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As the first Higher Educational Institution was established in 1932 (1311) at the level of faculty, initially.
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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, 67 World War II veterans reported for duty at 1 a.m. Monday at the Marriott hotel for the Central Missouri Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Our first duties were checking in, enjoying breakfast and getting acquainted.
On the bus at 2:15, Steve Paulsell, our Honor Flight director, announced that the Rev. Pieter van Waarde would lead us in prayer. I knew we would have a safe journey.
Our two buses were led by a Columbia Police Department escort to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. We departed on Southwest Airlines at about 6 a.m. and arrived in Baltimore about 9 a.m. Our arrival was one of the first exciting events of the day. As we departed the plane, each of our names was announced and we were greeted by name by a large crowd of cheering, clapping supporters honoring us for our duty in World War II. I was so elated, tears streamed down my cheeks.
As we entered Washington, D.C., Paulsell put on his tour guide hat and told us about everything we passed. Our first stop was the World War II Memorial between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. It alone was worth the trip. As I first entered the area, I felt as though I was visiting thousands of vets who gave their lives for our country. The design was breathtaking, with pillars honoring each state circling a reflecting pool. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., stopped by to greet us and honor us for our service.
Our next stop was Arlington National Cemetery with its nearly 340,000 markers. As we drove through, I realized the tremendous loss of military men and women who�ve served our country. It is said that 27 veterans are buried there daily.
We viewed the Lincoln, Korean War and Vietnam memorials before arriving at the Arlington visitor center to witness the changing of the guard, which takes place hourly � every 30 minutes in the summer. The tradition has never been interrupted, even during a hurricane several years ago. After a brief stop at the Iwo Jima Memorial, we departed for the Baltimore airport.
The memorable day and all the exciting activities could not have happened without the excellent guidance and planning of the Honor Flight team, led by President Barbara Brueggemann. Steve, our flight director and captain of the �red bus,� was outstanding in his knowledge and management of our flight. His wife, Sharon, was the head of logistics and the captain of the �blue bus.� We were ably assisted by 35 �guardians� who gave great personal care to those of us in wheelchairs and to the able-bodied.
The Columbia area contingent included Bill Pumphrey, John Stone, Jim Toler, John Varvaro, Don Ruggles, Floyd Rainey, Burl Goff, Merlin Schnell, Bob Shyrock, Roberta Schnell, Earl Proctor, Jim Denninghoff and me. Joan Drake and Mary Gaub, head of the physical therapy department at Truman Memorial Veterans� Hospital, were the guardians for Jim, Earl and me. They were excellent.
On our way home, we had mail call. Each of us received a handful of letters from schoolchildren, previous Honor Flight participants and families of veterans. It was very touching.
A Columbia police officer was waiting for us in St. Louis and led us home. Around the Millersburg interchange we were surprised to see motorcycles begin to take the lead. By the time we got into Columbia, 138 bikers roared ahead of us. This tradition was started by the Patriot Guard Riders. Because other bikers have joined in, all those participating are now called Honor Flight Riders.
Upon arrival we were overcome to see several hundred cheering supporters. Friends, family members and other supporters clapped and shouted as each of us departed the buses and entered the Marriott. Just before entering the doorway, I spotted my son Dick from Jefferson City. Tears again flowed.
I invite all World War II vets to make this trip. It was a treasure of memories for me, and I�m sure it will be for you.
One final reminder to the vets that went on this flight: a homecoming party is being held at the Marriott at 1 p.m. today for us, our families and the guardians who accompanied us. See you there.


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I just received images from Shipra Panosian, the photographer that shot the Sasso wedding early this spring. The Sasso's commissioned a painting, and it hung during their ceremony. I'm so happy for them, and it was an honor to be a small part of their big day.
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What is the cheapest way to save energy?
This is actually a tricky question as it massively depends on your business, how you're using energy and what you consider "cheap".
Usually, the cheapest way to save energy in an existing building is to get better visibility of your energy consumption data. This is normally done through computer-based monitoring tools and using this information to identify times of unexpected energy use.
Implementing this is surprisingly easy to do and the problems are typically traced back to occupant behaviour or building control systems being wrongly set. Both of these types of issue are cheap to resolve and can lead to substantial energy consumption reductions.


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Julian Edelman is the type of throwback football player old-school fans love to watch.
He plays hard. He doesn't showboat. He never takes a play off. And he has fantastic chemistry with Tom Brady.
It's safe to say fans of the New England Patriots were exuberant to finally see the dynamic wide receiver return to the field in Saturday's 27-20 divisional playoff win over Kansas City.
Edelman had been out since November after breaking a bone in his foot in a win against the Giants. That victory improved the Patriots to 10-0. They subsequently lost four of their final six games, which shows how vital Edelman is to the Patriots' offense.
With Brady's cast of wideouts healthy for the first time in nearly two months, the Patriots got back to playing Patriot-like football in dispatching a Chiefs team that had come into Foxborough on an 11-game winning streak.
Edelman did not miss a beat, catching 10 passes for 100 yards while tight end Rob Gronkowski caught a pair of touchdown passes among his eight receptions. But the one thing that stood out to me in this game was the play of New England's much-maligned offensive line.
Brady was protected well throughout the game and he was getting the ball out quickly. Kansas City's front seven, which includes former University of Maine player Mike DeVito, was held in check. This is a much different offense when Edelman, Gronkowski and Danny Amendola are all on the field together.
That will be the case when the Patriots travel to Denver for Sunday's AFC Championship game. Edelman didn't play in Denver's 30-24 overtime win in October, and Gronkowski left that game in the fourth quarter with a bruised knee.
The Patriots should certainly be favored in what could be the final matchup between Brady and Peyton Manning. Brady may be 2-6 in his career in Denver, including 0-2 in the postseason, but we all know how tough it is to beat any team twice in a season, much less a team coached by Bill Belichick.
The Patriot Way is in full effect yet again this postseason, and Denver could very well be the next checkmark on New England's mark for an unprecedented fifth Super Bowl championship. The way Manning struggled in Denver's win over Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Patriots' defense will be licking their chops.
The first Hockey East series of the second semester was a tough one for the University of Maine hockey team, as the Black Bears could only get one point against Connecticut.
Maine could've easily won both games, but the combination of Rob Nichols' goaltending and failure to cash in on opportunities led to a 1-0 loss on Friday night, while the teams skated to a 1-1 overtime tie on Saturday night.
Friday's game was particularly frustrating, with Nichols making 44 saves and the Bears missing a number of open nets. It also marked the fifth time this season freshman goaltender Rob McGovern has given up one goal in his rookie campaign, and he only has one victory to show for it. On Saturday, Maine's penchant for failing to stay out of the penalty box cost them, with Mark Hamilton's charging call early in the third leading to UConn's Max Letunov netting the equalizer.
Now, the Black Bears find themselves in a position their fans are not accustomed to: The Hockey East cellar.
It does not get easier for Maine this week, as they'll entertain the nation's second-ranked team in Quinnipiac at Alfond Arena on Tuesday before a home-and-home with longtime rival Boston University this weekend.
Quinnipiac blanked the Black Bears 4-0 in Hamden, Connecticut, in October, and Tuesday's game marks Maine's final non-conference game of the season. And while this BU team is certainly not as good as last year's national runner-up, the Terriers are coming off a 1-point weekend themselves to Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston College, so both teams will be hungry this weekend.
Friday's game is at Alfond Arena with Saturday's clash at Agganis Arena.
When a team is in a rebuilding phase with a new coach, pulling an upset on a conference or national power is vital to the future of the program.
While the UMaine hockey team is still looking for a couple of those wins, the Maine men's basketball team shocked the America East world at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Friday.
The Black Bears netted their biggest win of coach Bob Walsh's young tenure, upending reigning conference champion Albany 81-79.
The return of freshman guard Isaac Vann, who has missed the last 12 games with an injury, gave the Bears a boost while Aaron Calixte's free throws in the waning seconds provided the Black Bears with the winning margin.
While UMaine may not win an America East championship this winter, Walsh has his team playing hard and the uptempo brand of basketball they play is riveting to watch. Walsh has the program heading in the right direction, and Friday's win over Albany certainly signifies that.
Maine was going for its third consecutive win in a Monday night contest with New Hampshire in Bangor.


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The first alleged Galaxy S6 photo leaked out on Friday, courtesy of Dutch tech blog Toptienmobie. The image, which appears to show a pretty complete prototype, comes via email from an anonymous leaker, though there's no guarantee it isn't a fake.
Based on this leak, the Galaxy S6 actually looks pretty similar to the Galaxy S5. However, the bezels on either side are definitely thinner, and the front-facing camera has been repositioned as well. It's unclear if the device features metal edges, like the Galaxy Note 4, though it's certainly possible.
We still don't know what kind of hardware Samsung will include with the Galaxy S6, though recent rumors suggest it could be another powerhouse device. The upcoming smartphone will allegedly come equipped with a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, a 20-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It's also likely to pack a Snapdragon 810 processor or Samsung's own Exynos 7420 chip.
The Galaxy S6 is expected to launch early next year, and based on the company's recent product cycle it could get an official unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2015 in March. Until then we won't know anything for sure, though we have a feeling this won't be the last time Samsung's Galaxy S6 leaks online.


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The Warriors Quest: are we desireable?/
"The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are."
"The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are."― Tom Spanbauer, In the City of Shy Hunters
As it pertains to the warrior: Most everything in this world is designed to mold you into a one-dimensional human being, one which is manageable. We are given just enough leg room to feel as if we can stand if we please, provided a chair so we feel we can sit if we please, and we are sometimes given a platform if we recite the correct words - but as soon as you test the locks, the moment you begin to scribe your own poetry...just so soon as you realize you are created for more than whitewashed walls, and mindless pacing you become dangerous, a liability and everything and everyone will try to silence you.
My own story begins in the halls of learning labeled 'Self'. In my life there was no room for frailty or femininity. I was on my own and I was not going to fail. I was strong. I was independent. I was going to prove myself. I had no time for anything less than adventure. I was raised by Xena. I found myself in the forests of Middle Earth. I was trained by Allana.
+ then I got a bit older and started to notice that the type of men I was interested in weren't interested in warrior women, or at least they didn't approach me - but I didn't care enough to change. I was comfortable in my skin.
+ then I grew a little older and began to notice that the women who were being pursued and desired were those who were gentle and quiet in their antics, those who were soft and fragile, but "strong in the spirit"- so I gathered that to be desirable one must be as the bible says, "meek" and gentle.
+ I remembered a time when I had been told that who I was wasn't but for attention, and all the times I had felt disapproved of by other women.
+ then I thought, well maybe it's true. maybe I've had it all wrong.. maybe my exterior isn't supposed to be strong. Maybe if I internalized the warrior and labeled her things like, "warrior in the spirit" or "fierce of heart" while maintaining a "womanly" exterior, someone who would fit inside a home, or picture than maybe then I would find whatever it was I was looking for. Maybe if I became like them...
So I gave it all up. I overhauled my heart and my life, and I ran from the warrior. I ran into the arms of the maiden. I forsook everything inside me that was outwardly bold, and courageous and strong in search of a quieter, more gentle, more desirable, me.
and I was lost.
I was seeking to fix myself, to create in myself a more 'pleasant' me, a woman who wasn't so intimidating, or whatever it is that people had been telling me. Because, as any woman, I do long to be desired. But I was missing the point. I am desired. By a king, as a warrior, regardless of man and his pursuit of me, I am desired as I was created.
+ let me say this: I do believe that for my journey and the way that I learn, I had to take that path. I swing hard, but now I seek the truth. Something inside of me tonight raged against the lie that said I was to be anything but who I was created to be.
The truth is I want no part of that bullshit, those weak lies, this crap that tries to mold me and make me quieter, more manageable. I want no part of anything less than everything I'm created for, and I won't settle for anything short of that - nor should you. While I may have the spirit of a warrior it does not end there. Warrior is my exterior. While my heart may be fierce and passionate, so is my voice. So is my war cry. But it's more than that now, too, for I am both.. it may just be the opposite – and this is my hope – that while I am fierce and wild in battle, inside is my temple, my secret place and my spirit knows peace and quiet.
[men can stop reading, now - this is for the ladies] And yes, I'm just going to say it, if it's a man you're worried about (obviously I was somewhere in there), if they aren't approaching you they aren't fit for the post. Don't buy into the LIE that says you need to be anything less than who you are to be 'fit' for him or desirable, because you already are.


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Qatar National Bank (QNB) has won the Best Mobile Services "mServices" award during the QITCOM Awards 2012, in recognition of its pioneering role in promoting mobile payment services in the country and the region.
A prime example of QNB's leadership in the category is the recent launch of one of the MENA region's most advanced integrated contactless payment systems, QNB MasterCard PayPass which was launched by QNB in partnership with Qtel and MasterCard. The service which connects the customer's NFC-enabled mobile phone to their credit card account allows them to pay for transactions by just tapping their phones at a compatible point of sale terminal without the need to hand their credit cards to the cashier. This is the first time such a service has been available in Qatar on a SIM card and is also the first time in the MENA region that it has been made available with a NFC contactless PayPass tag in the form of a sticker which can be affixed to non-NFC compatible phones.
In addition to the PayPass solution, QNB has also continued its leadership in the mobile banking services arena by further extending functionality of its eazymobile solution, which was the recipient of the eServices award at the 1st QITCOM exhibition in 2011. QNB recently launched the Android version of the application, further enhancing access and ease of mobile banking to a larger number of customers. It adds to the existing functionality available to Blackberry and iPhone or iPad users.
eazymobile makes mobile banking as convenient as internet banking. It offers rich content with account and card information, settlement and balances, money transfer to anywhere in the world and utility bill payment and top-ups with real-time bill updates. It is part of the eazylife suite of e-banking services that helps customers manage their finances more efficiently using the Internet, the mobile phone or ATM.
The Awards were held on the sidelines of the QITCOM conference and exhibition, the country's leading ICT conference and exhibition, which is organized by ictQATAR. The awards recognize companies and organizations that have contributed to the growth of the technology through innovations Locally, Regionally and Globally. ictQATAR envisions that these awards will be a globally recognized benchmark that ICT innovators from around the world, would aspire to win.


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Harry Cohen (right), with Andy Burnham (left), Labour MP for Leigh.
Spending more time with the family is, as we all know, the reason often given by MPs when they decide to leave Parliament for all sorts of things that they'd prefer not to list - quite a few of those who have recently announced their resignations as a result of the expenses scandal have used the excuse, and it's rapidly becoming a virtual admission of guilt for any unspecified wrong-doing. So, what's Mr. Cohen been up to just lately?
Leyton and Wanstead is in North London, around 40 minutes on the tube from Westminster (much quicker by bicycle, I've found) which is by anyone other than an MP's standards really quite a reasonable commute. It's far enough to make Mr. Cohen eligible for the second home allowance, however, because he also has a main home in Colchester; so naturally he made the most of that one. And when we say he made the most of it, we mean he really made the most of it - he's claimed £104,701 in the last six years.
What's more, he's been an MP since 1983, so the total claimed is quite possibly astronomical - what he claimed between 2002-7 alone is the highest of any MP representing an Outer London constituency. The back-bencher, who claimed in the past that he was "the most professional MP Leyton and Wanstead has ever had, and that includes Winston Churchill," maintains that he will be cleared of any wrong-doing by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, a statement that will probably prove to be true since he has claimed only what he is permitted by current Commons rules - he has not "flipped" homes to avoid paying maintenance or Capital Gains Tax, nor has he "forgotten" when a mortgage was paid off and continued claiming for it.
That Mr. Cohen has played by the rules is not in any doubt, but once again it has been demonstrated that those rules desperately need to be changed. Only those MPs who live a significant distance from the Commons should be allowed to claim for a second home at the tax-payers' expense, and when one considers the very good salaries they receive they should not be permitted to claim such large amounts. They are the servants of the people, and while we should expect to pay them an adequate amount to carry out their job effectively, at the moment it's more as though we are serfs paying duty to the mighty barons so that they can continue to live in their castles.
Mr. Cohen says that John Moore, the ex-Conservative minister, once told MPs to "Go out boys and spend it" after he had announced a huge increase in their allowances in an effort to prevent a Parliamentary revolt over pay. "That makes it part of my salary. It really is part of my salary in all but name. That is what it exists for," he says. We cannot fault him for his greed - he is, after all, merely human; and so many of us are greedy that it's a rare person who can truly claim that were they part of a system such as that enjoyed by MPs they too would not have done the same. But that doesn't make it right - all decent people would feel shame once their greed was exposed.
This rather suggests two things. One is that Mr. Cohen, who says "I am doing nothing wrong whatsoever. I am using it for parliamentary purposes. It is a legitimate and proper use of it," does not feel shame and as such is evidently not a very decent man. For that reason, the people of Wanstead and Leyton should feel glad to be getting rid of him, no matter if he appeared to serve them well enough that they continued to vote for him for 26 years. Secondly, the rules must be changed to prevent those MPs who, through no fault of their own, cannot resist the temptation to grab whatever they can - it's not their fault, it's just how we are as a species. But we tax-payers work hard for our money and most of us enjoy far smaller salaries than Mr. Cohen and his colleagues, so why are we expected to foot the bill for their lavish and luxurious lifestyles?
Some may argue that Mr. Cohen's case also reopens the debate on whether or not MPs should be expected to live in their constituencies. Referring to his claims, he says that they are "the legitimate costs of having a constituency home to do my job. We don't have a system where people are required to live in their constituency." If we did, his main home would have been in Leyton and Wanstead, putting him in a position to better understand his constituent's concerns. This would not, however, have prevented him from claiming for a second home as he would still have been entitled to claim expenses on another property altogether, much as George Osborne designated his Cheshire residence as his second home when he wished to avoid paying mortgage interest on his London property. Though the second homes allowance is intended to cover the costs of the home supposedly closer to Parliament so that the MP will not be required to travel large distances, there is no part of that rule specifying that the property needs to be anywhere near Westminster, nor even in London. Another rule that needs to be changed to prevent abuse and greed!


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10 Tips to Prevent Lost Luggage When Traveling
As mentioned in a previous post, not all luggage arrives safely to it's original owner. Losing luggage is an unfortunate and traumatic experience that will probably happen at some point in your life if you travel often enough. Below is my list of suggestions to help prevent the experience from happening or at least to help it be less traumatic.
1. Let's start with first things first. There are two types of luggage, carry-on and lost. At least that's what Peter Greenberg says, and I tend to agree. My number one suggestion is to carry-on instead of check. I bring only a carry-on and backpack almost every place I travel, all over the world. This includes all of my camera gear! If I can do it, so can you. (My number one exception to this rule is a ski trip due to all of the extra gear).
2. If you can't handle losing an item because it's too expensive or too sentimental- don't bring it on a trip and pack your most precious and expensive items in your carry on.
3. Get travel insurance! I recommend Travel Guard as I have always had excellent luck with them.
Not only will Travel Guard help reimburse you for lost or stolen luggage, but if it's delayed you may also be entitled to compensation depending on your policy.
4. Use multiple, multiple, multiple luggage tags. Have so many tags on your bag that it would be impossible to ignore where it's supposed to be going. Also, make sure they are updated with all of your current contact info.
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7. Did you know that some airlines allow you track your bag by using their app to see where your bag was last scanned. This will not only help you have peace of mind, but it can also help you assist the baggage counter.
8. They make GPS luggage trackers for the very paranoid traveler, and yes I have considered buying one. They only work where your bag would have cell reception, so they aren't completely fool-proof yet.
9. Always, and I really do mean always check to make sure the ticketing agent has tagged your bag with the proper code for your destination. This would mean that you want to familiarize yourself with the three-letter airport code for your destination. (ie. Albany, NY = ALB ... Los Angeles = LAX ... Shanghai, China = PVG) I can not tell you how many times I have had to politely (okay, more like frantically) correct the ticketing agent who mixed my bag tag up with someone else's who was going to a completely different city or country. For a complete list of all airport codes, you can go here.
10. If you use a skycap to check your bag at the curb and to avoid lines inside, be sure to be extra nice and to tip them. One time I actually saw a sign that said "This is a tipping service" at the skycap check in. It is a tipping service, and they have the ability to send your bag to Timbuktu if they want to, and yes that is an actual place- so be nice and tip!


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Learning to Listen Core Principles for the Involvement of Children and Young People
This document represents an important step towards achieving the vision of giving children and young people a real say and real choices about the government policies and services that affect them. The action departments take needs to reflect the age of the children, their maturity and understanding and the extent to which their parents and carers will also be involved. The principles in this document apply to departmental policies of participation by children and young people of all ages up to 18. This guidance does not offer a single blue-print or a rigid model but does seek to help departments develop their individual thinking and plans. The purpose of this guidance is to introduce the core principles on which this work should be based; to provide departments with some early advice and background and with signposts to additional help, so that departments can develop effective plans and to let departments know the broad timetable for action. The aim is to provide a common framework within which departments can develop tailored policies, action plans and effective practice to implement this important work successfully.
Turning up the Sound
Save The Children UK 2005
This report considers how to strengthen children and young people's participation in decision-making in Northern Ireland. In terms of age range the group decided that ages 11–25 would be the main focus, but that the feasibility study would explore the scope for widening the network to include organizations working with under 10s. In Northern Ireland the debate in relation to the necessity of involving children and young people in decisions which impact upon their lives has largely been won. A range of agencies across the statutory, voluntary and community sectors are now committed to the principle of meaningful engagement with children and young people when developing policy, practice and services. Beyond the traditional youth services, there are a number of NGOs with longstanding expertise in the field of child and youth participation, including advocacy groups, specialist interest groups, lobby groups and mainstream child and young people's charities. A number of agencies came together to explore how children and young people can be more fully engaged as equal citizens and how they can have an input into the development of policy and services.
Improving Your Community
DIY Toolkit: Improving your community — getting children and young people involved
Save the Children UK , 2005
This guide provides tried and tested methods for encouraging young people to become actively involved in local community regeneration. It is based on practical experience.. In particular, the guide is written to support adults with this kind of motivation but less experience in supporting young people's participation. The guide is aimed at adults. It sets out a process that includes consulting young people about their views, understanding their rights, supporting them to put their ideas into action, and working alongside others to bring about real change. The guide is based on the experience and learning from Save the Children's Community Partners Programme (2000 to 2005).
Children Speak out on Poverty
Report on the ACESS Child Participation Process
The Child Participation Process was in fulfillment of a commitment made by ACESS in March 2001 to ensure that children's voices will be heard in the policy making process. In this process politicians, and government officials thus far have given low political priority to children's participation – despite the fact that children constitute approximately half of South Africa's citizens. Children have a right to participate in decisions that will shape their future. The ACESS Children's Participation Process has demonstrated both the practical application of this right and the value that their participation can add to the policy-making arena. The state is reminded of its obligation to ensure that children's participation is an integral aspect of the unfolding social security policy-making process. The state needs to urgently establish mechanisms to take account of the issues raised by the children in this ACES process and to facilitate further child participation processes to give children an opportunity to give their opinions on draft social security policy reform options. ACESS offers its active support to the state in making this a reality.
Assessing Institutional Sensitivity Towards Children: Toolkit for working with Union Parishad, Syed Tamjid ur Rahman, Save the Children Sweden-Denmark, 2007.
It is observed that the Local Government Institutions in Bangladesh play a critical role in ensuring child rights at the grass root level of the society. This led all development agencies to incorporate local government institutions in their development initiatives and activities. This toolkit has been developed for a better understanding of the Union Parishad and finding ways to integrate the work on child rights issues. It also provides a sense of direction as to how to work with the Union Parishad. The toolkit will be a useful resource for policy makers, implementing agencies, field workers, NGO activists and other practitioners.
Children and Young People in Action –Participating in Budget Work
Save the children Sweden, 2005
CEDERA-CEARA initiated its programme of monitoring the Fortaleza city budget. This was done from the understanding that the struggle for the human rights of children and young people has to be conducted through the discussion of public policies that give effect to these rights, by knowing about the allocation of public resources to implement those policies, and through social control in the allocation and spending of public resources. The participation of a group of young people shows that they will be taken into consideration in the approval and monitoring of social investments,. This will help them own and exercise their right to participate and develop their capacity to influence matters concerning them. On the other hand, the adults involved in these processes are encouraged to accept their responsibility and commitment.
Children Participating in Governance - Budget monitoring from a rights-based framework ( IDASA)
This publication is the result of a two-year training project to build children's capacity for rights-based budget analysis and self-advocacy. The manual is divided into three sections: 1) Basic facilitation skills; 2) Budget analysis for child rights realization and gender equality; and 3) Strategic advocacy. The facilitation section is the introductory aspect of the training and defines facilitation. The second section is divided into topical parts, including: how government works; knowing your rights; budgets; and gender, which formed the basic knowledge areas of the training programme. The third section is an application section where the knowledge areas are used as the basis of an action plan. Strategic advocacy deals with: understanding power, negotiation, advocacy skills and techniques, strategic planning and developing a campaign.
An Overview of Children's Participation in South Africa
Children's Participation in South Africa
This paper prepared for the seminar, 'Theorising Children's Participation'- University of Edinburgh, September 2006 Susan Mozes
The South African Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world in that it gives full recognition of children's rights at the very highest level. Still, a tension exists in a developing country context such as South Africa between budgeting for participation (which can be costly) versus addressing the lack of essential services and basic needs. At the level of state (national, provincial and local), children are beginning to be consulted around policy reform and budgetary processes. In some cases this consultation is initiated by the state, but more generally it is driven by institutions of civil society, or international NGOs
Reflections from the Children's Participating in Governance Project: Budget monitoring within a rights based framework Christina Nomdo ( Idasa)
This document highlights that children growing up in a young democracy have a window of opportunity to advocate for their own rights, and engage in governance issues. Children's participation in governance ensures that their perspectives, experiences and priorities affect, inter alia, economic policy and budget allocations and has many benefits. A special section of rights in the Constitution reinforces the value of children in the society. These rights legally oblige the South African state to develop, finance and effectively implement programmes that provide services to children. Monitoring of programming and budgeting is important, both to hold government accountable for fulfilling its child rights obligations, and to advocate for programming and budgeting to advance child rights.
Developing Children and Young People's Participation in Strategic Processes: The Experience of the Children's Fund Initiative
Institute of Applied Social Studies (NECF), University of Birmingham
Based on research carried out by the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, this paper explores the experience of the Children's Fund partnerships of engaging children and young people in the strategic process. Children's and young people's participation activities have increased considerably among statutory, voluntary and community sector organizations across the UK in recent years. The Children's Fund, a major government initiative launched in 2000, represents a systematic drive towards promoting children and young people's participation in planning, implementing and evaluating preventative services within all 149 local authority areas in England.
Children Participating in Governance Project
Linking Budgets and Rights Constituency workshop: It's Your Move- Molo Songololo. 2005
A summary report of the youth conference titled "Linking Budgets and Rights Constituency workshop: It's Your Move" in Molo Songololo between 9 – 10 April, 2005 in Atlantis. It provides technical and political insights into the discussions and evaluation on this most current issue.
Children's Right to Influence
This report discusses and illuminates key issues relating to children's right to participation. What does the UN Convention on Children's Rights say about children's democratic rights? When are children capable of forming their own opinions? Can children really make decisions - and do they want to? The report answers these and other questions. Children start expressing their opinions on the very day they are born into the world. There is an established link between communicating and interacting with newborn infants and their subsequent development into young adults able to think freely, express their views and respect other people's opinions. It is basically about being treated with respect and empathy from the start. To a certain extent, all decisions taken at local, national or international level affect children. Ensuring that children have real influence means starting where the child is, for instance in the family, at school or in the local community. Children can also have an impact on decision-making at national and international level, provided there is room for dialogue between children and adults, that information adapted to children is available and that forums exist in which children can exercise influence.
An Overview of Children's Participation in South Africa
This paper prepared for the seminar, 'Theorising Children's Participation'- University of Edinburgh, September 2006 Susan Mozes
The South African Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world in that it gives full recognition of children's rights at the very highest level. Still, a tension exists in a developing country context such as South Africa between budgeting for participation (which can be costly) versus addressing the lack of essential services and basic needs. At the level of state (national, provincial and local), children are beginning to be consulted around policy reform and budgetary processes. In some cases this consultation is initiated by the state, but more generally it is driven by institutions of civil society, or international NGOs
The Young Face of NEPAD
Jointly published by the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat and UNICEF 2004
This document lays out tangible steps so that we can practically and effectively move towards meeting our fundamentally important aspirations. NEPAD is the instrument for delivering on our promises to children. It calls for "bold and imaginative leadership" and for partnerships between African governments and their citizens, and between Africa and the international community. This paper is intended as a contribution to the NEPAD process. Improvements in the situation of a country's children are good indicators of the quality of its governance – and it is clear that determined action and leadership are needed to grasp the fruits for Africa's future of the survival, growth and development of these children. This paper seeks to contribute to Africa's fulfillment of this hope. It is hoped that the New Partnership can be energized by a common global and continental concern for children, and by the recognition that human capacity – the foundation for sustained development – is best achieved by investing in children and young people and realizing their rights. The proposal is to sharpen the focus on children and young people in NEPAD – to give it a 'young face'. The document reviews what has worked and what has not worked for children in the last decades; propose strategies for human development within the framework of NEPAD, the MDGs and national Poverty Reduction Strategies; and identify priority actions for and with children and young people which – in the favorable macroeconomic and institutional climate sought by NEPAD and the African Union – will help ensure sustained progress.
Ad Hoc Working Group for Youth and the MDGs, Youth and the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and opportunities for implementation, 2005.
This paper discusses the implications of MDG implementation for young people. It provides an overview and examples of youth participation in MDG review and implementation.
Guerra, Eliana, 'Citizenship Knows No Age: Children's participation in the governance and municipal budget of Barra Mansa, Brazil' in Children, Youth and Environments, 15(2), 2002.
This paper describes the development of a children's participatory budget council in the city of Barra Mansa in Brazil. It provides information on the process and its impact and describes how children learned to represent their peers, prioritize resources and develop projects in the city's democratic structures.
Haid, Phillip, Elder C. Marques and Jon Brown, Re-focusing the Lens: Assessing the challenge of youth involvement in public policy, OSSSA and IOG, Ottawa, 1999.
Addressed at policy makers, this is the summary of a study of youth influence in Canadian public policy. It presents the reasons for youth involvement in policy making and lessons learned.
Inter-Agency Working Group on Children's Participation, Children as active citizens, 2008
There are two very important aspects to this guide. The first is that it operationalizes children's civil rights; and the second is that it provides detailed information for the progressive realization of children's civil rights, through ways of developing and practicing active citizenship. The Inter-Agency Working Group on Children's Participation (IAWGCP) has successfully conceptualized rights by identifying ten priority policy themes and areas of programming for the East Asia and Pacific Region. The rationale for active citizenship is based on the principle of the right to be heard (Article 12), fully recognizing the evolving capacities of children (Article 5).
Millennium Campaign, Only With Your Voice: Millennium Development Goals youth action guide, Millennium Campaign, Taking It Global and Global Youth Action Network, New York, 2005.
This guide was created by young people to support youth in organizing activities or campaigns in support of the MDGs.
O'Malley, Kate, Children and Young People Participating in PRSP Processes: Lessons from Save the Children's experiences, Save the Children UK, London, 2004.
This paper summarizes Save the Children UK's experience in facilitating children's participation in PRSP processes in Viet Nam, Honduras, Lesotho, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It discusses the effectiveness of different approaches, outlines the learning points and raises questions about the impact and the cost benefits of children and youth participation in PRSPs.
Poudyal Ranjan and Sardar Samina, Change Makers for South Asia: Building New Partnerships: Lessons learnt from the consultations with children, corporate leaders and governments of South Asia, Save the Children (OSCAR), Nepal, 2002.
The Change Makers initiative aims at providing opportunities for children and young people to engage corporate leaders and government representatives in meaningful discussions. This text provides detailed information on the Change Makers initiative and its activities with children.
Rizzini, Irene and Steven J. Klees, 'Children's Involvement in the Making of a New Constitution in Brazil' in Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on children's rights, Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 24.2, Cambridge, MA, 2000.
This paper outlines the evolution of the child rights movement in Brazil, with special attention to children's participation in that process. Brazil's strong child protection legislation marks a significant change in the place of children and adolescents in Brazilian society. The article traces the move from a focus on the correction and control of juvenile delinquency to the provision of social assistance to needy children, to an emphasis on the rights of children and on special protection to safeguard those rights.
Save the Children, Re:action Consultation Toolkit: A practical toolkit for consulting with children and young people on policy issues, Save the Children, UK, 2001.
This toolkit was written for professionals working with children, policy makers, children and youth who want to engage in dialogues on policies concerning them. It aims to encourage children's participation in policy debates by illustrating consultative approaches on policy issues.
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Making Commitments Matter: A toolkit for young people to evaluate national youth policy, DESA, New York, 2004.
This kit supports youth organizations to assess national youth policies and community-level achievements for young people.
UNDP, Joint-Programming on Youth /Comparative Experiences on CPRP-net and CPN, November 2008
This is a consolidated reply - comparative experiences from the UNDP Crisis Prevention and Recovery Practice Network (CPRP) and UN Coordination Practice Network (CPN) in November 2008. Network members responded to a query from UNDP Afghanistan, which is seeking to enhance ongoing joint initiatives in the youth education, health and employment sectors. The experiences of Joint Programming on Youth in Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Honduras, Kosovo and Mauritius reveal a series of valuable lessons, policy implications, recommendations for collaborating with governments, and insights into the management of funding and programme oversight.
Williams, Emma, Children's Participation and Policy Change in South Asia, Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre (CHIP), Working Paper 6, CHIP, London, 2004.
This report examines children's participation in policy processes by exploring ways in which children may successfully influence policy relating to childhood poverty. It compares five case studies in South Asia: an HIV/AIDS conference in Nepal, a children's parliament in Sri Lanka, two Indian working children's unions, and a street children's movement in Bangladesh. Based on these experiences, it analyses which channels of influence have proven most successful for children attempting to engage with decision makers.


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text: Tomorrow's another day... July 13, 2015 / Travis Hawkes "Don't do tomorrow what you can do today."~ Benjamin Franklin, followed by everyone that's come across an image search for "crossfit motivation."Crossing things off your list. Bringing things across the finish line. Ask anyone that's been deemed, by their own hand or someone else's, a "creative" person and they'll tell you it's a sad realization when they look at the 4 or 5 projects that they've been "creative" with for a spell and not one has had a bow tied around it.Amongst a few things more weighty in life that I'm getting to, I've put off a lengthy list of things to watch. From dvds literally collecting dust to that storyboard of that one idea I had while I was driving home, I sincerely hope I can get to it all and hope that, at the very least, my reviewing what I've put off I may actually get to instead of simply remembered that it's been stored. My "Watch Later" collection on Vimeo, a list I've accumulated without the faintest intention of getting to, is something that I discovered and I figure putting most of them here would give me a better shot at checking them out.If you've seen them and know of something just as mesmerizing or informative, stop by my contact page and let me know what it is and how you found it. Over this past year, I've learned that I'm as responsible for putting out my own work as much as I am for vocalizing my approval for that which spurs me on to go after it even more. To not purvey the knowledge is to worsen your own future.Can't say I've seen that on any Instagram.Did find this, though. Enjoy Neil Armstrong's inspiring finish, and then some cool stuff to watch. Comment 0 Likes tags / watch later


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Join the Conversation
Early on Friday, March 24th, Rattlestick hosted an intimate gathering of artists, educators and audience members to talk about how their lives have been changing since the election and what, if anything, the theater can do to address the divide that appears to now be such a dominant part of our culture.
As the 12 of us met for this early morning coffee on Rattlestick's stage munching on granola bars, two resonant groups of questions arose:
First, is there a same-ness to the theatrical work being produced today? Are theaters really creating enough platforms for diverse characters and storytelling? And are we supporting ways for less traditional constituencies to feel more empowered through our work?
Secondly, are we are demanding enough of our artists to help us make sense of this confusing and possibly dangerous moment? Further, what role does the audience have in helping bring change to theater under these circumstances?
I left this meeting wanting, no needing, to reach out to the broader theatrical community for ideas and inspiration. Thus, to all of you artists and audience members alike, I humbly request your help with the following:
For Artists - Please email me with what new ways you long to engage with audiences. (I don't mean simply that you want a play produced.). For example, have you dreamed of new ways to reach an audience through audience participation, technology, using new setups in theaters, new settings for presentations, etc.?
For Audience Members - Please email me with new ways you long to engage with artists. Do you want to attend an early reading of a play or watch a rehearsal? Meet with a playwright to really hear why and how they wrote their play? Or a director and find out how a play was brought to light? Or lighting, sound, costuming or other technical experts to get behind-the-scenes insights into their jobs? Also, what would you like to see on stage that you are not seeing?
Challenging new theater is a product of a type of dialogue between artists and audience members. Thank you for being a part of this dialogue with us.


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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Amy and Nelson: Together At Last
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The McCain Sermon
One day I talked about the parable of when they asked Christ whether they should pay taxes and he held up a coin and said, "Render unto Caesar, etc." My point was and still is that when we were flying in combat, we weren't doing God's work. We were doing Caesar's work. So for us to go to prison and then ask God to get us out was not fair to God, to our religion, to our beliefs and to ourselves. It wasn't a miracle that sent a SAM [surface-to-air missile] to hit my airplane. It was a guy, a technician at a SAM site.
Bearing arms (with restrictions)
"Although we do not undertake an exhaustive historical analysis today of the full scope of the Second Amendment, nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."
As far as the slim 1 vote margin, I think it would be a mistake to assume that an alternative position would have automatically meant an across the board ban on guns or unreasonable restrictions. The difference, as seen in the dissent, are less stark than one might initially assume and has more to do with allowing elected official determine the confines of restrictions of gun ownership by their citizens:
The Court would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons, and to authorize this Court to use the common-law process of case-by-case judicial lawmaking to define the contours of acceptable gun control policy. Absent compelling evidence that is nowhere to be found in the Court's opinion, I could not possibly conclude that the Framers made such a choice.
I would have probably been inclined to sympathize with the dissenting opinion, but unlike some who pick and choose which opinions to follow (re: Guantanamo detainees), I think everyone should accept the decision and move on. That shouldn't be a problem. I have long thought that the "gun" argument in contemporary politics was simply one of the many straw men built up by the right wing. They scared some people into thinking that liberals were coming in the middle of the night to take their guns. As someone who spends a lot of time with liberals (from the far left to center/left) I can assure you all that very, very few people want all or even most guns removed from the USA and none have any interest in coming to your home to get them. Not only is it impractical, but as the Court ruled today, it would be unconstitutional. I only hope that the self-proclaimed Patriots, who demand absolutely no control on weaponry will also accept this decision.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tainted Red For Years To Come
Scores of highly credentialed young lawyers and law students were denied interviews for coveted positions at the Justice Department because of an illegal screening process that took political and ideological views and affiliations into account rather than merit, Justice Department investigators concluded in a report released Tuesday.
Investigators said they were unable to conclude who gave the orders to start employing a political litmus test, though the report says some of the people interviewed pointed to former Gonzales aide Monica M. Goodling, who resigned last year after acknowledging in sworn testimony that she might have violated the law in evaluating applicants for career positions. Many of the records associated with the interviews were destroyed, the report says.
Now, here is another example of how this political cult operates. The Environmental Protection Agency (OUR environment) was rebuffed by the White House from publicising a Supreme Court mandated (you know the Supreme Court - the ones "conservatives" want to remodel in their own image) because the facts of their report did not mirror the pre-determined facts "conservatives" embrace. The unnecessary dangers that all earth inhabitants now face because of these people is immeasurable. Again, let me stress with urgency and clarity, when I call these "conservatives" anti-American fascists, it is not because I disagree with them and use words that I am unaware of the meaning. It is because they are exactly what I say they are.
The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week. The document, which ended up in e-mail limbo, without official status, was the E.P.A.'s answer to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that required it to determine whether greenhouse gases represent a danger to health or the environment, the officials said.
White House pressure to ignore or edit the E.P.A.'s climate-change findings led to the resignation of one agency official earlier this month: Jason Burnett, the associate deputy administrator. Mr. Burnett, a political appointee with broad authority over climate-change regulations, said in an interview that he had resigned because "no more constructive work could be done" on the agency's response to the Supreme Court. He added, "The next administration will have to face what this one did not."
Amazing Building!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Happy Friday!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Alert the Hangman!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Off the Charts!
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Punching Hal in NYC - Tonight
Trick Question: What planet is this?
They Hate Us For Our Freedom
By disguising themselves as Americans with "conservative" political opinions, they have been given legitimacy by the media and the American public as a whole. However, in truth, they hate America for it's freedom. They know how they want to live their lives. They believe everyone should live that way. And, they are willing to generate an alternate universe to make their way of life seem consistent with the real world.
I have been following them for a very long time and be forewarned, they are (for now) non-violent domestic terrorists. Mark my words, they will stage a coup or initiate a civil war in the United States in the very near future. They are setting up their followers to live in an alternate universe and they will continue to manipulate the minds of their followers until the day comes when they will be ordered to follow the will of (their conservative movement version of) God and destroy the USA.
So what has got me all worked up now? Something very simple but highly instructive. Everyone is familiar with Wikipedia. It's an online encyclopedia that covers just about everything. Well the "movement" has decided to tell their legions that wikipedia is a liberal menace and have started their own alternative site "Conservapedia". Why would conservatives need their own encyclopedia? Their entry on Barack Obama says it all. Check it all out because you will see exactly how people who have been convinced to ignore the mainstream of human thought are being 'educated'.
"If elected, Obama would be the first Affirmative Action President," - Conservapedia.
While I have no problem with people criticizing politicians, when an entire movement deliberately separates themselves intellectually from the rest of the world, it is nothing short of a cult. This cult, like many others, believe in the end of times and that they hold the Supreme Truth. America gives people the right to be stupid and mentally lazy. But once again, I urge you to heed my warning - these people are determined to destroy the United States! [I also want to make sure everyone understands that I believe people can be religious and conservative and not be a part of this subversive movement. But I strongly believe that to underestimate the power, influence and sinister intentions of this cult would be foolish and dangerous.]
You're Out!
Willie Randolph, the former Yankee player, has been fired as manager of the Mets. I like Willie so it is a bit sad. Everyone likes Willie. Willie is a likable guy and that was probably what doomed him. Randolph comes across as a mellow, easy going, introverted person. That's wonderful for many jobs, but not as baseball manager - especially in New York City. It was probably a good move to let him go because after their meltdown last year and slow start this year the Mets need a jolt to get back going. Willie Randolph is not a "jolt" kind of guy. Look for him to join Joe Torre in LA where they can sit, side by side, all droopy eyed and drowsy.
The other story really burns me. The Yankees starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang was severely injured running the bases during an Inter league game and will miss up to 2 months. Now in the American League, where the Yankees play, a pitcher does not bat or run the bases - we use a pitch hitter. But the National League, where the Astros live and where the Yankees were playing, do have their pitchers hit. Because we were playing in their park, Major League Baseball says we have to play by their rules. What a waste. Admittedly, this is a convenient time for me to bring this up now and it's definitely closing the barn door after the horse has escaped, but MLB ought to consider using pinch hitters in Inter league games. It is really worth losing one of the leagues premiere players just for the novelty of seeing him hit? I don't think so.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Monday Roundup
I got a Bluetooth for my phone and of course could not set it up. A few people at work tried to help me but it still didn't work. So I walked across the street to get the people who sold it to me yesterday to help. They would be happy to - for $15!!! One of the skills I have developed in New York is being the loud and angry customer. If you want something in this city you have to speak up to get it. After about 5 minutes of a loud temper tantrum one guy hooked it up for me (he said). It seems to be working now.
I still haven't gone back to Dunkin Donuts yet even though they built one (amazingly fast I might add) RIGHT next to my subway station. Bastards!
Got my tickets to go to Miami. I will look into getting Marlin tickets in the next couple of days. I will be in contact with those of you who said they were interested in going. Anyone else wanting to go let me know. I bet it will be easier to see the fish than the All Stars. Also, our seatmates for the regular season Yankee games are selling their "Final Game Ever" tickets for $350 each. Good price but I would want more. Much more. My e mail is located at the top left of this page.
My VP picks are already looking shaky. Democrat Mark Warner has said he is taking himself out of contention to run for Senate. He could change his mind, but with so many good possibilities on the Democratic side, it hardly seems worthwhile to try to convince him otherwise. My GOP pick, Bobby Jindal, has gotten an endorsement for the position by none other than Newt Gingrich. Not sure if that will help or be the kiss of death.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Eye In The Sky: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Russert Death as Breaking News
Russert died around 3pm. I had the day off and was listening to the radio - staying away from the TV and computer for the day. However, I am signed up for "Breaking News" from CNN and MSNBC with Twitter. Whenever news breaks, I get a text. Of course I love that. Anyway .. less than 20 minutes after Russert died I got a text informing me of the news. Less than 20 minutes!!!
I turned on the TV and starting watching the coverage, expecting the details to begin slowly trickle in. Not the case. Immediately we learned the details about when the heart attack struck, what he was doing, how CPR was tried, an ambulance came and when he was pronounced dead. A lot of details, very quickly. Most amazing, when I checked MSNBC at 7:30 ( I turned the TV off after seeing Keith Olberman boo-hooing - I'm not much into watching that) I was amazed to see Russert's doctor on the air talking, in great and graphic detail, about the autopsy he has already completed! Astounding. They were not leaving anything out. By 8:30 pm, I was already burned out by the coverage.
I mention this because it all seems so fast to me. For me to get a text even before (literally) the body got cold still amazes me. The fact that ALL the details of is death were made public immediately also was surprising. The fact that an autopsy was done with a couple hours of his death and the findings explained to the public before the news really sunk in was, frankly, a bit surreal. And the fact that within 4 or 5 hours of his passing away I was already over saturated by the news also demonstrates the times we live in.
I'm not criticizing the coverage at all. In fact, I am writing about this becomes I am impressed. For news junkie, to learn about what happened so quickly and in so much detail is really what we want. In his career Tim Russert was respected for his ability to get to the facts as directly and accurately as possible. The coverage of his death, as suffocating as it was, was in many ways an appropriate tribute to this true newsman.
Amazing Photo: Iowa Tornado
Friday, June 13, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
PREDICTIONS: The Vice Presidential Picks
I have been trying to get into the mind of Barack Obama and John McCain to determine how they would go about choosing a running mate. What factors would they think were important, how do they make decisions, what messages are they trying to send, what electoral advantage are they jockeying to get .. all these factors went into me predicting what they nominees will do. Here goes..
I predict that Barack Obama will make a very good choice by selecting Mark Warner of Virginia as his running mate.
There will be a lot of reasons for this choice. Mark Warner is young, a former governor and from Virginia, a swing state in this election. He's a family man with a strong Christian background. He is very smart and was a capable and popular chief executive of his state. He is respected by the activists as well as the old standard bearers of the Democratic party. He also connected well with many Republicans and Independents in his state and did well with voters in the Appalachian Mountain region where Obama will need some help. These are all excellent qualifications for Warner to be Obama's VP choice. However, the most important reason he will get the nod, in my opinion, is Barack Obama insistence on a "no drama" operation. Warner is a cool cat, very serious, smart and talented. He is post-partisan and rejects the divisive politics that Obama has been running against. His personality and his politics blend perfectly with that of Barack Obama making him the best choice as his running mate.
John McCain is an entirely different story. His campaign seems at a loss as to how to take the shine off his young, fresh opponent. Therefore, I believe, he will miscalculate and make the poor decision of choosing Bobby Jindal of Louisiana as his GOP Vice Presidential running mate.
So far in this campaign McCain seems to be trying to mimic Obama's strengths in an attempt to weaken his opponents message and image. He has adapted a new slogan "A leader we can believe in" that is a take off on the one Obama has used for over a year "Change we can believe in". McCain has had his website redesigned to look like Obama's and he portrays himself as much of a change agent as Obama. He seems to be trying to run a "copy cat" campaign.
Keeping with this misguided strategy, McCain will make the foolish choice of Governor Bobby Jindal for his running mate. To be painfully blunt, The biggest reason McCain will make this choice is that Jindal is young (36) and dark skinned - just like Obama! I believe McCain thinks this will peel off some support from Barack. It won't. Not only is McCain's strategy to confuse the differences between the two campaigns ridiculous and doomed to failure, I can think of no voting block that would be more inclined to vote for McCain because of the inclusion of Jindal. It is a plan without a purpose (also, it would be an insult to Jindal to propel him to the VP slot under this scenario). Yes, Jindal is a governor (has been for a few months now) and a strict conservative, but just like when Bob Dole tried to go "young and right" with Jack Kemp, McCain will miss with his attempt to generate excitement with this unorthodox pick.
McCain should actually pick Mike Huckabee. You all know I'm a big fan of his, but from a strictly strategic point of view, Huckabee would be a smart choice. He is the only person I know of that can compete rhetorically with the Obama campaign (which John McCain and Jindal clearly cannot). Huckabee beat McCain in the South even after McCain was all but the presumptive nominee, and he maintains strong support in that region. McCain may feel that the South is already locked up for the GOP but I do not. Huckabee could hold the base that McCain needs to have any chance of winning in November.
Now, Huckabee has said some nutty things over the past months and years, but I'm pretty sure McCain himself will corner the market this Fall on uncomfortable sound bites. As much as I like him, as a Democrat I also fear Mike Huckabee. He is very smart, shrewd and could, with a crafty plan and his sliver tongue, find a way to score an upset in November. A long serving governor, Mike Huckabee, in my opinion, could handle the job of President if he were to have to serve.
So there you have it. It will be Obama/Warner vs. McCain/Jindal. Of course, this far in advance anything can happen and I may have to revise these picks later. Warner is currently running for Senate and would have to be convinced to drop out of that race and Jindal could (and should) take himself out of the picture to focus on the needs of his new job. But unless and until something extraordinary happens I will make this "earliest in the blogosphere" prediction of the candidates choices for running mates.
And they're off!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Happy 50th Birthday Prince
Why They Lie
The World's Strangest Animals!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Hillary Didn't Lose. Barack Won.
Looking closely at the graph you notice that Hillary Clinton started strong and stayed steady throughout the campaign. Barack Obama however, started as a virtual unknown and kept getting stronger. One might have assumed, from watching the weekly primary contests, that the candidates' popularity would have been switching up and down through the months. But actually, Hillary's graph line pretty much starts and ends in the same place and has very few sharp variations whereas Obama's poll numbers go from one corner to the next with a nice jump after the Iowa caucuses. I wonder what that suggests for the election in November. Also, while I am not for selecting Clinton as VP, do these poll numbers argue for or against making her the running mate. Comments?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Talking About My Generation
I have always heard people say that they felt old for the first time when the President of the United States is younger than they are . Barack Obama (thankfully) is older than me - but only by a few months so I guess I have the best of both worlds. First, a Presidential candidate that represents my generation for the first time, but also I can say that I am "younger than the President". It's clear to me that one of the reasons I have supported Obama from the start is that he spoke like I thought. No politician has reflected my perspective so closely and articulated it so clearly probably because they have all been a generation or more older than I am. As we move to the general election it will be in many way a battle of generations: My dad's (who is a few months younger than John McCain) vs. my own generation. This has happened sooner than I expected but then again, George W. Bush has changed the landscape of America and the political world to make it necessary.
The boomers could not let the 1960's go and the Clinton's, Bush's, Rove's and Limbaugh's seemed unable or unwilling to stop fighting the culture wars from that era. They also (especially on the Right) developed a younger generation who, despite having no memory of an era prior to their birth, are filled with the same anger and resentment that had driven their mentors into politics. What that has left us is polarized and blind to the real problems that face the USA. We may be on the verge of this all coming to an end.
In an ironic twist, John McCain is a little too old to be a part of the 60's mess (although he will probably rail against it) and Obama, of course, is too young to have been tainted by all that. So while pundits and some campaign officials will try to reignite the flames of discontent that has defined our politics for the past generation, Barack Obama will move beyond that and John McCain will be unpersuasive about it. It's happened sooner than I thought it would be but it looks like my generation may now get the responsibility to repair the breech of that troubled era.
UPDATE: Found this related commentary in a UK newspaper.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Daytona Beach (Quick) Sand
It's been a while since I have been there and I know that they have restricted cars on the beach in recent years. Probably a good idea. I saw this today and found it interesting.
Nearly 100 cars sank and became stuck in unusually soft sand on Daytona Beach, forcing beach patrol officers to close parts of the beach to all vehicles. "I have not seen it this bad in my lifetime," Beach patrol Capt. Tim Cunningham said. "Right now, the sand is like powder. It is just months and months of no rain."
Monday, June 2, 2008
Get Well "Frasier"
Bye Bye Bo .. and Thank You
Screengrab from donut sleeper cell training video surfaces
Sunday, June 1, 2008
3 cups of coffee - $5
2 muffins - $3
bag of coffee - $8


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Snapchat Launches Content Platform with ESPN and Bleacher Report
Last week Snapchat announced Snapchat Discover, their new content platform featuring partners like Vice, Comedy Central, and Yahoo! News. For the sports crowd, US users of the ephemeral messaging app will be served content exclusively from ESPN, while international users will get sports content via Snapchat's partnership with Bleacher Report.
For everyone over the age of 25, what this means is that the Snapchat app, which is primarily used to send pictures to friends that disappear after a set number of seconds, is now a full-fledged media platform.
Regular messages sent on Snapchat disappear after 10 seconds or less. However, stories in Discover will appear for 24 hours before being refreshed with a new batch of content.
The ESPN channel has great visuals and the UX will be familiar to Snapchat users (swipe right for the next story, swipe up for the content of said story). There's no buffering for video and the content loads immediately—there was never a lag when I was reviewing it. Discover is supported by ads, but you aren't hit over the head with them. You're able to swipe them away much like you are the editorial content.
One gripe is there wasn't any unique content developed for the Snapchat audience, something that may change as content providers become more familiar with the platform. With an estimated 100 million-plus monthly active users, there is great opportunity for providers to attract a young, mobile-friendly audience.
Snapchat insists that this isn't a social media play, saying in a blog post, "This is not social media. Social media companies tell us what to read based on what's most recent or most popular. We see it differently. We count on editors and artists, not clicks and shares, to determine what's important."
This may be true, but if Snapchat wants to get established in the content game they need to provide a reason to use their app over other native content apps. Right now I can't see a reason why someone wouldn't just use the ESPN app.
Additionally, one of the big strengths of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is curation — the individual has the power to select the content they see based on their network. Curated editorial content that is essentially cherry picked from what you can find on the web doesn't provide enough differentiation or value to set it apart from social media platforms
Snapchat's Discover also signals further fragmentation in the mobile content landscape, with content providers developing their own apps and social media apps like Snapchat developing content platforms. But with mobile video's strong growth (it currently makes up 22 percent of digital video consumption), combined with the fact that young people aged 14 to 24 are now watching a majority of their video on screens other than their TV, a land rush for a slice of the mobile video market is an obviously play for a growing behemoth like Snapchat.
Michael Tunney is a managing editor at Contently. He has also worked on marketing campaigns for bestselling authors like Robert Greene, Ryan Holiday, and James Altucher. Follow him on Twitter @mike_tunney.


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Bridge Over Tree (1970)
February 20 – December 31, 2019
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Curated by Nicholas Baume
Public Art Fund is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Iranian-born, Minneapolis-based Siah Armajani. This exhibition also coincides with Armajani's career-spanning survey Siah Armajani: Follow This Line at The Met Breuer. Presenting an interactive sculpture, this exhibit is arguably a pivotal work in the artist's six-decade career. The bridge rises to a peak to accommodate a lone tree planted beneath it, creating a structure more conceptually-driven than functional. It is also a strong reminiscence of its original installation more than 50 years ago.
There are also three other solo exhibitions at Public Art Fund, which are by internationally renowned Dutch-born Mark Manders; Cuban-born, New York-based Carmen Herrera, and the seminal Chicago-based Pope.L.


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Young mother bound with duct tape, shot in head with toddler nearby: Murder charge
A 23-year-old Kansas City man has been charged with murder, accused of shooting the mother of his 2-year-old son Saturday after binding her with duct tape at his home.
The mother, 19-year-old Elizabeth Richards, was found shot through the head, her wrists bound behind her back and naked from the waist down. Her son was found nearby but apparently unharmed, according to court documents.
Richards had brought the child to visit the father, Joseph Gonsalez, who shared custody and lived with his parents at their home in the 11100 block of College Avenue. Gonsalez's parents returned home to find Richards' body about 11 a.m. and called police.
Officers found Gonsalez about three miles away with a gunshot wound in his abdomen and wearing no pants or shoes, according to police. He was taken to a hospital where he remained Tuesday, pending transfer to the Jackson County jail.
Jackson County prosecutors have charged Gonsalez with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, attempted armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child.
According to court documents, Gonsalez had arranged for Richards to drop the child off to visit him Saturday morning. He asked his parents to leave the house, leaving him home alone when Richards arrived.
While Gonsalez's parents were out, his mother called him and could hear Gonsalez and Richards arguing, as she later told police. Then she heard a gunshot followed by silence.
The parents rushed back to the house to discover that Gonsalez was gone and Richards' body lay in the front room with the child nearby.
The mother removed a strip of gray duct tape that covered Richards' mouth. Richards' wrists were bound behind her back with duct tape, with more duct tape encircling her torso, trapping her arms at her sides. Detectives found her underwear, pants, socks and boots in a bedroom, along with a loaded .38-caliber revolver from which two shots had been fired.
Police found a spent bullet in a bathroom in the house, and a receipt for duct tape purchased the day before at a hardware store. Later, detectives went to the store, where surveillance video showed Gonsalez buying the duct tape.
Gonsalez's mother told police that she knew Gonsalez had recently bought a gun but that he had acted secretively about it.
Investigators learned that when Gonsalez was found shot in the 7100 block of E. 112th Street, he had been driving a Jeep that belong to Richards' father, who had lent it to Richards. Detectives found blood in the Jeep.
Richards' brother, Matt Richards, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to pay for Richards' funeral and to help provide for her son.
Gonsalez is being held on a $250,000 cash bond.
Ian Cummings: 816-234-4633, @Ian__Cummings