks in. In turn, our focus automatically narrows to protecting ourselves. We lose the ability to think clearly and creatively, respond to others with care and consideration, or consider the long-term consequences of our choices. Instead, we do whatever we think we need to do to survive in the moment.
Community, I've come to deeply believe, is the cure. It does indeed have the power to serve as a sanctuary — to protect, ground and encourage us, not just in extreme circumstances, but also in the face of countless everyday challenges. Support in a community can also give us the strength to forego immediate gratification in favor of choices that uphold shared values, serve the collective good, and generate long-term value.
I'm convinced that it's the strength of our community at The Energy Project which has allowed us to become a truly high-performing team. The safety and trust we feel with one another has freed us to focus our efforts on our mission. We have a small full-time staff — 14 of us, along with another dozen working part-time — but we've been able to work at senior levels in some of the world's largest companies. One reason is that we squander almost no energy on internal politics. We're in this together, including when one or another of us is struggling and needs help.
I've always thought of our core team as a living laboratory for the practices we teach our clients — whether it's the power of renewal, or focusing on one thing at a time, or learning to deal more skillfully with conflict. What I now realize is that I've been overlooking one of the most powerful elements of our work.
Each of us is far less likely to succeed by forever pushing to stand out from the pack than by building communities of care and trust committed to raising the bar for everyone.
Transformation takes a village. None of us can truly do it alone.
* The other questions we ask at community meetings include "What's the most important thing you learned last week?" "What's your goal for this week?" and "What are you feeling most grateful for?"
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Trough Gardens
I am a garden designer by trade and normally design gardens in full size, but also love to design gardens in miniature! There is something unique about creating a complete space in small scale that is so satisfying and fun! I can have garden features that I have only dreamed about – like a bridge over a dry stream bed, mossy nooks and crannies, arbors, and birdhouses just like I was creating a larger space. Even a tiny gazing ball. But at a fraction of the cost! It seems like more nurseries are catering to this gardening trend and it isn't hard to find small scale plants and tchotchkes to add to the theme.
I think the hardest part of creating mini gardens is finding the appropriate container. A shallow wide open container is desirable but hard to find. That is why I make a lot of my own with hypertufa. Use my recipe to make your own container at Hypertufa Party.
Try making your hypertufa in a basket mold. After the mixture sets, cut off the basket and peel it off the hypertufa. The basket weave leaves great indentations in the cement.If that is too much trouble, then use shallow tin containers or you can hammer one together out of strips of wood. But occasionally I discover a perfect pottery container in my travels and grab it. Bonsai pots are excellent if you can find them.
After choosing the perfect container, fill it up about 2/3 of the way with some good loose potting soil. Notice that I recommend good potting soil. An organic one with lots of peat is the best mix even though you might pay a few more bucks a bag. Do not use garden soil which is way too heavy and which I bought by mistake. Arrange your plants, usually 3 to 5 of them in a pleasing design. Use creeping ones, as well as taller ones like small grasses to give variety. Make sure you have room for a meandering pathway and small areas to place your accessories.
Suggested Plants
Use naturally miniature plants that are in scale with a tiny garden. I use ajugas, alternethera, small grasses, creeping thymes, sedums, sempervivums, mosses, silver falls, trailing rosemary, wire vine, mini liriope, and miniature alpines, like armeria. The plants will eventually outgrow your garden, so you need to refresh and edit the garden periodically. If my thyme or ajuga gets out of hand, I dig it up, separate and use the extras to make a new garden.
After planting your selections, I take moistened sheet moss and press it in between the plants to cover the soil. This covering gives you a base to place your stepping stones and other accessories. It also prevents the soil from coming loose and overflowing the container when you water.
After creating a pathway, I like to scatter coarse aquarium gravel around the stones to give them definition. As a last flourish, scatter small bits of beach glass or 'mermaid tears' to make the path stand out.
Here is the fun part! I am always on the lookout on my travels for small pieces to use in my gardens and you can find them in the most unexpected places. Christmas decorations are a surprising source. I find lots of miniature gardening tools and watering cans at Christmas as ornaments. Don't worry that the piece will not be the exact scale for your garden – no one is measuring! Just make sure that you don't clutter the garden up too much, so use only two or three minis. I love using miniature wheel barrows with a tiny terra cotta pot or a bird house on a stake. Small resin animals, twig arbors, fences, miniature benches or chairs add to the charm. These make a perfect gift for someone who is housebound and cannot go out to work or enjoy a garden.
Use a mister to water your garden every 4 to 5 days, and more if the container is in the sun. Use small trimmers to keep everything pruned to scale. As the plants grow, you will need to pot them out to another container and replace with a new miniature plant. The gravel or crushed shells will need to be refreshed periodically. I have been successful with keeping my gardens both indoors and outdoors. Usually, I place my gardens in partial sun outdoors during the summer and bring them indoors for the winter, keeping it on a windowsill with bright light.


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AMHERST, Mass. -- Setting a program record with 19 wins, fifth-ranked Amherst booked a trip to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the sixth time in school history and first since 2004, after defeating No. 4 TCNJ 8-5 at Pratt Field on Sunday.
The Jeffs (19-2) prevailed in a defensive battle against the Lions, who finish the season with a 19-2 record. Saturday's game was the seventh postseason meeting between the two schools, as Amherst avenged an 8-7 second round loss to TCNJ in 2012, and have taken a 4-3 advantage in the NCAA championship series dating back to 1996. With the win, the Jeffs advance to the semifinals to face No. 2 Salisbury in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Amherst is now 22-9 all-time in 11 NCAA championship appearances and 6-2 in quarterfinal games. The team's 19 wins are a school record, surpassing the 18-win plateau set by the 2003 national champion squad (18-2). They also finish the year 10-0 at home after opening the season 14-0 overall, the best start in program history.
Krista Zsitvay '14 and Rachel Passarelli '16 led the offensive attack for the Jeffs and were involved in seven of the team's eight goals. Passarelli assisted on one of Zsitvay's game-high four goals, while adding three herself. Heath Cockrell '15 picked up a team-high three ground balls while Kate Paolano '16 forced three turnovers to lead all Jeffs. Christy Forrest '16 had another stellar game in net and stopped six shots her way.
The Lions were led offensively by Lauren Pigott '14, who scored two of the team's five goals, while three others contributed one goal each. Kelly Schlupp '17 made six saves for TCNJ in the losing effort, just her second in her first-year campaign.
Amherst came out strong to start the game, winning the first draw control and controlling possession for the first two and a half minutes when Zsitvay found the back of the net for the first score of the game at the 27:29 mark.
After six minutes of scoreless action, the Lions evened the score on a goal from Pigott as both teams went back and forth throughout the first 30 minutes of play.
The Jeffs scored shortly after when Zsitvay tallied her second of the game, but Kendal Borup '15 retaliated by sneaking past a Jeff defender to tie the game at 2-2. Just seconds later, TCNJ took its first lead of the game on a marker from Cortney Natalicchio '16. However, after roughly 12 minutes of scoreless action, Zsitvay tied the game once again at 3:38 as the teams entered the break even, 3-3.
Both defenses remained resilient in the second half until Amherst broke the scoring drought that lasted over 13 minutes. At the 19:56 mark, Passarelli recorded her first of the game on an unassisted marker to put the home team ahead once again.
However, TCNJ retaliated just a minute later and tacked on back-to-back goals just 17 seconds apart to go ahead 5-4. The lead lasted roughly six minutes until Zsitvay scored her fourth of the contest to even the game and put the momentum back in Amherst's favor.
Passarelli scored the go-ahead goal unassisted at the 8:53 mark and added an insurance tally at 7:15 after receiving a pass from Caroline Holliday '14. With just 1:24 remaining, Holliday found Philie in front of the net as the senior ripped a one-timer past Schlupp. Amherst's defense did the rest, holding the Lions scoreless for the final 18:26 of play en route to the win.


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Brent Neiman
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Brent Neiman conducts research on international macroeconomics and trade. He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves as an Associate Editor of The Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of International Economics. He previously served as the staff economist for international finance on the White House Council of Economic Advisers and has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, at McKinsey and Company, and at the McKinsey Global Institute. In 2014, Neiman was one of the eight economics professors in the United States and Canada to receive the Sloan Research Fellowship, an award given to early-career scientists. In 2009, Neiman was named as one of 22 "Emerging Leaders" by the Chicago Council of Global Affairs and was also selected as a Charles E. Merrill Scholar, an honor given to Chicago Booth faculty who conduct promising research in the area of policy studies. He has been a recipient of the Neubauer Family Faculty Fellowship at Booth, the Chiles Dissertation Completion Fellowship at Harvard University, a Harvard University Graduate fellowship, and a Thouron Fellowship for his graduate studies at Oxford. Neiman earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Applied Science, both summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. In 2000, he earned a master's degree in mathematical modeling from Oxford University, and he earned a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 2008. Neiman joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 2008. Outside the classroom, Neiman is an enthusiastic golfer and was a bench warmer on the 1998 Ivy League Champion golf team as an undergraduate. He also enjoys travel and is always up for dim sum.
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International macroeconomics, trade, and finance.


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Site News October 06
Friday, 27th October 2006 by James Turnbull
Off the Map Ships Early
Amazon.com have sneakily begun shipping the US version of our book, Off the Map – The Most Amazing Sights on Earth as Seen by Satellite a week before the official release date of November 1st. There's not much info on the Amazon page so far, but we've provided some better info, a quick background on the authors (complete with picture!), and also some sample pages on the Google Sightseeing Book Page.
The UK version, Not in the Guide Book – The wackiest sights in Google Earth, as seen by googlesightseeing.com is still set for release on November 9th 2006. Again, see the Book Page for more information.
We've booked a venue for the Book launch party on November 10th, and we'd love to meet any of you who happen to be in the Edinburgh area that night! Just get in touch and we'll send you an invite.
Fix, Feature
We recently fixed a long-standing bug of which we were unaware, that prevented some people behind proxies (AOL users for example) from being able to visit the map page or view Google Earth links. If this has affected you then please accept our apologies, and give it another go!
If ever you do encounter errors or misbehaviors on this site, then we'd love to hear from you – either via a comment on any post, through the contact form, or email james @ the domain of this site – we'll always try to get bugs ironed out as soon as we can.
Lastly, a new feature: You can now view sights posted in a comment directly in Google Earth! Click on "Google maps link" in a comment, and then choose "View in Google Earth" in the sidebar of the map page.


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- February 22, 2012
June 6
Smoke but no fire
6:51 p.m. — Off the Key. Fire. A woman reported that she could see and smell smoke coming from the mangroves on Jewfish Key. The woman transported a firefighter to the scene by boat. The fire-rescue marine unit response was canceled in route because no fire was found.
June 7
Locked out?
6:11 p.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Property Found. A man turned in a set of keys that his neighbor found in the condominium parking lot.
June 8
VIP treatment
1:10 a.m. — 4500 block of GMD. Disturbance. A man told police that the banging sound he heard while sleeping and initially thought to be thunder was actually the sound of a man banging on doors and yelling for "Bree" to let him back inside. Police found the 24-year-old man in the garage basement wearing jeans and no shirt, yelling into a sport-utility vehicle and smelling like alcoholic beverages. The man said that he was trying to get his dog out of the SUV and told police that they were harassing him and that he is a very important person. He threatened to get them fired if the harassment continued and later called the police station, threatening to get the dispatcher fired.
June 9
Canceled card
2:18 p.m. — 100 block of GMD. Property Found. Dispatch contacted the owner of an ATM card police found in a park. The woman told police to destroy it because she had already canceled it.
Noisy neighbor
5:21 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Disturbance. Police informed a woman of the town's noise ordinance after a caller complained about loud music coming from her unit.
Two sides to every story
8:22 p.m. — Off the Key. Firearms. A group on a center console boat told police that a man on a pontoon boat challenged three of the men on board to a fight, claimed to be a Navy SEAL and told a woman on his boat to retrieve his gun after he became angry about their loud music. The man gave police a different account, saying that he waded over and politely asked them to turn down the music long enough so that he and the woman could finish dinner. He said that a man on the other boat displayed a gun that was concealed in his waistband. Police found no firearms on the console boat and a glock stored with scuba equipment on the pontoon boat. Police found evidence to charge the man on the pontoon boat with disorderly conduct and both the man and woman with improper exhibition of a firearm. Police forwarded the cases to the state attorney.
June 10
Don't text, drink and drive
12:42 a.m. — 6100 block of GMD. DUI/DWI. Police saw a woman drive her car off of the northbound lane of Gulf of Mexico Drive into a church mailbox and leave the scene. Police conducted a traffic stop, during which the driver said that she left the scene because she was texting and admitted to consuming pinot grigio and prescription pain medication. The woman, whose blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, was arrested for DUI and leaving the scene of a crash with more than $50 in damages.
June 12
Getting the message
12:21 p.m. — 3500 block of Fair Oaks Lane. Fire/Gas Leak. A firefighter called police to advise that firefighters responded to a gas leak earlier that morning and had contacted emergency communications because police weren't notified.