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Weekend Inspiration: Holiday home and gifts
Need more ornaments, though. And pretty decor around the house! I didn't decorate at all last Christmas since we were househunting and hoping to find something right around then, and I was tired of our old place and mad at it and didn't want to spend any time decorating while being grumpy about it... so my holiday decorating skills are a little rusty!!
Christmas decor ideas!
So I thought I'd share some ideas and thoughts for Christmas home dec, and please, send me more if you know of any! So, originally my concept was pink and red glitter decor, inspired by these cute acorns...
Source: sweetpaulmag-digital.com via Suzannah on Pinterest
Source: houseandhome.com via Suzannah on Pinterest
And bright pink and red, of course, would go with the red and pink Kate Spade dress Taylor Swift was wearing on the cover of our *cringe* Parade Magazine last weekend. Love the dress, though!!! Have a similar bright red one cut out already.
Of course, those would all go well with the pretty ConfettiSystem ornaments and goodies at west elm this year... have you seen their holiday catalog?! So many pretty things!
Source: westelm.com via Suzannah on Pinterest
Source: westelm.com via Suzannah on Pinterest
At one point, I also had big plans for a pretty DIY tree skirt, and making a tree topper. But, the inspiration was fleeting, and now I don't know what I was planning to do!
Some friends and I are planning to attend at least one of the west elm holiday decorating workshops this month--every Thursday till Christmas! They're having them at several west elm stores across the country, so check them out here if you want to visit and be inspired. And if you're in Portland, come to the gift wrapping class on Thursday the 6th, and I'll see you there! And call ahead to RSVP. Would be great if I could learn something about stylish tablescaping or entertaining. I feel like I know nothing. At a loss!!
As for gift shopping...
Amazon roundup sometime. =)
I do have some time, at least, to look around before Christmas. And keep reading gift guides and trying to be inspired! Like, I've been going through the ModCloth gift ideas page for alternative gift ideas, though the problem there is I may just find things I want for myself. One fave so far?
The Lampersand.
Maybe it's just the Christmas colors that are getting me. ;) I'm a little desperate for holiday cheer in my home.
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Markets Q&A: Stocks stabilize, but can investors relax?
Is it safe to come out now?
The stock market has found firmer footing following its breathtaking drop earlier this month, when the S&P 500 lost 10.2 percent in just nine days. Stocks climbed Wednesday for the fourth straight day, and the S&P 500 has trimmed its loss to 6.1 percent from its record high, set on Jan. 26.
But investors have seen this playbook before. In past recoveries, it has sometimes taken months or more for momentum to fully turn around. And in a sign of how edgy markets remain, stock prices around the world quivered immediately following a report on U.S. inflation, which was higher than economists expected. The S&P 500 fell sharply when trading opened, before climbing as the day progressed.
Here's a look at what history shows about past corrections, and what market watchers are expecting going forward.
Q: How bad was this market drop?
A: Drops of 10 percent or more for stocks are regular occurrences but the speed with which this last correction struck was unusual. Only 19 times since World War II has the S&P 500 lost at least 10 percent in 10 days or fewer, according to strategists at UBS.
Besides this month's sell-off, those rapid retreats include a drop in August 2015 sparked by worries about slowing economic growth for China and a plunge in August 2011 after the U.S. credit rating got downgraded from AAA and worries about Europe's debt crisis were near their peak.
Q: What happened after the last such corrections?
A: Months of muddling along.
In August 2015, the S&P 500 lost 11.1 percent in six days. That was followed by two straight days of big gains, each at least 2.4 percent, a sign that the worst could be over.
But stocks ended up bobbing higher and lower for months. The market recovered all its losses by November, only to fall back into correction territory again by the ensuing January. It took 15 months for the index to climb 5 percent above where it was when the August 2015 slide began.
After the 2011 correction, where the S&P 500 at one point fell 11.2 percent in three days, it took nearly three months for the index to claw back all those losses.
Q: So, is this most recent correction all over?
A: In truth, no one knows. But many market pros say that they're confident the stock market will recover and eventually reach new heights. They don't see this as another market catastrophe like the Great Recession.
"I think the big one will come at some point, but typically to get a sustained drawdown you have to have a recession," said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network. "We're not looking like we'll have one of those for at least six months."
Plus, corporate earnings are going up. Seventy percent of the companies in the S&P 500 index have reported how much they earned in the last three months of 2017, and they're on pace to show growth of nearly 15 percent from a year earlier, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Q: What could trip things up?
A: The threat of higher inflation — and of the Federal Reserve jacking up interest rates quickly in response — is what triggered this most recent sell-off.
Those worries resurfaced on Wednesday after a report showed that consumer prices rose 0.5 percent last month from December. More troubling is that inflation rose faster than economists expected even after ignoring food and energy prices, which are notoriously jumpy. The report pushed Treasury yields higher and initially weighed on stock markets around the world.
If inflation proves to be higher than the market expects, it could trigger another sell-off in bonds that carries over into the stock market.
The markets will be watching new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when he delivers a report on monetary policy to the House of Representatives on Feb. 28, and when he holds a scheduled press conference following the Fed's next policy-making meeting on March 21.
Q: Before this month's drop, analysts were saying the stock market was expensive. Is it cheap now?
A: It's cheaper, but not necessarily cheap.
Analysts look at several measures to gauge how expensive stocks are, and many of these measures are lower than they were a couple weeks ago but still above their long-term averages.
The S&P 500 trades at 16.8 times its expected earnings over the coming 12 months, for example. That's a more attractive price-earnings ratio than the 18.6 it sported when the index set its record on Jan. 26. But it remains more expensive than its median of 14.8 over the last 15 years.
"Back in 2009, I knew that it couldn't go much lower because I'd never in my life seen valuations as good as they were, but we're not at that point yet," said David Brown, chief market strategist at Sabrient Systems.
Q: Is everyone optimistic?
A: No. Some skeptics say they would feel more comfortable if stocks had fallen enough to clearly qualify as "cheap."
And while most economists are confident the economy will keep growing in 2018, some investors are warning about the years following.
"The risks of a recession in the next 18-24 months are rising," hedge fund titan Ray Dalio wrote in a recent post on LinkedIn, as the Federal Reserve feels more pressure to raise interest rates when wages are rising and a growing economy is getting more stimulus.
"While most market players are focusing on the strong 2018, we are focusing more on 2019 and 2020."


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Create a unique masterpiece in this fun and hands-on glass paint and sip class. You'll cover your wineglass with delicate branches and pretty blooms for a beautiful result. Take your finished glass home to enjoy for yourself or gift it as a one-of-a-kind present. This class is ideal for guests ages 13 and up and guests may bring food and drink to enjoy. Attendees ages 21 and up may also bring their own alcoholic beverages.
Please arrive 15 to 20 minutes prior to class time to get set up and prepared to paint.
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11 Oct 2022
The instructor April was very helpful and friendly. She was pleasant and very welcoming. The atmosphere was awesome and amazing 👏. I told her that my daughter and I would definitely be back. April made this a memorable time spent with my daughter and one I will never forget. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH APRIL.
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Julie Jalufka
31 Jul 2022
I was looking for something to do with my elderly dad on a Saturday night, and stumbled upon this local painting studio. I've never done one of these painting classes before, and they had last-minute availability, so why not. From my first phone interaction with Keke and throughout the entire class, she was knowledgeable/talented, patient, and most of all, entertaining! My father had a TBI 13 years ago, so something like this was a little bit of a mental challenge for him, but she was so patient with him, and even if he did make a "mistake" she helped him turn it into a "happy mistake," and you know what? It turned out great! Would highly recommend any class Keke is teaching.
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26 Jul 2022
Had a great time for a date night! Was fun and cool to do something new. Instructor was very helpful and fun to talk to. Will def do this again soon here!
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Instructor Onedia and her talented team lead engaging paint and sip classes, helping anyone and everyone tap into their inner creative. With plenty of artistic experience and a whole lot of enthusiasm for the craft, Instructor Onedia and her team provide easy-to-follow steps so that everyone can create a colorful canvas worth showing off.


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Following a third free-practice session that was rendered largely useless by a damp track caused by last night's rains, the Ducati Team found itself unable to come up with an ideal setup for qualifying this afternoon. At day's end, Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden were ninth and eleventh, respectively, putting them on the third and fourth rows for tomorrow's Aragón Grand Prix.
Although both riders had hoped for higher starting positions, they're relatively pleased with their qualifying times.
Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team, 9th (1:49.219)
"Unfortunately, this is our position at the moment. We're all going quite fast, but I'm satisfied with my qualifying time since I managed to improve by a second compared to the previous sessions. After following Bradl, I was able to drop some hundredths while riding by myself on the last lap, so I'm happy about that. Maybe we can battle with Smith in the race, although he's a couple of tenths faster than I am. The riders ahead of him are quite far off."
Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team, 11th (1:49.428)
"At the end of the morning session, we went out on the damp track to get a feel for it, but it wasn't very useful. We were able to improve something in the afternoon and were a lot faster than I went here last year, but everybody's going a lot faster. Honestly, I'm quite disappointed to be so far back, but that's the situation we're in. We're getting a lot of tyre wear because there are long corners where we're on the edge of the tyre for a long time, but we have a couple of ideas for the morning that might help that. For the race, we need to get through turn one clean, see what happens with tyre wear and try and do our best."


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DemocracyPolitical Theory
The popular pastime of modern democracies of punishing the diligent and thrifty, while rewarding the lazy, improvident, and unthrifty, is cultivated via the State, fulfilling a demo-egalitarian program based on a demo-totalitarian ideology.
World History
It's too late for American member states to assert real independence from the central government without facing an avalanche of legal, political, and even military opposition. Europeans would be wise to not put themselves in a similar position.
Booms and Busts
Quantitative methods are indeed useful and enlightening in the fields of economic history and descriptive economics. For Mises, however, these fields do not fall within the field of economics, narrowly understood.
Bureaucracy and Regulation
Elizabeth Warren has decided that bitcoin mining uses "too much" electricity. This raises an important question: Is Senator Warren qualified to decide on the "correct" amount of electricity usage?
LawLegal System
The reality in colleges today becomes reality on the streets tomorrow. The privileged treatment of women under Title IX has had profound implications for campus sexual misconduct hearings that threaten due process for all.
Book Reviews
The Papal States offer a helpful case study in understanding the transformation of Europe in the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, Kertzer's study on the topic is couched in faulty notions of enlightenment and medievalism.
Decentralization and Secession
Ludwig von Mises understood that locally based governance "follows necessarily from the principle of the rights of man." And it's why Rothbard supported secession and local governance right down to the most local level possible.
If you were to browse the economics sections of bookstores here in my home city, Dublin, you would find a wide variety of books by anticapitalist celebrity economists. Books by free market economists? Not so much.


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One of the most troubling concerns of today's economy is the possibility of internet fraud. If you plan to buy a car, machinery, instrument, electronic, or anything from an exporter in Japan, it is strongly recommended for your own safety to verify any Japanese website or company's status under the "Japan Company Trust Organization". The most important thing before sending the money is to verify reality of a company, as online frauds and scams are increasing rapidly.
Since Japanese companies are respected for honesty, fraudsters take advantage of good reputation of Japanese enterprises. Many criminals in Japan has launched fake websites by showing them as legitimate business to gain victim's trust and pretending to be real business. When somebody sends them money, they simply disappear. The internet fraud is damaging business of real Japanese companies. Since Japanese law is very strict against the fraud, this Organization reports all fraud attempts to the Japanese police department.
Online frauds take different forms to direct consumers to a fraudulent website that looks legitimate. Such websites claim their credibility and honesty and then commit a fraud. Those websites are designed by the professionals and even a very careful person can be a victim. Always remember if you are a professional business person, impostors are fraud specialists. They have such high tech that sometimes you will never realize them. A fraud website can appear legitimate, but you can verify on JCTO database, which will help you avoid being deceived.
For your own protection, the Japan Company Trust Organization warns you to reconfirm a website or company's reality at our database before any purchase. Just by typing company's name in JCTO's search box and you will find reality of that company. The Japan Company Trust Organization is an anti-fraud organization in Japan, fighting against the online-fraud.
This Organization has a close connection with Japanese police, and all fraud-attempts are immediately reported to Japanese Police Department. Before registration, JCTO verify the company's profile including registration, license, and physical address. Japan Company Trust Organization warns you NOT to remit money to any so-called Japanese company without verification and your full satisfaction.


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Even rich people sooner or later have to drive over bridges. So why aren't the wealthy screaming about America's inadequate — and increasingly unsafe — basic infrastructure?
By Sam Pizzigati
Investing in infrastructure used to be a political no-brainer. Politicians of nearly every ideological stripe regularly supported government spending on infrastructure staples, everything from school buildings to bridges.
Among the American people the consensus for investing in infrastructure remains as solid as ever.
These pols would, to be sure, disagree on emphasis. The more conservative would push for more spending on highways, for instance, the more liberal for investments in mass transit.
But most all elected officials took as a given the necessity of publicly funded infrastructure investment. Businesses simply couldn't thrive, even conservatives understood, without quality systems in place for transportation, communication, education, and every other basic underpinning of a modern society.
Among the American people this consensus for investing in infrastructure remains as solid as ever. Only 6 percent of Americans, one poll last year found, consider infrastructure "not that important" or "not important at all."
But support for infrastructure investing among America's lawmakers has ebbed considerably. One example: Over the past two years, Congress couldn't even get its act together to pass a basic transportation funding bill.
Overall, U.S. investing in infrastructure has fallen off dramatically from mid-20th century levels. Back in 1968, federal outlays for basic infrastructure amounted to 3.3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. This share has sunk by nearly two-thirds. Last year, infrastructure investing made up only 1.3 percent of GDP.
We would need to spend $2.2 trillion, over five years, to adequately 'maintain and upgrade' America's roads, dams, drinking water, schools, and the like.
Various national groups have translated the story these percentages tell into dollars and cents. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that we would need to spend $2.2 trillion, over five years, to adequately "maintain and upgrade" America's roads, dams, drinking water, school buildings, and the like.
But lawmakers in Congress are currently cutting, not adding, dollars for infrastructure. The 2013 budget that has passed the House of Representatives slices "transportation infrastructure investment per capita by 28 percent."
What do stats like these mean for our daily lives? Potholes. Brownouts. Overcrowded buses. Even bridge collapses.
None of this makes any sense. We ought to be witnessing, here in 2012, a historic surge in infrastructure investing. Indeed, contends Economic Policy Institute analyst Ethan Pollack, the stars have all aligned for an infrastructure renaissance.
On the one hand, we have more motive than ever before for making sizable infrastructure investments. After so many years of disinvesting, things are falling apart. Our basic infrastructure systems desperately need repair and replacement.
The more wealth concentrates, the more feeble a society's investing in infrastructure.
On the other hand, we have opportunity: The cost of borrowing to fund infrastructure projects, EPI's Pollack points out, has hit record "low levels." And the private construction companies that do infrastructure work remain desperate for contracts. They're asking for less to do infrastructure work.
"In other words," says Pollack, "we're getting much more bang for our buck than we usually do."
And if we spend those bucks on infrastructure, we would also be creating badly needed jobs that could help juice up the economy. Notes Pollack: "This isn't win-win, this is win-win-win-win."
Yet our political system seems totally incapable of seizing this "win-win-win-win" moment. What explains this incapacity? Center for American Progress analysts David Madland and Nick Bunker, see inequality as the prime culprit.
The pair have just pulled together all the various studies, from both within and outside the United States, that link levels of infrastructure spending to income and wealth distribution. The evidence from these studies all points the same way. The more wealth concentrates, the more feeble a society's investing in infrastructure.
Lower tax rates have always been among the 'more cherished priorities of the rich.'
Our long-term decline in federal infrastructure investment — from 3.3 percent of GDP in 1968 to 1.3 percent in 2011 — turns out to mirror almost exactly the long-term shift in income from Americas middle class to America's rich.
And the U.S. states where the rich have gained the most at the expense of the middle class turn out to be the states that invest the least in infrastructure.
Why should this be the case? Madland and Bunker cite several dynamics at play here in their new Center for American Progress infrastructure paper.
One set of dynamics revolves around the state of a society's middle class. In more equal societies, middle classes will be more robust and politically powerful.
Why does this power matter for infrastructure investing? Middle class people have a vested interest in healthy levels of infrastructure investment. They depend on good roads, schools, and transit.
Wealthy people don't. If public services frazzle, they can opt out. They can send their kids to private schools. They can commute by helicopter to avoid traffic congestion. And the more inequality in society, the more political leaders will lean their way — and deny public goods and services the funds they need to thrive.
Some wealthy, Madland and Bunker acknowledge, do see the connection between infrastructure and healthy economic development. But increased investment in infrastructure demands higher taxes, and lower tax rates have always been among the "more cherished priorities of the rich."
"So when push comes to shove," Madland and Bunker posit, "infrastructure is likely to take a backseat to keeping taxes low."
A deeper dynamic also seems to be at work. Higher levels of economic inequality, studies show, "can breed a selfish orientation toward public policy."
By contrast, notes the new Center for American Progress analysis, people in more equal, strong middle-class societies "feel they share a similar fate" and more willingly make investments that may not personally benefit them directly.
A "significant body of evidence," the analysis concludes, "suggests a strong middle class is important for public investments." Unequal societies — like the 21st century United States — have weak middle classes.
That leaves Americans with a basic choice. We can press, on every front, for greater equality. Or spend more time looking out for potholes.
Sam Pizzigati edits Too Much, the online weekly on excess and inequality published by the Institute for Policy Studies. Read the current issue or sign up here to receive Too Much in your email inbox.


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The interoperability standard defining a Common Format for Event Data Exchange helps utilities integrate and analyze fault and disturbance conditions from multiple vendors' devices.
IEEE, a professional association that advances technology for humanity, has announced the availability of the IEEE C37.239 standard, which defines a Common Format for Event Data Exchange (COMFEDE) among power systems. By helping utilities efficiently integrate and analyze event data from across multi-vendor equipment, the interoperability standard is designed to contribute to improving the reliability of the Smart Grid.
Traditionally, event data collected in transmission, generation, distribution, and utilization of electrical energy have been in widely disparate, proprietary formats. IEEE C37.239 defines an easily interpretable, XML-based format for files containing event data, such as sequence of events or fault-summary reports collected from these power systems. This standardized format enables the seamless exchange of such data among operators, relay technicians, and maintenance personnel. Additionally, users of one proprietary system can integrate their data with that from other systems.
"In this way, IEEE C37.239 will help utilities enhance and automate the analysis, testing, evaluation, and simulation of power systems and related protection schemes during fault and disturbance conditions, in order to inform adjustments that enhance grid reliability," said Pierre Martin, vice chair of IEEE Power System Relaying Committee (PSRC) Working Group H16, which developed the IEEE C37.239 standard. "Moreover, COMFEDE can accommodate records made by IEC 61850-compliant devices and is designed to be a generic format that could be extended and used in other application areas, such as apparatus condition monitoring, amongst others."
In August 2009, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established an initial set of priority actions plans for developing standards necessary to build an interoperable Smart Grid. IEEE C37.239 addresses NIST PAP14: Transmission and Distribution Power Systems Model Mapping.
"IEEE has been at the forefront of the Smart Grid movement since its inception, and we have worked closely with NIST to facilitate coordination across the global Smart Grid interoperability standards framework to expedite Smart Grid-related standards work," said Judith Gorman, managing director, IEEE Standards Association. "IEEE C37.239 is a perfect example of IEEE's ability to rapidly recognize and respond to an emerging Smart Grid need."
IEEE has more than 100 standards and standards in development relevant to the Smart Grid, including more than 20 named in the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards.
IEEE C37.239, sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society, is now published and available for purchase at standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/C37.239-2010.html or through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library at ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5638580.
This free educational webinar will provide a detailed process for climate-driven "pre-response" in a variety of key areas including: Supply Chain Disruptions, Employee Safety and Productivity, Regulatory and Compliance Risks …and many more areas.


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Booklist calls the Too Young to Escape narrative "impressively credible."
Posted on November 18th, 2018 by pajamapress
"Skrypuch continues her collaboration with the Ho family in telling the stories of their escape from Vietnam after the war. Here the youngest daughter, Van Ho, pieces together memories of being the one who was left behind at the age of four….
As a work of fragmented and painful memories from the time Van was between the ages of four and eight, the narrative is impressively credible, capturing her feelings of confused abandonment, visceral descriptions of her life in Ho Chi Minh City, and gradual adjustment to being separated from her immediate family…."
—Amina Chaudhri
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It's been awhile so I'll start with an update on our hyenas here at Serena Camp. First, both here and at Talek Camp, we witnessed a rare event of hyena infanticide! In our South Clan, the dominant female, Clovis (CLOV), had recently had only 1 new cub, Nali. Clovis' second-ranked sister, Slinky, had just had 2 cubs, Rastapopulos (RAST) and Makuta (MAKU). Well this did not sit well with Clovis, who waited until a day when Slinky had left her cubs unattended at the den, and then she killed Makuta as he/she was playing with Rastapopulos and Nali! Nothing goes to waste among hyenas though, and Clovis fed the dead cub to her older subadult cubs, Ranch and Cheese Whiz. Within 10 minutes, there was nothing left of poor Makuta, but Clovis fulfilled her role as dominant female and loving mother quite well! They have since moved their den and are split between 2 new dens, making our jobs very difficult. One den is surrounded by bushes and a semi-dry riverbed. The other is on the opposite side of the riverbed and surrounded by a field of various-sized rocks, making it impossible to get closer than 100 meters and aptly named by Noémie as Nightmare Den.
In Happy Zebra clan, we have an overwhelming amount of cuteness at their den, with 13 cubs (theoretically, although 2 have not been seen in at least a month) play romping around and occasionally forming an indistinguishable pile of fur on chilly mornings. As exasperating as it can get, trying to ID and keep track of all the interactions between these cubs and other hyenas at the den, they make up for it in adorable moments.
In North clan, we have had some interesting interactions, indicative of a rank reversal. Three rough-looking lower-ranking females (Peepers, Waffles, and Eleanor) banded together and chased away the dominant female (RBC). In subsequent observations, RBC has displayed submissive behaviors (ears back, giggling, presenting her rear for inspection, being chased) to most of the other hyenas and their cubs, as though she has fallen from the top to near the bottom of the hierarchy. Many of the North hyenas are in pretty bad shape right now after an alleged bout with lions over a hippo carcass. Hooker is slowly regaining use of her left eye and has gained weight after looking frighteningly anorexic. Many hyenas had open gashes, bad limps, and puncture wounds, but they are healing quickly by human standards!
We were also fortunate enough to see 3 cheetah cubs at 8 weeks old with their mother and hear the famous cheetah chirp! However, the following week, the Mara Conservancy manager, Brian Heath, alerted us that the cubs' mother was missing (probably killed by lions). We were privileged enough to accompany him and the rangers as they captured the 3 cubs. They are currently residing in an enclosure in Brian's camp. The Mara has had bad luck with cheetahs since 2008, when the wildebeest migration brought a bad case of mange here that reduced the cheetah population by almost half. The Mara has not had a litter of cheetah cubs survive to adulthood in over 2 years, which makes these 3 cubs' lives very important to the future of cheetahs here! Thankfully they will be guaranteed food and safety until they reach adulthood and can be released back into the reserve.
I am a bit of a cheetah fanatic so I apologize in advance if I become more focused on cheetahs than hyenas in the future, but I will try my best!
Noémie and I are also inadvertently becoming learned mechanics. We have yet to go a week without some sort of issue arising with either of our vehicles and have had to employ a hydraulic jack on several occasions, even before leaving Nairobi to come to the Mara! We have also spent some of our free time attempting to learn Swahili from the Masai men who help keep camp in order: Moses, Philimon, and George. It's more impressive coming from Noémie, who is from Switzerland so she translates between French, English, and Swahili! As they say in Swahili, tuna jifunza pole pole (we are learning slowly, slowly).
Among the more memorable of our many nightly adventures, Noémie had a giraffe trip over a guy line of her tent one night and almost take the whole thing with it. We have had hippo and buffalo wars waged in the bush surrounding camp, elephants grumbling their disapproval of our campfire one night, lions mating on the plains in front of camp (and keeping us awake all night!) and rabbits racing for their lives from hyenas and genets but not succeeding as evidenced by clumps of rabbit fur the next morning.
We'll try to keep contributing updates to the blog! Thank you for your patience, it was a steep learning curve in the beginning but we're finally getting into as nice a routine as Africa will let us!


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Brian Greene discusses The Fabric of the Cosmos, in which he translates cutting edge research into language the layman can understand.
Q: What would you say to people who think they are just not smart enough to
ever fully wrap their minds around the nature of the universe?
A: For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics. But when the impediment of mathematics is removed and the ideas themselves are rephrased in common language, they're not that hard to understand. So, I say: give it a try--and most people do find that they grasp much more than they expected.
Q: Is it a challenge, as a physicist and mathematician to write in a way that everyone can understand?
A: It is a challenge, but for me its both a useful and exciting one. I find that translating cutting-edge research into more familiar language forces me to strip away extraneous details and zero in on the core ideas. Often, this helps me to organize my own thoughts and has even suggested research directions. And it's exciting to see ideas that are close to my heart and those of other researchers in the field reach a wider audience. The questions we are tackling are universal, and everyone deserves the right to enjoy the progress we're making.
Q: What made you decide to follow The Elegant Universe and string theory with an exploration of cosmology?
A: Well, I wouldn't say that The Fabric of the Cosmos is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality. The Elegant Universe was a book about the search for a unified theory, in which space and time were supporting characters. As I was writing it, I almost had to keep space and time in check, as they so easily could have taken over. In The Fabric of the Cosmos, I let them have free reign--and space and time, with little effort, assumed the starring roles.
Q: You make some mind-boggling statements about the nature of time. Can you elaborate on the difference between how physicists and the rest of us view time?
A: Well, in day to day life, physicists view time in the same way that everyone else does. And that makes it all the more surprising when we examine how time appears in our current theoretical frameworks, because nowhere in our theories do we see the intuitive notion of time that we all embrace. Nowhere, for example, can we find the theoretical underpinnings for our sense that time flows from one second to the next. Instead, our theories seem to indicate that time doesn't flow--rather, past, present, and future are all there, always, forever frozen in place. Moreover, we all sense that time has a direction pointing from what we call past to what we call future. And much of what we experience adheres fully to this "arrow of time" (e.g. eggs break but they never unbreak, we remember the past but not the future, etc.). But as familiar as this all is, explaining the origin of time's arrow using our understanding of physics is no small task. And when we look at the problem closely, it seems to require that we understand what conditions were like at the birth of the universe. That is why I spend a good deal of time in The Fabric of the Cosmos discussing cosmology.
Q: Doesn't that make it hard to catch a train?
A: It does, but it doesn't make for a good excuse--at least not more than once.
Q: You discuss some seemingly simple things that turn out to be quite complex beneath the surface, like water sloshing around a spinning bucket. Can you explain?
A: Well, physics is ultimately about explaining what we see and experience. And some things that might seem mundane--like a bucket of spinning water--actually tap into some deep mysteries. As I describe in the book, Newton himself realized that a bucket of spinning water raised surprisingly delicate questions about the nature of space--whether or not space is a human abstraction or a real physical entity. It's a question we are still pondering today.
Q: What's the most startling and unexpected revelation about the universe that you have seen in your career as a physicist?
A: That's a tough question. Probably the growing belief, due largely to string theory, that our universe may really have more than three space dimensions. That possibility really blows my mind.
Q: You are one of the world's foremost experts on string theory. In your new book you also talk about superstrings and branes, what exactly is the difference?
A: Well, a superstring--like a very, very thin rubber band--is an object with only one dimension, the dimension that extends along its own length. Branes are simply objects with more dimensions. A two-brane has two dimensions (like a disk or frisbee), a three-brane has three dimensions (like a lump of clay), and the higher dimensional branes have more dimensions (don't worry, I can't picture them either). The point is that superstring theory was initially thought to only contain strings. But in recent years, we've come to realize that these other, higher dimensional objects--the branes--also have an important role in the theory.
Q: What are black holes and what do they tell us about the nature of universe?
A: Black holes are regions of the universe in which so much mass has been crushed to such a small size that the pull of gravity is enormous. So strong, in fact, that if you get too close it is impossible to escape. Even a beam of light that gets too close will be sucked in, explaining why black holes are black--light can't escape their powerful gravitational grip. Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects of black holes we see space and time in an exotic environment, one that has shed important, and sometimes perplexing, new light an their fundamental nature.
Q: You say that a particle on one side of the universe can influence the action of a sister particle on the other side of the universe instantaneously. Does this violate Einstein's statement that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light?
A: It is a delicate question, but most physicists would say no. The influence is such that no information can be sent from place to place at faster than light speed, and many believe that's enough to avoid conflict with Einstein's recognition that light sets a cosmic speed limit. I am among those who take this point of view, but as I stress in the book, this issue--due to remaining conundrums surrounding quantum mechanics--is not fully settled.
Q: How close are we to really understanding the nature of the universe?
A: Sometimes I think the final theory is just around the corner. Sometimes I think such thoughts are naive. The bottom line is I don't know, but what we're learning is so startling, that in a way it doesn't matter. When or if we reach the deepest understanding, it will be a major moment for our species. But until then, making progress at unraveling the cosmos is its own reward.
Q: What do you think of the new Matrix movie?
A: Liked the first one better--made you think more about what constitutes reality. Second one had only a bit of that, and although the effects were great, I just felt exhausted by the end.
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We Tested It: Homemade Driveway Deicers
Maybe you have some slippery front steps and Grandma's on her way over, or your '78 Camaro just can't make it up the driveway—and you happen to be clean out of magnesium chloride. You need something that melts ice and, more importantly, something that you have on hand. Will kitty litter do the trick? What about salt, baking soda or rubbing alcohol? We tried several household items in our test, conducted on a nippy day on my Lakewood, CO driveway, with the temperature ranging from 19 to 25 degrees F.
Disclaimer: These solutions were tested only for effectiveness at melting ice. Some may be harmful to plants, animals, paving surfaces, cream-colored carpets and other things you might care dearly about. Others may be unacceptable to your HOA. The idea here was to find out what works in a pinch. If you need to deice on a regular basis, I recommend that you find a good, environmentally friendly ice melt product, or forget the melting altogether and just use a bit of sand for traction—and take your shoes off before going in the house.
Salt is a no-brainer, I know. It's been used to deice roads forever, so of course it will work on your driveway. And it was the best performer in our test. However, it's helpful to know the limitations of salt for effective deicing. Salt works as an ice melt because it lowers the freezing point of water, from 32 degrees F for plain water to about -6 degrees F for salt water. But, as Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph. D points out in her chemistry column, salt's effectiveness in the real world of deicing stops at about 15 degrees F.
Salt also needs a bit of water—in liquid form, not ice—to get things started. In very cold temperatures it can just sit on an icy surface without doing much good. Foot traffic and car tires will melt ice slightly and provide water for the salt, but barring that, you can sprinkle a little water on your surface before adding salt. In our test, we used kosher salt, which is coarse and thus provides a bit of grittiness for traction during the melting process.
Soy Sauce
You may have heard that soy sauce melts ice, but it did pretty much zip in our test. Because it's a liquid with a high sodium content, it might work on thin ice in relatively warm temperatures. However, the sodium in soy sauce is about one-fifth of what it is in salt, so there's no sense in using sauce instead.
Rubbing Alcohol
The freezing point of standard 70-percent rubbing alcohol is -20 degrees F, so it works pretty well as a deicer. In fact, alcohol is used in many deicing products for car windshields.
80-proof vodka has a freezing point well below zero, so I thought I'd try it out…on the ice, of course. Did it work? Nyet. One warning about vodka: If you take the old "one for the driveway, one for me" approach, you may end up falling down even if the ice melts.
Baking Soda
You don't have to look hard to find someone touting a new use for baking soda (maybe it can even fix global warming!). So it's no surprise that the salty white powder has been tried as a deicer. But it did very little in our test. It does have about half as much sodium as salt, so it's probably better than soy sauce, provided some melting has already occurred.
I heard of bleach as a deicer from several sources. I didn't like the idea of pouring straight bleach onto the driveway (I could just picture my wife wondering why there were indelible white boot prints in our brown carpet), so I diluted it with an equal amount of water. The result: not effective. Chorine bleach is also highly toxic to plants, so it's best to leave this solution in the laundry room.
Windshield Washer Fluid
Works pretty well, as you might guess, given it's normal purpose. Washer fluid contains a small amount of methanol, and most solutions have a freezing point around -20 degrees F. It quickly melts ice and stays slushy for a long time. However, this is toxic stuff, and even though there must be untold quantities of it going into our storm water systems each year, it can't be a good thing to use heavily around the house.
Sorry to get your hopes up, but I didn't test this. Fertilizer is purportedly a decent ice melter if it contains ammonium sulfate, potassium chloride or urea. Two drawbacks, though: 1) It's hard to find in the dead of winter, and 2) The local environmental and storm water authorities probably don't want residents tossing fertilizer over their driveways because it eventually washes right down to the gutter and into the storm water system. From there, it could go directly or indirectly to local waterways. Fertilizer contributes to water pollution during summer, but the idea is that most of the raw product is absorbed by the lawn and filtered by the soil below, so (theoretically) only the overspray ends up in the water system.
True Grit
Commonly believed to be a deicer, kitty litter doesn't melt ice, but it does provide traction on ice because it's gritty (just like Stimpy's favorite brand). Other things you can throw down for traction only are sand, dirt and fireplace ash.
TIP: Some deicers can damage concrete, so hire a pro to seal your driveway for protection before snow season begins. Avoid applying deicers (sand is okay) to curing concrete for the first 12 months after it's installed.
Updated December 3, 2017.
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Set of interactive and paper based activities based on buying and describing clothes. The on-screen activities (match words and pictures, drag and drop sentences, cloze activitiy, crossword) make a good group activity on an interactive whiteboard and can be extended and consolidated using the dialogue prompts, vocabulary cards and other activities in the PDF document.
Set of two resourcesPowerPoint Straightforward but very useful introduction to computers for preEntry and Entry 1 students. Ideal to use before playing the accompanying bingo game. Bingo Eight different boards. Call out the name of the part (or write on the class whiteboard for a literacy group). First to complete a line wins (use counters to cover, or laminate and cross off with a dry wipe pen).


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Yesterday morning, two other moms and I spent some time in my younger son's classroom sharing Hanukkah traditions, eating latkes & doing an art project. The idea for this project was shamelessly borrowed from the blog Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish -- and the artwork created by these kindergartners & first graders was so gorgeous that I had to share it.
-- Large paper (12 in. x 18 in. was available in
the classroom)
-- Colorful scrapbook or origami paper
-- Orange & yellow paper
-- A paper cutter (essential if prepping this craft for
a classroom of 22 small children -- not essential
if doing this craft at home).
-- Scissor
-- Glue stick
STEP 1 :: Cut strips of paper as follows: 2 in. x 14 in. for each hannukiah base, 2 in. x 2 in. for the shammash candle holder, 1 in. x 5 in. for candles (you will need 9 candles for each child's project).
STEP 2 :: Cut 1 inch strips of yellow & orange paper. Then use a scissors to snip the strips into diamond & triangle shapes for the candle flames.
STEP 3 :: Set out the large sheets of paper, strips of colorful paper, and glue stick then stand back and watch as gorgeous collages are created.
NOTE: I was facilitating this project in a classroom of 5-7 year olds and we allotted approx. 20 minutes for the craft. If we had had more time for the project, giving the children scissors to cut out their own candles would have been an option. And certainly, if doing this project with older children, there is no need at all to pre-cut the paper into strips and they can cut the paper into strips themselves.


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living & more, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.
In the mail I received a lovely publication in the January issue of the German lifestyle magazine Living & More.
Quite nice of the editors in Germany to sent me two copies.
One magazine, I keep myself (for the archive) and the other one I would like to give away.
Leave a message and after the weekend we pick a winner!
It actually doesn't matter if you can or can not read German, it's an inspirational interior magazine anyway.


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A commitment by San Francisco-based Juul Labs to no longer promote its e-cigarettes in print, digital and TV advertisements applies only in the United States, not in Canada, a spokesman says.
Juul Labs Canada says in an email that Juul Labs is a global company and "this announcement impacts the U.S. only." The company didn't answer a question about how Juul markets its products in Canada.
On Wednesday, the largest e-cigarette maker in the U.S. also announced its CEO, Kevin Burns, will step down and pledged not to lobby against a sweeping ban on vaping flavours proposed by the Trump administration.
The decision marks the second time within a year that Juul's U.S. and Canadian marketing policies have diverged. In November 2018, the company said it would continue to sell mango, fruit, and cucumber flavoured pods in Canadian retail outlets, despite no longer doing so south of the border because they might entice young people to use its products.
Juul would not explain why it seemingly sees a link between flavoured products and youth consumption in the States, but not Canada, beyond saying the two markets "are very different."
Juul and hundreds of smaller e-cigarette companies are fighting for their survival as they face two public health debacles linked to vaping: a mysterious lung illness and rising use of e-cigarettes by teenagers.
Public health officials are investigating hundreds of cases of the breathing ailment but have not yet identified any one product or ingredient. At the same time, underage vaping has reached epidemic levels, according to top government health officials, with more than one in four high school students using e-cigarettes in the last month.
Juul entered the Canadian market in August 2018, vowing to help Canada's five million adult smokers quit by providing an alternative to combustible cigarettes.
It said its Juul devices, USB docking stations and flavoured vaping liquids that contain nicotine would be available for purchase in convenience stores, vape shops and on its e-commerce site.
In July, Juul opened its first corporate store in Canada in Toronto. It opened its second in Edmonton two weeks ago.
Since 2018, Juul has tried to head off a crackdown in the U.S. with a series of voluntary steps, halting retail sales of several flavours and shutting down its social media presence.
The company now faces multiple investigations from Congress, several federal agencies and state attorneys general.
— With files from The Associated Press
The Canadian Press


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Sunday talk show tip sheet
"Meet the Press" on NBC
• Secretary of State John Kerry
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R)
• Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
• Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) , ranking member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)
• Mark Halperin, author, "Double Down"
"Face the Nation" on CBS
• Christie
• Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta
"This Week" on ABC
• Christie
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R)
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• John Heilemann, author, "Double Down"
"Fox News Sunday" on Fox
• Christie
"State of the Union" on CNN
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairwoman, Democratic National Committee
• Reince Priebus, chairman, Republican National Committee
• Former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.)
"Political Capital" on Bloomberg TV
• Reince Priebus, chairman, Republican National Committee
"Newsmakers" on C-SPAN
• Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member, Senate Judiciary Committee
"Al Punto" on Univision
• Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
• Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.)


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Judith Ann Hollenstein
JANESVILLE—Judith "Judy" Ann Hollenstein, age 75, of Janesville, died Wednesday, January 02, 2013, at her home. She was born in New Diggings, WI, on July 9, 1937, the daughter of Lawrence and Ila (Kirkpatrick) Symons and was a 1955 graduate of Darlington High School. Judy married George Hollenstein Jr. on Sept. 3, 1955, in Seymour Township, WI. He preceded her in death on April 10, 2004. A Janesville resident since 1966, she was in the custodial department at the Rock County Courthouse, had worked as a crossing guard, and also worked the election polls. Judy loved her family and friends and spent as much time with them as possible.
She is survived by her 5 children: Heidi Hollenstein Hanson of Monticello, Randall (Sue) Hollenstein of Janesville, Tina (Jeff) Kempfer of New Glarus, Jodie (Paul) Christians and Kirk Hollenstein both of Beloit; 9 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; a sister, Linda Stott of Darlington; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
No services will be held at this time per Judy's request. Burial will be in Darlington Cemetery. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY is assisting the family. For on-line guestbook and condolences: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2011 - A combined Afghan and coalition security force yesterday detained a Haqqani network leader and two of his associates during an operation in the Musa Khel district of Afghanistan's Khost province, military officials reported.
The Haqqani leader was involved in planning an upcoming attack in Kabul city. Recent reports indicate he was considering using a car bomb for the attack.
In other Afghanistan news yesterday:
-- In the Qalat district of Zabul province, a combined force detained numerous suspects during an operation targeting a Taliban facilitator. The facilitator assists with roadside-bomb attacks against Afghan security forces.
-- A combined force detained several suspects during an operation targeting a Taliban leader in the Sangin district of Helmand province. The leader plans roadside-bomb attacks with subordinate Taliban chiefs, and provides weapons and military guidance to local insurgents.
-- A combined patrol detained two suspects during a search for an insurgent leader in the Sangin district of Helmand province. The leader operates in Kotozay village, and provides support and guidance for Taliban members in the district.
-- A combined force detained several Haqqani members in the Sayyidabad district of Wardak province. The force was involved in operations aimed at disrupting a local attack cell, whose members reportedly have been planning an attack in Kabul city.
-- Combined forces in Regional Command East detained one suspect and found a weapons cache that contained multiple assault rifles and a suicide-bomb vest. Bagram Airfield also received two rounds of indirect fire. No injuries and no damages were reported. The incident is under investigation.
-- A combined patrol seized an insurgent leader and detained numerous suspects during an operation in the Bala Boluk district of Farah province. The leader was responsible for supplying lethal aid used in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The patrol also confiscated and destroyed one 105mm artillery round and some small-arms ammunition.
-- A combined patrol seized a weapons cache during an operation in the Ghazni district of Ghazni province. The patrol also seized and destroyed seven mortar rounds and five rocket-propelled grenades.
-- In the Chorah district of Uruzgan province, a coalition patrol discovered a weapons cache containing one 82mm mortar, one assault rifle, one .303-caliber rifle, 520 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, a webbing set containing three full assault rifle magazines, eight small-arms magazines, six rocket-propelled grenade warheads, nine RPG propellants, one rocket motor, one RPG fuse and one radio antenna. The cache will be destroyed.
In Aug. 26 Afghanistan news:
-- A combined patrol detained an insurgent leader during an operation in the Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province. The leader was responsible for supplying ammunition and explosives used in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
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The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 to win the World Series in Fenway ParkWednesday night.
The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 to win the World Series in Fenway Park Wednesday night.
It's the third time since 2004 Boston has won the championship, the team's eighth title overall, and the first time since 1918 that the Sox have won in their home ballpark,
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The Red Sox never trailed in Game 6, getting things started with a three-run double by Shane Victorino in the third inning, followed by a solo home run by Stephen Drew in the fourth.
The Cardinals threatened in the seventh inning, loading the bases with the score 6-1, but Boston closer Junichi Tazawa got them out of the jam.
The last time the two teams met in the World Series was 2004, when Boston swept St. Louis in four games.


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WICHITA, Kan. – A Jamaican woman accused of entering into a "sham marriage" with a Kansas soldier faces a federal trial Tuesday during which jurors must decide whether she wed for love or for immigration purposes in a criminal prosecution.
Prosecutors say Shannakay Hunter was an a illegal immigrant who conspired with Joshua Priest, then a private in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Riley, to enter into marriage so she could get a "green card" and regain her legal status, as well as receive military benefits such as health care for herself and her two children. Priest, 23, in turn received Army housing and subsistence benefits provided to married soldiers. The government contends their May 2010 marriage in Junction City was never consummated and the couple never lived together.
But the defense in its court filings has portrayed the 28-year-old Jamaican immigrant, who lives in Bronx, New York, as a hardworking mother who admittedly overstayed her visa but married for love — and that her husband only made the allegations of fraud out of anger. The defense plans to call as a witness the victim advocate who took care of Hunter after an alleged domestic abuse incident in Junction City involving Priest.
Which portrayal of Hunter prevails — fraud or loving wife — will be determined during a three-day trial that begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wichita. Hunter faces charges of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and making a false statement to the government. If convicted she faces up to five years in prison on each count, although she would likely get far less, if any, prison time under federal sentencing guidelines. But she would likely be deported.
"I am absolutely mystified by this prosecution," defense attorney Molly McMurray said in a phone interview. "You know, there are hordes of people coming into this country every day, and for some reason the government is picking on a woman who came here legally who has no criminal record. Now, she did overstay her visa, but she works and she takes care of her two children, who are United States citizens."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson, who is prosecuting the case, in an email said, "We disagree with the lawyer's statement but we cannot respond to it as to this specific case until after the case has been concluded."
Priest is expected to be the government's star witness. He pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and wire fraud in a deal with prosecutors for leniency in exchange for his testimony against his wife. He will be sentenced in October after admitting he got $26,000 in military benefits for married soldiers that he was not entitled to receive.
The marriage came to the government's attention in February 2011 when Hunter returned to Fort Riley from New York to make sure Priest would attend an upcoming immigration hearing in which her change of status was going to be heard. She told Priest's superiors that he failed to provide support to her since their marriage, as required by Army regulations, and that he needed to be ordered to attend her impending immigration hearing, given his "moral obligation" to do so, according to a court filing.
After his superiors confronted him, Priest told them the marriage was arranged so Hunter could get legal immigration status. His superiors ordered him to attend the immigration hearing but also reported the suspected marriage fraud to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fraud hotline and the Army's Central Investigations Divisions, court documents show.
Hunter's defense attorney acknowledged that while the couple has always lived apart, she would often come to visit her husband in Kansas.
"She is adamant — and has been the entire time — that she is innocent," McMurray said. "It is weighing heavily on her."


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Depending on the version of PHP, there are either two or three PHP APIs for accessing the MySQL database. PHP 5 users can choose between the deprecated mysql extension, mysqli, or PDO_MySQL. PHP 7 removes the mysql extension, leaving only the latter two options.
This guide explains the terminology used to describe each API, information about choosing which API to use, and also information to help choose which MySQL library to use with the API.


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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned activities of hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months.
The bulletin, issued by the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), warns financial services companies especially to be on the lookout for attempts by Anonymous to "solicit ideologically dissatisfied, sympathetic employees" to their cause.
Anonymous has recently used Twitter to try and persuade dissatisfied employees within the financial sector to give them information and access. Though such attempts appear to have been largely unsuccessful so far, "unwilling coercion through embarrassment or blackmail may be a risk to personnel," the bulletin warned.
The unclassified DHS communique is addressed broadly to those in charge of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection and also warns about new tools that Anonymous has said it plans to use in launching future attacks.
One of the attack tools highlighted in the alert is dubbed #RefRef, which is said to be capable of using a server's resources and processing power to conduct a denial of service attack against itself.
"Anonymous has stated publicly that the tool will be ready for wider use by the group in September 2011," the DHS said. "But though there have been several publicly available tools that claim to be versions of #RefRef, so far it's unclear "what the true capabilities of #RefRef are."
The bulletin also cites the so-called Apache Killer tool that can be used to launch denial of service attacks. The DHS alert also warns of three cyber attacks and civil protests it says are planned by Anonymous and affiliated groups.
The first attack, dubbed Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is scheduled for Sept. 17.
The so-called 'Day of Rage' protest was first announced by a group called Adbusters in July and is being actively supported by Anonymous. The organizers of OWS hope to get about 20,000 individuals to gather on Wall Street on that day to protest various U.S. government policies.
The protest is being coordinated through Adbuster's website as well as via an Anonymous YouTube video that exhorts followers to "flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months," the DHS noted in its alert.
Similar rallies targeting financial districts are being planned in Madrid, Milan, London, Paris and San Francisco, it said,
Adbusters is planning another protest in October. That event, to mark the 10th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, is slated to be held at the Washington DC National Mall.
The two other planned attacks by Anonymous that are highlighted in the bulletin are, Operation Facebook a November 11 protest targeting the social media site for its alleged privacy violations, and Project Mayhem, scheduled for Dec 21, 2012.
Though there has been little dialogue or hints about the specific tactics, techniques and procedures that Anonymous plans to employ for Project Mayhem there are indications that it could involve physical disruption and targeting of information systems.
The name Project Mayhem is derived from the movie Fight Club in which "the main character is ultimately responsible for destroying buildings belonging to major financial institutions with explosives," the bulletin said.
The bulletin is testimony of sorts to the kind of attention that Anonymous has managed to attract following cyberattacks and related protests in recent years. The group has been associated with a string of high-profile attacks against organizations such as HB Gary, Booz-Allen Hamilton, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency
Though members of Anonymous are thought to have been associated with several "maliciously intolerant cyber and physical incidents" in the past, of late they have evolved to "what appears to be a hactivist agenda."
"Anonymous has shown through recently reported incidents that it has members who have relatively more advanced technical capabilities who can also marshal large numbers of willing, but less technical, participants for DDOS activities," the DHS said.
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The certificate in this case is as follows:
Mr. Nelson S. Spencer for petitioners.
Messrs. Otto T. Hess and M'Cready Sykes for respondent.
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opinion of the court:
Metcalf Brothers & Company, judgment creditors of Lesser Brothers, commenced their creditors' suit in the supreme court of New York December 17, 1896. The case came to trial December 17, 1897, and decree was rendered April 6, 1898. 22 Misc. 664, 50 N. Y. Supp. 1060. On appeal the appellate division affirmed the judgment of the trial court in part, and reversed it in part, and directed the payment by the receivers to Metcalf Brothers & Company of the amount of their judgments out of the money in the receivers' hands. 35 App. Div. 596, 55 N. Y. Supp. 179. This decree or judgment was embodied in an order dated December 30, 1898, but the clerk of the supreme court appears not to have entered it until January 31, 1899. The decision of the court of appeals (161 N. Y. 587, 56 N. E. 67), was made February 6, 1900, and the remittitur was received and filed in the court below March 12, 1900.
The bankruptcy law was approved July 1, 1898. May 12, 1899, Lesser Brothers filed their petition in bankruptcy and were adjudicated bankrupts, and Barker was appointed trustee June 7, 1899. March 8, 1900, the bankrupts' trustee procured from the district court an order entitled in the bankruptcy proceedings requiring Metcalf Brothers & Company to show cause on March 13 why a writ of injunction should not issue enjoining them from taking any further proceedings under any judgment in their creditors' action, and so enjoining them in the interim, which injunction, after argument on the merits, was continued. No question arises here in respect of real estate, and on the case stated in the certificate the property affected was equitable assets. There had been tangible personal property, [187 U.S. 165, 172] subject to levy and sale under execution, but this had been previously sold by an order of the supreme court of New York, and the proceeds were held by receivers.
The general rule is that the filing of a judgment creditors' bill and service of process creates a lien in equity on the judgment debtor's equitable assets. Miller v. Sherry, 2 Wall. 237, 17 L. ed. 827; Freedman's Sav. & T. Co. v. Earle, 110 U.S. 710 , 28 L. ed. 301, 4 Sup. Ct. Rep. 226. And such is the rule in New York. Storm v. Waddell, 2 Sandf. Ch. 494; Lynch v. Johnson, 48 N. Y. 27; First Nat. Bank v. Shuler, 153 N. Y. 163, 47 N. E. 262. This was conceded by the district court, but the court held that the lien so created was 'contingent upon the recovery of a valid judgment, and liable to be defeated by anything that defeats the judgment, or the right of the complainants to appropriate the fund;' that 'such a contingent or equitable lien, it is evident, cannot be superior to the judgment on which it depends to make it effectual, but must stand or fall with the judgment itself;' and ' 67f, therefore, in declaring that a judgment recovered within four months 'shall be deemed null and void,' etc ., necessarily prevents the complainants from acquiring any benefit from the lien, or the fund attached, except through the trustee in bankruptcy pro rata with other creditors,' it being also held that, although the judgment at special term was rendered more than four months before the filing of the petition, yet that the judgment of the appellate division, as affirmed by the court of appeals, was within the four months. 100 Fed. 433.
Assuming that the judgment at special term is to be disregarded, and that the judgment of the appellate division was entered within the four months, it will be perceived that if the views of the district court were correct, the third question propounded should be answered in the negative, while if incorrect, that question should be answered in the affirmative.
Doubtless the lien created by a judgment creditor's bill is contingent in the sense that it might possibly be defeated by the event of the suit, but in itself, and so long as it exists, it is a charge, a specific lien, on the assets, not subject to being devested save by payment of the judgment sought to be collected. [187 U.S. 165, 173] The subject was fully discussed, and the effect of bankruptcy proceedings considered, by Vice Chancellor Sandford in Storm v. Waddell, which has been so repeatedly recognized with approval as to have become a leading case.
As Mr. Justice Swayne remarked, in Miller v. Sherry, the commencement of the suit amounts to an equitable levy (2 Wall. 249, 17 L. ed. 830), or, in the language or Mr. Justice Matthews, in Freedman's Sav. & T. Co. v. Earle: 'It is the execution first begun to be executed, unless otherwise regulated lated by statute, which is entitled to priority. . . . The filing of the bill, in cases of equitable execution, is the beginning of executing it.' 110 U.S. 717 , 28 L. ed. 304, 4 Sup. Ct. Rep. 230. And the right to payment out of the fund so vested cannot be affected by a subsequent transfer by the debtor (M'Dermutt v. Strong, 4 Johns. Ch. 687), or taken away by a subsequent discharge in bankruptcy. Hill v. Harding, 130 U.S. 699 , 32 L. ed. 1083, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 725; Doe v. Childress, 21 Wall. 642, 22 L. ed. 549; Eyster v. Gaff, 91 U.S. 521 , 23 L. ed. 403; Peck v. Jenness, 7 How. 612, 12 L. ed. 841.
Kittredge v. Warren, 14 N. H. 509, was relied on as to the effect of attachments on mesne process in New Hampshire, in Peck v. Jenness. And it may be remarked that Chief Justice Parker's vigorous discussion in that case of the point that the attachment lien was not contingent on a subsequent judgment is a fortiori applicable in cases where the prior establishment of the creditor's claim is the foundation of the creditor's suit.
Granting that possession of the power 'to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies' enables Congress to displace these well- settled principles and to devest rights so acquired, we do not think that Congress has attempted to do so.
Section 67f provides: 'That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt, and the property affected by the levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien shall be deemed wholly discharged and released from the same, and shall pass to the trustee as a part of the estate of the bankrupt, unless the court shall, on due notice, order that the right under such levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien [187 U.S. 165, 174] shall be preserved for the benefit of the estate; and thereupon the same may pass to and shall be preserved by the trustee for the benefit of the estate as aforesaid. And the court may order such conveyance as shall be necessary to carry the purposes of this section into effect.' [30 Stat. at L. 565, chap. 541, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3418.]
In our opinion the conclusion to be drawn from this language is that it is the lien created by a levy, or a judgment, or an attachment, or otherwise, that is invalidated, and that where the lien is obtained more than four months prior to the filing of the petition, it is not only not to be deemed to benull and void on adjudication, but its validity is recognized. When it is obtained within four months the property is discharged therefrom, but not otherwise. A judgment or decree in enforcement of an otherwise valid pre-existing lien is not the judgment denounced by the statute, which is plainly confined to judgments creating liens. If this were not so the date of the acquisition of a lien by attachment or creditor's bill would be entirely immaterial.
Moreover, other provisions of the act render it unreasonable to impute the intention to annul all judgments recovered within four months.
By 63a, fixed liabilities evidence by judgments absolutely owing at the time of the filing of the petition, or founded upon provable debts reduced to judgments after the filing of the petition and before the consideration of application for discharge, may be proved and allowed, while under 17 judgments in actions of fraud are not released by a discharge, and other parts of the act would be wholly unnecessary if 67f must be taken literally.
Many of the district courts have reached and announced a similar conclusion (Re Blair, 108 Fed. 529; Re Beaver Coal Co. 110 Fed. 630; Re Kavanaugh, 99 Fed. 928; Re Pease, 4 Am. Bankr. Rep. 547); as have also the supreme court of Rhode Island and the chancery court of New Jersey in wellconsidered decisions. Doyle v. Heath, 22 R. I. 213, 47 Atl. 213; Taylor v. Taylor, 59 N. J. Eq. 86, 45 Atl. 440. And see Wakeman v. Throckmorton, 74 Conn. 616, 51 Atl. 554.
As under 70a, e, and 67e, the trustee is vested with the bankrupt's title as of the date of the adjudication, and [187 U.S. 165, 175] subrogated to the rights of creditors, the foregoing considerations require an affirmative answer to the third question, but in answering the first question some further observations must be made. This creditors' action was commenced December 17, 1896, more than eighteen months before the passage of the bankruptcy act, and was prosecuted with exemplary diligence to final and complete success in the judgment of the court of appeals. At this point the bankruptcy court intervened and on summary proceedings enjoined Metcalf Brothers & Company from receiving the fruits of their victory. The state courts had jurisdiction over the parties and the subject-matter, and possession of the property. And it is well settled that where property is in the actual possession of the court this draws to it the right to decide upon conflicting claims to its ultimate possession and control.
In Peck v. Jenness, 7 How. 612, 12 L. ed. 841, the district court had decided that the lien of an attachment issued out of a court of New Hampshire was defeasible and invalid as against an assignee in bankruptcy. But this court held that this was not so, and that the district court had no supervisory power over the state courts, and Mr. Justice Grier said: 'It is a doctrine of law too long established to require a citation of authorities, that, where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause, and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, till reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court; and that, where the jurisdiction of a court, and the right of a plaintiff to prosecute his suit in it, have once attached, that right cannot be arrested or taken away by proceedings in another court. These rules have their foundation, not merely in comity, but on necessity. For if one may enjoin, the other may retort by injunction, and thus the parties be without remedy; being liable to a process for contempt in one, if they dare to proceed in the other. . . . The fact, therefore, that an injunction issues only to the parties before the court, and not to the court, is no evasion of the difficulties that are the necessary result of an attempt to exercise that power over a party who is a litigant in another and independent forum.' The rule indicated was applied under the act of 1841 in Clarke v. Rist, 3 [187 U.S. 165, 176] McLean, 494, Fed. Cas. No. 2,861; under the act of 1867, by Mr. Justice Miller in Johnson v. Bishop, Woolw. 324, Fed. Cas. No. 7,373, and by Mr. Justice Nelson in Sedgwick v. Menck, 6 Blatchf. 156, Fed. Cas. No. 12,616, and under the act of 1898, among other cases, by the circuit court of appeals for the fourth circuit in Frazier v. Southern Loan & T. Co. 40 C. C. A. 76, 99 Fed. 707, and Pickens v. Dent, 45 C. C. A. 522, 106 Fed. 653.
White v. Schloerb, 178 U.S. 542 , 44 L. ed. 1183, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1007, proceeded on the familiar doctrine that property in the custody of a court of the United States cannot be taken out of that custody by any process from a state court, and the jurisdiction of the district court sitting in bankruptcy by summary proceedings to maintain such custody was upheld. Mr. Justice Gray, speaking for the court, said: 'By 720 of the Revised Statutes, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 581, 'the writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a state, except in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law, relating to proceedings in bankruptcy.' Among the powers specifically conferred upon the court of bankruptcy by 2 of the bankrupt act of 1898 are to '(15) make such orders, issue such process, and enter such judgments, in addition to those specifically provided for, as may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this act.' 30 Stat. at L. 546, chap. 541, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3418. And by clause 3 of the twelfth general order in bankruptcy applications to the court of bankruptcy 'for an injunction to stay proceedings of a court or officer of the United States, or of a state, shall be heard and decided by the judge; but he may refer such an application, or any specified issue arising thereon, to the referee to ascertain and report the facts.' 172 U.S. 657 , 43 L. ed. 1191, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. VI. Not going beyond what the decision of the case before us requires, we are of opinion that the judge of the court of bankruptcy was authorized to compel persons, who had forcibly and unlawfully seized and taken out of the judicial custody of that court property which had lawfully come into its possession as part of the bankrupt's property, to restore that property to its custody.'
This cautious utterance-and courts must be cautious when dealing with a conflict of jurisdiction-sustains as far as it goes [187 U.S. 165, 177] the converse of the proposition when presented by a different state of facts.
We are of opinion that the jurisdiction of the district court to make the injunction order in question cannot be maintained. Louisville Trust Co. v. Comingor, 184 U.S. 18, 26 , 46 S. L. ed. 413, 416, 22 Sup. Ct. Rep. 293.
The first question will be answered in the negative, and the third question in the affirmative, and it is unnecessary to answer the other questions.
Certificate accordingly.
[ Footnote 1 ] U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3450.
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(SACRAMENTO) - Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company has been ordered to pay almost $15 million in fines for illegally handing out more than 100,000 free packs of cigarettes at events where children were present. In a ruling this week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Conrad R. Aragon found in favor of the Attorney General's Office, which had sued R.J. Reynolds for violating state law prohibiting tobacco companies from giving out free product samples on public grounds.
"Marketing ploys designed to hook children on cigarettes are illegal and won't be tolerated in California," Lockyer said. "This case and others brought by my office should send a strong warning to tobacco product manufacturers that California will vigorously enforce laws enacted to control tobacco sales and distribution."
The fine is the largest to be levied against a tobacco company for violating California's law banning most tobacco product give-aways. California Health and Safety Code Section 118950 prohibits tobacco companies from giving away free tobacco products on public grounds where minors are allowed. The law was enacted after the California Legislature found that free distribution of tobacco product samples and coupons is a recognized source by which minors obtain tobacco products, beginning the addiction process.
In his ruling, Judge Aragon found that R.J. Reynolds had violated the law by handing out more than 100,000 packages of cigarettes at places such as street fairs and car races that were attended by minors. The court ordered R.J. Reynolds to pay $14,826,200 in penalties.
In 1999, Lockyer established the Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section to ensure compliance with state laws regarding the sale and marketing of tobacco products and the 1998 national Master Settlement Agreement that was entered into by the largest tobacco manufacturers and 46 states. In July 2001, the office reached a settlement in a similar case against Swedish Match North America. That agreement permanently prohibited the company from giving out free samples on public grounds in California, and required it to pay $375,000 to the Public Health Institute to monitor tobacco advertising and promotions and to spread awareness about the dangers of tobacco products.
The ruling comes in the latest of several cases the Attorney General's Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section has filed against R.J. Reynolds.
In December, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled that the company's practice of posting outdoor advertising at stock car and drag racing events violated the MSA.
In January of 2001, the office reached a settlement with R.J. Reynolds over violations of the MSA and state consumer protection laws regarding the company's practice of mailing free cigarettes to consumers without determining if they were over the age of 18.
The office also spearheaded a successful multi-state effort to convince Philip Morris and other companies to cease advertising in magazines that have youth audiences of more than 15 percent of their readership. But negotiations with R.J. Reynolds were unsuccessful and the Attorney General filed a lawsuit alleging that the company's advertising in magazines and other publications targets children in violation of the terms of the MSA.
Opening arguments were held in San Diego Superior Court April 19, and the trial continues next week.


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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's policy regarding the commercial use of drones, based on a 2007 policy statement, "cannot be considered as establishing a rule or enforceable regulation," an administrative law judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Patrick G. Geraghty of the National Transportation Safety Board also ruled that "policy statements are not binding on the general public."
As the classification of UAS (unmanned aircraft system), popularly known as drones, does not appear in the Federal Aviation Regulations, it is necessary to examine the FAA policy for the existence of a rule imposing regulatory authority concerning UAS operations, the Judge wrote.
Raphael Pirker was fined $10,000 by the FAA in October 2011 for flying recklessly a powered glider aircraft in the vicinity of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia. He was said to have been engaged to supply aerial photographs and video of the university campus and medical center for a compensation.
The aircraft was described as a UAS, which was challenged by Pirker who held that it was a model aircraft. The judge ruled on Thursday that at the time Pirker used his model aircraft, there was no enforceable FAA rule or FAR regulation applicable to model aircraft or for classifying model aircraft as a UAS, according to a copy of the order on the website of Pirker's attorneys.
The ruling is significant in that it also questions the authority of the FAA to restrict the commercial use of drones. The FAA Modernization Re-authorization and Reform Act of 2012, the judge noted, "requires FAA, through the Secretary of Transportation, to develop a plan for integration of civil UAS into the NAS, specifying that the plan contain recommendations for rulemaking to define acceptable standards for operation and certification of civil UAS."
A number of companies including online retailer Amazon.com have said that they are planning to use drones commercially. Amazon's Prime Air service, powered by drones, will be ready from a technology point of view to enter commercial operations to deliver packages as soon as the necessary regulations are in place, the company said in December.
The retailer said its plans will depend on rules for civilian unmanned aircraft from the FAA, which it expects by 2015.
The FAA clarified last month that "there are no shades of gray in FAA regulations. Anyone who wants to fly an aircraft--manned or unmanned--in U.S. airspace needs some level of FAA approval."
The FAA indicated last year that the development and implementation of operational and certification requirements for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system is planned for not later than Dec. 31, 2015. It also released a roadmap for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace.


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The consensus among scholars and policymakers that "institutions matter" for development has led inexorably to a conclusion that "history matters," since institutions clearly form and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next logical step has not yet been taken, which is to recognize that historians (and not only economic historians) might also have useful and distinctive insights to offer. This paper endeavors to open and sustain a constructive dialogue between history -- understood as both "the past" and "the discipline" -- and development policy by (a) clarifying what the craft of historical scholarship entails, especially as it pertains to understanding causal mechanisms, contexts, and complex processes of institutional change; (b) providing examples of historical research that support, qualify, or challenge the most influential research (by economists and economic historians) in contemporary development policy; and (c) offering some general principles and specific implications that historians, on the basis of the distinctive content and method of their research, bring to development policy debates.Part IV identifies ways in which history matters for the authors' policy area. Here's the first paragraph of that section:
There are broadly three ways in which history matters for development policy. The first is through its insistence on the methodological principles of respect for context, process and difference when addressing the study of societies and policy efforts to bring about change in them. History views change as a complex causal process requiring a diversity of forms of knowledge, and a corresponding variety of methods for acquiring and interpreting that knowledge. Second, history is a resource of critical and reflective self-awareness about the nature of the discipline of development itself, its current preoccupations, why those preoccupations (and not others) have come to take their present form, and how they differ from past motives and aims, along with the crucial issue of how particular sources and forms of evidence are rendered salient. Third, history brings a particular kind of perspective to development problems; it is a vantage point for framing and viewing the nature of development which is relatively long-term and comparative.[footnotes omitted]


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