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"Microsoft is turning the source code for its embedded .Net Micro Framework over to the community and slowly withdrawing from that business, company officials are confirming. On the rumored list of teams most heavily impacted by second wave of Microsoft layoffs announced on May 5 was the .Net Micro Framework team - as well as the related MSN Direct unit. Indeed, both groups were affected, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed on May 6."

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Angelina Jolie Arrives in Sarajevo to Meet Victims of Bosnian War
Angelina Jolie holds an umbrella over her head as she lands on Thursday (March 27) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 38-year-old director, actress, and humanitarian landed with British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague, who she traveled with on their mission.
"We are here to meet victims of the war in Bosnia, female and male survivors of rape who carry a terrible burden," Angelina said of their visit. "The use of rape as a weapon of war is one of the great injustices of our time. For too long the world has tolerated these crimes, and left survivors to struggle in the shadows. Our goal is to bring forward the voices of the survivors of these crimes and to ask the world to stand with them and against impunity."
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how much force is involved in kiting?
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how much force is involved in kiting?
Yep. Yoga. I personally prefer Bikram as the heat really helps. It has made my caracas feel 10 years younger!
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
I prefer to do a little Yoda before my kite sessions.
aka Pablito
It says 10M, but it's really a 9.
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
Alot more when your learning, self rescues, and long walks no fun, much work!! I use more energy following students around then going out for a ride...
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
First question I would ask is under what kind of scenarios?
Without throwing any type of equations out there (these would get very extreme very quickly...)
I know from first hand experience (holding a rope attached to the ground) that a fully powered up 12 m2 kite @ 12 oClock can hold a 145 lb individual in the air with a 25 knot laminar wind.
Using basic static equations you can deduce that the kite is producing 145 lb of upwards lift.
Now what JRG is saying below with the tension gauge is a great idea to just directly test this. It could probably be rigged inline with the chicken loop and harness.
I gotta go back to work, but I hoping by the time I come back I realized the connection b/ wind energy vs air Reynolds #, foil efficiency, angle of attack, bridle curve, and lift to drag ratio so I can answer this in Layman's terms.
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
Someone should develop a system with tensiometers that can give precise information on forces on the lines and chicken loop. It could have it's own computer to store the data, and even include gps data on speed and height attained. This would make accurate comparison of kites more scientific.
They could also be incorporated into footstraps to compare both impact and shear forces experienced between boards.
Maybe someone is already using these in R and D?
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
Enough to snap the end of your bar off when relaunching your kite. FML
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how much force is involved in kiting?
Enough to boost me over that set wave on the way out.
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Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
I'd like to see power profiles for kites listed in the specs, so you can get objective data when shopping. Percentage depower when half and fully depowered would be helpful also to get an idea of a kite's range.
We were kiting (barely) on a light wind day on a 12 Slingshot RPM, 12 RRD Obsession, and a 14 Naish Park. We're all around 200lbs, and the Park couldn't keep upwind as well. We switched kites just to be sure it wasn't rider/board variation.
Obviously there's more to a kite's performance than power, such as responsiveness in turning and relaunch that can't be measured as easily.
When the 14 Park was tested against a 13.5 RRD Obsession for relaunch in a light wind day, the RRD won hands down, and had significantly more power.
P.S. Used 2011 14m Naish Park for sale: $400.
Re: how much force is involved in kiting?
Also for hamstring (and larger muscle) recovery I recommend 'myofascial release' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myofascial_release); or more specifically a foam roller (cyclist's best friend). Roll from the knee toward the glute while holding your upper body up, and for more pressure cross your other leg over and press down (there are probably pictures and more explicit instructions somewhere online). Works well before stretching, even better in conjunction with yoga. (I also use a 'stick' you can get at a runner's store but it works better on the quads and IT than the hams).
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Health of the Salish Sea Report shows mixed trends for key environmental indicators in Puget Sound and Northwest Straits
Release Date: 07/18/2013
Contact Information: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, firstname.lastname@example.com; Environment Canada Media Relations, 819-934-8008
Health of the Salish Sea Report shows mixed trends for key environmental indicators in Puget Sound and Northwest Straits
Freshwater quality and air quality improve; Chinook salmon abundance, marine species and marine water quality decline
Contact: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, email@example.com; Environment Canada Media Relations, 819-934-8008
(Seattle—July 18, 2013) A report featuring key environmental indicators for the Salish Sea shows mixed trends, with some indicators showing improvements, others declining, and others remaining steady. The Health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem Report, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada, features indicators in four key areas: Air, water, animal species, and human well-being. The contents of the report are featured in a comprehensive website: https://www.epa.gov/salish-sea
"These indicators can help us assess priorities and develop better strategies to protect the Salish Sea," said Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10. "We can use this information to guide how we use resources and commit attention to areas that need improvement."
As a whole, the 2013 report showed positive trends in reducing pollution in the aquatic food web, but showed continuing declines across aquatic habitat and species based indicators.
More specifically, the report shows improved air quality, improved freshwater water quality and reductions in persistent toxic chemicals in the aquatic food web. The indicators representing populations of wild species, including marine species at risk and Chinook salmon abundance, need more attention. Two habitat indicators sensitive to climate change, summer stream flow and marine water quality, are also showing declining trends.
The ten indicators and trends showed the following results:
Indicators with improving trends:
- · Fine air particulates
· Freshwater quality
· Toxics in the food web
Indicators with neutral trends:
- · Orcas
· Shellfish beaches
· Swimming beaches
Indicators with declining trends:
- · Marine species at risk
· Chinook salmon
· Marine water quality
· Streamflow
The Health of the Salish Sea website features informational snapshots of each indicator and answers the questions: What is happening? Why is it important? Why is it happening? The website also describes traditional and local ecological knowledge to complement the indicators, extending the time period reflected by the indicators and illustrating their significance to life in the Salish Sea ecosystem.
The Health of the Salish Sea Indicators Project, a joint initiative between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada, describes trends that help agencies identify priorities for future action across the entire Salish Sea. Previous reports were published in 2002 and 2006. This report and accompanying website update previous indicators and expand the suite of information across the international border to increase their relevance to ecosystem health, including human well-being.
In 2000, EPA and Environment Canada signed a Joint Statement of Cooperation to facilitate cross-border understanding, dialogue, and collaboration on Salish Sea issues. From this partnership came the Salish Sea ecosystem indicators to help show where we see progress in sustainably managing the Salish Sea ecosystem, where conditions are declining, and where course corrections are needed.
A number of current publications report on environmental conditions in the Salish Sea, including the Vital Signs issued by the Puget Sound Partnership. The Salish Sea Indicators website expands the geographic scope, giving a transboundary perspective of the health of the ecosystem. The ecosystem indicators draw on existing publicly-available information, including agency technical reports, scientific sampling from Canadian and U.S. sources, and scientific work by non-governmental organizations.
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In The Final Analysis, We Cannot Eat Money or Drink Oil
A Follow-Up To My Blog: "AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD"
Christiana Figueres, UN Climate Chief, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qRT7Hl7rpY&feature=player_embedded
"This is probably the largest, the most deeply rooted, revolution that mankind has ever seen… it will revolutionize the way you and I interact with each another, the way we travel, the way we consume, the way we produce, everything. There is not one aspect of our human life that will not be touched by this… our lives will be very, very, very, different. We're talking here about a very serious revolution."
by @pdjmoo February 21, 2012
We Live in the 21st Century – New models for Life Are Demanded
A new paradigm is forming on planet earth requiring a fundamental awareness, consciousness and behavioral shift on the part of humanity. Many of the old structures, models and strategies of the past no longer work and are rapidly disintegrating and self-destructing. Our old "patriarchal" hierarchal power structures of world political, financial, business, economic, education, social and relationship models and systems have run their course. Neither science nor technology alone can fix this–neither can throwing money at the chaos we have created. We must honestly address the very causes and have the courage to look afresh at everything and change. The pairs of opposites are in full play and are giving us a good whip-lashing, creating both stagnation and fresh new sprouts of hope at the same time. While the entire global system is stagnating and polarizing, the old military industrial guard is battling it out, desperately trying everything to maintain the status quo, leading us into a potentially devastating end…The Perfect Storm…a combined Economic, Social and Environmental collapse. But life is not stagnant.
Women, Youth and Indigenous Peoples are Rising
A Revolution is Upon Us. Not one stone will remain unturned as we examine the very fundamentals of life
Women, indigenous people and youth are rising all around the world, bringing a fresh and different perspective, and must be welcomed into the decision-making circle for 21st Century renewal. Emerging and developing nations are demanding an equal seat at the table and this we must do, regardless of our tribe, current societal delineations of race, color, religion or economic/education/political status. We will have to drop the sides of the old labeled box(es) we have been living out of so that new, more wholesome, interconnected life systems can arise. We are engaging a new era where, for the first time in human history, we humans are consciously witnessing and participating in our own evolution and revolution. Those caught in the western mindset are, in fact, moving from a collective global adolescence of "I" – instant, short-term gratification and control/power over, into a maturation process of "We", where one extends a sense of responsibility for, and support of, all living things. Both women and men will play new and differing roles, freeing up energies tied to past and often debilitating belief systems.
Restoring respect and dignity to both humanity and environment is now imperative if we are to survive as a species … and this cannot be accomplished by moving the same old pieces around the same old worn out chess board. Neither will plugging holes in the old system succeed. The old paradigm must give way to the new, releasing it's grip and attachment to its model that is strangling us and the planet.
This new paradigm is about integrating the incoming "matriarchal" qualities demanding restoration, balance, nurturing, compassion, collaboration, community, self-responsibility and inclusiveness be included into the mix of life. Both the emerging and developing nations will come forth with fresh approaches, requiring the honing of our listening skills and attention. The West does not have all the answers. Indeed its hubris has played a major role in leading us to this brink. We need to honor and respect (and celebrate) differing cultures as we search for the new common denominators among us from which to relate beyond the thrust to "McDonalidize" our global society. We are all in the process of evolving in our various ways, at different paces, that cannot be confined to mathematical equations.
This shift will not be easy and many will fall by the wayside. There will be many missteps along the way, as new technologies, systems and models come and go, realigning our priorities and common values. A new type of leadership will emerge beyond the existing patriarchal model. In the short-term we may regress out of fear of the unknown, closing ranks, grasping at myopic solutions driven by egos, profit and fear and perhaps even moving toward an authoritarian or totalitarian government, but ultimately we must surrender into the greater whole for the wisdom needed to move into the new paradigm of awareness for the greater collective good of ALL species.
There is no road map for where we are going and we will have to remain flexible, alert and responsible in our experimentation. Indeed, there are positive signs that this exploration is already underway within the business community We have the ability to turn fear into adventure, re-experiencing the wonder and awe of the magnificence of life on planet earth, as we explore the myriad of new horizons and possibilities, working together to find collective solutions for the re-nurturing of life, putting the restoration of the environment front and center for, Without Nature, We Do Not Exist.
Nature IS the common denominator among all living things
We have objectified ALL of life for profit and gain, reducing even you and me to a dollar figure on a balance sheet, and the same with our animals in the food chain. Contemporary agriculture is burning up our planet It must change – it cannot sustain if we are to live healthy, thriving lives alongside our fellow symbiotic species honoring their myriad of roles to maintain planetary balance. All species are equal in their own right. A new agreed upon baseline and set of Guiding Principles and Values for our actions and decisions will have to evolve to ensure we keep our eyes on the greater whole, such as: "Will this harm humanity or the environment". If the answer is "Yes", then back to the drawing board with our brilliant organic minds. Why Are Google and Sony Turning to Nature to Inspire Their Leaders?
Who Owns Nature? Wholesome food, clean drinking water and shelter are common survival denominators and all come from our natural world and all of which we need to nurture and share. Nature is not a proprietary item. "NATURE, INC?" We can no longer treat our natural world and humanity simply as a statistical item, plundering and raping the very ecosystems we, and all species, depend upon for survival. "Beyond Homo Economicus". This desecration of life has led to such a planetary societal and biosphere imbalance that we now face drastic changing climate; the emptying of our oceans combined with biodiversity and species disappearing at an alarming rate. and increasing economic/social tensions. The sum total of which is total disaster for life on planet earth. (See: The Earth Charter Initiative )
The Great Awakening has Arrived
In Summary, the present old centuries-past polarized system with its current misguided value systems (designed entirely by men it should be noted) has become the anti-thesis of life. The private club era of "It's A Man's World" and the military industrial complex mindset has reached its zenith and is imploding. It has become devoid of ethics and morals, without an organic component of compassion and caring for life. Corporations, for better or worse, now hold the purse strings and run the world, our politics, our governments, and you and me through consumerism. We have lost our way. We have commodified life to a point where big industry now writes our laws in their own self-interest. The game today, with some exceptions, is to make as much money as you can, as fast as you can, anyway you can with little or no genuine concern for the devastation left in its' wake. 'Earth Grab': What mega corporations who profit from climate change don't want the public to know Fear, domination and manipulation will escalate in its lust for control, before it subsides. But, ultimately, it must soften and morph with the new energy and awareness rapidly emerging on the planet.
The longer we struggle to maintain old structures and old ways of relating that brought us to this brink, the harder and more painful it will be. We cannot put humpty-dumpty back together with old paradigm structures and models if we want a different result. When the last fish is gone, the last tree felled, we cannot eat money or drink oil. If Nature and the environment collapses there will be no jobs, no economy, and societies will crumble. We must put Nature front and center in all our decisions, for we are an integral species within the greater biosphere whole, not separate from it. In simple terms, we must restore our natural world to balance and health and, in so doing, restore health and balance to all species. If the entire world were to focus on this approach, a new economy would organically emerge with plenty of realigned life-supporting "jobs", as we all reconnect and to the prime ultimum source of our daily sustenance and well being – the beauty and intelligence of our natural world.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT: WATCH: We Need a Revolution: We Are Running Out of Time – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon The time has come to put aside our musings and come together to find a new way of being in this 21st century that is for the well-being and nurturing of ALL living species. http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2473
"The Story of Solutions: – Why Making Real Change, Starts with Changing the Game
From "Story of Stuff" Annie Leonard
Published on Oct 1, 2013 Annie Leonard's back with another animated video, six years after the Story of Stuff came out, and after eight other short films. This time, she's talking about what we need to do to solve problems—and how we really need to reframe goals so we're looking at the whole system. Continue to youtube.com
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An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet
VIDEO: Money and Life – Ecologize Growth
- THE FUTURE MUST BE GREEN, RED, BLACK AND FEMALE – TruthOut, November 7, 2013 "The American Empire, and the global political economy it has spawned, is unraveling—not because of some far-flung external danger, but under the weight of its own internal contradictions. It is unsustainable—already in overshoot of the earth's natural systems, exhausting its own resource base, alienating the vast majority of the human and planetary population. The solution in Tunisia, in Egypt, in the entire Middle East, and beyond, does not lay merely in aspirations for democracy. Hope can only spring from a fundamental re-evaluation of the entire structure of our civilization in its current form. If we do not use the opportunities presented by these crises to push for fundamental structural change, then the 'contagion' will engulf us all." —Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed. …more: http://news.mongabay.com/2011/1115-king_opensource.html#ixzz1dwz7WAeN
- "If we don't face the root causes of the economic, social and environmental crises we face, we will fail to create solutions at the scale of the challenge. The terms we use to describe economic problems and the symptoms of social and environmental distress that result will help us find creative solutions that increase value, prosperity and well-being for humanity and for the natural systems upon which all life depends. Humanity is inventive and resourceful. We can rise to the challenge of the times if we understand it clearly and can discover what we need to change to succeed." Marianna Grossman … Truth in Labeling: Framing the Challenge to Get Results
- A Woman's POV: "The model of three pillars of environment, economy and equity (or people, profit, planet), is misleading. The environment is the service provider that enables human society to exist. Human society creates the conditions, rules and relationships that support economic activity."... Redefining the Relationship between the Environment, Society and the Economy
Further Reading:
- Civilisation Faces 'Perfect Storm of Ecological and Social Collapse" February 21, 2012: Guardian via @john_vidal
- A User's Guide to 21st Century Economics – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review
- Civilization Shifting: A New Leaderless Era Self-organizing networks and open-source ventures in the age of global disruption
- On Seeds: Controlling the first link in the food-chain


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Eat It Too: Fabulous Cakes & Cupcakes from Reader Parties
Perhaps my favorite part of readers' parties are the creative (and undoubtedly delicious) cakes and cupcakes. Some are by professional bakers and others are by clever parents who bring their visions to life with frosting, fondant and candy. In addition to these terrific ten, you can see more on our special cakes Pinterest board.
• Bob Dylan cake from Holden's Rock Star Party
• An ombre airplane cake for Arlo's Aviation Party
• Animal cake from "Little Eco's" Trip to the Farm Party
• Gumball Cake from Emmi & Cooper's Carnival Party
• Skeleton cake from Addie's Body Birthday Party
• Rainbow Cake for Kenzie's Rainbow Party
• Mushroom cupcakes from Isobel's Fairy Garden Tea Party
• Monster cake for Seiya's Monster Bash
• Photo cupcake toppers from Juno's Hip Hip Hooray Party
• A cheese car cake for "Peep's" Richard Scarry Party
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42 U.S. Code § 14952 - Special rules for certain cases
To the extent consistent with the Convention, the Secretary may establish by regulation alternative procedures for the adoption of children by individuals related to them by blood, marriage, or adoption, in cases subject to the Convention.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent consistent with the Convention, the Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, waive applicable requirements of this chapter or regulations issued under this chapter, in the interests of justice or to prevent grave physical harm to the child.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 106–279, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 825, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 14901 of this title and Tables.
Section effective upon entry into force for the United States of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, pursuant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention, with transition rule, see section 505(a)(2), (b) of Pub. L. 106–279, set out as an Effective Dates; Transition Rule note under section 14901 of this title.
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Car seats, strollers, and high chairs are great for keeping your little one safe and secure while you are traveling or getting things done at home.
But, if kids spend too much time without activity, it can cause problems with their motor development. Also, they can get too comfortable being sedentary and less likely to play and be active. This inactivity adds to the rising rate of childhood
You do not need to engage your young child in any serious physical activity. Instead, encourage your child to do more of what kids are naturally inclined to do—explore and play. Exercise is important to help your child learn to use muscles and develop coordination. Just keep in mind that if an activity is too difficult, kids become frustrated and lose motivation to try again.
Engage your infant in some activity every day. This includes setting up safe areas for your infant to play in, playing games with your child, and carrying your child to explore different environments. Do not keep infants in baby seats or other restrictive settings for long periods of time. Instead, place them in settings that encourage play for short periods of time several times a day.
To encourage your infant to be active, try the following:
As walking skills progress, toddlers have a lot of energy. Encourage your child to participate in active play as much as they would like to in a safe environment. Do not keep your child in a baby seat or inactive for long periods of time. Along the same line, do not sit a child younger than 2 years old in front of the TV. In children older than 2 years, limit TV viewing to 1-2 hours per day. It is important for your child's overall health to be physically active.
Toddlers should work up to at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity each day. Unstructured activity should last more than 60 minutes.
To encourage active play, try the following:
Continue to encourage your young child to participate in active play as much as possible throughout the day.
Provide structured physical activity for at least one hour each day. Unstructered activity should take up one hour to several hours per day.
Some suggestions:
Emphasize fun, not competition. Preschoolers lack the social and cognitive development for organized team sports.
Again, it is important that you limit how much time your child spends doing sedentary activities, like watching TV or playing video games. Keep "screen time" to less than 1-2 hours a day! That way, your child will have more time for active play.
Physical activity should become part of the family's daily routine. This means parents, too! Kids are more likely to stick with it if they see their parents and older siblings being active. Look for chances to fit in exercise and make it a part of your family's lifestyle.
Plan day trips or vacations that include hiking, kayaking, swimming, bicycling, roller skating, skiing, or horseback riding. At home, set limits on TV time and encourage kids to get outside and play. Also, involve the whole family in housework and yard work. Try to make these activities fun.
If you make exercise a priority in your life, your children will likely do the same.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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A photography exhibit featuring the work of three prolific rock n' roll photographers will open in Los Angeles in April as part of the MOPLA month of photography event.
The "Rock N Roll" photography show, presented by Limited Runs, will be held on April 25 at Boulevard3 in Los Angeles, and will feature work by Stephen Stickler, Neil Zlozower and Sean Murphy. The exhibit will then travel to Las Vegas and New York.
Read on to see selected images from the show.
In this photo, Kurt Cobain, of Nirvana, shot for SPIN Magazine in Los Angeles during a live performance, ca. 1993.
Credit: Stephen Stickler/LimitedRuns.com
The members of Green Day pose in Berkley, Calif., Feb. 24, 2000.
Credit: Sean Murphy/LimitedRuns.com
Portrait of Jay Z in New York City, ca. 2002.
Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead photographed in Los Angeles, ca. 1994.
Moby poses during an in-store appearance in Los Angeles, in 2002.
Photographer Stephen Stickler brought the headphones that had been spray-painted with the kind of reflective paint used to draw lines on streets. He had Moby put them on and asked some of his fans to put their hands around him for a photo.
A 2002 portrait of Pink, taken in Los Angeles.
PJ Harvey photographed in Bridport, England, for Alternative Press, Aug. 18, 2000.
Members of Rage Against the Machine pose for a photo right after their album came out in 1992.
Photographer Stephen Stickler wanted to create a spoof of The Who's "The Kids Are Alright" album cover. Stephen tried to get the band to close their eyes to recreate it, but they didn't quite trust him yet and they wouldn't do it. So that's why they are all making goofy faces at him in the picture.
Stevie Ray Vaughn poses on the roof of the Halifax apartments in downtown Los Angeles, ca. 1989. He died just a year later in 1990.
Members of Weezer pose during a studio portrait session.
Photographer Stephen Stickler brought the prop glasses with him to the shoot but was hesitant to ask them to put them on, thinking they may not like the idea. Towards the end of the shoot, Stephen finally brought out the glasses and they happily put them on and loved it.


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Tuesday, 20 May 2014 05:12 PM
Another day, another recall from General Motors.
At least that's the way it seems as the automaker reviews safety issues across its line-up of cars and trucks in the wake of a mishandled recall of millions of older small cars.
The number of recalls issued this year by the nation's top carmaker rose Tuesday to 29 as GM announced four separate actions affecting 2.4 million cars and trucks. While no fatalities were involved in the latest recalls, the problems were serious enough that GM has temporarily halted sales of the vehicles.
GM has recalled 13.6 million vehicles in the U.S. since early February. That's more than the total number of cars it sold here in the last five years, and already surpasses GM's previous U.S. recall record of 10.75 million vehicles, set in 2004. By comparison, rival Ford has recalled 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. this year, while Toyota has recalled around 2.6 million, according to federal data.
The parade of bad news is part of the fallout from GM's recall of 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars for defective ignition switches — and a consequence of government regulation. GM says it's redoubling efforts to resolve outstanding safety issues. It's hiring 35 new safety investigators and is issuing recalls one by one, as soon as a decision is made. GM can't wait and announce a group of recalls once a month; it's required by federal law to report defects to the government within five days of discovering them.
A failure to follow that law landed GM in hot water with the government. The company agreed last week to pay a $35 million federal fine for concealing a deadly defect in the ignition switches for more than a decade. GM says at least 13 people have died in crashes linked to the problem, although trial lawyers suing the company say the death toll is at least 53. Congress and the Justice Department have ongoing investigations.
More recalls are likely. GM spokesman Alan Adler said the company is making progress on reviewing older investigations, "but work is continuing."
The recalls haven't yet impacted GM's U.S. sales, which were up 7 percent in April. But Akshay Anand, an industry analyst with Kelley Blue Book, said Tuesday's order to dealers to stop selling the 2015 Cadillac Escalade and 2014 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia until they're repaired could give more buyers pause. The initial recalls covered older models like the discontinued Cobalt; now they're affecting newer models.
Detroit-based GM said it will take a $400 million charge for repairs on all vehicles recalled so far this quarter. That includes the $200 million charge the company announced last week when it issued five recalls covering 2.7 million vehicles. That's on top of a $1.3 billion charge the automaker took for recalls in the first quarter.
The recalls announced Tuesday were:
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Respiration remedies might help you breathe better because they handle shortness of breath, coughing, and some other respiratory issues. These include breathing of medicines in a water-type employing a nebulizer system. The physician may suggest a number of different kinds of methods which are efficient within chronic obstructive lung infection in addition to the therapy of allergies, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, serious allergy symptoms.


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Welcome to the website of Dickon Edwards: writer, diarist, literary student, dysfunctional dandy, flâneur, lyricist, DJ, dilettante, boulevardier, valetudinarian, and former member of the recording artistes Fosca and Orlando.
Mr Edwards has kept a online diary since 1997, which inadvertently has become one of the UK's longest running blogs. Over the years, the diary has appeared on TV (BBC1's arts programme, Imagine) and in various periodicals across the world, from the UK's Select (RIP) to Sweden's Dagens Nyheter. In 2014 he was featured in the Guardian as one of Travis Elborough's Top 10 Literary Diarists.
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Extracts from the diary were published in an anthology of London-related diary entries, A London Year. Compiled by Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison (London: Francis Lincoln, 2013).
Among the other diarists in the book are Samuel Pepys, George Eliot, Brian Eno, Virginia Woolf, Alan Bennett, Derek Jarman, Tony Benn, John Betjeman, Michael Palin and Queen Victoria.
More information at http://www.franceslincoln.com/a-london-year
Mr Edwards was featured as one of the 57 modern dandies in I Am Dandy, a large format book featuring beautiful portraits by photographer Rose Callahan alongside written profiles by Nathaniel "Natty" Adams.
Published by Gestalten of Berlin, 2013.
More information at http://shop.gestalten.com/dandy.html
The last Fosca album The Painted Side Of The Rocket was released in 2008 on But Is It Art Records, distributed in the UK by Forte.
It can also be ordered directly from the But Is It Art website.
100 copies came packaged with a limited edition book of lyrics and other writings, The Portable Dickon Edwards. The book is not available separately.
The album is available digitally on iTunes. Alternatively, an MP3 version is on sale at Klicktrack.com
A live album, recorded at the Swedish festival 'Rip It Up' in 2007, is available online. More details here.
The Fosca website is here. There's also a Fosca MySpace page.
The Orlando album from 1997, Passive Soul, is now available to download from iTunes via this link: or on MP3 from Amazon.co.uk here. Various b-sides and extras are included.
Amazon Marketplace sometimes carries copies of the original CD. When they do, they'll be here.
Out now in paperback, published by the wonderful Dedalus Books. DE contributes an account of his first trip to Tangier with Shane MacGowan, plus a set-list from club night Beautiful & Damned, plus a photo of himself with Anne Pigalle, walking a lobster in homage to Gérard de Nerval. Available from Amazon.
"The book is an antidote to bland modernity…includes contributions from contemporary libertines such as Dickon Edwards (pictured with pet lobster), to the godfathers of decadence – The Earl of Rochester. J.K.Huysmans and Oscar Wilde. Five stars."
– The Leeds Guide Book of the Fortnight
"…'El Hombre Indelible' by Dickon Edwards has a wonky charm of its own…."
– The Daily Telegraph.
SCARLET'S WELL – BLACK TULIP WINGS (Siesta Records)
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Scarlet's Well is a baroque-pop band fronted by Bid, formerly of The Monochrome Set. On their fifth album, Black Tulip Wings, Mr Edwards wrote the lyrics to a song called "Narcissus In The Maze", set to music by Martin White.
The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
Mr Edwards wrote the Afterword for a new edition of Jerome K Jerome's 1886 collection of wry essays, The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow.
Published by Snowbooks at £9.99.


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President Roderick J. McDavis
Photo courtesy of: University Communications and Marketing
Feb 1, 2012
From staff reports
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis was honored as a legacy award recipient Monday at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
McDavis is receiving the Silas Hunt Legacy Award for his term as dean of the College of Education and Health Professions and professor of counselor education at the university from 1989-1994 – the first African American dean in the institution's history.
"I am deeply humbled by this honor and to be welcomed into the company of the other truly distinguished recipients of the Silas Hunt Legacy Award," McDavis said during a public reception in his honor. "I thank the University of Arkansas for this acknowledgement and for entrusting me with upholding the inspirational legacy established by Silas Hunt. I also am grateful to the students, faculty and staff of Ohio University who have worked with me as we pursue a shared vision that lifts up diversity in all its forms."
The Silas Hunt Legacy Award – created in honor of the first African American student to attend the University of Arkansas – recognizes African Americans whose significant achievements contribute to society. McDavis will join three additional Silas Hunt Legacy Award recipients during an official presentation gala this spring.
"The honorees embody the spirit of Silas Hunt," said University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart. "They have touched lives throughout their careers but also have made an indelible mark on our university."
During Monday's reception, Gearhart pointed to McDavis' achievements and contributions to the university and higher education as evidence deserving of the award.
"Upon his arrival at the University of Arkansas, Roderick McDavis set a high standard for the students, faculty and programs of the College of Education and Health Professions, a standard he continued to raise during his tenure as dean on this campus," Gearhart said. "For his contributions to both this university and to higher education in general, President McDavis is an exemplary candidate to receive the Silas Hunt Legacy Award. The creation of the award honors the memory of Silas Hunt and recognizes what his courage has meant for those who continue to advance the trail he first blazed."
Recipients of the award participate in a year-long celebration, which began with the academic year last fall, interacting with students and faculty through on-campus lectures and various community events.
McDavis has served as a consultant and keynote speaker for universities, community colleges, public school systems, human service agencies, professional associations, community organizations and churches.
In 1995, he was named Person of the Year in Education by the Gainesville Sun. He was named the 1996 Outstanding Alumnus of the Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services at Ohio University. He also received the 1997 Black Achiever's Award in Education from the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators.
In 2008, McDavis founded The Interlink Alliance, a coalition of historically black colleges and universities and Ohio University, for the purpose of developing and preparing African American students to learn, live and lead in the 21st century.


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Name: Jessica Lillie
Hometown: Fox Lake, Ill.
Title: Content specialist
Business: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
She lives and works in one of the most beautiful cities in the United States, but Jessica's love for her alma mater runs deep. So deep, she says, she'd leave Monterey, Calif., and return to Sheboygan, Wis., in a heartbeat.
"My dream job is to work for Lakeland," says the 2010 graduate. "I feel it's unfair that Lakeland did so much for me, and I haven't given back. It's hard to describe the greatness of Lakeland, unless you've been there. It's not a school, it's a community. It's like living in a house, with your family."
As a content specialist, Jessica collects all sorts of documentation and information and puts it into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's digital library. This information can vary widely, from congressional research reports or hearings transcripts to World Health Organization reports on evacuation plans and bovine diseases.
Prior to this job, Jessica completed a term of service working with fourth-graders as a literacy tutor for AmeriCorps, a U.S. government community service organization.
Jessica fueled her creative nature in multiple ways while at Lakeland. She served as editor of the Lakeland Mirror newspaper, and won a Society of Professional Journalists regional award for a political cartoon drawing. She was an assistant editor for Seems, an international literary magazine published at Lakeland, and her budding musical career blossomed at Lakeland.
"When I was at Lakeland, if I could get involved, if I could jump into something creative, I was doing it," Jessica says.
Jessica loved Lakeland from the moment she stepped foot on campus, for her initial tour.
"It's just such a welcoming place," she says. "Lakeland was hugely influential in my life. The professors were top-notch, always so helpful. Everyone there is always so willing to help you succeed."


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Currently on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a selection of mainly Plains Indian artifacts. They come to us from Mr. Gordon W. Smith, who put his collection together from 1925 through 1939. What makes this collection very special is not only the historic nature of the items (those that are on display were made for and used by American Indian people), but also the context. We have information on who made these and when and for whom. That is a treasure trove of information sadly often lost with objects of this nature.
Arapaho beaded vest
Early 20th century
Beads, thread, tanned hide, sinew.
The Arapaho live on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. The vests they create – such as this one – tend to be decorated with geometric designs; sometimes they depict the American flag.
The use of glass beads dates back to the arrival of the first European settlers, with some of the earliest beads being manufactured in Venice, Italy. They were used in commercial exchanges as well as in missionary work. This was the case with Father DeSmet, who worked extensively among the Plains and Northwest Indians.
Lone Dog's winter count.
Tanned hide, paint
1801-1876, South Dakota
There are various ways to keep track of the past. Most of us would rely on written documents to refresh our memory; among American Indians oral traditions and pictorial records are of great importance. Among these pictorial records are the so-called winter counts. These drawings can be painted on either animal hide or muslin.
Winter counts are histories or calendars which record events with images, with one image representing a year. In Lakota, they are called waniyetu wowapi. The Lakota word waniyetu means "year," which tends to be measured from first snowfall to first snowfall. It is often translated as "a winter."
These winter counts were used in conjunction with an extensive oral history. Each year was named for an event, with the images serving as a reference source that could be consulted regarding the order of the years. The events used to name the years were not always the most important things that happened, but rather the most memorable. One such event, "The year the stars fell," has been identified as the year 1833, when the Leonid meteor storm was visible. Information courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian, Education Office.
Lakota dress
Buckskin, glass beads, thread
Ca. 1870
In its basic form, this is a typical dress worn by Plains Indian women. It consists of three assembled parts: the front, the back and the yoke. These three pieces give the garment a T- shape outline. Very likely this dress was made during the winter months, when the cold forced people to stay inside and work on clothing.
This dress is a good example of the great diligence and talent on the part of the women who made it. It is estimated that it took 300,000 small glass beads to complete the decoration.
In February 1934, Ms. Olive Dean wore this dress to a costume ball in Washington, D.C. She was awarded the first prize for the most outstanding costume by the two judges, Anna Ball, Franklin D. Roosevelt's daughter and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Osage friendship blanket
Wool fabric, silk ribbon, thread
Late 19th century
These blankets, sometimes also referred to as wearing blankets, are still being made today.
In the early 1800s, Osage women began to sew mosaic ribbon work patterns around the borders of wool blankets, transforming them into extraordinary robes. Girls and women wore these robes at weddings and other special events and the ribbon work ranged from relatively simple bands of ribbon work to richly patterned reverse appliqué ribbon work, a technique of sewing a cut out ribbon pattern on to a differently colored ribbon background. The bold compositions were created by splitting the cut out pattern into two colors and maintaining a strict symmetry. Free hanging tabs of ribbon often framed the bottom edge of the robe.
The blankets were wore around the women's shoulders and positioned over their forearms so that the ribbon work draped as a cascade of color in front of them. Despite the extreme fragility of the ribbon to tearing and fraying and its susceptibleness to fading and running, Osage women celebrated this art form. They also sewed reverse appliqué bands of ribbon on shawls and skirts and at the shoulder of their blouses. Today women wear these blankets as important garments that are emblematic of their Osage identity. (Information courtesy of Eva Fognell, Curator. Thaw Collection of American Indian Art. Fenimore Art Museum. Lake Road. Cooperstown, NY.)
Amulet in the shape of a turtle
Tanned hide, sinew, beads, umbilical cord
Early 20th century
Upon the birth of a child, the umbilical cord was saved inside an amulet. These amulets would quite often take on the shape of a turtle, as is the case here, or a lizard. In both cases, these animals are seen as good omens for a long and safe life – since the lizard often survives by shedding its tail, the turtle can retreat into its shell for protection.


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ROCKFORD – DeKalb already was in a bad spot to start the fourth quarter, down seven points to Belvidere North.
On top of that, Barbs point guard Rudy Lopez picked up his fourth foul a minute into the quarter, and big man Andre Harris was called for his fourth with six minutes left in the game.
However, DeKalb responded in a big way. The Barbs scored 18 points in the final period on their way to a 55-52 win in a Class 4A Rockford East Regional quarterfinal.
Leading the DeKalb comeback were the two players who looked like they might finish the game on the bench, Lopez (18 points) and Harris (16).
Lopez, only a sophomore, played the entire fourth despite picking up his fourth foul so early in the quarter, though he didn't expect to be on the floor for the final seven minutes.
"I was really surprised," he said. "I thought [coach Dave Rohlman] was going to take me out."
Rohlman's confidence in Lopez never wavered, and he watched the sophomore drop nine points in the fourth. Lopez knocked down four big free throws in the final minute of the game, including two front ends of one-and-one situations.
Rohlman doesn't really look at his point guard as a sophomore this late in the year.
"He was the general of the offense tonight and he did what he was supposed to do," Rohlman said. "I'm not surprised. We've seen it coming. The last month or so he's played like that most of the time. I'm just happy for him, that he got the opportunity to knock down those free throws."
Harris gave Belvidere North (8-21) a tough time in the post as the Barbs (8-22) made an emphasis to get the ball inside. He played disciplined with the four fouls, and scored five points in the final period despite sitting out about 2 1/2 minutes.
"Harris was was really big. He was really big tonight," Lopez said. "On the boards, and scoring inside."
Justin Love added eight points for DeKalb, with Michael Pollack finishing with five in reserve roles.
The Barbs will take on top-seeded Rockford Jefferson in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. today.
"They're very quick," Rohlman said of the J-Hawks. "I just think that we have to adjust to their quickness. ... They're going to bring some pressure, obviously, and we're going to have to be able to handle the basketball with the pressure [tonight]."


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Tagged: Fanfest
Orioles Fanfest (10 days later)
Fanfest was only 10 days ago, and last year I documented it extremely in depth HERE on the blog.
Well, this year is different. The only camera I currently own is an SLR that I only bring to special events/games and is customized which makes it difficult for others to use without a bunch of explaining. As in, it's too annoying to lug around to photograph events that I'm also trying to be a part of, and getting pictures with players and stuff doesn't work well since it would involve showing somebody how to use the camera and all.
The point to all of that? Here's one of the few pictures I have from Fanfest:
I have a few more, but all were taken either at the MASN booth or the Orioles free photo set up. Otherwise, none taken on my phone or anything. I'll have to find the other ones I was in throughout the day and post them, but that's definitely my favorite so far. Brian Matusz was quite the happy man when talking to people, and took time to really greet every single person in line. Cool dude.
Will have a "Random Orioles Magic" post up later today as well. Posted my FIRST ONE a few days ago, and they will get bigger and better as time goes on. As for a brief description of what they are…well…just totally random really.


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October 09, 2007
Section 1 - Implementation of Electronic Government Initiatives
|A. Describe how the initiative is transforming agency operations.
The Federal Student Aid Integrated Partner Management (IPM) project was initiated to integrate common functions within the partner management business systems to provide a streamlined and consolidated solution to managing partner interactions and support the delivery of Title IV funds to students. The IPM solution will improve the enrollment, eligibility and oversight functions, and also strengthen internal financial management and controls. The IPM solution will help support and facilitate the institutions, financial institutions, and servicers with their enrollment and Title IV compliance activities.
The technology modernization implemented in IPM through the portal and participation in the enterprise-wide security architecture, will provide the partners with a simplified sign-on, a consistent user experience, and an easy method for maintaining Title IV eligibility and submitting accurate and timely information to Federal Student Aid.
|B. Explain how your agency maintains an ongoing dialogue with interested parties to find innovative ways to use information technology for the initiative.
|Project staff meets regularly with schools, lenders, and Department Program Offices.
|C. Identify external partners (e.g., Federal, State or local agencies, industry) who collaborate with your agency on the initiative.
The IPM initiative, through process reengineering and process automation, will provide, in one solution, improved eligibility, enrollment, and oversight processes used to manage partner entities (i.e., schools, school servicers, lenders, lender servicers, guarantee agencies, private collection agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, accrediting agencies, auditors, and owners) as they administer Title IV Financial Aid for Students. Today, many Federal Student Aid systems manage these processes. Schools, lenders, guarantors and other partners are located throughout the world. Federal Student Aid's monitoring and oversight staff are located at Federal Student Aid headquarters and throughout the U.S. in ten regional offices.
|D. Identify improved performance (e.g., outcome measures) by tracking performance measures supporting agency objectives and strategic goals.
The access and enrollment management capability in IPM will provide the partners with a user-friendly method for controlling the roles and access for personnel doing work on the partner's behalf, provide Federal Student Aid with the ability to track and log access, and improve data entry accuracy because the enrollment of services and systems will be maintained in one system.
IPM will provide the partners a streamlined and simplified process for communicating with Federal Student Aid through the automation of notifications and eSignature capability. IPM will deploy the enterprise generation, dissemination, and maintenance of Routing ID (RID), which will enable Federal Student Aid to maintain accurate entity relationships.In addition to the partner benefits, the IPM solution will result in significant business improvement and increased accountability. The effective use of technology will provide comprehensive institutional monitoring data to strengthen oversight and allow for more effective compliance decisions. IPM will provide faster access and increased availability to monitoring data, and improve data quality and accuracy. The development of a risk model will proactively identify and prioritize potential risks. The enhancement of the document management system will provide easy access to all historical monitoring data. Some of the benefits IPM will achieve are: Improved decision-making; Increased data availability to school and financial partner oversight staff; A single identifier (RID) at the enterprise level to manage partner activities; Improved customer service; Reduced Case Management business process cycle times through the implementation of work-flow technology; Reduced manual data entry; Automated risk triggers.
|E. Quantify the cost savings and cost avoidance achieved through implementing the initiative (e.g., by reducing or eliminating other investments in information technology).
We expect to achieve tighter integration of partner-level data and enhance its utility for monitoring, service, technical assistance, and risk management. In addition, we will improve controls through a single point of enrollment and access for partners to our systems.
The IPM project was initiated to address some of the deficiencies in Federal Student Aid's current stove-piped system architecture, characterized by multiple partner entry points to Federal Student Aid's services, redundant data edits, redundant data storage, excessive file exchange activities, and the inability to view data about a partner's activities and needs. These deficiencies result in barriers to performing adequate monitoring and oversight, limit Federal Student Aid's ability to provide customer service to partners, and create frustration among Federal Student Aid's customers who must deal with multiple Federal Student Aid systems to perform a single business function.
IPM will significantly improve Federal Student Aid's business operations, including the critical monitoring and oversight functions, by creating the ability to track customer activities through the full life-cycle of a partner's functions within Federal Student Aid's systems. IPM will also increase customer satisfaction by leveraging single (reduced) sign-on for partners.
IPM supports Federal Student Aid's modernization efforts to integrate and streamline core systems. The primary systems to be consolidated are: Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (eAPP), eZ-Audit, Electronic Records Management (ERM) and the Postsecondary Education Participants System (PEPS). Additionally, the Participation Management (PM) functionality of the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) will be incorporated into this effort. Federal Student Aid intends to use a combination of commercial off the shelf (COTS) and custom software for this solution.
|F. Explain how this initiative ensures the availability of Government information and services for those without access to the Internet and for those with disabilities.
|A contract clause was included in the contract making 508 compliance a requirement. Particular performance measures are required to demonstrate that the compliance is adhered to and 508 compliance testing from an independent group will be performed prior to each implementation.
|G. Explain how the project applies effective capital planning and investment control procedures.
|IPM was selected by the Department's Investment Review Board to be part of the information technology portfolio, because IPM efficiently and effectively supports the strategic goal of achieving budget and performance integration to link funding decisions to results. IPM employs performance-based acquisition management, which involves the integration of program scope, schedule, and cost objectives. Earned value is reported monthly. Other performance measures are tracked weekly, monthly, and quarterly. IPM also uses validated/certified project managers and employs independent verification and validation services.
Section 2 – Agency Information Management Activities
|A. Your agency's Information Resources Management (IRM) Strategic Plan
|B. Final determinations, priorities, and schedules. Also include your agency's information dissemination product catalogs, directories, inventories, and any other management tools used to improve the dissemination of and access to your agency's information by the public;
|ED is committed to providing its full range of information to the public. A primary vehicle for doing so is the Department's main website, ED.gov. ED.gov offers regularly updated information on the administration's priorities as well as ED grants and contracts, federal student financial aid, education research and statistics, ED policy, and ED programs (please see www.ed.gov). The U.S. Department of Education (ED) developed an inventory of website content, http://www.ed.gov/notices/egovinventory.html, as required by Section 207(f)(2) of the E-Government Act of 2002. ED also offers a one-stop system for ordering ED publications (http://edpubs.ed.gov/webstore/Content/search.asp), an array of e-newsletters (http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/index.html), and an RSS feed (http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/rssnewsfeed.html).
|C. Your agency's FOIA handbook, the link of your agency's primary FOIA website, and the website link where frequent requests for records are made available to the public;
The Department's primary FOIA website is
The Department provides a link from its primary FOIA website to the DOJ FOIA
Guide publication:
The Department provides information to assist requesters to "make a FOIA
request." The web address for "How to Make a Request" is:
The Department's "frequently requested records" web page is:
|D. A list of your agency's public websites disseminating research and development (R&D) information to the public, describing for each whether the website provides the public information about federally funded R&D activities and/or provides the results of Federal research;
The Department's primary website, ED.gov, hosts a portal page that serves as the starting point to ED research and statistics information (please see http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/landing.jhtml). The main ED organization that supports ED research and statistics is the Institute of Education Sciences (please see http://ies.ed.gov/).
|E. An inventory describing formal agency agreements (e.g., contracts, memorandum of understanding) with external entities (e.g., partnerships with State and local governments, public libraries, industry and commercial search engines) complementing your agency's information dissemination program, briefly explaining how each agreement improves the access to and dissemination of government information to the public;
Besides http://www.ed.gov, http://ies.ed.gov, http://studentaid.ed.gov/, our main sources of information for the public, we have agreements with three contractors to complement information dissemination program:
EDpubs, http://edpubs.ed.gov/webstore/Content/search.asp, is intended to help customers identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), http://eric.ed.gov/, provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.
What Works Clearinghouse, http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/, provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.
ED has two cooperative agreements:
Students.gov, http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/Public, is an official U.S. government web site designed for college students and their families. Our mission is to provide you with easy access to information and resources from the U.S. government – all the info you need, in one place, from all parts of the government.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE), http://free.ed.gov, makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.
|F. An inventory that describes your agency's NARA-approved records schedules(s) or the link to the publicly-posted records schedules(s), and a brief explanation of your agency's progress to implement NARA Bulletin 2006-02. For the brief explanation, please report the number of systems for which a record schedule was submitted to NARA in FY 2007 and the number of systems still requiring records schedules.
The Department's Comprehensive Records Disposition Schedule is available
ED is making steady progress in meeting the requirements of NARA Bulletin 2006-02. ED is in the process of completely overhauling its existing records disposition schedules. We have obtained NARA approval to make the new ED comprehensive records retention schedules, broader in scope, media-neutral and applicable to records in all formats. ED will submit approximately 100 new records retention schedules to NARA for final approval in FY08. A majority of our electronic information systems will be covered by these new schedules. Remaining systems will be scheduled individually. All of ED's electronic information systems will be covered by applicable records retention schedules by the September 30, 2009 deadline.
NARA Bulletin 2006-02 also requires agencies to incorporate records management functions into the design, development, and implementation of information. ED has started the process of modifying its Life Cycle Management process to incorporate records management requirements. This will ensure that records management considerations are taken into account during the system initiation and concept phases and records management requirements are defined and incorporated into system design, functionality, and operation.


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'Vepudu' on Telugu is a dry curry, vegetables or meat are cooked until the water content is evaporated. The end result is a semi-crispy vegetables or meat packed with flavor.
Bitter gourd is one vegetable that needs some skill to make a tasty dish out of it. One small mistake or neglect would result a very unappetizing preparation. The preparation of a good bitter-gourd dish starts with selecting right gourds. Choose gourds which are not too young (no flavor) or too bulky and old (hard to cook, bitterness is too harsh).
There are numerous ways that karela can be prepared; but, this one is close to my heart, as it blends most of the 6 tastes (Salt, Pungency, Bitterness, Sweet, Astringent, Sourness)
What you need to make this 'Vepudu':
6-7 medium sized bitter-gourds (karelas)
1/4 medium onion, sliced
2 green chilies, chopped
1-2 tbsp jaggery
2 tbsp turmeric powder (I'm not out of my mind :-) Please see under Prep Work)
2 cloves garlic
1-2 tsp red chili powder (depending on tolerance)
5 tbsp cooking oil
Salt to taste
and tadka items: 1tsp each chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, cimun seeds, two sprigs curry leaves
Prep Work:
-Quarter karelas, and slice into 1/4th inch thick pieces. Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder, rub well, keep aside for 30 minutes. As the salt and turmeric powder are absorbed, salt brings out the excess water in the karelas, turmeric powder, adds a fabulous flavor.
-Squeeze well either by hand or in a kitchen towel and then squeezing; either way, the pieces should look wilted by the end.
-Grind garlic cloves and red chili powder together.(Mortar and Pestle or a back of spoon work better than a food processor/blender)
- Heat oil in a wide skillet or wok. Add the tadka items in the order given.
- Add the karela pieces, mix well. Cook for 15 minutes on medium heat, turning occasionally. The karela pieces should be done half-way through.
- Add onion and green chilies. Mix well and cook for another 15 minutes or until the karela pieces are well-cooked, i.e., the pieces are soft to bite with a crispy outer layer, doesn't feel like a piece of mulch when you bite.
- Add chili powder mixture and jaggery. Mix well and cook for another minute or two.
- Serve with rice and mudda pappu (plain boiled toor dal/pigeon peas) with a spoon of ghee.


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Differences between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
By Roman Catholic blogger Teófilo de Jesús OSB. Originally at Vivificat
Folks, Elizabeth Mahlou, my fellow blogger from Blest Atheist, asked me one of those "big questions" which necessitate its own blog post. Here is the question:
I am a Catholic who upon occasion attends Orthodox services because of my frequent travels in Eastern European countries. The differences in the masses are obvious, but I wonder what the differences in the theology are. I don't see much. Is that something that you can elucidate?
I welcome this question because, as many of you know, I belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church for about four years and in many ways, I still am "Orthodox" (please, don't ask me elucidate the seeming contradiction at this time, thank you). This question allows me to wear my "Orthodox hat" which still fits me, I think. If you are an Orthodox Christian and find error or lack of clarity in what I am about to say, feel free to add your own correction in the Comments Section.
Orthodox Christians consider the differences between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches as both substantial and substantive, and resent when Catholics trivialize them. Though they recognize that both communions share a common "Tradition" or Deposit of Faith, they will point out that the Roman Catholic Church has been more inconsistently faithful – or more consistently unfaithful – to Tradition than the Orthodox Church has been in 2000 years of Christian history. Generally, all Orthodox Christians would agree, with various nuances, with the following 12 differences between their Church and the Catholic Church. I want to limit them to 12 because of its symbolic character and also because it is convenient and brief:
- The Orthodox Church of the East is the Church that Christ founded in 33 AD. She is the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church confessed in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. All other churches are separated from by schism, heresy, or both, including the Roman Catholic Church.
- Jesus Christ, as Son of God is divine by nature, as born of the Virgin Mary, True Man by nature, alone is the head of the Church. No hierarch, no bishop, no matter how exalted, is the earthly head of the Church, since Jesus Christ's headship is enough.
- All bishops are equal in their power and jurisdiction. Precedence between bishops is a matter of canonical and therefore of human, not divine law. "Primacies" of honor or even jurisdiction of one bishop over many is a matter of ecclesiastical law, and dependent bishops need to give their consent to such subordination in synod assembled.
- The Church is a communion of churches conciliar in nature; it is not a "perfect society" arranged as a pyramid with a single monarchical hierarch on top. As such, the Orthodox Church gives priority to the first Seven Ecumenical Councils as having precedent in defining the nature of Christian belief, the nature and structure of the Church, and the relationship between the Church and secular government, as well as the continuation of synodal government throughout their churches to this day.
- Outside of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, the Orthodox Church receives with veneration various other regional synods and councils as authoritative, but these are all of various national churches, and always secondary in authority to the first seven. They do not hold the other 14 Western Councils as having ecumenical authority.
- Orthodox Christians do not define "authority" in quite the same way the Catholic Church would define it in terms of powers, jurisdictions, prerogatives and their interrelationships. Orthodox Christian would say that "authority" is inimical to Love and in this sense, only agape is the one firm criterion to delimit rights and responsibilities within the Church. Under this scheme, not even God himself is to be considered an "authority" even though, if there was a need of one, it would be that of God in Christ.
- The Orthodox Church holds an anthropology different from that of the Catholic Church. This is because the Orthodox Church does not hold a forensic view of Original Sin, that is, they hold that the sin of Adam did not transmit an intrinsic, "guilt" to his descendants. "Ancestral Sin," as they would call it, transmitted what may be termed as a "genetic predisposition" to sin, but not a juridical declaration from God that such-a-one is "born in sin." Hyper-Augustinianism, Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed, is impossible in Orthodox anthropology because according to the Orthodox, man is still essentially good, despite his propensity to sin. By the way, even what Catholics would consider a "healthy Augustinianism" would be looked at with suspicion by most Orthodox authorities. Many trace "the fall" of the Latin Church to the adoption of St. Augustine as the West's foremost theological authority for 1,000 years prior to St. Thomas Aquinas. The best evaluations of St. Augustine in the Orthodox Church see him as holy, well-meaning, but "heterodox" in many important details, starting with his anthropology.
- Since no "forensic guilt" is transmitted genetically through "Original Sin," the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Mother is considered superfluous. She had no need for such an exception because there was nothing to exempt her from in the first place. Of course, Mary is Theotokos ("God-bearer"), Panagia ("All-Holy") and proclaimed in every Liturgy as "more honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim," but her sanctification is spoken about more in terms of a special, unique, total, and gratuitous bestowing and subsequent indwelling of the Spirit in her, without the need of "applying the merits of the atonement" of Christ to her at the moment of conception, in order to remove a non-existent forensic guilt from her soul, as the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception would have it. If pressed, Orthodox authorities would point at the Annunciation as the "moment" in which this utter experience of redemption and sanctification took place in the life of the Blessed Theotokos. Although the Orthodox believe in her Assumption, they deny that any individual hierarch has any power to singly and unilaterally define it as a dogma binding on the whole Church, and that only Councils would have such power if and when they were to proclaim it and its proclamations received as such by the entire Church.
- Although Orthodox Christians have at their disposal various institutions of learning such as schools, universities, and seminaries, and do hold "Sunday Schools," at least in the USA, it is fair to say that the main catechetical vehicle for all Orthodox peoples is the Divine Liturgy. All the liturgical prayers are self-contained: they enshrine the history, the story, the meaning, and the practical application of what is celebrated every Sunday, major feast, and commemoration of angels, saints, and prophets. If one pays attention – and "Be attentive" is a common invitation made throughout the Divine Liturgy – the worshipper catches all that he or she needs to know and live the Orthodox faith without need for further specialized education. For this very reason, the Divine Liturgy, more than any other focus of "power and authority," is the true locus of Orthodox unity and the principal explanation for Orthodox unity and resiliency throughout history.
- Since the celebration of the Divine Liturgy is overwhelmingly important and indispensable as the vehicle for True Christian Worship – one of the possible translations of "orthodoxy" is "True Worship – and as a teaching vehicle – since another possible translation of "orthodoxy" is "True Teaching" – all the ecclesiastical arts are aimed at sustaining the worthy celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Iconography in the Eastern Church is a mode of worship and a window into heaven; the canons governing this art are strict and quite unchanging and the use of two-dimensional iconography in temples and chapels is mandatory and often profuse. For them, church architecture exists to serve the Liturgy: you will not find in the East "modernistic" temples resembling auditoriums. Same thing applies to music which is either plain chant, or is organically derived from the tones found in plain chant. This allows for "national expressions" of church music that nevertheless do not stray too far away from the set conventions. Organ music exists but is rare; forget guitars or any other instrument for that matter.
- There are Seven Sacraments in the Orthodox Church, but that's more a matter of informal consensus based on the perfection of the number "seven" than on a formal dogmatic declaration. Various Orthodox authorities would also argue that the tonsure of a monk or the consecration of an Emperor or other Orthodox secular monarch is also a sacramental act. Opinion in this instance is divided and the issue for them still open and susceptible to a final dogmatic definition in the future, if one is ever needed.
- The end of man in this life and the next is similar between the Orthodox and the Catholics but I believe the Orthodox "sing it in a higher key." While Catholics would say that the "end of man is to serve God in this life to be reasonably happy in this life and completely happy in the next," a rather succinct explanation of what being "holy" entails, the Orthodox Church would say that the end of man is "deification." They will say that God became man so that man may become "god" in the order of grace, not of nature of course. Men – in the Greek the word for "man" still includes "womankind" – are called to partake fully of the divine nature. There is no "taxonomy" of grace in the Orthodox Church, no "quantification" between "Sanctifying Grace" and actual grace, enabling grace, etc. Every grace is "Sanctifying Grace," who – in this Catholic and Orthodox agree – is a Person, rather than a created power or effect geared to our sanctification. Grace is a continuum, rather than a set of discreet episodes interspersed through a Christian's life; for an Orthodox Christian, every Grace is Uncreated. The consequences of such a view are rich, unfathomable, and rarely studied by Catholic Christians.
I think this will do it for now. I invite my Orthodox Christian brethren to agree, disagree, or add your own. Without a doubt, – I am speaking as a Catholic again – what we have in common with the Orthodox Church is immense, but what keeps us apart is important, challenging, and not to be underestimated.
Thank you Elizabeth for motivating me to write these, and may the Lord continue to bless you richly.
– Please, also read this very important Clarification.
Note: This article was posted on Teófilo's blog Vivificat several years ago (August 2009). His invitation to comment or correct is, of course, referring to that blog posting; he won't see anything that gets posted here. And, of course, over the intervening years, plenty of responses, arguments, and hairsplititng comments have already been posted to the article, which ought not to distract the reader from his simple summary above.


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Fishing boat plucks 4 people and a dog from Gulf
GALVESTON - A fishing boat rescued four people and a dog Monday from a capsized vessel in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles southeast of Galveston, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The captain of the Galveston-based Blackjack informed the Coast Guard that he had rescued four people uninjured from the 31-foot vessel in response to a Coast Guard urgent marine information broadcast.
The names of those rescued and the name of the vessel that capsized were not immediately available.
Distressed vessel
The Coast Guard received a message at 6:21 a.m. from the captain of the distressed vessel saying he was taking on water with four people aboard.
The Blackjack found the boat using the coordinates from the Coast Guard broadcast.
"It's awesome seeing someone respond to the (urgent marine information broadcast) like that," Petty Officer 2nd Class John Schroeder said. "He was in the area, only 40 minutes away."
Blackjack owner Buddy Guindon, 56, said that during the rescue he was in contact with his son, Hans Guindon, 21, the captain of the 63-foot fishing vessel.
The smaller sport fishing boat, powered by outboard motors, was taking on water when its captain steered it toward the approaching Blackjack, Buddy Guindon said.
Lost contact
The Blackjack was in communication with the smaller fishing boat when it suddenly lost contact, he said.
A few minutes later the Blackjack encountered the capsized boat and rescued the four people and the dog from the water.
Buddy Guindon said he spoke by telephone with the wife of the capsized boat's owner. "She seemed to be more concerned about the dog than the husband," he said.


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US, EU officials raise concerns about China's detention of Uighur scholar
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BEIJING – European and American officials on Friday urged China to explain why police have detained a prominent scholar who criticized the government's heavy repression of his Uighur ethnic minority community.
About 30 police officers took economics professor Ilham Tohti from his home in Beijing on Wednesday then seized computers, cellphones and even his students' thesis manuscripts in a six-hour raid, his wife said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Ilham Tohti had been "criminally detained" on suspicion of an unspecified crime.
It was the most serious of recent actions by Chinese authorities in apparent retaliation against the scholar, who is arguably the most famous mainland-based critic of the ruling Communist Party's restrictive policies in Xinjiang in western China.
China has tightened control over the restive region, which has been rocked by a series of riots and attacks on police and other symbols of Chinese power over the past year. State media reported earlier this month that President Xi Jinping has ordered authorities to refocus their efforts on "maintaining social stability" in Xinjiang.
The European Union's ambassador to China, Markus Ederer, in a briefing with reporters on Friday in Beijing, urged Chinese authorities to clarify what charges Tohti might be facing and tell his family where he is being held.
"I have called on the authorities to treat him in line with Chinese legislation, to substantiate the charges ... to inform the family of his whereabouts. If these charges cannot be substantiated, release him," Ederer said. He added that the European Union was concerned by the "tightening of human rights conditions" in China that's evident in the authorities' ongoing prosecution of civil rights activists.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement that the United States was deeply concerned about the reports that Ilham Tohti had been taken away, and called on the Chinese authorities to account for his whereabouts.
The statement said the detention "appears to be part of a disturbing pattern of arrests and detentions of public interest lawyers, Internet activists, journalists, religious leaders and others who peacefully challenge official Chinese policies and actions."
Beijing police have not responded to repeated requests for comment. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular briefing Thursday that Ilham Tohti "is suspected of violating the law and committing a crime" and that police have placed him under criminal detention.
Ilham Tohti has been barred from traveling and placed under house arrest numerous times in the wake of deadly ethnic rioting in the capital of the Uighur ethnic homeland of Xinjiang in 2009 that sparked a nationwide crackdown on Uighur activists.
He has not joined calls for Xinjiang's independence but his outspokenness on problems with China's ethnic policies has made him a target of security forces. He has criticized the authoritarian government's heavy-handed handling of recent unrest, saying China's stifling security presence, widespread discrimination and restrictions on religious and social practices have fanned ethnic discord in Xinjiang.
"The Uighur people have become outsiders in the development of their own homeland and survival," Ilham Tohti wrote in a post on his mobile social media account Wednesday morning. "It is here that the people's anger begins to grow. Uighur people need an avenue to express their aspirations and protect their rights."
The scholar's wife, Guzaili Nu'er, and friends have said they fear that Chinese authorities are planning to take stronger measures against Ilham Tohti this time. They cite the seizure of his things and the questioning of his students as signs that police were collecting evidence for a prosecution.
Associated Press writer Joe McDonald and reporter Isolda Morillo contributed to this report.


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5. Cool Hand CohenPicture this Dumbest fans:
An SEC agent kneels before Steve Cohen and begins hammering on the iron shackles between his feet. Silence except for the HAMMERING AND CLINKING. Steve is silhouetted with the bright lights from the television cameras glowing behind him, reflecting off his bald head. The Captain looks past Cohen to the stunned traders in a line before him.
CAPTAIN (to Cohen)
You gonna get used to wearing them chains after a while, Stevie. Butyou never stop listening to themclinking. Cause they gonna remind you ofwhat I been saying. It's for your own good.
I wish you'd stop being so good to me Captain.
The Captain feeds his fury staring at Cohen then reaches out his hand behind him. SEC boss Mary Jo White lays the subpoena in it. Trembling with rage, the Captain takes a convulsive step forward and brings the legal summons down behind Steve's ear, knocking off his glasses. As Steve leans down to pick up his spectacles:CAPTAINDon't you never talk that way to me!Never! Never!
The Captain's rage subsides and his voice becomes calm, reasonable.
CAPTAIN (to the traders)What we got here is a failure to supervise. Some men you just can't reach, so you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.Nodding curtly, the Captain and his crew turn to leave. The SEC agent throws the hammer down. It CLATTERS until it lands beside Cohen. The group heads towards the door until Cohen stops them mid-stride.COHENUm, excuse me, Captain. But what exactly does that mean?
What's that?COHEN"Failure to supervise." I don't get it.
The Captain walks forward until he is nose-to-nose with Cohen.
CAPTAINYou got something better in mind tough guy?COHENWell, if you're looking for a nebulous charge that will never stick, how about 'Failure to Communicate'?
The two men maintain their icy stares in silence. Mary Jo White steps up behind the Captain and whispers in his ear. He nods his understanding.
CAPTAINCan't do it Cohen. We're saving that one for Corzine.